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*1 ttgtupji niii flksstngcr latft Week’s Cotton 'Figures. Saturday’s New York Chronicle reports the receipts of the seven days ending Jan uary 2 at 154,300 bales, Against 143,155 daring tlie corresponding week of the cot ton year 1S7&-8. Total receipts from -A project is reported of a railway to 0«t of last September to that date 3,ICO,- be carried across Paris, partly under- 855 bales, against 2,710,201 for the tor- ground, and partly on the elevated responding period of the previousicotton •* j - year—showing ait increase of 447,504 MACON, JANUARY , 1880.; principle, connecting all the railway termini. The plans have' been laid be fore M. Grevy, who expresses great inter est in the scheme. —The Cuban authorities are making ar rangements to give 'General Grant a fit ting reception. Captain-General Blanco, being absent from Havana, has instruc ted the acljxtant to tender General Grant the hospitalities of the palace, where apartments are being prepared for him. —Rat id Growth.—Wilmington, Del aware, had a population of 13,000 in 1850, and now the Gazette claims a population for that thriving city of fully 45,000. The area of the city has been increased in the same time from 2,500 to 4,600 acres. Over three thousand houses have been built during the last ten years. —De Lesseps readies Panama to find that if it weren’t for the mountains there would be no need of a canal at Panama. Canal digging -under water would be a little superfluous. Tlie circumstances of tho water was not mentioned in the dis patches, but it was there to receive De Lesseps all the same and demonstrate tlie absurdity of bis Panama canal. —Hon. W. H. English, of Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the most prominent Demo crats of that region, says th it the immi gration of freedmen to Indiana will help his party, as not enough colored voters " will go there to have their aggregate vote count much, and the movement has al ready excited the. jealousy of the poorer classes of white laborers and will trnns- , fer many of their votes to the Democrats. —At a performance of the cantata of “Esther,” at Dallas, Texas, Ahasuerus was advised by somebody in the au dience not to “cut it too fat.” The per- sonator of the great Assyrian went to the footlights and said: “This is a religious show, and you’ll have to be decent. I’m Ahasuerus just now, but after the show I’m Sam Turner; and if any dufTcr would liko to cut it fat then, I’ll give him a mighty lively welcome.” —Distress is Kansas.—Tlie Kansas City Times is in receipt of letters from Gove and Sheridan counties, Kansas, stat ing that great and general distress pre vails in that region Of the State. Owing to tho arrival of many of the settlers in the spring and summer of this year,"hnd the drought in the early part of the sea son, a number of the people are in very destitute circumstances and must have aid or starve. —At a recent meeting of the Scottish Food Reform Society, the company, to the number of twenty, sat down to a repist, consisting of six courses—lenti and barley soup, haricot-bean pies, haricot-bean omelets with sauce, homony pudding, pearl mea'. pudding, and tapioca and ap ples. The cost of the whole, exclusive of cooking, came to S£d. perTiead. —A Blast Against Grant.—The Hon. Jacob Bomberger, a wealthy Ger man banker, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and a very liberal contributor to the Re publican campaign fund, is quoted as say ing: “If Grant is nominated for Presi dent I know of one thousand German Republicans in this county alone who will vote for his opponent, because of their belief that Grant’s election to a third term of the Presidency is the first step toward an American monarchy.” —Since the clergymen’s agitation against the “mixed marriage” system of the Onieda Community twenty weddings have taken place there. These, with twenty-five couples who had become members after wedlock, make forty-five married couples. The population of the community Is 299, 57 of whom are chil dren under ten, and 2C young people un der twenty. One member is over ninety years of age; 5 over eighty; 20 over seven ty; 57 over sixty; 97 over fifty; 143 over forty; 191 over thirty, and 21C over twenty. . —Reorganization op the Army.— During the recess a bill has been prepared and agreed upon by the sub-committee of the House Committee on military affairs, General Joseph E. Johnston, chairman, which contemplates the reoiganization.of the army upon the basis of 25,000 enlisted men, as recommended by General Sher man. It is 'understood that the bill pro poses to do away with the regimental or ganization of five regiments of artilleiy and makes the artillery corps have a chief with the rank of Brigadier General. It also provides for the redaction of several staff corps. —Southern Claims.—The ninth gen eral report of the Southern claims com' missioners shows that since their last re port they have decided 2,200 claims, of which only 553 have been allowed, •mounting in all to $241,611. The aggre gate sum of the claims disallowed was $8,098,400. Since the oiganization of the commission the total number of claims presented have been 22,29S, of which 6,702 have yet to be reported upon. Of this number no evidence whatever has been filed on the part of the claimants, as required by act of Congress, with the exception of 250 cases. All of these 250 cases the commissioners say they will de cide upon and be able to report to Con gress by the 10th of March next, at wMfch date the term of the commission expires. —An Immense Steamship op Steel. Manager Dale of the Inman Steamship Line, received on Wednesday a copy of the specifications lor the new steamship City of Rome, for which a contract lias been awarded to the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, and which is intended to be the finest and the largest ocean steam; ship afloat, excepting the. Great Eastern. She Is ' to be of 8,300 tons measurment, and to be constructed of steel upon the cellular or double bottom system, with two longitudinal bulkheads through the boiler and engine spaces, and eleven transverse bulkheads. The dimensions are-to be 546 feet in length on the keel, 600 feet - long over all, 62 feet beam and 381 feet dentil from the main deck. She will have four iron masts, three funnels, three pairs of inverted direct-acting com pound engines, eight, boilers and forty- eigbt furnaces, with an estimated speed of 184 knots an hour, having a power of 8,- 500 horses. The saloon and staterooms are to be luxuriously finished. There wlil be accommodations for 300 saloon and over a thousand steerage passengers. —After tlie recent floods in the Tiber at Rome, an unusual number of fish were caught in the river, and were devoured by tlie famished poor of the city at a cost of two cents per pound. The floods of the Tiber always yield such a benefit to the bales. The Cotton Exchange report for the same week was as follows: Receipts 157,- 200, against 139,172 last year. Totals— 3,183,569, against 2,674,216—showing an increase of 509,353 bales. The Chronicle’s interior port table shows receipts of last week 65,223 bales, against 47,140 the corresponding week of the previous cotton year. Shipments 74,- 200, against 59,787. Stocks 355,943, against 281,034. The Chronicle's visible supply table showed on Friday night last 2,414,635 bales of cotton in sight, against 2,368,903 * at same date last year—2,410,967 at same date in 1878, and 2,829,274 at same date in 1S77. These figures show an increase of 45,732 hales on the visible supply of last year—a decrease of 2,332 bales on the visible supply of 1878, and a decrease Of 414,639 bales on the visible supply of 1877 at same dates. Cotton, last Friday, at Liverpool, was quoted at 6| for middling upland. In 1879, at same date, the quotation was 6 7-10—in 1878, at same date, it was 6£ and in 1877, at same date, 6J. Very cold weather was noted in Texas for the week ending last Friday. There was ice at all points for two niglits, and some rain. The rainfall in the entire month of December was, in Galveston 2.01—lnlndionola only 0.73—in Corsicana 1.12—in Dallas only 0.55, anil in Erenham 1.25. Truly, Texas is a dry country. In New Orleans the rainfall in Decem ber was 2.90. In Columbus, Mississippi, 7.02. In Little Rock, Arkansas, 3.37. In Mobile 3.88. In Montgomery 7,42. In Columbus, Georgia, 7.82. In Augusta 4.12. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Maine. • The Maine brethren, by last accounts at midday, had shed no blood, and tlie general tone of advices was not warlike. There was a report from Boston that the Republicans would capture tbe Senate by putting five of tbe Fusion cer tificate holders under arrest; but we 'trust and beliove that tlie niglrt telegrams will disclose the fact that tbe difficuhiesare a fair way of solution without violence or injustice to anybody. Beyond doubt, a great deal of practice which has been estahlislied in the United 8tates during the days of civil war will have to be abandoned. Modes of pro cedure founded in contempt of the minor ity, when they come by force of law to be applied to the Republicans cannot he submitted to—for no Republican will sub mit for a moment to the injustice and in tolerance which he designed and formula ted in law for tlie chronic condition of the Democrats, who, in his opinion, are en titled to no rights, and liardly to life it self. Therefore, all these one-side usages and provisions of law must be abandoned and amended, if public peace is to be main tained. The laws passed for counting out Democrats in Maine will never be sub mitted to if the count devolves on Demo crats. Nothing in the world but a thor ough sacrifice of their rights and all jus tice and equity by the Democrats, in the Presidential election of 1870, saved tl»e country from civil war in 1877. The land would have run red with fraternal blood if the Democracy had insisted on law and justice. They bought peace by the sacrifice of justice, and had to do it, or devote it to internecine slaughter. At Long Range. ■ A friend sends us a copy of the London Telegraph, of 20th December, with a caus tic editorial upon the United States, sug gested by Mr. Bright’s panegyric upon tills government and country, in his Rock dale speech delivered two days before, with the suggestion of a return fire. Tru ly our shot, however well meant, would fall short, and besides the spleen is meant for Bright instead of America, and one may well leave the case in the hands of the great liberal statesman. And truth to say, wo are a crude people—full of faults and imperfections—the greatest of all which are, probably, our vanity and lack of a true self knowledge. We are like an overgrown hoy—full of faults^— but we hope getting better with years. We can safely say, however, that no coun try on record since the world begun, has done so much in so short a time. poor. Cotton touched seven pence again yes terday in Liverpool. A Railway Combination.—Reports were current in Macon yesterday that Colonel Cole,. Ex-Governor Brown and the Central Railroad have agreed upon a programme of co-operation in Savannah, by which the latter city -will be- the sea board terminus of the new Sf. Louis route, and the State and Central roads in corporated in the regular line of commun ication. It was said that the business of the ex-Governor and his companions in their trip' to Savannah was not to see General Grant, but to investigate ques tions concernixg the capacity of the river and central wharves to accommodate the expected trade with the Northwest. The investigation resulting satisfactorily, it is said that an arrangement has been per fected between the parties. Whether there is any foundation for these rumors we are unable to say. The Anti-Third Term Republi cans in Pennsylvania are either iu tho sulks or furious over the plan of elect ing delegates to the June National Conven tion in February. They charge that it means nothing else than taking a snap movement on the people. That the Grant men are resolved to have as little of thd “sober second thought” in thq Radical nomination as possible. General Grant laid down the bloody shirt' in ‘Fcmandlua, and said no man would do more than himself to unite the people. We desire to hold him to that proposition. Let him dish a line to Conk- ling, Cameron, Logan, Chandler and the rest of his fuglemen, suggesting that they strike some other note than abuse of the Southern people., Cotton rose to 7 1-16 in Liverpool yes terday, and February and March futures were quoted at 7 5-32. Fourteen thous and sales of spots, and Manchester advices hetteri ^ 1 ” r Parched' and swollen lips indicate worms. Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge will destroy and eject these detestable crea tures from the Intestines, thus restoring the child to health and beauty. Pulaski House, Savannah, •January 7,1SS0. a ride with the stockholders. Your correspondent was au insignificant unit in the vast crowd, which, until the eleventh hour, continued to avail them selves of the privilege that has come to be a “vested right,” to travel free to andfrom Savannah, twice* year if the possessor of a solitary share of Central Railroad “script” The liberty is extended to the immediate family of the stockholderalso, and it is -astonishing how the households of some of these capitalists grow -like Shakespear'smen “in Buckram,” when ever December and January afford the opportunity of a free excursion -to the mercantile metropolis of Georgia. We fear that the “cousins and the sisters and the aunts” under* latitudinarian construction which tbe good-natured officials'do not often combat, are all roped in by some of the aforesaid stockholders and travel;at ihe expense of the much abused Mr. Wadley. But it helps Savannah, results in immense enjoyment to thousands, disarms opposi tion, nnd so is unquestionably “winked at.” But it is amazing what stupendous dividends some of these stockholders derive from the road, which not a few disgruntled peo ple, would, if they could, anathematize out of existence. For instance, there sits in front of the writer-a complacent looking Individual with his wife and three flashily dressed -daughters, all traveling upon one blessed share of stock. Now let us descend to -‘facts and fig ures,” and calculate what that worthy makes upon a venture, perhaps of seventy- five dollars, 'for his one share of Central railroad scrip. Placing tlje'fare for one person to and -from Savannah at $15, he receives-for the round trip precisely* for the three girls, himself and wife, seventy-five dollars, or-ouc hundred per cent, on his invest ment. But these “well-to-do” people al ways have an eye “to business,” and if so fortunate-as to possess “kith or kin” in. or about Savannah, where they can board free, invariably make both trips. This addsanotlier one hundred per cent, to his investment of $75. Finally, with the air of-a millionaire, he struts up to the coun ter of the company’s bank and demands of Cashier Davenport, •“.THAT ARE DIVIDEND OF MINE, 1 And is paid $2.50 on his one share for the past six months. The oid-chap, with i chuckle, then counts his gains as follows Debit—To paid for one share C.R. R. stock, . . . . .$75.00 Credit—By two rides and return -from Macon to Savannah, at S7.50, each way, for five persons 150.00 Add two semi-annual dividends on one share, at 2£ per cent. . . 5.00 Total, . . . .1 Deduct cost of Railroad share, . Net profit on one year’s investment of $75.00, $S0.00 Now Mr. Sherman’s pet Bank is the only institution in America that can beat that investment. Yet, this is no over drawn statement, and shows that corpora- tions.as well as individuals,are sometimes -made to «bleed” despite themselves, and yet legitimately, and so to speak, “accord ing to Hoyle.” It would ruin the com pany if this privilege was withdrawn, and the attendance at the annual business meetings would dwindle down to nothing. No wonder then that a SWEET LITTLE SEVENTEEN YEAR-OLD DAMSEL. Exclaimed with charming naivete: “ Oh, papa always brings me to Savannah when the stockholders meet, and I have so much fun. One thing I am determined upon— when 1 marry, my husband shall bay a sliare-of Central Railroad stock so that we can continue to go twice a year to that de lightful place, Savannah.” " OUR FELLOW PASSENGERS occupied nine cars crowded to repletion, not a tenth of whom could get a sleeping berth if so disposed. But to judge from the shouts and laughter, the songs and aueedotes, the jokes and incessant flow of conversation, sleep had been unanimously voted a bore from the very outset. It is quite certain that the God Somnus gave a wide berth to that “merrie” company. Nobody wanted to sleep, nobody could sleep, with-a bevy of joyous girls from an up country town singing the “Old Folks at Home,” “Uncle Ned;” the “Sweet By and By,” and talking faster than five hun dred telepliones could respond in reply. The truth is, to the writer their talk was GOOD AS A FLAY- ' For if anyone wishes to study female character let him get within ear shot of a half dozen bright insouciant girls, and, unobserved, listen to their chat, provided all do not speak at once, and thus repro duce, on a small scale, tbe scene which transpired at the building of 11 le Tower-of Babel. These pretty girls did not go quite to that extent, however, and, occa sionally we were able to eateli the thread tolerably well of their discourse. But this deponent is no eaves dropper, and not even the thumb screws of the Inquisition could make him “peach” on tbe dear creatures. But we intend to tell what two elderly matrons who did not sympa thize a bit with their young sisters re marked. Quoth one : “What is to be come of this country f When tee were jirls our fathers and mothers would never liave permitted us to carry on so.” But then we live in a progressive age when the ladies vote, wear men’s clothes, and are doctors and lawyers. Why not let tlie*girls enjoy their innocent frolic, al beit they sometimes did “let out a lit tle.” They were not a whit the worse than the average young ladies of our Seminaries. The writer is not such s:i ogre as to wish to cramp tho spirits or even restrain the romping of tlie young. Let them romp while they can. Tlie march of life will sober their pace quite soon enough, and long and weary will many of its sta ges prove. REMEDY FOR INSOMNOLENCY. At length, tired nature could hold out no longer, and for a brief season there was si lence in the car. A few passengers, and some of the girls, went to sleep. But ere a - half hour had elapsed, up sprang one of the yoimg ladies and exclaimed, “I can’t sleep because I haven’t said my prayers.” This we suppose she proceeded to do, and, lulled by a quiet conscience, sank to rest again. Another smaller girl was in the same predicament, and began her evening orison as follows: And now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to take; (Oh no, no, not take, hut keep;) If I should die before I wake, 1 pray tlie Lord my soul to keep or take don’t know which. Oh my, I am so sleepy. And off she dropped into tho arras of Morpheus. Asbort time of silence again inter vened, aud then all the girls came to the perpendicular once more and sang until the mild rays of Venus, the morning star, paled before the advent of the King of OH. ' ,f 'I It was a very safe run that we madi BUT TWELVE HOURS ELAPSED ere the spires and towers of the city of Oglethorpe were sighted. Then came the usual shaking of hands and leave taking, and many compagnons du voyage parted, perhaps never to meet oqearth again. M ; t I THE PULASKI HOUSE. After some delay, in consequence of the crowd, the writer and those with him succeeded in procuring excellent accom modations in the stately Pulaski' 'House, whose fame is historical.. . -j r ’,- . ; But if this time-honored structure enjoys the prestige of antiquity, it can, uRder its recent lessees, the Messrs. - Goddsell Brothers, lay claim also to everything that is excellent and desirable In .rite most modem establishment. . ‘ • The proprietors have been accustomed to metropolitan tastes at Cozzen’s Hotel near West Point, and never,.in-its most palmy days was the Ojd Pulaski better kept. Good waiters, the best of fare, clean beds, and the 'gentlemanly courtesy of the proprietors, leave nothing unsup plied that the most fastidious taste could j desire. As a necessary consequence, we Bad among those-Stopping here, such men as ex*Governor Brown, Colonel Cole, rMr. Virgil Powers, President Wadley and family, and many other celebrities. The old Pulaski fora half century has been the rallying point and trysting place for hundreds of the best people, both North and South. We congratulate the .proprie tors that General Grant and his travelling reUnue did ‘not put up with them. ... OTIE GRANT FIASCO. The third, term aspirant met with hut a sorry reception here. Aside from the semi-official civilities extended to him by the United States functionaries and a few West Pointers and ex-Confederates, who, we -suppose, thought It was chivalrous ■on their part, the only boom he received came from the negroes. Sambo and Cuffe&almost tore the arm of their pseudo deliverer from its socket,and bored him not a little by their enthusiastic demonstra tions. . . Oncold dame with upturned eyes and lips like slices of bedf liver, fairly “slopped over”-and was completely overcome with emotion. “Tank Farer, my massa Grant,” she exclaimed iu the sea coast negro ver nacular, “1 liab lib Tor to see you. Qui, oh, Sabiour.” There was no toadyism on the,part of the whites, but on the contrary we were told that* formal motion was made in the City Council to give General Grant the freedom of the city, and a pub lic reception, and it was voted dovm. FEARED ASSASSINATION. It is stated by those who claim to he re liably posted, tliat'all the uncertainty of President Grant’s movements iu his Southern trip was deliberately planned at the residence of a noted journalist in Philadelphia, whose guest he was. Hence 4 was given out. that the General would travel South by no less than three routes, and eveiy piogramme was upset at last by his Third Term Excellency starting one day ahead of the music. It was feared, as many think he seeks to enact the role of the Czar, that he would come to grief by shot gun or INFERNAL MACHINE at tbe “Rebel South.” But a kitten wa never in less danger. THE RAILROAD KINGS FORM A COALI I TION. Doubtless your readers perused, and were startled by the special telegram sent by the writer to the Telegraph, an nouncing the combination formed by Messrs. E. W. Cole, J. E. Brown and Col onel Wm, Wadley. That dispatch was ab solutely and literally true. A short history of this, the most gigan tic and momentous railroad movement ever made at the South, may not prove uninteresting to the public. Iniprimis, it was all bosh that Colonel Cole aud Governor Brown came to Savan nah to GREET GENERAL GRANT. It is said that they are not Grant men and we know that neither of them even called upon him. But in any event, they would have made the visit all the same, if that astute President seeker had been hunting elephants with his brother, the King of Siam, instead of bumming through the South to rally his negro co horts. The facts are that Mr. Wadley proposed a consultation with these gen tlemen at the stockholders’ meeting in Savannah, as they had previously been MORE OR LESS AT LOGGERHEADS upon various railway matters, and pro vided them with a special car to move by day only, in consideration of the state of Governor Brown’s health. We have it from an indisputable source that Gover nor Brown and Colonel Cole own a con trolling interest in the Western and At lantic railroad, divers changes having ta ken place in the ownership of the shares of the several lessees. Our readers should be informed also that the FAR-SEEING COLONEL COLE, who is the President of the Nashville, Chattanooga aud St. Louis railroad, has recently purchased the road from St. Louis to Evansville, and has now 1,500 hands at.work upon the connection be- Evansville and Nashville, distant 154 miles. This will be laid down with steel rails and be completed the present year, and then tbeN. C. &.St. L. road will own or control, an unbroken line from St. Louis to Atlanta, Georgia. But this was not enough. That powerful -organization needed an OCEAN OUTLET, and were resolved to have it. Three routes suggested themselves. One, a connection with Port Royal,-which has always been the -pet of Colonel Cole, via the Georgia Railroad. Second, tke proposed consolidation which lias just been effected with Mr. Wadley and'the Central Railroad, and Third, the lease -and extensions of the Macon and Brunswick road. But Mr. Cole preferred combining with the “Central,” -as wharves, shipping and every convenience was at hand in Savan nah, and these would have to he provided at a heavy outlay of time and capital. Hence the .arrangement which lias been made with Mr. Wadley- So far as we can ascertain, THE TERMS AGREED UPON are as follows : Colonel Cole, representing the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis road, ob ligates himself to take charge of and con trol the Central Railroad and all its branches, assuming eveiy responsibility, and meeting all the contracts for lease, rent and other liabilities which may ac crue to the said Central Railroad. The Presidents, Superintendents, and all other officials of the Central, and Western and Atlantic Railroads remain as they were, and will be charged as heretofore with the operation of their respective roads, receiving the same salaries. Mr. Wadley and his Board of Directors will continue to manage tlie Central .Railroad Bank in Savannah. But Colonel Cole reserves to himself the right to regulate alL FREIGHT SCHEDULES AND PASSENGER FARES, , retains absolute control over the entire business of all the loads, and may inter pose his veto upon any and every step alien by his subalterns. Governor Joseph E. Brown will act as general supervisor for the consolidated company in the State of Georgia. The whole number of miles embraced by tins combination, EXCEEDS TWO THOUSAND. The writer had a long and pleasant conversation with Colonel Cole, who is the impersonation of frankness and ur- baifity, and is at liberty to make, ex cathe- dfa the following statement: First. The Colonel intends to wage 110 war against the Macon aud Brunswick, the Macon and Augusta, and the Georgia Railroads. ’• On the contrary, he will ex tend to them tlie same freight rates and privileges that are enjoyed by the South western or any other branch ol the Cen tral Railroad. Second. It will be his fixed purpose to reduce all local freights as fast as possible, which the tremendous through business from the West will enable him to do very soon. Third. He will impose no discrimina tions upon any town ' or community, but every interest and every locality wilI .be treated alike impartially. Fourth. He will in no way disturb the existing schedule of Macon freights, save to make them, if practicable, more favora ble to our merchants. Fifth. He will seek to conciliate the good will of every human being residing on or near his roads, by every act of kind ness and accommodation within the com pass of bis ability. : Sixth. His settled determination is to antagonize with no interest or section, but rather to build tip existing towns and vil lages and encourage new enterprises of a like character. Cole’s pronounced partiality for Port; GBANT ON TH"Kj THTUT) TEEM. Royal. But the Tennessee railroad mag-1 - nate after visiting Savannah this week. He Favors a Six Years’Term and Colonel Cole enjoys the soubriquet of the. ! ..... • . RAILROAD PACIFICATOR, and we doubt not will carry out in good faith all the above - promises which have been made in advance. Under the terms of too consolidation, bcsides haviiig all their present and matur- ring obligations paid on demand, the stockholders of tho Central Railroad are guaranteed , p per cent, dividends for the first seven years, and then SEVEN PER CENT.' RVEIS AFTER. Colonel 1 Cole will also add another, aud perhaps tuo ocean ships to the ocean steam fleet, whose present organization will not be interfered with. Governor Brown has sought for several years to bring about this grand consummation, but could not make any headway, because of Colonel for the first time, and taking a careful survey of her harbor and depth of water (19 feet), gave squarely in, and the con solidation was made with the hearty con currence of Mr. Wadley and his Board of Directors. Already the stock of the Central HAS TOUCHED 85, and many assert that it will reach par in a twelve month. The pooling arrangement, as at present constructed, and ably “managed by our fellow citizen, Mr. Yirgil Powers, remains ust as it is. • ELEVATORS FOR GRAIN will he constructed speedily on tlie wharves of the' company in Savannah, and slips and docks excavated to facili tate the loadlngand unloading of ves els Already we hear of merchants who intend to embark in the European produce busi ness, and it is not too much to say that the shipments from the West to the old country by this line, in two years, will be enormous. ‘ ' MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD We conclude this lengthy epistle by ur ging our fellow citizens not to relax their efforts to procure the lease and extension of this artery of commerce which is of so much importance to Macon and Southern Georgia. With another Hue pertneatihgthe great West inthe direction of Knoxville and Cincinnati, the .prosperity of our beautiful city and Georgia’s -other seaport which is so admirably situated, will be assured beyond peradventure. We trust this great “ consolidation,” the particulars of which have been so fully given, will but stimu late the people and the enlightened capi talists of the country to develop {^Bruns wick likewise in the same way. H. H. J. Democratic "Financial Platform. We see the following telegram in an ex change, evidently not original with it, but decidedly interesting: Washington, January 2.—There have been several conferences here during the recess between prominent Democratic Senators and members, for the puipose of effecting a compromise on the financial question. As to the result of the confer ences, a plan has at last been agreed upon which will he proposed when Congress reassembles, as a basis for a compromise between the hard and soft money Demo crats. The plan proposes the adopt ion of a se ries of resolutions which shall declare, first, that gold and silver are the only con stitutional currency of tlie country; second, that all paper money required for the pur poses of trade and commerce shall lie is sued by the Government of the United States, and shall be in the nature oftreas- ury notes, which shall not be a legal tern der unless expressly stipulated in the con tract, and shall be receivable for all dues to the United States and redeemable in coin (gold and silver) at the office of the assistant treasury in New York, or over the counters of the treasury department in this city, and that this paper shall be of a uniform character, and the denomination to be fixed by law; third, that the Government shall always keep a coin reserve equal to 334 per cent, of the outstanding paper currency for the pur pose of redemption; fourth,that the changes proposed in relation to the currency shall not go into effect until after 18S0. It is be lieved that the hard money Democrats will agree to this compromise because it propo ses to issue the hardest kindof hard money, and it is believed further that the soft money Democrats will acquiesce in the compromise because it proposes to do away with the national banks and nation al bank notes, and gives to the Govern ment tlie exclusive right to emit bil.s of credit. 1 ' That platform would suit us very well, and, carried into effeet, would save the country from a periodical collapse of a local bank paper system, say once in about every ten to fifteen years. As to the exclusive right of the Federal Government “to emit bills of credit,” it is not in the power of human language to confer it more strong ly than it is already conferred by the Con stitution of the United States, which de clares, in Art. 1, Sec. 10, “No State shall * emit bills of credit!” It would give the country a paper currency more valu able than gold in its convenience and re liability; fortlie provision making it re ceivable for all public dues, to say nothing about a specie reserve for redemption, would always keep it at par and uniform value all over the United States and civ ilization. Besides this, it would float seven or eight hundred millions of the public debt without expense, and so add thirty millions to the public revenue. But. on the other hand, what can be proposed to satisfy the speculative classes for the immense profits foregone in a local bank currency of that amount! The Seine Overflow. Paris, January 3.—The drift ice in the Seine has become so heavy as to cause great damage, and much alarm is felt. The works opposite tlie Invilides have been carried away, and the river is full of wreckage. Several bridges have been rendered unsafe, and travel over them is stopped. The bridges in use, mainly structures of stone, are completely choked up by the extra traffic thus forced upon them, and to make matters worse the crowds increase every moment. The scene along the quays, this afternoon, was most exciting. Thousands of people watched the rushing torrent and the huge masses of ice flung with terrific force against the bridges. At Pont de la Con corde, the depth of water is six metres, and the river is still rising. Where, on Christmas day, vast crowds crossed on solid ice, the current is running at the rate of seven miles an hour. The devastation promises to be far greater than that which occurred in January, 1871, when the wa ter rose so high that steamboats could not pass under tho bridges, and the streets of the lower part of the city were covered to the depth of several feet. Mr. Edmunds on Current Topics. Senator Edmunds, in conversation, cx- ircsscs the opinion that the situation in Maine is grave, but he does not anticipate that there will be any rioting or disturb ances of sufficient magnitude to call for federal interference. As the case stands now, he thinks it would be premature to express an opinion as to its legal aspects, more particularly as it is possible it may come before the Senate. In regard to the Presidential outlook he thinks tlie Repub licans will elect their candidate, but thiuks it difficult to predict who the nom inee will be. As General Grant is now a private citizen he. considers the idea of a third term as a mythical question, aud very different from what it was four years ago. If the people wish General Grant he has as much right to the office as any man. In regard to tho mention of his name for the Supremo Court Judgeship, in case of the retirement of Justice Hunt, Mr. Edmunds declines to have anything to say. The Alabama Senator. A dispatch of the tod instant to the World says: Messrs. L. P. Walker, T. L. Pugh and '. W. Lawler arc prominently urged on Governor Cobb by iheir friends to succeed the late Senator Houston. General Wal ker was Secretary of War during tlie Con federacy, and he is a conspicuous lawyer in North Alabama. Mr. Pugh was a Con gressman in the ante-bellum days, and re sides in Euiaula. Mr. Lawler Is a large ilanter and commission merchant of Mo- >ile. Either of them would make a good Senator, and I believe they are all sound on the great questions of finance and of constitutional law. Sleep and plenty of it must be had the baby, and if its rest lie broken or pre vented by attacks of colic, stomach or bowel disorders give at once Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, which will relieve the pain, induce refreshing slumber and consequent health. Ineligibility te Ee-Election. rrorn Imuu. ‘Aiouuoth- World with Grant.” “At the same time, I think,” said Gen eral Grant, continuing the conversation, “that we should revise our electoral laws and prevent the renewal of such a crisis. I have thought a good deal over this sub ject of the duration of the Presidential office. I always read with interest the discussions arising out of it. These dis cussions have done good, and our people with their great common sense, will come to a solution. My own mind is not clear as to which would be the best plan. The one term idea has many arguments in its favor. Perhaps one term Without a re-election, for six or seven years would be as good as any other. The argument against a second term that a President is tempted to use his patronage to re-elect himself is not sound. The mo ment a President used his office for such a purpose, he would fail. It would he the suicide of his administration. It would offend the people and array against him public men, most of whom are dreaming of the succession for themselves,and would resent a policy they deemed to be an in vasion of their own rights. There is noth ing in that argument. Patronage does not strengthen a President. When you take up the question of second or third terms, and propose permanent ineligibility afterwards, you are encountered with the argument that in free government a people have a right to elect whomso ever they please, and that because a man has served the country well, he should not at the end of his term be in tlie position of an officer cashiered from the army. What you want to avoid, it seems tome, is not re-elections, but frequent elections. I think the best plan, one that would go further to satisfy ail opinions, would be one term for six or seven years and ineligi bility to re-election. Practically this would settle the question. Eligibility af ter an intervening term would not be of much value, for, in our country, most of the men who served one term would be past tlieage for election by the time an other hadIntervened. The Swiss plan of short terms would not do for a country as large and new as ours. It is well enough for a small, ancient, populous and highly developed Republic.” Keep it in the house and it will save you many an anxious moment during the changes of season and weather; we refer to Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. Republican Opposition to Grant. A Sun, Washington, dispatch of Monday says an independent Republican move ment fertile puipose of defeating General Grant’s nomination has been started, and the details of the movement,and tlie names of the gentlemen engaged therein will be made public in a few days. The object of the new organization Is to centralize in one mass all of the Republican opposition to Grant in the country. John Sherman is really at the head of the movemenr, and he hopes to be the chief beneficiary. The principal idea at this time is to have it known throughout the country that cer tain Republicans of prominence will not support Grant in the event of his nomina tion fora third term. So far, George William Curtis and ex-Senator Henderson of Missouri are the only ones who have made that announcement publicly. Mu rat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Commer cial, Sherman’s organ, is enlisted in the movement against Grant. It is expected that Blaine’s adherents will help in the anti-Grdnt undertaking, and tlie Maine chieftain will endeavor to draw to his support every anti-Grant Republican that Sherman cannot capture. General Henderson has been and is ac tive in this movement as a friend of Sher man. Interesting Historical Reminiscence.; country and his race. The contra „«■ V7-, T^SEl Ga /> Jan , ua 7 1SS0- 1825 ^ween him and Governor Troon Editors Telegraph and Messenger! was warm in the extreme and chares You requested me when here last to write made against each of them that were foim out and send you the inaugural address ded more j n j )ass i on an j tlie excitement nf dehvered by Governor Troup, in Novem- the occasion than in the truth of the clia-. ges made. Such things are too often tlie result of uncontrolled and uncontrollable passions and which all good men should . But eno «Sh of all this. I sat down to give you the inaugural asked for by you as remembered by me. For all the bal ance you will forgive me, for such was and is my admiration of that great and eood man, Governor Troup, that I never know when to stop when I begin totalk or write about him. I hope all are well and happv with yon and tliat you have liad a merry Christmas and now have a happy New Year. Very truly yours, etc., Eli Warren. When your child has been attacked with diarrhoea, colic or stomach disorders, do not delay the use of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syiup one instant. Exceedingly unpleasant report,says the Philadelphia Times, come from the West in relation to the colored people who, du ring the last summer, left their homes in the old States to try their fortunes in the new. Those who traveled no farther than Indiana, are said to be suffering for the want of food, and the Kansas immigrants who, by a trick of speech, were called ‘refugees,” are straggling hack to the plantations, sick of the cold charity of the men by whom they were misled. This “exodus” movement was suggested and promoted by schemers aud michief- makers in the North. Every little discon tent among negro laborers was tanned into a flame. Tlie most extreme pa>ns were taken to cut the thread that kept the negro where his capacity made him equal to. his labor. Aud now, when the deluded creatures most need care, they must suffer the penalty of their own ignorance and the culpable officiousness of busybodies, who, long since, have slipped out of sight. An Awkward Business.—Philadel phia is scandalized over the bills coming in for the “reception of Grant.” It was understood that the expenses of that gor geous business were to he borne by the voluntaiy contributions of the wealthy friends of tlie illustrious chief, but they are not forthcoming. Bills come pouring in copiously—among them $350 for music at three private dinners given by illustri ous friends of the illustrious—$15,000 for gloves, for it seems all the illustrious friends of the illustrious were gloveless. And then the Continental Hotel furnishes a hill of $400 for entertaining twenty-four illustrious friends of the illustrious—in cluding the Camerons, Patterson-, Robeson aud others—showing that they were out of pocket money as well as gloves; aud how many other hotel and dry goods bills are coming the puzzled auditor would like to know. This canvassing for the Presidency at the public expense is gor geous, but unsatisfactory to the tax pay ers. * The Hood Fund. Various exaggerated reports have found their way into the newspapers as to the amount of the Ilood fund thus far raised, some statements placing it as high as $100,000 or nearly ten times the actual stun. The Chairman of the Relief Asso- ciaton at New Orleans, reports it officially at ouly $10,963, of which $10,500 have been , invested in United States bonds. Much more, however, will have to be col lected in order to provide for the nuture and education of ten children. —Robert Burns’s Masonic apron and the mallet and minute-book of the Lodge of St. Andrew, Dumfries, of which the poet was an affiliated member, have just been sold in Edinburgh. The minute- hook hears his signature to the by-laws. The relics are to be presented to the Grand Lodge of Scotland by the Grand Master, Sir Michael R. S. Stewart, who purchased them for about $100. The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church South fob January, was received yesterday. The contents are—Methodist Episcopacy; Development of Monotheism among the Greeks; studies in Shakespeare; the con flict; Bible revision; the problem of Life — tlie book of Ecclesiastes; Spencer’s first Principles; Provi dential uses of pain; social life of our forefathers; Literary notices; notes and queries. A lively number,' as we judge. her, 1825, which I promised, and I now do. When both branches of the Legislature met in the House of Representatives, he soon entered that chamber, accompanied by many, if not all the members of Con gress from this State, several of tlie Judg es of the Superior Court, and other dis tinguished gentlemen, and ascended the steps of the Speaker’s chair, and took liis seat between tlie President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representa tives, and so soon as tlie cheering caused by his presence liad subsided, he arose in that giand, dignified and imposing manner peculiar to himself, hut perfectly natural with him, and spoke as follows: “Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Bepresentatives— Once more, and probably for the last time I present myself before you to take the oath of office. Pos sessing as I do no very great confi dence in my own ability for the public service, I have not habitually or pertina ciously sought the public favor. It has been extended to me freely, frequently and in a manner of abundant Madness, far transcending my merits and deserts. The late election of the people approba tory of former one by their Representa tives, has inspired the hope that the acts of my administration have not been alto gether censurable, and that the errors wMch have accompanied it having been of the head, not of the heart—have on that account met with a kind and an indul gent judgment “To husband the resources of the State, to economize the public ^expenditures, to create a fund for internal improvements, and for the education of the poor, are equally your duties, fellow citizens, as mine, and by an ardent co-operation in patriotic efforts, I doubt not we shall meet our reward in the prosperity anil in the happiness of tlie people. Let us cease our strifes, let our divisions have an end, and let our motto be—“God and our coun try. Governor Troup then turned to the President of the Senate aud said to him— “Mr. President, I am ready to take the oath of office,” which was then admin istered to him, and he retired from the House of Representatives amid great ap plause, somewhat subdued though, I have no doubt, by the last sentence or para graph of the address. This grand little speech was what he had called “taking the oath of office.” Governor Troup was elected Governor in 1823 by the Legislature, and between then and the election of 1825 the constitu tion was so altered as to give the election of Governor directly to the people in 1825, and Governor Troup was the first Govern or elected by the people of Georgia. He was opposed by Governor Clark, and it was the warmest contest that ever has ta ken place in Georgia for that office, and Governor Troup’s majority was less than a thousand votes. In that contest Gov ernor Troup had no more ardent a sup porter than I was. He and I lived in the same county, and I knew him well, and he had no greater admirer than I was I am sure, unless they were the Rev. Jesse Mercer, the founder of the college in your city hearing his name, and the Rev. Mr. Duffel, I believe his name was, of the Methodist Church, said to be a Scotch man, of much zeal and ardent tempera ment. It was said of him that, in one of his public religious services, while Gov ernor Troup was Governor and very sick he prayed that his life might be spared and he restored to health; “that he might fight the Devil and the Clark party, and be a terror to, and, by the help of God put down and destroy all evil doers. 1 ' did not go quite that far in my support of him, nor do I suppose Mr. Duffel did it, and many other such things were said of Mr. Duffel and Mr. Mercer at the time; but I certainly went far enough ‘ in his support, and so didThose two gentlemen, but not so far, I am sure, as they were represented logo, and, on account of my ardent support of him, the inaugural ad dress referred to was, I suppose, so im pressed on my mind that I have never for gotten it, and doubt not I have repeated it hundreds of times, and have written it out and sent it to several persons, and re cently to a gentleman in Montgomery, Alabama, at his request. I took a position at the inauguration where I could see and hear all that was said and done. Harden’s life of Troup contains what purports to be his inaugural of1825; but I do not think it is correct, but that the one I give is, I think, correct—word for word. When I got home from Milledgerille I got on a store piazza and repeated it to the “boys,” and Lave never seen a day or an hour since, when well or awake, when I could not re peat it. I am satisfied that the address was extemporaneous. The evening before its delivery a newspaper man called on Governor Troup, and asked him for a copy of his inaugural to be delivered next day to send to his paper for pub lication, and Governor Troup said, “I Lave no address to make. I have not put pen to paper about it. I liave been informed by a committee of the Legisla ture that I liave been elected to the office of Governor and have promised to take the oath of office to-morrow at noon; but I have no address to make, and cannot, therefore, furnish you a copy for publi cation. Then we had no stenographers—no short hand writers—and I have no doubt but the address in Harden’s life of Gover nor Troup was written out by some one from a memory less impressed with it than mine was, ami Governor Troup was not the man to be approached to fix up a thing of that sort for the public eye. The truth is, I thought, and yet think, Governor Troup was the grandest man 1. ever saw. If he were now alive and walMng the streets of Macon, all that might see him would stop and gaze at him until he got out of sight, and would say: “There goes a man—a wonderful man.”- Before he was elected Governor he had been a member of each branch of Con gress and was chairman, I think, of the War Committee of the war of 1812 and afterwards a Senator from tlie State and hence his allusions in his address to the public favor that had been extended him, etc., etc. His last term of service as Governor expired No vember 1827. I entered the Legislature that year from Laurens county, where he lived, and in 1828, if I mistake not, he was elected to the United States Sonate again, and I was in the Legislature that yoar too, and a few days before I left liome to meet the Legislature, he came to see me and told me that he had been urged to be a candidate for the United States Senate, but he could not do it, and told me to tell Mr. Monroe,our then Sena- tor,and Colonel Kellams, my colleague in the House,, and for us all to tell our friends that he could not be a candidate, and that they must not insist upon it, and •we did as we were requested byhim, and yet he was elected by a large majority. I wrote him what had been done. He never replied to my letter. When I got home he came to see me and told me the reason why he had not answered my letter was that he had been considering and was con sidering the question as to whether he should accept the position or not; that he was tired of public life, never had much taste for it, and wanted to live in retire ment. He was urged to take the wsition and he did- so, but leld tlie place but about two years and resigned. I do not think there ever lived a purer or more unselfish patriot than he was. The occurrences here referred to and given, took place a long time ago, over fifty-four years since. In some things my memory may he at fault, hut I do not think, it is much so, and certainly as I think not as to his inaugural address. Ho served tho public for the public good and the reward most desirable with him for his public services was, as he express ed it in the inaugural referred to, “the prosperity and the happiness of the peo ple,” the promotion aud tho securing of these is what he sought to accomplish in Ms public life. Governor Clark was a candidate for the State Senate in 1827 in Baldwiu county, and was defeated by John Wil liams. He soon after moved to Florida, I believe, where be lived a few years and died. I doubt not lie was an honest mau (uticura THE GRE AT SEEN CUKE, Tlietuaie Healittr. looiblaa aud He. External Application inn, a It rapidly heals Ulcers. Old bores and Bis. charging W ennds; Itching Piles and other Itch ing affections that have been the torture of a lifetime, thus affording unspeakable gratiact- tion to thousands; Barns. Scalds, Wounds and Festers; all Itching tndScal; Eruptions-of the Skin, and all Affections cl the Scalp, iueludine loss of Hair. Nothing like it has ever bee! known by the most intellect t physicians. j t has swept a host ef poisonous remedies out of ex istence. It is revolutionsry in its composition and mode of treatment and succeeds in curing every external affevtion. At every stage it is any assisted by Cuticura Sgap, which is a ptrt o! itself medicinally and at tho same time the most delightfully fragrant and refreshing Toilet t ath and Nursery soap in existent*. ’ Cuticura Resolvent, a p.w< rful purifying agent and liver stimulant, should be lskrn to neutral ize end resolve away blood poisons, earned by the virus of scrofula, cancer, canker, malarial or contagious disease.-!, which maintain and foster diseases of tbe Skin and Sca’p. SALTBHEUM. liiia a Butilen from the aufftringt „ Cmm* b? thU terrible Disrate. mbssbs W xxKs & PoTTiK-QeLtlemea: Please accept my most grateful thanks for the creat,very great, comfort I have received from the use of jtnr Cnticura. For the past eight or nine yean I have bean troubled with that dreadful diaease.Sait Hheum. For months 1 would bo helpless—my very lif« a burden to me. I hare used eveiythirg in tho shape of medi cine, both externaland intanal, but with no ef fect. My hands were in a terrible coidit’on. tho backs of th m being all raw, and I thought I would try Cnticmt 1 tried it; and lo I it was as if a miracle had been perfenned, f.r I will take my oath that in three applications my bands were as smooth as a new-born babe’s. I rrtsume there are hundreds, if not thou sands. who know of my esse, among whom there may be some <ne aimi arly afflicted, aud it so I wouid earnestly advise him to give Cuticura a trul. Tours, very thankfully. A. D. BAKER. Ticket Agent C. S. 5. R. Detroit Junction, Detroit, Afich., Jan. SO, ’79. Tetter or Salt Rheum on the hand* Cored. A Gratrfu[Oltter.~ Messrs Wrsks A Poniia—Gentlemen! Hav ing been troubled for many years with the Tet ter or Salt Rheum, and spent many a hard-earn ed dollar. I was given a trial of your Cuticura, and, thank God, my hands are well. I never bad anything do me good like that. Ten may put this in the paper and wo’coao, and may it do some other poor sufferer the eama “ood it r.as done mo. 1 am well known here, having lived here almost filte-'n years and kept boarders for a living, ard sometimes mv heart waa ww, thinking 1 would have to give up alio- setber with my sore hands, and having a small family to take c»re of; but ob, thank God, my hands rre well, so I again return thanks. Yours respectfully. EUZIBBTH BUCKLEY. Littleton. N. H.. May 31, lt.78. Thu Cuticura remedies are prepared by Weeks 4 Votter, Chemist and Drurgists. StO Washington street. Boston, and are for sale by ail druggists. Hr-oe of Cuticura small bores 50c; largo boxes, costaining two and ono half times tho quantity ot small, $1, Resolvent. SI per bottle. Cuticura Soap Z5c per cake; by mail Sin three cakes 75c. dtd81m ©OLLi/Vs- VOLTAIC BElECTBOf-^b’^rZttt 7 . rJ ActCAS with that marvellous vis wflS I te™ talizing and restorative agency, electricity, united with tho curative properties of our own fragrant Bvm ms and rta*. Fer Weak and Fore Lungs Palpitation of the Heart. Painful Kidneys. Livsr Complaint, Bilious Colic, Weak Stomach and Bowels, Rheu matism. Neuralgia, and -iciatica, they are the best remedy in the world. de.-lS lm CUTICURA REMEDIES can be had at ELLIS’DRUG STORE, Triangu lar block..novtS —These be hard lines from the Wash ington Capital, but they arc true: “There are thousands upon thousands of ill-con ditioned, unpatriotic people among us who secretly long for the privileges and glafe of monarchy, and would gladly put under foot the republic if they could. These are made up of dishonest men, who have stolen large sums, and fear a reckon ing from a free people; partisans, who hare come to regard their party as the government, and resent an attempt to dis place them as treason to the State; and poor snobs, such as we saw at the Cincin nati banquet, who bumped their empty skulls upon the floor in the presence of a man whom hut a few years since these same snobs denounced as not only imbe cile but corrupt.” These are the people who are everywhere throwing up their hats for Grant for a third term. —Some Pithy and Pointed Opin ions by Congressman Cox.—“What do you tMnk of all this parade over Gene ral Grant?” said a Post reporter to “Sun set” the other day. “There is nothing wonderfnl about it,” replied Mr. Cox. “Our politics are whimsical, and may bo here to-day and gone to-morrow. Even Pinafore itself must subside into the limbo ef departed melodies.” “Do you tMnk he will again be a candi date for the Presidency?” “I cannot give you all my reasons, but my impression is that the Republican par ty will not nominate Mm. If they do I don’t believe the people jwill elect him. The Democratic party will run a man who lia3 the virtues of civilism against Mm if he be nominated. If he be not nominated, we will run Hancock most probably,as againstBlaine orsome one who will lift tlie sanguinary nocturnal garment. But much depends on what Governor Seymour may do. All that I have said is based upon the idea that he will never ac cept. That has been my impression from a personal knowledge of Ms wishes. But some revelations from recent interviews indicate that he might be constrained to accept. If so, nothing can stand in the way of his success.”. —The liquidators of the City of Glas gow Bank have wrought wonders. In a single year they have paid out to creditors $45,809,000, in round numbers, or about 13s. 4d. per pound. The balance due is about $19,200,000, wMch is soon to be re duced by the payment of another divi dend of Is’ 8d. per pound, after wMch the process of liquidation will be slow. No doubt is entertained that every creditor will be paid in full, The outstanding as sets of the bank at the date of tlie report were £2,829,771 0s. 3d., and the land property held in New Zealand, if allowed time to fructify, will in a few years realize far more than its present market value. But, besides the proper assets of the bank still to be realized, there are sums due by contributories raising the value and as sets of tbe bank to upward of £4,300,000, or nearly half a million in excess of the liabilities. The liquidators are already engaged in a series of litigations which wit! employ the law courts for many years, and the remaining dividends will be paid slowly and in small amounts. But of the ultimate issue there is no doubt. Every creditor, as in the case of the Wes tern Bank, will be paid 20 shillings in the pound, and there will probably be con- siberable sums reftmded to those share- and a patriot who sincerely loved his J holders who have met the calls iu full.