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The West Point Press states that a sor-
vey of the Caattahocchee river baa decs-
onetratid ihe fact that the river can easi
ly be male navigable from that point to
AtUnta. And, while it is impossible to
make an eelimate of the cost,it wiil bo rea
sonable wben compared with the advan
tages to result from the work.
The Augusta Chronicle saye: "Con
scious of the disadvantages attending the
want of railroad communication with the
outside world,tae people of Louisvillejef -
fersonconatv,determined a short time since
to make an effort to build a railroad from
that town to Wadtey, or station 10} on
the Central railroad. A company wai or
ganised, with a capital of Si20,000, and
Mr. J. H. Wilkies, who had beta very
active in prosecuting the success of the
enterprise, was elected President. The
Central railroad promised to iron the road
and rent too company sufficient rolling
stock, if the citizen* would do the gra
ding. W.th this incentive the matter was
v vigorously pushed and the required
amount eocn raised. A few weeks since
Mr- a. J. Twiggs, the talented yonng
engineer who surveyed the Augusta
and Knoxville railroad, was engaged
(O survey the line of the Louisville
Branch Biilrcad, and he ha* now com
pleted the wotk. Toe road will bo ten
miles in length, will cross the Ogeeobee
two miles ea=t cf Louisville, and will run
by Cetuacy and Pine H:li, two thriving
settle aunts in Jefferson county. The
contract for gradiog :he io*d has been
awarded to Mr. W. T. VVhelets, cf this
city, nnu the work will be pushed forward
as rapidly as possible. First ground will
be broken at Wudl-y. Thursday morning,
and it is ixpactad that trains wiil be run
ning between Louisville ana Wadley by
tbe 1st o: O-'iooer nest. As the grading
on this era cf tbe Augusta and Knox
ville Railroad is about completed, the
grading wiil be done under the superin
tendence of Mr. Twiggs. A foroe of one
hundred laborers will be employed, prin
c.pally convict?. The Central Railroad
irons the road, charging tbe Louisville
Branch Company seven per cent, per an
num on the cn-.t of the same, and furn
ishing tbim ail the rolling stock they re
quire for oue thousand dollars a year.
The new road will undoubtedly be a pay*
log institution, as well as a very great
conveni.-nco to tbe people of Louisville
and tbs adjacent section of the country."
Henry county Weekly: A distreeeing
accident occurred some four miles north
west of town lost Saturday evening, in
tiie neighborhood of the Price plantation,
by which a colored woman by tbe name
of A'tco Stilwcll lost her life. A pair of
mules attached to a wagon in which she
was seated Decoming unmanageable, ran
away, throwing her forward, when both
wheels of tbe bea v y vehicle passed over
her body, from the effects of which she
died in about fifteen nriumtes. She was
a respectable and industrious woman
and woli tbougut of by all, both white
and colored. She was interred in the
colored cemetery on lost Sunday, in the
presence of a luge concourse of her own
race ana a gs.dly number of white peo
ple.
The Foit Gaines Tribune taye :
S'non the purchase of the Montgomery
and Eofaula railroad by Mr. Wadley, we
unders’and, fiom good ecthority, that
that enterprising gentleman, Captain
Moore, cf the Pa-.-pL’s Liue of steamers,
prop^es to start a fast steamboat line
from New Orleans and deliver freight
from that city at aDy point on the Chatta-
hooebee river in four days, provided tbe
meroaants of Columbus, Eofanls, Fort
Guinea and other plaoes that will be ben-
fitted by this arrangement will bind
tbems-lvesto give him . that* pntmnBfln
for U ceitala length of time.
Says tbe Carroll nr.unty Timet: On
last Tuesday night, near Holland’s gold
mines, in Haralson county, two men by
the name of Tally, two by the name of
Hill, one by the name of New, and one by
the name of Me Barnett were arrested,
charged with counterfeiting or passing
counterfeit money. They were bronght
to this place tor trial and tbe trial is go
ing on as we go 10 press. Tho counter
feit pieces in circulation are half dollars
and dimes.
Toe Meriwether Vindicator says that
. reports from different quarters show
that tbe peaches aro falling from the
trees and fears aro entertained that the
crop will be shorter than was anticipated
immediately alter tho destructive frosts.
Some hazard the opinion that there will
be co'good peaches this year.
Efforts are being made to give the
opera Pinafore in Americas for the ben-
efit of the Pabltc Library of that city.
Thw Bibb Gbaud Jubt Cask—Com
msntj IF THE Pazss.—The Chronicle and
Constitutionalist of Augusts, after recap-
UnlAting the facta in the case of tbe re
cent grand jury presentment muddle of
Bibb qouaty, makes tbe following pointed
comments:
"Wo do not hesitate to aay that ibis act
of Judge Simmons was arbitrary and im-
B er. Taken in oonneotion with tbe
r assaults rnsdo upon tbe rights and
privileges of grand jniiea by tbe jadiolary
we shall be greatly surprised if it does
not cause such legislation to be enaoted
.as will effectually prevent eimilar high
handed proceedings in tbe fatnre. The
’evil whioh the grand jary complained of
was one whioh it waa their duty to no
tice—the lime and money consumed In
litlgatiop unneoeesaiily.
The evil is not one peculiar to Bibb.
Every large oounty in the Etate is made
tc£psy annually a very great amount
for what are known as court expenses.
This money moat ba raised by taxation,
it ia the right and the duty of grand
juries to ascertain the cause of the mis-
duef and to suggest a remedy. The
' grand jury of Bibb found that the Ses
sions of the Superior Court had been
prolonged an unreasonable time since
Uj$ war, through the fault of Judges and
lawyer*, and they stated the shortcom
ing* of theai parties briefly and forcibly.
The la-»yeiB who were so swift to clamor
for tbe punishment of the jary simply
made tnemselves ridiculous. Lawyers
are officers of the ccnrt and areas legiti
mate objects of censure as the sheriff or
the clerk. Ia our opinion Jadge Simmons
greatly transcended his power when he
refased to allow that portion of
the presentments which we have
quoted to be entered upon the min
utes. Tbe entering of the present
ments of a grand jury upon the minutes
0! a court is not a matter of favor which
the jadge may grant or refuse, but a
right which he has so authority to deny.
The grand jary were as folly aatborized
tournament upon the delay and expense
attending the administiation of justice
os they had to report upon the condition
qf the poor house or the j ail. We go fur
ther, and say that they had the right to
take notice of the conduct of the judge
upon tho benob, if they deemed it deserv
ing censure. There are those who seem
to think that the power of a grand jury is
limited to considering bills of indictment
and passing upon the condition of theroads
bridges and county institutions. This is
a great mistake. Grand jurors may take
moh notiee as they think proper of all
pnblio affairs. They have done this sinoe
tbe time of James the Second, and It is
too late for American judges to attempt
to restrict tbeir investigations As the
Chronicle has stated before, the grand
■riea of Georgia have played a promi
nent part In the reaons of the State from
fee role of Radicalism. Daring every
spring and antema riding these grand in-
qqostsof tbe country presented the cor
ruption of Bnllock’a administration, and
Bnllook’s judges who sat upon
the benoh did not dare to say that
these presentments should bo stricken
out or refased a plaeejgff.the minutes of
tbe courts; Grand furors have the same
right now to pass upon the official acts of
( public men, and upon matters of general
interest. At nearly every term of the
" :■
court they consider State mattere.recom-
mending the passage of each legislation
as they think necessary, or the repeal of
such as they believe to be injurious.
Jadges have no right to control their
discretion in presenting public griev
ances. ard tbe sooner this is msds clear
the batter. The acts of Judges Mc-
Oatcben, Wright and Simmons indicate
that the privileges of grand juries should
receive the protection of a special statute.
If this be the case, the duty of the Leg
islature is plain and should not be eva
ded or delated.
Ob the same subject the Columbus En
quirer Sun has the following to saj;
It is clearly a case ol the lawyers vs.
the people, and we cannot avoid thinking
the Jadge was wrong in striking out any
portion of the presentments. As it ap
pears tbe grand jury has the bast of the
ca-e as it is now unfolded. We cannot
believe a judge has the right to suppress
a suggestion whioh the people deem right
and proper, especial!? when it relates to
the expenditures of their own county.
Are nuisances not presentable? From all
we can learn, tbe people are on the side
of the grand jary. There was not the
least question of the presiding officer.
We remember reading not long since
of a judge suppressing a portion of a
grand jury report because 6ome recom
mendation of pubiioa8 well as local policy
was recommended. Our impression is it
was done at Albany. What good did the
suppression do ? It was the opinion of a
number of honest citizens that Bach an
expression was correct. Tho judge gave
his official opinion by expunging them
that it was not. Suppose tho publio en
dorse tbe jury ? Is the voting population
right, or a single man wrong? Our
grand juries are composed, the law says,
of our best citizens. When they give an
opinion of a matter they deem within
their sphere, ought it not to go to the
country through the regular channel for
what it i«r worth ? An attempt to officially
hide it gives tbe subject greater promi
nence.
A Veteran’s Bibthday.—Warrenton,
Clipper: Uncle Sterling Ivey visited our
sanctum last Friday morning. It was
bis ninetieth birthday. He is now 89
years of age. He walked to town that
morning—a distance of more than seven
miles—not that ho was obliged to, for ho
has plenty; uut he preferred doing so.
He can step at the rate of four to five
miles per hour yet. He ia emphatically
the veteran pedestrian of the world. No
man in Warren connty stands higher in
our esteem than this Christian patri
arch.
The Sandersville Herald, speaking of
the Bibb county grand jary matter, says.
“This episode in Georgia court proceed
ings bas created a lively disdnesion^ in
Macon, and to judge from conversation
with Moconitea, the people applaud the
action taken by the grand jary.
The new law of trial by jary before
magistrates is occasionally adopted in
Savannah.
The centennial of the seige of Savan
nah will be celebrated in grand style in
Savannah on October 9lh. Committees
are already at work.
The Central and Golf railroads have
been oonnectei in Savannah, greatly fa
cilitating the shipment of fruits, vegeta-
hies, etc.
The Court-house of Oglethorpe county
was erected in the year 1819, and was
then pronounced by Governor Lumpkin
the finest in Georgia.
The Gainesville Southron seyr: "As an
evidence of the hard times it will be no
ticed that many ol our people have be
gun to economize in the use of the Eng
lish grammar.’’
Mr. N. H. Barden, of Hamilton, is
dead. He was for forty years clerk of
the Superior Court of Harris county.
The eemi centennial of Methodism is
being celebrated in Columbus.
Sheep shearing is going on ia Sip!hern
Georgia.
The Macon and Brunswick road is im
proving the Eistmin depot.
The Presbyterians of Eastman, who
are nnder the pastoral oare of Rsv. Wil
liam MoKiy, of Maoon, are raising funds
to build a church.
The first number of a new weekly, tbe
Americas Recorder, is published by M.
Callaway & Co., and seems to bo carefully
edited,
The North Georgia press complains of
increasing grass in the crops.
The Quitman Reporter says General
Gartrell has some strong enpporters’for
governor in the Siate.
The Reporter says also that cotton has
been damaged by the cool nights which
have been so low in temperature that
two light quilte, not to mention sheet?,
were required to keep the editorial cor
poration comfortable.
Mb. W. H. Bearden, of Martin, Col
quitt county, fall from his wagon and
was crushed to death.
A pistol went off in the hands of Mar
tin Bose, in Quitman county, the ball
breaking his little sister’s neck and kill
ing her instantly.
Jxsup had a jail delivery last Sunday
morning, the prisoners boring through
the roof witb an anger.
A hjbn snake, says the GAinsville Ea
gle, with a defensive horn twoinohes long
on its tail, has been killed noar that
place.
White oounty wants the North Eastern
Railroad extended to Nacoochee Valley
via Cleveland.
The poem3 of Mr. Stakely, the new
poet of LsGrauge, are meeting with rap
id sale.
Times and Planter: Bishop Pierce bas
returned from Nashville, where
he has been in attendanoe on the annual
meeting of tbe College of Bishops. They
have assigned him a large district He
begins bis Episooptl tour in tbe Indian
Mission Conference September 10th.
The same journal saye: The specta
tors at the county court had a good
langh while Hon. George F. Pierce was
examining a willing colored witness
Monday. The W. 0. W. asked for a sab-
; ect to demonstrate her action in the
'races in question. Mr. Pieros proffered
himself, when she gathered him round
the waist, and slung him around quite
iromiscuously for an instant. It
nought down the house, and several rape
of Judge Little’e gavel were required to
reatore order.
The interest of Bev. H. F. Buchanan
in the Jonesboro News has been sold to
Mr. C. P. Vaughn.
Bubolabs in Clayton connty lighted a
lamp and ransacked tbe house of Bev. J,
S. Ds;d while he waa asleep, stole $1,600
and departed. The money woe of the
Confedeiato variety.
A Covington gill challenges any girl
of any institution in th9 United States
to chew gnm with her. She effers to
chew a hundred quarters* worth of gum
in one hundred consecutive days. Gum
to be clear of hair and not mixed with
shoemaker's wax.
The coroner of Chatham oounty was
called upon to hold three inquests in one
day last week, but declined, as tbe caeea
did not require inquests.
Mb. Smith Clayton took hold of the
naughty waltz question in Barnesvilto a
few nights since..
A man by the name of Leslie Diamond
attempted snioide in Barneaville last week
by shooting himself through the body.
He is a son of N. H. Diamond, of Tarry-
town, New York, and a note on his per
son stated that as he could not get work;
and could not beg, ha would die.
The la-geat bream ever caught in that
section, says the Hswkinsville Dispatch,
was caught by Mr. Joe Collier. It
ured fifteen inches in length, seven in
breadth, and four in thickness.
Mr. Geo. Bape, says tbe Henry county
Weekly, thinks he has found a fine gold
mine upon bis plantation, some five miles
from McDonough. He is very aaxious
to have it tested, and if he is correct in
bis surmises, he wilt be a very lucky in
dividual, as the ore abounds in ccneidera-
blcfquantlty. He is determined to have
it fully investigated, and learn whether
or not he has struck a bonanza.
An altercation occurred in Fayetteville
last Thursday between Messrs. John
Graves and W. S. Brown, in which the
former was severely cut with a knife-
The appointment of Hon. M. L. Mer-
shon to fill tbe vacant Judgeship in the
Brunswick Circuit, gives general satisfac
tion.
The Bights op Gbakd Juries.—3av
annah News: There seems to be a wide
difference of opinion between the conrt
and bar and the people in regard to the
duties and privileges of grand jaries.
This difference of opinion is most stri
kingly illustrated by the reception given
by Judge Simmons and the bar of Bibb
county to the presentments of the grand
jury of that county, in which they pre
sumed to set forth certain grievances and
defects in tbe manner of conduoting the
legal business of the oounty, which in
their judgment ought to be reformed.
Of course the grand jury, while rep
resenting the interests of the community
of whioh they are members, and charged
for the time being witb a supervision of
county affairs, have no power to enforce
reforms or correct abuses, but it seems
to be due to them and to the publio that
their proper suggestions, respectfully
made, should receive the respectful at
tention cf the coarts and bar. Such cer
tainly was not the case in B.bb county,
and wo very mnch mistake the spirit of
the people of the ttateif the recital of
the treatment received by the grand jury
in that county does not arouse pnblic
sentiment in favor of the reforms sug
gested.
There is of course a proper limit to the
dutieB and privileges of the grand jury,
and a degree of deference and respect
due to the court and bar, but these are
not inconsistent with a faithful discharge
of daty on the part of the former in the
interest of tho people. Grand jaries
have a right to take each notice as they
think proper of all publio affairs. Not
only have they the right to do so, but
it is their duty, as the grand inquest of
the connty, to take cognizance of snch
affairs, and to make suoh respeotful sug
gestions as the interests of tbe commu
nity may, in their judgment, demand.
However legislation may tail to protect
them in tho discharge of this duty, pub
lic opinion will surely sustain them£
tho faithful and fearless performantJ*
it
The Albany News say;:
Other grand jaries besides that one of
Dougherty have thought proper to go be
yond the usual bounds in tbeir recom
mendations, and, in Bibb county, that
part of their general presentments which
failed to meet the approval of the court
and the bar was brought into question
and exennged, or refused to be put on
record.* Thanks to a free press, the peo
ple know what the jury complained of,
and it matters not whether the complaints
are on record or not. They are before
the people of Bibb county, yea, of Geor
gia, and the general verdict is, or will be:
“All honor to the giand jury of Bibb
county, in complaining of what they con
sidered tbeir duties as jurors and the in-
tereet cf their county.”
The Meriwether «Vindicator says in
regM<Uo4h« giand jury at Bibb oounty
The important question for profession
•1 men is, are the charges true ? If so,
tho grand jury Is right. Lawyers do not
control grand juries, cor ought they to be
permitted to do so. Tbe graDd jury had
perhaps seen each demoralization that,
representing the connty, they were com
pelled to speak for the pnblio good,
A correspondent in the Irwinton
Southerner and Appeal, speaking of the
Bibb county grand jury presentments
speaks as follows:
Of oonrse they didn’t mean it. It has been
an open question for many years, whioh
is the greater evil in this generation, the
violation of law, or tho administration of
law ? Tbe latter has been more expen
sive certainly and needlesely so. The ac
tion of the grand jury is approved almost
universally, and will do muoh good. The
lawyers have done themselves and the
pnblio a great service, in that they will
be less pert and pesky after their signal
self-humiliation.
A few persons think the jury did more
than its doty. If so, it is quite certain
that somebopy ought to be legally em
powered and reqnired to do, whenever
necessary, just what this jury did.
There’s a spoke out it it is nobody’s daty.
The Bibb Grand Jubt. — Houston
Home Journal: The Grand Jury of Bibb
oonnty last week eeobewed the paenli-
ties and platitudes usually indulged in
about concealed weapocs and the bell
punoh whisky law, and censured tbe
court, lawyers and jaries in a manner
that oreated quite a sensation and filled
tbe bar witb indignation. That portion
of tbe general presentments was ruled
ont by Judge Simmons on motion of
Colonel Samuel Hall. We know nothing
about the faots mentioned by the grand
jury, bat the body in the main was com
posed of some of the best business men
in Macon, and seem to be seoonded by
pnblio opinion. Whether the jury wat
right or wrong in this individual instanoe,
we think tbe right to mention snch mat
ters in tbeir general presentments is un-
deniable, especially if on tbeir oaths they
believed the good of the oounty demand
ed it.
The Barneaville Gazette alluding to the
striking out of a portion of the grand
jury presentments ol Bibb county, says
Under the sections of the code on the
power and duty of a grand jury, the ac
tion of the jury could not be sustained.
But by pnblic opinion, wo douot not that
tbe action of the jury will be endorsed.
The delay of the law, and in many cases
the non-exeoution of it, works great bur
dens on tax payers of the State. They
also have a tendency to increase tho vio
lation of law.
The Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of the State of Geor*
gia both say,“the accnsed shall enjoy toe
right to a speedy and pnblio trial, by an
impartial jury." Who does not know that
it is seldom the case that speedy trials
are enjoyed either in civil or criminal
cases. Wbose fault, wo do not know.
It is time pnblio opinion should arouse
on these matters. Tbey are of gre-t im
portance to tbe masses. While we do
not consider the presentments the direct
subject matter for tbe consideration of a
grand jary nnder the cods we are certain
that the evil of tbe law’s delay do-e exist,
and that some remedy if possible, should
be gotten np. It w<ll doubtless be claim
ed by many that toe grat'd jury did have
a right to deal with the question on ton
ground that the dele y of the law affeots
the general interests of the country, and
the welfare of taxation. The question
is an open one, and discussion of it may
servo to mould pnblio opinion in some
definite shape.
How a Grand Jury Talks.—S-vann-.b
Recorder. Tbe people are waking up to
the abuses of the day, and especially to
our court abuses. The lato grand jury
of Bibb county talks, to the poini; but
Judge Simmons though', it hie duty 01
right to suppress tot jury’a rrfliCliono ae
to the way busine.£B was conducted in tbe
Superior Court
The people will bo n*ard wh-nthey
take it into tbeir hesde to speak tbeir
thoughts, and neither judges, legislators
or editors can stop their u*; erenow.
.UWUW.V, • EC MX—“Why will men smoko un
Th> Hawkinaville jail contains thir-
tofiu prisoner*. 1 price
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same
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, May 15th, 1879.
another halt.
Mr. Hayes seems as handy with his ve
toes as the average mule is with bis heels.
The Radicals profess to see farther simi
larity as to effect, eay, on the Democrats,
but the latter don’t acknowledge
They certainly don’t show it, either in
their demeanor or conversation. The
truth is, this last veto has given them an
issue, and a pretty goed one, too, upon
which to go to the country. With the
battle cry of "no bayonets at tbe polls,
they ought to make a winning fight next
year. They can say: “We have given
Mr. Hayes two chanoea to join ns in rid
ding the country of this relio of war and
despotism, and he refuses both. He bas
resolved to stand by bis party in its des
perate and wicked opposition to remedy
ing abuses and righting wrongs, and we
will call on tho people to decide between
ns." It seems to me, Democratio pros
pects are wonderfally brightened by this
second veto, and that if they don’t make
it pan ont richly in the future, they ds
serve all sorts of bad lack.
Until the joint oauons commute t
moves, it cannot be even speculated wha
toe Democrats will do, now. There are
many men of very many minds on toe sub
ject, so I will not hazard even a guess as
to toe ontoome. Iknow what they would
do if I were tanning the msahine and it
is told in a very few words, to-wit: Pass
the appropriation bills and go home, first
giving Mr. Hayes a chance to veto a sep
arate bill stamping ont the twin devil
tries of supervisors and deputy marshals
at tbe polls to hector and buUy, and ar
rest Demoorats on eleotion day. Then
appeal to the country. This would be
my programme. Peihsps t might not
smash Mr. Hayes and his crowd, bat *
am sure it wonldc’t amath us to an;
alarming extent. And »he latter reflec
tion strikes me as a mighty oomforting
one these latter days.
I judge yon will know tbe Democratio
resolve before this is in print, and then we
will all know what will likely be the gen
eral programme as to the length of the
session, and other matters of interest. If
the Demoorats resolro npon the course
have indicated above, too session will
pretty certainly end with the month. The
resolution about adjournment that has
been referred to tbe Waja and Means
Committee, as first written, named the
29;h instant as toe day, bat tbe date was
afterwards left blank.
THE vjte
On passing tbe army bill over tbe veto
showed quite a respectable majority for
the Democrats—the largest, 1 believe,
tbey have had this session. The Green-
baokers, with two or three exceptions,
voted witb them, after first joining toe
Radioals in an attempt to pass another
army bill offered bj the latter fox ban-
oombe. The Greenbaokers are, or try to
be, very impartial. When thn Radicals
moved to pass the army bill alladcd to
above nnder a suspension of the rules,
SProctor Knott moved an adjournment
against which fifteen Demoorats voted,
and it was beaten. Tbe Radioala com
menoed to cbackle over this result, bnt
soon found oat they were langhing on
the wrong side of tbeir mouths, as tbe
Demoorats who joined them in resisting
adjournment only did so because they
preferred to vote down the bill at once.
The Georgia delegation who voted are alt
recorded as against the passage of the
bill, though the Baltimore Sun’s Wash
ington correspondent states that Felton
voted for the bill, tut “was induced to
obange bis vote through tho remon
strances of Mr. Alexander H. Steph
ens," before the resnlt wss
nounoed. Of oonrse tbe bill, fail
ing the necessary two-thirds, goes very
dead, but .t was nevertheless referred to
tbe Judiciary Committee, who will doubt-'
less make it, or rather the vetoes of it,
the basis of a strong campaign docu
ment in the shape of a report next win
ter. It now, of coarse, goes without
saying that Mr. Hayes will also veto the
legislative bill If it contains any political
matter, and also any separate bill squelch
mg tbe marshals and supervisors. Tben
the same form will likely be gone through
aa with the army bill, and another fresh
start made. And this ia just about how the
matter stands now, and will most likely
eventuate. Don’t I wish, tbougb, I
could hold the reins for the next drive!
I don’t think I would or could come any
nearer upsetting the coach than some
other people I could name.
WILL TRY THN LAW NEXT TIME,
Old Zack Chandler must really and
truly be growing old. Re has certainly
cooled amazingly since the hot days
wben he loaded that “swivel-headed
oane," girt on a couple of “bowies,” and
started ont in search of “Dion Pott,” as
bo swears Donn Piatt is rightfully nam
ed. He doesn’t show it in his speech
or the failing vigor* or frequency of his
oaths, or in any inability to olear his
shirt-bosom when he spits friendly xi
valry with John LogaD, but when joa
hear of his invoking the law to punish
his enemies, it certainly looks as if he
was ageing. The story is that b- has
been talking with a lawyer about tickling
Hutchins, of the Post, in a legal way for
slander or libel or something of that sort.
The Post piloried him toe other day in
an artiole charging him with being deoi-
dedly drank in the Senate when be spoke
hut week. It was tolerably fanny, but
doesn’t seem to have been at all appreci
ated by the old ebsp, and now he talks of
damages. When I heard bis reply to Mr.
Hill last Saturday I was sure he had ta
ken too muoh tea, bnt those who sat on
toe front row in the reserved gallery and
had the benefit of his breath assured me
that he was abnormally sober. But he
oertainly did eay “Mizzsr” President.
This, however, might have been the re
sult of laok of teeth, which somewhat in
terferes with bis artioulation.
8NUFF r CANTH ABIDES, AND C0BK8CBEWS IN
THE SENATE.
The last report of Gorham, late Secre
tary of toe Senate is an interesting docu
ment of 135 pages. It shows where and
how the contingent of that body was pat
into general circulation and does great
credit to Gorham as a business man and
book-keeper of eorapuloue exactness. For
iD8tanoe,eome Solon required fifteen oents
worth of tinctnre of cantharides, and
Gorham charged it just as if it had been
fifteen dollars worth. But he failed to
name the Senator, which strikes me as cul
pable negligence.in that it leaves seventy
eight statesmen nnder suspicion. Then
there were two dozen rubber cork eorewa
three dezra other materiel] not
namod bought, but for who, and wb; of
both kinds, is not explained. Then
somebody bought a lot of “Persian note
paper 1 * tut why Persian is not explained,
nor what was wanted with “cuttle bone’'
nor twenty-nioe "Hold tbe Pott" ink-
stands, whatever the; ate. Ia tbe matter
-Uf pocket knives tha wisdom was featfal-
ly extravagant. Tbey seem to have lost
toem witb the lavish luxoriance of tbe
average email boy, for fourteen dozen
Were bought in November and nine dozen
more in January.
Among other luxuries were $9 worth
of "Martinique snuff,” $300 worth of
back hire, $9 75 for mtdiqal services ren
dered, and $93 for lnnohes daring the
last two weeks of the last session. But
the sly Gorham doesn’t state how these
lunohea were divided. I mean as to
sohds and liquids. I have some cariosity
to see ho* Secretary Burch’s first report
will riad in respect to these matters, but
let n'. uiau >magine it will show any great
obati^*. If be tbinke yea, he had better
not bac.t bis judgment very heavily.
“Retrenchment nd reform" never have
bti-n, and never—or bardly ever—will
be, Senatorial strong suits.
A. W. B.
Then-xi grand Semi-Annual Distribu
tion o? • lie L-•uiaiana 8‘ath L' tiery is at
*i ' * -day, June 17tb, at New Or-
Las., under tbe -ole msnagement of
General? Beauregard -ud Eiriy. The
piiz™ amount to over half a million, and
tickets are ten dollars, with proportional
fractions down to tenths. Fcr informa
tion address M. A. Dauphin, P. O Box
S92, New Orleans, Li. ma;13 Iw
Snch beautiful, beautiful bands t
She; are neither white nor small.
And yon, I know, would set reel; think
That they were fair at all.
"re gated on hands whose form and hue
A toolptor’t dream might be.
Yet are thesa aged, wrinkled hands
Mora beautiful to me.
Such beautiful, beautiful handa t
Though heart were wear; and sad,
These patient hands keDt toiling on
That children might be glad.
I almost weep as looking back
To childhood’s distant dsy,
1 think how these hands rested not
When mine were at their play.
Snch beantifnl, beautiful hands!
They are growing feeble now.
Tor time and pain have left tbeir mark
On hands and heart and brow 1
Altai alaai the nearing time,
Amt the sad, sad day to me.
When ’ncath the daiaies, out of sight,
These hands shall folded be 1
But oh I beyond this shadowy damp.
Where all is bright and lair,
I know full well these dear old hands
Will palms of victory bear.
~ * -i endless years
_iow over golden sands,
And where thwold grow young again,
I'll clasp my mother’s hands,
TBE SULTAN’S PRESENT.
More About tbe Superb Stall'
tons That Have Been Present
ed to General Grant.
Constantinople Correspondence of tho Philadel
phis Telegraph.
In Maxoh last wben General Grant, in
the comae of his oraise in tbe Vandalis,
oame to Constantinople, bis first visit
was paid to too Saltan, Immediately af
ter tots interview bis Majesty charged
Bey the master of ceremonies, to present
the General with an Arab horse from the
Imperial etablee. Aooordingly a number
were led out, and one ohosen and eet aside
for him; but owing to some misunder
standing the gift horse was not sent, and
the Vaodalia sailed without him. Re
ceclly, the question having been revived,
tbe steed in qaestion was hunted np
among the 570 horses whioh compose the
Imperial fitad. He was found, and, ec-
oompanied by a seoond horse, also for
General Grant, transferred to the care of
the Amerioan Legation. Arrangements
have bsen made to send them in
few days en tbe Norman Monarch,
a steamer of 2,000 tons oapaoity,
whioh will probably eail direot to New
Haven. They are to be housed on deok,
provided with oanvas belts to swing in
m rough weather, and treated like saloon
passengers. So it is to be reasonably
hoped that tbe end of their thirty dayB’
passage will find them both sound in
mind and limb. One is a dappled gray
of fair size, and having all tbe traits
oharaoieristio of the- Arabian blood—
emell, well set, restless ears, wide pink
nostrils, and large, soft eyes, waving
mane, and long toil reaohiog nearly to the
ground, and a ektn of snoh delicaoy that
tbe stroke of a lady’s whip is snffiolent to
draw bloodL Tbe other stallion has all
of these points. He is a glossy blaok,
with n white star in bis forehead, and
white bind feet. When the long forelock
folio ow«? Ms forehead the large black
eyes have all tbe expression of a Bedouin
woman’s. Their gait iB perfeot, be it
either the rapid walk, the swinging trot or
tbo tireless stretching gallop, while a rein
of one thread of silk is enough to guide
their delicate mouth. Let one of these
Arabs, in the mad tosh of a charge or
a flight lose his rider, and that instant
the dcoile steed will sto£as though turned
into stone.
These two horees are of the famous Si-
katan race, the purest Arsbtan blood,
only found in and near Bagdad. The
dapple gray is appropriately named
Djeytan (the Panther) and the black
Missirli (the one from Cairo), which cog
nomen he derives from the fact that he
was bought at Cairo although foaled at
Bagdad. For breeding purposes os well
as for saddle horses, their blood and gen-
tlQ temper--ora hi^b. .gaoonamonflatiano,
and I have no doubt that our great Gen
eral will be highly pleased with the Sul
tan’s gif?.
Traveling is Extra-Hazardous
If the tourist is unprovided witb some
medicinal resonree. Changes of tem
perature, food and water of an unaccus
tomed or unwholesome quality, and i
route that lies in the tropics or other re
gions where malaria exists, are each and
all fraught with danger to one who has
been improvident enough to neglect a
remedial safeguard. The concurrent
testimony of many voyagers by land and
sea establishes tbe fact that Hoatetter’e
Stomach Bitters enables those who obo
it to encounter hazards of the nature re
ferred to with impunity; and that, as a
medicine adapted to endien and unex
pected exigencies, it is peculiarly valu
able. Disorders of the liver, the bowels
and the stimecb, fever and ague, rheu
matism aaa nervous ailments, brought
on by exposa are among the maladies
to which emigrants, travelers and new
eettlera are most subject. These and
others yield the action of the Bitters
promptly and completely. ma;13 lw
Queen Victoria's Lkseonb in Econo
my.—Queen Victoria has brought all her
children up with ideas of strict economy.
An illustration of one of the results is
given in a Paris letter to the Boston Ad
vertiser: '‘Her daughter who married
the Crown Prinoe of Prussia, is in this
respeota child after her mother’s own
heart. On the occasion of a large din
ner given not long ago, her Royal High
ness was seated at the table witb her
back turned to tbe buffet npon whioh
carving took place, ont on the other) side
of the room,directly oppositeito her, along
mirror reflected faithfully what she was
supposed to ignore, and therein ehe saw—
oh horror of dishonesty-a head waiter take
a chicken upon the fork and instead of car
ving it for her guests, stick it, fork and
all, Into the wood nnder the table. After
dinner her Royal Highness went as usual,
to the kitchen to see what became of nn
devoured food, (for servants were not al
lowed to touch that,) and there she count
ed five whole chickens. ‘Where,’ said
this excellent housekeeper, ‘is the sixth?’
From the cook to tho last waiter all de
clared that it must have been eaten.
‘No,’ said her Royal HigbneBB, “there
were twelve chickens; six were carved,
here axe five; where 1b the twelfth?’ Af<
ter listening to culpable protestations she
singled ont the delinquent as chief execu
tioner, and followed by all tbe others,
marched into the dining-room, where,
raising the cloth from the carving table,
ehe brought the missing chioken to light,
and tbe astonished thief was forthwith
dismissed.”
It may be observed that no attempt is
made to hunt up out of the way or un
known places to find names to endoreo
Simmons’ Liver Regulator:
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
John W. Beckwith, Bishop of Ga.
Gen. John B. Gordon, U. S. Senator.
Hon. John Gill Shoiter.ex Gcv. of Ala.
Rev. David Wills, D. D., President
Oglethorpe College.
Bishop Pierce (of Ga.)
Hon. James Jackson (firm Howell,
Cobb & James Jackson), Attorney at
Law, Macon, Ga.
joo, b. Cobb.
R. L Mott, Columbus, Ga.
may 13 lw
The New Constitution ok California.
The San Francisco Price Current says tbe
tax assessment of the city banks, whioh
last year was $8,279.42, under the new
constitution will be $72,694.83.
“The assessment of Wells, Fargo &
Co.’s Bank would be increased ten-fold;
that of the Grangers’ Bank twenty-six
fold; that of the German Savings and
Loan Society over sixty-times; that of
the Hibernia Saving aud Loan Society
over ninety-fold, while that of the Sav
ings and Loan Society would receive an
iccrcaFS of more than one hundred and
twenty-fold. That of the Seourity Sav
ings would approach one hundred and
fiftj-fcld.’’
QUEER, ISN’T IT,
Row. fast tH smokers . are learning tLst
Duke’s Durham” Smoking Tobacco is tne best
ak your dealer for it, and taka no other.
DABT.
v. o. Ttciurox.
I wonder where the Fairies get
*’ " ~ i pretty things, my pet,
d pearl a
Fink and]
1 and violet I
Licher than the honey bees,
Traftcking across the seas.
In the nectar-spice ries.
Have they azure in the skies
Wh«6 they keep their merchandise.
That they laihion into eyes?
Ont 61 what peculiar clay
Do they dig these dimpies ?-say!
Dig more dimples in a day
Than a week can wash away!
With what jewelled distaff, rare,
Do they spin l his sort of hair;
Son-lit silk and—“none to spare f*
What old dainty Brownie, in
Her benevolence, has been
Illuminating Baby’s »fcin
With bice veinlets like a vine
Done in violet of wino
On vellum of a nectarine f
Bless ye Brownies I never let
Your cradle—charities upset—
Baby’ll grace yonr bounty yet!
Wear yonr dimples and yonr curls—
Wear your diamonds ana your pearls—
Like a Qneen ot litl le girls.
Episcopalians.
Special is Telegraph and Messenger.
Marietta, Ga., May 15,1879
The evening session ot the Fifty-Sev
enth Annual Southern Convention of the
Episcopal Church, dioaese"of Georgia,
was called to order by the Bishop, after
the rending or tbe evening service.
The Bishop delivered his annual re
port, whioh testifies to a good man’s good
and faithful labor. His annual address
was an interesting aud able document.
Bishop Beckwith is doing a noble work,
and may God bless bim in his high and
earnest efforts.
Dr. Williams, Rsv. Mr. Boone and Rev.
Mr. Foute, presented, each, a eet of
canons regulating Diocesan Missions.
Each set was prepared by able counsel
and have each tbeir merits.
Theolergy debated tbe merits of each
oanon, but the laymen when oalled npon,
as they bold the money, said more about
good works then good words. Jadge Un
derwood, Col. Whittle, and John S, Da
vid8on, Etq., eeoh delivered “remarks,’
recommending the appointment of regu
Iar missionaries, and these missionaries to
go throughout the State and preaoh tbe
gospel; the plan to pay ;them, they seg-
gested, be by assessment of each parish
pro rata. This matter was plaoed before
a committee. It ooonpied two bears’ de
bate. Adjourned.
second day.
The convention convened this a. m.
at nine o’clock. After tbe reading of the
morniDg service tho Bishop called the
house to order.
There are various and many papers
being read, a synopsis of which t will
give ason. Will also give list of commit
tees.
The convention is working in earnest.
They will hold, to-day inclusive, tri-daily
sessions.
The sessions are attended by many
ladies. Judge Underwood and Colonel
Whittle seem to be silent talkers, i. e. they
nearly always say “never have expected to
Eay anything” and yet they h*ve b<*en
known to rise "Mr. President” about five
times an hour.
I give a list herewith of the clergy
present—laymen’s list will follow:
CLERGY.
Bishop Beckwith, S. E. Barnwell, R.
H. Barnwell, Marietta; Thcs. Boone, Sa
vannah; Edward Deniater, Talbotton;
Henry Dnnlap, Savannah; Wm. E. Epps,
Cave Springe; R. C. Foute, Atlanta; J. H.
George, Marietta; O. A. Glazebrook,
Thos. A. Griffiths, R. F. Jackson, Macon,
John J. Hunt, Wm. H. Hunt. Marietta;
Wm. C. Hunter, Columbus; E. H. Ingle,
Athens; Joshua Kuowls, Greensboro;
Robert Landsberger, Sjlvahnab; H. E
Lucas, Brunswick, Geo. McCauley, At
lanta; S. J. Pinkerton, Darien; T. G
Pond, Albany; H. K.Beese,Cave Springs;
J. M. Stoney, Milledgeville; Cubs. Jti,
Strong, Savannab; E. G. Weed, Augusta;
Wm. C. Williams, D.D., Rome; Wm. B.
Walker, C. C. Williams, Chas. J. Win
gate, Jobn Fielding, Augusta.
Choice.
look for favorable results from the aotion
of the committee to whom the sabjeot
has been referred.
Ia conclusion, your committee beg
leave to submit a resolution, which if
adopted by the convention, will in their
judgment afford a view of the stats of the
uburch which will bo valuable aa a mat
ter rf history, and may prevent much
future trouble:
Whereas, Canon 15 declares that noth
ing in the canons shall prejudice the le
gal rights of any vestry existing by Act
of Incorporation, and, whereas, if any
such exist, it should be known, therefore,
Resolved, That tbe parochial reports to
the next convention shall oontain a state
ment of the date and donation of each in
corporation and how incorporated; and
set forth 3 it exist, any conflict with the
constitution and canons.
H.K. Reese,
Thos. Boone,
. W. C. Hunter,
S. E. Barnwell,
C. C. Williams.
Committee.
EVENING SESSION
was opened after evening service, and
tbe committee on the Diocesan Mission
reported a set of canons which were
warmly debated till nearly midnight.
THIRD DAY.
After morning service of the Chnroh a
recess was called which lasted about
thirty minutes. At 10 a. m. the Con
vention was called to order by the Bishop,
roll called, and nearly all the clergy and
laymen were present. Minutes read and
approved. Mr. Knowls’ rendered re
port of new parishes received. Mr. Da
vidson read Treasurer’s report. Referred
to Finance Committee. Finance Com
mittee reported for the year through
Colonel Whittle. Adopted. Colonel
Whittle reported for canon incorpora
tions. Received.
At eleven o’clock, the hour decided
upon at midnight last night, at which
au hour’s debate could be had, begun
promptly and in earnest It waa passed
and will ba sent you to-morrow. This
Diocesan Mission has been the leading
topic of tbe Convention.
Judge Underwood, Colonel Whittle and
J. S. Davidson, of Angusta, are making
valuable members. Rev. Mr. Glaze-
brook delivered an eloquent address last
night in favor of the canon.
LIST OF LAYMEN PRESENT.
A- B. Harper and A. F. Wilcox, Ath
ene; W. J. McNider, Greensboro; Wm.
Root, B. R. Strong and P. W. Alexander,
Marietta; David Wells, Wm. A. Gam-
mell and Wm. G. Cbailton, Savannab;
Z. H Brzeman, Fawkinsvillc; U. B.
Harrold, Americas; Judge J. W. H. Un
derwood and Colonel Chas. I. Graves,
Rome; Dr. Chas. Holmes, Darien; A. H.
Spranklin, F. H. Miller and John S. Da
vidson, Augusta: J, L. Cook, L. N. Whit
tle and Thos. U. Conner, Macon; H. C.
Day, Brunswick; Dr. C. C. Pritchard,
Summeraville; S. Grantland, Griffin; L.
Aubry, Cartersvills; Jas. Hanserdand
E. L. Wells, Columbus. Choice.
TARE
The reason that thiz median, t.
Eomany cue* with whicFilaii!? 1
tried were unable to cope. tSS*
fotftlatittaamedirine^mchSSg**
moves the causes ot tha 1
which it U adapted. LireiMCaSt,?'
yfehU 1 to'thspotiStfewtii
does nit merely relieve the tnfwr?
a permanent care. SimmonF
or Medicine has also been
Ion* time as a substitute for Onii?*'
mel, and the effects ot this nw rr 41
wonderful. “"“'ha tat t
LIVER
It is prepared npon strictw ,
It is.well known (IS ttotESfm 1
but imperfectly nourishes th«
partially assimilated byths hRS?®
with Dyspepsia whose cireukiicm t. I
ished and nerves weakened 1
ed and rapid improTememin“ t S?fer
maata^condition by the us» ol I
regulator!
ElMhS-
necessary to a healthy condition oitau^
mind. Clergymen, bankers, bookkeenn. !
tore and others that lead sedantan lira!
find much relief from the freqntnt htssL
nervousness and constipation, result-, i
want of exercise by takin* the Bexulite.
persons linn* m unhealthy localities nu*«
is attacks by taking this taodid-.L
to keep the Liver in healthy schw^
or
It should be used by all persons old r I
you nr, and no family can afford to be withosul
and, by being kept ready for immediate rat? I
will save many an hour ot suffering and ano, I
dollar in time and doctor's bills. ' ■
MEDICmi
Original and genuine manufactured odjh
J. H. ZEILINACO.,
Philadelphian j
Bold by all Druggists.
SECOND DAY.
MAniETTA, Ga., May ICtb, 1879.
Extract from Secretary’s minutes—
(Rev. J. M. Stoney, Secretary, and Rev.
R. F. Jackson, Assistant Secretary):
The portions of the Bishop’s address
npon the Appleton Home and the Uoi-
versity of tbe South were referred to
epeoial committees.
Mr. Harrison offered a eet of rules of
order to be used instead of thoso now in
nee. Referred to a committee.
Mr. Hunter—
Resolved, That the next Convention be
held in Columbus, on the tbitd Wednes
day in May, 1880.
Mr. Harrison offered a resolution to
the purpose of establishing a church
periodical, devoted to tho local interests
of the Diocese. The following commit
tee were appointed upon the matter: The
Bishop, Rev. Messrs. Jackson and Boone,
and Messrs. Conner and Harrison.
There is strong hope for its successful
passage by the Convention.
8TATE CE THE CHURCH.
The Committee on State of the Ohnrch
presented the following:
“Many of the paroobial reports, how
ever, bear marks of baste in tbeir pre
paration. The omission of many im
portant items provided for in the Conven
tion blanks, and especially the negleot to
give tbe total amountB of offerings have
entailed muoh extra labor npon yonr
oommittee. We would, therefore, urge
again npon the xeotors the impoitanoe of
a more oarefnl preparation of their re
ports. Ve are glad to report that dor-
ng the past- year there has been a
marked and hopeful inorease in tho num
ber of baptisms and confirmations. The
total nnmber of oommnnlcants in tho
diocese, however, ia less by several hun
dred than tbe number repotted to tho last
Convention. The explanation of thta
seeming discrepancy between an inorease
in tbe number aud a decrease in the
number of oommunicants lies in the fact
that several of the reotors have been re
vising tbeir parish lists, and have
ceaBed to report or communicate
persons long since removed by death cr
otherwise. In the matter of offerings,
the grand total differs but little from that
of last year. Leas bas been given for
domeBtio missions, but the offerings fcr
foreign missions have been nearly dona
bled. Tho quarterly collections pre
scribed by tho canon have been Very
generally taken up, but we regret to find
that the amount received haa not been
adequate to support the mission work in
the diocese. Tho falling off in these
offerings may be partly acoonnted for by
the larger soma watch have bsen diverted
to mission work in tbe parishes and con
vocations.
Yi,ur committee have reason to hope
that some plan will be devised at this
convention by which all the conflicting
missionary interests of the diocese may
be harmonized, Yonr committee in tbeir
last report called the attention of tne
convention to the depressed and unprom
ising operations. They rejoice to find
the subject has elicited an anxious and
wide spread interest throughout
the diocese, and that the “can
did and earnest investigatim”
which we urged upon the Convention has
at last been undertaken with the prom
ise of hopeful results.
Yonr oommittee fear that to the finan-
eial exhibits of a few of tbe settled par
ishes, they discern indications of a re
lapse Into debt. Such indications are
ominons of evil days that will come from
these parishes if tbe danger is not prompt
ly and speedily arrested. The earnest
words of the Bishop’s address opon the
snbjeot are words of prophetio warning
which eannot bs too strennonsly empha
sized.
The Parish of St. James, bf Marietta,
stands alone as one pariah outside of the
oity of Maoon, whioh has sent aa offer
ing to the Appleton Ohnrch Home. We
regret that a more general sympathy and
support has not been aooorded to this ad
mirable efaarity, bnt think that we may
TON LATE.
Ah, love 1 i( we had known—
Ah, love! if we had seen.
Oar hearts would not be torn
For that which shonld have been.
The knowledge comes too late;
Fate thrusts our lives apart;
Forever ours this weight—
A choking, dying heart.
The world for ms; for you
Duty’s sad, narrow range—
Sorrow for both aid rue:
Death, the best hope of change.
Bravely onr famished souls
Must starve in sight of foed;
Nor drink, though o'er us rolls
Love’s everlasting flood.
No touch of hands nor lips
Love’s psin to mitigste:
Hope’s star in darkness dips.
For Love’s star rose too lato.
—Banks.
Stop that terrible cougb, aud thu3 avoid
a consumptive’s grave, by taking Dr.
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. As
a cough remedy it is unsurpassed. Sold
by druggists.
Bayonet Elections.
Something of the tins inwardness of
the desperate straggle of the Radicals
to maintain Federal control of State
elections may be learned from tbe fol
lowing brief extract from tie speech of
Senate Kernan, of New Yoik, on tbe
bill to put a stop to th» practice:
THE LATE ELECTIONS.
“In the election of 1878 there were
1,260 deputy marshals appointed for New
York City. AU of them were clothed
witb despotic power over the citizen on
election day and &U were drawing pay
from the people’stressury. In Brooklyn
there were 661. How waB it in Phila
delphia? More than sevan hundred and
fifty were appointed for that city. AU
were Republican!; all were known as
workers at the polls.’ No wonder the
Republicans can win witb such a ma
chine for cany ing eleotion?. Sir, which
ever party is in power will uso this ma
chinery and will be likely to perpetuate its
power by each means. I am opposed to
allowing either party each power at and
over elections.
davenport's work.
Let ns see how this machine was woiked
in Now York City in the election in 1878
The eleotion of 1876, remember, bad
been fair. No complaints hai b en made
of tnat; but in 1878 complaints against
10,600 persons were sworn to by Mosher,
Davenports clerk. This was long be
fore the election. Over five thousand
warrants were made out in advance to be
Is such a system to be continued ?
Men were refased to be admitted to bail
unless tbey would promise not to vote,
The warrants and complaints were pre
pared long before the election, bnt used
only on that day. Why wero none of
tbe aocueed ever prosecuted?”
sn ITH a WORM OIL.
Prepared by B 8 LYNDON, Athens. Ga.
Athens, Ga, December 8,1877.
fA few nights tinea I gave my zonouedose of
Worm Oil, and the next day he passed sixteen
large worms. At the came timolgaveone dose
to my little girl, four years old, and she passed
eighty-six worm*, from tour to fifteen inches
23,1878,
long.' WF
Athene, GA,Febrt
Bra: My child, five years old, had
worms. 1 tried calomel and other Worm Modi'
cine* bat foiled to rxpel any worms. Seeing Mr
Bain’s certificate, Igot a vial of your Worm Oil
and first dose brount forty worms, and tbe sec
ond dose so many gwere passed I did not oonnt
them. S H ADAMS.
Hunt* Jt Lout, wlxol* tgti,
PoitoNiD by A New Knife.—The Flint
Post says the many friends of ex-State
Treasurer Col- W. B. MoOreery, of Flint,
will regret to learn of a misfortune which
lately befell him. While in New York, re
cently, Col MoCreery purchased a small
pocket knife, and In handling it scratched
thebaokof the second finger of Ms right
hand. He thosght nothing of it at the time
and soon after started on his retain heme.
While en route the finger became very pain
ful, and upon bis arrival at the Bussell
house h's hand and arm had swollen to near
ly twice their normal sizo- Becoming alarm'
ed, GoL McOreeiy enmmonod a physician,
and was shocked to learn that mortifioation
had set in and his finger would have to be
amputated in order to save his life. He re
turned to his home Saturday, where it was
expeotad the operation would be petform6d.
The only theory advanced for this singular
case is that some poisonous subs tinoo bad
found a lodgment on the knife blade with
which the scratch vhut made.
“Whither are you bound ?'* said John Moore.
sloivlr past. Tne latter, wun sunisn cu es anu
pallid visage,bearing evidence* ef iiiease, hast
ened to reply. “I have long suffered all the hor
ror* arising from an inactive liver, and am go
ing to the office of Dr Blow to seek relief.” “Do
no inch thing,” said 1 i* friend, “when you otn
Bour Stomach, Sick Head
of a torpidliTer.” VAr ’“
Druggist.
lOTnt-i
ache, and all disorder*
For’ sale by Noland B Hr 1L
maylS
—The Nihilist* in Rnstla have warned
eight Governoie of province-, twelve colo
nels cl gendarmerie and four general* tt at
tbey are to ba ths next victim* of the exeon-
tiv? committee.
—Tbe craft in which Mr. and Mrv Q&
smith intend to oirenmnavigate the gbb
has been completed in Boston It it a)
eighteen feet long and six wide
—Mr. W- W. Corcoran hu inclosed to fe-
at or Wado Hampton his check for $5jQfal
the benefit of the deBtitnte people of 7i !
teib ro’, B. a, which place was recently ri
led by a destructive storm. This is in *5
tion to 52.0 con'ribnted by Mr. Corconu':
tbe came charity a couple of weeks ago
—The General Assemb'y of the Freeljk.
rian Church South met in Lonieville ye«
dsy morning, and will continue its eeteai
probably for ten days or two week*, halig
them in tbe Seoond Freabyteriin Church i
largo number of the moet eminent divinsl
tbe Booth were in attendance, and ths p-
ceedioge promise to bo of mnch internet.
Five CeutParts.—The New York ito
bly by a vote of 75 to 20, hu disagreed to
adverse lepoit on a bill to require tbe tqi
transit railroad companies in Naw Yont
extend ibe hours fcr rnnnirg choip Ira
and to provide one five cent cir with en
train ran during other henra, day and tip.
The friends of the bill are confident d
final passage by a large majority.
—A fierce wa'fare ia going on between b
B-ard of Health and New Orleans Till,
and at a mooting of the Board, last Frir
evening, a Timas reporter was reqnesteio
leave tbe room The fight is abont tbe qw
antine quest on, tbe Timss o'aiaing ft
Dr. Chcppin, President of tbe Board, ism
ing. nnnfceesari’y. tbs commercial intent
of ths ctiy by bolding all vesaela tss;
days at quarantine for the purpose rf to
gation.
Erssu's T-t.biele Commix.-Tbe B.I
Sun says it ia a editing picture cf ths tat
of things :n the great city of Bt Petentq
that we have by cable to-day. Mnltitnda i
people, whole families at a time, are airehi
daily; there are few pedestrians orcarrip
In the streets, covered prison vane, withn
officer b -bind tbo driver, aro hurrying iksr
an endlees line cf porters acting a* wtii-
men are to be eeen : they ait at eveiy ta
armed witb stout sticks, and Gosstcki pc
around cracking their whips It it a ai>
of terror in 8t Petersburg.
Food for Tins Wobld —The total tiyfJ
of bacon and bams from the Dnited 8a&
for tbe month of April last were 67.82121
Denude, valued at 53.925 881: freth M
6 985.687 pounds, valued at $471,881; ftt
salted or corned, 8.137.831 pounds, Tiiadii
$205 429- pork. 8 871,683 pounds, vs’wlt
5525 752; lard, 85 917,604 pounds Tiled k
2,390.101 dollars: batter, 1.819,151 powk
valued at 744,139 dollar?; cberae, 4,43®
pounds, valued at 270.747 dollars; titer,
7 413 0C9 pounds, valued at 625,810 ddka
Total value, 8,692,716 dollars, aguut 11*
C96.747 dollars for April, 1878.
Quick Work Wi-h Wool,—The expWd
good old 8ir Roger Throckmorton bast*
repeated in Austria. That worthy Oaw>
baronet wagered that between tumiest^
sunset a coat could be made fr r him ed a
wool frem tho back of a sheep. Tbtyti*
cordingly sheared the ebeep atdawaft
wool was dressed and dyed, wovtjjj
doth, cut and made to fit before rigwA
An Austrian dethier baa done all tt*.*
eleven hours, so that he bas really ouW
ped the Berkshire bironet, who allowed™ -
self from 4 p. at. to 9 p «.
The FuNiiyo Oketotcates —Tbs
deiphia Times says tbe Bnreau of Tcfwt
and Printing has never been eo tuiyz®
present. The presses are rannirg np
and day, including Sundays, and thro* 1
of bands are constantly employed in
hour reliefs The entire foroe is orgtfN »
the fen dollar refunding certificate*
within a few days the supply will ba tq».”
the demand The popularity of tied®*
cateeia unprecedented and fxo«eds w
pectations. Fifty thousand sheets,
ing certificates to the value of
are now beirg turned out daily Tbsr*
nr; Department expects to be able to tiff*
all orders in about a week.
—The World says the veto wil rUF£
vent the country from putting a slop Bjf
miLtary interference of the Federal ■'to'"
ment at the polls. But it will P'eri®*
Bepub'lcan parts from nominating Anx^F’
candidate bnt General Grant in
other car didate Ban stand on *
built np for and buttressed ty 6<»*A?S,
daring his presidential terms, reftuiawj:
pea tedly and indignantly not only by
dent Hayea himself but by Jusehtef
and only aeoepted now bJ FieeidentIM"
and hia chief id via era under tbe diretij
overmastering influence of those
allies of General Grant who h»ve
their way again to tbe front of ths
oin organization. ,,,,
Of rust Bhino in Obixa.—to Lji
theOpiam h*bit rniaa and destroyo®^
men annually, Urn efforts of tbe Govhv
to abolish or diaiaifth tho nso of opifl® ai
recently been more energetio than evot-
the efforts bare been in vain, asiwere
of many previous years. The resin jj,
eminent have at last determined t° u|
final steps In the basinets, and
bsen ieiuod, whioh goes into -on-
wear. making tbe use or sale of °P ia ®
Ishable by death. It is hard to ssy hint
edict will be met by the ten million
victims of the Celestial Empire.. 01 "•*;{£g
portion of them will come to tbis cow-w
3joy thdr fA»cIn*tiDg custom* .*^$4
—The highest rate of speed 0Tcr . Jt<
on this continent for a continuous tow ^
twee by rail was that 0000^!'=““.%fli
Vanderbilt train party,.which travel
miles in 92 hour*, 45 mimittB, b ®JW
rate of epeed being 41 mi ej J n .j*“?LsSJ
Centennial trans-oontinentai ti»| n y”5)
mile*, rrem Jersey City to Oik-todtjr ^
hoars 47 minutes, on one oontinuorstw^j
nearly the earns average Mr-
passed over the mm s rood
and Omaha and beat
train time by S3 minutes. This t-u-s
cate* that a railroad train can cross ( ,
tinentin 83 hocra. Who cays tbts »
fast age ? .
rue st< Hlehotsi
OnB jadway. New York,.now wsder
to oagemcint of Mr. Uf lah We* ^rfed
11- mi tihted room*, ezcoUeot beds
0 modaikmv. An elevator a#"’
with .b* Indies’entrance. Tha tJne•»«*
dance throughout is acknowledged » 5
furpnaaed. Mo extra charge
for
well-