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MACON, TUESDAY. EEBRUARY12,1878.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington, February 3.—There was
a heavy South Ametioan mal on the Me
tropolis and the baga washed ashore.
The postmaster at Norfolk went to the
eeene and fonnd only two bags intact.
Washington, February 3.—-J. Madison
Wells is registered at the Biggs Honse.
Judge Bradley, in refnaing to grant the
petition of J. Madison Wells and others
of the Louisiana Returning Board, for a
transfer of their case to the Cirouit Conrt
of the Unitod States, has reserved to them
the right to take an appeal to the Su
preme Conrt of the United States.
Governor Wells, after engaging parlors
at the Biggs Honse, went to Senator Kel
logg’s apartments. They are only acces*
Bible to-nigbt.
Favorable action on Hillyard as Minis
ter to Brazil is expeoted on Tuesday.
The distriet government has appointed
General James Tilton Civil Engineer and
chief inspector of the water supply of
Washington and Georgetown. General
Tilton is well known in upper Georgia
and Alabama, having been for years em
ployed as government engineer upon the
improvements of the npper Coosa river.
Constantinople, February 3.—The
following is the text of the Czar’s tele
gram to the Soltan:
"I desire peace as much as you; but it
is necessary for me, necessary for ns, that
it should ba a solid and durable peace.”
St. Petersburg, February 3.—Thanks
giving services wore held in the churches
and salvos of artillery fired in consequence
of the signing of the armistice. Flags
are flying all over the city. Prepara-
ratiocs aro making for a brilliant illumi
nation to-night.
Constantinople, February 3.—There
is great satisfaction at the settlement of
peace preliminaries. The following are
the conditions of the protocol:
1. The erecticn of Bulgaria into a
principality.
2. A war indemnity or territory in
compensation.
3. The independence of Boumama,
Servia and Montenegro, with an increase
of territory for each.
4. Reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
5. An ulterior understand ng between
the Sultrn and the Czar regarding the
Dardanelles.
C. The evicnatioa of the Danabean
fortresses and Erzeroum.
Hobart Pasha has received orders to
hold the fleet in readiness to sail, as it is
Delieved, for the Piraeus.
Mehemet Ali Pasha has been appointed
to the command of the troops in Crete,
and Adoshidcs, a Christian, has been ap
pointed governor of the island.
Adhianople—Evening, Feb. 3.—The
siz bases of peace have been aocepted by
the Porte and the terma of the armistice
have been signed by the Grand Duke
Nicholas and'Server and Karmyk Pashas
The order suspending hospitalities will
be dispatched forthwith to all corps and
detachments and ilio to the army in
Asia Minor.
The Turks w.;l evacuate all theDanubian
fortresses and E z:roum. General Zim
merman’s forces have advanced within
ten miles of Varna and cut the Sohumla
railway and telegraph lines.
Constantinople, February 2,10:45 p.
ir.—The Poits ha3 received the follow
ing dispatch from Server Pasha: Adbi-
anople, January 31.—The peace prelimi
naries and armitt .ca were signed to-day.
Paris, February 3.—A special to the
Temps from Vienna, announces that all
the powers have accepted Count Andras-
say’s proposal for a conference, which
will meet in Vienna.
Athens, Febrnary 3.—Ten thousand
Greek regulars and many thonsaud volun
teers are crossing the frontier.
Lavaletta, Malta, February 3.—The
iron-olad Achilles and steam frigate Ral-
elgh, which have been refitting here, have
returned to Besika Bay. The iron-clad
Devastation will follow shortly.
Madbtd, Febrnary 8.—Senor Herrerra
has resigned the Ministry of the oolonies,
because of ill health. The Counoil of
Ministers has nominated Senor Eldnanan
as his snoceesor.
Jacksonville, February 3.—Although
the rain was heavy during the recent
etorm, no damage wa3 done to the rail
roads.
The Third Annual State Fair of Fieri
da opens on the IStb. It i3 expected the
display of fruit and vegetables will bs
the* finest ever mads in the South.
New Yobk, February 3—William M.
Price & Company, wholesale totacco
merchants, one of the oldest houses in
the city, have impended on account of
losses by recent failures and dspreeiaticn
of real estate.
London, Febraary 4 —The Duke of
Northumberland enters the Cabinet as
Lord Privy Seal.
The Standard's Bucharest correspond
ent! telegraphs that in conteqaencs of the
armistice the garrison at Widdinhas been
ordered from Constantinople to surrender
their arms, after which they will be quar
tered in the neighboring villages.
The P<ra correspondent of the Times
reports tl at Austria is about to present a
note refusing her sanotion to any condi
tions of peace wbioh would imperil the ex
istence of Tarkey.
Toe Peslh papers aunounoe that an
Austrian army corps has been mobilizsd
and concentrated at Veizstz.
An Odessa correspondent of the Times,
in a Utter to that journal, eays much re
lief is felt at the probability of en armis
tice, as the people are naturally anxious
to dispose of the grain accumulated here.
About 15,000,000 quarters and nearly
oae million and a half more
are stored at stations on the
Odessa and Kharkoff, and Nikolaieff and
Sebastopol, and Koorsk and Azof Bail-
ways.
The S’. Petersburg Vedomousti cal oo
lites that after the conclusion of peace
the Black Sea and Sea of Azof ports will
export5,000,000 quarters of wheat.
Washington, February 4.—In Senate
a great pait of the morning hour was taken
up in presentation of petitions from all
parti of toe country, most of them re
monstrating against changes in the pres
ent tariff duties and a restoration of the
tax on tea ond coffee. All were referred
to the Committee on Finance.
Other prtitions favoring the organiza
tion of a Department of Indu-try, the
head thereof to be a Cabinet officer, were
presented and referred to the Committee
on Finance.
■Washington, Febraary 4—The tub-
committee on (Lotions In the case of
Dean, vs. Field, Messra. Candler and
aseook reported in favor or Field and
Springer in favor of Dean. The case
goes over to Wednesday.
It is atill insisted that Wells is here.
Bradley’s opinion oontaina no points, as
he tajs he may have to hear the ease
with his associates,- and it would be im
proper to forestall argument. He sim
ply refuses to interfere at present, as the
shape in which the application has been
presented does not give him jurisdiction.
Cincinnati, February A.—James Jack-
eon* Company, dry goods dealers, of
Hamilton, Ohio, have been forced into
bankruptcy. Their liabilities are $100,-
000 and assets $50,000.
Nxw York, February.4.—Over $250,-
000 damages are done to the handsome
■ summer cottages in the District of Long
Branch by Thursday's gale, and with the
exception of the Howland Honse, not ono
of the large hotels escaped.
Between Highland Station and Sea
bright the waves have cleared away the
narrow bait of sand separating the ocean
and Shrewsbury river, upon which the
New Jersey Southern Bail way rune, ond
the break forms a wide and deep inlet.
All railroad travel on the. Southern Boad
ha3 been abandoned, and a hundred labor
ers are making attempts to fill up and re
pair the wash-out,
New Yobk, February 4.—Eav. Father
Heines, of Maucn Chusck, publishes the
following card in this morning’s Herald:
Miss Greth was called out of ecstacies by
miraculous means. She was deathly
sick and restored completely. She is
now in perfect health. Since Miss
Greth had hemorrages from the lungs
twice and three times eveiy day for nine
weeks no physicians were called and no
remedies were used during her sickness.
There was a multitude of people present
when she was cured and 1 don’t know
whether any physicians were among
them. She was cured quite publicly.
Ecstacy means the soul departed from the
body.
Paris, February 4.—A telegram dated
Shanghai,;China, yesterday, (Febraary
3) published here, announces that an asy
lum for women and children at the . City
of Tientsin was burned. O vei two thou
sand persons are stated to hare perished
in the fire.
London, Februiry 4.—At Calais,
France, last night, during a performance
at the cirous, there was a false alarm of
fire, which caused a great rnsh of the
audience.» Ten persons were suffocated
or trampled to death, and several others
hurt.
Washington, Feb. 4.—In the House the
following bills were Introduced and re
ferred:
By Mr. Davis,of North Carolina,redaeing
the tax on brandy made from peaches or
apples. By Mr. Shelley, of Alabama, for
a commission to inquire the beBt means
of destroying the cotton army worm. Mr.
Hooper, of Mississippi, moved to suspend
tho rules and pass a bill authorizing a
special term of the circuit and distriot
court for the southern distriot of Missis'
Belgrade, January 4.—The dispatch
of the Grand Duko Niokolas, notifying the
ServianIgovemment of the armistioe, add
ed the assnranoe that Servia’s inter
est wonld receive every consideration.
Washington, Febraary 4,—The com
missioner of internal revenne to-day, re
ceived the following telegram from col
lector Booth, under date Montgomery,
Febraary 14, 1878. “My Deputies and
Depnty United States Marshals have met
with armed resistanoe on the pait of il
licit distillers in overpowering numbers
in Winston oonnty and are consequently
unable to enforce the revenne laws in
that section.” The commissioner in re*
plyTelegtaphed the collector to employ
twenty additional men and aot with
promptness and vigor.
In the Supreme Conrt, Neal vs. Soruggs
& Co., error to the Supreme Court of ap
peals of Virginia. In this oase it is said
that in the section of law of 1868 whiob
sets forth the the classes of debts whloh
are exempted from the operation of a dis
charge in bankruptcy debts created by
frand are associated direotly with debts
created by embezzlement, and that snoh
association justifies, if it does not abso
lately require the oonolaaion that the
fraud referred to in that section means
positive fraud or frand in faot, involving,
as does embezzlement, moral turpi
tude or evil design and not implied
fraud or fraud in law, which may exist
without the imputation of bad frith or
immorality. Such a construction of the
statute is most consonant to equity, and
is consistent with what is supposed to
have been the object and intention of
Congress in enacting a law by whioh the
honest citizen may be relieved from the
burden of hopeless insolvency. In this
view of the case, Neal’s discharge in
bankruptcy based, the decision against
him in this oase is reversed. Mr. Justice
Hailan delivered the opinion.
In the House, among the bills intro
duced to-day was one by Mr. Shelley, of
Alabama, authorizing the Commissioner
of Agriculture to appoint a commission,
consisting of three scientific agricultu
rists, one each from Ahbama, Louisiana
and Texar, whose duty it shall be to in
quire inquire into the origin, faabitc ana
beet means of deetioying the cotton army
STOrm
pain became indescribable. His physi
cian says death is almost inevitable. Mrs.
Bent, sister of Fred Bent, Sr., who
lives with him, was taken sick to-day.
Dr.Lanterman says that within twenty-
four hours she will be prostrated with
the terrible disease. Earnest Benk, of
this city, attended the fnneral of
Frederick on New Year’s day and - par
took of the meat ill use in tho Benk fam
ily, and yesterday was prostrated with
trichinae. Fork is at a discount here.
sippi, for toe purpose of trying cases London, February 4.—Mr. Gladstone
arising from the seizure of timber alleged -- - - -
to have been obtained by depredations on
the public lsnds. It was defeated by a
vote of yeas 145, to nays 97. not two-
thirds in the affirmative. A motion to
suspend the rales and to instrnotthe com
mittee on ways and means to report a
graduated income tax, was defeated by a
vote of 1GG to 86, not two-thirds in the
affirmative.
In the Sana’s Mr. Book spoke in sup
port of his amendment and Mr. Bayard
iu opposition to the silver bill.
Washington, February 4.—Mr. Beck
and Mr. Bayard occupied the day. Mr.
Beck offered an amendment 1 Joking to
the prevention of a debased dollar, but
a double standard. Mr. Bayard opposed
the Bland bill.
Nominations—Thomas Anderson, of
Pennsylvania, known in Louisiana in
connection with the election returns.
Consul General at Bio Janeiro; Edward
Wheeler, Collector Internal Revenue in
Arkansas; John C. Rollins, Postmaster
at Camden, South Cardins.
Belgrade, February 4.—The govern
ment has ordered the different Servian
commanders to stop hostilities.
New York, February 4.—Er-Senator
Harry Genet, one of the ring fugitives,
surrendered and gave bail in the sum of
$25,000. Genet lioked pale and thin and
had a care-worn and wearied air.
New Orleans, Feb. 4—J. Madison
Wells surrendered himself to-day, at the
Rigoletj.
Constantinople, February 4 —The
blockade of the Black Sea between Odes
sa and Constantinople has been raised.
London, February 4.—The Times’ Vi
enna dispatch eays:
“Even in their immature form the Rus
sian conditions seem to contain much
that can scarcely be brought into harmo
ny with the interests- of Austria, being
rather calculated to fiow seeds of fresh
troubles than promote a real and lasting
peace. The? aeutroy the Ottoman power
in Europe without substituting anything
in its place possessing the guarantees of
stability. The smaller States would re
ceive just enough to make them wish for
more, while Bulgaria, the largest of them
in extent and population, would become
Vienna, February 4.—The ^ Cabinet
yesterday issued a formal invitation to
signatory powers of the treaty of Paris
to send representatives to a conference to
be hell at Vienna.
' Home, February 4 —The Courier states
that Cardinal Howard is to be created
Archbishop of Edinburg end primate of
Sactland.
St. Petersburg. Febiuiry 4.—Public
opinion here and even more at Moscow,
regards tho projected conference with
disfavor. Some papers speak of the con
ference as a mere device of the European
Powers to deprive Bassia of all she
gained after so heavy an expenditure of
blood and treasure without themselves
spending a farthing or losing a man.
New Orleans, Febraary 4 —Governor
J. M. Wells is in prison here, suffering
from a flight attack of pneumonia.
New York, Febraary 4.—The board
of trade and transportation held a meet
ing to-day and adopted a resolution that
a memorial duly attested by that body to
be forwarded to the Senate and House of
Ccngrasp, reciting the tvils of a plothoria
of silver currency, which has bsen expe
rienced by merchants of this city. The
memorial was also ordered to bo sent to
the President. The resolution was adopt
ed in favor of a gold standard of Tallies.
States, warmer, ctesr or partly dandy
weather, light northerly winds, stationary
or higher pressure.
For tho East Gulf States, warmer, clear
or partly cloudy weather, light northeily
winds, stationary pressure.
For the West Gulf States, warmer,
clear or partly cloudy weather, southerly
winds falling barometer.
St. Petersburg, February 4—Tho
Czar yettsrday, after inspection, addressed
tho troops as follows: **I congratulate
you upon the armistice, the satisfactory
conditions of which aro duo to our brave
troops, who proved that for them nothing
i3 impossible of accomplishment. We
arc still, however, far fiom the end, and
must continue to hold ourselves prepared
until wo obtain a durable peace worthy
of Russia.’’
Bucharest, Ftbruary 4.—The cabinet
deliberated four hours on Sunday under
the presidency of Prince Charles upon
General Ignatieff’s formal proposition for
the cessipn of Befsirabia to Bassia.
Ncthing was resolved but there are indi
cations that Boumama will categorically
refuse.
Vienna, Febraary 4.—The Political
Correspondence states, altar the signing of
the peace preliminaries, steps were im
mediately taken at Adrianople to com
mence negotiations of a definite fzeaty of
paace. General Ignatieff and Safret
Pasha will be entrosted with these nego
tiations.
Constantinople, Febraary 4. — The
Russian Diplomatic Representative, M.
Janie, has given notios of a ooneltuion of
the armistice to the Prinoe of |Montene>
gro, and requested him to suspend hoetil-
ties. .... . -
said the armistice removed all appre
hension of Turkey’s being encouraged by
tho hope of English aid. It also removed
the reason for persevering in the vote, in
that there was no apprehension of Bus-
sian occupation of Constantinople. The
government by the menacing attitude
they proposed to assume were taking a
step in the direction of barbarism and
violence. Perseveranco with the vote
could only demonstrate that the nation
was divided, while urging that the vote of
credit be withdrawn in favor of the ad-
dress to the crown which he bad propcsed.
He slid he conceded the necessity of sup
porting the government by some decl i-
ration before they entered tho conference.
He wonld support government in using
their influence to induce Russia to relin-
ouish her claim for retrocession of Bessa
rabia, also in everything relating to free
navigaticn of the Danube; and in obtain
ing liberal terms for Turkey as far as
consistent with the interests of Turkey’s
subjects.
Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Secretary of War,
pointed out that the government were
ignorant of the conditions of the armistice
and the Russian armies had reached a
point which, if tho negotiations failed, it
might be dangerous for Europe. It was
important to be prepared, b.'cause wars
of late wero sudden and unforeseen.
The Bussian basis of peace was
exceedingly vague, and although the
government had been told the condition
relative to the straits was withdrawn, it
still remained. The governments object
was to secure a permanent and solid
peace; grudging 6,000,000 ponuds bow,
might involve a future expenditure of
600,000,000 pounds. The government
had been misrepresented tbroughont the
country and were hot now going to ac
cept an empty vets of confidence. If the
rate of credit should be denied it was
time for them to resign. They did not
desire to lead a crippled existence. The
powers were armed to the teeth and a
single spark might light a fire, threaten
ing the best interests of tho country.
They asked the House to give them the
vote, that they might perform their part
in European concert for the benefit of
subject, race and mankind. After lome
further discussion the debate was ad
eemed.
London, Ftbruary 4.—A Reuter’s Ath
ens dispatch to-diy anrounces that the
Greek’s captured Dornvio at the point of
the bayonet. A hundred and fifty
Greeks were killed.
Five Turkish men of war passed the
Dardanelles on Sunday oi their way to
the Greek coast.
There aro only five hundred t.oop3 in
Athens and a small English gun boat at
Piiicus.
Hundreds of volunteers are Laving dai
ly for the frontier.
A diepitch from Athens dated Sunday,
says on the receipt of tho news of the
signing of the Turco-Russia armistice,
an extra sitting of the chamber was
held.
The ministry and the house agreed to
continue the present policy.
General Sapountzaky with seven thou
sand troops was ordered to enter Epirus
on Sanday morning,
THE HORRORS OFTKICHINIA-
SIS.
Several Heaths In an Ohio Fam
ily from Eating Diseased
Fork.
A Youngstown (O.) dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer say,:
Six weeks ago Fred. Benk, Sr., a labor
er at the Girard Farnace, killed a hog,
and from the head and other rough parts
made what is called “wnrst.” Of this
the entire family, nnmbenng five, ate
heartily in its raw Etate. A few days
afterward Mrs. Fred. Benk was taken
sick and died on New Year’s day,
the family physician pronouncing the
disease typhus fever and rheumatism.
Their two chiliren, Eva and Frederick,
Jr., aged respectively five and seven
years, were taken sick shortly before
their mother died, the syptoms being the
same. Another physician was called in,
and he pronounced the disease spotted
fever. Wednesday of last week Dr. Lau-
terman of this city, a graduate of the'
University of Austria at Vienna, was call
ed, He immediately declared the disease
was trichina, other physicians ridiculing
hi3 diagnosis. Sunday Eva died and was
bnried.
Yesterday Dr. Lauterman insisted on
re-examining the pork in nse by the fam
ily, and with the naked eye white bodies
were discovered in the musoles, while
with the aid of a mlerosoope the thread,
like worm, wonnd np spirally, was fonnd
in eonnlless numbers. To-day a scull
portion of the muscle was taken frtrn an
arm of the dead girl by Dr. Lintermar,
and, from ealcnlations made by him, one
enbio Inoh of mnscle oontaina 100,000
triohires spirals.
The boy Fred was visited to-day by an
Enquirer correspondent, who found him
lying in bed on his back, with his arms
and his legs wonderfally swollen and
drawn out of shape by contraction of the
muscles. On touching the muscles bis
Ben Holladaj’a Nose.
'One night,” said Ben Holladay, “long
before the Faoiflo railroad was bnilt, I
was bonneing over tbe plains in one of my
overland coaches. My wife was with me.
She was sick, and lay asleep on the bot
tom of the stage on a bed of buffalo skins.
The night was fearfully dark, and a driz
zling rain was falling. Mrs. Holladay
and myself were the only passengers.
Several stages had been robbed within
two months, and the driver was ripping
along as though a gang of prairie wolves
were .after him. Suddenly the horses
were thrown on their haunches, and the
stage stopped. was heaved forward,
bnt qniokly recovered, and fonnd myself
gazing at the mnzzles of a double-
barreled shot-gun. By tbe dim light of
the stage lamps the barrels looked as big
as nail kegs. ‘Throw up your hands and
don’t Btlr,’ shouted the owner in agrnff
voloe.
“Up went my hands, and I began to
commune with myself. The fellow damn
ed my soul, and then coolly asked for my
money, I saw that he did not know who
I was, and I was afraid that my sick wife
might awake and call me by name. My
coat was buttoned over my bosom, bnt
hardly high enough to] hide a magnificent
emerald that oost me over $8,000 a few
weeks before in San Franoisco. I hardly
breathed thronghfear that the light might
strike the stone and its sparkling briilian-
oy attract the attention of the robber. I
had about $40,000 in a money belt o’ose
to tbe Ektn, and several hundred dollars
in my pocket.
“Suddenly my friend shouted, ‘Come,
shell out, d—d quick, or I’il send tbe
devil a free Innoh/
“I passed out tho few hundreds loose in
my pockets, and handed him my gold
watch and chain. They were hefty. I
think the chain done wonld weigh fire
pounds at least.
“There,’said I, ‘ihare’d every centl’ve
get.Take It, and let me go on. My wife is
very sick, and I don’t know what would
happen to her if she knew whet was go
ing on.’
•Keep your bands up,’ was tho reply,
while a second robber received the watch
and money. Then a search was made
for the express company’s box, but tho
double-barreled shot-gun did not move.
Its muzzles were within a foot of my
nose. For my life I did not dare to stir.
My nose began to iteb. The stiff hairs
of my moustache got up, one after anoth
er, and tickled it nctil tbe sensation was
intolerable. I could stand it no lon
ger.
“ ‘Stranger,’ I cried, *1 must scratch
my nose. It itches to that I am almost
crazy.”
‘Move your hands,’ he shouted, ‘and
I’ll blow a hole through your bead big
enough for a jack rabbit to jump
through.’ I appealed once more. ‘Well,’
he answered, ‘keep your hands still and
I’ll scratch it for you, I bate to see a
partner suffer.’”
“Did he scratch it?” asked one of
Ben’s interested listeners.
“Ssro,” said Mr. Holliday.
“How?” asked the breathless listen
er.
'With the muzzle of the cocked guo, 1
said the great overlsnder. “He rubbed
the muzzle arouud my moustache and
taked it over the end of my rose until I
thanked him and said it itched no lorn
gcr.”
THE GEOBGIA PRESS.
Bask Ball Casualty.—The Thomas-
villa Times oontaina an account of the
death of a young man on Monday night
named Mqliin, from the effects of a blow
from a bat on the base ball grounds: It
seems that another lid, John Dudley,
and he bad a dispate over the possession
of a bat. Kent tried to take the bat from
Dudley who, aoeording to the evidence,
kept backing and warding his assailant
off with the bat. In swinging it baok and rS ceipt3 last year were
klnw' twea atfiinr wnmn ffianltAii *
will take place front Christ Church this I A Bonanza to the Negroes.—It will I How to CubeDipthtubbia.—*Aeorres-
afternoon at half-past three o’clock. be seen elsewhere in ft notios by the Ma* pondent sends tho following, wUfh wo
By the carriers report far January eon Savings Bank, that the Freedman’s print for what it is worth: Not long
there were reoeived for delivery in Sa- J Savings and Trust Company, through the I sinoe, whan diptbtberia was raging in
vannah: Commissioners charged with the dnty of England, a gentleman accompanied the
* winding up the concern, have declared ft celebrated; Dr. Field on his rounds, to
SSVS JS«S8lff*aSS airidend of ten per oent. on the amount I witness theso-oriled “wonderful onrea”
ed—Mail letters 33, 488; oily letters 4,- of deposits. This will, pat five thousand j he performed, while the patients of others
019; postal cards 7,869; newspapers, etc., dollars Into the pockets of tho impecun-1 were dropping on every ride. All ho took
3,534.
Registered letters delivezed 248. , .... ..
Atlanta is gaining on Augusta in her |
cotton receipts.
A BUT ALONE AT SEA.
Four Days on a Scboon ex on tbe
Open Sea.
Tho rescue of the lad Adolphus Parker,
who was carried to sea cn tho 23d inst.
in tho schooner Twilight, which broke
her moorings at Atlsntio City and drif
ted out, has already been reported. The
Philadelphia Times publishes the follow
ing statement from Parker in regard to
his adventurous trip: “When she firit
left her mooring I thought I would run
her ashore, but she struck tho wharf and
sheered off irto the ttream. I then threw
over a small kedge anchor, which dragg
ed to the first bouy and there parted the
cabL. Noticing sho was fast being driven
on the bar, I hoi; t id eail to keep her off.
The eurf-toit put out to help me, bub
turned back. Meanwhile I tried to haul
her close to tbe wind, after clearing the
bar, in the hope of receiving assit trace,
which did not come. I now found my
self fait being driven to sea, ard I did
not think the schooner would be alls to
stand the terrible waves, which struck her.
Tho rigging was poor, sails torn, and tho
prospect of her weathering the gale not
very promising. On "Wednesday a heavy
sea broke over the vessel and rolled me
over the wheel. The rigging and deck
were covered with ice, and it was with
difficulty I kept myself from freezing.
On Thursday I supposed I was near the
Gulf Stream. There was about afoot and
a half of water in the bold and a heavy
sea rolling. The pumps gave cut, and 1
was forced to bail her out with a bucket.
About 4 o’clock on Thursday aft moon
the wind sprang up fresh from the south
east. I then headed west, and about 10
o’c’osk at night was hailed by a bark
which cleared the schooner by only ten
feet. Tho schoonei’s lights went out and
I took down the etairboard light, relit it
and bang the eignal light in tbe main
"rigging Rt the port side. On Fridiy
morning I sightod land near Beach Ha
ven, acd after beating about all day head
ed up abreaBt Ab.ccrm Liglt The sea
was very rough, and failing to bring the
vessel into the inlet, and as the water was
np to tho cabin fleor, I beached her on
Little Brigantine Shoals, where I was
taken off, after having been without deep
for four days and three nights.”
Macon County and (be Ilog Crop.
Grakgsrsvillk, Ga.,
January 30, 1878.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I have
noticed for the last three or feur months
the reports of the hog crop in different
counties of the State. Some of them
seem to bs very prclifia end others of
mammoth size. It csitainly mutt baa
matter of great interest to the Southern
meat consumers to learn that Southern
brood sowb are bearing pigs again, and
that tbe pigs will grow large enough to
pay for killing them for bacon purposes.
I am glad this change has tsken place,
for I think tbe Western broed sows have
bred min to many Southern ccn-.umers.
As I have not seen where any one has
represented Macon county in the hog
crop, I prooose to state what some of ns
have done. I have killed a plenty of
pork to do me two years. From the pro
ceeds of a two mule farm, I killed 3,950
poundB of poik, 3,432 pounds of that
from one sow, and 2.422 pounds of that
amount was from one. litter of pigs, and
Berton 8. Johnson, a neighbor and broth
er-in-law of mine killed 7 pigs that net-
tod 1,990 pounds. W. K Hall.
forth the blow; was stiuck whioh resulted
so Berionsly. From the following ver
dict of the jury of inquest it will be seen
that the kilting was purely accidental and
without malice:
“We find that Kent McLin, on the 27th
day. of January, 1878, in the town of
Thomasville, came to his death from a
blow upon the head inflicted by a stiok
commonly known as a “base ball bat” in
the hands of one John Dudley, and we
further find that said stroke was aooident-
al or free from any malice or oriminal in*
tent whatsoever/'
This should be a warning to ball play*
ers. Aooidenta ooonr. far too frequently
whilst engaged in this pastime.
Thomasville asa Besort yob North
ern Invalids.—The Times says:
It is almost as oommon to meet a stran
ger on tbe streets as a citizen. The town
is rapidly filling np with them. They
oome attraoted by onr. delightful climate
and nnsnrpassed hotel aooommodations.
Boom for mere and a cordial welcome for
all.
The Blakely Post-cffice.—We Lain
from the News, which, , by the way, is a
very newsy paper, that tbe Blakely post-
office issned 641 money orders, for the
aggregate amonnt of $11,542.63, daring
last year. The fees aooraing to the De»
partment for issuing these orders amount
ed to $89.35., Sixty-eight orders were
drawn on and paid by this effioe, amount
ing to $1,374.57. This money order sys
tem of the Post-office Department is a
great convenience to the pnblio, especial
ly in towns whero there are no banking
facilities.
Thomasville Times:
In the late vote on the silver bill in the
Senate, Lamar of Mississippi, white, vo
ted against the people of bis State, and
Brnoe, colored, voted with them. Strange.
Score one for Braoe.
Is Ben Hill going down bili? Tfiavtt
the question.
Early county News:
In these tight times, ought a man be
considered fortunate or unfortunate, who
is so disagreeable in Lis maimers that bis
creditors- would rather loss a small
amount than to ask him for ii? There are
snch men yon know.
From the same:
A Careful Fabmer.—Allen White, of
this county, is now nsing the same back
hand which he commenced plowing with
after his marriage, about twenty years
ago. It is made of leather, and is still
good, having been well taken care of.
He used his first hameatnng for fifteen
years. He has never bad freedmen nor
slack twisted white men to manage his
backhands and hameatring?.
Says the Darien Gazelle:
Evasion of Revenue Laws—Two or
three dozen cases of brandy and gin were
seized at Commodore Island by the Cus
tom Hcuso on Friday, and brought to the
city. It is said that they were smuggled
gcods.
The Bankruptcy “Roll” rolls On.—
Savannah News: Sinoe the last report
the petitions in voluntary bankruptcy are
as follows: *
Marcus Borne, Augusta. Adolph
Brandt solicitor.
Napcleon B. Roberts, Columbur. Per
se.
James H. Powell, Camilla. J. H.
Spence solicitor.
J. W. Hogan and Alonzo F. Trnett,
composing the firm ef J. W. Hogan &
Co., Whitesville, Harris county. A. A.
Dozier solicitor, Columbus.
Martin H. Duke, Bainbridge. W. H.
Crawford solicitor.
Wm. C. Garner, Elton ten. Lofton &
Baitlett solicitors, Macon.
Elijah Solomon, Brunswick, and Henry
DuBignon, Brunswick. Mershon &
Smelle solicitors.
Adolph Daus, Macon. Lanier & Ander
son solicitor?.
R. H. Yorus, Lumpkin. E. H. Beall
solicitor.
Laban Owens, Georgetown. Guerry &
Parks solicitors, Dawson.
Geo. W. Brown, Columbus. Blanford
& Garrard solicitors.
Petitions in involuntary bankruptcy as
fallow*;
Chas. H. Morel and Robert L. Mercer,
composing firm of Morel * Mercer, Sa
vannah. J. W. Lathrop ot. al. petition
ing creditor?.
The petitions for final discharge are as
follows:
Wm. J. F. Mitchell, Butler, Georgia.
Blanfoyl & Garrard solicitor?, Columbus.
John Ronrke, firm of Monahan, Parry
& Co., Savannah. Per se.
Jos. H. Biown, Prattsburg, Talbot
county. Blanford & Garrard solicitors,
Columbus.
Final discharges granted as follow?:
Alexander P. Abell and Robt. S. Mor
gan, firm of Flannagon, Abell & Co., Sa
vannah. Per sc.
Bedding H. Pate, Perry, Houston conn
ty. C. C. Duncan solicitor.
Madison J. Marcu?, Augusta. Adolph
Brandt solicitor.
Willis Wynne, Forsyth, Monroe county.
Per te.
Jas. L. Baker, Buena Vista. Per se.
George W. Bateman, Sandetsville,
Georgia. Wm. McKinley, Uilledgevilie,
solicitor.
John H. Meyer, Augusta. Jas. E.
Harper solicitor.
Death of an Estimable lady.—The
Newseays
With deep and heaitftlt regret we are
compelled to announce the death of Mrs.
Joseph Clay, which occurred at tho old
liomestesd of her husband, near 1} At
lantic and Gulf railroad, yesterday morn
ing at five o’clock, after a brief illness of
not quite two week?. Mr?. Clsy was the
wife cf Mr. Joseph Clay, and youngest
daughter of Dr. Brodie S. Herndon, and
was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
She was generally loved by all who en
joyed the privilege of her acquaintance,
and in all the relations of life, as wife,
mother," daughter and sister, she dis
mayed the rare attributes of true woman-
lood. {Her demise in the full tide of a
beautiful life occasions a void In the oir-
cle in which she moved as a loved and
esteemed member that cannot be filled,.
She le vea a devoted husband and two*
promising children, loving parents and
four affectionate sisters—Mrs. George A.
Mercer, Mrs. Parker Nichols, Mrs. Henry
T. Bolts and Mrs. BUckie—to mourn
her irreparable loss. The remains of the
deceased will arrrive on the Gnlf rail-
bales 191,000 i
Atlanta 81,oOO j
This season np to date:
Ions colored folks of Macon, and there is | with him was sulphur and a quill. Ha
pat a teaspoonfol into a wine glass
Twenty pass-books have already been I of water, and stirred with his finger In
handed in at the Savings Bank to be for- stead of a spoon, as the sulphur does not
warded, and the amounts dne ooUeoted. easily amalgamate with water, when the
One old wood-cniter, whose entire earn-1 sulphur was well mixed, he gave it as a
togs, amounting to seventy dollars, wss gergle, and in ten minutes the patient
Augusta hasjreceived bales 137,2111 almost franlio with delight when inform- j was out of all danger. Sulphur kills every
Atlanta 88,000 ed that he was now entitled; to reoeive I species of fungus in man, animal or plant.
Showing a gain of 7,000 bales for I seven dollars for what he considered a to- I Instead of spitting out the gargle, be ra
the latter and a loss to the former of talloes. oommendad to swallow it." In extreme
27,667 bales. in the history of all bank failures no I oases, when the fungus nearly dosed.
Commenting on the above the Chronicle parallel oan probably be fonnd to the die- ( he blew the sDlphnr through a" quill into
and Constitutionalist talks as follows: tress oooasioned by tbe oollapse of tho the throat, and after the fungus had
This statement should make the peo- above institution, and the losers, alas, I shrank, then the gargle, Also in extreme
ejef * were wounded in “the house of their oases, put Jive ooils into a shovel, sprina
ofcot ton which* formerly came ‘fcTthta friends -" Wo “ e to ohroniole, there- kled sulphur on It, and let the patient In-
city has been diverted to Atlanta, and it lore, even the few oxomba of comfort j hale it, dosing the doom and windows,
is true that something should be done to whloh may be vouchsafed to them. The Silver Rtt.t. —
get it back if possible. The building of , ha H , nnn!n£ , w„va.v
the trunk line of the Augusta, t Knoxville An Editorial Melange and Olla Po- j® - NewYorijsyn-
and Greenwood Railroad to Walton’s Ib- L B t D » _Tha mintere made a curious dl0at0 and WaU * sUeet «pudlatora on
land, where it will connect with the Au- j. . * _ , P R . ... the Matthews’ resolutions in the Honse,
gusta and Greenwood Railroad, will be fa “ h and f 3 * 8 “ S v anda y° r their organs are still pretending thst the
the cause of adding considerable to the I editorial letters from Washington and L. . ,.. . , .
cotton receipts cf Augusta as much of Cnba. friends of the adver bill are afraid to let
the cotton that now goes to Charleston Bea Batler ia maaa to do Bomo « groand £ bo a * e “ d8d . “ d °°“ 8 back to the
from the counties through which the lat- .... H . Honse. This is false. The passage of
ter road wffl'run, will then come to Au- and lofty tumbling a “ on 8 018 Spaniards theaU7ez bm aad **
gusta, its old and natural market. But | and Creoles, and Washington matters are J , rA hnnJn „ ;n „ ”1,.,
we can
of the cotton irom isioers county it tne i fonts and doings c. _
Augusta, Knoxville and Greenwood Rail- %. . , T“~. I Victory for the people is in the air.
road is extended from Walton’s Bland to » bnt aa3s 18 f 8 tho f naand There is no danger whstever in sending
Eiberton. The road will undoubtedly be contretemps for whioh the intelligent oom- ? .
a paying institution if It is built. positor is responsible. the bill book to the House with an smend-
The engineer corps of the Augusts, To anlaTe l this labyrinthine inter- gl71Dg the f r ° ats °*the wugnorage
Knoxville and Greenwcoi Railroad have 1 to ttie government. SsnatorsBeek,WaI<c
commenced the location of the route for change of America and Spanish ideas and L 6ndotherIeadi frieada of ^ bm
the trunk Ime to Walton’s Island and events, of course we are forced to reprint . ... cmoT - J*. . .. “
the work of grading will begin in a short {tc-day the two missives that the reader , ... - . ** 8 ,7.
time.
may have a clear nnderstanding of whioh
The Old Capital is responsible for the ifj Wftsto loa and whIoh ia Cn ba.
following: 1
Ben Hill furnished the Atlantese
mighty argument when hs stated that
sufficient interest to him to jnatifyns in
to this form, the Bignatnre of tha Presi
dent is more likely to be obtained Mas
_ . . , , .. . I for the Bland bill. Senator Wallace reports
Wetrustboth productions may beof 1.^^^ m orPennsyl-
vania for this measure, outside of Phila
delphia. Mr. Hill will speak against the
tinues with alarming regularity. foreman and printers will lay this humil- | man, of Ohio, Gorton, of Georgia, and
Bad on Ben’s prophetical power?. I iatlE B lesson to heart.
Ths same paper says:
Charlie Willingham has poked his
shooting stick into the Senatorial por-
Noith Georgia wonld bs the home of I making them intelligible,
teeming milliens to a few years. Not-1 Accident] sometimes ooonr to the beEt
Merrimon, of North Carolina, will defend
the measure. Mr. Eastis, of Louisiana,
I will vote for the MIL—Courier-Journal, 2d.
A Caution to Breadstuff's.
According to an Odessa correspondent I a Trout’s Gymnastics,
ridge, and suggests that Senator Gordon I * b8 ^‘■ )ndoa Times of yesterday the I From the Boston Post.J
be replaced by Alex. Stephens. Willing- °P oniD 8 c£ trad o to -he grain-growing sec- In the acquarium in the window of the
ham will think beitsr of this after awhile. tionaof Bussia and Tarkey will Be * ^ Hows^Ifcoi^ddjto^fa
His sensitive stomach it was, that re - “o^n over ono hundred and forty mil!- thre7pcuud?°^harcnta curmuf ££ra
vclted to the Greeley campaign, but he J on bash8ls of wheat ? hioh ha 7 8 aoonma * and gives gymnastic exhibitions of the
voted a “white hat’’ ticket for all that, ate “ at the 8ram 0eEtre3 ,n “o® 0 .ooun- J most remarkable character. A few daya
and—Felton, the disorganizer, the Demc- trie8 ’ Tjie fc£faoi of 8noh aa onlflow n P° n Ieft . ^8
. . ., I tho already well-stored markets of ths I J 4-1 ®? 3 the aquarium, four or
cratic Radical—he even eulogizes the pc- “ ■ five inches from the water, and the trout
litical parson now. Verily, Gordon has wolli ““atbeverydepresBing on priees. wa? Eeen t o jump and catch the rattan
only to bide his time. | in its mouth, hold on for some moments,
„ „ . I Taxing Salaries.—We fin! tho young j then with a swing audit splash return to
Gordon in no Danger.—-Tho Bara- l n of th# cU unaaim0Qsly acd the water again. Since then he has re-
bridge Democrat makes this deliverance: __a f _ j P^ted the caper frequently, and seems
* t naturaUy opposed to this imposition on ^ e „ ioy a bleath oI ' i air ^ be awi
Opposition to Goidon l Not much. It the part of our city fathers. back and forth, suspended by holding on
may be talked of, and hinted at, but when j th firafc u ag cl th the rattan with his teeth.
the Georgia Legislature meets we would “ . . ■■ ■
like to see tho man with brass enough destitute of capital, and this is cutting SHEBHAN ON the SILVER
on his phiz to get up and openly oppose op .n the goose to get the golden egg, as
him. Gordon's term of office as Senator a t least to the extent of the tax they are
BILL.
from Georgia is for life.
prevented .from accnmnlating tangible
property which would always be subject j
I to taxation.
Secondly. Is it right to tax the intel-
Tfee Secretary of (he Treasury
Preparing to Accept the Ine
vitable.
Washington Special to the New York Bulletin.!
There hre goed reasons now for the be-
kindle a conflagration ot her own with
wet chips to a enow bank. Yet that she
threatens to do, and is mobilizing her
armies for the purpose.
These thiBga go to show that there is a
class of belligerents who, don’t enjoy a
fight unless they can play the game soU
Uoseasouabie Belligerents.
After the war times to the United
States, it used to be remarked that the. .
fiercest belligerents on both sides were I 8c .*f. n<i _ raia * a ‘ K)r 8n I ma &? lief that there has been come sort ofnn-
never heard till all reasonable chance to n0 ’ a ° are evelJ °PP°° e< l to al ders tanding whereby the Senate will
protract the struggle was over, and then Cn ’, , . amend the Bland silver bill so as to give
they broke out with a sanguinary feroci- ^ r<l. T e ealar 63 are in many instan- j tbe government the profits of coinage,
ty of language whioh was appalling. We cea ° EC0 rimn and dependent upon diVKs I tbat tbe p r£8 : doa t no t veto
recken the experience is universal. There ocutingencies. How then can they b9 j ba ^ ] ei become a law without
never wes a prettier chance or more am- P r oparly aese?sed. _ his signature, or sign it under a lengthy
plo scope for a fight than was offered to | Fourth, and lastly. It usually requires I wm t en p ro t eE t. The administration,
the British Ministry a month or two be- c l° 3eB * economy the majority of j B ; ace t be TO t 3 to-night, has weakened
fore the surrender of Plevna, but the sng- casea tor those who receive salaries to j 80m8W j, a t j a jt B opposition, hut may
geative force of circumstances was sppar- ma ^® *>oth cuda meet, acd they haie J B y£f en ' U p under tauu‘. The President
entiy lost on them, and mankind then j not ^‘ n 8 to fall back upcn to the event does not like the situation, but is pre
drew what seemed to bo a natural and j o£ sicltne88 or disability. ’ ; paring to pave the way gradually for the
justifiable inference that they preferred j ITorthsse xn&ny other good asd j introduction of silver; and, realizing that
to be quiet. safficitnt reasons we trust the City Coun- j his veto would be overruled by Congreip,
So, at a time when Austria might cil will not insist upon the adoption of ^75*
have lighted her war torch from the this measure, which will add greatly to ^a ft tionisteP 1 * *
fires all round her, and refused to do it, 'the burdens of the people, and dees not I I have just left Secretary Sherman,
nobody dreamed that she was going to seem to be founded upon jnst principle?. | who says there oan be no Immediate bad
i_. »u- it . .n ” effeots of the introduction of silver. He
let them all go out. and then attempt to | takes the mints’ reports and shows that
A Washington letter of Wednesday there can only be two and a half millions
a month get out from the mints, and
a ®y f " Senator Patterson rame dawn to t bia wonld have no appreciable effect
the Capitol to-day, end was in his seal for | on the customs receipts for the first
a few minntep. Hs still looks very fee- few months. He has an idea that gold
b!e.” will go np immediately, but that no pre-
I mium can stand, because there will be
A bill has been .reported favorably to no furt her use for It if silver can bensed!
Just now Tarkey says she is tired of person liable for road tax $1 tor every I them. His mind is fixed inthe
fighting and Russia responds that Tarkey ,onr lraes transplanted along the roadside, I belief that there will toon be absolutely
oannot be eioker of tbe business than she the distanoe of snoh trees apart ranging no difference in value betwesn our paper
ta, and ao they are going to quit off-hand, j from 50 to 70 feet » according to tho J g^ns.^’oeld coming ^hiT’wLy e from Eu-
They agree on terms of peaoe, which one variety. rope will supply onr people with gold eoin
would naturally suppose is a business pe- Bxv. Dn. Curry, President of ihe for necessary purpose?, and before that
ouliarly concerning themselves, and Biehmond (Va.) College, delivered an ^^“^^edtnardj foremens
which they, of til others, oan belt trtns- eloquent and powerfal address to that 1 0 ; cugtoaae; nod the silver now in use will
aot; bnt nevertheless, the Czsr tills the oity on Tuesday evening last, on the I alleviate any t:onble - about the scarcity
powers, if they don’t like the terms, get moral obligation, both of individuals and of gold for its present purpose. Finally,
np a meeting and fix them to suit your- States, to pay their debta. The audience g
selves. was a Mrge one, ineluding the Governor, gcldj ^oauae cheaper money always
But even this don’t suit England and I Holiday, many members of the General I drives dearer money cut of circulation.
Austria. They are rampaging around Assembly and leading oit’zsus. I He does not anticipate any violent fluctn-
with their fleets and armies at a fearful _ „ _ . , . , I ation in financial affairs, tut. expects a
rate—bnrnins? for semetodv to knock off Tbx New Iolk tla,aled railway oar- I gradual dissipation of the gold premium,
rate burning for somebody to knock off ^ dQriQg 1877j s^lSOJIpMsengeff, When legal tenders will assume full
the chipa from their shoulders and hdo:I- gQ Jacreaae of 1,023,200* over 1876. “ on8 * ^notions «>« will only.be needed
tog for a nght so badly thst they cannot I for change or special purposes, jje says
wait for a favorable opportunity. This is I The Crown Prince of Germany and his I be told the New York bankers about
unfortunate. It is a thousand Ditiea that I wife haYe not » oo&riilering their station, Christmas time that they must expect
not have seized a favorable opportunity abont S 75 * 000 - They have, however, t wo I of tc-uight i a not newly assumed. The
when parties were In the field with all the j resMeneet, rent free, and theright to give I passage of thesilver billbeing afore-
tools and appliances to accommodate a oertato number of dinners every year, I gone conclusion, the next thing in order
them. As matters stand, no better chance I at the charge of tha Emperor. His Ma- wi H be the establishment of three mints
-" ts than for them to take a whack or }9Stv i. B9 i d « 0 i,. Ta „ «.„] income of sundry civil appropriation bill?,
at each other. v Y whioh wiil P" 8 “ June or next, and
-—■- | about $4,300,000. I the consequent extension of coinage facil-
J, Madison Wells. I \T.n-m journals now speak of an to-1 from abont January, 1879, to
The worthy President of the Louisiana tentlon to remove Martinez Campos, tbe
Jv tUr ?h D ?h B<> * rd preeent Captain-Genera! of Cubs, whoss say^bebehfvea resumption willbafewL
this—that he seems to have the faculty I arrival Inthe island was not long ago! ble under any circumstances, and instead
of being to two plioes at one and the hfraldH as instant death to J of despairing speaks pleaasntiy of the fu-
same time. He is telegraphed to-day as rebellion. He was understood as having j tnre
having taken _ quarters at the Biggs 130.000 soldiers to rid Mm, and sixty days | The whiskey men have ascertained
offers
two
House to Washington aad also as having I wonld have been a long time to assign for j that there is no possibility of a redaction
“surrendered himself at the Bigolste,” j the conquest of Cabs to tbe distinguished j °f theninety cent internal revenne to tax
near New Oilmans. It is conceivable that soldier who did so mneh to suppress ths I wbl '“ y * B ° no * -,,****•
Wells might find both an alias and an Carliet ininrreotion. The vitality ef the I A woman in Fsisfield, Us., baa a growth
alibi convenient .as permanent institn- Cuban inserroetion Is aaaxvelloas. No I of natural hair eight feet and one inch
ions, but it must be somewhat difficult! military leadership aad no amount of I long, and has rsfai*d.itis said, $2,900 for
road train this morning and the funeral maintain the latter. ' f 0 roe seem able to orath it ' it
