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The Telegraph and Messenger
MACOX, GA. JANUARY12, TS79
thb geokgia pukss.
Phonographic Pictures.—The At
lanta Phonograph is certainly a epaik-
ling sheet, brim fall of smart Baying*,
epigrammatic incidents and lively read
ing. It is a little too sharp, however,
upon “Our Ben;" but thenlhc Senator
has brought down this hornet's neat upon
bis head by his own act. Wo quote two
or three specimens:
Confound this weather, anyhow. Just
as wo get used to the cold it turns warm
and rams, and by the time we get oar
umbrella hoisted, it clears off, and the
wind blows like old Boreas was on a
diuDk, and had pulled the old machino
wide open.
Colonel West Murphy is about the
best advertised man in the State, unless
it is Ben Hill, but ha is as smiling as a
daisy and not a wave of trouble rolls over
his peaceful brow.
••The Independents will sweep the
State, and they ought to do it,” says Mr.
Hill. And one of whom, Senator, you
will be whtob, of course. Bosh ! Bal
derdash 1 Learn once for all, Senator
Hill, that the Democratic patty and
Georgia politics are not oarried in your
pantu-pccke!. Before you give it away
to the Independents, it might bo well for
you to show your own title.
Treasurer Benfroe has been absent
in New York dating the past week, su
perintending the engraving of the Gar
rard bonds.
Several wagon loads of ico were sold
;n the city last week byoonulry people,
who cut it out of ponds near tbo town.
Atlanta alwai s keeps pace with the times.
Griffin Son and Warrenton Clip.
t>eb—Ben Kill and the Griffin Sint are
the next two rising independents. They
are going to swell like “the toad” till
they Ull (?) the State.—Warrcnton Clipper.
And when the State is filled by emana
tions from Ben Hill and the Griffin Sun,
the people will be in a better humor to
rejoice than they are at present, for they
will then know that the morning of po
litical freedom and anti-rmg cussedness
is abont to dawn.—Gridin Sun.
A Habbowino Spectacle.—Susitbe
Republican:
A young white girl was found beastly
intoxicated on the streets on Friday morn-
jjjg, lying on tbo cold ground, with the
freezing winds driving furiously upon
her. She made several attempts to reach
her home, but as she could not walk un
der her load, she os often went to the
ground in eearoh of rest. Foliceman
Wheeler seeing her condition, carried
her to the guard-house.
The Governor, by proclamation, has
ordered an election in the counties of the
L’,ro6 CumrresBtonai district to nil tne
vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon.
Julian Hartridge.
The Broad Axe saye, E.itonton has
shipped 10,577 bales of cotton this season.
Two thousand more than last year.
Putnam is a grand old county.
The Savannah News on He. Hill’s
Last “Open Letter.”—We have reosiv
ed a copy of Hon. B. H. Hill's sixteen-
page pamDblct addressed “To the Peo
ple of Georgia,” which ho hai had print
ed in Washington, aid which, according
to oar Washington correspondent, ho is,
through the assistance of Badieal mem
bers of Congress, having extensively cir
culated throughout the oauntry. The
pamphlet is liitlo mote than a rehash of
Mr. Hill's various “interviews” and state
ments in regard to his controversy with
Mr. Murphy about a certain fee which
the latter received in the Northeastern
bond case, thereby depriving Mr.
Hill of o prospective foo of perhaps
a much larger amount. Mr. Hill dis
closes no new facte, makes no new points
in his quarrel with Mr. Murphy,but with
the ingenuity of a special pleader, and
with the covert vindictiveness or ’aselfish
man and a jealous, self -seeking politician,
assails Governor Colquitt by implication
and innuendo, and endeavors to magnity
the issue between himself and Mr. Mur
phy, bis successful nva>, into a most mo
mentous matter, involving the integrity
of the Governor, the fate of the Demo
cratic party, and the future well-being of
the commonwealth. But the people un
derstand all this, and as we do not con
ceive that they would be greatly edified
by Mr. Hill's sixteen-page manifesto, we
feel under no obligation to occupy our
columns with it to the exclusion of more
important and entertaining matter.
The Death or a Noble Gentleman
and Christian.—The Griffin Sun says:
We accidentally omitted a fiotice of the
death of Rev S. S. Gaillard in onr last
issue. This belojed Presbyterian divine
was well known as a gentleman of good
ness and culture Ho died at his resi
dence near tnb city of consumption,on the
2d instant, and his remains were interred
in the city cem-tery.
What ..Maxes a Man Freeze.—The
Monroe Advertiser says: It is a remark
able fact, but it is true. Of the half
dozen or more instances of freezing to
death recorded in Georgia during tbe
late cold spell, every ono was caused by
the two free indulgence in intoxicating
liquors.
Thebe is mnoh sickness prevailing all
over tbe State from colde, ofttimes run
ning into pleurisy and pneumonia. The
News and Farmer of Louisville, Georgis,
says:
Mr. Brazil and Mr. Thompson, beyond
Boeky Comfort from Louisville, are both
very low. A number of persons in this
place andet Bartow are threatened with
pneumonia. Tbe weather has been very
cold and capricious. Persons oannot be
too careful of their health. We are glad
that our esteemed fellow-citizen, W. S.
AUxinder, is convalescent after a very
evere spell of sickness.
Poetical Statement or a Disagree
able Fact.—The Dreadaxe arid Itemiser
says:
Donng this cold weather wood, like
the “taieless fabric of a dream,” pasees
away.
A Wold from Baltimore.—A lovely
Baltimore girl now visiting relatives in
Georgia writes, that there has been skat
ing in Atlanta for the first time in a
quarter of a century. Never before
within the recollection of anyone has ice
been cut and packed there, and quite a
quantity has been thus secured.
Augusta Evening Netc*: Wo regret to
announce teat Mrs. Jesse Boring was
taken very ill last evening and is still
suffering very muob, although somewhat
improved. She was afflicted with paraly
sis. Her illness was the cause of there
being no services in St. John's Church
ast evening.
Pasties are speaking of cutting white
oak timber near Montezuma for ship
timber.
The Montezuma Weekly will publish
Ben Hill’s letter to the people.
The Quitman Free Press thanks the
colored voters of Brooks county for stand
ing up and voting for the candidates of
the Democratic nominees.
Mr. John Godwin, of Brooks county,
:s dead.
It is surprising how little it sometimes
takes to make a man feel pnffed up and
proud. Witness the following. The
proprietors of the Free Press feel like
bloated bondholders over one repentant
moke:
Jtfferssn County, FI*., Dec. 26, 1878.
Mr. A. P. Perliatn & J. W. White, pro
prietors of tbe Free Press: Dear sir I was
a siner before I toke your paper Bot now
lam converted and reddy to bebabtized.
pieasa present thi?. nobody cant refuse
this paper. E. Demm, Colored.
Tuo above communication gpsaks for
itself. Wo are somewhat afraid that ow
ing to the multiclphcity of our bnsiness
engagements, the religions department
cf the Fret Trcsi had been somewhat ne
glected. It seems, however, that at Hast
one soul has been converted through our
instrumentality, and the individual is
now rea ba baptized. How many
of our brethren of the press can show as
good a record?
The Suwannee Observer is the name of
a new paper published at Live Oak,
Florida.
Rome Courier: Borne is having many
fire alarms.
Hineaville Gazette : Just as wa are
going to press wo bear that a murder was
commuted near No. 4, A. & G. B. B.
Two negroes get into a dispute over a
frying pan, and one killed the other.
Mb. Adam Jones, of Ballooh county,
is dead.
The matrimonial fever is still raging
in Liberty connty.
Griffin News: It is said Alexander
Stephens has taken only 879 different
kinds of medicine. Yes, and yet it is
said they still me bis chromo as an illus'
tration of “before taking.” But he is a
great man for all that.
Spalding count? is out of debt and
has $1,188 in the treasury. The out
standing county debt is only $59.20.
The Lumpkin Independent announces
the death of Dr. Bright Miller, at the age
of 65 years.
Three wagon loads of emigrants passed
through Lumpkin last week.
Lumpkin had snow last week. The
Independent thus drops into a facetious
vein:
Oub devil esme very near having a
clean shirt this week. He fouud one
wbioh a washwoman had dropped npnn
the equate and had it not been for tbe
tears she shed, which melted his heart,
be would have been so materially
changed, so far a a shins ore concerned,
that his moat intimate friends would not
hive known him.
One reason why the offlee for coroner
was such a popular one to run for in the
election recently held was that the im
pression had got abroad that a coiouer
could purchase an India robber negro at
a small com, and that whenever hts funds
ran short all ho had to do was to “plant”
it in the woods, sammona a juiy and “sit
on it.”
Sandebsville Courier: The Sanders-
ville High School has opened under more
fivorable auspices than ever before. The
same paper Eays:
On Wednesday night last some one
pntcred the private residence of M. H.
Boyer and stole about $75 in silver. The
circumstances are about as follows: At a
late hour of night Mr. Pack Boyer and
W. H. Brown, who are clerks in the
Gem, went to their room at Mr. Boyer’s
house carrying, as usual, the box of specie
with them. They placed the box on top
of the safe and retired, leaving the lamp
burning. The next morning when they
awoke they were surprised to find the
lamp extinguished and the money gone.
We do nut know upon wnom suspicion
rests.
Mb. J. K. Hines and Miss Belle Evans
were married lost week.
Mr. Smith Oliyton, cf Atlanta, is an
nounced to lectare in Sandersville on Fri
day night.
Bcme Courier: To-morrow is the day
appointed to begin the investigaiion of
the Lite Sheriff’s eleoiioo. We do mo3t
sinoerely trust that the matter may be ad
Ja* tod without an opening of the ballot
boxsp.
Tramp j trouble tbo belated Columbus
pedestrian.
Newnan Herald: Mr. J. M. Chadwick
discharged both barrels of his gun loaded
with shot into the legs of Mr. Wyatt Sax
on for insulting language used iu tbe
presence o' bis family.
Mb. Jacobus Petty, who was siok
with the measles wont to bed aud to sleep
with a hot brick. When be woke he
thought be was dead, aud tbe amount of
fire was greater than he had expected. No
damage done, simply a foretaste.
Augusta Evening News: Judge Sneed
charges very stroDgly against the purchase
!.nd sale of votes in his charge to the
grand jnry.
Enquirer-Sun: A colored man goiog
to Brownville was attacked Monday night
by two men and cut—not seriously—sev
eral times.
Thebe has been a rise of four or five
feet iu the river since Saturday, showing
very neavy rains or the melting of snow
•ad ice in the upper country.
The post-office at Seal?, Alabama, was
entered on Saturday night and robbed of
a small quantity of stamps and postal
cards, and the mails for that place,
Glennville and JernigaD. There were
two registered letters from Glennville
which the thief failed to get, also the
mail for Glennville. Entrance was ob
tained through a window.
Savannah News: Savannah will soon
have a Louise King Association for tbe
prevention of cruelty to animals.
The shock of an eartbqmke was dis
tinctly ielt in Savannah on Sunday night.
Henry Waterson, of the Louisville Cou
rier-Journal will lecture on* ‘Southern hu
morists” on the 22nd met.
Two negroea knocked a man by the
name of Lanier down and robbed him on
tbe streets in daylight last Monday.
A correspondent of the News, proposes
the name of ColonelW.*T. Thompson, its
veteran editor, for tbe vacanoy caused by
the death of Hon. Jnlian Hartridge.
Savannah Recorder: In a communica
tion in this paper, Colonel 0;me, its edi
tor, is suggested for the vacancy existing
by the death of Mr. Hartridge. Editorial
ly, Colonel Otme says he does not de
sire the position.
Constitution: Mr. J. A. Biohardson
will not contest the election of Clerk of
the Sapreme Const. There will probably
be another shrinkage of value of tho real
property in Atlanta this year, especially
in the suburban property. The estima
ted improvement of the city is $750,000
which it is thought will about balanoe
tbe shrinkage. Mayor Calhoun thinks
they will be atl) to get through with tbe
decreased revenue.
General Tigo Anderson has been elect,
ed Chief of Police by tho Commissioners.
Mr. Andrew Boos has been elected
Chiqf of the Fire Department.
Mrs. Nannie Cozzens is wanted. There
is some money awaiting her in Washing
ton City—about £900. ~
Wanted a Man to “Sit with Sal.’’—
Yesterday afternoon, says the Virginia
City Chronicle, a green-looking couple,
evidently newly married, called at the
photographio gallery of Beall & Water-
house and wanted their pictures taken.
JuBtas Mr. Beals had got his plate ready,
tbe man called him aside and said he
wanted to ask a favor. “I was told in
Carson you took tho best pictures in the
State. Now, you see Sal and I got
hitched down there last Monday; now,
her folks go a good deal on style, ana
they live in the States. They never saw
me, and if I send my mng back East
they’ll be dead agin me, sure. Pm a
darned sight better than I look, and
when people come to know me they call
me a brick. Now. what I want to get is
some good-lookin’ man to sit with Sal
for a picture. Will you stand in ? She’s
willin’. Them big whiskers of yonrs ’111
catch ’em sure and create harmony. You
look like a solid capitalist, and they’d take
me for a petty larceny thief.” Mr. Beals
enjoyed the idea immensely, and sat with
“Sal” for the picture, which will doubt
less cjrry joy into the household of the
Eastern relatives in a week or so.
—It is conceded that General Logon W91
get the Senatorial cououa in Xillncls. Ogles-
fy ie Mid to bo out of tho contest.
Sir. Tannage Vindicates Him
self from Foul Charges.
The great high priest of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, in a sermon delivered on the
12;h inst., decidedly of an autobiographi
cal character, from the text, “To every
man bis work,” (Mark: 13 chap. 34 v.,)
entera into a long personal expose of his
past acts and experiences.
It is lively reading, but not exactly
after what we of the South call pulpit
style.
£a reference to
THE SECULAB FBE33
he said, as a matter of good neighbor
hood and home newB, they have more than
done me justice. If they let me in the
reportorial columns preach the gospel, it
would ba very mean in me to object to
anything they might say in tbe editorial.
I had had the opportunity, through the
religious press in all lands, to preach the
truth, but the religious papers go ohiefly
to church people. I thought what a
privilege it would be to preach to the
larger it altitudes who never go to church,
and.who do not believe in churches. Hy
wish is gratified, and now I have the
pleasure and honor of preaching Christ
every week in all the great cities of
this country through tbe secular papers.
In addition to the pajiers of these two
cities, whom I first of all thank for their
kindness, I wish especially to thank tne
Courier-Journal, of Louisville; the Herald,
of Boston; the Enquirer, of Cincinnati; the
Argus, of Albany; tho Inter-Ocean, of Ghi-
oago; the Press and the Times, of Phila
delphia; the Eagle, of Beading, Pa; the
Daily Bra, of Bradford, Pa.; the Times-
Journal, of St. Louis; the Dispatch and
the Commercial, of Pittsburg; the Advo
cate, of Chicago; tne Christian Guardian,
of Toronto; the Evangel, of San Francisco;
the Christum Herald, of London; the
Christian Age, of London; the Oldham
Chronicle, of Manchester, England; the
Globe of London; Words of Grace, of Mel
bourne, Australia: the Town and Country,
of Melbourne, Australia; tho Liverpool
Protestant, and many others all around
tne world.
How did I get the opportunity to
presoh the Gospel thui widely? It sea
solely through the monstrous lies that
wore told about me, all tho people being
curious to read what such a man would
say. So my enemies have everywhere
openod the way.
But while th3 falsehoods of which I
have spoken may somswhat have stirred
your hnmor, so one fclsehOOd Wbioh
strikes a different key, for it invades the
sanctity of home and must arouse the in
dignation of every fair-minded man, wo
man and child in the land when I tell my
story. It has been stated over and over
again in private and public circles that
about Bixteen or seventeen years ago I
went sailing on the Schuylkill river
with my wite and her sister—my sister-
in-law—that the boat capsized, and that,
having an opportunity cf saving either
my wife or her sister, I let my wife drown
and saved her sister, marrying her in
a;*!? Aiys. I DroDose to nail that infa
mous lie upon the forehead of oT»y oil-
lain, man or woman, who shall utter it
aga<n, and to invoke tho law to help me.
One beautiful morning my own sister, by
blood relation, Sarah Talmage Whit-
snack and her daughter Mary being on a
visit to us in Philadelphia, I proposed
that we should go to Fairmoant Park.
With my wife and my only daughter,
she being a little child, and my sister Si
rah and her daughter, I started for Fair'
mount. Having just come to Philadel
phia, I was ignorant of the topography
of the suburbs. Passing along by the
river Schuylkill I taw a boat and pro
ceeded to take a row.
HOW MB. TALMAGE LOST HIS WIPS.
I hired the boar. We got iu tbe boet,
aad not knowing anything of the dam
aoross the river, and unwarned by tho
keeper of the boat of any danger, I pnil
ed straight for the brink, suspecting
nothing until we saw some one wildly
waving on tbe shore as though there were
danger. I looked baok, and, lo 1 we w« ra
already in the current of tbe dam. Witn
a terror that you oanuot imagine I tried
to back the boat, but in vaiD. We weni
over. The toit capsized. My wife im
mediately disappeared end was drawn
ander tbe dam, from which she was not
brought cat until a week after. I, not
able to Bwica a stroke, bung to the bot
tom of the boat, my niece banging on to
me, my sister Sarah clinging to the
other side of tho boat. A boat fiom
shore resened us. After an hour of
effort to resuscitate my obild, who
was nine-tenths dead, and rolling her
over a barrel, as watermen are accustomed
to do when trying to resuscitate the
drowned, she began to breathe. A car
riage came up, and, leaving my wife id
the bottom of the Schuylkill river, and
with my little girl semi-unconscious and
in a dying state, the blood rushing from
nostril and lip, as she lay wrapped in a
shawl on my lap, and my sister Sarah
and her child, we rodo to our desolate
home, Since the world was created a
more ghastly and agonizing calamity
never happened, and that is the scene by
which ministers of the gospel and men
and women pretending to be decent at
tempt to iDjure my influence, and con
cerning which they have been merry. My
present wife was not within a hundred
miles of the spot. So far from being a
sister-in-law, the two were entire stran
gers, They never heard of each other,
and not until nine months after that ca
lamity on the Schuylkill did I evor know
of tbe existence of my present wife. Nine
months after that disaster she was in
troduced to me by my brother, her
pastor, Bev. Goya Talmage, now
of Paramus, New Jersey. My
first wife’s name was Mary B. Avery, a
member of the Beformed church on Har
rison street, South Brooklyn. Bev. Dr.
Ingersoll, now pastor, and hundreds of
people in that church and neighborhood
remember her as one of the most beauti
ful aud glorious souls that God ever crea
ted. My present wife, whose name was
Susie Whiitemore, was a member of the
Beformed church of Greenpoint, Brook
lyo, where there are many hundreds of
people who could tell the story. With
hundreds of people on the banks of tho
Sohuylkill to witness onr terrible landing
that day of calamity, and hundreds of
people within a half hour’s walk of this
place who knew Mary Avery, my first
wife, and hundreds of people in Green-
point who knew my present wife, Susie
Whittemore, what do you think, hus
bands and wifes, fathers and mothers,
editors and reporters, of a lio like that
which has been manufactured eut of
whole cloth. I never have spoken of this
subject before in public and I never shall
again, bnt I give fair notice that, if any
two responsible witnesses will give me
the name of any responsible person after
this, affirming this slander, I will pay
tLe informers one hundred dollars, and
I will put upon tho criminal vagabond,
tho loathsome and accursed wretch, who
utters it, tho full force of tho law.
The Blaine Investigation.—It
stated that when a place on the Blaine
committee was offered the colored Sena
tor Brccs, of Mississippi, ho replied t> at
he really did not see how aDy good could
resolt from tho proposed investigation
Perhaps, he said, there have been some
frauds. It would be strange if there bad
not been.but his people had ju3t mide the
second largest crop of cotton ever grown
in the South, and that circumstance fur
nished ample evidence, to bis mind, that
they were quite as prosperous as the la
boring classes North. This being the
case the colored people ought not to be
stirred up by political excitement, which
could no good, and might do harm, by
arousing anew the feelings of suspicious
fiielike of the whites, which were dying
out with tho prosperity of tbe South.
These sentiments were felt to be full of
the good sense which Senator Brnoo has
always shown in speaking of affairs affect
ing tho South and his people.
Ex Governor Henbt S. Foote denies
thathe was the principal engineer of tho
Tower of Babel, and says ho was hardly
of age when the Leaning Tower of Fisa
was projected. It is asbamoto be chafi
ng Foote abcut his age.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Why U Is Store than Ever Betore
engrossing tbe Attention of
Politicians.
The Chinese question, says the Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
Sun, is engrossing more attention here
this winter than it has ever received at
the hands of public men. The secret of
this is that both political parties are
manceuvering for campaign advantages
in California this fall. If this was likely
to result in some effective legislation, the
people of California would of course not
question the means used to accomplish
tbe desired end.
It is not probable, however, that any
practical relief will be afforded. Tho ex
ecutive action proposed is cot likely to
speedily result in anything. The Chinese
legation here is already upon a decided
vantage ground with our State Depart
ment. They have serious complaints
against our consular and diplomatic offi
cers, and are pressing them upon tbo at
tention of tbe State Department. Thus
far they have received no satisfactory re
plies, and it is not improbable that some
ngly scandals will at no distant day come
to light.
It is true that the Chinese Government
is ready to amend tho Enrlingamc treaty
in regard to intercourse and emigration
with this country, but they will exact
very stringent provisions in regard to
trade relations. Tms is where the stum
bling block with the State Department
will come in. Mr. Evarts, it is well
known, looks to tho extension rather than
the restriction of our commer ;ial rela
tions, and he will Lot hazard his popular
ity with Eastern constituents to remedy
an evil cn the Pacific coast. The true
solution of the Chinese question, in the
judgment of the men who have given
the subject the most thought, is practi
cal and radical legislation. They believe,
as Senator Blaino said, that self-preser
vation is tho highest law, and that tho
Pacific coast people have the right to
demand and secure the instant relief that
the great evil demands. The Republican
leader?, however, are embarrassed by
their attitude on tbo raco question in the
South. There are few of them as bold
as Mr. Blaine.
TE1E lULbUOLQUITT lUTTEU
Sentiments of tbe Press.
Bitteens3S Apparent.—We are sorry
to see n, man of Mr. Hili’s ability and
influence, filling os he does the position
of Senator of Georgia, allow his bitter
ness to become so apparent as he does in
his address. We veiily believe that we
detest fraud in any of the affairs of life
fully as much as Mr. Hill does, although
he claims to be a little purer than any
one elss by saying, “but if it is malicious
to abhor and fight fraud I am, of all
men, the most unforgiving and malevo
lent,” yet, after examining tho whole
affair, we can see no sign, no hint in tho
evidence of Governor Colquitt, being in
tho toast degree morally culpable in the
matter.—Rome Courier.
What is the Objkot.—Eirly county
News : Why does Ben Hill persevere in
speaking of Murphy as a olork in tho Ex
ecutive Department when he, tho said
Murphy, belongs to the Treasury De
partment, and is in no way under the
control of tbe Executive ? He does it for
no other purpose, we believe, than to try
to make tbe odium whioh may possibly
belong to Murphy’s conduct attach to the
Governor. We believe this, despite
Hili’s strong professional friendship fer
Governor Golqmtt.
Pities the Governor.—Darien Ga
zette ; If Ben Hill is really a friend of
Governor Colquitt, we pity the latter
from the very bottom of our hearts.
A Strong Case.—Darien Gazette :
Mr. bill xxxakOS a Hlruui; o-o« of it, huS,
exoept by nis politioal onemies, wid bo
accepted as a true statement of tbe whole
transaction.
Non-Partisan.—Ban “Hiil is continu
ing the fight on Murphy.—Hincsvillc Ga
zette.
Si Euat Coolum.—It is a profound
pleasure, and affords us the greatest pride
to write Governor Colquitt, after having
passed through the furnace, still the un
sullied patriot, the upright Christian and
pure and wise stateman that millions of
swelling hearts and all true Georgians
hava accorded him in the past. Let jus
tice be done though the mountains melt,
the hills sink down and the heavens fajl.
Conyers Examiner.
Forcible Presentation of Facts.—
We devote much apace to the address cf
Hon. B. H. Hill to the people of Georgia,
on the subject of the feo paid for the
procurement of tho endorsement of the
Northeastern Railroad bonds. We ask
for it an attentive perusal, as it is a very
forcible presentation of the facts of the
case, with pointed comments. It is doe
to Mr. Hill, too, because hiB opponents
have sought to divert attention from th»
real issues by attacks upon him.— Colum
bus Times.
A Legitimate Feb.—Hon. B. H. Hill
is out in a long letter in tho Constitution
on the signing of the N. E. Ga. K. B.
bonds by Governor Colquitt. Ho is very
severe on Colquitt, Murphy and all con
cerned in the transaction. In examining
the reasons given by Murphy and his
friends, and which seems, as declared in
the letter, to have been adopted by the
Governor, to show that- the act of Mur
phy was not corrupt, tut was comp- sta
tion legally received.—Newnan Herald.
Damaqsd the State.—Cue entire
course of Mr. Hill has damaged our State.
There should have been no need of the
great publicity given. Tne first circular
he wrote, after sending out, ho admitted
in bis testimony bo suppressed be
cause others told him it would bo re
garded as an attack on the Governor.
This, however, had been read by many
befoie tbe suppression. The Governor
demanded an enquiry, aud bis skirt
were cleared beyond the shadow cf
a doubt. Senator Hill now shifts bis
Tbe Funeral Obsequies of tbo
Late non. Julian Hartridge.
Savannah turned out almost en masse to
do honor to the remains of her distin
guished son, one of Georgia’s most gifted
and patriotic statesmen.
The pageant in honor of Mr. Hartridge
has probably never been excelled in num
bers and solemnity on any similar occa
sion in the State.
One unique feature in the long proces
sion was the appearance of a regiment of
colored trcop3, under tbe command of
Captain Woodhouse, tbe eenior officer.
This was a pleasing sight and we are glad
to chronicle it that our Northern friends
may know that both black and white
may have sympathies in common even
(according to Blaine) in this land of out
rages.
The Neivs contains a very full and
graphio description of the proceedings
from which we extract the following:
ARRIVAL OF THE BEM1XN3 IN THE CITT.
On Saturday morning, the honored re.
meins arrived by the Central Railroad, on
the 7:15 traia, from Washington city, an.
der escort of the following distinguished
gentlemen :
Senator John B. Gordon, of Georgia.
Senator J awes B. Beok, of Eentnoky.
Senator Newton Booth, of California.
Representative Phil Cook, of Georgia.
Representative John Hanna, of Inch*-
ana.
Representative John J. Mitchell, of
Pennsylvania.
Representative George O. Cabell, of
Virginia.
Representative J. C. Stone, of Iowa.
Representative B. H. M. Davidson, of
Florida.
Representative Anthony Eichoff, of
New York oily.
Hon. John G. Thompson, . of Ohio,
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Captain John H. MoCormiok, of Indi
ana, Deputy Sorgeant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives.
Colonel Calvin L. Sayre, of Alabama,
Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms of the House
of Representatives.
The escorting delegation were received
at the^epdt by tbe Mayor and Board of
Aldermen in a body; Hon. B. E. Lester,
Hon. George A. Meroer, Hon. T. M. Nor
wood, Hon. W. W. Paine and J. R. Saus-
sy, Esq., oommittoe of Chatham county
Bar: Liectonant R. F. Harmon, Lieu
tenant George B. Clarke and Corporal
Preston Cunningham, of tbe Chatham
Artillery; Cal. John C. Nioholls, Con
gressman eloo’, and a large concourse of
oitizens.
The casket containing the remains was
then taken charge of by Mr. W. D. Dixon,
the nndertaker, and placed in the hearse
and conveyed to the family residonoe on
Charlton street, accompanied by the es
cortiug and reoeption delegations, where
they remained daring tile morning.
LYING IN STATE.
At 4 p. m. the casket wa3 removed to
the Long Boom of the Exchange, under
an escort of the Chatham artillery and
tho Mayor and Council,'and was placed
ua a natafalque in the centre of tho hall.
The chamber was rcry olaKnrately and
tastefully decorated with the emblems of
mourning; the portraits being enveloped
in sombre black and the frames and walls
bung with festoons of black and white.
A guard of the Chatham Artillery, of
which deceased was first Lieutenant in
the early part of the war, was placed on
dnty, and guird was kept throngbont
the night and until the remains were re
moved to the church. Over the entrance
to the Mayor’s office wa3 suspended an
American flag, which was wreathed with
mourning emblems.
During Saturday evening and yester
day morning numbers of citizens visited
the chamber to take the last look at the
mortal remains of him whose sad demise
has bereft Savannah of one of her noblest
and best citizens.
TTT* ARRANGEMENTS FOB THE OBSEQUIES
were perfected by the several committees
acting in concert with the municipal au
thorities, and included both military and
civic escort—the following gentlemen be
ing designated as
PALL-BBARERS.
Congressional—Col. John C. Nioholls.
City Council—Geo. C. Freeman, Esq.,
and S. P. Hamilton. Esq.
Bar—Gen. B. A. Lawton, Hon. Rufus
E. Lester, and Hon. W. W. Paine.
Artillery—Lieut. George P. Walker and
Corparal J. R. Saussy.
United States Military—Col. George
S. Andrews,
Community at large—William Hunter,
Esq , Major Georgo W, Anderson, and
George W. Limor, Eiq.
TOKENS OF RESPECT,
As expressive of the universal regret
prevailing, and as a token of respect to
the memory of the deceased, the flags of
tbe shipping m port wore at half mast,
also the flags on the onstom-honse. Morn
ing News building, sigoal observatory,
Chatham Artillery and other armories.
The eutire float of the oonrt-bousa was
beautifully draped with emblems of
mourning.
TRIBUTE FBOM THE COLORED PEOPLE.
We present here, as demonstrating
unmistakably the kindly relations exist
iog between tho raaes in this city, the
following oommnntcation and reply,whioh
require no comment other than the re
mark that this spontaneous trlbuto or the
colored troops, representing the best ele
ment of the oolored popnlation of Sevan
Dab, evinoeB the high regard and esteem
felt by them for the honored statesman
who had so faithfully and ably represented
this disuiot:
Savannah, Ga., January 10, 1879.
Col. C. W. Anderson, Colonel Command
ing First Regiment of Georgia Volun
teers:
Sib—The colored military of Savannah
have heard with regret of tbe demise
of the Hon. Jnlian Hartridge, Congress
man from the First Congressional district
of Georgia, and a citizen of Savannah,
We have always considered him a repre-
r entative of all classes in this district and
ob such we desire to pay that homage to
his remains as we deem the occasion
merits. And believing, as we do, that
attaok where it shonld have been
£S“JSr f* J2LS*_tf SKJSS
motive could not be questioned, as ho
now puts it—against a clerk using a
public office to make an $8,000 fee—to
which he (Mr. Hill) thought he was en
titled for legal services. Great scandal
could thus have been avoided and the
positive forbidding of a clerk taking a
fee obtained without an appeal to the
people, or this grand parade of bitter
ness. The most unfair, ungenerous and
false representations have gone abroad
in regard to tho transaction. It should
be tho effort of every citizen of Georgia
to uphold her fair fame, not tarnish it.
—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Murphy and Kearney Compared.—
It is a little singular that Mr. Hill will
persist in oolllng Wes Murphy Governor
Colquitt’s Clerk. Governor Colquitt has
no more to do with Wes Murphy ua ?lerk
in tbe Treasurer’s offioe than Denis Kear
ney has to do with the executioner of the
kingdom of China.—Milledgeville Union
and Recorder.
Immolated.—Bnt in this matter Mr.
Hill has given evidenco of bis nnooequer-
ablo proclivity to oooupy tbe attitude of a
persecuted martyr for the the pnbliegood.
This mcch immolated servant, who is al
ways being e ior.fioed, has, by some onri-
ou3 boons-focus, reversed situations with
the slandered Governor and criminated
Morphy, and gotten triumphantly again
npon tho congenial and ebronio pedestal
of persecution, to his own delight and the
infinite dismay of the publio who from
this time forward are to bs deluged with
“explanations.” This repeatod saver of
State, nation, and party is onoe more
saving things, bnt necessarily connected
with it is that personal persecution {so
dear to his soul,—"Impartial'' in Atlanta
Constitution.
—The Washington Post says the demons-
tization of silver is already beginning to
work disastrously in England. London com
pl&iasof scarcity of gold. The idea is be
ginning to penetrate tbe miads of Eurouern
financiers that one matalcan notary bs
piaco of two; that therois not gold enough
to meet the requirements of business, it
will not be long before the single standard
nations will be more anxious than wa are for
a ootnm’seion to establish the ratio between
geld and silver
we hereby offer and desire to attend bis
remains to their last resting place. Your
favorable answer will greatly oblige yours,
very respectfully, etc.
W. EL Woodhouse,
Senior Officer in Command.
By request of Companies.
Headquarters
Fir:T Volunteer Regiment cf Ga.,
Savannah, Jan. 10,1879.
Captain W.H. Woodhouse, Senior Officer in
Command of Colored Volunteer Military
Organizations, Savannah, Ga.:
Captain—I am in receipt of yonr com
munication of this date expressing tho
wish in behalf of tho colored volunteer
military organizations of Savannah to
participate in the funeral ceremonio3 of
onrlate distinguished fellow-citizen, Hon.
Julian Hartridge. In granting your re
quest be assured of the high appreciation
of yonr white fellow oitizens for the
warm sympathy therein expressed for the
great calamity which has befallen our
State in the death of her late distin
guished Representative iu the F. daral
Congress. Very truly,
Clifford W. Andeb«on,
Col. Com’dg First Vol. Kog’c of Ga.
the weather.
The morning opened dark, lowering
and threatening, the streets were muddy
from the heavy rain whioh fell after mid
night Saturday. Notwithstanding the
forbidding aispsot, and the gloominess,
whioh were In keeping with the sad feel
ings of tbe eommnnity, members of the
various organizations met at their res
pective rendezvous, determined, it pos
sible, to participate in the obsequies of
their hoaoied friend and oitizen. Fortu
nately, apprehensions of a stormy day
were averted, and the Ban osme out bright
ly shortly after meridian.
THE MILITARY
assembled on South Broad street at 10.30
a. m., where the brigade was formed un
der Col. C. W. Anderson, the First Regi
ment being commanded by Capt. Goo. A.
Mercer. All the officers wore crape on
the left arm and had . their sword han
dles draped.
The colored battalion, under Captain
W. H. Woodhouse, formed on West
Broad street and took position on the left
of the line.
After being formed, the column moved
down Bull to Broughton, to Barnard, to
Congress, to Christ Church, where the
command was brought to a halt on the
north side of Congress, facing the square,
the line extending from Drayton to Bar
nard streets.
THE MEMBERS CF THE BAB
met at the court house at 11:30 o’clock,
where they formed in a body and marched
down Bull etreet te the church, in which
pewB had been reserved for them. The
procession was headed by the County and
City Sheriffs, with staffs draped in
mourning, Clerks of the United States
and Superior Courts, Judge Henry B.
Tompkins and Judge Wm. D. Harden,
Hon. T. M. Norwood and General Henry
B. Jackson, Colonel James Atkins and
Isaao Beckett, Esq., and about thirty
more members of the legal fraternity.
REMOVAL CF THE REMAINS TO .THE
OHUBCH.
At half-past 11 o’clook the oasket was
borne from the Long Boom of the Ex
change by the following oolored men:
Thomas Milledge, E. J. Colvin, Murray
Monroe, Henry Wallace, Paul Taylor, S.
G. Prentice, Daniel Grant and F. M. Wil
liams, and plaoed in the hearse. It was
then esoorted to the ohuroh by the Chat
ham Artillery, followed by the Mayor and
AldermeD, each of the latter wearing a
blue and black rosette on the left lappel
of the coat. On reaohing the ohurch, the
oasket was borne into the sacred edifioe,
whioh was densely crowded, and placed
in front of the altar. The oasket was
bcautifnlly deoorated with ohoioe flowers
and wreaths. The square in front of the
chnrob, the steps of the edifice, and the
streets surrounding were literally packed
with people, exclusive of the military and
oivie bodies, the entire community unit
ing iu paying homage to departed north
aud greatness.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES
weie commenced about half-pest twelve,
and were couduoted by R3Y. Thomas
Boone, reotor of Chrirt Church, in a most
solemn and impressive manner. Many
in the vast throng were affeoted to tears
as reoolleotion brought vividly to their
mental vision thoir friend and fellow cit
izen with whom they bad so lately parted
iu the full flush of health and strength.
The 6oene was truly impressive, and was
deeply significant of tbe transitory nature
of all thiuga earthly.
Tne chcroh servioes being over, the
casket was borne out, the eutire military
foroe coming to a present arms and the
drum corps beating a dirge nntil it wa3
plaoed in the hearse.
Then follows a list of the volunteer
companies, twenty-two in all, and the or
der of the civio procession. At the
gnve:
After the remains had bean lowered
into the grave, Bev. Mr. Boone, in a
voioe trembling with emotion, read the
beautiful burial servioe of the Episcopal
Chnrob. The grave was then closed, and
by loving hands tho mound was strewn
with fragrant flowera. A few minutes of
silent communion on the sacred spot, and
thn sorrowing family and friends retired
from the enclosure, aud a squad of the
Chatham Artillery plaoing in position one
one of their Washington guns, fired
three rounds under tbo direction of Lieu
tenant George P. Walker. This last
tribute paid to their distinguished and be
loved brother and friend, the Artillery
withdrew.
So ended these sad ceremonies in honor
of the noble dead.
Tho New Colorado Senator.
The Philadelphia Times says Professor
N. P. Hill, whohasjost been nominated
for United States Senator by the Repub
licans of the Colorado Legislature, and
who will doubtless be elected, may be re
garded as a fortunate choice ss the suc
cessor of Senator Chaffee. Mr. Hill has
been A resident nf the lo.uiu— fnr
a dozen years, and is a gentleman of cut
ture and high attainments. He was at
tracted to Colorado when the ordinary
processes for the redaction of the gold
and silver ores had failed in that Terri
tory, and left its richest regions but a
vast tomb of perished fortunes invested
by Eastern speculators in elegant machin
ery and quartz mills. The obstinate
character of the Colorado ores made it
impossible to extract the precious metals
from them by the use of the ordinary
crushing and amalgamating processes,
and seience had to come to the rescue of
a people that was threatened with decline
in wealth and population in the midst of
the richest deposits of gold and stiver.
Professor Hill was the first to master
the obstinate ores of Colorado, and the
association that he founded some twelve
years ago has amassed great wealth for
itself and dated the substantial prosperity
of the Territory just admitted into the
sisterhood of States. The present Sena
tor Chaffee, whose seat has been accord
ed to Profeesor Hill, is also a wealthy
dealer m mines and has long controlled
the politics of the Territory and State bg
bis skill as a leader and bis largo re
sources; but riches did not give him
health, aud he was compelled to retire
from political control to make a battle
with long-seated disease. Professor Hill
is probably justly complained of for in
dulging in political commerce to attain
a seat in the Senate, bnt Senatorial obaira
are usually deposed of by auction in the
Rocky Mountain region, and the buyers
and sellers claim that they are but evin
cing the sincerest form of flattery of the
older States by imitating their ways in
the choice of their highest officers. He
will bring to the Senate a most intimate
and practical knowledge of the interests
of the far West, and ho will rank well
with hia Senatorial associates from the
sunset side of the Father of Waters in
point of ability and oharaoter.
Scarlet Fever and Dlphtberla.
Thp prevalenca of scarlet f>»v«r and
diphtheria throughout the country, says
the Times,baa naturally caused an uneasy
fooling which the mortuary reports from
some of the cities are not calculated to
alley. In New York tbe death rate rose
last week to 26.4 tor each thousand of tbe
population, aud of the 555 deaths re
ported 63 were from scarlet fever and 33
from diphtheria. That is, about fifteen
and a half per cent. oE all tho deaths
were caused by these two diseases.
In Cincinnati the proportion was much
greater, no less than’ twenty-sevea per
cent of the 234 deaths duriug tbe last
two weeks of December being attributed
to these affections—51 to soarlet fever
and 14 to diphtheria. Boston, Chicago
and other cities show a similar prevalence
of the winter eoourge among ohildren,
and it Is therefore all the more gratify
ing to observo that the reports from the
Health Office in Philadelphia do not indi
cate au excessive mortality from these
causes. Last week, out of 258 deaths 9
were from scarlet fever and 15 from
diphtheria, tho two together making
about nine and a half per cent, of the
whole. In the corresponding weec of
last year there were 18 deaths from diph
theria and 9 from scarlet fever in a total
of 312, so while the proportion is some
what larger ■ the actual number shows
very slight increase.
During the fourteen weeks ending
January 5 la*, in 3.919 deaths from all
causes 154 were from scarlet fever and
173 from diphtheria. In the same four
teen weeks a year age there were 3,S27
deaths from all causes, 134 from scarlet
fever and 175 from diphtheria. The close
correspondence of these figures is remark
able. In the fourteen weeka ending with
January 5, 1878, 1.638 minors died; in
this year 1,710, an inoreaae of 22, which
is almost exactly covered by the increase
of 20 in the deaths from scarlet fever.
The ice bridge at Niagara Falls haa
become a fixture, and the ice scenery is
increasing in beauty and grandeur eaoh
day. Trees and shrubs are breaking
down under the weight of frozen spray,
which is over throe feet thick on tiunks
of trees and posts in the vicinity of the
fall?. .
The popnlar verdict is generally the
right one; and concerning Dr. Bull’s
Cougt Syrup the people have long since
decided that it is the best cough remedy
ever introduced
Thn War Upon tho GarraiH
Bonds.
There seems to be some opposition to
the utteranoo ot these State securities
which are simply designed to take the
place of others about te fall due, at a less
rate of interest, and a considerable saving
to the commonwealth.
The measure is now a law end doubt
less the now bonds will soon be npon the
market. The only opposition to them so
far as we have heard, is from a few bank
ers. But what if they were not bankable
at all. They would still serve a valuable
purpose as safe investments for farmers
ana others who, afraid of the banks, are
now boarding their money at home. They
wonld also pass current, and even ba in
demand in the payment of transfers of
zeal estate and in many other bnsiness
operations whero approved securities are
always available. We ventnre the asser
tion too, that everywhere within the lim
its of Georgia they will pass from hand
to hand like hot cakes as cash in tho ordi
nary transactions of trade, save injthis
one particular that they will not be
changeable in fractional currenoy or sil
ver coin at ordinary greenbacks are. The
coupons attached will always causa them
to go at least at par.
Tae United States .government
has set the example to the State
of Georgia of retiring one class of
bonds by the substitution of another at a
lower rate of interest, as the daily sub
scriptions to the national four per cent,
bonds abundantly show. These have al
ready swollen into many millions. And
just here we ask if there is any law or
constitutional prohibition to the holders
of these bonds wbiob prevents them from
being bartered away, if they see fit, for
real estate, merchandise or any other
property. Not so. On the contrary,
such transactions are of daily occurrence.
And this is precisely what will be done
with theso Georgia four per cents, save
that the latter will be pnt forth in de
nominations so small as to make them
much more convenient for purposes of
exchange than the larger bonds of the
government.
We oannot peroeive the slightest legal
impediment in the way of the issue of tbe
037 bonds, and confidently believe that
besides saving tho taxpayers of the State
several thousands of dollars, they will
prove a valuable and timely addendum to
the soanty currenoy of the oonutry, with
out losing one jot or tittle of their identity
as regularly constituted and constitutional
bonds. n
As germain to tho foregoing, we quote
from the Colnmba3 Times as follows:
We think from an er.nmination of the
National Bank act that Col. Wallace, in
his interview with the reporter cf tbo
Constitution, is mistaken in supposing
that national banks cannot secure and
pay out the Garrard bonds withont in
earring a liability cf ten per cent., or
that any cose can arise under the Na
tional Bank act whereby a penalty or tax
of ten per cent, can be demanded by the
government.
The classes of prohibition are as fol<
lows:
Sec. 3412, title Internal Revenue: —
“Every National Banking Association,
State Bank of State Banking Association,
shall pry a tax of ten per centum on the
amount of notes of any person or of any
State Bank or S:at9 Banking Association
used for circulation and paid oat ty
them.
Sec. 2413. Every National Banking
Association, State Bank or Banker shall
pay ten per centum on the amount of
notes of any town, city or municipal cor
poration paid out by them.”
Now, the State is neither a person,bank,
banking association, nor town, city or
municipal corporation. There is no tax
levied for tbe paying out or receiving of
issues made by lha Slate. If instead ot
bonds tbe State bad issued bill; for circu
lation, even in the latter ease no question
could arise under the national bink ao.
or any law of Congress now existing. To
proTont a national bank receiving nua
paying ont State issues will require far
ther legislation, aud we opine that witu u
Democratic Congress Secretary Sherman
Will find it Eomewhat difficult to obtain
legislation whioh will farth-r restrict the
State for the purpose of increasing the
national bmk monopoly
The Enquirer--un is rqualiy emphatic
in its opinion of the perfect legality and
utility of the Garrard bonds, and says:
The entire issue will be readily tak< n
Taxation will be thus reduced, mvestois
nave their money in something safe, aud
the patriotism and good judgment of her
people illustrated.
We are glad to chronicle also, that
Judge £ H. Pottle, one of Georgia’s
scund-st and most able jurist?, has de
livered an opinion that these bonds are
constitutional.
Tbe Balance ot i rade.
Cincinnati Post.l
Wltn sligctly increased impuit?, ho
ratio of snrplusof export,-over them from
this country are fad? kep: up. Statis
tics stow that this increase ot expors
Isst month was $31,000,000, and as it is
anticipated that tne returns for the pres
ent month will be abont the same, we
eball probably hare a surplus of exports
for the year jast closed of over $310,000,-
000.
This vast sum, remarks a contempora
ry, represents tbe balance of trade in onr
favor, bnt we do not reap the benefit of
it just yet, because mnoh of this amount
has been returned to us in bonds and
slocks. These will be productive to
Amerioan holders hereafter, and from
this time forward Europe mn,t send us of
her gold stores to pay for onr cereals,
cotton, tobacco and manufactured goods.
Thus, whilo wealth will be poured into
onr country from abroad, we will be gain
ing in enrrenoy for the prompt and proper
transaction of a large and growing trado.
Money or capital is wh&t we particnlaily
need to develop the vast resources of
onr country, and to revive onr industries.
The bonds and stock of the country
are now comfortably absoibed in trust
funds or by the money cf dealer?, specu
lators and others who are their olients, so
that hereafter we shall find onr capital
ists are investing in commercial or manu
facturing enterprises, a9 well as in agri
cultural and mining undertakings. Then
will follow an immediate increase of tho
activity of trade, and all description of
bnsiness will be more or less benefitted
tnereby.
Shonld this fortunate condition of af
fairs continue, and obonld theso bright
anticipations for the future be verified,
then it is easy to see that specie resump
tion may be readily maintained, not ODly
without difficulty, bnt to the decided ad
vantage of the conn try.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
When Bnndle, or Bess, or Spot, shows
tho slightest signs of sickness, do yon
not take immediate measures to relieve
her? So, too, when Billy and Kit, yonr
favorite colts, betray symptoms of dis
ease, you search the “Farrier” for the
indicated malady and its remedy, or it
may be you summon the nearest veteri
nary snrgaon?. All very wise and pru
dent this 1 But is not that ailing son or
daughter far dearer to you than all the
horses and cattle iu your stables ? Yet
for weeks, it may be months, or-even a
year, he or she has complained ot a sense
of languor, or drowsiness, and debility
with occasional headache—the sure fore
runners of disease. Or it nay b the face,
onoe blooming with the hues that only
health and the pure, invigorating conn,
try air can give, has become pallid, and
the eyes unnaturally bright. You may
have noticed the slight dry cough at ear
ly morning and night and have attribut
ed it to a odd. Do not delay to secure
the proper means for relief. A month’s
neglect may cost yon a life-time of re
morse. Bead the People’s Common Senas
Medical Adviser (endorsed by the New
York Tribune as a book for the people),
in which you will find a complete descrip
tion of diseases—their causes, symptoms,
and proper domestic treatment. Sixth
revised edition (nearly 1,000 pages),
$150. Address the author, B. V. Pierce,
M. D., World’s Dispensary and Invalids’
Hotel, Baffalo, New York.
—General B. L. T. Beale is a candidate to
fill the unexpired term of the late Oongrere-
b»u Beverly B. Douglaee, of Yirgtsla.
A WARNING TO BARDS.
‘ Is the editor in {” uVed a long-haired youtn.
As into the sanctum ho strode •
u-t ? 5?f st *f?A ial once, forsooth.
For I wisn to sell hun an ode.**
Straight np to the editor’s de»k ho strode.
Took a seat with a child like smile
And said to the editor, "I have an ode
Onthe’beantiful sn—’ ” bnt thebilo
Of the editor rose and he imote the bard
, Os,®* cheek a torrible blow,
And kicked him ont in the office backyard
To die in the beautiful snow,
5? of the Hon. Julian Hartridge, of
Georgia, who died on Woone^day, was in
sured for 520,000, which is all he left hia
family.
‘Bex’is out with his proclamation, and
New Orleans ie therefore to have her usual
M&rdi-Graa f'-etnival on the S5th of Febiu-
wrmapite other grief*. Well, perhaps it
ie ‘better to langh than be sighing.'
—Rich gold discoveries are reported from
Newport, Tean., and aererai acientiflo and
some practical men have visited the region
and are well pleased with theprospeet They
eay it equals an; thing they have seen { n
California, the quartz being found to be rich
in gold.
—Louis Blanc is quoted by Mr. Yates ss
saying that in the coming ‘federation of tho
world, m the universal repuolio, two lan
guages alone would remain—JF; each, as the
language of literature, ‘and Eugluh, as tka
language of commerce.
The Fa-ethers Earn asd th* Sons £pb*d.
—It is said that Mr. Wm. H. Vanderbilt has
determined to hnild a magnificent residence
earner or Ffth avenue and Fifty-second
street. New York. He paid $200,COO for the
ground, and wid spend $2,000 000 for the
building, exclusive cf the intorior decora
tions. Tho new structure i3 to bo a minia
ture of tho French Tailenes, and the rail
road king will live in as much etvle ns a kin”
of France J °
—Twolittloboysin Oeyleahave found a
sapphire weighing, bijs the report, two
whole pt unde; ita value is retimaudat $53 -
000, and it is, if the report he true, the lar
gest sapphire jet found. Oeylou was a
famous place for sapphires in old times, eo
that those who know ita history are not
surprised that this stone sin nld have been
picked np there. A writer in The TeUgraph
(London) roead* that tho island has for ages
been a vast treasure store of gems, and tta'.
even the energetic rapacity of the old Homan
adventurers failed to exhaust i:s riffles.
—lho Berlin correspondent of the P«U
Mall Gazette eays: ‘Lark a? three wintry
days is the gloom that is 8 spreading over
Germany. General deepondoLcy and bitter
ness prevail. Tho depression of industry
and trade is worse than ever se that tto
Bankruptcy Court has to enlarge it* buil
dings- tli * distress among tbo lower classes
is extreme; the papers tell hearti ending
iteiios abont starving people; the clergy ard
the poor law guardians appeal every day to
the public for contributions in order to etave
eff the worst sufferings of the very poorest.’
The Grasd Natid»al Excussion—Liitlo
by little the lie about tho United States
vessel of war, Richmond, gem revealed ‘fihe
was now going to be rest abroad any way.’
the is being prepared at tho Beaton yard at
an expense of $200,000, solely to take Grant
and hia suite around tho world Th, Grant
party has been enlarged to Fred and family,
John ButseeilYonrgand hi* servants, and to
Adolph E. Bone and family, the whole trip
to coat the Government over $2 O.CflO, which
are to be lavished on Grant & (Jo, contrary
to the law.
-Justice Hunt —It is expected that Hon
David Divia, cf Illinois, wi ! l in a day or
two preeont a bill for the retirement or
Justice Hunt, of the Supreme Court who is
now Buffering from an attwek ofparahtis.
Justice Hunt was appointed in 1812, and it
will, thertfote. take a special a:t to give him
the benefits cf the law which provuieB that
a judge, after holding his cffico for 10 con
secutive yeare, and being 70 yeara of ago,
may resign, and for the remainder or his
natural ifa receive h : a salary the same as
thaugh ho were in active service. Justice
Hunt i" 63 years or age, and haa served only
six ye-.rt.
Marriages in New York.—There were re
ports to the New Yolk board of health ltst
year7,629 muiiigos in thit cty, agtirst
7,129 m 1877. an Increase or 500. Of the
man ma ri a 6,938 for tbo first time led a
bride to the a'.t ir, and of the women a still
larger number, 6 127. took a hmbird for tho
first time. According to universal experience,
more widowers than widows again embark
on the era of mUrimonv. l int mar, and
vrimAn mATiT>»3 f- T #h* RfCOaU
time, wh:le 7l mon and 33 women entered
into wedlock for the third time. Only two
men carried for the fourth time.
Iktesse Cold.—A gentlemin from tho
western part of the Bute report? that tbo
cold in that section, espociabyin Wantanga
and Caldwell counties, is the most intense
k own (here for yeara and owing o tho
protract d spell the people ua (Offering
probab.y more than they have ever dene
before la Oa'dwoll Ccunty the owner«. fa
mill cat ice on hia pond which was tventy-
teven inches thick. Many of tbo faimora in
the colder regions of these counties have
be-.n compelled to hern the fences around
their booses to keep tfcm^olv?* waiflr, and
wort mu’ butineiBof all s tie hie b?en is a
matorrf i-our*-, completely su-pended. —
Charlotte Observer
—General Grant was called npen for a
gallant action at a recent fans reception.
Mrs. Hooper s*ys that just as ho was abont
to depart with Mrs. Grant leaning cn his
arm, hiB hostess remarked, leading forward
her ycung daughter, ‘General, wi h Mrs.
Grant'* permission, I ehonld like to ask cf
yon to accord a favor to my daughter My
grandmother, when a girl of thirteen, was
kissed by General Wasmngtor J and I shonld
like my daughter in after years t-> be able to
eay that ehe had been kissed by General
Grant’ They'-ung lady blushed, and tho
General gravely bestowed tho salute
Prospective I?crsa»e in Immioiatiov—
A New Yolk letter states that tbe agtntsof
all tho gTeat hurepoan steamship lines aio
preparing for a large increase of immigra
tion the earning spring and summer. Lett! IS
from their agents at English as well as tho
continental ports have assurances a’l look
ing confidently in that direction The causes
at work to j astify these are the wide-spread
depression of trade throughout the United
Kingdom, and the poor proipeot of an im
provement for a long wni’e to come; the
repressive policy of the German government
wid also have an effect to swell the nnmbor
of political refugees. The improved condi
tion of our American industries, it Is belie
ved^ will have an immense influence in stim
ulating the movement, especially from the
great manufacturing districts of England.
Edmunds’ National Union Cement
or Plastbb deceives nobody. Every
body knows it to be a fly-blister, intend
ed not to heal, but to excoriate; and the
more considerate of his own {arty as
sign it a place alongside cf the Blaine
explosive. Says the Charleston News and
Courier, it is a poor comfort to Senator
Edmunds to be told by tho New York
Times that his New Year’* resolutions are
not likely to subserve any useful purpose.
The Times finds no fault with the legisla
tion of Congress for tbe enforcement ot
the Constitutional amendments. ‘-There
is law enough, if it were properly exe
cuted.” This is Snub I. The proposi
tion of Mr. Edmunds to reaffirm the va
lidity of the constitutional amendments
is described as “in the laet degree un
called for, and, we may add, mischievous.”
This is Snub 11. Moreover, “if a Repub
lican Senate can properly declare that
lha Constitution is vnli?, a Democratic
Senate cannot bo prevented fiom declar
ing that it i3 invalid.” What a thorn in
the fleBh is that Democratic Senate, and
how well the 2»me* realize* the danger
of setting any more bai precedents!
One .linn who Says Prosperity
Has Returned.
The Irish World is of the opini >n that
the $50,000 yearly svlary ot President
Hayes will new buy as much as $100,-
G00 of tho fonr years cf Lincoln’s
second term. No wonder Hay*-? says that
"prospi-riiy has returned ’ That* tho
way ail the office holders feel. They are
“fiulv loyal.” Try to get then eut of
their snug salaries if jou want to see a
circus.
And this is the more true, especially, cf
those who, like the President, have been
falsely counted in. They hold on to the
teats of the pnblio treasury with a grip
which nothing but death can sever.
Verily Hr, Hayes 1b feeding in fat pas
tures, and times are prosperous with him-
But ah! at what a cost of principle and
conscience.
O! course this suggestion is net made
in any spirit of dictation, but is meant
simply to place before tbe coEstitneo#
of the First District the name of a do*
serving gentleman of the Fourth Estate,
who haa done yeoman’s servioe to tho
Commonwealth, and would represent her
with credit in our National Councils’.