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The Telegraph and Messenger
MACON, GA.. MAY 1879.J
—"Tens cinnot restore my wife, there
fore I weep," was the Inscription on *
French tombstone.
“Sly Lord,” begin a pompous ycung bar
rister, “it is written in the book of nature—”
“On what pago, air—on what page?” Inter
rupted the Judge, with pen in hand.
—An ambitious young writer having asked
“What magaxino will give mo the highest
position quicker?” was told: “A powder
magtzino, If you oontnbute a fiery trticlo.”
—AyonngladyinthoEaet end ate half a
wedding cakeand then tried to dream of hor
future husband. Now she says that the
would rather dio than carry the min eho
caw in tbit drCJtni.
BIr Austen Layard, British ambassador to
Turkey, said in a reoent speech that a more
nohlo people than the Tarkado.not exist.
“If loving the people—he did not speak of
the governing classes—waa being a Turco-
pbile he would admit the charge.”
—At Laroin, nsar Pau. in Southern Franco,
a hill on which a set of farm buildings had
been erected, bis suddenly fallen in. The
inmates had barely time to escape, the furn
iture, &o, being speeddy engulfed, and a
lake of three hectares area now covers the
site.
—Tha Monlteur Egyptien pnbliehes a de
cree announcing the adoption of tha finas-
clal plans of tha Khedive. Mr. Bivers-WU-
son, the English Financo Minister, returns
shortly to England, but M. do Biignierea re
mains at Cairo, under instruction from his
Government.
—A Minnessotapaper says: “The moat
encouraging reparts coma in from all parts
of tha State. All acoonnts agree that the
crop never looked better at this sea«on than
at present, Wheat is np abont three inches,
and unless something detrimental occurs
tfaie year's will bo the biggest crop which the
State has ever produced.
—Tha Empreis of Austria, whan hunting,
nover dressos for riding until sho arrives at
tha meet. Bbe retires to the nearest house
and spends exactly an hoar In her prepara
tions. Eer saddle Is so small as to bn al
most Invisible when she is mounted, so that
the appear in oo is of a lady sitting on the
horse itself.
—Cardinal Newman is cow almost eighty
years old, and he .hows his age. His rug
ged faoe is foil cf wrinkles and deeply in
dented hollows, his eyes are sunken and
nave a tired look, his still thick locks aro
white. Bnt feeble, stooping, and plainly
dressed as he is always seen, there is a dig
nity and simplicity abont him which win re
spect and regard.
—Sixty thdtuacd tons of iron ore have
lately been imported from the north of Afri
ca for making Beesemer steel at Bathlehem,
Sorantcn, aid Baldwin, Pa. It came as bal
last, and can therefore compete in price w.th
that mined in Pennsylvania. It contains
more photphorus than the iron ores of this
country and Europe, and is better for etoe 1
manufacture.
—Queen Yicloria, with all her Hanoverian
pride or rank, is a most courteous lady.
When ahe visited lately tho Ecmtn Catholic
Church at Biv6no, eho was ehown through
the building by a prieet, whom shs imagined
to bo a sachristan at most. She afterwards
discovered that he was tha provost and pa
riah priest of Bavsno, and going to the pa
rochial haaeo she asked to ess him, and
kindly apologized for not having recognized
his rank. She Invited him to pay hor a visit,
and loft tho worthy provost qnito over
whelmed by her gracious courtesy.
—It is recorded that Jerome Bonaparte
was first presented to the beautiful Betsy
Patterson at the races at Baltimore, and
that the lady wore on that occasion a very
scant buff colored silk gown, a lace fichn,
and a huge leghorn bonnet trimmed with
pink gauze ribbon endlong ostrich feathers.
Betsy Patterscn’e mother was a most lovely,
gentle, aooompllshsd woman. It le eald that
Madame Bonspaite a fow hours boforo her
death waa heard to say in a pleading tone:
“I want to boo my mother, my angel moth
er.”
—A leading Boston merchant, who has
t * et °’5« t eea~ihe lime when the pros
pects Tor the West looked so bright I no
ticed particularly ths activity in all the de
partments of manufacture, especially in ma
chinery, and still more In the epccirity of
tho manufacture of agricultural implements.
Wherever I went I was Informed by the
manufacturers that they were working day
and night, and yet were unable to meet the
constantly increasing demand This is the
first and surest indication of returning pros
perity, asit shows that there Is a confidence
among the farmers that there will bs a de
mand for their crops of t) kinds.”
—1ft Is no nsa dearly beloved Republican
brethren] says the World. Tee Grant
movement is “booming” in Chicago with
forty-presidential power. The Inter-Ocean
Of Hay 1C reaches ns in a neat little edition
of 190 pages of seven columns each! Ia
comparison with this colossal—sheet we were
abont to say, bnt really eveiF/ea'her bad
Would be inadequate—what are all the or
gans of ths East pnt together ? It oomes
through the mails like a twenty-fonr-ponnd-
er cannon-ball, as a boom for Grant should
come; and it is crammed fall of tax-lists—
as a boom for Giant ahonld be!
Ehtctxo Mill HIM Ths Jons number of
tha Eleetlo closes ths twenty.nlnth volume
of thenewairies, and is provided with an
index Whioh, comprising nearly one hundred
titles besides the Editorial Department,
show* how wide Is the aoope and how varied
Is th9 interest of the magazine. Permanent
value as well as current interest is aimed at
in making the selections, and it is worthy of
note that in ths entire contents of the vol
ume there is scaroely an artrole which does
not still retain lte value and interest for the
reader.
The present (June) number is embelliahod
with a fine steel engraved portrait of Prof.
Spenser F. Baird, the successor of Prof.
Henry In the Beeretaiyahip of the Smithso
nian Institution.
Published by E. B. Pelton, 25 Bond Street,
New Pork. Terms, 85 per year; single
number, 45 cents; Trial subscription for
three months, 81,
—Banking circles aro not so confident as
they ware that a revival of business was
hand which would send 4 par cent, bonds
down to 70. Business Is good, better tfi«n
it has been for five years, but 4. per cents,
continue to move away from par in the oth
er direction, and the New Fork Post looks
open 5 per cent* as a not improbable rate of
premium. The New Tork Syndicate have
disposed of 85),OCO,0:0 to take np their 5
per cents, on deposit at Washington, and
now called in by ths government. Whatev
er the domestic situation, we think the for
eign demand may be relied upon to keep
Amerioan 4 per cent, bonds at par or above,
if there is no fooling with the National cred
it If the Warner silver bin were to become
law, cur credit would drop 20 per cent.
Jakes Eobkbzon, colored was put on
trial in Jefferson county, Ho., tha other
day for alleged ehicken-stealing. Ho
surprised the bench and bar by demand
ing that the twelve jurymen should ha
negroes, and his demand was met in good
spirit by tho court. The main question
was at to the size of the chickens—-coun
sel tot prisoner contending that it was no
ciLme to steal chlnkeas“(rySa’ size.”
H. W. Beeclier on tne aoutn.
List Sunday Rev. Henry Ward Beeoter
begin the services of the day by baptiz
ing twenty-eight Infants; and, appiopri
ately enough, followed with a sermon on
the cardinal Chrietisn virtue of charity.
He commented at length on the neglect
of this doty among Christians themselves
and the indomitable and belligerent Bpirlt
displayed in ell tho departments of life
and baman intercourse. Tho malign
spirit of the newspapers, politioiacs, ro
ligions sectaries, race oontroversalists,
and tbs seotioaaliats, and nnder the last
head be remarked as follows :
‘•One other element. From this state
of pnblio sentiment how easy that thore
ahonld grew np sectional dislikes, race
dislikes 1 We have more than eight mil.
lions of foreigners, moro th&n fonr mil
lions of negroes. Oat o! forty or fifty
millions of people nearly one-third for
eigners oomo in here with all their foreign
institutions and habits and social cus
toms—come in to mioglo with ns. How
natural for repngnanoies to spring np,
misnodarstanding, prejudices, hatreds.
This people was divided by an invisible
line—morally visible enough—and this
great nation was separated, the North
trom the Sontb, and stood in bloody an
tagonism through five years.
“And now my own judgment ia that
when yon consider human nature; what
it Is to hold property of any kind; for a
people to have that property ewept out
of their hands, the rich among them re
duced to absolute poverty, a great balk
of men that never knew how to work left
to subsist by learning bow to work; when
you consider that the aecendancy of the
despised slave wa3 established by—to
them—foreign powers; when you con
eider what the effect of legislation was;
of the interposition of foreign influence;
when I eee a great people, proud, jealous,
poshed ont of political power, out of
wealth, reduoed to the very bottom with
a servile class put over their heads, their
whole industry revolutionized—I should
not- have wondered if there had been a
great deal more of resistance than there
bas bean at the South.
“I do say that in the whole history of
tha hnman race there never has been an
example of a people that bore such re
verses, on tho whole, with as much pa
tience, as much grandeur, as much pa
triotism as they have done. (Subdued
applause.) Thespjctacle of moral gran
deur in this revelation, the eabst&ntial
patience, tho substantial good sense of
those so terrifically bereaved is without
aparaliel in h>i"-.aa nature, and any
meanness tenet t to stir np a spirit of
animosity be' -^c-a the North and the
Sontb, or betwreu tho Eist and the West
or the Germ n a id the Irish, or the white
against the black, that spirit is most mis-
chievoua.
“We are ail one, aUunited. When there
was need that the North ehoald be nerved
to great exertion m order to counteract
the arrogant assertions of plantation su
premacy, 1 was not wanting in courage to
speak. Now, when that time is past and
the time bas come for peace and love and
union, I speak again. We are all united
together on one ship; wo Eail all to
prosperons voyage together, or we foun
der all together. Wbat we need is love,
sympathy, communion. Although I
hated slavery, I never bated the slave
owners. I loved. the slave and I loved
his master; I love mankind; I love them
because Christ loved them; I love them
not for what they are, bat for what they
are going to be; I love them beoauso God
Iove3 them; I love them beoanse every
one of them is a man for whom Christ
died, and when wa rise and stand before
him in the Judgment, it will bp bad for
ns to look baek to a single thought that
struck at the heart or life of any hnman
oeing. and it will bo a bright beam of
light in onr memory to see how by love
we have overcome hatred."
The Louisville Courier-Journal also re
ports a short Interview with Mr. Beecbe r
as he was entering a sleeping car on his
routs homeward. The talk was only of
five minutes’ duration. Mr. Beecher said
that he intended, after awhile, to make
another lecturing trip through the Sontb ;
and give his lecturing fees, which are
$300 to $500 a night, to charitable insti
tutions in the places where he lectnres.
Hr. Beecher speaking of his late trip
through the South, said: “So far as I
have had an opportunity of judgingj^^C
uief considerate and enthusiastic,
have lectured in Earope and all over tha
United States, bnt never has it been my
lot to meat with more intelligent and
better people than you Southerners. Tho
ovations tendered me at Memphis and
Nashville I considered the pleasantest of
my life. I only regret that I can
6taj no longer with you.”
A Slight Mistake.
We were in error in the statement
made in one of onr Cattersvillo letters,
that It waa Col. Mirtin who said that
$25,000 bona fide cash had been paid in
to start the new Atlanta daily. It was
another of the proposed editorial staff
who gave the writer that information,
and indeed the report was current all
over Atlanta. Later intelligence would
indicate that the statement was prem*
■tore, though Col. Martin still asserts that
tho new craft will certainly be launched
ere long, with that astate and veteran
journalist to gnide the helm.
The Colonel does not intend, however,
for the present, to snnder his connection
with that excellent paper the Columbus
Times, but hopes to make it more accept
able than ever to the pnblio. His, in the
event of a dual editorial connection, will
be a Herculean task, bnt no man knows
what he can achieve until ho taxes his.
powers to their fall extent. And Colonel
Martin is possessed of one of those calm,
well-poised, sagacious minds, which al
ways takes in the whole situation and is
equal almost to any emergency. Ho
has onr beat wishes. Bat still, before
it is too late, it would be well for him and
his confrores to count the coats
of a fully appointed, thoroughly fledged
daily newspaper. The expenses are mul
titudinous, and pile np like “Pelion on
OjEa.” Indeed, we can only compare
them to pouring water into a bottomless
tub. Theatreamis ever running in bnt
the fluid never rlseB in the vessel, which,
being interpreted; means that in nine
cases out of ten the attempt to run a
first-clasg daily paper against anything
like serious and established opposition, ie
arieky stud dangerous experiment, re
quiring a huge reserve of capital, wbiofaJ
lor a long Ifine will melt away liko the
dewy mists of morn before the rising bob.
Bat. Atlanta is a large and growing
city, and as.the Capital of the State, an
immense amouiit of printing and adver
tising patronage centres there. She
oughteto he able to support another daily,
and if §ny one can engineer the scheme
successfully, brother Martin ia the
Let him not think that we wish to throw
oold water upon the undertaking.
Heavy Failures.—There was consid
erable smashing along the line in Eig-
hnd and ota the continent yesterday, and
more was looked for. The probability Is,
as set forth by the Manohcster manufac
turers, that if oar English comins sre
not quick in their more manta fur the re-
monetization of silver, the smash will be
gensrai, and a total readjustment of val-
cea become inevitable.
The Bilver Craze
Which was the common topic of cemaik
a year ago is now substituted by a general
and growing impression, the world over,
that the real trouble was the previous gold
erase, and the silliest thing ever done by
commercial nations was to wipe out of ex
istence so large a portion of their metal
lic basis at a time when trade clam
ored for more instead of less. The first
necissity of tbs crisis is new assurance
that silver will be restored speedily to
its ancient uses es practically the aotive
coinage of the world, and that it3 unri
valled value as money and its intrinsio
value are not to be sacrificed to an idle
and ridionlons whim or an unreasonable
panto.
Silver becomes of little practical value
unices as money. Trae, silver is of
much use in the mechanical arte, but
considered in relation to its present or
any probable future value, the demand
for it in mechanics must always be too
small to justify a price approximating
the so-oalled bullion Talue. Therefore,
the universal demonetization of silver
would amount to striking a very large
proportion of itspreeent value out of ex
istence, leaving it still too costly for gen
eral use in mechanic?, while adding a
third or noro to the value of gold and
practically to all debts and obligations
which must be discharged in gold. No
craze could, therefore, be more suicidal
and disorganizing than the gold craze.
Bat it is very important, while press
ing the remonetization of silver on the
European powers with vigor and earnest
ness, that tho United States should care
fully avoid any oonrse of polioy likely to
embarrass the conclusion desired. For
a time, at least, it is not goad polioy to
press the silver coinage. Let the matter
rest as it is, until an international con
ference can agree, or fail to sgree, on a
common standard of relative valuation.
The importance of such a standard is so
great and eo much in the interest of trade
and of eilver production that this country
ahonld interpose no obstacles toa common
understanding on the subject; and should
immediately after it is obtained, ad
just our silver and gold coinage to that
standard, whatever it may be. There
is, therefore, a manifest impolicy in mul
tiplying silver coins needlessly npon an
arbitrary standard of relative valuation
with gold which the outside world re
fuses to recognize or respect. As the
great silver-producing country of the
world it is our interest to concur in the
establishment of any reasonable stand
ard of relative value and then it will be
come onr interest to conform our coins
to that standard.
Sanford’s .Elementary Algebra.
Prof. Shtlion P. Sanford has added an
other to his iavaluable series of mathemat
ical school books, which have already made
him famous, and are rapidly superseding
ail others. The volame In question is so
elementary algebra designed for aoaae-
mies and high schools, and supplies a
long needed want. It is from the press
of J. B. Llppincott & Co., Philadelphia,
and oan be bad from Martin V. Calvin,
Esq., ot Augusts, or the publishers.
- The book contains 332 pages, and cov
ers in a lucid and simplified form the
whole algebraic field from the “Defini
tions and Notation” to “Geometrical
Progression.” The pupil begins at the
very lowest round of the ladder, and
travels np by regular gradations, every
step being explained and made self-evi
dent to the moat ordinary comprehen
sion.
Professor Sanford’s iule3 are succinct
and profusely illustrated by apposite
examples, which are readily understood
by the student. It is impossible to esti
mate the value of such a work as a step
ping stone to the higher mathematics,
aud we are quite sure it will _ be sought
after with avidity by the various Boards
of Education and the schools and semin
aries of the country generally. The Profes
sor is himself a profound scholor, taking
rank with the most erudite savans of the
Union. He is aa modest,howa ver,as learn
ecUnd his arithmetical series have literally
won their way into pnblio favor almost
unheralded, and npon their own merits.
Wo besneak for tha “New Elementary
Algebra” a large sale, and trust it will
soon become a standard book in every
nation and language.
Teachers and superintendents of schools
and academies desirous of examining the
algebra preparatory to its introduction"^
Ga., or the Philadel
phia publishers, J. B. Llppincott & Co.
Celebrate Your Wedding nay.
If any man is so bleat as to be crowned
with heaven’s best gift, a loving loyal
wife, he is indeed to be congratulated
above all mortals. Should his labors be
crowned with success and sunshine il
lume life’s journey who so jubilant and
sympathetic os she? If the tongue ot
slander which spared not even the Sa-
vionr of mankind strikes the beloved hus
band, angels conld not minister to him
more tenderly, binding up bis wounded
heart and pouring in the oil of consola
tion. Let adversity, loss of properly and
poverty, like an armed man, iiivade that
peaceful abode, and tho noble wife draws
even closer to the man of her choice.
She'co»ise!s|retrenchmeatand is ready to
make .. -y sacrifice; assumes the role even
of servant to save expense, Works her fing
ers to the bone to eke out their mutual
subsistence and meet honest obligations,
and cheers with the sweet light of her
eyes and her gentle caresses the well-nigh
broken-hearted hneband.
Of all the woild, she alone has no word
of repreaob or complaint to utter in
view perhaps of the injudicious sets of
her liege lord. Aud even if, in an evil
hoar, overcome by temptation and a sin
ner mayhap against her, there 1b none so
reidy to forgive and condone.the past
Who can seund the depths and unself
ishness of a true wife’s lore? It makes
the weak stronger, (he breve braver, the
honest more faithful to their trusts, the
patriot more devoted to hia country, the
Christian draw nearer to his God.
And, oh reader, should childron, those
dear pledges of affection, be vouohsafed to
them, what a new fountain of love and
(endernes3 wells forth ?
The mother! Can any hnman being
fill her place ? Trae to her offspring as
the needle to the pole; ever watching'
over them with lynx-eyed vigilance; ever
ready to do and even die for them—(fair
welfare, (Asirhappiness, their future the
one thought of her existence — how
indissolubly ehoald this new tie link the
heart of the jinshand to tho wifo of his
bosom. t
Marriage does not form a simple life
copartnership; it should?morga and weld
into' ono tho hearts and beings of the con
tracting parties. Nor mother, nor father,
nor child, nor friend, nor principalities
and powers, or any other earthly objecl,
should be allowed to cast a shadow be
tween them. And as the years roll on,
and those hearts beeotne more perfectly
assimilated Tn tastes, feelings, aspira
tions, hopes and jojs; jet, identified in
thought and existence, how much more
tenderly ahonld the husband, the strong
er vessel, cherish and take to his heart
the wife of hia youth.
When, therefore, the revolving earth
brings around the anniversary of jour
wedding day, do not pass it by unheeded.
Count ovor the mercies and blessings of
the peat, end fail net to recall its sorrows
and tribvlations. In all, the wife wiU
stand forth the central figure to the men
tal vision—tho bright, particular star
lighting np the dim vtota ot departed
years. Then thank God for her spared
life, and celebrate the returning advent
of your nuptial day with rejoicing and
feasting, with gifts to the sweetheart of
yonr life-long existence, and with new
reEOlntions of fidelity to the author of so
large a shire of this . woild’d peace and
happiness.
God help the men whose heart does not
beat foster and faster, and his love
grow stronger and jet stronger for his
life-long companion upon the dawn of
the anniversary of their wedding day.
Grant and ibe Chinese.
General Grant, according to Bozzy re
ports of the official chronicler ia tho Her■
aid, has endangered bis popularity with
Kearney and the -Band-lotters in San
Francisco. At Penang, on tha straits of
Malacca, responding to an address of the
Chinese merchants, presented to him
beautifully illuminated on silk, in which
they pray for tho reopening of America
to tree immigration from China, the ex-
President responds at length, that after
destroying African slavery at great ex
pense, the United States government is
not going to permit the establishment of
a substitute-slavery incooly involuntary
immigration, but would welcome the
free immigration of tho Chinese
and protect their lights equally
with those of immigrants from
any other country. Hera is a fair
chance to hear from cussing Kearney,
who says tho Chinese must go. Grant
is outside of tho new California constitu
tion.
The following is me score of the Oc*
mnlgee Snooting Club, at the Park, Taaa-
daj:
riKJT sms.
No 1 T H Henderson.
0110 0111X01X11111111 1101— 19
No 2 J L Cook.
11111 0111 111 0 1110101 0111— 19
No S J & Van Baren.
011101011101110 11100 0101— 15
No 4 BO Smith.
101 1 0 1 110 111 1 1 1 1 0101 0000- 15
■ No 6 J P Flanders.
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 11111 1101 110 1 1010— 18
No 6 JP Holmes.
10 a 110 1 0 1 0 1 00 11 1 0 0 0 1 0001— 13
No 7 IN Hanson.
000111 0 11 1 11 0 1 1 11101 1130— 16
No 8 GH Plant.
10 00100000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 101 0111— 8
No 9 3 W Lockett.
011111 11111111111100 ll&I— 20
Grand total.,
142
SSCONO SIDS.
Nol CL O’Gorman.
1 1 10110011110 1 01 1 0 1 11 11 1- 18
No 2 JF Hanson,
o nioi mil 111 o ii liono l— io
No 3 SB Price.
0111 110010111 0 1011 10 1 00- 15
No 4 B B Lewis.
11 1 0 1 11 10 111 1 11011 1 1110 1— 20
No 5 CB Campbell. .
01111001010011110 0.010 010- 12
NoG Chat Taylor.
111 111111 111 It 011011110 1— 21
ft o y C P Roberts.
001 10010 1000 10 0 0011 0111 0- 10
No 8 R M Patterson.
1 01 0001110010 0 1 101001100- 11
Grand total...........
141
Glimpses from Cumberland.
From Mr. W.H. Burden, who has juet
returned from a brief visit to Camber-
land Island, we learn that the representa
tives of our city who are sojourning
among the refreshing breezes of the Is.
land are enjoying themselves very much.
The time is pleasantly passed in hunt
ing, fishing, sea-bathing and in other
ways, to fit the peculiar groove of each
one’s fancy.
Mr. George F. Payne ha3 been aston
ishing tho natives of Cumberland and
Maoon by some wonderfnl shots with bis
rifle. Some of the sea birds are too wild
to be approached within gun-3hot with the
common double-barrel, and Mr. Payne
has been killing them with his favorite
rifle, and has made some very extraordi
nary shots.
A few <'•«•» «*— a pelican,
one of the most diffiontt birds in the world
to bring down, with the rifle at a distance
of 275 yards. The ball' took ef
fect in the head ot the bird, the part
aimed at by the marksman. Mr.
Payne is known among tbeSexoursionista
as Dr. Cstver.
The party from Maoon this year have
been mote fortunate than usual in their
marksmanship, and a few days aiaoe two
deer were killed la one day by Maconites,
Mr. George B. Turpin and Mr. B. S.
Saulsfcury, both bringing down fine ant
lered monarohs of tho forest. Tha cus
tom of marking the maiksman with the
blood of bis first deer is faithfully fol
lowed, and the amount of gore painted
upon the faoe ot the hnnter depends upon
the amount of resietsnes made. As it is
tho mildest case of < resistance receives
a coloring whioh would excuse the mis
take if he ehoald be taken for at Indian.
Major Ross is rapidly rsouvering from
his injuries. His arm was severely
sprained and bis wrist dUlooated by a
fall from one of Mr. Bnnkley’s “marsh
taokey” ponies.
The seabathing is pronoanoed better
than ever.
An important matter is the proper di-
ection of letters to persons sojourning
on the island. They should, in every in
stance, be addressed in care of W. B.
Bankley, Cumberland Island, via Bruns
uiieh, and, by so doing, they will be safe-
ly delivered. The steamer Florence
touches twioe daily at the island, stopping
every time when there is any mail to be
delivered of the slightest signal ia given
from the shore.
Reieiatlons of Attack* bjr.tue Ladles
of nercer Aid Society.
Resolved, 1. That cherishing a pro
found appreciation of the valuable servi
ces rendered to their society by the per
formers ia the opera of Belshazzar, in the
laborious preparation and triumphant
rendition of the same, we do hereby ten
der our most oordiai thanks to the ladies
and gentlemen conoerned for their gener
ous efforts, and our ardent oongratQla-
tiona npon their brilliant success. To
each and all of the talented singers com
posing the brilliant company of amateurs
this society makes its most grateful ac
knowledgments.
Resolved, 2. That to Mrs. L. N. Boy.
kin,,the aooomplishod pianists, and Prof,
J. 3. Newman ths excellent oonduotor
of choruses, eepeoial gratitude is offered
for (heir Interesting and valuable efforts
in dlreoling the rehearsals for so many
weeks, and their prominent aud indispen
sable aid at the pnblio performances.
Resolved, 3. That we olsoOetarn oar
sinoere thanks to the oommittee of man
agement for their effloient services; to
editors of the Ielmbaph and Mxsssn-
oib and the Central Georgia Weekly far
press favom; and to all friends and citi
zens who have rendered aid to onr enter
prise.
Resolved, 4. That we axe especially
indebted to Dr. J. R. Price, Dr. P. H
Wright, Mrs. General Armstrong and
Colonel Virgil Powers for the generous
use of their parlors for rehearaais
• - To the Island.
A party, of about twenty left last even
ing yia the Meson and Branawiok road
for Cumberland, the popuhr island on
tire sea coist, to be absent about ten dajB
or two weeks. The party left in high an
ticipation uf n deUghtfnl time.
INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS
n thetbial of ex«trem>
UREB JONES, i; *
Tfae Testimony Left on Becord
of Dr. Bozeman — Other Evi
dence—Abie speech of Colonel
Hammond for the Pronecntfon-
Atlanta Constitution.]
SB. DCZEMAN fl TESTIMONY.
Dr. J. F. Bozeman, who, under an act
of the Legislature, waa made "Assistant
to the Treasury,” had been examined
folly before tne Auditor. Since that
time he has departed this life* and it was
agreed to read hia testimony, subject to
all legal objections, from the record ta
ken daring the sittings of the Auditor.
Dr. Bozeman mode a thorough,minute
aud careful investigation and audit of
the treasury accounts. He testified elab
orately to the natnre of these acoonnts,
the character of the vouchers and to his
precise ostentation of every item in the
whole audit. He gave the fullest expla
nation ot the prooesaea of comparison,
scrutiny and logical deductions by which
the Tonchers for tha items were segregat
ed and fixed.
This testimony was carefully read to
the jury to give them a clear idea of the
diligence and regard foe absolute acorn
raoy in the making np of the audit.
The interrogatories of Edmond Throck
morton and — Lane were then intro
duced. Also the books of the comptrol
ler general’s office, covering the periods
of Angier and Jones administrations,were
admitted in evidence aa far as they were
pertinent upon either side. Also & circu
lar issued by Treasurer Jones on the 1st
of October, 1873, with a statement of the
number of Nutting bends soli np to that
date. Also the appendix to the record of
coupons of State bonds. And then the
counsel for the State announced their
case closed.
COLONEL JONES UK-CALLED.
Counsel for the defense re-called CoL
Jones to the stand for the purpose of
having him m&ke farther depositions
conoerning bis acts cs treasurer. He tes
tified thst when, npon giving np the
treasury, he rendered the statement re
quired by taw, it was ono made np nn
der great stress for time and embarrass
ments of the situation. When he give it
to the Comptroller General he said to him
that he wonld not vouob for its eorreo-
ness, but wonld come next day and en
dorse it, “errors, omissions, and correc
tions excepted.” Wilnes3 had been har
assed about the matter for ten days, and
in addition was in bad health. Go does
not know what was in that acoonm. Re
ferring to the testimony of Colonel Gold
smith, witness remembers something ef
the sort happening as bilT patting his
hands to his bead. When they, Govern
or Smith, Golasmith and himself, were
talking together, and Governor Smith
told him if he did not charge back these
items ho had something more on him
woise than that, be was so sbooked by
the threat that ha seemed to see
A BUNCH or SNAKES BEFOBX HIM,
and to realize that there was a plot
on foot to tnin himl He then pnt his
hands np to his head—he was so aston
ished at such a suggestion. He never
agreed to the charging back npon him.
He said if the acoounts conld be arranged
so as not to compromise himself or his
sureties he would consent to it, but noth,
ing else. Ha also testified that be sold
the Nutting bonds at par and realized
more money for the State than was ex
pected by any one. He also swore that
$21,500 of Aogier bonds were cancelled
in the treasury here, and he had some
thing to do with the cancelling.
Oa cross-examination Colonel Jones
testified that the accoant of the Fourth
National Bank was correct and his ac
count rendered to the- Comptroller Gen
eral, in which he brought the State in
debt to him over $25,000, was not cor
rect. Witness said he knew he was en
titled to a credit of $140,000 that he
did not include in that accoant, but he
was so annoyed that ho left it ont by
mistake. He does cot think the State
owes anything or that he owes the
State anytting. The reason he did not
get a warrant for $01,230 for past due
interest paid waa by a mere miitake. He
ascertained be was entitled to it only
when Dr. Bozeman testified to it before
the auditor. It wa3 abont Christmas
1873 that he found his accounts out of
bAtanca and be never got them to bal
ance after that. ....
o.i-uci myuatc pnt m evidence the re
port of tne Uomptroller-Guneral for the
years 1870 ’71-’72 ’73-’74 and ’75.
Colonel Rsnfroe, State Treasurer, cor
roboroted Colonel Jones as to tho state
ment about the correctness of his ac
count when it was rendered to the Comp
troller-General.
Colonel Hammond, for the State, ten
dered the package of $500,000 of bonds
known as the Ruteell Sage bonds. They
were admitted.
Colonel Barnett, Secretary, of State,
testified to the bnrning of 1,300 of the
bonds designated in a resolution of the
General Asiembly. The bonds were as
sorted, counted, checked off and burned,
in pursuance of that resolution. These
were the 7 per cents, that never were is
sued.
Colonel Mynatt, for the defense, put in
Angier’* report for 1872.
Colonel Hammond, for the State, put in
executive order of April 24, 1875, author
ing Dr. Bozeman to cancel the contents
of the box of $1,006,600.
Then at 3:35 p. m. both sides annona
ed the testimony closed.
COLONEL HAMMOND
opened the argument ia behalf of the
State as plaintiff. In the outset he ex
plained fully to the jury the financial sys
tem of the State as prescribed by taw.
He also explained the operations of Clews
& Co., aa financial agents, who took the
$1,650,000 of gold quarterly bonds to cell
and to apply the proceeds to the redemp
tion of old bonds past due. After all this
bad been done and an account was ren
dered, he brought tho State into hia
debt some $47,000. The State disputed
$is acoount and refused to pay it. There
was no questions as to the redemption of
the bonds. He then proceeded, saying
that in this case these bonds were
in question, as having been re
issued and twice paid, the lass
times by Jones. His oonnBel are insist
ing that the State ahonld prove the idea
tical bonds that were in the bands of
Clews. We have done that. We have
shown by namber every bond that waB
leaned and traoed every one that has
been in other person’s hands, and we find
that the namber of bonds tbns uuac
counted for are to the amount of $274,-
000, whioh corresponds exaotly with the
bonds that Clews had and of wbloh be
rendered an account. After deduoting
those thst are in the hands of Tappan,
the reoeiver of Clews & Co., and others,
we find that the remainder, $149,250, are
the ones that Jones paid. Now, why did
be’pay them ? His exouse is that he did
not know any better ? Had not he seen
the Clews account? Yes. Isn’t his
handwriting npon it ? It Is. Had not he
seen the report of the bond committee of
the Legislatnre? Yes. Had not Gov
ernor Smith talked to him and told him
about them ? He had. Look at his own
report of 1873, before be Healed np
these bonds among his vouchers, and he
says himself, ia it, that there is reA
son to beliiflre they aro in the hands of
Clews & Co, paid by the State, and that
Clepa & Co., wonld not present them.
He wrote letters to bank officers in New
York and elsewhere, Ml stated facts
which themselves prove that he knew
those bonds were considered *a paid. Bat
in .the spring of 1874 he went.ta the
Governor, or he and the Governor mot
ana had a conversation touching the fi
nancial condition of the State. He said
to the Governor that a loan must be
made for the relief ef the treasury. “What
do you want with a loan?” asked the
Governor. “Why, there are more of the
old bonds coming m than I hod thought
for.” “How is tnat?” asks the Governor.
“I am afraid yon have been paying some
of the Clews boodt?” “Ob, no, I have
not.” How do yon know?’ “Because I
have paid them to persona 1 know; I
have handled them before.” And when
we come to look at them we find there
or* four of them only that he had
bandied bt tore.
Mr. Joses says that lho eonvjr.auon was
in March. Thst was when he first testified.
But it is important thst it enouid hwo oc
curred after the Teller letters, for ho had
paid $15,000 to Taller before that time.
Mr. Jones then chsngea hi* recollection.
He said he kaew a* much about tho bonds
os the Governor did Bat, gentlemen, it
makes veiy little difference whether tho
conversation was in March or April. He
does not pretend that ho did not have iofor-
motion about these bond# the last of April:
aadleay toyou thst the proof sh^wa and
he shows himself tint he did not have any
more information about them i April than
he had in March Xet he finds it important
to have hia opinion changed. Whs? Be
cause in April he paid Taller thesd~bouds
and oontinuod t j pay them op to the 6th of
May. And when called npon in Mai to tell
ns where he got thsso bonds, he sa d I can
not tell you where I got a single oue of
them. He tol , bmith be had paid them to
men he knew, and yet when an lnvesriga-
tion come he could not tell a single mac,
although one m-n to whom he had pail
$55,000 worth within 20 days was almost in
29 steps of him Now, when yon sea the
date of the payment entered on the bonds
yon will fiod they are marie 1 April, 1873,
and not 1874, aa ie aoould have been Why
is it necessary to do ttta? Why. these
bonds were not discussed until 1874; eo it
they were marked as paid in 1373 of comae
it wonld benmieta e through which they
were paid, butir h hadmarAbd them as paid
in april, 1874, it ooul not have been claim
ed os a mistake, for then be hid no ice that
they were ont and there was no authority
to pay them. But wbat is tho use of putting
those marks npon them when you can rac«
the bonds themselves by even the numbers
given in Fuller’s letters and that were paid
in 1874?. Fowler, ef Glean & Go., says the
redemption book is lost, (or it has been
spir.tec away by some rascal,) but that the
old book bae some of the numbers upon it.
Well, we sty to him, here are the boa a and
they are marked by Mr Junes as having
• een paid by him in April, 1873 ? “ That is
not so,” be replies, for here they were kept
inUlews vaults until the I3:h day of Le-
oember, 1873, when they were sold at auction
ononeday’snotioe! Ten or tweiva millions
of good securities of tbebtate o. Georgia
were sold for $30,0001 They were bid off
by one B. H. Bmith ana anuth r party
Who is that other party? Is he a myth? I
do not know. Bmith bought them and gave
payment in a check on Glow* & Co The
anotioneer never had the bonds, know*
nothing of the delivery, or anyteing about
who was present. Oh, th a is >11 stuff aud
meality to caver up their doings np there.
It waa neceasary to do all this fo- them to
succeed. These bonds conld not have been
floated again in New Fora. The financial
ata tts of Geoigia, as of all other States, had
been discussed aud was known to >hem all,
and there was not a bask north of the Poto
mac that would not have rejected any bond
of Georgia prior to 1872. No, aaid they, let
this nutter waif, we will wait until Curia t-
mas. when all ia quiet and everybody is in
a good humor, and we will try them down in
Georgia They did wait and on the 14th of
March, 1874, Jones isenea an order to let no
more o(d bonds be paid in Now Fork, bnt to
send them to him here in Georgia He waa
right to issue that order becauco ho knew
there was danger to be looked for through
these bonds. What was tho roeuit ? Here
thoy cuss like a flood. He paid Taller and
he paid the others within those twenty days
that Teller was paid. It almoBt raise* the
suspicion that it waa understood between
the panies that Clews & Go. were to watt
for an invitation for those bonds to o-ime
here. They all came on the passage of th .t
order The first arrival was on the 20th of
March. They came and he paid every one
of them without any farther inquiry. The
Auditor in his report say* hs will not charge
Jones with corruption in the matter, but
with carelessneeB end negligence. 1 o be it
Olewa bad paid them with onr money ; com
mittees of the legislature treated them sb
paid off securities, and Treasurer Angier so
treated them. The Governor eont a special
meseage to the Gene al Assembly giving,
from all his investigations, as to the neces
sities of the State that bad to be provided
for. He said nothing in It abent bonds due
prior to 1872. Jones was there concurring
at the meeting of the joint finance commit
tee and gave a tike statement. Ho and all
of them treated these bonds as paid and re
maining in the hinds of Clews & Co. He so
wrote ot the liabilities to be met and the
letters on his own records show that he
knew he had no right to pay them. And
Jocea’a only answer to this charge of $140,-
600 agaiott him, is that if he dii pay them
he did tt innocently. Now, In the face of a.l
this, ia his testimony worthy or credit? Is
it consistent, and does he come up and
answer yon so that you cm find anything
else than what I shew you these figures de
clare?
Again, the taw says that within ten days
after his removal from the treasury he shall
file with the Comptroller-General a true
statement of bis accounts He oouldhave
refused to have done so because the time
given him was toe short, as he now says it
was. But he filed an account; he pnt down
all hia debts and hie credits, and brinea u»o
State of Georgia intn Wo doiit (bout f G3.100.
Tms.nyaman who had nothing when he
came here to this office and nothing when
he went out ? It his account had bsen then
and there corrected he would have owed the
State about $118,000 i u round numbers. Bnt
he rays since the 21th of December, ;1873,
he luia almost always from $10,000 to $60,-
000 more aeseta than were needed to balance
his accounts. Nov, how did he get into
that condition ? Wny, take these packages
of $21,600 and $27,610, and yon have $19.-
000 of them at once. When Mr. Jones to:k
charge he wrote to the Fourth National
Bank to know how many old bonds they had
redeemed between the time Alton Angler
got the $21,600 and their reoeipt of bis o«n
tetter. They repried $27,600. There waa
notice to him that the; were not his. Ho
hid sent no money or bonds on to redeem
them. If he had read his correspondence
he was obliged to know that these vouchers
were not his, as they were redeemed before
be came In. But they were put into his box
or vouchera and he got a warrant for them 1
Colonel Hammond argued in tike manner
as to the packages or $21,COO and $44,600.
They were carelessly, be wonld say, taken
np and p.aced in these credits and warrants
obtained for them when he had no manner
or shadow ot claim to them. He argued
that Alton Angier had fnUyvindloateahm-
self from the slur attempted npon his char
acter. He hod done wrong and admitted it,
bnt had done no crime. He declared Gist
either one cf the other packiges Angler
brought home waa a safer one to steal than
the bind pac rage for which he gave in New
Fork a receipt by items fully subscribed.
There is no evidence that hetookthem from
the treainry and none that he dii not leave
them there. Colonel Hammond then
took up th9 items of $24,000 interest, found
in Jones’s fator after he had homed it in
other vouchera without first getting a war
rant, and the error of $140,000 found in bis.
favor, and ont of these and the ones already
alluded to ire calculated the aocouut down
to the basis on which it reeta in this suit
He said there waa no escape from the evi
dence. Jones conld only say, “I do not
know how it is.” Actually he excited speak
er's sympathies. And now he will be found
to have done these things, and the only
pleasant matter in the transaction will be
that it will end with only one charge on
Jones—that he has been a careless man in
handling the people's money. The speech
was a flue, close and excellent addreea-
w day's bpmcses.
The argument will go on to-day, os fol
lows : Colonel Mynatt for the defense, Jndge
MoOay for the state, Benator Hill for the
defense and General Toombs for the state.
The YInevllle Viaduct.
Ono of the greatest improvements that
has been made in or aroand the city
is in th'e' substitution cf a rock sewer
for the wooden bridge across ihe small
branch near the Washington avenue
crossing of the Vineville branch. The
former slraotnre for nearly two years hag
endangered passing vehicle?, bnt it has
beenreplaoed by a very substantial and
datable tabular reck sewer, which ex
tends entirely across the foidway and de
bouches in the Vinevitie branch. The
masonry work has been completed sever
al da;s, and the midway is again open
to tne traveling public. The final, flatt
ing touches are being put on by fi-ling
in the .earth over the sewer and making
the work complete. It will prove a great
benefit not only to the people of Vlneyllle
bnt to all the country pqople using that
thoroughfare in reaching the oify
—Mr. Jefferson Davie does not tike to be
interviewed and has made it an invariable
rale not to submit to it. “Surely,” he says,
T, who am diafranchUed, not even a citizen
of the United States, and with no polit-
cal ambitions, ^ may |eftim immunity
from the reporters.” Mr. Davis works on
Crying is a prime evidence of pain.
When the baby Is fretful and inclined to
“crying spalls,” remove the cause by
using Dr. Ball’s Baby Syrup.
For the Telegraph and Messenger.
WHAT THEGJPSY SAID.
The following lines, written Dy a ycung
lady of the city, were penned in com
memoration of a visit to the Gypsy camp
near Vineville, and will bo read with
interest by those who can “guess who’
wroto them.
Oh. Gypsy. I cried. I pray you tell
IItea loyn me, and loves me well.
•■Lady,” she said, “jour n»nd let me see—
If your fortune betood I’ll tell it to thee.
Well, lady,” ahe said,“do you unde-stand.
Where your heart is there give your hand;
Many, so many, are in love with you,
But to one. and one only, isyonr heart true.”
Does ho know that! love him? I eagerly said —
Porratber than that I'd sooner oe dead—
And 1 turned oft my eyes that she might not
look.
For I knew sho read them as t’srere a book.
She said quickly to me, “Oh be not ashamed,
For. my d.ar young lady, you aro not to
blamed;
This much I can tell you—this much I can say.
He loves you, he hues yon-id, loves you
to d*y.
He loves me, I sighed, in an ecstatic dream.
And the whole world seemed one bic sunbeam,
And I came one of mydarkneis into thelight,
And life was then to mecccr s<shrinht;
For I conld not live without his love—
My heart wonld droop like a wounded dove
'T would be to me a death in life
To know that he called another his wife.
Many were the questions I had f o ask
That to answer them all were every hard task.
But the Gypsy to me waa so very good
That my heart, I knew, the well understood;
And a dear little charm she gave me to wear
To keep me ont ot Temptation’s snare,
and she said aa ahe put it into my hand
“You will always be nappy,do you understand.”
Oh, how could I thank the dear Gypsy for this 1
I took her good hand and gave it a kiss—
And the old Gypsy’s eyes were filled np with
tears
As she kindly said to me, “My child, have no
fears.”
And I said to the Qy pay, as I brushed off a toar,
I’m happier to day than I’ve been for a year!
And ahe gave me her blessing—too sweet to tell—
As I gladly, yet sadly, said my last farewell.
Happy; so happy, homeward I turned;
The old Gjpsj’a words in my heart deeply
burned—
He loves me, he loves me my owntraelove-
And my soul seemed to bo wafted shove.
In the Gypsy I do firmly believe,
tor I know lull well sho wii 1 never aeceivo—
And now who I loo I’ll tell you—’’euess whol”
Are j ou sure, very sure it is not you ?
—GastUc.
Macon, May 20tb, 1879.
AT THE PARK.
Picnic or the Hebrew habbatn School
Yesterday at the Park the Hebrew Sab.
bath School held its annual picnic and
the occasion was pronounced exceedingly
enjoyable throughout. At abont 9 o’clock
the school embarked on the street cars
and arrived, after some delay, under the
spreading green of the majestic “senti
nels of nature” which adorn the Park.
About 11 o’clock the speaking com
menced. The following children spoke,
and all did well. Among thorn wete
some eo young that they could hardly
speak plainly; notwithstanding this,
however, each littlo speaker aoquitted
himself or herself with great credit and
applause: Master H. Glass spoke “The
Puzzled Census Taker,” a humorous pieoe,
in quite a captivating Btylo; Mister
Martin K ihn did well in a selection en
titled “Ship on Fire ;” Mister Frank
Enatein 6poke “We were boys together;”
Master S. Goldberg delivered aa ap
propriate selection; Master Jake Land-
berg.told all about “Three Little Kittens'
vary niedy, and Master M Harris advo
cated^ “Battling for the Eight.” The
little girls also did nicely, among them
were Bella Abrams, “Guilty, or not
Gnilsj;” F. B.-rnd, “A Little Tease;’’
Emma Eiastien, “A Little Girls’Speech;’
F. Dab recited very sweetly “Tne Un
finished Pra\er,” Carrie Hertz “The
Caaptain’* Daughter,” and Mamie Ska-
liwsky recited “My Teacher;” little Bell a
Einstein recited “No Word too Long”
quite well.
Following these recitations, Dr: Ben-
Bin delivered a ehoit address, in which he
spoke of the growth and prosperity of the
congregation and school. In the oonrse
of bis remarks he took occasion to allude
in terms of glowing praise to the faithf al
tabors and untiring devotion ot tho teach
ers in the Sabbath school.
After the speaking, tho general en
joyments of the day were entered upon.
The floor of Dining Hall waa cleared,
and to tho mneic of Kessler’s orchestra,
dancing commenced, and until dinner
was announced the time was occupied in
the graceful movements of quadrille and
waits.
The dinner wa3 a great success. The
tables were spread in Fioral Hail, and
covered with everything that the most
fastidious could wish. It did great
credit to the committee of ladies and
gentlemen under whose supervision it was
prepared.
The ohildceu were indeed feasted, and
each little one can never forget this item
jn the day’s enjoyment. After dinner in
the dinisg hall a most plenteous supply
of delicious ice cream was served to all.
Dancing was resumed and until after 10
o’olock last evening the sounds of merry
mnsio died not away, but the hall made
brilliant with many gas jets, shone over
a gay and happy throng. The bueinesi
men who were unable to go down during
the day gathered and the ocoaeicn was
one of unrestricted enjoyment.
Never nave we seen children enjoy
themselves more fully than yeaterday,
all arrayed too la their beautiful holiday
dresses. Those celebrating the day
seemed indeed to be “a choson people” for
they certaialy had the clearest and most
favorable day of the season. The man
agement throughout the day woe excel
lent, and wc cannot bnt compliment Mr.
Jacob Seisel, the earnest and untiring
assistant superintendent of the school,
on the success of his efforts to make all
enjoy yesterday.
Dr. Benson and Mrs. Ga3 Nasebaum
also very materially assisted in making
the time pass pleasantly to all.
Personal,
We regret to learn that FrofeeBar J. J
Brantley, of Mercer University, has been
and is sli 1 unwell, at his residence netr
Tatnall Square.
Eaten by Kata
Several of the beaatifal birds in the
tropical store under this office, were
killed and eaten by rats night before last.
They were dragged through the bars of
the cages and devoured on the counters of
the Btore.
The Seniors.
The Seniors of Mercer University con
template a trip to tho ssa coast, probably
to Cumberland Island, in a few days, as
soon aB the final examinations have all
been passed and the young gentlemen
released from the routine of college da
ties. “
Street Work Needed.
The streets have been badly washed in
a number of places and a littlo work by
the street committee would arrest the
progress of what will become disagrees,
ble and dangerous gullies. Washington
avenue has suffered partioularly by the
action ot thefwater.
The Cadets.
The Cidets have decided not to tale
the proposed trip to the Brunswick fur.
Ic was inconvenient for many of the
company to leave the city at present, and
so, tho proposed excursion is given out.
The company bae decided to have its
annual target practice next Tuesday.
Repealed £ urine the Fair.
It is thought that Belahozzer, the
sacred opera, will bo repeated during tbe
fair next foil. There certainly wcnld bo
very large attendance on the perform
ances. No amateur entertainment ever
attracted so much attention throughout
the State or drew together so many visi
tors from other places in the memory of
“the oldest inhabitants.”
Brevities.
A new and much needed flooring has
been pnt on the pump at the intersection
of Mulberry aud Second streets.
The Central Railroad bridge over Wal
nut street, on the way to the Park, is be*
ing thoroughly repaired.
A large namber of people congregated
at the depot last evening to see the ex
cursionists to the coast off.
Harmonics.
The regular praotioo meeting of tbe
Harmonio Soolety will take place to-night
The weekly rehearsals have been some
what irregular lately, and it is hoped that
there Will be a fall attendance to-night,
so that work fo; the next concert may be
pnt into proper shape.
The approaching concert of the society
will be the last one of the season,
and tho management hopo to make it a
brilliant one, and one that will leave a
fine impression and a lasting one.
Thanks to the Mendelssohn Club concert
the sooietyhas paid all the expenses for
this season, and still has a surplus to be
gin next season with.
Reception Committee.
Matub's Office,
Macon, Ga., May 22.
Editors Telegraph § Messenger:
Please announce the following gentle
men as a committee of reception to look
after the visiting Sunday Schools from
Eastman which will arrive by the Macon
and Brunswick road this morning at a
quarter past ten o’clock.
EXCEPTION COMMITTEE.
A'dermen Hayne Eilie, T. C. Hendrix,
W. E. Fianders, W. F. Cannon; Colonel
H. H. Jones, Captain J. C. Wheeler,
Messrs. G. B. Detire, R. F. Burden Jacob
Sieeel, A, G. Batts, J. A. McManns, Geo.
A. Smith, S. R. Jaqnes, W. R. Rogers.
T. G. Dempsey, Thomas Burke, Rev.
Willinm McKav, Captain T. L. Ross, and
W. H. Woodeon. K-f pi-otfully,
Felix Cospdt,
Mayor pro-tern.
Council Proceedings—Resuiar
Meeting
Council Cbambeb,
Macon, Ga., May 21.1879.
Present: Hon. Felix Corput, Mayor
pro tem; Aldermen Hlggtna, Hendrix,
Fitzgerald, Cannon and Dunlap.
Absent: Hon. W. A- Hoff, Mayor; Al
dermen Kennedy, Masterson.Dnb, Hudg
ins, Flanders, and Ellis.
A qnortm not being present, adjourned
to Tuesday next, 8 o’clock p. m.
A. R. McLaughlin, Jb.,
Clerk of Council,
Tbe Eaitmnn Sunday Schools.
This morning at 10:15 o’clock the
special train from‘Eastman with the
Sunday-Bohools from that city will reach
Macon and will stop at the foot of
Cherry street, from whence the patty
will proceed to tho park. It tho day (
however, is rainy.tho train will run nnder
tho ca*.8hedand discharge its paseen
gers there.
There will probably be over two hun
dred Ssndsy-sehool scholars and teach
ers oa tho excursion. Tho party will be
met by a oommittee appointed for their
recaption and care. The Sunday-schools
will fie warmly welcemad to oar city. We
are always glad to have onr friends from
neighboring cities visit Maoon. The peo
ple of these seotfone should become bet-
tar acquainted with eaoh other, and in no
wayoan this be better accomplished than
by ezourtions of this description. We
hope the day will pass pleasantly for onr
visitors.
Beer not an Istohcatino Iiquob.—
Connecticut has been profoundly agitated
m over a trial In Nerwioh for a violation of
enough early rising in the army. He dia- uo el 1
likes the manual labor of writing and dic
tates to an amanuensis.
ing that bear was not an intoxicating
liquor, State’s attorney, to prove the
ooatrary, got drank npon it; bnt this sharp
praoticewres unavailing- B9er triumphed
gloriously, and can now be Bold in Con
necticut as freely as spring water. One
hundred and eighty indictments were
quashed by tow victory.
Bandar school Convention,
The grandest Sunday School Conven
tion ever held.in the State is soon to con
vene in Macon. Sunday school men from
the remotest bounds of the common-
wealthwili be present, and not only
Georgians there will be quite a
number of visiting gentlemen who
have devoted their time to the great work.
Governor Colquitt is expected to deliver
the opening address on the subjeot, “The
True Basis of the Sunday School Work.”
A programme of exercises has been pre
pared, which is full of interest, and come
distinguished names appear for addressee
npon it.
Rev. Dr. Axon, of Savannah; Rev. Dr.
Haygood, of Oxford; Rsv. Dr. P. H.
Mell, of Athens, of the State University;
Bishop Geo. F. Pierce, and many other
prominent gentleman are expected to be
present and deliver addresses.
Special attention will bo paid to the
music, and it will bees fine as Macon can
afford.
Oar city has recently become decidedly
interested in the approaching Conven
tion, and a welcome will be tendered fit
ting to the dignity of the body and the
importance of the cause calling it to
gether. There will probsbly.be two hun
dred and fifty delegates.
The Association ta oompesed of one
delegate for every three hundred or frac
tion ef three hundred members of San-
day-sohoota, composing the County As
sociations, and where no County Associ
ation exists, two delegates for eaoh Rep
resentative In the Legislature is allowed.
This fixes the basis cf representation.
This is the first meeting beld in Middle
Georgia, and it bshoovea onr people to
moke extra efforts to make it a grand
success.
Incendiabifm in Russia.—The fires oj
Nihilism aro bursting out generally
among the unfortunate towns of Saasia-
It will be seen that before cue asaflag*'
tion la extinguished another bursts out,
and in some points they have siseessive
holocausts of a very destraotiv* charac
ter. The objeot is to strike ooastanaa-
tlon Into the government and people. Tbo
Nihilists have made no secret of their do-
termination to barn os well sa to stay,
Tbe Bastion mails aro bur JendS with
anonymous threats of destruction to cities
os well aa death to individugta, end so B<*
tally desperate and reckiees of .their ofB
Uvea are these uoamins that a bag P*£*
pectivw of lire and blood opens befgw
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