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Established 1826.
MACON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20,1878.
Volume Lni—No 5
BY TELEGRAPH.
Nett York, August 11.—Tke mass
meeting of the Socialistic Labor Party
in Brooklyn to-night was a failure. Only
four or fire leaders wero present, reso
lutions denunciatory of the mode of pro
cedure of tbo “Hewitt Congressional
Labor Inquisition,” as they termed it
were adopted. Addresses weco made in
which Grant, Talmage, Beecher and the
Congressional Labor Committee were
denounced for interference and opposition
to the interest of the workingman.
Indianapolis, August 11.—Two men
entered the Exchange Banking House of
Crime & Co. yesterday. While the
cashier was making change for one the
other abstracted five thousand dollars.
Two persona wero arrested at Elwood on
suspicion.
Memphis, August 10.—Daring a polit-
ieal discussion yesterday, at Apperson
Levee, Arkansas, in which Wm Beatty,
sheriff pro tern., and Edward Lewis, the
Republican nominee, and their respective
frlcndB were engaged, objection was
mado by tho colored people present to
one of tbo speakers giving Lewis’ record.
A pistol being fired, led to a general
melee, and one negro was killed and sev
eral wounded.
A fatal shooting affair occurred at
Asstin, Mississippi, between Bud Evans
and William Fret well. Both ore reported
killed.
Charles D. Ly tto was shot and instantly
killed on Saturday, at the Lytte ranche,
fittcen miles from San Antonio, by J. F.
Fogg. The trouble originated in family
differences.
New York, August 11.—Yesterday a
nightgown, covered with blood, said to
belong to Mrs. Smith, wife of the mur
dered policeman, was found stowed away
in the chimney of the house where the
murder was committed.
Springfield, III , August 11.—J. D,
McIntyre, whose distillery was seized at
Pekin on Thursday, yesterday gave bond
in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for
its release.
Wallingford, Ct., August 11.—An
impressive funeral service was held here
to-day for those who lost their lives by
the tornado Friday. Fully ten thousand
people attended. Altogether twenty-
seven bodies have been interred. Seven
teen persons, three of whom will scarcely
live through the night, still remain in the
hospital. Promises of assistance are
coming in from all sides.
New Orleans, August 11.—Tho yellow
fever statement the past twenty-four
hours is as follows: new cases 22, deaths
11. At Point Eads to date, 25 cases and
5 deaths are reported
Washington, August 11.—It is an
nounced that Congressman Whithorne
says he will, when Congress meets In De
cember, take meusnus to expose and
bring to justice tl e men organizsd in
the conspiracy to rob tbe Freedmen’s
Bank.
London, August 11.—A Constantinople
dispatch to Reuters says tbe Porte has
resolved to grant very large concessions
to Crete, each as will ba calculated to
pacify tbo inhabitants of that island; but
is determined to refuse the demands of
Greece—deeming them unjustifiable.
Vienna, August 11.—Official intelli
gence has been received fully confirming
tbe report of tbe battle on the eighth in
stant, along the lins from Wagtay to
okeptechke, as telegraphed by a corres
pondent of tho London Daily News.
Official reports place the nnmber of in
surgents at considerably over six thous
and, with four cannons and a rocket bat
tery. Tbe fighting lasted eight hours.
Tbe Bosnians lost six hundred, killed
and wounded, and seven hundred prison
ers. On Friday, tho Anstrlans advanced
against Yraindeck.
London, August 12.—A Calcutta dis
patch says the heavy rains have caused
universal floods throughout India. Much
damage has been done in Scinde, Patna
and Elsceobero. Tbe dam of Velna is in
danger of bursting, which wonld stop
he water supply of Bombay.
London, August 12.—A Borne dispatch
says the Eisaengen interviews have sot
gone beyond simple pour parZeurs, and no
official negotiations have been opened.
Odessa August 12.—Sentenoe of death
has been passed upon one of tho Nihilist
agitators, and four others have been con
demned to hard labor. In the excite
ment which followed the sentenoe, the
crowd fired npon tbo troops, wounding
four. Tho fire wa3 retnrned and two
rioters were killed.
London, August 11.—The daily Nevis
says that Clancy, the FeniaD, convicted
in 1867 and sentenced to imprisonment
for life, will be released npon ticket of
leave on the 25th of September next.
A dispatch from Nicosia, Cyprus, to
the daily Notes says, “A portion of the
Indian contingent is going homo immedi
ately. Their embarkation for India has
already commenced. The] health of Cy
prus has not irr proved. The prevalence
cf typhoid fever appears to bo more seri
ous.
On tbo other hand a dispatch from
Lamaoa to tho Standard says reports of
tbe anhcalthfalness of the Island are ex
aggerated. Malignant fevers are rare.
It is stated that Nicosia will not bo made
the oapital of Cyprus, beoanse of its un
favorable situation, but some point {will
probably be eeleoted between Larnaca
and Fermagosta which possesses greater
facilities for the construction of a harbor.
London, August 12.—The directors of
the Bank of England have fixed the rate
of discount at five per cent.
Paris, August 12.—The Monileur says
that Bussia has sent General Abramofski
as its accredited representative to Cabal,
the capital of Northern Afghanistan.
The tloniteur regards this as grave news-
in view of the unsatisfactory relations be,
tween Shore Ali and the British Govern
ment, and the Kussian advance towards
Afghanistan.
New Oeleans, August 12.—Eev. Fa
ther Tainey, President of the Lazarist
Order and late professor in Cape Girar
deau College, Missouri, died of yellow-
fever. He came here a few weeks ago to
epend vacation.
San Francisco, August • 12.—E J.
Montague, the actor, was seized with an
other hemorrhage and died last night at
the Palace Hotel. The body will be em
balmed and sent East.
New Yore, August 12.—Work on the
East river bridge was suspended to-day
for want of appropriations. Five hnn-
cred men were discharged.
New Yore, August 12.—The Potter
Investigating Committee resumed its
cession this morning. O wing to the ab
sence of several members no witnesses
^ore examined. Butler asked that
Stanley Matthews be summoned. Potter
said the Senator was summoned Satur
day and replied that an important en
gagement at Newport wonld prevent him
attending, and whatever he intended to
do he deemed of so consequence to the
committee. From this reply Potter said
he inferred Matthews did not mean to
respond to the summons.
Butler remarked that if Mathews’ an
swer meant that be wonld not obey tbo
summons of the House of Representa
tives tbe sooner tho Issue was made the
fctter for the House and Senate, eo that
P°wer of both onn be determined,
‘‘“to House has not the power to oompel
the attendance of witnesses, then the in
vestigation Is useless, as volunteer wit
nesses are slwaya subject to suspicion.
He moved it be recorded that Matthews
refused to sppear before the oommittee,
and ih&t tho same be reported to the
House for their aotion in the matter.
Potter remarked that he would entertain
Butler’s motion, but thought it better to
await the presence of Hisoock and Sten-
ger before voting on it. He, theiofore,
adjourned the oommittee until to-morrow.
Yicesbubo, August 12.—Ono death
from yellow fever to-day.
Grenada, Miss., August 12.—One
hundred cases of yellow fever reported
here up to noon to-day. Ten deaths
within twenty-fours.
London, August 12.—A dispatch from
Constantinople says the c.mbarcation of
40,000 of tho imperial guard for Bussia
oommences Saturday. The withdrawal
of the rest of the Kussian troops from
San Stefano to the neighborhood of
Gallipoli will follow immediately, and the
Turkish troops will (occupy the positions as
fast as they are evacuated.
Fabis, August 12.—A draft of the
Franoo-American commercial treaty pro
Tides, among other things, that advalorem
duties shall be converted, as far as pose!
ble, into specific duties, and that Ameri
can duty on silks be reduced to. fifty per
oent. for tho first year, fifty per cent, for
the seoond year, and thenoeforward to
thirty per oent. The United States to
reduce other duties. Note.—Exceeding
forty per cent, to thirty per cent.
London, August 12. — Mail advices
from the West coast of Africa say that
great mortality prevails there, particular
ly at Lagos, where nearly a quarter of
tbe Earopean population have died of fe
ver and dysentery during the two months
ending Jnly 4tb.
A Times’ Calcutta dispatch says the
rains have been abnormally heavy. Great
damage has been done to crops, and
great distress prevails in consequence of
the fioeds. The canals and irrigation
works have been breached. Strenuous
efforts are being made to save tbe dam of
Vepar Lake, and they will probably be
successful. Terrible distress prevails in
Cashmere.
In tho correspondence published be
tween the Bight Hon. W. E. Forster and
a member of the executive committee of
Bradford Liberals, Forster i3 invited to
stand as one of the Liberal candidates
for Parliament at the next election, sub
ject to the roles of the Liberal associa
tion, with particnlar reference to. the
15th rule, which provides that a candi
date must agree to be guided by the
decisions of said association. Forster
refuses the terms, and intimates his in
tention to stand independently. Forster
was elected by Conservative votes in
1874, the Liberal party being divided.
The borough is probably Liberal, and
the object of the executive committee
was to restore harmony and party discip
line. This is the second revolt of promi
nent Liberals against the canons system,
Mr. John Locke, member of Parliament
for Southwark, having previously taken
the same ground a3 that now occupied
by Forster.
Havana, August 12.—The French
mail steamer brings advioes from St.
Nioholas to the sixth. The weather was
exceedingly bad, and there was several
cases of yellow fever. An extensive busi
ness has opened With Cuba.
San Dcminoo Cut, July 25.—A decree
has been issued by tbe President, abol
ishing tho export duty on sugar. A con
cession has been granted to J. P. Evarts,
permitting him to export guano from the
;islands called Saona, Catalina, Catalinita
and other cays adjoining the territory of
the republic, for fifteen years, the holder
of the concession to pay a royalty of one
dollar and fifty cents per ton to the Gov
ernment. Bafael Bamirez Baez has re
ceived the concession to manufacture ar
tificial ice for twenty-five years. An
American company has obtained a con
cession to lay a telegraphio cable from
San Domingo City op' Plato to
St. Thomas, with the .flSSLPgg'nftt for
twenty-five years. imr, , .
Washington August *2.—Advices
from- Potto P*. o, Hayti, dated Jnly.20, 1
slate that two severe, shocks of earthy
quakes have been felt on that island-
one on the 16th and the other os the 18th
ult.
Large amounts of specie have been
shipped from Cuba to Porto Plato, for
the purchase of tobaceo. The crip i3
expected to yield over one hundred thou
sand cerroons. The price, in cerroons,
i3 six to nine dollars; in bales, twelve to
twenty dollars.
Fifteen Cuban families, refugees in
Hayti, have returned to Cuba.
Ten Cuban families have returned to
their homes from San Domingo. A pri
vate agent recently arrived from Europe
with an officer to loan the Bepublic four
million dollars npon terms that were
considered onorons and the offer was re
jected. The agent etill remains on the
Island.
Port-au-Prixce, August 12. — A
change of ministry has occurred and a
general uneasiness prevails. General
Notd has not appeared. A military
tribunal at Port-au-Prince has passed the
death sentence on nine persons, who are
prisoners and upon thirty-two who are
in hiding, Generals Tanis, Solomon and
Chevalier inclnded.
Six thousand bags of eoffee have been
received at Port-ac-Prince within ten
days. The price is J9.60 per hundred
weight,
Bichmond, August 12.—Mr. John B.
Tinsley, Jr., lessee of the Sweet Chaly-
b°ato Springs, died there this morning.
He was well known to the travelling
pnblic North and South, having been
connected for years with the watering
places in the Mountains of Virginia.
Mebidian, Miss, August 12.—The
total nnmber of deaths by the Walling
ford tornado thus far are thirty.
Washington, August 12.—Tho Presi
dent will make & visit to Sr. Panl about
the first part of next month. He will
visit his home in Trement, Ohio, at the
end of this month to attend the wedding
of his son, Ur. Webb Hayes.
Babbie, Ontario, August 12.—The
professional single scull race came off
this evening, the start being made at
6:45 p. m. At 7:10 the race was won by
Hanlon by six lengths, Boss second,
Plai-tcd laird.
Boston, August 12.—Daniel W. Bocd,
of Meldren, started to-day to walk to San
Francisco. He expects to reach there
in 150 days.
London, August 12.—A Madrid dis
patch to the Standard says the Bepnbli-
ean leaders disavow the insurgent
band which appeared in Eitramadnra,
and attempted to incite a rising in favor
of a republic.
Havana, August 12.—A decree has
been issned ordering a new election in all
the existing mnnicipaUUes, which, to
gether with municipalities to be formed,
will enter npon their new fnnotions on
tho 1st of January, 1879. The elections
for deputies to the Spanish Cortes wifi
commence on the 15th of January.
An important royal decree is published
ordering tbe restoration of all property
embargoed during the insurrection, with*
out any exception whatever, to the for
mer owners : also, a complete restitution
of the rights of citizenship to all persons,
without distinction, who were implicated
in the insurrection.
adopt programmes for the coming elec
tions. At all the meetings reported in
other parts of the island perfect freedom
of speech was allowed.
Havana, August 12.—Venezuelan ad
vices state that President Alcantara has,
discovered another revolutionary plot/
and made a timely seizure of the revolu
tionary correspondence, ammunition and
arms,* General Palido, who was at the
head of the conspiracy, escaped. The
standing army has been increased to 25,-
000 men.
Berlin, August 12.—A deoree was
issued convoking German parliament
September ninth.
San Francisco; August 12,—One-third
of the town of Shasta was burned.
Nicclaiiff, Crimea, August 12.—The
Bussian torpedo outlet exploded here to-*
day, killing thirty-four.
Pottsville, August 12.—The strike
reported last week in the Shamakin dis
teict is slowly dying out. The Buck-
ridge colliery will resume work to-morrow.
It is expected the Big-Moontain colliery,
operated by Patterson, Llewellyn & Co.
all resume work this week.
Bichmond, August 12.—Five female
convicts, two white and three colored,
escaped from tho penitentiary last night
The negroes were recaptured. One of
the whites, Amelia Bousseil, was sent to
the penitentiary from Norfolk eighteen
months ago for stealing seven thousand
dollars worth of diamonds.
Vienna, August 12.—The Political
Correspondence announces that an npris-
ing of Mahomedon fanatics occurred at
Liono, in Herzegovina. The Turkish
commandant was killed. The troops
made common cause with the insurgents,
and marched with them on Shoplie.
London, August 12.—A Beuter’a Com
stautinople despatch says theBussians
will evacuate Adrianople within six
weeks. They will evacuate Erzeroum
and Bayazid upon the withdrawal of
the British fleet. The Czar has tele
graphed the Saltan requesting him to
order the evacuation of Batoum. The
German representative has also advised
the evacuation of Batoum. The Porte
has decided to comply with this advice
The inhabitants have again notified
minister Layard that they consider
themselves under the British protection
and will hoist the British flag upon any
attempt of the Bossians to occupy their
city.
Milwaukee, August 12.—The men
who stopped work in the shops of the Mil
waukee and St Paul railway, Saturday,
resolved to accept toe rednotton of pay,
but on going to the shops this morning
found a notice pcsted announcing that
the company was sot disposed to furnish
them with employment until a mutual
understanding was had. The men then
met and passed resolutions declaring this
no strike but a lock out.
The committee waited on General Man
ager Merrill, but no definite result was
reached. Another conference was ap
pointed for to-morrow. Between three
hundred and fifty and four hundred men
are out of employment. The officials of
the railway soy the reduotion only affect
ed those who were receiving more than
two dollars and fifty cents per day, and
that in no oase did it exceed five per oent.,
it befog done more to equalize the pay
than anything else. There are hopes
that tbe difficulty wtU be amloably settled
to-morrow. The men are quiet, though
all sorts of rumors are circulating.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Muscogee county sends uninstruoted
delegates to the Congresssional Conven
tion. They are Messrs. James M. Smith*
F. G. Wilkins, A. A. Coleman, Wm. A.
Little, Porter Inghram, W. F. Williams,
C. B. Taliaferro, E. L. Bass, Oliver Poe,
Emanuel Bicb, J. C. Andrews, L. F. Gar-
usd.
Wx learn from the Atlanta Constitution
that Mr. Olin Wellborn, formerly of
Georgia, has been nominated for Con
gress by the Democrats of tho Dallas
(Texas) district, tbe one now represented
by Governor Throckmorton.
The Borne Courier is having some fun
with its contemporary of the Tribune by
quoting the Tribune’s editor’s utterances
in the Congressional canvass cf 1876,
when Messrs. Felton and Dabney were
the oppoeing candidates. The following
are samples:
Hx (Felton) is a Radical in full accord
with the leaders cf -Radicalism, and any
so-called Democrat voting for him may
make up his mind to be classed with his
proper belongings.—Editor of Bums
Tribune, in Courier of September 23,
1876.
Felton is not an organized Democrat.
He is an organized Radical—at any rate
he is the candidate of the organizsd Rad
icals.—Editor of Rome Tribune, in Cou
rier of November 2,1876.
Felton, Hayes and Wheeler is the
blsckandtan ticket.—Editor of Rome
Tribune, in Courier of Nov. 4,1876.
Col. Dab net made a speech last Sat-
urda night at the City Hall. It was a
masterly effort, calm, dignified, logical
and eloquent. It shone in most happy
contrast with the! furious, indecent,
snorting, hell-roaring harangue of the
Rsv. Mr. Felton delivered a few weeks
ago. Everybody felt the contrast and
tha fow Radical Feltonites who were
present looked as if they felt it more
keenly than any.—Editor of Rome Tri
bune, in Courier of Sept. 26,1876.
The Tribune is now red hot for Felton
against Lester.
Mr. B. C- Humber, of PutRum county,
writes to tho Old Capitol that in 1866 he
bought “thirteen ewes for nine dollars
and thirty cents. Col. Lee Jordan, who
was then my neighbor, presented me a
Merino buck. Frpjn the above invest
ment I have realized to date, more than
eight hundred dollars, and have about one
hundred head of sheep on hand.”
Under tha head “Oar District,” the
same paper observes:
Wa feel that we, of the 6th district,
may congratnlate ourselves that we are
freed from the wrangle and turmoil of a
oanvaBs such as is "being waged in nearly
ell the Congressional districts of the State.
We have a faithful member, and it is
not probable that on j thing will oeonr be
tween this and the nomination to endan
ger his ohanoes fejr re-eleotioD. He will
hardly have opposition from his own
oonnty of Bibb, nor is it more likely that
any of the more northern counties of the
district will furnijb u man who oonld, at
this juncture, be successfully pitted
against him. Newtbn affords some good
Congressional material in the persons of
Judge Floyd and Mr.- Paae, bnt both of
these are off, bdfog candidates for the
judgeship of the Flint oiroult. Walton
troe Hr. McDaniel, a splendid man too,
hat ho has never been ambitious, and
works well is the legislative assemblies
where he Is at present and where bis peo
ple wonld do well to keep him as long as
he will serve them. In tbstjniddle coun
ties we might mention Liwson. of Fut-
oatn, a chivalrous geyllemsn, capable of
filling «jy office v, i ..in iLo gift of his
constituents, bat bo, too, 's oonient to
fill b sphere less (MfOPAttiv?*but equal-
need anticipate nothing save a good solid
support. True we have oar Williamson
and Sanord, our DuBigpon and Forman
and Grieve and Whitfield and— ourself,
bnt we are all content to wait another two
years, and onoe moro give our aepreeent-
Btive a breezy and unanimous walk over.
Wx learn from the Sumter Republican
that the Democrats of Lee county met
last Thnrsday and selected delegates fa
voring the re-nominatlen of General
Cook in the Convention to be held In Ha
oon on the 4th of September. The gen
tlemen chosen are Hor. I. P. Tison end
Colonel G. W. WarwioK.
The Baker county Democrats passed
the following resolntien at their meeting
last week:
Resolved, That among the wise and no*
ble sons of Georgia, we find no better
qualified, none more worthy to represent
our interest in the nation’s councils, than
that gallant soldier and statesman,*Gen
eral John B. Gordon, therefore we reoom-
mend that onr Representative in the Gen
eral Assembly* of Georgia do rise all fair
and honorable means to seoure his re-
eleotionto the United States Senate.
The Sumter Republican has the follow
ing:
Miraculous escape of a Child.—
There was a heavy storm passed over tne
northern portion of this oonnty this even
ing with many loud peals of thunder.
We learn from a reliable sonree that Mr.
Henry Barefield was struok by lightning
and instantly killed, also a dog that was
near him. He held an infant in his arms
and the child was not injured.
The Columbia papers announce the
death, last Thnrsday at Somerset, Mass.,
ef Mrs. Tabitha Bowers, a native of
Georgia, and for many years a resident
of this city. She was about eighty years
old.
Items from the Albany Advertiser:
A Cold-Blooded Murder.—Joe Ar
nold killed Pat Ward, August 31, at
Milwood, B. & A. Bailroad. Arnold’s
nephew, a lad nineteen or twenty years
old, called Ward a liar, wherenpon the
latter slapped him. Arnold took the
part of his nephew, and proceeded to
avenge the lick he had received by walk
ing up to Ward (who was unarmed), put
ting his pistol to his temple and deliber
ately shooting him dead. Arnold made
his escape. .
Attempted Bape.—We learn that on
Thursday of last week a negro, boy at
tempted to commit a rape npon a whits
woman at Kirkland, on the Brunswick
and Albany Bailroad. We could not get
fall particulars, but were glad to learn
that the amorous youngster was arrested,
The Harris county delegates to the
Fourth District Congressional Conven
tion were instructed to - “ vote for Hon.
. B. Harris, and for him only.”
Portions of Butte and Newton counties
have had no rain for eight weeks.
Mb. W. A. Smith, of Lexington, sold
last week three-fonrths of a small gold
mine near Union Point for twelv3 hun
dred dollars.
Thh Health cf Savannah.—The Au
gusta Chronicle says:
For several days past rumors have pre
vailed in Augnata to the effeot that there
was yellow fever in Savannah. Hearing
a report of this kind yesterday, a Chroni
cle reporter called on Captain Robert
Falligant, of Savannah, who arrived in
Augusta a day or two ago, acd asked him
If there was any truth in the rumor.
Captain Falligant said there was not the
slightest foundation for it. The city was
healthier than it had been for years, and
all neoessary sanitary means had been
adopted to keep it so. There was no
oases even of the billions fever which
usually prevails at this season cf the
year.
'Xlie Wallingford Tornado,
Twenty-seven victims of this catastro
phe were bnried in Wallingford, Connec
ticut, last Sunday, under oiroumstances
of great solemnity. Ten thousand per
sons, it will be seen, attended the foner-
•I. As the acoonnts of the tornado we
have published are very meagre wo add
the following:
Wallingford, Conn., Augost 8.—A
terrible tornado passed over Wallingford
abont six o’clock this evening, and blew
ever bouses, uprooted trees and oaused
tbe greatest devastation. It is estimated
that the killed will nnmber at least twen
ty, while tbe wounded reach twice that
number. The telegraph wires and poles
were blown down so that it was Impossi
ble to communicate directly with New
Haven or outside points. After the tor
nado passed it was found that It bad
been confined to a belt of territory abont
half a mile wide, and the whole
damage and loss of life had oc
curred on the sand plains, abont a quar
ter of a mile north of the railroad
station, near the line of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad. At
six o’olock, while the men were leaving
tbe several factories in the vicinity, it be
gan to rain gently. In a few minutes
tho rain Increased to a perfect deluge,
while the lightning illuminated the bright
sky as bright as day, and the thunder
rolled with a continuous and deafening
roar. Without a seoond’s warning a tor
nado of wind, mingled with hail and rain,
swept across the northern part of the
town from west to east, and everything
movable in its track was carried away.
It seemed to last bnt a moment, -but Its
results wore frightful. Afterwards, light
rainfall, whioh soon passed off, and at
eight o’olook, when the train arrived with
aid from Meriden, the heavens were dear
and tne moon shone brightly. By aotnal
counting, forty dwelling houses were de
molished and at least fifty bams.
The scene was a heartrending one.
The wooden houses were carried clear off
their foundations from a few feet to an
eighth of a mile. In the lins of the tor
nado nothing was left standing, and on
each side of its track lesser damage was
done, chimneys especially Buffering. The
Catholic churcb, (wooden) and the new
brick high school were totally demol
ished. The top of thebrlok factory of
the Wallingford community was oarried
away. Fires were communicated to the
ruins in many cases by lamps and 6toves,
and but for the rain the horror of tbe
affair would have been greatly increased.
THE LOST PRESIDENCY.
Some Farther Facts Concerning
the Electoral controversy
What TUden’s Indecision Cost
Him.
WaiMngtcn Correspondence Baltimore San. i
A Trip to Athens.
| SpecialC-orrespondence Telegraph and Hessen-
Ser.J
Atlanta, August 10,1878.
Pleasant recollections.
There occurred many incidents dnnug
lour recent visit to the delightful little
The contribution ef Mr. Manton Mar- I city of Athens, whioh shall always be re-
ble to the Beeret history of the Fresiden-1 garded with feelings of sincere and
tial count will excite surprise in many j gsateful pleasure.
FIRST, THE JOURNEY
to Athens, via the Air Line route, was as
enjoyable as pleasant companions, polite
officials and clean, swift running ooaehes
oonld make it.
This line has improved greatly in the
hands of Col. Foreacre, the present Su-
quarters, and may possibly lead to apgry
controversy. It is well-known that Mr.
Tilden Invited some of the leading Dem
ocrats to visit New York in November,
1876, on the eve of the meeting of Con
gress. They went there, expecting to
find some plan or action either matured
or prepared for consideration. To their, . . . n _- -. - .
astonishment, Mr. Tilden had no definite
or indefinite proposition to offer, and no j the food has
plan of any kind appeared to be formed J **®®“®J* kyal“f? P«^
in his mind. accuracy, safety, and security or traas-
_ ‘ “ ■ ‘ „ . I portation, and punctuality, all grades of
He had a vague hope that Mr. Conk-1 through. and local freights, as well as
hngy General Boiler, Mr. Droller, tbo I passenger patronage,
tanker and others who from their posl- r0ftd % supplied with the very beet
tion in the Republican parly, or their per-1 accommodation, and all tho modern im-
sonal relationa with General Grant, would pr0remellt8 & the comfort of those
h® ®hhjt° exert such personal influences Raveling 0Ter it . This 1B the best and
of WnaMnnf/m as tn nTAVAnf fna onnonm. I . . P . .« « •
quickest route to Athens as well as being
freer from dust and dirt.
We were much gratified to see that
the state of the country was prosperous
along the line of the road, the crops be
ing fine, and giving every indication,
from the vigor and sturdiness of their ap
pearance, of an abundant harvest.
The oom is particularly fine, and the
cotton as flourishing as could be expected
from the long continued want of rain,
There are many very excellent farms
„„ UU.U..CVUUU. nW** imporUiit—its judgeship of foe Oo
Politics! mass meetings continue''to 'oaulgoc cticu.i. fi'ou. R’-'a :-u Mr. Blount
Wot Weather.
There hae been a very heavy rainfall
Macon since last Saturday. The
showers have been frequent and copious.
Lands and roads have been severely
washed, and crops injured to some ex
tent by the deluge. Up to last Satur
day cotton on sandy lands in this region,
had sustained much injury from drought.
We have heard the loss of fruitage on
these lands estimated at twenty-fire to
fifty per cent. What area has been
covered by the recent rains, we do not
know; bnt up to within two or three
days it was not extensive.
Boston has turned blue with Keurnej’s
curses, sinco that blatherskite entered
the Hub.
at Washington as to prevent the consum
mationof the conspiracy in Congress.
At that time he certainly did not suggest
any mode of unifying Democratic action
or of confronting the Republican leaders
with a settled and positive programme of
pclioy whioh wonld draw the lins distinct
ly between the two parties, and enable
pnblic, sentiment to crystalize on one or
the other.
Congress met on tbe 4th of December,
1876, and from that time forward, until j
the joint committee reported the elec- j and farmhousea In sight of the track/
toral bill in the middle of January, it was I and, judging from the appearance of the
found to be wholly impraotloable to gat people as seen from the car windows and
any clear understanding of Mr. Tilden a.| B t the stations, there appeared to be much
views and wishes. Members of the Ben-1 well-grounded and solid prosperity
atoand of the House of Representatives I among them,
visited New York to oonfer with him cn j ' Athens
this subjeot, in order to assure perfeot oo-1 jg situated in what might bo called the
operation between the party in Congress loW6 r edge of North Georgia, and lies in
and the President eleot.. Some of them | B beautifnl country of low hills and soft
went as informs! committees, and remain- | valleys
ed several days in conference without It originally was the home of many of
reaohlngany conclusion whatever. | oar j, est and g rea test men, and now the
They returned to Washington no wiser I palatial homes of the old regime are to
than they went away, nniformly report- I be seen lifting their white walls' and
ing that they found Mr. Tilden unsettled I Anted columns among the green shoulder
in his judgment asto any measure of his j of oaks and shrubbery. Many of these
own, and equally uncertain between' va» j old mansions have been kept up, while a
rious modra alternately suggested _by his (few have fallen into sad decay. But, on
visitors. If, therefore, as Ur. Martin
states, “it is no Beoret now that npon this
issue (to resist the count of the elsetoral
vote by the President of the Benate) Mr.
the whole, Athens mpy be said to be op
the rise, and a return of her old time
supremacy can be looked for in a few
years. The people say that Athena is
Tilden counseled many of his friends in | more prosperous, and that more business
tbe leadership of the Home, who visited | ig transacted there now than has bsen
him in New York during the Christmas | done at any time since the war. Wo no-
holidays, not only to stand but to foroe I ticed several fine brick store-houses in
tho debate, first In the House, then in | progress of erection. In short, the out-
the Senate,” he concealed that counsel I look in this section is very flattering in-
from several leading members who are I deed, and everybody seems confident of a
still living and oan speak for themselves* r i c h and happy future for this portion of
There was no division of opinion among I the State,
the Democrats in regard to the prepos- I Daring the reoent commencement the
terous pretensions of the Piesident of I oity was crowded with visitors, a great
the Senate to count thp votes. But if the I many of the old graduates being present,
“issue” had been made and fought to the I having come from all parts of tha Sonth-
bitter end, it would not have profited I era States, and some from the West and
Mr. Tilden in the least, with a hostile | North to participate in the reunions of
Senate ready in tbe last resort to pro- I tbe several classes elnoe the war. The
long discussion to the 4th of Margh, and I class of 1868 had a large and very oom-
a hostile President ready to use and to I piste 'reunion, whioh was marked with,
abuse executivepower and put Mr.Hayes I many incidents of a pleasing and humor-
in the White Mouse, or a President of | on's oharaoter. Ontof the olass- of thirty-
the Senate. While this state of unoer- j five there have been but three deaths in
tainty existed, troops wore gathered at |
the Capital fiom the distant frontiers, j
and put on a war footing. Other prepa,
rations were made indicating a revolu-
ten years.
The class of 1874-5 also renewed all
loves and associates in a manner whioh
will be long remembered by all with pe
tionary design toehold possession of the I ouliar pleasure.
Government by any means, fair or I An exceedingly delightful oammunlon
foul. The danger of $ coup d’etat was I of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity took place
far more imminent than the coun-} also daring the oontmenoement, where
try believed at the tune. Things drifted I several fine speeches were made, and
along to the crisis, like a ship tossed by J every member renewed in heart the noble
the billows without rudder or compass, I and generous vows whioh mark as expo
und no sun to take an observation, and I nents of tho virtues and noble principles
breakers were seen ahead. There was I whioh underlie this strange tie of mystio
no pilot or directing mind to weather the I brotherhood,
storm. Mr. Tilden, the chos6n leader of I TH * newton house
the party, gave no sign. Had he lifted
his finger, or in any way positively indi
cated a purpose, he would have been
followed to any extremity. He had his
own ehosen agents in Washington speak-
| was filled to overflowing with guests,
among whom were many of the fairest
daughters and wisest sons of onr old
! State.
Colonel dinard certainly deserves the
ing for him and acting a part that seemed I best gratitude and thanks of alibis guests
to shift with every changing scene. I tot the kind and attentive oaro given their
Col. Pelton* his nephew, and a strange comforts and well being. Colonel Clinard
following, were established at the Arling- 8*?® • personal raperriaios to the wants
ton from toe beginning of toe session, of and every visitor, not only bring
and managed matters so as not to win «™ry meal and directing and
anyS^ialappIau B “: IS™**?
rhla guests at their rooms, to sea that all
The electoral bill'w*8 the offspring, ] demands jrere property snpplied. The
I eye of the master being every where of
Tfe *&•”*****!* * " [owase toe servants ara compelled to bo
- oomoontM who con-1 au T e and attentive, and so they are moro
eentea to it knew, of course, that they I attentive than I ever saw at a similar
ran risks, ana had to take chances in the I hotel anvwhere else,
integrity of the men who eompoaed toe Tha N6wton House is a good hotel and
commission. They had reason to'behevo I jg we u ^ epti
that the merits of the disputed elections I * ‘ BM0BT ePCEB
wonld be fairly consi&sred, and were not spoke to a large and enthusiastic crowd
prepared for the opinion of the Judges on Wednesday evening, the 7ft. The
of the Supreme Court thafr testimony ex-1 gy m p ft thtes of his audience were decided-
ly in his favor.
Mr. Speer is a gentleman, an educated
man, a man of big heut and broad brain,
of eloquent tongue, and will, whether
successful in this race or not, be one of
the leading men of the State.
Carolyhn.
posing frauds and forgeries in the certifi
cates from Florida and Louisiana was to
be excluded as aliunde.
Tho tru9 and foil history of the electo
ral bill, and toe oause whioh led to its ao-
ceptanoe by toe Democrats, has yet to be
written. No men ever acted more patri
otically or disinterestedly than they did. (
They may be Bald to have saved toe f A OOLlxoe companion of King Alfonso
country from a civil war, whioh wonld IXIL of Spain, "Frederick of Austria,
—not a war of sections, but of neighbor-1»Joung princess. In addressing his old
hoods and families. The paper now put I schoolmate the Arohduke conformed to
forth by Mr. Marble, is interesting and I th e etiquette of King’s royal titles. The
well written, and furnishes some details I „ r
not heretofore made public, bnt all the ^nff "P 1 ** as ‘I absolute^
efforts or the personal friends of Mr. I prohibit you to use the word ‘Majesty’
Tilden cannot weaken toe indisputable]! in your letters, and I farther exact from
faot that to his own lndeoirion was I you precisely the aims treatment I re-
great y due Wa loss of the Presidency. ^ vhile we were togeUl-t at Tere-
Oalya few days before tho adjourn-1 —
ment of the last Bastion of Congress some I Bmno * Yont w ^®» t00 » w ben yon call
correspondent bad a private conversation I npon us at Madrid, will find in the Queen
on this very subjeot with Senator Bayard. I a pleasing acquaintance and a sincere
Senator Bayud was a member of toe j friend, because Mercedes is very good
joint oommittee whioh reported toe bill I — a _ __ „ ..
providing for the Eleotorol Commission, j “ a lovln «’ Then we wlU , reca11 to ffetber
: fir. Marble, by implication at least, if not I the old times.’ A few days. after the
directly, reflects on. Mr. Bayard and other I receipt of this letter the Archdnke recei*
Democratic Senators who reported tho | vsd the following telegram. “My dear
electoral bill, and Beeks to convey the idea I Frederick: The Queen Mercedes is dead,
that they surrounded an Impregnable po-1 May God grant you In jour marriage toe
tition. This makes it entirely proper to I happiness which has been snatched Atom
give Mr. Bayard’s own version of the sit-1 me . jg your coming joy remember
nation at tha time. I sometime the grief and martyrdom of
It needs no indorsement to oonvmoe | your poor Alfonso."
toe people of this country theta man oast I _7 "—„
in the mould of Mr. Bayard is not one to | Ye*«0 Cotton Crop*
surrender .any couse whioh he knows to be I Houston Telegram, 7tb.3
right, or to make any statement whioh I To toe agreeable and astonishing eux-
cannot be implicitly rtlied npon. In toe I prise of everybody no cotton worms
conversation alluded to Mr. Bayard said I worthy of much note have as jret appear
that he had gone to New York to see Mr. I ed in the crop of Texas. It is now the
Tilden for toe purpose of obtaining his I seventh day of August, and not a single
views, as he believed, the Democrats la I acre is as yet] reported as devastated by
Congreaa should be guided by his wishes. | them. The crop is partially beyond their
Mr. TiIdea’s talk was all generalities—he I reach, tbe top crop Ming opened or rap-
had much to say of trusting a pnblio sen-1 idly opening, and the middle and lower
tlment, but proposed no practical plan, j bolls so rapidly maturing as to give hope
Failing to receive any suggestion I that they too will escape the great enemy,
from MrT Tilden whioh oonld be acted I TJp to too hour of writing, not a single
upon, Senator Bayard returned to Wash-1 disaster has overtaken the cotton crop of
ington, and wito bis associates on the I Texas, but all things, from the hour the
joint committee consented to a plan which 1 teed mm sown to the present, have worked,
they had every reason in the world to be-1 perfectly to the end ef the grandest crop
Iievs wonld result in giving Mr, Tilden I ever reaped. In the middle and lower
bis rights. TbBt they were basely, I counties picking actively commenced
treacherously deceived is no more fault J last Monday morning, and by toe dose of
of theirs then of honorable men before I the psesent week gins will everwhere be
them who have trusted only to be bs-1 in operation. It looks nos] more will be
trayed. * raised than can be picked out.
Tne Mew Chancellor.
If toe board of trustees thought it their
duty to make a ohange in the first office
of the University which many doubted,
their choice oonld not have fallen npon a
moro capable, popular and prudent gen
tleman than ex-rice Chancellor P. H.
MeU, DD. LLD.
Mr. Mell is a native of Liberty county,
and we have known him from early child
hood to toe present hour. Possessed of
the most Imperturbable self-possession
and Spartan firmness, a dear head and
logioal mind, great .knowledge of human
nature, and commanding ability, it is not
surprising that such a man should have
been singled oat In almost every instance
for a quarter of a century by a powerful
and numerous religious denomination, to
preside over its most Important and au
gust ecclesiastical assemblages.
Order seems to be the first law of his
mind, and his eagle eye is quick to note
and promptly suppress the least invasion
of parliamentary usage. JY6b dignity
and courtesy are the characteristics of
Dr. Mell, and few Moderators ever gave
less offense in the mode and manner of
his decisions. All are made to feel that
there is an impartial Pdinuros at the
helm, who deals out justice, even-handed
justice alone, to every member on toe
floor.
This habit of command, so long exer
cised, has not in toe least caused him to
be arbitrary or overbearing in his de
meanor, either to hie equals or toe young
gentlemen of the University. On the
contrary, no one is more gentle; confiding
and respectful (ban he to the youngest
freshman. The boys like him, and the
Doctor ha3 a dry, phlegmatic humor
about his manner whioh challenges their
admiration. At the same time they rec
ognise, as does every one acquainted
with him, that he is a man of iron will
and determined courage, who.cannot be
trifled with.
Dr. Mell is also a pious and consistent
Christian, as was his predecessor, and
this is of the last importance in the char
acter of toe trainer of youth.
We admire and love chancellor Tucker,
but if the force of imperious circum
stances wholly disconnected with him
called for a change in toe administration
to aatisty what seemed to be the popular
desire, we are delighted that the Board
did not select, as was proposed, some
illuitrious figure-head, nominally to fill
toe place of Chancellor, while he did
nothing practically for the Institution.
In Dr. Mell we have a learned, level
headed, as tote end experienced educator,
the peer of any scientist in the State, one
already in position and long-endeared to
the community, and a man accustomed
to rule, and greatly beloved.
Let us hope, then, that toe enemies of
the University, and those who clamored
so loudly for change, will ground their
arms and aid in the great work of restor
ation. No institution can flourish when
constantly the theme of violent animad
version, and personal antagonisms divide,
its friends.
We hope a new era of prosperity is
abojjj to dawn npon onr ancient Alma
Mater. God grant it.
CtetUng Stale.
Philadelphia Times J
Kearney isTgetting stab. He has been
at large- in Boston for a week or more
and not a bondholder has been hnng.
Tbe Eqnilibrlnm Preserved.
N.Y.Bxpreaa.1
While Kearney has eome UmI. Beecher
has gone to California. Thua indulgent
Nature has preserved the equilibrium.
Blue Jeans’ Strong Points.
Baltimore Gazette.]
They are beginning to think out in In
diana that if Bjae Jeans Williams ba
kept carefully under blue glass he may
be developed into a Favorite Son before
1880. - His simple aUire, and his horny-
banded method of conducting his farm
by the perspiration of his own bulging
brow, mark him as a man that Hendricks
mnsfc keep his weather eye on;
Level, as Well as Bed.
Memphis Avalanche.)
The Captain’s company had not seen
much service, and one morning the Fed
eral cavalry surprised them. The boys
did the best they could; they broke, ran,
and rallied in squads and fired. Some of
the boys were wounded, a few were killed.
The Captain, who was red-headed, ran on
foot (as he lost his horse) until his faoe
waaasred as his head. He saw toe
crisis. So he took a position in the mid
dle oi the road, and waring his swerd, he
made this order to toe troops: “Men, for
God Almighty’s sake, quit Bhooting; it
only makes them worse!'’
Radicals Aiding Southern “In*
dependents.’*
Washington Special to New York Tribune.!
Work has already commenced in aid
of political movements of an independ
ent character in toe various S^pthem
States. Judge Edmund says that there
are a number of prominent Southern men
who are willing to run'for Congress from
Southern districts in opposition to toe
advocates of tlje ‘'shot-gun” policy, and
he has no hope that the Republicans can
succeed in toe Southern States except by
aiding'these men. He says it is better
to assist native-born Southerners, and
thus break op the strength of the Bour
bon advocates qf mob law and persecu
tion, than to do nothing, as the Republi
can party had about made np its mind to
do in many of the Southern States.
MEW ORLEANS.
The Record ot Death and Bltln
ness.
In Pennsylvania toe crop of apples ex
ceeds anything before known. In "Wash
ington county an entire orchard was sold
at two cents toe bushel, handpicked and
delivered.
Fhcale bathers at Long Branch have
taken to wearing masks of wire net, or of
oil silk on wire frame, which conceal
their features from the impertinent stare
uf male loungers.
Mary Benton, of Eiton, Durham, En
gland, is in her one .hundred and forty-
eight year. She cooks, washes andirons,
threads her own needleB, and aewe with
out spectacles. What a deal of gossip
that woman must have heard in her time-'
Cattle Disease in East Tennessee.—
The Knoxville Tribune Bays the fatality
among the cattle in the suburbs of toe
city continues alarming—about fifty life
less bovinee haring already been hauled
out on the commons. The disease, so
far, is confined principally to the suburbs
north and west of the city, hut several
cows have died also in the Third, Fifth,
Seventh and Eighth wards, and it is fear
ed the disease may become general am.ong
the cattle.
Anew anecdote of Plus IX. Is toldia
toe “Raoollections of a Lifetime,” by an
aged Italian journalist. Avery wealthy
French lady, whose husband was abroad
toe diplomatic service of France, un
dertook a pilgrimage to Rome with her
sons and daughters. When the audience
was obtained, the lady, kneeling, said:
“Holy Father, I shall not rise until you
tell me what faTor I may bestow upon
you.” “Rise, my child,” qaidthe old
Pope, “because toe favor I would require
you cannot offer me; that is a pus of new
^gs.”
Hayes and the Chinese Question.—
Representative Luttrell, of California,
who is in Washington, has had an inter
view with Mr. Hayes on the Chinese ques"
tion, whioh he sqg'was very satisfactory.
Whilst declining to state to an interview
er what the Freaident said about the
matter; Mr. Luttrell said toe President
ia “perfectly alive to the great evils re-
Bulling to the country from toe inflow
of the Chinese,” and that if be oonld tell
the people of California what the Presi
dent said to him on the subject “it would
send a thrill through the whole Pacific
region.” Mr. Luttrell was asked what
effect the newly-arrived Chinese embassy
would have in determining the course to
be pursued by this government. "I
think,” was the reply, “that after they
come here and have an interchange of
opinions with the President and ascertain
exactly how he stands, they wMl be
satisfied that eome limitation most be
glide in the emigration of their country-
-foea |o the United States, whioh now
contains by far too many of them for its
good,”
' PROMINENT PHYSICIAN ON THR EPI«
DEHIC.
New Orleans, August 10.—New oases
35, deaths 8; new oaies for toe week,
233; deaths for tbe week, 66; total oases
.to date, 466; total deaths, 126. Iaoluded
In to-day’s report were H new cases and
2 deaths at toe charity hospital. The
■Evening Times publishes a statement by
Dr. A. Mercer, to«day, in the office of toe
Board of Health, that he had been in
vited by another physiolan to look at a
oase ot yellow fever, that of a child bora
ia New Orieans and which . ted
n ®.^* r left toe city. He had. seen the
child and found that it was suffering from
a severe case of malarial fever, although
it was reported at the office of toe Board
of Health as a yellow fever case. The
Doctor stated that he has practiced here
since 1841. In 1853; while in charge of
an infirmary, he had 350 cases at one
time* at that institution; therefore; he
thinks he has some experience, but he
declares moat emphatically that he has
Never yet seen a child born here or re
siding here all the time attacked by yel
low fever. The quarantines around New
Orleans have brought business almost to
a standstill.
Included in toe 466 yellow fever cases
reported to tbe Board of Health to noon,
te-day, are 121 children under ten years,
and 19 colored persons.
Stewart and let for Cook.
Special to the Telegraph and Hetienger.t
Americub, Ga., August 12.
Stewart and Lee bounties instruot their
delegates to v.ote for General Gook,
T.
As spirituous liquors will injure men,
so opium or morphia will harmfully at-
fect the baby. Dr. Bull’s Baby Sjrap is
toe remedy for tne baby. It is free from
opium. Price 25 cents.
The Southern Pacific Railroad is sha
ded by a continuous line of cottonwood
trees planted for telegraph poles. They
all sprouted and lived.
Two twelve-jeer-oldboya threw stones
st a train on the Great Eastern -Railway,
England, and were punished by three
days* lmprispament and a “whipping
withabirchrod.” - - • '
Great Landholders. — Sinoe the
World’s Congress ef Science has deter,
mined that every new planet found shall
be toe property 6f the discoverer, the
largest landholders ara toe astronomers,
and the landless can have farms for a
groat.
The Cost.—The English dissenters
have abont rattled the annual cost of toe
Church establishment at forty-three mil
lions ot dollars.
{JTus steamship City ot Paris sailed
from New York, last week, on her sqpond
trip to Brasilian ports with a f nil oargo
of assorted merchandise, including 14,200
barrels of flour, 104 packages domestic
dry goods, sundry jpanos, organs, rawing
machines and agricultural implements.
President "Washburn of Robert Col
lege; Constantinople, writes to the Inde
pendent that thus for tha result of the fall
of Turkey has bran chaos. “Many parts
of the country,” be says, “are in rains—
the towns burned, the inhabitants mas
sacred or scattered. Everywhere the
population has been reduoed to poverty
and all business has long been st a stand
still. In many provisoes civil war is still
gaging between t^e different nationalities,
and all civil government .has long since
disappeared. The Central Government
at Constantinople is in much the same
condition. The Sultan trembles for hie
life, the treasury is empty and bankrupt
the old system of government has some
to sin end, and those in power do not Me
what is to take its place.” Dr. Wash
burn thinks that the -territory annex'*
to ether countries will rapidly
under good government. Asiatic
Turkey will only sb'ff ® civilise -
tion, even should England exert herself
to influenoe reforms.