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CL1SBY, JONES k REESE, PsoriaxTORS.
Thh Family Journal.—Nxws—Politics—Literature—Aorioulture—Dokssti:
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Established 1826.
3IAC02S*, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28,1879.
Volume LIY—NO 48
WANTED.
Details ol Harry J. Kyan’s In-
■urance and Other A'raasac-
ttons.
The following communication will ex
plain itself and renders comment unnec
essary:
Editors Telegraph $ Messenger—It seems
from a paraK r -pu m jour paper of yes
terday that Mr H. J. Ryan has written
yon a communication objecting to your
notion of bis inenranoe operations in
Southwest Georgia. If all that is
oharged against Air. Ryan be true your
remarks on tne eubj<os were very mild'
and since he has challenged your state
ment of the reports about him It is
only fair to you atd to the public that
full statement be made. Several weeks
Bgo Mr. Ryan called at my office and in
troducing himself as a refugee from
Hompoir on account of yellow fever, in
formed mo tnat he bad been in the insur
ance bminesa there. As any resident
ogent can be easily traced np through the
insurance bins book. I asked him some
questions about Li- dim. He informed
mo tn»t the firm’s name was Harry J.
Ryan & Co., his partner being a Mr.
Hamilton of No. 39 Mardson street,
Memphis. Tnat tney were not insuranoo
agents proper, nut insurance brokers who
took applications fur neks sad placed
them with other companies having agen
cies or officers in the city. He
said be thought of doing the
same business hero and asked me
what I thought of the prospeot for snch
business in this field. I told him that
any risks be might obtain would have to
to placed with companies legally author
ized to do business in this S:ste, and as
these are elresdy represented by looal
agents I thonght oar people would prefer
to deal directly witn agents known to
them, but that, of course, -ny agent’
wonld allow him the usual commission on
all acceptable risks he oonld obtain. He
saw one or two other insurance men here,
and finally announced to me that ho bad
oonuiaded to iry t > work np some busi
ness from Msoon as a centre, and would
leave next day for Albany, Go. In the
meantime I bad written to the General
Agents of the Southern Department or the
Continental Insurance Company, of New
York, giving them Mr. Ryan’s name, and
asking if they would arrange for him to
solici: risks for them in the country upon
his making suitable bond, etc. The
General / gems replied, leaving me to act
for them as I thought best, and at the
same tfme saying that as a mnn of this
name bad gone to Aiken, South Carolina,
under similar circumstances, and bad
been guilty of some xasoalitteB there,
they desired me to write to an address
they gave me at Aikin for farther infor
mation. This I did at onoe, and received
a prompt reply, -ayiug that a man calling
hims. If, J. W .Ryan had established
himself there in .he name way in the in
surance business, and shortly after had
produced a letter of credit for §5.000, on
which bo obtained money for his draft on
Batten, Ryau & Co., of Louisville, Ky.
The draft was returned with the report
that there was no Bash bouse as Bitten,
Ryan k Co., in Louisville. In the mean
time J. W. Ryan had left Aikm and soon
after to tried "the same game in Sivan-
nab, where he was prepared to draw on
Milwaukee. Thia time he failed aedb.-
ing caught was taken to Aiken, S. O.,
where be laid in jail throo months, es- ]
coping fl-ial pnnivbmont for want of wit-
nesaees from Louisville. A description
of J. W. Ryan »aa sent to mo. Mr. H.
J. then being absent I awaited his prom
ised return. Ween I caw him cn his re
turn he seemed to have plenty of money,
and a traveling salesman from Macon,
who mot him, says that Ryan claimed to
have takes in a thousand dollars m the
trip down the ro-d, but he (R ), reported
(o me and to am t'-er insurance man rn
Macau that he ‘had done nothing as yet.’
Being unable folly to identify theMr,
Ryan before mo as the man described
from Aiken, I wrote my correspondent
there a minato description of Harry J.
Ryan as he appeared in my cffice at that
time. Promptly by return mail the re
ply came back: “Yen have described the
man I wrote you of exaotly.” Mr. R • an
bad then left the city for Southwest
Georgia again. I had consulted with
Mr. George S. Obear about Mr. Ryan, as
he bad also signified a desire to work for
the Cotton States Life Insurance
Company. He bad named a number
of prominent men in Memphis as friends
or acquaintances, among them Ben May,
E-q, an ineuronoo man well known to
botn Mr. Obrar and myself. Mr. O.
wrote to Bin May, who, in hi3 reply
states that ho never knew lul one man
named Egan in connection xoitk the insu
rance business, and bo gives him a m at
unenviable reputation. He sajs this
man called himself J. W. Ryan, be
thinks, and he is cow wanted all through
the country along the Mississippi river
for ewiodling people by collecting por-
miurna on insurance policies never deliv
ered.
This gentleman, Ben May, whom H.
J, Ryan mentions as an acquaiatonca,
writes Mr Obear to kuvo nothing to do
with such a man claiming to have been
connected wiih insurance in Memphis un
less he wilt swear he never taw Ben May
Soon after Mr. 11. J. Ryan’s second de
parture from Macon, and immediately
following the receipt of this last informa-
"tion from Aiken and Memphis, a custo
mer of S. T. Coleman & On., at Pelham,
Ga,, writes to that house making inquiry
about the firm of Harry J. Ryau & Co.,
claiming a location as insurance agents
at Macon. Mr. Burden, of tho firm of
S. T. Coleman & Co., applied to me and
I gave him all the above information at
once. It seems that Mr. Harry J. Ryan
represented to tho merahant at Peiham
that he bid insured the stock of S. T.
Coleman & C.\, 8. Waxclbaum k Co,
and Natsbaiim A Dannebsrg, and had on
the strength cf this statement (cbtimed
$75, as premium on policies to be deliver
ed hereafter:
Neither of the Mscon firms mentioned
ever did any business with the man, and
his statement is wholly false.
For obtaining this money nnder false
pretences the merchant at Pelham is
anxions to interview Mr. Ryan with a
warrant. How many similar cases there
may be in Southwest Georgia I know
not. Mr. Ryan has also drawn a number
of drafts on Macon which were cashed
elsewhere end of course not paid m
Macon. Some of them were drawn on a
citizen of Maccn with whom ho bar no
connection and who owc3 him nothing.
Others were drawn on Harry 3. Ryan &
Co.—a firm that has no existenoe in
Mscon uud no possible representative
while Mr. By nn t« away, drawing drafts
when he knows there is no one here to
pay them.
This is & statement of Mr. Harry J
Ryan’s connection with in.urance busi
ness ia Matos so far. He says to you
that he will pay the protested drafts.
Even if be does, can ho jnstify himself
for drawing them?
If Mr. Harry J. Ry:n has obtained any
applications for insurance and premiums
thereon, as ho claimed to have dene, I
know ho has not placed any risks with
companies authorized to do business in
the State through agents here. If he
has undertaken to place them in compa
nies oat of the State he has laid himself
liable to fine andimprisoemut ucdsr the
insurance law cf the Sh'fi. If he ac
cepts either horn of the diUmma his case
is a bad one. I am not able to assert
that Harry J. Ryan in Macon and J. W.
Ryau in Aiken, S. O., and Memphis,
Team, are the same individual, bat I
leavo others to form their own opinions
from the above trae roaord of facts.
I learn that Mr. Ryan was in Macon
Saturday. If he will remain with na
long enough we can easily get a compe
tent witness on this point from Aiken,
and, in tne meantime, his stay with us
may bo made interesting by visits from
some of his patrons in Southwest Georgia
who deposited money with him in pay
ment for cheap insurance policies to be
delivered—when Mr. By an gelt them. Mr,
R, may be an honorable man, but cer
tainly appearances are against him, and I
think I am only doing my duty to tho
public in publishing these facts.
Very respectfully, W. W. Causes.
Macon, Ga., October 20,1879.
M TJSLEUMtti.
New York, Oitobar 19.—The Exchaoge
Mills on East street, near R,vington,
owned by Liwrenee k Co., together
with a large quantity ol grain, were de
stroyed by fire last night. Loss, (50.000.
Baltimore, October 19.—The negro
orew of the British bark Nova Scotia,
hence yesterday for Avonmontb, mutinied
off Annapolis and made an attaok on their
officers. In the conflict which ensued
one of the mutineers was shot, after whtob
the others yielded. The bark then pro-
ceded to the naval academy at Annapclis
and procured a file of marines, who pnt
toe mutineers in irons and brought them
to this city.
San Franci;cj, October 19.—At Car-
son City, Nevada, yesterday, Theodore
Winter’s oolt, Comora, a two-year old, by
Norfolk, oairying eight pounds over the
rule weight, ran a three quarter dash in
1:15}. the fastest time ever made by a
colt of tnat age.
Petersburg, Va , October 19.—A day
or two since a large cotton gin belonging
to Colonel W. H. Spratley, of Greenville
ccntuy, wa3 destroyed by fire. The fire
was caused by a match igniting in tbs
cotton while in the gin. There was no
insurance.
Dbtboit, October 19 —A fire at Big
Rapids this morning destroyed the Ma
son House and three stores aud damaged
many others. Total toss $25,000, mostly
insured.
Gai.vesi.on, October 19.—A dispatch
to the Stws from Mescilla says: Ic is
stated that the Mescilia Apaches have
been foreed to leave their reserva'iou
near Fort Slskon by toe agent at ibis
piece. The Indiana have expressed a
wish that the soldiers might leave there
so that they coaid kill the agent.
The following is au account of Indian
outrages to date: September 5:u, Nic'or-
ya, at tho head of a large baud, killed
seven soldiers and captured sixty horses
of Captain Hooker at Ojo, Calient j.
September 11th they massacred a doz
en, mutilated their bodies, outraged tee
women and brained the children—killing
17 ali told, between McCrano’s JBancn
and Hillsboro—part of tho killed being a
baud of frontiersmen under Captain Z in
September 17tb, Lieutenant Wrigbt,
of the Ninth Cavalry, witn a part of his
company and sumo volunteers and n ava-
jo scoute, had a skirmish with, the Indi
an*. The Captain took command later and
was repulsed, the Indians capturing most
of his horses and pack train and eight
thousand rounds ot ammunition.
A month later, Major MorriB takes
command with three hundred men and
fights Victoria, kills one squaw and cap
tures one. One soldier was killed and
several wounded.
October 12 :h, news received of the de
struction ol SlicEwan & Lloyd’s ranche—
both men killed. Seventeen volunteers
left Mescilla to scour other rauenea.
Tairteea are attacked by Victoria’s band.
They slowly retreat, losing seven killed.
Tbe Indians pursue ibem two miles,disn-
ir.g on tho volunteers before retiring, but
were repulsed, and Chief Victoria was
wounded.
Eignt miles from Mason eleven bodies
wore found and buried. The women had
been taken prisoners, stock kilted and
everything destroyed.
At Lloyd’s ranche the body of Alexan
der Morton, of Sc. Loois, was found and
buried, all tbe cattle killed and imple-
merits and houses destroyed.
From Lloyds the volunteers went to
succor Colorado and “Banta Barbara,”
small towns which were surronndtd by
Indians who dared the inhabitants out
to fight. Nine men were killed by the
Indians while surronnding the towu.
The volunteers dispersed the Indians
and raised the aeige.
The Indians have gone to Florida
monntainB, thirty milts south of Fori
Cammings, whence they can easily go
.mo Al'-xioo. Major Morris is near
Jonas, fifty miles from here, and has
sent tor thirty days’ provisions.
Washington, October 19 —Inspector
W. J. Pollock telegraphs to tbe Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs from Denver,
Colorado, as follows: “The Governor ana
leading cilizics have unanimously af
firmed that the Indians must be removed
from the State cr exterminated by tbe
State, if not by a Federal force. Confi
dence, they Buy, can never bo restored,
and it iB only a question whether the re-
suit shall be attained at ones or by slow
and tedions warfare.”.
Secretary Schntz says, with referenoe
to the criticisms upon his department for
alleged neglect of Agecit Meeker’s tele
graphic appeal for relief, that this ap
peal, although dated “White River Agen
cy, September lOtb,” did not roach Raw
lins until Saturday September 13ib, and
Washington at C p. m. on that day, and
that it was communioated by the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs to the War
Department Monday morning, September
15 in, whereupon orders wero immediate
ly iesued for the movement of troops to
White River Agenoy.
Simla, October 19.—Amser Yakoob
Kauu has announced bis intention to ab
dicate earlier, bat was dissuaded. Gen-
erol Roberts has advised the Ameer to
reconsider the matter, but the Ameer
finally adheres to his resolution, and
General Roberts, in consequence, is mak
ing arrangements for maintaining order
in°Afghanistnn and carrying on the ad
ministration.
St. Petersburg, October 19.—News
has reached Sawaroand that a hundred
mounted jTekke Taroomtn attacked, on
tho 15th of September, part of tho Rus
sian expedition, who are exploring tho
A mii Daiza, bat were repulsed. The ex
pedition was very heartily received on ar
riving in the Afghan territory. The
entiio course of the Amu Daiza and its
affluents haa been examined and pro
nounced navigable*
Madbid, October 19.—Farther inun
dations have occurred in tke provinces of
Almcria, Malaga and Alicante. Several
persons wero killed, and much damage
has been done to property. In the Mal
aga and Alicante districts two thousand
houses have been destroyed, and it ia be
lieved five hundred persons have perished
by thofiiods. Tho damage to property
estimated at 30,000 francs.
A later telegram from Mnrcia staets
that 570 bodies have already been found,
and it ia believed that a thousand persons
have perished.
Havana, October 19.—Sngar haa ral
lied a little, owing to a better aoconnt from
abroad, although little bnsiness is doing,
tbe boldvrs expecting higher offers.
Towards the close the prices gradually
advanced, closing strong and eellers still
having higher pretensions. Nos. 10 to
11, d. s., 7*7} reals gold per arrobe. Nos.
15 to 20, d. e., 8}-9} reals per arrobe
Molast.es sugar. Nos. 7 to 10, 6| .6} real*
gold per arrobe. Muscovado sugar nom.
tual. Centrifugal sugar, Noe. 11 to 12,
in boxes and hogsheads, 8} 9} reals.
Stock in warehouse at Havana and
Matar eh 48.000 boxes, 67,000 bags and
1 400 hogsheads. Exports for the week,
1700 boxes, 3,000 hogsheads, indadiog
225 boxes and all hogsheads to the Uni
ted States. Spanish gold, 2.33, exchange
tondiog npward on the United States at
CO day*. Gold, 7§; premium ’.on Lon-
con, 18*19
London, October 20.—A Berlin diBpatch
asserts that cn Austro-German treaty of
defensive alliance was signed by tho Em
perors of Austria and Germany oae day
last week.
The government has decided to con
struct immediately a railway toCunda-
har.
The Sportsman publishes a challenge
from Boyd to row anyone in the world,
except Hanlan, over the Tyne coarse, for
$200 a side,
A dispatch from Cabal says ten miles
of tho telegraph line haa been out be
tween Pie war and Shutargardan piss and
the wire carried away, stopping commu
nication with General Robert.
Simla, October .20.—The Rnrnpa re
bellion has entirely collapsed.
London, October 20—Tne Daily Tele
graph publishes tbe following from Ali
Kneyl: Tne magtz no of Bala Hissa*has
been blown np. Twenty-seven of the
British force and many Afghans were
killed. Fighting has been renewed at
Sirkai Kata!. That position was held by
90 Sepoys against heavy odds. The en
emy left twenty-five dead,
London, Ociober 20.—A dispatch to
the Daily Telegraph from Ali Kheyl,
dated tbe 19ih, a*ys: The oanse of the
erpiosion of tbe magazine of Bala Hissar
ia unknown. The first explosion occurred
at half past one this afternoon; the sec
ond at four. Further explosions are ap
prehended. The magazine, it is believed,
contained 820,000 shot and shell and a
largo number of bolder rifles and six tons
of powder. One man of the Sixty-sixth
R-gimeat, ,wenty-one Goarkhss, six
camp folio were, and many Afghans were
killed by (he explosion.
Lond.n, October 20.—The Swedish
Arct.c exploring steamer Vegs, with
Prof. Noidr-nskjold on board, arrived at
Kcileoa the 14.h.
St. Petersburg, October 20.—The
Qalos says: “Tae sou ot the Khtu of
Msr has succeeded in btiugiug several
thousand Turcoman troops to the aid ot
me T.fckea. It is to ba noted that the
prsvions rcque3: of the K tba ot Msr foe
aid was refused.
Memphis, October 20, 10 a. sl—No
new cases reported. Judge John D.
Adams died this morning. A very light
rrOot, perceptible only in marshy places
beyond the city limits, fell last night.
Tne present quarantine rules will be
rigidly entoroea until an official announce,
incut is made that it is safe for absentees
io return.
Memphis, October 20.—Two new cases
of tever were reported tc-doy, Mr. M. J.
McCaiionga and Onarles McCullough.
death ocourred—Herman Aiticiao.
foe following whites were supplied with
nurses by tbe Howards, Harvy Feres,
Little Ligb and Henry Crouper.
At dayiight this morning the thermom
eter had fallen to 43 degrees, but owing
toibe high wind mere was no frost. To
night ic is very cold with the wind from
tne north. *
Oao death occurred at Gairett City
Arkansas to-day. Miss Meraerva Wade
—no new cases. Dr. B. W. Mitchell
leaves cn a epooial train to-morrrow for
that point
Hartford, Conn., Octobsr 19.—The
Gate City Guards, of Atlanta, Ga., ar
rived here at 1:20 this morning, and have
been spending Sunday quietly. To-mor
row afternoon all tbe military companies
will appear as escort in street parade,
and tbe Gate City Guards will give an
exhibition drill in the Park.
Memphis, October 20.—Up to noon six
new caees have been reported—David
Wertz, C. R. G. McDonald, S. Cook,
Rnv. A. William*, Berry Jeffries and
Caroline Jones. The lost three aro col
ored. Police officer T.’D. Jackson, col
ored, this morning shot and killed Green
gmitb, colored, a chicken tbief, who re-
eibted arrest and attempted to etab the
officer with a bowio knife. The coro
ner’d jury exonerated Jackson. Mrs. J.
Wade died of yeilow fever this morning
at Forest City, Arkansas. There are nine
people now sick in that city. A telegram
was received from Washington this morn
ing authorizing the employment of suffi
cient force to picket the roads leading
into town. After this data no one will be
allowed to leave that place withont a spe
cial permit.
Nobwiob, Conn., October 20.—Ia the
Ross-Riley boat race Riley won. by a
length. The time has not yet been
officially set, bat it wa3 about twenty.
lbr<e minutes.
Camp on Whits Eiveb, (three miles
north of the Agency), Colorado, October 17,
via Rawlins, Wy., October 20.—This af
ternoon General Herritt’e command re
turned to thia point, orders from Wash
ington being to suspend operations
against the Utesand await order?, either
at White or Bbar river, a3 negotiations
for peace are in progress, it being under
stood that tho hostilee have agreed to enr-
rsnder the warriors engaged in the recent
depredations. It is probable that tho
combined commands of Merritt and Gil
bert will remain for tho present at this
point, although nothing definite is known
as to the future movemen e. In the event
of pease being eatablished,itis altogether
prob&blo that a permanent military poet
will bo constructed either at Bear river
or the sg( noy.
ffmox, N. C., Oct. 20.—la the trial
of W. H. Vann for the murder of James
H. Getting, September 22, the prisoner
was sentenced to be bang December 12ib,
end took an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
Alkxandi’.ia, Va., October 20.—Cap
tain James M. Stewart, Postmaster of
the United States House of Representa
tives, was stricken with paralysis at the
Tontine House here to-day, and is now
lying In a precarious condition.
Summitvxllb, N. Y. t October 20.—
Saturday last Beptha Van Inwegan, a
well-to-do farmer and his eon Phillip
were working together loading ft canal
boat. The latter inanlted some ladies
who were passing. The husband and a
brother cf one of the ladies undertook
to pnnish young Van Inwegan, and a
fight resulted, in which the elder Van
Inwegan struck George Johnson, the
brother of the insulted lady, with a stick
breaking his skull and causing death.
He was aged thirty years, and leaves a
family. The Van Inwegans are held for
trial.
Richmond, Octobsr 20.—Rev. James
Terror,pastor of the Fourth Colored Bap
tist char oh of this oity, died suddenly
yesterday while officiating at a funeral-
Ho had just announced* the hymn over
the remains of the deceased, and had
stepped back to the seat to await the oon-
clniion, when he was seized with sadden
pains and died from heart disease In a
few minutes. The ooroner viewed the
remain?, and decided an inquest was un
necessary.
Madbid. Oct. 20.—The damage by tbe
recent floods is estimated at (12.000,000.
Thirty-five hundred houses and one
bnodred and twenty mills have been de
stroyed. King Alfonso has giyen ten
thousand and the Princess of Astoria
five thousand dollars for the relief of the
sufferers. The bank of Spain has col
lected a large amount for the same pur
pose.
London, Oct. 20.—Herr Von Balow,
German Secretary of State for foreign
affairs, died to-day at Frankfort on-the-
Moin.
Augusta, Ga., October 20.—Two col
ored men, R chert Mackey and Lewis
Mim?, had a difficulty at Qiaker Springs
Church yesterday. Mackey shot Lewis
twice and then razored him. Lawis died
instantly. Mackey fled. Both men were
iu love with the same woman.
Memphis, Tenn., Octobor 20.—Three
cases of fever were reported this after
noon—Mamie Tobias, James Crisp and
Annie Gaegel. One additional death has
occurred—Jno. F. Davidson. J. D. Con-
wav is reported in a dying condition.
Knlo No. 6 of the State Board of
Health, prohibiting loose lint seed cotton
from being brought into the oity, has
been rescinded. The weather is cool and
cloudy.
Little Rook, Oct. 20.—A heavy frost
wee reported in Texarkana last night.
Malone, N. Y.. Oct. 20.—A disastrous
fire this morning destroyed $150,000
worth of property. Insurance $75,000.
The whole town was threatened et one
time.
London, October 20.—A special edition
oE the Daily Telegraph this afternoon
published a dispatch dated Peshawar,
October 20:b, which says: “The Govern
or of Jel'alabad reports that the Russians
have roenpied "Meio after a severe en
gagement.” This report is improbable.
Vienna, Octobsr 20.—Duke De Bailen,
Spanish envoy extraordinary, has arrived
here to demand the band of the Arch
duchess Marie Christine, in marriage
with Alfonso, Kiug of Spain. After this
formality tho Archduchess will make a
solemn renunciation of her rights of suc
cession to the Austrian throne in the
presence of the Imperial family and the
Duke of Bailen.
It is expected that the Arohdaohess,
accompanied by her mother, will leave
Vienna November 20th, fer Pari?, re
maining there two days to eee King
F/snois aud Queen .Isabella: Her Im><
peri-sl Highness will then prooeed to
Madrid by way of Iran, and will be coo-
dnotod by the Ministers of War and For
eign Affsirs with royal honors to Pardo
Palace, near Mad:id, where she will so*
joarn eight days previous to tho solemnt-
zstioa of the marriage ceremony in
Atooha chnteb. The wedding will take
place on ths 27th or 28.n of .November,
the King’s birth day occurring on tno
28 h.
IrfKDoN, October 20—A correspond
ent of the Times at Simla says: Abdica
tion is probably the wisest ccurse for
Yakoob Kcao. Wo may now place on
the tbronu a m vu fit for tho positiou and
ia Wh030 friendship ws can rely. It may
be difficult to find a man to succeed tho
present Ameer and when found he may
at first require active support, but the
task will bs light compared with that of
upholding a weak ?.od irresolute puppet
like Yakoob Khan. The correspondent
of the Times at Simla says disturbances
on the Assam froniisr and the murder
of the British Deputy Commissioner fay
Nuzjma Hag03 on the 14 .’a instant need
causa lo anxiety as the NngabiU tribes
are marauders whom the presence of the
British troops will speedily reduce to
submission.
L indsn, October 20 —A dispatoh from
Mtdrid io tno Standard says the Cortes
wiil be a3ked to relievo Murcia from di
rect taxes in consequence of the losses oc
casioned by the mnndulation. The flosd
was subsiding rapidly on Saturday and
no fresh danger was expected.
London, O-tober 20. — A cortespun-
deutof tho Daily Telegraph at Vienna
discussiog Lord Salisbury’s speech at
tho banquet in Minohester, on Friday
night, last, points ont that Lord Salis
bury must have been aware that his ut
terances thoroughly responded to the
disposition of Austria and Germany at
the time the speech was delivered. The
cerreepondent also says he had snch
assurances as enabled nim to divert his
statement touching England’s foreign
policy of all reticence, and it can but be
regarded here and in Berlin as tbe most
efficient recognition of those assurances,
aud calculated to wither the last hope of
Russia to detaoh Eogland.from her nat-
nral allies.
Tbe New Interest Lav.
It is unfortunate for the interests of
the oonntry, that the average legislator
has a perpetual itohmg to meddle with
questions vitally affecting trade and
oommerce, when aosordmg to long expe
rience and the postulates of political
economy, the least interference is the
wisest policy.
Amojg other erude notions which un
happily are frequently crystalized into
actual law, is the idea that the State pos
sesses the power and right to control the
rate of interest. But she osn no more
do this with propriety than regnlate the
p.'ice of hoi bps, oattle, cotton sheeting
or any other mercancilo commodity.
Money is also a commodity, ant. worth
just what it will command in an open
market.
The farmer msy discover where he
can effect a desirable purchase of land
for cash, with almost tne certainty of
paying for it the first year. Can he not
afford then to pay as mach as twelve per
cent, to seonre the investment, if money
is so scarce that it cannot be had at a
le-B rate ?
And why punish the man whoacoomo*
dates him? Aa well say that theplanter
is guilty of nsnry if he sells his cotton
above twelve cents, or any other fixed
rat?, when we know that the staple since
tbe war has fluctuated between six and
forty cents per ponnd. Or that the peo
ple of tho opnlent North shall pay eight
per cent, when money there, upon proper
security, can be borrowed at’from four
to five pent, per annum, auch restric
tions open a wide door to fraud, and
never yet haa the ingenuity of man de
vised a law of intereat that could not be
encoessfully evaded. The impeoanioas
money borrower will sanction and legal
ize, any expedient that will enable him
to secure the pecuniary relief that may
bo indispensable to his credit and busi
ness.
Toe late law which has now b:en re
pealed, probably came as near as was
practicable to meeting the requirements
of the public, and did the least possible
miGOhief in the premises. Under its pro-
vi=ioas, when no opeciiio contract was
made, the rate allowed for interest was
fixed at seven per oent. Bat the parties
to any agreement had tho right, by mu
tual oonsent, to charge as much as twelve
per oent. but no more, on loans. No
one oomplained of this, and under the
operations of this statute tho whole
country has prospered.
To make this evident, we have only to
go back a few years to the period when
the farmer Bnd laborer oonld get no
bank accommodation, bat were foroed to
make their pnrohases from the merchant
at his own prioes, giving as seourity,liens
at first npon crop and stock, and then,
when the homestead intervened, waiving
the same, or miking a conditional bona
file sale of his land to the dealer who
forniBhed him with his needed supplies
at the rate of at least fifty per
oent. per annnm.
Of coarse no people or oomnranity
could survive nnder taxation like this,
and tbe dire result was the wholesale ruin
of thousands of farmers snd merchants
alike, ard the general and deplorablo de
moralization of public credit. Then fol
lowed a period of great privation and
suffering, during which onr agricultu
rists were taught the wholesome lesson
of retrenchment, and began for tbe first
time to realize that they must raise their
own provisions if they ever expected to
be independent.
About this time, too, the non-rusting
oat seed was discovered, which has alcoi
literally proven to bo tbe salvation o
Southern Georgia. When, through the
aid of this invaluable cereal, the farmers
found they were beyond the reach of
starvation, they then began to oast abon
for some relief from the onerons orodil
prices they had been forced to pay for al
clothing and family supplies. The only
remedy was throngh ths banks, and
thither they resorted, and happily, by
means of good sf.onrity and hypothecat
ing a portion of tbeir cotton, succeeded iu
getting tho assistance they wanted at
twelve per cent, per annum.
From that period we may date the
rapid rise and recuperation of the agri
cultural interests of the country, while
to their orodit, be it spoken, having made
their purchases at living margins, the
farmers for the past two years, as a rale,
have nobly faced and r ideemed their ob
ligations.
Bat tho aotion of the late Legislature
in arbitrarily fixing the rate of .interest
at 3 per oentam per annum under penalty
of forfeiting all usufruct whatever, which
the farmers of that body doubtless
thought would inure vastly to the bene
fit of their brethren, is likely to prove in
tho highest degree disastrous to them.
This is npon the assumption that they
will need a ny money at all. Perhaps tho
peoplu’a representatives thought tbe
farmer has no use for any help onteide
of the products of his plantation, and it
was not expedient and wholesome that he
should have it. And we aro freo to con
fess that, if he can get along without pe
cuniary advances so muoh the bettor.
But is it possible ?
To be more explicit, we have taken
the pains to communicate with every
bank president in Macon, and
they all affirm that their mini-
mom expenses foot up 7} per cent,
per annum,over/our cent, of which is
in the form of nak>"i n "H absolute taxa
tion. Tho remainder, whiou some eci*-
svate as bigb as 3} per cent, is for sala
ries ot employes, fuel, lights, insurance,
etc. They eay, therefore, they will be
forced from necessity, greatly, to cnrtail
their operations and limit them to gilt
edge securities at short datea which
planters cannot afford to pay.
Thero is quite a flatter among our
merchants at this time, and the gravest
apprehensions are entertained 83 to the
ultimate effect of thia law npon the entire
community.
We call attention to the proposed con
vention of bankers which fa invited to
assemble in this city on the 29th inst.
The opinion has even been expressed
that the Governor would be justified in
calling an extra session or tho Legisla
ture,to consider thia momentous question
which was passed at the very heel of the
session.
The old saying, opposition is thp life
of business, has not been sustained in one
instance. Since tho introduction of Dr.
Bali’s Cough Syiup all other cough rem
edies hnve been dead stock and the vend-
ois are in despair.
It has been prominently snggeBted that
the bnsiness portion of tho city be flln-4
minated on Wednesday evenirg of next
week, in honor of the unveiling of tbe
Confederate monument. The monument
will certainly be illuminated by means of
a number ef powerful looomotive rtflsc-
tors plaoed in appropriate positions, and
the effeot will be very fine. The idea of
the illumination has taken well, and pre
parations will be made at once for car
rying ont the suggestion. The^snpply of
Chinese lanterns will be abundant in the
oity, and where they aro not used many
tapers will be employed. It is hoped,
the scene will be made as brilliant as
day. A little spirit and enthusiasm will
make the illumination a great success,
and it will form a fitting close to the
scenes of the eventful day.
TliJE GEORGIA PUES8.
Evxby paper that is laid on onr table
now is distorted by a supplement. The
Evening Newe should wrap itself aronnd
eight or ten columns of Thornton’sproph-
eoies, arranged in ohronological order,
that the oonntry may know when they
are fulfilled.
“Sox,” the Atlanta correspondent of
the Evening Sews has been down to Au-
gusts; he says the oity is changeless.
It this be'true, the oonviction is forced
upon us that we are the other half of a
remarkable coincidence.
No. 1 Yol. 1. of the Arlington Advance
■comes smiling into onr sanclnm. The
Advance is pnbliBhed by Jones k Lehman,
and is a spioy and graoefally articled
sheet. We wish it success.
STATE FAIR,
Macon, October 2B:h.
Races,
Exhibition,
Unveiling of the Confederate Monument,
Militxbt Display,
Music,
Grand State Fair Ball,
Illuminations or the City,
Reunion of Cook’s Brigade,
30.000 Visitors.
And the Looal of the Savannah
Nets*, eays there were two ladies rescued
fiom the burning building. It has ta
ken ns seven days to wring thiB admis
sion from him, and by the time the trade
edition appears we hope to hear that the
third claimant has also been accommo
dated By all means give ns three la
dles; the resoned always marries the res
cuer, and.onotber lady will prevent delay
in the nuptials of one of them.
When the Georgia Colonels (have fin
ished telling their snbsoribers about the
Jasper Centennial, it Is to be presumed
they will resume the, now, slmost obso
lete custom of publishing tbe news. LsBt
week it was, “Our senior has gone to the
Centennial,” and now we are, painfully
reminded that he has returned.
Savannah News.—On Thursday after
noon, while Richard Crotty and W. A.
Boyoe, carpenters, were engaged in pat
ting a large sliding door of a warehouse on
River street, opposite the Baltimore
steamship wharf, on its track. It toppled
over and crashed Mr. Crotty nnder it,
pressing him down until hisfaos touohed
his breast. Mr. Boyoe, who jnst escaped
being caught under the doer; called as
sist >nce and qnickly relieved his com
panion from his position, when it fonnd
that Crotty was badly hurt. He was at
once taken to his boarding house and Dr.
Thomas called, who pronounced his in
juries very serious, aud it was feared
that his spine was broken, Lau night,
however, the injured man was much bet
ter, and it ia now hoped that he will re*
oover
. Fboic the same paper we clip the fol*
lowing:
Horrible Cruelty—Yesterday morn
ing Constable Henry Wetberhorn, who is
also an officer for the Loniae King Asso
ciation for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals, arrested a negro boy who was dri
ving a male attaohed to a cart heavily
loaded with wood. The poor animal was
in intense suffering, snd was scarcely
able to get along on account of a horri
bly diseased hina leg. The boy gave his
name as William Stokes, and stated that
the animal belonged to a man named
Campbell. He was plaosd under bonds,
and we learn that it is intended to prose
cute the case vigorously.
Quitman Reporter i Blocker, editor of
tho Fort Gaines Department of the
Early County News, desires the County
Court of Clav county abolished, and
“Icb&bod” written over its portals. He
got the worst of an assault and battery,
and prosecuted his asBBilant, but the
County Jndge failed to administer
justice according to hiB (Blocker’s) idea,
Is what’s the matter with Blocker.
We'll tell yon what to do, don’t abolish
the Court, but put a hesd on the
Judge. -
Albany Advertiser: Fablio opinion is
no longer what it used to be iu the grand
old State cf Georgia. It is too scattering
and unstable, has been made a fool of by
the session of the Legislature jnst closed,
and—disgraced itself generally*
The Madisonian: We learn with re
gret that Dr. John Blaokbnm Hendrick,
one of the most skilled and justly es
teemed physicians oE Georgia was strick
en with paralysis wh’te fishing on the
Alcovy river near hiB home, Covington,
last week. We hope to chronicle his
speedy reoovery, for the los3 of such a
man would indeed prove a publie calam
ity.
Atlanta Dispatch: Yesterday Comp
troller Wright appointed Dr. King, of
Athens, del k of the Iasurance ’ Depart
ment, vica Mr. J. M. Goldsmith, re
signed, sad Mr. Wm. Haralson, of
Union county, wild land clerk, vica Dr.
Bell. Dr.' K-ng has recently moved
to Atlanta. He is the father of Mrs.
Henry W. Grady, and a gentleman
well qualified with ability and integrity
to manage the intricate details of the
bnsiness. The appointment is a good
one. Wo are glad to welcome the doctor
to Atlanta.
Mr. William Haralson is quite a young
mau, and is a brother of Frank Haral
son, the Librarian. In him Mr. Wright
will find an honest and reliable man. It
a responsiLVe posi
tion, and pnt in charge of a_ department
about whioh much complaint has been
made. Ho is equal to the occasion, how
ever, and our word for it, everything will
go right.
Under the new military bill the Gov
ernor was required to appoint one of the
clerks in the effise Adjutant Gener&L
No appropriation was made for tho oam-
pensatioa of the officer, thereforo it bed
to be made from some one drawing a sal
ary. It wa3 in tho nature of adding
more duties to tbe olerioal force. The
Governor designated Major John B. Baird
to be that officer. It was a good appoint
ment. Major Baird haB, for the last
three years, been attending to the mili
tary department withont compensation.
It is as little as he deserves to have the
honor of the titlo. Ho is very muoh in
terested in keeping np tbe military spirit,
and now that he is Adjutant General of
the State we hope for a revival of inter
est.
Thomasvillb Times: The Macon Tel-
xgkaph says that Thomasville is “get
ting to be a popular winter resor.”
Not getting to be, gentlemen; it is al
ready the moat popular winter resort in
the State.
Don’t shoot! We simply intended to
convey the idea that the oity, aa a resort;
was becoming more and more popular.
We trust that its popularity will never
be at a standstill.
ADAM AND THE FIRST FAIR.
Object ot Fairs—Oar Kinfolks.
RX X I. E.
The tuccnlent plum hae perished; ths dark
skinned huckleberry ia no more; the bloom
has faded from the peaoh, and the deceptive
watermelon now comes np as a gourd; the
tender blaskbeny, that delicate bressl pin
at the throat of Bummer, haa long since been
broken, and tho fragments pteaerve3, and
Autumn with its bard headed hickory nut is
upon us. The question now is, what have
wo left ns worth living foi? Sugar cane we
have as a matter of coarse, bat one gets
weak in the jaw after chawiog on it for a
day or so—as the means of passing a pleas
ant hour, oane oannot be excelled, bnt as *n
com pat ion for the Fall months, it is over
rated. Nature having failed ns, we torn to
man for relief, and man comes promptly to
tbe reseno with the Fair, and relieves os.
No man need feel ashamed to attend the
fairs; they are ancient and honorable institu
tion-; tha first one of which we have any rec
ord was held in the garden ef Hden some
where about tbe year one, and was a success
in point of exhibits, though not as largely
attended as ccnld hive bean desired. It was
inn principally by Adam, and was a credit to
bis untiring energy and genius. One re
verts to those old days almost with affection.
What a touching sight it must have been to
have seen poor old Adam with his spiketail,
frost bitten fig leaves, wandering around
the land, putting up his placards, aud doing
all in his power to build no his county;
donbtleea tbe old fellow most have laid down
many a time to sleep, with only tbe starry
heavens and that IU conditioned claw ham
mer to shield him from the dews, yet with
al, happy in tho consciousness of duty well
performed. We can almost see him now at
work. He has in bis left hand a took which
be is pressing against a placard far np the
side of a tree, while he hammers away with
a stone, every now and then reaching down
to ad j net iris ooat tail, which are rasping the
baok of cis knees fearfully, with the rough
side of the leaves; he frowns and sweats,
and cusses a little perhaps as he hammers
his thumb, for he is human like the balance
of ns, but he is successful and we behold the
gilt letters that proclaim
■— GRAND WOBLD’8 FAIR.
SIX DAYS ONLY.
Races, bow and arrow contests.
Pedestrian (go as you plesse) contests,
eta, etc.
Write to Coin for premium list.
Poor old Adam, what a time he must have
had, to be sore miking special rates with
tbe railroads, staving off applicsnts for deed
head tiokets, and nominating committees on
whom he oonld rely for a premium on his An
gora goals and blooded stock.
And there was old mother Eve pirating
about tbe neighborhood up to her cars in
wotk, and bent on securing all the premi
um* on cookery. How vividly tbe old lady
rises to mind, bending over ihe bread tray
with her bands in the dough making np her
prize biscuit, kiokiog the oat away from her
preserves, and yelling to dear little Ab-l to
“driro them rhinccBrasses, Masttrdons, and
Ichthysaaru-ses oaten the ’caters ” Tbe
beads of sweat stand out on her forehead
too, for her reputation ia at stake. It
mikes no difference that old Adam’s collar
has been pinned on tor a week, or ibat Abel
is going aronnd with his pants trailing in ths
dost bscause bis suspenders bars nothing to
connect with, or that Cain, her pet, has not
had tbe pcnilicoon his accustomed boil re
new din nine daye; it is a small matter
compared to those nickel plated premiums
and her Jeopardizad reputation in biscuit.
Poor old Eve, how willingly we excuse her
when wa real:z3 how universal is now her
pas'ion. Than the grand fair day, when sU
was oomplete; old Adam smilingly watching
at the g:te, Abel with one eye skinned for
counterfeits, raking in the half dollars, and
Cain, weating beneath a gorgeous ccokaae, r
ribbon bearing the legend, “Executive CJom
mittce,” rushing about exoitodiy over the
grounds, and getting in ©Yerybodja W*y,
and last of a’J dear old Eva, with her straw
bonnet on, wandering through the Domes'.io
Department, examining the rival productions
with a contemptuous sniff, and bringing he.
own up for tho committee to exsmmer
Bands playing, children laughing, happy fa
ces, happy hearts, and the speeding hours
brushing the rust off of every day life with
golden wings. .
yes, tha fair is an old institution, and a
good sne especially for tho fall month]. It
is proper that every production ot nature
should occasionally come t’gather, from the
“lords of creation,” down to the o herbeet
in the garden; we were all made by one hand,
and we are all kin, men, women, dogs, vege
tables, vermin, fliwers, chinches, and toad
stools. Wo have seen men so like a oabbsg9
fonnd as to create conluuon, and others so
doggish, it was amusing; we have seen chil
dren make pigs of tbemseivss, and young
ladies in gaudy colors, strutting around for
all the world like peacocks ;there ia a fellow
we have in mind now, oallicg himself Lemur
Sentinel, whose ears, taken in prjfile, would
pass him eff for a donkey, and another iu
Okalona Who lios with hi* eyes turned up,
just like a potato seed. Y»t we despise noth
ing in nature. She made us all; as wo put
cur thumb on the flsa we eay, we are not
ashamed of yon, kinsman, wo admire your ac
tivity, but for comfort sake, must chsok the
toe lavish display of your affection; though
the jokes whiob make us smile would per
haps bring tears to tbe eyes of tno frog, and
though tae crckroaobes twilight strniting,
both pleasant and instructive to him, seal a
chill down our Bplnal lolurnu, we do not ab
jure them entirely; wo olaas them among our
poor rotations, and let them do as well as
they can.
It strikes ns that this ronnion of all tho
parts, i« the prime object of fairs; it is good’
occupation for the lall months to mest to
gether, and it helps the helper moro than he
helps the fair. Let’s all coso together at
least once a year, gontlemen, and coll the roll;
it will do ns good to meo: some ot our kin
and have the conceit taken ont of us. And
while yon are coming, if you hwe any rela
tions at hemo among tha animal or vegeta
ble kingdom that wants to corns also, assist
him, then we entreat yon.
A Great Zouzno.
According to the New York Herald, a few
wealthy poisons of that city have quietly or-
ganiZida conservatory ind zoological gar
den company, with a capital of $2,000,000,
and have not only succeeded in raising si
re, dy two-thirds of ’he capital, bnt have
secured SO acres of ground, at a o;st of
$100,000, for tho purpose, and have expend
ed $10,000 in surveys and pro'iminary
obliges. The land selected' lios between
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth and One Hun
dred and Fifty-Ninth street?, Bt. Nioholas
avenue and the Harlem liver, with a long
frontage on tho latter, and accessible by
, ' i piace Oohlral Farkln’lho
shade, *nd eclipse even Sydenham flaco in
its surrcnndiDgs.” F.ontmg on One Hun
dred and Fifty-fifth street is to be amsm-
moth arcade, ai the back of which aro to be
tbe gardens. This arcade, whiou is to ba of
iron and glass, four hundred ard fifty feet
long, seventy-five feet deep and forty fee*,
high, is to be divided into stores, bnt neither
barber shops, saloons or cigar stores are to
be allowed in it. It is to have grand aud side
entrances of elaborate construction, and
along the top of tbe entire building, extend
ing over eleven hundred feet, will bs a m:g-
nifiicnt promenade, with gardens and rustic
seats from which a visw may bo had of the
garden proper and the river.
The cast of ih’s baitcing is put at $2u,-
0C0. Within the garden, at the back of the
arcade, is to be tbo cages of tho zuologtcrl
department, fronting a promenads twenty-
five feei wide. Tho garden is to have ap
propriate walks and fountains, a grand lake,
with an island in tho middle, on which is to
ba bnilt an edifice cf two stories lor con
certs and dancing parties, and it is here also
that summer night festivals aro to bo given.
Dr. Tntt, of New fork,
Who is the proprietor of Tail’s Liver
Pills, unlike most of those who come .be
fore the pablio in this light, is not an
empirto but a physician of long praotice
and high standing in bis profession. He
was for many years a professor in a well-
known medioal college, and also the prin
cipal of the largest drag establishment
iu the South. These facts indioats thor
ough medical knowledge, wida profes
sional experience and chemical ekill. The
country is so full of quack defrauding the
public with worthless nostrums, that it
gives us pleasure to notice the advent of
a skilful and scientific physician into (bis
field.
Dr. Tatt’s Pills, we believe to be the
best specific yet offered to the pnblic.
They have all the heroic virtues of calo
mel without any of ihe evil influences of
hat material. It is especially in the
Sonth and West, where malarial diseases
are common, that the reputation of these
Pills is most widely acknowledged. Io
theso sectiaidi many physicians discard
the prejndioe of the profession against
proprietary medicines, and use Tutt’s
Pills in their praotioe. Ones they gain
an admission into a household, they keep
a firm hold and are tasked aa as & stan
dard medicine.
OI> DCS AMD BINDS.
The Massachusetts people present the
G. V. G?. with horse shoes. This will
doubtless protest them from such of the
New England witches as have escaped
the general bum ngs.
Next to running awsy from your own
wife, running away with another man's
seems to be the most fashionable nowa
days.
The Marquis of Lome declines to at
tend the races at Mayville, N. Y. I,
would necessitate his shaving at least
three timeB among barters on whom he
holds no tiokets, and the financial state
ef the Dominion does not at present war
rant extravagance.
Butler is stamping tho bay State
shouting retrench and reform. These
words bsvo a peculiar f-soinatiun for
Ben. Daring the war, whenever the
Confeds would swoop down npon and
oust him from his ditches, as soon as the
pursuit ended be wonld olimb npon a rail
fenoe aud shout retrench and reform un
til tha hills gave baok the command.
Wa cannot all go to Memphis and
nurse the eiok, bnt we osn refrain from
writingyellow fev?r odes and thns lighten
h r burdens a little.
Notice to the Afflicted.
D RDBAGLEY wiil be at the Brown House
Macon, Georgia, or. Tuesday, Wednesday
andToorsday ol tne State Fair. Office hours
irom s to 10 ii m and ! to 5 p m. DrBha»beeu
engaged in the eclectic practioe .for thirty-
two yean, five years of which time ho has
traveled sni treated ail forms of chronic uii-
euei. Diseases ol women and chUJien made a
specialty. Cancer treated successfully without
the use of tho knife or much pain. Drop«y and
Consumption also treated with success, extreme
oases only excepted. Terms $5 per month lor
medioine and prescription, to bo pai l on receiv
ing the treatmennt. Troatmout of cancer only
excepted which will require 810 in advance aud
ths remaining port of the fee acres! upon to be
paid when the case is completed. Consultation
free. Adcre-s Amsncus, Sumter county, G».
sepSS w 4t*
—Eveiy hotel in Brattleboro, Yt., ia closed,
■sud travellers aro compelled to find accom
modations at private bouses. This is in pur
suance cf tbe plan to make the prohibitory
liquor law unpopular.
—One of tbs moat novel ’lid bits’ of th?
season may be made by wrapping an oyster
in a rasher of bioon, then putting it before
tho ffro until iha baoon is cooked, when it
will be found ready for eating.
—A London dispatch in the Herald of
Saturday says snow ia falling thiokly in
Vienna and is now six inches deep. At
Urasz tho enow is several feet dsep. Saah
weather is unprecedented at tfais time of the
year.
—Ths Nashville American says informa
tion from Democrstio sources ia New York
does not agree with ihe impressions received
there by Senator Hill, that Kelly would not
withdraw. Friends of the latter now eay
that it seems at lea**, probable that he will.
—Eastern Siberia is menaced by famine,
the prices of grain are higher than were ever
linobefore, and tho poorer classes are
aair=iing severely. Tuo htiveat ia extreme
ly poor and the cattle plague hae increased
the evil, there being in many villager '
one beast left alive. \
—Blond in, in bis Yiezna exhibitions, \
a ropo atfotclu-d at a htight cf 160 feet,\
walks blindfolded, without a balance pe
No net is spread to break a fall, and dea\
would be inevitable if be tumbled. In thi\
respect bis feata are more dangerous that
at Niagara, where a drop into the water
might not have killed him.
—Nome of our State exchanges have re
cently called attention to counter felt $3
notes ot the Bank of Greensboro. We pre
sume this refers to Greenboro, N* 0., and
ths belief is expressed tbat some one ia
going through the couutiy circulating these
nuls. It is arid tbat only a oloee and ex
perienced observer can detect the counter*
feit, It would be well, therefore, fop busi
ness men and others to be on tbe lookout
for these counterfeits.
—The coinage for the last fiscal year was
$63,312,692 50, • divided aa follows: Gold,
$40,966,912; silver, $27,227,832 59, and
minor coinage, $97,798. vt the gold $37,-
234,349 was in doable eagles, $1,1:31,440 in
eagles, $1,442,13) in half-eagles, $1,166,800
iu qasrrer-eagios, $109,182 m $3 pieces and
43.U2J in $1 pieces. Of tho silver $27,227,-
5Uj was in dollars, $225 in half-dollars, $11,-
260 in quarter-dcilars, $45 in dimes, $1,175
in five-cent piocee, $934 in tlnee-cent pieces
ana $95,639 in cents.
—Representative Scales, of North Caroli
na, Chairman of the iiouao Commute© on
Indian affairs, has now a report on the
H’lUco calender providing fer r. transfer of
tbo Indian bureau to tbe War Department.
It w understood that tho measure will be
pibijoed at ibe nbxt session, uid the sonti-
intnt in favor of the transfer will undoubt-,
ed y be increased in consequence of the
present Ute distmbinces, 1c is to be ex
pected that tho proposal*, transfer will meet
with the opposition of ths Interior Depart
ment, as the Indian bureau is in all respects
tho most important of the appendages.
—A correspondent writing to Tne Chicago
Tribune from Las Vegas. New Mexico, re
ports tbe discovery there of a now cereal
which ho calls rice or ‘Egyptian com/ and
which, it is claimed, will glow on the arid
defloit lands of Western Kinsaa and Colora
do He planted forty acres where there had
not been a crop of rain lor eight months, and
it germinated and grew, though there waa
no rain for five weeks tberexf tor. It grows
ana thrives where gr-ss o. any other green
thing is burnt up. Moreover, it is said to bo
very toothsome andLOuruhing.^
—Ouray, chief of the Dies, lives in style.
Hu owns a farm o?3 JU icies. Of this he
or cereals and UO ao.es, railing ali kinds
neuly bulit and ^UttModiOtia 10 *
budt for him by thS government Atfi iSeaily
famished and carpeted. He owns great
bombers of horses and a good many oattle
and sheep, and when he goes ont rides in a
cirriagu which was a present from cx-Gov-
orLor SIcUcok. Ho ins one wifo and a
child. Ho hires labsiers from among the
Mexicans and Indiana and also expects hia
wile to do her share ofibe farm work.
—Samples of hsid-fcood lumber mads
ficm common wheat straw liavo lately been
exhibited in Illinois. Tne wood has all the
polish and finish of th9 hardest black wal
nut and mahogany. An ordinary straw
board, each as is usually id ado at any paper
milt, is used for producing it. As many
chants are taken as are required to make
the thickness desired. Tunxo sheets are
passed throngh a cuumioat somtion which
tnorocgly sofiene tho fibre and completely
saturates it. Too whole is next drawn
throngh a succession of rollers, dried and
hardened during the promts* as well aa pol
ished, and then come* oa; of tbe other end
of the machine hud, dry lumber, ready for
use. It is said that the e-emicai substances
hardening in the fib:e entirely prove.t water
soaking, and render the lumber combustible
obly iu a ve»y lm- lire. Thu hsrdi nod finish
or. the outciue »ieo rusks.- it impervious to
wuter. Tho samples which have been ex
hibited oonld baidiy be diatinguubod from
bard-wood lumber, and in sawing the mate-
riil the difference could not beduieoted.
The Ship oe the Futude—After pointing
out tbe great faults and failures of tbe pres
ent style of ocean vessels, a writer in the
American Ship avers that the ship m the
future will carry no ballast. If t» sailing ves
sel, her sail area an! displacement will be so
Will balanced tbit, if tne in.'der were lost
or disabled, tbe ves- ’i could be guided on
bar course by hey sails. The centra tffott
of sain and of gravity of vessel will bo ad*'
instable, so aa to bormonias with the grip-
png influecoaa ef tbe fins of flotation. The
— lha future wifi ba profitable, for
they wlllbo baut for -ffd under a»pecifl&
service, on ecuntifio principles; they w.»*
designed, built, loaded aud navigated, aa
they have never been, with direct reference
to their equilibrium of stabi ity, the safety of
vessels an! cargo, with tbs Uvea of those on
board. Tbe rating cbAtactcrzstion of tea
sels will then be determined by an interna
tional, or independent, board; tbe British
Lloyds will have passed away, only to be re-
suemberei as a corrupt organization. The
material for vessel* wui boa*.el for metallic,
and bent Umber frames for wooden vessels.
Under this new deopenestion of genius,
o:ean, mail and passenger sieam.rs will be
non-sinksble, and mike tbsir Atiantio trips
in tix instead of seven xn! a half days, with
a roll argle not exco-iJiDg eight degrees.
Morphia, opiatn and remedies of their
claBB only stupefy and seldom cure. For
diseases of infancy ue« Dr. Bali’s Baby
Syrup—who'll is safe and sure in its ef
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missicnory the formal- cf a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for
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all Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive
and radical care for Norvoin Debility ana all
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has felt it his duty to inskd it known to his
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General John B. liuruon led many
brave Georgians to tbe oonnon’s month,
while mother* were saving the lives cf
their babies wi.h Teetnina (Teething
Powder ). All druggists supply them.
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