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The Telegraph and Messenger MACON, GA, MARCH. 25 1879. THH WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESS- BN'GBR is publiihed »T«7 Ftidsy mormnRin the Te>*«rAoh Building; corner Cherry ana Kooond Struts. Subscription frista One jear, 37 sit months. *t i three month*. 69 oents. AdvertUing rates $1 par square for esch insertion, __A bill U before the Italian Parliament granting *10,000,000 to the Roman Munici pality, to make the dry *» more worthy cap ital of the Kingdom.* —A Nevada girl’e lore letter: ‘Dear Jim- mj—It's all op. We ain’t going to get mar ried. Me eays yen are loo rough, and I guess she's right I'm so sorry —but can t yon go to Europe and get filed down!’ —Andrew Johneon, Jr., Bon of the late ex- Preeident Andrew Johneon, died Thursday last at his home, near Union Depot, East Tennessee. He was educated at George town College, an! has lately been engaged in editing a paper at Greenville, Term. —Major Labordere, the Frenchofflcer who, in the Limoges Barracks, refused to march because he suspected a ooup d’e at was con templated, and was oasbiered’for that act of disobedience, has been restored to his ranK by General Greeley. —The mayor of Vicksburg, Miss., tele graphs to the mayor of 8t Louis suggesting the propriety of taring the baggage of ne groes from the yellow feverdtilriet thorough ly disinfected, to prevent the carrying of the germ of th» yillow fever into ‘hat city and other pointe whore they are going. —Pope Leo XIH does not countenance the theory that all dancing isoftho Evil One To rome ladies who aaktd his permission to dance during the late Carnival he said: ‘Go, my dear's *nl enjoy yourselves in tn Inno cent dance, only don’t keep up too late your papas and mi minus when they want to get ome again.* —What is said to be the largest billevor Introduced Into a legislative assembly was the new code submitted to the Ohio Senate. It continued 8.2D0 pages, and, as it was in- listed that it should be read in foil, the Benate sat up till midnight to hear it through; 6Ven at that, hundreds of pages, it is repor ted, were slyly skipped. _8omo of the fashion writers say that the models of new dresses ehowa decided ful ness. Clinging dresses, it seems, are slowly but eurely going out, and tied-back dresses are becoming things of the past. Many of he women drowned when the Princess Alice went down were so encumbered by their skirts that they could not help themselves when help was given them. —China will soon have established diplo mats relations with all the principal nations of the earth. Chin Lan Pin, the Chinese embassador to the United Stales, is making preparations to proceed to Spain for the pur pose of establishing a legation at Msdrid. After establishirg a legation at Madrid he will go to Pern for the purpose of establish ing a legation at Lima. —Electric lighting in Paris has been offi cially declared an economical failure, the actual coat of tho light, when compared with gas, being as 73 is to 23. and were thscoet reduced to the limit which electrio engineers consider poesible, there wonldbsa great difference in favor of gas. There is a great waste of th9 illuminating power of tho elec trio light by the neossaary use of opaquo globes to mitigate the Intense glare. —According to letters from the Cape, ‘Oetowiyo, the Ziln King, is as merciless as he is bloodthirsty I have known him to kill fifty women and children to feed his golden eagles. As brave as a lion, he will fight Until he dies; and if he only sees a scratch on one of his warriors’ back when they re turn home he is put to death as Cctewayo thinks he must have turned from tho enemy and have thus received the wound. Smtnnra Lamas Bscs to Cam—The San Praei:co Call, says supervisor Gibbs has been taking measures to return to the do minions of the Imperial Chinese Majesty year hivo been supported at the expense of the city In the Iezar house, erected and in tended solely for email-pox patients. The City will pay the passage money to Hong Kong, and the Consul-General will pay *t from there to Canton. —The Louisiana darteje are kicking cut of the party trances They controlled the Republican Convention at Iberville recently, which met to ncmin&te delegates to the Con. etltutional Convention, and put up the stratghteetkind of a Democrat, in preference to an old party leader. A similar canvoa tioa of Republicans in St James and Ascen sion Parishs-, which met tho same day, also refused to nominate th9 par.y manager who wanted their votes, and went for a Conserva tive Democrat —The shipment of cattle to England from our seJboard ports has been totally stopped by the panic in England about car cattle disease. It has now been discovered that the disease does not exist, and there is nothing to prevent the Privy Council from raising the embargo but the fact that Mr. Evarts has made retaliatory regulations against tho importation of English cattle. Owing to this hasty and vindictive action. It will take months to Teetoreihe foimer reciprocity A ‘Blics Pi.tors’ is Alibi**. —The Montgomery Advertiser says the Mississippi pipers state that fatal disease has broken ont in the counties bordering the Alabama line, which is pronounced by the pbyricUna as ‘Black Measles’—and by the negroes as the ‘Black Plague.’ It is represented to bo Very oontagtous and ucusna'iy fatal, not a single case having thus far recovered. Too disease is also reported to be rapidly exten ding Into Alabama, and the papers along the border .demand that a commission of the most prominent and experienced phjaioians Of both States be instantly appointed to ex amine into the charae.ar of this disease and provide some means for checking it, ABati-uzb Lxichzd—Klein, the tramp who oemmitted an outrage up. n Mrs Trueo- dtle, near Newport*. Ky., a few days since, Waa hanged, last Sunday night, by a mob, to a tree a abort distance from the scene cf the outrage. At a late hour this morning the body was still hanging. The bedy of Klein, who was lynched back of Newport, last night, was left hanging by his lynchers till frozen stiff. The Coroner went after It early this morning, bat it had disappeared and Is supposed to have been stolen by partlea in the employ of medical colleges in this city. There are rumors that the Kentucky authorises will proceed against the lynohrrs, who m&do no groat effort to disfigure themselves. —The last number of the CengretBional Record was not completed until last Thurs day, because doling the last twenty-f or honraofthe session members of Congress obtained leave to print many epeeohesthat had never been delivered. . Members are allowed to bavo a certain number of their speeches printed in pamphlet form, and for all additional copies are required to pay cost pries. On the last day orders were given for 283,003 copies of speeches, Mr. Hewitt of New York, ordering 47,000 copies of hia speech Oh the federal election laws, and Mr. Gaiflsld 10,030 copies of bis speech on the sugar tariff. There were orders for about 100,000 oopies of the speeches made in the Senate dobato upon the exclusion of Jeffer ses Daria from the Mtxic&n war pension st. Coot, Weathsb.—The >aa ruas Taer- day morning on a temperature of thir’j- •even to eight, and would mo it probably have risen on a frost, bat a pretty strong Northerly wind blew all night. I Meeting 1 of the Called Session, ELECTION OF MB. RANDALL SPEAKER. Congress, aooording to call, met in ex tra session yesterday at noon. In the Hoaae, it is said, every man on the clerk’s roll was there save two—one Indepen dent and one Bidloal'from New York. The night before, at a Demooratio oau- ous of House members, Randall, as we anticipated, was nominated on the first ballot. His majority over four contest ants for the nomination was four. His majority over bis principal competitor (Blackburn) was eighteen The next day in the House four and eighteen still ruled. Randall was elected on the first ballot by four majority over four competitors and by eighteen over nis regular contestant, General Garfield, who had received the Radical caucus nomination. This coincidence is eingu Ik The Greenbsokers made a smaller show than the smallest predicted for them. They polled for their oandtdate thirteen votes, and he voted for Kelley. They, therefore, have fourteen votes in the House—a good squad for bushwhacking and guerilla service, bat it is not big enough to rul9 the empire, and, though threatening to do great things in the next Presidential election, will be able to do only a little misohier, and wind up their small affairs with the close of the fight. It does not, as numbers now stand, hold the balance of power m the Honse. If it all goes over to the Ridio&Is the well-rope would still be too short; but we are inolined to think that, in general, it will.divide between parties. The Demooratio majority, however, is very meager and with the enstomar; ab senteeism would be often m the vocative. It behooves the Demooratio members, therefore, to be as oonstant and steady as the snn in its coarse. The Blackburn Democrats have been badly disappointed in the result. They were very confident of success and must be correspondingly unsettled by defeat. But they have behaved very well under it. The course of Blackburn, in so frankly coming into the support of the nomination after the result was ascer tained, will, wp hope, ensure the minority a correspondly frank and generous treatment Imm tho victors. Let tho Democratic L.o.nerhood consolidate to a man, and mov > shoulder to shoulder in the grand struggle for the principles and usages of free government which has now commenced. They will need every man and the best he can do. The strongest evidence ’of conscious inability on the part of the House Radi cals to elect any nominee is afforded by their caucus nomination of J. H. Rainey, of South Carolina, (colored) for Clerk of the Haase. This idle compliment was a cheap sop to the colored Cerberus. They would never have thrown it had' it been worth anything. They gave no nomina tions to the colored Radicals when they could mako them good for anything by a subsequent election. In respeot to the oolored element of their party the gener osity of the Radical leaders is just as per fect and free as that of good old Aunt Nancy White to the heathen. She had a great love for the heathen—had Miss Nanoy, and displayed it frequently by gifts of no value. Whatever came to her hands that could be put to no other nse took the ever returning direetion “Send it to the heathen.'' The Radiosl breth tea show their regard for the colored order in the same way. Their gifts are valaehss. TheSoez Canal. Tho Baltimore Sun summarizes the condition of the Suez canal traffic and credit, as stated in a communication from Mr.Farnnm,United States consul to Cairo, addressed lately to the S’ate Department, in a very brief and saccinct manner. The fuiao uOut ot lue canal, 1C IB buu..., {92.273.007 The stock of the company consists of 400.000 shares at a par value of $100 each, which have sold as low as $20, and at the opening of the canal had advanced to only $69. They are now quoted at $143.40, and are probably worth more. The 176,602 shares purchased by the British government were bought at $113. CO. This great purchase, aside from its political and commercial advantages, thus yields a clear profit of $5,000,000 at present pri ces. The balance of the stock is held by a large number of persons, mostly in France. The revenues have increased from $1,000,000 in 1870 to over $6,000,000 in 1877. Tne expenses, including ainking fond and land, have been a little over $3,400,000 per year, the actual expenses, deducting interest and sinking fund, be ing about $1,000,000 annually. The smell comparative c03t of maintaining the canal arises from the fact that there are no locks or lateral embankments to be broken, and there is little to be done except ordinary cleaning. Vessels draw ing 25 feet pass through the canal. Brit ish ships going to India through the ca save a distance*of 5.000 miles. Two- thirds of all vessels going through it are British. M. da Lesseps, the chief of the enterprise, expresses the opinion that the proposed Panama canal muBt be con- s'.ructed without locks to be successful. Savsd it All —In the New York Legislature the Senate Gommittee on Banks submitted a table, showing that there are twouty-seven institutions now la receivers’ hands and the amount due tbeldepositora ia $13,207,850 01; all bnt seven of these banks are looated in New York city, sad oae, tho Long Island, in Brooklyn. Tint circnlation of the New York Herald. (the daily only) last week aggregated 845,216. The largest issue was on Sun day list—144,371 copif-B. Tlie Herald Business. The New York Herald of Sunday says for the fourth time m five weeks it was compelled that day to issue a quintuple paper of twenty pages and sums up its contents as follows: To-day our quintcplo sheet contains over seventy columns of advertisements, ranging from two lines to one column in length. The total number of notices in to-cay’a paper is thirty-three thousand four hundred and forty-sef&n, duly ar ranged nnder ninety-five appropriate Headings. The number of places adver tised for sale, exchange or to let Is five hundred and forty-eight, while two hundred and ninety aro seeking board or boarders. Four hundred and thirty-five want help or seek situations as clerks, servants, skilled artisans and the multitcdo of other occupations incident to city life, leaving two thousand, one hundred and seventy-four noticeBo! every conceivable kind and description. But while we present these seventy columns of small type for tho besefiTof our advertisers and the general publio we also give cur readers no lees than fifty columns ot interesting reading matter comprising an epitome of the news of the day, which, after all, ia tbo principal mis sion of the Herald. —Gen. Roger A. Pryor addressed a meet ing of Tammany.braves, held In New lurk Taaradiy evening, for the purpose of talk ing over the political situation. He confined his remarks to the soope of national issues, and ui gad the n -ceeaicy of Demooratio unity to meet the contest oi 1830. He’said among other things that the aigus indicated the re- nomination of-Gen. Grant by the Bepubli o*i.e, and' against a military oaod'dno to thought it dearly the duty of the Democra tic party to pit a civilian,, and to pit one, moreover, who could win. A. NoveljjSituatlon. After a generation of unchallenged sm premacy in the Senate which they have exercised without mercy or moderation, the Republican brotherhood of the Sen ate find themselves in a minority. They cannot reolizs the situation. They don’t know what to make of it. On the other hand, the Democratic Senators feel equal difficulty in realizing that they ate no longer the helpless subjects of an arro gant majority.' The Baltimore Sun cor respondent, illustrating the novelty of the situation, says: A Saaator Inquired whether the Demooratio canons would be held in the comparatively small committee-room upstairs in which the Democrats, by Republican permission, have heretofore conducted their seoret deliberations. “Not exactly," responded Senator Beck. “We are In the majority now, and we will take possession of the reoeption-rocm." So into the reception- room they marched, a handsome and spa cious apartment, adorned with the most gorgeouB fresooing, and furnished in rioh and expensive style. As the Demo crats filed in and took their seals they gazsd around with an intense bnt natural cariosity. In this room there has, in the last sixteen years, been matured, in star- ohamber oonolave, all the desperate and revolutionary partisan legislation by whioh the Republicans vainly sought to perpetuate their power. If walls could speak, what a tale they would tell. For awhile, at least, it will not be given over to the objeots and purposes of the past; and indeed all well wishers of the Re public may hope that some at least of the deeds whioh bavo been deoreed there may have no parallel in our fature history. When the doors were oloBed and the sen tinels placed at them to warn off all in truders, the sensations of those sentinels who have hitherto been on guard .in the interests of their own party must have been peonliar also, although it is not like ly that their reflections were altogether of an agreeable nature. The Republican Senators, however, still failing to realize that they are no longer masters of the sitnation, have already submitted their caucus projet for the guidance of the Senate, and upon it may very possibly arise the clash and clamor of an argumentative battle on the general issue which resulted in the failnre of the appropriation bills, and which both sidea seem equally deter mined to push to extremity. The Radi cals proclaim that they will fight for their partisan control of the ballot box to the bitter end, and the Democrats aro equally resolved that there shall be no grant of money unless on tho concession of a free ballot. It is a big fight. Tbo Conflict oi Jurisdiction In Virginia. A deputy United States Marshal, on Friday last, arrested Judge J. D. Coles, of the County Court of Pittsylvania conn- ty, Va. Judge Cole3 is 1 one of the five jadges recently indicted in the United States District Court for tbo failure to place colored men on jaries. Tho arrest ed judge informed the marshal that he would offer neither ball nor personal re- oognizince, and was bis prisoner, ready to be dealt wl b as such. The marshal then said be would not imprison the judge, but would hold him as his pris oner, allowing him the freedom of the ooanty. The judge immediately signed an ap plication, which bad been already pre pared, to Chief Jnstioe Waite, of the United States Supreme Court, for a writ of habeas corpus, and forwarded it to At torney-General FieldB, at Richmond. Judge Rives telegraphed to Danville on Friday expressing great Surprise that the marshal should have been so haBty in serving the warrant. The Supreme Couit of the United States, in answer lu a petition from the counsel for the State of Virginia, has issued a rale requiring Judge Rives to ap pear before it on the 31st day of March to show osuse why a writ of mendamuB should not issue commanding him to cause to be delivered to the jailer of Patrick county, Va, the bodies of Bur well and Lee Reynolds, tbs colored men abont whom the dispute between Judge Rives and the State authorities has grown. ALAK1I IN SITKA. A Naval Fight Fending. A Victoria (Vancouver’s Island,) die patch of tho 16th instant, says the steam, er California arrived from Alaska this morning, with news that the Indians wero preparing for war. H. B. M. ship Osprey and.the United States cutter Walcott had reached Alaska. The Chiefs received the 03?rey cordially, but informed her commander that they could take the W-i.-o s whenever they chose. The Wal coll uad gone to intercept a flotilla of hobtile canees which were on their way to destroy the town of Sitka. The Osprey reenforced the Walcott with a number of marines and a Gatling gun. The situation is alarming, and the Os prey will remain nntil relieved by an American man-of-war. The chiefs were given two hours to produce a certain fe male witness to the Brown morder. They pretended that the woman was absent, bnt produced her long before the time ex pired. Sho confessed to having eeeri Brown’s body after he had been shot twice. The body was then wrapped up in blankets, weighted with stones, and thrown overboard. The Osprey had not been in port five minutes beforo the In dians surrendered Brown’s gun, axe, .books, etc. The California has three wit nesses to the murder on board. A Remarkable Deatb. At Bed Rook, Pennsylvania, Saturday, an unknown man, evidently intoxicated, staggered through the streets with a bag on his shonlders containing nino quart cans of nitro-clyceriue. A few minutes later the town was shaken and the inhab itants terribly frightened by a most ter- riflo explosion. Investigation revealed tho fact that the man had slipped down, oausingthe explosion, whioh scattered the fragments of his body in every‘Creo- tlon- Heavy Drinking. The New York Times of Saturday gives some BEtonnding statistics to show the enormouB capacities ot the population of that city for drink. It says that perhaps no better notion of the interest which the walking contest developed, as represent ed b* the attendance at Gilmore’s Garden, can be gained than by a transcript of a tally kept at the bar. Up to Friday morning, the Timet states, ’there were sold over the counter 276,543,210 glasses of Jbeer, 8,496,631 glasses of whi-ky, 1.476,000 glasses ot brandy, and 400,000 pretzels, to say nothing of chowder, sandwiches, and the hundred and one other substances for staying the appetite and quenching the thirst. The lucky proprietor proposes to retire on the profits of his $2,500 investment for bar privileges. The walking match commenced at 1 o'clock on Monday morning, and.up to Friday morning 100,000 Dersons may have been in the Gardp'n, bnt this is a very large estimate. The Times would have us believe tbatoachof these 100,000 pesple had consumed in that time 2,760 glasses of beer, 85 glasses of whisky end 14 glaises of brandy, to siy nothing of the seltzer and Bpoliiuaris water. The drinking match must have been more wonderful than the walking match. A BUSY MAN In reply to a friendly Warning concerning his health said: ‘‘I have no time to rest, or money to doctor." What would you think if a mechanic should say he was too busy too koep his tools m order, or replace them ricea lost. Tho early symptoms of disease promptly yield to the proper remedy. Neglect confirms and makeB disease incurable. ' Consump tion in its early stages ij readily cured by the use of Dr. Fieroe’s Golden'Medi cal Discovery, though if tho lungs be half wasted away, no medicine will effect a cure. Yet no known remedy possesta auen soothing and healing Influence over all sorofulojjB, tuberculous and pulmonary affections, as the Di-oovery. John Wil lis, of Elyria, Ohio, writes under d£&. of Deoembez-14tb, 1877: "The Golden MMK leal Disoovery does 'positively cure con- sumption, as after trying every other "j.dieinam vain, this suooeedeff.” Mr. Z. T, Phelps, of -Gatbber., Ga., writes : .•■The Golden Medioal Disooveqr has cured my wife or bronohitua and incipi ent consumption." Hundreds of names of cured Vre published in Pierce’s Memo randum Book, which is given away by druggists. Tampa, Fla., March 18, 1879. . Editors Telegraph and Messenger : When I last wrote you cur camping party were enjoying themselves hunting and fishing in the interior, some twenty miles from this place, and were anticipating, with even more pleasure, a trip along the coast to Charlotte Harbor, the “Hunts man’s Paradise," about which we had read and heard, so many wonderful stories. So we returned to Tampa and took the Eteamer for Manatee, where we were to embark in a sailing vessel for our destination. We found a vessel tol erably well suited to our pnrpose in the schooner “Express,” commanded by Capt. Ed* Dawson, a man of culture and intelligence, a first-rate sailor and well acquainted with the coast whither we were bound. We were detained in Manatee one day by threatening 'weather and adverse w'inds, daring which time we learned of a fresh let of wonderfnl fishing and hunt ing resorts that could not afford to bs missed, all of whioh we resolved to inves tigate on onr way to Charlotte Harbor. So we set sail in fine spirits, fully re solved to throw away all fish under ten pounds in weight, to shoot no deer that didn’t have horns, and to utterly despiae all wild turkeys without bear is. And then, too, were we not in the remantio country where the “Young Marooners" performed so many wonderful exploits— a fact of itself sufficient to make all the smell boys at home regard us as fa vored mortals. I had made up my mind before leaving Georgia that 1 would try and camp on “Marooners Island,’* in the very spot where Mary and Frank (?) had the bear fight, but I couldn’t find the place. However, of that more anon. The first day we were greatly entertained by watching the large numbers of peli cans engaged in fishing all along our route, and the curious maneuvers of the sea gulls in their efforts to deprive them of their hard-earned prey. Each pelican seems to have a special gull as an atten dant, and when the former dives for his fish, on coming out of tho water the gull is hovering over him—sometimes alight ing on the pelican's head—sometimes on his back, and, if the big bird is not care ful in manipulating his fish, the robber snatches it from him and is eff in a twinkling. They say that the gull will sometimes even steal the fish from the pelican’s pouch, but this I did not see. We killed several of these awkward-look ing, but really very handsome birds, the prettiest shot being made by Mrs. G., who killed one with a Winchester rifle at a distance of at least one hundred and fifty yards. The first night we camped on Long Key, which, as it w&3 not far below the month ot Tampa Bay, tught to have been the island where the devil fish landed the “Young Marooners," but if so the ro mance has all gone from it long ago. A more dreary, desolate place could hardly be conceived, and we left early next day without regret. Having a very light breeze we only sailed abont twelve miles and again pitched oamp—this time at an aM tho OataS3t& Island. After the night spent here the romantio visions wo -had formed about these wonderful islands began to disap pear before the dread realities of fleas and bad water. Our sailing had hereto fore been inside the Keys, bat now we had to try the open gulf. After six miles of outside sailing we cast anchor in little Sarasota Bay, a spot we were anxious to reach, as we expected to find game and fish there in abundance, and oysters as Urge as saucers. By this time tho veni son we had brought from our camp in the piney woods was nearly exhausted, and Hooke sadly announced—yes, with teats almost in his eyes—that if we didn’t do something for ourselves in the way of hunting he would have to make a raid on that Western bacon fpr breakfast next morning. On Sarasota Bay we camped several days, and while in the matter of fi3h and oysters we had an abundance, we wero disappointed about those ant lered bucks and bearded gobblers. But I will not trouble you with the details of our trip. Wo were dreadfully disappoint' ed in the character of the coast islands. We expected to find delightful stopping places everywhere along enr route, but wo spent two weeks looking for a good place for a permanent camp and found it not. The islands, as well as the adja cent mainland, are too rough and tangled with all eorta of impenetrable under growth either for camping or hunting. There aro thousands of birds in Charlotte harbor, bnt they are wild and unapproach able. Perhaps if we had had a larger number of men, so as to keep them fly ing from oue point to another, we could have had good sport; but as it was we gave it up as a business. We were anx ions to kill a white pelican, of whioh we saw large numbers, but a quarter of a mile waa as near as we could approach them, and when they did fly they seemed to take leave of that section of the coun try. They are mnch larger than the, grey pelican and perfectly white, except the tips of their wings which are jet black. They mast be splendid-looking birds, and we were anxious for Dr. £. to try hi3 hand as a taxidermist on one of them. Snnday, the 23d of February, we spent on “Gasparilla Island," in Charlotte Harbor, and were meditating a trip np the Myaka river, having learned by thU time that the back oonntry was superior to the coast in everything that makes camp life pleasant and attractive. Bat tho prospect was that it would take ub several days to reach the point on the river to which we were directed, and when wo oontempiated how long it might take us to make the return trip we con cluded to abandon it, and make onr way back to civilization. This we accom plished in four days, and reached Mana. tee in.nafety after an absence of a little over two weeks. . Here the party separated—Dr. B. and Mr. T. concluding to go on up tho coast to Cedar Keys in the schooner, and the writer and his good lady returning to Tampa to spend a week cr two at the 'Uiange Grove Hotel," of which wo had carried with us each pleasant recollec tions. In all our varied experience daring the past month we have met with polite ness and kind attentions on evt-ry hand, and we shall not soon forget the many pleasant acquaintances we have met. The weather, too, haa been kind and propitious to a degree which I would not have dared to anticipate. I have now been six weeks on this ceaet, and wo hive had only two stormy days—and oue of these it was dear and pleasant by 11 o’clock in the morning. The tempera ture haa been mild and spring-like, but at the same time it has not been enervat ing like our spring weather in Georgia. It seems to me that this coast is far pre ferable as a resort for invslids to tbo St John’s river country. Here the climate is somewhat like that of the tropicB, tho winters being dry, and the summer the rainy season. The great draw back is the want of quick transportation, for the average Yankee, be he sick or well, will not deprive himself of daily mails and facilities for ‘'getting away" at a mo ment’s notice, Tampa is just now bony- ant with the prospects of a railroad to the St. Johns, to which “State aid’’ ha9 just been granted by the Legislature. With this road completed, I think the region around Tampa Bay would offer induoementa both to tourists and perma nent settlers, much superior to the east ern coast As it is, I have been surprised 'to see how largely the Northern element enters into this community. There is an avenne some four miles long leading out of Tampa in a northeasterly direetion, known as Nebraska Avenue, so-called .be cause settled entirely on both sides by emigrants from that distant State. They have ail set out orange groves, built nice houses and are improving the country rapidly. The prettiest place I have seen in Florida is what is known in Tampa as the “Garrison.” It is the site of old "Fort Brooke," a level sward of grass on the bay just adjoining the town, shaded by the most magnificent grove of live .oaks on the ccast. A more beautiful site for a hotel oonld not be imagined, bnt it ia government property, and ia not on the market for the present. Gen. Sherman, on hia recent visit to this ccaat^ in order to please the Tampa citizens, agreed to recommend its sale. With a railroad outlet, and a fine hotel on that site, Tampa would soon cause the St. Jonns river people to look upon her as a serious rival. The trade of this coast is principally New Orleans and Key West, with which it is connected by lines or steamers. Im mense numbers of cattle are annually shipped from various points on Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor to Key West, several steamers being devoted entirely to this business—and yet they tell me that', this ia oue of the best markets ia .the' country for condensed milk and Northern butter! But this letter, already too long, must at last be brought to a close, leaving much that might prove of interest un written ; for while wa were nndoubtedly disappointed in rot finding a bolter sporting country in our trip down the coast, ye. we found something novel and interesting at every etep and enough to make tho expedition a pleasant memory to every one of the party.. T. B. G. SUPERIOR COURT. Tbe O’Conner Case—A Jury Selected and the Evidence Commenced. Yesterday in the Superior Court the O’Conner case occupied tho entire day. The court opened at 9 o’elock. The case was called, and it was found that an im portant witness for the defendant was absent, and the case was accordingly suspended until half-past 11 o’clock. After meeting at that hour tho case was again oontinnod nntil half past one o'olook. A jury was then slowly selected, about a hundred jarors been sworn and interrogated before the requisite number of twelve impartial men could be selected to sit In judgment on the oaee. Many jarors were disqaalifisd on ao- oount of personal bias or prejndice. The following jarors were selected to serve on the case: EL Drejfous, O. F. Lagoqaist, R. H. Smith, C. C. Baikoom, J. F. Lake, F. D. Tinsley, P. J. Doody, G. B. Wright, Leo. B. Herrington, H.H. Herrington, Charles E. Holmes, Joseph F. Dasher, The case is one of muoh interest, and has excited muoh attention. The death of the old colored man Sam Franklin, crested quite a sensation, especially with the colored people ot the city. During the trial the very interesting question as to the authority a policeman has to ar rest suspected offenders of tho law will come up. Solicitor Bartlett opened the case to the jury and the following evidence was adduced: Henry Uccvoo, colored, 4cotI£©«3 ao ful- lows: Identified tho prisoner. Knew the deceasi d, Sam Franklin. He is dead. He died at the City Hall on a Sunday. Laet saw the deceased with Mr. Jerry O’Con ner on P plar street. He was carrying him to tbe barracks. I was standing on the corner of Second and Poplar streets— when they got to corner of Second and Poplar streets, the old man made an at tempt to go down Second street, and O’Conner pulled him nearly down and struck him on the back of the head, and then shoved him in of him, and 6aid, “Now, d—a you, rnn, and I will kill you.” He took him under the arm (showing jury manner) and carried him on to the barracks. I watched them np the street. The next time I saw the deceased was at tho barracks Monday morning. He was then dead. Mr. O’Conner was on the outsido and had Sam Frank lin by tbe. right arm. He struck him with his club. O’Conner made a motion to take ont a pistol, but I saw none; I was about a hundred and fifty feet distant; I was on the side of the street nearest Willingham’s warehouse; O’Conner and Sam Franklin were at the ootneron which Campbell & Jones’ ware house is situated when Sam Franklin was attack. Cross-examined—I had not been with Sam that morning; I had been down to Mr. Hill’s stables at the depot; I don’t know how far it is to the barracks exact ly. It would only take a few moments to reach tbe barracks. I don’t know what Franklin was arrested for. I saw a bun dle wrapped up ia a brown paper in his hand. I did not notice that he seemed to be drinking before bo was struck.' They went on to the barracks. I did not see deceased before he was arrested. Mr. O’Conner’s left hand wa3 on Sam’s right hand. Sam had the bundle in his left hand. I have known Franklin two or three years, I was friendly with him. Not particularly bo. I knew Sam before be was in the panitentiary; (ruled onr,) O’Conner held the club in his right hand and drew back and hie him as hard as he could; I saw the dead body on Monday; did not hear O’Connei say for what he had arrested him; I did not follow them; don’t remember whether I saw anybody else around at the time of the blow or not; Sam made an attempt to rnu, to go down Second street; O’Conner was with him; both were scuffling along together; Nam sometimes drank; have seen him drink ing. In rebuttal—Sam had his hat on; his head was bushy like mine; they came from toward the car ehed. J. P. Chapman, watchman at tho bar racks, testified: j^waa keeper of tho bar racks on the 2nd of February last. (Wit ness identified barraok’s reoard ) It is kept by two of nr. There are two watoh- men. (An entry was ehowa witness and identified by him.) Daooased was placed in the barracks at 7:16 a. m. that day I.r safekeeping; I searched and looked him up; about eight o’clook I saw him again ; I never saw him again nntil after he waa dead; I have no idea when he died; I discovered it at 12:15; he was lying on hia back ; (Question—Under what war rant was he plaoed in (ho barracks ? Ob jected to; overruled.) None at all: I thought he was drinking when O’Conner put him in, baoanse he staggered. I smalt spirits on.him. There waa a post mortem examination on hit body. 1 don’t know by whom it was made except by hearsay. When I found that he waB dead, I felt him. I don't know hew long he bad been dead. His body was not cold. When anyone isjpnt in the barracks for neing drunk and disorderly, tho entry is drunk and disorderly. Safe keeping means for various charges. When a party is committed 'and tho charges .known, it is pnt down. I don’t always know what safe keep ing is for. Tbe offieer* know. Cross-examination—The charges a.re sometimes preferred the next day, when anyone is arrested, and sometimes not; J made the entry the same morning; when ca:Oa are taken to the County or Superior Court, they are usually taken with a war rant. What is the practice in such cases? (Objection made; argument; objection sustained); the police some times arrest on a ararrant and sometimes do not; O’Conner told me why he arrested the prisoner; (objection made; sustained, and that part of the testimony ruled ont) I locked him up; he made no complaint of having been struck; talked rationally; I had occasion to be near, but not to pass Franklin’s cell a few momenta after ten o’clock; I went in to tarn two men oat; a cell was between Franklin’s and their cell; I heard a noise; don’t know whether it waa from Franklin’s cell or not; I don’t now remember whether there was a man in the intervening cell. The best of my knowledge is that the noise was from Franklin's cell; a keg waa in him cell; no one bnt O’Conner and the prisorer were in the barracks when he was brought in; O’Conner brought in and left a pair of ladies’ shoes; I think O’Con ner brought them in himself; he told me he got them from Sam. Do yon know anything about the gen« cral character of Franklin? Objection made except as to violence. Objeoticn sustained as to general char acter and reputation. In rebuttal: I found body abont cen ter of oelL They are eight by ten feet, ■ or may be ten by twelve. He was laying on hia back, the baok of tbe head touch ing tbe floor abont five feet from tbe door. The feet were not direotly toward the door. The keg was on the left band aide of the door, just near enough to it so you oonld pass in and not touoh it. Reeroased: I saw the keg. If ha had fallen on the keg, it might have killed him or it might not. The esse will be oentinntd this mom. ing at 9 o’olook. The State is represent ed by Win. Bartlett, Hon. Sam Hall and Mr. P/oudfif, and the prisoner by Colo nel Chsries J. Harris. Oemnlgee Agricultural dab. Editors Telegraph and Messengers The regular monthly meeting of the abeve farmers’ olub was held in Howard Dis trict on the seoond Saturday in this month, and was largely attended by the intelligent, progressive and well-to-do far mers of tbateboioe neighborhood of Bibb oonnty. The club room is looated near tbe oenntry residence and plantation of Mr. RoberrE. Park, and near tbe store of Mr. Frank Johnston, and is a very comfortable and suitable building, well supplied with tables, benches, obairs, ag ricultural books, magazines, papers, etc. Hon. A, M. Lockett is the President and Mr. W. D. Johnston Secretary of the club. The Executive Committee is composed of Colonel J. W. My rick, B. W. Lundy and John A. Howard,three popular bach elors and successful farmers. A number of new members have been added to their list, and premiums have been offered for the best acres of corn, cottoD, wheat, oats, sugar cane, etc; for the best fruitB, veg etables, melons, etc., and it was de cided to have the usual annual bar becue on the first Saturday in August, Hod. Thomas Hardeman, President of the State Agricultural Society, was elect ed Annual Orator, and Mr. B. W. Luudy was elected to read an historical sketch of the Club and of its founders and. old members on that occasion. The beloved and excellent Christian, Mr. Robert Bow man, the deeply pious Dr. Myrick, the highly respected Mr. Windsor, ail now deceased, and Judge William Lundy, General William S. Holt, Mr. Johnson, Dr. Lee Holt, Hon. Abner M Loekett and others were among its founders and first members. It has a fine membership, oomposed of many of the best farmers and best citi zens ot Bibb county, and the Club is a credit and honor to Howard Dietrict, than which there is no better to be fonnd anywhere. No more hospitable and cour teous gentlemen, nor more refined, intel ligent and domestio ladies can be found in tbs South than are to be fonnd in old Howard District. The lands are good, and being renovated and improved con- etantly and increasing in value and pro ductiveness. This Olub is doing much good for the enterprising community. Plaktxu Personal. It is with pleasme we announce that Bishop Beckwith, of the Episcopal Church, will preach in the Methodist Church in this city next Friday morning at 11 o’clock. He will be accompanied by Rev. Otis A v Glazebrook, rector of Christ Church, Macon. Tbe rites of bap tism and confirmation will be adminis tered.—SandersvMe Courier. It is real pleasure to us to eay a good thing for any man—and when that man is a laborer, with his hands, the pleasure is heightened. Mr. J. C. Keil, of Ma con, foreman on the brick work on the new hotel, has attracted onr attention. He is a stirring, energetio man in his lino of business, and snch men honor the laboring class of the country.—Milleige- ville Union and Recorder. The Sandersville Courier speaks in high terms ot Captain J. C. Rutherford’s re cent lecture on Paris in that piece. It says his effort abounded in wit and hu mor, and was one of the most elcquent and entertaining addresses ever heard. His stylo was easy, dignified and engaging. The Schofield shops will dose in re spect to him.- Mr. L. S. Baldwin, of Dawson, was registered at the Lauier House l&st even ing. • Mr. Robert MoWade and troupe stopped at the Lanier Honse. Mr. W. J. Burke and Mr. J. A. Backe, of Milledgeville, were among the arrivals at the Lanier Honse last evening. Mr. Geo. P. Wood and Generol O. O' Horae, of Hawklnsville, were in the city yesterday. Brevities. Louise Pomeroy is making her way back in this direction. Next Friday and Saturday she will bs in Montgomery, Al abama. Kate Claxton was robbed of $150 in .Louisville Tuesday night. The Fifth Georgia Battalion, says tbe Griffin Netcs. will encamp in that place this summer, and will hardly in that event come to Macon.' John Stafford, colored, who has long been in the employ of Mr. J. S. Schofield, as patera maker,died yesterday morning. His funeral will be held at the Washing ton Avenue Presbyterian Church this af- fernoon at 3 o’clock. Ha was a faithful colored man and was prominent among his oolor in Macon. It seems as if'a general dog poisoning Isgoiogon imhe city. The portion of tbe city known as Collinsville was almost depopulated of the canine inhabitant^ few nights since, and casts of this species of malioiotn mischief are reported as very oommon. Toe time for filing exoeptions In the Huff-Park case flu ally closes at six o’clock this afternoon. There !s some talk of inviting Senator Vanoe, of No: Carolina, to deliver hia cele brated lecture on the ‘‘Scattered Nation’ in Maoon sometime this spring. Many here desire to hear it. The Cox-Alaton murder trial Is expso- ted to eommenoa soon, probably on the 1st of May. Yesterday a game of base ball was played between the Dixies, of East Macon, and the TallulahB, which resulted in a viotory of 59 to 28 in favor of the Tallulahs, with the odd inning unfinished by them. Ccnncll Proceedings—Krwulnr Hietlsc, Council Chaxuzb, Macon, Ga., March. 18tb, 1879. Present, Hos. W. A. Huff, Mayor. Al dermen Carman, Mkstersoo, Kennedy, Corput Hendrix, Fitzgerald, Dub, Flan ders and Dunlap. Absent, Aldermen Higgins and Hudg ins. The minutes of the lost regular meeting were read and confirmed. Petition of Jaoob Russell, asking Coun cil to refund him $7 over-paid taxes in 1878, was referred to the Finsnoe Com mittee. Petition of'the officers and employes of city for an increase of pay in olty money sufficient to make up the disoount on the same, was referred to the Finance Com mittee. Petition of the five steam fisc engine companies of the city for an increase in the annual appropriation to an amount in city money anffioient to net them five hun dred dollars in greenbacks, waa referred to the Committee on Fire Department. A communication from E. E. Brown, calling attention to the condition of the Btreet near the sidewalk at the .pas senger depot, waa read, when the chair man of the Committee on Streets gave notiae that he would, have the mateur attended to at onoe. Bills referred—Wm. McKay, $450; E. C. Grannies, $4.50; W. A. Juhan & Co., $3; H. 8. Holder, $3; H. Jones, $7.65; W. A Lofton, $250. Bills passed—J. A. Stewart, $2.50; W. A. Edmonson, $1.50: C. Masterson, $43.75; J. J. Cornell, $150; W. T. Nelson, $150; M. E. Freeman. $150; C. B. R. & Banking Co., $69 35. The report of the City Attorneys, rec ommending the settlement of the snit ot Thomas Coleman, colored, waa received, and, on motion, referred to a special committee of three for farther invest! gallon. The Finance Committee reported fav orably upon tbe petition of Augustas Rogers to take ont a one-horse hack license by paying an additional $10 to what he has paid as a merchandise dealer, provided he gives np the latter. Oa motion, the report was received and adopted. The Finance Committee recommended that Council accept the proposition of John L> Hardeman, Attorney, for Arents, in bis case against the City, allowing him $60.00 in city money as settlement in fall. On motion the report was received and adopted. The Treasurer’s report for the firs: quarter, was submitted and referred to the Finance Committee. The Clerk’s report for the first quarter, was submitted and referred to the Fi nance Committee.* Toe Chief of the Police reported the total number of arrests made for the month ending March 16:b, 111; total fines collected, $103.50; total expenses, $17.85 ; balance on hand, $85.65 On mo tion the report was reoeived and adopted. Adermau Corput moved that Aldermap Hendrix, Chairman of the Pablic Proper ty Committee, be authorized to advertise the renting of the Pork grounds again next Saturday, also to state why they wero not rented on Monday, March 17th, as advertised. Carried. On motion Council adjourned to- Tues day next, 8 o’clock p. m. A. R. McLaughlin, Ja., City Clerk. Rip Tan Winkle. The redeeming feature of the perform ance of “Rip Van Winkle” last evening at Ralston Hall was Mr. Robert McWade. He is an actor of rare naturalness, power and artistio finish, and in his concep tion of the part oan be seen the forcefulness and originality of genius. The character is one in . which Jefferson has immortalized himself, so that all other stars are thought to pale before the lustre of his stellar rays, now so proudly in the zouith. Mr. McWade can, however, claim rivalship with the master, and with some cultivated minds his conception is even awarded the pref erence. The version given by him is de-. cidedly different from that played by Mr. Jefferson, and in some points is inferior. The flow of humor is IeBS constant, tbo Uuco uf me drumsUo plot Ipeb sharply drawn and the happy denouement clouded by the absence of the subdued and re deemed Gretchen. The climax is less exciting because the plot ooutains less of vllliany and treache ry. Mr. MoWade displays in many puts striking abili'y. The parting scene was very fine. Tho scenes in which the long Bleep is broken, end tbe recognition of bis daughter, Steenie, are passages in the xeudition where his fall power shone oat. Mr. McWade is supported by one good actor, and that is Mr. F. Coippendale.an old veteran of the foot-lights, who before the war delighted the Maconites as Sir Teaslo in the “School lor Scandal,” and like standard dramas, while snpporting Marchant and Fleming in their Sontbern tours. He is an exoellenl actor, and was much admired in the doable role of “Derrick” end “Alderman Knickerbocker.” Miss Msy Roberts did well in a doable role, and so did Miss Chris tin e Gregory. Tbe company is, however, open to oritioism just here, and being few in numbers a great deal of confusing doubling ot the roles is resorted to. This is allowable in small and insignificant parts, but should never be done, as it was last night, where the same actress who played “Bip’a” wife in the first act plays his sister in the last, and the lady who played his sister enacts his daughter. It confuses the family too fearfully. The support generally was miserable. In Maoon, there are six bill posters, who oonld make Mr. N. Durney, as “Lieuten ant Peter Btardevant," ashamed of him self. He ia clumsy, alow of speeoh and action, and has not the first qualifications of an actor We can't imagine why Mr. MoWade allows snch a stick to persecute his au diences. They certainly have some rights. We hope next season Mr. Mc Wade will como through earlier, and bring a good troupe. He certainly won mnch favor last night, aB was attested by the frequent applause, laughter and tears of one of the small bnt select au diences of the season. Jurors Becoming Punctual. Judge Simmons is working a much needed and desired reform in relation to the prompt attendance of jurors upon the Superior Court when they have been snmmased. It is claimed that there are new no exemptions and every •ne is subject to jury duty! The new issue, as they may be called, not be ing accustomed to respond with due promptness, nor to obey the injunction to lay *U other bntineas aside, quite a num ber have been found absent when their names were called by the clerk, aud Judge Simmons, yesterday, entered fines of ten dollars against a number of these delinquents. The peonliar circum stances of the cases which have recently bean before the Court have necessitated the summoning of many tales jurymen, and it is refreshing to see how promptly they are at their poet now that the pen* alty of delay is becoming understood. Social Dancing Club, Junior. The Social Dancing Club, junior, will have a dance to-morrow evening at tho residence of Professor B. T. Hunter, on College Hili. Tne Christian Indix. Mr. J. F. Reeves, the tireless agent of the Christian Iniea, is in the city in the interests of that excellent publication, and will be at the Brown House for the balance of this week. Domino Ball in Hawklnsville, On the first of April a domino ball on an extensive scale will be giv<>n it Haw- kinsville, at Jeik’s Hall, by the young gentlemen of that place. The invitations are very neat. Tbe Committee of invita tion is as folio ws: R. G. Lewis, T. B. Joaes, J. P. Williamson, W. B. Steele, J. F. Coney, J. T. Davis and R. O. Pate. Several expeot to be present in response to invitations. Reading and Recitation. On to-morrow evening the Willing Workers of the Mnlberry street Methodist Churoh will give a parlor entertainment, oonaisling ot reading and recitations in terspersed with selsot mnsio, at the resi dence of Mr. Charles Canning, on Mnl* berry street. The bsst talent of the Wil ling Workerswill be brought oat, and the entertainment will be unique and pleas ant. We hope all their friends will be preient. A general admission of twen ty-five cents will be charged. I. H. *, Plnafare. Tbe opera which haa created such a genuine sensation aqd has had a.run all over the country never known before, will at last be produced in Maoon; and the good H. M. S. Pinafore will saU into and anchor at Balaton Hall on the evening of the 27th instant. The company produc ing this opera is the Sallie Holman Eng lish Opera Tronpe. It will play an en gagement of two nights. The second evening the opera “Chimes ot Normandy’ ’’ will be presented. The personnel of the troupe embraces some very excellent artists, and much pleasure is anticipated at both operas, especially at the presen tation of “Pinafore, or the Lass that loved a Sailor.” Ntrill Carolina Backs Down. We learn that the contemplated chicken main between the Georgia ShawlneckB and the North Carolina Clary Eyee, will hardly take place, as tho North Carolina raisers of the fancy breeds have backed down. The ehallenge came first frem the old North State, and it was thought that they had fancy fowls that conld step over anjtuing ever grown on Georgia soU. The recent record made, however, at New Orleans by the Shawlnecks, has weakened their faith in'their birds,and eo far, it has been impossible to bring them to the front. The lovers of the sports of tho gaff and pit will now be more elated than ever over the prestige of the Shawlnecks. The Gibson 'Case. We are informed that the Impression has none abroad that Mr. A. F. Gibson has been released, and will no longer ba amenable for his violation of the law. This is a mistake. A mistrial simply leaves the case in statu quo. and he will be again arraigned before tbe bsr of justice and tried for bis life by a jury of his peers. The trial is expected to take place at the next term of the court in Msy. The affi davits of Mr. Wade and Mr. Johnson, and the certificate of Mr. Greer, indicate that the jury ccnld not agree upon a verdiot, and a mistrial followed. It is thought that bail will sot be granted him. This matter, Bines tbe mistrial, is disore• ti nary with the Jadges. A DISEASE THAI* WRECKS THE SYSTEM. Every function is deranged, every asrve unstrung, every muscle and fibre weakened by fever and ague. Io is, in fact, a disease which if unchecked, even tually wrecks the system. In all its types, in every phase, it is dangerous, destructive. Stupor, delirium, convul sions, often attend it, and cause swift dissolution. But when combatted with Hostetter’a Stomach Bitters its foothold in the system is dislodged, and every vestige of it eradicated. That benign anti-febrile apecifio and preven tive of tho dreaded ecourge is recognized not only within our own boundaries, bnt in tropio lands far beyond them, where intermittenta and remittents are fear fully prevalent, to be a sure antidote to the malarial poison and a reliable means of overcoming disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels, of whioh a vitiated tor rid atmosphere and brackish miasma- tamted water are extremely provocative. Ail emigrants and travelers should be supplied with it. marl8 lw Nxw Oklzanb, February 20, 1979. The undersigned certifies that he held for collection for account of R. H. C. Mitchell, Mitchellsourgh, Ky., through L W. Proctor, cashier Central National Bank, Danville, Ky., whole ticket No. 47,018, single number, “Class B,” in the Louisiana State Lottery, whioh drew the First Capital Prize of Thirty Thousand Dollars, on Tuesday, February 11th, 1870; said ticket having cost the-sum of Two Dollars at the office of the Company at New Oileacs, being sect through cor- rs-pondence addressed to M. A. Dauphin, P. O. Box 693, New Orleans, La., and that the amount was promptly paid by a check on the Louisiana National Bank, on presentation of the ticket at the office ot the company. . E. B. SHOSTB, Exchange and Discount Olerk, Louisi ana National Bonk of New Orleans, La, marl8 lw PasvzNTiYB cr Malabtaxi Disbasze— Opinion or Eminbnt Da. H. R. Walton, or Annapolis, Md.—Colden’s Liebig’a Liquid Extract of Beef is a most excellent preparation. It ia par excellence. Su perior to cod liver oil or anything I have ever' used in wasted or impaired consti tutions, and extremely benefioial as a preventive of malarial diseases. Sold by Jno. Ingalls, Maoon. marl81w While in New York this winter or spring you need not pay twice for meals that you only get once. In other words, aB the Grand Central Hotel, oa Broad way, is now conducted on both plans, the American $2.50 or $3 00, and tho European $1.00 and upward?, per day, whioh allows von to take your meals at the elegant Restaurant, attached to tho Hotel, at moderate prices, or to take a room only, and pay for what meals you get. marl8 lw If the functions of the liver are is any way disordered, the whole body, and not only tbe body, but tbe mind sympathizes with the disturbed organ. Bilious com plaints are more common than any other disease; and to remove the bile, as well as to regulate tbe liver, you only have to take Simmons’ Liver Regulator, which, will impart new life and vigor to the whole system marls lw A well-timed and judieious concession to the popular demand for reduced rates has added very greatly to the former ex- cedent popularity of the Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia Sleepless aignte and cheerless days will Why weary your throat and patience j with that wretched cough when a 23 cent be prevented if you oae Dr. Bull’s Baby bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup will! Syrup to induce sleep and composure tor canyon? * the Baby. Price 25 ceate.