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PB6U FOTHUML & U CL1SBY, JONES & REESE, Proprietors. The Familt Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—A.gbigultuee—Domestic GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING Established 1826. MACON, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1879. Volume LIY—N029 TUB STATE LEGISLATURE. Atlanta, July 14,1879 THE SENATE hell do session on Saturday, tie 21st, but adjourned over till to-cay. THE HOUSE met this morning at the hour of alo . M. Speaker Bacon in the Cuair. Prayer by Rev. J. H. Martin, D. D. of this city, in absence of the regular Chaplain. The roll was called, the journal read and opproved. The privileges of the floor were offer ed to Hon. Pope Barrow. TH* CALL OV COUNTIES vyjj resamet, where the cxll was stayed on Saturday. Mr. Phillips, of Carrol—To amend the not incorporating the town of Carrolton in said county. Special Legislation. Mr. Wilson, of Carrol, a bill to repeal the act creating the county court of Campbell county. Mr. Paul, of Calhoun—A bill to regm late county matters and officers of said county. Special Legislation. Also, to repeal the act consolidating the office of Sheriff and Tax Collector in said county. Same reference. The rules were suspended, and the following bill by Mr. Harrie, of Bibb, rea l and referred to the Jadiciary Com mittee : A bill to authorize the county commis sioners of Bibb county to pnrohaso property put up for sale for State and count; taxes duo, in said oonnty, and for other purposes therein named. By Mr. DaLoaoh — A bill to regulate the licensing of spirituous liquors in the county of Bullock. Referred to Com mittee on Special Legislation. TDo fo lowing bills were read the first time and referred to Judioary Committee. By Mr. Hogan—To prescribe fees for jurors, magistrates and constables, in jury cases injustices Court, in this State. By Mr. DrLoaoh — To change the time of holding the Superior Court in the county of Ballot k. By Mr. Harris of Bibb — To amend sso'-iou 4837 of ths oods in reference to the statement of prisoners in oases of felony. Alto, to repeal sn cot to make minors ptttiea in eonrts of this State, approved February 25,1876. Also, a bill to exempt from jury duty ministers of the Gospel, pnyeioisus, apothecaries sad active firemen. By Mr. Harris, of Bibb—A bill to pre vent unjust duorimimtioue in freight charges. Referred to Railroad Com mittee. Mr. Bacon, of Bibb—A bill to author ize the Mayor and Council of Mraoa to issue certain bonds to refund the present banded and floa'ing debt of the city, said bonds boarin* sir pur cjnfc. interest. Re ferred to Fman.-e Committee by a vote of ye?B 154. nays 0. Al.o a bill to allow parties to fils with their declaration a statement of the facts of their cases. Referred to Judiciary Committee. Mr. Niabit, of Bibb—A bill to amend the set iucorporaiing the Sterling and Jacksonville Rtlroad. Referred to the Committee on corporations. Also a bill to authorize county com missioners end ordinaries to purchase property sold unher execution for county and State taros Rif erred to Finance Committee. Also a bill to ohasgs the timo of hold ing the Superior Court of Bibb county. Mr. Nisbet, of Bibb—A bill to exempt chartered banks from all epaoial and specific taxes. Riferred to Jadiciary Committee. Alio a bill to amend the act creating the Board of County Commissioners in Bibb county. Referred to Finance Com mittee. Also a bill to allow the commissioners of Bibb county to purchase the Wiley In stitute turnpike. Referred to Finance Committee. Mr. Milner, of Bartow—A bill to provide for public schools in Carters- ville.wilh a memorial. Referred to Ed ucation Committee. Also, a bill to amend seoiion 327 of the code. Referred to Judioiory. Also, a bill to abolish the Connty Oonrt of Barlow oouaty. Referred to Jadi ciary. Mr. Green, of Bildwin—To alter and amen J the several sots incorporating the city of Milledgoville. Referred to Spe- oial Legislation. Also, a bill to amend tbo charier of the oity of Milledgevifie, to author a, the pnrohaso of etty commons. Referred to Special Legislation. Mr. Davis, of Baker—To increase the authority of tbe tax oolleotor of Baker connty. Referred to Special Legislation. Also, a bill, to rednoe the number of county commissioners of said connty from five to three. Referred to Jndioiary. Mr. Branch, of Appling—A bill to fix and regulate the selling of spirituous liq uors in said county. Referred to Special Legislation. Also, a bill to allow a praper to piddle without license. ADDITIONAL BILL?. Mr. Fort, of Sumter—A bill to pro vide for the leaaing of tbe M. and B. R R. for twenty years at a rate of $75,000 per annam. Referred to the Special Committee on tne Macon and Brunswick Railroad. Mr. Adams submitted a memorial from the Atlanta Medical Association loaobing the Board of Health. Referred to the same committee to whieh a bill was offer ed by Mr. Adams continuing the Board was referred. Mr. McGooirck—To allow J. B. Wat son, to rent oertain toll gates. Referred to Special Legislation. Also, a bill to create a board of commis sioners in Douglass connty. The nse of tne Hall of Representatives was offered on motion of Mr. Garrard to Hon. Robert Toombs. Mr. Mynatt, of Felton—To fix the sal aries of tbe judges at $2,000 per annum. Judiciary. A bill by Me. Somgga. of Glascock.— To provide for tbo abolition of oonuty fcoatds of commissioners through the State. Mr. Sheffield, of Euly.—To provide for the foreclosure of liens. Judiciary. Mr. Paynr, of Chatham.—A resolution thittho Slate erect a stone monument over the graves of Georgia’s dead in Winchester, Virginia. Finance Commit tee. Mr. Cox, of Troupe.—To*mako the re port of the special committee on tho en dorsement of tho Northeastern Railroad bonds tbe special order for Friday next. The resolution prevailed.. Mr. Davis, of Houston.—A bill to tm.nd section 3623 of the code. Jadi ciary. Mr. Roach, of Alants.—To provide for the el'cBon of judges and solicitor gen erals of the city courts. Jadiciary. Also, a bill to enforce paragraph 2 sec lion 18 of the constitution. Mr. Mynatt.—A bill to pay Phillis Phillips for legal service a rendered the Eu.tr. Fiascos Committee. Alro, n b it to rsgnlate and fix tho com pensation of the treasurer of Pulton oonuty. Mr. Blblsy, of Richmond—A bill ex empting toe Macon and Augusta Rail read from., oetta’n terse. Referred to Finance Committee. Mr. Halsey, of Falton—To prohibit the dismissal of cases in the Supreme Conrt on account of mistakes of ths judges and clerks of the conrt below in thereoord., Mr. Dupree, of Macon—To provids for the transfer of all misdemeanor cases from the Superior Court to the County Court of said county. Referred to Judi ciary Committee. Mr. Hammond, of Thomas—To regu late the drawing of traverse jurors in Pa- liski oonnty. Referred to Commit to on Special Legislation. Also, a bill to pay tho widow of Edward D»vis the unpaid salary of hor deceased husband as inspector of fertilizers of Thoma3 county. Referred to Finance Committee. Mr. Anderson, of Pulaski—To define the crime of slander, and fixing penalty for the same. Referred to Jadiciary Committee. Also, a bill to abolish tho office of Treasurer of said connty. Referred to Committee on Special Legislation. Also, a bill to provide for a prosecuting attorney for said connty. Same. Mr. Dabose, of Hancock—To amend an act amending section 4411 of tbe Code. Referred to Finance Commutes. Mr. Weehnnt, of Lumpkin—To pro vide for the compensation of the Tax Collector of said county. Referred to Committee on Special Legislation. Mr. Humber, of Patnam—A bid to de clare the quihfieatigna of jurors. Judi ciary Committee. Mr. Wright, of Richmond—To repair the portraits of public men end purchase a portrait cf Governor Milledge. Fi nance Committee. Mr. Cor, of Tronp—A bill to provide for tbe trials of persons aroused of crime, and fixing tbe fiue of defaulting jurors. Mr. Wright, of Richmond—A bill to incorporate the Augusta Swings Bink. Special Legislation. Also, a bill to punish tramps or va grants. Judiciary. Also, a bill to repeal an act to authorize the oities and towns to compromise their bonded debts. Fiascos. Mr. Hall, of Spaulding—To prohibit the sale of liquor within one mile of Or chard Hill Academy. Special Legisla tion. Mr. Mathews, of Talbot—To prohibit the drilling of militia companies on Sun day. Jadiciary. Also, a bill to allow married woman to aot as executors, etc. Jadiciary. Mr. Anderson, of Morgan—To prohibit tbe sale of splriton3 liquors in said coun ty. Special Legislation. Mr. Bird, of Tatnal—To prevent bant ing on snothei’a lands in said connty Special Legislation. Also, a bill to provide for the aula of li quor in said county. Same reference. Mr. Awtry of Tronp—A bill to amend the chatteriof the town of West Point. Referred to tbe Committee on Corpora- tiors- Mr. Brandy of Washington—'To provids for the oreatioa of a Board of Connty Commissioners in said oouaty. Referred to Committee ou Sp-oial L jgislstion. Mr. Howrll of Lowndes—To change tbe school i-ystem of said oonuty. Re ferred to Committee on Eiaoation. Mr. Chapman of Taltiafbrro—To pro hibit the silo of liquors tn said oonuty. Riferitd to Committee on Special Legis lation. The House adjourned till 9 a. m. to morrow. Caboltnn. Havana, July 12.—In sugar a fair de mand prevailed—the high exchanges fa voring sellers’ pretensions in obtaining a light advanoe. All suitable classes closed strong—holders very firm; Nos. 10 to 123a, 6J@7 half reals gold, per arrobe; Nos. 15 to 20is 8}@yj real?; molasses engar, Nos. 7 to 10 at 61@6£ reals; Muscovado sugar common to fair, 5f@6 reap; Centrifugal engar No. 7 to 13, boxes and hogsheads, 8i@8J real?; stock in warehouse at Ha vana and Matanzas, 9S6 boxes, 734 bags and 657 hogsheads; reoeipts of the week 4,000 boxes, 1,150 bags, 2,200 hogsheads; exports of the week 4,600 boxes, 3,760 bags,10.850hogshead?,including 366 boxes and 6,870 hogsheads to the United States. Spanish gold, 213; exchange firm; on the United States, sixty days, gold 9$@9; short sight 9J® 10; on London 2Q($20}; on Paris 6}@7. Bsanra, Jnly 13 —Ths tariff bill as passed by ths Rsicbstag includ.-s amend- meats providing tn*t grain duties shall ojme into fo;oo on the first of January, and the doty on fl,x on ths first of Jolt, 1880. St. Petxe boko, July 13.—Adviots from Oienonrg to tho 23.a of Jane, con firm tbe report of preparations making by tbe Chinese to march on Kuldja. Ill treatment of BfraUn merchants ou f »oa- tier continues. Hague, July 13.—Tbe operations against tbe Aicbinese have been rsmrn- ed. Ths Datoa troops, after several ss- sanlta, bavc captured four Atohinese Stronghold*. The enemies loss was heavy. B-.Lar.ADE, July 13.—The Servian gov ernment has advanced a claim of 3,000,- 000 franca against tbe Porte on account of Albanian raids into Servian territory. If the Porte repudiates this claim, as is probable, it is thought that Servia will refuse to bear the proportion of the Turk ish debt allotted to her by tbe Berlin con gress in consideration of her increase of territory. Eons, July 13 —Signor Cairoli has submitted to tbe King the following list of ministerc: Signor Cairoli, President of Council and Minister of Foreign Affiirs; Signor Villa, Minister of the Inierioi; Sigaor Grimaldi,- Minister of Finance; Signor Baccarani, Minister of Public Woifcf; Signor Vare, Minister of Justic:; Signor Pertz, Minister of Instruction. A temporary arrangement will be made rel ative to the ministries of war and marine. Berlin, July 13,—Tbe Berlin Post announce? that in the Banderath a pro position hes been introduced in favor of voting estimates for two years. Viemci. July 13.—The elections for the Reichrath have terminated. They resulted in the return of 173 members of tho various Liberal groups, and 175 Con servatives and Nationalists. Three of those elected have declined to sit, end two have bsen elected, each for two places, thus rendering five supplementary electors necessary. The Fremden Blatt states that in view of the many freEh elements introduced among deputies it is impossible at pres ent to pronoucos a definite judgment on the political character of tbe new Cham ber. Th9 Fremden Blatt, however, by no means shares the opinion that on im mediate resignation of the Cabinet is necessary. Memphis, Jnly 13 —The day baa been notable for its quietude. Services were held in but few churches and the congre gations were very small. Tbe-Stute Board of Health to-diy sus pended quarantine against all freight*. Passenger and baggage quaraotiuo ia still befog enforced At seven o’oiock to night an order was given to the keeper ef Elmwood Cemetery to have Judge Ray’s grave dug. He was surely dying st that hour. Mrs. Tobin, who reeidts on Brad ford a'rofct, and whose case, with that of her husband, was at first thrown on- by the Board of Health as not being yellow fever cases, was dying this afternoon at six o’clock. No new cases have been re ported since last Thursday. Nkv? Tons, July 13,—The New York plaster mills, on Cherry street, near Jackson, were entirely destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is $25,000— folly insured. Slight damage was also done to adjoining buildings. Charleston, Jnly 13 —A heavy rain and thander storm to-night lowered tbe temperature over twenty degrees. Ten wbito men and fiveuegroe3 died from sunstroke yesterday. Wilmington, N. C., Jnly 13.—Addition al facts oomo to light connected with the mnrder of ths woman Miry Ridoliffe last night by James jHeaton, The woman had been bis paramour for years, bat de serted bim. On Friday a few hours be fore the tragedy he was heard to say he conld not then drink mnoh whisky be- osnsa he had to shoot some one at eleven o’clock. He mat the woman in a crowded thoroughfare, and his hand being offered and refased by her the shot was fired and took effeot in her right breast. Heaton immediately Bed, and being closely pur sued by the police, he turned into a pri vate alley that .led to a vaaant lot that wasjsurronnded by a fence, and finding he oanld not climb it, and believing that he was cornered deliberately shot himself through the head and died in a few min utes. Heaton wa3 a desperate character, hav ing been sentenced to the penitentiary several years sgo for inoiting a riot in this city, bnt was pardoned by tbe Governor. He was afterwards oonvioted in thiity oa ses of misdemeanor as Clerk of tbe Supe rior Conrt, which wonld have sent him to the penitentiary for ten years, bnt for bis tragic death. Washington, Jnly 13.—Ia view of misconceptions whioh seem to prevail in many parts of the Sonthern States with regard to the powers and duties of ths National Board of Health, Dr. Billings, Vioe-President of that organization, has addressed a letter to the Sanitary Connoil of the Mississippi Valley, which ia sub stantially as follows: First, It is the duty of S ato and looal health authorities and not of the Nation al Board of Heelth to take the Initiative in adopting measures to provent the spread of contagions diseases. The Na tional Board of Health has erased to be piloted and oiroulated certain reoommsn dations which indicate the minimum amount of precaution to bo taken. State or local authorities may, in their discre tion, make more stringet rules than those suggested, bnt if they are too stringent, even to absolute non-inierconrse, this Board has no power to interfere. It is only when rules are inadequate that it oan taka legal notion. Second, although this board desires to do everything in its power to aid State and municipal organizations, it ia not to be expected to do or pay for all work of prevention ; neither can it place money in the hands of looal boards to be expended at tbe latter’s discretion, It must know for wbat purpose monoy is to be used. The secretary of the treas ury, however, has approved a special estimate of tho Board for funds to aid tho health authoritiis of Memphis and the State of Tennessee, and prevent the spread of fever to tho adjoining States. But the power of this Board is very small compared with that of the local authorities; and finally, the letter con cludes as follows: “Don’t lot quaran tine occupy the attention of your coun cil to the exolusion of municipal cleanli ness, which is the great object to be se cured,” Dr. Tarner, Secretary of the Nation al Board of Health, famishes the follow* ing summary of the Board's recommen dations to local Southern orgaizations : First, let State or local boards authori tatively accept the rules and regulations of the National Board of Health. Sec ond, let them notify this Board, that such acceptance is made and havo the notice properly authenticated and certi fied. When these thiDgB have been done, if aid is needed tho local board requiring it must specify the amount wanted and present with auoh specification an item ized schedule, stating the objeots to which it is to be applied, such as pay of inspector a, policemen, food, medical at tendance, buildings for quarantine par-1 ' poses, etc. Money can be fnrniahed only in accordance with these conditions. London, July 14.—The Times' financial article says the state cf the money mar ket is one of congestion, produced by long distrust. As yet there is no appear ance of a revival of confidence. The mar ket if a prey to rumors, eaca one of which tends to restrict the range of business still further. Money commands no price commensarato with the risks whioh lend ers must take. Tbe latest reports are concerning impending failures in tho iron trade in Mtddleborongh. The Financier says one of the largest firms of iron masters in the north, whose position has hitherto bsen above suspi cion, is Raid to bo embarrassed. Embar rassments in other quarters are also spo ken of. London, Jaly 14.—Cardinal Manning preached tbe funeral sermon of the late Prince Imperial at Chiatlhurst yesterday, ia the presence of the Imperial family and a numerous congregation, London, July 14 —The Orange cele brations in Ireland on the 12.h passed off without disturbances exeept a few iso lated cases of shooting and stoning. Oao death is reported. The authorities bad taken extra precautions because of excite ment m consequmia of the denate in Parliament on the government’s Irish university bill. Berlin, Jaly 14.—Seventeen National L'berals, who on Saturday last seceded from that party, constituted a siotion headed by the historian, Trietechke. Toeir secession was due to the vote of censure psesed upon them by the major ity of the party for supporting Bismarck’s views on the tariff. The closing dabate on the tariff will bo memorable for the protests of Herr Dalbreuh and Herr Lanigr, who prophesied nothing bnt dis content and confnston as the result of the tariff. London, July 14 —A Berlin dispatoh to tbe Morning Post, says the contempla ted inoresseot the army is In oonseqnence of the increased military strength of Franoe and Germany. Herr Von Goasler, who sucoseds Dr. Falk, as minister of ec clesiastical affairs and education, is a relative of the former conservative, and extremely nnpopnlar, minister of the game department, Dr. Von Mahler, and Is reported to bold similar opinions with bim. London, July 14—The St. Petersburg Gazette repeats in a circumsiantial form, too u sensation whioh lately has been cur rent in the Russia press, that tjie Turcomans opposing General Lszor,s expedition from the east chore of th9 Caspian Sea, are armed with English ri fles, and says the officers employed in Tarkietan declare that rifles havo been received by the way of -Herat from the British reserve suppiiea in Afghanistan. Tile Gazette asks ia what light tho Brit ish government regard this traffic. Rome, July 14.—-Gen. Bonelli, as Min ister of War, has bsen added to the list of ministers submitted to tbe King by Si, nor Cairoli. New York, July 13 —A savage pr'zj fight between Cash and John Moore, two well known pugilists, took place early yesterday morning in a shed near the corner of 7th Avenne and 150th street. The parties fonght nineteen ronedi with haid gloves, when they were stopped by patrolman O’Conner, who, single banded, forced his way into the place and arrested Cash. The crowd fled on the approach of the policeman. Caeh had evidently gotten the worst of the en counter. Edward O'Kelly, the last of the Fenian prisoners released from confinement on Spike Island, in Cork Harbor, died in Newark Saturday night. London, July 14.—The Times says it is expeoted Sir Stafford Northcote will state In the House of Commons to-night what measures the government finds it necessary to abandon for the present ses sion of Parliament on acoonnt of want of time. If tho Government’s bill to regu late elections and suppress corrupt prac tices, should be among the measures thus withdrawn, it will be taken as an indication that another seeEion of tho present Parliament will begin. If ,on the other hand, the government should suddenly evince a strong desire to pass that bill, it will be inferred that a gen eral election is contemplated before Feb rnary. Biddeford, Maine, Jnly 14.—R. M, Chapman, aged sixty-four, Treasurer of Biddeford savings bank, committed sni clde this morning, at the Biddeford House, by shooting himself. He ie thought to have been temporarily insane. The affairs of the bank are reported to be all right. Cincinnati, Jnly 14.—A mulatto nam ed John Breokenridge overtook hlies Nannie Berry (white) while on her way to ohnrob, near] Carlisle, Kentucky, yes terday, and forced her im-o the woods, where lie ontrugeonsiy assaulted her, Breokenridgo was subsequently captured and placed In jail. At an early honr this morning a mob anrronnded the jail and having forced an entranos carried Breck- enridge out and hanged him on a tree. New Orleans, La., Jnly 14—The Louisiana Amateur Rowing Regatta has been postponed until Jaly *28. The North Mississippi Baptist State Oonven- tion, which was called to meet at Sardis, July 17tb, has been indefinitely postpone ed. Chillecothe, O., July 14.—The funer al of tx-Govi-rnor William Allan took place here this morning from Frnithill Business throughout the city was gener ally suspended and many business houses and dwellings were draped in mourning. Memphis, Jaly 14.—No new cases of yellow feV3r have been reported. Mrs. Tobin, residing on Bradford street, died this mormng>t six e’clcok and was buried at eight. This leaves only one person in the entire city (Judge Ray’s eon) sick with the fever, and he is reported dying. Local stations along the Mem phis and Little Rock Railroad have no tified the Memphis authorities that if no new eases develop by to-morrow, quar- antino will be raised between Memphis and Lonoke, Ark., whioh is twenty-3even miles this side of Little Rook. The weather is still very warm. New Orleans, Jnly 14 —Dr. 8. S. Herrick, who went to Water Valley as in spector of tbe National Board of Health, reports a oaso there extremely questiona ble, inasmuoh as its history is inoomplete and the observations made b; tbe attend ing phyaioian were imperfect. Dr. Her rick says there is no other suspicious case at Water Vslley, and the people are recovering from the panic. Washington, July 14 —General Brady, Acting Post master.General, to-day closed the contract for the carrying of the mail tri-weotly from Bayou Sara to Red River Landing to conneot with the eteamsia Cannon and Gay. This service and that from Bed River Landing to Shreveport will begin August first. Liear. L. M. Ackley, Uni tad States Naval Assistant of the Coast and Geo detic Survey, commanding the schooner ‘‘Eigre,” reports, under dote of Jnly 12ch, tost on the 10th be passed, when abont ten miles south of Barnegat light house, New Jersey, a vessel, apparently bark, sunk in ten fathoms of water. Her foremast was standing and her main and mizzenmast broken off at the water’s edge. The wreck is supposed to ba the vessel recently sunk by the collision with the steamer City of New York. It lies direotly in the track of vessels running up and down ths coast. The President to day suspended Thos. Powers, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of North Carolina, and appointed in his etead Elisha A. White. Tbe National Board of Health has is sued a circular urging npos all munici pal authorities and sanitary organizations in the Sonthern Slates the importance of seonring the utmost possible cleanliness, in the cities and towns where fever has been or ie apprehended. Cases cf fever recently observed must be regarded aB doe to erases surviving from last year and not to recent importation from other countries. It follows therefore, that tbe disease may appear in othei places visit ed by last year’s epidemic and that there is danger o’f its spread to the north and east. The circular recommends frcqnent and careful inspection by competent per sons cf all parts of the Sonthern oities and towns end tbe adoption of measures to remove and destroy all daoayed and offensive matter at once. The National Board will famish blank forms for snch inspections npon applies: iir. New Yore, Jaly 14—Chastise Cox, the mnrderer of Mrs. Hull, appeared in Court for trial this morning, flashily at* tired, smiling and apparently happy. A panel of five hundred jurors hsd been summoned. The prisonet’s counsel, how ever, objected to the manner in which the summons had been accomplished, and moved that the panel be quashed. Mr. Boliina demurred to this wholesale challenge, and the demurrer wa3 sus tained. St. Loots, July 14 —Wu?. J. Lewis, a prominent merchant and banker of this city, was prostrated by heat at Corron- dolet, eix miles below here, this morn ing, and died in twenty minutes. Mr. Lewis belonged to the firm of Bartholow, Lewis A Co, bankers, was president of the Commercial Bank, and one of the most active and influential business men in the city. New Yore, Joly 14.—James G. Gold smith, Treasurer of the town of Pern,Indi ans, was arrested here to-day upon a tele gram from that- place and held as a de faulter. ttiltpat’ July 14 —Barkentine Orloff has arrived under command of a mate and reports that on the first day after leaving Ponnoe, Porto Rico, yellow * * * * * * 7 fever broke oat on board and carried off the captain and satond mate. Their bodies were thrown overboard at onoe and no new oases appeared. The vessel is cow ia qaarsnticp. Annapolis, Jaly 14—-At- municipal t Lotion to day Thomas E Martin, a Re* put-hoar, was c Sealed Mayor by sixty-six majority. The Republicans also elected the city Chs'.'jtllc-r and four of the tix members of ths City Connoil. The pres ent Mayor is a Democrat. - -s >. Mimphis, Jnly 14 — John B. R Bpsnld- ing, telegraph operator, died this after noon from ran stroke. Ths deceased came from Baltimore last summer as a volunteer enring tbe epidemic. New Yore, July 14.—Judge Wallaoe, | their stores you see representations of in the United States Circuit Court to^lay rendered a decision on the motion for a new trial in the suit of James A. Whalen against General Phil Sheridan, which waa tried last fall and resulted in a ver dict for the defendant. The suit was for shoe, a fan, a hat, a boot, a collar and pair of epectades. Words in Season to tne Farmer. A recent triD through a large poition U10I tor ran ueieimauu. iu, »u. »»» .ur f dd , and ' per QiOraia revealed some half million dollars for trespass m i , “ “ “ eviction of plaintiff from Killona planta tion, while General -Sheridan was com manding the gulf department. Judge Wallace denied tbe motion for a new trial. . Denver Citt, July 14.—In the Fed eral Court to-day. Justice Miller granted a motion for the dismissal of the Receiv er of the Bio Grande railroad on the ground that he was appointed throngh collusion and subterfuge. He is the ref er ee ordered to restore the road to the parties from whom he took it. Seme ad ditional questions, however, are to be argued before the road is tnrned over to th3 Santa Fe Company. In the Grand-Canon case Jadge Hallet decided that the mandate of the Supreme Court giving a prior right to the Rio Grande company embraced the whole sad prospect for the husbandman. Cot ton, on tho whole, is green and promis ing bnt very small. A long oontinned rain spell would prove very disastrous to the weed, by causing it to shed ita fruit and put on an abnormal growth, whioh wonld make more hush than fleeoe. The guano which haB lam to a great extent inactive during the dry weather, would then go to work with a vim, but alas! the new limbs, foliage and forms created by its energizing agency, in all probability would fall a prey to the frosts of Autumn. Gentle rains at first, might obviate this catastrophe by inducing a gradual and healthy growth. The refreshing, pene trating shower on Sunday nlghc, for which God be praised, was a good begin ning in that direction, The cotton crops line from Canon City to LsadviUe, and i are < xseptionally clean ard in excellent that they must t ike ail of the constructed line or none. They conld not take parts here and there, accepting some and re 1 jectmg others, bnt most take all and pay legitimate cost of the construc tion at all points in tne contro versy between the Rio Grande and Santa Fo companies, which are to be settled by three commissioners. Owenton, Kt , Jnly 14 —The witness es for the defense in the Buford case are being rapidly examined. Twenty-nine were on the stand to-day, all of whom testified aa to Buford’s “peculiarities, 1 some pronouncing him. insane from the time of his birth. The defense will prob ably close their testimony to-morrow,and tbe case will go to the jury on or before Saturday. Washington, Jnly 14 —The following telegram from the Assistant Superinten dent of the railway mail service at Mem phis was to-day received by the Post Of- fioe Department: “No obange in quaran tine sinoe Saturday. There is very little detention of mails, as they are sent by nnqnarantined roates. No new oases are reported to-day. This may havo bsen the effect of opening the river, will report ohanges'as they ooonr.” On acoonnt of the qnarantlne against Memphis mail matter for New Orleans and Texas will be sent via St. Louis, as it was done daring tbe yellow fever epidem ic last year. Patterson, N. J., July 14.—The flock and wool extract mill of Johnson & Aus tin, on River street in this city, was burned to-night. The loss is estimated at $20,000 to $25,000, and is fully cov ered by insurance. New Yore, July 14.—John Cook, an Eoglish bondholder of the New York, Boston & Montreal railroad, has com menced suit in the Supreme Court to ret aside as fraudulent the eale of the bonds of the company to him and some thirty other British bondholders. Among the defendants are Trenow Park, John L. Hoyt, William B. Dnnoan and Saligmsn & Co. Memphis, July 13.—Tne following was telegraphed to-day to every station agent on tbe lines of the four railroads leading from this city “No new cases sinoe the morning of the 10th instant. The fever is confined to six sporadic cases. Memphians are returning. Persons from adjacent towns are coming in. l’htioe the usual num ber of passengers by the Brownsville accommodation train this morning. [Signed] D. H. Collins, M. D-, Sec’y Board of Health A. D. Langstaiw, President Howard Association.” The streets ot Canton, (Mna NswToik Herald. | The streets in China are very narrow and very dirty. The average width is from three to five. On the occasion of onr visit they had been cleaned np, bnt they were, even with the cleaning, in a condition that wonld gratify a New York Tammany Alderman m the days of the umpire ot Tweed. They are paved with long narrow slabs of stone, with no side walks. Every house that we passed on onr way was a bazar, and consisted of one open door that led into a spacious room. In some of these spiral stairways led up to tho store rooms or dwelling chambers. We found some idea of the wealth of Canton, and of the wants of the coantry which it supplies, when we remember how vast a trade these bazars represent, ed. In looking oyer a plan of the city I bad been struck with the names of the 8treeta, the pootical and devotional spirit they expressed. There was no glorifica tion of mere human kings, and yon could almost fancy that you were reading of come allegorioal city, like what Banyan saw in his dream. There was Peace street and the street of Benevolence and Love. Another, by some violent wrenoh of im agination, was the street of Refreshing Breezes. Some contented mind had given a name to the street of Early Be stowed Blessings. The pate) ml senti ment, so sacred to the Chinaman, found expression on the street of One Hundred Grandsons, and the street ot Gne Thous and Grandsons. There was the street of a Thousand Beatitudes, which, let os pray, was enjoyed by ite founder. There were streets consecrated to Everlasting Love, to a Thousandfold Peace, to Nine fold Brightness, to Aoonmnlated Bless ings, while a practical eonl, who knew the value of advertising, named his ave nue the Market of Golden Profits. Chinese mythology gave the names of the Ascending Dragons, the Saluting Dragon and the RepoBing Dragon. Oth er streets are named after trades and aV. ccations, and it ia noticeable that in Canton, as in modern towns, the work ers in various oallings cluster together. There is Botelnut street, where yon can buy the batelnut, of whioh wo saw eo much in Siam, and the cocoannt, and drink tea. There is where the Chinese hats are sold and where yon can bay the finery of a mandarin for a dollar or two. There is eyeglass street, whero the com pass is soijfl, and if yon choose to bny a compass there is no harm in remember ing that we owe tbo invention of that subtle instrument to China. Another given to tho manufacture of bows and arrows, another to Prussian blue, a third to the prepara tion of fnra. The stores have signB in Chinese characters, gold letters on a red or black ground, whioh are hnng In front a foot or two from the wall, and droop before yon aa yon pass under them, producing a peculiar effect, as of an ex cess of ornamentation like Paris on a fete day. The habit to which you are acoustomed in .Paris of giving tbe store fanciful or poetic name prevails in Canton. One merchant calls his house “Honest Gains.” Another, moro ambi tions, names his bouse “Great Gains.” Ojl x-tiefiad soul preclaims his store to be a “Never-Eodmg Success,” wh'Ia his. ; th-V.r’. ia “Ten Taousand Tim's SuceeeefaL” There is the etcra cilia 1 ‘Erer Eudaring,” and ethers udept a spirit cot common in trade, by speaking cf their shops as “Heavenly Happiness” and “By Heaven Made Prosperous.” Others, more practical, signify by some tilth. Let us hope that the present prices may be maintained, and a good crop reward the diligent labors of the farmer. nur the bbbad prospect ia the one oonsumiug question of the hour. The facta cannot be disguised that at a high estimate tbe corn crop of Upper and Middle Georgia will not exceed one half of an average. In tFh Southern and Southwestern portions of the State the aoconnts derived from authentic sources are still more gloomy. Tbe more advanc ed condition or the cereal has caused it to enoonnter the whole foroe of the drought in that region, and it is in a most pitta ble condition. Dry taasele, blasted blades and earless stalks by tbe million, tell the wofnl story of the fntnre. Good seasons may yet save, however, the plantings of May and Jone, and there is ample time to bridge the situation, if the farmer will only be np and doing. The cultivation of the ootton crop has been finished. Now, theD, let everybody go to work to retrieve the inevitable sna disastrous falling off in the prodnotion of onr most important food staple. Im$ri mis. it ia not too lato to realiza a full crop of field peas. Oa poor land especially, this crop will yield beat when when planted late, es it receives no check in the fall and does not go to vine bnt merely bnnehea and bears very tbiokly. On the sea coast the writer has gathered a fine yield of the specked pea on a single acre planted as late as August 7th. Flush up tho ground, lay off in rows two and a half feet asun der and drop from seven to ten kernels one foot apart covering tolerably deep to prevent the drying effects of hot suns be. fore germination. One additional plow ing with the sweep and perhaps a light hoeing 1b all the cultivation required. When the peas begin to ripen waioh them closely, and as soon as half of the crop tnrns yellow, gather and store away all of the matured pods, and before the leaves begin to drop, out down the whole field abont six inches from the snrfaoe throwing the product of two ortbree rows into one. It has been ascertained on high authority that tbs roots and fibrons portion of tbe plant when plowed in are almost as valuable for fertilizing purposes as the whole vine. Moreover, they prove very injurious when fed to stook, fre quently killing mnleB and horses. The vines and unripe peas shonld be allowed to remain thinly scattered in the field if the weather be warm and snnny for two or three days. Tnen throw them np into small oonicat oocki and wait at least a week before honeing or rioking np finally. As many as o&n be loosely stored in barns, out honseB, and sheds shonld be pnt np in a green state, howev er, and occasionally stirred until wholly onred. The pea vine is difficult to cure. It shonld never be paoked solidly in bnlk, bnt on the contrary be kept ventilated by means of rails properly disposed, and fre quently examined and turned over to pre vent moulding. Thus treated the writer has never failed to save them. There is still abnndaaca of time also to raise turnips, carrots, German millet and forage corn. Every available inch, even the fence corners, shonld be devoted to these crops, to fill the months of man and beaBt daring the ensuing winter. Of the turnip crop we shall speak more here after. Rutabagas will yield well sown as late as September. To plant in such weather as has been experienced for a month past would sim ply be a waste of seed. Now is tho time also to sow cumbers, okra and snapbeans for fall use, and to dig and lay aside seed Irish potatoes, to allow the eyes to start before putting them in the ground next month." Those who have not completed the laying by of their cotton, also, would do well to scatter broadcast in rye or oate a few acres of the beat land, covering with the sweep, for winter pasturage or soil ing. It is not too late also to raise more than half a crop of potato alip3. Cat the vine about two foot from the mother po tato, and, after leveling the bed with a hoe, place two or even three vines par allel to eaoh other and cover with banks of earth closely packed and about 16 inches asunder, leaving uncovered inter vals of fire or six inches between every hil*. From these expoeed vines new sprouts shoot forth, while the potatoes make—their appearance beneath the banks in perfect clusters. The sweet ootatoes raised by this method will keep properly put away, almost like corn daring the winter, and make by far the best seed. Tbs writer has raised fair crops in the low conntry set out as late as August. If seasonable raina bring forth a crop of crab or Crawford grass, let this natural forage be carefully cat and dried when in bloom, to supplant the scant fodder yield. With the above precautions carefully carried out our farmers need not buy a bushel ot Western oorn next year. The writer when a low country planter Kia fed his horses and moles for twelve months together on peas in the hall well dampened and given in rations of a half bushel to each animal at a feed. Never did they keep in finer condition. He has also ginned for two months oonolneively feeding only upon sweet potatoes and dry fodder. The potatoes were - carefully washed and given in quantities of a peck at a bait. Salt was freely administered every day or kept in the troughs, and there was not a single instance of colio or any other disease among the mules thus ed whilp ginning out the crop. He never ventured, however, to put at any brisk work the animals fed upon potatoes nor oan we assert that they would be suitable food daring the heats of summer. From the above, and we speak by the card, it may be truthfully asserted that not a .farmer, in Georgia need spend a dollar for oorn next year, if he will go to j work intelligently and utilize the means within his reach immediately to supply with other crops the apprehended scarcity of corn. Tboss who fail to do will have themselves to blame. It is very difficult to keep our little ones free from the disorders ot babyhood, and wg advise Ml mothers to keep Dr. Bull’s image the nature of their trade and over Baby Syrup handy in ease of need. GEOUGLo. PRESS. The Savannah News says t It appears that the moat speculators in Maoon lost nearly $25,000 by thereoent decline pripes. We think the above is a mistake, though some of those who will persist in dabbling in futures have probably oome to grief. Such operations are folly aa nuoertatn aa the throw of the dioe and will in the end prove quite as disastrous. If the above paragiapu is true, then we suppose it is abont a drawn game in Ma> cou on the qnestion of the loss and profit upon futures. The gains several weeks on ootton fntnres were quite large. Now the beam of fortune is descending on the opposite side. Death of an Aged Jurist.—Chroni cle and Sentinel: This morning at one o’oiook, Judge John C. Snead,breathed his last. He had been oonfined to his house for several years psBt, and fall of age and honor, closed his life. In the midst of his family and surrounded by friends. Jadge Snead was in his eightieth year, being abont the oldest native of An- gnsis, had been a prominent lawyer in his time and waa for many years Judge of the City Conrt. He was the father of Judge Claiborne Snead, and waa a highly respected oitizan. His funeral will take place to-morrow morning; das notice of time and piaoe will be given. The degree of A. M. has been oonferr edupon Dr. J. A. West, of the Richmond Academy, by Emory College. The Chronicle speaks in high terms of the erudition ot th3t gentleman. Struck Ua At Last.—Monroe Adver titer : TheKinsas fever has broken out among the oolored folks hereabouts in quite a violent form. A fan’-tmong them who like to be considered leaders have been oommnnioating with a party in Chat tanooga who famishes them with docu ments, oironlars, etc., setting forth tbe beauties, glories and comforts of this Af- rioan Eldorado. A meeting waa held here last week and we understand that it wsb pretty generally “Rasolved, Dat ’oc-ptin ds whits peepnlgibs ns whit we ought to hab wa will ieab dea parts.'" Mountain Signal: A Crowing Red Bird.—Mr. A. J. Edge informs ns that his section of the county has a veritable sensation in the shape of a crowing red bird. For the past three or four years this strange bird has been staying on and around the farm of Wo. S. Christy, Esq, and is being seen and heard to crow almost daily by the people ot that neign borhood. It has tbe same motion of the head that a rooster has when crowing and imitates that fowl to perfection in sound, exoept the fineness of voice. Will some one learned in the habits of bird-life rise and explain. Fulscub Flattest.—Under this head the Atlanta Phonograph says: The Pho nograph, fortunately or unfortunately, has no friends to reward nor enemies to paniBb, and will speak its mind though the heavens fall. • • • We do know beyond a shadow of a doubt that a large number of our rural brethren are terribly imposed on. One instance will be re cited. Several years ago, the exact time is net at all material, wo received three different communication from Atlanta, and every one cf them contained a highly eulogistic paragraph in reference to a member who never opened his mouth during the entire session, as we had.resd the daily proceedings and had never sent his name mentioned the first time. With pure rustic credulity, we gave insertion to what we thought the beat one in the lot in onr paper, not. dreaming or enter taining the remotest idea that our “yours fraternally” was smoking ten oent cigars and drinking twenty-five cent “Hot Scotch” at onr expense, bnt such was the case. This sharp practice should be squelch ed forthwith. Phonograph Items.—-The Bispctfh ot Wednesday contains a call for a conven tion of independents to convene in this city on the 24’.h inat. We know nothing in the world of this movement, though we keep fairly posted abont things gen erally. We cannot see the neoessity for snch a convention. It will be some time beforo anybody is to be elected to fill tray important offioe in this State. Next year will be time enough to organize for the oampaign. It is thought that the Legislature will repeal the lawgiving juries the right to recommend all persons found guilty of murder to the morcy of the oourt. The law as it stands on the statute book prac tically does away with capital punishment in Georgia. Capital punishment has been in- vogue since the world’s earliest history, and for the protection of the lives cf the people cannot be dispensed with. Gentlemen of the Legislature, re peal it. Governor Colquitt offers a reward of $150 for the apprehension of Ben Towns, who killed his colored paramour on the 18th ult. It is so dry in some parts of the State that the fish have to lie around where the creeks nssd to be, drink an occasional dewdrop, and congh dust. A Wail from the Q pitman Reporter— The sky beginB to look brassy, the plant ers have held out wellin not complaining but now they have given up and admit that not more than half a crop of corn can possibly be made. The cotton, as a general thing was never known in this section to be so small beforo at this time of ths year, and now looks as if it will take from 15 to 20 acres to make a bale. Gloom and despair is depicted in the faoe of every farmer that you meet. No rain, no rain, is the cry. From the same: The general conclu sion iB that the cropB of all kinds will bs short, the seasons are so unfavorable. Wbat little cotton is made will bring a good price. We heartily endorse the following from the Albany Advertiser: The present session of the Georgia Legislature haa mads a good beginning, and there seems to be a general disposi tion on the part of the members, we are glad to say, to transact business. The deliberations of the body, bo far, have been characterized by an earnestness that has kept down all buncombe speeches and such narrow-minded snarling as tends to interrupt sensible legislation. Personal.—The AlDany Advertiser says: Mr. George B. Turpin, one of the solid citizsEB of Macon, and a man of mach cleverness and boundless populari ty, 'spent a day in town thia week. Scranze to say, Georgs retired at eleven o’clock, and s»y» that it ia his habit now at home. Wo are inclined to the belief that such a violent departure from an old custom is bound to result serious ly to Georgs’s health, and the boys will please keep ua advised as to how n’a go ing to woik in hia case. Another Personal.—The Darien Ga zette psys the following tribute to our erstwhile friend in old Liberty county, ‘Hon. W. B, Fleming. “In writing of thase who deserve well of their country, there is ne name whioh should be mentioned before that of the Hon. William B. Fleming, who has just been unanimously re-elected by the Leg islature to tbe bench of the Eastern Ju dicial Circuit of Georgia. Up lo the nightmare period of rcoot etraotion Judge Fleming tad ocoopled the benoh f.r very nearly or quite twenty years, and his name will go down into history as the best jadge, taken all in all, that ever presided over a Georgia court. Thia seems like extravagant praise, bnt wl ei his justice, fairness and integrity in the discharge of hia jndioial duties throngh his long de- riod are considered ; wnen the fnrthor faot is taken into acoonnt that ot all the Cironit J edges who have ever sat in Geor gia he has had daring his period the few est deoieions reversed by the Su preme Conrt—so few indeed that they do not' amount to a half dozen, although subjeoted to the orilioal acumen of the most profound, astute and brilliant bar in the State, onr remark will be accepted as the simple tiutb. He was the presid ing genius of hia court when the names ot Berrien, McAllister, Law, Charlton, Bartow,Harden,Owens, Millen, Hattridge and many others to be remembered were living realities.’ He retnrni to his accus tomed place as a measure of poetic jus tice, hurled from it aa^ he was by the in famous authors of an infamous recon struction, after most of his oompeers have passed into the realm of of shadows. Bnt !; was only necessary to observe the gleam of pleasure lighting np the eyes of our older (jitizi ns as bis venerable form appeared in our court room at our last term, and to note the respectful consider ation accorded to him by eaoh member of the bar, to be convinced that he had not outlived hip days of usefulness. Athene Chronicle: We take pleasure In publishing the following graoeful res olutions adopted by ths Board of visitors to the Uaiversity. Resolved 1. That we return the thanks of this Board to Chanoellor Mell and the other members of the faculty for their courtesies, official and personal, to ns; to the citizens of Athens for their hospi tality extended to ns; end to the students generally for tbe urbanity that oharao- terizid their deportment toward ns. ' 2. We gratefully acknowledge our ob ligations to Mrs. Riohardsou for her hos pitable entertainment of this Board. A true transcript from the Minutes of the Board of Visitors. C. P. Crawford, | S a o’y. Report of the Joint Committee oh the Signing of the Northeastern Railroad Bonds. To the Senate and Souse of Representa tives : _On the 7ch day of November, 1878, His Excellency, the Governor of Georgia, laid before the General Assembly of the State a'special message, asking of the Assembly a thorough investigation of his motives and conduot as the Executive of Georgia in planing the State’s endorse ment npon tho bonds of the Northeastern Railroad Company. In response thereto ths General Assem- bly raised a joint committee of thirteen to make the investigation demanded, with instrnctions to “report not only the conclusions at whioh it shall have arrived, but also the evidence on which ths con victions are based.” The committee having thoroughly in vestigated the whole matter bag leave, in obedienoe to instructions, to submit tho accompanying evidence, and to re port the following conclusions: In reference to the evidence submitted the committee Btate that, as printed, it is nearly correctly reported as possible under the circumstances which were ren dered embarrassing by the severe and continued illness of the reporter first em ployed, and rendered more embarrassing by the fact that the reporter used a short-hand system not familiar to any other reporter whom the oommittee could procure. But the oommittee state that to their knowledge no substantial state ment has been omitted from the report of said evidence. In ord.ir to arrive at the issue involv ed, the Governor was requested to specify the charges made against him, in connec tion with tho indorsement of Northeas tern Railroad bonds (which charges in duced the sending of his special message to the Genera] Assembly.) To this re quest of the committee he replied as fol lows: 'The nature ot the charge is that I participated in a fee which was received by Mr. John W. Murphy, who, * it is said, we employed lo procure the indorsement of the bonds. The nature of the charge coupled me with the fee that John W. Murphey. received, and that it was the motive whioh controlled me in my endorsement of the bonds.” Yonr committee, tion the want of any evldenoe sustaining such charges, end from the mass of evidenoe disproving such charges, report this conclusion: That His Exoellenoy deserves at the hands of the General Assembly complete vindication on the issues made by him and spaoiflsd above. c Your oommittee have unanimously con cluded that His Excellency did not in any way, shape or form, participate In the fee received by Mr. John W. Morphy, that no offer of any such thing was.made by any one to Hia EtoeUency, and that said fee did not control his conduct in said indorsement, and whether the sot of in dorsement was legal or illegtd, tbe motive of the Gaveraor were pure. Ia dosing the report the oommitieo submit this resolution: Resolved, That the oonolnsions of this committeo be adopted, as the sense Ot the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. J. W. Preston, Chairman of tbe Senate Oommittee; H. It. Casey, John F. Trout man, Samuel Hawkins, Isaaa P. Tyson, Committer. Albert H. Cox. Chairman; W,' J. Northern, Wm.. H. Hammond, R. C. Humber, H. G. Wright, Johu I. Hall, Alien Fott, Arthur H. Gray, House Com mittee. Ths above ought to satisfy every pa triotic Georgian. Badly Mixed.—Griffin News: It has oome to light through ths Rome papers that Dr. Felton or his friends actually precured deputy-marshals and had them the polls in Rome on the day of the Congressional election to proteot his in terest by intim'ditiog honest voters. This, no doubt, accounts for some of the Doctor’s votes in the extra session of Congress which has jast adjourned. It very hard for a man to run with the hare and the houuds without getting ‘mixed.’' Are you afflicted with Dizziness, ot a doll, heavy feeling throughout the fore head and temples ? This often indicates Torpor'of the Liver, whioh Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills will promptly cure. Price 25 cents. The Ciiisesz Course.—A Ban Francisco dispatch to the Baltimore Bun says a great increase of emigrants from China hu set in and 'promises to oentinur. One thousand are jast lauded; 1,600 earns in the two pra- cseding weeks- One thousand landed at Portland, Oregon. AU sail ships now bring full complements, and Hong Kong advioee say that passage is esgaged ahead eatimrted at 23,009. Like swarming bees, thecrc vd* China are on the wing, sseking room for Hfe where food is accessible. Hot an assy t—fc to stop the fl ght cf a nation swarming The safest, surest and cheapest remedy yet discovered for that disardwel condition of the Liver; known ae “SUiouones*’ is.Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills.