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The Telegraph and Messenger
MACON, GA, APKIL 22, 1879.
THIS OEOKG1A PKBS8.
Goeddn Fobiyxb.—The Griffin Netc*
Urns debts wit*' ihe traducere of the gal
lant and noble Gordons • ,
Some cf the Independents or B'dicela
in the Seventh district—where old Felton
has corrupted the minds end politics of
many good men—are writing anonymous
oommunioations trylog to injnre the good
name and cbsraoter of General Gordon,
by making false assertions to deoeiTe the
public mind. Erery Georgian who knows
anything knows that General Gordon is
one of th- putest, beat and most able men
in ibe State. He was true to his oonntry
in war, and has been the moat faithful
and efficient member of the United States
Senate from the South elnce the war. He
has done more for the South to br.ng
abont prosperity and good feeling in this
section, and to eecnre for the South her
equal rights in the Federal Government,
thaB any man in Congress. He is always
at bis post looking faithfully after the
interest of the whole country, and espe
cially of the Sontb, and by his fidelity to
country and principle ho has won the
love and respect of all good men in every
section of the Union. And when men
become so corrupt as to try to injnre his
good name, tbero is something very rotten
at the bottom of it, and people should be
slow to believe anything they see in a
newspaper written by eomo scribbler who
is either ashamed or afraid to give the
public his came.
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel Atlanta
correspondence: We copy the three fol
lowing items from an interesting letter of
“Spectator” to the above journal:
A Nbwsvapzb Eukok.—For a week
past it has been whispered around that a
company of Northern men, with some
local partners, intend to start a large
morning daily here very soon. The gos
sip on the subject attributes to them
ample capital to make the projeot a suc
cess. After a thorough search into the
sources of these reports, I find them
rather chimeric*!. There is a vagueness
about the plaus and an uncertainty os to
the time when this ideal enterprise will
blossom into reality. Soch rumors are
common in Atlanta. They start every
few days. The present talk, however,
may mean something and if ft does the
early fnture will make definite develop
ments.
The Unitsd States Troops.—To-day
the 18th United States Infantry left their
cosy quarters at McPherson Barracks to
go to the Milk river, in Montana. They
didn’t want to leavo. They are a clever
set of fellows and had many friends here.
They are to be succeeded by the 15th
Artillery, which has been in Charleston.
One company has already come and seven
others, with the best band in the service,
will he here eoon. All the officers are
WeBt Painters and men of raro finish. If
wo mast have troops wo are glad to get
those of sash quality.
Pxreosai,—General Toombs and Gov
ernor B'own met in the arcade of the
Kimball Honae the other day, shook
hands cordially, sat down and chatted as
genially as two old chnmB. Probably
both have forgotten that in July, 1868,
ToomUB borrowed Curran’s thunder to
denounce the ex-Governor as a “detested
villain,” etc.,—the rest of the quotation
is rather rough. It is well to dwell to
gether m charity and the present recon
ciliation is perfectly charming.
We are glad to see that thesa great
men have sufficient magnanimity and
common sente to compose their old feud
and forgive and forget the p3st. Why
cherish animosity always, when the is
sues have passed away, and time and
charity, with their annealing influences,
have had oppsrtnniiy to intervene. Heav
en deiiver us from the implacable spirit^
which, hating once, hates forever.
Thb Augusta Chronicle contains a long
and deeply interesting account of all the
duels which have taken place at old
Campbellton and in that vicinity. The
narrative is from an aged eye-witness,and
carries ns back vividly to theanoientand
palmy days of the Sonth, when murders
and ascaseinationB were almost unknown,
and the daello on equal terms was the
only resort in the settlement of all differ
ences. Not that we approve of the bar
barous custom, however, though believ
ing it infinitely preferable to the latter
day practice of jerking ont a pistol and
committing murder on the least provoca
tion. Did .pace permit, wo wcnld repro
duce the whole article.
Monbob Female Collxqe.—The Ad
vertiser says: The trustees of the college
have received a letter from Ber. J. B.
Hawthorne, D. D.. of Montgomery Ala
bama, accepting the invitation to preaoh
th* commencement sermon on Sunday,
the 6:h of July. Dr. Hawthorne is one
of the most eloquent pnlpit orators in tho
South, and his sermon will furnish a rare
intellectual treat to all who hear it.
The orator for commencement day is
sot yet chosen. He will, however, be
one whom our community will be pleased
to hear:
Feuit Prospects.—Wo are delighted
to learn that the general apprehensions
regarding the condition of the peach and
apple crops of tha State will be agreeably
disappointed. We copy the following
from the Monroe Advertiser, where at
first it was reported that the entire peach
crop of that region had been destroyed:
Thb Peach Chop.—We hive conversed
with quite a number of onr farmers dur
ing the past week to ascertain the extent
of the damage done by the reoeut cold
weather. We expressed the opinion in
onr last issue that wo were destined to
bavo only about bait a crop. While this
was a guess at that time, it turned ont to
be about correct. The fruit-grower! eay
the trees were not full before the cold
weather, having little more than a half
orop, and ai some damage was done by
the cold, the crop will be still farther re
duced. Some orchards now have trees
laden with fruit, but they are exaeptioua!
oases. The probable osuse of the smell
crop is the foot that for two years past
the trees were unusually full, and were so
nearly exhausted that they could not bring-
. a foil orop. One consolation Is that when
the trees are no: so full the fruit is larger
and better. The fait crep of Monroe
county is very valuable, bringing in an-
nnsl’y forty or fifty thousand dollars,
which is nearly alt olosr money.
Fa-m the same: Professor W. D.
Thurmacd, prlnoipsl of Forsyth Iostitate,
reoeived a psinful injury on Ia9t Wednes
day. While ehopping wood a large pieoe
flew up and struck him in the left eye,
cutting a gash in the ball and rendering
him blind for three days. He is now oon-
, aiderably better, and returned tbe exer
cise of his school on yesterday.
Th* Advertiser remarks forcibly Ibst it
la staled that a new, large eigbt-psge
morning daily is toon to b9 established in
Atlanta ; but the question is what does
Atlanta want with another paper when it
already has tbe best conducted and most
enterprising newspaper in tbe Sontb.
Qaoth tbe esme journal:
The Borne Tribune says the “prospect
of Gen. Gsrtrtll for Governor is widen
ing and (Lengthening every day.”
We will simply a.k tbe Tribune, will it
take him nominat'd or independent ?
Another Oonfbdbratb Moruxent.—
From the TbemasviUe Enlerprite we take
tbe follow! og:
Thbt Will Live iti Marble.—The
monument designed to Commemorate the
Confederate dead arrived by the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad on Thursday. Mr.
Kairios, the agent of Mesm. MuldoOD
A Co., strived yesterday morning, and
will superintend its erection. Stops will
be taken at onoe to prepare tbe founda
tion at the intersection of * Broad end
Fletcher streets, where it will be plaoed.
t will be unveil'd, end an appropriate
ddreav delivered at an early day.
Mr. Ka rins, one of the firm of Mul.
done A Co., baa by bis nniform courtesy
and gentlemanly bearing made a boat of
friend, at tbe Sonth. Those in need of
monuments or marble work of any kind
cannot do better than consult him.
Fuorr.—Tbe Enterprise ssysi Tbe lat
ter part of last week brought with it two
sharp frosts and a freeze. Vegetable!
suffered considerably. Beans, potato* a
and other early plants were badly injured
in some localities, while in others the
damage was very slight. It was thought
that cotton—quite a quantity of which
was up—was seriously injured, but later
reDorts ear that the damage to that crop
is* but slight. Com was considerably
nipped, but will come out.
CoulatL Ehplotbh in thb Latn At
lanta Murder Case.—Chronicle *nd Sen
tinel: When the Alston-Gox case comes
off, there will bs a formidable array of
counsel present Solicitor General Hill,
Messrs. Hopkins & Glenn, H. D.
Twiggs, W. A. Hawkins, H. Van Epps
and P» Calhoun will represent the State ;
Messrs. Gartrell & Wright, Candler &
Thompson and R. S. Jeffries the defense.
Great difficulty will be experienced’ in
getting a jury, and it is not improbable
that there will be a change of venue.
Accidxntallt Shot.—Thomas villa Fn
terprise: The many friends of Mr. E. R.
Pringle will regret to learn that he was
accidentally shot through the thigh last
week, while on Like lamonee. A rifle
went off in the hands of a young Mr.
Whitehead, sending the ball through the
fleshy portion of the thigh. The wound,
though a painful one, is not serious.
CONXBMPLATXD ExXOVAZ.cn AN Ou>
Landmark.—Savannah Newt: For some
time past there have been rumora to the
effect that a well-known and wealthy
citizen of Savannah was endeavoring to
purchase the Oglethorpe Barracks, cor
ner of Liberty and Boll streets, from the
government, with the view of converting
it into an immense and magnificent
hotel. Nothing definite in regard to the
reports could be ascertained as the parties
concerned were very reticent. There is
no doubt, however, that _ the objeotia
contemplated and the citizen referred to
and a company of wealthy gentlemen
have been desirous of securing this very
valuable property.
Seme time since Congress passed an
aot directing the sale, under tbe supervis
ion of the Secretary of War, of certain
United States property in tbe Southern
Stater, including the batraoka in this city.
No purchaser offered, aa tbe properly
was not advertised, and consequently It
yet remains in possession of the govern
ment, though, as stated, efforts have re
cently been mads to seoure it.
Daring General Sherman’s redent visit
to Savannah, he requested Major An
drews, in command at the barracks, to
famish him an estimate of the value of
the property here, which he did, affixing
the valuation at 185,000. It Is now sug
gested that these buraoks be sold et the
price named, and the McPherson Bar
racks, at Atlanta, for which the govern
ment pays an annuel rental of $4,000, be
purchased. Up to tbe present time, how
ever, nothing definite in regard to the
sale of tbe property has been effeoted.
Savannah Cathedkil Militart Mass
The News cays: As stated, the military
(o be represented in the Mass were the
Jasper Greens, Savannah Volunteer
Guards and German Volunteers. About
half-past 9 o’clock the volunteers of the
several companies named assembled in
Reynolds square, fully uniformed end
equipped, as follows: Savannah Volun
teer Guards, forty-two men, nnder com
mand of Captain Raynal; Irish Jasper
Greens, thirty-five men, under command
of Lieutenant Beilly, and German Volnn-
teere, twenty-eight men, nnder Captain
Schwarz, the battalion being nnder com
mand of Captain John Flannery. After
the battalion was formed they were sub
jected to a short instroction, and then
were marched to the residence of the
Bishop, at the corner of Drayton and
Perry streets, where the procession was
formed in the following order:
Dram corps, nnder command of Dram
Major Sido Brown ; Savannah Volunteer
Guards; Irish Jasper Greene; German
Volunteers; Gills’Sodality o! the Angel,
dressed in white, with white veBta and
cashes; Girls’ Sodality of tha Holy In
fancy, similarly dressed; Sodality of St.
Aloysios (boys), black suits with red
cashes; Bishop and officiating clergy in a
carriage; Catholic Library Association.
The procession thus formed moved nt
Drayton street, to Liberty, to Abercorn
and thence to tbe Catnedral, entering in
the same order, the military being as
signed position direotly in front of the
star.
* The mas3 was conducted by the follow
ing: Right Rev. Bishop Gross, celebrant;
Very Rav. E. Cafferty, Assistant Priest;
Eer. H. Scblenke, Deacon; Rsr. T.
O’Hara, Sub-Deacon; Bev- E. A. Browne,
Eev. T. O’Reilly, Deacons of Honor; Eev.
H. J. McNally, Master of Ceremonies.
At tbe beginning of the Mass the Bish
op unveiled the handsome marble altar
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, recently
completed, and the solemn ceremonies
were proceeded with. This was tbe sec
ond Military Mass celebrated at the
Cathedral, and was on a larger scale than
the one last year. The drill consisted
principally in the present arms at certain
stages, when the Gloria is Bung, the Cre
do. etc, but at communion the military
kneel, tbe drums are beat, the officers are
subsequently saluted, and the incense
hearer perfumes them.
At the close of the Mass the Bishop re
turned his thanks to the military for their
participation, and expressed his gratifica
tion with the congregation at the grand
and impressive exhibition.
8avaknjlh with a population of 32.656
buried only 12 persons last week, of whom
two w«re still born infants. A good show
ing for the health of the Ferest city.
Thz corner stone of the Columbus Con
federate monument was laid with most
imposing ceremonies, on Monday. The
venerable Bev. J. H. Campbell, aetingas
Grand Ohaplain, offered the prayer to
the Architeot of the Universe. The cor
ner stone was then placed in position by
Grand Architect Levy, who preoeeded
the aot by a most beautiful and appropri
ate address. We give a brief extraot t
A few yean have passed away, and to
day no behold a happy, commercial,
manufacturing ciiy, comparing favorably
with any other, and surpassing many.
Weil may Columbus boast ot her line
of steamboatF, raiiroade, her oottOD,
woolen and other faotoriea, run by her
splendid water power, and others by
steam; ber honaea of business, of her
churches, her ooll'gea sndschooto, of ber
cemetery and residences, of the intelli
gence, taste and beauty of her Indies, of
tbe patriotiem end talent of her distin
guished sons, living aud dead, ail being
moved b the inspiration of woman ; but
none will rtfleot more honor on jour oity
than this monument to oommemorate the
lives and heroism o! the Confederate sol
diers.
No foul, polluted hand will evir dare
distuib it.
When ereoled, its lofty summit will kiss
tbe firat and last rays of the rising and
betting eon. long after we and onr ohil-
drt-n are deposited Rich tbe sleeping dead,
and ages upon ages shall pass away,
arousing to great and good achievements,
the thousands who may visit your, oity
and view with delight and admiration
thto wonderful structure, nerving tbe arm
of tbe patriot in the hoar of peril to save
bis country.
We glean the above from the Timet.
Fire on thb Stnaxzk Moon.—The
Enquirer-Sun says: We learn from a tele
gram received in our city yesterday that
ou the downward trip of the steamer
Moore, which left Columbus on Saturday,
at Neal’s Landing, the cotton on her
deck was discovered to be on fire. Cap
tain Moore promptly had some sixty bales
thrown overboard aa a precautionary
measure. There was but little damage
done to the cotton except from water, and
none to the boar. This delayed the
steamer a abort time, when she again
went on her way down with the excursion
party from here. On her all were in
good spirits and merry as ohurch balls.
A 8acbbd Belic Gbandlt Intrkrxd.
Among tho articles placed in the corner
atone of the Columbus Confederate monu
ment was, says the Enquirer-Sun, a piece
of the bloody battle-flag ot the Mth
Georgia regiment, In carrying which
seven men were killed in the battle of
Sharpeburg and several others wound'd.
The monument has been received and
will be put up immediately. On Memorial
day, the 26th instant, it will bs unv-iled.
Mb. H. b. Hill has been re-elected
mayor of Montezuma.
Tired or "Old Ned.”—-The Montezu
ma Weekly ssje’;
Three months since any fresh beef was
offered for sale in Montezuma. We have
a longing for a choice loin or porter-house
steak. .
Col/Buthbbtord in Elakzlzt,—The
Early County News says:
Colonel Rutherford was greeted by
quite a full audience of onr people at bis
lecture on Tuesday night last, some of
whom came from fifteen to twenty miles
to hear it. We are safe in saying that
they did not go away disappointed in
their expectations of hearing a good thing.
It was all that fancy could have piotured
it—brilliant, entertaining and instruc
tive.
The damage by frost to the planters of
Eatly is not seriouB.
Bb : ionation or a Paexor.—Savannah
News: Bev. Timothy Harley, pastor of
the First Baptist Ohnrob, tendered his
resignation on Thursday last, and the
same has been relnotsntly aeeepted by his
congregation. Mr. Harley came to Sa
vannah in 1872, and has been pastor of
tbe oharoh ever since.
The suite of the bondholders against
the city of Savannah have been ordered
by Jndge Erskine, after argument, to be
postponed until the November term
The Newt says:
There was a more active demand for
oity bonda yesterday, and there is indica
tion of a steady rise.
Thb Miwxniux Ccxt.—Conyers Ex
aminer. We have been inform'd by a
oitizen of Irwin county, Ga., there is not
a single bar room, doctor nor lawyer in
the county.
Supports the Agricultural Bureau.
We learn from the Union nnd Recorder
tha’, at a late meeting of tbe Farmers’
Club, of Baldwin county, the following
resolutions, offered by Mr. L. Carrington,
were adopted:
Whsbxas, the Agricultural Bureau of
the State has accomplished great good
for the farming interests, and whereas,
nnder previous management, said bureau
is eapable of bearing its own expenses
and yielding an inoome to the State
Treasury; and whereas there is a bill now
pending, to be acted on at the July ses
sion of tbe Legislators, to abolish said
bureau, therefore,
Resolved, That tQfs club is of tbe opin
ion that said bureau should be preserved
and foBtered by onr Legislature as one
substantial recognition by 'onr legisla
tors of the claims of sgrionlture upon onr
law-making power; and we reoommend
to onr Senator and Bepresentative in the
Legislature to ase their almost efforts to
hwut sny effort to abolish this bureau;
and, as auxiliary thereto, we recommend
the continnanoe of tbe geologioal survey
of tbe 8tate by appropriate legislation,
A Spottzd Crow.—Union and Recorder.
One morning last week Mr. Zicb. Ward
living in tire neighborhood of Mr. J. M.
D. Webb captured a spotted crow. Hear
ing the caw-caws of the orows, he took
hia gon and went into tbe field deter
mined to shoot one and hang him up as a
scare-crow. One he found on the ground
that appeared very gentle, and with great
care he drew near; as he knew if he flew
he could shoot him on the wing, he con
tinued to approach and secured an nnex-
peoted prize—a tame crow with wings of
black and white and speckled breast.
Whence came the strange birc? Pos
sibly somebody’ spet waited thither on
the wings of the storm.
Conzers Examiners Lawrencevillehas
already twelve or thirteen thousand dol
lars subBoribed toward building a narrow
gauge road to interseet with the Air
Line from that place. This will be one
of the best things that ever happened for
Lawrence rills. We wish them success.
A Venerable Mausoleum.—The editor
of the Mhledgeville Union and Recorder
has recently visited an ancient burying
ground within half a mile of the cld cap-
itol, which Mr. Seott, though a resident
for fifty years, never knew was in exis
tence. The dimensions are 38 feet by 32
feet and tho wall ia four feet high. The
Recorder says so densely covered was
the area with treeB, briars acd vines,
that it was next to impossible (o creep
through them to tha marble slabs to read
the inscription upon them. A few only
were reached, and after rsmov.ng the
heavy coating of dirt and leaves from tbe
lettering, we copied the following: “Major
John Howard, bom Oct. 4th, 1761, died
April 12tb, 1822.
Dr. Cnarlea Williamson, died Oatober
16tb, 1828. aged 41 years.
In remembrance of sweet Arabella
Howard, aged 3 years.
Tnere was a granite vault in tbe en»
closure, in whiob, no doubt, several per
sona were buried. On the door wbb a
small marble slab with this simple in
scription: “John Howard Butberford,
born Jan. 31st, 1811, died Sep. 16:b,
1814.” What is remarkable abont this
vault is, that a large wild oberry tree is
growing tbrongh tbe top of the granite
whlohithassplitin twain.
Among the interred in the enclosure
were:
Alexander Molntosh Sanford, Senator
from Bryan connty,died Nov. 19.b, 1845,
aged 39 years.
William W. Baker, Senator from Lib
erty county, died Deo. 22), 1826, sgsd
39 years.
James Spalding, Bepresentative from
Molntosh county, died Noy. 24 th, 1829,
•ged 23 years.
The entire ares stems to have beea
filled with the dead, among whom repose
many deoeased legislators.
Vacant.—Sumter Republican: The
floe jail of Sumter county is now virtu
ally empty there being but two prisoners
in it; and it iB safe tossy they will be dis
posed of in a week or two, as soon as
Judge Crisp opens court.
Personal.—Augusta Sentinel: The
appearnce of Dr. Deems in onr sanctum
is always as welcome as sunshine. Some*
body has said that the dearest angels of
heaven hover around the good-humored
man on earth. If thiB be so—and wa do
not doubt it—what a host of angelic
ministers must surround Dr. Deems, who
in spite of many trials and delioate phy
sical structure, not only beholds bright
ness in the universe but makes that uni-
verse the brighter for bis presence.
Tksa Diphtherial Went.
Tbe Elmira (N. T.) Advertiser gives a
strange account of a little girl afflicted
with diphtheria. Ia looking ioto Ike
cuild’s throat, the mother saw a micro
cocoas moving, which Bbe removed, to
gether with another, which are now on
exhibition in a city drug store, and are
being discuised by tbe medical fraternity.
They ore easily seen by the naked eye,
though a glass help' one to the “tine
inwardness” of the critters. The largest
one is fully one-quarter of an inch long,
covered with hair, with a head something
like a caterpillar, tapering body, and long
hairy tail. Its body is formed in nnge ;
its color is abont that of one of these yel
low “thousand-legged” worms found on-
dar old boards and atones. Tha smaller
one is about one-sixteenth of an inch
long, being whitiah in ootor, and requir
ing the glass to bring ont its “beauty’’
of confirmation. It is. Rot a pleasant
thought to imagine euoh things in your
throat, but they get there, and from
there into the blood, heart and other
organs, producing paralysis and. sudden
death when least expected. They are
vegetable parasites, and exist in Urge
ooloniee in the diptheretie membrane.
Dr. J. M. Flood le considerably interested
in the mammoth baoteri* that have come
nnder hia observation which greatly ex
ceed ia sise aaythii
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
WAamaoroN, April 14,1873.
SOtCBTHmO MORE ABOUT THB C9HKRTEE8.
Too ought, or rather ought not to, hear the
“ blaapheriona casein and sweatin' 1 that fi Is
the air over the constitution of the House
oomm.ttee on war claims. It beat* anything
I ever heard, and my experience, it pains me
to say, has been ratner extensive in that
line Aa yon may imagine, this profanity
cornea from claim agents and their client*
and is directed most pointtdly at the chair-
mail Bragg, that immense and intenaa aaa
from Wieoonain, who got each extensive ad
vertising some time smeb for hie bray against
South *-n Demociats in connection with these
war claims. In addition ro Bragg as chair-
maa, there are five nad.oale on the commit
tee instead of four, as was the case in (he
hut Congress, thus hiving a maj irity or tha
oommittee aa good as pledged against any
boutnem war claims whatever. Figure to
yourself, then, how the claim agents swear
and the good reason therefor the make np
of due oommittee affords them. I have no
special objection myself to this sockdolager
from Speaker Ham’s sturdy arm for reasons
heretofore set down, and only mention the
matter here in order that all parties interest*
ed in tne range of our circulation may know
what the fnture seems to promise them.
There are other tea exes in connection with
the make up of the committees which may bo
ot general interest One is that the ohair-
m» ships are equally divided between the
two great sections commonly known aa
North and Booth The Hpeaaer bis held
this tcale with an nnahaktog hand, though
ot o-iuree the usual howl on this head will
be heard ixom the JUadtoala. Another U,
that fifteen ont of the fifty-two ohaiimen
voted in the oancue against Randall, and
that three of them not only did not go into
tha Democratic caucus but did not vote for
handall in the organization Ton new
members got chairmanships; five of Ran
dall’s bitterest opponents in tne caucus ,got.
places on the ways and mesne committee,
ana two on appropriations. It aotms to me'
that Randall has shown a considerable de
gree of magnanimity towards his opponents
in parcelling ont the honors.
ran ahead this week.
It is general y anticipated tint this week
will develop ecmeihing lively in both Houses.
Biaint will probably eluke up the Senate to
day after hu usual style ana is oredited as
being etuffed f uilor of bloody shirt rhetoric
and K'diosl bile tbau ever before. Of
cooiee he will draw well. Ho always docs,
bat it the Democrats want to extinguish him
they only hsv».tolet him ‘rip,” as Felton did
the resolution to i&YeBUgato the oiphor tele
grams. Hat the fact is, there are as many
Democrats in that body who delight in hear
ing themssiiea ta.k as does Blaine or any
of h s side, and I suppose the flood gates of
jaw will be pushed; wide open and propped
back. If the atmy bill comes to a vote in
that body iu two weeks, it will bo a moat
agreeable surprise to mery body 1 do sot
hn.w whether fties-.ru. Gordon and Hill will
speak or not. Jnogmg the fntnre by the
past, I feel pretty confident that the prosi
est men on the Democratic tide wilt be sore
to do so. ’Twaa ever thus and seems tame
to get more and more eo every seaeiou The
Radical Sen&t ra resolved Hatnrday to fight
the bill from the word go and piled np a big
lot of Ammunition for that purpose.
In he House this morning the greenback-
ere, as I expected, find the fruit of their
vaunted victory ot Hatnrday turn- d to ashes.
By the aid of the Democrats they were able
to force a session to-day, and loudly thought
they wcnld get in their work this morning.
Eleven Democrats voted against them and
against going into general legislation on
H Aturdsy, among wham were Messrs. Blount,
Cook and Hammond, whom £ beg to con
gratulate. But the morning hour oime and
wtnt and not a greenbacks: got a showing
with any of his panaceas They were all
choked off and must now wait until next
Monday, when doubtlees the eame result
will be reached, barely the country is to be
felicitated on the pioapect. If the green-
backers aud their Democratic allies we.e al
lowed, just cow, to wora their financial way
With this conntry, I would lay heavy odds
on tbe speediest and most complete smash
in hietoiy. They are doubtleea honest bat a
wilder lot o. statesmen on lh' money ques
tion, it appeara to me, were never let loose
upon a suffering country 'thick of aetates-
mau who serious y proposes, as does the
Rev non. Ve Ha ftlatyr, to loan a lot of
wild cat improvement ech<mee, so called,
tue credit or the government to the amount
cf five hundred mi lions of dollars 1 And
this ia :s only a priming
.Ct THE CH0ZC3EB "E8IZ3DAY.
Eaetor was even more gorgeously and
brilliantly itiostrated than usual. I have
never seen more beautiful or elaborate flo
ral decoration' nor listened to more delicious
music, vocal and instrumental than I .ound
at that ancient church, nt. Johns. The
crowa wa s • great that only standing room
was to bs found as early as ten o’clock, and
many were unable to even get into the ves-
tloule. The churches were all o-eiflawing
and the etroete and sidewalks thronged X
did not observe, however, nearly eo many
spring toilets as nsutl, wherea I was con
siderably astonished, for the weather was
superb. Barely the girls have not been pnt
on half allowance by their governors now
that resumption is a foot accomplished. But
all the eam9, spring robes and bats struck
me as " short. A. W. B.
Georgia Four Per Vent* Bonds.
From a very timely and exoellent arti
de in the Atlanta Constitution upon the
superior value of these State securities
we extract the following:
But there is a thing or two that had
probably beat be eaid. We learn that
the scrutinizing eye of the government
was first directed to thsse bonds by cer
tain parties who were interested in the
sale of government four per cents. They
felt that these bonds wonld interfere with
the ealeB of their favorites, and they were
therefore disposed to crowd the “babies”
out. We wonld mildly suggest to the
friends of the government securities that
they can make nothing by deorying tbe
State securities and forcing a comparison
between the two. The Georgia’s are the
best investment. They are four per
cents, absolutely safer, and redeemable
in enrrenoy. The government four per
cents are simply certificates that ere re
deemable in one year in four per oent.
government bonds, and not in onnenoy.
These bonds are now below par, and in a
year from date may be very heavily be-
lew par. At any rate, there iB a difference
—and that is this—tbe Georgia bonds are
redeemable in onnenoy, and tha govern
ment’s are redeemable in bonds tbat are
already depreciated, and may depreciate
still more. Ours are redeemable in money
—Uncle Sam’s Insecurities.
The above remarks, if they refer to
any of onr Maoon bankers who. have tbe
United States four per cents on Bale, do
them (perhaps unintentionally.) an it jus
tice. One of the most responsible of the
nember was among the first to ascertain
the validity of tbe “Baby Bonds,” and
proolaim tha faot to tho pnblio. The
supply of the. latter is limited, and there
is ample room and a demand more than
anffioient to oovar bo'h issuer,. There
shonldbe no war, or invidious compari
sons between State and Fed
eral securities. It is to tbe
interest of til to upheld and sustain them
alike. The “baby” bonds are certainly
gilt edge’in every respect, are notaxsble,
and being payable in currency and issued
in snail and convenient denominations,
are moBt eligible investments for email
capitalists and farmers. We understand
they have all been sold acd are now in
second hands.
Declining tbe Purple.
A Washington dispstcb to the Ctaoin-
nati CdmsueS-cidl, at the 13th Instant, asys:
“A geertnom traveling with General
Grant writes bane thag kfio General says
tbat be will np» b* a «jndid»te for tbe
Presidency onder any cirsumstiaoes. He
is aware that bie-saasa is freely used in
the Amerlotn papers in that connection,
but not in w way tbat he thinks justifies
him in making a publio declaration of bis
intentions. When the time oomes, aa this
gentleman -believes, ha will - decline in
■aoh a Way (bat there will be no mistak
ing bis meaning. The General tells this
gentleman that he dots not want to re
enter pnblio life, that he will deoline a
nomination to any pnblio office, and tbat
be will make hia intentions fully known
on hia return to America, bat at present
does not wish to publicly decline that
whioh has not been authoritatively offer
ed to him.”
Bat another paragraph is going the
rounds to the effect that tbe writer had a
conversation with a lady, now traveling
with General Grant, in whioh this lady
spoke of joint toconpanoy of tbe White
Honse from March 4,1881, four years, as
a matter all arranged and decided upon,
Tne Charleston Election cases.
News and Conner. 1
The proceedings in the United States
Court yesterday were both important and
interesting. The motions made by the
defense in the election cases, to setaBide
the janes, to continue the causes, and
looking to an avoidance of the test oath,
were overruled by the court. The dis
sent of Jndge Bryan takes np the several
questions at issue to the Supreme Court
of the United States for a final decision,
pending which no punishment can be in-
flioted upon any of the accused who may
be convicted.
Jndge Bond’d reasons for overrating
the motion to set aside the array of jn-
tors are given elsewhere. Tney are
striotiy and coldly legal in . character,
while Jndge Bryan, equally strong in his
oonviotions of the law, takes high ground
and plaoea hia dissenc upon the law and
upon justice. Judge Bryan points out
that the rnles of the Coart regulating the
soleotion of jarors were not complied
with. These rales have the foroe and
effeot of a statute, and cannot be aet
aside without abrogating legislation and
“inonrxing the imputation of the injus
tice, odium and cruelty of an ex post facto
law."
Tbe Merceriaa.
This college serial, edited by the uder-
graduates ot Mercer University, refleols
great credit npon the young gentlemen
who conduct it. The number for April
15th, contains several well written and
interesting articles and the general make
np and arrangement of the magazine is
excellent.
From a graphic and truthful sketch of
the personel of the present faculty, we
extract the following relating to
raorxssoR sanfobd:
In addition to her roll of distinguished
Presidents, Mercer has enjoyed tbe ser
vices of some of the ablest and most
erudite Professors in the whole country
Primus inter Pares stands tho nestor of
onr faculty, the distinguished Professor
ot Mathematics and Astronomy, Shelton
P. Sanford, L.L.D., whose reputation as
an instructor and author is national. As
a teacher of mathematics he probably
has no superior. His splendid series of
arithmetics are used in neatly all the
States of the Union, while, in his own
State, hia name is a household word in
every town and village. His algebra
now passing through the press, promises
to be as popular os his other works. Dr.
Sanford has served the University more
than forty years, having been chosen
one of the first Board of Instruction at
the organization. He is well preserved,
and there are, donbtlesB, yet twenty-five
years of good work in him. He is active
and vigoronn in muscle, and, as a pedes
trian, there are few who can measure
strides with him. His pleasant face and
genial manners win for him hosts of
friendB every where,and his imperturbable
amiability in the class-room secures the
respect and confidsnce of every student.
He baa lost bnt one month from doty
daring hie forty years’ connection with
the University; and it may bo eaid of
him:
-Hen may come and men may go,
Rut he goes on forever."
The Marshall House, Savannah.—
This popnlar resort of the traveling
pnolic, under the auspices of the veteran
proprietor, A. B. Lace, Esq., ably as
sisted by Mr. M. L. Hartnett, still main
tains its prestige as one of the best among
Southern hotels. The Marshall never
closes; always, in sickness or health, in
sunshine or shade, its portals are thrown
wide open to tho travel stained visitor,
and he is welcomed and generously cared
for.
The board has recently been reduced
to suit the stringency of the timeB, yet
in no degree whatever have the accom
modations deteriorated. They are
striotiy first-class, and the looation of
the establishment has ever made it popu
lar. Mr. Hartnett is an agreeable and
accomplished gentleman, and makeB a
friend of every patron ot the honse.
Bead notice elsewhere.
Thb New York Fun says hundreds of
men are wandering to-day on a mountain
ot silver without tuffioient food or the
means of earning it. This contrast of
untold wealth and wretched poverty ia
presented iu Virginia City, Nevada,
where the mines tbat have enriched Flood,
O'Brien, Fair, Mackey, Sharon and Jones
are still yielding millions, and where a
crowd of unemployed men are j*ust now
in such a pitiable plight that tbe local
newspapers, although nearly filled with
account* of fortune getting, find a little
epace to describe their snffsringe. It
most be hard indeed for these starving
men to keep the eighth eonmandment—to
a iy nothing of the tenth.
A hiobo named Thomas May, l : ves a
few miles from Garland, Butler county,
Alabama, owns 620 acres of land, runs
seven ploughs, has fifty bead of sheep,
as manyicattle, a Urge flock of goats end
much other property. This proepeiom
darkey remained at home; took hie old
master’s advice and voted #e iqrdid—f<&
and with the DsaWbiAi*. ‘ .
Costlt Litigation. — The Marietta
Journal says it cost Gobb county (600 a
week to hold Snperior Court. Three
weeks of the Inxnry footed up (1,800
Oar contemporary thinks it expensive
“oooxtin/l” Bat what if one burglar,
mnrdercow or thief haB been made to get
his duesVy the working of the machin
ery of the law ? The saving may amount
to thousands to the people at large, and
perhaps other sacrifices of hnman life
may have been averted thereby.
So long as the corse of Adam obtains,
and bis obiidren refuse the proffered sal
vation of tho Redeemer of Mankind,
crime, violenoe and wiokedness will pre
vail, and require the atrong arm of the
law to intervene ia behalf ot the safety of
the community, it matters not what it
costs,
Queer legislative Doing* in La*
The action of the Legislature of tho'
State of Louisiana in passing an aot to
repeal the charter of the Louisiana Siate
Lottery Company has been announced in
the gapers- but it appears that the in
jury intended to an -institntioa whioh
has paid by contract hundreds of thou-
tanda of dollars to keep the dcors of the
fsr-famed Charity Hospitdl open for the
»iok and suffering cannot be accom
plished. The Supreme Court- of the
United States baa always maintained tbat
the sanctity of euoh contracts cannot be
violated, and hence,fnr twenty-five years
from its organization in 1868, it will con
tinue its work of usefulness and benevo
lence. The Louietana State Lottery
Company drawe next month ita 108* b
monthly grand distribution at New Or
leans, and an application to M. A Dau
phin, P. O. Box 692, New Orleans, will
secure any information desired.
anrlS lvr
Tsx Bentz company of female min
strels performed ip San Francisco. The
polios arrested Mabel Santley, the most
conspicuous of the can-can danoere. 8a<
demanded a jury trial, and her counsel
taking advantage of a recess, invited tbe
jury to see the dance. That move ap
pears to have done the pri'Onerno good,
for she was convicted and fined f 250
Wby ue Went to.Kansas.
The St. Louts Globe Democrat, tbe
great stalwart Grant Republican paper of
the Northwest, prints tbe following inter-
view with a Louisiana ‘‘man acd brother,”
who had got ae tsi as that city on hie way
to Kansas, and was begging f node to get
beck again:
’Come this way,” said a gentleman at
one of the desk:; “this man wants to
have a talk with you about going home,
and is going to put your name in the pa
per.”
A LIVELY INTERVIEW.
“What is his name?” tne reporter
asked.
“William Chapman,” answered tho
darky.
“Aud where do you bail fiom ?”
“Mad’son Pa’sb.’’
“Well, now,” said the gentleman at the
desk, “tell the reporter here wby yon left
the Sontb.”
“Well’nJ’ said Chapman, threatening
to wipe his black noee with. the rim of
bis hat, “I dueno. I was a byearnin’
de people all talkin’ about cornin’, an’ a
gittin’ ready far to come, and dey wuz a
sayin' wat a nice place Ka-ansae wnz
an’ sol jea’ bundled np my things and
come alone.”
“Was that your only reason for leav
ing?’’ asked the repotter. __
“Dat’a de only reason I knows for it,
said William.
“No one ever harmed or threatened
yon in the Sonth? Yon had no fear of
the whitet?”
Ob, no, no; no, indeed. Bless jon, so
white man ever harmed me.”
“And yon never heard ot any tronbles
with the whites?”
“Deed’n I didn’t. Dar wnz no trouble
in onr parts; bnt I beam eay ’at over
in y’other parishes dero wcz some shoot-
in’ or siob.”
“Yon are not afraid to go back to the
Sontb.’
“Nab, I’m not ’fraid! What I got to
be 'fraid nv ? Et dere aint no much
shootin’ and killen dar w’en we let’, I
can’c see nnthin’ to bo askeard qp. r
“Then you are anxious to go baok ?”
“’Deedn’t I is. De Souf is good ’nuf
fo’ me. I ain’t a bed no health here einoe
I kum. I’ve a bin mos’ ailin’ to do. Nab,
nab, I tell yon
i ain’t ’fraid to go back.
I had a nice place down dar, and wcz liv
in’ with Mr. Orandell for over nine year.
Mr. Orandell was a nice man. No, in
deed; dere ain’t no killin’ where I oum
i’om, ’cause if dsre wnz I bit yon I
wouldn’t want ter git back.”
Chapman went on to rat la elf a lot
more irrelevant staff, and incidentally
stated that, alihoogh he had been np here
little more than a week, he had earned
five dollars, whereaB he had net made
more than ten dollars a year in the
Sontb. He couldn't get on to Ktnsas, he
said, and didn’t know that be wanted to,
as Ktnsaa might be just as bard on him
when he struck it as tnis country wus.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Abont the « Personel ot the 16th
Congress”—Grant’s Ex-Secre
tary ot the Navy and Davis’
Ex-P. M. facneral-A suggestive
Koll toll—uen Johnson and
Gen. Sherman on the' floor—
Gen, Johnson’s speech 16 years
ago—*. S. cox rends Scripture—
A man in the gallery enrses
Congress.
(From onr regular Correspondent)
WApsisGTOir, April '0,1879.
Yesterday was a dull day at tbs oapitol
The Senate was discussing the eligibility of
Mr. Rell to a seat in that body and the
House was debating a p oporition to require
a three-fourths instead of a two-thirds vote
to pace an appropriation bill, flits debate
seemed atvpid enough to tho’e who had
> eon so recently enthused by th9 eloquence
of Gufirl, and Blaokbmn, thrilled oy the
alarmiug cry of i evolution, and amused by
the witty word duels of Conger and Oh»i-
mers. Ba; no debate in tbe Ssnato or
Honse, no matter how insipid and point
less it may appear to those whose tas:e has
been spoiled by oondimonte, is without its
significance and weight. It shows the forte
or foible of eome represtntative men, ay!
the forte and foible of representative gov
ernments ' Indeed It Coes not require de
bate to make tne 46th Congress mteresfog
Perhaps the moat interesting performanoo,
iO one acquaiated with hia country’s rec;m,
history, i« the calling of the rob. What epi
sode# and volumes of hl«toiy oo those
names recall! and how tame and nnheroio
uo the wearers of these names apoear, sit
ting in thsir arm chairs, poising their feet
on tueir dttka, or furtively trying to smoks
a cigar without mating any amoke. Can it
be that tho demt gods who loom eo grandly
m history were little men too ? The dearth
of news has led me into these sterile reflec
tions, and I was a so thinking what a credit
able show of forensio ability two ex-cabinet
ministers, now members of the Honse of
Representatives, have made during the list
week. One oabinet minuter was General
Grant’s Secretary of the Navy, the other was
Jtffamon DavU’ Post Master General. They
are both able men with large stomachs.
Reagan was speaking yesterday, off-hand,
on a veiy diy subject, that of changing the
roles, and he wan frequently interrupted by
men of hie own party who were opposed to
his views, who plied him with questions and
sought t entrap him in contradictions Rut
he wss equa to alt hia opponents and met
evaxy one of them with a ready reply. While
he waa speaking, Mr. titep.ens, of Georgia,
tried to interject a little speech, bnt the ex-
cabinet officer waa not muoh disposed io
yield to the ex-Yioe President, who eita in a
three-wheeled chsir. bupp-.ee eome lunatic
had toi. those two gentlemen sixteen years
ago, when one preel led over tho Confede
rate Henate and tha other eat in the Con
federate Cabinet, that he day wonld oome
when they would both ait in the 0. H Con
gc.ee, Th y.wonld not have believed the
lunatic, nor wonld anybody In tie wond
nave believed him. Then there is another
little, old, bnt remarkably well p.eetirved
man, whom no body ever expected to see iu
this Congress or any oihor Ooa.res* When
tuts man dawned npon history, or w«s it his
tory that dawned npon him? Weh, either
way—eighteen years ago, it was as a great
military leafier, a cous-mmate strategist, a
twin sphinx and plicemx of war. Xhoie of
ns who do not pretend to be young ladies,
renumber wed enough what giants of prow
ess rumor and the press made the Johnsons.
McClellans and Beauregards to be in .hose
early untried days of th9 war Bnt it is not
my intention to depreoiato the miatiry ebili-
ty of Gen. Joseph E Johnson It was he
tmt forced MeOlelian baok from the foot
hold hat Grant fimlly munuined, and had
he not been removed Irom toe 1. ont of tiner-
men, aa he wsb moving on Atlanta, the
present General of ihe Army would not hsve
had such an easy piomenade to the tie
Gen. Johnson his not yet made a speech.
I don’t think he is much of an orator, but I
once heara him in that role. It was sixieea
years ago when he was in command of the
Army of Tennessee, with heacquarteia at
Tnanoma. Business had called torn to
Kutxville, where the enthuiiaatio citizens
serenaded him late at nigh- He appeared
on the balcony of tha hotel and told tb-.m,
as well aa I cad remember, Out a litue
fighting was worth more thru all that music
and enthusiasm; tbat they would better bs
in bed, bnt that he was glad to see so many
able-booted men from whom the Confede
rate rank' could be xooruited 'ih.it was the
kind or a demagogue Gen Joe H. Johnacn
wae sixteen yean ago. He has doubtless
ohanged since, with the rest of ths world,
aaa ould scarcely biow-beat a band of uia
constituents IT they should give him a sere
nade now. Io his new role of statesman ha
has more seed of ballots than bayouete.
To make tbe historic tableau complet , Gen
fcherruwa was on th* floor aa a spectator,
md here are many o; th.m, the victorious
au j vsi q uahed.l ving r< mm.aceocea of tlioae
h'roio days. Y.eterday, fourteen yean ago,
tite surrendered 27.8,ift men, the rtmnant
of the Confederate army at Appomattox,
aud yeater, ay a Virginia militaiy company
were ths gue*te of a Wasting ton company,
parading the principal attest* In tbe even
ing a bind of citizens met and drafted de
nunciatory reeo.utione and made speeches
eondemming both .he Washington and Vir
ginia e.mpanies for om'tlng to carry tbe
United Hte ee flig in theur parade.
But to get back to Congress. Mr 8 8.
Oox made .be only effective reply to Mr.
Raagan, of T<xas Wfcen he arose to speak
there was observed on hie desk a arge, very
old looking volume It proved to be the
Bible If it was Mr. Cox's own book, it had
been well thumbed He read h arly a chap
ter and nrunghl down the Honse au 1 kal
iens* when be repeated the text * Thou
who say.it a man sbonld not .teal, dost
thou ?” looking at Mr. Eotgtv, he said: “1
wifl not s ,y s e*l.’ because hat would not
be psihamemary.'* Bu.h *n nuheaid of
perforate!.ce as reading i be Bible produced a
ruaiked impression on the fljor and a man
i,i ih: gal ones, unable to oontro, hia
'xcuement. rose and cursed (Jong ess In a
1 ud vutce. sa> lug: •* Woe I woe I woo I unto
this dsn of thieves. ’’ He was quick!] hustled
liUi, bat it was sometime before orde could
b i restored. . C. A. 6,
Good Friday.
This day, eo sacred to Catholics and
Episcopalians, besides being celebrated
with eolemn and devout religious exerci
ses and ceremonies, has from remote
times been the occasion of mnch merri
ment and divers amusements of the
drollest description.
Ou this holy day, Judas, the betrayer
of the Redeem ir, is handled very roughly
iu some Catholio countries, and hie
effigy is either hanged, ducked or burnt.
No danger that the treason of the
arch traitor will ever be forgotten while
Good Friday continues to be observed.
From some foreign notes on the pecu
liar and quaint practices indulged in on
this famous day, we make the following
interesting extract:
Good Friday, though, the most solemn
day in the Christian calendar, has for
some generations past in English-speak
ing countries been associated with ideas
more festive than eolemn. The Hot
Oros8-Ban is not by any means the sole
viand consecrated to this tide. In parts
of the north of England an herb-pudding,
in whioh the leaves of the passion-dock
{Polygonum distortuni) are the prindpal
ingredient, is an indispensable dish. In
North Lancashire it is oustomsry to eat
Good-Sue, a mixture of ale, sliced figs,
bread and nutmeg, boiled together and
eaten hot like soup, while in other parts
ot Lancashire Good Friday gets the name
of “Cfacklin Friday,” for titen the chil
dren go from honse to honse to beg small
wheaten cakes, something like the
Hebrew’s Passover cake, but rich
er, having batter or lard mixed
with the flour. Good Friday of old
was the day on which the Kings of
England with great ceremony hallowed
rings for the cure of epilepsy and cramp,
a’custom dating from the eleventh oentu-
ry (when a pilgrim gave a ring to Edward
the Confessor, which, after the King’s
death, was carefully preserved aa a relic
in Westminister Abbey) and enduring
till the reign of M&ry. Daring tbe reign
of Henry VIII. we find Lord Berners
writing from Spain to Cardinal Wolsey:
“If your graoe remember me with some
crampe rynga ye shall doo a thing muohe
looked for; and I trust to bestow thaym
well with Goddes grace.” The supereti
tious belief in the ourative power of the
cramp rings made out of certain pieces
of stiver procured under particular cir
cumstances still lingers on. in some
places. In Berkshire it ia supposed that
a ring made from a piece of silver col
lected at the communion, not on Good
Friday only, bnt on any occasion, is a
care for convulsions and fits of every
kind. This notion is nos uncommon in
Devonshire and Cornwall. Hunt, in biB
“Popular Romances of the West of Eng-
lmd,’’records the case of aparaly tic woman
who one Sunday morning at the church-
door presented her withered arm and palm
without a word, received thirty pennies-
from the charitable of the congregation;
then got the rector to change the coppeis
for silver, and walked thrice round the
communion table in tbe confident hope
that three weeks after the half-crown
had been made into a ring and put npon
her fiager she would recover the ubq of
her arm. Good Friday is the day for
the sowing of paraely seed, if a double
crop is desired. Now, also, are peas to be
sewn, no matter how unfavorable the
weather may seem. If rain should fall
to day, unless the Germans aro extremly
at fault, the tnrf will thrice be parched
with drought within tho next twelve
months.
A wet Good Friday and Saturday
Bring plenty of gnus but little hay.
in Lincolnshire, England, at least. It is
nnlucky to make love to a Lancashire lats
on Good Friday, and misfortone attends
the folk of Northamptonshire who bake
or brew to-day. In the Isle of Man no
iron mast to day be pnt into the fire, but
a stick of the rowan tree mnst replace
the poker and tongs.
At day break on Good Fridiy in Portu
guese and Brazilian veeBtli a roughly
carved wooden block, representing the
Betrayer, olothed in an ordinary saiioe’e
suit and a red worsted oap. is hoisted by
a rope aronnd its neck into the fore-tig
ging, and left suspended there dartog tbe
hours of divine servioe, After whioh it is
docked, kioked, beaten and finally lashed
to tbeoapstan and burned. More by to-
ktn it baa been unlawful to burn Judas
io English harbore, an ant of Edward I
tothateffeat having been passed after
seven Portngnese sailors were hanged at
Dover for having set fire, at Easter
tide,1277, to the shipping in the harbor
while destroying snob an effigy. Since
1847 these oeremoaies have been forbid
den at Athens ont of respeot to tbe
Rothschilds, one of whom happened
that year to spend E inter at tha Greek
oipital. The prejudice iu England
against red-haired men, commemorated
in the savage lines of Dryden on Todeoo,
really dates baok not to Jndas, bnt ralber
to the Danes. In some of the northern
towns of Italy, however, people whose
hair is of tbe Jndas hno set forth in tbe
famous “Lest Sapper” of Leonardo da
Vinci at Milan, and allnded to in “As
Yon Like It,” do well on Good Friday to,
stay withindoors.
«*scn thousand parson.. -
neighborhood
|gon charity. It
—An artlfi al ays fectorv h*. v
,n Rochester, N. Y ryt * , b*s B(
—The production c f bast-.
Auitria has about cfcublsa^l! 001
•ba* year it amounted fOJ3 fft?®* ! «7S £
dred-weight, and u 1878 10
A If.
eoon. He (tailed "agaM tn“‘Jk2?, T Jj!
Buffalo Advertiser *•"**•*5
—Sarsoteen thousand
and the n '
subsisting .
Hhere sreThmjftopioe*
State; greenoeoks, taxet/ied ** i ^*t5
ry I sn.1 para overtheflX?
Husbands will be obtt*?,®?* W
for their wives In order to kem L bail!l ti
family.’ Loud laughter. P P®** 1 # tit
—Light summer alike, which v.
used for street suite, have SS
or narrow Clouded chips
together on brown ctrfini £V« *5
and other colored grotmirt^'
noted ‘colored grounds’in
Booth Fifth Avenue! ocfr *®«
A CoNvzar to Burn _
Poet, formerly single BtindMdwS**
monetization of stiverbTie^n.H^
coinage, as has bZ done UT/*
Frenoe, and Germany, will he
table, in oonsequenoe oflhj
Via#.
the oorreneyot the world. forawSrS 1
the universal depression or bad* ^
—A Norfolk telegram to tha
Dispatch says a Norfolk oonni*?-
ed James Km tor, residing
unearthed an iron case containm/JS
thousand dollars while plough^J^?
nesdayin an old field that ti,
cultivation for several years Th,.*®*
was in American stiver Soto, and h
to have been buried during tbe wtr. '^
—Andrew Jones of Chester. P*
with Lizzie Welsh, from 6 P ftSg
night, to* vain endeavor to
that it would ba well to marry him iSJ?
committed suicide, and the girl un Z,
she had known he was to deeply to euJ
she would have aooepted him.
—Leo KHZ, accidently learning th 1 . |i
the valuable foroed vegetables to the Vein
garden were appropriated hr ths arau
desired that ths lettuoee, artichoke*, yT?
sent to tha market, where ill oo Jd pcrC
them who desired, and that the procMfcba
kept for the poor.
—There is a tremendous dispute itgmfc
Madras ovor a hair from the Prophet Mohi
med's beard- This holy relic ia (ncioiei h
a oase, guarded by an official who hut
Onr Qallanc Firemen.
Yesterday was the annual field day ot
the Macon Fire Department, and de
spite rain, mud and the conflicting eie-
mentp, the people turned ont by thous
ands to do honor to the occasion. T here
is no disguising the faot that onr fire
brigade is one of the most popular insti
tutions of the oity- It embraces zealous
and enthusiastic representation from
every class and guild of the community.
And when, sb in the present instance, the
esprit du corps of the organization was
fully aroused, they took the city by
storm.
The parade yesterday was a brilliant
sueoeSB, and the time made by No. Sin
the oonteet, has so parallel in former
trials of skill and speed. ’
The excitement was at fever heat,
yot good humor and a friendly feeling
seemed to pervade all who wore the in
signia of this order.
The raoe waa very closely contested,
and the defeated, as well as the victors,
ere entitled to be crowned with laurels.
Our private homes, our public institu
tions, the mercantile interests of tho city,
m short everything tbat possesses value
within the corporatelimita of Macon, owe
a debt of gratitude to the gallant firemen,
who are ever ready to respond at all
hoars to the call cf duty, and venture
lire and limb for the protection of their
fellow citizens.
For one, therefore, we eay let us ex
tend every encouragement possible, and
every legal immunity to those who are in
reality minnte men, and always ready to
respond to the call of onr people in their
hour of direst need.
Hon. A. G. Thurman was yesterday
elected President pro torn, ot the Senate,
Mr. Wheeler having been summoned
home iii consequence of the illness of a
member of bis family. Tho announce
meat of the pending election found more
Republican tban Democratic Senators in
their seats. Tbe Republican members of
Congress have a belter gift of continu
ance than the Democrats. The Demo
cratic Executive Committee most make
an assessment for the purchase of a sup
ply ot shoemaker's wax or sticking plas
ter for the Democratic members.
The Kbllooo and SporrosD Cats —
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections yesterday took up the Louisiana
case, ana ordered the parties to appear
before the Committee to-day, in person
or by counsel, to argue the question
whether the case to not res adjudicates—
that is, settled by the admission of Kel
logg to tbe seat.
Cotton.—Yesterday middling upland
is the Liverpool market went up to 6J-,
with sales of 12,100 bale*. Manchester
accounts were alto better—yarns and fab
rics having advanced a tittle.
—Those tali, ungainly combe are ohsoiete,
and (he newest are small and genteel. Those
of silver are preferred.- Yon can borrow
mare n-oney on one ct silver thin on the
tstatoo shell*.
and six fanatical Mussulmans are dlapatS
for its possession. The dispute ha*
taken before the Madras High Ooart
—Manufacturing enterprise at th«
baaabopefallook. The Lowell Conner in
the great ootton mills there expect »bai
summer, though the rise tarawoottonn &r
disarranges calculations as to pr’cu 7ft
Lewiston (He ) Journal reports revi« ‘!hs
neea aotivity in that important manur*cx'a
place.
—A bill for the relief of Gen. FutMi
Porter to being prepared for introduce-
Oongreie. It is understood that th- b
propose (o mike him a brigadier to them;.
Hia ”ank to the regular army waa th«t:.'
lieutenant oo'oce), but had he nottmc:.
justly dismissed he wcnld to-dtv proto*
bold the rank of brigadier and poaaibly *i,;
of major-general.
—Lord Teigomouth relates that hit Ills,
the Bev. Mr Jrrrsm, wasonedtypreichig.
when be wsa disturbed by snoriog He on
than ono*i appealed to the ruppoevd deps,
and at leDgth pe-emptorily iuiin*t«i to.
unless the good man or woman to vbcih
attributed the interruption were tutoi
he must disoontume his sermon We
claimed a man from a remotoput titi
church, 'it’s a howl!’ [anowl ]
—London has more Roman Cotholicukc
Rome, more Tew* than all Paleatir* so
Irish than Belfast, more Scotch thin ibr-
deen. more Welsh than Oaidiff; its heir ci
gin chops, placed one after another iaib,
wonld reach sixty-two miles, sod onsufc
quarter of the city is inhabited b] three hr-
dred thousand cf the moat miserathmti
es and worst this vee to be fonnd cs mm,
—An 'Old 8ohool Presbyterian' writub
the New York araphio of the Taimuetra
as follows: ‘Ho'y things are cirialu*!
the name of God blasphemed, pun* m3 j:u
made on Bible quotations, alleged b-etii
of faith and trust blown abont like biliN
thistle-down, and references to the si:
solemn duties and obligation* (f msn &:«:<■
with 'ahonts of laughter.’
—Dr. Clara Spetigne has booms a npV
medics! practitioner in Cambridge. *«■
but at the outset of her prc/e«i''iul cue
she finds her husband an obstacle 0*>
ber patterns is a handsome jours
As he sat in ber offios and the wa* eonM
his pnlse the jealous husband duhe3ir.c.
olared that she was squeez'n? the svkBU'
hand, ordered him ont of the hcare, m:
finally knocked him down.
—The ‘Angel Gnardtone’ 1* a cbirts*
society cf Paris Its object istoudii.
protect draoken poop's, and take them ®*
Only men of approved temp*r»nce bib
admitted to membership Ou holibji®
Bunders these guardian angels m*y *« ■*
around tho drinking plaoee and elsevin
They carefnlly guide any drnnkwd trqer
encounter, take ears cf bis money i“ ! - a
anv. »nd turn it over to his family
of there angels has ever been acaiK-
taking even a oentime found upon ny# 1
of Bacchus
—The editor ot Htrper’a W-cliy **?
■Tho country always needs a 8‘rorg
Uve. Rot if it must have Gejerti GnaS
1883. not beo*oso he ie believed to oe (’-■
magistrate, bnt because he is a ‘atro t b?
it mtut have him for the samersaeoarit^
and aa long as he live*. D t* » n * r P®Jr
whioh proves too mneh. To sty ffig
the onto otndidato who e»n bsekctriJ-'
OBofe-aion of despait that we do no.
and to assert that he is the co'e dun»*
represents'ive of Republican wjjJJ,
intnlt Republican intelligence PtmiM"
nominations are generally mado tj
a d mamg-iment. not by tbe •*■■
pern and however probable for tba
the nomination of General Grant
ae*ms likely that it would ctl 1 a
of the oppo«itionto the P moc f?‘ B '^
be accepted with doubt and rego-t
part, aud would "be really we cotsH-f
bird part ’ _
The BroRerot Ihe Boih!d> !lil
London Truth, March 27.1 ,
Anent the late financial swtdo » “
it m»y be interesting to «t*» ’ L
originated, the intimate b***0f5
tween the Syndio des Bgente d* c J
M. Moreau, and the Rothicb'A’^
has been anew illnetrstcil by ( •
The story ie a canons one, Bid«
ted to me several years *&’, ' ■
just taken plant. The owes* c>
on the Paris Boaise, aait 13 ® c ‘;_.sjt'i
ate only sixty in number, ^
supervision. M. Moreau nxM-*’*
his, and had not jet a Wfl* J" gJ
when a friend of his, a
on tho ’Change, called oc* f*i
ou tbe famous Baron, and w* k
a# follows : “I am® rautfu f
.£15,0001 owe you 1 °a«ioi (
Baron started in his ohair, en ‘ e#1 i
his btrong disapprobation of
news. “Still,” went oa Jf . -■
“ibneto some hope If s
to an arrangement. * „ *j
scribed but too much a.rcsoj- ^
mind the subscription. I c*“ J .‘ (1
stock-broker for you ,
your orders at half the **" ?£ f ji tl
If voa accept my proposal jw •
be repaid ere long; it
the money.” The Baron » prfvi
an hour later the man , c0 t
room of M. Moreau. , 3 1
to be etock-brok«.m-ordm«J ^
Baron?” The rising
laughed heartily: “I eh ?^ Be ttW^
so." “Well, you muet do soj ^
it. It means simply a for f
yon the key of the marl* P 1
undertake the job at one- *
commission, giving m» ° c0 jaidJ
the Biron one-hAiC ? *
struck. M. Moreau beta t j 0# . i
and the head cf Jie noO^ic 11 ' b * ’
friend retained the £15,0^.^^
never lost, paid his debt a}C u
with a centime, and p°**i ^ j
hands:, me commission. 1
jl|
Headache, whether
geetion or NervouwieWi
fits any ouo for attentto pjti’*
any other aotive effort. J -'**.
timore Pills always cure tw #ft d
disoider, giving pro®P l ^
first dose. f j
-Wby do OhUumtn ,8 l do ®^a
nose there’s pnly cat Ooscn l