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MAOON, GA, APRIL 22. 1879.
TUB GEORGIA PjtCESS.
Bill Acp.—We confess to a great ad.
miration for tbia genial, christianS: oth
ers gentleman, whose genuine humor and
thorough knowledge of human nature
have made hia quiint utterances immor
tal. Or l*te he has "cropped out’’ again
in a series of aimirable communications
for the Atlanta Constitution, which all
are forced to admire. We know and es
teem Bill Arp personally. These remarks
are intended to preface the following
paragrapn from the Constiiulion:
Major Charles H. Smith, whose letters
to the Constitution, over the signature of
"Bill Arp,” mark him as one of the most
delightful of American humorists, will
lecture in Macon on the 23th. His sub
ject will be “Society." In a letter to
Mr. Herbst, Major Smith says that Lav
ing discovered that the publio will not
diet themselves in the matter of literary
entertainments, he proposes to indnlge
them, and himself, too, .n the way of
high seasoning. Since Major Smith haa
been contributing to the Constitution he
has developed a vien of humor aa deli
cious in iis homeliness as that of Charles
Limb, and we predict that his lecture in
Macon will be a success.
Now, we make this criticism on the
above delivnanoe of our esteemed con-?
temporary. Bill Arp’s lacrubrations,
though clothed in homely parlance, ars
anything else bnt homely. They are
the cream which rises to the top in the
chalice of acute and philosophical obser
vation of the world and ita ways. And
then we can’t bear to have opr favorite,
Charles Lamb, underrated. Albeit, some
what of an epicure, his was a ncble and
genial scul, and one always feils re
freshed when reading after him. Major
Smith spill be greeted with a large audi
ence and cordial welcome when ho comes
to Macon. s
The Constitution says: With her ar
chery clubs, base ball clubs, picnics, va
rious conventions and meetings, also the
Legislature, Atlanta is likely - to be alto
gether lively this summer.
GoodTidikg3—Constitution: Rev.Mr.
Pratr, of Riswell, who haa recently been
stricken with paralyss, is getting better.
He is one of the most distinguished di
vines in the State, and bas many warm
friends in the Soutb.
Dr. Pratt for more than a half century
has presided over the church of which he
is pastor, removing with them first from
Darien about forty years since. We
trust a green and useful old age still
awaits him.
. Society von the Prevention cv Cau-
2ltt to Children.—Savannah News: A
short time since an act of Incorporation
_ was granted by the Superior Conrt to a
* number of ladies and gentlemen of this
c'.ty authorizing the foiming of a society
nndcr the above name. A meeting will
be held this evening at six o’clock at the
lecture room of the Independent Presby
terian Church, for the purpose of organi
zation. The attendance of all interested
is specially desired.
Will not Macon follow suit?
The Knight Templars of AuguBla have
extended an invitation to the Grand Com.
mandery to meet in that city on the 2Ut
of May.
Old Ocean’s Antics.—Savannah News:
The steamer G. S. Kelsey, which is to
run on the rout- between Savannah and
Tybee during the present season, arrived
here yesterday morning from Jackson
ville.
Captain Tribble, her commander, re
ports having experienced very rough
weather, especially in crossing Cumber
land Sound, when the steamer enoonn-
tered a violent bnrricane or oyclone,
which did considerable damage. The
doors and windows ct the pilot house and
cabin were wrenched from their fasten
ings, and the backets and racks were
swept overboard from the deck. The
gale was struck about half-past three
o’clock in the morning and lasted nntil
four, raging with the greatest violence.
Captain Tribble asysthathe has never, in
his entire experience, encountered sneb a
furious blow. As may be imagined, con
siderable commotion was occasioned
among the passengers, and for a while
the greatest exoitement prevailed, as
some were apprehensive that the good
steamer would be unable to weather tbo
eyclone, as she had apparently run into
the very centre of it. Portunately no
one was hurt. The majority of the pas
sengeis, finding it exceedingly hazardous
to remain on deck, followed the example
of Sir Joseph K O. B., and retired be
low to “seek the seclusion that the cabin
grants.’’
The steamer arrived safely at her
wharf, and not seriously damaged, not
withstanding her rough experience.
News items: Late New York dates
quote Savannah green peas at $2 50.3.25
per crate; Florida do. ar $la2 per bushel;
Florida string beans at $4*4.75 per crate;
Southern asparagus $8.50.9 per dozen;
Bermuda potatoes $10all per barrel;
sweet potatoes $3.60a4per barrel; onions
$4i5.50 per barrel; strawberries 25i40c.
per quart.
Savannah Bonds.—There was a lively
demand for city bonds yesterday. We
hear of the purchase of nearly fifteen
thouaand dollars for permanent invest
ment. There were sales at 78}. Some
shrewd ones predict they will be up to 85
before long.
How will the Macon fives sell if they
ever seethe light?
It hat be noted as a carious coinci
dence that among tho cases on the bank
rupt docket of the United States District
Conrt is that of Columbus W. Hand, of
Americas, acd the number of the case is
1492
Overdone —Albany News: Isn’t it
■boat time for the press to quiet down
on the subject of “carrying concealed
weapons?” Enough has been eaid to
convince the pnblietbatit is a “cowardly
habit.” Farther discussion will tend to
weaken the matter nnd make of it only a
sensation instead of a sentiment, Lets
quit awhile, brethren.
Die Impressible Blocker.—The News
says:
Blocker stepped in upon ns oa Tues
day a’ternoon. Ho is looking rather
thin, starving himself out in anticipation
of tke Press Convention. He says he’ll
be there sure.
A Valuable Accession to Macon.—
Albany News: We are sorry to hear.of the
contemplated removal of Dr. J. P. Ste
vens from onr midst to Macon. The Doc
tor has many warmfrlend3 who wish him
succese and joy wherever ho goes. He
will not dispose of his plantation. He
goes to Macon to engage in the practice
of medicine.
Feamtul Ctclon*.—Albany News: Mr
Walter Britenbach brings ns information
ct a terrible cyclone that struck the Dent
place, about air miles oa the east side of
the river, about 2:30 p. m. yesterday.
The wind came from the west, tearing
away fencer, blowicg down trees, and
* scattering everything in its track. Tne
road was completely blockaded for a quar
ter of a mile by the fallen trees. The
large gin-houtu was completely demol
ished and scatt red everywhere. Not a
piece of the building was found in a quar
ter of tbei-pot where it stood. The kitch
en was completely demolished, and five
negro houses, a corn crib and two buggy
houses blown to piece*; one calf killed;
the large oaks in front of the dwelling
torn to atom,; tne columns of Mrs. Mar
tin's house blown down, and the windows
smashed to smithereens. The furniture
of the negroes whose houses were blown
down was scattered far and wide. One
negro was seriously hurt. The damage
is very heavy. So far as we can learn
the eiorm oid not strike any other than
the Dem place.
Thru negroes are to bo hanged in
Lceebur4 oi. t-e 9th of May. for mur
der.
Couldn’t Buand th* Temptation—
Jontsbcic Ancs; The guano trade
was v-iry b. a*y this season, although
oar people determined not to useltoy of
tbo siuff.
The Georgia Medical State Conven
tion is holding its sessions at, Rome.
Dr. Battey delivered an interesting ad
dress of wtljome to the members end
was eloquently responded to by Dr.
Campbell, of Augusta. The opening ad
dress was made by the President, Dr-
Johnscn, of Atlanta. Forty four mem.
bers bad appeared and taken their seats.
Macon is ably represented by Dr. Charles
H. Hall. An excursion down the river
is in contemplation, and the me mb ars are
invited to do some free skating on the
‘•rink.”
The History or Barnesvilul—The
Gazette says : About 1835 or '35 Messrs.
Seaborn Covington and S. S. Kendrick
oame to tne place and did much in- bond
ing tt up. The former joined Mr. Tam
er in business, and the latter commenced
the second store of the plsoe. The num
ber of inhabitants was about two or three
dezsn at this time. These men wire ac
tive in building np the town.
Mr. Kendrick was the first man who
lived in a plastered house in the place.
The first female eohool in the plaos was
taught by Mins Mary Yates, a graduate
of Troy, N. Y., Snninary, in 1838.
The Dawson Journal reports an interf
esting revival in the Methcdist church o-
that place. There Lave been eleven ad
ditions.
Says tho Perry Homs Journal: Can’t
some plan be devised to stop tne Rome
Bulletin fioa publishing the portraits of
all the dark browe • desperadoes in the
country and labelling them “John B,
Gordon, Wade Hampton, Zeb Vance,’
and the like.
Paris Again.—Perry Home Journal;
Captain John C. Rutherford, of Macon,
has acoepted an invitation throngh Judge
Giles to deliver his lecture on ‘'Paris” at
as early a day as his professional engage
ments will permit.
Personal.—Atlanta Post. Col C. C.
Jones, cf Augusts, has received a dip
loma from the Roysl Society of Northern
Antiquities of Copenhagen. An idea of the
honor which this confers upon this esti
mable gentleman may be formed from
tne fact that Christian, King of Den-
maik, is president of the society ; J. J.
A. Worsaw, the most noted arot se xlogisl
of Europe, vies president, and the far-
famed Eaglehardf, Secretary. The dip
loma bears the autograph of these three
noted meo. It is pertinent to state in
tbia oonceotion that Colonel Jones haB
been elected by the literary societies of
the 8tate University to deliver the annual
oia ion atthe Commencementin Athene.
The Result or the Storm.—Post: An
inundation of the railroad oetween West
Point and Montgomery delayed the
-throngh sleeper yesterday. The extent
of the damage is not great. A break in
the road, however, has necessitated a
transfer of passengers and baggage, and
a consequent 'delay. The inundation
was caused by the recent rains.
The Insurance Companies.—State
of Georgia, Cokftuollxr General’s
Office, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17,
1879.—The following fire and life insur
ance companies Lave been examined by
me, made the deposits with the State
Treasurer according to law, and have re
ceived the certificate of authority from
this office, and are are alone entitled to
transact business in this State for 1879.
I learn some companies are evading the
law by proposing to write insuranoe and
renew risks without submitting to an ex
amination or making the $25,000 deposit.
If so, it is dangerous to insure in snch
companies. If they evade the laws of
the State, and pay no revenue into the
Treasury, they might find a way to
evade the payment of their policies when
Iobb comes to the insurer.
I think it wou’d ba much better for onr
citizens to patronize alone those compa
nies which have folly complied with the
requirements of the State law*, viz:
Fire insurance companies—New York:
Home, Manhattan, Germsn American,
Williamabnrgh City, Germania, Hanover,
Phenix, Continental, Niagara, West-
ohes'er. Virginia: Petersburg Savings
and Virginia, Virginia Home, Merchants’
and Meohanios’, Virginia Fire and Ma-
rtne, Lynchburg Fire. Alibams: Mobile
Fire Department Insuranoe Company.
Pennsylvania Insurance Company. of
North America, Franklin F.re Associadon
of Pmlsdelphia. CoLneotioni: Hartford,
Phenix. Canada: Western As&uranoe,
British America Scotland: Bcotti-h Com-
muciel, Germany: Hambnrg-Bremen
England: Roysl, Guardian, Assnranoe,
Liverpool and London and Globe, North
British and Mercantile, London and Lan
cashire, Northern Assurance, Imperial,
London As-uranee Corporation, Queen,
Commercial Union Assurance. Georgia:
Soutbern Mumal, Georgia Home.
L fe IcEuranoe Companies—Northwes
tern Mutual, Wisconsin; New England
Motnal, Massachusetts Southern Mutual,
Kentucky; Penn Mutual, Pennsylvania;
Mutual Life, New York; Massachusetts
Munal, Mass; Hartford Life and An-
nulte; Maob»t<an, New York; Washing
ton New York; Travelers, Connecticut,
j£;ns,Connecticut: Cotton States,Georgia.
W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General.
The Randolph County Agricultural
Association is preparing to have a fair
An election for sheriff in Qntman
county will be held on the 7th of May.
Hail has fallen in many places in
SonthweBt Georgia recently.
Georox D. Smith has been appointed
deputy sheriff of Rindolph county.
The Cuthbert Appeal gives the par
ticulars of a fearful storm in that place
lost Wednesday. Scarcely a street re
mained unblocked with.trees; the colored
Baptist Church was demolished, and
other buildings were injured. Many
farmers will be compelled to replant their
crops. Mill dams were disrupted by the
water.
Reports from below Cuthbert say the
storm was more violent on the river than
here. Below Eufaula several houses
were blown down, and two persona killed
and others seriously injured.
Heavy Rainfall.—On Wednesday last
we had the heaviest rain that haa fallen
in Fort Gainee for several yaars, aad also
a plentiful sprinkling of hath One of onr
citizens reported that be placed a bucket
In an open plat of ground, and by aotnal
measurement the rain fall was eight in-
hoes in it,
Tn* weekly Sumter Bspullican- will
soon be enlarged.
Coohban Enterprise: Oa Taesday
morning last, at a very early honr, one
Hamite. laboring under the cognomen of
George Fesgio, bailing from a section of
Lanrena county which is not on the map,
oailed “Gopher Field,” put on sale in one
o? our must public streets twenty-five of
those shell quadrupeds culled “gopher?.”
Some Baid “they were broaght for trans
portation;] fer exouraloniata Jto Cumber
land ;” another land lubber oalied them
Norfolk ojEtere.
Brutal Attempt at Muedes.—Dub
lin Gasetle: Wednesday night last, about
8 o’clock, while Mr. Pollard McLsndon,
living in the lower pert of this oonnty,
was sitting in his honse with bis family,
*ome vandal fired upon him from the
yard with a shot guo, Inflicting a danger
ous wound in the hip and lower bowels.
We learn that Mr. McLendon la in a orit-
ioil oondilion, but theie is hopes or bis
reoovery. He states that he was shot by
one Yates. The eause alleged is that he
had forbidlen Yates’ attention to bis
daughter.
Tbs following young gentlemeD, we
learn from the Athens Banner, will repre
sent the Phi Keppe tioolety in : the ap
proaching literary diaouasitma of the Uni
versity of Georgia: Tbomea 8. Mell, Ath
ens, Ga; Hi chard B. Russell,' Athens,
Ga.; J. H. Felker, Walton oonnty.
8pring debate—P. H. Bell, Atlanta, G».;
W. H. Steele, Chattooga oonnty; R. D.
Oliver, LiGracge, Ga; A. A. Wiloox,
Columbus, Ga.; Blanton H. Noble, Ath
ens, Ga; J. B. Sanders, Greene oonnty.
Troupe oonnty has been heving some
cook fights reoently, much to the annoy-
anoe of the good people of the commu
nity.
Fruit. — LaGrange Reporter: We
have made enquiry of a gentleman who
is well posted in suck matters, ani who
haa made special investigation into the
condition of fruit since the recent cold
weather. Below we give the reauls of his
investigations, whioh may be taken as a
pretty good average report of the fruit
prospects in this immediate section. 4
About nine-tenths of the peaches are
killed beyond doubt; and the other tenth
is so badly injured that it is probable a
considerable proportion of them will be
lost. Some of the peachtrees are dying;
and our informant oonld. not account for
this except to attribute it to the cold—as
the trees had bndded, blossomed and
leaved aa usual, and seemed to be flour
ishing previous to the cold weather.
Fears are not so 1 adly injured. There
will probably be half a crop. The apple
crop is injured some—it is impossible to
tell now how much. Of plums, the bet
ter varieties of the Qhickasaw type are all
killed. There will probably be plenty of
oommon kinds. The foliage of the ever
bearing mulberries is killed.
Sleep—An Incident m the Late
War.—Hawkim-viilu Dispatch: Quite re
cently we read in one ot C.Jom-1 Jones’
lett* rB to the Telegraph and Messenger
an. interesting paragraph upon sleep.
The Colonel said that he might be called
to lime, end he would be almost willing to
risk a wager that he can sleep four minutes
out of five by iho watch. This shows a
healthy state of the physioal frame and
mental powers, and in alluding to it we
propose to give an incident in tbe life of
a soldier in tbe late war. The hero of
onr history (somehow the editor of the
JJispatch is continually accused of tell
ing “stories”)—tut aa we were go
ing on to aay, the hero ot our
sketch was Columbus Franks, <
private in- the “Paiaoki Grays,” a com
pany that left Hawkinsviile and formed
a part of the 44 h Georgia regiment.
Franks was a fine soldier, and is now liv
ing, we believe, in Hancock connty.
Many of his comrades are living in Pa-
laski connty. They tell us that Franks
was the noted sleeper of tho regiment.
He never was sick a day dnriDg the war;
he was never known to straggle; he never
missed a battle or a roll-call; bub just as
soon as bis duty was over he would go to
sleep, and continue to sleep until he got
hnngry or was called for duty again.
He slept all tbe timp, bnt he was the
healthiest man in the company—always
ready.
One day, during a charge at Peters
burg, Franks was captured by the Yao-
keeE—also three other members of the
Paiaski Grays, Ace Pipkin, Tom Jennings
and Bob Marchman. They were carried
to the same prison, Point Lookeut and
kept together. They had nothing to do,
and they were afraid that Franks would
sleep himself to death. He would draw
his rations, eat them^ and go straight off
to his bunk and fall asleep, and continue
slumbering until the time came to draw
more rations. Then he wculd get up,
draw his grub, eat it, and resume his
nap. He came home stout and healthy.
We agree with CoL Jones that the mao
who invented sleep did a great thing for
his countrymen.
Pglaeki county wants a new jail.
The dwelling of Mr. A. B. Irby, of
Houston county, has been burned.
The South Georgia strawberry crop is
more abundant and generally finer than
ever before.
General Toomds has informed CoL
Styles that he will not be a candidate for
Governor.
The Sanitary Commission, eoon to
meet in Atlanta, will difeuss tho yellow
fever question.
The Gold Digger —Chronicle and Con
stitutionalists Peiiodioally tne hidden
treasure or»ze breaks cat In Augusta, and
huge holes is the ground attest alike tbe
industry acd the faith of the seekeie
of buried gold. List Taesday night an
old negro man named Jesse Danforth,
was discovered in a lot on Greene street,
qmetly sitting on tiie back steps, with a
spade by his side. When questioned by
a oolored woman he refastd to give any
account of himself, and was finally arrest
ed by a neighbor and carried to the City
Hall. He then stated that be bad gone
to tbe premises where he was found by
invitation of a white maD, who told him
that gold was buried on the lot, and that
it oonld be obtained by digging for it.
the white man had deserted nim, howev
er, eoon alter they arrived at the plsoe,
and be was waiting for him to xotnrn
when be was arrested. The Mayor let
him off with a reprimand.
Fob the second time eince tbe organi
zation of Banks county, a man was pnt
upon trial for bis life, on a charge ofmnr
der, last week.
The resumption of the control of the
Georgia Press column of the Chronicle and
Constitutionalist by Mr. P. A. Sioval has
added much to that ataid and reliable old
journal, and his paragraphs glow forth
with all their original pungency and
force.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, April 16tb, 1879.
BLAINE AND LOGAN
Ought to feel greatly better this week.
They bavo eased themselves of a vast lot
of perilous staff that must have weighed
heavily oa their souls, or livers, whioh in
some men are synonymous, or nearly eo
Blaine’s speech was skyrockety and brill
iant as nEnal, and won several rounds of
hearty applause from the loyl mob in the
galleries, but added nothing to bis reputa
tion, and was blown away like a feather
nnder tbe resistless current of Wallace's
(of Pa.) eteady sweeping logic. Waliaoe
is not at all an impressive looking man
with bis hatchet faoe, sandy red com
plexion, hair eyes and whiskers, thin fig
ure, but he hltont like a first-oloas bruis
er on this oooaiion. Blsine, aa usual,
was vehement, almost passionate, in bis
declamation and held his audienoe well
in htnd as nsnal,bnt the absence of every
thing like argument, and his evident
reliance upon the galleries for a response
when he made his points, was almost
ludicrously evident. They gave it to
him hot and heavy, especially when he
dragged iu Lincoln's ghost as a backer
for the Radical arrangement of soldiers at
the polls to oarry elealions for that party.
The man who draws Mr. Hendricks'
salary did not notice, nor of course rebake
this, bat when the Democrats applauded
Wallace he rapped- to order spitefully
and threatened to put them ont. (William
Almond Wheeler, it may he remarked,
parenthetically, never loses an oppor
tunity to demonstrate his smallness of
soul and ugliness of temper). Cleatly
the honors oflthe day rested with tho
Democrats and there was mush swearing
and drinking (on the sly) in the Radical
ranks. I think they were uglier than for
a long time. Logan followed Blaine
the next day (Taesday) and made a
more terrific onslaught on the Eng
lish language and grammar than
ever. Two years enforced abstinence
from such warfare on the floor of the
Senate seems to have made himnnosnally
savage, and he left the ground piled high
with the corpses cf slaughtered nouns,
verbs acd adjectives and other pans of
speeoh. I beard John for a few miau es
and found h m neatly as good as Punch
acd Judy. He issaob a venomous crea
ture and at the same time suoh an igoo-
rant, pompous ass that you can’t help be
ing amused. He hasn’t out his hair or
moustaehealnoe he was herein tbe 44:h
Congress, and both are alioker and floroer
than lever.
The Senate will probably worry over
tbe army bill ten days longer, and if the
debate waxes any warmer than it did yes
terday between Beok and Hoar, it will be
great fun. Beck made a very
strong, bat rather rambling, dis
jointed speech, whioh lost a deal of its
force for tbai rea on. It waa, however,
quite efieo ual, andsflutt-red tbs enemy
I orodigionsly. Hoar, with his usual pert-
ness and aelf-oomplioenoy, rushed Vo the
rescue, but was eo roughly handled that
he eoon retreated nnder oover of a whine
about “plantation manners,’’ which
Beck, very properly, .didn’t notioe. The
debate in the Senate, eo far, has helped
the-Demoorats, but whether suffioiently
so to retrieve the blunder of this extra
session, remains to be seen. I doubt it.
IN THE HOUSE.
The legislative bill, with the exception
of the political sections, has been disposed
of, and now let the- country prepare to
groan. About ninety members are preg
nant with speeches, and have so reported
to the Speaker. There is a faint hope
that some ef them Will think better of it
and decline, but don’t gamble very heav
ily on this. Yon wcnld very probably lose.
The debate commenced yesterday acd
Alabama had the floor, Messrs. Williams
and Samford speaking for the bilL The
most significant feature of the debate on
the Lid, fus far, is the respective posi
tions of the two parties on tbe Southern
CiaimB Commission. The .Democrats
voted solidly for Us abolition,striking ou:
the provision for its continuance, which
is found in the legislative bill, and the
Radicals as solidly against it. Their little
game ought to be patent to the country,
and, perhapB, will be. They are always
howling about “Southern Claims” and the
immense sums they draw from the Treas
ury, but when a proposition is offered to
abolish and send the claimants to another
court, and abolish the commission at a
great saving in money to ths country,
they steadily and solidly yeeist it. Their
idea in saving it waa to use it as a club to
beat ths Democrats with, but it will
prove a stuffed club hereafter. Let us
hear no more about “rebel claims” bank
rnpting the Treasury. By the way, it is
stated in debate that the commission dur
ing ita eight years existence, has allowed
only a little ever four million dollars
worth, of claims. When the Radical
stumpers and shriekers are on the ram
page they generally multiply these fig
ures by twenty-five.
the epsakcr
has teen compelled, sinco Monday, to
have a new petition box built, to hold tbe
avalanche of matter that members have
been loaded with since tho beginning of
tho session, and which it is now settled
they can get rid of that way. Sacha lot
of grist was Derhaps never emptied into
that mill before. It was a lucky thought
for which, I believe, Mr. Stephens i3 re
sponsible, and he ought to receive, there
fore, tbe special thanks of tho Green-
backers and soft money Democrats.
The attitndo of the Badi:als on this
point strikes me as in favorable contrast
with that of the men who are flooding
tbe House and the country with those
wild schemes, all baring the inevitable
tendency, in my humble opinion, to dis
turb tbe publio mind and business, and
unsettle values. Between this flood, and
the blander of an extra session and its
concomitant evils, or at least mistakes, a
rather gloomy view of the Democratic
future appears not entirely unreasonable.
If we do not clearly demonstrate that we
have not blundered in this matter, I ven
ture the opinion now, that it will tell era
elly against us in 2880.
THE PROBABLE LENGTH
of the session is quite a boon to men cf
a speculative and belting frame of mind.
When all other topics fail or pall, you
can comfortably fall back on that. I
make it a rule to ask every man I talk
with his opinion on tbe subject and get
quite an assortment of answers. Wash
ington people generally chuckle and rub
their hand*, and grin, and say July or
middle or June at tbe earliest. Mem
bers, and newspaper men, and gentlemen
of the lobby scarcely nsme au earlier
date than May 15, and Speaker Sam,
within tbe past week has said June 1st.
Your or my opinion, however, is about-
as valuable as that of anybody else.
It is all speculation. Perhaps
I ought to except the Speaker,
bat if you ask me why, I
don’t know that I could give
you a sensible reason. Of course it de
pends a great deal on Mr. Hayes, but he
keepB his mouth pretty closely shut, I
notice that Mr. Beck said in his speech
that Mr. Hayes would not veto the bill-,
but gave no reason for his faith. I don’t
see why he shouldn’t, unlesB he wants to
make a martyr of himself to his party’s
rage, and go down to history as Andy
Johnson’s sole rival in capturing the
largest load of loyal blasphemy on rec
ord. The ultra element in that party is
much stronger than it was a month ago,
and growing every day. It Mr. Hayes
don’t see this he is tbe blindest man in
the country, and if he don’t defer to it
I will cet up unlimited beer when we
meet. A. W. B.
Macon Presbytery.
Cuthbert, April 181b, 1879.
The special committee repotted respect
ing the matter of the Coohran Union
Ctrarob, and its recommendations were
approved and adopted. Rev. W. MoKay,
Judge Anderson and Mr. Charles T. Li-
tbrop, were appointed a oommittee to
confer with the trustees and other parties
concerned, and empowered to oouclode
snoh settlement as, in their judgment,
most meet ail the equities of the case.
Rev. Jas. H. Hall, D.D., and J-uigo
Clifford Anderson, wero appointed Com
missioners to the General Assembly, to
meet in Louisville, Ky , in May next.
Fort Valley was selected as the place
for tbe next meeting of the Presbytery,
on Thursday before the first Sabbath in
Ootober.
A call from the Americus church to
Mr. Geo. T. Chandler, a licentiate of the
Presbytery, was found in order, and was
put into the hands of Mr. Chandler for
his acceptance.
The committee to organize a chnrch
in Camilla, Mitchell connty, reported
and was continued, with power to fill va
cancies in ita membership.
The statistical reports or narratives of
the state of religion in the ohnrcheB,
were received and read, and a free con
versation had as to matters of general
interest in the Presbytery.
A toil 19th, 1879.
The new book of order and discipline
was adopted without opposition.
Mr. Chandler returned the call of the
Americas church and presbytery as he
was not prepared to decide upon accept
ing it at present. Presbytery, however,
decided to proceed with his ordination as
an evangelist. The examination was
made, and the ordination ordered to take
place after the morning service on Sab
bath in the Presbyterian ohurch.
Dr. Jas. H. Hall placed a call before
Presbytery, whioh he had received from
the Presbyterian church in Britsnia
street, New Orleans, Louisiana, but be
cause of an informality, it was ordered to
be returned that tbia may be correoted.
After the transaction of other minor
matters of business, and the usual votes
of thanks, the Presbytery adjourned till
to-morrow at 11 o’clock for tbe ordina-
nation and communion services.
The friends in Cuthbert of all denomi
nations have been mo3t lavish iu kind
attentions and generous hospitality to the
members of this Presbytery, and pleas
ant memories connected with the visit
will linger in their minds. P.
As Undeniable Traill.
Yen deserve to suffer, End if you lead
miserable, unsatisfactory life in this beau
tiful world, it is entirely your own fault
and there is only one excuse for you—
your unreasonable prejudice and skepti
cism, which bas killed thousands. Per
sonal knowledge and common sense rea
soning will soon show you that Green’s
August Flower will cure you of Liver
Complaint or Dyspepsia with all Its mis
erable effects, suoh as siok headache, pal
pitation of the heart, sour stomach, habit
ant eostiveness, dizziness, of the bead,
nervous prostration, low spirits, etc. Its
sale now re&ohee every town in the West
ern Continent, and not a druggist bat will
tell yon of its wonderful eares. Yon oan
bay a sample bottle for 10*. Three doses
wili cure yon. ’ joly8 ly
QUBMT—"wny will men smoke common
Tobacco* when they can boy Marburg Bros.
•SBALor NORTH CAROLINA." at the uot
price ‘
The Miit-ou Presbytery.
Cute be kt, Ga., April 16,1879.
This body met b*re this evening, and
web opened by r setmoa oy tbe Bar. J.
R. McIntosh, of Columbus, in tbe ab
sence of the Modera'or. After tbe ter-
moo, Rev, T. R English, the last moder-
ator present, constituted the Pretbytery
by prayer. On motion, Rev. J. R Mc
Intosh was < lected Moderator, and Elder
1*. I. Acey temporary clerk. Toe appli
cation of BcV John T. I'-cBryde for
transfer to tbe Pretbytery of Savannah
was granted, and ordered to be forward
ed to him.
Presbytery adjourned till 9 o'clock to
morrow morning. - P.
SECOND DAV.
Cuthbert, Apiil 17,1879
Offing to the small attendance, caused
by tbe recent storm, little business wan
cone at the morning tesrioa, bnt several
members comiDg in dutiog the day, pro
gress was made dating the afternoon.
L’ne Rev. Mr. Williams, cf (he M. E.
Cauiob, South, from H-twkiosville, was
pr-£*nt in tbe intenst of tbe Union
cbu.sh at C >cbrane, Palarki county, of
wh ch be is ibe Methodist pastor. A
change in tbe tenure of tho properly hav
ing become desirable, and the Methodist
and Baptist denominations being agreed
as to making tbe desired cbimge, Mr.
Williams attended this presbytery to.ob-
taiu, if possible, ibs oonourrenoa of the
Presbyterian eburob iu such arrangement
as would meet the csso and oonaerve the
several right' of tbe parties interested.
Tbe papers were road woicbgive tbe facts,
and tue whole subject was referred to a
committee for special Consideration, which
will report in the morning.
A good congregation was ont in the
evening for worship in the Presbyterian
oburob. Tho business of the presbytery
will be crowded into small space to be
transacted m tbe next two days. P.
SWIMttlNC) FOB LIFE.
A Turllllng Adventure with an
Alliguior.
“Alligators,” said Maj. Bpringlo; “of
course there ate alligatoia in India. Hair
‘the rivers up-couutr* ewarm with them, and
they abound in tha tanks, as the large ehal-
low ponds so numerous on the plains are
OAllei. Iu Kurraihee, close to the entrance
to the Persian Gulf, ihry have a tank stock
ed wuh what they call >ame ones; and visi
tors cau (ana do) buy goats fora rupee each,
and throw them in >o iha reptiles. Andiheir
rushing at a goat and tearing it to pieces is
a spectacle to make a man forswear fresh
water bathing iu India.
*' lfe. the majonty of th9 people in India,
andespociall tne natives, hold that ths al
ligator Is not dangerous to a human being.
1 have heard lbs name thing i. Florida, and,
for all I know, it may for tbe moat part, be
tine. But I bad cu adventure ones tha,
cenviuced me tbit a man who wants to bathe
had bettor content himself with the couve
mence tffo ded,' however imperfectly, by
his own bath-room teau venturo into a river
inhabited by ahigatore.
“One Sunday morning a few years (go I
and two Inende star.od in a bullock wagon
for ths otarbie Bocks The Narbuddha is a
widing river, *nd live miles from Jnbbulpore
we had tu cross it for the first time in a large
boat. Wb*u wo reached the fording place
\:e were all heated and tired, for it was
soorebing July Weather, and we decided to
rust ror au hear or t-o nnder tbe trees.
“ £ asked a native whether there were any
alligators iu tbo river, and he said yes, plen
ty of them, bnt they wouldn't hurt us, and,
thus fortified, wo were soon swimming from
tne sb.re.
“ 'Abo river, where we entered it, is about
300 yards wide, aLd waa running, aa tho Nar-
baddua seems to do a 1 along i a coatee very
sluggishly. Tne oppeei e side is a long, low
sand Daub, »nd benmd ihitisa dense jungle.
I was very proud of my powers as a swim
mer in these days, a d I started to go
acres .
"Three hundr d yards is no great dis
tance, you wm eay, for a good swimmer to
traverse iu ths water Ho, bar With an In-
ola-i. an haailng uown npon my urn-overe
head, £ felt before £ hid go; two-thirds of
tbo way ovei that I bad made a blunder that
might, coat me my hf„. £ swam ou, bower
er, and landed on the sandbank with my
ne*d dizzy and my - yes blurred—very lair
indicat.ous tnat a suustroke u threatening.
“I hia dri ted some distance down tbs
river, aed now 1 walked back, getting worse
rather than better, urn il I waa a little way
avore tbe point from whkb £ had started.
l.j the middle cf the river was a small
island with a few withered palm trees on it,
and to ihia 1 tried to < wim I a warn elowly,
frequent y du.kiug my head under the water,
ana wnen X was within sixty or seventy yards
of he down stream end of tbe island, and
feeling in cotter condition, £ saw, coming
aroonu a point that jutted out a: me distauoe
from tne side of the island, what looked like
the end of a thick broomstick, fixating t>er-
pouaicularjy down the stream. £ didn’t wait
to examine it, I«.r £ knew at the first glance
that It was the bom tuat rises irom au alb-
gator’s nose. X altered my course at once,
swimming d agon ally down the stream, pass
ed the island and got over neatly a third of
the distance to the shore bo.o:e £ ventured
to loo- around. Up to that moment iho al
ligator had not seen me, but before I could
resume my race f .r the land, part of the
gr*at head surged heavuyover the water,
and then, horribly ana unmistakably, the
horn began to move towjids me.
“£ began to swim for my life, with tbe
odde altogether against me. Xn halt a
minute £ looked over my shoulder and saw
that the brute waa covering three feet to my
one Ue was about sixty yarus behiau me,
and the shore was probably eignty yards
away. It waa ev.dent that I baa no chance ;
but £ BW«m desperately. In a quarts, ot a
minute I looked axoun again T-e alliga
tor was very clcse to me then. £ saw his
eyes, fur he had raised hia head partly out
or the water, ana a hearu the tligbl swash
or the river aa he forced through it. But
another sound was in my ears; a sound like
the lingiug of bele and the beatwg of a
black mitn’s hammer on the anvu. The
blazing sun and tne terr ble exeruon were
doing then part, and a knew that in a few
Unites £ should be unable to swim any
farther
■ aheu oime an inspiration, the recollec
tion oi tne tiuuopha 1 bad achieved in aiv-
lug in aays gone oy. £ was down in a sec
ond. OIcouiBei remained under as long eS
£ c.u d Wnen £ o me up £ waa, ptrbaps
fifty yards fro at the shore, and a hasty bacn-
ward glance showed me tha. the aihgator
hau -topped on lusL.g sight oi me, for 1 had
gamed o nsiueraole in ihe raoc. ue saw
me the moment £ came to the surface, and
was on my track again I swam a few yards,
but ne w.s so cw.e to me that, though ter
ribly thed. £ went under again I was un
able to stay uuder this time mere than
twenty-seconds, bat that tooa me li'teen
yards nearer tha shore. When I came up he
did not sea me so quickly as ne had done
before and I swam a little distance before I
saw him once more in pursuit.
“£ was now ha.dly able to swim, aad
neither had I strength to go nnder. Tne
reptile was so close to ms >ha< I expect ; d
every second to feel his teeth, and in utter
despair!stopped swimming and let down
my feet. They touon-d the bottom, fur the
bank shoaled, and the water was n.t higher
than my waut. With a .ast effort I plunged
forward, and at tbe same moment the alli
gator, feeling himself getung into shallow
water, surged around and -wain away.
-•I think Ahat I should then have eon elud
ed the adventure by being drowned in a foot
and a half of wat. r, fur £ had not sufficient
strength to s'aud on my feet, but a, friend
and ths driver rushed into the river and
canght me iu their arms
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The Union League n Hast Fal
sifier.
We are surprised and mortified that £
journal so noted for its fairness and
catholicity as the Philadelphia Times
ehould have admitted into its columns
the following outrageous travesty upon
tmth and juaticv, whioh is the utterance
cf tho_Union League, at a reoent recep
tion given to Pennsylvania’s Governor,
Henry M. Hoyt.
The President of the League, George
F. Boker, spoke thus:
Local issues, nominations and appoint
ments to office have been left to tbe dis
cretion of onr members as citizens. In
such affairs we have not Eought to impose
an obligation npon onr associates, either
by the voice of a majority of our body cr
by that of the officers of i,ho League. In
grand politics, however—In those things
which conoern tbe nation or the Slate—
we have never hesitated toaot; and I
trust that the d-ty is far distant when the
Union Leaoue shall stand idly dv to see
political wrong or folly hold a triumph
either in the counsels of the nation or ct
the Slate. If the principles to defend
which this association waa formed; for
which we struggled through war and ail
its attendant calamities and horrors;
for which we won a victory that laid
the land m blood-and tears and par
tial ruin; for the preservation of which,
after our hard-won triumph was assured,
we eagerly tendered peace io the con
quered men, whom we could not regard
as foes, on terms that were their own
rather than ours; for which we refrained
and renonneed and forgave and forgot—
if these principles are again to beassailed,
and by the very ingratea whom they
once gronnd almost to powder, I oan
promise that the Union League will be
ready onoa mojre to plunge into action, to
make ita fearless voice heard from one
end of the land to tbe other, to make its
influence felt In every department of
politics that it can reach, and if the sor
rowful need may be—which God avert!—
that it will be equally prepared to gird
oa its armor and to marshal its armed
legions as of old.
If the sinoere Union mon of the Demo
cratic party were convinced that the prin
ciples for whioh they fought during iho
rebellion wore again in jeopardy, I be-
ii=ve they would rise, as they rose before,
and drive their self appointed, disloyal
leaders into an obssmity as dense and an
impotenoy as absolute as that wbiob was
their lot during tbe war for tbe Union.
Remember, these are the some men who,
at the beginning of tbe rebellion, told ns
that they would not live nnder tbe same
government with ns if we gave them a
sheet of blank paper npon whioh to write
their terms. They are changed in nothing
Bave in this, they may now oondesoend to
live with ns if they may govern the coun
try to their own taste—if we will serve
them politically ss their ntgrees served
them domestioally before tue rebellion.
Men of the North, what do yon think of
this convenient arrangement? Wbat
blood is in jour veins that yon do not
riee to a man against the arrogant weak
lings, and show them once again, if in
another way, where abides tbe power ot
the nation and whose is the right to Inlt?
We shall hear much of Southern war
claims; of rights—acquited during the
rebellion—to dip a thousand empty bands
into the common Treasury of tbe United
States. War claims! What war claims
can a rebel in arms have, save to the
loyal bullet that should end him and his
claim together ? Rights now for wbat he
did then! Wbat right over a coin in tbe
Treasnry has he acquired by his acts,
save for the dime that would bny him the
halter of his hangman ? We have fallen
upon strango historical times indeed if
the winners at the game of war, which
was forced npon them, should ba compell
ed to pay the losses of both parties You
must not forget what arc tbe dues of
rebels under other forms of govern
ment than our own. They am cer
tainly not absolute moral forgiveness, not
amnesty nor restoration to civil rights,nct
high plac 8 in the government and seats
in the country’s councils; those dues
were, and even in this age probably still
would be the drum head court-martial,
the deadly file, the unknown grave in
the field, or the speedy trial by predeter
mined judges, the scaffold and the eter
nal bad in the ditch of a fortrees. There
would be no escape from one or the other
of these alternatives, among tho most
civilized countries of Europe, nnless in
fortunate fight and life-losg exile. I be
lieve that Mr- Davis so understood tbe
matter on that morning when Colonel
Wilson and bis cavalry came npon the
arch traitor, and spared him, to become
the saint ot tho lost cause, as otherwise
with less money, he might have become
its martjr. It is not wise in us, at a time
when the nation is practically ruled by
the disbanded army of the rebellion, to
stand idly by and see what they will do
next.
Saab atrocious sentiments show em
phatically what tbe people of the Soa h
have to expect in ths next Presidential
campaign. Oar only hope is to fight
such falsehoods on the hustings, and with
ihonnited power of our local press. Then,
if the worst comes to the worEt, 1st us
more than ever ba r united Soutb, and
stand together, like Xsnophon’s phalanx,
in its memorable m-reh to tbe sea.
The Fifth Annual Entertain
ment of the Flo Mono Drama-
ue Society.
The writer formed one of the delighted
auditory who were present on Thursday
night at the above exhibition ot theyuang
gentlemen of Pio Nono College.
Tbe spacioas ohspel was well filled with
spectators, many of whom composed the
vary elite of Macon. After an overture bj
Kessler’s Band, Mr. Y. J. Dorr pro
nounced a graoeful salutatory, in which
he said ho and hia companions intended
to exert themselves to the utmost for the
amusement and gratification of tbe au
dience, end “even the SDgels oould do no
more.” Mr. Dorr, a native of Augusts,
fs a young man of mnoh promise.
Then followed aoomioreoUation, “Tbe
Whisk<*rv,” by E J. Hansberger, wtaion
was well rendered, and enooeeded bj
‘Kathleen Mavourneen,” sung with muoh
effcot by W. A. McCarthy.
Toodles,” a drama in two acts, was
then presented.
Considering that the dramatis personae
wero inexperienced tyros in tbe bisinoDic
art, they did exceedingly wull. acd fre
quently brought dewn the honse with
vociferous applause.
But it would bo invidious to particu
larize where all acted their parts so well
Suffice it to say that in this performance
end the subsequent dialogue “Lord Dun
dreary’s Brother,” the song ot “Under
the daisies,” by W A. MoOartby, “Da
vid’s Lament Over Absalom,” by V. J.
Dorr, the negro faroe ot * Oae Might m a
Medical College," by Msssra C. J.
Rooney, S. B. DuBos?, M. J. Egan, P.
A. Lynoh and E. J. Hansberger, tbe
young gqntlemen acquitted themetlves
most handsomely, and time and again
were greeted with loud and protracted
cheers.
Tbe entire entrrtainment was highly
creditable to tbe Dramatic Club of Pio
Nono College, and shows that their elo
cutionary training is excellent. In this
coDnectioD, and before concluding, it is
proper to say that tbe prospects of Pio
Nono College are very fil tering. Q me
a largo accession of etnuents have been
matriculated tioce January, among the
number one Cuban, who is but ihe fore
runner of many more from the “Queen
of the Aotilles.”
There are no dead heads in tbe college.
All contribute to Us support, and the in
stitution is ably officered and may be
said to be upon rising ground.
CONSUMPTION CUBED
An old physician, retire 1 from practice, bav
in* hid placed in his hands by an Hut India
missionary the formula o! a simple veer table
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Consumption, Brouchita-, Catarrh. Asihma, and
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Nervous Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful ourative powers in thousands of cases,
baa felt It his duty to make it known to hi*
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a desire to relieve human suffering. 1 will send
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tblASm
A Rich scene in the Talmsre
Trial.
The New York World prints tho fol
lowing serio-comic passage in the Tal-
mago case, which ia doing so much (o
bring into disrepute our Holy religion:
BROTHER WOODS* MEMORANDA.
When, afUr a prayer by Brother Da
vidson, the clerk of ths Talmage trial
yesterday afternoon read the minutes of
Monday’s session setting forth among
ether things that on motion of Brother
-Butler the Presbytery went into secret
session, excluding therefrom the counsel,
the accused and the reporters. Dr. Spear,
with a belligerent aspect that threatened
to make'the defense he wAs about to open
something more than a defense, jumped
up and exclaimed: “The minutes are all
right. Saoh amotion was made and car
ried. But I wish it to be distinctly un
derstood in tbe future although I am the
counsel for Mr. Talmage, I am also a
member of this Presbytery, and I shall
not submit to being exoluded from any
more of its sessions. I merely (looking
sternly at bis brother Presbyters) wish to
give yon warning, that ia all.” And then
Dr. Spear folded his arms and waited for
some bold person to reply. Nobody ac
cepting the challenge he called the Rev.
Mr. Wood as hia first witness.
Brother Wood proved to be a little
sharp.faced man, who daring the trial
has occupied a stat behind Dr. Yan
Dyke, and who has been chiefly conspic
uous throngh a perpetual patting of Jbis
thumbs in and out of joint, and a luguj,
briousness of visage. Seated upon the
witness chair, he became all spectacles
andaBmallvoioe.
“Did you,” said Dr. Spear, “ever
have a conversation with Mr. Crosby
about Dr. Talmage?’
“I did,” replied tho plaintiye little
voice from under the speotacles.
“Well, tell us about it,” said Dr.
Spear.
“I met Brother Crosby,” continued the
voice, “on a Hudson Riser train in Au
gust, and in the conrse of conversation
he said either that Dr. Talmage was or
that he believed him to be a disgrace to
the pulpit and a liar andaaoonndrel.”
“That is all,” said Dr. Yan Dyke. The
spectacles and voice now became the
property of the proseoution for cross-
examination, and Brother Crosby was the
cross-examiner. Brother Crosby has a
sturdy, well-knit frame and a fine, manly
voice. He sat only :wo or three feet
from Sister—Brother Wood. The con.
versation, or rather the cross-examina
tion, was a3 follows:
Brother Crosby—Da you mean to
swear to the words “liar’ and “scoun
drel”?
Brother Wood—That is tha impression
npon my mind.
“Can you swear to it ?”
“I am very sure, because”—
“Because why?”
“Because—(putting tho tips of all hi3
fiogcis together)—I have heard you use
similar language concerning other good
men.”
“What men?” demanded Brother
Crrsby.
Brother Wood gave a little start and
replied, “ ( he elders of the First Presby
terian Church.”
“What did I say?”
“You said—(boldly)—that you would
not believe them on tneir oath."
“Do you mean to say I said that?”
“Yea—(*lowly separating hia finger
tips and putting them together again)—I
do; I remember jnst when you said it.”
“Where?”
“In your own lecture-room at a sale
of some fancy articles.”
“Are you perfectly Bnre?'’
“I sm,” and, in a very soft and melo
dious voice, “I remember I regarded you
as a very rash and oensorioua man, and
was sorry when I beard that you were en
gaged in this case.”
“Now, look here,” said Brother Cros
by, “1 wish yon would confine yonrBelt to
anewering my questions."
‘•Humph,” said the witness, with a
twist of his thumbs.
“Did you express disapprobation at my
calling Mr. Talmsge a liai?”
“Oh, yes,” (rolliDg his eyes upwatfi).“I
certainly did.”
“Waan’t your manner duritg the reit of
the trip friendly?”
“It was respectful.”
‘•Did you tell anybody what you had
heard me say?”
“Ob, yes, a good many. I went and
told Mr. Talmsge about it.”
“Oh, you did? bnt did you go acd tell
the elders that I had said I wouldn’t be
lieve tuem on oath?”
“Yob, I told moat of them."
“Did they believayou?”
“I don't know; I suppose so.”
“So you bave beengoiDg about telling
things behind my back, haven’t you ?”
“Yes, and I told you once to your
face.” * -
"Told ms what?”
“That you had once when you were
excited in yonr ohurch lecture-room de
nounced the elders of the First; Presby
terian Chuoh as mean and outrageous.”
“You came to me and told me ifaatl
had used these wordE?”
“Yes, I did.”
“And are yon now sure that I need
tnem?”
“Yes, I pnt them down in m> not g
book.”
“On, you did, eh?”
“Ycb, I make a practice ot doing so.
I did it jnst as soon as I got home.”
At this statement Brother Crosby lean
ed back in his chair and laughed, while
Brothor McCullough continued the cross-
examination. “Have you never ycurself
criticised Dr. Talmage’a preach it gs?” he
asked.
“I may have done so; my memory is
treacherous on that point.'”
“Oa—(ironically)—yon have a treach
erous memory, have yon?”
“I didn’t say so.”
“Yes, job did.”
“Ne,” sweetly; “I said it was treach
erous on that one point.”
‘•Indeed,” continued Brother MoCul-
lough, elevating 'hia eyebrows, “and are
yon in the habit, Brother Wood, of taking
notes of everything yonr friends say nnder
excitement ? ’
“I am,”
“And then of retailing ths news?”
“I nse my discretion about that.”
By this time tbe audience waa in a roar
of laughter, and Brother McClelland, the
blind preaoher, said that if some means
were not taken to prevent it, be thoul
feel obliged by his oonscienoe to leave the
room.
OPINION OF THE
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REGULATOR.
A Stricken CvMUUnity.— Even be
fore the stquel haa been Joarned cf the
Me lerxifio flood whioh desolated acd well
nigh destroyed the Hungarian city of
Sz-sedin, we learp, by telegram to the
Herald, that another great storm ooonried
on fiuuday, whioh destroyed sixty pile-
driving slsnda and earried away and sank
iaf'8 and lighters laden with materials
»nd provisions. The rivers Theiss and
Marcs are again rising. Ten more corpses
bave been recovered. Really it does seem
that misfortunes never come single-
haeded.
In the Honse yesterday Mr. McKinley,
ot Ohio, the land of Canaan for the offloe-
setker, yesterday broke his little Isnos
agains tbe proposed legislation on the
appropriation bill adyooated by the Dem
ocrats. He, at least, was hooest enough
to give the North the ered.t for having
ballot-box staffers and repeaters. It was
hardly expeoied from his lips, as it is
generally btluved by men of his latitude
that an evil thing can come out cf tbe
North as soon aa any good thing ont cf the
Nezirene Sooth.
Colonel T. J. Smith.—We regret to
learn that this eminent Granger and sno-
otrtsfnl agriculturist has been seriously
injured recently by tbe falling of a soaf-
ffcld oo his plantation, and is forced now
to go upon crutches. Colonel Smith is
one of the six inspectors of fertilizers,
a»d discharges the duties of his office
with commendable diligence and fidelity.
Such men really help to illustrate the
State of their nativity.
It frequently happens that severe pain
is vrry greatly relieved by thorough pnr-
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induced to try the Regulator, and fonndit to to
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dor. that it ha3 cured me, lam a painter by
trade, and suffer with Lead Colic. Since Uk-
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No Instance or a Failubb cn Record
When Simmons’Liver Regulator has been K3J.
erly taken.
J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Proprietors,
—The Pops bas sent congratulations to
the Czar on hi* eecape from aesasAiua.ion.
—Field Marshal von Mantenffel will ba
made Governor Gtnera! cf Alaice-Lorraine,
the id*a of nominating a Koval Prince hiv.
irg been abandoned
—Mme Isabelle McCulloch, tho i.voreed
w fe of Brignoli, is the Buttercup in tbe neir
Boston ‘Pinafore,’ in which Myron W Whit*
ney ei"g» Captain Corcoran; H O. Kimsbee,
Sir Joseph; Tom Kul, Ralph; «r George
Frothirghsm. Deadeye, am Miss X*rj
Beebe, Joeephene. The music?.! pciform-
anoe is said to bs vary line, but the setrag
constrained and amateurish, as might ba ci-
pected.
A Cable ts Mexico —Tbe Mexican Cat-
grees optn-d on tha 1st instant, when Pr.ti.
dent Diaz informed Congress of the conclu
sion of a contract for the laying ot s sub
marine and land line of to e«r»ph "frnn:
Golf port of tho United Hates along th:
Mexican coast touching at varione Mexicts
ports aud parting, by way ot the I-ft-uns of
Tehusntepeo, to ths Paafio coast, wetre it U
to terminate.
^—Cornelius J. Vanderbilt will'Vripg him-
self and his million over to Europe m soon
ae he can go: ready. He w»b iu' Chc go
tho other day and tossed some empty figure:
and an Havana to a repor er. Bo declared
that all bis debts did not stretch b joud
$110,000, before tha Greeley pijmeut, *nl
that now he is about square. Brother Wil
liam b&vb him $15J COO besides th- :1 COO,-
000 Ky tbo way, good friends • f lfoar.ee
and feather, hu wants to msrry again
— Judge Acner, tha newludgecf the crimi
nal court at Waehlnt ton, D. O, sentenced,
Bsturdiy, a colored woman, Loufo* WV!*c*,
to be hung for tbe murdf r other infant child.
This is probably the first lime that & won tn
ha-< been sentenced to be hung iu tbs Dis
trict of Columbia. The eoutt, iu prononnsrg
the sentence, stated the terrible trnlh,thu
this offen*e w»e mote prevalent there tbu
In any other city tn tho United States.
Th* South Amtbioxn Was —A dispatch
to the Herald, dated London. April 16, 1879,
says the Ucreul General of the Argentine
Bepublio has published a telsmm dated
Buenos Ayres, April 14, from tbe Minirierof
Ficanoe; denying all rancors of a probable
complication of the Argentine States in fit
war on the Pacific coast, and doctoring that
the Argentine Governmtnt inLuds to cant
out tha convention on tho frontier qieslic:
oonolndod with Chile last December.
The Dawn of the Muxensium.—The Dm
oorai s of Indianapolis held a dty oonvestta
the other day and gathered ia a whole lot of
oolorad men. Not cniy were colored men
members ot the convention, but one occupi
ed the position of vice president and snooti
er nominated for City Marchs? Beceni'r
the Damocrate cf Rhode Island ran a color
ed man for the Legislature, and at Bsxdiig,
another was a candidate for Constable os
the Democratio ticket. This amount* to
a revolution.
The Latist Use fob New York M*
men,—A curious aight, says ths New lad
tua, was witnessed in this city n 8nndiJ-
policemea stationed at chu'oh door* to keep
people out. Of course, whsn a church x
faUitisfnll, and overcrowding is not qulj
disagreeable, but dangerous; tardy »*i? u
and sinners must seek some lais Ipopiu.'
plsoe of w rehip. All tbe same tbe bint’
ousted, olub t«ild.iug pol cem»o at w
church door would h*vo considerably **!«“•
tahed the early Christians, and it is diocn-
to reooncilo him with the command to W
into the byways and hedges and compel them
tofoomein ’
Bowthk Maes icHuesTis Bobir Hbb-
Baxts—The Springfield Ueputibcsu-
onr robin does not go to Virginia andFkK*
da in the winter, as onr bobolinks and It”;'
ids do Ho s'ays. snugly and eocistl; P l£ *'
ed w-.th hia fellows in euch convenient ire«
and rock-clifts and ground-tugging hex
locks oi spruces as they know of A l*'
meadow farmer onoe cut an old birch ■
dead of winter, and took out of a great
low cf the tiuuk three pecks of robmi, M
parently dead. He earried them bonisi»"
curiosity and lodged them in a wum
when they all osme to life. n ,
Frrrr Mill on Passengers a Yeab
Bun, says the travel by the New York
ted rauroads is increasing npictf.
week Bhovringa large increase over tnep^
ceodingcne. During the months cf ;
February, and March the Now YO’iEAw'
road earned, 7,689,476 pasetngere.
Metropolitan Elevated road fjnl ,,
613 being a total cf 11.475.C99 fotboib^
Taking the increased facilities for th« ^
that are being prepared by tbe f*L*
consideration, officers cf the io»c«
that the two roads will oarry more th w
million p-akt-ngers daring thayetr ,.
—A singular story osmes from w r 1
New Yoik. A firmer, namedBuetiriciu* J
little time ago lost his wi e, »n*
devout spiritualist, anxiously
massage from her bnt none oame. a
i hat hie own taking-off
■•ok possession of him. . 7,,-ihlM
thong tit in his head he contract'ed
sexton of the oemetery to dig hto
logout ten dollars for the lsbor .jj.
last week hs made a trip to the
dertaker, aud on paying down nineii^
elosed »n agreement with that peftcUj^*
properly inter his bones Oath 1 * .fo lB d
Bo*twick fell from his w'gon sad a.e*
cn Friday last he was buriad. , .
A Blue Law. —The Liquor and J-' 6 (1*
elation of Newark proposes to
efforts of Ihe Lawand order A£t jfo r its
a rather novel andunexpsctedffiin • [, v
Law and Order folks want lh*-for N ifii
enforced, eo far as the tale of :l
giving of theitrical or other P w Ti ,j,
are concerned. The Liquor ard^**^ of
pie are now considering tb ^jjwTnfan» i
taking atepa to have the l* w / ijquor
If this bs done not only tbe tr *®°
and lager would be prevented, *>“ -jjfiel
of evesy kind would have to ^rst*
on Sunday. No harse c»rs, cgirt
steamboats oan be run; no new»P*P^ M iv
ies err am. candy, soda water. >'? • dabW
freehmenU can be sold; no trav* pie*-
done in eaxnagea or on boie«w° ^ froB
sure, and no walking, 9**
ohurch, if the laws be made h!o t, b»»
is the old New Jaxsey State tow » |
never boen repealed, and th't tM -
the liquor traffic complain b “« 7 ^1’
alone of all the psopl* who ^
eziotincnta are held opto puba-c j
aiaiked out for pu iriuntst,