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BY TELEGRAPH. •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-