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Ths Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic
GEORGIA ’TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Established 1826.
MACON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1879.
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Volume LIY—NO 5
m TELEGRAPH.
Philadelphia, January 26. — The
third general convention of the Inde
pendent Order of B’Nai Brith convened
in this city to-day at St. George’s Hall.
About 250 accredited delegatee were
present. The meeting was called to or
der by Julius Bien, President of the Or
der. Josiah Cohen, of Pitteburg. was
chosen temporary chairman and Alfred
T Jones and Lewis Abraham temporary
secretaries. A committee on credentials
was appointed, and dnring their absence
delegates were welcomed by Bev. George
Jacob3 and others. , . ,
The following officers were elected:
President—Simon Wolf, of Washington.
Vice Presidents—E. S. Gouldston, of
Boston; Nathan Bloom, of Louisville; Jo-
s : ah Cohea, of Pittsburg; H. M. Heinman,
of Sin Francisco; William LoyenstMn, of
Richmond; Charles Koaminski, of Chica
go, and Max Six, of Nashville. Bocre-
tarieB—Alfred T. Jones, of Philadelphia;
Lewis Abraham, of Washington, and
Henry M. Oberdenfer, of Milwaukee.
Norwich, Conn., January .26.—In tho
Superior Court yesterday the counsel for
Mrs. Cobb presented her petition for a
new trial. The chief grounds are an
alleged error in the ebargo to tho jury;
the rejection of Floyd Crain’s evidence
for the dsfenaa, and the admission of
Mrs. Cobb’s little daughter’s testimony
against the prisoner. The court bolds
the petition under advisement.
New Haves, January 2G.—Receiver
Bussell, of tbo National Capital Life In
surance Company, in replevining proper
ty of the company in Washington, came
into possession of B. Noyes’ check book.
The stubs show that from thirty to thirty-
live thousand dollars were nsed for legis
lative expenses in influencing the Con
necticut Legislature of 1875 to prevent
tbo repeal of tho charter of the oompany
asked for by thainsnranco commissioners.
The Receiver refuses to maka lbs names
public, but it la known that several mem
bers of the Legislature of that year re
ceived a portion of the money.
Charleston, January 26.—Tho bark
Winona has arrived from Liverpool. Tho
chief mate was murdered at sea. The
steamers are detained here by heavy
easterly winds. About twenty-two hun
dred bales of cotton have beon taken
from the steamship Nio, of which some
seventeen hundred are sound.
London, January 26.—A Reuters’ dis
patch from Calcutta states that Shere
All’s Master of tbs Horae, the great op
ponent of British influence, is dead. The
Afghan troops at Oabnl havo been with
drawn to Shore It to check desertions.
Vienna, Jatuiry 2G—The Interna
tional Sanitary Commission which mat
heie to take precautions against the
epread of the plague, has concluded its
labors for the present. It has decided
that the regulations relative to arrivals
from Russian ports, can, if necessary, be
applied to arrivals from ports on the
lower Danubs.
Herr Fmkelburg, the German delegate
to tho Interna - ional Sanitary Commission,
has started for Berlin. The Montage
Review says Herr Finkelbnrg declared
that shouli tho plagns increase, Ger
many would establish a military cordon
of eighty thousand men on the frontier,
and that the order for their mobilization
was ready.
WAfnisaroN, January 2C.—Tho four
members of the joint commission on the
proposed transfer of the Indian Bureau
to the War Department, who are in favor
of the change cf management, have
completed their report. It is vary volu
minous and favors tbo transfer on the
ground that tho present system is inade
quate to detect the various frauds which
uro constantly practiced upon it, no mat
ter bow well disposed tho head of the
bureau may be.
They take Hie ground that tho army
officers are in life positions, ere general 1 ?
honorable, and that each officer is a check
upon the other* - , therefore a misappropri
ation of fands handled by them will not
be so liable as nnder the present adminis
tration. They believe in the existence of
a ring who are nsing the Indian Bare an
as a means of gain for themselves, and
prediot an indefinitelcontinnance thereof,
nnless the proposition to transfer is
adopted.
Tho report wili be signed by Senator
McCreery’ and Rspresentatives Scales,
Boone and Hooker.
Washington. Jaunty 27—la the Sen
ate the Vice President laid before that
body the credentails of Hun. James
Shields, elected United Slates Senator to
311 the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Bogy, which will be placed on
file.
The Huuso w^s occupied by reference
of bills iatroduasd under the call cf
States.
The Senate Jed clary Committee au
thorized Edmunds to report Honso joint
resolution for passage, with somo sug
gested changes, wbiob will not alter tno
gsnerel purport, proposing a constitu
tional amendment to prohibit the pay
ment of claims of diiloysl persons for
property injured or destroyed in the late
war.
The Potter Committee Commenced the
investigation of the cipher telegrams.
The first witness was Claranco Carey,
Attorney cf the Western Union Telegraph
Compiuy, New Tork. He testified that
ceitun telegrams were placed in bis
charge at the time of a proposed issue of
Bubycerai for their production. It was
thought, owing to his position, a sub-
f (son would not be issued for him.
^ Subsequently, he was directed by the
Executive Committee to deliver them to
Captain Whitney, of Washington, mana
ger of tho Western Union , and his cus
tody than ended.
Floyd Giant was then call 2d and testi
fied as to tho manner of selecting tho tele
grams. Ho said he selected from a tmnk
those called for by the Morrison Commit
tee and the balance he placed in tho
trunk. The number remaining was 29,-
275 telegrams. They were about evenly
divided as regards party. A number were
sett by Z ich Chandler from Fifth Avenue
Hotel. Some were signed Havemeyer,
same Hooper and others Noyes.
He thongbt Chandler’s went to Florida
end others to New Orleans and Oregon.
Captain Whitney, manager of tho
Western Union Telegraph, of Washing
ton, was then ewora and produced a
schedule showing over 300 telegrams de
livered to the Morrison Committee. He
thonght that Morrison returned tho dis
patches, but did not recollect the time.
Washington, January 27. — Mr.
Wright’s bill for a government loan of
five hundred dollais to any person desir
ing to take advantago of the provisions
of the homestead act was defeated by a
vote of yea3 22, nays 212.
Pending the motion to suspend the
rales and pasB the bill for erecting pub
lic bnildingi at several places, including
Augusta, Georgia; Oxford, Mississippi;
Key West, Lynchburg and Montgomery,
the House adjenrned.
In the Senate, the bill introduced to
reorganize and discipline the militia of
tho United States has been referred.
The bill abolishing tbs volunteer navy
of the United States was passed. It
dispenses with the seiviccs of a number
Of medical officers.
Mr. Eimnndp, from the Judiciary Ccm-
Committee thonght the resolution, as it
passed the House, was totally inadequate
for the purposes indicated by the title.
He wonld soon have it oalled up for con
sideration,
The Senate proceeded to the considera
tion of the bill to pay Warren Mitchell
for cotton captured by the United States
at Savannah. This led to a lengthy dis
cussion, bnt no action.
The Democrats are holding a caucus
t a-night.
Richmond, January 27.—The Senate
to-day unanimously adopted the report of
the special joint committee on the alleged
usurpation of State jurisdiction by the
federal Jndga, Rives, in the case of the
Reynolds Brothers, negroes, charged with
murder, together with a lcng sari** of
States rights resolutions here o:\re pub
lished.
. Tha House adopted the Senate resolu
tion declaring the whole system of tobac
co taxation unjust, and urging a speedy
disposition of the question of its redac
tion.
Rsv. M. J. Michellsacher, a prominent
Jewish rabbi for the past thirty- years in
this city, is dead, aged eixty-nine years,
t The funeral of. tho late Judge James
D. Holyburton, who died yesterday even
ing, took plaoo this afternoon,
Indianapolis, January 27.—The Su
premo Court has granted a new trial to
Louis Guelig, murderer of. Mary MoGlew,
who was to have been hanged on the 29th
Instant with Aoheyes Merriok.
Alexandria, Ya., January 27.—In the
United States Circuit Court to-day coun
sel in the Arlington case continued their
argument upon the instructions to the
jary. The Judge stated that to-morrow
he would decide upon the instructions
asked for by plaintiffs and one of those
asked for by the defendants.
Philadelphia, January 27.—The
miners of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company forwarded to Presi
dent Gowen an address demandine pay
ment of their wages in the lawful money
of the United States, and threaten, if
euoh payment is not made on-or before
February 16th, they will refuse to work
thereafter.
Baltimore, January 27—In the Uni
ted States Circuit Court, the jury render
ed a verdict of guilty against Justice J.
Gude and Walter Tucker, judges of elec-,
tion at the late congressional election, in
the 14th ward. They were found guilty
of hindering ibe United States Supervis
or in discharge of his duties, by refusing
to admit a special Deputy U. S. Marshal
to the polling room, and with stuffing tho
ballot box. They were remanded for
sentence.
The session of Grand Lodge Independ
ent Order B’Nai Britb,of theUaited Stites
resumed this morning with full attend-
nr.ee. The fi.-f.t basiness report of the
Executive Committee of tho Constitution
al Grand Lodge was road and adop’.od.
It refers to the statute of religious liber
ty elected la 1876, in Fairmont Park, and
requests that suitable provisions be made
for presenting the statnts to tbe people
of tbs United States. The lodges of the
order contiibnte $3,153 to the Roumanian
mission. The- report also recommends
an ensail collection for tho benefit: of the
“Atlisnoe Israelite Universalis,” for the
elevation of Hebrews la lands where op
pressive law3 havo heretofore checked
their progress.
Washington, January 27.—The Pot
ter Committee to-day commenced the in
vestigation of tbe cipher telegrams.
Among the witnesses were Clarence Ca
rey, attorney for the Western Union Tel
egraph Company; Captain Whitney,
the manager of tho Washington office,
and James O. Green, son of President
Green of tho Telegraph Company. The
litter testified to destroying a trunk full
of telegrams which were sent from Wash
ington to New York. The witness’ im
pression was that they referred to the
sale of political offices; I could not say
what political office; he understood that
it was in connection with tbe election.
London, January 27.—In the admiralty
division of the high of court justice, ac
tion has been brought by the owners of
the steam tug Admiral against the Unit
ed States ship Constitution to recover
A1,500 for salvage. The sum of £200
had been tendered bnt was rejected. The
plaintiffs asked leave to serve a notice of
a motion on the'esptain of the Constitu
tion and the United States Consul, at
Portsmouth. Application was granted,
but the judge stated that he could not
allow any order to issue upan the captain,
that he would hear argument on tbe
question Wednesday next, in the mean
time be would uommunicate with the
government.
Belfast, Me., January 28.—AC Mont*
vtlle, on Siturday evening, John McFar
land, a farmer, his wife and grand-daugh
ter, were murdered by one Powell; an in
sane man. Mre. McFarland was shot;
the others had their brains beaten out.
Toe murderer was afterwards shot and
killed by a neighbor whom he had at
tacked.
Memphis, January 27.—Mrs>. W. O
Foster, a widow residing clone near
this oity was brutally murdered last night
by some nnknown persona, who crashed
her skull with a hammer.
Rcckfobd, Ills., January 27.—Mar
shall S. Pritchard, town collector of Cher
ry Valley, was mysteriously murdered
here yesterday. His body was found with
a ball in tho head.
Washington, January 27.—A deoision
was rendered by the United States Su
preme Coart to-day in the oase of the
Atlantio and Gulf Railroad Oompany
against the State of Georgia, which affirms
the liability of the road to taxation nnder
the sot of the Legislature approved Feb-
rnary 28,1874, on the ground that the aot
of 1873. consolidating the Savannah, Al
bany and Gnlf Railroad, operated to
create a new corporation, and thu3 de
prived thoee companies of the privileges
and immunities grant, d by their original
charters.
Mr. GreeD, In bis testimony before the
Potter Committee, said that the telegrams
he saw were signed by Tyner, who is
Second Assistant Postmaster-General, and
tho impression be gathered was that they
referred to the sale of some politioal
offioe, bnt what offios he conld not say.
Witness admitted that he forwardod to
Washington, at tho request of President
Orton, the entire telegraphic correspond
ence between Judge Tyner and Mr. Fos
ter of Indianapolis, who were tbe parties
holding tho correspondence reforred to.
The letter making this request was de
stroyed by witness in compliance with
Otton’s instructions.
Representative Evans, of Indiana, was
mittee, reported back the House joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting tho pay
ment of claims of disloyal persons for the
property injured in the late war,
with an amendment in the na
ture of a substitute. Placed on
the calendar. Senator Edmunds, in
submitting the report, said the Jndioiary
examined relative to certain packages
supposed to contain a portian of the ci
pher telegrams sent to the Senate Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections by
the Western Union Company. Witness
denied any knowledge of tho contents of
tho package, asserting that a clerk of
the committee gave tho bundle to him
for safe keeping, and he turned it over
intact to second assistant Postmaster-
General Brady, who evidently has them
now.
row.
Mr. Brady will be called to-cior-
Informstiou tending to confirm the re
ports that Sitting Ball has recrossed tbe
Canadian border has been received at the
Depaitment of tbe Interior to-day. The
Government Is nndeoided as to whether
hostilities are intended or not. Secretary
Sohmz will bring the matter before the
Cabinet to-morrow.
Albert G. Edwards has been nominated
as Assistant Treasurer at St Louis.
The letter cf Secretary Sherman, giv
ing the reasons for the removal of Collec
tor Arthur at New York, was made pnblio
to-day, together with Arthur’s reply.
Mr. Sherman's letter, as previously stated,
alleged that Arthur did not study suffi'
ciently tbe interests of the Government;
that he made sinecure appointments and
otherwise gave good reasons for the
change in the Collectorebip.
Arthur’s reply Is a document of eight
thousand words in length, and is a vigor
ous defense of his position. He denies
emphatically Ssoretary Sherman’s asser.
tions, and deolares that the reforms insti
tnted by him were adopted 'by the De
partment.
The following is tbe fnll text of tho
proposition reported from the Senate Ju
diciary Committee bb a substitute for the
Constitutional amendment on the same
subject, proposed by the joint resolution
which passed the House on a suspension
of the rules oh the last d»y of the last
seecion;
Article XVI.—No claim against the
United States shall ever hereafter be sus
tained or allowed by Congress, or by
anjr department, officer or court of the
United States or money paid by the
United States or from their funds, wheth
er as damages, compensation or other
wise, for, or on account of any property
real, personal or mixed, taken, used, in
jured or destroyed by tho United States
troops or by or through any officer, civil
or military, or other persons acting or
professing to act under, or by authority
of the United States or of their enemies,
or taken, used, injured or destroyed from
any Olher excuses whatever during tho
existence of the late insurrection or re
bellion against the government of the
United States, unless the owner thereof,
and ■ in case of any ce-operation, its
governing authority and management,
was dnring all the time of snch insurrec
tion or rebellion, loyal in fact to the gov
ernment ojLfhe United States, and gave
neither aid nor encouragement to the
enemy. No pension, bounty, grant, pe
cuniary indemnity or pecuniary benefit
shall ever he raid, provided for, by, or
under tho authority of CongreB3, or any
8‘ate, for, or on aoconnt of any military
or other service or' injury suffered in
hostility to the government of the United
States. No pardon or amnesty, past or
future, shall have any effect to take any
person, csss or claim ont the purview
of tbi9 article.
A joint Democratic caucus of
Senators and Representatives was
held this evening, the principle
object of which was to take action on the
question of the restriction of Chinese im
migration, The subject was briefly con
sidered and it was agreed to support tbe
bill reported from the committee on edu
cation and labor by Representative Willis,
which prohibits the landing of more
than fifteen Mongolians by any one ves
sel. The greater part of the session was
devoted to the consideration of the propo
sition to the repeal section of the Revised
Statutes, relative to the iron clad osih
now administered to grand and petit
jurorB. Owing to the dim attendance
(not over 75 gentlemen in all being pres
ent) the resolution was adopted defor.
ring action on the question until Monday
evening next, until which time tbe cau
cus adjourned.
Alexandria, January 27 —An Egyp
tian National Bank, with capital of JE4,-
000,000, has bsen formed under ths
auspices of the Minister of France, and
the Right Hod. Robert Lowe, a member
of Parliament for London University,
has aocepted tho chairmanship of the
English Board of Directors of tbe bank.
Charleston, January 27.—The Teller
Committee was occupied mainly to-day in
hearing Democratic teatimocy concern
ing the conduot of the canvass in Wil
liamsburg aud Sumter counties El-
ward Perry, a printer of Charleston,
sworethet he printed tin thousand Re
publican tissue tickets for W. M. Mackey,
Republican oanddato for Congrets at the
last eleolion.
Philadelphia, January 27.—In the
afternoon session, Mr. YVolfe sued 2 an
address on tbe noble and beroio action
which Solomon Matx and other brethren
in New Orleans and the portions, of the
dislriots of tbe South infested by the yel
low fever had taken, and moved the ap
pointment of a committee to prepare a
suitable expression of the high regard in
whioh they were held by the order. The
motion was agreed to.
Washington, January 27.—In tho cx«
ccutive session of the Senate this after
noon, Mr. Conkling, in behalf the Com
mittee on Commerce, reported udvoisely
on the nominations of Mr. Merritt to be
Collector cf Customs, and Mr. Burt to be
Naval officer, at New York, and they were
placed on tbe calendar for aoticn here
after. The nomination of Graham as
Sarveyor of Castoms was not reported
baok from tho committee.
Professor Linderman of ibe mint is
dead. _
Thousands of persons havo their eyes
turned towards Wall Street. That 13
where thousands of dollars are made
daily from investments ranging from $50
to $250. Tho reliable brokers, Alex.
Frctbiugbam & Co., 12 Wall Street,
New York, send their Financial Report
free, which explains tally.
State Debt of Tennessee.
The Nashville American cf Sunday
says:
We publish this mcining a fall report
of the proceedings inaugurated by the
bondholders against the railroads of Ten
nessee. It will be read with especial in
terest at this time. The State debt ques
tion has assumed a new and more excit*
ing phase, and there will bsa struggled
unparalleled interest for the millions at
itan.
The bill in question was filed in the
Clerk’d office of the United States Cirenit
Court by Edward L. Anderson, associate
counsel with Judge Hoadly of Cincincati,
Charles O’Conor aud other. It prays for
the appointment of a receiver for the
collection of past due interest on bonds
owned by the reads, under the Internal
Improvement Acts of 1852, and other
statutes, and when the bonds fall die (o
sell the reads nnder the statutes. The
roads involved
Cin’ti. Cumb’land Cap A Charleston...$ 377,000
Bait Tennessee ft Georgia 1.102 000
Bait Tennessee ft Virginia........ WS7.000
Kenptrie t OftMteijanni,...;,. f ii.COs
Louisville ft Natlivilie, main stem 318,000
Memphis, Clarksville ft Louisville...... 819,000
Memphis ftOM*. , *’]22’SS«
Tennessee ft Alabama— j79,C0O
Central Southern——
Nashville ft CluttanapAa—— 120,000
Nashville ft Northwestern
McMinnville ft Manchester
Winchester ft Alabama 479,000
Mitsiisippi CenWaL-...—
Mississippi ft Tennessee 705,000
Mobile ft Ohio. mOOO
The amount of bonds originally Issued
toward the construction of the abeva
roads was $29,251,250; of this amonn -
there are outstanding $12,453,000; num
ber landed bonds now outstanding and
claimed as a part of these secured by
lien, about $2,423,000. Upon this amonnt
there is an accrued interest of 21 per cent.
The total amount claimed by the bond
holders is between $17,000,000 and $18,-
000,000.
The American,remarking editorially on
the question involved in thU proceeding,
says:
In a communication published else,
where, tho President of the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway fur
nishes some facts and figures whioh throw
additional light npon s question we have
diaonssed in these oolnmns. To snm-
marise, as to this particular road, there
are but $120,000 of :its old oonstiuoiion
bonds outstanding, and these have been
paid to the State la bonds of othes series.
As to the Northwestern road, pnrebased
by the Chattanooga road, tbe bond
holders were made parties to thesnit, and
either answered or r allowed judgment to
go upon pro confesso, from whioh there
was no appeal. This Chattanooga road
also relies npon seven years’ adverse pos
session of the road-bed and franchises.
In the case of every other road sold, the
bondholders were parties to the suit, and
the purchasing companies have held ad
verse possession for seven years. Thus
the holders 0! bonds, in attempting to
pursae the remedy suggested as a pcs-i
ble one in tho Governors message, will
find themselves confronted at theontset
by very grave questions, which aopvar to
block tbe way. Tho question cf the lien
of the holders of bonds, and that of
whether, according to tho iule3 of chan
cery practice, it was possiblj to make the
bondholders parties to the suit for the
sale of the road?, as a class, without
making each} holder a defendant, will
havo to bs determined—not according to
principles of equity jurisprudence and
practice—bnt by tho acts creating tho
debt and those growing legitimately
out of them by express authority,
as tbe act for the sale of the roads.
The aot of 1852, under whioh the debt
was oreated, reserves a lien for tbe benefit
of the State. In ordinary cases, tbo se
curity reserved by tbe endoiser would
enure >0 the benefit of the bolder of the
bond*. Tbe State, however, reserved in
the aot of 1852 tbe right to enaot all such
laws as might be necessary to preteot tho
interest of the , Slate ogainst loss, ex
pressly reserving only vested rights of
stockholders. In the aot of July 1, 1870,
and the amendatory net of Dioember 21,
1870, tbe State provided for the settle
ment of all questions of law ond foot be
tween the State and the roads, etookhold
era, bondholders aud creditors, with
power to sell and give complete title, pro
viding alio for appeal to the Supreme
Court.
The court had also full power to deter'
mine "what sballba tho reserved rights
of said (delinquent) companies, stock
holders and others respectively, a!
against said purchasers alter such sale,
nnder existing laws of the State.” With
ample power to enact Jawa reserved prior
to the issuance of the bands, the State
appears to havo provided, so far as the
railroads and the bondholders are con
cerned, for a complete and final settle,
meat.
It is also to be observed that three of
the ablest and purest lawyers in the
State, Hon. Robert J. McKinney, Hon.
Francis B. Fogg and Hon. Archibald J.
Wright, were the commissioners who
directed the litigation and sale. If the
bondholders were legally made parties
defendant to that suit, it is difficult to
see what standing room they would have
left, after the court had settled all ques
tions and provided for the making a valid
title, free from all encumbrance. Such
title was to be made upon payment of the
purchase money in bonds ol any series.
TUB GEO KG: A PJRES3.
The Chronicle and Constitutionalist,
commenting npon Rome’s compromise of
her city debt, aud ths patriotic address of
Mayor Nevin, says of those who refused
to accept the chaugo of bonds and what
is designated as "partial repudiation of
their property”:
There is no guaiautee that they (ihe
city authorities) will not raise the cry of
heavy taxes,” "want of authority,” aud
'no ci nsideration” and again rsfuseto
pay their unfortunate creditors. It tekes
a long time to re-establish the credit of a
repudiating city, just as it takes a long
time to restore to society the woman who
hassteppad asid t from the path of virtue.
The bondholders who b ive refused to
compromise their indebtedness nil prob
ably remembsr the fair promises and
glowing representations made by Rome
when they first purchased her paper and
will prefer to trust to the courts to obtain
what is due them rather than to take any
more promises to pay.
There is a considerable modicum of
truth ia these remarkp, but it must bs re
membered that ilia present Legislature,
by a general act, legal zea these settle
ments when mutually agreed upon by
both parties, and there nro cases where
corporations, as well as private individu
als,"can only pay eo much and no more,
and half of a loaf is better than cone.
Not that we favor repudiation in any
shape, and in the case of corporations it
is deplorable indeed when forosd to re
sort to such extremities in the liquidation
of debts, E8 tho loss of credit usually
supervenes.
There are cjsj?, however, where tho
fraud, extravagance, or misfortunes of one
administration can be adjusted in no
other way. Vide tho city of Savannah
which suffered so terribly from the rav
ages of yellow fever.
Big Fasiairr Business. — Augusta News
The freight business of tbe railroad com
panies is now something enormous, and
the preparations for the year’s business
and the spring trado keeps the iron on the
tracks very warm, in fact, wo might lay
hot. The South Carolina Railioad is
moving all trains to quick time, and can’t
keep up with the racket. Seventy and
eighty car-loads per day are Bent down
the road, and tho business is called tbo
largest in a long time. This Earns expe-
perienco is felt by other roads, and is
another evidence that tho crisis is passed
and business is generally reviving.
A Railroader's Feat.—Atlanta Post
Capt. Bxannan went off tho other evening
to call npon a dashing yonng widow, and
he was so delightfnlly entertained that
time flew by with noiseless step, and the
3 p. m. train went off without him. He
hired him a horse and he made the time
to Norcros?, twenty miles, in five honrs.
Hard to neat. .
'Any athletic man conld have walked
that distance in the same time. We call
that a dead Blow paoe, bnt suppose the
captain, unaccustomed to equestrianism,
was afraid to raise a "trot.”
A Novel Scheme.—Valdosta Times :
A movement Is on foot to organ:as
sporting assooisilcn in Valdosta. Its
main objeot is to raise a smalt fund for
- the purpose of buying np what partridges r ,.
a are brought to town for sale, to be turned together in unity.’- 1 Tha gentleman lives
t • loose near the corporate limits, wilh a ‘ in Johnson county, and caught thetji all
view 0! Increasing tha supply of birds
our hunting grounds.
We are inclined to think this a good
move for those who hunt, and the in
crease of the birds certainly cannot in j are
the farms in the vioinity named, for ibsy
are of the harmless kind.
More About the Next State Fair.
Constitution: Augusta is worrying about
tbe State Fair. Colonel Smith,, one of
the Execuiive Committoe of the State
Agricultural Sooiety, says that Atlanta is
entitled to the next fair, should she de
mand it. He has written to Mayor Cal
houn, however, to the effeot that unless
Atlanta mado a deoision this week the
place of bolding the next fair would be an
Open question. The matter, we presume,
will be referred to tbo North Georgia
Stock and Fair .Association, who now have
charge of the exhibition grounds.'
It is said sx-Fresident Jeff. Davis will
soon visit Atlanta end deliver a lecture.
An effort is cu toot to bring him to Ms-
con also. It would be the occasion of a
grand demonstration on the part of the
people.
Educational.—Savannah News-. It Is
understood that two-thirds of tho new
Board of Aldermen are in favor of a oon-
tinuanoa of the public schools and tbe
requisite appropriation for their mainten
anoe.
On and after Monday a through day
train from Savannah to Jacksonville will
be run on the Atlantio and Golf Railroad,
leaving tbe depot at 8:20 a. m. The night
train will be continued as usual
A Mysterious ' Affair. — Savannah
News: On Thursday evening a stranger
giving his name as Captain Hunter, of
the sohooner T. F. Lmoatter, called at
the Morning News office and reported that
hts vessel hsd arrived at Tybee, seeking
freight. There was nothing nnnsnal in
this and no special attention was paid to
it, until we learned yesterday that a Cap-
taia Hanter bad been around among sev
eral parties in the city borrowing money
and obtaining various articles. Among
those who kindly advanced him money
were Messrs. Cunningham & Hewes, to
yhom he was introduced by a Captain of
a ship now in port, who stated he know
him to be master of a vessel, having
loaded alongside of him at a dock in New
Oilsans. Oa inquiry dating tbe day it
was diEoovered that the schooner T. F.
Lsnooster was not at Tjbes, and diligent
search for Captain Hunter by those who
were slightly interested in his wherea
bouts, proved fruitless. A sohooner of
that name, however, arrived at Ponsaoola
on the 17:h instant from St. Tbomap, and
she aonlJ scaroely have reached here
from that poit by Thursday.. The sup
position therefore m tbe case is, that Cap
tain Hunter may have been’master of the
vessel, but either left her or was dis
charged, and came to Savannah en route
home, and ulilizsd his connection with
her to advantage, or it may be that eome
aaoident has beftllcn him, and that he
will make his appearance and satisfeoto-
rily explain his movements.
True Grit.—Sumter Republican: Hen.
Alien Fort wilt never allow - his Dame to
boused asaa independent candidate for
Congress or any other office against a
regular nominated candidate. Never,
never. He is tso good a Democrat for
that.
He is not that kind of a "Fort.”
YVagon Train vs. Railroad.—Albany
Advertiser: Another wagon train has
been started between Albany and Camilla,
the business men of the latter place be
ing tho principal movers in the matter.
Mr. John S. Montgomery, of Camilla,
has charge of the new line, and transfers
freight from here to Camilla for less than
ia charged by tho A. & G. Railroad. He
is now running two wagons, aud expects
to put oa more ia a few days, if business
continues to increase.
Sad Accident.—Dixie, the Lseiburg
correspondent cf the Advertiser, mites
he following:
A very sad affair took place at Thomp
son & Hays’ saw mill day before yester
day. It seems that Cnailay Porter, of
Starkvill?, in passing the mil), stopped
to play and have a talk with a boy that
ha liked very mneb, acd who bad previ
ously lived with his father a long time,
whf u, by accident, a little derringer pis
tol went off, literally blowing the boy’s
brains out. Reubsn Young wai hia
name. It is very much regretted by all,
as the toy was liked by every one.
Coiiraoaii3E. — Tboma6ville Times:
Wbo’s going to give way iu the guano
fight? Tnai’s the question. The farm
ers ray they vsili not, and there is no sign
of weakening on the part of the dealers.
Split the difference, gentlemes.
Gubernatorial.—Lumpkin Independ
ent : Genera] Lucias J. Gattrell is fre
quently mentioned as tbo probable suc
cessor of Governor Colquitt. ■ He is emi
nently qualified to fill the honored posi
tion, and is one of the most deserving
men in the State. We never think about
the Governorship, however, without con
necting therewith tbe name of the gal
lant Tom Hardeman, than whom nono
are more popular with the people, or have
stronger claims for their support.
Death in a Well.—The Independent
gives, tho particulars of tho killing in
stantly of Charles Evans, colored, who in
sinking deeper the well cf Mr. High
tower, had tbe suspended wooden curb
suddenly to break from its fastenings and
descend npon him, fracturing the skull,
breaking the neck, shoulder and leg of
tho poor man, and destroying him as
quickly as a stroke of lightning.
At Wcbk in Eabnect.—Tho same pa
per remarks thet the farmers in this seo.
tion are as busy as beavers after a fresh
et, preparing their lands and farms for
the next orop. Nsw f enocs have bsen put
np and o!d ones repaired and lands bro
ken np ready for plenting. Ths (own
8?oms descried, scarcely a countryman
being scon dnring the week. We trost
they may bo gven more saooesefnl wilh
their crops during the present year than
they were last.
Resignation Withdrawn. — Darien
Gazette: We are gratified to learn (bat
the Rev. H. F. Hoyt has withdrawn his
resignation as pas'or of the FirBt Presby
terian Church of Darien. This annouoe-
mest will oartainly ba good news to his
many friends and admirers In Darien
and throughout tbe country. Mr. Hoyt,
wo are glad to know, has concluded to re
main in Darien permanently as pactor of
the Presbyterian chnrob. He is a most
estimable gentleman and minister, and
daring bis stay in Darien has made a
faithful paBtorand a good citizen. We
wish him continued good health and pros
perity.
A Load of "Varmints.’'—Louisville
News and Farmer: There wa3 a load of
opossums brought to Bartow last week.
A gentleman had thirty-two all in one box
or cago m3do for the pnrpcBe. They were
sold to Mr. McMillan for fifty cents
apiece. It seems that they were carrying
ont the Scripture injunction that a great
many of the higher order cf animals den’t
observe faithfully. "They were dwelling
in a few nights. He waa heard to eay
the season was not a good one fer opos
sums either.
Murder in Mitchell Oouxtt.—Alba
ny Newt: On Saturday last,'Sam Scar
borough, who lived in-Decatur county,
just on the edge of Mitchell, and John
Kierce, living near Pelham, together
with several others, were *’ going ont from
Pelham. Somo dispute arose between
tho two parties named, about a trivial
matter. Kieroe,‘who was considerably
under the influence of liquor, became
very much offenfied, and tried to borrow
a pistol from his^brother, who was in fhe
party. The brother refused to let Mm
have it, wnen ho (Kierce) rode back
about a mile, to tbe residence of a Mr.
Howell, snatched a gun from a rack, aud
again overtook the party. ^ Efforts were
made to get the gun away'from him.
but he promised not to trouble Scarbo
rough, and they paid no further atten
tion to him. After traveling along about
ouo mile Kierce made no demonstration,
until suddenly he rode np by the side of
Scarborough,"plan ted the Muzzle against
bis side, and fired, the ball taking effect.
The wounded xnan walked a quarter of
a mile after ho was shot, and bn the fol
lowing morning died. „ 1 *»
Labor in Hancock.—Times and Plant
er: So far us we can learn', tho ^farmers,
are having no difficulty in procuring la
borers for this year’s crop. .Most of_the
lands will be tilled by small .renters or
those who work for a share in the crops.
Fifty dollars is about the average for fair
field hands. There is moie land eown in
email giain than usual. *
Fine Cotswcld Sheep.—Albany News:
Last. Monday we noticed a pair of the
finest Gotswold sheep we ever saw, at,the
8. W. Depot, en route fpr Arlington,
There must have been eight or .ten
pounds of wool on each. _ Some enter
prising farmer evidently intends to im
prove Block in Southwest Georgia.
Personal—B. H. Sasnetx, E q —
Times and Planter: This gontlcmsn, so
well known to our readers, has removed
to the city of Maoon, where he williprac-
tioe law. He is a gentleman of scholarly
entertainments, and with a remarkable
turn for making friends, and we join his
host of warm friends, here in a hearty
wish for his future prosperity.
Well Done for Butts.—Middle Geor
gia Argus: We learn from our County
School Commissioner, Prof. E. E. Pound,
that the old school debt of 1871 has been
paid, and that over' 20 per cent, of last
year’s dues were paid. In a short time
our school system will bo as good as any
in tbe world, then wo trust that wo will
have no more people who cannot read or
write. Give us education, and wo will
staud beneath no people on earth.
Dead.—The Warrenton Clipper: It
beoomes oar painfal duty to ohronicle the
death of one of the most prominent citi-
zahs of on; town and county. Judge M.
H. Welborn died at bis residocoe last
Taeeday, at fifteen minutes past four p.
m., in tho seventy-first year of hia age.
He was stricken down by paralysis about
three weeks ago, and einco that lime has
beon quite helplses until last Friday,
when an accidental fall put him on the
dedico so rapidly that his recovery was
soon despaired of. Wo shell forbear
making any remarks npon bis life, as no
doubt a suitable and fit tribute to hte
memory will appear in o future issue
from an abler peD, folly acquainted with
hia history. Soffice it to say, for tho
present, that no man stood higher in the
estimation of onr people. He ia a pnblio
loss, and all can folly realizs deep sympa
thy with his bereaved family.
Importance of the Wine Crop In
Georgia.
Advice 1 from abroad etito that there
hes been a failing off id the wine produc
tion of Franos of 43,700,000 heoiolitres
when compared with the eild of 1878,
and 8,093,000 average deficit for tbo past
ten years. When we reflect that a hecto
litre is 26} gallons, wine measure, the
magnitude of this decline in the favorite
beverage of Central Europe will be ap
parent. Tbis bas bean due, in tho main,
to those great enemies of the vine, pby-
ioxera and oidinm. Neither, so far as we
are informed, have over appeared upon
American toil. Thisfaot being known to
tbe vine-dreestrs of Fracoe, they have
imported whole ship-loads of catlings
from America to re-stock their vine
yards, and millions of enttings have been
shipped by that noted boitioultnrist, Mr.
Berkmaos, of Augusta, and othor parties.
Perhaps the prevalence of these pests
have bad eomething to do with tho vast
inorcssa in tha cultivation of the grape,
and the msnufacture of domestio wine in
California, Ohio, Missouri, Georgia,
North Carolina and ether portions of the
South. These wines are rapidly growing
in pnblio estimation, and connoiseurs eay
compare well with thoso imported from
abroad.
Several years sinco the writer bed the
pleasure of descending throe stories be
low the surfaoo in the wine vaults of the
Amerioan Company at St. Lonir, esoorted
by the President and acoompanied by a
large party of gentlemen.
It waB a speotacle for whioh he was
wholly unprepared. Those immense
caverns, divided into numerous compart
ments, bad millions of bottles of cham
pagne arranged horizontally in tiers one
upon another, and as tbo patty moved
cautiously through tbe narrow passage
ways, eaoh with a taper in his hand, mo
mentarily the atillnes3of that Arctic dark
ness was broken by the pistol-like re-
ports"of exploding bottles, whioh kept up
oredible number of bushels of grapes.
Messrs. Martin, Jenkins, and scores of
other producers, aro offering for sale
mo:-t deftly and beautifully put np and
labelled, the piodnets of thoir wine
presses, and we hope ere lopg to eoe
every farm garnished'and beautified with
a vineyard, which shall not only be a
crowning ornament to the homestead, bnt
rioh souroe of revenue to tho pro
pxfetor.
a perpetual, slow feu de joie. The pro
prietsrs told us that they bought the
•rapes from a wide extent of circumja
cent oountry, extending even for a hun
dred miles. Before leaving we were re
galed with samples of their best, and,
perbsp3 beoause be know no better, this
deponent could discern no difference be
tween the sparkling fluid he quaffed and
the daintiest products of Madam Cli-
qnot’s cellars.
In Georgia, we have in the hardy and
seldom failing eouppernong grape, a
great source cf . revenue, which is just
beginning to engross the attention of our
people. Thanks to the intelligent ex
ample and unwearied efforts of Mr. S. T.
Jenkins, the noble pioneer pomologUt of
Southwest Georgia, who has established
fruit associations almost in every county,
vineyards are multiplying in eve
ry direction in Randolph, Terrell,
Dougherty and other counties, and
somo enterprising grape-growcr3 are
already manufacturing thousands of gal
lons of delicious wine. The article sells
readily at a better profit than any other
product of the soil, and its boquet, flavor
and body will compare favorably with
tho best shorry.
The Souppernong seems to stand any
season, wet or dry, without rotting, end it
is only occasionally that a very severe
freeze when the vine is abcut sheddingils
bloom, or a tempest whioh scatters aud
dissipates tbe farina, causes any redac
tion in tbe abundant yield whioh usually
rewards tbe husbandman. This vine is
of very vigorous growth, and ths writer
remembers to havo seen a single stock in
Tatnall county, before the war, on tbe
farm of a Hr. Pesrion, whioh covered
one-fourth of aa acre and yielded an ia-
Cruelty to tlie Insane.
Many of onr best writers have in their
works of fiction almost dramatized tho
9ruel deeds of the managers of the pri
vate mad-honse3 of England, where, oft-
times, aro sequestered those who are iu
the way of wicked and designing friends.
But everything of the kind pales Into ut
ter insignificance compared with the re
cent horrors which have transpired in the
Michigan Insane Asylum at Kalamazoo.
We copy from tho Port Huron Sunday
Commercial, and did space permit, wonld
reproduce the whole story of the grievous
wrongs perpetrated upon the wretohed
inmates of that so-called humanitarian,
institution. Itris enough almost to craze
the^brain even'tojead the shocking de
tail?, given with methodical accuracy by
some of the poor ♦ ictims who have con
trived to escape or have been discharged.
Happily in Georgia we have a benevolent
and largo-hearted physician- in charge of
tho unfortunates of onr - Sfato Asylum,
and his excellent help-meet, Mrs. GreeD,
is also a ministering angel to thp afflicted
sufferers. The Sunday Commercial says:
One omel practice the attendants in
dulged iu was that of reaohing down aud
jerking patients’ feet frem under them.
Sometimes tho fall occasioned tho pa
tient great pais. I will toll yon my first
experienos of that. About fivo weeks
before I went to the Asylum I accident
ally ran a needle iuto my right foot, and
it remained there. It often caused me
pain, and I was anxious to get rid of it.
Some two or three months after enter
ing the Asylum I was • standing looking
out of a window. Ic was the beginning
of a very cold dBy, and we were about to
be oalled to breakfast. As I stood there
felt the needle pain me, sndithe idea
ooonrred to mo that perhaps I might be
able to foroe it ont, so I rasped my foot
against tbe base or mop-bsard two or
three times, with that-object only in my
mind. I had not notioed that my glove-
kid shoes had mado marks on tho white
base-board, bnt ono of the attendants
—a grass widow, Lucy Ogden by name—
had.
"What are you doing, Mrs. Kewley ?”
she said, and pointed to the marks on the
wall.
For the first time I now observed tho
marks, and stooped a little to examine
them, when the attendant quickly jerked
my feet from under me, and I struck
fairly on my back. - The shock almost
stunned me, and I could not havo got
up immediately if left alone. But Lucy
called her sister Louiee, and at the same
time threw herself on my chest. The two
put on tho ‘-leather muff” to secure my
hands aud buckled a heavy belt around
my waist, drawing it so tight a3 to inter
fere with my breathing. They then as
sisted me to rise, aud, a3 I gasped for
breath, they forced me to walk, pulling
and dragging' mo a dis’anco of about
forty feet to a bed-room known as Mis.
Reader’s room.
The room wa3 known as Mrs. Reader’s
rcom, because she was kept ia that room,
and strapped down to that bench in the
day, and often to the bed at night, for
two and a half years. Her hands beeamo
deformed from the constant restraint.
She vas Saally removed to a more vio
lent hall, and died there, Doctor Hurd,
now of the Pontian Asylum, tdd mo that
she did regain her senses before death.
Onco in awhile I loosened tho belt which
confined her bands and let her work the
muff off herself. I did not dare be seen
tonebing her. They did not feel her
enough, and she often begged me to
bring eome food from the table. I did so
several times, but wa3 put under
"restraints,” and ordered to desist. This
was cot done by the Doctor, but by Mrs.
Ogden and Mrs. Caffrey.
Note —(The "muff” is something like
lady’s muff in shape, but fastens tbo
hands securely.]
Inside that room they fastened me in a
sitring posture near the open window. I
could move my feet, but not my hands
body. A mixture of sleet and scow
WB3 falling, which blew in at the window
and settled on my shoulders. I was given
nobreakfaafc. Itaw no cne and was given
no chance to explain, acd I was left
there until eight in the evening without
food. The snow on my back, in the seat
beside me and on tho floor about my feet - ,
was more than talf an inch thick when I
was released. At eix Mrs. Ogden came
and effsred me food but would not release
my hands nor loosen the band around my
waist. I objected to eating out of her
hand, and said that I could not cat any
way unless the belt around my waist bs
loosened. She refused to do either. I
offered to clean the marks from the base-
beard if 6he wonld release me, but sho
said she would show them to Dr. Palmer
and ho would order me kept where I was
a month. I then asked her to lower tbo
window and she laid I desetved what I
was suffering; she would teach me not to
do so again. When sho finally did released
the belt around my waist at 8 p. m., and
tho rush of blood that ensued caused me
to fall to the floor helpless, sho grasped mo
by the hair and dragged me out of the
room. She then called her sister, end
they proceeded to take off my clothing.
Their violent behavior attracted tho at
tention of another patient, Mrs. Blakely,
who never appeared insane, and did lots
of knitting and sewing. She grasped a
chair and struck them, saying: "You
have frezsn and starved her all day, and
you must let her alone; you shan’t tan
talize her any longer.” They then left
jerked her feet from nnder her.
—Georgia's new four per cent, bonds are
selling rapidly at par ia New JTork. 80 says
the Charleston News and Courier.
—Lord Derby latelyat Boohdrio attributed
English depression to over production, loans
to insolvent States, and wantef confidence
astopeaca abroad. He urged emigration
and temperance as palliatives. .
—Minnesota his a ’drummer’ in Europe
and an agent in Now Tork. Shs iesues an
nually 259.000 copies, in .various Uzisnsgee,
of a pamphlet which tdifilnbiy' get* forth
the advantages she can offer to immigrants.
Hence her Bucaess is securing immigra ion.
—It is reported that Thomas Graham, at
Camden. N- J-, turned State’s evidence and
convicted BsDjamin Hunter of murdering
John M . Armstrong, is to have the benefit;
of so doing to the extent that he will not ba
tried; bnt the State will accept from him a
plea of guilty of murder in the eeoond de
gree. The punishment for this offense is
imprisonment for life.
Dr. Baibd.—A Richmond ditpatch of the
2ith, s>yj ths East Hanover Presbytery to
day, by a vote of 15 to 6, removed the sen
tence of suspension from Dr. E T. Baird
late Secretary of tbe Preatyterian Board of
Pab’isation, who was suspended last year for
alleged irregularities In connection with
lands of the oonoem, and restored Mm to
the Gospel ministry., The Presbytw find
that Dr. Baird has made a penitent acknow
ledgment of tbe moral wrong done, and
that ho ■expresses penitent sorrow-for tha
great inj oty to the oatise of Christ and the
Church resulting tU&refrom.
• —A man who was to have been msrried in
Rochester could not get nearer than wiihln
forty miles of the city at the appointed
in consequence of tha snow blockade. - -The
assombled wedding party was informed by a
telegram of the trouble. Aruggestlon that
tbe eeiemony be ,performed by telegraph
waa favorably received by the.bride,andthe
usual questions and answers were flubed
over the wires. It was fun for ths guests In
the warm Rochester parlor, but the bride
groom, ehivering all night in a cold oar, did
not particularly enjoy it, aciUho bride wept.
The Peuion Bill.—At a meeting or tho
Cabinet Friday, the Commissioner of Pen
sions submitted an estimate of the amount
of money ho thought would bs necessary to
meet this new Taid npon the national treasu
ry. At most, he thought that the amount
required to be paid out would not aggragato
more than 82.000,000 each monib, and that
tha grand aggregate would foot up between
630.o00.C00 and €50,000,000, Secretary 8her-
rntnAffers very much from the Oommis-
tioner’a estimate, and insists that the aggre
gate would bi nearer $100,000,000 than
$30,000,000.
The Qdru Qcestion—Ths President,
says a ■Washington dispatch to tbo World,
has received a memorial signed by ail of ths
members cf the California Stato Constliu- ''
tional Convention, which has recently bsen
in session in Sacramento, arkng of- tho
President or the treaiy-making p wer such
action as will oitectai'Jy provent tne further
immigration cf Cbineee -into tbo Americm
;orts of tha Pacific coast. Tha President
- ias already directed tho Secretary cf Stats
to open negotiations with the Chinese Gov
ernment look-Dg toward a modification of
the fiurlingams Treaty He will not send a
moss*go to Congress on the'subject until
after tha results of theao negotiations are
known.
jumpedon her, pulled, mauled and pum-
meled until they had snbdned her. They
then put on the muff and tbe restraint
belt around her waist and jerked her into
thexoom. I was too weak to assist her,
or I should have done so. She was left
in the room and with the restraints on all
night. I afterward asked her whether
they kept her fastened on the seat all
night, bnt ber answer has escaped my
memory.
Every day tbe atrocious conduct of Ihe
vixenish attendants shocked my nerves.
Probably no day passed in which some
act of tyranny or brutality was not prac
ticed which should never be seen in the
treatment of eriminals, much less in an
asylum for the rntaue.
Some cf these acts of cruelty, related
with marvelous distinctness as to time,
place and detail, are harrowing Indeed.
Now what is the moral? Bet us jealously
watch over the rightB and treatment of
all who, whether insane'or not; are de
prived of their personal liberty acd at
the mercy of keepers and officials, whether
ordinary jailers, or the lessees of tbo
thousand miserable convicts whose crimes
have consigned them to wbat was ence
known as tbe penitentiary, but now, in
fact, bears no resemblance whatever to
that institution. Cruelty should form no
ingredient in punishment for crime. Rs-
frrmation is tbe great object BGugbt alter
by tho law.
How Anour Coffee —The New York Enn
says, one cf nineteen samples of coffee from
New York and Brooklyn groceries tent re
cently to Dr H. A. Mott, Jr, for analysis,
seven were f jund to conta’n chicrory pure
and simple, orcbiccary *nd sori&ls. That
some persens hke chics ry ia their coffeo
seems tabs an established, although inex
plicable, fact; bat, as Dr. Mott romarks, that
is no reaeon why persons of better t sie. who
prefer their coffee pure, thou d be imposed
upon The most disquieting discovery thus
f*r made is that blue day can b j so ground,
moulded, acd routed as to present the per
fect semblance of tbo coffee bean. Fancy
beginning iho day by swallowing a decoction
of blue day!
Ths ‘Comitg May;’ —Ths Grant stal
warts, says the Philadelphia Times, are
looming np grandly. Oonkling U retained
to ths Benato from New York; Oameron
from'PaimeyiTanii; Logan from Xllinaif and
Carpenter from -Wiscontia, and Hawley is
beaten In Connecticut It now noeda bat
the next to certain election cf Chandler
Icom Micl-igan to hive all things in readiness
to ieauo the order to the Republicans of tho
nation—‘As yon were, gentlemen.’ Next
wilt awell np the chorna r f ‘Give us back our
O’d Commander,’ and Grant will start the
thunders of tho echo in the fulness of time,
when he lauds on tho golden elopes of the
Pacific, and slarts out on a transcontinental
ovation that is expected to sweep him back
into ihe White House. Unfortunately tho
next Presidential election is jet nearly two
years off, and who can toll wbat tide shall
rule the politioalsea at a day so distasl?
PcxmciLBeconchia*ion —A New York
letter says as another step towards the re
conciliation of the Tammacy and anti-Tam -
many Democratic dements, with a view to
•a u ore poifect union’ in the next pretiden-
tial campaign, it may bs mentioned that the
Tammvny representatives in tha New York
Legislature have formally abindoned their
loeition of hosti i’.y to Gov. Rjbiracn, and
lavo Intimated to tim that tli=>y ate willing
to let - Mgonea be bygonta * This, it is un -
deratood, is In acoordancs with the adviso cf
Hon. John Kelly and ths othsr rramgers
down hero ThB Governor fully recip - cc ito i
this changed feeling, and as a matifestaticu
of h;s sincerity he invited the entire Tam
many delegation to his reception the olher
evening. The invitation was accepted, and
tLus, fer tho fiiat Urns in two years, the two
interests were as one.
Ths Teltei IsvEsnaAT-.ON —The Teller
Committee, says tho Nashville American,
ha: failed to show the slate of rff&ixs^the
RepubTctna have chtrgod as 'existing in tho
South, acd there ia a very material modifica
tion in the reports cf corretpondents. The
witnesses oxtmmed, when silted, show a
social state whioh is bad enough, but tit is
not a ease of Bulgarian horrors, and then it
is conSned to a email area. - Tbe evidence
taken in Louisiana really implicates but a
small portion of the State, but a few Bounties,
and but a small part of tbe people.hr political
disturbances. As a partisan movement the
investigation is a failure already, whil9 it
may result in good to the South. To ths
greater part of the 8onth ecch a revelation
of its social condition was neoossary to tho
growth of healthful pnh'io opinion. What
is most needed in the 8onth is the irretisti-
ble solid foroe cf the bast thought oonatraiu-
iog the unruly minority. Ths reason wh7
there has bean no each ncited moral force
acting upon the few and small dietoibcd
areas is plain enough. Such union of ths
moral and conservative social forces moat
come from within, not firm without. Tbo
outward partisan preeaure has been always
fatal to its growth.
Marshal FuzsiiCmohs.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says, under data of the24th instant:
Inconsequence of reports which have
been widely circulated that the removal
of Marebal Fitzsimmons, of Georgia,bad
been determined upon, that gentleman
came here a fow days ago in a condition
of gretd alarm. In order to see how it
was, General Gordon went to the White
House and eaw the President The
President said it-was not true that he had
threatened to remove any officials in the
South simply because they happened to
be Democrats, and that he bad not any
present intention of distuibicg Mr. Fitz
simmons, who bad made cne of the best
marshals ini' the country. With this
comforting assurance Mr. Fitzsimmons
was fain to be satisfied, and he has de
parted for hone with a mind at case.
A New Trouble.—Tbe English pa
pers announce a new trespass on the part
of these all-pervading Chinamen. They
aro actually investing in ships and pre
paring to take tbe commerce of tbe aeaa
as common carriers of merchandise Are
the tacraU of tbo higb seas to be-dis
turbed in ttat way—by a people who
chin-chin Joes—eat rice and rate, acd
lire on two cents a day 1 Impossible 1