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MACON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1879.
Volume LIT—N
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
THE SENATE
mat at 9 a. » The President in the
chair. Prater by Rev. Mr. Duncan.
The roll was called and a quorum de
clared, and the journal real and ap
proved.
No reports of oommitteee.
No netr bill intronuoed.
TUB HIOH CjUBT OT IMPEACHMENT
was opened, Ohief Justioe Warner in
the chair. The minutes were read, and
the Chief Justice ordered the case to be
opened for the House.
Alauagsr Hammond; May it please
your honor, It is necessary tor us to put
Iho court and country in possession of the
law governing this caso. This I will en
deavor to do. [Mr. Hammond spoke of
tho confidence the people put in the
Senate, and the importance of the issue
before them.] The law authorizing this
trial has been questioned. It has been
asked by what law is this trial conduct
ed ? I answer, by the law of the laud.
Bat they say the law is only contained in
the Constitution, the Digest and the de
cision!. Not entirely so. Bat there is a
higher law which run3 through all laws
and constitutions, the law of the people’s
safety. This is the law of your oaths
Judge Story says that no act of Congress
is necessary to authorize an impeach
ment. He farther read from tne
same authority what is meant by
“high o> imes and misdemeanors,” quot
ing trom Magna Charts, Mr. Webster’s
great speech on the Dartmouth College
and Sedgewok on “Construction of
Law.” Mr. Hammond further read the
legul meaning of the term “due process
of law,” from Cooley on Tax it ion. He
also read srotion 129 of the coda, on what
omstiiutos ineligibility of holding office,
showing that this coart is the only proper
tribunal for a trial of this oase.
Would yon a-.k for farther law to an-
thonzs von to take jurisdiction of this
case ? Then I ask yoa to follow the law
followed by the donate m former timea;
the law ia the oase of Borneo, Jackson,
Ssise, Fiou'noy ; the law which was used
by JSlaisaoimaotto, New Yoik and other
States. Yoa oan surely follow this law.
It ins been -aid we will roly oa E iglish
pteceder ta. Wny of course we will. All
law in tula country is founded ou E lgli-h
law. Yoa are referred to all the behead
ings, wmppiogs and other oruelnes which
disgrace a former age. You fccow how
well these acta of cruelty are used by
sharp lawyers, and I btlitve that this ar
gument is made only for the purpose
of blinding you. Mr. Hammond
then laid rtowa the principle that
this oourt has jansdtoiioa of tbisoase;
that foes are matters of law and
where the ltw is silent, the right does
not exist; that igaoranos will not ex
cuse guilt; that an official must pay over
to the State the money in his posses
sion; that this money moat be paid over
without d- maud; that an olfisial is prs
sumed to know all matters of record in
bia office.
Mr. flt-JOtniad the a give a brief and
running outline of the tacts alleged aud
relied on to sustain the articles of im
peachment. M*ny of these fasts have be-
oamd matter of common information,
and h ivs goua forth lo he tpeopio iu the
tee. TssTiftrtHy IMModLCaaatt
upon the violation c.f-tao act of 1866.
'Ills act was subsequently repealed at
the recommendation of the Comptroller
in 1S70 >r 1S71, who was an official un
der a Ridieal administration. But all
and every unjust and cruel ptovision or
that act was revised iu the net of 1879,
whies was patssd tinier the xecommeu-
cation of the respondent".
We are indebted to Mr. GsUanuh for
all those troubles and ast'-nous coafisca.
lions.
As to article first, we say wa will ea
Ublisb every allegation, by the evidence
of living men, in its broadest sense, aud
wh'ta th * fills by matters of record.
Mr. Hsmmond then quoted from the
code aud Cobb's Digest to show what is
allowed by law to ibe Comptroller Gens
ral; that whenever any additional duties
aie imposed upon him, his salary is al
ways luoreaaed, and the law consequent
ly rt quires him to pay over all costs and
feta.
Tbs fl it, seond and third artioles are
founded on tho violation of oertain
direo’-ariminal acts of the code._Ses>ion
4,507 of the code.
Is it right for him to anticipate the
day of sab ?
Artiole five was formally indictable at
common law, bnt not by, onr processes.
This ar'icld alleges the fraudulent trans
fer of 223 tax fi. fas. to -D imel Lett for
$11,400 after all taxes had been psid on
' laic und. Will you see this great offise
converted into a sponging house. Strike
out Ibis ariiole.
Artiols six, I sty, chirgss the respon
dent nith paying out money without tho
v.rrant or emotion of toe Governor. We
o,ll your attention to tne faot that in
1S72 he had prepared a complete lnt of
ad the wild land in the State; he there
fore uoght to know all about tne matters
of his office.
I call \ onr speoial attention to artiole
(even. We confided to the Comptroller-
General a high jadloial funotion—the
doty of deciding who are the real
owners of the wild land levied
on; but he has delegated this
authority to tho sheriffs of the State,
tbs very men bis former action made in 1
(treated in tbs sale of these lands.
Mr. Hammond then read from Sedg
wick on Construction of Statutes, cer
tain sections supporting the proposition
that ail special powers shall be executed
ittiotly, and that said special powers are
i'Jfily persona), and cannot be delega
te.
Ia article nine, wo find an over virtaons
*ct, a payment of money nnauthorized
hj law. We will show the objeot of this
*tt to try to gain the good-will of the
ipponere of his acts.
Io article ten the respondent Is charg-
with withholding a large amount of
r* collected from insurance companies.
~ r -1 almond then gave a brief history
•> innraaoo taxation, the amounts which
- .t- . ,. a paid into the Treasury, etc.,
JAd what ought to have been in the
5*0! the Comptroller Genertl, eto.
he has made false return! of the
** e - If we can furnish evidenoe to
that a faba return has been made,
,' a *• will conviot him of this great of
tionwill stalk within yon corridors of
yonr capital.
As long as you will keep the Ugh; of
investigation on the affairs of the State,
public clamor will not trouble yon.
Zt is said that this ourse may have had
Its otigin in a greed for money, or
battle for offils. Suppose it is so—yet
one little word would have done the res
pondent more service than all this.
The Legislature has not sent ns here to
pnrsue a man. for honesty, on aeconnt of
erroneous judgment or infirmity of intel
ligence. Bat when iin offioial, claiming
ta be honest, o jmas before ns and Btrivss
by demurrers aud such technioal pleas of
not guilty he deserves no mercy. In
this inquest over the honor of -an official
let U3 consider the circumstances whan
this respondent wentdnto office. Io was
at a time when .wa had thrown off the
yoke of-acorrapt administration that he
was called on in the effort to, rebuild the
social and moral structure, to stand by
and guard the treasure wrung from a
people’s necessities. With this trust w s
there not an obligation higher -than
oat ha or covenant*? - If my enemy had
done tnis I could have borne it, but when
I am betrayed by my frieHd and in my
own house. I am filled with grief. Here
I leave the question.
Tne court then, at the oonclusioa of
Mr. Qimmona’s speech, adjoarned till
3:30 p. m.
Toe Senate adjourned till 3:25 p m.
The speech ot Mr. Hammond is very
highly spoken of here. It has made a
meat profound impresdon ou the oourt.
I am not the author of the article
signed “Alpha,” appealing ia the issue
of the 6th imc. Carolynn.
THE HOUSE.
Atlanta, Ga., Sspt. 8,1879
The House met at 9 o’olock, and was
called to order by the Speaker. Prayer
by Rjv. Mr. Taliaferro, of the House.
The journal was read after the call of
the rolL
Mr. Cox, of Tronp, moved to reconsider
the passage of the railroad bill.
Mr. Tamm, of Dade, moved to lay the
motion on the table. Agreed to.
The commutes appointed to invastiga.e
the expenditures of the Gedugioil Buru-m
submitted a long report, which was read.
The total appropriation for tne bureau
for five years was $50 003, whils tha ex
penditures for four juars had been about
$49 000.
Mr. Kmg moved that 309 oopiei of the
report be printed. Agreed to.
Tne Committee on Eirollaunt m-do a
report.
Several motions to suspend the rules
failed.
Tne special order was a bill to establish
a coaaty court in every coaaty of this
State,
A message from the S mats, announc
ing the pssssg* of oartsia bills, was re
ceived.
The original bill had been offered by
Mr. Buchan, of Dodge.
For this bill the Judiciary Committee
bad offered a substitute, whisk was
printed. ,
Mr. Harrison, of Stewart, moved to
take up tha substitute by sections.
Agreed to.
Air. Bird, of Tatnall, called the pro
vious q lestioa. Taeyeas aad nay3 Ware
tJ® Afiide eleven he ia charged with
—'•lying certain records in his office in
uniter of the transfer of the oopies to
‘j'tti Lott of tho lands of Knndo t Fox
•uuany. 21 r. Hammond pro
to show how this act was illegal,
jk'- 1 '* the operations of the Comp-
UJjjL 1 »nded to a system of universal
■“-rtttun and impoverishment of the
^orae than the black train of
^ihcjahned that it is nngraolons to
^ •■^16" respondent with having kept
a ^tahonart clerk. That it
WitfKi 11118 ! 12018 orI mc; but will it not
ub to show that he did it
^« U q*!«h° flftt enth bribery is charged.
*M called noon to de-
plaoed«»tv, I 4 ' ® en whe have been
3 °* 8™* department*
“ 11 they had no
” 41 do this, then oerrap-
the Board
:i oouuty.
onto dis
ci the ciun-
the first section of Itfe blll^'^’SS-SSS-
Oa the motion to a rike out the first
section the yeas ware 6L and the nays 52
So the motion prevailed.
On motion ol Mr. MoWaortar, the bill
wes indefinitely postponed.
THE CALL OF THK BOLL OF COUNTIES
for the introduction of new bills was then
bad.
The following were offered:
Bv Mr. Long: A bill to incorporate
the Waycross and Florida Riilroad. Road
by consent, and referred to the Committee
on Corporations.
By Mr. Reese; To amend the act to
incorporate »h‘ to-vn of Forrestville.
C -- u. r-- ., -’ , i
B. -1 . ■ - i
Of O l C ! •
Uornmi - *
By Mr. l’.i.z —
continue tbe c.tu ot'-
ties for new bills. Referred to the Com
mittee on Rules
By Mr. Lcffman—To amend an act *o
make more efficient and economical the
inspection of fertilizers. Committee on
Agriculture.
Also a bill to provide for artificial
limbs for maimed soldiers. Committee
on Agriculture.
Mr. Wright—To giva landlords liens
on all property of tenants. Judiciary.
By Mr. Cirr—A bill to prevent the
sale of epiritous liquors within two miles
of churches in Sheffield’s district of Rock
dale county. Judiciary.
Mr. Ivey—A bill to repeal an act crea
ting a Board of Commissioners for Ware
county. Judiciary.
Mr. Adams—To authorize the Comp
trollsr General to aooapt taxes assessed
against the property of tha Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad, with penalties or interest
on the same. Judiciary.
Also, a bill to require deposit for costs
in Cnatham Superior and Savannah City
Coarts. Jadioiary.
BILLS BEAD THI3D TIME,
To require freeholders to return names
of tax payers. Passed.
Several bilU were tabled
The bill to regulate the practice in
claim cases was tabled.
Loaves of absence were granted to sev
eral members.
By consent Mr. Miller, of Houston,
offered a bill to regulate the practice in
the Supreme Court. Judiciary.
Also, a bill to protect game in Houbton
county. Rsad by consent and referred
to Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. Walton, of Burke, moved that the
Houae adjonra to to-morrow morning at
9 o’clock. Agreed to.
Caboltw.
Sikla, Noon, September 7.—Troop* of
all arm* have bees recalled from Piafain,
and are re-occupying Candahar. Ka-
koob Khan has asked for British aid.
Badshad Khan, who holds the country
beyond Shntagaradan Pass, has offered
his servioes to the British. Major Con-
ally reported all qniet yesterday to and
beyond Shutargardan pass.
Simla, 6 p. x.—According to an
Kbeyl, some of the natives have come in
and reported that they have seen dead
bodies of British officers at Cabal. It is
rumored that nine troopers, belonging to
the esoort, have escaped.
London, September 7.—Intelligence
communicated by the Indian offioe is to
the effeot that the attack on the British
embassy at Cabal was commenced by
three regiments which were joined
later by nine others.
The Vioeroy of India telegraphs on the
6th inst. that General Roberta will reach
Feewer in five days from that date, and
will take command of a rapid advance on
Cabnl. General Stewart has been order
ed to hold Cendahar and threaten Ghu-
znee if necessary. The Ameer writes
that the troops it the flfit outbreak, ef-
ter stoning their offiosw, .rushed to the
British embassy end stoned It. Revolv
ers were fit el fromlths embassy in re
turn.
A diepatoh from IrnowwabsayE: “Thou
sands assembled to destroy^ tha British
Eccbaeey. Much lifo w-s lost on both
sides. I, with fire attendants, have been
beseiged all day. Up to now I have, no
certain news of Cavagnart, whether he
was killed or captured.”
Constantinople, September 7.—The
Greek members of the Taroo-Greek fron
tier commission hare drawn np a note to
the ambassadors insisting that the ful
fillment of the thirteenth protocol of' the
Berlin treaty is obligatory upon the
Porte.
The Yarkuh commissioners intend to
Main thin that the protocol and the Por
e’s agree to the delineation therein eng
gestedi. They are expeoted to make this
declaration at the next sitting on Woi
nsjday. It is reported that if negotia
tions fail the European powars will as
semble for the purpose of settling the
Greek and other questions. a ,
Vienna, September 7.—Tha Presse an
nounces that the mission of M. Broreca,
Roumanian embassador, has been sue
cessfnL France and Germany are dis
posed to assent to a compromise based on
the principle of the gradual emancipa
tion of the Roumanian Jaws. Austria
his accepted this principle.
St. PxTxasBDEG, September 7.—
Eighty-four young persons, sentenced to
hard labor and deportation to Siberia for
political offenses, have left SIosoow under
an armed escort.
Chicaqo, Sept. 7.—Particulars have
been received of a fire at Quincy, Ill.,
yesterday, which destroyed the Aoameiy
of Music, Board of Trade rooms, tele
graph office, masonic hall, and a num
ber of other bu-lliogs. L .-s—^ao hun
dred and twenty-fire thousand dollars.
One man was killed by the falling walls.
Memphis, September 7.—Mis* E.ta
Houck, daughter of the lute J. S. Honck,
died of fever this afternoon at Buntyn
Station. The Howards to-day assigned
i-ixceen nurses to duty. 1 be weather is
clear aud pleasant. Eleven cases in ail—
four whites and seven colored—were re
ported to-day. Eight deaths have oc
curred: Mrs. Htttie Walker, Lula Al
ford, Pauline Whitt hold, Mamie Lscog,
and three colored persons. Col. J. A.
Pretlidge was stricken last night, but
bis name baa not yet been reported to the
Board of H^al.h. W. J. Bertie remains
in a dying condition.
San Fbanohco, S?ptembir 8.—A
complete esuat ia tho city gives thd fol
lowing resalt: The workingmen elect
the Mayor, Sheriff, Auditor, Treasurer,
Tux-colieotor, Public Administrator, Sur
veyor, District Attorney, City and
Coun’y Attorneys. Police Judge, one
Supervisor, five members of the Board
of Eluoation aud the Railroad Commis
sioner for t he city district.
The Republicans elect an Assessor, Re
corder, Coroner, County Cierfc, Superin
tendent of schools, Superintendent of
streets, flrven Supervisors, seven mem
bere of the Board of Education and a
member of the State Board of Equaliza
tion and re-elect Congressman Davis.
As the snpervi~or uni judges elected
are mostly on tickets of all parties,
some of the effiosrs are elected by majori
ties so smull that au offioial count may
result in some changes.
A fiie at Marysville lust night destroyed
alr0etl"ao(i the atof-for
two d (veiling's adj oining. L >.ia $80 000
London, Sep’-ember 8.—D:rk Mul, a
banker of Wmschoten, Holland, and a
puhlio mm ecj'ying no limited coafi
dance, ha* suspended payment, stating
he hud lost five nan ire-1 thousand guild-
• ■re by the collapse of two potato flour
milts. Great popular excitement pre
vails. There Is some rioting, and the po
lice are obliged to protect the premises
uf the defaulter.
London, September 8 —The British
mission io Afghanistan coasisted of Ma
jor Cavagnari, his secretary, Mr. Jen
kins, Dr. Kelley, Lieut. Hamilton com
manding the escort, consisting of 26
cavalry, 50 infantry, and Sepoy guide.
The troops of the embassy were lodged
in two houses in tbs city joined by a
quadrangle. The houses were epacioae,
uat’unfonunately chiefly consttujted or
wood,
A dispatch to the lima from Caloutta
eays from the imperfect information ob
tamable there seems to bs good reason
to favor the view that the disaffection
has not spread ali over Afghanistan, bat
that the affair is an emeuto which will
speedily dhappaar when the British
troops arrive.
London, September 8.—Tne Times in
a leading editorial tnis morning on the
subject of tbs revolt ia Afguamstao says,
“oar duty is lo net with courage and
firmtiees. What has happened by no
means creates a new situation. I; duos
not supply a single new argument for
the annexing of Afghanistan and oar
policy, however modified ia dentils, will
ba to kaed steadily to the lines which
have been already traced with the appro
val of public opinion.”
Nxw Yobs, September 8 —A Memphis
speoial states that a long petition, coached
in strong language, signed by all tha
prominent citizens, including the princi
pals or representatives of every leading
commercial bouse in the city, has been
forwarded to Dr. Plankett, President of
tue Board of Health at Nashville, nrglng
that rale six of the quarantine regulations
be rescinded, so the farmers in the imme
diate vloinity of Memphis may bring their
cotton to the city to be prepared for mar
ket, so as to realize its value.
It is urged that if the fanners are de
prived ot this privilege they will loss their
cotton whioh is now opening ia the
fields, and hands oannot be indnoed lo
ptok it when the chances are that they
will be foroed to wait two months for
their pay.
The opinion is expressed with much
confidence by Dr. Thornton, President of
the City Board of Health, that the plague
has passed the maximum and is steadily
on the decline.
Mexthis, Ssplember 8.—Eight new
oases—seven white and one colored—were
reported this morning. Nine interments
have been reported since last night—
among the number are Maggie Sullivan,
Annie M.' Campbell, Arobie Mills, Mrs.
Emma Arnold and James Honck, jr. The
latter died at Buntyn station.
Albant, N. Y, September 8 —Mr.
William Barcell, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Convention, has announced
a meeting of that body focTaesday nexr,
at 8 p. m., at tha Vanderbilt house, Syr-
Statea will be present, and an oration will
be delivered by Senator Jno. B. Gordon.
Invitations have been extended to the
military throughout the Union and citi
zone generally. Railroads have specially
low rates, and the indications are that
there will be an immense gathering.
London, September,. 8.—The Govern
ment pparently does not donbt the fidel
ity of the Ameer. Badahah Eban’s ad
hesion to tho British cause is valuable,
ai removing what might have been
serious obstacle to tha advanoe from
Kurarn to CabuL The fact that the in
surgents did not whit anti) the winter
nows had blocked the passes, or evea
until the British had evacuated Canda-
har, seems to indicate that the rising
was wholly unpremeditated. The Kav-
run oolumn, whioh will be the first to
uu Okbui, ia iu excellent condition,
not having suffered from cholera. It
consists of the second battalion of the
eighth'regiment, the eixty-eeventh regi
ment, the seventy-second and the ninety-
second Highlanders, two mountain and
two field batteries, one battalioD of horse
artillery, three regiments of native in
fantry and three of cavalry, and one reg
iment of pioneers. The movement by
the Khyber pass ia intended to tuppor.
the main-advanee by way of the Peiwar
pass
thentio intelligence receivedJfrom Ali N> J> a0pfc . 8 ._A terrific
shower ot hail and rain, accompanied by
wind, thunder and lightning, swept over
this vicinity last evening shortly before
midnight. The hail fell ten miles In
stones larger than walnuts. Buckwheat
is fUttened to the ground, and immense
fields of corn completely riddled.
A large number of trees and several
oat-bonses were blown down. At camp
meeting tents were loosened and blown in
every direction. The storm came from
the southeast aud passed np into the
mountains.
Savannah, Sept. 8.—Arrangements for
laying the comet etone of tbe monumcn
to Sergeant Wm. Jaspor, of the Rsv-flu
tionary army, who fell at the siege o-
Savannah, on the 9th of October, 1779,
on the centennial of that event, are com-
An extra -edition of the Daily Xtw
contains a dispatch from Allahabad, an
nouncing that tbe nine troopers belong
ing to the escort who escaped, wera ab
sent from the city collecting forage at
the time of the outbreak. The muti
neers finally bnrned down the doorway
of the embassy and swarmed id.
Simla, September 8.—Id is reported
that three of the mutinous regiments
have marched from Cabal. Ia official
circles Ayhab Khan and other chiefs are
suspected of complicity in the outbreak.
Liondin, September 8.—The Vioeroy
of India telegraphs as follows: “Advices
from Ali Kheyl, dated Saturday last, ray
Badshah Khan saw the corpses of Major
Oavagnari and members of hig staff and
escort. The party made a very stubborn
defence The loss of tbe rioters killed in
the fight ie estimated at over one hun
dred.”
Portland, September 8.—Portland,
except tha islands, whioh wilt not mateil
illy obange the remit, gives Davis a ma-
jorit; of over 600. Cape EiiZibeth and
Deering, Democratic towns, are reported
to have gone Republican. Tae vote ia
Portion*, excluding ibe islands, Is B3 fol
lows: D »vis> Republican, 3.4 IT, Gatce-
lon. Democrat, 1,470; Smith, Green-
blotter, 1,295; eoattoring, 31. Tne Re
publican majority over all is 615. Tbis
is nearly a fiuil^sult. and is a Republi
can gain of nearly 700 over that of last
year, wb*n they laoked 43 of a majority.
Lewiston, Ms., 8apt. 8 —This city
gives Davis 1,411; Gircelon, 851; Smith,
13. Three Republican Representatives
were elected. Auburn gives Davis 1,214;
Smith, 567; Garctlin, 339. Two Repub
lican Representatives are elected. Prob
ably the Republican coaaty and Senate-
rial ticket is electa). Dxmaricecatta
shows gains of 50 for Davis,
Banqob, Ms., September 8.—Bicgir
gives Davis 375 majority, a gain of 485
over last year.. Tnrco Republican repre
sentatives are el-oed. The tf.tal vote.is
3.491—Davis, 1,933; Smith, 1.CG6; G*roe-
Xuu. 4fi3.; ■*catrtring--2g-..Iai»» jeav-ihe
total voto was 3 273— Connor, i.etjl;
C-slOi, t,WC j a.tMiDu, 102; ftOktlerlDg,
G. The Republicans are jubilant over tbe
Te»"it. Brewer gives a I ep 'b’.icaa ma
jority of 20, a gain of 160 over last year.
All tbe towns thus far imported in this
vioiaity show large Republican gains.
Cobnish, Septembsr-8.—The vote here
stands: Davis, 159; Smith, 107; Gar-
cel in, 45
Rockpjrt, September 8.—The count
her- is us follows: Smith, 567; Davis,
274; Gxroeloc, 59—a Greenback gain of
60, and a Republican gain of 44 for
representative. R-.ohmond gives Davis 20
majority, Dresden gives Davis 33 major,
tty, Bowdoioham gives Davis 203 major
ity, and Bowdoin give3 Davis 70 major
ity.
DExrEB, S3ptember 8—This was the
mist exciting 3:i.ts election evsr known
iu this town. Tae result le, Davie, 345;
Smith, 2C6; Gareslon, 35.
Pu»tl\ d, S.;p:ember 8. — Twelve
cities and town®, Including Portland
B»og»r, Lewiston and Auburn, give Da-
vi» 6,307 majority over Smith and Gar-
celou
Ellsworth, Mb., Sept. 8.—The vote
is, Dav;s, 545; SaiUh, 424; Garcelon, 93;
scattering, 17. Eugene Hals (Sep.) is
elect-d R prc-iantitive from Ellsworth
Auousta, Me., Sept. 8.—Notwithstard
ing tho ram, cro -vds are in the streets
and on tbe 6idewa'bs, and carrlag-a are
rnffiing to and fro and every man will be
gotten to the pulls. It is tho hardest
fight ev=r experienced in this city. The
Republicans are now ahead in every
word bn' one, and are confident of elect
ing both Representatives.
Washington, Sseptsmbsr 8. — The
National Board of Health to-diy received
information from Morgan City, Louisi
ana, that there hsa been one death there
trom yellow fever.
London, September 8.—The pasaen
gera from Havre by the eteamer Brest,
which went aahore off L'zird yesterday,
had engaged passage to New York by
the Wolts Star Line steamer. The scene
of confn«ion on board when the steamer
struck ie indtssnbabls. A great disaster
was narrowly escaped.
The leader* of the Ashton trade nnion
fear they will ba unable to prevent a
strike 3.1 the mill hands believe that it
wonld be benefiolal ia xeduoing the pro
duction, even if it did not prevent the
reduction ot wages. At a meeting of the
shareholders of the Union Spring mills
at 0:dham, running 90,000 spindles, the
suggestion to ran os short time or stop
the Oldham mills entirely, so as to bring
a pressure to bear on the Liverpool cot-
t&u market, seemed Lo meet with general
approval.
"Madrid, September8.—Signor Canova
Del Castillo has been oharget with the
mission of officially asking tke bend ot
the Archdaohess Marie Car is tine, of Ans.
trie, in marriage with King Alfonso.
The report that 20,009 troops would be
sent to Cuba ia ojutrad-oted. The gov
ernment will Only replace the troops
whose term of S9rvlc9 in Cab* has ex
pired
Mxmphm, September 8.—Trenty-five
cases in ail, fifteen whites and ten col
ored, were reported to-day. Among the
Dumber were Col. James Prestdge, Mias
Pearl Prtjtldge, R v. Father Chrysoeta-
tau’, Bieaka and C. H. Shaw, Jr. Two
sdd. tioual deaths have been reported :
Emuia Zimmerman and one oebred.
At a meeting of the oomnittea of
safety this afternoon resolution! in oppo
sition to rule nnm>t six of the Stale
Board of Health, .referring tc ginning
sod baling of lint cotton withix infected
diatriols, ware passed by a voU of 8 to 8.
The weather ia clear and pleastnt.
Augusta Mb,, Ssptemoer 8.—Tbe offi
oial vote here is as follows: Dans, 1,077;
Smith, 379; GuroabH,91; scattering, 14;
D-tVi®’ majority, 93, George, E Weeks
and Josiah P. Wyman (Rqpublioans)
--ra elected representatives.
Rccxland, x'e., Ssspt'mbei 8.—Tho
t-c'ini to ,uobi outlie larg.-t
void tvar cu. iu this city, exoqitlu 1876
Davis got 814, Smiih £96, Garaelon 139—
Davis’ majority over ell 78. Both Ra-
J he combined opposition majority lest
ear over the Republican ticket was 13,
he vote being: Connor, 665; Garoelon,
848; Smith, 330.
Bath, Mb., Sept. 8.—Bath gives Davis
1.089; Garoelon, 179; Smith, 307; Bion
Bradbury, 6. Davis! majority in Lagida-
hoe county ia about 1,115. The Repub
lican members of tbe Legislature are ali
elected, bb are the Senators and county
officers.
Belfast, Mb., Sept. 8.—Davis has
140 majority. Republican gain 236.
Biddbford, Mb., Sept. 8.—Davis re
ceived 1,009 votes, Smith 779 end Garce
lon 324, Last year, Connor 840, Smith
669, Garcelon 510.
Saco, September 8.—The vote now
stand;: Davis, 843; Smith, 346; Garce
lon, 256. Last year the vote was: Con
nor, 748-, Smith, 335; Garcelon, 266.
Portland, September 8.—Eighty-two
towns give Davis 23.607, Garoelon 6.573,
Smith 14.744. Last year the rote was :
Connor, 18,772; Gareelon, 8.848, Smith,
12,089. The Republican majority tbis
year is 2.290 against an opposition ma
jority laBt year of 2,665. The Republi
can Increased vota is about 20 per cent,
whioh Indicates 67,000 in the State,
while the opnosition pain ie 1J per cent,
indicating 20.000.
Jacksonvillb, Fla., September 8.—
W. K. Bell, connected with the Adame
Express Company at Kansas City, Mo.,
absconded on the 23th of AngUBt, taking
$7,500 of the Company’s money. He
was arrested at Greon Cove Springs,
twenty-five miles above this city on the
St. Jobna river, to-day, and $2,600 of the
money recovered. Q. R. Jones, Express
Agent of this place, and Captain of Police,
left with him on the five o’clook train
for Kansas City.
pleted. The Governors of this and other publican representatives art. elected.
. Good Boom tor a Macon
Honse.
Wo Sad the following well-timed and
apposite compliment to one of Macon's
moat energetic merchants, in the Consti
tution, which covers the ground nicely,
and bnt repeats what we have often said
of onr friend, Mr. James Campbell:
Macon, September 6.—Few of Macon’s
own citizens have any correct idea of the
extent of her trade. We are an easy,
going people, not enbj-ot to excitement;;
onr streets are broad, onr depots remote,
and the noise of traffio, which in other
cittaa would amount to a ruab, here, are
lost npon the length and breadth of the
streets. We work without bustle, but
wa work hard, and successfully; let any
one who dcabte stand around the freight
and passanger depots for one day and
watch the trains; ho will sea masses of
goods hauled away, train load after train
load without t-nd; ho will ieo the drum
mer who sells them, satchel in hand, slip
quietly aboard tho passenger coaches and
begin tha journeys that traverse four
S'.iites aa-i include every iirmiet. Tha
wholesale trade of Macou is its glory.
Among the trades the wholesale whis
ky business has grown to sn almost in-
credible extent. This business is one we
bad never looked into until. yesterday,
We entered tbe establishment of Mr. J.
H. Campbell on Cherry street, and were
politely received by the cLrk in charge,
who showed m through the building, ex
plalAlBffTUB wifi
partioular line.
,^| 4^ Anujft |n t.: 'A* -UdUc) tua iBiuat ci uitacu Guu-jfcu m
There ia not much va-‘ o£-jtr*ndi children. Ha lenvea
rioty in a stuck of whiskies to tha eye;
is a jnestiou of taste, but, nevaitUelese,
we Siw many old familiar names, as we
passed down the long rows of casks:
“Old Valley,” “Pet," “Lexington O.ub,
“Old Pillow” and other .chelae brands
without number. Mr. Campbell is sole
agent for these brand*, and has made
them famous throughout Georgia, Ala
bama aud Florida—has made them, popu
lar, which ia better than fame when
measured in dollars and cents. It ia said
thara is one Georgia town whose citizens
never lift a glass of the “Pet” to their
lips without a fervent “health to Jim
Campbell.” This thought is partly due
to the popularity of the gentleman him
self, who is personally known in every
district that deals in his good?'. It ia the
antiring energy and uniform “oon
homie” of the man that has built np
trade that knows no rival in tbe South.
Mr. Campbell keeps only pure liquors
and buys them from first hands. Even hie
common goods are bought double proof,
fur by this mean3 he saves just one-half
in freights. These common goods are
reduced by the sam9 process as practiced
<n the west, and in adopting the plan he
has of carrying oat the reduction here,
ho ie enabled to sell actually cheaper,
freight considered, than at headquarters.
He gives bia personal attention to every
detail ol the business, taking the road pe
riodically, that by actual personal con
tact with hie neighbors, he may learn
their wants; in thia way ho knows exact
ly how to supply every district, and adds
to hia almost boundless experience, new
and valuable ideas. “Qaick sales, small
profits and satisfaction to all parties,”
and he never foils in a promise.
It requires a large stock to supply the
trade of three States. If there is any
thing ia the world diversified, it is the
taste in liqnor; but this honse keeps the
stock to suit tbe length and breadth of
its territory; and it is a stock selected
by a man with the experience of many
years to guide him. The honse deals
only in pare liquors, every drop of which
ia guaranted; thia is.a feature which few
houses possess. In the daya when a
man places a glass to his lips and swal
lows its contents with doubtful pleasure,
it is a comfortable feeling ta have a
gnarantee of this kind to fall back on.
We are not much of a drinker, bnt it
does seem to U3 that we would enjoy
whisky more if we had a reliable certifi
cate as to the good character of the few
drinks we do take.
The best pledge of a honse, however,
in this lino is its suoocss. When Mr.
Campbell began thia business it iraa a
amall oncj he had mt only rival houses,
but rival cities to oontend with, and every
business man knows what that means. He
surmounted all difficulties, and by a close
adherence to bn9inese principles* and by
hia personal effort?, placed thia house far
above all competitors. To Bhow the ex
tent of the trade of this house, we relate
as a fact that a man might leave Maoon in
a buggy, visit every town in Georgia, west
Alabama, and north Florida, and yet never
have to take his morning “amile" or hia
evening “night-cap” from any other than
the brands ot liquors ws have named. It
i; such sterling busnsbs centres as this
tbat build up and strengthen our oity.
Wa wish Mr. Campbell a oontinaanoa of
hia SUC09--'. Inis bou?e does a striotly
wholesale business, and it is a sight to go
into it aud 8?esooi<-s of barrels marked for
shipment for all pares of Georgia, Flori
da and Alabama. It reminds oue of the
Urge establishment! of the North and
West.
A Patient Fisherman.—Tne Fincwtle,
(Virginia^ Herald, makes a good report
of Senator Hampton as a fisherman. In
five daya spent on the nppar James riv
er, he caught one hundred and ninety-
five baas—averaging thirty-nine a day.
Oca day he caught as many as sixty-
eight. He uses the fly bate. The Gov
ernor ia mina3 his right leg below the
knee, and though ho still uses crutches
his health is much improved, and he is
quite vigorous.
THK GEORGIA PRESS.
The Atlanta Post Bhsrply remarks that
“the Legislature is still retarded by the
cocduot ot absentees; not absentees from
the olty, bat simply from their aeats in
the House. Precious time ia loat every
day in efforts to bring members to their
plaoes and their duty- Tnis thing ought
to atop, or the", press should handle tha
matter in the plainest terms.”
The bale of cotton contributed by Cow
eta oounty for: tbe benefit of the Hood
orphans sold at Atlanta for $196, bnt it
will be put np again, and $500 is the
mark aimed at next time. Ic will then
be Bhipped to several other places, and
ought finally to realizs at least $1,000.
An old German known as “Unole Hen
ry,” living about two milss from Atlanta,
blew his brains out Sriarday morning
with an old army musket. No oause is
known for tbe aot, nor was he known by
any other name than Henry.
The Activities of a Blow Town.—
Under this head the Columbus Enquirer.
Sun has this mild blow, which we think
entirely justifiable, and therefore re echo
it:
Really, onr own Georgia papers hardly
know what this city le doing. Atlanta
is the wonderful oity of the Booth, be
cause it is the railroad centre of the S ate.
Its growth is wonderfnl. The little city
of sixteen thousand Inhabitants oalled
Columbus, on the Ohattahooohee river, is
also making marvelous progress. In 1865
the Federal soldiers had a big cotton and
faotory burning in this place. That was
fourteen years ago. Now 52,000 spindles
and 2.000 looms are making merry
music on the river, and thousands
of people are supported by them.
The Enquirer- Sun't annual repart
shows mat for the past season tbe
town warehoused 87,100 bales ol cotton,
an increase of 13 750 over the previous
Bottom:, and of this amount our factories
took 14,365 bale*, avd trebled their value,
Besides, we can show the largest iron
works in the State, a bagging faotcry
turning out 2 000 yards per day, and
other industrial enterprises. In material,
solid progress, our slow oily is equal tu
the faetsst, because ehe bnugs more clear
money to tbe State than is sent onr. We
sell goods from Maine to California.
Oars is a very Blow city, so some s»y, but
such alow cities will yet work out the
salvation of tbe South. The capital for
onr varied industries was furnisned by
Southern men of this section.
What other place in G-orgia or the
South equals our manufacturing record?
Georgia wants more such Blow places,
where tbe hum of productive industries
are heard.
Lowndes county tax payers will buy
an extra lot of Christmas gifts this year.
The total tax is only 61 cents on tha bun
dred, which is mnoh less than has been
evied for eeveral years.
The Washington Gazette tells of a pa
triarch who recently died ia that county
eighty-eight years of age. He was N.
G. Rice, the father of fifteen children and
Let any man reflect upon what
were the educational facilities
of that much neglected por
tion ofthe State prior to the establish
ment of, thia institution at DAhlonega,
and see what it has been since and ia
now and he will agree with ns that the
Legislature should have made the much
needed appropriation. There never wm
a more just appeal for relief than this,
and as a Georgian we are sorry, aye
ashamedat the niggardly spirit, develop
ed by the Legislature in refusing to ap
propriate $20,000 to replaoe the build
ings so recently destroyed by fire.
The Augusta Chronicle finds and re
prints this item from the Dilton Citizen
It had asoapsd onr notioe:
“The General Assembly has appointed
committee to investigate General
Toombs’ fees in the Stats oases. Tbe
old soldier is furious. He enraaa the
whole body for theives and aooundreU.
Wright, of Richmond, is Chairman. His
paper, the Augusta Chronicle and Consti
tutionalist, has been for some time agi
tattng the question of Toombs' fees.”
They Scatter Too Mach,
Boston Herald,]
Brrkedue should get a rifls if he intends
to oontUma the Yazoo business. Shot guns
scatter toomuih. Th\t Diioa shot “»oat«
terei” over thirty-eight 8t»tea.
It is Indeed
Philadelphia Times ]
Ic iB remarkable how easily the govern
ment inns itself. Take the Department of
State for instance. Secretary tvarta went
so hie Vermont farm some time since for a
long stay, he Assistant Secretary has just
left lYtahiigton for a fortnight’s vocation,
d tho chief dork ;g also absent.
As Drawn by ibe Aterald.
N. Y. Hera d 1
General Bffi Toombs, of Georgia, the elo
quent and prosperous lawyer, who has re
fused to oome into the Union, is a ta’l, big
old man. wi<h great brown eyes ; and he
likes to hear himself loudly talk Ir a quiet
neighoorfaood he is worse thai an accordeon.
His oon-creation has dashes in it. He wants
Hendricks.
widow ninety-two year's oW. - Tni QaztiU
says “fifty-two years ago Mr. Rico go
ont some nice walnu: timber from the
woods and bad it sawed up into plank, aud
said be wanted hia coffin made of that
when be died. Coffin-makers were born
served their day and generation, and died L
still the coffin remained aamade. But on
last Sunday, after fifty-two years, the old
walnut wood was taken from its lung rest
ing place and made into a coffio.
On "“Grange Day” m Lowndes county,
the editor of the Quitman Reporter inter
viewed several of the largest planters of
the oounty, and all gave doleful accounts
of the cotton crop. None of them esti
mated it higher than two-thirds of what
it was lssfc year. On the same Bubjeot
th8 Albany Advertiser paints thi3 sombre
picture:
There can no longer be any doubt that
the preaent ootton crop iu tbis section
will be cut short at least fifty per cent,
by the caterpillars. Fields that gave
promise of a fair yield ten daya ago are
now completely riddled by the millions
of worms that hare made their appearance
during the cloudy and rainy weather that
prevailed the latter part of Uat week and
th8 first part of this. A gentleman who
rode through the country from Baker
county to Camilla on Wednesday 8ay= he
paesed numbers of fields where not
green leaf was to be seen. Another Ba-
ker county planter who came up to the
city on Thursday morning informed us
that the stench from the caterpillars in
the fields along the road actually made
him sick. Neither of the gentlemen
seemed to think that there would bs
more than one-fourth of a ootten crop
made in Baker county this year. Baker
is no exoaption, either, but the same
gloomy reports reaeh ns from all the
neighboring counties. The ootton weed
having been stripped of all its leaves and
poisoned by the worms, the second or
“top orop” will bo a to'al failure, and
perhaps not more than half of the bolls
now on the stalks will ever reach matur
itr. This is no overdrawn picture, but
tbe facta givm above, however gloomy
they may appear, are facts nevertheless.
Somebody, name and identity un
known, attempted to kill policeman
Jackson, of Oolnmbns, Sunday morning
by a point blank shot at him, whioh for
tnnately missed its mark. Then the
soonndrel broke for the Girard bridge
and made his esospe
The Columbus papers sky the North
and South E. R. people have bought
260 tons of iron at $43 per ton, and will
immediately proceed to lay seven miles
of track.
We are informed by Chancellor Hell,
aaya tke Athens Chronicle, "that he has
received quite a number of communica
tions from young men who have been
panning their education in other States
These now propose to oontinna their
etndies at the University.'
The Quitman Free Fret* Ie indignant
because “the printing and circulars for
the North Georgia (Atlanta) Fair are got
ten np by a Radical printing office in
Chio«go.”
Mbs. Clary, o! Thomaaton, whose
husband was rcosntly killed by W. A.
Harp, has levied on the latter’* store
house, stock of goods and other property
to satisfy a claim for $5,000 damages on
aoeonnt thereof. Harp has vamosed.
We entirely sympathise with the
Madisonian in the following indignant
outburst whioh is found in its last issue:
The most niggardly aot that has ever dis
graced the Legislature, was the refusal
to appropriate money to rebuild the col
lege buildings at Dahionega by the prea
ent body. Thia institution is a branoh
of the University, and has accomplished
more in the education of our youth than
any other school in the State; and the
Legislature oould have well afforded to
give it the $20,000 asked to rebuild it. ’
M rttnge Kemarks About tbe
Tice ('resident.
Bait-mere Gtzstte, Dem ]
If Mr william A!nun Wheeler were not a
vu gar fr«nd he won d co-aider It beneath
the digui y uf a Vice P.eaidout of tbe Baited
tjtate* to preside over* tolitical mee.mg and
delifer - vnie*r t yioioui, and v-tuperative
address agtiOBt more m^u i>—u u,* nsople of
the Union But mode n custom union*-
Presiients at horse rots, and lice-ats al
leged Yios frei dents to perform tho func
tions of ward politic;*n8
Ano ber aiarier lor the Boz-
zard Dolmr.
Wash di pstoh to Omcinniti Commercial.]
It is now the accepted polio; of the Gov-
etnmmt to p»y 10 per cent of all salaries
in eiindard silver dollars. The President
and every member of the Cabinet has eigni
fled a ttill.ugnets to ta! e ten per cent, in
silver, although with the President it will be
quite a burden as one-teuih of hia annual
salary in tiWer wdl weigh over 3D J pounds.
The Resident eays there ehouid be no dis-
crimination. This poiijy win dispose of sil
ver as fan', as coined and pat it at o cs into
circulation Tae disbursements for August
were larger than auy previous month,
amounti g to nearly iSiDDJ.bOJ. Of-this
over $1,000,0-.0 wa; paid ou' on salaries and
checks Trea»:r-r lii S au n*3 urged th e
pohor for sometime, and is gratided at the
suoco.a of ihi experiment. Ba'urdiy he
took *50 of hiis esury in eiiv-r. He e.iya it
has to go hero &--d elsewhere. Secretary
sherman said that mam bare of Congress
wi’l hereafter be paid one-tenth in aiivar,
like other public servant*.
HirsHge it a rue!
Washington Star ]
No matter how violent a Dsmocra'ic poli-
linao may be in his opp .eition to Tilden, a
trip to new York and visit to the “old man,”
invariably converts him Members of Con
gress who daring the extra seuio a proclaim
ed ttumte'ves unaUornbiy tnatUo to a re-
nommation of tbe old ticket, are now telling
the psop e tbat “fraud must be rebnked at
the ntxs. Jeoti n ” Iu evsry oase these con
verts have o died upon Mr. Tilden since the
adjsummeht of Congress. Every mu of
any prominence in ti e Democratic party who
goes to tf,w York receives an invitation to
Grammero; Park, and to accept ia fatal to
tae -nti-i'il iea gan'un ot
LOVE AT SEA.
AFTER THIOP3ILE OCATIIB.
We are in Love's Land to-day;
Where shall we go ?
Love, shall we start or stay
Or aailorrow?
There’s many a wind and way,
And never a May bnt May;
We are in Love’s Land to-day—
Whore shall we gc?
Onr land-wind is the breath
Of aoriowa hinted to death
And Joys that ware;
Our ballast is a ro:e,
Our way lias where God knows,
And lore know* wh ire—
We are in Love's Land to-day.
Our seaman are fisdged lovee,
Onr mast* are bills of doves,
Onr decks are line gold;
Oar ropes are dead maid’s hair,
Our e tor eg are love-shafts fair
And manifold—
We are in Love’s Land to-day..
Where shall we land yon. sweet,
On fields of strange men’s feet,
Or fie'ds near heme?
Or where the fire flswers blow,
Or where tbe flowers of scoir
Or flowers of foam?
We are in Love’e Land to day.
Lwd me, she says, where love
Bhowe but one abaft, one dove,
Oue heart, oue hand.
A shore like tbat, my dear,
Lies where no man will steer—
No maiden land
—A colony of HoUauucra u iu oe settled
in North Carolina this fall in the eastern
part ot the State.
—General Hood willed witely when, in hia
despair, he beqatathed hie children to the
care of hia old soldiers. ‘The bravest are
the tendereat—the loving are ths duing,’
—The Mongols ascertained tbe number of
the enemies slain by cutting off the right ear
of each cf the dead. In 1239 they collected
270,fOll of these fr„m the plains of liaaaia.
and after the battle of Leigmtz, in 12H
filled with right ears ni&e enormous sacks. ’
—Three hundred barrels of illie.fc whiaky
were emptied Into a creek by a revenue col
lector, as Waoo, Texts. A crowd of men
plunged into the stream and drank all of
the liquor possible btfore it flowed away.
They got enough of it to make them all very
drunk. W *
—The handsome Boston G’obe Theatre Is
owned in sections by several persons, snd
one of them, dieguated by failure to agree
wiih tbe others, is pu'ting up a wall at the
edge of his portion. This cute eff a third of
the etage and part of the auditorium.
—Tt e London Spectator oomplaina that ‘
the Commission ot Icqaiiy into Agricultural :
Distress hae upon it no representative of the
,M atm6nt
too many votes. Dfivernment
—A series of experiments oonduoted by a
chemist in behalf of the Now York Board of
Health, with an intent to discover what ia
the bast disinfect An: for rrdinsry use, has
resulted iu the announcement that ‘nnder
evory variety of citcuingUncea o.rbolic acid
i* the most reliable diemfectaut in the mar
ket.’
—London Truth:—‘I was haviDg my hair
cutw day or two »go, »ni I fell into conver
sation with the operator. ‘Timea,’ he Bail,
‘arc very bad; we have four young men less
on onr establishment than Het year and oar ■
customers eeorotniso-on everything. They
even buy fewer nhircs. Last year we used
to be sent forsomotimee twice a dsy to brush
aud curl the luir of stockbrokers; ibis year
there is hardly a stockbroker who has his
headwaehed.’
—The first performar.c j of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin’ by i thut moral drsmaiic company,
under the sanction cf rir.-: Harriot Beecher
Bsowe, has been given. It took plaoe in tha
Michig&a Avenue Baptist Church, Ohioigo,
The desk was removod from the platform,
and a etage ereoted, with suitable scenery.
The Uncle Turn was Sain Luc.,a. a genuine
neg:o, formerly a psrf ormer iu a minstrel
company. Tuo rest of tho cist ooctii&ed
the names of more a less known actor* and
aotreeaes The aahence pLiniy showed
their unfamili»iity with theatrical*, and
were vastly pleaatd; but itiaaiid thatlhe
question cf the propriety of ih9 show will to
discussed before a religion: tribunal.
—Hex co, which has sutfere l most of any
sonblicsn frnm tha
Two flame j$rw»urr* ttanolag
Against Kacb Older.
Edmund Hudson’s Letter in Boatoa Herald. 1
The hottest contest in the whole country
isiutho two towns of Exeter whch are
joined in a Legislative distriot. There
towns Be about twenty mile* northwest ot
Bangor Tnereis a considerable Democratic
majority in Exet-r, but last year there was a
larger Republican majori'y ia Garland, and
tho Republican Representative was circled
Ta* Republic in majority in the combined
vote numoeied seventeen. Now the Demo
crats and Greenbao era have undertaken to
overo me this majority. There are thirty
votes in the town of Exeter that are cl rimed
by both p irties. snd the men who will cast
these vote* are going to have a hard time
for the next week. They will be labored
with night and diy Daring tha past week
they have been constantly watu’ued, and if
one of them is seen talking with a Republi
can worker he is taken in band by a fusion
agent, a* soon as tne Republican leaves
him. Two brothers have been nominated
to the Legislature, Mr. Frank W. Hill snd
Mr. George S. HUJ, or Exeter. The former
is a staunch Democrat, and said to be worth
$150,000 He was in Bangor to-day. He
has hired the town hail for next Saturday
night and the village grove for Friday after
noon. Yesterday he sent hia son over to
Corinns, and engaged tha OorianA Bind to
play from Friday until Saturdav at mid
night Five minutes after the engagement
was made Mr. George Hill, the Republican
candidate, rode into Ooiinna for the same
mrpose, but rode away discomfited. Mr.
Frank Hill aaya be Is going to be elected,
sndheaesms to be giving hie eatimible
brother a red-hot time
Pio Nono College.—We are gratified
to learn that the prospects of the Catho-
lio College "in our midst are very flatter
ing for the ooming collegiate year.
It|is claimed that the numbers of last
year’s matriculates will ba doubled,
judging from the numerous applications
for membership received from abroad.
The discipline of the institution is admi.
rable, and the terms moderate. For the
sum ot $230 a pupil will bs lodged,
boarded and provided with lights snd
fuel for the entire eoholastic year of nine
snd a halt months—or upon a cash de
posit, for the sum of $200.
No attempt is made to proselyte the
students, so that Protestant parents snd
guardians who send their sons to Pio
Nono, need not apprehend that any im
proper influences will be used to seduce
them from the faith of their fathers.
Great pains ere taken to preserve the
morals of the young matriculates, and the
oours* of instruction is very thorough.
Pio Nono College occupies one of tbe
most beautiful sites in Georgia, and its
salubrity is beyond qne-tinn.
The Sheffield Currans who were
brought over from Sheffield, to make
genuine Sheffield knives and rsEoro in
Bridgeport have all gone out on i strike,
for the reason that they axe not psid ss
mnoh as American outlery makers are
getting. Some ot them, it ia said, are
seeking wotk elsewhere. An Eastern
manufacturer sent word that application
had been made to him by some of them
for work. The extot situation is not
known, but it seems certain that the men
ngve all oeased work, snd that they re-
fuse to regard ts binding tbe agreement
En«l«d, declaring that they
will work for those who give them most
P*T«
Republican State from the ambition of indi
vidual preteudara to power, some years ago
in reforming its constitution restricted tha
incumbent of the Presidency to a single
teim. Tne repeal of thia restriction is now
agitated, aud it i* said to be o.rtain that
eighteen States out of tho twenty-seven
States in Mexioo will vote for tho repeal.
As it only require* the assent of a majority
of the State to amend the Mexican Constitu
tion, it may be aeaamed that the repeal ia
secured. This has baan unquestionably
effected in the interests of Duos, and the
Niticml, the Lsrdest organ, eay* that tbe
re-eleotion of tne President will be equiva
lent to a dictatorship during life.
—Astronomers state tbat three oomets are
now visible in the Northern heavens. Two
of them are in the Great Bair, and not far
apart. The second comet di'osvered by
Pal3», h very bright, and oan be seen with
quitetmallteleeojpea. Tne thud.comet-is
faint, but oovera quite a large apace. Thia
comat was observed Wedneadty morning at
1 o'olock. with a three inch teleeaops and
comet eye piece The comet was so faint
tbat it oould not be woil defined or kept
steadily in view. It wa* seen by flashes
which were quite bright, asil seemed to pro
ceed from a centre If t :e last two oom»ta
have not already passed tueir perihelion,
bey may yet be seen wish ths naked ey a.
Uabloita Patti’s Mamujai: —Tbe Mar
riage of Oarlotta Patti and fc.ri.ojt do Mnnek
wa* solemnized on Wednesday, at the Moire
du Neuvieoie Arroadimemeut and at Trinity
Oburoh, Paris. Tbe witnesses for M’lle.
Patti were tbe Marquis da Oanx, (kdelinv
Patti’* late husband), and Sigaor Gtrdoni;
for M. de Manok. the w.tuc* es were if.
Ghiszol* and M. BordiUon ' Only the rela
tives and a few personal fiirnde were present.
After the oeremony a splendid luncheon was
eervod at tbe bride'* house.
The newly married ooupln. Mr. Henry
Ketten .Signore* Oiampt and Celia, accompa
nied by Manager Chizzoia, will *aU from
Havre to day in tbe Bteamubip Periere.
tialvini and Hiatori have been engaged by
Olnzzsla to play together in a tour through
the States.
Oan j by Bird Ibpostitio.va—While every
foreign paper poors forth its i Annotations
over the new adjaatment ofthe balance of
trade between Emrops and Amotioa, their is
a drop of ooneoiation for thorn in the fact
tbat Europe hta one export whiah may be
set against our increase of grain, petroleum
and ootton. From Ootober, 1876, to Febuaiy,
1877, Germany exported to America 100.000
male canary bird*. The raising of then
birds employs quite a oonsi durable popula
tion in some provinces cf Prussia. One
bouse alone purchased last year 14,000 male
»ud 8,000 female caoarie*, breide* 65,000
singing bird* of other kinds; 67 800 of these
were consigned to New York 2 700 went to
Africa and Australia, and 1,000 to BnziL
These 67,000 birds consumed before they
were disposed of 8t quintal* (17,3 io pounds)
of oolz \, 60 qaintsls(lS,26J pounds) of hemp
and poppy seed, snd 9J quintal* (20,000
pounds) of millet snd canary seed. Truly,
the little birds of the sir give their share of
enoouragement to agriculture and trade.
A Musical Fakilt —Dr. John Shepherd,
cf Dadevilie, Tallapoosa oounty, oertsiniy
has the most musical family in the State.
‘It what ia reported cf them be trae, they
are equal to the oelebrated Berger family.
It ia said tbat Dr. Shepherd ii tha happy
father of five girl* snd four boys, aad they
all posse** a natural muiicsl talent that is
almost miraoulou*. They have a complete
brass bend at home, snd visitors are often
delighted snd entertained by their fine mueio,
which, it is esid, consists of anatobes ot tha
Pinafore opera, all the old snd many of the
new ballads and instrumental pieces. A
gentleman who has raoently made a tueir.ee*
tour of that aeetion of the State, remark* that
be nevar witnessed anythirg like it before.
The hae* drummer of the band le a little girt
only six years of ags. Tbs band famishes
music for th* delight and smuesmanto? Ml
who visit thsir father's house, sud sis wm-
stantiy improving. Tho Doctor ought to or
gan:* » a eonosrttoar and m»ke tbe round*,
us would make a boosts i of it if he could se-
care the aerrieaa of s good advance agent.
Th* bass sense ua M pM. Vi.
Baby Syrup ia acknowledged to
safest and most reliable msli '
Babies. PmeMosnta.