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The Telegraph and Messenger
MA.COS, «A., DECEMBER 31. 1878.
DEIOL'BiT(U H0HINATI0X8 FiU-
COUHTY OFFICES.
TOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT:
A B ROSS.
FOR SHERIFF:
GKO F CHERRY.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR:
W T NELSON.
FOR TAX RECEIVER:
RJ ANDERSON.
FOR CORONER:
IP CHAPMAN.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR:
J 0 WHEELER.
—Mr Nordbcff telegraphs to tbo New
York Herald that ‘the reports that the Pros!
dant f« a Grant man are wi hout f mndation
He 'ahsa no part In personal politics and
has no candidate.'
Ici Banjoe.—There is an ice bridge
foot passengers -ver the river at Burlington,
Iowa, whilst the ferryboats aro running *'
Davenport, nearly a degree of latitude
the north, in the *ame State.
Thb FWETTBr Tsr»0 —It wa3 a loving
bat Joen’ar huabsnd who. when h’e wife
aehrd him what sbe wae going to have in her
stocking, replied, ‘Ton are just the sweetest
thing I care to see in it.*
—A brown Wallachivn marft, belonging
a nontenant of the Prussian Gaard. has
trotted from Nass-n to Potadsm. twenty-
four mll"s. in an hour and twenty minutes,
carryings weight of 2f9 pounds.
—4. few days ago the Marquis of Lome
went to skate on a pond adjoining Bidean
Park, and one of the constables was sent to
the place to drive away a number cfboys
who were also akating. The Marquis bade
the cor stable desist, and skated for an hour
in companv with the boy3
An Ex-Oosgtiessmak Frczev to Death —
Ex-Oongreasman Owen Jones started from
his residence at Wynn wood on the Pennsyl •
vania Railroad, Christmas night, to visit a
neighbor; and was found hsfore midnight
frcztn to death by the roadaide The de
ceased represented the fifth Pennsylvania
district In the Thirty-fifth Congress.
—Gnlls along tho southern New Jersey
coast have dlesovsred * new trick forgetting
at thesnrf clam. They ee-ze it in their
talon* and ascending a hundred feet let it
fall Striking the beach, one-half of the
shell breaks, and all tho gul' then has to do
is to tom it over and help himself to the
cUm.
A colored min, in Providence, R. I.,
recently took from ft onbboard ft quantity of
granulated white sugar, mistaking it for salt
He salted a quantity cf fresh pork with it,
and his wife, on discovering the blunder,
was seized with a fit of laughing eo prolon
ged and so boisterous that her husband
became alarmed, and lefc for holp. When
he returned she was dead.
—Father Hyacinths has hired a small
house at Kenilly, near Paris, and intends to
reside there permanently, in Eng’ish
society of Bomsn Catholics, who approve of
the marrirgo of priests, have effered to build
a chapel there for him, and to famish fands
for a paper to be cslled the Old Catholic, of
wbioh he ahall he editor. He has refased
both offers, and proposes preaching in Paris
if ho can obtain permission from the civil
authorities to do so.
—For eight or too years New York has
been building a new capitol at Albany, and
finally, after the esponditnre of a great deal
of money, hae enough of tho structure finish
ed to justify an opening with a ball and.
such featnres—tickets, twenty-five dollars
The Legislature to meet in January will sit
in the halls of the new capitol, and somocf
the State officers will be located there: bat
the Governor ref ases to move from his pres
ent quarters till the building is completed.
—A Street-Oar Motor to be run by quick
silver is being mumfactnred at Aurora, HI.
About 830 pounds of quicksilver is to bo
placed in a reservoir at the top of the car,
and to poor down over a cast-iron overshot
wheel,iprodneing an equivalent of threo-horse
power. The quicksilver is to bo returned to
the reservoir by pumps placed underneath
the car, to be operated by a brakeman by
means of a crank cn the front platform.
—A Washington correspondent who has
bsen investigating the snhjec‘ of tho sale of
photographs there, writes that Mrs Hayes
leads all others. Of the Senators, that of
Mr Blaine goes eff best, with Lamar and
Gorlon following, while Gonkling is far in
the rear, even Thurman boa;ing him. Of
the Representatives, Speaker Randall leads,
with A. H. Stephens close on his heels, and
Qen. Batter curt. An extra supply of Blaine’s
was laid in to meet the emergency of his
last speech.
—J. Morean, an arti lery soldier, who in
1871 lost his eyes, his nose, and hi) lower
Jaw by the bunting of a shell during the
Franeo-Fmsslas war, has lately left the
hospital of Yri-ds-Grace, in Paris, with an
artificial face of metal, with eyes, a noee,
and a Jaw which enables him to maslioate
his food properly. Before going to war he
became eagaged to a young girl, who on his
return, far from dboarding him on aecount
of hi* frightful mutilation, married him
without hesitation, and has sines devotedly
supported him.
—The sporting season of the Delaware
and Chesapeake Bay is at its height, and
hundreds of ducks and geese are killedjdaily.
Professional duck shooters make from $8 to
920 a week, sending their game to New York
and Philadelphia markets. Blaok ducks,
mallard*, teal, and redheads are more com
monly killed, yet canvas backs, from their
scarcity and exqnisite flavor, bring doable
prioes. Near Atlantic City the shooting te
said to be batter than ever before. The
favorable points along the Oheeapeike shore*
are mostly occupied by o’ubs that own or
rent the land.
- It is said that batween 200 and 330 men
and women of St. Louis drink daily from a
half to a pint of blood, piping hot from the
veins of slaughtered cattle. Mere blood-
drinking by oonauroptlvea and aged person
is dene in September and October than
daring the remainder of the year. The
blood of young steers is the beat, and shonld
ba caught as It comas from the animal and
drank while the foam is still on and the
■team rising. Consumptives are advised, m
addition to drinking tho blood, to sit in a
Bkmgb-or house for a couple ef hours every
day at killing time to inhale the ‘steam’ef
the running blood.
- King Louis, of Bavaria is buildieg on
the Island of Horrotwoi th,in Lake Chiemace,
a castle which wiUcost $3,000,000, and be
the most sumptuous rcyal reeidenc in Ger
many. It is to be a roprodnotion cf the
Chateau of Versailles, with a great central
hloak and two wings; the oourt wfll be oocn
pied with balnslraded terrasea, covered with
colossal statues of eminent Bavarians; the
gardens, laid out in the French style, are to
hs ornamented with mythological groups of
«tat nary, massive marble seats and vases of
bronze; the famous Tapis Vert of the Oran
gery U to be repodueed, and the water-works
will be on the model of those of Versailles
Cotton went up an eighth yesterday in
the Liverpool market, on middling, up
lands, with sales of 8,800 bales Ameri
can. Probably the steady falling off in
receipts, the past few weeks, is doing this
service. The Cotton Exchange report of
Friday night showed 192,773 against
230.099 for the corresponding week of
last year—a decrease of 37,326 tales.
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Tbo Canadian Court.
The Canadians, a short time ogo, wore
a good deal tormented by apprehensions
of a very stiff and stately Court at Otta
wa. There were tales of a rigid and rej-
al etiquette at tho receptions, in which
very low-necked dresses and inconvenient
exposures to a frigid atmosphere were
part of the price of a reception by
vies royal potentates.
Bnt all this has suddenly ceased to
Her Royal Highness, the Princess Lonise,
is discovered to be a miraole of plainness
and accessibility. She drops all State
cept on State occasions. Sho dresses
all others lees than hersubjeots.
goes out every day, Sundays excepted*
for a constitutional walk, in heavy shoes
which defy the mud and “slosh. *
“shops” with the gusto of the ordinary
man, and her latest purchase, we read
about, was a little tin teapot at three
pence, which she discerned through
window of a small shop, and forthwith
‘entered and made the investment in per
son.
A three or four mile tramp in plain
waterproof wraps is nothing to her. The
people say that she is the most sensible
matter-of-fact woman in the world, and
no nonsense about her. They ore charm
ed with the cordiality with which they
are received at the palace, where the
Lord of Lome and his royal sponso will
take them by the hand with tho frank
courtesy of any Canadian neighbor,
correspondent of a Canadian paper, after
stating these and many other facts, illus
trating the simplicity of the royaj
pair, says:
Here is a mcch-needed protest, by
lady whose sooial position has never been
equaled on the oontinent, against the
oriminallova of display. I use the word
“orimtnaF advisedly; for extravagance
in dress, extravagance in furniture, ex-
travagaooe in living, are dominant curses
of our American cousins; and their evil
example is poisoning the tastes, under
mining the characters and destroying the
mental health of onr people. Bat, yonng
ladies, I do not blame yon. You are bat
the instrument) by whioh “shoddy” as-
eerts itself; and, until your parents can
appreciate the b»iTifal characteristics of
Her Urjesty’a el* ren, who have all been
carefully educi t u to habits of industry,
and whose last » have always been di
rected to simplicity and economy—until,
I say, the directors of yonr lives learn to
understand these, the oanosr of vnlgar
show and ruinous extravagance will con
tinue to eat its way into our sooial state.”
The Marquis is said to be equally un
pretentious and popular. The day before
Christmas he prohibited his attendants
from driving the boys off the skating
pond, and took his fan with the lads in a
most oompanionable manner.
The Jewish Festival of Uhan-
uckab.
Despite the biting atmosphere, satura
ted earth and chilling blasts withont,
quite a respectable congregation of our
Hebrew friends assembled in their beau
tiful Synagogue on Thursday night to ob
serve and celebrate the literary exhibi
tion, on the retain of the fesst of Ghan-
uokah.
The writer was present, and albeit
everybody had his hat on and in that
freezing atmosphere ones chapeau was
particularly comfortable, still he could
not banish his Presbyterian training suffi
ciently to follow the example, and remain
ed uncovered.
The Synagogue, though not very pre
tentious in its external appearance, is
really an elegant structure,and no. appli
ance of taste or art is lacking in its into-
rior adornment and arrangements. It pre
sents the very embodiment of simplicity
tempered by the rich surroundings of
opulence and the chastened skill of the
architect.
On this occasion, Babbi Benson, of
coarse presided, and performed his dnty
with becoming dignity and impressment.
The two aisles were crossed and
surmounted by a magnificent floral arch
Of living, blushing hot house flowers and
evergreens, under whioh each youth or
damsel passed, as she or ho appeared at
the altar and read or recited.
The walls of the building were decora
ted with exquisite garlands of flowers
most deftly arranged, and the organ loft
and its front half hidden by tho wcatlh
of foliage and blossoms which converted
tho rnde wintry prospect withont into a
tropical ecene within.
The musio wss exquisite, and we mast
say tnat the aotora in this literary festi
val acquitted themselves most handsome
ly. standing between the branching can
dlesticks, with their laatrous lights, and
environed by flowers and evergreens, ev
ery speaker was prominently and grace
fully presented to tbo audienoe, and
seemed to imbibe the inspiration of ths
aoene. The yonng maidens were rlobly
attired and tine types of He
brew beamy. Several cf them spoke
with the fervor and elegant diotion of an
embryo Janauschek, and the boys, too,
acquitted themselves moat handsomely.
Wo took down tha names and com
mented upon the deliverances of some of
the aetors, bnt it would be in execrable
taste to parade them before the public,
where all of their companions did so welL
In conclusion, we can only say that, albeit
no Israelite, and a straight out Presby
terian, (bnt not “sour") the writer en
joyed the festival of our Hebrew brethren
immensely. It was a well conceived,
handsomely exeouted entertainment, and
Macon numbers many Jews among her
most valued and useful citizens.
Tbs Army Btli4
The Army bill reported by the joint,
committee, it is said, will fail in Congress.
It is charged by the Washington corres
pondent of the Baltimore Sun that the
numerous staff officers who will be retired
nnder it, allege that General Sherman has
already prepared a list of the victims in
the interest of hie own partialities and
paraeit03, and that tho bill really makes
aim a supreme military despot, renders
him ectirely independent of the Presi
dent, and in effect makes the Secretary of
War his (snoordiaate. An army] officer
who has studied tho bill with earo says
that certain featnres of it would permit a
civilian to be arrested at any time at the
mere will of the general. This provision,
if nothing else, would be sufficient to kill
the bill. _
What a Penitxntiaet Coevict ia
Worth.—In Texas convicts are hired
at seventy dollar* apiece ptr annum, and
in Tennessee at sixty dollar*. In Ben
lucky the wardens work them, and pay
into the treasury of tho State twelve
thousand dollars above all expenses. In
Georgia the average rata paid to the
State is twenty-two dollars and fifty
cents per capita.
This is little enongh in all conscience
for able-bodied men, who can easily earn
two hundred dollars each on the farm or
at tne coal mine*.
Tbo Afghan War Over.
A fortnight ago the Ameer of Afghan
istan took a panic, and fled for ref age into
neighboring territory, leaving his govern
ment in the hands of his son, Yakoub
Khan, with whom he had held hostile re
lations for a oonple ef years, daring most
of whioh time Yakonb had been in can
fincment as a prisoner of State.
In the telegrams of yesterday it will be
seen that the second edition of the Lon
don Times of yesterday morning announ
ces that a dispatch from Lahore states
that Yakoub Khan bad just," oome in” to
Jellalabad, and the faot was regarded as
equivalent to submit a'on to the British.
That wo shonld take to be the amoai t
of it. Jellalabad is in tho hands of the
British and their headquarters. Yakoub
Khan is now sole representative of Af
ghanirtan, and has been a British sympa
thizer. His appearanoe at the hoatile
headquarters could well bo for no other
purpose than peaoo on the basis of sub
mission, and nothing is left bnt the ar
rangement of a treaty. The war haB been
briefer and less damaging than oven tho
British government dared to hope.
««t/OnfitIenc0. , ’
The general agitation of the question
whether “confidence” is or is not return
ing, end, conseqaantly, whether the pros
pers of trade and financial improvement
are or are Dot brightening, reminds ns
that the whole financial story begins and
ends in oonfidenoe. For illustration : A.
bolds tho bank cheok of John Smith &
Co., eminent merchants, for balance due
on settlement. A. has acoepted it with
ont hesitation, and signed a receipt in
fall. He is so confident of its value that
be makes no haste to realize, carries it in
his pocket for days without a thought,
until a rumor floats by bis car that John
Smith & Oo. aro in a failing condition.
Then he xushea in terror to the bank, and
finds no assets to meet it. Oonfidenoe is
clean gone in a second, end if A. has
traded on tho strength of Smith’s check,
A.’s customers aro probably doomed to
the same experience. Thus a whole cir
cle of traders were operating on confi
dence alone, and many snob circles con
sulate a general pauic.
Again, suppose A. takes the check to
the specie-paying bank and finds that
Smith has the funds there, but the bank
has suspended, he will perhaps take the
bills of the bank, with Eomewhat more of
confidence than he would have taken
Smith’s note for the face of the dishonored
check, bnt ho will be pnzzled to cay why,
unless that be could better trade the bills
off at the broker’s, and the bank’s credit
will die all over lets suddenly than the
oredit of Smith & Co.
Bat tho bank has been Seating three
dollars of bills for one of specie, and
therefore when confidence had bsen lost
by more than thirty-one per cent, of hor
bill bolder?, she is gone up; and when
there is a general loss of confidence, with
few exception?, all the banks are gone
up, with tho general result that all values
mast be scaled down to near the actual
amount of bard money in the country.
Thns, it is oonfidenoe only which keeps
bank circulation cfloat, and confidence
only which prevents nniversal loss and
confusion, and a ruinons insolvency all
round. A currency, therefore, based
solely on the promise to redeem on de
mand in gold and silver, unless backed
by confidence in the ability to pay, or re
stricted to dollar for dollar, will always
ootlspse with the loss of confidence.
Then we oome to Government bills—
promises to pay—these also are based on
general oonfidenoe. The Federal Gov
ernment, in 1864, when the issue of tbo
war seemed most doubtful, found her pa
per notes of band so low of credit that it
took $2.85 to buy a dollar in specie.
But, as danger passed and confidence in
creased in the ability, political and pe
cuniary, to redeem the promise, they ruse
in value from time to time, until ten
days ago they were worth as much bb
gold; and would bo worth more than gold
to-day if Government insisted on retiring
them, because a purely motalio currency
is bnrdenBome, unsafe and expensive.
There is little use for specie but to inspire
confidence.
But the mere fact that government
notes are actually convertible on demand
into gold or silver, enters in but compar
atively small degree into the question of
their acceptability. The confidence here
is founded on general considerations of
the powr, resources and good faith of
the g-v,-lament, and, therefore, if nnder
stress of circumstances, government
shonld suspend redemption, no man will
anticipate any great loss. The general
purchasing power of the notes would not
be materially impaired. They wonl:
still circulate freely and acceptably as
money.
Bat n private obligation to pay, being
based only on the fact that its stipula
tion is faithfally complied with, has little
or nothing to rest on when that stipula
tion is violated. The practical value of
the obligations become a mere matter of
speculation and conjecture, fixed from
day to day by those whose interests are to
rate them as low as possible—the brokers.
Thus we see the whole thing tarns on
confidence, and as human confidence is
not only slow bnt Tery fickle, the great
point is to repose our future paper circu
lation on the strongest possible grounds
of confidonoe.
DxKOCBITS,B*WAKE 07 A TnOOAir HORSE.
The election of County officers comes
off next Wednesday, and we are advised
that every effort will be made to defeat
our present sheriff, the gallant Cherry f
through an Independent movement back
ed up by the unanimous enpport of the
colored vote. It is even whispered also,
that at the eleventh hour a fall Indepen
dent ticket made up in part of Radical)
wilt be sprung upon the people. Every
thing is kept quiet to lull tbo Demoora-
into to the belief that there will be
serious opposition, and thns cause
many to absent themselves from the
polls. Let every Democrat beware of
this ruse, and resolve to do hiB whole du
ty to elect the regular nominees.
Above all, it should not be forgotten,
that no voter will be allowed to deposit
his ballot who has not paid all the taxes
required under the new Constitution.
There is no escape in this instance. Can
it be true that hundreds of our young
men and best citizens have neglected up
this time (o settle with the tsx-collect-
and are therefore in danger of losing
their votes ? We trust not Tho oppor
tunity is 8t.UI afforded, however, for • de
linquents to come forward and liquidate
ailtseir tax duo* before next Wednesday,
and we earnestly hope they will do so,
white in the premies*. If you oxpeot to
vote, pay your tages forthwith.
Siuoe writing the above an ( 'addtess ,, of
the Demoaratlc Executive Committee of
Bibb county baa bsen handed to ns re
lating to the eame aubjeot, and la hereby
appended. It shonld be carefully read
and its admonition* duly heeded.
To the Democrats of Bibb County :
The election for connty officers is near
at hand, and it is necestary for the pros
perity of our institutions and the just
administration of public affair?, that the
nominees of onr party should receive the
endorsement ef every Democratic voter
in tho oounty. To the accomplishment
of this end let U3 not rest under the do
lueion of security that may divert us
from energy and activity. Let us not
sow the seed of disorganization by sub
jecting fealty to party to a personal pref
erence or a private pique. Experience
has seriously taught ub that there is no
strength save in harmony, and that har
mony most be praotical, efficient and
energetic.
The nominees 0! onr party were select
ed after a contest that can find no parallel
for honesty and fairness. Those who
were directly concerned have patriotically
acquiesced, and nothing is now left bnt
for every man who claims to be a Demo
crat to accord his fall and hearty support
to the present nominee?. Adherence to
party principle and organization is ono
of the clauses in onr political creed, and
should we wander from it in moments of
error or alarm, let us hasten to retraoe
onr stops and regain the road which
alone leads to peace, liberty and safety.
Tho deplorable rosnlts of party disaffec
tion in various parts of our Slate are
plainly visible. As yet that movement
has made no impression on our county
organization, and it can never da so if we
will do that duty which our honor aad
love of country demand of us all—a duty
secured to us by the bitter efforts of our
ancestors after many years of blood imd
war, and which to all enlightened people
should be a pleasure to perform. The
right of suffrage is inestimable. The
failure to exercise that right must entail
upon cs a common disgrace, from which
none can bo held responsible bnt those
who deoline their duty, and retreat from
the cell their country makes upon them.
In this moment, therefore, when we
can see the dim prospect of an organ
ized opposition, let every Democrat re
new his fealty to his party, and, by the
exercise of his saffrage, demonstrate his
right to be called a lover of his oonntry
end a well wisher of good government.
By order of the Democratio Executive
Cmomittee. G. W. Guitin,
ChairmeB.
Washington Dk3bau, Secretary.
A White Christmas.
The old adage that a green Christmas
threatens fall graveyard), need b&Te no
terrors this time. Huge stows cover the
the American landscape, at this time, from
probably a few miles above Macon to the
Polar Circle. These snowfalls are gigan-
tio. In western New Yerk, on Christmas
day, they are reported at four feet deep
on a level, and farther west still worse.
The local lines of railway were thorough
ly obstructed and neighborhood high
ways are, for the time, abandoned. Tho
merenry in that latitude ranged from two
to sixteen degreas below zero. In short,
the holidays will have a historical fame as
the cold Christmas of 1878.
A Mistake.—We see it stated that the
total amount contributed for the benefit
of the yellow fever sufferers at the South
was 51,820.000. This figure is too large
by at least a half million of dollars. But
nevertheless tho donations were princely,
end only fell short of the ineffable sym.
patby and commiseration displayed by
tho people of all sections of the Union,
from the Canada line to the shores of tho
Pacific in behalf of their stricken brebh-
n.
Kindly feelings and praotical deeds like
these are the surest und most indestruct
ible cement to onr reconstructed Union.
Cotton, in the Liverpool market yes
terday, took a little pitch upward, and
was quoted at 6} for middling upland.
Every little helps. The speculators are
now modifying their views as to the mag
nitude of the Incoming crop, and we
think it may be assumed that a clean de
livery of the crop cannot be obtained at
present prices. Some will be held btek
for the chance of improvement.
Representative Acklen.—Tho Dem
ocratic Committee appointed by Mr.
Acklen himself to investigate certain
scandalous charges against him print
a synopsis of their report which may
be found in the telegrams. We are
afraid Acklen is far from .being a good
boy.
Importing MissiLTon.—The Vew York
papers chronicle an importation of mlssel-
toe from England for th* Christmas fes
tivities of Gotham. There is plenty of
misseltoe nearer home. Gsorgta could
send shiploads of it.
A colb day was yesterday, the 27th of
December, 1878. In the morning, a little
after sunrise, our thermometer indicated
24 degrees, and eatiified with that, we
took no note of the remainder of the
performanee. A northeaster swept down
from ths great snow wastes lying by thou-
sands of miles northward, chilling on* to
ths marrow. But blow ss it might from
that quarter, which generally gives ns
clsar skies, the clouds still hung over ths
horison. Now and then a few flakes of
snow fell during the dey, but they csuld
be counted.
Resumption.
Eirly this week the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Treasurer of the United
States went to New York to consult with
tho leading bankers of that city, and con
clude the final arrangements for specie
resumption. There are several impor
tant matters of detail yet to be arranged.
If neceeeary, the Secretary will remain
in New York until the let of January,
but he may return in a day or two. The
Secretary, before be leit Washington,
stated that he would not return until he
was thoroughly satisfied that everything
would move along all right after the 1st
cf January. Middleton & Co., and sev
eral other bankers here, to-day paid all
checks presented at their counters in
gold* Thousands of dollars in gold wore
thus pnt in activo circulation, as the
money rapidly passed through the hands
of shopkeepers and others. In a number
of instances persons who received the
gold were puzzled to distinguish between
he $3 and the $5 gold pieces. Several
persons, when gold was paid to them
across the bank counter, pushed it back
and said they would sooner have green
backs. A number of shopkeepers to-day
refased to receive the trade dollar for
more than eighty cents.
It is a Fact that Douley’a Yeast Pow»
der will go further in use in the kitchen,
and the results will be more satisfactory
ia the production of elegant light rolls,
bircuite, cake, etc., than if any other
baking powder is used. Try it. Sold by
Senator Hill’s Ons aught Upon
Governor Colquitt.
We copy below a Washington dispatch
to the Baltimore Qcuette, which purports
to give the particulars of a reporter’s in
terview with Hon. B. H. Hill, on the sub
ject of the late reports of the majority
and minority of tho Legislative commit
tee on the signing of the Northeastern
Railroad bonds.
The article in question, we are con.
strained to believe bogus, and destitute of
foundation. Mr. Hill never could have
had the temerity* (o~rnri thus equarely
against the bosses of a universal public
opinion in Georgia. Such a deliverance
pending his election to the United States
Senate, would havo left him withont the
support of a corporal’s guard in the Leg
islature.
Every line of it is eminently disrespect
ful and iojnrions in its animus
to onr noble Governor, who is
infinitely moro popular to-day with tho
people than Mr. Hill ever was in all his
life-
It is nnfortnnate that auoh animosities
should exist among the leaders of tho De
mocraoy in Georgia, as they tend to divide
the peopla and strengthen the cause of
our Radioal enemies. The following is
the dispatob referred to :
Washington, December 23.—In regard
to the contest between Governor Colquitt
of Georgia, and Senator Hill, the latter
subjeoted himself to-day to the following
interview. The Senator said :
“In my opinion it is not too ranch to
Bay that if tho report of the majority
shall be adopted by the Legislature the
Democratic organization in Georgia will
be disgraced and broken down, and the
Independents will sweep everything be
fore them; yes, and they ought to do it.
If the Democratio party shall undertake
to carry Mnrpby and bis corrupt ring (for
he has a ring) the poople of Georgia will
not carry the Demooratio organization,
and ought not to oarry it. Therefore,
that report must not be adopted, and shall
not be if I oan prevent it. Colquitt’s
moral charaoter must bo saved, beoanse
it ought to be saved and jastly, but Mur-
pby has no morel oh&raotor, and his
ring no moral nor politioal worth, and no
party oan save thorn or ought to try to
save them.
'Governor Colquitt has been made a
victim by bis own good nature, by un
fortunate circumstances, and by a let of
very bad men around him. who pretend
to no his friends, but who really care
nothing for him, nothieg for the Demo
cratic party, and nothing for the State or
people of Georgia, except as they can U3e
each or all for their own Belfish ends.
You can see that if he had sepaiated
from Murphy promptly when I begged
him to do so til this subsequent trouble
would have been avoided.”
Reporter—“And there is tho point.
Senator, Why did he sot separata from
Marpby? The reasons he gives are dearly
insufficient. How do you explain itf”
Mr. Hill—“Well, I explain it in this
way: In nature, habits and character
Colquitt is a good man. He has a fair
mind, bnt it is neither quick nor discrim
inating. He ha* a keen sense of obliga
tion, and for several years has been in a
condition to appreciate favors. In nature,
habits and oharaoter Marpby is a very
bad man, but he is sharp in his line and
knows how tome men as well as office for
his purposes. He soon saw Oolquiit’s
weak paint and took prompt possession of
it. He has most assuredly in some way
brought Colquitt nnder obligations to him,
and this whole case shows his oonfidenoe
in the power whioh this obligation gave
him over the Governor. He first exaot-
ed 515.000. He then fell to $8,000, only
altar his victim—the rolling mill—unable
to pay the levy, was about to give up all
efforts for the endorsement and Mr.
Goodnow had aotually left for the North
to make other arrangements. It was
whils Uoodnow was gone that he finally
traded with Morrill at a low figure. All
this shows his oonfidenoe in his power
over the Governor. Indeed the whole
case shows that daring the whole invessi-
gatton Marpby and Colquitt seemed to be
making oomwon cause.”
E—"Senator, yon must admit that the
taking of money by a salaried olerk in
the Eteontive Department to influence
the official act of the Governor wbb itself
corruption, and the Governor admits
that he know Murphy, a olerk, was inter
ested in that endorsement.”
Mr. Hill—“I do admit it was corrup
tion, and no instance of that class of cor-
raplion wan ever more oleaily proved or
more distino ly marked or more feebly
exonsed. Aua Colquitt does admit be
knew Murphy was interested. And all
this will be nude so clsar to tho Legisla
ture that I do not bslisve there will
be a dissenting voice in that body on
ihe eubjeot of “Murphy” oorruptiOD.
80 the returning boards in Louisiana
and Florida were guilty of oorrnption,
end Hayes knew it. And yet ho has re
warded every scoundrel of them, bnt it
does not follow tbat Hayes wa3 bribed.
Hayes and Golqnitt are both good men,
controlled by the sensa of obligation to
bad men, though the cause of the obli
gation in the two cases is different. We
need not conclude that either was bribed,
but both have been kind to the public in
jury and their own detriment.”
R.—"Senator, bow does it happen you
have been so misrepresented in this mat
ter P It seems no sensible man can doubt
both the friendship and the wisdom of
your advice to Governor Colquitt.
Mr. Hill.—“Ob, all that misrepresent
ation was gotten up by Morphy and his
sympathisers. He has no sympathisers
bat his partners and hirelings, and they
are recklesB, active and mendaoions.
They have sought to keep Mnrpby and
Colqnitt together, in order to save Mur
phy. I have sought to get Murphy and
Colquitt apart eo as to save Colquitt and
the Democratic party. Thus far I admit
they have ths advantage ia the fight
Murphy has a majority of the committee.
Governor Hampton.
WHY HB ATTEMPTED TO HUNT UPON
A MULE!
Governor Hampton was well enough
Christmas day to ba rolled oat on the
piazza in an invalid’s chair, to enjoy the
cool air and bright sunshine. We find a
question often asked, “why the Governor
rode a mule on a hunting expedition?”
and thus exposed himself to such terrible
bodily injury, answered as follows by a
Colombia correspondent of the Charles-
ten Newt and Courier:
The account of the acoident, which
was published in the Newt aad Courier
the day after its occurrence became
known, was fall and cxaot in every par
ticular save one, and that omission I now
desire to supply, as it answers the ques
tion whioh I have frequently heard asked,
•Why Governor Hampton, of all men,
should ever have consented to ride a mule
in a deer hunt?” A sufficient reply might
be made to the effect that the Governor
can ride anything any other man can, and
therefore felt no hesitation in mounting
even a young, unbroken mule; bnt the
true and better reason is that he chose to
nse the animal in question rather than
continue the hunt upon the horse which
he had taken with him, which had al
ready done him good service the day be
fore, and whioh he wished to spare for
the reason that it was not his own, bnt
had been placed at his disposal by a
friend. The Governor is a hud rider,
where his own stock axe oonoerned, but
he is not one of (bat very large class of
mankind who, according to the proverb,
are willing to “ride a borrowed horse to
death.” He left the horse behind, there
fore, upon principle, and took upon him
self the risk of riding instead a brute
which few other men would care to be
stride.
Tbe Egyptian Cotton Crop.
The Consul-General of ’the United
States at Cairo has informed the depart
ment of State that the cotton crop of
Egypt for 1878—being gathered at the
dato of the writing of the dispatch.
November 20—would fail far short of the
average annual yield, and tbat the quality
of the cotton would be very inferior. It
is estimated that the present crop will
not yield more than 1,200,000 quintals of
ninety-nine pounds each, while the ex
ports of cotton from Egypt during the
the three preceding years averaged 2,
900,000 quintals per year. This great
falling off in the cotton crop for 1878 was
caossd by the lowness of the Nile last
year, and its unprecedented overflow this
year. Two million acres, or more than
two-fifths of all the arable land of Egypt,
were mandated in September of this year.
This inundation included most ef the
lands of Lower Egypt, whioh were plant
ed with corn and cotton. The former
crop was mostly all destroyed, and the
latter much injured, as the foregoing
facts testify.
A Ctaeerlnl “Keanmpuon” Straw
A New York paper, the Times, de-
olares
“As evidenoe of tho oonfidenoe felt by
the pnblio in the snocessfnl maintenance
of speoie payments after January 1, nu
merous instances are reported at the
Treasury Department where creditors,
holding the ooin obligations of the gov
ernment, have taken legal tenders in pay
ment in preference to gold, and other in
stances are reported where persons have
reaently paid internal revenue taxes in
gold. The most notable instanoe of this
kind oesnred Friday, A banking bonse of
that city baring occasion to use $100,000
at New Orleans, deposited that
amount in gold coin with the Assistant
Treasurer at New York, and took an or
der on the Assistant Treasurer at New
Orleans for $100,000 in legal tenders. To
day a well known and wealthy citizen of
Washington called at the office of United
States Treasurer, aad, presenting gold-
bearing coupons to the amount of $8,000,
requested payment in legal tenders,which
request, of course, was complied with.
Treasury officials express the belief that
a large portion of the January interest,
which is now being paid without ribate,
will be disbursed, at the request of cred
itors, in legal tender notes.”
So far so good; and wo ardently trust
that the majority of our merchants and
people will come to regard ‘‘legal ten
ders” as equally valuable and far more
convenient than gold and silver. Bnt
still it is a. risky business. With lees
than 5150,000.000 of specie in the nation
al treasnry, how can the government
hope to redeem 5700,000.000 of paper, if
foreign security holders insist upon cash
for their indebtedness, as they are privi
leged to do nnder tke resumption act,
<fb there shonld be a run at home npon the
Treasury. Yerily, it will bs “touch and
go” after January, and nothing can save
tbo credit and fair name of the country
bat tbo stern resolution of Wall street
and the banks and business men of every
community to receive the currency of
the government at par, and upon an equal
basis with gold and silver, withont ask
ing for its redemption in specie. Luck
ily, the balanco of trade is largely in onr
favor, end we trust that tho plucky
prestige of America, where there is such
an abundance of enterprise, food, and
cheap ’land, may pnll ns through this
daDgerous financial slongb.
WASHINGTON*.
The surest means to rid yoirsel! of
hat distressing cough is to use Dr. Bull’*
ougb Syrup. Prioe 25 cents a bottle.
Decline of the Grange Move
ment in the West.
An exohauge says;
The Grange movement seems to be on
the decline in Missonrl, one of the first
States in whioh it took root. At the re
cent meeting of the State Grange, statis
tics were read showing that in 1875 the
Missonrl granges had a membership of
54.000, in 1876, 26,000. and in 1878,20,-
000.
This is donbthsi owing to the faot that
the Granges havo about accomplished
their mission. They have by persistent
efforts inaugurated cheap rates for grain
and other prodnoe to tide water; have
stimulated into aotion and successful
growth tho agricultural interests of the
eountry; have taught the farmers where,
and how to obtain cheap and reliable fer
tilizers, plantation implements and ma
chines, have given an impetus to popu
lation by encouraging the growth of im
migration; havo banded together, and
developed the power and influence upon
every national interest of the honest til
lers of the soil; have promoted peace,
anion and fraternity among themselves
and, as above stated, have abont perform
ed all they set out to do.
In the workings of this popular upris
ing, doubtless many errors were com
mitted, and the Grangers showed them
selves not to be infallible in their deal
ings with each other. Bat that they ao-
oompllsbed an immense amount of good,
no one can reasonably deny.
First and last, then we are/or the
Grangers, andtruat they will maintain
their organization and stand ready to
oome to the front again, should the exi
gencies of the pnblio situation demand it.
Invaluable bob Railroad Mxn.—“I
suffered for more than a year with indi
gestion, and daring the last six months I
waa very bilions, occasionally having a
dnmb chill, followed by fevers, which
prostrated me. I took Simmons’ Liver
Regulator, and for several months I hare
been as stout and hearty as any man
oonlddeaire to be. I am thoroughly sat
isfied that it is all it is recommended to
be for indigestion and bilious complaints,
for mine was certainly a stubborn ease.
I have heard many of my friends speak
of it, and all agree that it possssse’s all
the virtues yon claim for it.
A. H. Hightower, Conductor M. and
W. B. R.” dec24 lw
Hell-IHtunlnaUBK House*
Professor Morton, who a while since
comforted the ga* companies in conven
tion at New York, with skepUoal words
abont the prospeot of Edison’* aebieving
cheap eleotrio light for the million, pre
sents a new suggestion eonoerning ths
possible light of the future. This is not
to bs attained by electricity, bnt thronsh
pbospborsscence. It is already success-
fully applied to clocks. Tne dial is film
ed with a cheap compound of lime and
sulphur, which has the cartons property
of absorbing light by day and emitting it
at night, and the color of the illu
mination may be varied at plea-,
sure. Whan this method of light
ing is perfected, is will simply
Uunecesury to whitewash the ceiling of
a house with this sulphide of ealoiomfor
interior illuminations, and print the ont-
side with it to make the streets glow with
a soft and pleasing, radiance by night.
And then it will be *0 cheap that evea
eleotrioity will stand no chance beside it.
If gas is ever anpplanted for lighting
purposes, it is likely to find ready at
band other profitable naes. Aside from
the vast field of domestic heating, it oan
be economically utilized in driving small
engines. Last week’s Scientific American
contained descriptions of two promising
new gas meters, one for light household
purposes and another calculated for
printing offices and lighter manufacturing
generally.^
The Mexican Frontier Question.
Wa“HINoton, December 28.—Among
the correspondence accompanying tho
President’* annual message is a “letter fnr upon the p '.V ew
from Secretarv Evarts to Minister Foster, I The P )°,i Ci , 03 _“ f
under data of August 13th last, in which
he Biys;: “The administration of Presi-
dent Diaz has been recognized and dealt
with as the established government of
Mexico, nevertheless the condition of af
fairs upon the Rio Grande frontier re
mains substantially the same. No effec
tive etep seems to have been taken on
the part of Mexico to check these raids.
The United Sta e», instead of receiving
redress, encounters delays, denials and
postponements at tne capital, while in
disturbed localities its officers meet with
active opposition.”
After stating that tne United States
Government has not believed and does
not believe tbat the Mexican Government
desiredor encouraged these marauding
attack*, the letter goes on to say that as
they continue to be made, they seem to
show that the Mexican Government is
unable to repress them, ana that this
makes it the stronger dnty of the
United States to protect the lives and
property of its citizens. Referring to
the fact that the military force of the
Mexicans gives no effectual co-operation,
etc., he says: “The United States can
not allow marauding oands to establish
themselves upon its borders, with liber
ty to invade and plunder the United
States with impunity, and then, when
pursued, to take refuge across the Rio
Grande and claim protection on the plea
ofjntegrity of Mexican soil,”
He also says the pretence that the
United States are plotting or executing
invasions for oonquest in Mexico are fal
lacies. Invasions by United States
troops are spoken of in Mexioan journals
and pnblio document?. Thera are no
enoh invasions. Mexioan oattle thieves
invade Texas. Mexican revolutionists
invade Mexiao from this side of the Rio
Grande, aooording to the exigencies of
th9ir desultory warfare, but no American
force ever goes over the Rio Grande, ex
oept in pursuit of invaders who have al
ready invaded the soil of the United
States, and sre esosping with their boo
ty. He .then says that tbo suggestions of
(be Mexioan Government as to revoking
the order* to General Ord to cross in pur
suit of marauders, cannot be entertained,
and says when Mtxioo will assume and
efficiently exeroise tho responsibility of
pnrsniog, arresting and punishing such
offenders, the United States will be glad
to be relieved from it.
Hews Items.
Wsshigton.
Washington, December 27 „
Cincinnati, Dec. 28.—It is now eati
mated that the failure of Wheeler & Co.,
pork men.will amount to between $40,000
and $50,000, when all parties have been
heard from. Charles P. Fortune, the
company of the firm, who was aireated,
was released yesterday afternoon, bat was
later re-arrested on the complaint of Sam
uel Kyle, of Middleton, who charged him
with embezzlement.
Montreal, Deo. 28.—Mo is a Trurdan,
trader of Longuenil, George T. Folster,
trader of St. Thomas end Deperreville and
James O. Daonst & R. S. Latham, drag-
gists of Montreal have failed.
Tbrnton, N. J., December 28.—John
Hunter, brother of Benj. Hunter, the
Camden murderer, made a formal appll
cation to the Governor to-day to have a
special session of the Court of Pardons
convened to consider the application to
have the death sentence of Benj. Hunter
commuted, on the ground that he is of
unsonnd mind. Tha Governor holds the
matter nnder advisement.
Chicago, December 28.—George A
Blaikes, who robbed the Fidelity Special
Deposit vault 0! 53,000, was before Jus
tice Morrison this morning. Dr. Turpin,
Receiver of the bank, declined to prose
cute on the grounds that the money had
been retnrnsd by Blaikas’ father, and that
ho considered the yonng man insane, and
not responsible for the deed. The Jus
tice, however, bound him over in a $2,-
000 bond.
Tho Yelloir Fever Commission,
Memphis, Tbnn., December 28.—
The board of medical experts attached
to tho yellow fever commission have
agreed npon the following plan of opera
tions : Doctora Craft and Master will vis
it cities and towns on the Mississippi riv
er between Cario and New Orleans; Doc
tor Bemis, Green and Chailee will go to
Soutbern Louisiana, Doctor Falligant
will go to tho Gulf Coast and Doctors
Cochran, Swarengen and Randall to in*
land towns. Dr. Mitchell remains with
theBnb-committee at this point and will
aid them in taking the testimony of phy
sicians and others. The Surgeon General,
Woodworth, departed this afternoon for
New Orleans.
— . ..-i11
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By the combinaticp method of operat*
ingin stocks a handsome inoomo can ba
secured without care. Capital in any
amount, from$10to 550,000 may boused
with equal • proportionate success/* By
this system Messrs Lawrence & Co.,
Bankers, N. Y., pool ths orders of thou
sands of customers, of various sums, into
one vast amount, and co-operate them
under tho meat skillful management,
dividing profits monthly. Each share
holder thns obtains all the advantages of
the largest capital and experienced skill,
and the percentage of profits is very
great; 520 will pay $100 in 30 days;
5250 will return $1,825, or 7£ per cent,
on the stock, and so on, as the market
varies. P. D. Drake, Eiq., publisher
Bock Island (I1L) Daily Argus, made
$10415 on an investment ot 520, in Oc
tober. Hundreds of others are doing
even better. Messrs. Lawrence & Co.’s
new circular has “two unerring rales for
success m stock operations” and full in
formation, so that any one can deal in
stocks. All kinds of stocks and bonds
wanted. Naw Government bonds sup
plied. Dspoaits received. Apply to
Lawrence & Co., Badkers, 57 Exchange
Place, New York City.
New Year's can*.
New Year oalling will be observed
this yeir with great interest.
From the number of those who have
signified thsir intention of receiving calls
we jndgethe number of houses open on
that day will be larger than last year and
the receptions will b9 kept up until a late
hour. Yineville will not bs behind in
this respect, and a splendid reception by
the married ladies of that place 13 being
arranged, and there are several other
plaoes where calls will probably be re
ceived.
In the city the interest is steadily on the
increase, and patties who will keep open
house sre being completed. A moat en*
joyabla day will usher in the new year.
To Prevent Congns and Caro
colds.
A reliable remedy is neoessary in every
household. Parkei’a Ginger Tonic Is
just the medioine needed. It radically
cures Gonghs, Colds, Sore Throat, Bron
chitis and even Consumption it nsed in
time, by its powerful speoifio aotion on
the Stomaob, Kidneys, Skin, Liver and
muoouB surfaces of the throat and Langs.
It accomplishes the onre In a wonderfully
short time, and removes all pain and sore
ness of the longs. It is also a most val
uable stomachic remedy, effeetnaliy re
moving Dyspspris, Headache, Liver Dis
orders, Costivenean, Nervousness, Low
Spirits, Wakefulness, Heartburn,Cramps,
Palpitation of the Heart, Sour Btomaeb,
eta, and gives a cheering oomfort and
freedom from pain that sorpritez every
one. Buy a Si bottle from yonr drag-
gist, Boland B. Hall, or a sample bottle
at 15 ets., and test its merit*.
Qet.13mo«
For upward* or thirty yean Hvs Winslow’*
Soothing Byrnp has been used for children. It
prevent acldit* of the atomach, reli s wind
oolic, regulates the bowels, cures dys ery and
Diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or oth<
ereauMK An rid and w*U*tried remedy.
1 sensa c bottle.
The followingTs7™-“ Serli^
£SH& Depa *“ en t: Heretic ,h *
Trpl™, rep0rt8 ot bon£h5dHi tbe
treasury as security for . b J the
national bank?, have *j°i Ua io the
bonds held in the office of n, ed ^“ !y tba
of tha United Sfates mainw Trea6 °tM
curity of the «■— for the ae-
notindudedauchboriUaQ° SIte ’ and h «
the Assistant Tr.m,,. “ 3 J ?ere held by
States at New York aud^nth^ 0
tho Secretary nP t ln fhe office of
nncea Treasury. The bal-
coin 543 492 3°7 h ; n I ^ t,0I1Ql baDks are: in
which are cov er ^ *M80,218,
held in the S “tes bonds
amounting to 558 532 . mentioned
ntory, says the InriinnV Va8 “ ine ' on ^ er -
perfeoily submissive, and^hem u b °
prospect of any blood,h,r1 w 19 no
Indmn murderer* ^tee FeSrl^ 8
last oddreastfl a l.Utr lo Settt^r.Ev'T
npon the subject of the **
national regulations for prevenrini 0 * 6 ?'
Iisions at sea. No country has" S r Ei"
ward says, expressed gensrat diTirlf '
them, and the government
Italy, Spain and Portugal have formaU?
expressed their concurrence iu the
draught submitted for their approval
by Her Majesty’* Government. Further
modifications were, however, auezested
by the Governments of the United States
Belgium, Denmark and Germany, and
have been very carefully considered bv
the joint committee appointed by ifce Ad
miralty, Trinity House and Board of
Trade, to whom they were referred. Sir
Edward communicates the documents
and expresses tha hops that tbe text of
the proposed regulations, as finally adop.
ted by tho joint committee, will meet
with the approval of this Government
Acting Secretary of State Seward, rel
plying to Sir Edward, ia Oc
tober, informs him that a copy
of the international regulations for pre
venting collisions at sea had already been
submittea to tne Secretary of Treasury
who thinks that these “rules of the road,”
by the Eeyeral maritimejnations will result
in material advantage and tend to lessen
the daneois of navigation on the high
seas. With reference to tho provisions"of
paragraph A. of lule 15, of section 4233,
of tho revised statutes 0! the United
States, prescribing that steam vessels
shall sound a steam whistle at intervals
of not more than o&e minute, Mr
Seward states that tha attention of tho
proper oommittee of Congress will be
called to the propriety of amending the
provision in harmony with the proposed
nternationsl rules of the road, shonld
the same be adopted by the seveial mari
time nation*.
The Department of State for some
mouths past has beeu endeavoring to
have removed the consu’ar lax of one per
c«nt ou the valne of merchandise export
ed from this country to Hayti. The
reasons assigned by the Hay tian Govern
ment in defence of the policy of tax aro
not considered satisfactory to Secretary
EvartB, who has instructed M mister Lang
ston to protest against tho rax as de
cidedly offensive, at least in form, to this
Government, and to express a hope that
the proper authority there may see tho
expediency of scch farther legislation a*
may obviate the objections. The British
Government has applied to this Govern
ment to join with it in protesting against
the tax, bnt it is not thought advisable
at present to 'accept the invitation. Oar
minister, however, may eonfer freely npon
tho aubjeet with tho British representa
tive there, aa scch conferences may make
it more easy to compass the common ob
ject.
Arrangements have been made by tho
Post-office Department to dispatch direct
mails for Balama Islands and Cuba dur
ing the winter months by steamers start
ing from Jacksonville, Florida. The
sailings from that port for January will
be as follows : On the 2d and 10th to
Nassau, New Providence, and on tho
18th to Nassau and thenoe to Havana.
The service will bo in addition to the pre
sent arrangements for direct mails by
steamship from Nnw York.
WHAT IS BEAUTY?
This question has alike puzzled tho
lover and tbe philosopher. The sage
analyzes it into perfection of feature and
coloring, and the lover, looking into tho
homely face of his adored mistress, de
clares that true beauty pertains rather to
the imperishable soul than to tbe ever-
changing body. But the physioian knows
tbat tho chief element of beauty is health.
Health is to beauty what the subtle mag
netic current is to the bar of polished
steel—by its presence attracting and re
taining all its devotees. Eeanty without
health is a shrine without an oraclo.
Woman cannot possess this subtle at
tractive power of beanty while suffering
from those chronic ailments and weak
nesses that continually exhaust tho
springs of her vitality. Dr. Pierce’s cele
brated specific for this class of disiaaa?,
the Favorite Prescription, has been used
by thousands of these sufferers, restoring
to them health, strength and beauty.
Burlingame, Osage Co., Kansas,
August 7tb. 1877.
Dr. B. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.:
Dear Sir—Five bsttles of your Favorite
Prescription has effected my entire cure.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs, Bessie Peck.
Cold Weather.—Ths mercury Satur
day morning indicated twenty, and some
report as low as sixteen. We gathered a
sample of loe two inobes thick. Bat,
though the morning vros ectuaUy colder
thaw Friday, the blight sunshine end still
atmosphere rendered it much more 00m-
fottabl*.
WHY HESITATE?
We have no heiitaney in recommending Com-
sens’ Compound Honey ot Tar as an unfailing
remedy for Coughs and Colds, as we can give tha
most substantial and weighty evidence as to its
virtues. It has cured thousands, and its increas
ing popularity is abund ant prooi that it is appre
ciated in a vigorous dime where Coughs. Colds
and diseases ot the Throat and Ltmgs abound.
If you wish to obtain speedy relief trom these
affections remember that Uoussena’Compound.
Honey of Tar is the best remedy in the world,
and is only BO cents a bottle. ForialebyKo-
and B Hall; decis
American Slates.—The London oof
respondent of the Baltimore Sun, says
In my earlier letters fiom London to
tbe Sun I spoke of the maiket on this
side for American slates for roofing, etc.
I see that some shipments have been
mede to London, and tbe qnality and
prices pnt the Welsh and otter loosl roof
ing slates in the cellar of despair. Where
there ib any disparity In quality the build
ers see the icduoemant in low pricas as a
sufficient setoff. What mxt from the vig
orous daughter te the t. tiering mother.
Food, clothing and roofing. The work
of corporal moroy, indeed!
OF .NTEKEST TO TBE PUBLIC.
Public speakers are often annoyed, and evon
aerioualy afflicted with an affection of ths threat,
which greatly hinders their efforts toeaterUm
and instruct their hearer*, a slizht cold adds to
the difficulty, and remetime* results diaastrouM*
unless efficient means be used tc prevent, brerj
one knows the heaUng virtues °i honey jmd ter.
which aro found iuafl their strength and purnY
in tho greatest Cough Medicine 'Yer prepared.
A certain core for Coughs, Golds and all diseases
of tho Tbxoatand Lunga ia lonnl inCoussens’
itegaaa'saftagiss
■•rtnarr.
Hr. J. J. Clay, city -exton, makes the
following report of interments for, ®
w ek ending yesterday:
White Adults q*,j,
White Children a
Colored Adults...*... a«*3
Cokawd Children -mm
Colored
Uv.
Le week