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Tax Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Asriculturx—Domestic
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Established 1826.
MACON TUESDAY DECEMBE17,1878.
Volume LIII—NO
STATE EEGISEATUBE.
Atlanta, Deo. 7lh, 1878.
THE SENATE.
met at 10 8, m. The President in th3
ebeir. _
Prayer by Rsv. F. P. Perdue. The
roll waa oallad and the journal read and
approved.
Leave of absesoe was granted Senator
Camming, of the 18tb.
On mo ion of Senator Clark, the
BULES YTXEE IbUsPZNUED
and the bill taken np. To authbr.zr the
Treat cs of the State University, to ao.
cept as branches of eaid University, Col
legia of AgriouItnral and Mechanical
Art* and Soiecoea to be established at
Cnthbert and Thomasville, in this Slate,
and for other purposes. The Committee
on Edoostion reoommended that the bill
do pass.
Senator Boyd, moved to postpone ac
tion until Monday the 9tb, The motion
was lost, and after some debate the ques
tion recurred on the final passage of the
bill.
The yeas and nays were ordered, the
result of wbiah was, yeas 31, nays 4, so
the bill passed, and on motion of Senator
Clark, was transmitted to the House.
Senator McDaniel, Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, offered a report,
which wa3 read and received.
Bills on second reading were taken up
and read.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
To alter and amend section 4 of an aot
to provide for the inspection of commer
cial feniUzere, which is the act of Feb
ruary 26, 1877.
Senator Howell offered an amendment
to increase the foes in the act from 15 to
25 coots, and the bill was then pasted as
amended.
The Finance Committee made a report
appointing a committee to investigate
the wild land sties of tae State, which was
taken op and adopted.
The Senate went into executive session
and confirmed the following appoint
ments 5
Hon. Mercer Haynes, Judge of the
County Coutt of Lauren*.
Hon. J. L. Hardee, Judge of the County
Conrt of L’berty.
Hon. R A. Peeples, Judge of the Coun
ty Court of Lo *ndcs.
Hon.J W Pruitt, Julge of the County
Conrt of Rockdale.
Hon. W. T. Atkinson. Solicitor of the
County Court of Coweta.
Hod. T. J. Christian, Solicitor of the
County Conrt of Rockdale.
Hon. J. W. Owen, Solicitor of the Coun
ty Court of Habersham.
BILLS ON FIRST HEADING.
Senator Clements, of the 44:h—To reg
ulate the official advertising in this State.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Senator Fain—To amend and provide,
for the further protection of the Stato
where its endorsement has been obtained
on railroad bonds, and to enable the Gov*:
erncr to appoint commissioners to super
vise and regulate the same so far as this
bill ralate8 to the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad. Referred to the Committee on
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
Senator Hodge?—A bill to repeal the
act of February 26th, 1871, known as the
act to inspeot fertilizers. Referred to
the Committee on Agriculture.
Senator Preston—To allow replevin
i'ormaporperis affidavits tn distress of rent
cases. Referred to the Committee on Ju
diciary.
Senator Tison, of the lO'.h—To com
pensate tax-receivers for returning de
faulting tax-payers, and for preparing
agricultural digests. Referred to the
J adieiary Committee.
Senator Troutman—To amend the
Constiintion of this State in rtlation to
the eleotion of judges. Referred to the
Jndiciarv C immittee.
Senator Falks—To make betting a
crime, and proscribe a penalty for the
same. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Senator Lestei—To authorize the form
ation of limited partnerships in which the
capital subscribed shall alone be respon
sible for the debts, except tinder certain
restrictions. Referred to the Jndioiary
Committee.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS
was taken np, which was the considera
tion of the snbititcts for the bill to pro
vide for reaobing the properly of fraudn-
lent debtors concealed from the creditor.
Pending the dispositnon of the question
tho hour of aoj rarnmont arrived, and the
Senate dissolved till 10 a. m. on Monday
the9.li, 1870.
Atlanta, Dae. 9, 1878.
THE HOUSE
met at 9.30 a. m„ pursuant to adjourn
ment on Saturday the 7th. Speaker Ba
con in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. A. T. Spaulding.
Roll called and journal read and ap
proved.
Tho rules were suspended and a Srrate
bill relating to the inspection of fertil
izers was taken up and read the first time.
Also a Senate bill to grant corporate
powers to private corporations.
Also a House bill to limit the fees of
coroners to $1,500 per annnm was read
tho third time and passed.
On motion of Mr. Polhill, of Jefferson,
the rules were further snsoended in order
to take up
THE TAX BILL.
The bill was taken up by sections.
A MK-8AGE FROM THE GOVERNOR,
announcing that he had approved cud
signed a bill to extend the powers of rail
road corporations, in allowing purchases
of railroads in Ibis Slate to form compa
nies to complete the roads purchased.
Received and read.
AMENDMENT.
The tax bill wsa resumed, end an
amendment, was tffered to strike ont the
paragraph taxing patent medicines. Lost.
An additional section was proposed, to
tax tree peddlers. Voted down.
To every section there were amend
ments offered which were lost. An
amendment to the oath required of per
son*, returning property, was adopted.
The amendment was a clause compelling
eaeh peison to give in the amount of
cash be haa on band, in addition to the
other property.
An amendment was adopted, allow'ng
taxes to be paid in gold aDd silver coin
of the United States. The bill was amend
ed in the section taxing practitioners of
law, medioine, dentistry and photo
graphy. by exempting these professions
from all taxation by counties and muni
cipal incorporations.
These are all the amendments which
were adopted, though many others were
offered.
The House haa so far shown a very
conservative disposition to adopt the re
ports of its committees with as few
amendments as possible.
The report of the committee of the tax
bill was favorable, tho report was agreed
to and the bill passed and transmitted to
the Sita'e. The tax as provided bv this
bill is not to ixeeed three tenths of one
per cent. The committee claim that they
have nduccd the taxation of the State
one tenth.
Mr. Wright, of Richmond,.a resolution
to authorize tho Governor to purchase a
number of tho verbatnm reports of the
Constitutional Convention. Referred to
the Finance Committee.
A seat was tendered Hon. Mr. Jonr-
dazr. of Hancock.
Upon motion of Mr. Livingston a com
mittee of three was appointed to eng
ine into tho business before tho House
and report whet bills aro absolutely nec
essary to be passed. The ccommitte is
composed of Messrs. Livingston, Tnrner,
of Brooke, end Yancy.
Mr. Fort, of Sumter, moved to take
from the table the resolution relative to
the operation of tho “Committee on
Railroad abuses” dnrine vacation
A resolution to held a signi station
was lost.
A resolution by Bailer, (negro) of
Camden, to allow negroes to servo on
the juries of thisStativ
A resolution was adopted to suspend the
rales to take tip Senate bills.
The following was unintentionally
omitted from Saturday’s report.
Upon the passage of the General ap
propriation bill, Mr. Harris, of Bibb, of- ,
fered the following amendment:
“That the earn of $1,500, eto., bs pp-
prooriated for the use of the State Medi
cal Board, to be drawn by warrant on the
Treasury npon proper certificate as occa
sion might require.” Lovt
A motion to adjonrn till 3:30 p. m. was
made and carried.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Mc
Donald on account of sickness.
The House adjourned till 3:30 p. me.
Carol ynn.
M TELEGRAPH.
RULE I SUSPENDED
and the bill on the Lnnatic Asylum read
the setoad time.
A reeolntion to extend the daily seasiem
of the House was voted down.
Augusta, Ga., December 8.—Miss
Loaif e King,one of the most accomplished
and prominent women in the South, died
here la-t night after a brief illness.
Washington, December 8—The sig
nal corps observer at Savannah reports
the ship Mourab, of Liverpool, in ballast
for Tybee, is bard aground one mils
sonthweat of CLsabiw. The sea buoy
has sustained no injury yet. The tugs
did not take hold of her on account of
unsatisfactory terms and a high sea. Tho
captain and crew are still aboard. The
wind is estimated at twenty miles, north-
east. * ~ ~ “
New Yoke, December 8.—Counterfeit
fire dollar bills on the Trader’s National
Bank of Chicago were found in circula
tion in Brooklyn to-day. Tiny are said
to be well executed.
Bristol, England, December 9.—The
circulation of the West of England and
South Wales District B-ns was limited
to .£33,535. The number of shareholders
is 2,069, chiefly persons of smalt means—
the shares being nominally twenty pounds
of which fifteen pounds had been paid up’
The nominal capital was one million of
pounds, and the reserve fan > one hun
dred and fifty-six pounds. The dividend
for 1877 was eight per cent. The failur
es attributed to the depression in busi
ness long prevailing in South Wales.
Constantinople. December 9.—The
Saltan has assured Count Z cby, the
Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Con
stantinople, of ihe Porte’s inclination to
sdbere to the treaty of Berlin, and ex
pressed great anxiety to arrive at a
frienly understanding with Austria.
Washington, December 9 —Senators
Conkiing and Kernan were in their seats
to-day for the first time this session.
Bills were introduced and referred as
follows.
By Mr. CenkliDg, of New Fork, grant
ing a pension to Mrs. Anna M. Paulding,
widow of the late Hiram Paulding, Rear-
Admiral, U. 5. N., which was referred to
the committee on pensions.
By Mr. Hamlin, of Maine, by request,
a bill for promoting the efficiency of the
corps chaplains in the U. 8 Navy. Re
ferred to the committee on Naval Affaire.
-M*. Windom, of Minnesota, submitted
a preamble and resolntion setting forth
the allegation that the U. S. Patent'Office
has become an institution of oppression;
therefore directing the Committee on
Patents to consider the expediency of
some other mode of compensating inven
tors in place of the present system.
He gave notice that he would snbmit
some remarks thereon, at (he expiration
of the morning hou r .
Mr. Oamerou, n f Wr-.counin, mbcniUed
a resolution req. v.:ng the I’rerulent of
the United Stat s to famish the Senate
with copies cf the reports of the United
Stated M-rsba 1 , or other officers, and such
other correspondence as he may have,
relative to recent elections in the States
of Sonth Carolina and LonDiana. Agreed
to.
A message was reoeived flora the
House of Representatives announcing the
passage of the bill to oorreot the omission
from the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
of last cession, in regard to the Hot
Springs reservation.
Mr. Dorsey naked tho consideration of
the bill.
Mr. E Inlands, of Vermont, thongut a
bill of this importance should not be not
ed npon without being printed, and re
ferred to the Committee on Appropria
tions. He, therefore, moved it be print
ed and referred to that committee. It
was so ordered.
At the expiration of tho morning hear
tbo Senate, on motion of Mr. Edmonds,
took np a bill to amend sundry provis
ions of chapter 1 and title 3 of tne Re
vised Slalutes of the United State?, re
lating to the Presidential election and to
provide for and regulate the oouoting of
vote* for President and Vice President,
and a decision of questions arising there
on. Mr. Edmunds addressed the Secate
in favor of the bi d
In the House, among the bills intro
duced daring the morning hour were the
following:
A bill to compel national tanks to re
ceive the standard silver dollar as equiva
lent in valno to gold coins of the United
States, and directing tbo Secretary of the
Treasury to nso the ten millions of dol
lars, legal tenders, held for the redemp
tion of fractional currency, in payment
of that amonct of five-twenty bonds.
Pottsvills, Pa., December 9.—The
miners and laborers employed at May,
Audenreid & Co.’s Back Ridge Colliery,
Sbamokin, struck work thi3 morning. The
miners demand an advance of five cents
on each wagon, ani the laborers,an ad
vance of fifty cents per week. Tho strike
throws two hundred men and boys out of
employment.
St. PxTEBfBUBG, December 9.—Infor
mation has been received here that the
family of the Ameer of Afghanistan has
taken refuge in Russian TorkUtas.
Lahore,December 9A reconnoisanoo
having shown that the Khojeck pass was
not defended, General Biddolph has been
ordered to advance and occupy it..
Montgomery, December 9.—Resolu
tions favoring the Texas Paoiflo railroad
were offered to day in the House, and re
ferred to the Committee on Federal Hala
tions. . ... . .•
Richmond, Va., December 9.—latte
Senate to-diy a resolution was adopted
appointing a speotal oommilteo of nine
Senators to consider the alleged usurpa
tion of State jariaaiction by United 8tetes
Jadge R’ve*, of the Woitcrn Diitrict of
Virginia. * r J
Wilmington. Del., Deoember 9.—
Atkin?, of Tennessee, rising to a per
eonal explanation, sent to the Clerk’s
desk, and bad read a statement from the
New York Herald, attributing some re
sponsibility to him for the failnre of the
Hot Springs clause in the sundry civil ap
propriate i bill last session. He had also
read letters from Senator Conover, Rai
ney, of Sooth Carolina, (member of the
committee on enrolled bills,) and two of
the engrossing clerks exonerating him
from all connection in the matter. A res
olution was adopted for tho appointment
of a commtitea of nine members to inves
tigate the method of preventing the in.
traduction end spread of epipemio
disuses.
The Senate, in c-xsontive session, oon
firmed the following nominations: Post
masters, J.H. Campbell, Grenada, Miss.,
Algernon S. Badger, of New Orleans,
Ll, Mrs A. J. Thompson, of Memphis,
Tenn., James W. Thomas, of McKinney,
Texas, Edwin R. Brink, of Willmington,
N. O., James Trotter, of Greenville Conn
Honae, S. C., Jes?o B. ’Wilkes, of Oarters-
vilte, Ga., Angnstine A. Fletcher, of
Marietta, Ga.
Tho President sent to the Senate to
day the following nominations: David H.
Bailey, of Ohio, Consul General at Shang
hai, Andrew P. McCormick, United States
District Attorney of the Eutorn District
of Texas.
Boron Soblozsr, the German Minister,
knows nothing concerning the Berlin ra-
S ort that he will bo cnpsroeded by Prinoo
iynad
A motion to suspend the rules to pass
the bill prohibiting the farther coinage
of trade*dollars and directing their ex
change for and recoinage into standard
dollars waa defeated, yeas 104, nays, 91,
not the necessary two-thirds. Mr. Hew
itt, of New York introduced a bill to
make the silver standard dollar inter
changeable with gold.
Before the Indian Committed ex-Sena-
tor Morrill said we are bound to respect
and aid the race in every way,'the radical,
change in law only may reach tbedeeired
result. The Indians should be localized
and educated to enable them to meet
almost the certain eventuality of deliv
ering the lai-is to the American settlers;
legislation to protect the Indians from
depredation absolute necessity.
Jno. Young, agent of tho Blackfeet In
dians, Montana, was next examined,
The Indians trader him unanimously op
posed the traasfer. They were enterpris
ing and contented.
Senator McCreery proposed that the
evidence be closed. General Hooker de
sired to hear two gentlemen to-morrow
regarding the beef contract zmntioned
by Hayt for Saturday. Mr. Stewart’s
motion was adjourned until tomorrow,
after which to proceed to prepare th8
report.
Washington, December 9.—In tho
House to-day Mr. Felton of Georgia in-
trcdaced a bill to compel the national
banks to receive and recognize thes'and-
ard silver dollar as tbe equivalent in value
of tbe gold coin of the United States. The
bill provides that *11 national bents which
make any distinction bpiween.gold and
silver coiqs bs placed iu liquidation and
their business wound up by "the Secretary
of the Treasury.
A bill was introduced by Representa
tive Barchard to secure the more efficient
collection of revenues from cigars. I-
provides, in addition to the present sys
tem of box stamps, that each cigar shall
have a stamp affixed, each stamp to cor
respond by serial number with the stamp
on the box. The plan will also apply to
cigarettes and cheroots.
Mr. Bnrohard of Illinois offered a reso
lution for the holiday recess on Saturday,
December 21st, to continue till January
6th, which was referred to tho Ways and
Uean3 Committee.
London, December 9 —A dispatch from
Darmstaad to the Daily Telegraph says it
is stated that tbe Grand Duchess of
Hesse is serioasly ill with diptheria.
The Grand Duchess is Princess Alice of
England, second daughter aid third
child of Queen Vietona.
St. Petersbuxo, December 9.—The
resignation of General Timaobeff, Minis
ter of the Interior, was, in consequence
of ill health, reci-ivcd. M. Mucoff will
act, temporarily, in bis place. Count
Talstoi, Minister of Public Instruction,
will probably resign on account of bis
unsatisfactory administration. Prince
P. DeLieven, present Grand Master of
Ceremonies, will succeed him.
Rome, December 9.—It u reported that
Prince Bismarck will only grant amnesty
to those German ecclesiastics who
specially apply for it and make eubmis
sion to tbe May laws.
Constantinople, December 9.—An
drew Romer, a native of Hungary, who
was naturalized in tbe United States in
1874, and who has been employed as the
engineering mechanic in tbe arsenal at
Constantinople, from which he was dis
missed three months ago, was a-restsd on
28tb of November. Mr. Maynard, tho
United States minister to Constantinople,
protested that in accordance with the
terms of the capitulation, Romer onght
to have been cent to the Consularprison.
Tho Grand Vizier,Safvet Pasha,expressed
bis regret at the mistake and promised to
arrange the matter, bnt nothing had been
done op to the time of tbe accession of the
new ministry. Mr. May nard will to-d ty de
mand to be informed of the charge against
Romer. Tbe Porte has not informed Mr.
Maynard that Romer was charged with
conspiracy against the Sultan.
London, December 9.—Tha Times'
correspondent in Constantinople soys
Mr. Calvert, the British Consol at Adrian-
op Is reports that tho Rnssinn authorities
violated the Consulate in forcibly enter
ing and arresting a British subject on ac
count of the illegal sales of gunpowder.
An apology was afterward sent to the
Ccnsnl.
Mobile, Ala., Deoember 9.—The Re
port for November from Alabama In 34
oennties by 01 letters says tbe weather
has generally been more favorable for
gathering tbe crop than daring November
of last year, and picking is about com
pleted. The yield, as compared with last
year, is estimated to be IS per oent. less
In 17 oonnties and 17 per.cent. more in
17. About 53 per cent, of the crop, on tbe
averagers reported as having been mar
keted.
Tbe report from Mississippi In 17 conn-
ties by 26 letters says the weather has
been more favorable than last year dar
ing November for gathering tho orop,
and picking is ab :ut completed. Three
oonnties reported an average increase in
yield of 9 par cent, over last year,'three
the same and eleven an average decrease
of 26 per oont. Abont * 46 per cent, of
tbe crop In reported as having been mar
keted.
Nashville, December 9.—The com
mittee’s report to the Nashville Ccttcn
Exchange, for November, shows fifteen
replies from Tennessee, all but t wo of
which report the weather more favorable
for gathering the crop than last year;
11 report tho crop all gathered; 6 nearly
all gathered; yield generally Ies3 than last
year; average 20 per cent, less, and two-
thirds of the crop marketed. Twenty-
three rep'ies from Alabama report the
weather more favorable for gathering
than last year; 12 report tbo crop nearly
all gathered, and 9 all gathered; average
yield 20 per cent less, and one-third of
the crop marketed.
IHE GEORGIA PRESS’
The Savannah Morning Hews reports
vsry low tides in ihe river, caused by &
strong west wind which has prevailed for
a week, and carried tha water ont to eea.
A camber of vessels are aground or have
been detained in consequence.
A Beautiful Bason.—Hews:
The Spanish Consol at this port has
been presented by Mocs. G. S. Gabona
with a magnificent badge, with a repre
sentation of the oolossal statue for tho
light houso donated by France to this
country and to be located at NewYork har
bor. Tbo printing on the badge is in :
beautiful colors; the statue, an immens-
figure representing Liberty, on a bng
pedestal, with extended hand holding
lighted - lamp, is in tbe centre. At the
foot of the pedestal and crossed are tho
national .colors of America and France.
Above the figures are tha words “Lx
France a L’Ameiique.” Below are the
words “La Lib?rte Eclaivant Is Monde—
Souvenir de L’Exposition Univeraeile de
Paris, 1878,” It is an exceedingly hand
some badge.
Burglary.—From the same: Abont
half-past three o’clock yesterday after
noon officer Bandy, assisted by a colored
man, arrested in a barroom on Bay street,
near Lincoln, a young white man named
William Gardner, on the charge of hav
ing broken upon a trank in tbe house of
Patrick Geary, on Montgomery street,
near Bay, and taking therefrom a quan
tity of articles Gardner was pcrtectly
submissive until they got on the street,
when, after walking a few eteps, ho sud
denly broke from tho grasp of the officer
and ran rapidly, down Bay to Habersham,
up Paberahar-, up Habersham to St. Ju
lian and out towards East Broad street.
He was closely foltowed and a large
crowd, joined in tho pnrsnit, attracted
by tha stentorian cry resounded through
the^ strfceta of “Stop thief!’’ The fugi
tive continued down St. Julian until ju3t
beyond Habersham street, when he
tripped and fell, and was pounced upon
by officer Ban ly, and completely sur
rounded by tho crowd. Policeman Me-
Qao.de, whose attention was directed to
tne crowd running, hasten-d to the
scene, and at once took Gardner in
charge. He wa3 carried to the barracks
and remanded to a cell for safe keeping.
Meanwhile, Mr. Geary was apprised
of tbo arrest-, and; proceeding to Magis
trate Wooahonse’s office, had a warrant
taken ont against Gardner, who was sub
sequently delivered up to tbe constable
and committed to jail.
We fully endorse the following criti
cism by the Morning News:
“A Hit. A Palpable Hit.”—Undoubt
edly one of the neatest and best hiU ever
made in a Savannah audience was tbe
closing" remark of “Pemberton Pem
broke” (Raymond) on Thursday night,
when he checked the frantic rush for the
door before the curtain fell by calling on
the crowd to halt and take out an acoi-
dent policy as they might fail and break
their necks. 'The warning hat tbe de
sired Effect, and tbe hit was good in that
it was needed. It is simply abominable
that tbe clrsing scene of a play should
be marred and the effect often destroyed
by this custom, wnich bar been depreca
ted frequently before. There is no rea
son for it, ar d much annoyance is occa
sioned the great maj ority of the audience,
especially tho ladies, and it is certainly
a poor compliment to the company.
The Griffin News gives the cotton re
ceipts of that beautiful inland town to
date,as footing up 20.C00 biles, and thinks
they will go 10.000 bales batter before
the season closes.
A Narrow E-cats.—Columbus Times;
Little Gussie Raiford intended to go
hunting to-day. To that end he bought a
dime’s worth of powder yesterday, and
last night proceeded leisurely to pour
the same from the yatkage in which it
was contained into & small bottle, while
be was sitting in cloae proximity to the
fireplace in the sitting room of the Rai
ford House. Suddenly a spark from tho
firo blew over and ignited and exploded
tho powder, burning the little fellow’s
hands and faoe badly, resulting, however,
in no dangerous wound.
His ai3ter was sitting near him, and
her drees caught fire. It was, however,
quickly extinguished, and, barring a great
fright, the youDg lady escaped unhurt.
Kerosene versus Gas.—Tho Columbm
Times is urging the use of kerosene in
lien of gas to light the streets, and claims
that $500 per aanum would bs raved by
substituting tbe former.
Heavy Cropping.—Chronicle and Con
stitutionalist: Mr. Early Billups, of Worth
county, made this year, with one mule,
over twenty-one bales of cotton.
Union Depot.—Ground for the foun
dations of tho hew Union Depot was
broken yesterday. The extension will
extend tbe whole length of the present
depot. The south wall now standing will
be pnlled down, eo n3 to make tbe old
part and the extension one building.
There will bo five tracks in the new de
pot—asnfflrient number to accommodate
all the trains. The ticket office and res
taurant will be in front, on Campbell
street.
An Ample Apology.—South Georgian -
We’ve been having an awful tim:
with our printers’ lately. Oao cf
them got on a “breeze” last week,
and took his day off, which ho did not
bring back. Whereupon we telegraphed
to Macon for a first-clats printer, and waa
sent an escaped lunatio from tbe asylum.
Determined, though, to make the best of
matters, we entered into an agreement
with him, thinking wo conld make ont
some way, when on going down on the
street, we were sent for aEd told that our
new printer wa3 not satisfied—that he
wanted to get back where he came from,
and that he was afraid he would take
some fearful disease down here, such as
the Ticdolereaux or Hallucination of the
braic. Oa his arrival he informed us
that he neither drank or nsed tobacoo.
Wo settled with him for abont aix boars’
work, and immediately upon receiving
bis pay, he went down to a bar-room and
got a pint of J. Ira’s best and a long ping
of tobaoco, and tho last we saw of him be
was patting abont three cioistica between
hia pedal leg o’ motion and going off
with them in tbe direction of Maooa. To
add insnlt to injury, onr foreman went off
on another “spree,” hence tbe small
amount of reading matter this week. Bnt
we have got him all right again, and it
onr readers will bear with ns just this
once, we will promise them a muob better
paper in the fntnre.
The Times tbns hauls the odltor of the
Free Press very justly Gvar the ooala:
The Cartcravllle Free Press boasticgly
says: “The Free Press is the only paper
in Georgia that is raising its voioe in be
half of tho tax-payers of the State.”
Now we have read the Free Press' lead
er headed ’‘The Tax-Ridden People,” and
hslf dezrn other artiolea cn the same
sab j rat, in all of whiohwa find that it
complains greatly of oppressive taxation
end tbe distrtss of the people canned
thereby, and repeatedly calls on them to
•rebel” against it. Bat we fail to find
anywhere in its columns a single sugges
tion of a measure by wbioh taxation can
Wz give an item or two from tbe same
source:
Ao Albany man went home at eleven
o’clock on Thorsdsy night and told his
wife that one of their nearest neighbors
had just been married. The wretob of a
husoand then flopped down into an easy
obair where his wife had laid her sewing;
jumped op like a man who had crashed
in a hornet’s nest, and waltzsd aronnd
the room like a lunatic, muttering some
thing incoherently abont tbeoareless way
some women hsd of sticking their need
les into everything. The good wife pa
tiently waited—ontbsd her cnrioBity—un
til she thought tbe storm bad blown over,
when aho ventured to tnqnire who had
been married. Tbe brnte wouldn’t tell
her, and the poor little woman finally bad
to give it np and cloae her weary eyes,
wondering who it oonld be that had got
msrriid withcu: letting the neighbors
know anything about it.
Elxciion Mu.-ig and What Came of It.
—It was election night The usual qnlet
of Broad street was vocal with the hide*
Ousdin of an exultant crowd of inebriated
colored voter?. Tbe songs grew louder
and louder, until, wben passing by one of
the hotels, an upper window was suddenly
pushed np. Wbish! came a ebair whirl
ing to the sidewalk, and right into the
musicsl crowd. Tne tired guest retired to
peaceful slumber, and silence reigned su
preme.
Religious.—Rev. Dr. Teasdelo is still
In the city conducting a aeries of interest*
ing religions meetings at the Baptist
church. We are pleased to learn that he
feels encouraged to continue the good
work during tho week, and that the in
terest manifested in the meetings is on
the inorease. S.-rvice every day at 10 a.
m. and 7 p.m.
Smarts Under tee Slipper—Tto
Greensboro Herald says there are‘'twen
ty-four young ladies” in Greensboro who
don’t want to marry—at least, several of
them don’t, beoanse we’re investigated
tbe matter thoroughly.
A Widow None tun Worse cff fob
Being a Widow.—Baena Vista Argus:
•Mrs. Simantha Wall, a widow with sev
en children, all girls, two of whom did the
plowing on (ho farm, made this year a
good orop of wheat, between 300 and 490
bushels of corn, 100 bnshels of potatoes,
100 bnshels of pees, oed meat for the fam
ily and two bales of cotton. This was done
on poor pine lacd, abont fear miles frem
Fort Perry, and without any fertilizer.
Washington, December 9.—The Com*
miltee on Expenditures continued the in
vestigation of the consular affairs of
Chins. Wiley Wells waa crost-exam-
ined. In response to Judge Merrick,
Mr. Sawaid’a oonnsel, he said that when
he took oharge at Shanghai the docu
ments had been nbairaoted andthereoords
mutilated daring tbe administration of
Mr. Seward. Mr. Bradford said the con
sular docket bad the appearanoa of a
butohet’a bock, whereupon Mr. Saward
excitedly ieumkid: “Tuat is false !” Mr.
Wells, with great warmth, rejoined: “if
yon say so you are a liar.” 1 ' Mr. Soward
was on the point of replying, but was pre
vented. Mr. Welli appealed to the com-
mittee for protection from intuit, which
Mr. Springer promflnd.
be lessened. Its appevls {to “Great God!
“Great Heavens!” eto-, may be both dra
matical and sensational. Bnt this is
matter in whtoh tbe people will be left to
work ont to their own salvation, and
there is any mode by whioh they can do
it peacefully, it ought to be pointed
ont to them before they are inoited to
“rise and rebel.”
Columbus- Cotton Receipts.—Enquirer
Bun:
To date, since September 1, the total
receipts foot up 48.073, 8,850 moro than
laBt year. The M. & G. Railroad has
brought 10,622 bales of cotton to Colum
bus—2,830 more than last year; South
western Railroad 6,231—2,938 more; the
Western Railroad 4,331—3,331 more; riv
er 5,258—4,439 lest; N. & S. Railroad
2.090—332 more; wagons 19,656—5,793
more.
The Good Time Come.—The BaiB-
bridge Democrat, under the heal of ‘cheap
living,’ prints tha following cheerful in
formation:
No danger of starving in this country.
Bert new sugar cane syrnp sells for fif
teen cents per gallon. Bacon six and
seven cents per pound. Corn meal forty
to fifty cents per bushel, and other neces
sary groceries in proportion. Resump
tion is coming upon us in its own natural
way. Labor is worth more in proportion
than it ever was; for a man with fifty
cents a day is independent, and skilled
labor at two to three dollars a day cun
afford luxuries and lots of them.
The Democrat saye: The first honors of
the Quincy Fair Tournament were won
by members of the Decatnr connty Tonr-
nament Club, Messrs. E. D. Gainey and
J H. Gray. Wo were betting on you,
boys. Tho noble old county you eo gal
lantly. represented will follow your ex
ample’, and go into the friendly contest
now being waged between the different
sections of tbe country, determined to
come oat victorious.
From the Dablonega Signal we are
sorry to barn that Col. Price has been
very ti:k recently. He tai overworked
himself, 3nd is suffering the necessary
consequences.
The Signal, speaking of tho attaok npon
Governor Colquitt says, “Let secret in
vestigation take warning, che Governor
is clear, and spite is sat down upon.”
We are glad to note in the Lablonega
Signal that reports from the mines were
of unasual interest for tho week closing
with last Saturday. Heavy rains inter
rupted out-door work a day or two, but
the mills in the county reduced about
1,000 tones of ore during tbe week, and
tho general report is that the yield is
higher than the same mines produced
last year.
Albany publishes two exctlient pa
pers. The Advertiser of last week was as
fnll of f-pioy nows as ono of Dr. Caldera’
sweet oranges is of juice. Of the oity
eleotion hear what be bas tossy;
It was a cacoasi; yea, a grand sacoess.
There were no hotso races, nor any pre-
minms offered, bat it was nevertheless a
success, the display of tnnnicipal candi
dates being the finest ever seen in the
State, south of Uaooo. The candidates
took the field; the oity clerk took thoir
money for delinquents whom they want
ed to vote; tbe negroes took holiday, and
all the liqnor they oonld got, and tbst
night they took the town.
Four hundred voters had registered,
and of this number tbrse hundred and
forty-nine txucised tbeir light of suf
frage.
Mayor Wilder and Aldermen Stephens
and Jaokson, present inenmbent*, were
re-elected by very flittering majorities,
and Messrs. E. L. Wrighr, W. T. JoneB,
M. D. Gor.a;ow»ky and L. T. Fields ran
in close behind them on the “now tick
et.’ "
—A Marseilles almanac predicta for 1879
the death of 'Bismarck, Gorfschakcff, and
BeaconsBeld.
A. Trip Throngh Houston—The
Crops.
The writer leffcMaoon a few days ago,
crossed into Houston at the beautiful iron
bridge recently erected over Echeconnee
creek, and which, it may be added, is the
only structure of the kind across any
stream in the Stb.te, then took a zigzag
course through Houston to Palaskl conn
ty. The farmers a’ong the route were all
busy gathering the remainder of the “top
crop” of cotton, patting ap compost heaps
and sowing grain. At nearly every gin
honso that was passed, I caw some cotton
bales that seemed to bo stored away
for “future reference,” and the writer
was told that there had not been
such a supply of home-made long-sweet
ening on band as there is now since the
rebellion. Fine Georgia cane syrup can
be bonght in the kingdom of Palraki at
from twenty to twenty- five cents a gallon.
The eorncribs, too, are fall and tho smoke
houses aro being filled. All this gives
things somewhat tbo look of ante bellnm
times. I found that a great deal of the
cotton that u produced in Honaton and
wnich has heretofore been brought to
Macon cow goes to Ha wkinsville, where
it is claimed that the rnling prices for
that staple aro as good as those in Ha
con, with nothing like tbe amount of at
tending expanse. One Houston county
man told me that it required sharp finan
ciering to take a load of cotton to
Macon, at present prices and not let
the expenses thereon bring the owner in
debt. Tho great causa of complaint,
the ounce that breaks tho camels back, is
the toll bridge over Tobosofkee creek,
talked with farmers that have been pay
ing triDute at thi8 bridge from twenty to
forty years and tbo amounts paid by the
large planters ranged from thirty to one
hundred dollars each, annually, being
rated at a certain sum for each plow that
is run on their plantation 3 . Appreciat
ing the advantage cf coming to a large
town to market their produce and buy
their supplies, they are willing to pay the
commissions and storage at the ware
house, to pay for their wagons and teams,
staying at tho wagon-yard, for their
horso at the stable and themselves at the
hotel, bnt rebel at the dribbling, worry,
iDg expense always to be encountered just
beyond tbe snbnrbs. Houston connty
stands ready, 1 am reliably informed, to
join parses with Bibb and bay ont this
naissnoe, or if that cannot be done at a
fair price, to bnild another causeway
that will be free. The right for doing
this is especially reserved in the ehirter
granted to tho prosent turnpike. The
merchants of Howkinsville are wisely tak
ing advantage cf this state of things, and
have notified the people of Houston, that
they would furnish money to straighten
and improve tbe highway from the Hons
ton Faotory to that plsoe, there being
good roads to the faotory from all parts
of the country. While I hare nothing
but tbe very kmdeit feelings for the
thrifty and rapidly improving little elty
of Hawkinsville, yet Macon is my native
city—my first love, if you phase—audit
is not pleasant to contemplate the losing
through neglect and niggardliness of a
largo portion of profitable trade from one
of the finest planting sections of the
State. I perceive tfcafc the last grand
jury of Bibb have very properly called at
tention to this subject, and it is to be
hoped tta*, prompt and decisive action on
the part of the sagacious business men of
Macon will prevent the estrangement and
lass cf some of her best customers. In
tbe language of Macbeth, I say: “If it
were done when ’tis done, then ’twere
well it were done quickly.” B. W. L.
Bibb connty, Ga., Deoember 9, 1878.
Tho Committee of Ways and Means of
the Charleston City Council, a body
which, the News and Courier says, is de
serving of publio confidence, have, come
to the conelnsion that the people cannot
pay a higher tax than is now levied, aau
that tbe only way to keep down the rate
of taxation to the present level, or to
actually lower the rate, is by reducing
the amount of tbe city debt, or by reduc
ing the rate of interest. There is more
difficulty usually in securing a reduction
of principal than a redaction of interest.
A reduction of tb8iate of interest npon
the city debt from 6 per cent, to 4 per
cent, wiil have the same effect, until the
maturity of the now obligation, as scaling
the principal to 66! cents on the dollar,
and will not involve a relinquishment by
tha holders of any part of the capital val-
of their securities. The committee
therefore advise that tbe present 6 per
cent, stock be converted, with the sanc
tion of tbo Slate, into 4 per cent, non-
taxabla bonds, having thirty years to run.
i bese bonds, it is expected will command
at Last 06 high a price a9 the 6 per cent,
stock command?, and, having a long pe
riod to ran, and being as secure as legis
lation can make them, will be a desirable
and profitable investment.
KjowwHec&ed Dresses.
From tbe Pittsburg Gazetted
The wretohed stylo Of low-neoked
dretses and bare arms peculiar to the la
dies attending the Queen’s drawing room*
in London has been introdnood in Cara-
da this week with terrible effect. Not
withstanding the remonstrances of the
ladies of Halifax that low-neok dreates
were decidedly nnoomfortable in that aus
tere climate, the managers of the Larne
and Lonis exhibition insist that nothing
but ehort-wiisted, e'.eevless gowns ware
en regie. As a result, there will probably
be a vast amount of pulmonary and bron
chial trouble among the belles of Halifax
between this and spring. All this brings
to mind an old joke whioh n3ed lo be
popular among the demi-monde assem
bled in tho old Argyle rooms in LondoD.
These poor oreatnres were in the habit
of telling strangers with rare felioity that
if a lady of fashion should drive to the
Argyle from one of tho Queen's drawing
rooms in her low-neoked dress she would
be denied admittanos on the ground of
being an improper character.
State Debt of Virginia.
Governor’s Aesrsgv.l
The Governor, in his mssasgs, holds
that it is the question of questions for
Virginia, involving every other. When
that is settled honorably and finally she
will start upon a oareer that will cot be
unworthy of her history. He advocates
the nse of every honorable effort to har
monize views, and thus aeonre a ocncln -
sion whioh will establish oredit and pros
perity. Ho says there is nt> man or body
of men oonneoted with the State govern
ment who is seoretly or openly in favor of
repudiation. No excuse for the non
payment of the debt ever can be urged,
save inability. He shows that from the
auditor's report tbe interest on tho debt is
§1,750,000, which, after deducting the
net revenue applicable to the payment
thereof, leaveB a deficit Of over $850,000-
He says there are only two wayB open for
honorable settlement—that is, by an in
crease of taxation or fair and friendly ad
jnstment with creditors. Repudiation or
forcible readjustment would bring rnic;
but increased taxation, though it might
cause suffering and privation for a time,
would nltimately bring prosperity and
peace. To pay the largo deficit wonld
require no less than an inoreaso of thirty
to foity cents on the $100 o! property.
If the State of Virginia is not abls to
pay tho debt or fall interest thereon, and
ultimately the principal, she ought to
have recourse to the other measure this
side of force—an honorable and amicable
adjustment with ber creditor?.
In the extenBive correspondence he hsd
with tho State’s creditors, he had not
found them Shjlooks, bnt had found
them willing to listen to reason and con
sider every statement made them ingoed
faith. The result of this correspondence
is a proposition from a conncil of foreign
bondholders in London for the payment
of fonr per oent. in gold upon the whole
debt, principal and interest fnaded, ex
empt from taxes, with oonponB receivable
for all taxes, al dues, eto.; also another
proposition reooramendiog four per oent.
for the consols and three and one-half per
cect. in gold, for all other classes of
bonds, principal and interest landed, eto.
The Government says that even such z
settlement will demand an increase -of
taxitior>.
Alex Frothlngham & Co., have been for
many years stock brokers and bankers in
New York, at 12 Wall Street. They have
the reputation of gaining for their eas
terners largo returns from investments
ranging from $50 to $200, and have the
enviable reputation of always making
quick re(nrnp. Send for their Financial
Ecport, free. declO dtnef&iat It
Condition of tlift South.
The Herald prepares for the onslaught
of tho Republican leaders on the South;
with a page of letters from its correspon
dents in reference to tbe social, political
and industrial condition of every one of
tho Southern States. These letters re
port universal improvement and amelior
ation, and Georgia is placed at the head.
The Herald introduces those letters with a
leading editorial,m which that paper con
gratulates the States on their vast pro
gress and improvement since the days of
carpet-bagism and declares that nothing
could be more lamentable for all d&fses
than their return to tho infiuenccs which
then controlled them. Says that paper:
In judging of the condition of the Sontb
as set forth in the extensive correspond
ence which we publish, it is to be consid
ered that tbe business of tho whole coun
try han been for tho last few years in a
state of depression and stagnation, owing
to general causes which have operated in
the Sonth as well as the North. The fact
oa whioh this correspondence should fix
attention is that the Sonth is rising out of
the universal depression moreperoeptibly
tban tho North. In spite of the hard
times whioh havo weighed like an incubus
on all the industries of the country, the
Southern people, colored as well ae white,
havo been advancing in well-being and
comfort, and they are confident of a pros
perous future.
And again says that paper: “The ac
quisition of property by the colored pop
ulation oeems wonderful. Tho tax books
of Georgia show that the negroes of that.
State ara assessed this year for more than
six million dollars worth of proper iy,
whereas at the end of the carpetbag rule
they had next to nothing.”
Winter Weatber Needed.
A MILD WINTER AND YELLOW FBVBR
The St. Louis Bepuibliean recalls nil the'
prognostications of severe cold this win
ter and expresses the fear that the win*
ter will bo milder than tha last one.
Ordinarily this anticipation wonld be a
pleasant one; but the savants- fear that
there will not be cold enough to thor
oughly destroy the yellow fever germs,
especially in the warmer latitudes of tbe
country. If co-, the apprehension is ex-
presso J that the pestilence will break ont
again early in May or June, and spread
East, North and West with great rapidity.
It is snggested that sanitary authori
ties everywhere should push forward tha
work of cleansing and disinfection rapidly
and vigorously during the winter. ' Al
though, for the past three years, the
a trees of winter severity in the far South
haa been felt before New Year, yet wo
see no reason, as a general experience,
why winter’s depth should not be near
the middle of the see son here ns else
where. Wo expect, therefore, to see
good solid freezes in dne time. It Is no
ticeable, however, that the migratory
birds whioh nsnally at this season con
tribute an important share to the luxu
ries of tho tails, have scarcely made an
aopearance in this region. They evi
dently have not yet felt the pinch of win
ter in their Northern habitat?.
—HIca. Bsmis of Holiist n, Mjs*., htd
been for thirty years a bedtidded invalid.
Medicines of mary kinds had done her no
good Finally, the Bev. Charles CnUis un
dertook her caae. He read, at her bedside,
passages cf Sciiptaie relating to the power
of faith, praved earnestly for her recovery,
and touched ber forehead with bis forefinger,
which ho had d-pped in oil Mrs. Betati got
ont of bad immediately and has be?n well
ever since. Whether it waa the prayer or
tho oil that brought about the core is not
dearly explained.
Kills by the Bte cf a Fly.—FrankH.
Swartz of WeBt Ksnsts. Bays the Kansxs
City Times, died last evening On Wednes
day last he was t itten by a carrion fly on tha
left corner of tbe mouth. His blood was
poisoned, and a disease known as ‘chwbon’
ens-ed. Tho theory of the case is that the
fly hid been enoking the jn-’ce cf force dis
eased an nul or oarrioD, and inoculated him
with the p- isrn. His face and head swelled
to an enorm-ui a'z l. aud hia face became
disoolored—black and purple. On T1 ursday
night, he became insensible, and !vt night
he died.
The Bridge over the Tcbsscfhee.—
We invite tbe very carefnl attention of
toe Board of County Commissioners and
tbe merobants and citizens of Mtcon to
the interes ing statements of onr Hous
ton correspondent, B. W. L.
It is a heavy and vexations tax npon the
farmers of Housioa who trade in Macon
to be foroed to pay the heavy tolls exact
ed every time a load of coitoo or vehicle
crosses that bridge cn route for cur oily.
We are not in favor of interfering with
vested rights or the franchises of individ
uals. But wonld it not pay for onr mer
chants, assisted, if possible, by the conn
ty, lo purchase this bridge, if interdioted
from building another, and than make it
free in ihe future. Ooe Grand Jury bas
already called public attention to the
grievance, and ws trust the ssmo body
now in session will investigate the facts,
and, after dne examination, suggest the
proper remedy. It does seem euioldil on
the part of onr people to allow so small a
barrier as a bridge over an insignificant
stream to head off, and divert to Haw
kinsvilie, or elsewhere, the cotton and
produce whioh legitimately is tributary to
Macon.
Wo have no suggestions to make, bnt
only print the views of onr correspond
ent and many of the best farmers of
Houston, in tbe hope that proper aotion
will be taken in tbe premises.
Attention Voters. — By resolution
passed by onr Legislature, all good citi
zens are requested to nse Dr. Ball’s Cough
Syrnp and rrcommend same as tbe peo
ple’s remedy for Coughs, Cold?, eto. 25
cents.
—An insurrection las broken cut in tha
provin-e cf Kwsrg i. Chin», and haa a rea<Jy
assumed such formidable proportion? as to
erase considerable anxiety to the imperial
authorities. The leader of tho insurgents
a general named Li Yurg-Ch i, who was
also notorious In tha great l'aipins rebellion,
bnt prudently deserted to th9 imperial side
when he saw that the collapse cf the r* bel
li n wss imminent. Li-Yung rhei bas gain
ed distinction in the service <>f tbo Emperor,
and been honored with tho Yollow Tunic.
It seems that he wab disappointed at not
receiving seme civeted preferment, and put
himself at thehusd of a revolutionary move
ment At l&t-Bt sdviccs bis army numbered
fifrv thousand men, and he was canning all
before him.
Nur* for the Lawyers.—Anoihor suit of
heirs of Stephen Girard ag&in-t tbs City of
Fhiladelphi is now being tried in fhiladsl-
phia Tbe aotion involves property worth a
vast amonnt of mon y, sggrrgat ng many
million of dollars, the claim of the pMctiff
f gainst the ci y being for nothing lessihaa
al‘ the real estate in Philadelphia owned by
Stephen Girard at the time of his death, and
the repayment to tham of all tbe snrplns
income on this valuable property for the
past twenty yean, ovar and abovathsex*
pensea <f running Girard Collcgj. Seven
of tbe pontiffs are citizens of France, and a
like number reside in Pennsylvra'a, all i f
them being tha heirs-at-iaw of Girard
-The propositions of Bm Entler and
Fernando Wood, ea s the Nashville Ameii-
era, aieself-evidont fabrioations.’ cays the
Cincinnati Commercial Wood said thar 4,000
citizens were arrested without cause in New
York, snd Butler that intimidation had bran
practiced on 10,000 emploves in Massachu
setts If these are self-evident fabrications
they go very well with tbe fabrications as to
tha Southern States. The amount of trnth
will bo found about the name in tho cne case
as tbe other, so far as Massachusetts is ccn-
csrnsd Both statements rest npon that
sort of vrgue floating testimony which is
always nine tenths exaggeration. The New
York statement is tho onerealcharg? made
wh ch can be supported and cannot be ex
aggerated It rests npon recorded cases.
Ths arrests made in Now York were based
upon natu’»liz*tion papers ten yrarscld,
snd certainly cored by time if they were
informal or defective. Th* arrests were an
outrage, for if not technically n&turalizsd
tbe parties holding them were long ago
entitled to be citizens.
THe Wiieat Corner.
SPECULATING UPON THE PUBLIC BOW-
ELS.
One James Keene, of California, is now
engaged in getting np a corner in wheat,
and announces tho intention of buying
and actually storing np for a rise four
millions of bushels in Chicago. The fact
that this wheat is to be delivered ani not
bonght for fntnre delivery, afeer the
manner of tha ordinary speculator in the
price of produce, (in Mr. Keene's opinion)
clears him of the odintnof betting and
gambling; bnt no aopnd moralist will en
dorse that opinion.
Whoever selfishly plans to benefit him
self by interrupting the steady current
of commercial exchanges is seeking to
profit by the publio loss and injury; and
it matters little abont tbe particular con
trivance by which he hopps to effect his
object. The object itself is bid and eel-
fUb.
Doubtless the men who deal in pro
duce have always a clear right to lay in
snoh stored as will meet the demands of
their trade. If it rises on their hands,
they are entitled to the rise, jnst zb they
will surely have to pocket the loss, if the
price falls. But this is a very different
matter from a combination of outside
capital to “engross,” and thus create an
artificial scarcity, sd as to sell off at the
advance which bas resulted merely from
the artificial scarcity ao produced. That
iB the bnsineBS of a freebooter and net of
honest traffic. We know every branch
of trade isf nil of such operations, but
they are none the less unjustifiable in the
light of sound morals.
A New Bread titnfl.
New York Msil.l
The Scriptural story of Joseph’s brethren
going to Egypt for corn wire? their own was
exhausted, .has been,in away, rehsa ecd
by s California farmer His ordinary com
having tamed ont badly, he was surpriied
to get an enormous yield from a little Egyp
tian esm whioh he had planted among the.
other It will grow in almost any soil, is
nearly as heavy as wheat, resembles balled
bailey in tbo raw state, is a good substitute
for buokwheatfis capable cf more n«es in
the kitchen, Including all purposes for
which various flours are need, and ii a nutri
tious fodder which all cattle Lbe.
We get these facts from tha nan Fran cues
Bulletin, which farther states that the grow*
ing com has a beantifal appearance, that it
requires little or no care alter being planted,
that it is gathered by pinching ths tufts,
whioh thresh more easily tban other oom,
that it yield a thousand fold, and that it
matures in its own time regardless of tho
season The two varieties, white and red,
do not differ materially. We cannot tell
whether this is the e>me hind of oom as
proved the dependence of ancient Egypt,
bnt it i« found on extensive trial, to bs all
which is predicated of it. California, and
other parts cl the United States as well, will
be able to make an important addition to
onr oereala.
Tax Task cf the Republican Party.
Tbe Philadelphia Evening Bulletin says
“the Republican party has now presented
to Ur task which it onght to set itself
(o do with all id might That is to di
vide the Sonth: to separate the Southern
whites into two parties. An observant
man will have little difficulty in persuad
ing himself that Ihe achievement of that
feat is the one great hope of Ihe party
and the country.”
And the life of ibs Southern States de
pends upon preventing snob adlviilot.
Tbe public demoralization whioh must
follow a divided white population strag
gling to capture the negro vote is fright
ful to contemplate.
Panama, November 30.—The details
of the asaasiin&tion of Don Manuel Par
do, are received. It appears that bs had
driven np to the door of the Senate.Cham-
ber, and was cresting tbe conrt yard.
The gnsrd stationed there presented arms,
as was customary, snd Pardo was in the
act of entering tbe passage leading to tbe
inner court, where the sergeant of the
guard vres, when one Melchor Montczo
deliberately raised his rifle and shot him
in the hack. The" ball grrz .d the hand
of Senator Kns*, who was with Pardo,
and entered below the shoulder blade
passing throngh the body. Pardo walk
ed a few steps forward, staggered and
fell. The assassin was seized by Dr.
Adam Melgar, who had followed Pardo
from tbe carriage, tut ho managed lo es
cape, the guard making no effort to de
tain him. A sergeant of the corps of
Gendamarie shortly afterward seized him
and btonght him back, and he was pla
ced in a small room in the inner oourt of
the Senate. Pardo was. removed from
where bs fell and shortly alter expired,
in tbe presence of his family.
—The Cincinnati Enquirer summarizes
the whole situation at W&aliirgton in these
head lines over its Washington special:
‘tbe Republicans United, Sarny, and Eager
to Flaant the Bloody Shirt. Tee Democrats
»■ U«a*l, Hesitating, Undegied, and Abso
lutely Without & Leader ’
It has been proven that tbe dlscates of
babyhoed cannot attack th Infant’s sys
tem, when D-. Bull’s Baby Syrnp is need
at directed. Price 25 cents.