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attfr 3mtctral tfdtgra$. anil JEtssntgtr FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1860. —Mr. Spurgeon is at Mentone, very depressed.in spirits, and his condition ex cites some anxioty. —The effect of the Atchin war is to* in- 'Crease the Dutch national debt, which had been steadily diminishing. It now Stands at 953,000,000 guilders. —Virginia has 075 colored schools taught by 415 colored teachers. The male 'teacher’s salary averages $30 a ' month, the female’s $24. —In Scotland the marriage of parents subsequent to the birth of a child renders such child legitimate, and In England and Ireland it does not. —A Harvard student was going from Boston to Newport, but he bought a ticket to New York, because it was only $1 while tlit fare to Newport was $1.00. At Newport, however, the steamboat officials would not let him get off until he had paid the extra 00 cents. He sued the company and lost the case. —A committee of the Park Street Church, Boston, reported lately that it had made patient investigation among the converts of the recent revival meetings in that city, and found a marked fulling from grace among those who had been earnest in religious professions a year ago, The Rev. Dr. Withrow, in reading the re port from his pulpit, said that with few exceptions the converts had relapsed into a condition worse than that in which they were previous to their professed change of heart. —The fumes from the smelting of lead ore are now passed through a very long line of pipes and woollen bags, and con densed into lead again as steam is conver ted into water. The lead thus obtained is a powder of exceeding fineness, which makes an excellent blue paint. An in tense heat melts this powder, and by a similar process of catching the fumes, a white powder is obtained, which makes a Superior white paint. Welded Bullets.—General Roger A. Pryor of Brooklyn has received from a Virginia friend a curious relic of the war. It consists of two bullets that evidently met in the air over some battlefield, and, happening to strike each other on their conical points, were firmly welted to gether. The ball that, from its shape, is supposed to have been fired from a Union soldier’s gun, apparently was going with greater speed than the other, and is more conspicuous in the relic. The bases of the balls are split apart and flatteued against each other. The relic has been mounted in gold as a pendant. —An attorney at Boston a few mornings since, meeting a German friend who is not exactly “up” in the most approved “King’s English,” asked him if he heard the news from Maine. “No, vas is dot ?” “They say that Maine has gone Democra tic now the vote is counted, and the Re publicans say that the Greenbackers and Democrats stole the State the way they stole Louisiana.” “Ish dot so?” “Yes, that’s what .they say.” “Vel,” said the German gentleman, “dot gliickens come home to stay all night, eh?” —A pretty American girl in Rome went frequently into the streets unattended, contrary to the custom there. The young Romans followed and annoyed her, until she invented a novel method of rebuffling them. She provided herself with a pocket ful of centesimi, each the value of a fifth of a cent, and whenever a man spoke to her, pretending to utterly mistake his words, she gracefully extended her hand and dropped this fifth of a cent in his hand, saying, in her broken Italian, “Hun gry, are you, poor man? Well, take this and buy some bread.” Kisses and the Ages.—The Trenton Gazette, Grant Organ, says when the Gen eral took his place in the private box Miss Grancell, the young lady who made the speech, a very pretty brunette, was sent for. The General embraced the young lady tenderly and then kissed her, white she blushed crimson. Of course this kiss will at least be historic in the Grancell family. The young lady’s child ren—assuming that so accomplished and pretty a maiden will, of course, get mar ried—her grandchildren and great-grand children will boast that their beautiful ancestor was kissed in public by the great General Grant. It will be a proud tradi tion in the family no doubt through the ages. —A Dakota man was moving his family into a new house, and left his stove for the last trip. Within a hundred steps of the house his wife was taken ill. Leav ing the two youngest children in a dry goods box on the hand-sleigh, he helped her and two older children into the house, where, in order to prevent their freezing, they were all put to bed. He then return ed for the two children, and was frozen to death before lie reached them. The wife lay in bed until the next day without fire or food. The father lay dead near the corpses of his two boys in the box, but, although the children in bed with their mother were frozen nearly to death, it is believed that they will recover. Repudiation nr New England.— The Boston Herald says: “It will hardly do for our New England moralists to hold up their hands in holy horror over the absence of financial integrity in the South and West in view of the fact that some of our own towns seem in no way indisposed to repudiate their just indebtedness when a favorable opportunity offera. The town of Bucksport, Maine, is now proposing to act in this dishonest manner, some of the leading citizens of the place being fore most in their advocacy of giving the bond holders who have advanced money to the town the cold shoulder. Dead Millions.—One of our exchan ges says: “Five of New York’s million aires, estimated to have been worth $280,- 000,000, dropped off close together. John Jacob Astor went first, and then in quick succession Commodore Vanderbilt, A. T. Stewart, Wm. C. Rhinelander and Rsbert Goelel. Aster’s wealth was estimated at $50,000,000, Vanderbilt’s at $100,000,000, and Stewart’s nbout the same. Rhine lander’s property represented, it fa sup posed, $10,000,000, and Goclet’s is estimir- ted at $-20,000,000.” This is mere conjec ture. The only certainty of any interest to the general public regarding these great fortunes Is that tlieee defunct persons were good enough to leave ever/ cent behind them. Emancipation in Cuba- In the late vote of the Spanish Cortes at Madrid by which the gradual abolition of slavery in the island of Cuba was re solved upon, all the Cuban Senators voted in the negative. It is said the act pleases neither slaves or planters. Cuba has al ways been a hard nut to crack, and a costly jewel in the Spanish crown. | The Railroad Convention. This body will assemble to-day at 11 o’clock, a. m^ in the city hall, the use of which has been kindly tendered by the Mayor and Council. The delegates from Bibb are Messrs. Samuel Coleman, S. R. Jacques, S. S. Dnnlap, Thomas Harde man, Jr 0 A. R. Tinsley, Frank Johnson. G. B. Roberts, J. H. Campbell, C. L, Bartlett, and C. J. Harris. All good men and true, who the taxpayers of Macon will gladly hare represent them. We are authorized to state that after the Convention has concluded its delibera tions, the members will be entertained in an adjoining apartment with a collation provided by their Macon friends. Our city gladly welcomes the represen tatives of Middle and Southern Georgia to our homes and firesides, and hopes that the tie that unites us will be drawn still closer by the action of the Convention, with whom this community is in full sym pathy. The TJtes. Sunday’s news from the Utcs puts an end to suspense and bids tbe country pre pare for war. The Commission were in imminent hazard of losing their scalps, and the northwestern frontier of Colorado was exposed defenseless to savage brutal- ti es. The roads were so obstructed by snows, and the weather so extremely cold, that it will be next to impossible to move troops or supplies for some months, and the Indians will probably work their will on the people. The authorities of the United States have shown great forbear ance to these Indians, and it is important now that, unhindered by any more cant, nonsense and romanticism, they take hold of the matter and take hold of these and all other troublesome savages finally. They should be located at some convenient point for feodiug them, their arms taken away, their wings clipped to a flight of forty acres a piece,the young put to school and the old to work, and being comforta bly fed and clothed, required o keep the peace. A class of sentimentalists in the North maunder about the wrongs of the Indians and frighten the government from doing its duty. It is mercy to white and Indians both to apply strong repressive measures in the premises. Gov. Hampton Vindicated. Our readers have been advised of the unfortunate personal differences existing between the gallant Hampton and Gen eral M. W. Gary, who is spoken of as a candidate for Governor in South Caroli na. These differences, if they lead to the dismemberment or serious division of the Democratic party of our sister State, would be almost the greatest possible ca lamity that could befall her now happy and prosperous people. Every effort should be made to reconcile these noble sons of Carolina, who are in every sense par nobile fralnim. One charge against Senator Hampton is that he sold out the State to Hayes af ter the last Presidential election. But the Mews aud Courier publishes an emphatic denial of this by Associate .Justice Mc Gowan and ex-Judge Haskell, who de clare that the Democrats of South Caroli na, under the leadership of General Wade Hampton, made every effort to insure the success of the Democratic electoral ticket in 1870. The* letters are published to re fute a recent statement of General M. W. Gary to the effect that General Hampton wanted the Democratic electoral ticket abandoned in South Carolina. General McGowan, after reciting many facts to prove the sincerity, good faith and activity of the Democratic electors for the State of South Carolina in the Presidential can vass, and that Tilden and Hendricks were not deserted, adds: “Under these cir cumstances it is mortifying to fail, if that be the result; it is mortifying to fail by a mere baneful of votes—less than five hundred; but it is still more mortifying, because it is unjust, to be told that the State gave a lukewarm support to Mr. Tilden, and was lost to the National De mocracy by the bad ‘policy’ of one who was not an elector, but a candidate for Governor.” No one who knows the dashing and chivalrous Hampton could ever doubt his fealty to the State he had contribntcd so largely to pluck from the rapacious jaws of Radicalism. Another World’s Fair. New York proposes to hold an interna tional World’s Fair in 1883. Secretary Sherman favors the project, and indulged in the following spread eagle language to the committee who recently waited on him at the Fifth Avenue hotel, and asked his opinion concerning it: We may almost hope to see the day when New' York will be the Empire City of the world, when the finances of all na tions shall seek through her their ex change. Even now it is rapidly becoming so. San Francisco and the West is be coming tlie clearing-house for the trade of China and Japan, and California and San Francisco must necessarily make thdir exchanges with New Yori. I be lieve that in the future the money power of the world will be here in this city of New York. There is nothing which we may not hope for in this country of ours.” Sensible. The Hinesville Gazette says the colored people of Liberty county have no idea of leaving this good land for the uncertain ties of Kansas and Nebraska. Their con dition is undoubtedly improving each year, is shown by their schools, the ap pearance of their farms and the rice and cotton which they are selling. The writer had the opportunity, some months since, of verifying the above state ment by personal observation. There are negro fanners in that county who will sell 1,200 bushels of rice the present year, worth over $1,500. The colored people are also very civil and well behaved in that portion of the State. A Fearful Railway Disaster. The great Iron Tubular Bridge, on the North British Railway, fell yesterday morning with a railway train conveying about 300 passengers, all of whom were lost. The bridge was two miles long, and from 88 to 130 feet above the surface of the water, and the water was forty to fifty feet deep. Nothing was knowr. about the catastoplie, as no one who witnessed it survived to tell the tale. A violent storm had been raging, and it is not known whether the bridge succumbed to the lateral pressure of the gale or fell with the pressure of the train. This is the most fearful catastrophe of the kind yet recorded. The Afghans Badly Whipped. The British in Cabul, it seems, have settled accounts suddenly with the Af ghans and cleared the decks with very lit tle difficulty. Those gentle Britons make little account of barbarians at best. Ten to one is small odds in their estimation. But the Afghans should have been formid able on their own soih It is impossible to diminish, poverty by multiplication of effects; but the best tiring to diminish the effects of a heavy cold is Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. . Last Week’s Cotton Figures. The New York Chronicle reports the cotton receipts of the seven days ending last Friday night at 207,601 bales, against 199,981 for the corresponding week of last year. Total to last Friday 3,012,549 bales, against 2,576,136 for the same period of last year, showing an increase of 436,413 bales. The interior port operations far the same days were as follows: Receipts 112,216, against 82,425 for the same week of last year; shipments 90,793j against 69,100 ; stocks 364,926, against 294,718 last year at the same date. The Chronicle's visible supply table showed on Friday last 2,370,290 bales of cotton in sight, against 2,304,004 last year at same date; 2,345,761 in 1877 at same date, and 2,835,060 in 1876 at same date. These figures show an increase of 66,286 bales on the visible supply of last year; 24,529 on the supply of the year before, and a decreaso of 464,770 bales on the visible supply of 1876 at the same date. Middling upland was quoted in the Liv erpool market last Friday at $J. A year from that date the quotation was 6J—in 1877, at that date, 6f, and in 1876, at that date, 0 15-16. As to the Chronicleft- weather reports for the week ending Friday—Texas re ports ice, killing frosts, light rains and picking ended. Louisiana reports light rains and good roads. Columbus, Missis sippi, has had 1.46 of rain. Little Rock had a day of sleet last Wednesday. Nashville had 2.94 of rain during the week. Memphis had 2.01 of rain and a quarter of an inch of snow. Mobile had a little ice. Montgomery had five rainy days and very cold on Tuesday. Selma says three-quarters of her crop is mar keted. Savanali and Augusta had light rains and Charleston the same. The Chronicle insists that receipts must stopshowing an increase or people must revise their estimates. As the thing stands now, the following is the showing: 1879. 1878. Receipts to Dec. 26— bales . . . 3,010,000 2,576,000 Increase in interior stocks on Dec. 26 . 350,090 290,000 Overland to mills to Jan. 1 . . . 325,000 174,000 Receipts from planta tions after Dec. 26,1,581,000 1,581,000 Overland after Jan 1 . 300,000 300,000 Southern consumption, 165,000 152,000 Total . . bales, 5,731,000 5,073,000 Or 6S8,000 bales in excess of last year’s crop, with equal receipts from this date. The Maine Trouble. In order to comprehend the telegram of points to be submitted to the Supreme Court, communicated by Hon. Lott Mor rill, it will be necessary to read the reply of Governor Garcelon to Mr. Morrill’s orig inal proposition, to which this is a rejoin der. The following is that reply: Lewiston, December 25, 1879. Hon. Lott M. Morrill, Chairman, etc.: Sib : Your communication of the 24th readied here yesterday, just as I was leav ing Augusta, aud I take this early oppor tunity to reply. The excitement in the public mind is, in my judgment, wholly without excuse, and is, without question, the result of a systematized attack of vitu peration aud slander upon the Executive Department, not only without parallel, but without cause. Be that as it may, it is the duty of every good citizen to use his best endeavors to allay public excitement, however created, so far as he is able, and to resort to such measures as will allay civil strife, and at the same time secure the ends of justice. You intimate that it is in ray power to restore peace and tranquillity and good feeling to the State and all its inhabitants, by asking the opinion of the Supreme Judges on each law point involved in the variations of the count from the returns. Nothing would give mo greater pleasure than an authoritative opinion upon points involved in the present condition of af fairs, and also upon such as might be like- S to arise. Please to indicate the points at occur to you which have not already. been adjudicated upon, and I doubt not that we may be able to secure a satisfac tory solution of doubtful complications; or, if not satisfactory, at least such as may be deemed authoritative. The fact to which you allude, that so large a number of Re publican members elect failed to receive certificates, is due to the fact that so many municipal officers failed to comply with constitutional requirements, and which, by judicial decision, the Governor and Council have no authority to overlook. This conditiqn of affairs is no fault of the Governor and Council. Respectfully yours, Alonzo Gabcelon. A Gkeat and Pbosperous Country. The latest statistics published by author ity .show that the value of the agricultural products of the United States for 1879 amount to the stupendous sum of $1,904,- 480,659, against 1,488,570,856 as the total oY the previous year. This gives an in crease of more than four hundred and sixteen millions of dollars—enough to feed a huge slice of the world’s popula tion. Verily, if any man ever deserved to bo canonized, it was the discoverer of America, Christopher Columbus. —Paper as a substitute for wood in the manufacture of lead pencils is being at tempted in Germany. The paper is steep ed in an adhesive liquid and rolled around the core of the lead to the required thick ness, and is colored after drying, when it resembles an ordinary cedar pencil. —London World:—“Adelina Patti is now free to sing in Paris or anywhere sue likes. She paid the Marquis de Caux l,000,000f., and is now advertised to ap pear at the Gaiete, in Paris, on the 14th of February next. The performances be gin with ‘La Traviata.’ ” Boston had a severe conflagration on Sunday night, principally among the pub lishers, paper and book men. A large amount of property—something over a million, was destroyed. Kew Year’s Call. New Year’s receptions and callers this year promise to be fully as numerous as in former years, and the delightful custom is to be kept up with all of its due and wonted enjoyment. No merrier day can be found on Macon’s social calendar, and we hope the custom never may be “more honored in the breach than in the observance.” The young gentlemen of the city are taking great interest in the ap proaching day, and will be out in force to mee ttheir fair friends.* The groupes of fair ones tlris year will be larger and the at tractions morofconcentrated than formally. Tills will not* however, be the rule, and many ladies will receive either without assistance or in couples. We will, on Thursday morning, publish our usual so cial directory of those who will receive. We wish to'make the list as full and cor rect as possible, and hope our lady friends will co-operate with us in making it so- Tbe Tiricp County D*l«ca<i«a. Twiggs .county elected, delegates to the Convention which meets to-day, several .days since. * They are Dr. W. O’Daniel, P. W. Edge, C. R. Faulk and W. L. Solo mon. The meeting was presided over by Colonel D. G. Hughes, aud Mr. P. W. Edge was the Secretary. J The Railroad Convention. This; body was even larger and more representative-than we were prepared to see. No less than sixteen counties sent deputations from among their best citi zens^' and about one hundred delegates answered to their names. A finer looking assemblage of gentlemen were never gath ered in the State. They embraced gray- beards, stalwart men in middle life, and youthful and enthusiastic citizens. The best feeling prevailed, and the proceedings were characterized by harmony and una nimity. Several of the speeches were able and logical. ' While the resolutions are direct and pointed, yet it was pleasant to notice the absence of bitterness manifested by the speakers when animadverting upon the course of the Central Railroad. Some of them took issue with Mr. Wadley’s poli cy and combatted it, but all disclaimed any personal hostility to the road he rep- sents. Of course nothing decisive was accom plished by the convention, but it brought into direct intercourse the people of that section of the State which is most inter ested in the Macon and Bruswick Railroad and its . proposed extension. The result was a very free aud full interchange of ideas between the various delegates on the late railroad legislation, and the necessity of employing eveiy available means for the more thorough development of the material interests of Middle and Southern Georgia. No direct point on the Georgia Railroad was designated os the terminus ofrthe extension. Our readers will find the proceedings of the convention in extenso on the fourth page of this issue. The banquet was a magnificent affair, and seemed to be keenly enjoyed by the guests of the city. Among the visitors was Mr. E. T. Paine, who claims to have been the successful bidder at the late attempt to lease the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. That Boston company evidently has a hanker ing after the prize. A Great Bridge. An Edinburgh correspondent of the New York Tribune discourses at length on the great bridge overthe Frith of Forth, now planned and commenced under the impetus of what is claimed as the perfect success of the bridge over the river Tay. The letter is dated Christmas day, and the bridge over the Tay broke down on the morning of the 29tli, about four o’clock, and drowned a train load of people, not one escaping to tell how it happened. It is melancholy to read the ridicule of the distrusts of these bridges, in the light of this terrible catastrophe four days after ward. The bridge now to be constructed over the Frith of Forth was projected so long ago as 1818, andjias been discussed among engineers ever since. The builder now is Sir Thomas Boucli. It is intended to carry two lines of railway, instead of one, like the Tay bridge, and its entire length will be 2,620 yards. Its largest spans overthe deep water of the Forth will be 1,600 feet, wjjich will be 180 feet above high watermark. There will be two such spans—one across a channel 210 feet deep. These spans will be supported by anchoring towers of steel, supported by chains and girders of the same material— the towers resting on solid brick founda tions and braced from each other. The lattice girders will rest on these towers, Several of the piers of the bridge will rest on solid ground before it reaches the water or on an island in the midst of the Forth. We wish it better success than the great bridge over the Tay, which was comple ted in 1878. The Boys in Blue Still Savage and Clamorous for More Back Rations. At a meeting in St. Louis, recently of “Veteran Union Soldiers,” after consider able spread eagle talk, Mr. George Sporer introduced the following resolutions, which were adopted with tremendous en thusiasm : Whereas, We, as men, had to risk our lives and blood to save the Union of this United States of America and to abolish chattel slavery and to erect this Republi can Government in the late war: Resolved, That we, as citizens and up holders of the Constitution of the United States of America, heartily indorse the bill introduced by Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, for the equivalent payment of all soldiers and marines serving in the late war; That we shall now organize all over the United States, and that a • record of every member in Congress who votes against said bill, or amends it so as to change its original character, be kept; and that we shall denounce each and every sudi member, and bring him before the public as an unworthy representative; al so that we solemnly pledge ourselves nev er to support such member for any public office whatsoever hereafter. This is almost as bad as that “circular” to the employees of the several depart ments at Washington who hail fi'om Maine, to form a rifle company and pre pare to depart forthwith for the expected seat of war in Augusta. Verily, it looks as though the “Boys in Blue” again sniff blood in the air; but this time it is the blood of their own legisla tors and Congressmen who may have the temerity to refuse to consider all the trashy greenbacks of the warin the light of bright and 8liininggold and silver dollars for their benefit. In other words, to more than double the immense sums disbursed to the millions of Federal troops who served in the war, at the expense of a debt-ridden country, and the utter ruin of the impov erished South, already depleted by taxa tion well-nigh unto death. Then to lug in again “the chattel slavery”! We fear it will be many a long day before the bloody chasm the departed Greeley was so anx ious “to bridge,” is closed, if the above resolution reflect the true animus of the soldiers of the Union army. Is it not enough that we have been forced to bear our share of the costly mausoleums and thousands of marble monuments erected by the government in memory of the Fed eral dead? Shame that the poor Confed erate should be called upon, in addition, to help pay over again the long settled wages of his enemies ? Well Done. Another $20,000 was deposited in bank to the credit of the State, yesterday by the Directors of the M. & B. R. R. This makes $50,000 received from the net earn ings of tlie road since the adjournment of the Legislature. At this rate the lease would be dirt cheap at $60,000per annum. No railroad in the country is better man aged. Tbe Jraet County Meetlu*. • .The citizens’ meeting in Jones county passed 1 a resolution endorsing the act of the Legislature, providing for the sale or lease oftheMacon* Bruns wick road, and instructed the delegates of that county to pledge their co-operation to the Governor in all legal measures, to enforce and carry out the same according to tlie spirit and intent thereof. BY TELEGRAPH Augusta. Me,- December SO.—It is learned, on good authority, that the Gov ernor has decided not to submit to the Su preme Court the questions proposed by Mr. Morrill. New York, December 30.—J. Lloyd Hait, wire manufacturer, bas failed. His liablities are $300,000 and nominal assets $450,000. • Denver, Colorado, December 30.— Up to this time nothing has been heard from tbe Commission. Communication between Lake City and Los Pinas bas not yet been broken, but there bas been no news, official or unoffi cial, since Friday night. Hatch was to have left Mr. Clines’ rancho, thirty miles from Los Pinos, yes terday morning, but whether he left or staid is not known. The anxiety is in tense apd there are fears of another mass acre. V WiNNErEG, Manitoba, December 30. The Indian cannibal, Swift Runner, was executed at Fort Saskatchewan on the 20th Inst; this being the first legal exe- cusion in the Northwest territory. He was convicted on his own confession of having killed and eaten his mother, wife and seven children during the last winter. New York, December 30.—A special from Bismarck says Dave Hall, John Gal- TaHer and a man called" Missouri, were frozen to death on the 24th. They were walking in from the bad lands. It is feared many others have met the same fate. The thermometer has averaged fif teen degrees below zero for two weeks. Trains are blockaded, and all business on tlie Northern Pacific is at a stand still. * A New Orleans special says tbe Illinois Central railroad officials have been recon- noitering the line of tlie New Orleans and Pacific, extending from New York to Shreveport. It is believed with a view to its purchase as a feeder to the New Or leans, Cairo and St. Louis railroad under the same control, giving a line to Chicago from Shreveport under one management. Fredericksburg,Va., December 30. In anticipation of General Grant’s passing through tills place on his Southern route to Cuba, the Mayor and most of tbe city council and a large number of citizens, embracing many of our leading people, together with the city hand, attended the early train this morning to pay tlieir per sonal respects to the General and to wish him a safe and pleasant journey, and were much disappointed at his not being on the train. London, December 30.—Tlie Queen has telegraphed to tlie Provost of Dundee, tendering her- condolence with tlie be reaved. Only one body has heen recov ered so far, and that in a badly mutilated condition. Various accounts agree in placing the total loss of life at ninety. New Orleans, December 30.—A spe cial from Sherman, Texas, to the Times, reports the burping of the opera house and adjoining buildings in that place. The loss is estimated at $40,000; insurance $20,000. Bangor, Me., December 30.—Adju tant General Leavitt,acting under instruc tions from Governor Garcelon, to-day or dered the arsenals here to be opened for the purpose of removing the arms. Seve ral wagon loads oi arms and ammunition have just passed through the streets un guarded and without molestation to the Maine Central depot. Crowds of people are standing on the sidewalks. The am munition will go to Augusta by express on the evening train. Washington, December 30.—General Grant and party left for Richmond at half past five tills afternoon, in Colonel Tom Scott’s private car, the “President.” The party consisted of General and Mrs. Grant, General and Mrs. Sheridan, Colo nel and Mrs. Grant, Miss Kitty Felt, of Galena, and Byron Andrews, of the Chi cago Inter-Ocean. They will reach Richmond at eleven o’clock to-night, aud expect to he in Charleston New Year’s morning. From Charleston they go to Femandina, Flabby-way of Savannah, and at Femandina'will embark Ibr Hava na in the steamer Alexandria, of tlie New York and Ilavana' line, which left New York on Saturday, and will put in atFer- nandina for them. Gen. Sheridan will accompany the party as far as Havana, and his future movements will be govern ed by the course of events in tlie Indian country. London, December SO.—Tbe German ship Leda, before reported ashore on Goodwin sands, has become a total wreck. The British steamer Glen Isla, Captain Tanner, from Savannah, Novembe S, via Plymouth, for . Reval, arrived at Copen hagen December 29, having lost two blades of her propeller. She will Lave to lighten astern .to repair. Madrid, December 30.—As tbe King and Queen of Spain were driving through tlie gate ol the royal palace this evening, a young man dressed as a workman fired a shot from a revolver at the royal carriage, but his aim was bad and no one was hurt. Tlie would-be assassin was imme diately arrested. His name is Gonzales, and his age nineteen years. He is a wai ter by occupation and a native of Galicia. Constantinople, December 30.—Tel egrams from Novi Bazar announce that the agitation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is assuming serious proportions owning to the tyranny of the Austrian officials. Vienna, December 30.—Forty thou sand Albanians are ready to resist the cession of Gusinji and Piava to Montene gro. Alunend Mouhktar Pasha’s troops are mutinous. They have not been paid and are in a rage. London, December 30.—There are now ten thousand miners on a strike in the Mons district of Belgium. Capetown, December 30. — At a meeting of the Boers held on the 10th instant, it was decided to maintain the demand for the independence of Trans vaal. Sir Garnet Wolseley, however, has declared that henceforth Transvaal will be considered a crown colony. London, December 30.—A dispatch, dated Cabul, December 27th, says that General Biker lias gone to Koliistan with a force consisting of 1,700 iefantry, a regi ment of cavalry and four guns to punish the instilments there. The country about Cabul is rapidly becoming quiet. Madrid, December 30.—Senor Agala, President of the Chamber of Deputies, is dead. London, December 30.—'The Viceroy of India telegraphs that Colonel Nor man has been attacked at Gandamuk by Azmitullali Khan, with two thousand follower*. The enemy were driven off. The British loss was one officer and one man killed. Colonel Norman will ad vance at once and reoccupy Latalbandi. Los Pinos Agency, December 28.— The commission adjourned yesterday to meet oa the 29tli instant at Cline’s ranch, on Cimeron river, twenty-five miles southeast of the agency, where they will await the arrival of the prisoners. Gen eral Hitch and escort left in a drizzling rain at four o’clock this morning. Tlie extension of five days expires on tire 29th instant, and if all the Indians demanded by the'eonunission are not then surren dered, peace negotiations will end. “All or none,” were General Hatch’s parting parting words to Ouray as tlie latter left the commission's rooms yesterday for his ranch to hold the final Indian council, where, ere this, has been decided tlie fate oftheUte Nation. It is very doubtful whether the guilty Indians will ho surren dered, as Chief Guerro, who is second to Ouray in power and has a large follow ing, is bent on war. New York, December SO.—Tlie Su preme Court to-day denied tlie motion for a new trial in tbe case of Chastine Cox, murderer of -Mrs. Hull. . It will now be earned to tbe Court of Appeals. Boston, December 30.—It is now esti mated that tbe loss by tlie recent fire will not exceed <1,500,000, many of the firms burnt out having sold a large part of their stock.before Cliristmas. Tlio loss on the buildings will be about $150,000. Augusta, Maine, December 30.—The committee of public safety of this city, consisting of General Boynton, Hon. Joseph Nye,ex-Goycror Conner,Joseph A. Homan, Mayor Myrick and Amps Wilder li.nl a long interview with Governor Garcelon this morning. They informed the Governor that they represented the people of the town and would cordially join with Mayor Nash in his recommenda tions and suggestions. They. trusted that no arrangements would be made to bring the mili a*y to Augusta, and that an aug mented police force would be amply able to quell any disturbances. Tbe Governor replied that he had already given orders to General White, of Bangor and Major Fol som, of Oldtowh to take one hundred stand of arms and ammunition from the State Arsenal at Bangor and ship them by express to Augusta. ' He did this to test the sincerity of tlie citizens of Bangor in saying they* would obey the civil authori ties. 'He had never ordered any troops to Augusta and would not, unless there should be an outbreak. One of the com-. mitteusuggested that a portion of the ex tra police provided by the city could be detailed for duty under the direction of the Governor. Tlie Governor replied emphatically, “I have force enough now.” He also informed the committee that, as they might be aware, he had ftill power te call tlie Legislature whenever he pleased, and on the slightest disturbance lie would take the Legislature away from Augusta. The conversation then turned on the subject of submitting certain ques tions to the Supreme Court. The Gover nor said lie should go to Portland and ob tain further legal advice before deciding whether he would so submit the questions or not. Bangor, Maine, December 30.—In an interview with an Associated Press re porter this afternoon, Adjutant-General Leavitt said that the arms were removed from tlie Bangor arsenal to Augusta by order of the Governor, and were sent by express addressed to the latter in person. He did not know for what purpose the Governor designed to use them, but lie supposed to protect public property and the archives of the State. London. December 30.—After several unsuccessful attempts a diver has discov ered a first class carriage of the wrecked train in the Frith of Tay, but as there were no first class passengers, no bodies were found in the car. Operations will be resumed to-morrow. A heavy gale ac companied by rain, bail, snow, thunder and lightning burst, over London yester day afternoon. .Terrific gales are repor ted from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, causing much damage to proper ty. Little Rock, Arkansas, December 30.—The boiler of Benjamin Taylors saw mill at Calf creek, Seavy county, exploded on tbe 23d instant, instantly killing four men named Griffin, Burke Woodark, Ken nedy Woodard and Campbell, two of whom were literally torn to pieces. Madrid. December 30.—The Diario Espanal says that two shots were fired at tbe royal carriage thi3 morning, the sec ond passing quite close to the queen’s face. The pistol used was a double-bar reled one. The diplomatic body have gone to the palace to congratulate their majesties On their escape. The attempt excites general indignation. It is believed that Gonzales had accomplices, and three persons have been arrested on suspicion. King Alfonso attended the opera at night. MASONIC HALL. Entertainment East Evening. A very brilliant and large assemblage of spectators gathered last evening to witness the entertainment of Professor West’s dancing school at Masonic Hall, and the occasion was a great success in every way. A number of dances were executed by the younger pupils of the Professor, and all displayed rare skill and a remarkable degree of perfection in the art they had undertaken. The programme consisted of the Grand March, “Lanciers a la Pina fore,” very pretty; waltz, “Norwegian Lanciers,” introducing some graceful fig ures; waltz: “Minuet Lanciers,” “Prince Imperial quadrille;” “Sir Roger de Cover- ly; waltz quadrille, a la de Garmo. The latter was danced by a number of young ladies and gentlemen of the city. The entertainment closed with a delight-, fill gerimui, in whieli a number of ho4n ti- ful figures, some of them original with Professor West, were introduced into the dance. Professor West has made many friends in Macon by his gentlemanly de meanor and his skill as an in structor was clearly demonstrated last evening. We regret that the pressure on our coltuns prevents our particularizing. All of the little folks, however, who ap peared in fancy costumes, looked elegant ly, and the evening may be fitly termed a brilliant occasion. Mnrrled. On the 23d instant, at the residence of Colonel D. G. Hughes, by Rev. E. J. Coats, Mr. Erwin L. Dennard, ofHous^ ton county and Miss Fannie H. Hughes, of Twiggs county, Geoigia. The Mew Year’s Eve Stop. The hop by the Mitchel Guards takes place this evening at their armory in Ayres’Hall. It will have a full attend ance and a pleasant time is in store for all. Held for Postage. Letters for D. A. Andrews, tax-collect or, Columbus, Ga; S. P. Petty, Atlanta; and twenty letters addressed to various parties, mailed in envelopes of Edwin Bates & Co., New York, are held for pot. tage in the Macon office. PERSONAE. Captain A. A. Sharp has returned to the city from the west. Mb. Aleck Morris, one of the best telegraphic operators in tho service of the Western Union Company in the State, has returned home from a visit to New York. Mb. Joe Waxelbaum, of New York, is in the city. Canagy Bird Seed. _ . , We are in receipt of apackage of very superior mixed Canary Bird Seed. It is composed of choicest Sicily Canary, Russian Hemp and German Rape seed,all selected with great care by the sterling house of H. B. & F. B. Thurber & Co., of New York. Mr. Charles Dreyfus at the Lanier House cigar stand is agent for this seed, and all proprietors of Canary birds will do well to secure a package for trial. A Pine Address. Last week in Fort Yalley, Mr. Roland B. Hall, of this city, delivered a very fine address before the Masons of Fort Valley, in response to a pressing invitation from them. His effort won great admiration, and will be published by the Lodge before which it was delivered. Mr. Hall is a graceful writer, and his addresses are al ways handsomely written and well deliv ered. Died in Hawkinsvlll*. On Monday night, in Hawkinsville, Mr. John F. Lewis, of that place, died of pneu monia, after an illness of a week. He was a member of the firm of Lewis, Leonard & Co., bankers, and John T. Lewis & Co., both prominent business houses of Hawkinsville. He also had large business interests in Montezuma. It is thought exposure brought on his death. His family lived at his old home at Gum Creek, in Dooly county. In Hawkinsville -a store and residence were just approaching completion, and 'here ho expected soon to move his family. In his death Hawkinsville loses one of its best and most highly esteemed citi zens. We learn from a correspondent that the news of his death in Montezuma cast a gloom over the whole town. “One store after another closed its doors, until busi ness was entirely suspended. The nu merous farmers, assembled for trading Iturposes, could do nothing hut return empty-handed to their homes, to wonder who would be able and willing to make tlie money advances for them, that he would have made.” Fire In Vineville. Yesterday morning, about six o’clock, the usually calm and peaceful suburb of Vineville was aroused from its final nap by the cry of fire. The residence of Mr. B. F. Sawyer, located in a grove near Pio Nono College, was discovered to bo on fire, and on account of there being no water facilities, and tho headway the flames had made before discovery, the dwelling was burned ti the ground. Tho kitchen, which was not observed to be on fire while tlie dwelling was being con sumed, was shortly after discovered to have been fired from within, and was also consumed. The fire was evidently the work of an incendiary, as kerosene was used in satu rating the doors and weather-boarding of the dwelling and some bedding in the kitchen. Mr. Sawyer and family were absent from the city, and no one was on tlie premises. Two weeks since Mr. Sawyer sold tho place to Mt. J. L. Hardeman for $1,520, but no titles had passed between the par ties. Free Delivery. Tlie free delivery system to go into effect Hie first proximo, is now a very in teresting subject. The collecting and de livery of mail matter has beeu arranged. The mail will be collected from the boxes at six and eleven o clock in the forenoon, and at six o’dodc in the afternoon. The mails will he delivered at forty minutes past seven, half past eight, one o’clock and halfpastsixin the afternoon; All mail dropped in the boxes by six o’clock will jie collected and sent out atonce. Matter for the Central, Camak and Brunswick trains should be deposited before six o’clock the evening before. —The late Wm. McKee owned three- fifths of tlie St.—Louis Globe-Democrat, Which last year paid a net income of $120,* 000. His whole estate is estimated at $750,000. Attempt to Wreck a Train. Last evening some one placed an eight foot bar of railroad iron across the Macon and Western railroad track near the Sec ond street bridge, evidently with the in tention of wrecking the incoming Atlanta train. Although on a curve, it was dis covered just in time to avert an acci dent by the prompt application of the air-brakes. We hope discovery will fol low the deed and the guilty person brought to speedy justice. Dime Entertainment. Last evening at the rectory of Christ Church the first entertainment of the Church Guild was held, and was a very enjoyable affair. The programme con sisted of a duet, violin and piano, by Mrs, Villapigue and Professor Czurda; vocal solo, Miss Cocke; reading, Mr. T. Skelton Jones; vocal duet, Misses Williams; vocal solo, Miss Ethel Crippen; recitation, Mr. A. E. Boardman; vocal sol^Mr. Luther Williams; vocal solo, Hii? Gocke. The audience was large and appreciative, and all those taking part acquitted themselves well. (uticura The Escaped Prisoners. No news has been heard of the two 1 , prisoners Mulvey and Brooks. The man ner they effected their escape is a little remarkable. During the day ’he cells are not kept locked, but a simpleolt thrust through the hasp. It is supposed a wire was taken from a satchel which was in the cell at the time, the bolt taken out with it and escape thus effected. The men are supposed to have secreted them selves in the jail yard until dark, and then scaled the fence. The satchel was found ia the jail yard after their departure. The jailer, on making his rounds when lock ing up the cells, looked in and saw the blankets and bedding arranged so as to resemble two sleeping men in the cell, and their escape was not discovered un til next morning. Electlou oi OUlcers. The following officers were elected last night in Magnolia Lodge, No. 3, A. O. U. W.: M. J. Baer—M. Workman. Wm. J. Dickson—Gen. Foreman. W. A. Wylie—Overseer. H. Spahr—Recorder. George F. Wing—Financier. M. G. Schwed—Receiver. George W. Wright—Guide. Wm. Lee Ellis—I. Watchman. M. Lowenthal—O. Watchman. J. W. Blackshear assumes the seat of P. M. Workman. L. M. Subers—Representative to Grand Lodge. R. H. Flanders, Jasper F. Greer, Max islier—Trustees. Mr. B. Xacanlcjr. At Ralston Hall last evening, tbe play of “A Messenger from Jarvis Section” was presented by Mr. B. Macauler and company, again delighting the audi ence beyond expectation. The leading role was executed in elegant style, and “Little Clip” again distinguished herself. ‘Skinny Smith,” the professional land lord, by Mr. I. N. Beers, was one of the best pieces of character acting, more per fect in its-details and faithful in portrait ure than has been lierq in a long time.- Tbe role is filled with artistic perfection, and while all, through’the feelings of dis gust for the character, cannot fail to ad mire the skill of the artist delineating it. We hope this will not be Mr. Macau- ley’s last visit to Macon. He will always be welcomed. THE GREAT SKIN OUEEr ESBmSfc&HB s&ss and ot "*7 10 c»“FOirtioa every * nd . , “ cce ’ dl i? curing abl j usijted h» 0B 'o every rtagq it is 0) C “ ticura S**r, whirh it a Dirt sv;rSE : S« , ssfflt the riru» of irntfni/ ^ potions, caused by diseases o£ tbe Skht*»*dSia'p. W “ Uln * n,i loiter ilf SALTfiHEEM, Etf« a Harden frum mu acfferiUH a efaht or nice year* I have twdn T h,t d ,?? d: ?l dls e*»e.8»lt Kheum! aWd?n to ml WCUlab0he - p: ' :,s-niy »«• oi I - hl t3, e .^ ,e< } eve 7 thir ! ? in,il9 sb.paof medi- nine, both external and luternal, but with notf- Mt hands were in a terrible co-idit'on. the SSSg&S?* mSSH bwnp«rfomed,f“r I w^Vakemy Sththatm newborn babe’s 8 my h4Dd * were M smooth as a Inresome there are hundred*, if not thou- lands, who know of my o*ie. anaong whom there tn.y besome.ne stmiarly afflicted, and it so I would earnestly advise him to giro Cuticura a Yours, very thankfully. -. A/ 0 .- BAKBR. Ticket A Kent C. 8.3.3. 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Proe ot Cuticura small boxes COc; large botsi. coetsioing two and ohe-half limos the quantity of small. $1. Hesolvent, *l per bottle. Cuticura 8oap Me per cake; by mail 30c three cakes 75c. dt claim ff»nLLIfUc. PI«elover the centre vC »-s-Uvo' of the nervous forces, the VOLTAIC ES E ^ rao iu™‘sh h ?hl‘°*b^orbSiu FiSevCOft with that marvellou* vi* *051LP talizing and restorative aecney. electricity, united with tbe curative properties ot our own fragrant B.Isi-ms and fins. Ftr Weak and Sore Lungs Palpitation of the Heart. Painful Kidneys, Liver Complaint, Bilious Colic. Weak Stomach and Bowels, Rheu matism, Neuralgia, and Sciatica, they are the beat remedy in the world. doelS lm CUTICURA REMEDIES can be had at ELLIS’ DRUG STO RE, Triangu lar block.noT22 —The sliip Crocodile wliicli crossed tlie Equator on September 21, encountered a curious experience, thus related by a passenger: “On tlie following night a most curious circumstance occurred, which would liardly be credited. The ship was stopped by jellyfish, which, shortly after 1 o’clock, appeared in myriads as far as tho eye could reach, and the thousands of lnimnous bodies floating upon the water gave the appearance of a scene from fairy land. Some of the fish got into the strain ers, and blocked tbe holes, so that the water could not enter, and the result was that the vacuum went down, and then disappeared ontirely. The condensers afterward became so heated that we had to stop steaming altogether, take off tjie strainers, and cleartliem. Three attempts were made to steam,-and each failed from the same cause. In this way we w*re delayed no less than five hours; but at daybreak the fish sank, and the ship was able to proceed. The same thing occurcd again on the following night, the snip be ing delayed four hours.” Rev; J. S. Inskip, of the. Northern Methodist Church, a professor of complete sanctification, preached in St. James, A^gimia, last Sunday. Nothing can im prove the world more than a universal in- troduction of this experience and prac- 1 association, and 13 have been expelled or _ hive been absconded from it, —Garfield pronounces tbe story false that he had advised the Maine Republi cans to resist .tbe decision of Governor Garcelon and Council by force if necessa ry. He simply urged them to use every remedy given by tbe law, saying that if .the Democrats were technically right under the law the Republicans would have to submit. —The distance from Philadelphia to Jersey City is eighty-nine miles, and the time of the lightning express is one hour and fifty minutes, an average of over forty- eight miles an hour, whicli is faster than any time made in Europe, with the excep tion of a single express from London to Swindon, on the Great Western road, which makes seventy-seven miles in an hour and twenty-seven' minutes, or a rate of fifty-three miles an hour. —Cincinnati agents are contracting with Edison’s agents to introduce his electric light in that city. The capitalists who have entered into this preliminary arrangement are represented by Mr. John Shillito, jr. It is reported that among the associates are Andrew Erkenbrecher, the Kilgours and W. P. Hulbert. It is pre sumed that one of the stipulations of the agreement is that tho light is really to be introduced, if it be successful at Menlo Park. What Grant Says of the Soutern Methodists.—In a speech which he made on Friday last to about seventy-five preachers of the Northern Methodist Church, General Grant said: “There was no doubt about the loyalty of tbe Metho dist Church in the North, and there was no doubt of its disloyality in the South. What is true of the loyalty of the Metho dist Church in the North must be said in regard to the churches of the other de nominations, with not perhaps, the same unanimity enough, however, to save them. I thank you for the words you have spo ken.” —fix-Govsmor Rufus B. Bullock of Georgia was in the city recently on his way to his home in Atlanta. He was re turning from a business visit to Maine and Massachusetts. Tbe object of his visit was the purchase of additional machinery for tha Atlanta cotton mill, of which he is treasurer. This is the first steam mill started in the cotton belt, and has a capacity for 20,000 spindles, 12,000 being now in operation; the full number will be at work In a short time. It is now running night and day. As there are two steam cotton factories in Macon, besides others in oilier places in'Georgia, all of which were running long before the Atlanta cotton mill was ever thought of, Ex-Govcmor Bullock is in error. The Date of the Nativity.—To the Editor of the Times: I notice in to day’s Times an article relating the opin ions of several Baptist ministers upon the uncertainty of the date of our Saviour’s- birth. I respectfully state that during the fourth century there was a doubt about tlie date, and tlie then reigning Pope, Julius I., A. D. 336-352, made sea th of the yoman archives and ascer tained that Joseph and Mary went to the city of Bethlehem to be enrolled on De cember 24tli, and on tbe following morn ing our Saviour was born, establishing the date of December 25tb. [The then Ro man Emperor enforced every one to be enrolled, and to that end made it compul sory.] Repectfuily, “ J W. F. Patterson. x Doylestovcn, December 22,1879. ;*—One night, at the close of last month, 200 ex-convicts met at a mission chapel in a mean street of a low district in London for tlie third annual supper of an associa tion devoted to tlie aid of discharged pris oners. A member of this mission attends every morning at one of the chief city prisons and invites discharged prisoners to breakfast, after which the question of what can be dono to help them is consi dered. During the past year, 6,502 break fasts have beengiven, 172 men were placed at work, 50 sent to sea, 18 to various “refuges,” 45 had tlieir railroad fare paid, to their homes, 25 are lu the home of the