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ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON TUESDAY DECEMBER 81,1878.
Volume LIH—NO
BY TELEGRAPH.
Havana, Deusmber 21.—The weather
favors sugar grinding. Sugars are fast
arriving, but still insufficiently purged.
Transactions are therefore restricted.
The market closes dull and unsettled.
Quotations nominal at 10 to 12; d s 5J to
C} reals, gold, per Arrobe, 16 to 20 d s,
7 to 8} reals: molasses sugar 7 to 10 d a
and 5 to 61 reals. Mus Centrifugal, 12
to 13; boxo3 and hogsheads GJ.
Washington, Deoembsr 22.—The city
pout-office authorities arc actually en.
gaged la an endeavor to discover the
whereabouts of teo thousand dollars
drawn from the troosury yesterday by
William J. Brown, finance clerk of the
city post-offies, to psy the darts, and, ac
cording to the report of that officer, lost
by him in one of the closets of the treas
ury building. Detectives are at work in
the case.
Brown is not under arrest, but remains
at home in a nervous and excited condi
tion. His friends and postmaster Ed'
wards are of opinion that he either lost
the package, as he says, or that it was
stolen from him.
Brown has been employed in the ao-
oounting devision of the city post-
office tbirty years, and bears an ex
cellent reputation.
Congressman Beverly B. Douglass,
representing the first district of Virginia,
died at the National hotel early this
morning, after a brief illness from in-
fiamation of the bowels Douglas suf
fered acutely during his illness. He was
attended, in his last moments, by several
of bis colleagues in the House of Repre
sentatives, his daughtor,who arrived last
night, and other friends.
Qe lost consciousness during the night
and died easily. The remains will be
taken to Richmond to-night by n commit*
teo consisting of Senator Jones, of Flori
da, and Representatives Hnnter and
Good.', of Virginia, Luttrell, of Califor
nia, Cailisle, of Kentucky, Donnell, of
Minnesota,Hartsell. of Illinois and Clark,
of Iowa There will be no funeral cere
monies bore, the intention being to have
theobs-.quies performed at tho home of
tUs deceased in Aylett, King Williams’
County, Ve.
Berlin, December 22.—A resolution
was adopted, alter divine service to-day,
at the American Chapel, deeply deploring
the death of B*yard Tayler. Before tho
adoption of tbs resolution, Consul-Gen
eral Kreisman, and Secretaries Coiemau
andEvarts of the American Legation,
made speeches eulogizing the deceased.
The meeting decided to send copies of the
resolution to the State Department at
Washington, the American Legation, end
the Consul-General of Berlin, and to the
widow of deceased.
Berlin, Dsc-tab«r 22.—Th9 following
is the petition of the Sr. Petersburg stu
dents to the Cearwitcb, which the former
attempted to present December 11th :
Your Imperial Highness: The Govern
ment b^Usvse the agitation among us
caused by a few evil-disposed persons.
It Your Highness will recall to mind the
fact that this agitation has betn extend
ing somo years, and has met with a re
sponse from ail educational establish
ments of the country, you will scarcely
share this opinion.
The sources of this agitation nro to be
found in tbs iatolsrable position in which
tho youth of Russia are placed. The stu
dents outside the college walls are sub
jected to police supeivttion, while inside
they are cocataariy more and mere de
prived of their rights. They bad taken
from them the right ot meeting to con
sider their own affairs, and had been for
bidden to establish a famd for mutual aid.
Iu attempting anything of thie kind they
are threatened with persecutions in the
most odiooB form by tbo police adminis
tration. Whsnavcx oar rights are con
cerned car dispersion becomes the law ;
but whenever ths qcsrtion arises of bur«
dsns to be barns, wa aro looked upon as
having a oerporato existenoe.
We are deprived of the independence
necessary to cdalts. The increasing ob
stacles placed in Us way of higher edu
oation will 8oon*make education the priv
ilege of the neb.
These end smaller oppressions are ths
sole ciuse of ths agitation. We know
what awaits the students of Charkoff,
and ths example of the Kill agitation is
frt-s-h in our memory.
On the strength of the foregoing we
take the liberty requesting year media
tor on behalf of our Charkoff fellow
scholars, and your attention to the pres
ent condition of the students.
Copenhagen, December 22. — Tho
Duke cfCumbeil.nd and Princess Thyra
were married with great pomp at the
chape! of Cbrietiansburg Castle at 8
o’clock on Saturday morning.
A Paris special says an express train on
the Rosa and Vtlidikavkas railway re
cently fell off on embankment. Twenty
persons were killed, including General
Hintzell and several functionaries and of
ficers ot the army of the Caucasus.
Thirty-eight were injured.
Berlin, December 2t.—The funeral
service of the late Bayard Taylor took
place this afternoon at the residence of
the deceased. Aid-de-Camp Count Lehs-
darf, represented the Emperor, and Msj.
Von PoniwiU represented the Crown
Prince, and Counts Von Bulow and Phil-
i inborn the foreign offices. All the Am
bassadors, including the Cbineee and
Japaneao were present. Tno Austrian
Embassy, being vacant, Austria was rep
resented by Prince Lychtenetein, a mili
tary attache. Among others present,
wero Statesmen Delbraeek, Professors
Greislsnd end Von Bunsen. The
authors were represented by Ausrbacb,
Spielhager, Linden and Rodonberg, and
numbers of higher officials, artists and
scientists.
Herr Auerbach, sptakirg in the name
of German writers, lamented the decease
of cne who was equally applauded in the
old and new worlds; who, born in the
country of Franklia, had died in that of
Goethe, but not on foreign soil, for Ger
many was bis sscond fatherland; and,
moreover, by making Goethe’s master
piece accessible to the American nation,
he had formed a fresh link betwsen Ger
many and America.
The funeral procession was followed by
two six-borso carriages of tho Crown
Prince and a number of private carriages
and many mourners.
A dense crowd lined the route of the
procession.
London, D*o. 23 —The returns of the
Union Woikhonoe in the East of London
are beginning to show the exi9lenoa of
wide spread poverty and distress in that
part of the city. Applicants for relief
are so numerous that house accommoda
tion is inadequate.
At Sboredlteh the Workhouse Infirma
ry is full; alto tho Workkosae itself, an
extra room must be provided.
At Bstbel Green Workhcnso there are
1,059 inmates end 882 in the Infirmary.
In H-ckoey there ere 1,418 in-door
poor chaigetble io the “Union.”
Tho visitation of diatriot visitors dis
closes a vast amount of distress, and the
oharitsble funds at their disposal are ut
terly insuffieiea*. This io especially tffe
oms at Poplar and Millwall, where thou
sands of dock and other laborers
Drummond this morning rendered a de
cision confirming the sale of the Indian
apolis, Bloomington & Western railroad.
Columbia, December 23.—The favora
ble condition of Governor Hampton con
tinues. His attending phisioion9 speck
most hopefully as to his reoovery. The
appearance of his wound continues to Im
prove, whilo his appetite and digestion
strengthen daHy.
The Legislature adjourns line die to
morrow morning at daylight, after a four
weeks’ session, the shortest ainoe the war
San Francisco, December 23.—It is
reported that chief Moses and several
chosen warriors have been taken priso
ners by the Y Jrema Volunteers. Hostili
ties are feared. .
Spitalfield’s Dime II*use t ol,
Hackney; Shoatwail and H&g-eition are
severely feeling tba acu-cness of the
winter.
The tradesman of the entire eastern
districts of the metropolis are crying out
aboat the badness of trade, and even
Christmas wares aro a heavy drug in the
market.
Bo severe is the distress in Hsggerston
that a committee is to be formed for the
relief of cases of extreme necessity; hat
it will be greatly crippled through want
of funds.
The weather is severe throughout Great
Britain. There has also been a heavy
snow fall here and in many parts of tho
continent. In Scotland it is especially
eevere and all the railways in the North
are blooked.
Two London mail trains were, at last
accounts, snowed up ten or twelve miles
from Aberdeen. Altogether seven trains
are snowed up, and traffic is suspended.
Snow was still failing last night. In
some places it is over twelve feet high.
It is the heaviest snow fall in thirty
years.
Washington, D. C., December 23.—
The package of money diawn from the
Treasury on Saturday for the payment of
the clerks in the city post-effioe, and lost
by Wm. J. Brown, wss recovered this
morning. The package wa3 taken to
Postmaster Edmonds’ residence, and he
received it upon promising to ask no ques
tions. Jadgo Edmunds is of opinion that
Brown had his pocket picked, and is pos
itive the money was beyond Brown’s
reach, and that he was not a party to the
transaction.
Cincinnati, December 23.—The ven
erable Archbishop Pnrcell, who has had
charge of the Catholic interests in this
city for many years, announced to the
Cathedral congregation yesterday that he
had written to the Pope, asking to be re
lieved on account of the infirmities of old
age. In his remarks he alluded to finan
cial matters, and evidently convinced his
hearers that no fears need to be felt as to
investments made through him as they
were secure and would be returned in
due time.
Washington, December 23.—Frederick
Aiken of the local staff of the Washington
Past, and an old newspaper reporter, died
to-day after a brief illness. He was one
of the counsel for Mrs. Surratt.
A letter was reoeived at the Treasury
Department to-iay from ths Assistant
Treasurer in New York saying that tho
resumption of specie payments will be
effected January let without causing any
embarassment whatever in business cir
cles.
Richmond, Va., December 11.—In the
case of A. W. Wilcox, on trial in the
United States District Court for robbing
the mail, the jury returned a verdict ot
gnilty. Sentence was suspended and the
prisoner bailed m the cam of $3,000 until
February, in order to give him time to
apply for a pardon. The jury joined in
tho reoommendation for the clemency of
the court and ths President.
The case of parties indicted for the vio
lation of election laws in the second con
gressional district has been set for trial
on the 16th of February.
The remains of Beverly B. Donglass
reached this city last night from Wash
ington and were transported via. the
York River Railroad to King William
connty to be interred at the birth plaeeof
the late Mrs. Donglass. - A delegation of
Congressmen accompanying the remains
were met an their arrival here by a num
ber ef the relatives and friends of the de-
cea<ed J '.vho had been notified by tele
graph, and who joined in the escort.
Washington, D. C„ December 23.—
The case of the Citizens’ Bank of Louisi
ana against the State Boatd of Liquida
tors was submitted to the United States
Supreme Court to-day on printed briefs.
The enit wss {"'•Minted by ths bank to
eorapcl the deft-.Unfa to fund certain
bonds of the New Orleans, Mobile &
Chattanooga Railroad, held by it. and
guaranteed by tho State nhder act No. 26
of 1869. Tho lower courts decided
against the plaintiff, on the ground that
the bonis in question were nst valid ob
ligations of the State. The bank hopes
to obtain here a reversal ef those decis
ions. Amoag other cases argued to-day
in the Supreme Court were the Atlantio
and Gulf Rsilrcad Company against the
State of Georgie, in which the railroad
company resists the collection of taxes
levied by the State on the ground of al
leged uneoestitntloBBlity; and the case
of Detroville against Small, from
the United States'^ironit Court for the
di.tries of Sontb Carolina. The latter
is intended as a test case to establish or
to overthrow the validity of tbo so-called
‘‘tax sale title,” by virtue of which a largo
part of the real estate in Be&nfort coun
ty, South Cardies, is new held. It is
maintained by the former owners of the
lands is controversy that the tax sales
titles are invalid, first, on account of the
irregularity ot the pucsedings of the
United States District Commissioners,
and second, on account of tho unconsti-
tatienality of the act of 18G2, under
which the lands wsre sold.
Havana, December 23.—It has been
ordered that the Gazette be published
monthly en eoeount ot the custom house
transaction*,thereby furthering the study
of reform ia tariffs. The political aspect
of the island continnc s favorable, order
reigning every where. Captain General
Martinez Campos is in Satiago, deCnba.
The English steamer from St. Thomas
December 17th has arrived.
Advices from the island of St. Croix
represent the island as quiet.
Two sailing veetels from Denmark are
expected with troops to garrison the Is
land.
Advioes from Santo Domingo, Dscim-
ber 10th, pay that Congress will assem
ble on the 11th.
The election will take plaoe the threo
last days of the present month.
Guillermo, the acting Exeentiva will
piobobly be eleoted.
Advioes from Hayti, Dsoember Sod,
say the election of Deputies to the Na
tional Assembly will take plaae in Janu
ary. Party spirit is high.
Venezuela advioes say the constituent
assembly will meet immediately to elect
a President. It will adopt tho oou-tito-
tion of the year 1864, fixing tho Pr--iden.
tie! term at four years instead cf two.
There aro many OAndidstes in the field,
sod it is impossible to prediot who will
triumph. It is feared that the partisans
of er-Proeident Gezmtn Bisects wilt cre
ate disorder.
Diiaoir, December 23.—A fire at Ox
ford, to-day, destroyed Wateoo, Wait &
Co. s dry goods, Fansled’s hardware end
Hackoti’s drug stores, Kile’s hotel, the
brown out of employ man*. W «*» «»*JOxfonl Journal effioe’snd tbe~ibfOulo
Hall. The total loss on the bnildings and
stock ia estimated at $50,000; insured
for $10,000.
Bamarscotta, Me., December 23.—The
schooner Charlie Ball, from New York
for St. John’s, was wrecked at Thumb
Cap Island on Saturday night. James
Wheaton, David Knox, Charles Kemball
and one other were drowned.
Pittston, Pa., December 23.—Robert
Roberts was almost instantly killed this
afternoon by a premature coal blast.
Yesterday, at Caxton, Pa., Mrs. Sarah
Phiny, while engaged in drawing water
from an unfinished well, slipped and was
precipitated into it and drowned.
Indianapolis, December 23.—Judge
Washington, December 23.—The
treaty between the United States and Ja
pan ratified by the Senate on the 18th,
annuls that of the tariff convention of
I860 concluded with the United States,
Great Britain, France and Holland, to
gether with the schedules ot tariff at
tached thereto and provides that tho
right of Japan to adjust customs and
regulate foreign cemmeroe in open
courts be recognized by|the]Umted States.
It abolishes all export duties in Japan.
All claims by the Japanese Government
for the forfeiture of existing treaties end
for violatioas of Japanese customs may
be sued for and collected in the United
States Consular Court*. It reserves to
Japan ths right to control the coasting
trade. Nevertheless American vessels
entering the open pons may unload their
cargoes and proceed on their voyage on
the payment only of the charges on the
merchandise landed, while their govern
mental charges on the vessels themselves
will ba collected once only in the first port
entered. Two additional ports are opened
to the American commerce. Shemo-
Nosiks, and the other will bo decided
upon hereafter.
It further provides that the convention
take effect upon the conclusion by Japan
of snob conventions,or revisions of exist
ing treaties, with all treaty powers, and
that it shall be ratified and ratifications
exchanged at Washington, within fifteen
months from date. No official intimation
has yet been given oonoerning [the sac-
oessor to Ialo Minister Teylor. Ths
number of candidates is increasing.
Pack, December 23.—M. Lson Chat-
tean has again been delegated to America
in the interest of the Franco-Amsrlosc
commercial treaty, and will embark on
the 5th of January next. Ho will visit
New York, Washington, Boston, Balti
more, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Cin
cinnati, St. Louie, Chicago and San Frsn-
oisoo.
London, December 23.—Gen. Browne
telegraphs from Jellalabad, on the 20tb:
Wo occupied tois city to-day. The in
habitants are friendly. A Renter tele
gram says the notables of Jellalabad esme
to meet' the British troop?. The same
dispatch says tho Ameer left Cabal on
the 10th tnst.
ConsTantinopls, Dectmber 23.—Ne
gotiations will commence immediately,
based upon ths Imperial irade mentioned
on ths 21st, authorizing the Grand Vizier
conclude arrangements respecting
Novi B-zsr and Bosnia on the terms pro
posed by Austria.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, Deo. 20tb, 1378.
AND THEY ALL EEOAN TO MAKE EXCUSE.
After kicking np all this bobbery about
investigating Southern elections, bully
Blaine, who ought by right and usage to
be the chairman of the committee, sneaks
ont of the business, and positively re
fuses even to go Sontb. A brave warrior
is James. To have head him roar and
seen him cavort and entnp in the Senate,
one would have''naturally supposed that
he was fairly aching te beard the lion in
his den, as it were—to taokle the South
ern barbarians and tear them to pieces.
But he emphatically declines to venture
down in Dixie, and, after having mace
all this fuss, subsides as quietly as a
small boy who has had hie ears boxed. If
James wasn’t a Seea’sr and a fa
mous statesman, I should esrtaln-
ly say he was a frsnd and a
sneak to Jb*at. Bit he is *et mash
worse than his other brethren of the Sen
ate who voted for his prepoaitien. They
have pretty nearly all declined the ser
vice, and it seems there will be consider
able difficulty in even drafting enough of
them to make np a majority of the com
mittee. All of them have particularly
pressing business elsewhere just now.
What a misetable lot of humbugs and
sneaks these Radical renters are, eh?
They all veto that awful outrages have
been committed at the South which de
mand speedy and searching investigation,
and who abuse everybody who does not
agroo with them as traitors and rebels.
Bat when offered an opportunity to prove
their charges by personal investigation
at the scenes of these crimes, tboy shuffle
out and sneak off under cover of other
pressing business engagements. Ban I
Speaking of Blaiae, I see that an En
glishman writes to the Hartford Times
that Jim’s harangue lest week was stolen
almost bcdily'from a speech delivered by
Daniel O'Connell in Parliament in 1832,
in regard to the Cork election. How is
tbat for Bob Iogersoll's “gifted, gallant,
glorious Blaine”—tho “plumed knight”
of the Mulligan letters!
oTV FJE MINCE TIE AND ZOO NOO.
By to-night there will not be enough
M. C.’s in Washington to sustain a call
for the yeas and nays. The Home has
just mst, and there does not seem to my
vision nearly a quorum, though the ma
chine grinds along until two cr three
o'clock. Everybody ia going off who can
get away, and for two weeks trade in all
branohea—wot and dry—will be slack.
This is monrnfnl for many branohus of
business, bat ain't be helped. Already
the baokmen are roosting much lower as
to prices, and a oomnsn man oan take a
ride without bankruptcy.
Toe holiday gift display In the shop
windows is something gorgeous, and the
shoppers who, like myself, are (oread to
do mnoh of li outside and at a dialano*,
are having a grand time. I don’t think
I ever sew more tempting things, and at
the same time hid less financial ability to
captnre somo of them. This thing of being
impecunious is denoedly inconvenient at
all times, bat it nips especially hard just
at this season. Somebodies mast be flush,
fhopgb, from tho crowds in Gilt’s, (the
Tiffany of Washington,) and the shops
where seal skin sacqnes and other similar
Inxuries are sold.
OUGHT TO BE BEATEN.
I hope the House will very summarily
sit down npoa one bill whioh I see has
jmt been agreed upon by the Commute*
on Post Offices and Post Roads. It
oicots that all mail matter must be en
tirely prepaid. Snoh a law would require
that if a letter happened to weigh the
smallest fraction over half an ouno". and
had only a tbree-cent stamp on it, !L must
bo detained in the office where pcsied,
and the sender, if known, notified to etep
np and 8sltia the balance. If the sender
is cot known, the patty to whom the let
ter is addressed must be notified, and tho
letter held back until the required postage
is forwsrdsd. Could anything be more
absurd than this? Let the newspapers
taka up the mvttor and show the incon
venience, tnnoyacca and damage that
if theyjjwill, kill the preposition in its
birth. And speaking of postal matters,
it strikes me tnatif there is in any de
partment of tho Government, the least
exonse or reason for spending money,
even to the verge ot extravsganoe, the P.
O- D. is the one. I believe in fast mails,
cheap postage and every possible faoility
and improvement in the speedy and f re
qnent delivery of all sorts of mail matter;
and I think the psople are with me. We
can’t afford to go baokward in this mat
ter. We are bound to ba ahead of every
other oouutry in this respect, or cease to
boast onrselviB, as we do, “the smartest
nation in all oreation.”
ANEW PRINTING MACHINE.
Under thi3 head, I find the foliowirS
in the Btar, of yesterday afternoon, and
quote it for tho benefit of the craft:
Mr. Jas. O. Clephace, of thta city has
just returned from Chicago, where he has
been to superintend tho introduction of
th9 new printing machine, which, it is
claimed, is to entirely revolutionize the
art of typo setting. The machine whioh
has been taken to Chicago is a lithograph
ic maobine, but no more of that oharaoter
will bo built, as ths stereotyping machine,
whioh will bo ready for exhibition next
week, has proved a sucoes*. Mr. Chas.
T. Moore, of West Virginia, is the origi
nal inventor; and he and Mr. O. Meyen-
tbaler (of Hahl & Co.), of Baltimore,
have together perfected the stereotypio
feature. It is claimed that an expert ope
rator will print from fifty to seventy words
a minute ca the machine, and that Miss
Julia Camp, of this city, prists continu
ously at the rate of seventy-five words a
minute. The machine, it is farther chim
ed, prints with ell sizes of type; does
away with tho necessity for numerons
“cases;’' dispenses with toe “distribu
tion” of type; “justifies” more rapidly
than the printer, correotu mistakes with
more ease, and reads and corrects proof
more readily. Tbs great speed of the
maobine is secured, it is stated, through
the ability of the operator, owing to a pe
culiar construction of the instrument, to
print at one stroke any word where the
letters ocour in alphabetical order. For
instance, the words “first,” “know,”
“not,” “it,” “is,” and hundreds of oth
ers, are printed at one stroke, the opera
tor having simply to place his Sagers
upon eaohkey, forming a>wotd, simulta
neously. It is chimed, finally, that the
eutiro work of composition on a newspa
per can be done in a small-sized parlor;
the maobine not being larger than a sew
ing machine.
all sobts.
That old fraud, Foote, who has been
toadyine to. and slobbering over every
Radical administration from Andy John
son down ro Hayes, has at last got a
bone. Ha is Mint Superintendent at New
Orleans, and went through the Senate
with only four votes (Radicals) dissent
ing. Most of the Democrats refrained
from voting, which is to be regretted, if
by eo doing they could have defeated his
confirmation.
A somewhat singular coincidence was
reported yesterday at the Treasury De
partment. The receipts from internal
revenue and from customs esoh amounted
to $301,100. Probably this never hap
pened before in the history of the govern
ment and perhaps never will agiin.
Grant’s residence in this oity in the
Wert Eud was sold yesterday for $17,600,
a maiden lady being the purchaser.
Whe her she be young, fair and tender,
or ancient, ugly and tough is not report
ed, bnt I will gtmble entt tbat she can
easily find somebody to help her rnn it
in this city of “hard up’ men.
A train left for the South yesterday on
whicb were 16,000 live salmon from Druia
Hill Park, Baltimore, and bound for Ma
con, Milledgeville, Conyers, Covington
and Reynolds, where they will be placed
in the rivers at those places. Yon see
onr district gets the lion’s share, which
shows that Mr. Blount is tasking sharply
after onr varisns interests.
Mr. Stephens is still confined to his.
room from the effects of an accident sev
eral days ago, while going np the steps
of the Capitol, when he slipped and
strained ths mussles cf ths leg which was
once broken. Hit gwersl health, hew-
ever, is decidly good, and he sees as much
company and gate through as mneh wvrk
sb ever.
Geveral Teombs is in the city, end
stopping at the same hotel with Mr.
Stephens—tho National. The Pest has
"intenriowed”him, bnt didn’t make mack
by the operation. For once in his life,
as it sermrd to me, the Geneial scorned
singulaily unready with thsor*L
A. W.R.
Why is a baby like wheat ? Buoanss
it is first cradled, then tbraihcd and
finally becomes the flower of tho family.
And we would add, sooths it with Dr.
Bail’s Baby Syrup. It contains no opi
ates.
VBE GEORGIA FitEBS.
The Sad Death ot a Noble Geob-
gian.—The Cartersvills Free Press comes
to ns draped in mourning becanss of
the untimely death of Captain William
H. Stiles, on the 19th Inst., at his farm
in Bartow connty. It seems that Mr.
Stiles, in walking through his barnyard,
encountered the bull, and to drive him out
of his way, struck him a slight stroke
on the hr a 1 with his cane. But tho in
furiated animal resented tho blow by
dashing at his owner and hurling him to
the ground. Before he oonld recover
himself the assault was repeated, thie
time perforating tho thigh of Captain
Stiles with one of its horns and t wiring
htm in the air. Still a third onset was
made by the beast, which butted the
prostrate gentleman in the breast again
before he could be rescued by the-form
laborers. Ths Captain lingered until
11:30a. a., on Thursday, when he ex
piretL He received every medical at
tention, and was tenderly cared for. When
the news reaohod Osrterevilla the chnrch
bells were tolled, and the whole com
munity was plunged in the deepest dis
tress.
Captain Stile3 was tho sole surviving
son of onr late charge d' affairs to Aus
tria, Colonel W. H. Stilus, one of the
most worthy and distinguished sons of
Georgia, and the author of an interesting
work on that country. He was a gallant
gentleman and a fine specimen of manly
strength and beauty. Sad, iedaed, has
been bis fate, and we osn only wonJer at
God’s inscrutable providence, and ssy
peace to bis saber.
Another Good Citizen Gone.—Tho
Free Press also announoes the death of
Mr. A. J. Weems, a noted resident of
Cartersvllle.
Wicked Attempt at Assassination.
LaGrango Reporter: A most dastardly
outrage was committed last Friday night
on Mr. W. C. Jaiboe, one of the best cit
izens of LaOrangr. Mr. Jerboa was go
ing home from hts store abont half-past
son was going along in the same direo
tion behind him, bnt thought nothing of
it. Jnst after passing the comer of Cap
tain Hnntley’s front fence, he noticed
that the person was apparently abont to
pass him. After this he remembers
nothing more nntil he was carried horns
He was fonnd by Messrs. Walton
Yonng and Dorio Ball, who happened to
be paesing. lying on the sidewalk, insem
Bible and bleeding profnsely. He was
oarrled boms, medical aid was summon
ed,'and after awhile he regained con'
eoionsness. It was fonnd that be had
been stinok twice—once on the back of
the head and onoe on the right cheek
bone. His wonrds are very severe, and
his condition is qnite serious.
The objeot of the deed was robbery.
Mr. Jarboe’s pockets were rifled and all
his money taken. His bank book wss
also taken, bnt it was afterwards found in
the garden of Col. Beall’s tat by Mr. A.
J. Boyd, who rents tho place. It had
probably been thrown there after the
robbsr found that it wftB cf no use to him.
Mr. Jarboe’s loss in money was upwards
of fifty dollars. No clue to the perpetra
tor of tbs deed has yet been fonnd. This
affair is greatly regretted, as Mr. Jarboe
stsnds high in tho oammnaity, having
been several times Mayor of LtGrange.
What Even a Threat op Advebtis-
ino Accomplished.—Says the Reporter.
This morning a gentleman who had lost
some valuable papers, came into (he Re
porter offiee end had handbills printed
offering a reward for them. Mark the
result. He carried th# handbills out of
the offic*, and before ho had time to cir
culate them, h9 found the papers. So
much for advertising. Tho papers
somehow heard that the handbills had
been issued, and thus knew that they
might as well come in—just as Captam
Scett’s coen knew that he had no course
left but to oome down as soon as he saw
tho redoubtable Captain under tho tree.
Wht a General Registration Law
Should be Enacted.—Romo Courier:
Wo desire the enactment of a registration
law in Georgia not that any man’s right to
vote ones may bo in anywise abridged, bnt
that a check may be put to the practice
of repeating; and that managers of elec
tions may know who have the right to
vot*.
Handsome contributions from some of.
Macon’e generons merchants to the Fort
Valley Library Fair. It gives ns pleasure
to copy the following from the Mirror:
Messrs. W. A. Jnban & Co., of Macon,
gave onr Library Fair a lady’s handsome
cloak, which will realize a handsome sum
This is characteristic of that well known
and deservedly popular house. They have
a large trade from onr section, and are
represented among their salesmen by Mr.
A. L. Brown, formerly of this place, who
has many friends hereabouts. I«a*c Roy
als is now with them also, besides a large
corps of very accommodating clerks.
Their present is duly appreciated, and is
in marked contrast with the action of
other houses who do a heavy business
here.
L. W. Smith & Co., Macon, dealers in
fanoy goods, pictures, pianos, organs,
frames, &%, gave ns a handsome picture
for our Fair. Let onr people remember
him when they wish to make any purchase
in his line. He is as olever as he is gen
erons to a worthy cause.
Geo. W. Burr, Macon, dealor in stoves,
house-furnishing goods, tin ware, silver
ware, cutlery, &c., haa donated a very
handsome ball lamp to our fair, which
will realize a good price. He has more of
the same kind of goods en hand and any
of onr friends wishing to make a useful
os wail as handsome present for Christ
mas ran be easily soiled at his establish
ment.
Jacob Schall, of Macen, dealer in boots,
shoes, etc, gave ns one pilr of baby shoes.
Thomas Wood, dealer in furniture, car
pets, etc-, gave us a handsome armchair.
HowaBra»s Band Eleoted a Con
gressman.—Rome Courier: Captain Per
sons, of tho Fourth Corigressioeal dis
trict, probably owss bis election to a
braes band. At Newnmn be was serenad
ed, and in response te a call made a
speech to the band, telling them he al
ways wanted to be a brass band, or words
to that effect. This remark struck a re-
spresive chord In the breasts ef all who
had music in.their coils, and perhaps of
every one who blows his own horn—and
Persons went in with the tide.
Good Advice.—Seaperf Appeal: Now
the municipal election is over, we trust
onr Democratic friends will organize and
stand firm to the nominees for county of
ficers.
would result from snoh a law. They can, seven o’clock. He notioed tbat soma per-
TIIE INVESTIGATION.
A ticrd From non. A- O' Bacon—
H»j. Bacon’s Connection with
the Endorsement—Be Knew
Nothing of Mr. Murpby’a Fee—
This Fact Brought Ont by the
Testimony—The Paper that he
Signed.
Edilore Chronicle and Constitutionalist,
The testimony reported by the com
mittee appointed to investigate the mo
tives ana conduct ot the Governor in in
dorsing the bonds of the Northeastern
Railroad was not hid before tho Legisla
ture nntil the last day of the session, and
I had no opportunity cf reading it until
after my return home. On one point the
evidence is net saffioieatly explicit; and
in justice to.myself, I beg tho nso of your
ooluqms, that I my place the fact, sb it
rxiets, beyond all possibility of doubt or
question. In the testimony of Mr. J. W.
Murphy, on the subject of the opinions
which bad been procured from various
gentlemen, as to tho legality of the pro
posed indorsement of tho bond*, occnr
the following questions and answers:
(See page 36.)
Q. Did all ot these gentlemen, or any
of them, know that you were to receive
$8,000 for your seivices ? A. I have no
idea they did, sir.
Q. Did yon tell any of them yon were
to reeeive $8,000? A. Ido not think I
did, except Mr. Hill. I told Mr. HilL
Q Did you tell any of them why yon
were so interested in the matter ? A. I
do not think I did.
Q Did any one aek yon why yon wero
making efforts to hare these bonds in
dorsed? A. No, eir.
Q. Did not Judge Jackeon? A. I think
that was accounted for very readily when
I was with CarltoD. That was one of my
objects iu having Carlton along.
This testimony is all right, as far as
;t goes but there is still room left (unin
tentionally, doubtless) forqneation;'.andI
desire tossy without qualification! that
I did not know at the time of writing and
signing the paper alluded to in the testi
mony, that Mr. Murphy had been em
ployed for that snm, or any other sum of
monry, or other consideration, to secure
the endorsement of tho bonds; nor, in
fao’, did I know that ho had been em
ployed at all by any pereon whomsoever.
I presume thio is also tiue of other gen
tlemen who signed tho paper.
A simple rclaticn of the] circums'aiccs
attending the signing of the paDer may
not bo inappropriate. In January, 1878,
Dr; Carlton came to Macon and suid t j
me that he wished a statement ' from
Messrs. Simmons, Price and myself as
to enr uaderstauding of the intention of
the Legislature in the passage of the
Act of Febrnaiy 25th, 1874. and the
supplemental rciolntion of Mtroh 2dd
1874, ao for as the same concerned the
Northeastern Railroad. I replied to
him that I was engaged in a case in
court which would occupy me the entire
day; that I would not have time even to
go to dinner, and that it would ba im
possible for mo to meet him with those
gentlemen during the day; but that if
they would all go to an informal meal
with oie at six o’olock, after the adjourn
ment of the court, we would then have
time to attend to his request. Learning
from him in an incidental manner that
Mr. Murphy was also at the hotel, I re
quested Dr. Garlten to invite him to my
houso with the other gentlemen. This
was intended as an act of friends? ip for
and courtesy to Mr. Murphy, whom I had
known for a long time, and whom I knew
to be well acquainted with the gentlemen
who were to be present. For the came
roaron I also extended the same invita
tion to my partner, Mr. John C. Ruther
ford, and ho was nresent with them. Dr.
Carlton did not tell me that Mr. Murphy
was in Mscon on the particular business
which had brought him (Dr. C.) there,
nor did Mr. Murphy, and I did not know
the fact, bnt made the impression herein'
after stated.
At tny house there was a general con
versation, in which all participated, and
in which each gave his recollection of
the circumstances of the passage of the
act and resolution of 1874, and also
his views as to the law governing the ques
tion of the indorsement of the bonds. Mr.
Murphy participated in the conversation
and gave his recollections end views with
a considerable degree of earnestness; but
so did we ail, and knowing nothing of any
employment, I attributed his earnestness
entirely to bis friendship for Dr. Carlton,
and also to the interest which ho would
naturally feci as end who had been a
member of the Legislature, at the time
tho matters transpired which gave rise to
the question, and who was conversant
with all the facts relating thereto. Dr.
Carlton’s interest was easily understood,
as he had both ia and out o! the Legis’a-
ture, always been the zealous advocate
of the interest of the road in which he
and his own immediate prople were vir-
tally interested; but neither he, nor Mr.
Murphy informed mo tbat the service
cf Mr. Murphy had been solicited in any
manner, or fer any consideration, to se
cure thft indorsement of the bonds; and
I did not know, nntil I heard of the per
sonal difficulty between Mr. Hill and
Mr. Murphy, in October last, that Mr.
Murphy had been employed in the mat
ter, or tbat bo had, in the indorsement
of these bonds, eny personal inttrsst of
any kind, either direot, remote or contin
gent. What he said at my house, when
I knew nothing of his employment, I
then attributed entirely to the motives
above stated. I do not understand any of
the testimony taken before tbo oommittee
to bo in conflict; in any point with this
statement; bnt the evidence elicited fails
to go as far as necessary to folly state
beyond the possibility of misconstruc
tion the position oocupied by myself. As
the paper was signed by me in a quasi
offiicnl manner, it ia due to tho pablio
that it should be folly known how and
why it was done.
The above statement of facts, sub
stantially, but perhaps lera in detail, was
communicated by me pending the inves
tigation, to three members of the com
mittee, viz: Kr. Preston, chairman of the
committee, and Messrs. Wrizht and Gray
of the House committee. They offered
to Bummon me as a witness before the
committee, but I did not think it was for
me to determine whether I should be a
witness in (he care; I did request, how
ever, that they would ask definitely of
the witnesses whether I had any knowl
edge of Mr. Murphy’s employment. I
have no doubt they considered the testi
mony elieited from Mr. Murphy, ard
copied above, a sufficient compliance with
my reque8’; otherwise they would bar#
pressed the inquiry still further.
I will add that prior to the time of giv
ing th-s written opinion, Ur. B. H. Hill
bed, in a personal interview with mo
in Atlants, asked my opinion’ as to the
legality of tho proposed endorsement of
these bonds and in reply I had said to
him, in enhstance, exactly what is ex
pressed in the written paper subsequent
ly given by me to Dr- Carlton. He urg
ed me to go and say the same thing to
the Governor. I replied to him that
there was no secret about my opinion,
and if the Governor desired to know it,
I would cheerfully give it to him. On
pago 16 of the testimony Mr. Hill is rep
resented as saying: “To gratify the
Governor, I a died Major Bacon to ask
General Gordon for his opinion.” If I
am the person alluded to, I have no re
collection of the request; nor dolromem.
her having made'any such request of
General Gordon. It is probable that Mr.
Hill's testimony in this particular is not
correctly reported.
As the committee omit t) give tbe re
port and the evidence, the written opin
ion given by myself and others, t here
with enclose a copy of it, and request
that yon pnblish it in ccnnsclicn with
this letter. Itie assumed in the testi
mony that we said in the paper tbat the
Governor ought to endorse the bonds. It
will be seen, however, that we gave only
our recollectioh cf facts, seed expressed
an opinion as to the legality of the pro
posed indorsement in a certain contin
gency, We did not presume to express
an opinion as to tho duty of the Governor.
Respectfully, A. O. Bacon.
Macon, Thursday, December 19, 1878.
[copy.]
Macon, Ga , January 12th, 1878.
To His Excellency, Alfred H. Colquitt:
Dear Sir—Iu 1874 we were members
of the Legislature of tbe State,and favored
the passage of the act of February 23th,
1874, to repeal all provisions contained in
the charters theretofore granted to differ
ent railroads in this State, granting State
aid to each companies, where the right
to the same had not veeted. We know
that it was the general intention and un
derstanding of the members of the Legis
lature, expressed at the time of the pas
sage of the bill, that its previsions did not
apply and were not intended to apply to
the' Northeastern Railroad. That there
might be ho misundersthnding of this
intention, immediately after the pas-
saga of tho bill, the declaratory res
olution of March 3d, 1874, was
agreed to by tbo Senate end House
of Representative*. This resolution was
agreed to before tho bill bad bscome a
law, and while it was within the power of
the General Assembly to have recalled
the tame from the hands of the Gover
nor before it had received his approval.
This exception in favor of the Northeast
ern Railroad was not made from any fa
voritism lo the company, tut because of
the largo amount of money which had
already been inverted in the construction
of tho road by tho rtockhoidets, it was
conceded that the right co tho indorse
ment had vested. If ths company haa
now fully complied with tire provisions of
the act authorizing the same, we are of
opinion that the Governor can legally en
dorse tbe bonds of tha company.
1874.
Geo. F. Fiskch, Jr., I
Chairman House Judiciary Committee,
1874.
A. O. Bacon,
Speakex House of Representatives, 1874-
Geoeqe A. Mebcsb,
Chairman pro tern, Judiciary Committee.
1874.
Atlanta, Ga-, January 14,1878.
I unhesitatingly give mv approval of
the foregoing statement, and am clear in
my recollection that they are true and
correct in faot, except my memory doss
not fully serve me as to the exact amount
revested by the company.
L. N. Tbauhell,
President of the Senate of the State of
Georgia in the year 1874.
Snlphur tor Dlptherla.
The World of Tuesday, in an article
upon diptheria, says:
Mr. John S. Wiles, a enrgeon of Dor
set, wrote to the London Times recently
that ho had to contend with an outbreak
oE diptheria of the most malignant type
on a large dairy farm, and began by ap
plying to the fungus growth in the throat
and nostrils the nsnal canstics and astrin
gent preparations of iron and the like;
but two cases out of nine having proved
fatal, he was led, at the suggestion of the
mother of the patients, to try snlphur.
He gave tho woman a liquid preparation
composed of sulphur and glycerine, and
directed that each child should swallow,
according to age, a teaspoonful or more of
the liquid three or four times a day, and
that a little should be applied to the nos-
trUB with a sponge. Mr. Wiles was so
impressed with the efficacy of the reme
dy, ho said, that he adopted it in all oth
er cases, and never lost a case where the
remedy was used at the earliest stage of
the infection. For infants Mr. Wiles
used the “milk of sulphnr.”ond for older
children and adnlts tbe “flowers of sul
phur.”
THE U. S. SIGNAL SERVICE.
Gradually the wild and ungovernable
forces of nature are, through seienee,
msdo of use to mau. Following in tho
wake of ingenions inventions for tho nee
of steam and electricity, comes the or
ganization of the Unitea States Signal
Service. Is it not wonderful that a sys
tem could bo originated and perfected
whereby sn operator can accurately pre
dict tho weather of a distant locality ?
And yet experience proves cur “storm sig-
rals” to b9 reliable. Equally great are
the advances made in the science of medi-
i. Step by etep, uncertainties and
doubts have yielded to absolute certainty.
The discoveries of Harvey and Jumcr
have been succeeded by tho Golden Medi
cal Discovery of Dr. R. V. Pierce. No
longer need people despair because some
physician has pronounced the lungs un
sound. Hundreds of testimonials are on
file in the office of Dr. Pierce from these
who had abandoned ai 1 hope, and had been
given np to die.by physicians and friends.
Incipient consumption, bronchitis, and
scrofulous tumors, speedily, enrely, and
permanently, yield to tho healing influ
ences of tho Discovery. If the bowels
bo constipated, nse Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
Purgative Pellets. For full particulars
see Pierce’s Memorandum Book, given
away by all druggists. deed,sw,wit
We are reliably informed that some of
the customers of Alex. Frothingham &
Co, broker?, 12 Wall Street, New York,
have make $SOO within 30 days, from an
investment of about $100. Frothingham
& Co,, are thoroughly reliable. Send for
their Weekly Financial Report, sent tree.
unstress m Great Britain.
SEND RELIEF.
Yesterday’s ttlsgsams bring a melan
choly tale of poverty, destitution aad suf
fering in Great Britain, and the misfor
tune is greatly aggravated by the severity
of tho weather. A terrible snow storm, ;
in some places showing drifts and accc-
mutations twelve feet deep, has covered
the face of the country frem London
northward, end similar storms of great sc-.
verity are reported On the Continent. The
weather is very cold, tumorous trains are
reported snow bonnd, the alms houses
areoTowdedto repletion, end have alto
gether failed to meet tbe preralng de
mands of ths hungry end naked. Organ
iz-.tiona of charity are being formed to
relieve extreme cases, there being no pro
vision attainable adequate to a more gen
eral relief. That is to say, tha effort is
necesserlly restricted to rescue from
death by starvation and freezing, to tbe
overlooking of less dangerous stages cf
want.
This is a fairly heart-rending exhibit,
and it wonld be grateful to see the Amer
ican people, with their overflowing grane-
risp, uniting in a universal effort to miti
gate the distress in the mother country.
Such an effort would demand no sacri
fices sufficient iu magnitude to aggravate
tbo pecuniary distress in America; it
would be a graceful response to the sym
pathy and relief which came from across
the ocean to onr yellow fever sufferers
last fall, and would he a noble offering to
the cause of human brotherhood and the
comity of nations. Let the American
press pass the word.
H;re is ths second successive winter o!
extreme cold in Europe, and of uncom
mon mildness in America. Tho isother-
trial lines on th» two continents indicate
for our own a much colder temperature
in the same latitude*. The atmosphere of
the ecagirt isles of Great Briti&n is won
derfully tempered by the surrounding
seas, whioh are warmed by currents from
tropical regions. Consequently a severe
winter is not a common event, and great
snowf<a are rare. Some natural pheno
mena have been at work to have reversed
for two years the ureal experience of far
lighter winter in Great Britain than In
America. - , - t
Parties in Ihe Next House.
The World tays the ceitifioate having
beau awarded to Mr. Kitohen, in the Sec,
ond Congressional District of North Car
olina, and the election of Mr. Hall, in the
Seoocd Florida being made certain by tbe
Brevard connty return*, tha politioal
complexion of the next Home of Repre
sentatives is dow aoourately determined
as follows:
Democrats. 149
Republloahs. 129
Nationals 10
California has still to elect four mem
bars. The present delegation from that
State is . equally divided, though the
Democrats gained a member by unseat
ing Pacheco, who was returned ss elected
like'Governor Morton in Massachusetts
ling ago by one Vote in a poll of over 38,-
000. There.is a vacancy in the Twelfth
district ot New York alio, earned by the.
death of Mr. Smith, the Republican'
membei elect from a district hitherto
Democratic. It will thus be seen that
the Democrats will have a clear majority
of five over both parties on the organiza
tion of tho Home, even in the very im
probable contingescy of the Republicans
again carrying Westchester county and
of their making a clean sweep.cf ail font
, (Signed] J. T. Buckons, of tbe California districts.
Chairman Finance Committee, Senate la this wa leave out of the.qusrtiou
the two Nationals from Iowa, who, at
there is good reason to believe, are undt t
pledgee to go into tha Democrats caucus
for Speaker. Nor do we consider at the
present the contingency of tha Iowa dele
gation standing four Democrats and Na
tionals to two Republicans, instead of
seven Republicans to two Nationals, a
contingency which might arise should the
November election be regarded as. the
legal election and the October election
passed CTer. Opinion in Iowa ia divided
as to the validity of the October oontMt
even Secretary McCiary having recom
mended calling a special summer session
of the Legislature to cure any irreg
ularities, and two of tho Republican Con
gressmen elected in October having pro
cured a re-election in November, as not
being eertaia that their previous titles
were good.
GRAXI’S CANDIDACY. *
The Beasmlnatiea ot tbe Ex-.
President Considered Secured
—Counting and Blaine Ont of
tbe Hay-Why the Halne Sea*
ntor l» Willing to Witbdraw.
By Telegraph to the New York H.rald-1
Philadelphia* December 19,1878,
The friends of General Grant are de
lighted over their last ssooess in paving
the way to the General’a renomination in
1830- Having secured Senator Conk-
ling’s withdrawal as a candidate and his
oo-operstion in tbe Grant movementrthey
had stilt Senator Blaine to deal with.
BLAINE SURRENDERS.
It is not believed to ba easy to edge
Blame off the track, bnt it was necessary
to make tha attempt. His Pennsylvania
friends were approached and sounded,and
the olnb gossip is tbat McPherson, who
is known as one ot the most aealoos as
well as one of the most astute of the Penn
sylvania. Blaine men, was convinced that
his chief wonld do well to follow Senator
Conkling’a example. A confidential agent
was sent down to Washington last week,
and retained with a message fiom Blaine
that he wilt not stand in General Grant’s
way in the convention, but will stand
aside and lot the General have his-run.
THE BUSINESS SETTLED.
This is regarded as settling the busi
ness, for with Conklirg aad Blaine
promised to keep ont of the way and
ma>ke no opposition the Grant managers
rely confidently upon ,the popularity of
his namo and the general enthusiasm to-
seenre him a unanimous nomicstion on
the first tallot. They do not eonceal
their delight at this result.
WH r BLAINE SURRENDERED. ’
It is believed in Blaine circle* that he
does not consider the chances cf tho Re
publican ticket in 18SO so good as to
warrant him in making a fight for the
nomiration against the odds he would
have to encounter by a onion of the Grant
and Conkling forces, and that this is the
reason why he has surrendered at ditere-
ticn.
Sometoino Beautiful and Ixxiyablx
Tastt—We were the delighted recipient
yes'erday of a defily arranged tiny boquet
of choice flowers, sent ns on an elegant
silver salver by Mrs. D. Bl Rogers, each
cf which was a gem of sweetness and
beauty. The whole too was perfumed
and glorified by luscious strawberries of
great size and perfectly ripe, which
laughed to scorn old Boreas, with his
chilling winds and the reign of the Ice
King. It was % touching testimonial and
remembrance of the kindness and good
will of a valued friend dating ever so tu
back, and as such, we aoceptand will
treasure to the last moment of their freah-
neis these blushing 3a were, and then press,
and embalm them to he preserved aa a
pleasing aonvinir of the giver, and the
Ohristmas of 1878-
HAT CHINO EBON J ALU AS AD.—The Lon?03
Duly Telegraph's correspondent with Gen.
Browne reports tbat the British aro on the
march from Jalalabad. He repeats the story
of tho Ameer’a flight in mofe positive form.
—Five hundred barrels of pork were •hip
ped from Ouicago l*st Weuesd.y to San
Francisco by way of New York and the eea,
instead of the direct route by the Union and
Central Pacific Railroads, on acc:unt cf the
exorbitant charges of those road*.
—The Spanish Government, having ‘re
constructed’Cuba, does Dot seem to have
lightened the load of taxation inmwed nafia
tha people to any great extant. Tbo budget
for ths next fired year calls for $57.491.S17
in gold, tb be paid by a population of 149m-
000.
—Friends of ex-Senator Carpenter, of
'Wisconsin, are predicting th election ia
Senator to succeed Judge Howe. A promi
nent member of the Jndictwy at Waafeiog-
ton has informal! m that the Democrat* vml
vote aa a unit for Carpreter if they cannot
elect him, not that they love Gupsntermore,
tut because they leva Howe let*.
—The Havana telegraph reports the des
truction cf eleven sugar plantations in tho
die nets of Alqulzor and Hecuba. The
origin of the fires is not stated, ant tho fact
weald seem to give color to statements
from Cuban sources heretofore alluded to,
that serious trouble was apprehended among
the iat6 population on and after til* 1st o
January.
—New Orleans telegrams report a meet
ing of the various financial and trade insti
tution* there, to see what could !>• done to
raise money to pay tba Jammy coupons, eo
as to save th» btate credit; bnt we are gitbn
to nndenund that th* reanlt -Wre not as
encouraging a* it might b*. Th* effort,
however, is to bs continued a* long as sfe-
ee-s is possible. *
—A gentleman gives the following adtico
in relation to docs: Tfyou enteralctwh&o
there is a virions dog, he cartful to remove
your hat or cap; a* the animal approaches
you, bold the aame down by yenr tide be
tween yourself acd the dog- When you
have done this you have secured perfect
immunity from attack.’
Puxisgjss UrFiiENVLr Ttib'b—A special
from Jammed, Dec. 18, says that it has been
determined to infliot vigorous punishment
upon the Zakker Khele, who led the resent .
attacks on the camp of Alt Mar jid. Over
B,GC0 men leaTe All Mns'M, tc-Jay QWed-
nesday,) to reipiie their villages, which aro
ten mile* distant- It is anticipated an ex
ample made of these netires will have the
effect of pacifying tbe whole ooantry.
—‘Gatk’ voiles of pretident Hijes: T
thiDk his serenity is. almost an individuality,
I have tat many time* in hi* presenoe and
sera him restive all kinds ; cf- folk*. No
King ever wore a orown more easily. He
treats them, all with polite attention, and, I
dare say, forget* about half they have said
instantly. They all go away plowed, and
he end* th* long seance* fresh as he begin*.
He belong* to • long-lived ftntily— thev
don’t free
—Georgie’* nrw scheme of a popular bond
ietne, in small denominations, may be voiy .
ueefnl, eay* the Nashville. American, if it
can he made and kept popular, and in the
hands of the people. Aa to circulating, Do
interest-beirlug security eon be mode to
circulate as currency, f or the simple reason
tbat investors will quietly drop them into
their it toe for tho purpose of collecting the
interest That is what becomes of *U fL-
tereatrbo&ring •eouriti*’.
Bl RrcxLies Statsneat? Senator
Butler has called attention to the statement
of Blaine'that thirty-five represenUtivre
have bets assigned the South by reason of
th* anfrenebiMBtent of the colored people,
when the feet is that w* have always hod
representation for three-fifth* cf thim.
This would leav* only fourteen, and tbo
Increase of wtite population in MiMOmi
mreiM thirteen all told »«the number actual
ly gained by the South from the elevation of
thr black min to the privileges of suffrage.
iLL'OlTOSI Ii PlDCrT OnCT POItttAMDN.
•An adigator at < handta'iy, Iucia Sniing
a native »Veen with his feet hanging *v:r
the tide of his boat, gretbvdthe luckless
Hindoo and carried him cff. A police in
spector trertedrndkilled tha man eater, and
found m hi* rtomsch 26 piira cf brae* ban
gle* and anhlete, two eeta cf gold ear-ring*
and* number of toolings. The alligator,
judging from the ornament*, hed devoured
at let ■: four women and five children, not to _«
take account of people that wore no Jewil’y. r ~
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