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TOT) AY, DECEMBER-1^1879.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
W* notice in our exchanges constantly
^ aniials of emigrants. We do not
kzipv she name of the fairy land from
•wtadi ihe/y hail, for by the time they have
jEarrxtl to speak our language, they have
their own and their former life.
HmriNtos is going to have a masquer
ade ball.
Svnr.y Svuth: The doctor’s province is
tatol wounds, not to make them; but lie
■mrrev Le an adept in both businesses if he
lavgi out his shingle in border lands.
gdk appears from the following late oc-
OMr.tn.-ce: “Dr. South, of western Texas,
Sc the only physician in a circuit of fifty
*2ts, and is therefore indispensable. He
is-a. man or nerve, as is necessary to every
body its that country, and shows it any
■way) professional or otherwise, according
to the demands of the occasion. As an
UBt^see. he was warned some tune ago
Wirt jus iife was to pay the forfeit of hav-
ir>tr roUxl on the grand jury for the indict-
mint of a certain band of desperadoes.
One night a man rode up to the doctor’s
wim-Vw- and informed him that the wife of
tfcr ringleader of the gang was ill, and he
xnst come and attend to her. The doc
tor naturally thought that it was a trick to
him out and kill him, but he was con-
acsentious in his profession. He got liis
lent- Kid rode away with the messenger
sfciit Into the camp of the gang of desper-
a&e*, and dismounting, entered the tent
at On: woman. There lay the sufferer
Sunder the primeval curse of her sex,”
white the man who promised to kill the
feciee stood near by. The doctor drew
Ks.-evoiver, placed it on the pillow and
astis-iicd that he would attend to profes
sional calls first and personal ones after
wards. The desperadoes were struck
with his courage and humanity, and
teidetl his fi-e instead of shooting him.”
A. ciel is not a success in a game of
tachaO much less “cat.” Wien a gen-
moer school girl seizes the bat and makes
xstrive at the hall coming towards her
with the “English” on it, she generally
ends the game for at least two. She gets
fee-bill on her nose, and gives the near
est boy the bat. The Dublin Gazette has
been investigating the question. It says:
Dil you ever see little school girls and
beys play cat together? You’ve lost
something if you haven’t. The little girl,
peer thing, never gets in the “hole.” She
stands behind, and when the ball comes
aw that direction she frantically stretches
ootanns and fingers like a pair of wind
ing blades and catches it amidships.
This event causes her to stoop powerfully,
bat she runs off smiling (to prevent the
fcys making lier quit) and gets the ball.
The idea of letting any boy have it to
*o® is a matter extremely foreign to her
Kind, so she walks very slowly back with
fee-toll in her mouth (it does not make a
great difference about the size of tlie rub
ier globe) tying a red string around lier
bock hair and talking all the while. That
Seed, she takes a running start, throws
ber tody into tho air and the ball strikes
tbe ground about half-way the bases. The
boys then swear she is only fit to run after
fe when it is knocked across the ditch—
and they are too lazy to get it. About
feus time a crowd of girls came across the
IW! ground with a “big boy’s” knife and
. aaife» uer to “let’s play mumble peg.” She
and the boys rejoice.
Savannah Neies : On Saturdy after
noon about half-past six o'clock the neigh
borhood of South Broad street and Price
was thrown into a tumult of excitement
by I tic rapid discharge of shots proceed
jfrg from the saloon at the streets named,
•eerpted by Milton B. Lingg.
Yl>ere was an immediate rush towards
fee place, the houses in the vicinity being
bohidy emptied of their excited inmates,
and in a few minutes a large crowd had
co&ected. Policeman T. C. Farr was at
fee- barracks, and hastening in the direc-
feni- entered the saloon, when he saw
Desms Sliea lying upon the floor, having
fedfcn from the effects of a shot fired by
1Bkon B. Lingg, the proprietor of tbe
glace, who was in tbe yard. Lingg was
aC anee arrested and carried to the bar-
—fa. He made no resistance, and ac-
iincnr’edged that be bad committed the
dee-i. Tbe ball entered Shea’s right arm,
jpssi below tbe shoulder and passed di-
aecSlr through tbe body, causing almost
mdsAtaneous death.
tneg states that Sliea had been in bis
enpK-y as barkeeper, but was discliaiged
wal.oiUime since, though he continued
tobas g around the place. Saturday lie
Wae •’sinking, and bad during tbe day
wkt.T some bard words about Lingg, who
was hi another part of tbe city purchasing
aesc? liquors, tbe saloon being in charge
clerk. It is stated that tlie young
sac. apprehensive of trouble, closed the
a&oen about eleven o'clock, and it re-
waoml closed until near six o’clock.
ivj after six Lingg returned to tbe
on and found Shea standing near tbe
r- Ho passed through to the yard,
Jen, he states, Shea made some insult
ing and threatening remark to him, to
wfeiri^ however, he paid no attention. A
few minutes after Lingg had gone into
fee yard Shea came up to an open win-
few at the rear, we are informed, and
agjt'n made some remark to Lingg, who
w»e about re-entering tbe place, and then,
aw Lingg states, drew bis pistol and fired
attiui through the open window, but
lai r * him. ' Lingg, who was armed,
jcxknl out liis revolver and returned the
fix; aid some six or seven shots were
csKritonged, without effect, until Linj
feitu his third shot, which struck Shea
fexin, and thus fatally terminated tliis
faprouiptii dud. Lingg states that he
feacf had no serious difficulty with Shea,
wHIi whom he had always been on friend-
% It. ms, and did not think he intended
to £— when he drew his pistol. He seem-
erflc to perfectly possessed, and talked
kij dispassionately about the affair to a
wgpisseiitative of the News who saw him
aSfLe-barrakcs. JJggl
Tto* coroner’s jury which was imme-
festo'y impaneled returned a verdict ofjus-
taag'jn homicide and tlie prisoner was dis-
dlargtcL
Tzte. “blue ribbon” of temperance will
msxx float from tbe lappels of reformed
Swaunahiaiis.
(brof our exchanges speaks of him as
4S*r.a Clause.” We thought every child
ton years old knew liow to spell Sandy
Ctsas. Don’t make tbe dause to long.
Walker County Messenger: A cor-
sespoudent wishes to know tlie best way
t»|CInter geraniums. Tbe best and cheap-
tot viy is to sling ’em over tbe back fence
wot toy a new lot in the spring.
At a meeting of the colored people of
Der^-sc- county,called together for tbe pur-
fasc ef considering tlie exodus question,
atd jflcr many speeches bad been made
fin r .-or of Kansas and Africa, Jeff Long,
■rti lad been invited to be present, took
fees.and and uttered tbe most sensible
wee. sof liis life. We find tlie following
B»Or Monroe Adtertiser:
work—not hang around bar-rooms and
street corners. Tic told them that if they
were determined to move they should send
some of their best men to tbe West to ex
amine the country and report as to its
condition and outlook for them. They
should not go off unadvisedly; for if they
did they would experience a great deal of
suffering. ,, ,
His speech was listened to with close
attention, and wc believe a larce majority
of the colored people agreed with his
views.
We learn from the Adtertiser that the
fall term of tbe Forsyth Male Institute of
a series of interesting exercises _ closed
last Friday evening.
And still they marry, and are given
(away) in marriage.
From tbe Savannah Yews we learn
that the Cathedral of Our Lady of Per
petual Help, comer of Harris and Aber-
com streets, tbe first edifice erected in
this country under that name, is rapidly
assuming a magnificent appearance as tbe
original designs approach completion,
The exterior, as has been mentioned, is
now handsomely plastered, and thereby
greatly improved. TheJ latest addition to
tbe ornamentation of tbe building is tbe
placing in position of tbe three splendid
sanctuary windows, donated respectively
by Captain John McMahen, Captain John
Fiannery and Dr. J. B. Read. These
windows were made to order in Munich,
through Mr. Pusted, of New York, and
are richly stained glass, each compris
ing two hundred feet. In tlie centre
of tbe middle window is a figure eight
feet in height, representing Our Lady-
holding tbe divine child on her arm, and
on either side is the figure of an angel in
adoration. The design is entirely new,
and is most exquisitely executed. The
window to the right will contain a figure
of the same size, representing St. Joiin the
Baptist, richly executed, ana the one to
the left a figure of St. Patrick, robed in
full canonicals as a Bishop, holding in one
band the crozicr, in the right hand the
shamrock, while at his feet is the em
blematical snake.
These three windows are of genuine
Munich manufacture, and are being plac
ed in position by an employe of the fa
mous New York house of Morgan. These
are masterpeices of art, and have no equal
in this country, tbe three costing $2,000,
or over $000 each. They are placed in*
mediately to the rear of tlie grand alter,
are located due east, which position af
fords a fine effect for light.
Ax Americas man lias tlie tail of a rat
tlesnake adorned with fourteen rattles
this is one of tlie tails Hamlet saw un
folded, when he had the jim-jams in the
first act.
The night freight, while at Leesburg,
was burglarized and three bales of cotton
stolen.
Milledgeville, with a population of
5,000 souls, lias no bank. Macon, with a
population of20,000, lias seven banks and
two “wheels of fortune.”
A darkey in Rome, whose wife has
deserted him, now wants to marry again.
He says she is dead, and offers to produce
a letter from her certifying to the fact.
Tiie act of the Legislature for the re
lief of maimed Confederate soldiers does
We have befon
Je»Long, a bright mulatto from Macon,
jskS an ex-G’ongressman from this district,
vnatto next speaker. He said he came
fete? jy an invitation, He would not tell
fern, of some fancy scheme, but would
gyre ‘hem tbe plain truth and would deal
w&. .Item candidly and honestly. He
*fi£cjlcd the idea that they could find any
«wt" ry flowing with milk and honey,
wi*. .s sugar grew on trees, and green-
Ls5l. could be had for tbe asking; where
jps&ais were ready cooked and “taters"’
ai-K. irs a whisky barrel. He had trarel-
*i sr eusively in tbe West and knew that
they .iuiu have to work a great deal
tocw. .ban they do here. The weather
was wider and harder work was re-
^asrir/. no said they would meet with
■tit apathy there; without money there
fetj rould not be noticed; they would
suti -. (or something to cat. White people
ar.-i colored must work to get along. With
they could go tliero and prosper;
not always work well,
us an exchange which tells of a one-legged
Confed., who liaving drawn his quot
from the State, invested it in a commod
ity that tangled up Ills remaining leg be
yond all power of locomotion.
Talbotton is whooping up the project
to build a railroad.
| |We learn from the Talbotton Standard
that a pcripatetic-stand-up-in-a-buggy-and
talk-soap-man cleaned out the town last
week. His soap was only a trade mark.
Count Johannes B. Gorman’s Ad
vice to Bachelors: “Never marry
woman unless she is so rich that you
would marry her if she were ugly, and so
handsome that you would many her 11
she were poor.”
Tlie ladies, long, long ago, transpose 1
tliis rule so as to apply to men, and for
this reason the Count still sits on thi
fence, as our Irish friends have it, like
marble statues, swayed by every passing
breeze.
Columbus has succeeded in establish-
ing a Telephone Exchange.
Two Stewart county men have return
ed from Texas, having been three
weeks making the homeward trip. They
say Texas is a splendid country to emi
grate from.
The United States frigate Kearsage,
formerly lying in harbor at Port Royal,
lias been sent by tbe Secretary of the
Navy to look up the missing schooner
White Wing, of Savannah, which it is
feared is lost.
Bessie Darling, who will appear on
tlie theatrical boards in Savannaii next
Monday, has a wardrobe which cost $10,-
000.
The French editor of the Constitutio’
lias lately been reinforced by a batch ol
imported idioms. u Ong passong" an.
“tsu reservoir,” we have been favore.;
with: “tater-tater” and “viz-r-viz” wil.
come out in tlie Sunday supplement.
Next to Professor Tice’s prediction re
garding the stars, Mumford’s exploits with
the army gun are tbe most remakable of
current events. It may be that the fame
of these two gentlemon are intimately
connected, and that when Mumford pings
the bulls-eye, the stars will fall.
Fortune does occasionally smile upon
an editor, as the following notice in' the
Sylvania Telephone goes to prove:
In Sandersville, on tbe 8d instant, Mr.
W. C. Giles, of tbe Louisville Courier,
and Miss Luelle Park, daughter of Rev.
William Park, of tlie Sandersville Herald.
Thou lias embarked in tlie matrimonial
bark, William, where there arc two mates
and no captain, and have our heartiest
wishes for your future happiness.
From tho Savannah Neves wc learn
that an order was passed by Judge Woods
in tlie United States Circuit Court yester
day, directing tbe Receivers of tbe Atlan
tic and Gulf Railroad to let the Savan
nah, Florida and Western Railroad Com
pany into immediate possession of all the
rights, franchises and properties of said
road. The same order relieves tlie Re
ceivers, Colonel John Screven and Samuel
A. Strang, Esq., from tbe further man
agement of the road.
‘Thegeneral transfer will probably take
place this morning, certain formalities be
ing necessary, and when this is accom
plished tlie Superintendent will issue tlie
requisite proclamation.
Mr. Plant will remain here until every
thing is satisfactorily adjusted, and wil.
then return to New York, accompanied
by Mr. George H. Tilley, the Secretary,
where he will reside, but will come here
again in February, and possibly divide his
time between Savannah and Florida until
the general meeting of the company in
March.
Daily Enquirer-Sun: Sunday night
tlie little town of Butler Southwestern
railroad, was excited by a fire, which came
near terminating in a disastrous con
flagration. It originated in the store
of Mr. E. B. Waters, and quickly
spread to the cotton platform of tlie South
western railroad. The store, with almost
the entire contents, was destroyed. Be
fore the fire could be arrested-half the
platform, with twenty-five or thirty bales
of cotton, was oonsumed. The cotton
was awaiting shipment.
It is thought to have been the work of
an incendiary, and many think that the
store was burglarized and then fired.
We failed to learn whether Mr. Waters
was insured or not.
Lumpkin Independent: A negro wo
man who lives in town, by the name of
Amy Kidd, is very uneasy about her ninc-
pei
a heavy box as a kind of coliatteral for
tlie safe return of the hoy, hut upon open
ing it a few days ago it was found to con
tain nothing but empty bottles, oyster
cans and straw. The boy has now been
gone nearly two months and his mother is
grieving lierself to-death about him. The
boy goes by the name of Eugene Battle
and went off with a peddler driving a one-
horse wagon and who called liimscif J. J.
Smith.
Rome Courier: WilliamNoble returned
from Colorado yesterday. He went out
with Messrs. Walter and Gus Gurney, of
New York, and William Vivian, of Eng
land. They bought a silver mine at
Leadville, and before Mr. Noble left they
had an engine in operation on their prem
ises. Alfred L". Taylor and the Noble
brothers are also interested in the mine
with the above named gentlemen. One
mine sold there a short time since for
twenty millions of dollars, and another
for two millions. Another working only
one six horse power engine, makes a net
profit of $250,000 a month.
In about two years a city of 40,000 has
been built there. The night Mr. Noble
arrived in that city two men were hung
by a band of regulators, and the next day
seventy suspected thieves, robbers and
murderers left. He says tlie excitement
there Is beyond all powers of description
We clip the following notice of a
townsman from the columns of the Rome
Courier:
We were pleased to meet in our city
yesterday Jeff Lamar, son of Colonel Lu
cius M. Lamar, of Macon, who was at one
time Colonel of the 8th Georgia Regi
ment. This young gentleman seems to
be a worthy * representative of the Im
mensely popular Lamar family in Geor
gia.
The Macon Convocation, (Episcopal),
recently held in Americus, elected Rev.
R. F/Jackson as Convocation preacher,
Rev. Mr. Pond, of Albany, as Essayist for
the next Convocation, and Rev. Mr.
Reed, of Albany, as Exegetist. The con
vocation adjourned to meet at Trinity
Church, Columbus, on Feb. 3rd, 1880.
Union and Recorder: Just about
the time the polls were closed on
Wednesday evening, Mr. J. A. Casey, Mr.
Jacob Caraker and Mr. John Walls were
walking up to the place of voting, when
Mr. Casey fell suddenly to the brick side
walk. Prompt attention was given him,
and in the course of twenty minutes was
so far restored as to be carried in a buggy
to his residence. Tlie attack was caused
by a sudden rush of blood to tlie brain, or
a fit of vertigo—about the same. For
a while there was much excitement, and
a great many people were on tlie spot.
J Ve are gratified to be able to say that Mr.
Jasey received no injuries in liis fall, and
that he is now O. K. and in his usual
place of business. He is subject to these
attacks.
Montezuma Weekly: A burglar ^en-
tered the stores of Mr. John W. McKenzie
and C. C. Grant last Thursday night,
He was discovered before lie had time to
make away with anything of much value,
ne managed to dodge a few pistol shots
and made his escape. It was a colored
man. He left his shoes No. IPs behind,
which lie can have by calling at this office
and proving property. Haven’t time to
notice more extended!)',
BY TELEGRAPH
COtSTY COURT.
Some Lively Business^Yesterday.
Yesterday a colored boy by tlie name of
Jim Helfresh, was tried in the County
Court for the offense of larceny. He stole
ten bars of soap from the store of Mr. T.
Callahan on Third street on Saturday
night last. Officer McCafferty arrested
him on Tuesday and the case came up
regularly yesterday. The evidence clearly
made out the offense and the defendant
was found guilty. The hoy was discharg
ed from tlie chain gang on the 24th of
October, after serving out a sentence of
vagrancy. He was sentenced to six
months on tlie public works. He is a con
stitutional thief, and a position on the
chain gang seems to be his normal place.
In tlie afternoon some lively proceed
ings came before the court. Mr. R.T.New-
hy, of Twiggs county, came before Judge
Holt and took out a possessory warrant
against Mr. George Moore for sixty-five
dollars, whieh he alleges Moore had
taken from him the night before. He al
so swore out warrants accusing Mr. Moore
of gaming, of keeping a gaming house,
and of keeping a disorderly house, mak
ing four in all. A counter warrant was
sworn out by Mr. Moore against Mr. New
by for gaming.
On the warrantor gaming Mr. Moore
demanded indictment by the grand jury,
and went to trial on the case of gaming.
After hearing the evidence, a judgment of
not guilty was rendered by-Judge Holt in
the case.
The possessory warrant was set for a
hearing at 9 o’clock this morning.
Tlie case against Mr. Newby for gam
ing was also set for this morning at 9
o’clock. Mr. Newby claims that on Tues
day night he was inveigled into a room in
the rear of a saloon in the sity and made
drunk, and while in this condition his
money was wonirom him.
Mr. Moore claims that Newby insisted
that he play with him, and that he even
desired to stop him after he had lost five
dollars.
The cases were quite spicy in their de
tails.
present condition they wc:e better year-old boy who she thinks is stolen.
*3 Iij.-il. Hoadrised the race* to live in] Several weeks ago she let him co cz a
fetoaaray and friendship. The laborers | Tiail to his father, who lives near Richland,
■to* fulfill their eouUacts and good | and while theta his lathes hired him to a
South Georgia Conference.
The session of this body met at Perry,
Georgia, December 10, at 9 a. m. The
Conference was opened by Rev. J. W.
Hinton, D.D.
The Secretary of last Conference, Rev.
D. Clements, called tlie roll of mem
bers, ijrhen a large number answered to
their names. ' 1
The Conference went ilito the election
of temporary President, -which resulted in
the choice of Dr. J. W. Hinton, who re
ceived a very large majority.
The Conference elected S. D. Clements
Secretary, and R. M. Lockwood, R. L.
Iloniker and W. C. Lovett, assistants.
Tlie hours of 9 a. m., and 1 p. m., were
fixed for meeting and adjournment.
Reports were read from Publishing
House and Sunday-school. Secretaiy, and
referred to various committees.
Rev. J. B. McFerris, D. D., was intro
duced, and addressed tlie Conference in
his usual felicitous manner.
Tlie committee on tlie Wesleyan Chris
tian Advocate made a report through
Georce G. N. MacDonnell, which was re
ferred to the'usual committee.
The following committees were appoin
ted:
Books and Periodicals—J. O. A. Clark,
R. B. Lester, J. M. Austin, J. E. Godfrey,
II. S. Wimberly.
Sunday-schools—J. O. Branch, J. O. A.
Cook, H. P. Meyers, M. E. Bylander, L.
S. McSwain, T. I. Neese, P. S. Twitty. ~
Bible Cause—E. N. McGehee, J. A.
Frazer, T. D. Hawkins.
Temperance—R. J. Corley, H. C. Fen
tress, J. W. Simmons, J. G. W. Me-.
Lauglin, J. P. Dickinson.
Supernumerary List—The following
called and continued:
K. F. Williamson and C. J. Toole.
Superannuated Preachers—The .follow
ing called and continued:
J. W. Talley, W.. H. Thomas, James
Danwody, David Crenshaw, H. P. Pctch-
ford, L. C. Peck, Y. H. TignejV W.
Knox, James Harris, W. F. CorleyVJ. R.
Owen, Capel Raifords, L. G. R. Wiggins,
D. O. Driscoll.
Bishop Doggett came in during the
morning and took the chair and made
some interesting remarks. He had been
quite 111 and he had but little hope of be
ing here, hut was thankful to liis Heavenly
Father for his preejpus grace, and for the
privilege of being at this Conference.
After notices Conference a4J 0Urne d*
London, December 9.—Tlie cattle
plague has broken out on the Island of
Cypress.
C. H. Getting & Co., merchants of
London, Buenos, Ayres and Montevideo
have suspended.
Brennan after his release addressed
crowds from the windows of liis hotel.
He announced that whatever he said at
Balia he was prepared to say again. His
words were loudly cheered.
Manchester, December 9.—The Man
chester Guardian of this morning says
there was a strong market on Monday and
prices further advanced; but the most
striking feature is the disparity between
the views of buyers a ad sellers and the
consequent diminishing volume of trans
actions. Most of the leading India and
China exporters arc qaite out of the mar
ket as far as actual business is concerned.
London, December 9.—Heavy snow
falls are reported throughout Germany
and Austrian Switzerland, and from Paris,
Madrid, Brussels, Florence, Bologna,
Milan, Genoa, Venice and Rome. At
Mantas the river Loire is frozen.
St. Louis, December 9.—The flouring
mill of Samnel Hill & Bro., at New Ath
ens, Ill., was burned yesterday. The loss
on mill and machinery is twenty-five
thousand. Itwas insured for seven and
a half thousand. The mill contained
twenty to thirty thousand bushels of
wheat, and some flour valued at twenty-
five thousand, on which there was no in
surance,
Cincinnati, December 9.—The par
ties laying rails on the Cincinnati South
ern Railroad will meet to-day about seven
miles beyond New river, Scott county,
Tennessee, two hundred miles from Cin
cinnati, and one hundred and thirty-seven
from Chattanooga. The formal opening
takes place on Christmas.
Richmond, December 9.—Tlie Read
justers of the General Assembly were in
caucus last night until midnight, mak
ing nominations for State' officers. The
nominee for Second Auditor is the only
Republican nomination.
New Yobk, December 9.* The Times
to-day says inquiry at the offices in this
city of the companies interested confirms
the report published yesterday that papers
have been signed for a union of tlie
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and St.
Louis and Sau Francisco railroad compa
nies, and for the construction of a joint
line from Albuqurque, on the Rio Grande
in New Mexico, to tlie Pacific coast. The
statement, however, that the Chicago and
Alton Company is in the scheme is pro
nounced incorrect. By the terms of the
agreement the St. Louis and San Fran
cisco Company surrender to the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa.Fc Company one-lialf
interest in their franchises as owners of
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Com
pany, which they succeeded, and the two
companies pledge themselves jointly to
raise $25,000,000 for the building of an
extension about one thousand miles long
to some point on tlie Pacific coast not yet
designated.
The officers intimate that they know
where they can obtain the money needed,
and that the work of building the exten
sion will he begun at tlie earliest possible
moment that tlie weather will permit.
These are all the details that can be ob
tained for the present.
New Yobk, December 9.—In connec
tion with the memorial of tlie business
men of New York in favor of the bill for
withdrawing the legal tender quality from
greenbacks, the World publishes the
following extract from a letter received by
J. J. Moore from Senator Bayard:
“It is not hostility to the South that
makes tlie North solid. It is apprehen
sion lest unwise and ridiculous adminis
tration of the finances should injure
Northern property and investmenst. No
instrument is so dangerous as a legal ten
der paper currency, tlie redeemability of
which may be endangered. I do not care
half so much for party success in this con
nection, although I value it most highly,
as I do for tlie great sen-ice it would be
to our whole country and tlie generation
to succeed us."
Washington, December 9.—In the
House Pound, of Wisconsin, introduced
a joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution, providing
that, after the fourth of March, 1885
tlie President and Vice-President slial
hold tlieir office for six years, and shall
be ineligible for more than one term eon-
aecuthrely, and that members of Congress
shall be elected for three years. Re
ferred.
The Speaker then proceeded to call tlie
States for bills of reference.
In the Senate Mr. Bayard, from the
Committee' on Finance, reported back the
Senate bill for the interchange of tlie sub
sidiary silver coins, and asked its indefi
nite postponement. It was so ordered.
Also, a Senate bill aftthorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to issue ten mill
ions of dollars of four per cent, bowls for
the payment of arrears of pensions, aud
asked its indefinite postponement. It was
so ordered.
The Vice President- laid before tlie
Senate a communication from the Post
master General transmitting a letter from
tlie Assistant Postmaster General calling
attention to the insufficiency of tlie ap
propriations for the present fiscal year, re
commending that two million dollars be
rcappropriated out of unexpended balance
of appropriations for that purpose during
tlie last four years, which have been cov
ered into tlie treasury and it he made
available to meet the necessities of the
service. Referred to the committee on
appropriations.
On motion of Davis, of West Viiginin,
the resolution heretofore submitted by
him, calling on the Secretary of tlie Treas
ury for a statement by States of the
amount paid out of tlie ^Treasury since
1860 on claims growing out of tlie late
war, was taken up. Pending the discussion
the morning hour expired and the resolu
tion went over.
On motion of Davis, of Illinois, at I;05
p. m. the Senate went into executive ses
sion.
Tlie Senate in executive session tliis af
ternoon confirmed the nomination of
Secretaiy McCrary to he United States
Circuit Judge for tlie eighth circuit, with
out debate or division.
Washington, December 9.—In the
House under the call of the States about
three hundred bills were introduced, the
most of them of private character. Among
those of general public interest were the
following by Mr. Money, of Louisiana,
declaring certain kinds of matter unmail
able and defining the duties of the Post
master-General in connection therewith.
This bill was prepared by the law officers
of tlie Post-office Department and embod
ies tlie views of that department with re
gard to tlie lottery question.
By Mr. Goode, of Virginia, to aid edu
cation of the colored race by an appropri
ation for that purpose of the unpatd boun
ties and pay of colored soldiers.
By Mr. Felton, of Georgia, for the ad
mission of Peruvian harks and all prepa
rations thereof free of duty.
By Mr. Chalmers of Mississippi, for tlie
erection of post-offices at Vicksburg and
Natchez.
By Mr. Ellis,' of Louisiana, abrogating
the power of the executive officers to al
low indemnity scrip for unsatisfied private
land claims, and vesting that power in the
United States courts.
By Mr. Wood, of New York, to amend
the laws relating to the Internal Revenue.
It provides for an allowance of a draw
back on all manufactured tobacco includ
ed in the provisions of the act of March
1st, 1879, which drawback shall equal in
value tlie ' amount by which the tax paid
on such tobacco exceeded the tax of six
teen cents per pound now,' imposed.
By Mr. Felton, of Georgia, to protect
innocent persons from criminal prosecu
tions. It provides .for the repeal of sec
tion 1022 of the Revised Statues, . in order
taprohibit the use of criminal informa
tions in criminal - prosecutions, and givo
every criminaFtbe rig^f* of trial finder
regular indictment by a duly empannell-
ed Grand Jury.
By Mr. Myers, of Indiana, to retire Na
tional hank notes and substitute United
States Treasury notes therefor.
By Mr. Kenna, of West Virginia, to
settle the claims of tlie citizens of West
Virginia for losses, sustained during the
late war, properly chargeable to the Uni
ted States.
i JiNlBl Jit *5 ’•**
louxueu. By Mr. Warner, ot Ohio, tor tbe ap-
-J.-W. B. ...pomtmentof*select aoralttCeto Inves
tigate questions relating to interstate com
merce.
Wood, of New York, offered a concur
rent resolution providing for the adjourn
ment of Congress from December 23d to
January 6th. After an amendment mak
ing the date of ac\journment the 10th in
stant instead of the 23d, it was agreed to.
At 2:50 p. m. the House went into the
Committee of tlie Whole on the hill defin
ing tlie duties of tlie reporter of tlie United
States Superior Court, and, without any
final action thereon, tlie committee rose
and the House adjourned.
Tlie President sent to the Senate to-day
the nomination of Wm. Miller as post
master at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Jno.
D. Wilson as postmaster at Murfrees
boro, Teimessee. The Senate to-day con
firmed the nomination of Samuel Rexin-
ger, to be postmaster at Clarksville, Ten
nessee.
In the Senate, when the doors were re
opened at 2:30, the Senate adjourned un
til to-morrow.
Norfolk, December 9.—The Cotton
Exchange report is compiled from fifty-
one replies from twenty-six counties in
North Carolina and Virginia, of average
date of December 1st. All report the
weather during the month of November,
very favorable for gathering the crop.
The replies indicate that 92 per cent, of
the crop has been gathered and the re
mainder will he secured in from five to
fifteen days; forty-nine replies indicate
that the yield is 32 per cent, less than last
year—one 19 per cent, above and one the
same as last year. The yield of lint to the
seed is about the same as last year; fifty-
one replies show that an average of 75 per
cent, of the crop has been marketed to
date.
Memphis, December 9.—The cotton
crop reports of the Memphis district, for
thp month of November, say the total
mlnher of responses is 126; from West
Tennessee, 40; from North Mississippi, 41;
from Arkansas, 45—average date, Novem
ber 29th. Picking progress.—In Tennes
see 74| per cent, lias been picked; Missis
sippi, 83^ per cent.; Arkansas, 70§ per
cent.—averaging 774 per cent. Date of
completion.—Tennessee, December 24th;
Mississippi, December 20tli; Arkansas,
December 24tli—averaging December 23d.
The crop yield.—Teimessee, 19| per cent,
increase; Mississippi, 7| per cent, increase;
Arkansas, 18 per cent, increase—averaging
15 per cent, increase. Lint.—Tennessee,
3 7-10 per cent, increase; Mississippi, 2$
per cent, increase; Arkansas, 2 per cent,
increase. Sold from plantations.—Ten
nessee, 60 per cent, of the crop; Mississip
pi, 57 per cent.; Arkansas, 50 per cent.—
averaging 60 per cent.
Galveston, December 9.—Tlie Cotton
Exchange report for November condensed
lrom 149 responses, the reports from 87
counties is as follows: In regard to the
weather for gathering the crops compared
with last year, 142 report more favorable ;
four tlie same, three less favorable; 97 re
ports tlie crops all picked; 38 report |
picked; 13 report J picked; 1 report 4
picked—as to the yield, 29 report 33| per
cent, more than last year; 28 report same;
92 report an average of37| per cent. less.
Regarding the yield of lint to seed cotton
compared with last year, 106 report tlie
same as last year; 25 report 20 percent,
more; 8 report ten per cent, less; 9 report
all the crops marketed; 139 report an av
erage of 72i per cent; 31 report 10 per
cent marketed. Correspondent’s generally
report that tlie crops lias been gathered in
better condition than in any former year.
Atlanta, Ga., December 9.—To-day
forty emigrants from Meriwether county
passed through Atlanta for Arkansas and
Texas, where they will buy land. Tlie
emigration fever is rising in Georgia.
Very low rates are offered.
Nbw Orleans, December 9. — Ex-
Congressman Money, in a letter to tlie
National Republican, denies the state
ment published therein, that he, with
others, is a refugee from Madison Parish.
General Money says he came to this city
to attend the sale of the North Louisiana
and Texas Railroad, and but for this he
would have been at liis plantation in Mad
ison.
Pittson, Pa., December 9.—John
Ilinkle was probably fatally burned and
.John Connor and William Sheridan
slightly burned by an explosion of a fire
damp in the Pittston coal company’s
twin shafts this morning.
London, Ontario, December 9.—On
Sunday morning last the farm house of
two brothers, Richard and William Need
ham, in London township, was entered
by masked burglars who stoic $500 and
clubbed the two Needhams so mercilessly
that both are expected to die.
Washington, December 9.—For the
South Atlantic States, falling barometer
warmer and generally cloudy weather,
and local rains witli east to south wind*
Washington, December 9. — Tlie
Senate Committee on Finance held its
first regular meeting to-day, but transact
ed no business of importance. It now has
sixty hills and resolutions on its docket,
mostly of a private nature.
London, December 9.—Tlie London
correspondent of tlie Manchester Guur-
dian says he learns that the Kashgar re
volt lias ended by a final and complete
defeat of Hakim Khan, of Tura, with tlie
loss of one thousand killed.
Paris, December 9.—At nine o’clock
this morning the thermometer, Fahren
heit, indicated five degrees above zero in
Paris, and in some of the suburbs six de
grees below. The Seine is frozen.
London, December 9—The steamer
Rascomnion, from Liverpool for Havana,
has been capsized and sunk. Six of lier
crew were, drowned.
New Yobk, December 9—An Ottawa
Ontario, spe'acial, says the Indians aroum
Fort McLeod, N. W. Territory, are get
ting very desperate 'and troublesome on
account of their starving coudition, and
troops are under arms in anticipation of
an attack on tlie fort. The Government
will either have to fight or feed them this
winter.
Washington, December 0.—A joint
resolution was introduced in the House
by Mr. Frost, of Missouri, to-day, express
ing earnest sympathy with the efforts now
being made by the patriotic Irishmen to
ameliorate the condition of tlieir country
and extending to the Irish people sincere
wishes for tlieir sutcess in their endeavor
to obtain for themselves and their pos
terity the inestimable boon of equal laws
anil self-government; also a joint resolu
tion by Mr. Gillctt, of Iowa, expressing
similar sympathy and wishes, and request
ing the President of the United States to
communicate to her Majesty’s government
the hope of this country that some just ar
rangement may soon be made whereby
the Irish peasant may become owners of
tho soil they cultivate. Both bills were
referred.
City of Mexico, November 80, via
Havana, December 9.—General Gonza
lez lias been arrested and is in close con
finement, charged with conspiracy. Gov
ernor Charles, of Coahuila, lias resigned,
being disgusted at the extension of Fed
eral jurisdiction over tlie Sierra Majada.
The Presidential excitement is increasing.
President Diaz intends that free suffrage
shall be secured to tlie people. It is re
ported that the revolution in the State of
Sonora is of a local character and unim
portant.
Neiv Obleans, December 9.—Tlie
cotton exchange crop report for November:
Louisiana—from thirty-six parishes we
have received sixty-eight replies of the
average date of November 30th. Tlie
weather lias been extremely favorable for
gathering crops, decidedly more so than
during the same period last year; 87 per
cent, of the crop has been picked, picking
will lie finished about December 20tli.
The yield of seed cotton has been 12 per
ceut greater than last year, and of lint
0 per cent better than last year. About
57 per cent of the crop lias been marketed.
Mississippi.—We have 77 replies from
35 counties, average date of Nevember
30th. The weather has been more favor
able for gathering tlie crop than last year.
Ninety-one per cent, of the crop has been
picked and .picking will be finished by
December 14th. Tiie yield of seed cotton
has been 15 per cent, greater than last
year, and yield of lint cotton is reported 7
percent, better than last year. Sivtj>
seven per cent, of the crop has been mar
keted. Unusually good roads and remu
nerative prices have brought out the un
usual marketing of the crop.
Arkansas.—We have forty replies from
twenty-four counties, average date of No
vember 30th. The weather is reported
favorable for gather-ire the crop, more so
tliau last year; S3 per cent, has been [
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about December 15th. The yield of seed
cotton will be 23 per cent, greater than
last year. Tho proportion marketed is
estimated at 53 per cent.
Nashville, December 9.—North Ala
bama, 25 correspondents report weather
more favorable; one less so; two-thirds to
nine-tenths of the crop has been picked.
Tiia increase is about 20 per cent; three-
fourths of the crop has been marketed,and
all of it will be shipped by January first.
Laborers have been willing and energetic.
Planters are selling their cotton as fast as
it is ready; no one is storing. Middle
Tennessee, seventeen replies,all report tlie
weather more favorable; two report yield
one hundred per cent, more; two fifty per
cent; four, twenty-five per cent; two, fif
teen per cent; one, ten per cent; six, the
same; two report the crops all marketed;
five, tliree-fourths; four, two-thirds; two,
four-fifths; two, one-half; and, two, one-
third. All say the advance in prices has
stimulated the fanners and laborers to
get crops gathered and sold as soon as
possible.
Charleston, December 9.—The re
port of the Charleston Exchange on tlio
cotton crop is compiled from replies of
fifty-eight correspondents in twenty-seven
counties, the average date being Decem
ber first. The weather for gathering the
crop during November is reported by all
except seven as more favorable than last
year. About the entire crop is stated to
have been picked by forty-three, while
fifteen report about 90 per cent, as gath
ered and give the fifteenth of December
as the latest date on which picking will
he finished. The yield of the crop is re
ported by nine to be about the same as
last year, by nine to be larger from 5 to
25 per cent, averaging 74 per cent,
and by forty to show a decrease
of from 5 to 50 per cent, averaging
20 per cent. The yield of lint to
seed cotton is estimated by twenty-six
to be about the same as last year; by
twenty-four to be rather more, and by
eight to be somewhat less—none estima-
mating the increase or decrease to be over
ten per cent. The proportion of the crop
marketed is as follows: nine-tenths by
nine; seven-eighths by thirteen,
tliree-fourths by eighteen and two-tliirds
.by eighteen. The decrease in yield is at
tributed mainly to bad weather in Octo
ber and frost in November. Tlie crop ‘
gathered in better condition than formally
years, and shows better quality. Va
rious reports state that particularly favo
rable results have been obtaiued this sea
son by the use of fertilizers, and many
correspondents mention that planters
have generally hurried tlieir crop to mar
ket, owing to satisfactory prices ob-
tanied.
Charleston Municipal Election.
Charleston, December 9.—The mu
nicipal election to-day was quiet and or
derly. The contest was triangular, and
was between Courteney, regular Demo
crat, Sale, who also claimed to he a regu
lar Democrat, and Gayer, Independent
Democrat. The last named was generally
supported by the Republican leaders. The
colored vote was divided between all the
candidates, Courteney receiving a large
portion of it, including the ’longshoremen,
who supported him in a body. The re
turns to-night indicate that Courteney is
elected, and his friends claim for him one
thousand majority over the combined
vote for Sale and Gayer. A new city ad
ministration is elected for a term of four
property is reported, but no loss of life.
The continuance of frost can alone pre
vent most serious disasters.
Washington, December 10.—The
President sent to tlie Senate the nomina
tion of Alexander Ramsey, of the Mint,
to be Secretaiy of War.
The Senate adopted a resolution offered
by Morrill, calling on the Secretaiy of the
Treasury for information as to the effect
upon the revenues and upon consumers
from the repeal of the duty on tea and
coffee in 1872.
The Senate took up the resolution
heretofore offered by Davis, of West Vir-
giuia, calling on tlie Secretary of the
Treasury for a statement of private claims
growing out of the late war paid since
1864. Davis accepted an amendment by
Edmunds, changing the date to March
4th, 1861. Momll offered an amendment Mr. Lay was attacked by .Uir? 2 ” 3 ®-
to include in information asked for all Snrimr and did rmt 1 . J8ls k*
such claims which have been presented to
and rejected by the Treasury Department;
a’so, which may now be pending therein.
Rejected. The resolution then as amen
ded was adopted.
In the House concurrent resolutions
to adjourn from December 19th to Janua
ry 6th, were taken up. Davis, of West
Virginia, moved its passage. Maxey
moved its reference to the Committee on
years.
Savannah, December 10.—Tlie Cto-
ton Exchange crop report for November
is as follows:
Georgia—The weather during the
month has been very favorable for gather
ing cotton—more favorable than last year.
From tliree-fourtlis to seven-eiglitlis of the
crop has been picked out, and by tho 20th
of December all will he gathered. About
two-tliirds has found its way to market,
The out-turn of the crop of the State will
be the same as last year. In Southern
Georgia the yield is less as compared with
last year. In the middle portion of the
State about tlie same, while in the upper
section the yield is greater than last year.
Tlie yield of lint to seed cotton is about
the same.
Savannah, December 10.—Tlie weath
er for gathering tlie crop has been fine—
more favorable than last season. Seven-
eighths of the crop has been gathered aud
about two-thirds marketed. Tho crop is
turning out better than was expected
month ago, still, it is a little short of last
year, even with the favorable picking sea
son, In the sea island section the weather
has been favorable for gathering the crop
and it is nearly all picked, and one-lialf
marketed. The yield will be a little
larger than last year. The lint is reported
better than usual on account of the use of
improved seed and being better handled.
Mobile, December 10.—The report of
tlie Alabama Cotton Exchange is based
on sixty-nine letters from forty-two coun
ties. The weather during the month of
November is reported by our correspond
ents to have been more favorable for gath
ering the crop than last year, except in
six counties. Tlie average of the reports
indicates that eighty-six per cent, of the
crop has been picked, and all of it will be
gathered by the 20th of December. In
twenty of tlie most productive counties of
the State it is estimated that the yield will
he nine per cent, less than last year, and
in the rest of the counties six per cent,
less. The yield of lint to seed cotton av
erages a little more than last year. About
two-tliirds of the crop has been sent to
market.
From Mississippi we have twenty-eight
letters from sixteen counties. Tlie weath
er during the monili *of November is re
ported as having been more favorable than
last year for gathering the crop, except
Clay county. About eighty-five per cent,
of the crop has been picked, and all of it
will be gathered about tlie middle of De
cember. In seven of the most productive
counties our letters indicate an increase of
three and a half per cent- in yield as com
pared wttli last year, and in tlie remaining
counties a decrease of one per cent, as
compared with last year. Tlie yield of
lint to seed cotton will be more than last
year. About sixty-seven per cent, of the
crop has been marketed.
Denyek, Colobado, December 10.—A
dispatch from Fair 1‘lay reports the dis
covery of uranium in tlie Sacramento
mining district. The mineral is found in
Bohemia, but never before in this country
as far as known. The ore runs 60 per
cent, and uranium is worth $1,000 per
ton.
A Los Pinos dispatch, dated December,
says to-day’s developments prove that tlie
casting of his knife upon tlie floor by Colo-
row expressed liis vote for war, but the
fact of the other Indians retaining tlieir
knives, overpowered his vote.
It was noticed as soon as it was perceiv
ed that no other Indians wished to follow
the example of Colorow.
Two Utes arose from tlieir seats in the
council room and went out, going away
talking to the Indians outside who im
mediately mounted their horses aud rode
away. They had evidently been waiting
for the signal which would call them to
amis and at no time were any of them'
distant a hundred feet from the council
room,
Every Ute at the agency carried with
him more'arms than any two soldiers of
the regular army.
Yesterday brought out, also, the fact
that Ouray’s respect for the President is
due to his thinking the great father is
elected by. and rales over tho whole world.
In one of liis speeches he made that as
sertion, and Mr. Doronsend, the inter—
ireter, not actually understanding what
le meant by it repeated the question, his
answer showing tlie fact plainly that he
considered Washington the centre of the
universe and President Hayes ruler of all
nations. He has not been undeceived
and will not he by this commission, as it
is now plain his friendship for the whites
is assumed for policy and he thinks, if it
were necessary, the annies of the world
could be called to crush his tribe.
London, December 10. — A dispatch
from Pesth says tlie destruction of damson
ucarly all tlie principal rivers in Hungary
and Transylvania, and the terrible inun
dations are again tilling the public mind
with anxiety; but for the intense cold,
ranging from fifteen to twenty degrees
Reanmnr, Grosswardein and several vil
lages around that city, would have shared
the fate of Ezegedin.
Temesbar, Arad and several' towns in
Transylvania, were partly inundated on
Monday, and, as in Grosswardiue, a num
ber of houses fell in. The flood came so
Appropriations. He was opposed to the
resolution. This motion was lost, and
tlie resolution adopted by 36 to 21.
The House Committee on Canals met
this morning and informally reviewed the
work before them. The meeting of tlie
sub-committee, of which Representative
Tanner is chairman, will meet to-morrow
morning to consider House bill SS4 of last
session, relative to granting the right of
way to the Georgia and Florida Canal
Company.
After tlie journal Burrows, of Michigan,
introduced a joint resolution, which was
referred, proposing the following amend
ment to the Constitution:
Article .Polygamy shall not exist
within the limits of tlie United States, or
any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to
enforce this section by appropriate legisla
tion.
At 1:24 p. m., owing to the number of
bills introduced yesterday, the reading of
the journal was not yet completed.
Washington, December 10.—In the
House, the Banldng and Currency com
mittee to-day re-opened their former ac
tion on tlie bill requiring the resources of
National hanking associations to ho kept
in gold and silver, in lieu of legal tender
notes, and adopted an amendment offered
by Judge Buckner, which strikes out the
requirement for the maintenance of
reserve of 25 per cent, on the amount of
circulation and make this provision ap
plicable to deposits only.
The resolution of Messrs. Fort and
Price in refemce to President’s greenback
recommendation were not reached for
consideration this morning.
Washington, December 10.—In the
House the regular order was then de
manded, whereupon the Speaker stated
that the regular order was the considera
tion of a bill prohibiting political contri
butions by Federal officers and Govern
ment contractors. After a short discussion
it was agreed that the hill be taken out of
the morning hour and made the special
order for January seventh. The Speaker
then proceeded to call tlie committees and
for a report.
Mr. Acklen, of Louisiana, from the
Committee on Commerce, reported a bill
authorizing the appointment of a deputy
collector at Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Passed.
Mr. Waite, of Connecticut, from the
same committee, reported a bill amending
section 2,771 of the revised statutes so as
to allow any vessel not of the United
States to unload at any port of delivery in
a custom collection district after .the due
entiy of said vessel and cargo at a port of
entry in the same district.
Pending action on the hill the morning
hour expired, and the House went into
the Committee of the Whole on a hill re
lating to the publication of the Supreme
Court reports, which was finally fixed at
four thousand dollars, after which the
committee rose and reported the bill and
amendments to the House. The amend
ments were agreed to, and tlie bill passed.
Tlie Speaker laid before the House a
number of executive and other communi
cations which were appropriately referred.
Tlie House then adjourned.
At 1 p. m. the Senate went into Execu
tive Session, and when the doors were re
opened adjourned.
The Senate inExecutive Session to-day
confirmed the nomination of tlie following
postmasters: Benjamin M. Cox, Farm-
ville, Virginia; Samuel Amell, Colum
bia, Tennessee; Henry L. Rankin,Hemp
stead, Texas, and John C. Manning, San
Antonio, Texas.
New York, December 10.—Tlie report
of the Executive Committee of tlie West
ern Union Telegraph Company, for the
quarter ending December 31st, states that
the net profits for the quarter ending De
cember 31st, based upon the official re
turns for Octorber, are nearly complete.
Tlie returns for November and the esti
mates for December, reserving an amount
sufficient to meet the claims of the Atlan
tic and Pacific Telegraph Company, under
the existing agreements, will be about
$1,476,841.21. The Executive Committee
has recommended that the Board of Di
rectors declare a dividend of liper cent,
from the net earnings for the quarter,
payable January 15tli, and an extra divi
dend of 1 per cent, out of the surplus mon
eys in tlie treasury on that date.
New York, December 10.—The Agri
cultural Convention for the formation of
National Agricultural Society met this
morning at Metropolitan Hotel. - About
150 delegates were present, representing
tlie States of New York, Iowa, Pennsyl
vania, Connecticut, .Massachusetts, Illi
nois, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas,
New Hampshire, Minnesota, Vermont,
Maryland, Delaware, Oliio, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Maine, Arkansas, District
Columbia, Virginia. A temporary or
ganization was effected by tlie election of
General N. M. Curtis, of New York, as
chairman, and M. J. Lawrence, of New
York, Professor E. A. Carmen, of Wash
ington, Professor A. R. Ledoux, of South'
Carolina, Secretaries. Mr. J. H. Real!,
chairman of the committee on organiza
tion, read an address setting forth the ob
jects aimed at by the Convention.
The committee on organization then re
ported a constitution for the proposed so-
. . , ye*G *» per ceur. ms oeeu. suddenly that barmy, any preventive ureas- be ATuiuuir, vice ii. G. Dravser; ana oam-
picked and picking wUl fafinfetadd by ucabsdl^ea takenaad.grett damage; to ptfi G WiiB^rn^ -T, ft/wfengham
offices remain to befiiwi*
Washington City
Tm,^ eCember8 > 1 ^-
the rouse
Has just adjourned on the
of the death of the Hon. Alfred?? 1
of Jefferson City, Missouri, agedf!?'
three, a Confederate during th?^?'
and a member of the present Col!*
f‘| Lay r“ d *
Spring and did not take his seat “. *
extra session, but came here this w-
greatly benefited in health and wit?.?
expectation of attending to m. j .
during the session. His disl« Utlu
paralysis. His predecessor vr« o** 5
•Crittenden, liis law partner, and tt»
ability is announced that as he viivK
Crittenden, the latter in turn n-m
him. Bland, of the same State
health was also very precarious’ll™ 55
sion, is still at home and will hirihhl
here until after the holidays. *
that silver bill, which bears hi* n
seems to have been too mud,
Bland, at which there ou-dit nr.M T:
any wonder. Lighter loa& have
healthier men. *“ ue «
a big debt
is that recently piled up by m Rw
against the good people of Mae )
is one they will all cheerfully r^ u
and earnestly seek to discharge)
mail delivery service he has just
ed in establishing in our Macon
thing to deserve and receive nnS
commendation. It is somethin? aW
be remembered to his special credit s-
more important service has been
Macon since the war, and no mem W-
Congress from any other district has to)
quicker to see, or readier to act when tb
wants of his district could be subserved))
her interests advanced than Mr'him)?
It is hard, to properly estimated^
or convenience of this new system form
people. Only those who have liad iter
come anywhere near the mark. • Wto
we get, as we should, Macon as a comt fo
holding terms of the Federal)com?
the advantages of being represe'A
ed .by a man who combines braia
with energy and influence become mm
conspicuous. The free deliver)’ systa
will be inaugurated at as early a day*
possible, and surely be hailed as a sr*.
cial boon to everybody except sinnS,
both young and old, who make “going fr
the mail” a pretext for much slipping ij
to surreptitious resorts aud pleasure after
nightfall. You may be inclined to A-
serve after that expression that perhia
your correspondent has been there hia.
self, in which, I may remark, you shot
uncommon wisdom.
the holiday
question is being already discussed, il.
though the session is only -.even days ell
It will be made to stretch over two weefa
at least, counting from about the ltd.
There will likely he great activity inis,
traducing hills and getting them stuck it
committees, but there the matter willStf
at least for the time. Tiie nononble
John, or Joe, or Bill will hie liimstl
home with holiday intent and the grater
satisfaction of being able to say to ill
question askers; “oli! yes—got your till
in among tlie very first—had it apprt^o-
ately referred anil it will come up amq
the very first after recess,” Bless a;
soul! How often have I heard ’em soak
ing the impatient claimant after tii
fashion. The knowing ones fully unis,
stand this and vex not their souls. Wa
they want tilings pushed they know ill
the agencies and don’t fret. If %
don’t, however, what a time they fan
and how they do say bad words andk
molish tlieir digestions! If amaatma
to learn how not to bum the caud/eloo
fast, even at one end, he can finivMahw
who can graduate him thoroughly.* If hi
is in search of teachers of a difjeng
mould he can find them quite as easily.‘I
possibly may have remarked before, to
Satan is superbly served in Washing*.
If not, I will say it right here. And yl
he is uncommonly quiet about it, to
may or may not be greatly to liis credit
XIOBE GEORGIANS
Have “jined the band” since I wrote hit
I see Colonel Tuggle, of LaGrange,*
hand this morning, aud consequently il
claims casually out for an airing or tiK*
a promenade for their health, have bt
themselves secluded on pain of beiigifr
continently collected. I don’t U2
much stock, as I have said hfab
in this being a fertile sewj
for the fourth estate, but there fill
be some exceptions, as Colonel T.
in my honest judgment, demonstrate. Be
ought to have been as Georgia’s®®
just as soon as Jim Johnson could w*
given liim authority and the raftowj
were restored. I think Georgia TO*
have been a great deal fatter, financWi
irovided Bullock and liis experts lud®*
mown about it. A. N.l-
Cutting teeth is one of the bides
pieces of work the baby does. Weyf*
then help it out by allowing it occisioM*
doses of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup?
A Serenade In the Howard DislrW-
On last Monday night slirely qw
composed of Messrs. Albert WmgCfla, 1-
D. Howard, D. S. Bazemore and L
Lundy, started out on a serenade. He=is-
Wingfield and Howard occupied a bn*Sf
The. other two went ahead on horseback
and the buggy followed. After owpk®
had been visited, the night being d* 1 * 1
the horse ran over a stump whicbtbi 4 *
the buggy over, imprisoning tbe two occu
pants beneath it.
Lusty calls were made for assist* 11 *
which were responded to by the out-nfc’’-
As they rode up the lamentations rftj*
two heroes of the buggy filled to *“’■
True to the main object in view,
Mr. Bazemore inquired anxiously, “I*
guitar hurt?” The buggy was
side up with care, the broken p* 15
together, the instrument tuned up***
serenaders continued on their
balance of the night. Momins f .
two of them, with its gray mists, rwJ-
the worst looking buggy in Bibb co -
but happy over their lucky escape-
Contract Closed - Macon's
Mr. G. B. Roberts has closed to ^
tracts for the erection of two stoics on^
site of the stores which were hurt*
spring on Cherry street. They .
completed, be occupied by H' ml 4 jD( j
& Lamar as a wholesale drug hf 5 *’
by Messrs. Singleton & Hunt as * ^
tablishment. The stores are to ^
hundred and eighty feet in -
finished in strict and complete
They will be a great addition 0
street.
The confidence in real estate ^
merits in Macon is rapidly incressi - ^
the appreciation of values mark,- ^
cided. This is constantly ind f'^tly
shown by investments that are-ort ^
being made in our midst, and o^-gity
already entered upon an era 01 F the great
that bids fair to make her one oi B
inland cities of tlie South.
Death or Mrs. Montso» ie '^ f yu.
We regret to learn of the dc>' J1 ^
Jane Montgomeiy, widow of tlie a> _£
jor Montgomeiy,and sister of CoIouC n 0 n
Lanier, which occurred in Char
yesterday at half past twelve ^
The deceased was well known 111
and her friends will be saddened » ^
of her death. Her remains Au .
_ . »if v fills evening at 6 o’clock on 1 .
Richmond, December 10.—In tlie Gen- c ty . f be interred 111 ll
eral Assembly to-day three additional | gusta train, au - (Re
state officers were elected, viz: Corbin M. family burial ground m lust , vr f 0 rff'
Reynolds, of Botetourte county, for Treas- The funeral services were 1
ciety—providing that its name be the
“American Agricultural Association,” and
its objects to protect, promote and de
velop agriculture in the whole country, in
all its brances and the interests of those
engaged therein and closely connected
therewith. Tlie report will he acted on at
the afternoon session.
London, December 10.—The Eastern
Budget, the organ of the Austrian embas
sy here, says we hear from Sofia that
Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, is daily
growing more unpopular and that serious
apprehensions are felt for the safety of his
throne. It is becoming evident that the
constitution is not workable, and the
country is threatened with anarchy.
Berlin, December 10.—The Lower
house of tlie Landtag, has adopted by a
vote of 220 to 155, the bill empowering
the government to purchase the Berlin and
Stetm, Madgeurg and Halderstalt Han
over and Altenbecken and Cologne and
Murden railways. The dissentients were
the clericals, progressionists, Poles and
some national liberals. The government
has promised to introduce at the present
or next session of the Landtag, hills pro
viding for the guarantees stipulated by the
railroad committee.
New York,December 10.—An Ottawa,
Ontario, special, says a shocking case of
neglect has just come to light in Hull,
near this city. A hoy, seventeen years of
age, was taken down with the smallpox
and liis family deserted him. His neigh
bors hearing of it, took food to the house
where he was stopping. On entering the
room they found the youth covered with
blood and at the point of death. Food
being placed to liis lips, he ravenously
swallowed it. An examination show’ed
that he had eaten the flesh from one of
liis arms in his agony of hunger. He
died a few minutes after the arrival of
the neighbors.
urer, viceR. M. Hunter; Robert Walker,
of Richmond, for Superintendent of Pub-
111* I'lunlS'w* trioA /’ Pi*n SflTU.
tery. i no ‘, ^oriioo'--
ed in Charleston yesterday ^
Our sympathies are with ’he nJatiPS v.
detowAiinOtocar-'