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The Telegraphed
MACON, GAo!
—There are nowon tho rsgUtsrcf the
Tcnneeeco ponitoctuny twelve bandied
n imes of conviets. Ot there about cns-btlf
are employed within tho walls of tho prieon
and ths balaaco outsido.
—AtTomle, Siberia, eeveial secret gun-
pawdsr manufactories ware discovered in
boueesiielocglBg to the peasants deported
there. An investigation hia proved that the
district lccol aithoritios were cognizant of
the manufacture, but had kept it secret,
having received email bribes.
—The Empr03B Augusta’s recent visit to
England is said to have been with* vleowt
composing a qasnel between Qieen Ylotoria
and her daughter, the Grown Princess of
Germany, but tho goesip3 declare that the
mission didn’t mend matters, for th® Qasen
started to* Datreorel and left the Empress
atWindeor Castle.
—TheOlsrion, Pa, Bopnb'ican saya that
the unprecedented petroleum development
in the Bradford oil region, combined with
the low prices, have rendered oil operations
la the Clarion oil field almost a thing of the
past. Tho oQ towns have hsesme nearly
depopulated, and along tbilr ones thronged
streets an almost Sabbath stilines reigns.
—Texts Senatora must pay for the publi
cation of over a column a day of Ibeir elo
quence out of their own pockets. They have
jost met in extra session and appropriated
?15 a day to issue an official record of thstr
proceedings, adopted tbi restriction on
speechifying to keep tj» printer’s bill with'n
the allowance.
—At tbs darkest ho or of the night of May
22, ono of the policemen o! Moscow, named
Yarighin, saw and seized a young lady in the
very act of posting Nihilist proclamations.
Yarighin has been rewarded by the Governor-
General of Moscow with ono hundred ronbles,
and the young lady has been sent to Siberia.
—A ship eai'ed from Montreal for New
York city at 7;42 o’clock last Saturday even
ing. It was an air ship, and it had on board,
besides the inventor, four persons—passen
gers and crew in one. Up to the hoar at
Which this page goes to press, says the Sun
of Monday, 23d, the air ehip has not been
spoken c£T Biniy Hook, ot e’sswhare.
—William Nailor and Elvira Yirch were
married, near Evanavido, led., in (be oven
ing, and that night remained in the house of
ft friend. In the morning tba bride’s parents
came with their farm hands, ail aimed with
gone, and oaplnred her, in spite of her own
and husband’s desperate resistance. She
was carried off, and Nailor has not yet been
able to find her
Tnx Wcobtosd Istbbview.—Congressman
and ex-Secretary Bobceon is reported as
denying all snotrlo dga of the alleged arrange
ments by President Grant’s cabinet for hid
napping Mr. Tildeo in cabs be attempted to
take the oath of cffice in 1877. He saya that
the President knew of no trouble, had no
dread of any uprising, and took no Bteps to
meet it; that no gunboats were prepared for
New York; that Gen. Woodford, probably
never had any such interview with Miner as
is credited to bis account—in short, that tbs
whole thing is a canard.
—The late Baioa Lionel do Botkeohild,
tho head of the BngHfhhsuie of Bothschiids,
was a man most generous ingiriag. Enor
mous as his income was, it is said that more
than a tithe of it was applied in charitable
works. He never proclaimed his charities,
however, and often made it a condition cf a
gift that it sbonld no; bo published Bound
to his seat as be was by physical sr fibrin?,
which made his manner varying and some
times harsh, so that tho temper of Baron
Knih.-uia gw, t-j i» ojmeimng wa'cueo
like the Weathir for its refinances on the
Stock Exchange, he found his relaxation in
giving, and his ej03 glistened when he beard
that his alms or his influence had been bone-
fielaDy bestowed.
Success of ths Asu-Er.vns.Jr.—Mr. J O.
H. Claaasen, says tho Charleston News and
Conner, has jaat receive 4 from Baltimore
acooont Bales of 473 bnshols new wheat raised
by his son, Mr. W P. Clan-eon, on his farm
near Florence, at $1 GJ per bushel. Part of
the same sale is quoted in the Baltimore
price current of tho ifl-b, as fob'ows: ‘Iho
reffaipts of Southern embrace corns parcels
Of new, arid we note the eaie ot a lot of 253
bushels (one carload ■ prime dry South Caro
lina red at 9163, this being tho first impor
tant sale cf new whoat yet reported.’ Be
sides the Wheat Mr. W. F. Oiacsson has just
harvested 163 acres of red rust proof oats,
which averages 53 bushels per acre. The
wheat and oats ware planted partly ou D-
St. Jolien Haveners system, with ash-cle
meat and cow-peas.
—Dr. Schmidt of the Nsw Olsons Charity
Hospital has had numerous opportuLi its
for investigating tho nature of tho yellow
fever poison. Ho takes a decided stand
•gainst the germ theory, claiming it to bo a
disease depending, like emall-pos, scarlet
fever, and measles, upon a specific poison of
animal origin,» product of the diceasol hu
man organism ttseir. The fact that in the
case of putrefaction the poison increases in
intensity with eash individual through whom
it passes explains the fatality of (ho disease,
Which inero sea as the epidcmlo advances.
The prevention ef the disease involves tho
interesting question of quarantine, and tho
perfect isolation of the first caees would ap
pear to be the most important sanitary meas
ure.
—Tho oonteat between France and Eng
land on the one side and the Khedive on the
other, eays the World, has taken on a new
form. The Khedfvo has thrown himself back
Open his auzsrain, the Sultan, and his sure-
rian the Bnltan indicates a disposition to
give hia faithful allies of ths West as mush
trouble as he conveniently can. Ho has a
Greek question on his hands jast now as to
which England is of one mind and Franco of,
quite another mind, and as England is new
bis tenant at her Own will pretty much in
Cyprus, and Fraooo would like to be his
tenant on substantially the same terms in
Tonis, the Sultan may reasonably enough
avail himself of the present opportunity to
see how much peace and how mush honor
Tarkey and Egypt can got out of whs*, re
mains of the treaty of Earths. 0
The Toads Dcllie E ill:—The followirg
is the text of the trade dollar bill as it passed
tlio House: ‘The secretary of tho treasury
shall cause to bo oxohanged at the treasury
and at all aub-treaeuries of tho United States
legal tender silver dollars for tr&do dollars
at par, provided the weight of said trado
dollar has not been roducod bolow theatre-
dard weight and limit of tolerance provided
by law for the riaglo piece; and shall recoin
tko said trade dollars into legal tender dollars
as now provided bylaw; and shall slop tho
further Looinago of trado dollars; provided
that trade dollars recoined under this apt
shall not be counted as part of the coinage
of silver required by act of February 28,1878;
and provided further that trade dollars that
bare peon ‘chopped’ or reeiastped for ;«ircu-
lation In China or othar foreign countries,
thaU ho excluded from ike provision of ibis
act.’ u £■ » rr *'i
Mu. Joseph H. Jones, enr city o2iter,
who is an alumaaa ef Meset r University,
has been coleoted to deliver Ike prizes to
the successful orators of the Sophomore
class next week. Tho preisntsttcn will
Lj made on Tueiday gfghk ate I.
*> » ^ J.
—B&'ph Waldo Eaterstn is slxty-alx yorrj
o!L Once, when a stalest ef Harvard Col
lege went to him aching the meaning ot one
of hia Bentecco3, the sage of Osaeerd said:—
'I uo not remember what I mien: ;yre should
h’79 ask'd before tte ir.4r waa dry.’
Last Week’s Cotton .Figures.
THE CHOP SITUATION.
The New York Commercial and Finan
cial Chronicle reports tho total receipt!
of Ihestven days ending last Friday
night at 7,138 bales, against 10,721 tho
gamo week of last year—making a total
sinco 1st September lest of 4.414,610
bales, against 4.230,436 for the same
period of the previous cotton year—show
ing an increase of 184,174 bales.
Tns statement of the Gotten Exchange
of the same date, was as follows: Re
ceipt?, 6.031 against 10,505 last year.
Total, 4,404,082 against 4,191,466-Htow-
mg an excess of 212.616.
Toe Chronicles interior port table chows
1.853 bales received daring these seven
against 4,637 for earns days last year.
Shipments 5.012, against 10,715 (he same
days last year. Stccks on Friday footed
up 29,306, against 23,237 at same date
last year.
The Chronicle's visibio supply table
showed on Friday 1,605,309 bales of cot
ton in sight against 1,836,731 biles a
same date lass year, 2,441,545 the yoar
before at the same date, end 2.554,829 in
1876 at earns date. These figures show a
decrease in the visible supply, as com
pared with last year, of 281,422 bales. As
compared with 1877, a decrease of 836,-
23C hales, and aa compared with 1876 at
decrease of S16.520 bales.
Middling upland in the Liverpool mar.
ket last Friday was worth 6 15-16; 1 iat
year at ths same date it woe worth 6}—
in 1877, at eame date, the quotation was
6 3-16 and in 1876 at same date, the
same. ;
The Chronicle’s weather telegrams for
Friday last,report the coast of Texas still
without rtiia—com rained and cotton suf
fering. Streams all dried-up, and cattle
Buffering. Showers, however, are report
ed at Corsicana and Dallas—insufficient
bat helpful. The highest reach of the
mercury was 99.
In New Orleans there was no rainfall,
but an average thermometer of 83.
Vicksburg reports crops promising and
weather favorable. Columbus, Missis
sippi, two light rainB, weather too cold and
cotton covered with lice. Arkansas, sonth
of Little Sock, is suffering severely from
drouth, and serious lose will result if it
does not rein in a few days. Nothing im
portant from Tennessee.
Mobile Bays the ascouate from the in
terior are mixed—3eae reporting drouth
and others too much rain. Caterpillars
are reported in several counties, bat lit
tle importance attached to these reports.
Showery in Mobile three days. A light
raia has fallen in Montgomery. Crop
promising. No .»•• ; sa Selma.
Macon re; or * ■_ <•? accounts less fa
vorable on hccou• f cjoI weather. Crop
backward. Biuo-ua ne«:ly a month be
hind list year. Columbus had rain
ou one day. Savannah a little on three
days. Augusta bad nine one-hundredths
o' on Inoh. Charleston had 1 64 of rain.
Summing op the agricultural depart
ment reports for Jane, tba Chronicle
makes them to mean an acreage in cot
ton of 12.509 970 against 12,209,121 last
year, or 240,849 excess; and a worse con
dition ef crop by three per cent.
Conlziing’s Collision.
All notable events personal to the
great are foreshadowed by something
unusual and correspondent in the materia
world. A few days ago a great foreign
line steamer in New Yoik harbor pushed
her ccs} through the broadside of another
liner, and then, backing away from tho
amaul^ managed to go stern foremost
through a second ehip. So it was with
ConklTog the other day. He pitched
headforemost into Lamar and then, back
ing away went stern foremost into Don
Cameron. The reason with both ship and
Centime was the same. They wero uc-
der high pretyjre. They, had their steam
up! at.d wero equally careless, of what
hippmed. a ... •
A Pokiv TrsMUvraou ERROR CoR*
ssotsd.—In Sunday's lame, la the
Georgia Press, the writer quoted a para
graph from tho South Georgia limes with
thoospnon, “Is There a. HeaToa .for
tame «l" la commenting upon the
Lawyers said “now, our verdant brother
shonld understand that nil this special
pleading is simply professional, end in
the lice cf famines?. We do most con
scientiously think there are come good
lawyers.” . _ .
This last sportive remark tho reniorso-
lesB compositor rendered thus: “Wo do
not conaoicnUouriy think_ihere are some
good lawyet&c! The oontext, of course,
shows the error in question, but still wo
hasten to disabuse .our legal friends of
any erroneous impressions in tho pre mi-
sir. Vetymany of their profession are
among the most useful and pioas cf oar
lay cbnrobmec, cud, of coarse, eTcn the
qualified remnek wo made was merely in
jsst. j... 1 ‘ - - o P-
Wliy He Went to Africa.
The World Lend m correspondeccs says
the Prince Impeml went to Africa to
escape loreiom. He is described as
sprightly, brave, adventurous and gener
ous ycutb, compelled by hie warm affeo-
tion for his mother, and by all the politi
cal influences surrounding him, to play
the head of the dynasty and ma intain a
gravity and oracular dignity unsuited to
his years and disposition.
Ho had no ambition for the throne.
On the contrary, all his natural tastes
wero for private and moral life, and every
day’s existence to him was a kind of play-
octiag, constantly enforced by the pres
ence and ccunsels of bis mother, whose
wishes were to him a law. Wearied with
this Kfe, ho seized on tho idea of a trip
to Africa ns an opisode which would re
lieve him for a time of tho restraints of
his position,’and give him freedom among
companions of his own age, as wall ca
adventurer by flood and field.
To these aspirations his mother end
be? counsellors atiastjvialdcd a reluctant
assent. • -The trip .would popularizo him
in Esglasd sad the -army—harden bis
constitution—mature bis intellect and a
display cf gallantry, on if favorable occa
sion, taiight giro him popularity in
France.- ■ It was a war ot civilization and
Christianity e’gainst barbarism, in which
laurels might possibly be won, and no
effefilive enmity incurred. -Under theoe
ideas consent was givon and the Prince
started to the ecene of his slaughter at
the hind ef barbarians in ; Africa with
their rude assegais, fashioned cs is said,
out of an Iren hoop. Hia letter to Mr.
Ranker, announcing bis departure, is ns
fellows: "7 , >iVj Y ,, ,
“Mr Dear M. Sonnza^ I am about
to quit Europaaud my abienca may last
Eomp months. J. have too many faithful
frienda in France to think it possible for
me to keep silence on the reasons of my
departure. For eight years I have been
the guest of England. I have comple
ted my education in ono pf her military
schools ancMpktyqsal • occasions I have
strengthened the bonds which connect
me with thg English Artsy by sharing in
the great maaenvera it bus executed.
Tke>ar which England kas for more thin
a year bafn carrying on at tho Capo
of Good, Jlspe has just, assumed a char
acter,of gravity which it bad not till now
possessed. I desire to follow the oper
ations, and I embirk la two days. In
Franco,t where* -thank God, party spirit
has not destroyed iho military spirit, it
will bofelt that I did mot wish to remain
a stranger to -.the fatigues and dangers
of those among whom I count ao many
comrades. Tho tima 1- shall deyoto to
witness ing.; this .conflict of civilization
against bmburi.m will not. be lost for
me. Afar, as near, my thoughts will ba‘
constantly directed towaidi France. 1
shall watch with intereatmnd withonl
dieqaietude the gradual phases she will
pa?s through, for I am certain God pro
tects her. I am certain that ddriug my
at<3ccc3 the partisans of the jmpstftijl
cause will remain united and confident,
and will continue to give tho country the
spectacle of a party which,- faithful to its
doctrine?, remains over animr-ted by eon-
timeu’o cf tho most ardent patriotism.
Accept, my dear M. Eouher, the assu
rance of my einesro friendship,
NiP-.Lnort. for more.
“Oamden place, Chiaelhurst, Feb. 25,
1879.”
Thu?, of the four saeccssivo Napoleons,
tho first perished in exile on the rock of
St. Helena; the second died an exile in
Ansttia; the third died an exile in Eng
land, end the fourth perishod an exile in
Africa, by barbarian daggers.
THe Bonapartes.
London correspondence from Paris
represents tho beginning of a falling
away among the Imperialists. Some of
the moat active and ambitions among the
partisans o! the Empire will, no doubt,
seize the occasion to taka a political de
parture more promising than that of the
Empire. It was announced by the Paris
newspapers that Prince Jerome Bona
parte would, yesterday, hsue a manifesto
declaring his continued adhesion to the
Republic, and asserting that, as the next
in the order of succession,he stood a bar
to the claims of all tho others.
Prince Jerome ie the seoohd eon of the
youngest brother of Napoleon I. His
father first married Miss Patterson, of
Baltimore, from whom not all the infla-
enoc of Napoleon oould procure from the
Pope a divorce. His half-brother Je«
romo died in Baltimore in 1870, and the
laltet’s mother, Mrs. Patterson-Bona-
parte, died last winter in the same oity,
at the advanced age of 94, if we remem
ber correctly.
The Prince Jerome (Plon-Plon)’ who
iesued this manifesto was never in hearty
accord with Napoleon III. and was held
by him as a marplot in the imperial for
tunes. The English papers generally
hold that the death of the Prince Impe
rial is a severe, if not fatal, frustration
to the Imperialists. _
Competition Useless.—The New Y ork
papers are excited about a private stable
which Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt is erecting
in that city at an outlay on tho building
of $40,000. People admire, and tho
horses will, donbtleB?, bo proud of such
accommodations. Bat, after all, we sup
pose this equine pciace is not without
many rivals in the great cities of the
North, and, in fact, this $40,000 stable
is nothing at all to what they sometimes
had in old Rame, which was a mere inland
city with not half tho trade of New York.
There wo read that one Caligula bnilt a
stable for his horses with stalls of polished
marble and troughs and mangers of gold
and ivory, inlaid cow and then with a
dash of pearl. Tho attempt to be fine
above all others, even in the matter of
horsc3 and stables, ie a tiresome and
expensive business.
But good stable or barn accommoda
tions are worthy of all praise and emula
tion, particularly la a country where do
mestic animals suffer much for lack of
them. When oar Georgia boys marched
into Pennsylvania, with a view to harmo
nize & difficulty then existing with that
State, they wero astonished to find the
Pennsylvania barns far larger and often
mnoh more expensive than the dwellings;
and tho Pennsylvania farmers explained
the matter by saying that they oonld make
their families comfortable in almost any
kind of a house, .with warm elo thing ged
plenty of fire; but the unlucky cattle
oould avail themselves of neither.
A Crazy Business.
The UTorZd prints an interview with
Colonel E. Richardson, of Mis-issippij
who is North, to attend the exercises of
Princeton Collage, where hi3 son gradu
ates. Colonel Richardson is the million
aire whose planting and manufacturing
operations formed the subject of a sketch
published in this paper some time ago-
Ho has 18.000 acres in cultivation and
his cotton crop ia ten thousand bales.
Besides this, he cons cotton and woolen
mills.
Col. R.’e statement i3 a long’ nnd inter
esting one. Various elements of delaeion
enter intothis Ran gas emigration bnsi-
neas—but tbe principal o»« m a religions
delusion. Kansas i3 a Holy Laud to them,
where God and the Government are to
have them ia equal charge, and provide
them with every comfort and lnxury,
and give tbem netting to do. Every
start towards E>neas is a pilgrimage to
Zion. The steamboat which takes them
is “de ole ship of Zion,” and each emi
grant bears tbe pilgrim’s scroll in his
hand—a little flag highly emblazoned,
upon the exhibition of which,
Kansas or on. the journey, he will
be entitled to everything he aska for.
Mississippi is pervaded with under
ground agents, white and blaok, opera
ting on these crcdnluue people, and filling
them with the wildest delusions. If this
fanaticism ia not cured before the crops
are gathered, the .apprehension ia that
there will be a heavy depopulation in the
winter.
Judicial Appropriation Bill.
It seema from the mid-day telegrams
yesterday that the House and Senate Ad
visory Committee has agreed to divide
the vetoed Judicial expanses bill. The
first bill ie designed to meet general judi
cial expenses, which it is presumed (if
anything be presumable in the case,)
Mr. Haye3 will approve. The second bill
will make appropriations for tbe mar
shals, with special provisions against the
application oE the money to bull-dozing
election;; and this bill, it is supposed,
will be vetoed, but vetoed at tbe cost of
leaving the marshals without funds for
general or special purpose's. We are in
clined to believe, if this policy is carried
cut and Congress adjourns, Hayes will
either C3ll another extra session or furn
ish the marshals, from eomo other source,
to bo reimbursed out of a subsequent
deficiency supply bill.
The Federal machinery for controlling
eleaticn3 in the States is the mam point
with the Radicals, and they’are going to
have it in working order, no matter .what
may be the expense and trouble. Upon
any fair verdict of the people at the polls
the so-called Republican brotherhood are
bound to be beaten. And though, with
the public parse suds word in their hand3,
this might not ba followed by their re
tirement from power, yet it is not to be
disguised that a second usurpation would
be more inconvenient and hazardous than
tho first one. There is a majority against
them now in both Houses of Congress,
and they cannot so fully rely on the man
Hayes, qb they could on Grant, who
has a settled contempt for law,and would
not be restrained from any coarse he
shonld incline to, by personal scrnples
or apprehensions, but would naturally
delight in applying force to tbe removal
of obstacles.. Hayes might balk over a
second raid on the Presidency. At any
rate the desire is natural, all round
among the Radicals, to try this time
whether they can’t accomplish the same
thing by military terrorism at the polls
instead of taking tbe more desperate
cbaaca of a covp d'etat in Washington, in
the presence of an unfriendly Congress.
The struggle tot tho marshals and
perrifiors is not over yet.
TJio Question of Adjournment.
*' Ib the House yesterday tbe proposition
to aojonm without the passage of a ju
dicial appropriation bill was defeated by
82 yeas tq 103 nays, several Democrats,
bo the telegram say?, voting with tho Re
[ publicans to defeat the adjournment. In
the Senate, without a contest, tho reso'
lotion fixing to-day far adjournment was
re-committed to the Committee on Ap.
propriations. After one o’clock p. m n
the joint Democratic Advisory Commit-
(eoof the Senate and Houso met for the
purpose of preparing a new bill to pro
vide for jadioial expenses for tbe fiseal
year beginning first of July next. We
presame the Administration will get
the fund* to pay their supervisors end
depatv jlicls for controlling elections,
which i me point in controversy, sad
Congress adjourn sometime this Y7oek.
Senator Batard’s Views.—The Ba!'
timore Fun saya Senator Bayard, of Del
aware, in a latter expressing his regret
at being unable to fix a time for address
iag the Democratic Union, of New York
oity, writes: “My cisar views of duty
and crpedieuoy bavo not, up to this time,
been fnlly adopted by my party asso
ciates, and yet my faith in their propriety
and their necessity has. only been
strengthened by the occurrences of the
oes8ion. No plan of party action can ba
accepted which involves oonfusionjn the:
orderly proceedings of onr government
in all its branches. No diturenoea of
opinioa or obstrnctivecese by one de
partment can warrant other.departments
la withholding proper and ueedfal
Tbo Kbotllve.
Tne London limes of yesterday morn*
ing announces that the Khedive’s abdi
cation is imminent, althongh it had not-
been signed up to Monday night last.
It seems clear enough that the Khedive
is altogether in tlie hands of France and
England, and is not only powerless to
help himself bp£ is liable to severe pnn-
ishtnea£ in estate, and per haps in person,
if he sets np a futile opposition. - ■
Hi3 reckles3 extravagance, which htw
flooded London and Farts with his evi
dences of debt has afforded an opportuni
ty, probably long deserved by these pow
ers, to take possession of bis estate, psr-
sonal and political. Among bis assets
yet remains a part of, tho stock of the
Suez Canal, in whioh both countries have
a deep interest. Both want a secure
control of that great work, and it is not
improbable that both might . l.ke to
shape Egyptian cgricnlturo to 3omo ex
tant in tne ootton production. Their
proceedings, in this ease, partake of the
nature of a foreclosure and levy, and may
perhaps end with a touch of imprison
ment for debt,'shoal * the Khedive prove
refractory. ,
One point is consolatory m respect to
the misfortunes of the Egyptian ruler,
and this is that any change in the situa
tion of ku subjects must of necessity bo
for the belter since it cannot be for the
worse. Egypt, ia its present social and
political condition, realizes to ihe extrem-
• est point, the scripture prophecy 2,SCO
years age, that it shonld ba the “basest
ot nations.” The Egyptian Feilab, whose
toils and sufferings produce its wealth, is
the most forcible cxatnple on earth of a
degraded and oppressed people. Under
domination of France • and Eagiand, he
might have a breathing spell.
-—
That JIELAKCHPI.T pats of tho Belgi
an Bride who went to death ovar Horse
shoe FpHs in Niagara, a few days ago, is
about number one of the accidents of
summer travel this year. Bat every
year furnishes its score or two. The
Alps and all the other mountains—the
Geneva, lakes and till the other lakes—
tho seashores and rivers, are all laid on'
der contribution, every summer and fall,
to kill people. When young folk3 are
in the hey day of a summer trip—
fall of a daring spirit of adventure, they
will never be prudent. In fact they are
ashamed of prudence, and shamed by
each other into experiments more reck
less and dangerous than they are aware
of until too late. Reader, don’t add to
the number of 'victims. It may bo dis
graceful to bo'prudent, bat it is not
deadly. _
“ ■Watei’ Works.
—j Tho. fmovomont for water work; pro
gresBea steadily. The commute® j:
charge Is making a careful survey of tho
gptirjS field to afioartain exactly what
.amount can bo expected for the scheme,
BfidalUhair 'investigations will bo re
duced : to a reliable bnsiness ba
'their own full measure of duly .to tbe
people of tho United Siates^anq
their government. To tho sober and de
liberate judgment of the Amerioan peo
ple must be submitted all issues, and,
pending all snob decision, good ordsr,
qaietand rogulir.conduct ot pubiio af
fairs most proceed. Congress is not a
town meeting, bat an Assembly of dele
gates, acting under constitutional limits-;
tions, for the poiformance of essential
objeot?,_ and peaceable : and. orderly
maintenance and continuance cf the
government, under existing laws, is
the flret duty. To emend and repeal
objectionable laws 'and enact new
and needed reforms, ia a clear. duty,
but the mode, and only legitimate mode,
is clearly pointed out by th9 constitution,
and' no irregular methods ore bo justi
fied.” • i
ecyn
WisraN, from isin» a butkof ridicule
with some <5f tho newspapers, is tfon a
first-r&to hero. NTa' VScebtfoh in New
York, will rival that cl Great in Sa*
Franahoo. fTais shows Aha difference.
b2t(taen .^aco333 and’ defeat? But. the
little fellow was really greafcin iris iolom-
itabls fortitude and perseverance, wh«n
ia the face of all ths guff iws and bulTet-
ting3 ha prrsiiUd in ambition to be-
cojqe th? pjjjnipiia ^walkisl” pf~tbo
world, though-every- trial' brought him
qatfrggfcl# 1 dertat and lo:?. _j;
A LxrTLB Rain.—Thera was qniia a
little sprinkle between Tnvsday night and
Wednesday raorninfl, which refreshed tho
earth for an hoar or two and proved that
tho ability to rain wrs not gone entirely.
supplies, or in failing to perform, .si?.“Tho';' committee dssires, when
the works are established to have
them-stand on a paying basis, one that
will bring a revenue to tbe stockholders.
. Various sources of supply for tho water
have been suggested. Tho river, the
consolidated streams tributary to the
riveriabove the city for some miles, and
tho latest .suggestion is bringing to
the <. city tho water of McCall’s pond.
This latter would be an unfailing source
of pure, clear water. Tho pond is
nearly, on a level with tho old
conrt house square. Piping would de-
liver a sufficient] niieam to a point in
thaf porlion of the city, and from thence
it could bo forced by a small engine to a
stand pipe, or sent throbbing through
Ehe’ city by tho Holly system, which
would dispenso with the stand pipe. The
discharge for the pond now is estimated,
oven at this dry eeason of the year at
Ji.COO.OOO gallons. Two millions gallons
per day is the estimated amount for the
U3e„of Macon for years to come. We
do not commit ourselves t* McCall’s pond,'
%uS simply present Ike latest views and
.suggestions on tho sub jest.
At the Post efflre.
A coupla of laoo scarfs have reached
tho Macon post-ofica bearing no address,
and consequently cannot bo delivered.
A fcottio of lactopeptino is also held at
t ia offioe, as glas3 of all kinds is nnmsil-
ablo In tte poaches of Undo Sam. The
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Kimball House,
Atlanta. Jnue 25,1879.
THE ATLANTA UNITER;ITT.
This institution has fcetn eindnoled
with singular wisdom and propriety, and
has already proved an inestimable bless
ing to the colored people of Georgia.
Gradually, bnt Barely, all the the preju
dices of the whiteB have been overcome,
and the predictions of many that it would
eventuate in a mere nursery of Radical
ism, and hate to the superior rso?, have
not been justified by tho facts.
Oa tbe contrary, we have tho testimony
of onr own School Superintendent,
MB. B. M. ZXTTLSB,
that some of the mobt efficient and oon-
servative teacherB in the Bibb county
eohools were eduoated at the Atlanta Uni
versity. Moreover bo favors the ap
pointment, by the various Boards ef
Fablio EdaoatiOD, of teachers of their
own raoi for the colored children of the
State, in everyfioBtanoa where thsy show
themselves competent.
Accordingly, we find from the official
-report of President Ware, that of-the
fifty-one slums! of the University,
F0STT-TWO
fcavo engaged in teaching as a profession,
while three are pastors ot churohos, two
theological stndects, and one, Naihreiel
D. Harris, ot Washington, D. C., Is pur
suing the stndy of law. Of the teaobera
four only have tainted beyond the limits
of the Statu
In addition
- r ’ OVER ninett
ot the more advanced pbpris employ
their time during vaoitioa in teaohing.
The President, Mr. Wright, of Iho Col
ored Tdaohers’ Convention of Georgia,
now sitting in tho Hall of Representa
tives, who is at the toad of a large sohool
in his town, is also a graduate of Atlanta
University, and many others that eonli
be named, fill important positions in tho
colored eohools of the country. Yet
mart; the resalt. - In no State in the
Union are onr citizens of Afrioan descent
more industrious, quiet, orderly, and bet
ter satisfied than in the ocmmonwealtb
of Georgia. It may be said truly, also,
that nowhere else are they advancing so
rapidly in inta.'ligence and material pro
ferity.
The University, therefore, has certain
ly wrought no hum in it3 itfluenaa upon
the morals and loyalty of the blacks.
The institution is in a more flourishing
condition than at any previona period of
ltsbistoiy. Its matriculates number
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTT,
representing fen different StateB and forty
seven counties in Georgia. The Trneiees
hold.sixty acres of valuable land adjoin
ing the coUega edifices,whioh 1?, in itself,
a splendid endowment. The other revs-
nnes cover 58.000 per annum from th«
Statoof Georgie, tuition fees, (only $2
par month,) and donations nasally tmmu
ting to $2,500 from aharitebte iuetintions
at tbs Norib. Bat recently the Trustees
have bad quite a windfall from the Stone
estate at Malden, Mass. Tbe widow of
Mr. Stone, who, by her husband’d will,
was made the almoner of his bounties,
has given
T1TTC THOUSAND DOLLARS
to tho University. They have fallen
heir also to another sum exceeding 510,-
000, from tho estate of tho late R. R.
Graves, of New York, who had previous
ly donated a valuable library to the Lai-
vor-ily.
With th033 subsidies it ia proposed to
erect immediately, another splendid Col
lege building batween th9 two present
structures, to cost $40,000, and a large
addition to the Girls' Dormitory, which
will include a dining room capable of
seating 300 pupils. The estimited cost
of this improvement ie $15 009.
TBE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE
comprises 4,000 volumes, most of taom
excellent selections, with a balance on
hand in cash of 5700 for further augmen
tation, derived from tho interest cn the
p-rm-iuent library endowment, which is
$5,000
It will ba seen from t'ue above that
the Atlanta University is on the high
road to prosperity, and is dc3iine'i to ba
the leuimg colored educational founda
tion of the Union. A very large pro
portion of the pupils are girls, maay of
whom arc of mixed blood and quite pret
ty. We could detect no difference, how
ever, in the intelligence of the pure Af
rican and the eame race v»htn crossed
with Saxou blood. Some ntudentj aa
black as tae ace of spades were the
peers of tbe daintiest Ootorcous present,
and even surpassed them ia their rrei'
talions.
THE EXAMINATIONS
have been through, and highly sat-
iifatory. They will close to-day.
Any one having doubts as to the abili
ty of the negro to master Greek and
Litin, so!Vi mathematical problems,
chop logic ac i learn elocution a id oratory
has*only to attend th8 examinations of
the Atlanta, University to ho convinced
to the contrary. While it i3 true they
require more drilling andreeiia to a cer-
ta c extent by roie, yet there wera miEy
pupils who seemtd to have a fair knowl
edge of all tho topics neder review, and
showed this whan interrogated generally.
Wo were particularly pleased
WITH THE RZSDINOOFTHECLAS3E3.
They wero evidently under tho most
careful training and punctuated, empha-
sizad, and spete with distinctness and
accuracy.
A member of the Board of Yuitors,
himself a veteran and skilled educator,
said the recitations came folly* up to the
usual standard in tho whito shoots. In
deed, the faculty are all trained and thor
ough instrustors, and tbe President, Mr.
Ware,evinoes much tact and discrimina
tion in the management and discipline of
the institution.
CLEANLINESS, WHICH IS NEXT T3 GODLI
NESS,
is rigidly exacted of all, and the spotless
desks and floors attest the salutary sn-
foroement of this regulation. The pupils;
too, were all clean and neat in their at
tire, and it was impossible for any similar
assemblage to have been more decorous
and well-behaved in their deportment.
It affords the writer unqualified pleas
ure thus to attest to tho wholesome work
ing of the Atlanta University, and hie
associates on the Stato Board of Visitors
wilt substantiate all that he has written.
To-morrow, Thursday, the Commence
ment exercises will be held.
A WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE.
Yesterday the nuptial tie between Rav.
A. R. Callaway, a noted divine and pro
fessor in tho LaGrange Female College,
and the beautiful and aoaomplished Mies
Mary Ely, a sister of the Attorney Gen
eral of the State, was duly cemented
at the
EXECUTIVE MANSION
by Dr. Spalding, of Atlanta.
Tho Governor was absent, bat bis
lovely wife and the graceful and elegant
widow of his father. Senator Alfred T.
Colquitt, did the honors magnificently,
assisted by Colonel Warren, Colonel Bar
net and the entire cabinet of hia Excel
lency.
A brilliant company was present,
among whom we recognized General
Toombs, cx-Chancellor Tucker, Judge
G. Wright, of Albany, Mr. Mayer. Major
Moses, Colonel Mark Johnston, Rev. T.
G. Pond, Judge Harden of Savannah;
Captain Crawford, of MilledgeviJl?, and‘a
large portion of the elite of Atlanta.
Tho bride, arrayed in an elegant or
gandy dross, richly trimmed with lace,
appeared leaning upon tho arm of her af
fianced, who is eminently striking and
handsome in physiqno, and supported by
the following attendants:
Mr. B. A. Ely, Miss Marie Moses, Mr.
W. E. Ragan, Mia3 Lucy Erwin, Mr. P.
M. Reeder, Miss Lizzie Dawson, Mr.
Henry Dawson, Mib3 Susie Scruggs.
The bridemsids wero o’egantiy a'tired in
white, each with a diatinctivo color and
tnperb toilet.
The marriage ceremony of Rsv. A. T.
Spaulding, D, D., was most tender, beau-
tlfnland appropriate. We have never
heard it surpassed in exquisite taste and
tne aniiity to rain wrs not gone entirely. ""T ““ «<»" ua “* ***= elegant diction.
Bnt Nature, like diver T<?ist, st ! l! agte j bottle is addressed to Dr. B. S. Carswell, Then followed tho usual esngratnla-
I of JeffortonvlllQ.
tions to tho happy pair, and on the came
day they ieft for their home in La-
Grange. limy warm wishes for a long
life ot continced happiness attended
them.
AN ILL EDITOR.
While at the Executive Mansion, Airs.
Colquitt showed tho writer into tho sick
chamber of Riv. Dr. Atexaod-r CKrk,
the able editor of the Methodist Recorder
of Pittsburg, end three Sunday school
papers. Ha ttas been prostrated by ever-
ork, bat wan kindly taken home by our
excellent Governor, and nndcr the skill
ful nursing cf his noble wife wo tiust is
slowly convalescing. But the Doo'or is
still very ill and upable to sposk above a
whisper. Mrs. Colquitt received tbe fol
lowing dUpatch on tbe 23 i iaskr, ditod
from Baltimore:
"To Mrs Governor Colquitt—
"The Methodist Prorestant Preachers’
Meetings of Baltimore aud District
of Columbia wisn the President oi
the conference to tender sympathies and
prayer for Dr. Clark, acd thanks for tbe
Canstian ministries of Governor and Mrs.
Colquitt.
[Signed] Wsi. S. Hammond.
This is bat a jast tribute to th-i gener
ous and hospitable Chief Magistrate of
Georgia and his amiable partner.
It is behoved that Dr. Clark has passed
the crisis of bis Illness and will recover.
Thousands will otter a hearty amen to
this announcement.
A 3EAUTIF0L TESTIMONIAL.
In the Handsome parlors of the execu
tive mansion wo were pleased to observe
a certificate of life membership for Gov
ernor Colquitt from the Brooklyn Sunday
School Onion, whioh had just beeu re
ceived, enclosed in a unique frame inlaid
with moaaio work of pearl. It was a
graceful remembrancer of his late via it
In our rambles it is ever tho desire of
the writer to gather up incidents aud
anecdotes which will bo of general inter
est to the reader. They form agreeable
breaks on the otherwise ofctimes dull con
tiuuitv of regular epistolary correspond
ence.
The following, a pleasant incident ot
what may ba o>lled the closing scenes of
the “iaie nuploasnstuefB,” has just been
related to us by a friend, end in thebe
days ot retnreing good feeling and good
sense, we think u will not be out of
place, nor uninteresting to give oar peo
ple the benefit of it, especially as it illus
trates bow the nnpleaeubt duties of war
may be, and generally are, performed by
a cultivated, eduoated end thorough eui-
dier.m the one instance by a foreigner in
the United States service, and in the
other by a native born, genial Down-
Easier, ba: at the same time honorable
ooldier and trua gentleman:
Jast sf .er the close of the war, Briga
dier General H. W. Mereer, of Savannah,
was arrested on the oharga of having im
properly approved tho proceedings of a
coart martial, alleged to have been ille
gal, and in conreqaeneo cf which
number of United States soldiers were
i-hol—and it may here be remarked pa
renthetically, that he was afterwards tri
omphantly acquitted by the military com
mission which tried him.
While oocficod in tho casemates of Fort
Pulaski, at no time was bo treated with
cn, disrespect, or with mere rigor than the
thin commanding officer thought ixeoesss
ty, but still be was in prison, and under
ga.-rd. At this time Princo Saltn S,lm
was sent, with the regiment of which ho
was Colonel, to tho Fort. He at once
treated General Mercer with the greatest
ooLSideraliioo, giving him a honre out
side of the Fart, removing hi3 guards,
famishing him with soldiers to wait upon
him, and frequently, es did the ether of-
fbeis of his command, calling to pay his
respeots and causing tae guard to tnm
out and presen: arms whenever be pass
ed into, or ont of the Fort. The
only restriction placed upon him was
the remark of tbe Princo Colonel:
‘‘Of course, General Mercer, yon will
make no attempt to deeape.” To which
the General responded that he was’ us
safo a3 though 'guarded by the entire
army.
The ether inoident, or, rather, the
Other part of the incident, was this: The
General was shortly afterwards ordered
to be brought to Savannah to stand his
trial. Col. , of Maine, and wo re
gret that hia name bad escaped onr infor
mant, for it ought to be known aU over
tho country to bi3 eternal honor, was in
command. His orders were to eoefine
the General in a room of the building,
formerly tho law cffice of Messrs. Ward,
Jackson & Jones, jast across the street
from the old State Bank, then Co!.
■— -’a headquarters, and to keep a
sentinel at hi3 door day and night, and to
allow no one to see or speak to him with
out a written permit from the command
ant. Of oourae these orders, though
harsh, must be caxric-d out, and Col
■ ——.I. placed a sentinel at tne door, but
allowed him to close or open the same as
he wished: got from the General a list of
those whom he would like to see, and
issued a special order that every one
whose came was cn that list should be
admitted at any time.
Hr then informed the General that
his horses wero at his service, whenever
be wished to use them, and as ho was
obliged to keep him under guard, either
ho,]or one of his staff, in plain clothes,
would ride with him whenever he wish
ed, which was frecuenily done. Further,
he allowed the General to visit any of
his friends, acd stay es Into at night as
he pleased, hut was obliged to send a
guild with him, and eo sent an unarm
ed and exceedicgly well behaved Ser
geant, who sit in silence until the General
was ready to go. Col. , nor any of
his staff would accompany him on these
visits, as they were unwilling to intrade
where they might not bo welcome, and
hospitality would have been, per force,
offered to them, while it would not be to
the Sergeant.
Such conduct a3 this immeasurably sof
tens the horrors of war,benefits both sides,
and doss no possible harm; and recalling it
tends to strengthen tho new friendship j
between late enemies, who were so only
from conscientious conviction. And it
lessons also the harm sought to be done
by thoso who stood at a distance and
sniffed the battle from afar, and having
seen and felt none of the horrora of the
war, now seek to renew it.
But thi3 reminiscence of the past ex
hausts our space, and we close forthwith.
- H. H. J,
Tbe Academy tar tne Blind.
Arrangements aro being made by the
Superintendent of the Academy for the
Bl;nd, located is thia city, to tako to At
lanta during the session of the Legisla
ture, a portion of the pupils of the Acad
emy, and give an exhibition in tbe Op
era House in Atlanta, for the benefit oE
ths members of the General Assembly.
Tho evening of tho 3rd of July has been
selected as the ttmo. The invitation
was extended last winter, bat the visit
was unavoidably postponed. Tho exhi
bition which will be given will bo illus
trative of the methods cf instruction,
tho litorary and musioal departments.
A small sum will be charged for admis
sion, which will be gives to tho pupils
taking part is the exhibition. Sach an
entertainment would prove highly inter
esting and instructive to the members
of the Legislature and to tho psople afc
Atlanta, and will sorvo to show what *a»
and is being done in Georgia in the ix-
struction oE tho blind of the* Stale.
Council Poceedlnxs—Regular
Sleeting.
' Council Chamber,
Macon, Ga., June 24th, 1879.
Present—lion. W. A. Huff, Mayor;
Aldermen Cannon, Corpnt, Masterson,
Hendrix, Ellis, Dab, Hudgins, Flanders
and Duulap.
Absent—Aldermen Higgins, Kennedy
and Fitzgerald.
Tne minutes cf the last regular mcet-
ibg was read and confirmed.
A communication from S. T. Cole
man & Co., asking to be allowod to pay
their license under the ordinance passed
in January last, was referred to tho Fi
nance Committee.
A communication in regard to bnEi-
nees taxes, from Lyon to Gresham, aud
Whittle & Whittle, Solicitors for W. B.
Johnston and others was read, when Al
derman Dab moved that the communi
cation bo tabled. Carried.
Petition of Mrs. Mary Harvey for per
mission to build a single story frame
building on lot 4, square 62, was re.
ferred to the Committee on Fire Depart
ment.
An invitation from Rev. Dr. Battle,
President Mercer University, to tho
Mayor and Concci),to join the procession
and occupy seats on the rostrum on
commencement day, was read. On mo
tioa the invitation was aocepted and
council will attend in a body.'
Tbs following bills were referred: A.
B. Small, 54070; E. Price’s Sons,
$164.07; B. H. Gibaon, $5.40.
Tho Finance Committee reported ad
versely upon the petition of Lee Davis
for reduction of license. On motion the
report was received and adopted.
The Finance Committee recommended
the issuance of a license to A. Henderson
for $15 to keep a lunch stand for six
months. On motion t,he report wsb re
ceived and adopted.
The Committee on Fire Department
recommended in their report that a new
Buction asked for by Protection Fire
Company, ba purchased. On motion the
report was received and adopted.
Alderman Hudgins introduced the fol
lowing, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Clerk of Conncil
be instructed to give five days’ notice to
all parsons in arrears for licenses, and
those failing to respond ho will issue exej
cations at onoe under the new ordinance.
Messrs. Corout, Flanders, Hudgins,
and Mayor Huff, the committee appoint
ed by Council to confer with a commit
tee of citizens as to the best mode of re
adjusting the city debt, reported through
their chairman, Alderman Oorput, various
recommendations made bv said joint
committee. Whereupon Alderman Can
non off-red the following, which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we adopt the recom
mendations of the acmmittee of Council-
men and citizens in regard to the re-ad
justment of tho bonded debt of tho c>ty,
of Macon aa submitted through _ Alder
man Corput, chairman of the said com
mittee, and that the following gentlemen
ba elected as tho sinking fund commis
sioners :
J. E. Jones,
J. W. Burke,
Asher Ayres,
R. F. Lawton,
J. P. Fort.
Oa motion Council adjourned to Tues
day next at 8:30 o’clock p. m.
A. R. McLaughlin, Jr .
Clerk of Council.
Beam of an Old Citizen.
The announcement of the sudden death
of Dr. C. J. Carey reached the city yes
terday at noon by telegraph from Au
gusta. He was born in Savannah very
nearly sixty yeare ago. Ho came about
1830 to Macon with his father’s family,
all of whom are dead except his sister,
Mre. HonLnd, who now resides in Ma
con. Dr. Carey was well educated, he
was fond of bcoks and was familiar with
the standard authors of ancient and mod
ern history. He was always fend of
postry and frequently wrote verses for
publication. He was a man of tendtr
heart and “infinite jest,” and ono of the
best punsters ever known in Macon. In
1849 ho engaged in the magnetic tele
graph tu3intS3 cn the first line built by
Professor House between New York and
Washington City. This waa the first
printing telegraph system known to the
world. He bad charge of the offioe in
New York City s.veral years and wes
connected with the printing telegraph
until the patent was declared by tho
United States Supreme Court an infringe
ment on the Ijorae system cn account of
using the electro-magnet.
He was engaged a9 an acioantant by a
prominent firm ia Augusta at the time
of his death.
Dr. Carey fell dead suddenly at tho
Central Hotel in Augusta yesterday
morning at half past eleven o’clock from
heart disease. His remains will arrive
in Macon this morning by the Central
train aud the funeral lake place from St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church, according to
ths notice in another column.
Serenade,
This cffico ie indebted to tke Central
City Qnartetto for one of tho most de-
ightful of serenades. Tho voices el
the quartette aro all highly r»I-
tivated, and the music they mako, es
pecially “nnder tho silvery stars,
tens male quartette. They hava re
cently favored a numhor of their friends
similarly, and their viBits-nre always
highly appreciated.
Personal.
Hon. James M. DnPree, member of
tho Legislature -from Macon county, so-
companies by his wife end Mies Y7. H>
Byron, of Dooly connty, is at the La
nier House, on his way to Atlanta to at
tend the coming session of tho General
Assembly.
Major R. F. Liwton, of Maoon, whose
family will spend a portion of tho sum
mer in Forsyth, made a short visit to oar
town last week, remaining over on the
Sabbath day.—Monroe Advertiser.
Mr. Mack Davis, tho genial, clever and
active agent of tho “old reliable” Tele
graph and Messenger, was in town
last Friday and promised, with serno cf
his friends, to spend a few dava dating
the commencement.—Monroe Advertiser.
Mr. R. R. Billsps, passenger agent of
the Piedmont Air-Lino, was in the city
yesterday, at the Lanier House.
Mr. J. Dannenhnrg, one of the leading
morohants of Macon, was a gueBt of tbe
Kimball yesterday.—Atlanta Constitu
tion. ■ • r
Mr. Shaw and Gradot, of the Central
road, aro in the city working up an ex
cursion to Tybse Island.
The Victims ot the Flames.
The little girl, Bertha Reynolds, who
was burned to death near Jonesboro by
the recent fire, was a bright little girl
abontnine yeare of age. Tho night of the
fire at the house tho' gathering had been
particularly pleasant. A new piano bad
jnst been added to tho attractions of the
home. The last soag of tho evening was
tho “Swoet Bye and Bye,” snng by little
Bertha. ,
Mis3 Miry Ribson, sister of-Hra. Roy-
nolss, was an attraotiVJ yonng lady, just
sixteen, and had but a short, time sinco
returned from a visit to Texas.
SUPERIOR COURT.
The Criminal Socket
Yesterday morning the testimony m
the case of the Stato vs. John Rose, wsb
resumed, acd the caso concluded, tho
jury finding the prisoner gnilty of larceny
from the house.
The defendant was gnilty of stealing
tho sum of $90 from hia employer, Mr.
W. L. Henry. The money was acciden
tally left on the desk of Mr. Henry’s
shop, and in his absence appropriated.
Suspicion rested on several other colored
men in the shop at tho time. A clue
was obtained, however, through a con
versation of a brother-in-law of Rose.
He was accordingly arrested, and while
in jail, awaiting his trial, mado several
confessions to Mr. Henry in regard to
the theft of the money.
At the conclusion of th3 Rose case tho
trial of the State vs. Henry Shields,
colored, was taken np.
It will be remembered that on the
evening of the 1st of May a difficulty oc
curred on Mulberry street in whioh Mr.
John Bsnner and the colored man Shields,
were shet. The last Grand Jury found
two tine bills sgainst Shields—ono for an
assault with intent to murder, and tho
other for an affray. The case of the as
sault oame np yesterday.
The evidence developed the facts that
the colored man, Shields, who was en
gaged ns a cook for Mr. Benner, was un
der tho influence of liquor, aud had been
endeavoring to have a difficulty with an
other colcred man on the premises. He
came from the restaurant department to
the frnit store bslow. Mr. Thomas Ben
ner ordered him out on acconnt of his
boi9terons behavior. This had no ef
fect. Mr. John Benner, who was
above, hearing the noise, came below.
At this time Mr. Thomas Benner threw
a large coach shell at tho negro, Mr.
John Banner a glass, and at the same
instent the colored man with a knife
endeavored to carve Mr. John Benner
ontting his shirt sleeve. So qtriokly did
the whole affair occur, that it was almost
impossible tr see in what older tho
throwing of the missiles and tho cutting
ooourred. Mr. Banner then went np
stairs for his pieto!.
The evidence ended here. The case
was elaborately argued and wont to the
jury at 7 o’clock. At a late hour a ver
dict had not been reached.
This morning the case of the State vs.
Monroe Sannders, colored, charged with
tbe murder of Swamp Molly, will be
called up.
| At this term of the conrt there are five
murder cases which will be aonnded for
trial. And it is probable that all five of
them will be disposed of at this term.
Besides these are a xnmber of
ciaea for lesacr effenses. Tho criminal
docket will be cleared before other busi
ness is taken np.
Bled in Jicbiie.
Wo regret to hear of the death of Mr.
P. C. Conley, of Mobile, Alabama, a
brother-in-law of Captain W. W. Carnes,
of this ctly. His death occurred on
Tuesday after a brief iilnes?.’ He is well
known in Macon, and married Mies
Mary Carnes, of this city.
The SanderiTltte Academy.
The spring session of the Sandersville
Academy will close thi3 week, the final
exeroiess taking place to-day and to-mor
row. Tbe musical features promise to be
more than ordinarily interesting. Among
the literary attraotions will bo an address
by Rev. A. G. Hoygood, D. D., President
of Emory College, Oxford, who ’will
speak to to-morrow morning at 11 o’clock.
Union Entertainment-
On the evening of the 2ad of July tho
S. A. E. and Chi Phi Fraternities, two
Escret societies of Mercer University, will
give a union entertainment ia the way
of a commencement hop at Mseonia Tem
ple. The entertainments of these fra-
ternites last year wero enjoyable, and
now a3 they will unite, the enjoyment
wfildanbtleas be doubled. Both are fine
fraternities and it is pleasant to sec such
goad feeling between them.
* Colored Excursion.
List evening the delegates to tbe ses
sion of the Grand Lodge of the Colored
Masons, held in this city, many of whom
were from along the Central road, return
ed homo. A large crowd of colored peo
ple who oacio np on tho same road with
the Masons also returned. A very largo
crowd of colored people of the city ac
companied them to the depot, and at the
departure of tha train it was thickly
crowded with the oolored population.
no xono.
This evening highly interesting exer-
feisM will taka plate at Plo Nono College
ia the clcsing exercises of the year.
They will begin at 8 o’clock, and will
he attended by a number of the frienda
i«f tho institution from the city. The
college has been prospering thia year,
and tho Commencsmont will be one
which will do it credit.
Honor to a Ylnevllte Young; i,ndr.
Tho friends of Mis3 Ida L. Rogers,
the accomplished daughter of Mr. Chan.
H. Rogers, of Yineville, who graduates
at tho Salem Academy, North Carolina
will be pleased to learn that she hs3
been awarded the highest honors of the
Seminary given to tho graduating class*
Thu3 do tho fair young Yiaeviliians
bear away tkehonore of nearly every in
stitution they attend.
Atbennean Society.
The annivtr ary celebration ot the
Alteraun Society of the Monroe Female
College, of Forsyth, teke3 place on
Monday evening, the 7th cf July. Tha
Sooioly always gives a very enjoyable
entertainment, and this ono will, no
doubt, bo sn especially fine ono. "We are
indebtsd for a cordial invitation to be
present.; ,
Tofflbee.
An exourson will go to -Savannah and
Tyboa Island via tha Central railroad on
next Wednesday. It will start from
Jonesboro, oa the Atlanta division, leav
ing Maoon at 7:35 in the evening, arriving
in Savannah tha next morning. Tho
tiokets will be good for ten days. The
oxcnraica will be personally candnotcd by
Mr. J. C. Shiw, Ganeral Traveliag and
Pass-nger Agent ef the Central rood.
GeLD in San Domingo.—Extensive
is the perfection of sweetness of a* aa»i- of gram gcll have been resk—tly
* * * - iiseavered in tho northern provinces of
-San Domingo. L:t the raonomet&lrVs
hike timely alon
Gold may b:coni'
. anti fro over to eiiver.
too plenty and oaeap.
cats Rond.
Soma time in April last a colored ex
cursion went to Adams’ Park on Sac-
day. While there a difficulty arose be
tween the colored people and some white
men, who, the eoUred people claim, were
interfering with' them. Isaac Harris,
one of the Macon darkies, drew his pis
tol and a serious difficulty came near
ending the picnic. A warrant was taken
out for the colored man by some of the
white men, who were from Twiggs oouH*
ty. Ha has, however, iadnstriouily
avoided arroat. Yesterday he deliver^
himself up and was carried before Mag
istrate M, R. Freeman and give bond i»
the sum of two hundred dollars and W.IS
released,