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MACON, TUESDAY,
25,1879. ,
Volume LIY—NO 8
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Sin Francisco, February 16.—A dis
patoh from Victoria lays the steamship
California left Sitka February 14th.
There was much excitement in Sitka
when she left, the Indiana harinsrthreat?-
enod to annihilate the whites. Tnooiti-
-»ni were armed and awaiting (heir at-
tack. Ihe two Indiana who murdered
James Brown confessed their guilt and
were surrendered to the collector. They
are now on board the California en route
to Portland to he turned over to the
United 8tutes District Attorney, to await
the action of the authorities at ’Washing
ton. - ‘ •' ‘ , ‘
Three familirs came down on the
steamer, fleeing from danger. The stare-
keepers were preparing toleare by the
- Father Metropolisky and
next steamer, rw. j^rrH-g". theWeS term Union Telegraph Obmban^
hmconeregation.inoon] not It wftirjft .doeely oondeused, interesting
American citizens of Sitks, had petition
ed the commander of Her Majesty’s man-
of-war lying at Eiquimalt to oome to
their aid, being fearful that they cannot
allay the disturbances before the United
States GOTtrnmenf; can send assistance..
It is rumored that Cutting & Co.’s can
nery, situated about four miles from Sit
ka, bas been sacked and bnmed. .No Re
liance is placed in the ramor, because the
company have Indians in their employ
who sbem to be peacefully inclined.
The Collector of Alaska has telegraph
ed -to Secretary Sherman for aid. The
Indians threaten to kill two white men
in retaliation for the carrying off of two
diau prisoners by the California.
The night before the steamer arrived,
an Blarm was given by some neivons per
son; that the Indians were preparing for
an attack and the greatest consternation
prevailed among the whites. The people
barred their doors and stood ready for
aotlon. The priest’s house was crowded
with terror-stricken women and children,
who oonld not be induced to return to
their homes until daylight.
The steamer’s arrival created more
oonfidenoo, but fear began to gain ground
before her departure. The whites are
well orgsnlzsd, and in oase they cannot
coneiliate the Indians will make a dosper
ate fight.
James Brown was murdered in [his
cabin while asleep. Hs was hacked to
pieces with an axe and bis remains thrown
into the ocean. Plunder was the Incen
tive to the deed, and mnch of his proparty
was fonnd in passesaior (of the murderers
Pobis, February 16.—Five hundred
fresh pardons of Communists are expected
to be declared shortly.
M. Gambetta, in a {dressing a deputa
tion from Bellevillo to-day. deolared that
tho Republic being now established, it
was the task of Republicans to make it
pxodnotive and restorative. There was
no longer aay reason to fear obstacles
raised by reactionary parties. The Re
publicans, however, must resist the epirit
of impatience and temerity and continue
to ait in accordance with views of expe
diency.
London, February 16.—The London
Observer's correspondent at Pans says a
ramor was current on ihe Bosrse on last
Saturday that M. Waddington bad re
tired from the Ministry.
San Fbancisco, February 16.—The
aotion of the United States Senate in
pas dog the anti-Chin -ee bill is favorably
noticed by the morning journals. At
the Sind Lots a resolution was passed
accepting the bill a9 a partial measure of
relief. A Saoramento dispatch says the
delegates to the Oonstitnlionsl Conven
tion srojighly elated by the passage of
tho bill, and to-morrow resolutions will
be adopted requesting the Pre3id3Qt to
approve the b<U.
New Orleans, February 1C.—Dr.
Geo. fl Gray, of Denison, Texas, wbo
distinguished himself by professional ser
vices rendered at Holly Springs daring the
late epidxmio, committed snioide list
night by ehoottng himself tbroagh the
head. There was no reason assianed.
London, February 17.—Pleuro-pnen-
monia is’ spreading among the cattle in
North and East Yorkshire.
Abont six thousand weavers are ont oi
employment at Maccleefisld on account of
depression in the trade.
Calcutta, February 17.—There was a
slight fall of rain in the Panjcnb on Sat
urday, bat not sufficient to appreciably
benefit crops or diminish the risk of
famine, winch in imminent unless rain
falls within a fortnight.
In Outdo and tho northwest provinces
the situation is equally bad. and there is
also aome complaint from Bengal.
London, February 17.—l’he Aiyslitrger
Allgemeine Zeilung reports that a panic
prevail] a, R*v«l, in conseqnenoe of the
faiiare of the mercantile house ofEggers
& Co., with liabilities of a million silver
roabies.
Later telegrams from Maderia give
news from Pieter-Maritzburg, (South
Africa). It is staled that at nine o’clock
on the morning of the 27tb of January,
Lord Chelmsford was thore at Maritz-
burg in conference with Governor Sir
Barilo Frore.
Ad *ae quiet in front and the feeling
much calmer. The Zulus had been re
pulsed from the fort on the lower Tngela.
Tbe reports that Lord Cholmsferd had
retired upon Helpmakaar is unfounded.
Captain Stafford and Lieutenant Davies,
of the Natal Contingent, who escaped
from the disaster at Colonel Glynn’s
oatnp, speak highly of the conduct of all
engaged, and of the courage and firm
ness of the native contingent thus dis
posing of tho reports of the mntiny and
massacre of the officers by native sol
diers.
London, February 17.—Tho Swedish
birk Loris, from Cooaaw, S. C., has been
toweJ to Christiansend district. She was
previously reported to be in a dangerous
position at Marstrand.
Liverpool. February 17.—The strike
continnes this morning, but the number
of men at work have increased. Able-
bodied men from tbe workhouses are be
ing freely employed.
Newcastie-on-Tts*, February 17.—A
boat race for font hundred pounds and
the championship of Great Britain, be
tween Higgins and Elliott, took place on
the Tyne at this place to day, resulting in
a victory for Elliott by abont three
lengths.
Washington, February 17.—Tho Pot
ter Committee met this morning. The
Chairman laid before them tbe affidavits
of Jndge H. C. Rippey and H. M. McIn
tosh, which had been forwarded by
Jndge Cocke. Rippey’s affidavit was to
the > fTxct that one morning during the
sittings of the Board of State Canvassers
at Tallahassee, he called at the offioe of the
Attorney General, in the State House. He
met th*i Attorney General, W. A. Cocke.at
the door and he eeemed quite agitated.
He stated to deponent that he had twice
been to the office of the Secretary of State
and had found the door locked on both
occasions. While standing in front of
the Secretary's office they saw Governor
Stearns and Gove'nor Noyes, of Ohio,
come out and walk across to the Govern-
or’* office. At the time deponent won
dered toat the Governor and a citizen of
a distant State should be closeted with
the Secretary of State at the time ap
pointed for a meeting of the Returning
Board.
McIntosh deposai that ho was the Tab
Jfewt, and daring the canvass of the re
turns of the last Presidential election he
ona day saw Jndge Cocke; o&e of the
three members of the Returning Board,
pacing the flsor in front of tbo Secretary
of State’s office, in a nervous frenzy: •' *
Tn replyto deponent’s question he said r
“Those infernal scoundrels, McLta and
OowgDI, (the two other members of tho
Board) have got me looked out,” err
words totba; effect. McIntosh, immedi
ately afterwards, eaw Governor Stearns,
of Florida, and Governor Noyes, of Ohio,
leave the Secretary's room together. *.-3o,
, There affidavits ware ordered; tu be
placed ‘.he record of the committee.
Before the Senate Oommitt.ee now con
sidering Senator Jonet' hi!! n, nu-norizo
railroad telegraph line* ,0c oJinmerotal
purposes, Mr. J. W. S.monton, General
Agent of the Associated Prase, nude a
statement to-day in reference to the rela-'
fa one between the Associated Frees and
.... “i
and vigorous exposition of the general
system of the Association, and a convinc-
ingdemohstratton that it is not in'way
true sense ■ monopoly. That it neither
lives nor prospers by favor of the Tele
graph Company, hut it is absolutely in
dependent.of that corporation, and that
postal telegraphy r A any’ governmental
intervention to fix telegraphlrates would
only strengthen.the power of the Asso
ciated Press and proportionately weaken
its bbmpe'}.it6fs,
'A number of questions were asked by
members of -tfcb' committee concerning
Tarious featured-of the subjeot in hand,
and .were rsapQsded to, as the chairman
took occasion to say, “very freely and
fraqkly.” '
tin tho Senate, Sir. Windom, of Minne
sota, presented the petition of a negro
co-operative aiBOoiation of Shreveport,
La., favoring the passage of his resolution
in regard to the emigration of colored
people. It was signed by a Urge number
of ministers representing the colored
congregations of that place. The petition
was laid on the table, the resolution cow
being before the Senate.
In the Honae, daring the
hoar, Hale, of Maine, offered a resolution
directing the Committee on the Judiciary
to report a joint resolution proposing a
constitutional amendment to prohibit.Ibi
payment of war claims,' except those*)
persons loyal to the Union. ’
A motion to adjonrn was made-on the
Democratic side and the rollrcsll copsqm-.
ed the remainder of tho hour. The reso
lution went over without aotion.
A motion to 6U9pend the rales was
made by Sparks, of Illinois, for the pur
pose of passing a bill appropriating $28,-
852,200 for tho payment of arrears of
pensions.
Oa motion of Mr. ! Rice, of Ohio, the
bill was so amended as to include special
pensioners and pensions granted on ac
count of soldiers wbo enlisted in the war
bnt who died of disabilities incurred after
tbe cessation of hostilities, which was
agreed to. ■ : • L -
The Senate resumed the consideration
of unfinished business, being a bill to
amend tbs Internal Revenue laws, which
contains an amendment to reduce the
tax on tobacco.
Mr. Dorsey, of Arkansas, moved to
postpone farther consideration of that
bill for the purposs of taking up "the
Post-cfSee Appropriation bill, which wa3
rejected by yeas 25, nays 37 and the Sen
ate proceeded to consider the bill to
amend the Internal Revenue laws.
Cincinnati, February 17—The L. C.
McCormick, a small steamer tanning be
tween Marietta and Zanesville on tbe
Mnikingnm river, exploded her boiler
when near Baverly, on Saturday, killing
two men, Mule and Havemeyer, and ss-
riendy soalding Captain Martin, two of
tbe crew and three of (he passengers.
The boat sank immediately after tho ex
plosion.
London, February 17.—The Times in
itx financial article saye: The .collection
of government revenae has given the
Bank of Borland such control over ihe
money market that it is not probable
money will be cheaper than, at present
nniil after the end of the financial year,
April 4>h.
The Times says it is probable a brig-
ace of all arms will be despatched from
India to reinforce Lord Chelmsford. Tbe
57th foot will leave Calombo, Ceylon, to
morrow, and may be expected at port
Durban, Natal, March lOSb. In the
meantime. Lord Chelmsford has already
been reinforced by one company of the
88sh regiment (Connaught rangers) from
St. Helena, and by threo hundred men
of the second battalion of tbe fourth
(Zings Own) from Capetown. This will
bring up his infantry force ta nearly the
same strength that it was prior to the
disaster of the 22nd ultimo.
London, Feb. 17.—A dispatch from
Liverpool, to the Echo, siys the strike
has practically collapsed. Only abont
3,000 men attended to-day’s meeting,
whioh rtsolved to continne the strike. In
tbe meantime, "work 13 being resumed
along the whole line of docks, and the
men are going back in large numbers.
The sailors oontinne to hold out.
Richmond, February 17.—Frank D.
Hill & Co., real estate agents, have failed.
Their liabilities are stated ns being over
sixty thousand dollars. They made an
assignment covering twenty-nine thou
sand dollars.
Although the bill for the settlement of
the Stato debt had been mado tbe special
order for to-day in the Ssnate it was al
lowed to ro by, another special order in
tervening.
Snow fell here for three’ hoars this
morning, followed by ram and hail tbo
remainder of (be day.
New Orleans, February 17.—Jadge
Billings of the United States Circnit
Court said the statement of facta had
been presented to Judge Woods by the
grand jury, which facts had been pre
sented to the grand jurors ia tho j ary
room, and upon whioh the grand jury bad
returned tine bills of indiolments. These
were bills upon which it is said tbe Dis
trict Attorney declined to frame indiot-
mentB; further, that more than one
Federal official is included in the district.
The Jadge had examined the faots set
forth, and deemed them suffici-nt to jus
tify the indictments and therefore ordered
the statement! recorded. Also recorded
that the District Attorney frame the in-
dictmenls. Although the District Attor
ney had said the government had no
further use for the grand joaryat pres
ent, Jndge Billings ordered them to
continue their investigations. The trial
of the Tsneas oases commence to-mor
row.
Cincinnati, February 17.—A dispatoh
says Paul Boy ton b at Pittsburgh waiting
for tbe flow of heavy ioe in the Ohio river
to become reduced so as to make a voyage
down that stream and tbe Mississippi
river to the Gulf of Mexioe. It is thought
that he will be able to etait on Thursday
next.
Charleston, February 17.—Ban Pope,
alias Rabbit, eolored, who rode Mary
Walton in the mile dash on the last day of
the raoea here, confessed that he pulled
tbe mare all the way around the traok
oblige or eentspiraey to defrecd, the pros-
cantors being persons 1 who ptnohued
pools on Mary Walton. They waived an
examination and were bound over in a
bond of |500 each to appear for trial at
the . Jane term et Sessions Coart. A
■warrant wae issued against Cros, owner
of (he mire, bnt he, has left the State.
The pools and bets have all been paid,
and much indignation extits In sporting
oirelea against the parties.
Washington, February 17.—Judge
Georgs Andrews, United States Attorney
for the E latent District of Tennessee, has
tendered hie resignation. '- 5 8 • -
The Treasury to-dqy issued the eighty-
ninth cdl for the redemption of the 5.20
nds of 1855. The ampunt ie twenty
llllons, in equal proportions, coupon
id Registered-bond*. “ efiJTBsaJ LI*
Confirmation*—John F. Htrtranft, ’ to
bl Postmaster at Philadelphia; A. L
SaowdeD, to be .Superintendent of .the
Philadelphia Mint; Assistant Treasurers,
Martin P. Kennard at Boston, and A.‘ Gv
Edwards at St. Lottie
In the House, Mr. Acklen presented
reeolution.s of the Louisiana Lsgislature
protesting against the proceedings of the
United'States Circnit Court in New Or
leans in the prosecution against citizens
bf various parts of Louisiana.
Mr. Elam, of Louisiana, presented a
resolution of the Legislature of that State
in regard to tbe sugar tariff.
Mr. Chalmers, of .Mississippi, present'
ed a bill permitting the Vicksburgj and
Memphis Railroad to construct a bridge
over the Yazoo river.
>W. B. Fleming was sworn ln-to fill tb&
vacancy occasioned by the death Of Hon.
Julian Hartridge. avic. . fi.*.
The Honse agreed to a motion to shs-
pend the rales and pass thSriver’and
harbor bill. IS “ “ i ^ •
District of Colombia matters received
attention, and the House took a recess.
The evening session of tbe Honse was
devoted to memorial services m honor of
late Representative Schleicher of Texas.
The nenri resolution of respect and con
dolsnca was presented by Mr. Godding*.
Eulogies were prononneed by Messrs.
Gsd-Jings, Throckmorton and Onlberson
of Texas. Brentano and Henderson of Il
linois, McKorzie of K-ntnckv, Tucker
and Cabell of Virginia, Eckhoff of New
York, Gibson of Louisiana, Garfield of
)hio, Harris, Batler and Banks of Massa-
ihnsetts, and Kelly of Pennsylvania. Ad
journed.
The Senate has had a long disonssion
on the amendment of tho Finance Com
mittee to tbe Honse Internal Revenue
bill to tax snuff .24 cents insts«d«fid6
cents per pound, leaving tobaoco At tbe
l»t named .fignre. Tbe indications are
-that tho amendment will be defeated and
the tax left at 16 cents.
The snnff amendment was xejaoled by
14 to 30.
A Dsmooratlo oanons wai held to-day
on the subject of'public printing, but
there was no praotioal result from the
disonssion.
Washington, February 17.—la the
House, the Committee oil Foreign Affairs
decided to report favorably on tbe'bili of
Representative Wilson, of-West Virginia,
to provide for treaty negotiations, with
Mexxo. , Tl r q .." . .
Tte‘ House Committee on Ways and
Means to-day .had under consideration
Secretary ShAman’s letter and tae gene
ral subject; of providing me>ns for the
payment of arrearages of pensions re
quired, by the recently enacted law. No
conclusion wasrcacned.
Among o'her appropriations made by
the general deficiency bill, as agreed upon
by the Honse committee on Saturday and
passed by the House to day, are the fol
lowing : For the payment of judgments
of the United States Court of Claims,
$8,478,602; for the additional amount to
be used in suppressing illicit distilling
for tho year 1879. $25 000; for subsist
ence daring 1870 for the several tribes in
tho Indian Territory, $25,000;' for the
expenses of the United States oonrts for
the j.ear 1878, $110,000; for the pay and
traveling and general expenses or the
army for the fiscal year of 1879, $700,-
000; to supply a deficiency in the appro
priations for the expenses of the Diatriot
of Columoia for the fiscal ysa? ending
June 30 h, .1879 $46 658,323. This
amount taken in connection with the $1,
250,009 appropriated by tbo act of June
29rb, 1878. for the general expenses of
the District of Colombia, being a per
cent of tho expenses of tbe district gov.
eminent for the fiscal year ending Jam
30th, 1879; for public printing and bind
ing the Congressional Record, eta , $350.-
000; for the compensation of postmasters
for 1879. $24,193,137; tbe total eom rc
commended by this bill $257,904 037.
There are bnt two appropriation bills
to bo passed by tbe Honse, namely, tbe
legislative, executive and jndicial, which
is pending, and the sundry civil bill,
which will in all probability be ready to
report by tho time the legislative bill is
disposed of.
Mr. Randolph of Now Jersey was, at his
own request, excused from farther ser
vice on the Teller Committee.
Before tbe Potter Cemmittee, John T.
Coyle testified to hi3 presence m Florida
at tbe request of Colonel Pelton to assist
in obtaining evidence that was requisite
to secure a truthful count. He expended
about ten tbonsand dollars, which waB
need legitimately in procuring witnesses
and >n paying ordinary expenses.
The Senate Committee, on agr cnltnre,
acting under their special antbority te
investigate tbe alleged existence in this
country of plenro-pneumonia and other
infections diseases of cattle, decided to
day to summon Professor law in order
to obtain theresulta of his recent investi
gationt, on Longfleland, under the direc
tion of tho New* York Legislature, and
also agreed to invite the testimony
from Professor John Gamgee, of Eag
lend.
Tho Senate is still engaged in discuss
ing the bill to amend the internal reve
nue laws. ■ > ■
The oononireot resolution of tbo Lou
isiana Legislature, presented to-day by
Mr. EobIIb In the Senate and referred to
the Committee on Judiciary, sets forth
that the Oonstitalion'of the United Btatee
bas not eenferred tbe right of anffrage
upon Roy one. and that tbe United S’.atee
have no voters of their own In the States,
bnt that the matter of anffrage is left en
tirely with the Sts’ea tbeaasslves; that
seotions 6506 and others following of the
revised statutes relative to tbe supervis
ors of elections are In derogation of the
Constitution of the United States; that
the Federal Government by tts* sections
assure* plenary jurisdiction of the mat
ter of anffrage without reference to the
action of tbe States as sneb, sad without
interference on their part to deny or
abridge the right of suffrage, and that
the proceedings of the United States
Coart st New Orleans in arresting per
sons and bringing them to that city for
trial, were a hardship and pregnant with
the gravest consequences, ani that the
people of that State oonld not bnt pro
test energetically against such bard and
unwarrantable persecutions.
Cosstantinopls, February 17.-Msr-
onis de ToqaeviUe telegraphs hie accep
tance of tbe financial projeot involving a
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Dahlonega Mountain Signal: Mr. John
Purdy, at the Pigeon Roost Mine, was
crushed by a car-load of ore, by the ear
jumping the tramway track and coming
into the mill.
The State Agricultural College has lost
nothing by being bwnt, bnt students are
daily flocking in.
Gainesville hai purchased a hand fire
engine.
L&Fayette Messenger We have never
known any community so overwhelmed
and paralyzed as wae this on last Friday
usornlng when.;UjS ;new* came to town
thak Sheriff Miso had been brutally mur
dered that morning only a few milss below
.. Mr. Mize had been commissioned
only a few days before aa sheriff of Walker
ty, and had placed in bis bands with
other county business a warrant for the
irehensiou of one Brad Redding,
t whom oar last Superior Coarthad ;
d a true bill for assault with intent
murder.
Redding was a renegade from justice
in Alabama, and had been holding thd
fart at a Mrs. Poges, some’ four miled
south of this place, for some timo past,
nd on last Iftiday morning aa Sheriff
ize was passiBg down the Broomtown
road he met Redding m company'with:
hjs wifemnd her sister; when in about
irty yards of him Mizs ordered Red-
ng to surrender. Redding replied that
hf would die first, and shot Mizs: with a
‘ table barrelled gun, one ball passing
rough the*beart,-killing him almost
4: - - * ■ • -3
Redding left.immediately;;and.it was
on ascertained that he had gone in the
d irection of Me father’s in Cherokee coun
ty,-. Alabama. A considerable number
from this place started in pursuit, and
were joined by a good many from Chat
tooga county, and some from Cherokee
county, Alabama, so that by Saturday
evening them wore perhaps ono
hundred men in i. hot pursuit
of him, but, up ■ to this time,
all attempts > at bis capture have been a
failure. Ho has been Been cnee or twios
since the hilling;and it is believed .by
those beet calculated to know, that be has
-not, left tho noincry yet. Itis arid {hst
Ut ie well ccqnainted with, the . secret
hanats of tbe mountains as well as Ibose
of the xhlges and bills. .-He is q desper
ate oharsoter and is said to -be aa quick
almost ss lightning with a gun. He is
abont 21 or 22 years, old, five feet ten
Inches high, s little stooped, with light
hair and smooth -and almost beardless
A reward will be offered, we h»ve no'
donbfc, in a few days, for; his apprehen
sion, •J'.c-.w
Mr. M zs is described' as a very valos-
ble and exemplary min.
and allowed Ben Hill to *fn, having been loan to the Porte of eight millions s:er-
piid $25 in cash and a pool tioket for $39 ling. ■ . ■ , . _ •
on Htli by the latter’s owner, 8. Atohieon,} The Porto will request England and
to da so. Atchison and the jockey were , France to appoint each two driegates to
both ruled off the track by the Jookey ' the commlstion- for administering tbs
jahassee correspenlect of tho Savannah ’ Club, and they wero arrested to-day on a custom*.
The Albany Library has at last been
thrown open to the public. The nucleus
of the. Library Is a handsome dohation of
600 volumes by that very pnblio-spirited
citizen, Colonel L. E. Welsh. The occa
sion was one whioh' gave promise of
snecesaf nl career for the Library.
The Valdosta Times, one of the most
readable of the weeklies, this week affords
ns the following:
Several parties living near Valdosta
tell ns that' a small sized earthquake pass
ed over this oountry last Wednesday night
abont 12 o’olook. It woke several parties
np by shaking the house and Yattling'tbe
windows. The night mafshalTnfonns’ ns
that abont the same hour he heard a rum?
bling noise whtch scorned fb travel'in a
northwest direetioti, bnt he perceived no
shake in the earth. If we hear anything
further corroborating we will note it.
. A child of Mr. Ike Bees, of' Lownde
county, while roasting .chestnuts,- was
adly burned, and is very low.
Mb. James M. Spivey was thrown from
is mule and his leg broken.
Mb. Bill IVilUa waa bitten by a spider
last week almost fatally. 7
I ValdosTA'had selected her Mayor and
Council... .
The following in referenca lo tho Oko
fenokee swamp will prove of interest. It
salmostferra incognita.
■ Wonder if Colonel PendletOD,of the Val
doata limes, could qotgiya ns the history
of Captain Chesser, who, it is said, lives
~ an island in the Okefenokee swamp,
Ibas raised tinea his’residence there
ejoven children and thirty-six grand
children, having lived there about forty
years, during whifch timo he hoa never
bad-any sickness nor any use for medi
cine m his family, losing but one, and
that from a rattlesnake's bite. It is also
eaid that their diet has been largely of
game, fi^h and honey. Our informant
tilts^ns of another family (Bill Griffin),
Wbvba3 raised twenty-two boys, their
habits and mode of living being tho Bame
as Captain Chesser’s family, and with the
same results—no sickness, no deaths, no
use for medicine,;or civilization..
Quixman Reporter: Those wbo are seek-
dig perpetual happiness here below, and
want to be freedjfrpm. all the vices inci
dental to civilization, will do well to take
themselves to the Okefenokee.
The editor of this paper has bad tho
pleasure o! meeting- with Mr. Chesser;
Having camped on his island one night,
journeyed about fifteen miles through the
swamp with him and threo of his boys,
hnd explored Black Jack Island with
then! Next week we will give a short
c reminiscence ■ of -the, exploration—that
part of it fonnected with Mr. Chesser—
for the bahoflt of tbe Reporter.
\ Thh "Brunswick Seaport Appeal coc-
Bohe Cowin': Mias Jennie Wright, uizrs a fonr ooinmu editorial on tbe pro-
dsngbtex of Colonel J. L '■ Wright, and
Mr. S. C. Howell, boib of Remo,
i hr 7 ; jS 2} .*■
Mb. John T. Gbaves has mads Decatur
his home.
Athens Chronicle: Joe Fleming start
ed to tho co-Bino club and “went off at a
tangent.” Bnt this was not a sine of
anything wrong, as he can’t (sec .ant)
help it.,
The two literary societies of the uni
versity held their elections for Ahciversa-
rians last Saturday with the following
result: From the Phi Kappa Mr. T
Charlton DuPont, and from tbe Dsmos-
thenian, Mr. Carleton B. Chapman.
The State weeklies rejoice over the ret-,
dnetion in the price of commercial fettil
were. ' - *
State Line Press1 Th9 residence of Mr.
A Freesleben was destroyed by fire a few
nights since. He was partially insured.
Tho Madisonians' Madison has two
banking houses, each one of which' are
abiy managed, altogether reliable and re
sponsible either for accommodations or
deposits.
Loafers seem to ba troubling tho heart
of tbe editors of the abeva, and he sighs
as follows: We printed a lot of blank
summons this week to enforce the per
formance of ro»d duty. GJen3 this will
give the brick walls a temporary reli-f.
MueraLle vagraDts have been supported
long enough by the oo&venlences of the
corner builiings.
Hon. D inisl Hsnierson, of Irwin coun
ty, is dead. He represented Worth
county in tbe L -gi.Uture ten or twelve
yeare, was a good Confederate sol Her,
and filled several positions of tins’.
Carter^villo Express: Ona of the saddest
inciden.s we have yet on record for the
Express is the death of Master Willie,
Stcoud eon of Col. J. C. Fain, of Calhonn.
Ho was out where some laborers were
felling trees, and happened to bo leaning
against a hollow leg when a smalt pine
fell on him. In a little while he expired,
despite human skill and care. Tne fun
eral procession was one of the largest
ever witnessed in Calhonn.
The Express also cays: We intend to
secure the ablest writers and enongb
amateurs to supply the cream of news
throughout this section. Sufficient in
ducement is offered strangers to this 5 m;
mediate locality, in tho fact that
“sill abp”
ill be of the list of contributors. Hts
letters alone will be worth the subscrip
tion, $2.
It also offers a Chattanooga drilled
plow to be awarded at a drawing on tho
first of Marob. Tho paper is now con
ducted by Mr. S. A. Cunningham, for
merly of Chattanooga.
THsRome Tribune: Roma is con
stantly improving and gives evidence of
substantial prosperity. It is to have an
opera honse In the nearfntnre. Mr.
Frank J. Cohen has taken charge of the
looarl department of the Tribune.
The correspondent of the Meriwether
Vindicator addresses that journal as
Mrs. Vindicator.
Alb ant Advertiser: A small fire dam
aged the roof of Tift’s machine shop If*’
week.
A DivricuLTT ocourred recently between
Messrs. J. W. Walters and A. W. Tuck
er, in which tbe latter was seriously cat
in the leg in two places and once in the
breast. k si
As thebe will soon be a vacancy at
West Point to be filled by a oadot from
the Second Congressional District of
Georgia, Hon. W. E. Smith gives notice
that the competitive examination of can
didates for the appointment will be held
at Albany, on Batarday, the 18th dsy of
March next. Applicants must be between
the a gee of 16 acd 22. Capt. Smith has
appointed the following gentlemen as an
examining board: Rsv. T. G. Pond, of
Dougherty; B<v. W. B. Bennett, of
Brooks; Prof. O. D. Scott, of Thomas;
Hon. Daniel McGill, of Decatur, and
Hon. Herbert Fielder, of Randolph. As
medical examiners: Drs. Alfriend, Crom
well and Hilliman, of Albany.
posed berge line from the St. Mary’s
river? on the Georgia coast; to the Mis.
sissippi river for the transportation of tbe
great grain crops of'Abe West to ports oil
the Georgia coast for resbipmoat to for
eign and coastwise ports. The Missis
sippi and Florida Peninsular route is to
comprise the Mississippi river from Sf.
Louts to New Orleans, thecoa by aivin
terior line along the Galf coast lo 'St.
Msrks and thence across the Peninsula
ot Florida by osnal, slsokwater and open
river navigation to St. Marys, on the’ At*
lantio ocean. --
The advantages of this route over the
other two, the Grand Central through
Virginia and the Groat Western through
Georgia, is principally in the cast, Gen>
oral Gilmore estimating the coat at $10,
009,000. It is alsee3timatod that a bush
el of grain from St. Louis to Brunswiok
can bo laid down at eighteen cents, and
in Liverpool for forty-five and one-sev
enth cents, or eight cents cheaper than
the existing rates from Chicago to Liv-
erpocl via New York. Another advan
tage suggested will be ibe drainage of
the Okefenokee swamp.
While building this great work why not
make it a ship canal for ths passage of
ships? TalswoiM ba an improvement
worthy of tbe progressive spirit of the
age, andti accomplish it both the North
and Ssnth would bs intercsled, bnt in tbe
cons'.rncUon of n bsrqno canal tbe West
would be but lukewarm and strennons
opposition would bs brought to defeat tbe
project by the North and Erst with tho
oaokiug of capita'. T.e making of the
osnal might bo feasible, bat its mainte
nance ih-cn>;h each a soil ss that of Flor
ida would be a work of oecstant care.
The Brunswick Catholic Fair reabzrd
a large amount.
The Vicksburg and Brunswick railroad,
r uncompleted line from Eafanla to
Clayton, Alabama, a distance of twenty-
one miles, has been sold, under judg
ments of tbe .United States Court of Ala
bama, to A. G. Lane, agent, for eighty
thousand dollars oasb.
Tho same paper also saye
We are notified that two men were
murdered on Monday near Waynesville,
on the line of B. & A. read. So far we
have received no particulars.
The Early County News remark;: Mr.
A. W. Reese, editorial correspondent of
the Telxqbaph and Messinoeb, at
Washington City, keeps his watchful
eyes npon the political villains who hanj
around the capital devising means an:
measures wher, by they may get into or
retain positions from which they can
manipulate the affairs of Stato to their
own advantage.
R. R. Blocker tackeled a wedding and
a concert tn the same letter to the Early
County Nines a few days eince, and it is
hoped be and tbe rrabjoribers will recover.
From near Blakely a young man named
Odom, a few days since cbtainod a suit of
clothe* in which to bury a young
man whom he reported had (men thrown
from bis baggy und killed. The reported
dead and tbe merohant aro looking anx
iously fop Odom. • t:
Liverpool, February 17.—The corn
porters who were on a strike have resum
ed work.
Berlin, February 17.—Count Von
Stolberg Wemegerode, Vice President of
the Prussian ministry, has laid a letter
before Parliament asking the House to
sanction the arrest and prosecution of
Depnty Fritzschu on the charge of viola
ting the Socialist layr.
Chicago, Feomary 17.—Bishop Foiej’s
illness has taken a more anions turn and
bas developed into typhoid fever. The
phystoians, however, still think hs trill re
cover.
Boston, February 17.—Robert Carter,
gen tit rum o.‘ large journalistic and lit
erary experience, i* dead.
New Yoke, February 17.—Rev. Dr.
Fallon, who was suspended, from the
Baptist Conference for remarks reflect
ing npon the loyalty ef a fellow member
daring the late war, to-day sent in a letter
of apology, formally withdrawing the
words oomptainsd of,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, February 14,1879.
THE LAST CHAPLET .
. Was laid yestekday in' the House of
Representatives' upon tW tomb bt the
'ate Julian Hartridge. At tfireo o’clock
the enlogies were prononneed, Gen. Cook
offering the oustomary resolutions and
making the first speech. He was followed
by Messrs. Hendee of Vermont, Knott of
Kentucky, Cox of New York, Frye of
Maine, Harrison of Illinois, Davidson of
Florida, Goode of Virginia, Cutler of New
Jersey, and Bell and Felton of Georgia.
The resolutions were adopted, and the
Hotose, at 5:30, adjourned. - The remarks
of Messrs. Cook, Knott, Cox’ and Frye
were especially complimented, those of
the last named gefftleman seeming to be
particularly admired. He is one of the
most intense Radicals in* the Honse, bnt
npon this oocasion he seemed really to
forget everything else bnt the earnest,
tender regard and friendship he felt for
the dead man while in life: They were
both members of the Jndiciary Commit
tee, and about the ablest.on it.
BIG TALE PS05T THE (tBBENBAOSXBS.
Yon ought to hear them brag, especial
ly one Buchanan, generally known as
Plan Bnobanan, wbo bails from Indiana,
and wbo is now here talking to pret>y
mnoh everybody wbo will listen to him.
His latest bloviation is to tbe effect that
there will b'S twenty-eix Greenbackers in
the next H6nse, and that they intend to
Dame all its officer;; that twenty-one of
them have already pledged themselves to
go into the Greenback eauena. He says he
doesn’t know exactly what Felton and
Speer will do, though Felton was elected
on the Toledo platform, and some of the
counties in his district have been carried
in local elections by the Nationals Anns
his election. Ho also claims Lowe, of
Alabama, as dead sure G. B., and as in
forming him (Buchanan) that tba
Greenbackers will carry Alabama
at tbe next election. He also
claimed Ladd and Murcb, of
Maine, and, in fact, pretty muoh every
body else wbo is not a prononneed Dem
ocrat and elected as each. A great deal
ot thia chatter is evidently for effect.
Buchanan is perhaps “np for Cowe3 and
a market,” and wants to make folks be
lieve that he can deliver any quantity of
goods. I hardly think, however, he will
fool anybody in either party. The fight
in the next House, &b in the next Presi
dential canvass, will be between the
Democrats and Ridicils. The sc-called
“Nationals” will hardly rise to the dig
nity of a sideshow.
A PLETHpKA OP PATRIOTS.
I have bad occasion, recently, in an
official way, to find out something about
the number and quality of the patriotic
property holders of this city. It cams
about in this wise : The P. M. G. has
informed Congress that he tnustbave'tha
space in the Post-office Department build
ing how used by the city post-offics
for department purposes, and that there
fore the post-cffico must move. This
being noised abroad immediately there
arises, as if out of the ground, a host of
patriots who hunger and thirst to sell the
government sites either wither, without
houses on them. They come as “the
waves come when navies ore stranded”
or otherwise.and the Hms^CbmpUtee on
Public Building, acd Grounds'soon find
their liveB a burden. Every day there is
a fresh deputation and more speeches
and such a dc-lago of papers that the
clerk of the committee finds his life an
active torment and seriously meditates
a series of homicides. Every day adds
to the list and when the full committee
ait to hear these patriots air their elo
quence and blow for their respect
ive properties, the members of. the
committee are taken ont at the
close limp and epeeohless. How it
will end no man can say, bnt
it not soon there will be more dead Con
gressmen. Mr. Bliss, cf Brooklyn, as
chairman of the enb-committee, bas had
to bear tbo brant of the battle, acd bas
already lost fifteen ponnds, and is rapidly
taming gray. He bas to hida like a fu
gitive from jnatioe, and cannot show him
self outside bis hotel or the Honse with
out imminent danger of being talked to
death. He says, most pathotically, that
he is “flick” of tbe whole business, whioh
shows what a conservative man ho is in
his language. How the matter wi'l end
no man can say, bnt whatever the resnlt
there is bound to be a vigorous bowl of
job” or some other cry from the army
or disappointed. Another thing is sure,
and that is the government, if it bays s
site, will have to pay a great deal higher
for it than an individual.
ONLT TWENTT-8XVXN MILLIONS SHOHT.
This is a bid outlook for the next fis
cal year, bnt it ia according to John Sher
man's book?, and therefore must be a
fact. It will ccst, he says, nearly $285,-
000,009 to ran tho machine for the year
commencing July 1st, and of course the
money mast be forthcoming either from
additional taxation or the issue of more
four per cent, bonds. What the Ways
and Means committee will do to make
this buckle and tongue meet I can’t im
agine, but will bet on bends, which is al
ways the easiest way ont of a financial
bog—that is from tho standpoint af mod
ern financiering.
KGUBING ON THE NEXT CENSUS
begins to be lively among the politicians
oEBoth parties. The general summing
on what data as are available now shows
thore will be again of eomo sixty-flve
members in the Forty-Eighth Congress
in twenty-aix'States. Upon tbe basis of
45,000,000 population in 1880, it will
probably take a constituency ot 153,000
for one Representative instead of about
135,000 aa now. The New England
States, it is ^calculated, will all . lose ex
cept Massachusetts— whioh last fact is a
great pity. New York, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey will increase from 67 to
77, New York taking five of these. The
8onth wiU likely gain 19 members, Geor
gia getting 1 and Text* and Mississippi
1 or 5. The West will get ths lion's
share of this increase. She now has 02
members and will, under, the new ap-
portioument eonnt 122. All her States
except Nebraska and-Colorado, will grin,
six of them, 4 each. This demonstrates
very conclusively what section is bene
fit ting moat by immigration. If ths South
could torn the stream her way for tbe
next ten years 'the census of 1890 would
tell another story. But it is the business
and profitof many of cnr gcodand Chris-
tian friends across the border to keep
that stream away from u* and so we lan
guish and they thrive. A. W. E.
True, events have compelled a cutting
down of the coveted prize. Three mil
lions were sought for when the <800010,
last session, tacked the. job to tho postal-
route bill, The two millions now talked
of are proposed, as a compromise under
the pressure' of adversity. But neither
of the amounts is large enough to explain
the untiring energy and zeal of which
ihe Brazilian subsidy is apparently the
object. Mr. Reach’s lobby may be con
tent to work subject to the contingency
of success. What he will be reqnired to
pay may depend npon what be gets. And
this arrangement probably extends beyond
the professional lobbyists whom he haB
retained. Still, if the'entire two millions
were apportioned among the subsidises it
would barely compensate them for the
labor they have undergone. The secret
of their ardor is the fact that all other
subsidy schemes are held in. abeyance
until this Brazil scheme' bo disposed of-
If it fail none of them will have a chance.
If- it succeed there will be hope for all of
them. Various reasons make it the batt
scheme for determining whether the anti-
Bubsidy feeling can be oyerqome, and the
hungry army of snbsidists are moving
heaven and earth to effect its passage.
6EO8GI.VS FOUR PER CENTS.
-lbe Floating ot tbe conn tbe
Cause ot Reneral Congratnln
tlons Description ot tbe
Bonds.
Atlanta Bpeclal to the Louisville Courier- Jourca
Treasurer Renfroe annonnoed this
morning to yonr correspondent that he
bad received orders for all of the new
Georgia four per cents that be cared
abont selling at present. It is bis pur
pose to use these fonr per oents solely for
the pnrpose of replacing the old sevens
and eights as they fall das, and of eonree
he will sell them only as the others fall
doe. The floating of this loan is a cause
of great congratulation in Georgia. It is
tire first experiment with fonr per cents
made by any Sonthern State, and tbe
readiness with whioh they are taken
speaks eloqnently of restored oonfidenoe.
Georgia 7s, dna in 1892, sold yester
day at 114 j. A notable point is that the
greatest part of Georgia’s late bane of
bonds is held by her own people.
The new four per cents are, in shape
and general appearance, the connterpait
of greenback?. The $5 bonds are now
almost facsimiles ot $5 bill?. I* is be
lieved they will circulate as onrrency quite
freely. Before tbe isane waa made the
most searching inquiry was mado into ihe
constitutionality of the matter. A deci
sion was obtained from the Revenue De
partment to the effect that they were not
subject to tax nnder the revenae law, and
the opinion of the ablest lawyers were oh-
tained. ^
The Georgia bonds differ from the cur
rency protested in the celebrated Mis
souri case, in that each bond has its cott
on regularly attached. ‘ ‘The qnlycrime
1 their issue,’’ said a leading lawyer, "if
liny crime there is, is in the nsq of- small
type, small denominations and. email
pieces of paper.” By the substitution.of
tbe present issue'of four per cents Geor
gia saves half the interest on a half mil
lion of. eight per cents.. ..The law pre
The New YoBKjTutss on the Brazil
ian Sen;idt. —The New York Times of
Thursday, in a very intelligent article on
the Brazilian subsidy amendment to the
post-office appropriation bill, contends
tbit this small subsidy is not valuable
enough in itself to explain tba ardor, per-
sistenoe and self-saoufioe with whioh the
lobby follows tbe measure up. As the
Tims*says: ■> •
No one lfgagines that the persistent
straggle would have been maintained if
only Mr. Roaoh’s interests were involved.
Tho Chinese Immigration Blit.
This bill, which tas passed both Hcuses
of Congress and is now in the hands of
the Exeoutive for approval, provides in
its first seotion, that co master of a ves
sel, owned in whole or in part by a oitizen
of the United States, or by a citz n of
any foreign ccnntry, shall take on board
of snob vessel, at any port or place within
tho Chinese Empire, or at any other for
eign port or plaoe, any nnmber exceeding
15 Chinese passengers, whether male or
female, with the intent to bring such pas
sengers to the United States, and leave
euah port or place and bring each passen
gers, to any nnmber exceeding 15 on one
voyage, within the 'jurisdiction of the
United States. -
The remaining six sections of the bill
ruiike prosisions securing compliance
with the foregoing prescription and pun
ishing disobedience. It 13 very probably,
advitable that Chinese immigration
should be restricted if not entirely pro
hibited; but it ought to be done in a legal
and constitntionil manner. The pro
visions cf thia bill are in oonfiict with the
Burlingame treaty which, according to
tho constitution, is, like other treaties of
the United States with foreign nations,
the supremo law. That treaty should
have been first abrogated. It is mnch to
be deprecated that Congress snonld have
passed any act in violation of public faith
end in conflict with the constitution. It
is a precedent fraught with mischief.
Bnt beeidea this weighty objection, the
Baltimore Sun very tratbfnlly suggests
that the provisions of the bill are snob as
to render It imprsotioable. Tbe misde
meanor provided fox in the bill oan only
be oommitted at the place of embarka
tion, and, oonseqnently, no prosecution
oan possibly lie against any bnt an Ameri
can vessel. Nothing in the bill can pre?
vent the oaptain of a British, German,
French or Chinese vessel from taking on
board as many passengers as tbo lews of
his own oonntry permit him to carry. Be
sides, the Chinese immigrants do not
oome directly from Chine. They are
nearly ail taken oh board at Hong Kong,
a British port. The British Government
has passenger regulation* of its own, and
particular rales applying to this very
coolie trade. If e British captain, after
complying with these regulations at Hong
Kong, should bs brought up at San Fran-
oisco under this new bill, provided it be-
oomes a law, would there not be an im
mediate collision between the British
Government and our own ? Furthermore,
the law can easily be evaded by disem
barking the Chinese immigrants at Victo
ria, in British Columbia, and letting them
reach California and Nevada oveiUud.
still present the six eambers of 1878,
containing the six parts of MacDonald's
“Sir Gibbie.”
For fifty-two inch numbers of sixty-
four Idrgo pages oach (or more than 3,-
00G pages a year), the subscription price
($8) is very low, while fok $10.50 the
publishers offer to rend any one of the
Amerioan $4 monthlies or weeklies with
the Living Age for « year, both postpaid.
Liltsil & Gay, Boston, publishers.
—The revolutian has broken ontln Hayti.
Negro disturbances cf an alarming oharic-
ter have occurred in tho Island of 8t. Via-
eenh
—A collusion on the New York Central
railroad, sixteen miles east cf Buffalo, de
molished two engines and a cabeose and
killed a number of sheep and hogs in tran
sit. 5
—At Lansing, Mich., last Thu aday night,
Hon Zaohariah Chandler was nnantmonety
nominated for United State* Senator by the
Republican canons, Jo fill the vacipoy oaojed
' r the resignation of Hon, X. F. Chris tian cy.
—The'sleigh in which Napoleon I. 'travel
led in Switzerland is rtiit in existence. A
yet more remarkable relic is the ship in
whioh Charles IL returned to England from
Holland at the restoration in 1C6 J.
—The Emperor cf Germany has sane-
Hatred the publication cf thepotifiola earres-
pendenceof Frederick thsuteMA It will
oamp.iie about thirty voinmed, orwHeh ono
or two will appear every year.
—The Vatican (s to bare Us OWE journal,
published in Italian, French, Xaglisb, Ger
man, and Spanish. All the FspttBrtan sad
allocutions in the original text, bst wjfc
translations, will appear in it
—Mrs, Horn, wife of a jeweler, died at
tho rocidence of her daughter fat Brooklyn,
it is supposed, from trychir as. ' A post mor
tem examination waa to be made on Batar
day. Mr. and Mrs- Giifoldt, the latter tha
daughior of Mrs. Horn, and* servant are
very ill.
—A bride waited two hours after the time
appointed for a wedding in Got hen, O., but
the bridegroom did noteonm. It was deci
ded to tend for him^ before tho
guests. Ho Was found at hc&S wUh ono
Mda.'of Lis f«os shaved, surd'wo -oqrveas that
hehadnoibacn able to wialAthe razor any
longer. „ '
—Much sensation 'was* created among
nsnranoo men at Nashville, Tenu, Wed
nesday, cTer the final pissage by the Legia-
latnre of ihe bill requiring , iaeuranoe com
panies to pry the fail amount wr.ttea n
policies in cases of total destruction of pro
perty. Itis understood Gcv. Marks will
approve the bill
—A da' iDg highway robbery was perpetra
ted in broad daylight on Fifth avenue New
York last Friday afternoon. Toe wife cf
Adolph JDeBirry, a wealthy importer, was
walking on the aveune, when an elegantly
attired man* darted behind Xu, DaBany,
caught both of her diamond car-rings and
endeavored to toar them from her ears. Ho
succeeded in tearing ono ont, lacerating her
ear, and escaped.
Misistei Kissotok ths Tz-iorc —Minis?
ter Kasson, writing from Vienna, says that
th3 Russian plague txcitos great alarm in .
Germany, Austria and Hungary, that nearly
all tha patents have died, and that six army
surgeons and nearly all who come in oontect
w.th the dead had died, although disinfec
tants were freely used. Tba mortality among
ths etuk In itimV p'sees was equal tc one
hundred percent. q v*d» t/i* -.0 .dt'.'J
—Mrs. Cockling is not here this winter,
the Washington eoan lai mongers tay be
cause bar Imperious lord has been too devo
ted in his sttertions to Mrs K&ta Sprague,
wbo resides at Chief Jcatiae Chase’s former
home at Edge wood, north of the city, while
Sprague is trying do repair his shattered
fortune in Rhcde Island. Mrs Christianey,
scribes that they shill be sole) ss par,
Treasurer Benfraa has 7 receives giri like, is charmedwitb Cbe idea oir going
from the authorities of:-various Stats* “ ”— *-*--**—*—
asking for information as to tha issue anil
of his bonds, and it xs probable that
experiment will lead to the general
a cf -ft series cf .low-rate bends
throughout the South. The city of
Atlanta will fund her floating dobt in five
per cents.
Littell’s Lrvrao Aas.—The num
bers of thg Living Age tor the weeks end
ing February 8th and 15th respectively,
have the following noteworthy articles :
The Migration of Centres of Industrisl
Energy, fortnightly Berime; Navel Besd»
lng by Anthony Trollope, Nineteenth Cen,
fury; Journalist* and M apt sin* Writers,
Blackwood ; Count Faresn, Temple Bar ;
Among tbo Borne**, Eraser; Statesmen
in Csrioetnre, Fpeetator; Atheism end
the Church, Contemporary Review ; Tbe
Scientific Frontier, Fortnightly Review;
Sceptics! Fetronsge of the Pope, Bpeeta-
torA Farm ho use Dirge by Alfred Aus
tin, Contemporary Berime ; Trafalgar hff
F. T. Filgtnt, Macmillan; together
with instalments <st “Sir dibble." by
« [ MacDonald, and the “Bride’s Pass,” by
*f j Btrah Tyler, etc., eto. ’
To subscribers for 1879 the pnbliiheri
to Peru, instead cf being snubbed by her
hatband's drunken sons In Miobitaa.
—A Providence young man was in Boston
with a friend the other Any. They went to
aloading hotel for dinner, end after eating,
Iks foimer ciUed for two o'gir*. Ths waiter
a-tkod what kind of cigars hs weald have.
This made the young main inefigsant, for he
is high-toned m dress and loots; and he
s&i J. ‘You heard my order, didn't yon:
Now yon be sure and bring me the best.’ He
got the beet, and he had to pay three dol
lar* for two of them. He bos learned rinco
then 10 ba more cbflnito in fcu orders for
cigars when he Is away from home.
—The practices of the Oneida commnnity
are as much more degrading and bestial than
the polygamy of the Mormons bb murder la
worse than larceny. Yet this hot-bed cf lust
has been quiatly tolerated for many years,
while the people of the Eastern ttales bays
been exh»U:ting tbiir forces to destroy
polygamy in Utah. Having at length seen
a check put npon the lesser evil, soma of the
good people of the Stato of b'ev York pro
pose to sse if acy.hmg can ba doco towards
eradicating the social caccsr at Oneida.
Some of the cut toms cf these people ate to
vJe that they cannot be described in a public
journal.
TwoYeits on Horseb ok.—Mr. Henry
Tudor started frem New York Wednesday
night w.th tho avowed intanticn cf riding cn
horseback all Ihe way from that ciiy to Punt a
Arenas, tha most routheily po'ni cf Patsge..
Dia, South America. Ho takes with him ax
atUudant a young min who w.il no doubt
help him to p\ss the timo at plo^snt y as
possible, ho being an accomplished songtnl
dares genius. Mr. Tndor is impressed with
the idea that by goiog through the several
republics cf Central acd South Americi, and
avcert&iuiog what aitic’es of American man
ufioiute out be introduced wt h profit, a
large trade miy bs established. He is go
ing to vieit every town of importance slung
the route. Mr. Tudor wiil pass through
Philadelphia, from that city to Wathlngton
via Ba’timore. to Richmond; thence to Mo
bile, to Brownsville. San Lu’s Potoei, City
of Mexico. Hero tbe? will delibarato as to
the next move, and wiil be guided altogether
by the state cf tho roads. Anyhow, an effort
will be made to reach Guatemala by travel,,
ling along the Pacific coast aa near aa pcsst-
b!o. It is expaoted the journey to Pants
Arenas will occupy two years.
—Dr.T. O. Summers of NssliviUe in his
recently published book on tha yellow fever,
founded on bis observations last fall in
Memphis, bas not the slightest doubt that
ths external conditions for the development
of yellow fever may bs found in the atmos
phere, and hygienio regulations oan only
indirectly modify the propagation by placing
tbo subjects of infection npon a more health-
ful basis of reeiitanee. While not seeking
to discourage the sanitary measures and
spirit cf ths times, he maintains that ths
sotu-gs is one of the powers cf ths sir. Ho
has never been able to establish tbe exis
tence of a speoifld yekow fever gem. Is
tbe blood of pat tuts, bacteria, vibriones,
tornla and monads were encountered, bnt
never a germ specifijally determining tbe
characteristics ot tbe fever. Yet without
a malarial basiasf operation ha asserts it is
never developed in ; any locality. It is not
contagions. YetassomtEg tbs existence of
the atmospherio sporale, a given atmospheric
condition of heat and moisture is reqnired
for the germ to sparulate—give off an infant
germ from wh'eh infeoticn ean remit. It Is
not necessarily an imported disease, but
indigenous as trfe'etls. ,
Davocratio Caucus.—At the Senato
rial Democratic osnena last Friday morn
ing « resolution was adopted, by whioh
tbe eeuens bound Itself to insist upon tbe
repeal of tbe test oath law In the Legisla
tive, Executive and Jadiela! Appropria
tion bill, and declared that it is inexpedi
ent to attempt to repeal the election laws
providing for the appointment of super?
visors of elections and depnty marshals
a) the present cession of Cvngresr.
ConitantchokiB, February IS—Meas
ures are being takes.to occupy tbe terri
tory evacuated by the Russians. Orders
have keen given for serop battalions of
Turkish troops to advance from the
Tefeutaldja lines in (he direction of Adri-
anople, A portion of two regiments 0
gendarmerie, which are to be ready by
the fire) of March, will likewise be sank
into that province. The gendarmerie
will be under tbe command cf English
and French officers. The Ratnian army
train was to begin moving from Adrian-
opl*towards Sourj*» to aa-—February
18 th.
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