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mum THE GEORGIA PRESS. It is rumored that a theatrical compa ny recently visited Arlington, and the la dy who did the song business, fixed her mischevious eye upon the handsome young editor of the Advance, while she sang a betwitcbing love ballad; whereup on the gentlemen hastily retired. And now they call it the Arlington Retreat. Efforts are being made in Brunswick for the establishment of a Public -Library, This is an enterprise worthy the support of every citizen of that important seaport. There is nothing so civilizing as the ex change and comparison of thoughts, and libraries are thought centres in which the seeker may compare with both the living and the dead. Perry Vinson*, burglar, captured by the energetic citizens of Leary, and sen tenced to twenty years in the penitentia ry, has escaped from the Calhoun jail and gone to join Harry J. Ryan. We noticethntapreacherinHorthGeor gia receives only $150 per year. One hundred and seventy-five dollars has been subscribed in Sanders- ville to build an armory for Howell’s Ar tillery. Cotton is paid for with gold through out the State of Georgia. Fourteen years ago a twcnty-dollar gold piece would have paid for fifty-two dollars’ worth of cotton. An actress should be content with a good support. We learn from the Buena Vista -dr^us that an insane negro woman, living on the plantation of Rev. W. J. Short, near Brantley, walked into the fire a few days since and was burned to death. Tiie Augusta police have been armed with loaded guns, and instructed to de fend to the last extremity the jail in which is confined Anderson Jones, the supposed murderer of Mr. Haralson. It was ru mored that a party had been organized to force the jail and lynch the prisoner. The murder for which Jones is held was com mitted at McBcan, a few miles from Au gusta, upon the person of an estimable young merchant, who was preparing to go to the city to purchase his Christmas stock. lie was found iu his store with his head cut open. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist says: Everything remained quiet last night ami there was no indication of a movement to take Jones from prison. In the after noon two special hailifis came to the city from McBcan, with a warrant issued by Justice Ward, for the arrest of Jones, but upon their making application to Chief Christian for the prisoner, he, after con sultation with Judge Eve, declined togive him up at that time. He informed the hailifis that if they would call in the day time with the warrant, they might have the prisoner but as there was good ground to suppose that he would be violently dealt with if carried to McBeantliat night, lie could not turn him over to them then. They will probably return this morning. The Hawkinsville Dispatch says that a Dodge county man was jailed last weok in that city; his brother went to the rescue with an ave and cut liim out.' A few win ters ago Wash Boon was jailed in the same place and a friend hewed out an exit for him and left. Wash went up town and reported to the police tliat he had left the jail to keep from freezing. A darkey in Hawkinsville took Mr. Spurlins horse from the lot, rode him all night, but returned him before morning. The grand jury refused to indict him for Stealing, the court refused to convict liim of trespass, and Woods is puzzled to know what the boy is guilty of. It strikes ns that the jury should have brought in the verdict, “guilty of riding another man’s horse in the night time without liis permission (the man’s) and returning him (the horse) before morning.” This would have been a verdict in accordance with the facts. The temperance movement is gaining strength in Savannah. A Columrcs man went out with a shotgun to revenge himself upon an old owl that had been stealing his chickens. He saw the outlined form of the thief perched upon the roof of his dwelling, took deliberate aim and fired. Three chickens for breakfast. The mill-pond of Mr. Daniel Maloy, of Telfair county, sprung a leak last week and went off under a hill. The mill will never grind with the water that goes round. Enquirer-Sun: Two old colored wo men living in the house of Thurston An drews, colored, of our city, were startled on Wednesday night by what they thought was a third party in the bed. They be lieved it was a ghost but one assured the other “it was the cat,” and both were soon asleep. The same ghost was heard sev eral times but no more attention paid to it, but in the morning great was their sur prise to find a fine large sized coon asleep between them. When they attempted to make liim crawl out lie showed fight and as one says, “Lord bless my sould, he growl jist like a lion when us tried to make 'ura git outen dat bed.” Two men were called and succeeded ift killing liim. After being cleaned he weighed ten pounds. The old negroes were badly frightened, and in a few minutes aroused the neighborhood. IlAWKrNsvir,r.E Dispatch: We are in formed that Bryant Edmonson, near Haynesviile, Houston county, made last J ear twenty-one hales of cotton, eight unilred bushels of com, and four hun dred bushels of oats, besides peas, pota toes, etc. The entire plowing was done with two mules and a mare. One mule was twenty-two years old, and the other forty years old, and the mare twenty-five years old. Mr. Edmonson Is said to he eighty years of age, and has been able to sell com, oats, and meat to liis neighbors tho present year. When we remember this, together with the fact that Uncle Nat Statham, of Wilcox county, is in his eighty-fifth year, and is cutting his third set of teeth, we don’t care a cent about the Grant boom in Georgia and the usury law of the last Legislature. The following gentlemen have been appointed delegates to the convention called to consider the purchase or lease of the Macon & Brunswick railroad, in this city: John B. Habersham, Thomas W. Lamb, C. P. Goodyear, James F. Nelson, J. M. Couper, Morris Miclielson, Carey W. Styles, T. W. Dexter, A. G. P. Dodge and A. O. Best. We learn from the Ap peal that the citizens of Brunswick arc fully alive to the importance of the move ment contemplated. The following is the resolution recently adopted at a meeting In Brunswick: | Resolved, That the citizens of the coun ties contiguous to the Macon and Bruns wick Railroad, and along the proposed line from Macon to Fulton, including the latter, be and they are hereby earnestly invited and urged to hold meetings promptly, and appoint strong delegations to the convention at Macon on the 30th instant, to consider the policy of the lease act, and the dangers that menace the car riage of the lease sale onjtlie I3th of Jan uary next. Auocsta Evening News: How many people in Augusta are aware that rice is grown in fifteen miles of this city with as good amt at times a better net yield per bushel than on the coast? Mr. II. F. Welker, of Jackson, on the Port Itoyal Railroad, expects this season to send to Charleston 175,000 pounds of rice, and lias already sent over 150,000 jiounds. As an instanco of the prolific yield, he stated -i this office anil exhibited the bill of sale from a well known Charleston house, showing that 36 tierces of rice grown on fifteen acres of land, sold for $1,400, and after deducting expense of planting, reap ing, shipping and selling expenses in Charleston, netted him $1,125.05. And yet some of our People talk of hard times and starvation. This beats cotton or anything else, and is a good lesson to fanners, who.haTe swamp land or marshy plats. XI . » ■ > x * s - x We learn from the Chronicle and Con stitutionalist, that Colonel Johnson, of Edgefield, South Carolina, was knocked down on McIntosh street, and robbed of a gold watch and chain and $125. The rob ber was arrested before he had gone a square; part of the property was found upon his person, the remainder in the front yard of a dwelling.near tho scene of the robbery. He appeared to be a tramp. An old negro poultry dealer claims to have been garroted the night previous and robbed of $20. Charles Lee, colored, of Columbus, lias been sentenced to ten ' years' in the penitentiary for an assault with intent to murder. . ^ ,/'E' ] A young man of Hampton calls on liis girl and leaves his lantern on the gate post as a sign for all other callers to pass on. The Georgia weeklies arc beginning to announce “no paper” during Christmas week.” There is going to be a dearth of exchanges. A countryman in Savannah when leaving the theatre, turned and bade ev erybody good night. Professor Grimmer—whoever lie may be—predicts that Asia will be depopulat ed, and America will lose 15,000,000 peo ple in 1SS0 and 1881. The Professor doubtless anticipates another Pinafore epidemic. We can’t see why they should want to raise a monument to Adam. It strikes us that Adam has raised a considerable monument to himself. The Mercerian comes to hand much improved in appearance and general get up. When they put up a monument to Mother Eve the inscription will read: MOTHER EVE “Alas poor Eve, I knew her, well, Ho ratio. A woman excellent judgment up on, and a great weakness for fruit.” Daily Times: Only yesterday morn ing wo published two instances where parlies were accidentally shot by a care less handling of firearms. Yesterday we learned cf another case in which a negro boy named Lucius Truitt came near los ing his life. He was hunting rabbits with his brother Plumb, also a boy, when the dogs jumped up a rabbit and Plumb, fir ing at it, shot Lucius, the whole load tak ing effect in his groins. He was severely, but not dangerously wounded. Only about a year ago his brother was acciden tally shot and killed near the same place. It does seem as though too little atten tion is given to the way of handling such dangerous weapons, aud a little more cau tion might save much agony and pain. Another Epidemic.—Oglethorpe Echo: Billious fever of a most violent form, is raging just above Crawford, in this county. Dr. W. M. Willingham- was last week called on to visit some cases on a place rented by Jake Quartennan, (col.) and upon his arrival found seven negroes pros trated by the disease, one having died just before liis arrival. The dead and sick were confined in a single cabin and the room was crowded with other negroes. The stench that pervaded the air of the black-liole is said to have been enougli to kill a well man. Four negroes died a few days ago on Mr. Dick Haigrove’s place, and we hear of the appearance of this fever on other farms in that section. It is con fined, we believe, to the negroes, many of whom court its spread by their filthy liablts and the impure atmosphere of their homes. So soon as one is taken sick, friends (?) from every quarter pour in to visit him or her, and by crowding the room cut off the small bit of air that creeps into the poorly ventilated apartment. M. E. T., of the Evening News, has been led. Hear him: I am also led to say that the South lias no literature—I mean none that is distinctive. I may go farther and include in this plain state ment of facts the entire - Western hemis phere. Still there is certain to come new and distinct school of literature in the South. We have no genius in literature. The great man is yet to come. America is better represented in art than she is in literature. This leads me to say that the original one of Rapliael’s most celebrated paintings is in the possession of a South ern gentleman, Governor Hammond, of South Carolina. The Savannah Recorder relates the following amusing incident: Yesterday afternoon, a gentleman from the rural districts, accompanied by a young lady, entered David Weisbein’s popular store on Broughton street, for the purpose of making some purchases. While she was looking around at the many beau tiful articles, and holiday presents, he was gazing at the bust of a lady which was exquisitely dressed for advertising pur poses, and presented a most natural ap pearance. The dummy was placed near the door, and the artist iftade it liav&ia handsome and modest face, The coun tryman became enraptured with it, and the longer he gazed the more he admired it, until in the fervor of liis love, he em braced and kissed the bust. His strange actions attracted the attention of the young lady clerks in the store, who burst out laughing at the unexpected denouement. Dejected, embarrassed and humiliated, lie struck for the door and escaped. Meriwether Vindicator: After the heavy showers Thursday "and Friday a deluge of rain fell in the town and county last 'Saturday night continuing all day Sunday. The streams were swollen to an unusual height and much damage is re ported. Besides fencing washed down and carried off we hear of tho breaking away of several bridges. Tho eastern end of the bridge across Red Oak creek near Byrd Lovett’s is gone. The bridge over the same creek near Peter Strozier’s is badly damaged. The western end of the bridge over White Oak Creek near Wamerville is carried off. Half of the bridge across Flint river at the mouth of ■White Oak creek is washed away. The bridge across the river at Chum’s ferry is broken in the center aud half the timbers swept down the river. The last three are new bridges. The milldam of Dr. N. C. Campbell across Pigeon Creek, near Chalybeate Springs, is broken. The rainfall was one of the heaviest known in this section for several years. LaGrange Reporter: It is said that even now some farmers are making ar rangements to go largely in debt next year to make big cotton crops. What folly! Will men learn nothing from ex perience? Have the bankruptcy and suf fering of past years no tenors for them? Do they not remember how a few years ago financial min stalked abroad through the land; and how we are now just recov ering from those dreadful times; and how this recovery—so far as it is effected—has been brought about by raising provisions at home? Chronicle and Constitutionalist: The Chronicle publishes this morning an open letter on the political situation, written by Colonel Thomas Hardeman, of Macon. Colonel Hardeman is well known in the politics of Geoigia, and is a prominent candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor. The letter is Jwhat was to have been expect id from the writer. Col onel Hardeman is a staunch Democrat, and has not lost faith in the ultimate triumph of Democratic principles. He thinks that the Southern leaders should pursue a wise and conservative course, and while abandoning no principle and sur- dering no right, should take every oppor-, tunily to show the masses of the North that the people of tl)e South are not the enemies of the Union and the constitution. Colonel Hardeman does not believe in disbanding the party and deserting the Northern Democracy. On the contrary, lie is in favor of adliereing closely to party lines and making vigorous warfare on the Republican party, which is an enemy to the constitution, as well as an implacable foeto-our section: We commend Ms let ter to the careful attention of the readers of the Chronicle.' r "The People’s Relief Association. As an act of justice to the above named Association, we would state that in our last Sunday’s notice of its advertisement we erred in calling it a life insurance company; as it bps but few of the features pertaining to such companies. The “Peo ples” is a benevolent association - in. the broadest sense of the term, and was or ganized for the mutual protection of its members. • “ • '** ‘ " J | The projectors believing that the times demanded some true plan of mutual pro tection, based on equitable principles and safe methods, obtained from the most ap proved tables of mortality, whereby the people could secure all the benefit* of mu tual protection, combined witb the safety and permanency claimed for the old sys tem of insurance, without the uncertainty and delay of initiation into secret organ izations, the trouble of attending lodge meetings, or the assumption of obliga tions. “the People’s Mutual Relief Asso ciation,” was organized and chartered un der the laws of'the State of Alabama, The officers are well and favorably known in insurance and commercial circles, and their names arc a guarantee that the busi ness of the Association will he skilfully conducted, anil the interests of its mem bers faithfully guarded. The money collected from the members of this Association creates two distinct funds, which are always kept separate from each other, the one (mortuary assess ments) for the payment of death claims; and the other (membership fees and dues) for the payment of the necessary ex penses of management. The first men tioned is cepositcd as collected for the se curity of its members, with the “National Commercial Bank of Mobile,” and_accord ing to the by-laws of the Association, can only be drawn therefrom to pay death claims as they occur. These funds are never loaned or invest ed in securities of any kind—certain or uncertain—on the contrary, they can be made available by sight draft, with which to meet all claims arising from death among the members. The mortuary assessments are based on the American Experience Table, and in crease from year to year in accordance with the mortality among those of cadi particular age, as shown by the table. One assessment must accompany each ap plication for membership. No other mortuary assessments will be collected until approved death claims are presented, which when paid will reduce the amount iu bank to less than live thou sand dollars. Notices of mortuary assessments will contain the name and residence of the member or members deceased, together with cause of death, the officer before whom the proofs were acknowledged, and the officiating undertaker. Members will be notified in writing of the day on wliicli their annual dues or mortuary assessments are payable, and thirty days from the date of such notices will be given in which to make payments. The plans presented by this Association commend themselves to every thinking man, and must, on careful consideration, meet his hearty approval. They afford “purely mutual protection” at actual cost, the members risk only one small ante mortem assessment, which is deposited in the National Commercial Bank of Mobile, and held as a sacred trust to make the payment of death claims sure. The ris ing scale of assessments—based on the American Experience Table—is strictly equitable, prevents the necessity of pro viding a “reserve” for the increasing age of the members, and affords all the per manence claimed by “high priced life companies,” and more than a large capi tal or “accumulated reserve” gives them. This is a strong point, and furnishes a guarantee of fairness and stability which co-operative orders and societies have as yet failed to provide. For further particulars, we refer our readers to the advertisement of the Asso ciation found in another column of this issue. Mr. Jas. P. Hough, the very clev er agent in our city, has liis office at 100 Cherry street, over Messrs. E. Price’s Sons, where he will he pleased to see any who may desire to become mem bers and will take pleasure in explaining its plans and merits. He is every way. reliable, and brings with him the highest testimonials of char acter. _ A TENNESSEE FARMER. Fen Picture of One Solid Man in the Solid South. Pulaski lT*m.).Conupaat«nM ot the Cincia- nati Commercial.! Did you ever see him? He was coming out of the door of the Giles National Bank; he had just dumped a liandiul of the subsidiary into his vest pocket; he was shoving a rol l of bank notes into his pock et-book; lie wore no coat; his jeans panta loons were flecked with cotton; so was his wool liat; he had just sold three five hun dred-pound bales, and had cashed the check. Leaving the hank lie went in the western door of the court house. In a few minutes he passed out of the door, ne was folding up his tax receipt Did you. hear him l “Bill,” he says, “I have just paid , my taxes. -I don’t owe nary man on top of dirt one cent.” He had followed Johnston in the charge at Shiloh; he was with Hood in his retreat from Nashville; he had proved himself a man of courage; lie was an affectionate husband, a kind father. There was a consciousness creeping over him that if not bom a nobleman, he was to-day an independent sovereign. He met his wife and daughter on the pavement. “What did you get for cotton, husband?” “$11.25, wa’nt that a good price ?” “Yes, we can live at that.’ She drew him to one side. “Husband,” she says, “you have more cotton to sell and pork to spare. Our Mary is now sev enteen years old, the young men are com- ingto see her; couliln’tyou give her a sea! brown merino dress trimmed with silk? Rudd will fit and baste it for a dollar, and I can make it on the machine, and go to Mrs. Graham’s and get her a; S3 bon net; she never had one, and Johnny wants a pair of boots, and”—“Wife,” says the farmer, “siuce the war we have had a hard struggle to make a support. You have done your part without grumbling or complaining. Now my head is above water; what’s mine is yours; there is the pocket-book with the money. Use it in any way you want to.” “Yes,” she says with a smile, “you know full well I will not abuse any confidence you may repose in me.” She turned to go to the store, he went to look after his team. Now just look at him! He is at home, seated in front of a roaring log fire. The black cook is getting his supper in the kitchen. She pauses to smile over her red calico dress and new calfskin shoes. Johnny is strutting around with his bools drawn over his pantaloons. Mary is be fore the glass frying on her new bonnet. The baby is crowing and jumping in its father’s lap. The wife dropping on one knee and placing one aria around her hus band’s neck and the other around the child’s, says, “kiss papa, baby.” As the tiny lips approach the moustache she couldn’t help pressing her own between. It was a triangular arrangement, but papa got the most of it. “Early to bed and early to rise” is bis custom. It is now 9 o’clock. Everything is still and quiet around the fanner’s resi dence, and the glittering stars bespangle the frost-covered roof that ahelteis one of (lie happiest families in the solid South. Long indulgence in. over eating or drinkiiig produces a disorganized fiver, aud all the evils attendant upon such de rangements; depression of sprits, habitual costiveness, nervous exhaustion, indiges tion; pain in the head, with nausea; full ness of stomach after meals, chillness, gen eral debiliiy and languor. Seek from Simmons’ Liver Regulator, fcta. . . idiil “It is a very valuable remedy for dys pepsia, sick headache, torpid liver and such like diseases.” W. S. Holt, President of S. W. It. It. Cr., ol Ga. declO lw BY TELEGRAPH Special to Telegraph and Messenger.) Tallahassee, December 19. ! This is the fourth day of the fair and was made interesting by the speech of Senator Jones, of Florida. His effort was indeed grand, and should be read by every one. The Governor and his Cabinet were on the ground, and many other dis tinguished gentlemen. The speaker was introduced by Hon. R. H.. M. Davidson in a few very pertinent and interesting remarks. The weather remains all that could be desired. F. M. M. London, December 19.—A London dis patch says General Gough’s brigade has taken refuge in the port at Jagdallak. Several thousand Ghilzais are threatening it and throwing up defenses on the hills. A St. Petersburg dispatch reports _ fruitless attempt to kill Prince Dolgorow- shi. Governor of Moscow. London, December 19.—Mr. James Mcclear, of the Saint Rollux Chemical Works, has informed the Glasgow Philo sophical Society that, after experiments •ince 1806, he has succeded in obtaining clirystalized forms of carbon which Pro fessors Tyndall and Smith and Mr. Mas- kelync, of the British museum, do not doubt are diamonds. Peobia, III., December 19.—Thomas O’Neil, a heavy coal dealer, has failed for $300,000, ana disappeared some days ago. His whereabouts is unknown. Chicago, December 19.—The Demo cratic State Central Committee met fifty prominent Democrats from various parts of the State to decide on a plan for ar ranging the State campaign. John II. Oberly, of Springfield, introduced resolu tions which caused an acrimonious debate of four hours, condemning unqualifiedly any fraud whereby the will of the people is subverted by national or State authori ties or individuals. The meeting voted down an amendment exempting the Maine case from the provisions of tho res olution, aud then defeated the resolutions. Baltimore, December 19.—Suit was brought yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas by Miss Mary A. Murray against General E. B. Tyler, postmaster of tiiis City, for §20,000 damages for assault. It will be remembered that during the past summer charges affecting the official con duct and personal character of Tyler were preferred, and were investigated by two special agents of the Post-office Depart ment. The investigation extended over two months. Many witnesses were exam ined, and the evidence submitted to Presi dent Hayes. It was only on Friday last made public that the President, after care ful invcs'.igation of the evidence, was sat isfied there was no sufficient reason for Tyler’s removal on account of his conduct, either official or personal Miss Murray, clerk in the post-office,was the pnncipal lady witness against Post master Tyler, and it was understood she testified as to improper conduct and pro posals towards herself by Tyler in his private apartments at the post-office. On Monday last, following the decision of the President, Miss Murray was removed from her post of clerk by Tyler. Washington, December 19.—In the Senate, at the conclusion of the reading of yesterday’s journal, Mr. Thurman rose and said there was evidently uo quorum present, and ne probability that one would be obtained. Tnerefore.be moved to ad journ; but withdrew the motion to allow the following business to be transacted: Mr. Butler introduced a hill to author ize the United States to secure a title to certain military and timber reservations. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Morrill offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Public Buildings aud Grounds to in quire as to the necessity of enlarging the site on the south side of the bjiilding for bureau, engraving and printing, and the probable cost thereof. The Vice President appointed Messrs. Yoorlices, Vance, Pendleton, Windoni nud Blair on the Committee to investi gate the causes of the negro emigration from the Southern to the Northern States. Mr. Thurman renewed his motion to adjourn, and at 12.10 the Senate adjourn ed until Tuesday, January Cth, 1880. In the House Mr. Blackburn, of Ken tucky, f rom the Committee on Rules, sub mitted a proposed revision of the rules and report in regard thereto, stating that it was the unanimous report of the commit tee. After a shoVt discussion as to the time for considering the report on rules, it was ordered printed. Recommitted, aud made a special order fortlie sixth of Janu ary, and from day to day thereafter, to the exclusion of every other order. The Speaker has appointed the follow ing Committee on the Inter-oceanic Canal: Messrs. King, of Louisiana, Chairman; Singleton of Illinois, Wliitthome of Tennessee, Martin of West Viiginia, Turner of Kentucky, Nicliolls of Geor gia, Hutchinson of New York, Page of Cal ifornia, Conger of Michigan, Frye of Maine, anil Haskell of Kansas. Washington, December 19.—In the House the Speaker also appointed the following committee on the Yorktown celebration: Goode, Viiginia; Hall, Ver mont; Loring, Massachusetts; Aldrich, Rhode Island; Hawley, Connecticut; Muller, New York; Brigham, New Jer sey; Dick, Pennsylvania. Martin, Dela ware; Talbot, Maryland; Davis, North Carolina; Ricliardsou, South Carolina; and Persons, Geoigia. Atter the announcement by the Speaker ofthe changes which had been effected in the different committees, Mr. Kenna, of West Virginia, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill known as the “steamboat hill,” which was made the special order for the second Tuesday in February. The House then adjourned until Janu ary 6th. London, December 19.—The govern ment has granted pensions of five hun dred pounds annually to the widow and one hundred pounds to the mother of the late Sir Louis Caragenari, murdered at Cabul. General Gough left Jagdalak on the 17th inst., for Cabul. Colonel Norman, with a detachment from two native infan try regiments, some Highlanders and Sappers and two guns have left Jellalabad to co-operate with General Gough’s command, who, tip to yesterday, had en countered no serious opposition. Dis patches from General Roberts, dated De cember 14th, says, ho is thoroughly en trenched at Shirpserris and able to hold his own. A telegram from the British Commissioner at Peshawser, reports Af- rcedis and 8hirwar are quiet, with every hope of their remaining so. Telegram from Gandnmuk say Malimounds and Af- reedis are still quiet despite efforts of em issaries from Gabul. General Gough’s ad vance from Jagdalak has been delayed by scarcity of supplies. Convoys will be dispatched daily from Gaudomuk. Tele graphic communication is still open to Pclzwan. Charlotte, N. C., December 19.— Special Detective Geoige B. Chamberlain, oftlie postal service, has just arrested in this city a negro named Isaac Carter, a train band of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, who has been guilty of syste matic depredations upon the mails. The iroofe are complete, and the negro is in . ail. Major Chamberlain lias been work man pon the case several weeks. Boston, December 19.—Last night an unknown man, supposed to be insane, en tered the Eastern Railroad depot at Saco- main, and, although he was shot and wounded by the watchman, kicked over the stove , and demolished the lamps, set ting fire to tho building, which, with the freight house and shed attached, were burned. The remains of the lunatic were found in the ruins. New York, December 19.—A special from:Chicago says Captain W. S. Tre maine, of the Ninth Infantry, was shot and slightly wounded day before yester day in that territory by Major J; H. Smith, of the same regiment. The trouble is supposed to have grown out of the nt- A A#*__ tJ l rn.-T.. CmUU. Cincinnati, December 10.—Three men named Hartman, Davis and Roberts were drowned by the upsetting of a boat while attempting to cross the Kentucky river near Gratzce, Wednesday night. Chicago, December 19.—A. special to the Tribune says intense excitement pre vails at New Canton, twenty miles south of Quincy, over the supposed double mur der of a man and wife, whose house was found deserted and with blood on the floor. Cries of murder were heard com ing from the house several days ago, but no investigation was made until yesterday. Parties of men are scouring the country in search oftlie murderer and the remains of the victims. A special from Des Moines to the Trib une says B. B. McElree, a fanner living in Dallas county, and Wm. Eitfritz, while ninuing their lrbrses,' crpWded each other off the bridge ' as they were re turning from town to their farms yester day. McElree wa3- killed instantly, and liis son George dangerously injured. Eitfritz will also die of the injuries lie re ceived. Berlin,-December 19.—The local au thorities of tho town Elblngastem, Pnis- sia, petitioned the Landtag against the in troduction by Herr Von Pulkammer, Min ister of Education of the new school at Elbing for purely secular education. A committee of the Landtag to which the petition was referred, advised the Cham bers to pass the order of the. day—in other words, to reject the petition. This propo sition was carried yesterday by a vote of 245 to 147, the majority consisting of Con servatives, Clericals and Poles; minority of Liberals, I’rogresstonists and Free Con servatives. Ex-Ministers Faulk and Ha- breebt voted with the minority. The re jection of the petition is construed as evi dence of inclination on the part of the Government to mitigate the severity of May laws, in view of bringing about mo dus vivendi with the Vatican. Liverpool, December 19. — This week’s circular of the Liveipool Cotton Brokers’ Association says: Cotton was iu moderate demand in the early part ofthe week, and with pressure to sell a decline was submitted to. On Wednesday the market became strong, and prices par tially recovered. On Thursday the mar ket was quieter and quotations were gen- erally lower. For American the market was dull and declining early in the week with considerable pressure to sell, but on Wednesday there was a material recov ery. There was a quiter feeling to-day— Thursday—and quotations were 3-10d be low those of last Thursday. Sea island was in very moderate demand, but prices were firm. Futures fluctuated severely and were weak until Tuesday evening, prices declining a farthing. On Wednesday there was some excitement with consider able business and prices recovered 3-10d. On Thursday the market was flat, prices declining 8-82d toj d, closing however fir mer. New Orleans, December ID.—A num ber of prominent Republicans have formed themselves into a body corporate to be known as the “New Orleans Ledger Pub lishing Company.” The object of the Association is to publish a Republican news paper in this city, the first number of which is to be issued January third. Ex-Govemor Michael Hahn has been elected President of the Board of Direct ors, and editor in chief. Petersburg, Ya., December 19.- Frank Baker, negro murderer, of Sussex county, was executed at the county court house to-day for the perpetration of the greatest crime known to the law. By direction of the court the gallows was erected near the jail, enclosed by a high board fence, to hide the hanging from the public view, and but few persons were ad mitted into the enclosure. At noon the doomed man was led from the cell to the gallows, where he met death with perfect indifference, and died apparently without a straggle. The crime for which Baker wa3 execu ted was one of the most brutal and fiend ish ever known in this section of Virginia, and was committed the first night in August of the present year, at the house of James Rose, (colored), the former liv ing two miles from Sumy Creek Station of Petersburg and Weldon railroad. The particulars of the murder are these: -A few weeks previous to the tragedy, James Rose and his wife had a bitter quarrel and Rose drove his wife away from liis house. She carried with her a little son seven years, a son by Rose, and took up her sesidence with Frank Baker, her son by a former hus band, one mile distant. Ilcr anger was naturally aroused by the treatment she received at the hands oflier husband, and was shared by Baker. This fueling in creased by the knowledge of the fact that Rose had taken to ins liouse a young woman named Henrietta Shands; who had an infant named Agnes Shands, about one month of age. On the first of August, James Rose came to Petersburg to make purchases, during which time the murder was committed at liis liouse. The details ofthe murder, as related by Mr. Rose's son, who was compelled to witness the horrible crime was this. He said his mother, Maria Rose and liis half brother, Frank Baker, went to the home of James Rose the night above mentioned, carrying liim with them. Arriving at the house, Henrietta Shands was seen in her room through a crack in the door. Through the crack Baker fired twice at her, but the shots did not take effect. The door was broken open and Baker rushed in, followed by his mother. Baker seized tho frightened woman, threw her to the floor and there held her securely while Maria Rose, who was armed with a heavy piece of iron, beat her violently over the head and face. The beating continued until she supposed Henrietta Shands was dead, and the body then dragged out into the yard, when some faint signs of life being shown, the beating on the head was renewed until life became extinct. The body was then thrown into the mill pond. Baker then went into the house, seized the. innocent cliijd and brought it out doors. Tho child was thrown in the hollow of an old stump, and literally buried alive. Dirt was thrown upon the child, rammed down upon the body, and chopped through with a spade. Baker and Maria Rose were subsequently arrested and lodged in the county jail, and on the 7tli day of August were indicted for the murder by the grand jury. As was their privillge under the law, they elected to be tried in the Circuit Court. Baker in the meantime made a full voluntary confession of his guilt, and in his confession he declared his mother innocent. It should here be stated that Baker was indicted for the murder of the child and Maria Rose indicted for the murder ofthe woman. The murder at the time caused great excitement among the negroes ofthe neighborhood. The Circuit Court of Sussex county convened on the first day of November, Hon. S. S. Wcssiger presiding. Baker was convicted on his confession aud as soon as the ver dict of the jury was rendered Judge Wes siger passed the sentence of death, Decem ber 19 being fixed as the day of execution. When the sentence was passed Baker ap peared perfectly unmoved and indifferent. Savannah, December 19.—A special to the Morning News says Drew Hollo way, who killed Yenson Brown last spring, was hung at Stateboro to-day. Two thousand persons witnessed the exe cution. New Orleans, December 19.—M. D. Nieman, a blacksmith, was to-day shot and instantly killed by John Cony, clerk of the 4th district court. It is stated Corry called on Nieman to collect a bill, when Nieman seized an iron bar and at tempted to strike Cony, who drew a pis tol and fired. Corry was jailed, charged with the killing and also carrying con cealed weapons. Denver, December 20.—A L03 Pinos dispatch says nothing has been heard of Ouray since his departure for the camp of the White River Utes. There is a strop war feeli and the ........ . prevent a surrender ofthe parties de manded, iling among both the Uncompagne i White River Utes, which may yet with a part of-Glewitz and Rublenitz,In habited. by 400,000 persons, of whom 85,000 are destitute. Peoria, December 20.—The liabilities of Thomas'Hill, cattle dealer, are believed to be four hundred thousand dollars. Nothing has been heard from him and from the detectives sent to trail him. Among the heaviest creditors are Me chanics bank, $40,000, C. R. Cum mings $55,000, Sparks estate $50,000. Some creditors.have not a scrap of paper to show for thousands of dollars indebted ness. «2 b ■ » * St. Louis, December 20. — W. P. Adair, chief and 1 iwyer of the Cherokee Indians,-arrived here with a delegation from his nation, en route to Wasliington. He says the delegation is instructed by a council of the nation to oppose any change of government over them, and to collect from the government a very large sum of money due the Cherokees for lands in the Indian Territory. He also says there are not t-n Indians in the entire nation who favor a territorial government over them, and that it will be opposed by all the civilized tribes, even to the em ployment of physical force. There are thirty-eight nations and tribes and parts of tribes, all of whom would join in opposition to the proposed form of government. That they can raise fifteen thousand soldiers—good fighting men—most of whom fought on both sides in the late war, and in a case of a rup ture there would be a terrible scene of bloodshed on the borders. Cincinnati, December 20 A large meeting of citizens was held this afternoon to make arrangements for the entertain ment of Southern business men, who will be invited here to the opening of the Southern Railroad. It is proposed to have from 1,500 to 2,500 guests, and among the suggestions for their entertainment are a monster concert at the Music Hall and a banquet at the same place on another evening, which shall'eclipse anything of the kind ever given in this country. En ergetic measures are being taken to secure large contributions to carry out the pro posed programme on a liberal scale. Mobile, December 20.—The steamer Maggie Burke, of the Montgomery and Mobile line, with 1,100 bales of cotton, was burned at ten this morning, at her wharf, half an hour after her arrival The fire broke out so suddenly that in a few minutes the steamer was a mass of flames, and burned to the water’s edge. About two hundred bales of cotton had already been unloaded, and the remainder was destroyed by fire or damaged by wa ter. The steamers Tally and Annie bare ly saved themselve-3 by moving out imme diately, the latter fortunately having steamed up, and towing tho former. The loss on the boat and cotton amounts to seventy-five thousand dollars, -fully in sured. Last evening about 8 o’clock, the steam ship Mobile arrived at the wharves of this city, amid the booming of cannon, blowing of whistles aud cheering of the multitude, which had assembled to welcome her here. Tiiis is the pioneer steamship ofthe direct line between Mobile and Ltvepool. Cap tain Ilarriman speaks in the highest terms of her sailing qualities. She made the trip from Queenstown to Mobile in twenty days and eighteen hours, having lost six teen hours iu a severe gale. Mobile can furnish profitable employment for sixteen more ships of the same kind. London, December 20.—It is officially announced that a dispatch from General Bright dated December ISth, informed the Viceroy of India that if General Gough was unable to force his way into Cabul with his brigade, he (General Bright) proposed that as soon as arrange ments to hold the posts from India to Gundamuk, and advance on Cabul with a division numbering eight thousand men. A telegram from Piegan, dated to day, says there is no serious fighting, and all is well. Vienna, December 20.—The lower house of Reiclisrath adopted the Govern ment army bill by a vote of 223 to 115. London, December 20.—The Russian press is very violent in its criticisms on af fairs in Afghanistan. The Gazette De St.Petersburg says, we most candidly con fess that Russia would not break licr heart in the probable event of General Roberts’ column sliming the fate of Cavagnaris’ embassy. New Orleans, December 20.—Henry Williams, chief officer of the steamship New York, fell into the hold of that ves sel, receiving fatal injuries. He has since died. In the case ofVictor, alias Beebe Lacoste, charged with the murder of police officer Sam Page last July,the jury has returned a verdict of guilty, without capital pun ishment. Columbus, Georgia, December 20.— George W. Gammon, sixty-five years of age, an old citizen, while on his way home last night had his throat cut from ear to ear and his pockets rifled. Robbery is supposed to be the object of the murder. The coroner’s inquest tailed to find any clue to the perpetrator. W.siiixgton, D. C., December 20.— The, signal station at Cape Henry reports that the Captain of the pilot boat Starkey, reports the French steam yacht Henri- ette, bound for Charleston, S. C., became disabled one hundred miles southeast of Cape Henry. The owner, H. Say and family, were taken aboard the brig Sabine, bound for Baltimore. The Hen- riettc is supposed to he in a helpless con dition, drifting about. The owner tele graphed to Norfolk for assistance. The station at Cape Hatteras reports the schooner Lang, bound for Port Royal with a cargo of guano, sank after striking upon the outer diamond shoal, and will prove a total loss. The crew of seven was saved. PittsburG; December 20.—Last night the Union freight line train on the Penn sylvania Railroad, parted while descend ing a heavy grade on the western slope of the mountains. The engineer of the train put on full steam, but the rear part of the train overtook the forward portion at the crossing, and struck it with fearful force. Five ears were thrown from the track and wrecked. II. B. Hoover, brakesman, was instantly killed. Bennington, December 20.—Seymour P. Stone’s shoddy mill caught lire from a picker this afternoon, and with its con tents was destroyed. Stone was in the mill and escaped from the building but died shortly after, his death being caused, it is supposed, by inhaling the flames. Two workmen in the mill were badly burned. The news of Stone’s death, when communicated to his wife, threw her into the wildest excitement aud she has since e mme a raving maniac. The loss is 000. Jamestown, N. Y., December 20.— Judge Abner Hazcltine is dead, aged 86. He was probably the oldest practicing lawyer in the State and was a member of Congress in 1833-’4. St. Louis, December 20—William McKee, senior proprietor of the Globe- Democrat, died suddenly of heart disease this morning. Aged 64. Washington, December 20. — The Post-office Department to-day added to its black list of persons and linns to whom cither the delivery of registered letters or payment of money orders is forbidden, the names of Martinez & Co., agents of tlieBoyal Havana Lottery; Emile Cos tello, agent of the Spanish Government Lottery; Keppick & Co., and John Dray ton, alias R. Field & Co, representing va rious American lotteries. All of the above transact business in New York city. The Department has also placed on its black list the names of A. B. Clinton, alias A. B. Coe & Co., of New Haven, Connec ticut, and J. C. Boceniidcs, West End, Connecticut. The latter has been do ing a very heavy swindling business under thirteen different aliases, such as the Franklin Publishing Company, Ray Printing Company, etc. He advertises that he will send for fifty-four cents each a variety of valuable articles, Including standard dictionaries, handsomely bound and profusely illustrated Bibles, photo graph albums and playing cards, and makes no return whatever. He pockets the remittances, which according to the Department’s special agent number about 150 daily from all parts of the United States and Canada. Some of his dupes speech of members of the Liberal party, and complained thatMr. Gladstone’s com parison of the expenditures of the Liberal and Conservative governments was fallacious, as he made no allowance for the extraordinary war expenditures necessitated by the Eastern complications. He assured his audience that the gov ernment were concealing nothing relative to the situation ■ in* Afghanistan. The government, he said, would take means to alleviate the distress in Ireland with out pauperizing the population, hut while careful ofthe material prosperity of Ire land, he would, above all, insist upon the maintenance of law and order, and would never coquett with any demands for homo rale, which the responsible statesmen of all parties knew to be impossible. The tone of Mr. JolmJBright’s recent speech at the Potter banquet, lie said, was remarkably bright and had gone as near as possible to recommending a republic in England and comparing the United States to the British Empire, he had point ed out that the wide extent of the latter was merely the cause of weakness. The chancellor asserted that the policy of the government in Afghanistan was one of de fense, not of annexation. They still ad hered to the policy set forth in the treaty of Gandainuk, but wished Afghanistan to receive a government suitable to its popu lation so that the country might form a barrier between India and any power that might encroach upon it. London, December 20.—The Duchess of Marlborough has written to the Lord Mayor of London asking for aid to induce the wealthy citizens of London to contri bute to the relief of the starving poor in Ireland. She expresses the fear that the distress will be terrible unless*private be nevolence comes to the assistance of the sufferers. The Lord Mayor has announc ed his readiness to co-operate with the Duchess of Marlborough. A Reuter dispatch from Rome says the Vatican has authorized the Papal Nuncio at Vienna to receive the proposals made on behalf or the German government for the settlement of minor questions, so as to establish a modus vivendi pending the settlement of larger questions. It is as serted that Monsgr. Jacohinc, Papal Nun cio, will again visit Prince Bismarck. Calcutta, December 20.—The gov ernment of India lias published an expla nation af the military situation in Afghans istan, stating that General Robert- had ample transport and ammunition, be sides twenty-three cannons' belonging to his force. He had 214 captured cannon, many of which were rifles. His intrcnch- ment can easily be held by by 8,500 men, leaving 6,000 free for offensive operations. General Bright has 12,000 men between Jumorod ana Jagdallak with thirty can non, two mouths’ supplies and a complete divisional and brigade transports,including the force at Candaliar and in the Knram Malley. The total field force is 45,000 men with 160 guns, which is considered ample for present requirements. London, December 20.—The Daily News says: We understand that steps for procuring a writ of error in the case of Arthur Orton, the Tichbome claimant, were taken by Lord Rivers and Mr. Guilford Onslow, under the advice of Dr. Kenealy, who applied for a similar writ in 1S74, but it was then refused. It is stated that the case will be taken to the nouse of Lords for a final decision, and that Dr. Kenealy will exercise his right as a member ofthe Irish bar to appear for Or ton before that tribunal.- Atlanta, December 20.—Governor Bishop of Ohio, accompanied by Presi dent Clements of the CincinnatLSouthem railroad, A. H. Bugher, W. A. Gunn, J. W. Marble, E. P. Wilson and Tom O’Con ner, were here to-day in the interest of the Cincinnati Southern railroad. They were much pleased with their trip and feel sure of the success of the enterprise. The citi zens of Atlanta paid them great attention and they were impressed with the fact that Atlanta is the real Southern termi nus of the road. The party returned to Cincinnati this afternoon. New Orleans,December 20.—Thomas Wall, alias Robert Smith, who robbed the Southern Express Office in this city of $10,000, ill December^ 1868, was arrested in Chicago a few flays ago. Upon being brought here this morning, he made a confession of the robbery, and being ar raigned before the court Wall plead guilty and was remanded to prison in default of $10,000 bail. His trial will take place at an early date. The Southern Express officials, for the past eleven years, Jiave made continued and persistent efforts to secure Wall’s arrest, but they were un successful until a few days ago. After the robbery, Wall went to Texas, thence to New York, where he married under the alias of Robert Smith, and finally settled down in Chicago. New York, December 20.—John J, Davenport this morning filed with United States Commissioner Duel his answer to the new charges made against him as su pervisor of elections. He denied, as su pervisor, that he caused two thousand complaints against voters to he made in 1878, but admits three hundred persons wGre arrested on warrants issued by him as United States Commissioner, and claims that the fact cannot be alleged against him as election officer. He also claims that the complaints made were quite sufficient to warrant his action, which was legal. The taking of naturali zation papers away from holders is also denied. - fo* ol Li Tf . Comp,amt *r* a b it.*- or *»<* t»»te In :be mouth P»m in the b»-k, jr ioint*. often mi',taken atomnch, torn of apnetite f ho2K& “"r costive and lax. headache pVlnrS.* lt<irD »t*ly painful aenaation othavinr 4jJjaSSJ•tfte ihin* which ought w fas* lo» apinta, a thick jeUewapJSJLrfJi and eve,, adrjeongh olten ® k * n sumption, Koraetimea them ejmntoL. .. eon ' the diteaaa, at others, verytew. * **tend Pun in Sids for Three Tests, Dm* •n* B Ih»Teboon *tm taUMnSn, liver eoraplatnti have lay year, at aUme. 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A* fire-story building at No. 6 Store | The crew landed safely at Scilly. | London, December 20.—Sir Stafford street, occupied as a cotton store house, I London, December 20.—A Times Ber- -Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was destroyed by fire early this morning, lin dispatch says the famine threatened ..delivered an .address to-day at the great — * ' - • ■ - — territory of Silesia comprises the districts Conservative demonstration at Leed's. of Ratibor, Koeell,»Rybrick and Pless, He made a detailed reply to the recent ■ rlvfi.ii iw»i , t ^ c «win T VA The loss is estimated at twenty-five thou sand dollars. An Important Pergonal Item. Charles S. l’rentice, of Toledo, O., went to Paris and thence to England to be treated for Bright’s disease, and after tho best physicians of both countries had done what they could for him, gave up in des pair and returned to America to die. Here he received further treatment from skillful physicians without benefit, and while “listlessly lingering in pain and anguish,” as lie says, heard of the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, took it, and was completely cured in a few weeks, ne gives circumstantial details of his painful experience and astonishing cure in a long letter to H. H. Warner & Co., which will be lerwavdert ci: application, dec H>-2w. Senator Hampton and the Grand Army of the Bepnhlic. Senator Wade Hampton, of South Car olina, in his letter in response to an invi tation from a committee of the Grand Army of the Republic to deliver a lecture in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, writes as fol lows : Owing to tho physical disability under which I labor at present, I have been forced to decline all invitations to deliver public addresses; but the invitation you extend is so cordial and so significant that I shall try to make an exception in its favor. It seems to me that no surer mode to restore harmony between the two sec tions of the country so lately contending in arms can be found than to bring the old soldiers of the two armies into friend ly consultation. Brave men are apt to he generous, and if those who once opposed each other in battle could now meet as citizens of a common country, actuated by a desire of rcstoring harmony and cul tivating peace among all classes, we should soon eee the bitter sectional feeling which politicians are fostering for their own sel fish ends at rest forever. Your invitation has this end in view, as I understand it, and I would gladly co-operate with you in this laudable object. It will not be in my power to deliver an address just now, hut I shall be happy to do so at some fu ture time which will suit you. I beg you to express to the G. A. B. my high appre ciation of the honor done me. To Pack Hams. A well informed writer says hams ana shoulders should be packed in a mixture of one-fourth brown sugar and three- fourths dry salt. Place the hams and shouldeis in a large salting tub, skin side downward, and then cover with the above mixture, say one-third of an inch thick, a little salt- and sugar being applied from time to time on such part of the meat as become uncovered by the formation of brine, taking care to keep them well cov ered near the bone. Shoulders and hams from hogs weighing three hundred pounds are required to be kept in a tub under this treatment about three weeks; they arc then hung up in a dry room for a week, | Senator Bayard at Home. Of Senator T. F. Bayard at home, a correspondent of the Boston Globe says: “In his family, Senator Bayard is the model husband and the model father. His wife and his children arc his jewels, and he cherishes them with a true father’s love and care. His family are his companions, and when he is not engaged in his public duties at the capitol, you are almost sure to find liim with his family at home. The Bayards live very unpretentiously here at Washington, in a plain, brick mansion, large and roomy. The house is furnished with a view to the comfort of the inmates rather than as an exhibition of the wealth of its owner, and therein it differs from the homes of most wealthy men here in Washington. The engravings and paint ings upon the walls are rare rather than numerous; the furniture is comfortable and artistic n>u»>r tluu iWaLlomUiia ami showy. A ruvorite rendezvous of the Senator’s is the dining room—a large, substantial room, with a great, hospitable open dining table and cheerful open grate fire always burning on the health in cold weather, and a solid, substantial locking sideboard, the lock of which is never turned, and which never seems to be barren of good cheer. Here the Senator likes to gather about him his friends, both political and S rivate, and there is rarely a day, I faucy, uring the session of Congress, when Sen ator Bayard does not have one or more notable men to dine with him. After din ner he delights to sit in this room and chat with his guests on the various topics of interest of the day. He is an inveter ate talker, and, when wanned up upon a a question of public importance, is apt to do three-quarters or sevcn-eiglitlis of the talking himself.” The Lesseps Canal Across thelsth* mus Again. Tiiis scheme seems to be beset with nu merous and well nigh insunnountable difficulties. The obstacles in the way of an ocean level canal are thus forcibly pre sented by Commander Lull, U. S. N., in his report to the Department. He says: Such a channel would be burdened not only with the discharge of the springs de veloped in the cut, and whose number and force in a laud so saturated with moisture would be beyond comparison with those of any hitherto constructed work, but must also become the ultimate drain of the sur face of a very considerable portion of the adjacent country. It would during the rainy season, if not indeed at all times, be a wild torrent, unfit for the passage of ships, and must speedily become filled with bars and other obstructions from the detritus furnished by its own current. It is a matter for congratulation, therefore, and not for regret, that in all localities so far examined the profiles are such as to make a canal without locks practically impossible. And respecting one swamp on the route of the Lesseps project the report says: The soil is a soft ooze of unknown depth, and I greatly fear that it would be exceedingly difficult to prevent the chan nel’s filling up as fast as opened. Seedless Oranges. Seedless raisins have been long known, hut seedless oranges are something of a novelty in this locality at least. We bare received a few beautiful specimens of this peculiar and certainly veiy desirable va riety of oranges from Major Austin . Roundtree. Their flavor is very delicate and delicious, and it is claimed for them that they keep much longer than any oth er orange known. Most of them are en tirely devoid of seed, a.Major Round- tree informs us that it often happens that there is not more than one seed round m two or three hundred of this fruit. Tins variety we procured originally from the Imperial Botanical Garden at Rio Janei ro, and was taken to Florida, where it was found to thrive, and from whence the present trees on Major Rountrees place, over the river opposite Carrolton, were obtained. They luve proved to be excellently well adapted to our climate, and being very prolific we suspect they will soon be largely substituted for the va- rieties now raised by those who this golden and luscious fruit.—New Or leans Times. The Indians. . The White River Utes are not ® coming by last advices, and their surren der was considered doubtful. A St. Louis dispatch announces pros pectivc trouble with the Cherokees, ing out of the bill to organize the India 115 under territorial governments. The Cher okees say they don’t mean to be ots 311 * ized in that way, and will fight ratliei than submit to it. They can raise fiftee u thousand good fighting men if they alv compelled to make forcible resistance. The Silesia Famine. The famine in Silesia, growing out ot and afterwards hung up in a smoke house . _ and smoked about a month; they should successive drought aud overflow is saHl i'J then be sewed in cotton bags and lime- wash. Corncobs aro the best for smok ing, though any kind of hard wood will answer if sound. pervade a region peopled by 400,000 in habitants, 85,000 of whom are now utterly destitute.