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MACON, TUESDAY, eJ;4NUAEY 21, 1879.
Volume LIV—NO 8
8Y TELEGRAPH.
Fobt Robinson, .farmery 12.—A body
of the escaping Indians was found yes
terday and immediately surrounded with
the intention of getting them to surrender
whiob, however the Indians stubbornly
declined to do. The trocps retained their
position during the night and this after,
noon with a twelve pound Napoleanleft
for the scene of action.
It is now authentically reported that
the number of Indians killed is forty,
tbo wounded number fifteen, and between
forty and fifty have boon recaptured.
The following are tho killed and woun
ded among tho whites since the difficulty
began:
Killed.—Privates Good and Smith,
company A., 31 cavalry, Private Everett,
company H., 3d cavalry.
Wounded.—Corporal Palver, company
A.. 3d cavalry, and private Emery, com
pany 0., 81 cavalry. Both will recover.
Bied Bear, of tho Bed Cloud band, ar
rived on Friday from the Pine Ridge
agency and observing hi# sister woe woun
ded shod tears and called her a bad squaw.
A relative of Bod Cloud was killed. 1 rou
ble is feared from the Spotted Tail and
Red Cloud band. _
London, Jan. 12.—Tho Library of Birm
ingham end Midland Institute at Birm
ingham, containing 80,000 volumes, was
burned on Saturday. It oontained the
most complete Shakspearean collection in
the world—numbering 8,000 volnmes.
Comparatively few books were 6aved.
The Weardale Iron and Coal Company
discharged 1,500 men on Saturday, be-
em-o of tbo depression in trade. At! the
railway guards at Leeds have resumed
work.
Calcotta, J ra. 12 —General Stewart’s
forae h is marched through Candahar.
Kro Janeiro, Decembar 24,1878.—The
Brasilian budget for 1879 80 estimates
expenditures at ona hundred and twenty-
ono miliiau inilrwis, ®"d revenue at one
hundred and ons million milreis. The
deficit will bo met by now taxation.
A ministerial crisis hoe occurred and
tbo minister of marine ta3 resigned.
Government proposes the extinction of
ell moraitio orders and the application
of their property to the redemptien of
the national debt.
Berlin, January 12.—It is stated that
questions relative to the receptions at
ths marriage of the Duke o! Cumberland
have been settled by the Danish minister,
giving most emphatic assurances of the
friendly sentiments end pacific policy of
his government.
Savannah, January 12—To-day the
remains were liken from the Couno 1
Cnainber, where they bad lain in stare
during tho u’gU, under esoort of tbo
Cbatnum Arnbery, to Christ Church,
Where the burial seivioa of the Episoop.il
Oaurch was
Tae Inner d aertego, taoarltd by United
S'ates troops sad the white and colored
mini*. “ proceeded to Liurel Grove
osmstery, where the bony was iiuerrea.
The fantral procession was the largest
ever witnessed in ibis city.
Washington, January 12.—It seemn
coruiu tuat Burnside’s army bdl will re
ceive vigorous opposition from prominent
member., of both Houses of Congrc6e, on
the proond of its tendency to subordinate
tbs War Djpsrtmnut and even from the
President io the General of the Army,
and to cs'ublish military autocracy incon
sistent wiih onr institutions.
A substitute bill has been prep,red,
tbo principal provisions ol which are a
reduction of tho army by no: filling va
cancies, rather ihio by anamnry dismis
sals or enforced retirement*. The retired
list, instead of its present restriction to
one hundred, is to bu made as large as
tho neceaiuie* of the service require,
and all effhtrs are to be retired as fast as
incapacitated for active duty, or who
reach the age nt sixty-two. The supply of
officer from West Point is to be cutoff,
the bill providing that members of tne
next two classes gradnating from the
military academy shall, if they desire, re
ceive) seven hundred and fifty dollars
each npon the completion of their studies
and bo permittod to return home, subject
to recall at the end of two years if their
Bsrvioes are required.
This bill places the army under the en
tire control of the Secretary of War,
subject only to tbe authority of the Pres
ident, as oommander-in-ebief.
The interchangeability of line and stuff,
a prominent feature of tbe Burnside bill,
is not inoluded in tbe substitute. This
bill will probably be incorporated in tbe
army appropriation biil, but if net, it w.ll
be introduced on fas own merits.
Pbii.adei.pbia, January 12.—The Sec
retary of tbe American Iron and Steel
Association, in bis annual report, after
giving statistics for last year, says : The
oldyta-, take it all in all, wa3 a more ac
tive and more prosperous year for the
American iron trade than cither 1876 or
1877. Th-re was an improvement in the
demand for all iron and steel products,
and prices, although not satisfactory,
were weil maintained, except in case of
pig-iron. This branch of tbe trade bad a
hard s’ruggle. Many furnaces have been
unprofitably run.
The new year opens with a promise o f
more active and more prosperous busi
ness for iron and steel manufacturers
than the old year gave them. Tbe busi
ness is in fewer bands, and homo compe
tition < ancct be so desperate as it has
been. Foreign competition, for tbe pres
ent, ii not to bo feared. Prices, it is
hoped, are at least at the lowest point to
which they can possibly fall, while an
unmistakeablo ana undeniable revival of
prosperity throughout tbe country gives
every assurance of a continuance of tho
increased demand for iron and steel tl.at
characterizid the old year.
New Yodk, Jan. 12.—Norwegian ship
S'.orkera arrived to-day from Hamburg.
She fell in on tho 29.h ultimo with N. W.
Magee, of Philadelphia, from Port Boyal
Booth Carolina, for New York, dismasted
and in sinking condition. Tbo Storkers
took the captain and six men and brought
them to this port.
Niwabk, N. J., Jan. 12.— Peter
Honcks’ brewery was burned this morn
ing, with the malt house, ice houses and
other building*. Loss estimated $100,-
000—partially insured.
Binquampton, Vt., Jan. 13—A seri
ous fire last night destroyed a considera
ble portion of the business centre of the
city and a number of private d wo Hinge.
Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 12.—Oommc-
more John Gat at is dead.
London, January 13.—A s'.rika of cot
ton operatives at Preston is feared on the
23d, when the ten per cent, reduction will
be enforced. In coneequence of the re
sumption of work by the railway conduc
tor! at Lseds, all the striking railway
employes at Bradford, who have asked,
bare been granted a reinstatement on
terms offered by the railway directors.
Ben Ismail, prime minister of Tonis
report of the proceedings of that commit
tee tonchiog the death of Gustave Sobleti
cher, bearing testimony to the unexam
pled merit?, honest statesmanship and
virtues of their late oolloaguo, and di
recting the payment of tho remainder of
his salary as a member of the Forty-fifth
Congress to his bereaved family, and re
questing tho next Congress to make a
similar appropriation of his salary as a
member of tho Forty-sixth Congress.
The report was unanimously adopted, and
after agreeing to the resolution making
arrangements for the performanoa of tho
banal service in the hail of the Houso at
3 p. in., the Home took a recess until
2:55 p. m.
Washington, January 13.—In the Sea-
ate—Immediately after tho raa-Vog of
tbe journal a message was r e - , c d m m
ths House announcing tbe death of Hon.
Gustav Schleicher, and the passage of a
resolution by tho Home providing for the
appointment of a committee of eight Rep
resentatives and three Senators, to are
range for the faneral and aocompany the
body to Texas.
Tbe resolution was agreed to, and the
Vioe-Pre8ident appointed, as the commit
tee, Messrs. Coke, Bayard and Hamlin.
Dnriog the morning hour the Senate
passed, without discussion, a bill appro
priating $250,000 for a firo proof building,
adjoining tbe Smithsonian Institute.
At 12:05 a message was received from
tho House, inviting the Senate to attend
the funeral of Hod. Gnstav Schleicher.
The invitation was accepted and the Sen
ate, as a mark respect to tho memory of
deceased, took reoess until 3 p.m.
London, January 13.—A Caloutta dis
patch says: Troops of the Peshawur and
Kuram divisions aro now settled in quar
ters whiob, unless unforeseen events ooonr,
they are intended to occupy for the next
two months.
Gens. Browne and Maude's divisions
are eoheloned in mntnally-supportiog de
tachments extending from Jellalab.d to
Nowshera. This extension and disttibu-
tion of forces, besides affording tbe requi-
site protection to tbe entire line or road,
has the advantage of diminishing, as fer
as possible, the strain upon tho oommis-
sariat department.
Major Gavagnan has friendly letters
from most of tho Cabal and Ghiiziio
chiefs.
Au imposing dnrbah was held at J-lla-
Isbad on tbe 1st of January by Gen. Sir
Samuel Browne. Most of tbe looal Khans
and influential men of the neighborhood
attended. Major Ca7agnari, addressing
them, explained the Viceroy of India’s
proclamation. Ha commented on the
faot and tho events as manifesting
the strength of the British Govern
ment and ths failure of the Ameer’s
resistance, and repeated the assurance
ttat we have no quarrel with the people
of Afghanistan. The Khan replied io
language which may be taken for what it
is worth, expressing contentment with
the change of antbority and freely offer
ing his services.
Tbe health of the troops at present is
to:d, and tbev are settling *h.nw.lwn
down comfortably in their different camp?.
With the wet weather, however, there
will certainly come more sickness, but
not sufficient to make a serious iuro id
upon tbe strength of the forces. The
most unhealthy positions are probably
Ali Musjid and Dakka.
Gen Stewart's troops marched through
Candahar on the 3 ;h instant, probablv,
and are encamped cn the Ghuznee road.
Supplies are being plentifully offered by
tho people, who show a friendly spirit
along the whole line of Stewart’s march.
In fact, the population has been quiet.
There bas been no molestation ot big-
gage, and no attempt to interfere with
ihe progress of the column.
The governments of Germany, Great
Britain, France United States, Balginm,
Spain and Portugal, are said to have
agreed to tbe rules drafted at Berlin to
prevent collisions at sea.
A Paris dispatch says the velvet manu
facturers of Saint Ewnue have resolved
lo reduce the wages of the operatives.20
per cent., aa tbe only means of faring
foreign competition.
The Times,judging from ths uncertain
ty and divided councils sno*n at the va
rious meetings of tho"Midland railway
employes, editorially declares it is not
too much to say that they are ready to
return to duty if the olive branch is held
ont.
Tbe moulders, fetters and blacksmiths
of the railway rolling stock works at
Barrow have struck against tbe exten
sion of the hours of labor from 54 to 59
hours per week
Cincinnati, Jmuary 13.—Robt. H.
Murphy, a grocer cn Grand Kiver Ave
nue, Detroit, suspecting burglars had
been attempting to enter his store last
night concealed himself and awaited de
velopment?. He soon beard tbe burglar
enter the rt ar door by means of a false
key. A struggle ensued; Murphy seized
an iron wedge and struck the burglar
several blows upon the bead, felliBg him
to the floor, but the fellow regained his
feet, and choking him into inseneibility
escaped. An hour later a man applied
at tbe police station for medical atten
tion, saying he had been waylaid and
beaten by robbers. Murphy, regaining
consciousness, prcc63ded to the same sta
tion house, where ha identified the party
as the burglar. The latter admitted the
fact and said thaj fear lest he should die
unices his wounds were dressed prompted
him to go to tbe station house.
Cincinnati, January 13.—Siturday
night a west bound freight train on tho
Marietta and Cincinnati Bailrcad, when
near Mineral City, broke a coupling. The
extra freight traiu following it ran into
its rear just as it reached a trestle thirty
feet high, crushing the caboose. Three
passengers jumped ftom the caboose,
alighting on the solid ice of tho stream
below. Ons, Washington itcifsnvder,
was instantly killed, and William King
fatally injured. John Bettz had his feet
crashed.
Jacksonville, Fla., January 13.—A
severe shock of an earthquake _was felt
here about 11:45 last night, which lasted
about thirty seconds. It appeared to
move from the southeast to the north
west. Buildings were violently shaken,
crockery rattled and doors thrown open.
The shock wa3 felt at St. Augnstino and
on the Gulf coast from Ssnta Eosa to
St. Mark’s as well as over the interior
portion of the Slate. Nothing of the kind
was ever experienced here before.
New Yoke, January 13.—Tao Su
preme Court chambers were crowded to
day with politicians interested in the bear
ing to show cause why the temporary in
junction restraining the Tammany Soci
ety from initiating tbo members elected
on New Year’s eve should not be made
permanent. The counsel for the Society
requested an adjournment until the 27tn
instant. The motion was granted.
Boston, January 13.—Fears are enter
tained for tho safety of tho iteamer Ho-
mar, Captain Walker, whiob left hero De
cember 17th for Liverpool, and has not
repaired on Friday in full uniform an . . t_ h rd ot B j ace ,
ssawstfsarssss, $ i
sssii | jag® £5HSSj«2g
a&asm 1 saswssggfigte
mittee on Foreign Affairs, sub nitted a Lieutenant Benner netted f-50, the
gest amount ever realized from a lecture
in this city, save from one by Edward
Everett in aid of tho Mt. Vernon Associ
ation.
The Hague, Jan. 13.—Prinea Henry,
of the Netherlands, brother of King Wil
liam, died to-day.
Wxstlepool, January 13.—Arrived
steamer Averili. She encountered a ter-
rifle gala cn her passage and lost over
board tbe mo3t of her live stock.
New Yobk, January 13.—Madamo An
derson, the Brooklyn pedestrian, this af
ternoon is in good condition,with every
prospect that she will complete her task
at eleven o’clock to-night.
Messrs. Flaherty & Barnett, commis
sioners of the city works of Brooklyn,
Michael Daily, inspector of sewers, and
Peter Melin, water purveyor, were ar
raigned in Kings county Oyer and Termi
ner to plead to-day to the indictment
charging them with conspiracy to de
fraud tho oity ont of $50,000. Their
counsel put in a demurrer npon which
argument was heard.
Washington, Jan. 13.—Tho funeral
obsequies of tbe late Gustav Schleicher
wnra very imposing, thn Snpiomo Ooart,
President, aad Cabinet, Senate and
House paying reverential respect to the
deoeaaed congressman. The services
were conducted by the Chaplain of the
House, assisted by the Chaplain of the
Senate, at tbo close of which, a mournful
oortege followed the remans to the depot.
The seat of tbo dead Bepresentative in
the House was draped in mourning to
day.
The case of Benjamin Sonll and others
against the United States, in which a
claim was set np under a Spanish grant
to eleven thousand square miles of laud,
embracing twenty-four counties in Mis
souri and Arkansas, was to day deoided
by the United States Supreme Court ad
versely to the claimants. It held that no
adequate survey of the alleged grant had
ever been mads, and that no servoy can
be made, which will correspond with tho
terms or tbe concession, owing to the
erroneous ideas which were entertained
at the time it wan made ss to the eouroe
and direction of Wnito Biver, by refer
ence to which it was intended to be
located.
Tae committee cr Ways and Means to
day, after further rliaeus.inu tho Rusrar
tariff question, agreed by a vote of
six to roar to submit to tne House a
bill fixing the rates as follows: On all
sugar?, syrups, etc., not abovo No 13
Dutch standard, two cents and forty-one
hundredths per pound; oa all sugars,
syrups, etc., above No. 13 an 1 not abovo
No. 16, Dutch standard, four cents par
ponnd.
Humors that Marshal Fitzsimons, of
Georgia, will be removed are prononneed
entirely unfounded.
Senator Thurman addressed tho follow
ing to Senator 'Teller, chairman of tbe
select committee of investigation:
United States Senate Chaaibeb,
January 13, 1879.
Dear Sir: Again complying with tho
H^rnul ol joac oo-nulllt-Sti tOT ITliOTm 1-
tion, I have the honor to send yon install
ment No. 3, to-wit:
1. An officially certified copy from tho
office of the Secretary of State cf F.oiida
of an affidavit of J »oaes H Pains, snow
ing misconduct sad vioiatioa of law by
federal offisr-li a: tbs late elections la
Duval county in tb ,t Si ate.
2. Alike cernfiad copy of auaflliavit
of James M. Whittaker, relating to tbe
eime subj so: and to the intunuiaiim of
the Democratic VJters by ertaeh Repub
lican*.
3. A like certified copy of au affidavit
by 8. C. Tucker, proving that at the late
election at preemot No. 12. in Alachua
connl7, the United States Supervisor of
Klsonoa, N. P. Gouelle, insisted that the
ba’.lo s as they were coat should be num
bered to correspond with the number of
each voter’s name ss it appeared oa tbe
registration list, and that in compliance
with hia demand the larger part of the
ballots were so numbered, and the eecresy
of the ballot thus effectu-.lly destroyed-
4. A like certified copy of an affidavit
of Robert M. Witherspoon, county judge
of Madison county, in said State, snow
ing hie illega> arrest and detention by a
United States Commissioner and United
States Marebai, in order to prevent the
discharge of bis duties aa one of the
board of Oiuvasaers of ihe late 11 setion in
said county.
5. An affidavit of Edward S. Francisco,
colored, a citizsn of Baval county, Flor
ida, and a member of the board of
commissioners of said county, prov
ing the intimidation practiced in that
State to prevent colored citizens from
voting the Democratic ticket.
6. An affidavit of James C. Williamson,
a colored citizen ot the same county, to
the same effect.
7. A certificate of tho Sheriff and
County Judge of the came county and ot
the President of the City Council of Jack
sonville, and of tbe City Clerk and of the
City Marshal, attesting tne good charac
ters and standing of said Francisca and
Williamson.
8. An affidavit of John B. Marahal, of
Madison county, Florida, showing miscon-
dact on tho part of tho United States
Deputy Marshals and intimidation prac
ticed by them at the late election in said
county. I have a number of letters from
tbo North and West making specific
charges of intimidation and bribery, and
it would be proper that I should lay them
before your committee, but I withhold
them until the wishes of the writers, in
this respect, can be ascertained. I have
the honor to be, very respectfully,
[Signed] A. G. Thubhan.
The President haeappoved the act au
thorizing the accounting officers of the
Treaeurv to pay tho claims of Tennessee
for keeping United States military pris
oners, also the set to relieve the political
disabilities of Manning W. Kimne’, late
of Cape Girardeau county, Missouri.
Washington, Jan. 13.—Tho House
committee on banking end onrrenoy fail
ed to dispose of Mr. Hewitt’s bill making
goll and silver interchangeable. A prop
osition was mads-by Mr. Ewing, that on
reaching tho bill for the repeal of the ra-
snmption act, it be amended so that
greenbacks oan be acceptable for bonds
and customs, also that no more fonr
per oont. bonds be sold to maintain spe
cie payments and when tho sales four per
cents, reaoh $300,000,000 the 8ecra«
tsry of the Treasury be required to call
in the eix per cents, giving thirty days’
nottoe instead of ninety.
It is thought that making the duty on
a'l grades of sugar below 13 uniform, will
remove the indnaement for oolorlng.
The Ways and Means Committee there
fore took no action towards the introduc
tion of the polarlsoope or chemloal tests.
The House committee on foreign «f-
fairs passed a resolution highly eulogistio
of their late member, Mr. Sohleiofaer, and
hoping the balanee of the salary that
would have been dua him daring this
Congress and the entire salary of the next
Oongressbe appropriated for the family
of the deceased.
The case of the United States against
the citioi of New Orleans and Baltimore
involving the title to 2,109 _ arpenta of
Iacd in Louisiana was decided by the
United States Supreme Court to-day ad
versely to tho latter. The cities claimed
tbo land in controversy as legatees of
one O’Donongb, who hold it under a
ouari grant or concession from the Span
ish government. The oonrt holds that
mere permission to settle on land is not
suffioient, in the absence of a formal and
legally executed grant, to sustain the pe
titioners claim under the provisions'of
the private land claim act of 1800 Tho
decree of the lower court is therefore re
fused with directions to dismiss the bill.
.The House Committee on appropriations
discussed the question of the incorpora
tion in the army bill of the new legisla
tion proposed by Mr. Atkins Hewitt
which has been under consideration in
the sub-committee, who will report it
back favorably.
Contrary to expeotatioD, the legislative,
judicial and executive appropriation bill
was not considered, tho 'attendance of
tho members of the committee on Mr.
SchleioheFs funeral rendering adjourn
ment necessary.
A War Department dispatoh says-the
troops have surrounded tbe Indians flying
from Fort Robinson. They had a fight,
and a number of the troops aro reported
killed. It is ascertained that tbe Indiana
secreted arms and ammunition before sur
rendering in the oanon, where they made
tho fltot otanfi after their escape. Thirtv
Indians were Billed.
Chief Joseph, of the N<z Faroes, tn«
Indian interpreter, and Yellow Wolf, a
chief of the same tribe, arrived to-day,
and will have au interview with the Com
missioner of Indian Affjir3 to morrow.
Joseph withes to speak for. himself.
Mauoh Chunk, January 13.—J. K.
Pryor, an old newspaper publisher, is
dead.
Ohas. Sharpe and James McDonnell
will be executed to morrow for tho mur
der of Geo. K. Smith. ’
Charlotte, January 13.—W. W. Pegg,
the tslegraph operator at Greenville,
South Caroline, suicided by taking mor
phine oa Saturday night. Cj*m. unre
quited love.
Knoxville, January 13.—Sinoa Sin-
day night three cf the principal rivers of
Erst Toaaessee have been gorged with
floating ioa. Nearly all the lowlands in
Eifct Tennessee Luvq been overflowed.
The fences have been swept away. Ths
river here at noon to day was abou: at &
stand, being thirty feet above low water
mark. Tee railroad officials now appre
hend ao trouble with the bridges
traica are running cn time.
RAx-nran, tv. U., Jiuu iry 13.—Senator
Mernm iu addressed a letter to the Dem
ocratic emeus of the Legislature tc-uight
withdrawing from the contest forthoSen-
atorsmp. Governor Vacua w 11 probably
be nominated by the caucus to-night oa
the fir.-t ballot.
New Orleans, January 13.—Before the
Teller Committee to-day, G. E. M. New
man, colored, Clerk of the District Court
of St. Mary’s parish, testified conci-rtun^
the distinction in the billot boxes. W. B.
McNeal, Sheriff of Caddo parish, tc-stifi.-d
regarding the Cil doa'au affair, corrobo
rating Mr. Norwood’s testimony. Secre
tary of State Strong was called and re
quested to furnish tbe election statisrics.
David Wise, of Tensas, said the election
wa3 peaceable and quiet. The negroes
burned his gin house two days after the
Fairfax affair H. Moss, of Tensas, gave
the negroes assurances that the Water
Proof people h id nothing to do with the
Fairfax trouble. Hundreds of armed ne
groes passed through the town. J. S.
Watson and J. G. Schaeffer, of Tentai,
testified that the election in St. Joseph’s
was auiet.and fair. The troubles in the
pariah were due to negroes who, after the
Fairfax affair, assembled in great num-
bira and threatened to burn the town of
Water Proof.
The Legislature will billot to-morrow
for a United Scat -s Senator to succeed
Mr. Eustis. Tne caucus was to have been
held to-night, but only sixteen members
appeared and nothing was done.
Norfolk, Va.. January 13.—Tho wife
of a farmer in Norfolk county named
Hyslop was frightened to death on Sat
urday by being chased by a horse while
out in the fields.
Chicago, Jauaary 13-—The military
court of inquiry into the responsibility of
Major Reno for tbe Custer massacre con
vened to-day with open doors, bat re-
po;ters were not allowed to take new pro
ceedings. Theculy important action of
the first session was the decision to sum
mon Whittaker who made the charges
against Bsno.
New York, January 13.—Captain Bo-
gardus and Dr. Carver to-div agreed to
shoot a matoh between the 1st of next
September an l tbe 31st of D member,
20,000 glass balls, to b i broken by each
within 6ix days. Tbe person who finish
es tbe 20 000 first to be the winner. The
stake is $10,000 a side.
Little Kcck, January 13. — Both
Houses of the Legislature met to-day.
Tbe Houso elected K. B. Biarden, of
Oachita, Speaker. The Senate chose M.
M. Duffie, of Dallas, President.
CtNiTANTiNOPLE, Jan. 13.— Prince L i-
banoff, Russian Ambassador, has accept
ed ait the ertioles of the definitive treaty
of peaoo agreed to by the Porte, but
clause two, relative to Russia's supervis
ion over the exeontion of tbe treaty of
Berlin was only accepted ad referendum
The sohemefortbe organization of tbe
Gendarmerie was adopted by the Eastern
Ronmahan commission and provided for
the oommander and tho instructors to be
Frenobmen.
■London, Jan. 13.—Tho British bark
General Caulfield, Captain Cleif, of
New York, for Dunkirk, ia ashore near
Kinsale a total wreok. The orew were
raved. The oargu is saturated.
The Italian bark Luiga Ol.vtr, from
Philadelphia for Siloth, was totally
wrecked near White Haven. Eight of
tbe crew were cast up on the beach.
Nothing is known'as to tbe fate of the
rest.
Queenstown, January 13 —The Brit
ish bark Taocook and the German ship
James collided on the 7th inst. Both
sustained serious damages.
St. Petersburg, January 13.—The
Russian trade ronte to China ia more
dangerous than ever. Another Rassian
caravan has been robbed.
London, January 13.—The foundry
men, ship-bntlders and h0336-bailde» Of
Bangor and vicinity have slrnok. tlx
hundred weavers at Carlisle have alto
struck. This strike will also affect other
departments of the mills. A strike com
menced in the wire trade at Warrington.
Fifteen hundred men are idle in conse
quence. The striko on the Midland Rail
way is virtually ended.
Paris, January 13.—Le Temps an
nounces that Gen. Borel has resigned the
Ministry of War. Gen. Faideheibs suc
ceeds him.
St. Georges, Bebmuda, January 13.—
About 1,300 bales of ootton have already
been saved from the stranded steamship
Lartington, and a oontraot has been en
tered into to recover tbe remainder, some
2.800 bales.
Washington, January 13.—The a'gri-
cultural report for December shows that
the corn season closed with a marked
improvement in the condition of the crop.
The aggregate of the crop for 1878 is
larger than that of 1877, some thirty mil
lion bushels.
Tho oat crop exceeds that of last year,
constituting it the largest crop ever rais
ed iu the country. The Southern ccait
States, from North Carolina to Texas,
uniformly increase their product, but the
Southern inland States, aa a whole, fell
Off.
The bay crop is twenty per cent, great
er than last yea'.
The sorghum crop is receiving in
creased attention on the Atlantic and
Golf coasts. There ie]a considerable in
crease in tbe tobacoo orop, whiob bas
been seonred under tbe exceptionally ans
picious conditions of the weather—the
bright open daya of September favoring
the growing, while the nnusnal delay of
the severe frost enabled the plant to ma'
tare thoroughly before the knife wa3 ap
plied. Of the large producing States.
Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut and
Massachusetts report the produces com
pared with last year as follows : Ken
tucky 60, Virginia 73, Missouri 56, Ten*
nessae 33, Ohio 90, Maryland 54, Iudi
ana 83, North Carolina 89, Penneylva a
r.G.floaceciiout 86. Maseaohnsetts 95.
EpITOElAL COBBESFOSDESCE,
1 - _ Washington, January 9, 1879.
THE LAST OP EARTH
3 or Julian Hartbidge, one of Gaor-
, i
giHfi brightest jewels oame yesterday
morning at half past six o’clock. In tbe fall
median of his mental and physical pow*
oip,! with a golden past behind him, and
a future fuller tven of fame, his sun has
set while it was yet noon. Aa I write,
tha lest official honors are being paid his
memory by n Congress whiob holds few
iotillects superior to his, and fewer atiil
to whom'his hewn given the gifts and gra'
ces of a ohmic yet blowing and impreS'
sivi ota'.-iry. Both as member of the
Hasise and of the committee on tL« j
dici^ry. he had rasdo an exceptionally
airocg.and honorable impress -o’ 011 “*■
associates and unnn legislation, and his
dystb b<u Ltiuu received with universal
aaJ strongly expressed regret. I hear it
on all sides, and 1 know it is genuine.
Xfc? following from tbe Post of this date,
upxts the tffiiial and personal sentiment
of political friends and foes:
2TB. JULIAN HABTSIDGE.
‘‘In full possession of nis faculties, and
almost without warning, Mr. Julian Har-
tridge, for four years a representative ip
Copgrou ftom tue savannah district of
•creorgia, was yesterday morning stricken
down by death. Not to a half
dozen of his associates had the
information come that he wa9 ill,
and it may therefore be faintly
imagined how painful was the shook mads
by the aononnaement teat he was dead.
It would be difficult to numi a member
<nor» generally esteemed and beloved
than Ur. Hartridge. His firmness as a
party man wa3 unaccompanied by ran
cor. while his fervor and skill as an ora-
toi,h;s learning as a lawyer, bis courtesy
and address as a debater, won for him the
admiration end respect of both political
friend and opponent. Few men can boast
of a more successful past, or had reason
to hope for a brighter future. Had be
chosen to remain in political life, tbe
highest honors awaited him. Tnese,
howgyer, he voluntarily resigned, intend
ing to davote himss'f wholly to bis pro
fession—tne law. The loss of such a
man is a public calamity. Ha was the
very soul of honor, as gentle and modest
ss a child, as courageous as Richard o'
the Lion Heart, steadfast to his convic
tions and true as steel to his friend?.
Such men are as one in tea thousand.”
UNUSUAL HONORS
were paid tbe memiry of tbo dead mac.
Many distinguished men ha*o died here,
hat none have received more honors or
evoked more signs of einoare and nuiver
8-1 sorrow than Mr. Hartridga. The gal
leries of iho House, notwitstanding the
heavy rain that fell, were filled, and his
desk and ohair were draped in mourning
and a superb bouquet of calls lilies aud
j-iponicas reatedoa tbe latter. Mr. Hayes
aDd fivj of his oibinet, the Senate and the
Supreme Coart, beaded by the Cbief Jus
tice, were pretent. At half-past three
o’clock tho body, enoloaed in a magnifi
cent casket literally covered with flowers,
was brought into the Hall, tbe pall-bear-
era being Me3Brs. Knott ('Ey.), Frye
(Me.), Wood (N. Y.), luoker (Va.),
Clark (Mo.), Blount (Ga.), Culbsraon
(Tex.), Heudee (Vr.), Haish (Pa.) and
Calkins (led.) #
The casket was placed immediately in
front of the clerk’s desk, and the top was
removed so th:t the face of the dead Rep
resentative was exposed to view. Then
entered tne committee cf arrangements
—Senators Gordon, Beck and Booth, aud
Ripresentatives Oioir, O.bul, Davidson,
Stone of Iowa, Hanna, Mitchell, and
Cox, of New York.
As soon as the audience was seated,
Rev. Dr. Harrison, chaplain of the House,
advanced to the clerk’s desk and began
the ceremonies by reading the ninetieth
psalm acd other appropriate selections
from the Scripture. This was followed
by a prayer, eloquent, fervid and cmi
neatly fitted lo the occasion. The ser
mon was brief, bat very impressive.
R3T. Dr. Sunderland, chaplain of the
Senate, offered a prayer, and Dr. Harri
son closed the religious exercises by pro
nouncing a benediction.
An opportunity was then offered to
taka a list look at tho dead, and nearly
all present availed themselves of it. The
casket was then closed, and removed to
the hearse at ten minutes past four, and
it was driven immediately to the depot,
accompanied by about two-thirds of the
members of the two houses, and at 5.30
p. m. the remains were earned South in
charge of the joint committee.
Mr. Hartrigde was the fifth member of
tbe House over whose remains funeral
ceremonies were held in tho ball of Rep
resentatives. Ia 1842 Alcee Le Branob,
of Louisiana, died while the House was
in session, and his corpse was carried to
the House. He was a Oatholie, and the
ceremonies were conducted by a priest,
assisted by tbe cbspliin. Ia 1856 Hon.
Puillip Johnson, of Penasylvania, died,
and both Houses essemblsd iu the hall of
tho House to do him honor. Daring the
session of tbe forty-third Congress, Rep
resentatives Hellish, of New York, and
Hooper, of MasaaobusettP, both died and
were buried with ceremonies like those of
yesterday.
During the ceremonies Mr. Hayes sat
almost. motionless. I don’t thick he
stirred a muscle the entire time. I no
ticed, however, that Mr. Evarts was what
you might call fidgety, and that Attorney
General Devens, who ia a bachelor, stared
often and long into the galleries. Mr.
Hartridge leaves a widow and six chil
dren—four boys aud two girls—and, I
understand, had an insurance of $20,000
upon his life. He is tbe sixth member of
the present House who has died eicce its
official life commenced on the 4th of
March, 1877, and the third since the
commencement of tbe holiday recess on
December 20th. A mortality unprece
dented m our history. Mr. Schleicher,
of Texas, is not expected to live and was
reported dead yesterday.
Another official plum of hnge propor
tions seems likely to fall to come lucky
man very scon. Judge Hunt, of the Su
premo Court, baa been fighting for hia
life Binco last Friday, having on that day
been stricken with paralysis. Ha may
recover, but thero is no possibility that
he will ever resume his duties cn the
bench; and should ho live, wilt bo pen
sioned, although he bas served only six
of tho ten years nscesaary under the i.iw
to entitle him to a pension. He l.v s ip
Utica, New York, where also rsrida both
the Senators from that Bta*e« Such a
plum as this will bring to the front a
clamorous crowd for Mr. Hayes to chooBe
from, but 1 have an idea that tho present
Attorney Goneral will draw the prize.
What a match ha will then bo for some
fair one with au ambition that
soars above Senotors and Repre
sentatives and the ordinary run
“big” men. Ifancy, however, the great
Conkling may attempt to make himself
ngly about this matter. He doubtless
will claim the succession for his State,
andas he is diligently training himself to
give Mr. Hayes a black eye in the matter
of tho New York custom house appoint
ments, may make at last “the greatest
effort of hi3 life.” He was present at
the faneral yesterday, coming in after
everybody was seated, bo as to be stared
at, and paying (for him) unusual atten
tion. But think of this elegant crea-
ture’a biting off a “chaw” of tobacoo jnst
like a common mortal, and proceeding to
maatioate and epib in the mo3t plebeian
manner. If I had not Been this I should
cot have believed it,' and, as it ie, have
not yet recovered from the shock.
•iHE WEATHER
is endurable onos more, but atili colder
that some people enjoy. A hard rain
ali yesterday has disposed of the snow
and ico on the streets, and Iho river
promises to bo unlocked before a great
while, so that we may have plenty of
oysters once more. Bat the doctrine of
compensation comes in right here, and
gives us plenty of partridges which I eee
offered for selo at almost every corner.
This cold snap ba3 been meat and drink
tobacoo and clothes to neighboring Nim>
"‘R.rrX* t0 bevo had great
lack. Best of au it has r»- -
finish of “Brorzi John” for a year or
two, wbioh reflection, of itself, ought al
most (o compensate for all other ills that
have foilowed’in its train. A. W. B.
To Mothers—Should the baby bo suff
ering with any of the disorders cf baby
hoed use Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup at once
for tbo trouble. Price 25 cents.
THE! GEORGIA PKESS.
A New Georgia Crop.—W« learn
from the Griffin News that Colonil E. W.
Beck haabeen going extensively into the
ice business during the recent ccld spell.
Our contempoiary has this to say ot it:
The excessive severity of the winter
has suggested to many Southern families
the feasibility of cutting and putting
away a sufficient quantity of ice for earn-
mer uas. The experiment costs but little,
aud we see no reason to doubt its success.
We shall record tho result of Colonel
Beck’s experiment when tho snmmer
comes. Colonel E W. Beck, during the
cold spell iust cast, concluded to build
an ice house and store away a sufficient
quantity for tbe use of his family. The
house waa built at a small cost, acd he
cut from his fish pond near the city, and
put away in his ioe house, over ten thou
sand pounds of ice. Too ice may not bo
so fine in quality, nor, possibly, will it
beep so easiiy as lake ice, but it will bo
good enough for U3e, and we think will
readily keep Wo may return to this
item again'about first of ntxt August.
How Universal Sutfragb Works—
Election Troubles in Early County.—
Tho News says:
As intimated last week, we have no
fault lo find with the geneial result of
this election, bnt we don’t hesitate io en
ter, in the name of the better cla^s of our
population, an indignant protest against
tho indecent, immoral, not to say dtshon-
means, now so common among can
didates to secure their election. A3 a
rule, bat little attention is paid to the
wishes or preferences of the whites, but
any and every moans—no difference how
obnoxious they may be to the instincts
of a gentleman—are readily resorted to
to win tho votes of tho colored people.
One candidate went so far as to ttll the
negroes that if thay would give him their
influence he would try to get Whitely
back again. This teas a sop to Ceibsrus,
indeed, and shows to wbat lengths the
greed for offiea will carry a man. What
is the remedy ? It would puzzle a Phila
delphia lawyer to determine.
Drowsed.—Rime Courier: A oolored
au, named Sim Lane, late Thursday
evening rodi a horse down to theOista-
n»uU to water. He rode in at the Fist
Rock, where the oity has be n blasting,
and his horse stumbled and ptlohed him
off into the river. Line was rapidly
borne down stream by the strong current,
but directed his course for the drift at one
of the bridge piers, and was nearly in
reaoh ot it when be was drawn under by
tbe suotion and drowned. Ho has borne
good oharactsr in the oity, and we re
gret hia sadden death.
IntebestingReligious Services—The
Press.—Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
The daily services of tho week of prayer,
at the Hail of the Young Men’s Christian
Association, were well attended yesterday
morning. The special topic of the day
was, “Tho Press—for a blessing on pub
lishers, editors and authors ; the cause of
tomperanco and other reforms.” Discus
sion* of the topic was began by Rev. Dr.
Irvine, pastor ot the First Presbyterian
Church. His discourse was eloquent and
instructive, aud was listened to with deep
attention by all present. Deploring tho
fact that a portion ot the press in both
Europe and America had persistently as
sailed divine revelaration as embraced in
tho Bible, the speaker gave thanks to
God that there were papers in existence
which did noble service in the cause of
truth against the doctrines of material
ism a3 advanced by somo of the scien
tists.
Mr. Elliot, the Superintendent, stated
that the press of Augusta had always
aided the cause of religion.
The seoond part of the topic, “The
cause of temperance and other reforms,”
wa3 discussed by Dr. Irvine in a very
forcible manner. He advised everybody
to abstain from the use of intoxicating
liquors, and declared that he, for one,
was determined that a drink of liquor, a3
a beverage, shoal 1 never enter bis mouth.
Temperance was a virtue to bo exercised
in all things. He was glad that the op
portunity had been given him of speak
ing upon this important subject. At tbo
conclusion of Dr. Irvine’s remarks a pray
er in bohalf ot tbe cause of temperance
was offered np by Rev. JesBe Boring,
pastor of tho St. John’s M. E. Church.
The service closed with a feeling prayer
by Bev. C. H. Strickland, pastor of the
Curtis Baptist Church.
Hale Price wan a Wirx.—Chronicle
and Constitutionalist:
Yesterday morning an able bodied ne
gro called at the Ordinary’s office, on
matrimony intent, and made, in cool
earnest, a proposition that almost took
that fnnotiohary’a breath away. He said
he bad made up his mind to get married
and had twodasky charmers in view, bnt
dtdu’tknow cxiotly which would snithim
best. He; proposed to obviate this diffi
culty by marrying both—wedding one first
and if he became dissatisfied with the
partnership to dissolve it and marry the
other. Beth women, he said, knew of
this arrangement and were perfectly sat
isfied with it. Hs wanted tbe Ordinary,
therefore, to give him two lioeesra for
- half prioe, so as to be prepared in case
the first wife did not suit him. Judge
Bothwell informed him that it was against
the law to issue two licenses to one man.
The colored citizen walked of with his li-
omse and thinks law is a poor thing.
His Hxad is Level—An exchange
says: There is one thing certain,
and that is that an editor can
not get np a paper that will suit ev
erybody; no use trying, for it can’t be
did. The plan is, do the best yon caD,
never use language that would lower the
moral standard of the most refined, aud
elevate as far as possible your readers,
A paper conducted on such principles
must in the end win.
Dipthkria, says the Madisonian, still
lingers among ns. It has been very ma
lignant this season, and wa hope that it
hsB spent its fnry, and that subsequent
oases wilt prove milder and more easily
managed.
The Madisonan was formerly known cs
the Madison Home Journal, and has sim
ply changed its name.
Dead.—Mrs. Jalia Franklin, wife of
Mr. J. D. Franklin, and daughter of tho
late John Kirkpatriok, E;q., died At Ath
ena on Wednesday last.
A Cane Presentation —Athens CAron
icle: Wo learn that tho freshman class
presented Professor D. 0. Barrow with a
gold headed cane recently. The fresh
can appreciate ability, kindness and de
votion to doty.
The Biggest Yet.—Dr. John W.
Wright, says the Greensboro Herald, near
Plains, killed a hog several weeks
since that neftea mm wr* .— ,
cd Dr. Moore’s big hog by 29 lbs. A. B,
Tsppan has a calf, seven weeks old that
weighs 187 Ibp.
Hard to beat in Kentucky or any where
else.
The Hill and Murphy Trouble.—
Savannah News: There seems to be great
eonoern in Washington in regard to po
litical affairs in Georgia. We soarcely
open a Northern or Western exahanen
that Cana rot contain an “interview” or a
Washington letter in whioh allusion is
made to the Hili-Murpby embroglio, with
fearfal forebodings of direfnl oonsequen-
oes to the Dcmocratio paity in Georgia.
These fears are doubtless inspired by
purely disinterested parties, but we can
not share their apprehensions. The con
troversy abont the fee in the Northeast
ern Railroad bond case has nothing to do
with Georgia politics, and there is no
reason why it should be permitted to dis
turb tbe harmony of the Democratic
parly. Neither Hill nor Murphy are the
soit of men to get up another “waxof the
roses.” The Democracy has no part in
their quarrel, and if they were to make a
Kilkenny eat figh tof it, Democratic prin
ciples and the Democratic party would
still survive in Georgia.
The irate Senator has renewed his on
slaught a lain upon the Governor and
Murphy ia an address to the people
which occupies four columns cf the Con
stitution. Ic is very bitter, arrogant and
vindictive. Mr. Hill’s words would pro
bably carry more weight if that $8,000
fee be failed to get was not mixed up in
the tran action. We deplore the whole
affair, which is a rich nut for onr Radical
enemies to crack when considered in any
ht. We have an abounding confidence
in the Governor, bnt propose to let the
people’s representatives decide whether
their special committee have noted right
in their report or not.
Florida Travel.—The News gays:
The travel by the Atlantic aud Gu f Rail
road indicates that onr Northern friends
are flocking to the flowery land in num-
hara TU. I»:> d-y “^arnOOD, for
Jacksonville, carried & full sleeper and
several crowded passenger coaches. The
indefatigable passenger agent, Mr. J. H.
Griffin, is evidently wide awake, and few
Florida bound passengers can resist his
elrqueut presentations of tho advantages
and pleasures of “riding on the rails” of
au excellently matajjed road like tho At-
lrntic acd Gulf.
From tbe same paper we barn that
Modjeska will not charge three dollars
for reserved seats, but only one dollar
and a half, and all the flurry about it was
nothing more than au advertising dedge,
to keep tbo Countes3 before the country
without paying the usual rates.
The Udy will be apt to play to empty
benohes when the fact becomes generally
known.
Flobida Fruit for the North —The
steamer St. John’s, whioh arrived from
Florida last night, brought, among
other freight, 2,500 packages of fruit,
consigned to firms in Philadelphia, Bal
timore and New York. The St. John’s
Btsamed up alongside of the New York
steamer, and the Northern bound freight
was expeditioualy transferred at a saving
of time, labor and expense.
Needle Extracted From a Child’s
Neck.—The Columbus Times sije: Dr.
Leitner last week performed a very skill
ful operation on the child of a man named
Babbit, living in tbe upper part of the
city, the cauee of which was a little
strange. The child, which ia about 18
mouths old, had been fretful for some
time and was evidently in pain, but the
parents could not till from what, though
from its .actions they located it in the
neck. The dootor being called in found
on examination that there was something
imbeded in tho fleshy part of the neck,
which he at once proceeded to expose, and
took out a large needle, very iusty. It
bad suppurated, but left no trace as to
w bero it entered. The child is doing well
and the proud father now wears the
needle in the lappel of bis cost, bat when
and how it came in the child's neck is
still a mystery. -
Labor in Southwest Georgia.—The
Camilla correspondent of the Albany Ad
vertiser s«ys: Laborers are makizg a fee
ble start to woik. Wages range from six
to eigut dollars* per month. Farmers,
(generally, give some poition of the orop.
What tbe farmer wants is the time of tbe
laborer. Laborers should be like sol
diers, ready to follow orders. The man
ner of canvassing for election to effioe,
now in vogue, is disastrous to a proper
oontrol ot our labor.
The Commeeob of Darien.—Gazette:
There have been five departures of ves
sels sinoe onr last Issue, and five arrivals.
There are now in port 18 vessels loading.
There were 8,149,564 feet of timber
sent to St. Simons and Bcunswiok from
Darien last year. Tnere was about 8,*
000,000 feet that passed through to St.
Simons’ mills. . •
Albany in Exstaoies. — Advertiser,
Yesterday was a gala day, owing to the
arrival of a steamboat, the first up the
river in many years. Nearly a thousand
persona were at the river to meet the
Mary Elizabeth. A number of children
from town and country feaBted their eyes
upon the first steamboat that they had
e ver seen.
From the Jail to tub Altar.—Ad
vertiser : One day this week a colored
minister oi the city presented a manisge
license to hu Honor, Mayor Wilder, to
see l( it was “all tight.” The date of lbs
paper showed th&t it was issued In tbe
year 1875. An explanation followed
which showed that the prospeoti>e grcom
had served a term of threo years in the ’
penitentiary, which accounted for tbe
date of the license. Hte “true leva” had '
not forsaken him, however, and all was
well in the end.
ADVANCED PHYSICIANS.
Many of the more advancedphysicianp,
having found Dr. Pierce’s Family Medi
cines prompt and sure, prescribe them
regularly in their practice.
Twinville, Tenn , May 28,2877.
Dr. E. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.s
Dear Sir—For a long time I suffered
with catarrh. I finally called in Dr.
Zicbariy of this place. He furnished me
with your nasal Douche, Sage’s Catarrh
Remedy, and your Golden Medical Dis
covery. These remedies speedily effected
an entire care. Yours truly,
jin 14 d.swlt John S. Chamber?.
Economy in the Laundry.—Ia theso '
days, when eoonomy in the household is
so essential, it is encouraging to know
that Colgate & Co., of N*w York, have
invented a new soap, whioh insures to
housekeepers sn immense saving over the
old style bar or ooko soaps heretofore
used. By catting an oval shaped oake In
two and using it down toward the small*
er end, it is found the piece of soap can
bo worn away to a small lump whfoh still
retains thickness enough to handle, and
can, by the aid of a fork, be used entire
ly np. Every one knows that a bar or
eqaare cake of soap washes away to a
great fiit piece, wbioh either crumbles in
two or is too thin to handle, and is there
fore wasted. It is claimed that Colgate
&Po’e- “new” (oval-sbape) soap effects a
fcousekeeDe*rs:" n -A w< y?iy;. flT0 P e * cent, to
enffioirt” "---tie is -
A Brooklyn man deposited $300 with i- U
Alex. Frothingham & Co., brokers, 12
Wall Street, New York, as margin on
100 shares, St. Paul R. B. Stock. The
stock waa disposed of six weeks after
wards, realizing $2,400 profit. Their
Weekly Financial Report is sent free. ; •
—Commander D. C. Kells, United States -
navy, is to be court martialed at New Orleans
for calling Senator Kellogg a liar aad esylsg
other ngly things about him
—The King of Sweden h»3 stopped a Inn
on a 8 cckho m bank, and pat hips averted a
serious panic, by opening a hosvy privato
account with tho institution whose solvency
was called in qnoation.
—A Scotch baronet, Sir Hew Pollok has
been sned by his housemtid for breach cf
promise. Damsges were laid at $5,000, but
the case was ultimately compromised for
S8lu and expenses.
—‘What ia meant by conecienc. ?’ asked an
English schoolmaster of his class. ‘A hin-
wird monitor.’ ‘And what do yon understand
byrnonio:?’ ‘A bironclad/ replied the in
telligent yenth.
—St_ Lotus has .'seven hundred lawyers,
and this year tbe law taxes them £33 per
head, thns utilizing a class hitherto consider
ed utterly unprofitable to tbe Stances cf tho
city and its dwellers-
—It is said to be tbo intention of the Dem
ocrat’c m mbsrs cf tho Wisconsin Legisla
ture to give thsir vote f jr United States
Senator to the Hon. Alexander Mitchell, of
Milwaukee, a hard-money mm.
—The pate de f .ie gras business is estima
ted to give employment at Strsebarg to soms
253 persons, and there aie23 firms in the
trade whose annnalsales net §330,COO. Small
quantities or antimony aro siid to bs mixed
with the food to swell the liver.
—A long_ session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature is expected. Members aro paid
by the diy np to 153 d&yp, and as, with a few
eictp ions, they could not make as much
money at home sb in the Legislature, they
are likely to make the srsseton last as long
as compensation is guarantied.
—The son of King Thecdorus. of Abresinia,
who wss taken to England after the fall of
Magdsla ia being edneated for ths army.
Ho ia a slender youth cf dusky Luc, haughty
as becomes a descendant of the Qaeen cf
bhebi, and shrewd as becomes a prince
cradled in adversity.
Amrvtitinn rf
Wew Orleans for 1878 has been compteted-
It shows the receipts from all sources to
have been $383,449; the disbursements were
$383,185, ol which $287,853 wss expended in
New Orleans, and the balanoe for the relief
of otheryellow fever infected plscss. There
ware21,244 patients relieved, 16,112 of whom
were white and 5,182 oolored.
—Many years ago Punch depicted a lady
who is eaying to the toyman, Twant coao
sort of toy with which my little boy cm play
on Sunday’ ‘Well mum,’ siys tho man, ‘if
I might suggest, it would be a ‘hark.’ Noah,.
yon see, b?ing mentioned in ’olywrit.’ Late-
y tho ‘hark’ comes up again in the same
paper. ‘My little boy wist ee for a Noah’s
ark. Have you ore?’ ‘No, mum; we’ve
!*van up keeping them eince tho school
ooards como in; yon eee, they waa too de
nominational.’
Marshal Frizeixoxs all Bight.—Marshal
Fiizsimous, says a Washington letter to the
Savannah News, is here to settle some ac
counts cf his effioe and see about his repor
ted removal. Ths attorney-general told tho
News correspondent to-night tint there waa
not a scintilla against Mr. Fitzsimons, and
there was no probability of his bting remov
ed. On the contrary, he was the best officer
in ths aeivice. This will disappoint a largo
number who have already applied for the
dace. Among tho later applicants, was V.
F. Lawehe, of Gainesville.
BEiRESisiATiva Echlkicheb—The late
Bspresentative Schleicher, of Texas, waa
bom at Darmstadt, Germany, November 19,
1813, was educated at ths Univereitv of
GressoD, in the Grand Duchy cf Hesse-
Darmstadt, was engaged aa a civil (engineer
in the oonstracticn of several Eurooean
railroads, emigrated to Texas in 1847, and
after passing some, fame on tbe frontiers
Jccitedat Sau Antonto in 1850; was a mem
ber of the 8tate Honeo of BeproeentativeB in
1853 4, and of the Btate Senate m 1859-61,
waa elected to the Forty-fonrth and Forty-
fifth Congresses, and re-elected to the Forty-
sixth as a Democrat. He leaves a w f e and
several children.
A flexible Stone.
The Bicbmocd. Kentucky, Register
says a enrious and exceedingly interest
ing specimen of natural rock has recently
been received by tbe authorities of Cen
tral University for the college museum.
It is about two feet long, two inches wide
and an inch thick, having tho appearance
of dense mica sandstone. To the touch
it appears brittle; a knife is easily blunted
in attempting to abrade it. Indeed it
answere the purpose of a ebarpening-
hope admirably, and tbe dull edge ol a
worn knife or edged tool speedily disap
pears when treated hy it. In weight it
is about the same as a dense sandstone.
The carious property, however, is yet
untold. It is nearly as flexible as India-
rubber. The specimen may be bent in any
direction, or even stretched, but will sot*
break without the application of a pow
erful force. The ecientlfie name of the
stone ia “Itanolumite.” It is found in the
Ural Mountains, and in Georgia and the
Carolines, U. S. There Is no doubt
among geologists that it ia formed is
common with other etutlified rocks bv
eedimeuta or other ocean deposits of past
ages m the world’s history. It owes its
flexibility to an innumerable number cf
minute joints formed in a chain-like man
ner daric" iu formation. Ths presence
of the atone is indicative of gold and d a*
naond localities, at least geologists be
lieve this to be a fact. The epecimea in
question came fretn South Carolina, and
is one of tbe finest is ibe cabinet.
Tunis’Afol‘.G!Zes.—Tbs Bey of Tunis
made a silisfictory a;ology to offended
France last Friday.