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CLISBY, JONES & REESE, PbomiStobs. Established 1826. THI FAMILY JoUBH*AIi.--4f*W8—POLITICS—LitIIbATUBK—A CIBICULTUB*—DOU E8TIC . AT. mm■ MACON, TUESDAY, FEBj&JARY 18,1879. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH Volume LIV-NO 7 - —-- BY fELEGRAPH. ^AsHwaTOJr. February 9.—The Potter Committee ta-day received tho following letttf : jj eW York, February 8,1879. To Non. Clarkson N. Potter, Chairman : tf R . c I'be eTidence recently elicited by •oar Committee concerning this Com- y0 .r-tion in respect to political tele- Sfrotnut in 1876 and 1877.by Senate and House committees' enb- 16 . . nnoeara to have been eo uniformly **n^eMtood by the press, as to make it £72S?S53 ‘0 amplify the nt by >=»j&’S£se3S ^sgggSfcsss which alrea J 1^ be laid before OoDgress-ajWnK Ww itsrec* ^to a ooneot hia* tori of tbeso transactions may appear, but ♦h2 at Sesame time a simple not of ta.tice may be done thereby to the com- 3 I havo the honor to repre- ££/ in tbo resulting vindication of its fate and present administration from any charge of political bias in the conduct of ‘‘The*pT.‘£ truth is that the company, realizing a great moral obligation to pro-: Eerve sacred from a threatened exposure nil telegrams committed to »te confidence id ling, both before and after the service of the subpoenas, resorted to by every bgitmate and proper device con sent with a due respect for the author- itTof Congress, to prevent such exposure b* a timely transfer of the messages from tho custody of the messengers and effirore likely to be called upon to pro- dnea ibern to the Executive officers in New York, and thence by a resolution of the Executive Committee of the Board of Director* from the custody of the Executive officers to that of tho Execu tive Committee itself. When, therefore, Manager Barnes, of the Sew Orleans office, was snbpcesal by tbo Morrison Committee, almost all of the telegrams he was called upon to pro dace h3d been taken from his custody, sed ho had uo power to produce them. So also when the president was brought to tha bar of the House for contempt, he was enabled to plead that he had not the custody of toe messages called for in hrn subL« as. Tho proceedings of the House of Representatives, as published in the Congressional Record, ebowthat Mr. Or ton himself, on thiB occasion, taroogh tho statements of his answer as to the at titude taken by the Executive Committee, disclosed to the House fall information as to where the messages con’d ba I0 Bat, notwithstanding thia fact, no member of the House or its oommitteea caw fit, at the time, to act upon the in formation tho* given. The Senate Com mittee, however, took the initiative, and, sanding immediately to New York the next day, served every member of the Company’s Executive Committtee with a sweeping enbj.ee sa, which demanded the production of all messoges to or from the principal offices of the Company, where any important political telegrams were supposen to have been sent or received undtr this snbpocus. The Executive Committee, composed equally of mem bers of the two political parties, proceed-- cd with tho messages to Washington where, soon alter arrival there, they were served with a like sweeping snbjcesa from the House Committee. A meeting of the Executive Committee was then held, and by resolutions then passed it was decided to respect the ser vice on the company’s president and com mittee alike and to surrender to the House Committee all the messages cov ered by its subpoena to Presiden t Orton— this being prior in time of service to the subrooaa from the committee of tho Sen ate, and to surrender to the Senate Com mittee all the messages covered by it* subpeesa—this list being prior in time of service to the like subpoena from the Committee of the House. It waa farther resolved, in order to comply as far ib possible with the con flicting subpoenas, that whichever com. mittee tailed to receive the original mes cages should have copies of all each original* a* were delivered to the' other committee; or if it should be concluded that the immense labor of copying might b* saved, then that the committee of either Qonoe receiving the original mes sages should agree that the member* of the committee of the other House which hud called for them ahonld have free access to excisin' such originals to make copies therefrom if desired. ** A copy of these resolutions, of which the foregoing is the substance, was served upon each committee on January 19-b, and on the 24th of January Senator Sar gent wrote to the company stating that the com mittee of the Senatehai conferred with the committee of the House, and the alternative or latter feature of the above- mentioned arrangement was accepted as entirely satisfactory to both committees. The surrender of the messages - was then made, but not until the company bad urgen'ly endeavored to impress upon the respective oommitties the necessity of guarding the telegrams from theft and from disclosures to others than those who, from their position on the commit tee, were entitled to their inspection. It will be teen that oar course in these mat ter* was strictly fair and impartial. We were powerless to lake further precau tions in the premises and we are in no maunor responsible for the subsequent loss of the telegrams entrusted to the Senate committee. I have the honor to remair, Very respectfully years, - Nobvin Queen. President. Full Hives, Mass., February 9 —Tho American Print Works, one of the largest iu the United Slates, have been compelled to ask for an extension on its notes. The eaoiial rtoct is $1,000,000; liabilities, $180,000. The last return of assets made pltced the figures st $2,000,000. The notes hava been protested, bntont. tide tanka sod creditors have reoently called in loans, and Thomas J. Borden, tresinrer, received notice yesterday that ihe lotos matured next week wonld not be tCBswed, and that oansed a temporary W’lpension of payment*. The Ameriosa Print Works have not tailed, bat owing to the pressure from ontside parties, it was deemed advisable to ask an extension of two years. The company’s indebtedness is shout $1,300,. MO, of whlob quite a large amount is owed to various mills in this city for cloth. The corporation has a valuable property, and Us creditors who have C nted an extension, business will nn- ibtedly be continued as ttsoal. No notes have gone to protest. Washington, February 9 —Toe report o!_ the majority of the House Naval Com- mittee, signed by all the Democratic members, cites that numerous alleged violations of law by Px-Secretary Robeson and some of his official associates—the information furnished to the committee by tho present Secretary in regard to the manner in which contracts have bsen nude since 1870—the manner In which indebtedness has been decreased and the manner in which public- property has been disposed of, shows a constant aad almost ceaseless disregard and violation of law. The report arraigns, as gnilty of acts which should receive punishment, ex- Secretary Robeson, W W. Wood, ex- Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineer ing, Isaiah Hans comb, ex-Chief of the Bureau of Construction and pay officers John G. Bradford and J. H. Watmougb. Queenstown, February 9.—Tho Cel tic, before reported disabled, arrived here safely last night. London, February 9.—The committee appointed to investigate the disaster on the Thunderer, hava discovered that the gun which exploded had alroady bsen loaded with an extra charge, which miss ed fire, when a fall charge was in»prted and fired, and the explosion *-c urr«1. No disturbance here to day. An addi tional force of three hundred infantry and eighty cavalry have arrived. Constantinople, February 9,—Ruchdi Pasha, Grand Vizier, haB been exiled. The definitive treaty between Russia and Turkey provides that all the San Stefano stipulations which were modified by the treaty of Berlin shall remain as modified. Tho remaining stipulations are abandoned in favor of the present treaty, by which the war indemnity is fixed at three hundred millions paper roubles and the settlement is deferred. The payment for the maintenance of Turkish prisoners will bo made by twenty-one installments,but is not to be gin immediately. The examination of the accounts is. expected to last two or three years. The Russian evacuation of the Turkish territory will be completed in forty days after the ratification of the treaty. Paris, February 9.—Pere Hyacintba Loyeon’a Old Catholic Charon was opened yesterday in a bnlldioi? formerly oconpied &3 a theatre. The Bishop of Morey and two otner Protestant bishops were ex pected to assist at tho dedication, but circumstances prevented their attend ance. La France newspaper Eays M. Bs Los. sep3, tno constructor ot the Suez canal, is a prominent and acceptable candidate for the governorship of Algeria. New Yobk, February 9.—A three- year’s-cld child of Mrs. Stewart died this morning of starvation in a fireless room. Stewart and wife hail from Harper’s Fer- rv. Virginia, and came lately from the Woat to this oityin saarohot wotk. They have been in a state of terrible destitu tion for some time. Pittsburg, February 9.—Captain Paul Boy ton, wno entered the Alleghany river at Oil City Taesday morning, arrived here this afternooD. He was enthusias tically greeted by neatly G0.000 people, who lined both sides or the river from the month of the Alleghany to the eastern city limit. The weather was unfavora ble, being bitterly oold, with occasional snow storms and ioe. He experienced great trouble and danger. London, February 10.—An ontbreak of pleuro-pneumonia has occurred among the cattle at Wigan Thorpe, near Malton, county of York. A Times dispatch from Calcutta says advices from all parts of the scene of ac tive operations are highly satisfactory, both as regards the political and military situation and the condition of the forts and b applies. Rain still holds efi in tho northwest provinces acdPunjaub. Harvest pros pects are most gloomy. Constantinople, February 10—Franco will advise Greece not to teaiat upon the cession of Janina. Prince Dondoukoff Korsakoff, the Rus sian Governor of Bulgaria, and the Con sul* of the great powers, hava left S-fia to be present at the inauguration of the Bulgarian Governor. It is believed there are differences in the Turkish Cabinet which must cause the retirement of either Khenedin Pasha, thv Grand Vizier, or of Said Pasha, Min ister of Justice. The Russian army in the Balkan Pen- insnia is suffering much from spotted typhus. Dbtboit, February 10.—The resigna tion of Senator Christiascy as Senator from Michigan has been pliced in the hands of the Governor to take effect at noon to-day. Cincinnati, February 10 —A telegram says all the trains on the Oaio and Mis sissippi Railroad were detained at Flora, Illinois, from six a. m. to six p. m. yes terday by the enforcement of the rigorous Sunday law. Memphis, February 10.—An argument on the genera' creditor’s bills represent ing the city bonds to the amount of $2,- 500 000 was b-ard this morning by Judge Baxter of the United States Dis trict Coart. The Judge announced his determination to appoint a receiver to morrow. London, February 10.—Three of the largest jnte factories in Forforehtre, Scotland, have closed, owing to ths de pression in trade. It ia reported that I he four factories in Dundee will also stop. BoRDsaux, February 10.—M. Delbee- que, dueotor of the mint, ha* been aea- tenoed to six year’s imprisonment and one hundred and twenty-five thousand francs fine for embezzling one million fonr hundred thousand frane3in bullion, whiob had been lodged in the mint by the Bothsohilds. Delbeeque substituted galvanized copper and brass for tho bul lion which he embezzled. London, February TO.—The report printed in New York that the British government have issued an order forbid ding live cattle from the United States to land at porta of the kingdom after the 25tb instant is incorrect. The govern ment issued no such order; on the con trary, they have intimated _ that unless future arrivals prove the existence of the disiate they havo no intention of taking steps toward interference with the cattle trade. At Liverpool the Mersay dock hoard have agreed to erect lairage and work has already been commenced. Bepotts from Russian villages oontinne to give alarming statements of the pre va- Ienoe of the plague and other epidemic disorders. Washington, Febinary 10.—In the Senate, Mr. Spenoer presented the joint resolution of the Alabama Lsglalature favoring an appropriation for the removal of ob3liuotion* from the Mobile bay and for the Improvement of tho navigation of various rivers in Alabama. Referred to Committee on Commeroe. Mr. Withers, of Virginia, presented s petition of the Catholio Young Men s Na tional Union protesting against tho dis crimination made by the United (States Government in ths appointment of chap lains in tha army and navy, by whioh Catholio soldiers End seamen are deprived of the benefit of their religion, and in the appointment of Indian ageDta where by vast numbers of Indians who are Catholios are placed in charge of denomi nations in which they have no Interest or confidence. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Withers also presented a petition of Beverly H. Robertson for the removal of his political disabilities. lo the House the hilt authoring the ifeue of certificates of deposit ia aid tf the refunding of tbe public debt rss taken np, and, after being amended to ss to make the rate of interest four per osnf., wa* ptesed. . The bill directs the Treasurer to issue United States certifisates of deposit of the denomination of ten dollars. Toe Honse was principally engaged in tbe diaensaion of tbe legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bills. Ia ths Senate, the army appropriation bill was received from the Honse and re ferred to the Commutes on Appropria tions. Senator McCreary addressed .tbe SenAte in favor of the transfer of the Indian of fice from the Interior to the War Depart ment. Tbo Senate Chamber and galler- ies were crowded to exoess dating ths de livery of his epe60h. Mr. Garland gave notioe that on Satur day next he wonld move to take np the Texas and Pacific railroad bill. The Senate then confirmed Goodaon M. Rob erta as postmaster.at Asheville, N. C. The Potter Committee will meet to morrow, when Jndge Sonthwood will be called to testify to certain acts of bribery in Lonisiana. At a meeting of the Democratic mem. befi on Saturday it was proposed to sab- pans Swayse, who, it waa alleged, re ceived $450 for his testimony before the sub committee at New Orleons. Thic was overrated, however, on tho ground that his statement bad already received suffi cient contradiction, and that if Swayse were called it would necessitate the hear ing of A number of other witnesses and take np mnch time. After Judge Sonthwood has been exam ined, Hon. Randolph Tucker, whose name has been mentioned in connection with the disappearance of certain cipher tele grams from one of the committee rooms, will be allowed to make an explanation, and then the investigation of the cipher telegrams will be resumed. Mr. Wooley will be summoned from Cincinnati, and two or three ether witnesses will be heard whose names have not yet transpired.. Exertion will be made to conclude the investigation this week, no as to give time for the preparation of reports, eaoh side, it is understood, having decided tq lay one before tho Honso. “ , The House ha3 made the sugar bill the special order for Thursday the 13th instant. Tbe committee of conference on the navy appropriation bill agreed upon a report this a'ternoon. The amount of the difference between the two Houses was $85,000. Tbe Senate surrendered $75,000, The disagreement was thus compromised. At a meeting of the House census committee it was agreed to report favora bly on the Senate bill, with amendments in tha sections where it differs from Rep resentative S.- 8. Cox’s bill. The two bills are substantially alike in all particular.", excepting as to tho ap point of supervisors. The Senate b.ll fixing the same under tbe jurisdiction of the Interior Department and Mr. Cox’s bill places in the same department, but authorizes the Governors of several States to nominate said officers. The indica tions are that the bill, as originally offered by Mr, Cox, will become a la-, except as to the source of the appoint ments which m*y be settled by the Con ferences. Washington, February 10.—Tho Tel ler Committee held a meeting ro-day. A general conversation took place on tho fatnre action of the Committee. Senator Hoar offered a resolution, which waa not acted on, providing for the appointment of a sub-committee, to report to tbe full committee to what txteut the investiga tion should be pursued in tbe matter of tho elections, South Carolina and Lonisi ana only thus far having been investi gated. The next meeting of the committee u subject to tbe call of the chairman. Tne Senate Committee on Appropna tion, agreed to add $400,000 to the amount granted by the House to railway mail transportation, tbe additional amonnt to be used by the Postmaster General in his discre'.io a to seenre spe cial facilities for the postal service, the purpose being to provide for the contin uance of what is known as fa-1 mail ser vice by the tailroads. The committee will devote another session to the post-office appropriation bill to-morrow and will then vote on the amendment which provides for the Bra zilian ocean mail siirvioc. James B. Campbell and William Henry Prescott, representing the committeo t f Somb Oarolma tax payers, and Governor Aiken, William C. B:e and Robert Adger, also representing the State under the con sequent resolution of tbe General Assem bly, accompanied by Hon. Robert Smalls, member from the Baanfort distrio’, bed an interview this morning with tbe S*cre- tary of the Treasury and tbe Commis- Biouer of Ioteroal Revenue with referenoe to the surplus of th9 direot tax levied in that State and now in thB treasury. A resolution was introdnoed by Mr. Smalts and passed tbe House on Saturday, call ing for each information as wonld supply the basis of some equitable legislation. The wbola direot tsx of South Carolina was collected from a very small eeotion of tha sea coast, while the act provided that each piece of property should bo taxed only according to its com parative value of the whole property of the 8tate. It is claimed that the surplus should be returned to those who have been over assessed, and also urged that the large surplus resulting from tbe sale of lands of Sl Helena, St. Lake’s should not be retained by the govern ment, but refunded to those whose lands were tbns forfeited by the sale. A bill to that effect has been introduced by Smalls. Omaha, Feb. 10.—A dispatch receiv ed at tbe department headquarters from Fort Robinson, states that the Indians who murdered Moorhead end three others on Janaary 19tb, and Little Woli’a band of Cneyennes, in all about a hundred bncke, well armed with gnus and pistols and hiving a plenty of ammnnition, re cently surrounded a wagon train and took all tb a provisions but killed no one, aid gave one of the men of tbe train a silver watch they had taken from Moorhead. There were no squaws or children with the party. Captain Ferris telegtapba from the camp on Snake river that he has discovered a large trail ten dsjB or two weeks old leading southwest from Boardman’a fork. There were evidently between three and fonr hundred head of stock and many aqnawa and children in tho party. Captain Ferrie will follow the trail. Cheyenne prisoners from Fort Robinson en route to Leavenworth, twenty-two in number, including Wild Hog and Old Crow, arrived to-day and left tor their destination to-night._ Navr Yohx, February 10.—In the suit of G. S. and JohatKaauz, of -New Oris- km, against tbe United Bute* Pareheeing Agent, O.-N; Cutter, who wm the receiv er of $35,000 paid M taxes on cotton in New Orleans in Jane, 1$#5, and whioh has been on trial before Jndge Wallace in ihe United State* Circuit Court, the jury failed to agree and were disobirged. Boston, February 10.—A private dis- ptton from Liverpool states that there will be no interference by the English government in regard to cattle, unless farther disease be discovered. The steam ship Istrian arrived there yeaterdey with a c*rgo of oattle. All were landed safely and admitted without trouble. New Yore, February 10.—Thomas Hallisey, under twelve years of age, who struck his stepmother, Bridget Haliiasy, her death, pleaiedguilty of manslaughter in the third degree to-day. Jndge Gilder- sleeve sentenced him to the city prison for thirty days. Trot, Feb’y 10—G. F. Simmons, crazed by the elopement of-his wife, poisoned hia three children and cut hia throat at two o’clock thi3 morning. The ohildren will recover, bat Simmons will probably die. Pittsburg, February 10.—A dispatch to-the Evening Clvronicle from Kittanin says Sheriff Y. A. Williams, who was convicted at the December term of per jury m using money for election pur poses, was sentenced to-day by-Judge Boggs to twenty-five mcntttt .imprison ment in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $300. Williams has been in office since January 18,1877. ‘ Charleston. Eebiawy 10 —Tho races are atUl postponed.on account of the weather. Vienna, February 10.—Count Taafe has failed to form hia oabinet. London, February -10,—'The appoint, meat of General Chaney.Frenph Minister to Russia, appears to be finally decided. THE* GhORUlA PRESS. Judge Fleming Accepts.—In reply to tho letter of tbo oommittee communicat ing the faot of his nomination by the late Congressional Convention,In the first dis trict, as aoandidate to fill the nnexpired teim of Hon. Julian Hartridge, deceased, Judge Fleming writes the following note, which we fiad in the Savannah News t-. , Walthourvillb, February 6 .h, 1878, Messrs. John McKinnc et a 7 ,., Committee: Gentlemen—Yuar favor informing me that, at a convention of the Bemocratia Attxr the Pension Voters.—The Ad vertiser eaye: ; We shall look over the ayes and nays upon the passage of the Pension bill with mnch interest. We areanxionB to see if any Georgia Congressman aided in vo ting away one hundred and fifty millions of dollars on a buncombe electioneering scheme. ThiB was about the sum voted away and that, in enbstance, the object aimed at. We propose to do a liberal amount of free advertising for snch as aided in oassing thia gigantic plundering MIL * , "‘1 , >•? .. • *r ' A Demoralizing Fiddler. — Rome Courier: The presenoe of Wilhelnij in Georgia has a demoralizing effeot on the proof reader of the Atlanta Constitution. He'speaks of one at the Coiambus pa pers as the Engufrer-Sun, Pennsylvania Coming to Georgia— Mining Iron Oee.—Roma Courier: Mr. Samuel' P. Ellis, of Pennsylvania, has leased three iron ore beds in this aonnty —one from Green Canningbam, one from W. A. Bixter, and one from Lowi3 Rey nolds. -He proposes to commence at an early date to mine the ore and ship it to Northern fncoaoes. The ore is said to ba of a enperior quality. A Fatal Shot.—Valdosta Times: One day last week, Mr, Wilson, nn employe on tbe Gulf Road, got into a difficulty with a negro at Naylor, and it resulted in the killing of the latter by a pistol ehot in the abdomen. *■ *' Rain.—The same "paps** remarks that the dry spell, which bashbfen unfavor able to spring gardens, oats, and t the breaking of corn and cotton land, was relieved by gentle -dhower^ last Thurs day. } The population of Valdosta in 1870 by the census waa 2,000. It must ba at least party of the first Congressional J a third larger at this time, hold in Savannah on the 4.b ofc thfc a ~ m Columbus.—Wo gather from rroniH t hart bsen nominated the oandi- m in exXge foTlawfal^onTy of tb. with aknif., the injury inflicted causing month, I bad been nominated the oandi date of the”paVty to fill the vacancy in the Forty-fifth'Coagross oknsed by the death of the late Hon. Julian Hartridce, was re oeived late last night. Thanking yon, gentlemen, for your kind expressions Of esteem, I accept the nomination 'tendered, regretting that I hsva not time to visit eveiy eoaoty in the Respectfully, ete., W. B. Fleming. We understand there i3 a strong move ment on foot to influence Gov. Colquitt to reinstate the Judgo in the position he held so long and usefully on the bench of tho Eistern Circuit. Though quite advanced in years, he is still vigor ous, and his mental powers are as active as ever. A better appointment could not bo made in the entire district. Arrival ox Dignitaries.—Savannah News: Senor Julian Alfredo Priucipee, the new Spanish Consul of Savannah, accompanied by Senor Arthur de Sar- torres, Spanish Vice Consul of Hayti, arrived in the city yesterday and are stop ping at the Screven House. Senor Prin cipe takes the place of Senor Juan de Al- minane, who will leave in a few days for Europe, where a position has been as signed him. The shipment of dressed poultry from Tennesseo and the West to Savannah is increasing immensely. Well, how much more toothsome and far cheaper is delicate and tender tnrkey at fifteen^ cents per ponud than tongh, lean beef at the same figure 1 Atlanta a Manutacturing Citt — Constitution: We lbarn that tbe maobin ery tor tue new ioe factorv, to be bntlt at West Endj by Mr. William Ciifforo Neff, of Cincinn iti, is arriving sod will be at once put op on the vacant lot, jost beyond St. James’ ohapel. Colonel George Adair informed a reporter yester day that he had sold the old Loyd tobacoo faotoryon Marietta street, whioh has been recemly ran by Hell & Son, to Mays & Risine, of London, Tennessee. These gentlemen intend to open a big fnrnitare factory thore very soon, wi h the plan of making fnrnitare of all sorts in great quantities. They bring to the business piemy of capital and long experience. It is estimated that tha new tee faotory and the proposed farnilure faotory will bring a: loa-t twenty-five new oitizjns to At- linte, besides inducing other minnfac- tnring enterprise*. Death of a SuLDIsr —Private W. Iten, of Company H, 18:h Infantry, U. S. A, was fouai deal iu the Chok room of the Atlanta Barracks oa Friday morniDg. He had boen detailed as a cook, and, it ia supposed, died from iofltmmation of the brain. Emigrant Rates from the We t to Giobgia Secured.—Atlanta Constitution W. J. Houston returned from New Or leans by Atlanta and West Point Railroad yesterday, buoyant with his suocess in se curing emigrant rates from Texas to ail points in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Vir ginia. He states that be can bring full grown emigrants from Houston, Texas, to Atlanta for less than half the value of a five hundred pound bale of cotton, and hopes when another crop is made to see the countrymen of tho Northeast return ing from the Southeast in large numbers. We hope to be able to give details folly in our next isono. Christianize the Poor Indian.—We learn from the Tbomosville Times that Bishop Whipple, who has labored nine* teen years among the Indians, has con sented to deliver an address to-night in that city, on the interesting theme of what can be done to christianize the poor nnfortnnate aborigines who havo met with such hard treatment at the hands of oar government and people. We should be glad to have the Bishop repeat hia lecture tn Macon. The tame paper re marks that a deeply interesting aeries of meetings have been in progress at both tlie Methodist and Baptist Churches for the post two weeks. The pastors of tbe various churches here are earnest work ers. Young Fsmale College.—The same paper describing the late public exami nations in this institution says: It Is exceptionally welt managed and presents many strong claims for a liberal support from the people of South Georgia and Florida. Society in Thomasville is ex cellent; the health of the place unsur passed ; the general tone of the people moral and ohuroh privilege* and facili ties good. Among the female colleges in Georgia, we know of none which has su perior claims to Young Female College. May it always have that degree of pros perity which it so eminently deserves. Mr. John E. Baker is the excellent President of Yonng College, and no bet ter mania the Stato could be found for the position. • * Listen, Young Man.—Cedar Town Advertiser: The doll season will soon be npon us and we predict that all over the country many poor clerks will go ‘'house less and homeless.” Yonng man, grasp the plough handles and be* independ ent. • •• * ' a tabulated statement in the Times that $35,950 wonh of property perished in the dimes at Colambns daring the year 1878, njjoa whioh there was insnranoe for $25,» 28). A* Hand oh* Increase.—Siaoa Septem- tember 1st the mills of Colambns have taken 8.019 bales of cotton, against 4,241 last yeir. Increase in les3 than six month*, 8,778, OaHE Down.—The Madisonian compla cently remarks: Guano has.come down to its former prices, we learn. Indeed, we see several hand-bills.in our townheaded, “Prices reduced.^'* a This ia propor. Oar farmers ounld Out afford to .pay the new tariff levied upon fertilizers, and wa arc glad t o learn that :the dealers haTW .con cluded to redoes the prtoas of tha same. It will prove mntaally benetloial to both plan'-er and dealer, and inaugurate a bat ter feeling between each. Fortunately for Moreau county, no property was soil at Sh’ertff sale last Taesday. The Wool Hat3 Don’t Like It,— News and Farmer: There is a distinction now as to special and grand juries. The grand jury is the cream, and the special the buttermilk and clabber of tho coun try. The Sumter Republican 13 responsible for this. A little innocent of this town wants to know whether hens lay eggs on Sunday. The LiGrango Reporter presents a very handsome appearance in its new dress, and once more appears in its usual size and bright ns a sunbeam. The Reporter is one at the best weekly journals on tbo exchange list of the Telegraph. May brother Waterman never, go through the fire again. He has been sufficiently re- A SICK SENATOR. The ixcessive corpulency of a certain United States Senator has long been tho but of editorial wit and spicy bon mots from the pens of Washington correspon- dents. Few persons have suspected that hi* obesity was a disease, and liable to prove fatal. Yet this is tbe sad fact. Excessive fatness is not only a disease in uself, but one liatls to generate other and more eericus ones. Chemistry has at lost revealed a safe, sure and reliable remedy for thi3 abnormal condition of tho system in Allan’* Anti-Fat. Distin guished chemists have pronounced it not only harmless but very benefical to tho system, while remedying the diseased condition. Sold by druggista. A PERILOUS BUSINESS. How tbe Operation ot Torpe doing Oil Wells is Conduc ted. Pittsburg Leader.l Torpedoing oil wells has grown within the past ten years to be a bnaintss of considerable magnitude. Therb is cot a well now operated in the oil country bat what is more or less torpedoed. Those who have never seen an oil well, and are unacquainted with the business, will no doubt wonder why thia ia the oaae. For their information it might be well to elate the reasons: The first is for the purpose of blasting the oil rook, thereby creatiog crevices through whioh the flaid finds its way into the wel 1 . As an illustration, many wells are pat down into the proper depth withoat producing one gallon of oil nntil torpedoed, and then they wonld flow. Before torpedoing oame into vogne, hundreds of expensive holes were put down and abandoned which np doabt wonld have proven * ( *poutert>”had they been properly “shot.” All wells are now torpedoed immediately afeer they are down, whether they are good ones or dry holes. Tho eecond reason is, after wells are opened a while the oil rand becomes clogged up with paraffine. It is then ne cessary to clean them out, and nitro-gly- cerine has been found to be the most ef fectual. Torpedoing is rather expensive, but it of cnane pays, or the producer would not pay the steep prices asked by those who follow the business. The price charged for a torpedo ia‘regu lated by the quantity of explosive material which it contains. For instance, a shell containing a quart of ni- tro-glyoerine oosta $40. and $20 is charged for eaoh additional quart. Four quarts is the average amount used for a single shot; sometimes, however, as high aa six teen quarts axe nsed. The Roberta Torpedo Company for a long time monopolized tha business, and operator* were oompelled to pay tbe enor mous prioes asked by Roberts, who claims to be tbe inventor of the prooear, and had it patented. The immense profit* ot tb* tradai soon had the effect of inducing many other* to .go into tbe dangerous traffio. Other torpedoes were patented* bat E. A. Ia Robeits claimed that they were ell infringements on his patent, and prosecuted them to the bitter end. The large capital whioh Its had accumulated out of the business enabled him to do this, and in every instance be was ancoessfnl in gaining tbe suits. Fi nally, however a class of men went tnto the trade who defied the great monopo list and the law. These men are now known througout Qildom B3 “Moonlight ers,” and in fact they have tho sympathy of the producers, end their patronage, too, to a great extent. The moonlighter does the work for about one-halt the price charged by agents of Roberta’ Tor pedo company, and then he makes a big *fli of a thing out of it The mcenlighter ir wife’s sister’s aon. Altogether the indebted to the appellation to tb» fehikiiion which Mr. Conkling made of fact of hia beiag compelled to tfce practice of the administration ot civil ' - ’ * —*— 14 service rcfprm was a very humiliating one, and it showed that, while tho Fresi- do hi3 work after night, for if de. tected in the act of “shooting a hole’’ by ono of Roberta’ detectives he ia served with an injunction. If he is found to re peat tho offense he 13 then arrested for contempt of court and jailed or put under bail. The Colonel pays very liberally for information in respect to these free booters, and this has beeen the means of makipg a number of informers, who are continually watching the actions and fol lowing np the' trail of the poor “moon lighter.” The danger attending the life of a tor pedo agent, and particularly the midnight manipulator of nitro-glyoerine, is so gieat that it requires an immense amount of nerve. Tho latter ib dogged at night and watched by day, and he knows not at what minute an officer will pounce npon him and pnt him behind tho bars. Again, as said before, he is comoelled to do the work at night, which enhances tho dan ger of handling the compound a hundred-fold. Tho slightest mistake, a. single misstep, tho striking of his c-tn against anything, or the spilling of a drop of the explosive fluid, would, ten to one, send him into eternity so bad ly minoed that Peter would not recognize him. The coroner’s jury investigations in the large number of sudden deaths whioh have oocnrred in cases of thiB kind, and are occurring throughout the oil re gion every day, means only a_ ceremony over the spot where the aocident took place, and not over the remains of any body. They don’t expeot to find even enough of the bedy to be seen throngb a microsoope, and, wbat 5b more, never take tbe tronble to look. Tho moon lighter secretes bis stock in trade m every conoeivable plaoe. Hollow trees, brash piles, old logs, under rooks, and, in fact, any placo where it wonld. be less likely to be found. The writer remembers rather an amusing incident which occur red some time since near Triangle, in consequence of this indiscriminate nse of bmsh piles for magazine purposes. _ A gentleman of that place was out gunning ono day, and fired a load of shot at a rab bit just as it was entering a bmsh pile. Th9 shot took effect in a can of nitro glycerine. The gentleman Eaid his . sur prise was so great that he immediately eat down. No doubt he did, for the con-. cus3ion broke glass in Triangle, a mile distant. The rabbit wa3 never found. Somb Carolina Grange. THB-AUANO CONTROVERSY. The State Gram;a of Bonth Carolina, lately in session at Charleston, adjourned on Friday last, and just bsfore adjourn ment took the following actlon on the gu»no controversy: The committed on fertilizars submitted the following report, which was taken np and adopted seriatim: Yonr committoe to whom was referred memorials and resolutions from subordi nate granges in regard to fertilizers, beg leave to report: 1st.’ That the State Grange solemnly and earnestly remonstrates against the wrong in advancing the price of fertilizers, whicU is an article of common nse. and just after the adjournment of the State Legislature. 21. That we intend neither hostility nor combination against the manufactu rers of fertilizers to impose any damage upon them, but simply to express our mature conviction against a common op pression, so ruinous to tbe vital interests of the entire State. 3d. That we advise onr Pomona and Subordinate Granges to take immediate actim, through their respective execu tive committees, npon thiB subject, which with present light will accomplish all we de;ire. 4th. That the delegates present will im mediately advise their respective Granges of tbe information obtained at thia meet ing, eo as to facilitate the perfecting of all urraDgements necessary for relief. 5tb. Tnat tbe aotion and determination of tbe State Grange on this whole matter, and all actions, oommanieations and cor respondence of Patrons, G'angos, Subor dinate or Pomona, also of all authorized agents, axo to ba striotly confidential and nnder tbe striotest bonds of seoreoy, in aocordanoo with “obligations of onr Or der,” and under seal. G b. That the report of Brother Felder be reoeived, approved and spread upon onr minutes, ana tbe thanks of this State lirange be returned to him for his Valua ble counsel, and wo also earnestly com mend him to the patronage of onr Order. J. S. Hair, Chairman. On motion, tbe’W’ortby Master and Brother Braton were appointed a oom mittee to wait npon Brother Smith, Wottby Master of the Georgia State Grange, and acquaint him with tbo aotion of this Grange in regard to fertilizers, and to ask his co-operation in the strange; ment made and to bs made as submitted by thfo Grange. ’ The minnteB of this meeting were then read and confirmed, and the. Grange oloaed in duo form. CIYIU SERVICE BEFORH VA RIETIES. How the Senator* Hade Merry at the Expense of Mr. Hayes. Washington Special to New York Tribune, Tn the midst of hi* ap**oh the Senator from New York took from his pocket a large handle of letters, addressed to General Artbnr, while he was collector, by different persons, whose relations to the Administration are, or were, more or less intimate, asking for the appoint ment of persons in the New York Cus tom House for various reasons given. Among the writers of these letters were Secretary MoCrary, Governor McCormiok, when he was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Roger*; the President’s Private Secretary, and others. The scene in the Senate daring the reading of these letters was a moat re markable one. None each has been wit nessed there for years. Mr. Conkling read one letter asking that a Mr. Bradley be provided for in the New York custom house, because he wa* a son of Mr. Justice Bradley, of the Sopreme Court. “Son of whom f” shouted some Sena tor. '■Son of Justice Bradley,” replied Mr. Conkling in a very loud voioe. “What Justice Bradley ia that?” asked another Senator. “Why Justice Bradley, of the Electoral Commission,” said Mr. Conkling, “and ot the Supreme Conrt of the United States. “Ob, he!” shouted a third Senator, “then they wanted to* provide for him, didihej?” ' J • m A similar scene occurred when eaother letter waa read asking for the ■^point- meat of John O. Howard, ot Ohio, “who had written a life of President Hayes.” “Whcsj life is that which he wroteF’ shouted a Senator whose hand was et hia ear. “Life of ths President, President, Hayes.” responded Mr. Conkling, with bo me other remarks .which were not com- ptimeutary to tbe head of the Adminis tration. And then there wero exclamations ot mook surprise and land laughter in the Senate. One letter asked for the.appoint- man because ho was the wn- dent may have been trying to reform the civil service, he has had man around him who, to say the least, have had the weak nesses of ordinary politicians. JKoy. C. B. Vaughn, 0. 0. Wo arq quite sure that tbe friends of thia noble Christian gentleman, who are reckoned by hundreds in Macon, will re joice to learn that he has accepted a oall S3 stated supply for the vaoant pnlpit of Dr. Leftwiob, late of the Central Presby terian Chnrob, Atlanta, and baa arrived upon the soeue of hia future labors. The Constitution prints tbe following: Rev. C. B>. Yanghn, D D., who has aon- sented to fill tbe pnlpit of the Central Pies, byterian Church for the next bix months, arrived yesterday and will preaoh next Sunday at the nansl hour*. Ha. was gladly met at the depot by a number of the officers and members of tbe Chnrch and oordially welcomed io his new fiald of libor. He ib stopping at present at the Markham Hoase. Wo congratulate our Atlanta friends upon this valnablo accession to the pnl pit and society of their city. Dr. Yanghn s no common man. As a writer, whether of sermons or for the press, he has few superiors, and this has long been an ad mitted fact in Virginia. Very seldom have wo seen any one who possessed to snch an extent the peculiar gift of com pressing multum inparvo, and his prayer- meeting exhortations, when supplying the Macon Presbyterian Church, were models of instruction and fervent piety, each one, indeed, forming a perfect ser mon of itself. In the pnlpit he is at once profound and entertaining, some of his discourses ranking with the beat wo ever heard. Bnt superior aa was his gifts, it was in the role of pastor that ho shone most conspicuously. By nature, genial, confiding and affectionate, he won the respect and warmest affection of the yonng men of our city of all denomina. tion?, over whom his influence was un bounded. In the family circle, too, he was a delightful visitor and the universal favorite of the children. This Godly man comes to Atlanta fresh from the scene of some of the most gracions revi vals that ever stirred to their lowest depths the hearts of the children of God, and oansed sinners to repent and seek the way of salvation. Under his ministrations the chnrch at Rileigh has doubled in nnmber. Tho gentle humility of tho man and a distrust of his physical strength alone have prevented him from occupying the most prominent positions <n the gift of tbe Presbyterian Church. We know cf no one belter fitted to pour oil on the recently troubled waters of tbe Central Church, and we trust the Great Jehovah has sent him thither as a messenger of love and peace to the divided brethren of one of the most important religions organizations in the State. SaUliatU Exercises. It was tho privilege of the writer on Sunday morning to be present at the ser vices of Christ Church, of whiob Rev. Otis A. Ghzebrook is the mnch ioved and devoted pastor. The walls of the sacred edifice still re tain the decorations placed there to cele brate tbe natal day of the Saviour of man kind, and, we mast say, never before have wo seen anything more tastily arranged and beaatifal. Festoons of evergreens fashioned in graceful de vices, stretched across the entire length of the building on either side, and above the altar tho woven leaves assumed a variety of shapes, nniqna and piotnrerqne in the extreme. Still, there was har mony and beauty throughout, and it ta a pity that these frail gatherings from the forest should ever wither. There is something exceedingly pleasing and ap propriate in the decoiation of God’s holy temple on special occasions with nature’- beautiful creations, which are all His handiwork. If it is well and commenda ble to glorify the great Architect of tbe universe with magnificent and imposing houses of worship, like Solomon’s temple the work of mens’ hands, why not dec- prate them with the real insignia of His wisdom, power and goodness. Hence, ,we love to look upon sweet flowers and living specimens from nature’s arcana to the tHbornaclea of the Moat High God. The choir in Christ Church would do , honor to any metropolitan sanctuary. ; Led by Mr*. Hopson, nee Conner, who .peEBasees one- of the sweetest and most flute-lika voicos wo ever heard, with Mr. Williams for a tenor, Mr. Julian Price bass, and Miss Georgia Conner alto, the music was sweet and soul-in spiring. How much does this put of the service add to the attractions and solemnities'xf the saored ordinances of the Holy Sabbath. The young rector read the inimitable and beantifnl ritual of his church with great diatinotneeB and miction, and thongh the writer is no Episcopalian, yet he was forced to admire, and was deeply stirred by the pious, tender utterances and exceeding fervor of the formulated service. Indeed, so perfect is its concep tion and wonderfully adapted to the operations of the human heart, that when properly rendered it never seems to grow old. , The text was drawn from 1st Cor, 3d chapter and Xlth vetse: “For other foun dation can no man lay than that which ia laid, which is Jesus Christ.” We took no notes, and, of course, will not attempt to transenbs the excellent disoonrse of Mr. Glazsbrook. Thongh brief, It was oompact, well arranged, finely delivered and replete with spiritual fervor. Tbe whole burden of the good man’* message was Jesus Christ—tbe trus foundation, tbe broad foundation, the only foundation of onr most holy faith. There were some very fine passages and nervous, original thoughts in tbe sermon which we might reproduce from memory did time and space permit. Christ ebureh has jait completed » most ele gant and tasty manse for its pastor, and has also’sleoled a clerleal. assistant, Rev. T. A. Griffith, who is reported to be a very pious and earnest worker. It i* pleasant, in these times of finanoial gloom and spiritual declension, to ehron- laln auoh evidence* of life and progress as are evident in the operations of ths congregation of Ohrtat fthnroh. The London telegrams of yesterday re port tbe ontbreak of plenra-pnenmonia among the oattle in the great agricultu ral region of Yorkehire. It is not stated to have been an importation from America. OVER TSS BANISTERS. «. » ^ Over tbe banisters bent 1 a f*eo. '' ‘ harlingly sweet and beguiling: Somebody stands in carelew gr»oe, And watches the picture, smiling. The light burn* dim in the hall below; ooboJy sees her ttanding. Saying good-night again; sots and elcrw, .1 Hall way up to tbe landipg. . ; Nobody, only tbe eyea of brown. Tender and full oi meaning. Thai smile on the fairest faoo in town, 1 -* Over tho banister* leaning. Tired and sleepy, with drooping head, I wonder why she inner.*, And when all the good night are said I Why, somebodyhold* Her finger*-* Holds her fin&er* and draws her down. Suddenly growing bolder. Till her loose hair drop* it* masses brown Like a mantei over nis shoulder. Over the banisters sett hand* fair Brush hi. cheek like a feather: Br.ght brown tresses and dusky hair Meet and mingle together. There’s a question asked, there’* a sweet caress, - She has flown like a bird from the hob Way, But over the banisters droDa a Yes That will brighten tba_wor!d for him alwsy. See to it that your child meets with no neglect; when sick, use for the dis eases ot Babyhood Dr. Balt*»B-by Syrup; it never disappoint-*. 25 c» —Eighty-five Qrewoaick p.pars have died since the November elections —Gen Batter has bought a large interest in the Bsat jn Globs, whion was his organ list year. 3. s —af. Gravy as President of tbs French Republic will get $100,100 a ye*ros salary and $5.1,000 fob household expensee —President Gravy and hi* wife do not live r.jtb together. Who will lead French suetst}? or, in other words, who will lead Frauoe? The Tennessee Bonds —Oa .ct<U'd*y the Tennessee bondholders in a meeting in New Yoik resolved to renew the presentLegM*' tore the offer 01 an adjustment sent to the Governor: . —Tne Ktorvi le Chronicle of yesterday * 1 ~ say*: ‘a pnv«e letter receive 1 in ibis oity j ’ * states that Boms parties at Water Vstloy, .'•* Miss., reoently took np a yellow fovero <rp*s for re-lnteiment, and those parties are now all down with the yellow fever.’ —Tho Fi'ool Agent of the State of Lonisi ana writes to a bank officer cf New 2oik oity: ‘Tuero will be no repadistui.; the entire proceeds of the mill tax will be devoted to tho payment of the coupons due Jan. 1, 1879.’ ■ —A gentleman, having o cession to pnke a kind-hearted Irishwoman for her good deeds, said to her: ‘Well, well. Hate, if there is'* heaven in the next world yj i.wiU get to It’ , as quick as lightning cimethe reply, with »* all the heartiness of tho race: 'Goa bless ye, Mr. P ,' an’ Bure if I do, I'U lava the gate open for yon’ —Miss Jackson, the daughter of tbe Alex andria hotel-keeper who kilted Cob Ells worth of theZsnavee, in 1£6A was kept in * treasury department place at Washington by Col Mosby until he left for Hong KoDg. Since his departure Miss Jackson has he. her place. —The Princeis Louise, it is predicted, will woik a notable dracs refoim among ths wo men of tno continent, Her attire is very * simple, an t she makes no display of j ewelfe. At a recent entertainment at Ilideau Halt •he wore no ornaments whatever, not even a brooch. Her manners are charming; her guest, whether he be a prime minister or * . — tremb irg child, she places instantly at eats. 8he ia a most gentle and kindly voung lady. —Capt. Eads claims 'ha: tue jetties at the month of tne Mississippi will ba completed in f jar mouths, acd is cangoine cf taavmg a channel of thirty feet of water wi bin fifteen months after their completion. Tne jetties, according to <!apt. had* throw tha mud from the Mississippi for. out into tbe <iu>f. and a west current spread* it over a large area to the we*:, wnilst at pteseut tho water direotly in ths mouth of the jetties i* detpeamg. —Key West (Fla) videtto: A bonanza has been discovered right herein onr harbor. It was supposed that the sponge was extinct i* this neighborhood, hating b-en gathered year* ago, bat suddenly and by aocident it is ascertained t bat the n-uhboring bar* are teeming with sposge of superior quality. Wa are informed by a sponge m-rozaae that a few small boats secured between $8,000 and $10,000 worth of sponge in two day* last week, aud all within ab&if hoar’s sail of the wharf. —Kunpton, the South Carolina thief, whom ex-GoV. Bics, cf Massaohuaetts, kiudlr saved from threatened punishment last fall, has oee 1 up to hi* old tricks agate. The Westfield lawyers who defended.him at that lime spent considerable money, and took Kimpton’a note at three xncntba for $200 in payment, which they indorsed aud had cash ed. The note felt dae the other day, and the Iawy-r8 had to settle it themt elves The World rtmirss itis consoling rr-lherthra surprising to learn that Mr. H H Kucpton let the notes which he gave hia jdoesoobu- t ', setts lawyer* go to protest, and did not repay the money which he borrowed from a too- confiding jailer. —A cow bile horse shoe bis been introdu- ced which p.-omis- 3 to provj vjry useful. Ir is c:mpo=ed f three thicknesses cf cow-hide, compressed into a steel mould an I taen tub- j acted to a chemical prepare icu It is claimed for it that it lasts much longer and wdgba only one-fourlh as much as the 00m- mon iron shoes, that it never causes the hoof to apll:, nor does it have the least injurious icfiaeccsou ths foot. It requires no calks; even on a epha't the' hors* is said never to slip. The shoe U so elastic that the horse’* step is sorer and lighter. It adheres so closely to the foot that neither dust or water can penetrate between the shoe and tfio hoof. ' V Mosey Loose —A Nsw Yoik letter to tho News and Ocurier eays, 'Agests of bonk* and bankers »ro gti-sgroand and rffsring mcnSy, both on cad aud paper, on the most temp ting terme. This is a somswhat new basi - n*eo for the parlies in question to rue about with their moqey fora customer, but it show*, first, the grext aban ante or money, and second, that business does not begin to be lively enough to absorb it-certainly not attire enough to seek the oapital. rather than the capital seeking It. Money In appar ently unlimited amounts is effsred at 1 per cent, per annum for 90 days, on pledge of governments and seoarities equally good, while the Stock Exchange gets all it wants at 2 per cent Three momha’ indorsed paper isdownaslawaaSX peresat, while single eix months’ has been plaoed at 4$£a&’ Governor Hayitox Tha News and Cou rier of tatardty says there is no funedation for the report that Goveimor Hampton bos suffered a rolapee, or is in onr danger The woanc he reoeived at Gettysburg gives him intense pain, bis nervous system is sadly shattered, and he makes little progress in regaining the bodily otrengt be sorely needs. This we believe to be hi* exact condition. The proposed trip to Florida, it is reported, is abandoned, bat Governor Hampton ad,' here* to tbe determinaiion to visit Charles ton on Washington’s Day. Chaileston will receive him with open heart and op:n arms, eager to give oonfirmaticn of ihs exalted estimation in which bs is held in hi* native city- Ye Cba leeten has a right to fay that Governor Hampton owes it to ths State to weigh well the oott baton he subjects him- set to the ra'.tgue, and exmtemeat insepara ble from a journey to Charleston. It ia more, wa fear, than he can otfslybi«r, nulera he mprove rapldiy during the oomiig fortnight. Governor Hampton belong* to the stats, and . the State cannot afford that, foe any reason, hi* early aud osmplete reel very shall be retarded or placed to jeopardy. Wbat’* the nse sitting all day in tbe house with a bad cold or backing congh when Dr. Boll's Congh 8 j run will cure yon in a abort time. Tub CxBXrttea.11 Tndxx.—Under the auspices of that learned, gifted and ver satile gentleman, ex-Cbanoellor Tncker, who is editor-in-chief, this religious jour nal, the organ of the Baptists of Georgia, stands forth prominently as one of the very best publications in tbe Scu’h. The individuality, piquancy and MtDts&ers of the Doctor are impressed upon every article that emanates from b a vigorous pen. . We hail his oceanic* to the ranks of journalism aa a tower of strength, and A second rase of starvation was report ed in New York on Sunday last. The mis ery of d parent seeing hia child die of y t - starvation may neither be imagined nsr [ blessing to the cause of truth and know! described. 1 edge. ' *■ ' '