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Newspaper Page Text-CLISBY, JONES & REESE, PbOpbietors The Fahily Jotja»Ai.—Nr*wa-—PoilTifta—Litjbatub*—AoBxcuiTtTEit—Bostbstic Atiaibs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED1826. MACON, TUESDAY OCTOBER 1,1878. VOLUME LIU—NO 88 BY TELEGRAPH. New Oslkanp, September 22.—The sick telegraphers, Sheldon, Paul Leloup and Cottrell, are convalescent. Dolplaine and Graham are convalescing slowly. Smith is not eo well, but it is hoped he •will recover. James Malony’s symptoms aro favorable. The now cases to-day are, William J. Matthews, operator for the Eads Jett; Company; Jamss Wbann, operator for the Ocean Line. Dr. Kibbee is down with fever and un dergoing water treatment. Dr. Choppin considers his symptoms favorable to the success of the cooling treatment. The Howard Association report 78 new cases, the Young Men’s Christian Asso- elation EG. A dispatch from Dr. Drew, at South* west Pas3 reports three new caees and cne death. Holly Spbinos, September 22.— Among the deaths to-day are Frank and James Walker and Dr. Shelden, of Mo bile. There to no improvement in the situation. Memphis, September 22.—Since the beginning of the epidemic the following physicians cf the Howard medical corps have fallen victims to the fever: Arm strong and Hodges, of Memphis; Mc Gregor, of Tipton county, Tennessee; Means, of Nashville; and Bard, of Browns ville. The following are reported on the sick lis‘: Linn and Damson, of Memphis; Montgomery, of Chattanooga; Bisnney, of Jonestown, Mississippi; and L. A. Chevis, of Savannah. St. Lodi?, September 22.—Total sub scriptions here for the fever sufferers is SC3.3E0. New Oaleans, September 22.—Deaths 49, new cases 195. Total cases to date 7,838. Total deaths 2,570. The death list to-day includes thirteen children un der seven years. Caktdn, Mi3S., September 22.—New cases 21, deaths 6. Dr. A. T. Semmes and Robert Mosley aro improving. G. W. Thomas is quite unwell this morning. Our people ore les3 cheerful. Cairo, September 22.—At Hickman to day there were nine new cases and four deaths. No coses in Cairo. Hontoombby, September 22.—Govern or Houston will issue a proclamation ap pointing October 3d a day of humiliation and prayer to God that the pestilence may abate in the infected localities, and that other States may be spared. The total contributions here to-day were §100. New OaLSAr.a, September 22—Warm weather generally, and cloudy and mist ing all the forenoon. To-night is cloudy. D. B. Morey, the well known railroad agent, has relapsed, after three weeks' convalescence. His caso is regarded as almost hopeless. Dr. Sweasy, the well-known editor cf Ibo Agricultural Journal, died at Tangi- popia on Wednesday, of yellow fever, aged fifty years. The Howards have received a dispatch from Tangipopia saying that there is a great deal of eickne&s there, and it is said lo bs yellow fever. The operator and postmaster are sick. A dispatch from Morgan City announ ces the death of O. S. Clark and F. B. Reman at Lagonda Plantation. Mr. Steele Clarke died on Friday. Gbznada, September 22.—One death hero tc-dsy, a colored woman. No new cases reported. Tsbby, Miss , September 22.—The fe ver is still bad at Deygrove, two dying while vomiting blood. One new oase lost night. The Howard 6npplios are exhaus ted. Moroah City, September 22.—No new rnses since Friday. St. Louis, September 22.—An exten sive bond robbery was’eommitted in Kan sas city on Friday. A well dressed man drove to the office of the Jackson oonnty Railroad and called the cashier to the cldc walk and held a brief conversation regarding a bad conductor in the com pany's employ. Shortly after the cash ier’s return to the office he discovered that the safe bad been robbed of a thousand dollars in money and twenty-one thorn sand dollars in oonnty bonds and matured coupons Also of a life insurance polio cy of Thomas Oarrigan, for twenty-five thousand, and other valuable papers; Subsequently a box containing the bonds, eto., were found near the express company’s stables still, having the insur ance polioy and papers but the bonds and coupons was gone. Thoso bslongel to Bernard Carrigan and are valueless to the robbers os the numbers and loss have teen reported to the proper authorities. New Yoee, September 22.—A special from Norfolk says the farm house of W. II. Deale, Boykins, Southampton county, was the scene of a shocking tragedy yes terday morning. Luther Deale, a young tono! W. H. Dsale, was sent by Edward Barnes into the room of Miss Hollio Nel son to obtain asbot-gnn to shoot a hawk. A few moments afterward the explosion of fire-arms in the lady’s room alarmed the family, and on rushing into the room Miss Mollie was fonnd lying on the floor with her skull blown oil her head and her shoulders bathed in blood. Young Deale, in handling tba gun, ac cidentally discharged it and the whcls load struck Miss Nelson. She died after an hour’s unconsciousness. The deceased was sister of Mrs. Deale and on a visit, having come the day before from her home in Northampton county, N. C. Baltimore, September 22.—The inte rior of the tower attached to the Mer chants’ Shot Works, was burned to-day, together with the machinery and fixtures. Loss, $15,000; insured. New Yobk, September 22.—A Terre Haute, Indiana, special says that William Foreman, residing near that city, was ar rested, charged with causing the death, yesterday, of Miss Jennie Murdock, mem ber of a respected family, by efforts to produce an abortion, to cover his crime of seduction. The matter creates great ex citement New Ycbe, September 22.—Burglars robbed the eafe cf Horton’s ice cream depot, cn 4th Avenne, of $800 worth of jewelry, $140 in money, and notes, bonds and mortgages representing $200,000. The latter, however, were thrown away by the thieves and subsequently recov ered. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., September 22.— David Bell, nineteen years old. of Fibkill lsnding, was bitten by a dog July Rth, and died last night of hydrophobe and terrible agony. Detroit, September 22.—A Saginaw special says a quantity of shingles on lVhittemore & Cameron’s dock, at Tawas, and fifty thousand feet 'of lumber on Tawas Mills Company’s dock, were blown into the lake. Fifteen hundred trees fell across the track of the Taj as and South western railroad, and considerable dam age was dona to buildings and property along the line. The losa is fifteen hun dred dollars. One man at Ogemaw had his arm broken and received ether inju ries. Losdoh, September 22.—The Peslher Lloyd announces that the Austrians have °ceupeid Bjelins, twenty-five miles north cf Sewornik. The report ia not yet con firmed. Paris, September 22 —To-day baing the anniversary cf the proclamation of tbo republic, banquets in celebration of the event'were held here and in other cities. MM. Lonis Blanc and Alfred Nanquet, Radical members of the Cham' ter of Deputies, made speeches on the occasion—the former here and the latter in Marseilles. Both set forth as the pro gramme of the Radical party, the eup. presaion of the office of President of the Repnblic, the abolition of the Senate, and the discontinuance of the badges of pub- lio worship. M. Blano severely criti cized the half-hearted policy of M. Gam- betla. The newspapers announce that in cob sequence of new attempts to hold a so cialist congress, legal prosecutions are pending, and several foreign internation alists will be expelled from France. London, September 25.—A Reuter’s Constantinople* dispatch says? It ii stated that the envoy who recently ar- rived from the Ameer of Afghanistan is endeavoring to induce the Porte to con clude an alliance with Russia. Paris, Septembsr 22.—The Eepullupic Prancais, in an article on the unsettled state of Europe, advises France not to enter into any engagements, as perilous times are not yet over, and, still less, the era of alluring cffeis. The article is regarded as a reply to a revived minor that England has recommended France to take possession of Tanis. Cleveland, September 22.—Tne ex citement over the crime of body snatch ing was increased yesterday by the dis- coveiy in the vat of the Horcceopathio college the remains of Mrs. Angelico Hlgby, of GarreVtsville, Ohio, an old and esteemed resident cf that place, who died Angnst 23d. The college authorities, hearing of the intended search for the body, had the remains-taken to the un dertaker and properly dressed and cof fined, when they were delivered to her friends. Ths chief members of the faculty were arrested, but released on baiL The oase of the college janitor and two men, sup posed to be prime movers in this busi ness, came up in the conrt yesterday, and was continued nntil Monday. Greed lo cal exoitement was produced. Washington, September 23.—The con tributions hero for the yellow fever suf ferers,as far as can be ascertained,ace thir ty-five hundred dollars. Individual and other amounts, sent direct in small sums, not publicly announced, will swell the to tal to four thousand. S. M. Davis, a telegrapher from Lynch burg, Virginia, says five ont of six of my household near Moscow, Tennessee, late ly had the yellow fever prevailing in that section. All recovered; the attacks be ing great]? mitigated and their reoovery da?, as I believe, to the nse of the Bed ford Alum and Iron Springs Mass, which was used in their cases, and as a prophy lactic before their being attacked. San Francisco, September 23.—At the State Fair on Saturday the Sumner Guards won ths first prize for the mili- itary—scoring seven hundred and fifty- eight ont of a possible thousand. New York, September 23.—Collections were taken for tho fever sufferers at all the Catholic churches in Brooklyn yes terday. New York, September-23.—A Saratoga special says the Union Savings Bank, of Saratoga Springs, closed Saturday. Lia bilities, $153,000. Assets—Cash, $3,000; mortgages on real estate, $180,000. Memphis September 22.—Seventeen Howard physicians report 114 new oases. Dra. A. G. Wendell, of Minneapolis, and M. T. Keating, of New York, have arriv ed. The fever appeared among the children at the Leatb Orphan Asylum, a mile north of tho city. Of forty inmates seven have been attacked. Physicians and three nnrses have been sent to be quarantined on the premises. Hernando, Miss., September 22.— There were three new eases of tho fever yesterday, inclnding Dr. Powell. Grand Junction, Tknn., September 23.—-T. E. Jones, President of the How ards, is taken down. Only three white men aro cn their feet. Three new cases and three deaths yesterday. Forty cases on hand. A doctor was captured on the down train. We are is need of blankets and other necessaries. New Obleaes, September 23.—Tho Howards yesterday reported three hun dred and ssventy-foar new cases and the Y. M. C. A. forty-seven. Among the deaths were H. C. Knigg- manand Saunders Iriby. There are twenty-five cases at Water Valley. London, Sepi-- her 23.—A Constanti nople dispaioh says it is stated that Fraaceis about to abandon her exclusive protectorate over Catholics in the East. The Pope is consequently expected to send a Nuncio to Constantinople. A Belgrade dispatch says a deputation of Beys is coming to Belgrade from-Zcor- nik, Tozla and Bjelina to ask a anion with Servia. It is doubtful whether Prince Milan will grant them an audi ence. General Skobeloff says there will notbs a Kasdan between Constantinople and Tohovlen by Wednesday. Constantinople, Sept. 23.—Russia has proposed to the powers to make a collective demand npon the Porte for an immedi ate surrender of the territory ceded to Montenegro by the Berlin treaty. London, September 23.—A Paris dis patch says Gambetta’s speech, as pnb-, lished in the Itepubligue Francais, is con siderately toned down. Iiis saidthii Is dono in oonsequenne of McMahon having threatened to resign. Rome, September 23.—At the next Consistory, which will be held on the an niversary of the election of Pope Leo XIII. to the Pontificate, the papal Nun cios at Paris, Madrid and Lisbon will be created Cardinals. St. Petersburg, September 23.—Gen eral Tocllaben telegraphed to the Csar from San Stefano, under date of Septem ber 20th, as follows : Arrived at Adrian- oplo September 18th and was received by the' Mussulman, Greek, Bulgarian, Armenian and Jewish clergy, all of whom requested me (o express to your Majesty their gratitude for the protection the Russian authorities have afforded them. They stated that* such order and justice had never prevailed there as dar ing tho occupation by the Russian troops, whose behavior bod been most exem plary. I founl the town illuminated on my arrival, and noticed the gates of the mosques ornamented with devices dis playing your Majesty’s initials. The town, on Thursday, was decorated with flags, and at intervals along the streets with portraits of your Majesty, festooned with gailmds. When I left Adiianoplo the town and mosques were again illum inated, and the whole population was my departure. Cincinnati. September 23.—A sec tion of John Robinson’s circus train, on the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad, wsb diuhed near ML Carmel yesterday, de» molishing five care. Foot employes were hurt. Weed Port, N. Y., September 23 — The Republicans of the twenty-fifth dis trict re-nominated John H. Camp. Bobton, September 23.—United States Commissioner Hallett gave bis decision Chesapeake, in tho name of the Confed erate government, during the late civil war. The Commissioner ordered, his die charge on the ground that his case was covered by the general amnesty procla mation of December 25tb, 1868. San Francisco, September 23.—The Odd Fellows bank has decided to wind up business and fias made an assign’ ment. - . . - Baltimore, September 23.—In the United States District Court to-day the Grand Jury brought in an indictment for murder in the first degree against Capt Edward S. Huggins, late master of the schooner Maggie E. Gray, for killing his mate, Wm. H. Weaver, while on a voy. age from this port to Rio, in June lost. Oswego, N. September* 23.—The Democrats of the 28th district have nom inated Joseph B. Sprague. Columbus, Ga., September 23.—Tlio Eagle and Phenjr factory have sent a hundred pairs of their blankets to the Memphis sufferers. They bad previous ly given cne thonsand and filtj-five dol lars cash to the stricken cities. Memphis, September 23.—The weather is warm again. John C. Neim&nn, Alex W. McOornell and John W. Lewis are dead. Martin Griffin, Cashier of the Ger man National bank, is do.wn. Ex-Mayor John Johnson, Superintendent of the Howard Association nurses took charge and will keep the institution open. The odore Heist, undertaker, is reported dy ing. JB. R. Catrons' condition is unfa vorable. Judge Archibald Wright, and H. Battonberg are ont to-day. New Orleans, September 23.—Forty- four deaths and one hundred and thirty’ four new cases to-day. There has been seven thonsand nine hundred and seventy- two cases and two thonsand five hundred and fourteen deaths to date. Captain Thomas Taylor, former mas ter of the steamboat Erie, died Saturday, at Bay St. Lonis, of the fever. Dr. Kib- bel is convalescent. Louisville, September 23.—Fever pa tients from points this Bide of Memphis continue to arrive, Ten were discharged from the hospital to-day. There have been nine deaths during the week, and forty caees remain. All are refugees. There is not a case among our citizens. New Orleans, September 23.—A let ter from Piaquemine eays the total num ber of cases of fever amount to 175, and the total deaths to 65. The fever is said to be spreading in the rear of the town. Dr. Schwing is recovering. He lost two children and a brother. Dr. Magee and twelve nurses were sent up the firet week, since which time five of them have taken the fever and one died. In several fami lies every member is down, and in others from five to ten. A Baton Rouge dispatch says Robert Wiseman, chief of police, died there of the fever. The Howards have received the follow ing telegrams from Thibodeaux, La., and Holly Springs, Miss.: We have plenty of nurses in Thibo deaux for the present. The disease pre vailing here is yellow fever, bnt in a very mild form, The cases of fever to date in Ladodie- villa and vicinity number 150 and the deaths 30. At Holly Springs, since lost report the new cases number 32 and the death 9. But six physicians are on duty. Dr. Lewis was taken down this morning, and Dr. Segur ia not strong enough for duty. Dr. Sheldon is doing well. Washington, September 23.—Commo dore Bhnfeldt, acting Secretary of the Navy, has issned orders to oommandants of tbo Various navy yards to the effeot that eight hours shall oonstitnte a day’s work, and full compensation be paid therefor, the same as 'now paid for ten hoars. Persons electing to work ten hours will bo paid extra therefor. Colonel Casey, commissioner of pablio buildings, lias issued similar orders to ths workmen in. his employ. The district commissioners to-day or dered the chief of police not to allow any more noisy or dieordeily demonstrations by Cohen’s mob within the district limits. New York, September 23.—Tbo Con gressional committee of inquiry into.the Custom-House affairs resumed (he inves tigation to-day. Silas B. Wright wa3 examined, and said that it was impossible for the ap praiser to examine all goods; the work fell on the examiners and assistant ap provers; the appraisers acted on their returns and calculations; it is the duty of the appraiser to teat the correctness of all invoices; goods were sometimes meas ured, but- not always; none passed with out examination; by higher salaries bet ter men might bo obtained, but it is im possible for them to bo always correct in estimating valaes; the appraiser, in re turning reappraisements, frequently or dered by the Collector, or Seoretary of the Treasury, on appeal, thought fair to infer that frauds had increased since tho moiety law was repealed; the moiety system increases the zeal and efficiency of the Government detectives In detect ing frauds, bnt made no difference with tho regular officials; did not beiiove in giving tho appraisers or examiners any interest in the moiety system; thought the Naval Office of sufficient importance and utility to warrant its retention; tho color of engar practically determines the rate of duty, as the color is the test by which the grade is obtained. Indianapolis, September 23. — The woman and child found murdered yester day proved to be the wife and child of William Merrick, a livery stable keeper. He was arrested, but denies all knowl edge of the crime. New Obleanb, September 23.—Two barrels of new Louisiana cane eyrup have been received from the Picon plantation, East Baton Bonge parish, the first re ceived. Four Democratic clerks of registration in the third district have been committed for their appearance before the Circnit Court, by Commissioner Lane, charged with violating tho United States liws in refusing registration to colored men. Bail was pat at $500 each. New York, S«piember 23.—William J. Beit, Receiver for the German Savings bank of Morrieiana, has begun suits in the Supreme Court against the trustees for the reoovery of $220,969, with inter est, tbo whole amount involved exceeding $230,000. Bert alleges that dividend* were declared and paid when tho trustees knew the bank was insolvent. Rime, September 23.—The Vatican organ, Voca Della f'enla, denies that any proceedings have arisen in negotiations letween Germany and the Holy See. Berlin, September 23.—The North German Qatetts says the committee on the anti-socialist bill have already ar rived at tome conclusions, which the Fed- present at the railway ttetien to witness riven «some niv hAnartilrp government will probably pronouncs inadiniieable. The ultimate passage of the bill appears endangered. It wil: at least meet with great difficulties unless in the debate on the third reading, tho members who are really seeking for an understanding with the government ob tain the upper hand. Belgrade, September 23.—The Ser vian government, at the request of the Mahommed-in chief, have "consented to receive the women and children fleeing tc-day in tho case of Eenry Pdrr, order- I from tho beeciged towns in North Eist- ing his discharge. Parr was engaged I ern. Many hundred.Mahommedan fam- with others in the capture of the oteamer 1 ilies have already arrived in Servia. THJE3 GEORGIA. PRESS. The Constitution calls for am early meeting-of the Democratic State Execu tive Committee for consultation. It says the Radical leaden “have been consult ing here during the last few day?, and their new programme, which is only par tially developed .by the candidacy of Holtzelaw, will lead to serious trouble if prompt steps are not taken to checkmate it. There are other important matters that also demand the consideration of the oommittee.” ... ■ Capt. Persons, cf Talbot county, an nounces himself a Democratic candidate for Congress in (the Fourth District on the following platforms ■ 1st. The immediate repeal of the se of Congress known as the resumption act, 2d. The unconditional repeal of the na tional banking system, and the substitu tion of United States treasury notes in the place of national bank notes, which should be receivable for all dues, public, and private. 1 3d. The coinage of geld" and silver should not be restricted. , t . 4th. No further sale or increase of the bonded debt of tho United States. 5tb. That tho bonds of the Government should bo paid in the currency contem plated at tho time of their issue without reference to legislation which in fraud of the rights of the tax-payers^ has sought to impose discriminating, unjust and un constitutional burdehifen the industries of an already depressarbeople. We find Col. Hammond’s letter accept' ing the Demooratio nomination fqp Con gress in the Atlanta district, in the Consti tulion. He says: ; The platform adopted by the conven tion is identical with.the financial planks fn tfcejplatform adopted by the Democra cy of Ohio on tho 2Sch of 'June last, and which have become familiar to ns all by their masterly expositions by Senator Thnrman. I plant mystU squarely upon that platform. That comprehends all that need bs said by me’ps a candidate, and is, perhaps, all that good taste will allow. Especially need. £ say nothing abont the repeal of th? resumption set, for, though I would vote (ti saoh repeal had I the opportnnity, its;4cpeal must be prior to next January, if,at all, and my official work, shoaid I be elected to Con gress, will not begin "until December, 1879. Bat circumstances are snoh that I may be pardoned for saying more. From the foundation of our government silver had stood the equal of gold as constitutional money. The congressional act of tho 12th of February, 1873, began, and that of the 22d of Jane, 1874, completed its demonetization. In the first it was cov ered up in an act of Sixty-seven sections on "mints, assay offices and coinage of the United Statea.” In the latter it was effected by two lines in a revision of the statutes of the United States, making a book of eleven hundred pages. On tho 14th of January, 1875, Congress passed the resumption act. It required that, as circulating notes were issued to the national banks, eighty per cent, of their amount in legal tender United States notes should be redeemed until they were reduced to three hundred mil lions of dollars, and that, on the let of January, 1879, all such outstanding notes should be redeemed in coin on presenta tion in New York. To raise the enor mous sum of coin necessary for such purpose, the Secretary of the Treasury was required to eell interesting bearing bonds of the government. Thus the value of every obligation had been stealthily, if not fraudulently, increased by the destruction of one of the means of payment. And then when the public credit was good, in the midst of a finan cial panic which shook the foundations of society, resumption in gold was decreed, and the means provided for raising that gold necessarily added to the burden of the overtaxed masses. No wonder that the Democratic party, the party of the peojde, have denounced such resumption and demand its unconditional repeal. The currency had been too greatly con tracted already. Bnt since the passage of the resumption act there had been a decrease of United States treasury notes and national bonk notes of near $2,000,- 000 per month. Add to this the hoarding of abont $240,000,000 of coin to redeem currency in January next, and (if our minds do not stagger under the burden of the figures), we can begin to understand how tbis contraction has reduced all val ues except that of interest-bearing bonds, has destroyed commerce, stifled trade, compelled idleness and thus robbed labor of its opportunity of reward. Tho remedy for all this evil i3 expan sion ; expansion till this confidence is re stored, trade revived and enterprise made bouyont. The expansion should not bo in national bank note?, but in freely coined silver and gold and treasury notes issued directly by the Government. Not stopping now to point out objections to tho national banks, we should offer no farther inducement for these two thou sand corporations to hoard our bonds and bank npon their incomes, but have these bonds turned into currency to add to the volume of needed circulation. This expansion ehonld be witbont un due inflation. The platform wisely de-i elates "the amount of such issue to be so regulated bylaw as to give the people as surance of stability in the volume of the currency and consequent stability of values.’’ There should be no distinction in the nse of this money. In the language of the Democratic platform adopted tbis year by the Democrats of the Granite State, tnero should be "one currency for the government and the psople, the la borer and the office holder, the pensioner and the soldier, the producer and the bondholder.” The publio debt should not bs increas ed. When the original oonlraot creating the dobi allows a ehoioe in the means of payment, that means should be adopted which is most advantageous lo the peo ple. Congress has no right to pay more. The creditor has no right to demand more, “Rigid economy and rednc'.ioDjof expenses io all branches of pnb'io servioe” are fa miliar Democratic principles, and have been rroently well exemplified byonr party, though it has but partial control of the government. The convention re iterated the Democratic doctrine as to the tariff. The present tariff is not for rev enue only and deserved the anathema hurled against it by the Demooratio plat- sorm of 187G, viz : "It oost the people five times mors than it prodaoes to the treasury, obstructs the prooeBB of produc tion and wastes the frnits of labor. It promotes frand, fosters smuggling, en- riobes dishonest officials and bankrupts houest merchants.” It is class legisla tion and therefore wrong; it builds up monopolies and therefore is oppressive and dangerouB to the people. As the convention thought proper Co gG into nothing bnt the national finances, I will say nothing npon other Bnbjects. Permit me to conclude by saying that these and all other wronga under which the people groan can be and win be cor rected by tho Demooratio party when it shall have acquired fn 1 possession of the government It will snrely acquire that possession in 1880, unless discord and di vision, folly and faction, thirst for place and greed for power, break its ranks and destroy its strength. N J. Hammond. According to the Constitution the late greenback convention in Atlanta, which pat Mr. Arnold in the field was "a well developed concern—able-bodied physi cally as well as intellectually.’’ It sayE Fulton connty had five voted—four whites and on6 negro. Spalding county had one vote, which was cast by Thomas W. Thurman, a leading Republican. We have no doubt but that Thurman did his whole duty in this matter. He un doubtedly desjres the Democratic party to be. meat thoroughly "reformed.” For several years past the Republican organ- izations of which he is a flourishing and conspicuous , member has beep intent cn "reforming” tho Democracy, and it is im possible not to believe that he did not bend his whole energy in the convention last Wednesday night to the accomplish ment of this nobis purpose. Pike had one lonely vote which was cast by W. S. Whitaker, a young man who seems to cariy npon bis shoulders all the great financial issues that now trouble the country. - This was the personnel of the conven tiqu, showing that the Fifth district of the Independent Greenback Democratic party comprises’Faltcn, Spalding and ThS Colupibus Enquirer says the rail* roads are ell crowded with business. Three heavy trains loaded with freight arrived Friday night on the Southwestern road, and two were sent out on the Mo bile & Girard Road the same night- Steamers qir the Oconee,—The Old CapitcA learns that "Colonel Frobel, of Atlanta, has made arrangements for tho construction of two steamboats for our river. The material for these steamers will be formatted in this city, and tho boats will be boilt at the old landing at the mouth of Fishing Creek. The steam ers will be light draft, and will be UBed at first to clear the obstructions between this and' the Central bridge. Work on theso vessels will bs commenced at once, so we are informed.” Senator Gordon and General Gartrell will stump the Atlanta district in the in terest of the Democratic party. The Conyers Examiner says the. agent of the Georgia Railroad at that place has taken in over one hundred and fifty dol< lars for tickets, at the reduced rates, against nine dollars and fifty cents for a corresponding length of time during lost month. Xu* bodyof a negro, who had evidently been murdered and placed on the track, was run over Thursday night by a State road train, near Marietta. Mb. John Davis, of Baldwin county, will gather three thousand bushels of com from sixty-five acres of river bottom, this season, j The grand jury of Gwinnett county, in their presentments last week, charged Speer, jite solicitor of that circuit, with collecting and appropriating to his own use three hundred dollars belonging to that county, and request tho present so licitor to law it cut of him. The Madison Journal ia gratified to learn that Coknel Lawson’s individual loss by the late robbery of his safe will not bo so large as first reported. It heats that "he lost $300 la cash, two bonds on the South Georgia and Florida Railroad No?. 275 and 276, endorsed by ex-Gov- ernor Bullock, $1,000 eaob, and $2,700 wojth of notea on various parties. None of this amount save tho $300 is an abso lute loss.’ ’ The Eatonton Broad Axe, like Captain Scott’s coon, "comes down” aH fellows in its last isBne: We place, with pleasure, this week, the name of the distinguished gentleman whoso name heads this article, at our masthead, as the Demooratio nominee for Congress from the Svxth District. Mr. Blount was not our preference for this honorable position for reasons which we do not intend to repeat here, as we ex pressed them fully through the columns of this journal prior to his nomination; but since ho allowed his name, as he should have done, to go before the con vention, and the good and wjse Demo crats of said convention saw fit to re nominate him to again represent ns in Congress, we “throw up the sponge” with the declaration that we endorse and will support him as the regular nominee of the Democratic party of the Sixth Con gressional District. Pbofessor Waddell’s body arriyed at Athens last Saturday,and was immediate- buried. His funeral sermon was preached on Sunday by Rev. C.W. Lase, of the Presbyterian Church. No partic ulars of bis death aro yet known. Russians ana 'Parks. It }3 nndemable that the Russian troops are leaving the Turkish provinces with good reputation behind them. Indeed; it was at one time a remprkabjy serious question whether the end of a vigorous yar of conquest would not be a firm alliance between the Ports and Russia; but ip the struggle of diplomacy the Brit ish ostfiisked Russia. They had more to offer, and forked mors cunningly. Nevertheless, for months tho British were on the tenterhooks of alarm and apprehension. They saw the Tmks s warmj.bg daily to the Russian camp and inter-mingling in the host of fellowship with the Russian officers and soldiers. To-day we havAA remarkable teatimo nial to the good impression created by the Russians among the people whom they have literally overrun in war. AU the /different religionists and races represent* ed in tho mongrel population of Adrian ople, united in an expression of respect for their invaders and of profound regret for theirdepartore, declaring that never had justice and order been so well main tained among them as by the Russian soldiery, wfcose behavior had been most exemplary. Let us modify soine of the sedulously inculcated delusions we labor under about these same barbarian Mus covites. . • Tfre GDromcie’s Cotton Figures The New York Chronicle's report of cot ton receipts for the seven days ending last Friday night, 20 th instant, is 74,355 _ ... bales, against 22,345 for the same week of last year. Total September receipts thus far, 147,501, against 39,943—show ing a gain of 107.651 bale?. Tho interior ports showed for the same days 37,129 bales, against 11,422 kst year. Shipments 29,723, against 12,590 last year. Stocks 26,377 against 15,104. The Chronicle's visible supply table snowed, on Friday night last, 1,068,766 bales of cotton in sight, against 1,465,285 at same date last year—1,751,191 the year before, and 1.691,2% in 1875. These figures show a decrease in the supply of 3)16,519 bales compared with last year— 682,433 as compared with the year before, and 622,506 as compared with the supply three years ago at same date. On Friday last the quotation for mid filing upland in the Liverpool market was 6 7-16—the year before, at same date, it was 6 516— in 1876, 6 15.-16 and in 1875, 615-16. The Chronicle reports favorable weath er throughout the picking regions. In- c&anola, Texas, reports that thoagh the cotton has been strlppe of leaves by cat erpillars, the yield will be half a bale per aore. In Corsicana, they are paying a dollar a hundred for picking, and it is difficult to keep up wfth the opening oot- ton. Dallas and Brenbam say they wil make all they can save, end the orop will, far exceed that of last year. Ia Louisiana the top crop has be?n destroyed by cater pillars and the boll worm has damaged the middle o:op. G«ae rally fine progress^ in picking is reported All over the cotton region.' Tire Fourth District. The Atlanta Constitution and the Sa vannah Morning News both recommend the Democrats of the Fonrth District to vote for Harris. In the absence of any nomination, conforming in strictness to Democratic usage in that District, cer tainly Mr. HarriB must Le considered the better entitled to Democratic support than Mr. Persons. Mr. Harris received the persistent support of the majority of the Democratic delegates of the District, and was the settled choice of each a ma jority. If, therefore, the District refuses to haraonizi on a nominee, whore can any Democrat, anxious that the District shall not be lost to the Democrats, throw his vote but for Harris ? The ratio of support Mr. Harris re ceived from the delegates would elect him by th^ people. Mr. Persons having received no nomination by any rule what, ever isnn independent candidate. Mr. Harris failed of a nomination because minority did not vote for him. Mr, Persons failed of a nomination because a majority refused to vote for him. A vote for Harris, therefore is in the direction of harmony—a vote for Persons in the direction of discord and schism. Bnt there yet remains time enough for the 4th district to agree on a nominee, os all patriotic Democrats shoaid do. The failure to nominate is disgracefol to the district. It sets a bad example, which, if imitated, would remit the coun try to the caprices of mere faotion and discord, rather than the wise and temper- ate control of an intelligent and respon sible majority. Republican Doctrine. Mt. Gilead (Ohio) Union-Register.J Charley Foster, in hi3 recent speech at Creetlino eaid that " one dollar a day is enough for a laboring man.” That is tho Republican doctrine. Russian Ladles Fight a Duel— A Ludicrous End. A good deal has lately-been heard of the progress of female emancipation in Russia, but it is somewhat of 'a novelty to find the Russian ladies figuring in the character of duelists, as was the case not long since with two belles of Petigorsk, a Well-Known fashionable resort on the northern slope of the Caucasus. A dis pute arose between the rival beauties, springing out of the attentions paid to, each in turn by a handsome young cav alry officer quartered in the neighborhood. The quarrel ran so high that one of the Amazons at length dispatched her maid to the other with a formal challenge, which was instantly accepted. The bel ligerents met without seconds in a lonely place outside the town, each armed with a brace of loaded pistols. Before, however, they had even taken np their respective po sitions, ths trembling of the one lady’s' hand caused her pistol to explode prema turely, sending a bullet through the dress of the otber, who shrieked and fell d.ownin« swoon. The assailant fright ened out of her wits, flagg away her weapon apd rushed toxaiss the supposed corpse; but her ungrateful antagonist, recovering her senses as suddenly as she had Ion them, clntched her by the hair with one hand, while boxing her ears with the ether in the moEt energetics style. The firing having now ceased, tho battle proceeded hand to hand., Locks of hair, ribbons and shreds of clothing flew in every direction, and bnt for the timely advent of three or four policemen the affray might have ended like the somewhat similar combat of the Kilkenny cats. The military lothario’s only remark on hearing the story was: f< Tt’s lucky they took to clawing each. other instead of me.” Pennsylvania,—The Greenback move ment is an uncertain but growing politi cal power in Pennsylvania, and a corres pondent of the New York Times, who :has looked the field over, is convinced that it willeost the Republicans a num ber of their seventeen Congressional dis tricts. ' Both patties are entirely at sea on the financial issue, and m two Phila delphia districts the Republicans have "jined in” with the Greenbackurs, to elect Judge; Kelley in ohe case and defeat Speaker Randallih the other, while ia. other parts of the State they oppose the allied Democratic and Greenback hosts. In ons of the latter districts ex.Governor Cartin is the probable fusion candidate, who wiil defeat the republics'll aspirant. The general outlook gives the impression.* that the Republicans of Pennsylvania will suffer more than the Democrats from, the new power in politics, more especial ly as most of the ten Democratic districts have large majorities to draw upon, while there area number of districts which ware Republican in 1876 by but a few hundred votes. ’~De&tli ot Rev. Henry Bunn. Our old and esteemed friend, Rsv. Henry Bunn, of Twiggs county, as we are sorry to learn, died, near Bnliard’i Station in that connty, yesterday morn* ing, at one o’clock. Ho had more than past the allotted span of human life. He was born December 18,1795, and, dying September 23, 1878, Jacked but little of completing eighty-three years. There are few men who have spent that time on earth to better purpose. He was pre eminently a righteous man—squally scrupulous in the discharge ot all his duties to Qod and to bis fellow' man. A devoted minister of the BaDtkt ohnrob, ho was no less devoted to every thing good .*cd praiseworthy, honorable and benevolent. Panotnal as the sun dial in the discharge of every obligation, .he has left a hallowed memory behind him and has gone hear tho sentence "well done, good and faithful servant. As a more extended and p c uldc Obituary notice will no doubt follow this announcement, we will Bay nothing more »w. Mr. Bonn has been a subscriber to tbis paper, as we- believe, from the very first day of its ekistenpe, and his name still BtBndson its list Credited, as always, in advance. A Healtbi Lick at Tecnmseli. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rad.) |- Take Sherman’s "Memoirs,” for in stone?. There is not a reliable page between their covers, and yet we do hot Jmow of any source of information to more apt to turn. Accepting their state ments as true, he Would be deceived as to nearly every important army movement in the West and South, from Shiloh to Savannah. Indeed, it is impossible. to kccept those "Memoirs” at tbeir face value withoat acknowledging that the world has misunderstood and wrongly es timated Baron Munchausen. Bismarck’s Shirt pOlall. Herr Hauru3 Tokai, tho celebrated Hungarian writer, gives in an Austrian journal ths fofijwing disclosures non' oerning Bismarck’s shirt of mail: In the beginning of 1866, when the feeling between Prqssla and Austria had become a very bitter one, a yoang'fion- rertan magnate desired an 4indienoe of Bismarok. This same young man, Baron was known in his native country .as a very ecoentrid personage. He bad not paid a single farthing in tho shape of taxes daring tbw long reign of absclat* ism; his lands had been left uncultivated to save his being obliged to pay any dues On being admitted to Biamarck’s pres ence, he stepped np to the latjer and in formed him that he had invented a shirt of mail that was not only bullet-prcof bnt was not uncomfortable to wear. The Chancellor smiled, upon which the mag nate observed that he wore anch a shirt, and requested Bismarck to test its pow ers of resistance. The Chancellor is not man to be trifled with, and seeing hp had not a fool before him, seized his re volver and fired five shot* successively at his visitor. The latter remained un harmed and immovable, while the bullets struck him and fell to the ground. Hereupon, he showed the Chancellor his invention. Ik was a shirt of many folds sewg together. The elas ticity and denseness of the stuff gave it such a power of resistance. The Hunga rian nobleman now advised the Chahcel.’or to accept his invitation, aijd, when the latter enquired what was to. be the price of it, he eaid, "Beat the Austrians.”, “ We shall do that in any case,” replied Bismarck. Some days after this occur rence, Blind made an attempt on Bis marck’s life, firing five shots at the latter at a distance of Iwo or three paces only. The newspapers stated that the Chan cellor appeared qniet, cool, and even smikd while being shot at. Not one of the bullets had hurt him. A month later Bismarck had kept his promise—the Austrians were beaten. He Huom How. •£clumbu* Bnquirer.l Hannibal Hamlin, the oldest inhabi tant, says he never knew nntil after the Maine election what a cataclysm was. He now declares he has seen cn?, and it has a greenback. How It Came to pus. I anbury News,! : Lot’s wife got salted because she turn ed around to notice , how a dress was cut that a woman had on who was rnnning into Sodom to see the fire. Won’t Have to Pass This Ilat. Baltimore Gazette.] It i3 unfortunate fqr the Republican party that John Sherman, who waa oharged with the task of guarding the National hopor,should have turned Green- backer and Anti-Reflumptionist at tbis critical moment. There ur one thing quite gratifying, though. If John concludes to imitate Kearney, he will not be compelled to circulate his hat. He has made money enough in his time, one'way nod anoth er, t’j pay his own expenses. TWO noted: CRAVE bobbers , Our readers will remember the account given in these columns of the rob-’* bing of the grave of the Honorable Scott Harrison, in Ohio, last May, the body being found in the dissecting room of the Ohio hledioal College. Public in dignation justly brand* any map a* a scoundrel who wiil rob the grave of the dead. But there are two noted grave xobbere in the country, so far from being the subjects of the people’s wrath, are universally landed fo? their virtues. The reason is plairf. While the former class steal the <feqd bodies of our loved ones to ajbmit them to the dissecting' knife, these only rob the graves to restore the living victims to onr he&it&and jtome^ Their names—Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medi cal Discovery and Pleasant Bnrgatiste Pellets—are household words the world over. The Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption, in its eartf ttages, and all bronchial, throat, and lung affec tions; Pleasant Purgative Pellets are the most valuable laxative and cathartic. sep24...dwawlt , Yillow I^jfkn Autopsy.—'The Mem phis Avalanche says the pathological Washington, Sept. 18.—Mr. Wm.E. Chandler’s last letter, of date the 14th instant, has cuued fresh consternation among the faithful Mr. Chandler is very candid in confessing hi* belief that the Maine experience will be repeated in New Hampshire, that there will be no choice of Governor, by tho people, End noJRepublican majority in (he Legisla ture. -It is said by the friends of the administration that Mr. Chandler is doing what ha can to defeat the Republi can party in New Hampshire, on account of bit hostility to thoPreaident. Wheth er this may be so or not, it is generally believed that Mr. Cbandlet’a forebodings will ne verified. observations kt that city, npciTtbe dead) bodies hpve been very extensive Had exhaustive. They are conducted by Prof. T.,0. Sommers, JUT. P.,of Nash ville, assisted by Drg. Overall, oJMurt freetboro, and Chevias, of Savannah* They have shown important leasons at the ba$e of the brain, a boxwood liver, degenerated kidney and $n enormously hypertrophied spleen in every instance, Analysis of urine and of the fluid*, of the body generally are being daffy made. An elaborate report will soon appear, ntder the direction of the Howards and CiU'zsns’ Relief Committee, and one alsd of $ purely technical character will be > foi warded to Washington. .Tbe Resalt In Georgia — Wfiat Hr, Hartrldge Says WashingtonIPost.lu'Jo a la -otrsak Hen. Julian Hartiidge, Democratic member of Congress from Georgia, ax- rived in the city.Iast night, and after cor dially shaking hands' with the Pfoct, was asked for news from his Slate. "No spe cial news. Everything is quiet, and the campaign is progressing very satlsfacto- ril.” “ W hat of the iedepepdent movement?” “There is no Independent movement iin Georgia. In two districts there are Independent candidates for Congress, and that is all there is of ft.” "The Radical papers are counting on big^hings from the Independents Of year "Then they are counting withoat their host. Dr, Felton mjy be. elected, bnt the indications are that be will bs defeat ed this time. The Independent manifes tation has been just strong-enough to.in cite the Democrats to energetio action, and the party never was in better trim. In the Ninth district (Bgjl’e) there Is not; |he slightest probability of the success of the Independent candidate. In my dis trict one man talked of tunning Indepen dent, bnt I' don’t' think he will, have nominated a good man in my clao?, and we will elect him.” "Then you think there will be a solid Democratic delegation from Georgia^’- "There’s no doubt of it; there will'net be a break in the delegation.” "Will General Gordon be re-sleeted ?”. “Ob, yes; he willnot have any formid able opposition. A majority of the mem bers ot the Legislature are under instruc tions from their constituents to vote for him. You know the present Legislature was elected under the hew Constitution and serves till 1880. Gordon ja immensely popular and, as I said, will be re-elected without any real opposition.” “Who ft the preference of Georgia Democrats for President in 1880?” “Thtarman; Thnrman is very popoolar down there, and if the convention were hqld now he would undoubtedly have the Georgia delegation.” Republican France. France has disappointed both the friends and the enemies of the Republic by the generally satisfactory manner In which she is reconciling liberty with or der under Republican institutions. She is grad Hally popularizing her instiiutlOBS. and moving in that direotlon quite as fast as is safe. Up to this time the re actionists and monarchists have created all the dangers to public order, and the Republicans have successfully dispelled them. As tbe result of this fact, confi dence lntheBepublioah fatureis growing ,among all classes of her people. But as tbo end of the Septonnate ap proaches, when France will he called again to re-organize her government, it would be marvellous indeed if public con * fidence to not shaken to some extent by the impracticable, visionary and Utopian schemas of her dreamy political sciolists. Lonia Blanc has jns( started np with some schemes of government without a gov* ernor—a nation withoat a God or a relig ion—a legislature organized in one houEe on tlie thunder squall principle—in a word a legalized Paris mpb for a republic. Bat in France, more than elsewhere, those people must have their say. It is the misfortune of all pnblio controversy that the most violent, reckless and silly attxaot tbe greatest attention, trhile.good sense and good conaoienoe are apparently overborne in the clamor. The next two years will Witness much fuss and folly in Paris; but ?{ is, on tbe whole, best it should be ventilated. We firmly believe when the votes come to be counted, France will be fonnd in the same road which she has been panning for seven years past—a steady and not over rapid liberalization of her government, with order and responsibility as the esntrolipg regulators of the onward movement. The Chinese in New Yobk.—A New York lotter says: “A carious movement is on foot &3 a toil to Dennis Kearney & Co. It is estimated that there are atleost 2,000 Chinese, domiciled in this city, chiefly in Baxter street and all that part of the gity lying between Broadway and the Bowery, as far tip as Honstou street. Arrangements aro makibg to get these people together in maes meeting for an expression of sentiment with reference to the calumnies which thq Kearneyites fare retailing at their expanse. Among them, I am informed, are not la very few intelligent persons who can speak as good English as the sand-lot orator him self. Caro will be taken that they have all the police protection that they require, and there will bo no lack of disposition on the part of the city journals to give them a full hearing in their reports. Theeanvass of the names will occupy several days, and the mealing will take plats as soon as It is completed.” The New Senaxob rspit Oeeoon.— Hon. James H. Blatter, Democrat, who has beeh elected United States Senator from Oregon, to succeed John H Mitchell, Republican, whose term expires March 4, 1879, w«s born in Sangamon connty, Illinoise, in1826. His early education waa limited, but he succeeded in mastering the intricacies of the law, and has been a Bticeesefnl practitioner at the bar, He emigrated to Oregon many years ago, and has been a prominent democratic politician there for the past score of yean. He was elected to the territorial Legis lature in 1857, and'again in 1858, &ad then became a member of the lower bouse ot the first State Legislature. In *1866, he was elected district attorney for the fifth judicial district of Oregon, and filled that cffice two years. Is 3870 he was elected to represent- the State in Congress, bnt was not renominttod for a second, term. Mr. Slitter resides in the eastern portion of the State. He declares himself ag opponent of Inflation, bnT favor* the substitution of greenbacks for national ba&k notes, and believes that the currenoy * should be placed npon a coin baris. Ex-Seceetasy. of tba navy Robeson has been* nominated for Cotjgress by the Republicans of the fint district of New Jersey. In accepting the nomination Hr. Robeson evpsgfsed gratification at the prospect which hie nomination affor- ded^of meeting his accusers face to face On the floor qf Congress. The district is strongly Republican, bat Joseph L- Topharn, a man of large means, has already announced himself as an inde pendent car didate, and preposes to make tbe fight cn tbe broad ground that Mr. Robeson is a corruptionist

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Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, October 01, 1878, Image 1