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GEORGIA JOWWfAZ.& ME88ES6EB. - CL13BY, JONES & REESE, Fsoninou. Th* Family JotrsKAL.—New*—Politics— Litiratu**—A*bicultu**—Dohsstis GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING Established 1826. MACON, TUESDAY. JANUARY80. 1880. Volume LV-NO 8 BY TELEGRAPH New Yotik, January 3,1.—A dispatch dated Panama the 10th, says under the contract between M. de Lesseps and M. Bpnaparte Wise, from whom M. de Les seps took over his arrangement with the Columbian Government, M. de Lesseps is to have ten years more in which to organ ize Ilia of Charges ia'Hmited t Yfrse to receive one million francs on the formation of the Company—four million more one month after half the capital shall have been subscribed. Also to have five millions more in stock of the Compa- a in case of the death of M. de Lesseps, son to succeed to the enjoyment of all his rights and privileges under the contract. Augusta, Me., January 11.—Ebenezer Sprout Bensci has brought suit against E. T. Pillsbury, proprietor of the Maine Standard, for libel. The action is based on an article in Pillsbury’s paper charging Sproul with bribery. It is intimated that the programme of the Fusionists will be to have either Eugene Hale or Professor Young arrested by the Sergeant of arms and brought into the House to make a quorum. It now seems utterly impossible to get a quorum without the aid of the Republicans, and the failure to do so thus iar has only strengthened the Republicans in their po sition. The Fusionists will exhaust every means of legally electing a Governor and Coun cil, but how such election can be had, or how, if had, it will be regarded by Gen eral Chamberlain, is not known. There is a general impression that the members from the disfranchised cities will soon be allowed to take seats. Prom inent Fusionists applied to General Cham berlain on Saturday for a discharge from duty of the Augusta police in charge of the State House, expressing the belief that the public property was not in danger. General Chamberlain replied that if he discharged the police he should order two companies of militia to take .their place. The gentlemen hereupon withdrew their request. Augusta, Me., January 11.—The agent of the Associated Press at Augusta, in ex- S lanation of the circumstances attending lr. Blaine’s denial of the charge of com plicity in the bribery of Fusion members, says Mr. Blaine’s house has been con stantly filled eveiy day from breakfast till midniglit with a crowd of fifty or when the caucus adjourned till Monday. The last ballot was as follows: Barks dale, 52; Walthall,. S8; Singleton, 30 scattering, 5. New Orleans, Januaiy 11.—In the base ball game at Algiers to-day, Hop Bit ters 27; Washington’s nothing. At Oak land park, Hop Bitters 15, Veels 4. Valparaiso, January 9.—The troops at Qocna have revolted against pres ident Baza and have chosen Jamacho for their leader. • London, January 12.—A Vienna dis patch says the fighting between the Alba nians and Montnegrins has been incessant since the eighth instant, both sides receiv ing reinforcements. Prince Nikitar will shortly go to the seat of war. A Berlin dispatch says M. Boublon had a private audience with the Czar, during which he was ordered to make some im portant statement to Germany concerning the movements of Russian troops in Po land. Portland, Me., January 12.—Presi dent Lawson has assumed the duties of Governor, and has notified the Senate of his action, at the same time stating that the exercise of the executive functions be ing inconsistent with his further acting as president of the Senate, he cannot in the meantime, discharge the duties of presid ing officer of that body. Cincinnati, O., January 12 The semi-annual meeting of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, was held yesterday. The report favoring the erection of a College and dormitories in connection with the Union, was favorably received. A recommendation of the Board of Dele gates, in civil and religious rights, to so licit donations from congregations for the alliance of Israelite Universelle for Pales tine and Java, was declared inexpe dient. Measures for leading Hebrew brethren into agricultural pursuits, are stated to have assumed a tangible shape. A com mittee was appointed to solicit laud, farming implements and money. Ad journed to meet at Niagara the third Thursday in July. Evansville, Indiana, January 12.— A keg of powder exploded in the forecas tle of the Idlewild, a regular Ohio packet, between Evansville and Cairo at Weston, yesterday, blowing off the forecastle and port hull to the water’s edge, and badly crippling nine of the colored crew. Halifax, January 12.—Steamer Plain- miller, from Newcastle for New York, put into St. Johns, N. B., for repairs, having sustained serious damage in a hurricane. The captain and a seaman were washed overboard. New York, Januaiy 12.—Steamship one hundred persons, and has been the general headquarters for the Republican members of the* Legislature, so that Mr. White’s al- leced call there, if true, is without the sig- Arrungon, which left Bristol, England, nificance it might otherwise have. BSt ‘ and s \ 10rt 'y afterher Mr. Wliite denies seeing Mr. Blaine dur- i ^ - " been lo3t ’ ing the entire day in question, except i re ^ e <^™~ tb,S ”!} 0rmno ’ „ T , while the latter was poising hurriedly - , *5® from one room to another. | 2\ P 'i?, k ®I P roceeded t0 ca *’ MKMPniSjJantiary 11.—In the criminal X°‘ . and resolutions, under court to-daythe jury returned averdict of; V 18 /? 11 ^ 1 , 1 ? 8 were Infaodnced and murder in the first degree in the case of i ^ ? bde , Smith,coloredf—ho was tried for Sffit“jSTj killing Chaney Long, colored, in 1877 Charles nood, colored, was to-day sen tenced to be hung on March 12th, for the murder of Mrs. W. B. Foster last Janua- j reduce tax on with persons am banking business. By Robinson, of Massachusetts, In re gard to compensations and expenses of “ kc “ WUl ' Su f re “!5i FC g!p.lSa;ofNewTorl, ubcilttm The annual report of the National "f? nal . ? ebt ’ Board of Health is just completed. It Ellls. of Loaialana, providin; will probably be submitted to Congress 1^ I Y l ? c , bet . ween the to-morrow. The report says the work of collecting information and advice from’san- itary organizations throughout the United States as to the best plan for the national E ~ Tc health organization, including snb- of maritime and inland quarantine tieen quite successful. The report en dorses the conclusions of the American ovidmg United States and certain foreign countries. By Mr. Warner, of Ohio, to stop paper inflation and provide for necessary in crease of the volume of currency by the free coinage of silver and gold, and silver and gold certificates. Also a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the time, condition, Public Health Association at its meeting i etc *>. of 1113 United Stato Treasury be- In Nashville last November. * I coming a member of the New York clear- The following are some of toe principal , , recommendations submitted : That for . I, ^ erna " introduced a the present no change be made in the plan for the organization of a Board of Health. That a convention of representatives of the United States, State and local authori ties, especially engaged in the collection *f vital statistics, be had, with a view of se curing uniformity throughout tlio country. That the law of June shall be amend ed so that all vessels from foreign ports coming to the United States ports, be re quircd to have bills of health. That the board of health bo charged with tire duty of reporting to »he president of die United Stales when any city is con quered dangerously infected, and upon the official publication by the president of such report, the transportation of goods or persons from such infected cities into other States be carried on by rules and regulations made by the national board. That tire president of the United States be authorized to call on the international sanitary conference to meet at Washing ton, to which the foreign powers having jurisdiction of ports likely to be infected by yellow fever shall be invited to send delegates for the purpose of securing an international system of notification as to actual sanitary condition of such ports and vessels sailing therefrom. The last recommendation is that the National Board establish quarantine sta tions at once near the mouth of Chesa peake Bay and at Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico, provided with all necessary apparatus. That these stations be man aged by the National Board and be devot ed to the treatment of vessels bound res pectively for ports on the Chesapeake and in the Gulf. It is - held that it will then be necessary only to manitain inspecting stations at the several ports. The report then states that in the opin ion of the National Board, complete quar antine establishments are needed at pres ent only at Boston, New York, Philadel phia, mouth of Chesapeake Bay, Charles ton, Savannah, Brunswick, Ga., Fernandi- na, Fla., Ship Island, Miss., and some point on the Texas coast. The expense of the stations on Chesapeake Bay, at Brunswick and Ship Island, which are regarded as the most important, arc esti mated at one hundred thousand dollars, and it is recommanded that they be equip ped and maintained by the United States. The report also recommends the estab lishment of inspecting stations for steam boats on the Mississippi river at New Or leans, Vicksburg and just below Memphis, and at Clricago. The cost of these sta tions will be thirty-five thousand dollars. The expenditures of tho board since its organization have been one hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars. The estimated expense from the present time to June 30, 1881, will be four hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars. New York, Januaiy 11.—The Captain of the schooner George T. Littlefield, ’ from Barcelona, Venezuela, reports that United States Consul Eckert and Mr. Naphegz, the latter claiming to be a citi zen of the United States, were forced to leave the country and take refuge on board the schooner, which landed them at St. Thomas. The trouble arose through non-payment of customs due by: Naphagz, who sought the protection of the Consul. The American flag is also alleged to have been insulted. Washington, January 11.—Repre sentative Money, of Mississippi, received a telegram to-day giving the result of the joint caucus of the Democratic members of thp Mississippi Legislature held - at Jackson last evening for the purpose of nominating a successor to Senator Bnice, 1 whose term expires March 3d, 1881. Six ballots ‘ as may be necessary of Bedlow’s Island, New York Harbor, from the War to the Treasury Department, to be used for ma rine hospital purposes. Referred. Mr. Paddock introduced a bill to au thorize the appointment of commissioners to ascertain and report losses sustained by citizens of the United States qn account Indian appreciations, and to adjust claims arising therefrom. Mr. Wallace introduced a bill to provide lor the appointment of stenographers for circuit and district courts of the United States. Referred. New Orleans, January 12.—The leg islature meets to-day. Lieutenant-Gov ernor Wiltz, who has been ill for two months, is steadily regaining strength and will be able to participate in the organ ization of the Senate. He will probably be inaugurated Governor on Wednesday or Thursday. Balloting for United States Senator commences to-morrow. Ex-Governor McEnery and Congressman Gibson are prominent candidates. Washington, January 12.— In the Senate Mr. Maxey, of the Committee on Military Affairs, reported with amend ments the Senate hill for the sale of a portion of the Fort Worth military reser vation. Placed on the calendar. The Senate took up and passed a num ber of private bills for the relief of indi viduals, and a bill for tire support of the West Point Military Academy, with the amendments reported by the Committee on Appropriations. The Senate then took up the special or der of the day—a bill to prevent cruelty to animals in transportation. On motion of Mr, Thurman, it was made the special order for Monday next. The Senate then went into executive session, and when the doors were re-op ened, adjourned. In tire House bills were introduced and referred as follows: By Mr. Thomas Turner, of Kentucky— For the benefit of small producers of to bacco. By Mr. McMillan, of Tennessee—For the relief of certain Southern mail con tractors. By Mr. Newberry, of Michigan—To amend the Internal Revenue Laws in re gard to the taxation of National Banks. By Mr. Updegraf, of Iowa—Fixing the time for counting the votes for President and Vice President. The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President, in answer to a resolution relative to the Consulate at Hong Hong, transmitting the report from the Secretary of State with accompanying japere. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Depart ment. Mr. Hosmar moved to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution for the appoint ment of a committee of seven to investi gate the manner of paying pensions, boun ties, etc., to soldiers.' Adopted. Adjourned. Maine and her Acting. Governor. Augusta, Me., Januaiy 12.—On the assembling of- the; Senate this morning President "Lamson sent in a letter, an nouncing that he had assumed the duties of Governor. Senator Ellis, of Waldo, was then chosen President, pro tempore. The committee on Gubernatorial votes reported that the following votes were east at the election held in September: Whole number of votes cast, 138,S07; ne cessary for a choice, 69,504. Daniel F.; Davis received 78,700; Joseph L. Smith, 47,049;. Alonzo Garcelon,. 21,844; ,Biou Bradbury, 263. The. remainder are scat tering. On' the proposition of the Senate was some debate. Mr. Locke, of Cum berland, made a speech, claiming that certificates issued by the Governor and Council to those not chosen were not le gal, and the acts passed by such a body would not be recognized by the courts or obeyed by the people. Messrs. Barker and Strickland replied, defending the le gality of the Legislature, and declaring they meant, as honorable gentlemen, to do the fair thing when the investigation should take place before the proper com mittee of the Legislature. The joint con vention was formed, and in the presence of the Secretary of State and several mem bers of the Council, John D. Lawson took the oath and was proclaimed the acting Governor of the State. Only sixty members wSrfe present in the House, and that body adjourned without the transact ion of any business. Keene, N. H., January 12.—Tebo & Cargill’s woolen mills, at Ashbuelot, were burned this morning. The buildings were owned by Colony & Dickinson. The los3 on the stock is $12,000 and on the building $5,000. London, January 12.—A dispatch from Berlin to the Times says particular atten tion is now being paid hereto the devel opment of affairs in France. It was hoped that time would remove national antipa thies, and that war might be altogether averted, but this hope has been much shaken by recent events in France. The new French Cabinet, and particularly M. Defreycinct, premier, is mistrusted, the latter being regarded as the creature of M. Gambetta. London, Januaiy 12—A dispatch from Rome to the Standard says very sad ac counts arc given of the condition of the pop ulation in the Northern Provinces of the former Kingdom of Naples, where fever is epidemic over a large district. In a popu lation of 62,000 the sick amount to 33,000 persons. Deaths from July to December, 1879, amounted to 3,423. London, January 12.—A dispatch from Candaharto the Times says the leader of the Herat troops has been decoyed into the city and put to death by Yakoob Khan. No reports have reached here confirming the announcement that Abdul Rahman Khan, tire pretender to the Afghan throne, had arrived at Balkh. Paris, January 12.—The Russian press and the various continental special cor respondents now pretty freely discuss the rrobabilities of the British occupation of lerat. Washington, January 12.—Chief Ou ray and the Ute delegation arrived hero yesterday. Ouray was at the Interior Department to-day, and held a long con ference during his visit with Secretary Schurz. The Indians as a body will probably not be examined for a day or two. The examination will be the con tinuation of the work of the Ute Commis sion. Washington, January 12.—The Presi dent transmitted to the House the official correspondence of the State Department relative to the Consul at Hong Kong. The most important documents therein con tained are the reports of General Stahel cf the results of his investigations into the affairs of the Consulate. They show that during the period from January 1st, 1872, to January 31st, 1879, the Consul at flong Kong collected $11,130 fe excess of the amount ftSSOuntbd for to the government, SSir that by means of overcharges on in voices, he realized $3,466 more from fees than he gave the government credit for. The report calls attention to various other irregularities which consist for the most part of failures to give the United States credit for moneys received from various sources. Washington, Januaiy 12 The hill introduced by Representative Ellis, of Louisiana, in the House to-day, and re- ferred to the Committee on Commerce, directs the Postmaster-General to con tract for a weekly mail service between the following among other points: Be tween Baltimore, touchiug at Norfolk and Bremen and Hamburg via Southampton; between Charleston, South Carolina, and Havre, via Southampton; between New Orleans and Liverpool; semi-monthly ser vice between New York and South Amer ica as far as the mouth of the river Platte in Buenos Ayres; between New Orleans and certain ports to be fixed upon by the Postmaster General in Central America and the Argentine Republic, between Galveston Texas, and the port of Vera Cruz and Intermediate ports and postal stations, to be fixed and determined by the Postmaster General. It provides that the contracts shall be made in thj usual manner by sealed bids and awarded to the lowest bidder, and that vessels em ployed iu the mail service under the pro visions of this act, shall be iron screw steamships built and owned hyAmericans, in American shipyards, and of American materials. The bill introduced in the House by Mr. Warner, of Ohio, to-day to prevent paper inflation; provides in view of the present and constantly increasing volume of paper currency, First, That after the passage of the said bill the issue of additional national bank notes shall close. Second, That for anynocessary increase of this currency the mints of the United States shall be open to the public for the free coinage of gold and silver into stand ard coins on the same terms. Third. That the government issue gold and silver bullion certificates as receiva ble for all dues to the United States. The coin and bullion for which such certifi cates are outstanding shall be retained in the Treasury for the redemption of the same, provided, that the coin certificates returned to the Treasury in the payment of dues to the Government shall be re- estimate of $1,700,000, $432,000 was for l,SO0 of 2,000 new routes established by the Act of Congress during the past year, and $1,468,000 for increased service on the routes previously established. The Star strvice on all the routes must cease by April tenth bytoq exhaustion of the appropriation, unless an additional amount be voted. The committee ad journed until to-morrow, when General Brady will again be before them. New Orleans, Januaiy 12—R. N. Ogden was chosen Speaker of the House to-day. Charleston, January 12.—Colonel A. O. Andrews, for many years President of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce and prominent in connection with the coast survey and other useful public enter prises, died to-day, aged sixtyifive. Augusta, Me., January 12.—At 6:40 o'clock this evening the Republican mem- qers of the Senate and House proceeded to the State. It is the State’s property leased for a time to a company of capital ists. Here is a contract made between an outside road with the Central road, with the concurrence of the Western and At lantic railroad lease company, and with the advice of its president. At once this concurrence of the Western and Atlantic railroad—the State’s own road—paralyzes enterprise in every section of the State. We are told that it stops the extension of the road from Carollton to Chattanooga— that it stops the extension of the Macon and Brunswick railroad from Macon—and that it stops the build ing of the Georgia Western. We are told that it will check and kill these enter prises, to one of which, at least, the State has pledged itself and all of which would tend to develop and help build up the State. I had nothing to do with the breaking down of the Carrollton exten sion and the Georgia Western road. But to the State-house for the purpose of or- charged as I am, with the duty of carrying ganizing the Legislature. The movement I out the polity of the State in regard to the darkness and silence once more. The boys scattered on all sides, and seem to have escaped detection. Who were the outsiders that helped to smuggle into the Post their ammunition and fireworks is also a profound secret. The officers and faculty were completely baffled. But now it became their turn, and they have made the poor boys smoke for it. It is related that the whole, battalion was deprived of their right to make New Years’s calls, which is about the cruelest fate that can befall a cadet. The force of tactical officers has been trebled, so there will be three times as much watch ing and spying as before, and there are four inspections a day instead of two, al though a single one is a nuisance, and the only consolation the cadets hare is that the authorities aie furiously angry because they cannot discover the ring leaders. This would be sifiall comfort to was entirely unknown to the Fusionists, 1 lease and extension of the hfacon and and hut few of the Republicans outside of Brunswick road-of a road which will r.e niwA m i!„a. «,«. a™— t. I p°y arrives at valuations In general is i inscrutable as the ways of Providence.” Pretty severe treatment for a little harmless fun, but military law is inexora- the immediate members were aware of the position of affairs. The oew3 that the Republicans had taken possession of the State-house spread rapidly and caused great rejoicing among the Republicans, who have.been impatient to have this re sult brought about. Mr. Lawson, President of the Senate, when he saw tire people assembling, pro ceeded to General Chamberlain’s head quarters and excitedly said, “I protest against these men coming in.” The General informed Mr. Lawson that he should permit the men to come in and stay as long as they pleased. There was no forcible resistance whatever. The halls were lighted, the minor officer* of the previous Legislature familiar with the premises taking hold and lending them assistance. In the Senate Honorable Jer emiah Dingley, Jr., called the meeting to order, and Austin Harris was called to the chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Butler, member of the House. Charles W. Turner, assistant Secretary oi the last Senate, called the roll, and seven teen Senators responded to the call. A quorum was announced present, all being Republicans, who proceeded to qualify. The oath was administered by Hon. Win. M. Stratton. Andrew R. S. Smith was declared Senator from Lincoln county, in face of the returns. Joseph A. Locke was chosen President, receiving ail the votes thrown—19. Charles W. Tilden was chosen Secretary, and George E. Brackett, of Belfast, As sistant Secretary. The following order was passed: Ordered, That a committee, consisting of three members of the Senate, bo ap- i jointed by the President to report to the Senate for its action whether the Senate shall call upon the Justices of the Su preme Court for their opinion touching the legal organization of the Senate for the 59th Legislature, and report for the ac tion of the Senate such questions as law and facts require in tho promises. It is announced that the Fusionists will proceed at once to the election of Gov ernor and all stall officers. It U still claimed that Lawson will not be recog nized as Governor by General Chamber- lain. give us two lines to the Ocean through Georgia—I feel it lay duty to say to the public, and especially to those expecting to bid, that the new combination cannot and shall not discriminate against the Ma con and Brunswick railroad, and that its concurrence in the contract with the Cen tral can mean nothing to the detriment of that road and its extension,” “Your purpose, then, is not to criticize any combination, but simply to protect the property of the State.” Certainly, I do not desire to antagonize any man or set of men or to criticize any policy or combination. I do not know that there is any purpose on the part of any any one to discriminate against any road in the State or any interest. I have no rteht to assume that there is. But this I do know: I have been commissioned by the State to sell an important piece of property. While the bill in which that commission is given me is faulty in some respects, its purpose and intention is clearly expressed to my understanding. It is my duty to lease that road. Now, just before the advertised time of the lease I find that through certain events a sus picion is thrown over the value of the road—a suspicion that may not only im pair the price that will be offered, but may even defeat the lease of the road it self. I have replied fully and earnestly to your questions, simply that I might, in the few days allowed me, clear away the suspicions as to the value of the road, and not only carry out the wishes of the peo ple, but also secure the highest possible price for the road. I am satisfied that the road is one of the most valuable proper ties in the country and that the fears about its not getting Justice aro purely artificial.” yvuuvi | n uatuui kcucrmn issued and the bullion certificates s* re- freight it brought to Atlanta from the throughout the wtton region for the week- turned shall be cancelled and the bullion West, it would bq bound to give the Ma- i„«t pvr.w ml™ b con & Brunswick railroad every advan- ' tage, exact and full, that it gives to any other road. This point being established, for which they were issued shall be con- celled and the bullion for which they were issued shall be converted into coin. Washington, January 12. — The House Special Committee appointed to in vestigate the Star Route Postal Service heard to-day General Brady, Second As sistant Postmaster General. Gen. Brady stated that the law gives the Postmaster General full discretion as to the establish ment of star routes. All increase of that service has been under his (Brady’s) per sonal supervision, and in strict conformity to law and established usuage. No defi ciency in the appropriation actually ex ists, nor. will any be created, hut if the ad ditional service put on during the present fiscal year is to be continued on its pres ent basis, the appropriation will be insuffi cient. The department’s actions would de rend upon the action of Congress. The ncrease has been made in response to the urgent demand of the people and repref sentatives of the sections where made. The total appropriation for this branch of the service for the present fiscal year is $3,900,000; of this $3,SOO,000 has been expended in the. first half of the year. The continuance of the present service, would cause a deficiency of. $1,700,000. Therefore, the department had recom mended an appropriation of $2,000,000 and had asked it early, so that if it failed, the service might be confined within limits of the original appropriations. The depart ment thought the increase made was proper and the further increase would be necessary before the end of the fiscal year. The cost of the star service was less at the present time, proportionally to its amount than before or since 1861. Its increase was an evidence of business prosperity. The department believed it advisable to make liberal appropriations for the service and make it satisfactory- to the people, Governor Colquitt on the Latte Cole* Brown Consolidation and the Lease of the Macon and Brunswick Bail- road. - We find in the Constitution of Sunday, a lengthy report of an interview between the Governor and one of the representa tives of that paper: To the Governor—“Do you think tho ■JoaWjQf the road will be made on next we asked. ‘ ! xTro,he‘replied. “What effect will the late combination with the Central have on the lease ?” “None at least. At least it should have none. I feel confident, despite the fact that the bill was passed by the Legislature in imperfect and ill-advised shape, that the lease will be made. Of course, we all see now how the lease bill could be so changed as to make the lease and extension a cer tainty, but I do not think it has any defi ciencies that will prove senous.” “You know, then, that the new combi nation cannot effect the future of tho Ma con aud Brunswick read?” “I do, and I desire to make this state ment emphatic. I mean that the Macon and Brunswick road, if extended to At lanta—or if not extended to Atlanta—is entitled to. and shall have precisely the same advantages from the Western and Atlantic road that the Central has and precisely the same it would have had if the combination had never been made. It 132 last year. Stocks 349,859, against must be remembered that the Western 253 047 at same .bo* and Atlantic Bailroad is the property of I same date hut year, the State, and in its lease it is expressly I Chronicle s visible supply table re- stipulated that it shall not be used in dis- | ports 2^373,397 hales in sight last Friday t ? e State j! a S ainst 2,364,637 at same date last year- It would be a violation of the lease act! 0.110 mo a.. • „ for the Western and Atlantic Bailroad < M 8 ’ ”‘ at same date ln 1878, and 2,708,- yo discriminate in the slightest j 31 same dato in 1877. * These figures manner show au increase on the visible supply of against the Macon and Brunswick rail- i last year of 8,760 hales an in, road. It would not dare to attempt it, 1 and if it did the executive wouldbe bound I . . le of 1878 of 45,705 bale “You think, then, that the road is worth the money asked for it ?” “It is worth much more. As Governor of the State the road has been under my general supervision for some time. I am satisfied that it would pay a great deal more tliau the minimum price of the lease ($60,000) and its franchise outright at $1,225,000 must he a great bargain for any man or company of men. It is splendidly stocked, and its business is large and In creasing. I am no railroad expert, but I know that for $2,500,000 a company could pay for the road and extend and equip the Atlanta division. For this out lay it would then have a road about 300 miles loug, finely equipped, with no debt or bonds, and having costless than $2,000,- 000 or less than $10,000 a mile. It is said by careful men that the extension can be made aud equipped for $850,000. If this is so the whole cost of the road would be barely $2,000,000. At these figures it would pay laige profits, even if it never became the leading trunk line that it may be expected to become. The country through which it passes is one of the best sections of our State, and is capable of great development. Under the proper liberal management the local patronage of that road would bo very large. Last Week’s Cotton Figures. The New York Chronicle reports the receipts of the seven days ending last Fri day at 149,486 bales against 121,091 tho corresponding week of last year. Total since 1st S^.em’oer, 1879,3,316,341 bales, against 2,840,382 for the corresponding pe riod of the previous cotton year—showing an increase of 475,950 hales. Tire interior cotton port business of the same week was as follows: Receipts 71,- 688 bales, against 45,145 for same week o last year. Shipments 77,772, against 73,- 132 last year. ble, and not even In the Russian army are the rules more rigid and imperious As this is a school for officers, we suppose it proceeds upon the principle that the first duty of a soldier is obedience. Whales in Southern Waters.—The rationale of the appearance of the right whale in Southern waters, of late years, is not so apparent as it might be. But it is a fact that whaling vessels do now cruise about the Southern coasts and the Carrib- ean seas in pursuit of their prey, and meet with reasonable success. So occasionally whales are stranded on the coast of Georgia. A very large on* wa3 captured and tied out on the northern end of Cum berland Island about three years ago. Last week another monster entered the harbor of Charleston, and his pursuit and capture created great excitement in the city. That was on Thursday, and the carcass was visited by thousands on Fri day and Saturday till it became very offensive to the nostrls. On Friday an other large whale was seen about the mouth of the harbor. These animals have not, till late years, affected warm latitudes. on executive wouldbe bound I W « 1878 of 45,705 bales, to protect the Macon & Brunswick prompt- * and a decress0 ° f 334,831 on the visible iy, thoroughly and at all hazard, and to ! supply of 1877. ways of discrimination than one. It is I iana m l jivei P 00 * last Friday. At same not sufficient that the Western and At- date last year the quotation was 6 5-16. lantic should give the same tariff to the In 1878, at same date, the quotation was Macon & Brunswick railroad that it gives ' n* and in 1877 „ to the Central, but it would not be lawful I 187 . 7 ’ at samedat « seven pence for it to discriminate against it in any | Ine Chronicle’s telegrams report warm manner whatever. On every pound of, an< i unseasonable weather generally a: ending last Friday. Texas is still dry with the single exception of Brenham, where 2.50 rain fell last week. The rain- and it is settled by law, and will be in- fall in Galveston for the vear 1879 is reMo- sisted on by the executive in the fullest tnrn ,i no • . w n S‘s- senso, the Macon & Brunswick road : l d at ‘■ 0,0 ° a S ain st 80.90 the year be- woitld be apt. to receive just as much | * ore * Shreveport reports roads inbadcon- freight and passengers as it merited. It. dition and cotton coming in slowly. Vicks- miglit be that the one line that is interested hurtr savs three-nnirtew nf in this combination might force the bulk I ' „ ys , . , her cro P of its freight over the Central, but the como ln - Little Rock, Arkansas, • says Cincinnati Southern freights and the roads are in such had condition that Louisville and Nashville freights would transportation is impossible. She had be inclined to seek a different port from 1 1 no , the others. But without pursuing these I “ che f , of ram durin S tb e week, calculations further, I hare thi3 to say. i Aashville had 1.28. In Alabama it was It is the expressed will of the State of warm and dry throughout. Florida re Georgia that the Macon and Brunswick ' ports 90 per cent of the crop marketed, line should be extended, and the monop-j r,_ _ olyof the Central in whosoever hands' , ° n tbe subject of httle croptalk,” that monopoly might rest—should be 0ie Chronicle tabulates a showing of broken. 1 am determined a3 far as hu- 8,800,871 bales already received from ^Itoy of°«m ^o|le°and e the “exX^ed ' Potions against 3,115,013at same date ill of the people, shall be carried out. It Ia3t year ’ showing a “ actual increase of shall certainly not be checked or ob-, 700,000 hales, and says that should re- structed by a road that belongs to the ceipts fall off thirty thousand bales a week State—that was built by tbe people’s - , money-—and that was leased under tbe most positive instructions. I am sure ^ that I have the power to fully protect the fiv^and ^h’alf m^monT th ** lessees of the Macon and Brunswick Road an “ a half millions. in all their rights of connection with the Rnv* Will ho Raws (W Tint T* Western anf Atlantic Railroad, and l, 7 Will DO XOJS fat It shall use that power to the utmost limit. A , , If I find it insufficient, then I shall lay I The cadets at West Point, though the the matter before the Legislature, and the discipline and surveillance of the United people will see that additional power is States Military Academy is stricter than “Has the Western and Atlantic Rail- ‘hat of any mshtution in the world, con- road shown any suggestion of discrimi- trived to steal a march upon their marti- natipg?” .. ... . 1 nets on the night of ’December 31st, aajd 1,,= .,l n ® tbat 1 krK £ v ? f > aud 1 Prcsnmeit lish dred . the'New. Year in with salvos lias shown none. But there are certain signs that there is a fear of such a thing. artb2ry > horns, Roman candles and sky j lfi«.WfiMp 1 rkable rockets. The racket continued for “f e^ If’he What is Thought of the Cole-Brown CoMolidation, After some trepidation the Atlanta Constitution comes out emphatically and declares, that the late railroad alliance will help Atlanta, Savannah and the whole State at large. The general opin ion also seems to he favorable, to it. From a few doubting Thomases are heard some notes of dissatisfaction with the ar rangement, predicated wholly upon the belief and avowed opinion that railroad men, not excepting Governor Brown, Colonel Cole, et id omne genus, are not to be trusted. But we have the solemn pledges of these gentlemen that existing freight charges in Macon wijl not be changed un less to lower them; that no unfrteiiulj dis crimination will be made against the Ma con and Augusta or Macon and Bruns wick railroads, but on the contrary they shall be placed upon the same footing with the “Central” itselfi that local freights will be reduced as soon as the volume of through freights and the profits accruing therefrom render it possible; that the new organization is resolved by kind acts to disarm all opposition to the Central Bail road; and finally, that it only asks a reas onable length pf time in which to make good these promises. This seems fair and right, and when wd reflect that it is greatly to the interest of this vast monopoly to pacify the people and prove that they seek t» benefit, not ipjure thfm, we cannot but hope that the late amalgamation will result in good to the entire State. It should be remembered that the peo ple have “on guard” those special commis sioners charged with full authority to pro tect their interests, and not even the most malignant enemy can asperse their rep utation for capacity, integrity and devotion to the community. In view of all these considerations W6 are constrained to believe that public sentiment favors the late consolidation, and that Colonel Colo and Gov ernor Brown, if they redeem in good faith their pledges will conciliate the support and good will of every Georgian. THE GE0BGXA PBE8B. Colonel Larry Gannt, of the Ogle thorpe Echo, is highly in favor of a whisky inspector. Has the Colonel fallen victim to an inferior article during the confusion of the Christmas holidays and new year calling. Dowdyville,Madison county,has been made a post-office. John Quinct Labamore is wante^ in Lexington to answer to the offense of ft>r- gery. ‘ Jimmie Kidd was thrown from Els wagon near Lexington and killed last week. The last number of the Arlington Ad vance gives a review of the commercial interests of that place and makes an excel lent showing. Captain Ed. L. Wight has been elected Mayor of Albany. A church Christmas festival near Ringgold resulted in a free fight just as the congregation was dispersing, by the thoughtless firing of fire crackers by two boys. The battle raged fiercely, pieces of scalps, locks of hair, handfuls of beard and broken sticks strewed the ground, and one man was seriously wounded. Feavine and Scuffle Nubbin are two of the villages of Walker county. May they both grow. The Georgia raised mnles which have shied and thrown their riders and drivers during Christmas, throughout the State, are almost innumerable. The Albany Leap Year party was a, great success. Messrs. Mater and Glauber, of AU bany, have had their two porters and. two. accomplices arrested for stealing from their establishment. Tho quartette wi^l probably eventually join Governor Brown’s forces in the Stato of Dade. Thomasyille is out of debt end sighs for a Leap Year party. Bishop Beckwith confirmed a class of seven in the ThomaAviUo Episcopal Church last week.. Thomasyille Times* Tho sight of one carrying an umbrella, with which to shield themselves from tho heat of a January sun, must be a novel one to our Northern friends. And yet it has not been uncommon on our streets for the past two weeks. The Oglethorpe Echo contains the fol lowing; Colonel Colburn, of the Morgan mine, has a chunk of beautiful red gold weighing 16 pwt., that was taken from ore shipped North. It is more the color of Guinea gold than any ever found in America. There is a marked difference in the precious metal from the various mines in our county. A Winter Like Unto This.—Many of our citizens can remember flirty-five or fifty years ago a winter almost as mild as this lias heretofore been. The spring fol lowing that year old cotton stalks actually sprouted in the field, and some of them left over bloomed and bore friM Aft flW sign is a thin §’ruo]( qq cqrq presages ft mild winter. Farmers report aucii last taut Marshal James Sanges were search^ ing for the burglars on a street in-rear of Mr. D. F. McClatchey’s residence. At 'the lime house of the latter tbe officers stopped to see if anyone was secreted in side. Mr. James Sanges had rjo sooner struck a match.than some one on the in side of the building struck him a severe blow on the side ol the face, felling him terthe ground. Two negroes rushed out, aid one them threw a rock at Sheriff Stew phens, missing his head but slightly. Mj, Stephens jerked out his pistol, and tried to shoot his assailant, when he received blow on the hand, knocking tho pistol downward, tho pistol fired at the same time, and the negroes fled m differ ent direction. One of them turned the comer and started towards tho railroad crossing near Mr. Gabies. The firing at tracted the attention of Marshal Banks and he left Mr. Neese’s and met the flee-. ing negro below the railroad bridge and. attempted to stop him, but he received a blow from the negro that prostrated him. Mr. Henry Wilson jerked the stick from the negro’s hand and knocked him down, and by this mean* be was captured. And to the astonishment of ail, it turned out to be Tom Lyman, a negro whom the people 5 had a good opinion of. He gave the name •f the notorious John Williams as his com panion, who escaped. Tom Lyman was shot through the foot aud a ball had clip ped a piece from his scalp. Cigars were' found on his person that compared favora-; bly with those stolen from Mr. Neese, and the stick of black jack stove wood, which he wielded so vigorously, was of the same' kind Mr-Neese had in his house. Tom denied, that he entered Mr. Neese’s house, and on. Monday a preliminary trial was had before Justice Simpson, resulting in binding Lyman over in a bond of $150 for an assault and battery. —India camels’ hair scarfs are worn as extra wraps in New York. They are of fine quality and subdued color, and are doubled with the stripes lengthwise. They are placed very high on the shoulders, and fastened by a brooch of smoked pearl. —Bismarck Dangerously III.—A dispatch from Berlin states that the Prince is worse, and his death is imminent. The Emperor is said to have displayed much anxiety concerning the chance for him during the last twenty-four hours. All members of the Prince’s family have been summoned to Varsen. —It is thought that a crisis in the history of Vesuvius is approaching; either there will be a great discharge, such as will ter- rify the neighborhood, or, as is more like ly, there will be an overflowing of lava, covering the cone with a mantle' of fire, and silently inflicting more destruction on property than a graud eruption. Vesu vius has been in an active state now for several years. —A Clricago thief shaved off his raous- . tache after robbing a lady in the street, and by that means made it impossible for her to identify him wbhft tip was arrested; but he could not long resist the desire to look his host, qnd three months later, when the new moustache had grown like the rqcfljjiiized him in a crowd, qqd he has been convicted. =3Iori Arinori is a japan«p whq Iwj. received an American education. Einji Ilioron, a newspaper puhlishednt the cap ital of Japan, assails him as a “bigot of , Western ideas,” “a liker of strange things,” and a reader of the Bible.” His chief offense in the eyes of the Japanese editor, ~ however, is that just before starting as Min ister to England he changed tho spelling of Mori to Maury. —Adelina Patti, on liorrecent arrival in Dresden, was met at the railway station by a party of miners, ?ueir spokes':' A Worthy Colporteur and Semut of God. Bdv.F. W. Haygood,>ho for thirty-five years has faithfully served the American Tract Society as a travelling missionary and vendor of tracts and religious works, is in our city, and will endeavor to visit eveiy family within its limits. We trust he will be received with open doors and kindly courtesy by all. The price of many of the precious messengers of peace and mercy he beam with him, is but a trifle, and yet they have been the means by the blessing of God, of saving many an immortal soul from perdition. His, is no sectarian mission, but on the contrary ev ery evangilical denomination is united in the support of the American Tract So ciety. A good investment. Buy a twenty-five cent package of Foutz’s Horse and Cattle Powders to prevent disease in your horses and cattle. tering. V^Jl tuc piujiusitiuu luu i «***'* • . _ ~ , - ' j w w u itai ui ouui e, null”. K es|llre3 ou ^ to hold a joint convention for the purpose , especially as the government retains the Myattention is called to this remarkable )ts were taken without a choice, of qualifying the acting Governor there monoplyof .Jheletter carriages. Of the state pf things; here is a road that belongs quarter of an hour, and then all w4s fie anc ,-r v.fj ..'J f PK ' - 'j? --!» wi-ti"!. . . ..,*1 -.? * . • ... . I - *4 ‘ <1 V , J* ‘ ‘ * « Ws8l*iiS»ahth.’< arfi ti «ihM tu.i i aanvutbete* . —Navig ation Open on the Hudson. —A gentleman connected with the Pough keepsie Transpotation Company and Ho mer Ramsdell & Co.’s forwarding firm of this city says that this is the first time in nearly a quarter of a century that their freight and passenger boats of the upper Hudson have been able to run after tho 7th of January. To-day there is scarce aay.iee in tbe .river, and the propellers Hasbrouck and Miller will make tbei trips to-night with no more trouble than ini —A young jady in Chicago, when asked byrt^e officiating minister, “Will you love, -~-*obey this man as yoiirhusbarid, a true wife?” said plainly, does What he promised me financially .x-J al fall. Tho EcKoKh Hews reports that Ander- fon Jones, a little negro, nine years old, in trying to cock a pistol- last week, dis charged the contents into his bowels. He had the muzzle of the pistol against his stomach, and was pushing the hammer back with his hand when it slipped and fired the pistol, The ball entered the ab domen, going through the bowels and lodging under the skin in the small of the back. “He is,” says the News, “under the skillful treatment of Dr. Goss, but the doctor Informs us he cannot possibly “S°".r y Ryan, the negro man who was j . ntMI » a banded Iiera arrested at No. 1, Central Railroad, and hoquet, and was about to deliver an ad- brought to jail on the 26th pit., charged « dress, when the im^ressario of the — .ml mTtv* - “I “ -bxdellencyi please postpone the agreeable task of addressing Madame, for in tiff* dratight slid may easily catch d dreadful cold in the head, and every such accident costs me 15,000 marks.” —Prussian Generals seem to enjoy a rare longevity. Without reckoning Mar shals Von Moltko and Von Roon, there is found in the higher grades of the army of a body of veteran? who began their military careers three quarters of a century ago. General Schreibershofen, born in 1785, entered the service in 1797, and, after having risen through all the intermediate grades in the long wars which marked the beginning of this century, was created a Major-General in 1829. ;On the first of November last he celebrated the fiftieth anniveraaiy of his elevation to that dignity. To-day at thq green old age of ninety-five, this veteran displays an almost youthful vigor. Providence R. L, dispatch to th* Washington Post says it is authoritative ly stated hero that ex-Senator Sprague, who has been for some weeks engaged in taking private deposition for use in a di vorce which ho shortly contemplated bringing against his wife, became satisfied that he could adduce no substantial proof with which to sustain his former allega tions against Mrs. Sprague, and instructed his lawyers to proceed no further in th* matter. A reconciliation between the husband and wife is looked for as the eventual result of this. —Business and Everything at Work.—A veiy intelligent New York merchant, who Las just returned from a three weeks’ business tour of observation through this State, Western Pennsylvania, Southern Ohio and West Virginia, gives a glowing account of the revival of indus try in all that region. The leather manu facturers, he says, are refusing to taka further orders, and have as much business on hand as they can take carp of until midsummer. The furniture manufactu rers are all working full time, and likewise have orders far ahead. As forth* iron and steel establishments, lie says many of them are at work night and day, and u&y or two before Christmas) was,” says the Butler Herald, “taken eUt lmtFriday to be carried before the woman for inden- tificatiou, but he said there was no use in his going, that he would acknowledge all that she had said to be true. The woman died that night. We learn from several colored people that this makes the fifth person he lias killed—two of them being women—but we know nothing of th* truth of the statement. Congressional.—Conyers Weekly. We have members in Congress who do an incessant amount of talking—such talk ing as keeps the fire of sectional bate red and glowing. We have members in Con gress who never open their mouths or use their pens, but lie “domino,” yielding without a word to the dictates of others; we have men In Congress who work only for certain sections and selfish objects; we have men in Congress who, use their tougues with discretion, speaking at the right time and in the right manner, men whose views are wide and national, and whose brains and hands are ever busy working for the good of their constituents and country In general. Such a man is Hon. James H. Blount, who stands with out a superior in the Georgia delegation. We take pleasure in hoisting his name at the head of our colums. A terrible accident recently occurred near Sandy Church, in the southern part of Irwin county. According to the Irwin- ton Southerner and Appeal, Mr. Frank Goodman called at the house of Mr. Mitchell Payne, and while talking to Miss Mary, the sister of Sir. Payne, he began examining a small Smith & Wesson pistol. t -«Ij -cw i'si fc’Miiaitt) Suddenly the weapon was accidentally discharged, and the ball entered the young lady’s braiq, killing her instantly. Mr. Goodman was arrested and held for mur der, but a preliminary investigation prov ed that the tragedy was purely accidental and he was discharged. He was terribly distressed at the saa occurrence, as ho was greatly attached to the unfortunate lady. Another warning about the careless use of firearms, which, however, will go un heeded* “We are informed,” says tho DeKalb News, “that in the memory of the oldest inhabitant no such day for drunkenness was ever known in Stone Mountain as last Christmas day. A gentleman told the writer that he saw and counted thirty- nine men on the street at one time in all degrees of inebriety, and all anxious to whip somebody. At the same time a number of men were riding up and down the middle ot tbe street at a break-neck speed, with no apparent purpose except to create a disturbance. The Marshal was wwerless, and Pandemonium reigned. It s thought that the dry ticket could he’ carried in Stone Mountain now by a two- thirds majority. We are glad ’to state that very few. of the .crowd were Stone Mountain men, and many of them were entire strangers, mostly "from Gwinnett county. ' ** '■ 1 Says the Marietta Journal: On Thurs day night last, while Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Neese were at their store, some thieves entered their residence and ransacked it, apparently in search of money. Being baffled iri that, they carried oft" some ci gars and oranges. Marshal Banks and Others were at.the house making investi- i stations, and Sheriff Stephens / aud Assis ts!* some of them experience more or le difficulty in obtaining a supply of the right kind of labor, yiie farmers, too, are jubilant, and.are expecting to increase their hog crops and grain acreage this year under the stimulus of good prices, and| their improved financial condition, resulting from last year's harvests. Saw . few or no tramps; in fact, almost every body at work. ■* A child’s greatest enemy is worms. Who can calculate the misery and suffer ing a child has to endure who is ipfested with worms? Shriner’s Indian Vermi fuge will destroy And expel worms from both children and adults. Only 25 cents a bottle.