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•WirttSOTolt, April 6.—The ifational
Board of H -*lth, after several days’ se»-
oion, adjourned laStHight to meet at At-
lanta on flf of 1st. '
The board agreed open thq provisions
of a bill to promote the' pnblia health
ana to prevent tbettlrodootion of conta-
eioua and infectious diseases, and vyill
tend that measure at once to the Senate
Committee on Epidemics, at whose re-
^ItV^alsoBdecfed a number of . snb-
iects which require immediate^ atteqjpgq,
and referred them for investigation an;
consideration to tho various-standing
committees on food adulterations, epi
demic diseases, statistics, etc- ; and the
executive committee, which, when the
beard is not in session, is empowered to
act in all matters not involving money
expenditures, with a view to a more care
ful study of contagions and epidemic
diseases in the foreign countries where
*bey originate, has appointed a special
commission which will soon sail for Ha
vana to investigate the yellow fever ques
tion in Caba.
Capetown via Madeiba, March 18 —
Okam, Cetywayo’s brother, with his eld
est son and three hondred warriors, sur
rendered unconditionally on Maroh 21,
and are now in Col. Wood’s camp. Okam
is supposed to be an aspirant for Cety-
wjjo's throne. •’
There have been no important military
m-.vemen's against the Zulus. Ekowe
is stili surrounded—the road leading to
it being d if ended by a large force of
Zulus* > ‘
Xhe relieving force under Col. La wes>s
still on the lower Tusela river. It
consists of three companies eacu of a
third and the 88th regiment, and a por
tion of the naval brigade of the iron-clad
Shah. . „
The 57th regiment has landed at Dur
ban from Ceylon, and is now marching to
join Col. Lawes.
The latest intelligence fiom Ekowe is
that the garrison are well, bat that their
provisions are running short.
Cety wayo is reported to be organising
a large army at Kraal.
The steamer Pretoria, with the forty-
first Highlanders, arrived at Durban oa
the 16tn of Maroh. The Dablin Castle
with a battalion of the Gib rifles, was at
Capetown on the 16th of March and the
Manors, with a battery of artillery at
Simon’s Bay on the 17th of March.
Sir Bartlo Frere has gone to Pretoria.
The forts on the border of Chief Seaoc-
ocne’s, country have been evacuated by
tho British,
Lord in April 6.—The Observer says
advices from Paris otate that Pouyer
Qnertiers Atlantio Cable Company will,
on April 15tb, open books for subscrip
tions for 40.000 snares of 500 francs each,
at two aud one-half premium. As the
nominal capital of the company provides
for 82 000 shares the present allotment
apparently restricts the soheme to a sin
gle cable from Brest to New York, In
stead of two, as originally intended.
Steamer Kangsroo, with a part of the
cable to belaid between Natal and Aden,
will leave the Thames to-morrow for Na
tal via iha Suez Canal. The Natal and
Zanzibar ecotion will be opened to bnsi-
neaam July. Tnis will place 14 a nth Af-
rioa within a week’s communication of
London. The remainder of the line will
be completed before the end of the pree-
ent year.
Vienna, April 6.—The Colonel of the
70th Austrian regiment has been mur
dered in Bosnia by brigands.
London, April 6.—A dispatch to the
Observer, from Cairo, says the Khedive,
without consulting his ministers, has
drafted a bndget in opposition to that
submitted by Minister Bivera Wilson.
Seventy Pashas and ninety civil officers
have signed this document, which
pledges the government to hencefortn
pay interest on the fanded debt in fall
and punctually.
The Khedive intends to snbmit this
bndget to the powers. He professes his
readiness, in case ut the resignations of
Ministers Wilson and Da Blignierea to
guarantee the maintenance of a constitu
tional regime.
Pabis, April G.— Elections take place
to-d»y for iwenty-one members of the
Comber of Deputies. They attraot bnt
little attention. In 18 districts Republi-
can members only have been nominated..
Ia one, that of Sr. Nazsrre, a L^icimatist
candidate is tanning without opposition.
Bonsparttst and Bepnblioan candidates
contest one disirioc in the Department of
the Hante Garonne. Ia the eighth ar-
rondiasement of Paris and the Champs
Eljsse, Bonapsrtist, Orleaniet and cleri
cal candidates are tanning.
Constantinople, Apnl (J.—Russia and
Italy oppose the appointment of a com
mission to ndminieter Turkish customs
upon which Franco and England would
alone be represented. They demand a
financial commissioner representing all
the great powers.
Chablbston, April 6.—The United
States Circuit Court for this district will
convene here to-morrow, {fudge Bend,
who is to preside, arrived this evening.
Intense interest i3 felt in the proceedings
af the term, from the fact twenty-five
well known citizens of the State have
been arrested and will be tried for alleg
ed violations of election laws at the last
general election. The prosecutions are
brought under sections 6225,5520, 5518,
5515 and 5511 of the Beviaed Statutes of
the United States, and are filed mainly
by informations instead of bills of indict
ment. The fact than tho United States
District Attorney and his assistant, E. W.
Mackey, tha defeated candidate for Con
gress from this district, assert that they
propose to apply the testoath to all jnrort’
creates much uneasiness, as the juries al
ready drawn, contain but few white men,
and none who can take the oath. If thz
test oath be applied, the juries will prob
ably consist exclusively of negroes.
Philadelphia, April 6.—Afire this
morning, on the northeast corner of
Brown and Base streets, destroyed prop
erty to the amount of f750,000.
Washington, April 6.—The National
Emigration Aid Society ia taking meas
ures to farther the cause of emigration
from the South to the West. An ex
ecutive committee has been formed, in
cluding several prominent Bepnblicana.
Senator Windom is President of the oom-
mittee.
London, April 7.—Elizi Metriard, an
English authoress, is dead. She was born
Jn 1801.
The strike of the Preston weavers
against the inirodaotion of the Bisok-
burn standard wages, is now fixedly col
lapsed. The operatives are submitting
under protest.
,? ASI3 i April 7.—Two hundred and
done! more Communists have been par.
April 7.—The correspondent
'I the Times at Iiome, says : “Now that
the wild rumors as to the object of Gari-
oalai a visit to Borne have proved ground*
less, it is asserted he haB come to die In
the city to attain which for Italy all his
striving were directed. His friends dis
tinctly assert that politics are wholly un
connected with his coming here. He
found that his health was not improviog
at Uaprera, and he thought the mineral
springs .hear ttWl*T«:Yua migpt benefit
i * GtribaldS,-replying to the Sdndic, who
visited him on his arrival, said he did not
nimaeif know the reason of his visit.
A more pathetic seen* than that on
Garibaldi’s arrival at tha railway station
ha* seldom been beheld, Shout* were
raised as the train entered tha station, but
they were speedily silenced by the circula
tion of a report tbat the General was ill.
He was earriM.frpRLthe train on a mat
ins* on a Iaige litter. H* lay extended
and motionless, with eyes closed and a
red'handkero'iief bound around his head.
It looked 4n though a corpse was being
carried in states t*b **sra -.t
It was found impossible to ttrvj him
from the litter, whioh was p at J upon a
carriage, and driven, aoeruipaaiei by s
mournfully silent orowd to tbs house of
his son, Menotti Garibaldi. ? <
It was so impossible to move the Gen
eral that at Oivita Vecohia the side of the
railway saloon had to be eat to admit the
litter.
A dispatoh from Borne to the Daily
Nines says: “Garibaldi slept well Satur
day. His doe tor thinks he will leave his
bed within the week.”
London, April 7.—Although a general
strike has been averted by tlia, accept
ance by 10,000 men of the masters’
terms, the decision of two-thirds of the
pitmen at Durham to strike against the
redaction will have the effect of stopping
close on to ninety pits—throwing idle
25,000 hewers; and should-the straggle
continue mors than font or five days,
other industries closely connected with
the coal trade will be paralyzed. Two
managers of iron works and other em>
ployera of labor anticipated the oominr
straggle a fortnight ago by placing their
hands under notice. Seve<al large con
cerns will be brought to a stand-still in
the course of a week unless the owners
or pitmen give way.
Ac the Consett iron works, where from
twelve to fourteen hundred tons of ship
plates are made every week for the Clyde,
work will have to be suspended. The
whole number of pitmen employed at
their eight or nine collieries are among
those ont on a strike.
London, April 7-—At Sillotb Dock the
entrance wall has fallen, and it will be
impossible for vessels to dock for several
months. Vessels in the doek will bo un
able to leave until the obstruction is re
moved.
Bra a, April 7.—Navigation to this
place is reopened for steamers.
Pabis, April 7.—At the supplementary
elections for members of the Chamber of
Deputies yesterday, the moderate Be-
publicans generally defeated their Badi-
cal competitors.
Washington, April 7-—In the Senate,'
the army appropriation bill was received
from the House aud referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the New Hampshire Senatorial esse—
the question baing on the amendment of
Mr. Hoar to the resolution of the majori
ty of tho Committee on Privileges and
Elections, declaring that Charles H. Bell
is entitled to his seat—the Committee re
porting that he is not.
Second Lieutenant M. F. Jamor, of
the Thirteenth Infantry, has been de
tailed as Professor of Military Science and
Tactics at the Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge.
The President sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate: Andrew P. Mc
Cormick to be United States District
Judge of the northern district of Texas;
Israel W. Boberts, Postmaster at Mont
gomery, Alabama.
Philadelphia, April 7.—A dispatch
from PutsDnrg this morning says the
strikes among the miners on the Monon-
gahela river, the Pan Handle railroad
and in the coke regions of Southwestern
Pennsylvania are now over, and work has
been generally resumed. Thef * strikes
have r salted <n an sdvmoe, except in the
coke region, where the demand foe an ad-
vanoe was withdrawn. A new strike,
however, ia expected in the works along
tne line of the Pennsylvania raiitoad in
W<S mot eland county.
Trenton, N. J. t April 6.—In the matter
of Taomas Graham, radiated for the mar-
der of James MI. Armstrong at Camden,
the Snpreme Coart to-day refased to or
der Attorney General Stockton to enter a
ncs-snir, bnt says that if Graham ia oon-
vioted on a confession made by him at the
trial of Hooter, he will be entitled to
meroy.
Albany, N. Y lpril 7.—The charges
against the pol.ee commissioner of New
York city and the certificates of the re
moval were submitted to Governor Bob-
inson to-day.
Lxwxs, Del , April 7.—The schooner
Hemilita, of Saco, from Peneacola for
New York, laden with lumber was aban
doned at sea in latitude 35 longitude 14,
having experienced a hurricane Maroh
30tb. The captain and mate were in
jured, the former serionsly by a fall of
a portion of the rigging. The crow was
picked np by the Barkentine J. C. Smith
and brought to the breakwater.
Norfolk, April 7.—A cocking main
between Pennsylvania and Virginia com
menced here to-day. Each side showed
twenty-five birds, and nineteen were
matched. The contest is for $25 on the
battle and $500 on the odd fight. Six
fights occurred to-day. Virginia won two
fights and a judgment on a fool count in
the fourth battle. Pennsylvania won
three fights, making it three and three,
with tho judgment under Baleu, New
York regulations. Numerous sporting
men from Northern and Southern cities
are present, and tho betting is exceed
ingly lively.
Beading, Pa., April 7.—The Beading
cotton mill resumed operations this morn
ing, most of the strikers working at ten
par cent, reduction.
Calais, "Mb , April 7.—William H.
Boardman, Bepublican, was re-elected
Mayor to-day by 150 majority over the
Democratic and Greenback candidates.
The E -publicans elect six aldermen and
the Democrats one.
There is only one case of yellow fever
in the United States steamship Ply mouth,
and that is convalescent. Only one has
died from the disease. As a matter of
precaution, the United States steamship
Guardian, whioh wae in qnarantine list
fall, having had yellow fever on beard,
will return to quarantine to-morrow.
Pabis, April 7.—Complete returns of
twenty-one supplementary elections for
members of the Chamber of Deputise on
Sunday, show that thirteen Bepoblicane
and one Legitimatist were'elected. In
seven instanoea second ballots will bs
necessary. ■ ■ ■ ...
London, April 7.—A Beilin dispstoh
to the Globa says the Porte refuses the
Buseian proposals relative to the occupa
tion of Eistern Boumelia, and insists
upon the execution of the treaty of Bsr
lin.
Cairo, Egypt, April 7.—The Khedive
has summoned the foreign Consul-General
to his presence and communicated to
them the national counter robeme for re
organizing the finance which is made con
ditional upon the recall of the European
ministers. ’ '
Mohammed Teufix has resigned the
Presidency of the council. The Khedive
has dismissed Ministers Elver?, Wilson
and De Blignieros and appointed a new
cabinet under Cherif Pashs, composed
xclusivelv of native ministers.
Washington, April 7.—After a
debate m the 3enate, the farther 0
era lion of the subject west otit
ffiMPftow ***** salt ,n sc** /M*
A resolution was agreed to that
President of the Senate appoint a se
committee of five members on the
man’s Savirig*> and Trust Odarpeoy,-
take it to oossi deration ailAha to* Mags
lating to said institution.
Petitions for writs of habeas corpus and
certiorari were submitted to the United
States Sooreme Court to-day by the Gov
ernor of Virginia on behalf of the State,
and by f( P. jCelea, Judge at Mm x oonaty
ooart of Pittsylvania county, tot the pnr-
p-Be of bringing up and testing the le
gality of Jadge Rives’ attioodn otnriog
several of the judges of the .State courts
to be arrested add' imprisoned upon the
charge or violating the civil rights of cit
izens. The petition of the Governor aete
forth thivJodge Coles was indicted in the
Federal Court for an -alleged offense
against the laws of the United States, the
indictment charging tbat he exoluded and
failed to aeleot as grand and petit jurors
osrtain citizens of Pittsylvania oonnty of
the African race and blaok ooior, who, it
is further alleged, possessed all the other
qualifications prescribed by law, and
obargiog that he exolnded them from the
said jury lists as aforesaid on aooount of
theirxaoe, ooior, and previous oondition
of servitude.
The petition further sate forth that in
obedience to and by the authority of a
process issued from the clerk’e office of
eaid district court and styled a bench
warrant, Judge Coles was arrested on
the 13 th day of March, by an United
States deputy, marshal. and taken into
custody. The petition declares that the
district court had and had no jurisdiction
of the matters charged against Judge
Coles in the indictment; that they con
stitute no offense punishable in the said
district court, and tnat the pending of
tho indictment, and subseqoent arrest
and imprisonment of said Judge Coles,
are unwarranted by the Constitution of
the United S:atos, or by any law made
in pursuance thereof, and are not only in
violation of the rights of the prisoner,
bnt are in violation also of the sovereign
rights of the State of Virginia, whose ju
dicial officer he is, and to whom alone he
can be held accountable for his acts or
omissions as each officer.
The petition closes with the declaration
that it is proper and neceseary that said
-T. D. Coles be discharged from tbs illegal
custody in whioh he is now held for trial
and lef. free to perform hie duties, with
out interference on the part of the district
court of the United States or anyone sot-
iog under its authority. The petition of
Judge Cole sets foitb the same t'aots, and
and prays that the records of the proceed
ings of the district court be brought here
by certiorari and a writ of habeas corpus
11 the marshal, in order that hs'and tne
reasons for his arrest and detention may
be brought before this court.
Washington, April 7.—The following
is furnished by the Comptroller offthe
Curren y He ba3 received from th9
bank examiner of Georgia.a specimen of
the new four p -r cent, bonds recently
issued by that State. They are in size
and color similar to greenbacks, and in
other respects they are a bond with in
terest payable six years after date with
eix annual coupons amonnting to twenty
cents each upon the right end of the
note. The Comptroller, in his reports
for 1872 and 1873, oailed the attention of
Congress to the issue of certificates of the
denomination of five dollars by the Slate
of Alabama, which were receivable in
payment of taxes and old dnes to the
State. The question is likely to arise
whether these bonds are bill3 of credit.
The Comptroller in hi3 report of 1872
said the constitution of the United
Statesprovidestbatno State shall emic
bills of creait, and it has been held by
the Sapreme Court bf the United States
in a famous case, Buscoe vs. the Bank of
Kentucky, that a note of circulation,
“Issued by a State involving the faith or
the Scats and designed to circulate as
money on the credit of the State in the
ordinary course of business” is a bill of
credit. Other decisions of the Supreme
Court hold that certificate issued by a
State in sums not exceeding ten dollars,
nor less than fifty cents, receivable in
payment of tsxss, the faith and credit of
the State being pledged f«.r their re
demption, are bills of credits within the
prohibition of the constitution.
Seoreiary Sherman has gone to New
York on official-business.
Tne Ssoreiary of the Navy has designa
ted Medical Iuspeotors Hurd, Dsan and
Lsaob to visit the United States steamer
Plymouth, now at Portsmouth, N. H., and
investigate the reoent outbreak of yellow
fever on board that vessel.
- The debate on tbs army bill will prob
ably oonfmenoa In tie Senate on Wed
nesday.
Tha post-office at Maoon, Georgia, has
been designated as a pnbiio depository to
the four per cent, refunding certificates.
Washington, April 7.—The following
Southern cases were decided in the
United States Supreme Court to-day.
Mary C. Gordon vs. James H. GiifoU,
from the United States Circuit Court' of
Louisiana. The court holds that the
plaintiff cannot hold any personal decree
against the plaintiff, bnt is entitled to a
decree of foreclosure and the sale of one
undivided half of the plantation covered
by th; mortgage. The decree was re
versed, each party to pay its own costs.
The Canal Bank of New Orleans et al.
vs. Wn B. Pa tier, et al, from the
United States Circuit Court of the South
ern District of Mississippi. Decrees re
versed* Justice. Miller dissenting; La
fayette M. Fionrnoy, President vs. Al
fred Lastrapee, from the United States
C'ircait Court of Lonisiana. Judgement
affirmed, with costs; Jacob McWilliams
vs. Frank F. Case, receiver. Judgment
affirmed, with coBts and interest, on tbe
authority of Kennedy vs. Gibson, 8 Wall
reports, page 498; the Germania Na
tional Bank of New Orleans vs. Frank F.
Case, receiver, argned. Simon Mussina,
of Galveston, was to-day admitted to
practice in this conrt.
London, April 7.—Among the numer
ous telegrams from the Cape of Good
Hope, there is no confirmation of the
Daily News' spsoial dispatch reporting
that an insnrreotion has broken ont in
the Transvaal, presumably among the
Boers. The statement is improbable.
Rohe, April 7.—A letter from tne Car
dinal Vicar, is published, complaining
bitterly of tbe existenoe in Borne of Pro
tectant schools, supported chiefly by for
eign money. It announces that th*
Pops has appointed a vigilance commit
tee to increase and improve the Catholic
sohools and appeals to the nobility and
clergy to snbscriba for their support.
Sx. Petsesbueo, April 7.—Toe Agencs
Buses, referring to the reports tbat tbe
mixed oeoopation scheme has been aban
doned, say •: The European cabinet* con
tinue the disoossloa with the view or aid
ing the present eofaema or enbsutating
another for it.
Vienna, April7.—Four Bassian-Polish
and one Servian students of medioinb
hero hsva been arreted as belonging io
tbe Socialist propaganda. It is beltevtd
that the arretts were connected with the
reoent investigation at Lemberg and
Cracow.
London, April 7.—A Constantinople
dispatch to tbe Times, ditei Sunday, says
there seerrB to be a prose in the negotia-
< { tions for • mixed _ .
li «: The- eahjeefc'li to beoonaid
ered in the oonnoil of ministers on Mon-
- Detbsit, April G.-r-The election In this
city and throoghout the State wee qnist
Md orderly. John Logan Chipmaa was
elected judge of tbe Saperior Coart of
this city by * (Handily of 1,411 end a ma-
j ority of 46 over both Notional and Be-
publican candidate*. The return* from
the tntArtnv tn '.lo.ty SiXty-tWo
•b*cd Item give Campbell. Republican,
for jnsboa of tbe Sapreme Court 1,717.
Bichxond, Va., April 7.—A mase-
meeting of colored people ut this city was
held to-night at which resolutions were
adopted declaring their rights aa Ameri
can citizens, sustaining the action of
Judge Bives, of the United States Conrt,
u regard to mixed juries, and appoint
ing a committee for raising contributions
through the churches and sooietiea for
the employment of counsel to defend
their rights before the Sapreme Court of'
the United States in the case of a writ of
mandamus against Judge Bives, to show
cause why he should not be restrained
as enjoined in the matter of assuming the
authority in the removal of the Beynolds
brothers, colored, nnder conviction in
Patrick oonnty for murder from the cus
tody of the 8tate authority.
Endorsement ot the Eminent
Prof Oeremnn.
Bellevue Hospital Medical College,
New York, November 15,1878.
This ia to certify that I purchased of
Mr. S. H. Williamson, 36 Broadway, a
can of Dooley’s Baking Powder; that I
had biscuits made therewith; that f
have analyzed the same, and that they
do not contain atom or any other delete*
rions substance.
B. Ogden Dobbxus, M.D., LL.D.,
Professor Chemistry and Toxicology in
the Beilevno Hospital Medical College.
EDITOBiAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, April 6tb, 1879.
neasing the end.
The country generally, aud newspaper
people and readers especially, will heave
a sigh ot relief and gratitude when they
hear to-morrow, as is deoidedly probable
now, that the army bill has passed the
House. Its disousBlon has consumed
nearly three weeks of time supposed to
be valuable, torn open wonnds th%t were
faea-iog, deranged and confused the bssi-
nsss plans and purposes of tbe oonntry,
and raised a row withonc the slightest
provocation or excuse therefor. For all
this tbe party of tbe Devi!, in these
United States, is wholly and delightedly
responsible. The Demoorsoy will be in
even worse Inok than usual if they don’t
realize big interest ont of this euEsadness
on tbe part Of the Radicals. Bnt just as
likely as not they won’t. Iadesd, I am
prepared, in advance, to almost oonoade
that point. They seem to have lost their
good lack along with a good many other
things. Whether the godB will continue
to hide their faces from oar leaders
seems a matter for anxious speculation
and fervent entreat}.
The debate on the army bill rolled on
its weary way all yesterday, bnt the gloom
was splendidly lit up before the adjourn
ment. Tucker, of Virginia, and Hawley,
of Connecticut, both spoke, crowding the
galleries and hashing the House into
dramatic stillness. I have not heard an
abler speech than Xucker’s in that hall.
Oat of the cloud, its eloquence, logic,
pathos, argument and glowing patriot
ism flashed like a splendid meteor, and
when he closed, the tribute of applause
tbat crowned him was the. fullest and
heartiest of the discussion. He put
Garfield on tbe defensive and kept
him there, and before ho finished com
pletely battered down the latter's strong
est works. The laurels of the discussion
were oertainly wen and worn yesterday by
the Democrats.
Tne Badioal champion was Gen. Haw
ley, of Connecticut, whose generous sen
timents and honeyed words for the South
and her people, were so sweet in our ears
at the S ate Fair in 1875 I heard both
speeches, and had to take a second look
to eee if it was the same man. Hawley
in Georgia, begging Georgia aid to make
the Centennial Exposition, of which he
was a President, successful, and Hawley,
the partisan, his heart full ot venom, and
his lips dripping gall and slander, ccnld
hardly bs recogo z -d as tbe earns person.
His speech was as loathsomely malicious
and insulting, as it was false and coward
ly, and he went down as deeply into the
mud and filth of Radical mendacity and
venom as the veriest drab on
that ride. It would have done
discredit even to Conger, Harry Wrote,
Baker of Indiana, Williams of Wieconein.
or a half dozen more 1 could name. I
suppose the bill will bs disposed of some
how before this reaches yo >, and that,
then the real struggle of the session will
commence. Tbat will be over the super
visor and deputy marohal features of the
legislative bill, and will be exceedingly
bitter and venomonB on both sides.
a financial wonder.
Tbe Treasury Department received,
yesterday, subscriptions to the four p«r
cent, loan to.the amount of nearly sixty
million dollars. Sherman issued, yesier*
cay, a call for the remainder of the five
twenty bonds of 1887, and to-day a call
will be issued for tbe whole of the same
bonds, consols of 1863. This will close out
the entire series of those bond?. The
aggregate calls atnoe January 1st amount
to nearly three hundred and fifty millions
of dollars, and the annual saving of in
terest wilt amount to nearly aeren mil
lions. This unprecedented sapsoription
earns principally from the banks of Nea
York city. The New York Bank of Com
merce made a single subscription of $40,-
000,000. This iosiitntion is one of tns
beit established and meet ooneervative in
the country, and bad been a steady, bnt
not a large, subscriber to tbe tour per
oents. On this acoonnt it 1b believed tbat
the subscription was made to meet a le
gitimate demand fer the bonds, and not
for speonl&tlve purposes. Toe rapidity
with whioh the ref ending operations of
tte Government has been earned on
since January 1,1879, bas no parallel io
the fiuanoial history of any oonntry, with
the single exception of the uurveliou?
sains of the bsnds of tbe Franoh govern
ment to meet the war indemnity due to
Germany at tbe oloee of the Frauoo-
Prossisn war- Tbe record shows the
d&les of $350,000,000 of bonds in less than
ninety days, bearing such a low rate of
interest tnat a little more than a year ago
the Secretary of the Treasury despaired
of being able to negotiate their rale. It
strikes me that John Sherman has a right
to put on air? over this ehowing. If he
had blood insterf ot ioe water in his
vsiDB, 1 suspect be would brace up with a
oottls or two of -‘exta dry ”
THE HOD iB COXJtITTEIS.
It is understood that the Speaker will
annoonce them Monday or Tuesday next,
and of course there is considerable atir
among' the members as to where they
will fail. So far, however. Speaker Sam
has kept hie counstl wonderfully well,
considering human weaiels and earwigs
with which this town abonnds. There
is mach speculation, hat precioas little
eccnraoy in any of ic. I rather thick
Georgia will be especially well placed.
Perhaps there will be some promotions.
Mr. Hammond ought to xepreaent Geor
gia in the Judiciary Committee, and I
desire it so earnestly that Z believe he
will. General Forney,d>f Alabama, suc
ceeded Mr. Hartridge on it, but there
were other vacancies resulting from the
last elections. Felton may be succeeded
on' the Commeroe Committee by Mr.
Nioholle, of the Savannah district, who,
aa th6 representative ot onr chief seaport,
oertainly ought, it appears to me, to be
so placed. Perhaps Felton will go to the
Ways and Means Committee, which may
or may not be considered a promotion,
according to the standpoint of knowledge
or ignore ace of its real importance now.
General Cook will donbtiesa retain bis
chairmanship, and I think two others of
the delegation will be awarded timilar
positions. I feel safe ia pfedloting that
Georgia will fare well in the make np of
the committees- With a representation
on Appropriation*, Ways and Means, Ju-
dietary, Commerce, and probably Elec
tions, and Banking. and Currency, and
two or .more ebairmanshipe, it seems to
ime we wilt be justified in holding onr
heads pretty high. A. W. B.
TELES GEORGIA] PRESS.
A Populous Jail.—Tha morals of tbe
Gate City must be in a bad way to jadge
from her prison reoard. The Coitsfifu-
fio» says:
There are at present one hundred and
five prisoners confined in this Institution.
Some of them are awaiting trial in the
ootnfc, while others have been tried and
sentenced and are serving ont (heir terms
of imprisonment. A few of the prison
ers axe from other oonntiesin the State,
who are here for sate keeping. About a
eoore of tbe inmates are confined in the
jail awaiting the expiration of sentences
imposed npon them by the United States
court for makjng “corn jnioe.”
Forty prisoners await trial for their al
leged crimes, besides quite a number who
are “ont oa bail.” We trust Hon. O. A.
Baoon’s suggestion of swift jnatloe and a
speedy trial wili bs meted ont to the la9t
one of them. - '
Convict Motekents.—From the same:
Thnraday last Colonel J. W. Nelme,
prinoipal keeper of the penitentiary oon-
viots, passed through A lanta with one
hundred add twenty-five long term oon-
viotsen roue to Dade oonnty ooat mines.
Colojael Nelms refobed thqmines without
aocideet, and delivered the oonriots safe
ly to the guards of the mines. Hs then
picked ont seventy short-term men from
those who were employed at these mines
for the pnrpose of transporting . them to
lessees in Taylor coanty. The convicts,
so far from wishing to get away from
Dade oonnty, showed by their actions that
they had become very mnoh attaohed to
the place.
Some of them shed tears and begged
to be allowed to remain where they were,
whioh went to show tbat they had been
well treated by those who had been work
ing them. Before leaving five days’ pro
visions were prepared and given them,
and each convict was furnished with a
new snit of oiotbeB and a pair of shoes.
The oonviots reaohed this oity last night
on aspeoial train famished by the West
ern and Atlantio railroad to the peniten
tiary authorities, Meesrs. Nelms & Shu
mate. After remsi ing in the oity only
lODg enough to make the tran fer tbe
convicts were carried away over the Cen
tral railroad.
The frait prospect at present is very
gloomy in all portions of the S ale. Re
peated freezes and frostB must have
wrought sad havoo with the peach orop,
and even apples and psars are reported to
bs killed in Upper Georgia. It will re
quire a fortnight, however, to ascertain
ibe fail extent of the damage which has
been sustained. Soon the injured em
bryo frait will drop, and then it will be
seen how mnoh remains. .
A Nice 8ouece cr Revenue.—Up to
data tbe six inspectors of fertilizers in
Georgia have turned over to tha Comp
troller General $33,000 for inspeotion
fee?. Of this amount only about $9,000
will be required to pay ail salaries; in
cluding $3 000 to tbe State chemist.
Tbns tbe Si ate nets $24,000 from tbe sys
tem of inspeotiun.
Tired cf the Abmt.—D. E. Bodre-
qnes, a soldier at McPherson Barracks,'*
Atlinta, and native of Cuba, recently at
tempted to escipe by the Maoon
and Western railroad in citizens olothes.
He was arrested an 1 will be tried by
oourtmarcial at the headquarters of the
Southern Military Department at New
port, Kentucky. Bcdrequra ia eaid to be
wealthy.
Chacun a Son Gout,—Atlinta Post:
Henry Ward Beecher has been requested
to lecture in Atlanta nnder- the auspices
of the Young Men’s Library. The fact
tbat be is already advertised to lecture in
several Southern cities is reason for hop
ing that he will comply with the request.
We trust the Plymouth Church adul
terer will give Macon tbe go-by. He is
not wanted here.
The thermometer descended to 29 de
grees in Atlanta, last week.
Death of Ccl G. W. Lee.—Borne
Courier: Col. G. W. Lee died in this
oity last Thnraday night about 9 o’clock,
after a lingering illness of several months’
duration. Col. Lee was an active partic-'
ipant in the scenes of the late war, hat
ing been Lieutenant Colonel of one of tho
regiments earliest formed, and retained,
to the end of his life pleasant reooilee-'
tions of tbe friendships formed during
the dark dayB of the war Between the
States.
- Eons has received 69,722 bales of cot
ton the present season, and is improving
rapidly. Heavy frosts and ioe and the
thermometer at 27 degrees are reported
as recently occurring there. A slim
chance for the frait.
An ordinary cow that coat twenty dol
lars furnishes an Oglethorpe coanty man
with fire measured gallons of milk a day.
This shows that feed is as good as breed.
The Filtht Lucan.—Dahlonega Sig
nal: Colonel Hand-had on last Tuesday
gome bars of gold good to look upon.
They weighed something over ten pounds.
Alas, for tbia world! The want of money
is the root of ail evil. If we all had
Findley and Hand gold mines it would
not be thn9.
The Harvest of Death.—Madisonian-,
There are about twenty candidates for
the gallows in Georgia at present. We
mean those that have already passed
their examinations, subject to the ratifi
cation of the Supreme Court.
Guano in the Ascendent.—Tte Mad
isonian says: At 1-oat two hundred wag
ons were in town list Saturday, each re
turning heavily laden with guano, acd
“that’s what’s the matter with Hannah.
The farmers are “whipped” at list.
Mebb ric Exhibition.—Madisonian,
Last Saturday night about eleven o’clock
a large brilliant meteor passed oyer oar
town. It seemed to explode or faH very
near the tows, creating a noise oompara-
ble to a large sized cannon, whioh not on
ly caused the windows to rattle, bnt ab
solutely shook houses' violently enough to
cause some ot the people to think an
earthquake had produced the commotion.
The light produced by it was so vivid
that it lighted np the whole town. It was
seen by many of onr citizens.
Ahead, of T’ihe—Albany Advertiser ;
Mr. W. N. Whatley, of Lee county, who
superintends the “Lamar plaoe,” says he
has a fine stand of cotton on 125 acres.
Wonder if it will not look a little “pot'
sum-eared’’ and chilly this morning.
Welcome Back Again.—Tha Adver
tiser says: We are pleased to learn tbat
the Bev. H. F. Hoyt, of Darien, who re
ceived a joint call a few weeks ago from
the Presbyterian churches at Albany,
Leesburg and Newton, will arrive in the
city next Tuesday. According to the
nsages of his chnroh, it is hot entirely
proper for a minister to aooept a oall out
side the jurisdiction of his own presby
tery; hence no formal acceptance in Mr.
Hoyt’s case, as yet; bnt it is nnderstood
that at the meeting of his presbytery,
week after next, be will apply for permis
sion from that body to change bis field of
labor. Mr. Hoyt is well known in this
city, and his cirole of friends is not oon
finsd alone to his own denomination.
A toung lady m Worth oonnty. Miss
Mary Land,-attempting to move a loaded
rifle was shot through the nose and
cheek; The hammer of the gnn became
entangled in her dress, causing its dis
charge. ■ It is thought she will recover.
Col. B. G. Lockett received, on last
Thursday, fifty recruits from the peni
tentiary convicts for his Dougherty plan
tation.
“Meeting in the Maze” is the new
appellation for a ball, bestowed by the
Albany Advertiser.
Dead.—Mrs. Penelope Nelms died in
Dougherty county on the 29th nit., aged
82 years. She wa3 one of the first set
tlers of that region and was deservedly
esteemed and respected.
The Advertiser publishes a supplement
setting forth the bnBineBS and rapid pro-
gresa of Camilla, ia Mitohell oonnty.
A Kind Word.—Berrien county Hews:
The Maoon TelegraFk and Messenger
publishes more Georgia news than any
other paper m the State, Few things of
interest occur in any part of the State
which do not find their way into its col-
nms, and it never fails to give dne
credit.
The News goes for patent outsides in
this fashion:
“Patent outside” manufactories flood
us with circulars setring forth the tx
ceilencies of their publications and the
large amount of money we can save by
patronizing them. Can’t do it, gents.
We are publishing a home paper at pres
ent; bnt if we ever fe«l disposed to
branch ont in the bnsinese, we’ll send
yon word.
The sime paper says :
We will not bo able to attend the
Press Convention in May, owing to office
dutiee. This is a source of deep regret
to us, as we are very anxious to get ac
quainted with Blocker and witness tha
expeditions manner in which ho will “get
away” with Grub.
Now, what grab does onr Berrien friend
mean? The Darien Grnbb would be A hard
nut even for the Gollah of the press to
crock. Speaking of Grnbb, 'deeply do we
sympathise with him in his late misfor
tune. Bnt not even the elements-can
keep down so live and isdnstrious a gen.
tlemen. Hs will soon resurrect the Ga
zette from its ashes, or we don’t know onr
man. Wo wish him God speed.
Four times as mnoh guano has been
sold in Alapaha tbia year, says the
News, than was disposed ot the last season.
A New Biusdt.—A correspondent of
the Southerner and Appeal suggests that
the best way to suppress the carrying of
concealed weapons is to make it a penal
offense to have any pockets at all.
This wonld do it.
We are informed on reliable authority
that ons of Eitonton's most moat promi
nent bankers decamped last week to
parts unknown, after having beaten his
wife nearly to death.—Madison Gham-
pion.
The pithy reply to the above of th e
Broad Axe and Itemizer is as follows:
The rumor ia an unmitigated falsehood.
Enough said.
Bread Prospect.—The Sumter B/tgti
Itconsays:
Corn is np end growing off finely.
Good stands are reported from every
section of the country.
Cheerful.—The Republican cays:
Beal estate ot every kind in the corpo
rate limits of the city has advanced since
last fall, and lands ia the county com
mand better prices than for several years.
People aro generally more settled and
better contented in this section than at
any time within the paBt decade.
Mb. Vfx. Hawkks will be tbe Memorial
orator for Americus.
Gbeat apprehensions for the frnic are
entertained in Sumter county.
Georgia Illitebact—A Bad Bbp obt.
—Tbe Conyers Examiner makes the fol«
lowing startling statement:
The groat question that is agitating
tbe minds of a great many of our people
is, “Is your name in the jury boxf” Out
of about 800 white voters, not quite 200
are found competent for jnry duty. This
is, to ray the least of it, not very oompli.
{pentary to a large number of intelligent
citizens cf Bockdale.
Where is Commissioner 0;r,and where
are the school masters ?
Liquor at tbe Capitol.
Washington Correspondence of the Cleveland
Herald.1 - rf„> ,-f A
A resolution was long ago passed by
Congress prohibiting tbe sale of liquor in
the otpitol building. For some time the
resolution was obeyed, bnt finally li was
evsded by keepers of tbe two restaurants,
who put out liquor io cups. Those desir
ing a drink of whisky had but to ask for
a “cap of tea,” and ihe liquor was pro-
duoed.' Finally the. etla became bolder,
and on the list iright of the forty-fifth
Congress, lo the Heuse resUorant, 2,878
drinks of Uger bw were disposed. of at
fire oenta u drUtk, besides tbe whisky,
brandy, wins.and betilea of ebamptgne
that were sold. ; ■
Alex. Frotbingham, 4 Co., have been
for many year* stock brokers and bank
ers, in New York, at 12 Wa ! l Street.
They nave the reputation of gaining for
their customers Urge returns from in
vestments ranging from $60 to $200, and
have the enviable reputation of always
making quiek returns. Send for their
Financial Beport, free.
llu Cbronlcle’s Cotton Figures
The New York Commercial aitd Finan
cial Chronicle of Saturday reports the cot
ton receipts at all the ports for the seven
daysending last Friday night, 4th instant,
at 54,283 bales, against 59,886 the corres
ponding week of last year. Total receipts
since 1st of last September to that date,
4,173,603 bales, against 3,953,344 for the
BEme period of the previous year—show
ing a gain of 220,159 bales.
The Cotton Exchange statement for
the same days wan aa follows: Receipts
53,795, against 53,655. Total 4,158,956
bales, against 8,920.845—ehowing an in
crease Of 238,lll bales.
The Chronicle's interior port table
lhova receipt* during the week 32,389
bales, against 28,724 tbe same week of
last year. Shipments 46,973 against 41,-
076. Stocks 116,879, against 119,991 at
same date last year.
The Chronicle's visible supply table
showed, on Friday night last, 2 278,934
bales of ootton in sight; against2.685,984
at same date last year—2 971,627 at same
date in 1877, and 2,959.917 at same date
in 1876. These figures show a decrease
OB the supply of last year amounting to
406,152. bales. A decrease on the supply
of 1877 Of 692.643 bales, and a decrease
on tbe supply of 1876 ef 680,833 bales.
Middling upland was quoted in the
Liverpool market last Friday at Si- At
same date last year the quotation was 5J
—1877 at same date it was 6$, and in 1876
at same date it was 6 7-16.
The Chronicle’s weather reporta show
frost and oool weather daring the week,
Frost felloe low as some portions of
Texas, and in Florida as low as Madison,
bnt no is jury was done to the cotton
crop. ••
Ship Lancaster, lying at the outer bar
of Galveston, with 1.774 bales of cotton
on board, was destroyed by fire, with her
lading, Friday afternoon.
Tbe New York oetton market showed
some animation daring the week, and
prices advanced daring the week from
10J to 111 On Friday there were imag
inary sales between the gamblers in fn-
tnreB, amounting to 206 600.
Ths Kansas Negro Ekigbation Move
usnt is, it seemr, engineered by the
Washington Kansas Emigration Aid So
ciety and Senator Windom is President
thereof. He is also the mover of a bill
to promote the diffusion ot the negro
population through the northwest, and
ne is also -considerably interested
in a railroad in Kansas whioh
lies at the bottom of it all, and
which haB a great deal of land granted
by Congress for sale to emigrants.
All of these vanou3 points harmonize
and conglomify nicely with the deep and
philanthropic interest Senator Windom
takes in the welfare of the negro. He
can indulge his benevolenoe without
stint in the fear ot expenses, and in fact,
with a lively hope of a solid return in
ducats. .
It ir the glory of these Bepnblican
sympathetic yearnings for tha man and
brother that, like “ds Freedmeu’s Buro
and Bank,” they oombine practical views
of lifo and business with the solid
bottomry of a lively speonlation, as
as well as the graces of Faith, Hope and
Charity. The men of the Sonth are too
dull or too inert to disoern these things.
There are abnudenos of railroad
corporations here, but none of them
ever thought of taking hold of the
dissatisfied Lonisiana negroes and us
ing them to : inoreoao their trade,
and thevalneof their right of way,
while at the same time laying np treas
ures of glory in the world’s estimation as
a extra number ons philanthropist, in
danger of bsieg caught up on account of
being loo ' good' for this world. The
Southern brethren are not as wisa as
snakes even if harmless as doves. They
lack those wonderful powers of combina
tion by whioh the works of Satan are
tethered to angels’ wings and all kinds of
Bin and iniquity are executed with im
punity in the guire of high moral ideas.
A Most Laudable Enterprise.
The energetio and devoted people o*
the Mulberry Street Methodist Church,
with tbs faithfulness of Nehimiab of old,
are seeking, despite dulljtimes acd ibe fi
nancial stringency,to erect a commodious
and eUgant parsonage.
To this end, young and old, are labor
ing most assiduously, and various asso
ciations have been formed for that par-
po?ej each operating with praiseworthy
vigor in itB own peculiar sphere. The re
sult of this .conoentiated action, aa might
reasonably ba supposed, has so fer been
highly encouraging, and already the
frame bf the edifice has risen in its state-l
ly proportions, and the work is progress
ing with commendable celerity.
Among ether plans to supplement the
building 'fund; the church haa bad ar
ranged and properly edited tbe interest
ing details of its semi-centennial anni
versary, held in December last.
These contain a little volume contain
ing over one hundred pages, which has
been issued in neat shape from tho press
of Messrs. J. W. Burke & Co.
The church organization offers this to
the public at fifty cents each, and a
glance at tbe contents constrains us to
say that the work is well worth the
money. Every Methodist in Georgia
should secure a copy as a precious sou
venir of one of the most flourishing
churches of their denominations and it
possesses also much tbat will interest the
general reader.
A full acoonnt of the semi osntennisl
celebration, with its varied, deeply inter
esting and Instructive exercises, has al
ready been spread forth by tbe oolempo-
ransous press of the samo date. After
the lapse of ao short an inteival of time
it Is unnecessary, therefore, to re-piodnco
-the proceeding*. We merely aey that tbe
pamphlet m queetion contains tbe mag-
nifiesnt semi-oentennial ode of Bsv. A.
A. Lipscomb, D. D , LL D., e narrative
of current events daring the fifty years
nnder review, the history of Methodism
in Macon, the names of tbe several
ministers stationed here, a list cf tbe
pastors and date of service ef each who
have officiated in tbe Mulberry street
church pulpit; a complete acoonnt cf
Wesleyan FemaleCollege from its incep
tion to the present day, with e fall reg
ister of its nantevons trustees, presidents,
professors, commencement preachers end
orators, (he entire programme end jour-
sal of the celebration exercises, and other
mlsoeUsMens notes of importance, not
enumerated.
Sueh e bit! of fere ought to be especially
inviting to Methodists, and we be.peak
for the work e heavy sals, end trust that
the amount realised may suffice to com
plete tbe beautiful parsonage whioh is
bow in prooeae of erection.
—A convention of ministers is to be held
*t Spring Arid, Mess, on foe 6fo end 7th of
May, to d eea* measures for tbe better
obeeivtnos of (he Lord’s Day. The services
of some ef (be meet eminent clergymen ot
Sew Fork oity ere promised. It is under
stood that Basdty newspapers are to be par
ticularly denounced.
—Ail tha htsged people, eiy* tha Ameri
can, profee* religion If it MOW them,
well enoogn; bat it is not reUgtOtf-WVter e
thing of lue than deatb? Can e-man idle by
it who haa not lived by it ?
—A contractor has undertaken ’rebuild
ths Bxsgedia dh«* in SS days. Afteir'Teading
tbe eeoonntnof foe tint mint km than It does
seem to ns that tha town can fosroeiy be
vronhadunnow.
—Four young French officer* of noble
families trace lately plage* under arrest by
thoir Colonel in Toprs for acratabbffi foe
words ‘Vive le Rot! ’ npon e window pane of
thefosatre-
—While two Russian artflierymaa ware re
moving from among the roust ef fiitiastaqiol
a bomb, which bad lam theca far pspety e
quarter of a oentnry, It exploded, end badly
wounded both*
—The Wrench peasantry ussstyst tired
of ehaffiing about In woedwt show,'end
Franoe produces about four (Billion pairs
yearly. They ere very eoonomioal and keep
tbe feet dry. The beat ere (hide of meplo,
and. in prov'ncial towns, lattes often wear
them.
—We notice th»t ‘Hcg me to drath.' dar
ling.’ i* the name of a new sang. Wears
ready to do -o—owing to who the te. tfcatgh.
If ahebbend omesnd "wee| we vrUlheon
hand it sue mt< nirtao a when she la 'ready
to go to .prase-’
—Th6 limit of brutality in pedestrian, ex
hibitions by women hie probably been reach
ed in Cleveland, where Millie Bose wn dreg*
ged repeatedly to the trick by her hatband,
and compelled with blow* sod Hebe SO com
plete the' task of walaing 3,000 quarter miles
in 3,000 quarter hours-
- A 6250.000 Freeze.—A Charleston tele*
gram of tbe 4th says • bard freaks, last
night, seriously damaged the early regatta-
bie crops T..e loss to track farmers afTund
Charleston ia estimated at a quarter or a
million of dollars. 3 ' . v» >
—Tne health of Archbishop Ported i« fast
failing nnder foe burden of us Sn*Mi*i trou
ble*. Of late he has been attacked with
f aiming spells, and on Tuesday last he re
mained so long unconscious in one of them
that his attendants were dreadfully alarmed,
fearing that he might die
—Tbs rie-man trichinosis statistics for
1877 s low a deo'ice in foenumbapof seats.
Whereas the proportion is 1875 wee 1 In
2.000 pigs examined, in 1877 it was only 1 in
2 830; 344 cases -ppeared la bacon imported
from America, and persons ware known
to have suffeml from triohinosis.
The Illinois Legislature has before it e
proposition for a constitutional amendment
providing ihat sessions ef the deters As
sembly for tbe purpose of I-tt Taking abaU
be held but onoe in aix years, but that the
biennial sessions shall be eantLsnea for foe
purpose cf uniting the regular appropriation*
end tax levies * ?
—In California it ia proposed to pees
around a pledge a* follows: ‘I do. pledge
my honor as a truthful a* d honest man that
1 will not patronise ooolio labor, or any per-
•on who employe ov oh-labor, (M f, frill
maho diligent inquiry when purchuiDg 4Qy
commodi y; and this pledge I take without
mental reservation ’. r
Couldn’t seethe PoiST.-Sena’or Hffl, of
Georgia, W-dne-day, while in foe Renats
chamber, at Washington, received a dispatch
from Chicago «s follows.- ‘Obioagohas been
carried for tbe R.bei Democrats by 4 000
mtjority Send ns ten Re Del brigadiers at
once,’ Mr. Hill eeot the dispatch to Scatter
Blaine, who read it, but did not see auvth’ng
inittolaugh at, ' ;- • ;; -
—It has Just come out, says the Philadel
phia Times, that ibe Senate passed a resolu
tion during the dosing week of the last ses
sion declaring that steps ought to bs taken
f t seooringau abroga’iou of the fishery
treaty with fireat Britain aa soon as poeeiole,
and Secretary Ev rte has opened correspon
dence. He simply proposes that the Brit
ishers ahaU keep the 65,5X1.100 they got
under the Halifax award for a term of a dozen
years, which la only belt gone, and Ut the
treaty atop at case, which it.i* hard to see
how they can refuse,
An Extrike Test —Arthur Gilman telle
the following of an old lady at Oonoord.N.
H.: ‘Have y.,u given aieotriaity a trial for
your complaint, madam?’ atked the minis
ter as he took tea with foe old 1-dy. ‘Elec
tricity!* said eae. ‘Well, jte, I rookon it
has. I was straek by ligbtDiDg list summer
and hove ont tbs window, bnt it didn't seem
to do me no sort of food. ’
Word comes from London, say a tbs
News and Courier, that the senseless fashion
of French for dinner memis is to be done
away with For this relief, much thanks.
No more ‘rod de boa of, et pomme de terra a
la’ this, that and t’other thing, bet olain
roast beet and potatoes well dons. We speak
Freseh like a native when we are atone tut
the avenge ‘garcan’ affects oar pronurela
tion. _ —V* <■■«©<!»
—The railroad on foe ioe aeroas the Mis
souri Bivwr at Bismarck has floated away.
Daring tbe last day of its use it was from
one to three fact deep nnder water, and big
crunks of ioe were sweeping over it, bnt
trains of freight can, bearing materials for
foe eonstraotion of the' Northern Pacific
Kailroad, were hurried over to the last pos
sible moment. The last loeossotive to cross
waaoareenedbythe moving-end sinking cf
foe ioe, and the fire was extinguished by tha
water.
Boas Hhcpseth Gorsa to Meet Gkikt.—
Mr Alexander it. Shepherd, according to the
Oonder-Jonraal, haa leased hla palat’ai h'nse
Jo Washington, to Hon. A. M Bliss cf New
Tork. Mr. Shepherd le going to -Mexico,
where he will remain until he j line tho
throng of aeventy-flvo thousand who go to
G&Tteroia to sot as an escort of honor to
Gen. Grant, and lend him in the Whits
House, when everything ia to boon again,
es it did during tbe first eis years oi bis
rtign His suffering friends are yearning
and aching for a return cf those happy days
when a privileged few thousands fattened
on foe misery of foe millions
—Ths Smithsonian Instilnticn at Washing -
ton has just reoeived a collection cl one hun
dred an* thirty.four specie* of Japanese
fish, baing very nearly a complete collection
cf all the known species in that empire The
specimens are beautifully arranged,, and are
correctly labelled both in Latin and English.
They cone under the exchange system so
widely practiced among the scientific socie
ties of foe world. Not long ago the Bmith-
eonian Institution sent to tbe Toiio Museum
a collection cf Nortn American birds, equal
led by only three e : Bi‘iar collection i in this
country, sad to tbe Slneanm of the Educa
tional Department a collection, also very
cjmplele, of South American birds.
Gettxw.to Asxious fob Price —A spe
cial supplement to ths Loudon Qjzrtte hae
been istued, ccntaining a dispatch from
Lord Chemeford enclosing * report dated
Marsh i from the border agent at Unvote,
to foe effect 'bit messengers irom fffcg
Cettewayo have arrived there.: Uettewsyo
ask* foe Missionary Bishop to expiate that
he did not desire war, and was winding foe
persons whose surrender bad been deman
ded by foe British to be del vared to tbe
Geaertl at Borka’s Drift, mhan hie meesaw
gets and picqnete were fired upon and tbe
battle unpremeditated]? oomred. The Zulu
General who permitted foe battle to oocur
Join disgrace. Cettewayo now asks a re
sumption cf negotiations, with e View to e
permanent cettioraent of all disputed ques
tions. The messenger, in reply to e ques
tion, atated foat foe Zilu aimy bad disper
sed to their homes.
Iha shove confirms to report which was
current at Capa Town March IS, ihat Oette
wnyo had made overtures for pseoe, whioh
reports ware discredited et tbe time. The
overture* do not seem to hevs roused e
mcrepescefs feeling.
Ths exodus of negroes from :Lotusiaca
end Mississippi to Kansas shows no signs
ef cessation. The jSL Louie Republican
ot Monday states that hundreds of coloiei
emigrants bad arrived in that city on
the previous day on their way to the
northwest, end on foe came day the
steamboat Durfee started tap the Missis-
rppi river with seven hundred emigrMte.
It was reported that thoueands more were
OB foe hanks of the Mississippi awaiting
an opportunity to go north. The lead
owners in foe paitehee of Louisiana moat
sffeeitd hy tbedrfcia are taking meas
ures to Induce foe negroes to r'aj at
_ home, but so tar ail affiorts to atop the
: flight of tbe bta-k* have proved m< ff.ctu-