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If they are made receivable in payment of all public dues, and the Treas ury is required to maintain a coin reserve ofonc-third the sunt total in circulation, there is no rational doubt that they will always stand higher in the public estima tion tliangold-oriihqr. lhe real' point’' underlying this attack on the paper circulation of the govern ment is concealed, and upon its solution hangs tlie future of all the honest young men of tlie country—the men wlio hope to better their condition by personal industry and enterprise. With them it involves a question of a permanent, safe and reliable currency, or a succession of financial tor nadoes and collapses which every ten to fifteen years will whelm them in ruinous insolvency, in spite of all their best exer tions to the contrary. . Luck - only can save a man harmless through such financial storms as have harassed the country for the pas^cen tury, and will always conic—are always 'bound to come from that rotten practice and principle of building up avast credit fabric on a vast credit fabric—that is to feay, a general system of business credits, founded on a wild system of local bank credits, consisting of an issue of due bills at the rate of three or nine dollars in bills for one of money in hand; and this is the real proposition at tlie bottom of this agi tation, if not a worse one. Senator Bayard,who reported these reso lutions yesterday,in his speech on the Ma con fair ground, even advocated banking on real estate. And yet lie stands in the North as par excellence a hard money man—a peculiar devotee of ‘-honest money,” But any financial system pro posing to multiply the real money in the countiy by the figure-three, and then mak ing the product a basis ofgeneral trade, in which there is another and larger multi plication, can only pave the way for col lapse and ruin. Common sense can give no other verdict. In 1834-5, just pending the great finan cial hurricane of 1S3C-7, it was found of ficially that the local banks had in circu lation on an average seven and a liaif dol lars in paper for every specie dollar in their vaults, and the business credits on this vast inflation were doubtless at a far greater proportional extension. It was an enormous fabric of credit, resting, as we believe, more than twenty dollars of credit to one of money, and truth to tell we believe it was more than twice that amount. The whole trade of the country was a bladder—a soap-bubble, which collapsed at the touch of a straw, and everybody was ruined who had not Ins money in specie, tied up in a napkin and buried away. Everybody was ruined who held real property as an available asset against debt, for liis property sunk tenfold and his debt increased at the same rate. Are the people going to try this insanity again ? There is great danger of it—for the millions interested iu the prospective profits ofissuingathousandortwouiillions of so-called specie-paying currency, and buying and selling it are among the most astute and audacious of American citizens and will make themselves heard and felt; while the great mass knows little and cares less about the matter. What the safety of the people demands is that nothing circulating as money, whether metal or paper, shall be left to the devices of private speculators. The ; wiper has far greater need of the stamp and authority of the government than the metal. The idle talk about the danger of trusting Congress, when, in the next breath, it is proposed to trust ten thousand banks and forty thousand hank officers, and the protest against the lack of elasticity in a government currency, Is the delusive talk of those bent on consum mating a dreadful public mischief for their own advantage. Never again In the his tory of America, probably, will another chance occur of saving it from the reign of printed rags and putting it on a sound financial basis. The business of this country must be done mainly with paper money. Metal is too bulky, cumbersome and inconvenient. And now the great question is, who should furnish this paper. Shall it be done ac cording to common-sense, law and consti tution, by the Government of the country, which shall be made responsible for Its safety and solvency,or shall it b- furnished by forty or sixty or a hundred thousand lo cal bank officers, so many of whom are daily showing now that they are unsafe even as depositories? Let the people speak while speaking can save them from a piebald, ragged, rotten, speculative cur rency, not good, at best, a hundred miles from the place of issue. If the people do not speak up quickly and firmly and 16ud- ly, they will be gone, and under the name of “hard money" the country will soon he rcoccupicd with a local bank currency, which will explode two or three times in > telegrams to-day, that the'currency que tion is fairljj opened in. Washington, on I | _ _ the reportsTirom tlu$5enate Finance Con*- afGedlffa has*been'eng^ed to edit'an j Springer, in company with Hon.' i By the courtesy of Colonel J. H. Estill, Tnittee on the proposition to within aw the Agricural Department in tlie-TELEGRAPn ; s * ™ : C # ^ innan .p rcenljac ^ of the Savannah Morning News, we are regard to the ice crop, Tlie ice-houses are all empty and it is feared there will he ©o crop this winter. J i • t f —Mr. Spurgeon is still at Mentone, and is very much better, the sunny weather taking, as he says, the rheumatism out of him. “Surely,” he adds, “I have the best Of people, to deal so lovingly with their. J>oor cripple of a minister.” —Mr. Alvan G’lark, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is making a twenty-nine- inch reflecting glass for the Yale College telescope. This will be tlie largest glass Of the kind in America. —Colorado has uncommonly large ava lanches this winter, and one of them cov ered a house with so much snow that the men inside were ten hours digging their way out —The friends of cx-Representatiyc Wilson, of Iowa, say that if they can be assured of his nomination as Viee-Presi, dent, delegates will be elected from Iotva to the Chicago convention pledged to vote for Blaine and Wilson. —The Republicans at Columbns, Ohio, regard the unanimous nomination of General Garfield for United Stales Sena tor as conclusive evidence of the predomi nance of the Sherman sentiment in the State. —The pastor of a Roman Catholic Church at Greencastlc, Indiana, publicly reproved and discharged bis clioir because they had perpetrated a fraud in the raf fling of a piano at a fair. —A sacrificial service by Ira Stewart, a religious fanatic at Castle Grove, Iowa, was interrupted just in time to save his little daughter, whom lie was about to slay on an altar. —Mayor Prince, of Boston, in his re cent message, says that city lias bought over a hundred acres of laud for a park for about $450,000, and has spent $125,000 in filling, but is so near the legal limit of her indebtedness that no further debt can be incurred on this account. There are Other park schemes which ought to be pushed, Mayor Prince thinks, and he pro poses to sell needless real estate belong ing to the city valued at $1,000,000 and devote the proceeds to parks. —The Grain Glut Accommodated. —Chicago, Illinois, January 13.— Over 1,000,000 bushels of grain (almost exclusively of corn) is now afloat in the harbor here for shipment to Buffalo in the spring. Elevator room has thus been made so tL-u the storage capacity is now in the aggregate about IS,000,000 bushels, including the new grain storehouses which have been discovered since the glut began to alarm shippers. There is now room for all the grain that is likely to come. —A woman at Nyack, New York, sub dued an adopted girl by whipping her With thorns and then bathing her back with vinegar and salt; leaving her all night on her feet, tied to a bedpost: rub bing red pepper in her mouth, and vari ous other tortures. One day she told the child to go up stairs and undress, prepar atory to being whipped until the blood ran down her legs. There was no reason to donbt the promise, and tlie girl there fore jumped out of the second story, fled naked to the woods, and froze nearly to death before she was discovered. —Ice Moving in the Hudson.—A Poughkeepsie New York dispatch of Jan uary 12, says the extraordinary thaw which commenced two weeks ago has had a most dislieartenning effect upon all who are interested in ice-cutting upon the Hud son, and hundreds of families who de pend upon that industry are suffering for trait of work. Last year at this time 10,- 000 m®n, 2,000 boys, S00 horses and 100 steam engines were at work on the Hud- Soh cutting ice, and 1,000,000 cakes of ice were being housed daily, the pay-roll amounting to $20,000 a day for thirty days. At this time, however, all this la bor and capital is idle, and the season is far behind and the outlook is gloomy. Ice fit to be housed should be at least nine indies thick; a faint attempt to cut seven- inch ice thus far has failed. —The readjusters In the Virginia Legis lature are, apparently, afraid to take hold of tlie subject of State finances, and this hesitation is already causing some dissat isfaction among their supporters through out the State. Tlie readjusters rashly ‘ promised the people, In the event of their success at the polls, speedy relief from fin&udal evils. The State owed a large public debt, arid the treasury was empty In this condition of affairs the people, like an individual long suffering from some chrouic disease, were ready to try any quack doctor who would guarantee a cure. The Legislature lias frittered away more than a month in dividing up the spoils of office, but there is no sign of re lief for the suffering people. Tlie im pression seems to be growing among all classes that the readjusters care more for office than for tlie interests of the State. The party, like a quack doctor, lias-ob tained Its fee, and Is ready to admit, in a whining tone, that the case is really in- curnbia. —SNOW Storm Noktii.—The snow which surprised the people, Tuesday morning, began in New York soon after midnight and continued until nearly noon. About eight inches of snow fell, hut a brisk westerly wind drifted it about, and in many places In the streets it wa: fully a foot in depth. East of the Allegbanies the storm was not so severe as west, tlie heaviest snowfall being in Maine, where about a foot fell. At other points it was from six to eight inches deep. At the south but little snow fell, but a heavy fall of rain and sleet Is reported. The storm is now passing off the coast of Cape nattc- ras,. followed by rapidly clearing and cold er weather. The snow has caused much inconvenience and delay to travel aid business in the city. The teams on all street car lines were doubled soon after daylight, but frequent blockades occurred and the cars were often thrown off the track by drifted snow. The St. Louis ex press on the Pennsylvania road was two ours late. The storm was veiy severe ng the sound. - -i -A- * Terpsichore an.—Prof Roy West, in addition to Ills regular school, devotes a portion of every Saturday, to a select class of female pupils. No males are ad mitted. The Professor is master of his art, and those parents who wish their daughters to cultivate the graces, would do Well to avail themselves of this Satur day class weeks ago tnai uenerai minimi ai. i— „ ,. Browne, the accomplished Professor of nebeckport, was then initiated into tlie Way Lombl Agriculture and History in theUnlversity wily way of getting $1,000 from the agent; ; Savannah. ' ' i, has been engaged*! edit an ; Springer, in company with Hon. 1 "■- * Department in tlie-TEL-EOBAPn j "• ^ove, chairman of the Greenback , vn iipcsi-vcpi' Sickness and other i &tate Committee, counted the money ,, ,, . ^SSiSSprevent that the agent had enabled to give to our readers many of — - - * -• nai<i Mr rjnvrt a on. wliom liavc a personal interest in the en- Bradstreet’a Weekly. We had occasion to complain, in a re- ! The Third Term. ' The Washington correspondent of. the ! Our Agricultural Department, j s ai n was quickly m^e, aiuji publication a Map Showing the Route and all I wtX ^ QH ttot m Gener!a wIu^m! I Ken- the Connections Of the Great Rail- j «<= — j wasnmgio* correspondent of the I Our long telegranis toTday ni'ako It - ago _ 1’ .“T - nowu™-, — .HuJ.i «... way Combinations from St. Louis to cent issue, that Macon and all the j Herald of Wednesday sends that paper think, - y lnake «we The Maine Imbroglio. the Professor from beginning his .duties until the present time. Yesterday, how ever, lie. entered upon tlie work, and the reader will find another excellent article from his pen In this morning’s issue. Hereafter, General Browne will furnish regularly, once a week, a column of agri- cuitnral original, and' selected matter, which will appear; in all of the editions of the Telegraph. The kno^n ahijity of this gentleman, and his superior oppor tunities lor information as the head of the Agricultural Department in our State University, will make this a new and pe culiarly interesting feature in the Tele graph for 1880. . Needs Light. From a neighbor, wlio runs one of tlie largest foundries and ■ machine shops in the South, we have received a copy of Bradst reel's Journal, which purports .to be a business publication, giving accurate, statistical details of the trade and financial condition of every State in tlie Union. But, , if the report from Georgia is to , he regarded as a criterion, then this pompous journal had better shut up shop and retire. Atlanta and Savannah are the only cit ies mentioned at all, while Augusta, ’Co lumbus, Macon, Rome, Athens, Amerleus and other important places are not even casually alluded to. Atlanta is permitted to speak through one of its own mouthpieces,, who, . as might be expected, lays on the laudation ad nauseam. Savannah fares worse. Her trade, de spite the well known activity which lias prevailed In our chief seaport, and the large receipts of cotton,is declared “not to be perhaps as heavy in amount as the pre vious year’s business.” The truth is, Mr., Bradstreet shoots very wide ef the mark, and should endeavor to get Ins information from more reliable' sources. Perhaps, too, if he would address a line to some one of tlie hundred wholesale and retail merchants who illustrate Macon’s commercial importance, the eyes of tins New York journalist would bo Opened, and-he would discover that tlie Empire State of tlie South contains other commer cial cities of no mean reputation, outside of Atlanta and Savannah. Macon, for instance, In proportion toher population, is without a peer in the mag nitude of its wholesale and. retail busi ness. Augusta aud Columbns also are great and opulent manufacturing centres, and tlie commerce and trade of Georgia are distributed through a score oi flour ishing towns located upon her numerous railroad thoroughfares. We should be glad tojiave Mr. Bradstreet come South and see for himself the troth of these statements. paid Mr. Gove $1,005, the money being mostly in bills trancing from$l to $207 terprisc, a very complete and elaborate There can be no mistake 3S to this being, a genuine transaction, as the greatest care -1 was taken to track the .agent and it. can and,will bo established beyond question that the trade was made atrthe Instigation of James G. Blaiuo. J every generation, leaving universal wreck will walk • liim out. Depositions behind. from certain towns—sworn testimony— We say everything is false in principle which calls a bank due bill money. ’ Tlie absolute money of a country is its gold and silver. But although this is true, there is no doubt the United States treas ury notes, issued on the public faith and pledge and secured with a reasonable re serve for redemption, will always* furnish a reliable and permanent currency. * —Grant’s Stkesoui in the West:— The Indianapolis Journal, up to Friday last, had interviewed 5,338 Republicans, scattered over half the counties of the State of Indiana. Of this number, 1,882 declared themselves for Blaine, 1,000 for Grant, 1,352 for Sherman, eighty-seven for Hayes, seventy-one for Washburne, thirty-seven for Garfield, twelve for Thompson, eighteen for Colfax, sixteen for Harrison, eleven for Bristow, seven teen for Coukling. six for Fremont, ten for Edmunds, seven for W. T. Sherman, three for Ramsey, three for Logan, two for Hawley, three for Wheeler, one for Doiig- lass, one for Oglesby, one for Booth,and 108 for the nominee without expressing any preference. ■ : 1 —Tlie Baptist Missionary Magazine quotes a remark lately made at a mission ary meeting, that “heathenism Is not re building her decaying altars, and offsets it with the statement of Rev. Mr. Jameson, that “in repairing and beautifying just one pagoda here in Bassein, Burmah, there is being spent more than twice as much money as our Missionary Union expend- ed last year upon our whole work in tlie Bassein district-” This pagoda, which Is 117 feet high, octagonal," and of solid ma- soury, was entirely regilded* Defused. > We have received a venomous attack uj>on Governor Colquitt, which betrays the animus of i \ indietive enemy. There are two reasons why this commu nication sliould.be consigned to the waste basket; 1st. Because it is anonymous. Stabs in tlie dark should never. >s countenanced, aud a brave, man always shows liis hand. 2d. Because much that is stated by the Governor’s enemy is manifestly untrue, and our mission is to uphold the right in every instance, and discountenance what is known to be unjust and wrong. . And this is said from no partisan standpoint. We have already declared that the Tel egraph does not assume the right of naming Who shall be the next Governor of Georgia. That is the prerogative el the people, first in primary assembly, and then in a fairly constituted convention, representing all the estates of tlie com monwealth. The only stipulation insisted upon is that he shall be a capable and honest Democrat. Whatever then may be our personal preferences in the premi ses, as impartial journalists, reprcsen ng fbr aught we know a hundred meritorious aspirants for the Executive Chair, we shall leave the de.cision to the people, where it properly belongs, and support their nom inee with all tlie ability and zeal we possess. The Maine Embrosrlio- When tlie history of Governor Garce- lon’s late attempt under the Constitution of the State to prevent the seating of cer tain Republican members of the Legisla ture, on the ground of fraud and irregular ities, comes to be written, great will be the villany and corruption chargeable to Blaine aud his followers. The following from the Boston Globe tells a sad tale of depravity and wicked- noss: Oral testimony, sustained by affidavits, such as was known to the Governor ani Council, will be laid before the Legisla ture and the public, which will prove, in disputably, that in a fair election, the Re publicans* could not have got votes enough to carry a single county, arid that they succeed in electing the bulk of their rep resentatives by purchasing votes, by in timidation and by illegal .voting, The. bulk of this wickedness was transacted in tin cities,but there also extended through out the country districts a systematic plan to defeat the popular voice. Mr. Springer’s investigations showed that six per cent., or 12,000 voters, were either driven from the polls by threats of discharge from employ ment or by the use of money. ; Notwith standing this fact, the aggregate vote was heavier than ever before, which shows, in itself, illegal voting on a large scale. No where is 4 charged, even in a single in stance, that tlie opposition cast an illegal vote or hindered free choice. The inves tigation before the Legislature will show such evidence of fraud as to unseat from ten to fifteen of the Republican members now seated, for, while the Governor and Council could not {hire cognizance s>f these frauds, the Legislature 1 Can ; fri« will sift the matter to / the bottom. Eu gene Hale will be ’one of, .the mem bers who will he unseated, evidence having been already developed which will be brought out, which will startle the country. It will be clearly set forth that a systematic pressure was brought to bear upon voters by employers, and through the influence of a social or business ostra cism. In a single town twelve per cent, of the voters were prevented from voting as they desired, through fear of loss of employment. Agents of the Republican. State Committee rode about, and gave, fair warriing to laborers that they must either vote as directed by their employers or refrain from voting altogether. From 15t),to 175 votes were in this way lost to the opposition in one town. These facts, said Mr. Springer, have been obtained by a Canvassing Committee of tlie oppo sition, whose membery went to “each individual, who had stayed away from the polls; One F ipnblican employer in tills manner, controlled votes enough to seat two Republican Represen tatives in the county o£ Cumberland, aud three of his men, who dared to vote as they saw fit, were discharged the morning after tlib election. In Port land Mr. Spring er himself witnessed the purchase of votes by Republican fuglemen, and he believed it would be shown that hundreds of votes were purokas/d in that city. An organiz ation cf leading Greeribackers weni to Augusta Mohday to compare notes, and as soon a3 the members el get began to arrive it was ascertained that efforts had been made to buy enough of these to break the quorum, in this way to carry out tlie pro gramme which had previously failed only- through the courage of the .Governor and Council. We d-termined, said Mr. Spring er, to ferrit out the agents -yto were do ing Blaine’s dirty work,'and as a large . The Republicans will he ebie jo.make uo capital out of flie “martra ’ heat” which' they fancy they had discovered in Maine. Comments Jrom Abroad on the Late Lease- ' H. TV. G., the correspondent of thd Con stitution, thus discourses upon the sub j«*: bv J J, l . THE PEOBABLEfROUTE TO BE SELECTED. Of course tlie matter of the first impor tance is the route by which the new line will be run.: There is no determination made as yet, but Colonel Hazleburst says that he lias surveyed both routes towards Atlanta and much prefers tho ridge route to the valley route. This route will carry the road to Monticello, in Jasper county. From this point there are two routes to Atlanta—one by McDonough direct to Atlanta, and the other to Covington via the Georgia railroad.- By the"McDon ough route the distance to Atlanta wil* be about twenty miles less than by tlie Macon and Western road (thirteen to be exact, I think,) arid by Covington tlie distance will be about six miles less than by the Macon and Western road. My opinion is that the Covington route will be adopted. It will be much chcaped than any other route, and will compete in eve ry sense with the Macon and Western road aud will have the advantage of running it some di- apcs from the Macon and West ern roa.’. f,.. that it may have the benefit of an undivided local traffic. The aver age distance between the two routes will lie about twenty-flglit miles. If tlie Geor gia road does not make all tlie tariff neces- sary to tlie new read a new line can be built from Covington to Atlanta and about eight miles saved by avoiding tlie horse shoe bend at Stone Mountain. Tins would give the.road considerable advantage iu distance over the old one. Tlie main reason though,in my opinion, for the Covington route, is that t tie pro jectors of the new route hope to push their line tlirough Rabun Gap in the di- .'-etionof the old Maeon and Knoxville uroy aud get a through line that would be almost an air line from MaeontoKnox- viUe where it would work its way to the (’iu .-iimati Southern aud the Louisville aud Nashville systems. This route would Ci css the Air Line at Flowery Branch and slip t..rough Iiabun Gap. it is a darling project of tlie Macon and Brunswick peo ple. and will be carried out if there is any possibility of doing it. AN ESTIMATE OF THE MACON AND BRUNSWICK ROAD. Colonel Hazlihnrst, who built the Ma con and Brunswick road, says it cost $4,- 000,000, and could net be built for very much less at present. He thinks it will pay $00,000 a year net profits, which would be about C per cent, on tlie price that must be paid for it, $1,125,000. Dr. Flewellen, who knows more about'it than almost any one else, says that with an outlay of $200,- 000 it could me made to pay probably S75,000 per annum. It paid $52,000 net profit last year, and did not have a fair chance, as it had to pay great sums forth: rental of cars. I- hear indirectly that Gen oral McRea says the business can be push ed up so as to pay $10,000 a month profits, in which event it will be a small bonanza. Of course these estimates are based on tkc business of the road as it stands. What it would be when extended 100 miles further no one can surmise. It would be through business that it must then look to to support its whole line. It will cost about $1,000,000 to build the extension. ABOUT THE SUPPOSED NEW COMPANY. The new company is composed, accord ing to rumor, of Mr. TV. C. Wheeler, and no old friend of Brunswick, now in Lon don, Mr. C'baancey Vibbard who with Colonel Schalter, was once engineer of the New York Central, and who was at tracted to Brunswick many years ago, Mr. Charles Vibbard and Mr. Nathaniel Green. The two first named gentlemen have been interested in Brunswick affairs for a long time, and have the greatest con fidence iu the “come-out” of that city. It may be settled, therefore, that if they do compose the Company Brunswick’s inter ests are in good bands. Mr. Vibbard was here during the legislative session looking after the bill. It is said that they will at once proceed to make.great improvements at Brunswick and will.start trans-Atlantic steamers. I saw a dispatch from TV. G. Wheeler, in which he ordered his friends to bid to the full value of the road, and «tated he had telegraphed $500,000 credit totliem at Morton, Bliss & Co.’s, New York. A Butter War.—A very fierce con troversy has broken out in New York in the case of Butter vs. Oleomargarine. Tlie “National Association for the Prevention if Adulteration of Butter” is convulsed with it; and some readers might go into agonies, but for a certain fact developed in the debate or' directly after it, by Mr. ■IL K. Tlmrbcr, the gigantic grocer, wlio after the meeting circulated a printed statement that oleomargarine was a product of the farm, as much as beef or butter; that in reality it-was butter made from milk and cream, enriched by tlie nat ural margarine oil, and was as pure aid wholesome as that produced by the ordi nary. method; tha(/ .ordinary butter had been forced by a speculative movement to a point tliat restricted consumption, and was now experiencing a reaction. The statement, was also made in thaiueet- ing substantially that tlie. olemargariuo 'Could not bq distinguished from real but ter by taste or smell, while if sold for half price.. All these facts being true are calculated to relieve public anxiety. If tlie oleobotlieriiia leeks, smells end tastes like, butter, Js;perfectly, pure and wholesome, and capjut bo. distinguished frorii butter except bv thermal test, why, thfen, if a inan.sh i ulct happen ,to oat seme of it by mistak . ;io., fatal consequences would result. ... Blaixk Will back, says tin- Coyj-irr- JoinMal, 'to Wasbinglou with (lie worst record heli.i*ev-i-'su ’ceeded iu making for himself, and vulnerable at every point. His frantic and puffy or«to;y will avail hint ririthing. -I n every Republican Slifia law and order prevails,” say the Republi can orgaiti. Il >\v beautifully Maine il lustrates tli’ai proposition! . It is painful fo reflect' that if Nature carries on ilie rest of this winter as sib; has done the llret iralfbf it, there will be very little ice-tYr tie* next season. Mil. Or -at»«tonfe»8 accomplishments were a-re-clutim to the Scotch people. At rimes they listened sodutently that not a sound was, made l>y tlia assi niblej thou sands, and the next msinent rent tho air with their thiindcrous-^r^rdaL-.n or burst into.’IlioSek'yfroftriii's fcT.tid dw-splifting epehinatious peculiar ro-t&pjkii irions Scot. Tv lieu they, fleslred to ,'cueer they rose in a "body, and every nian who er.niud a walk ing Stick put his • hat on it arid waved it. Onc fecHo old man perpetually getting Hp ini the middle of the Dalkeith meeting to go through this ceremony on his own At West Calder, Mr. Samuel number'of our members had been j Wanl, who was ' present, says that arc- tempted and openly approached, it was ! spectable clergyman seated himself on the suggested, that, some reliable, discreet j very edge of the platform with his legs man should put himself in the way of dangling loosely from it, and opening his receiving money, in order to folly expose"’ m'outli, showed a shining row of teeth, the plot. ■*! - which he kept exposed to the public gaze "Hon. B. Swan was the first man to of- for two hours,' while die drank in the far himself to Blaine’s agent, and a bar- stream of flowing eloquence. map illustrating the entire railway system of all that portion of the United States east of her Western Territories and the Indian reservations. The drawings and lines of the several "roads are strictly accu rate, -and show at a glance the supreme importance of the great trunk thorough-: fare which has recently been .consumma ted by the union of the Central and its branches, with, the Western and Atlantic, and Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroads. • •: ; . Tlie broad, black line on tlie map rep resents the consolidated road proper,while the “Cincinnati Southern,” the “Air Line,” the “Georgia,” the Old “Atlantic and Gulf, “Memphis and Chattaiiooga,” the “West roiat,” ths (wo lines to ‘.‘Montgomery,” in short, the' entire net work of railway connections are carefully and plainly de lineated, . . If lhe reader will examine for a mo ment Macon’s situation on this railway chart, it will he at once apparent to lflm that she ' occupies the most salient and commanding position of any other city south of Nashville. : Nature has made her the distributing point for a vast area' of country which is tapped aud permeated by the Briarean aims of iron wh* ill she extends in every direction. Hence, the iinmenseyolumc aud impor tance of her wholesale trade, which equals if it does not surpass that of any city in Georgia. Situated just on the borders of the primary and secondary geological for mations, the halfway-house (as it were) between the grain producing region and the rich alluvials of the “black belt;” with com, wheat; rye, fruit, wool and other domestic products pouring into her lap on the one side, and the fleecy staple which clothes,and regulates the exchanges of the universe, on tlie other, to say noth ing of the syrup, sugar, rice ami wine of tho low country, which find a market here, what city in the South lias better natural advantages or is more greatly blessed? And this grand combination is certain to add immensely to our general prosperi ty. A flood of commerce from the West will pass into, and through our city to the ocean. In its transit will be left hundreds of passengers and permanent settlers to enrich and strengthen the community, and a vast amount of produce and mer chandise which will be sought after by our interior to .rns and markets. It is in this way that New York, Buffalo, Chica go,-Cincinnati, Louisville, and many thriving cities ou tliejseveral railway lines, liavc been built up and continue to flour isli. The South has never had a tlirough line from the West to tide water, and hence, her merchants when sending orders for provisions and other merchandise have been compelled to submit to the exoibi- taut fares and local rates of a half-dozen roads, each wholly dependent upon its local patronage for support. But the Cole, Brown and Wadley coalition will put a stop to ail this. The aim of tliat organization is, by the gains arising from tlie vast volume of its through freights, to reduoo local fares to a minimum rate, thus greatly benefiting the people wlio re side upon ilieir line of road. This policy will bring hundreds of bales of cotton to-Macon, which is legitimately the market town for a scope of country extending to the Gulf of Mexico and the Alabama line. Hitherto, cheap throui freights and local discriminations ha diverted from our city thousands of bales which would otherwise have sought a market here. But Colonel Colo declares that all these discriminations shall be abolished, and the tariff of freiglits will be graduated as nearly as possible accord ing to a scale of distances from either ter minus of his line. We can but hope aud believe, therefore, that the late consolidation of three impor tant- lines, which traverse over 2,000 miles of territory under one intelligent head, will greatly inure to tlie benefit and prosperity of all the cities of Georgia and tho people at large. Caleb Cushing’s Prophecy. The New York Il’orld of Wednesday has the following in an editorial ou the third term: General Butler not long ago, in an eu logy on the late Mr. Cushing, alluded to a remark made by that singularly ablpman in 1SCI, which was couched in something like these wordM “I would give a great deal to know the name of the subaltern in tlie Northern army to-day who will even tually rise to the command of the armies of the Union and become President of the United States when the War is ended, and maintain hipiself in thati office just as long as he pleases to hold it!” General Butler represents himself as having expressed some surprise at the intimation conveyed in the concluding part of this remark, whereupon Mr.' Cushing said to him: “Do you think tliat the teaching of all history aud thodendemics of all human ambition are to be-reversed for the especial benefit of the United States?” At that time, General Grant was un known. After seeking a military position in vain, he obtained permission of the Governor of Illinois to raise a volunteer company, aud subsequently went into the war at its head. Cushing’s prophecy was based on general facts and principles, and although Grant failed to verify it on the first occasion, he has taken the one, and is plainly reaching for a second chance with all his strength. The Empire and a personal dynastic government is tlierefore the suggestion of history, experience and observation and not of mere party preju dice. • towns of Georgia had been ignored by tills business journal, save Atlanta and Savan nah, in its statement of the financial con dition of our Commonwealth. The agent of Mr. Bradstreet, however, at this place, lias since assured 113 that in the issue re ferred to there was no room for notices of other towns and cities in this State. As a proof of this, he handed us the following very just remarks upon Macon’s trade and 'condition; which were published in a later number of that journal: Macon.—Business has been quite brisk here for the past two weeks. Northern and Western drummers declare that they never have seen suph activity for years. A Western traveler told the writer that the merchants of Macon were nearly all afi'ering to discount their time drafts—a circumstance tending to show that they are in a healthy condition. The rise in cotton has enabled farmers to meet their paper, and many notes were paid before maturity. Real estate in Macon has ad vanced from 10 to 20 per cent., and many new houses are in the course of erection. We have had very few failures among our merchants, and less than any year since 1873. On the 1st of January, I860, a free mail delivery will be established in our city. There is now a hill pending in Congress, to establish ano ther circuit court in Georgia, to bo held at Macon. Tlie cotton receipts are not up to last year for this place. It was selling, December 24th, at ll£c. There is.little disposition among the farmers to hold at tlie present prices, and most of tho Crop is sold as soon as brought to market:- . It gives us pleasure thus to make the amende honorable for any unintentional injustice which has been done to Mr. Bradstreet. A dwarf donkey’s love of beer is soiifpe of revenue to an Indianapolis sa loon keeper. This little beast stands or iies by the stove ready to trot up to the bar and drink as often as invited. He usually gets pretty drunk before the night’s dissipation is over, and In the morning, probably in consequence of a headache, bites and kicks at everybody who comes near. '—The “Herald” having solemnly as sured its readers month after month on the authority of a Chinease Viceroy that Gcnaral Grant could not and would not seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency, now declares that “there is no •louht that General Grant is iu “the field as a. candidate and wants tho nomi nation.” Really, what will the Chinese Viceroy say? Did not the World long ago point out to its esteemed contemporary “TItc Clicaiiest Article In tlie World.” This is what a grateful gentleman said who was cured of a bad kidney disease by the use of the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, after lie had offered ill vain $1,000 to any doctor who would rid him of it. It is the cheapest article in the world to alLatfficted with kidney aud liver diseases. jantt 2w. _ i Tho Death of Frank Leslie. This great journalist, who may be said to he the founder of illustrated newspa pers aud magazines in America, as has been announced, died a few days ago at his resilience 611 Fifth Avenue, New York, in his fifty-ninth year. . Ha was horn in Ipswich, England, and originally bore the name of Carter. His father, Joseph Carter, was a glove maker, and trained his son to tlie same trade. Mr. Leslie followed that occupation in London for three years until the age of twenty, when he was discharged by liis uncle, in whose appointment he was, for marrying against the wishes of his family. He then abandoned that avocation and became a sketchcr in tlie London Illustra- fed Neics until 1S4S, when he came to this country. In 1850 he was connected with Gleason's Pictorial in Boston, and afterwards worked for several New York firms. He became a printer, also, and did not begin the publishing business on his own account until 1853. The following particulars of the career and the immediate cause of the death of j this noted pictorial journalist, we gather from the New York Sun: j |He greatly advanced illustrated journal ism by making a study of all new sugges tions for improvement and finally became the head of a very large establishment on the comer of Elm aud Pearl streets. He failed in 1S77, while publishing thirteen illustrated journals, and made an assign ment of all liis property to Mr. Isaac TV. England, to be managed, until the close of 1SS0, for tlie benefit of his creditors,who were principally paper dealers, and liber ally disposed toward him. His debts were $410,000 and - his assets, real and prospective, $500,000. Notwithstanding Mr. England’s assigneeship, Mr. Leslie re mained practical managerof the business, which was removed after the failure to 23 Park Place. The establishment ^now is sues periodically Frank Leslie’s Illustrated ‘Newspaper, Illustrated Zeitung, Chimney Corner, Boys’ and Girls’ Weekly, Illus trated Times, Sunday Magazine, Popular Monthly, Lady’s Magazine and Gazette of Fashion, Pleasant Hours, Chatterbox and Budget, all headed with the prefix of “Frank Leslie.” Mr. Leslie won upon his arrival here the medal of the American Institute for wood engraving, aud in 1807 was appoin ted a Commissioner in the Department of Fine Arts to the Paris Exposition of that year. He was presented with a prize medal by Louis Napoleon, and, in 1S7C, was State Commissioner for New York to the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Mr. Leslie was a member of the Manhat tan, Lotos and Jockey Clubs, and as a Mason belonged to tlie Holland Lodge. Ilis illustrated papers greatly aided Mr. Bergli’s efforts in ameliorating the condi tion of animals. His country residence near Saratoga has a wide reputation in that section of countiy for taste in archi tecture and beauty of grounds. The deceased, while in London, always used professionally the name of Frank Leslie, and continued to do so on arrivic here. Twenty years ago lie adopted it permanently through an act of the Legis lature. At that time, in I860, he was di- vorced from his first wife, and six years ago married Mrs. Squire, whose maiden name was Miss Miriam Follen. She was many years younger than he and survives him, together . with his sons, Henry and Alfred Leslie. Scipio died about a year ago. Mr. Leslie attended to business at his residence during the respites of his illness, up to Friday last, and was dressed yester day morning and moving about the house. His sufferings had been caused by the pressure of a tumor in his throat on the windpipe and oesophagus,which prevent ed free breathing, and at last suffocation onsued. He was unconscious for two hours before death, and was attended at the time by bis wife, bis son Alfred, Dr. Strew, his family physician, and several friends. He told the Rev. Dr. Bellows, a few days ago, tliat. he was not a professing Christian, but could conscientiously say that he had never done to any mau that which he would not have done to him. The time of the funeral is not definitely settled, but it will probably take place from Dr. Chapin’s church on Tuesday. The interment is to be in TVoodlawn Cemetery. the following "Who Made the Quorum in the Maine House of Eepresentatives?. It seems tliat the,following. was the de cision of the Supreme Court of Maine; “The rule applicable to such cases is similar to that which applies to our House of Representatives. The, whole number of Representatives established by law is 151. A majority (that is seventy-six members) constitutes a quorum to do business. If there is actually that num ber present, and a majority of them (that is thirty-nine members) vote in the affir mative, a valid law can thereby he enact ed or other business transacted. If less than seventy-six members are present, then no business can be done except to adjourn or compel the attendance of ab sent members.” TVlien the House met and the roll was called, to the dismay of Blaine and the consternation of the Republicans, Mr. Eugene Hale answered to his name, thus completing the tale of seventy-six mem bers and constituting a legal quorum. The Senate also is properly organized, but tlie Major General of the Militia Chamberlain refuses to acknowledge the authority oi hat General Grant has been a Presiden tial candidate from tlie moment when Mr. I the acting Governor. From all appearan- Hayes entered the White House in March j ces the Fusionists having control now oi 1877, and that in all human probability both branches of the Legislature will be he has already made it impossible for the ’ able to hold their own; But the State Republican party to nominate anybody I is on the very verge of anarchy and blood- buthixosclf in 1880? abed. The third term movement causes moire and more uneasiness among the Republi cans here. They confess in private con versation that the scheme to renominate the ex-President may succeed; but that is precisely what alarms them; because the general and growing conviction among the slirewdest Republicans in both houses is that he cannot be elected, “I would not mind his nomination,” said a promi nent Republican Representative to your correspondent yesterday, “though I do not like the violation of the example of Wash ington and the fathers of the republic, but I am more and more convinced that we cannot elect him.”" “Yet you. believe he will be nomi nated ?” asked your correspondent, “I fear so,” he replied. “The men who are;at work for kimi, have possession of all our machinery iu Pennsylvania, New York and some other States; they are shrewd and determined, and are taking their measures, with great skill. They care little for the popular sentiment of the party; what they mean is to control the delegations in some of the greater States, and so far as I can see they will be able to do it. It is this which alarms me, If the Republican voters were fairly asked, arid if they answered that they wanted to give the ex-President a third term, I would be content, for if the party with reasonable unanimity wanted to do this thing, I think we could cariy- it. But the people are not being polled on the subject by the third term leaders, and these aim to control the convention by the use of the party ma chinery independent of the people’s wishes or spontaneous action. That is al ways dangerous; anil where the leaders run counter to such a sentiment or preju dice as that against a third term of the Presidency, it may, and I fear will, be fatal to the party. It will end in a revolt against the leaders who control the ma chinery.” This Republican, it will be observed would not seriously object to the third term policy if he believed it could suc ceed, and that is the state of mind of a good many, though by no means of all of liis fellows here. These gentlemen are alarmed because, as several of them have told your correspondent, very many of their people are strongly and even vehe mently opposed to the third- term policy. “I was amazed when I was at home during the holidays,” said a prominent Republican to-day, “to see how the oppo sition to the third term had increased in my district. Several very important men took the trouble to come to me from some distance to speak about the matter, to urge that it would never do to commit the party to this fatal policy and tell me the sentiment of their people, which has grown more hostile since it has become apparent to them that the ex-President seeks a new lease of power and office.” The developments of the Republican sentiment in regard to candidates made by Pennsylvania and Western journals has been watched here, aud has increased the alarm and disinclination of Republican Congressmen toward the third term ex periment. One of them to-day took out of his pocket a number of newspaper cut tings which he had preserved, on this question. “Look here,” said he, “here are sixty-six Republican oigans in Penn sylvania and out of them only twenty-two arc for a third tenn. Look again at this return in tlie Indianapolis Journal. Of 5,388 Republican voters only 1,600 are for a third term. I have more of such things at home. They all show the weakness of this movement among the people. I hope our leaders will go slew in this matter, tell you it is dangerous, for say what you will, if our Republican voters once get it into their heads that they are being made the tools of a set of politicians and take alarm about their objects they will sweep the party from power for four years as the best way ot clearing out the mischief- making elements. Our Republican peo ple are thoughtful people who cannot be led by the nose. They do not, as is evi dent, like this third term policy. They do not like to see the ex-President Iambi tious for another term. They do not like the men who are conspicuous in the third tenn movement, and, while they may let them do their will in convention; I fear they will not ratify it at the polls. It is a crazy thing to attempt it.” There are here a certain number of Republicans who are utterly opposed to the third tenn policy or principle as 'set ting a dangerous example, and fostering unscrupulous ambition in public riten. But a greater number oppose the policy on the ground of inexpediency. They are convinced that the people are not behind this movement, to use the words of one of them, and that it is too risky for adoption Yet the veiy general impression is that the third term men will push theirschcme over the heads of the people, and that they will carry the delegations of Pennsyl vania and New York. —The Ilanocer Spectator has run up the Blaine flag, aud, in doing so, says it gives expression to the feelings of nine- tenths of the Republican voters of York county and Southern Pennsylvania. COJIMONWEAI.TII K2STKIBCTIOX COMPANY. Sixteenth Popular Drawing; at Mo- caulcy’s Theatre, Eouisville, Ky., on Saturday, January 31st. Always prompt and regular—always “fair and square,” and with constantly in creasing sales, this popular Company will hold its sixteenth drawing on 31st inst. $112,400 as usual will be distributed. Tickets, $2; halves, $1. Send by money or bank draft in letter, or by express; don’t send by registered letter or postal order. Address R. M. Boardman, or T. J. Commerford, Courier-Journal Builds ing, Louisville, Ky., or either person at 163 Broadway, N. Y. The weapon that slew President Lin coln is thus described: The pistol is an old-fashioned English derringer, the whole length of which is not over four inches. It is a muzzle-loader, and the barrel is not over an inch and a half in length, and has seven deep rifles. It is highly finished, tlie mounting being genuine silver and the lock and stock finely engraved. In truth a most inno cent looking weapon, but, as is well known, a most powerful instrument. Mr. Wing lias been offered $100 for it, but 3ays he would not part with it under any consideration. What a Noted Republican Says op the Maine Muddle.—The New York Evening Post (Republican) de clares : “ If it shall hereafter appear that the Republican leaders have been using corrupt means to counteract tlie rascality of the Democratic-Greenback leaders, honest men will quickly lose all interest in the'situation, except as an impartial example of political depravity, and the Maine ‘issue? in the next National elec tion will be as dead as the questions under lying the war of 1S12 or the repeal of the MLsouii Compromise. ‘Individual poli ticians’ on one side have been concerned in the count swindle. If * individual pol iticians’ on the other side have been con cerned in bribeiy, the disgrace will be pretty eyenly divided.” lYhy McCullough Became an Actc':-. The following account of how Mr. John McCullough became an actor will bo read with interest;’ Mr. John McCullough gives an enter taining account of his first leaning toward tho d;^ma. It was in a Philadelphia shop-as related in the Macs of that city —that the boy John began his working life as apprentice in chair making. In the same shop ras an intelligent old me chanic named Burke, whoso busy life had been brightened by much hard reading, and he was continually reading Shake speare, much to the hoy’s delight. Burke’s favorite amusement when slightly enli vened by the wine cup, was to murder young McCullough with a paint brush, and then recite with exceeding great ef fort over him, Mark Antony’s speech over the dead Ciosar. “I became perfectly en raptured with the man,” says tlie actor, “and made such apatient, accommodating corpse for him that he finally made me a present of a copy of Shakespeare. From that day the doom of the chair-making business, so far as I was concerned, was sealed forever. very easy to forecast the result in Maine An appeal to the Supreme Court of the State by the Republican Legisla- tors, brought such a response as they de sired. At first there was strong resent ment and inflammation among the Fusion ists, hut the long debate in the House re sulted in the 'appointment of a committee to propose another set of queries to the same court, placing a fair and full state ment of the whole matter before the court. This, of course, will be responded to as the propounded , do not desire, and we take it for granted that the Fusion Gov ernment will then dissolve and disperse. It is worse th&n; a Seten by eight count j for it stands only on one Radical le^ And so we consider Maine as good as set-' tied, although it may not be so. i •The Supreme Court > According to Bildad, the Shuliite, who writes from Washington to the Richmond State, tho refusal to advance the legal tender cases on the Supreme Court docket grows out of this particular state of facts: Justices Waite, Swayne, Strong and Miller hold to all the modem doctrines on legal tender paper, civil rights and bayonet elections. Justices Clifford, Field, Brad ley and Harlan hold the other way, and the balance of power, is in the hands of Justice Hunt, who is disabled by sickness. The Court, therefore, can’t pronounce till jt can get a new member in place of Hunt. If Hunt will i only step aside and make room for Edmii.'.ls, of Vermont, every thing will be lovely. Nothing in the world which the Republicans have legis lated or can legislate will then fail of be ing constitutional to the last degree. West Foint. the Headquarters of the Martinets. We have seen a copy of the general or der issued by the command of Major Gen eral Schofield to the cadets at West Point, January 2d ? 1SS0, as a punishment for the display of fireworks with which they sur reptitiously ushered in the new year. Af ter assigning eight additional officers to the Department of Tactics, so as to keep tlie lads drilling and parading in all their spare time, the second section of the order reads asfollows: Hereafter no cadet will visit the hotel nor any officers’ quarters, nor any other private residence on the post, nor enter, any enclosure thereon, without permis- • sion from the Superintendent. No such permission nor any leave of absence or other privilege or indulgence of any kind whatever will he applied, for by any cadet now iu the . corps, until he has fully exon erated himself from any participation in, or responsibility for, the riotous aud mu tinous proceedings on the night of Decem ber 31st. All offieeis on duty at West Foint are required to report any violation of the pro visions of this paragraph which may come to their knowledge. This is an ingenious but cruel device to bring to light the offenders by jHinisbing innocent and guilty alike, until the former have exculpated themselves from a crime of which no one is formally able to accuse them. It is forcing them, by implication at least, to “ poach ” on their comrades in order to be relieved of the above restrict tions and extra duty. We opine the dril ling and punishment will be indefinitely continued it no belter method can be ar rived at to detect the guilty ones. The rules and regulations at West Foint arc exceedingly strict and even arbitraiy in some cases. Thus, if on a holiday oc casion, a fond mother sends a box of good things to her absent son, it is ordered to the mess-room. The boys manage to flank the authorities, however, by having their presents from home directed to some per son residing outside of tlie" post, from whom they manage to procure them. Ver ily that “ School of the Soldiers ” at West Foint, subjects the cadet to severer duty than he will ever be called upon to under go afterwards even in the most arduous campaign. No wonder that so few are able to graduate. The Negro Emigrants to Indiana. The Alexandria (Va.) Gazette, of Wednesday last, says: There was at the depot of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad, this morning, a young colored woinau trying to make her way back to North Carolina. She stated that she had been induced to leave a pleasant home, in her native State, and go to Indiana. Ar riving at Indianapolis, she was stationed in a church, packed with emigrants of her own color, from her own section, where she was compelled to remain two or three, weeks, receiving on only one meal a day, and that a veiy poor one. In reply to an inquiry as to how the- emigrants were treated, she said that they ' were treated like dogs, and if the people- wete disposed to treat them otherwise, they were not in a condition to do so; for they had as much as they could do to take care of themselves. Tho emigrants- cannot procure wo: k, and are dying from* cold and starvation. She is loud in her condemnation of,the men wlio influenced, her to sell all skebadanu leave her home, and said that if she ever got back she would remain and die there, where she had always been treated with kindness, by the white people.,; - The Pope’s newspaper. The first publication of Pope Leo’s newspaper, the Avrora, appears to' have been delayed by incidents that were fore- sliadowed in late correspondence from- Rome. Tlie editors have been appointed and all other preparations niade; hut the Osservulore Jlomano, the Voce Bella Verila and other journals that have spo ken with a more or less authoritative voice for the Vatican Lave claimed indem nity, because this new comer is to displace them from the position of Papal < and there is some hitch in . deter what is to be paid them. The date of tlie appearance of the Auro ra was originally fixed for January 2d, and it was afterwards transferred to Jan uary 16th, when the - paper may be issued if tlie difficulties alluded to are cleared out of the way. A journal enjoying the direct sanction of tho Vatican, and super intended by the Pope, will be a curiosity, aiul its tone will be eagerly studied in po litical as well as church circles. His Ho liness is represented as having been so dissatisfied with tho nominal organs that he decided upon taking this remarkable step. Tlie editors whom he has selected are to be rather of the conservative school; and their, choice is supposed to be another indication that the present occupant of the Pontificate is desirous of substituting mu tually pleasant relations with Germany France and Italy, instead of maintaining the defiant attitude of his predecessors tro ard those governments. The Dalton CUizen is responsible for • the following: A brother editor who has evidently been lectured by a lad)' subscriber, writes, as follows: A lady writes us an indignant note in which, with true rustic innocence, •he expresses a belief that editors never go to heaven. We thought even countiy people knew that journalists never went anywhere. They don’t get the chance. They just sit up nights thinking how to do good, until the tops of their heads wear boles through their hair. No wonder •uch doses as = Bull’s Baby Syrup is the pleasantest qqd safest remedy too wq Ser infante. a Baby protests against people will give it. Dr.