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GEORGIA PRESS.
The Bamesville Gazette has com
menced its twelfth relume.
The Governor has offered a reward of
two hundred dollars for the apprehension
of Smith, who killed Jasper Spencer re
cently in Home.
Dalton row enters its wish for a
Clement Attachment.
The average editor is standing in a
very dangerous position at present, on the
mountain side of journalism, as it were,
in danger at any moment to be over
whelmed with an avalanche of spring po
etry, loosed from its moorings by tire ethe-
rial mildness now going the rounds.
Three families, fourteen in number,
passed through Dalton last week for Ar
kansas.
Katuee an aged couple were married
at Eagle Cliff, in Walker county, recently.
The groom was eighty-two years old and
the bride fifty-two.
Jvtd' e J. D. McCutcheon, of Dalton }
is the atest Gubernatorial suggestion.
Only thw and nothing mote.
Wnr.;.T in North Georgia is growing
finely, and without a serious disaster the
crop will be a heavy one.
Griffin cotton receipts exceed last
year’s to date by over a thousand bales.
Narrow gauge railroads are all the go
in Georgia. The people of Franklin coun
ty now have under consideration the prac
ticability of building such a road from
Harmony Grove to Camesville.
The Dade County Coal Company have
opened a new mine of coal which prom
ises to be most productive and of a good
quality. It was named “New South
Wales.”
A stranger who stopped at Eagle
Cliff, Walker county, last week to lecture
on geology and astronomy, was knocked
down and badly battered by two brothers
named Burke, to whom he had given no
provocation. He saw more new constel
lations and meteors than ever before, but
does not wish to play the role of star dis
coverer any longer.
The Cochran brass band still wants a
teacher.
A reap year party is the heart’s desire
of the young men of Cocluan.
The Cochran Enterprise says of the re
cent lease:
Everybody seems to be satisfied with
the company into whose hands the road
has fallen.
The Ganli correspondent of the Jesup
Sentinel says:
That fearful disease, diphtheria, is still
prevailing in this section. Rev. Joshua
A. Harper has lost two children quite re
cently by this fearful scourge, and several
others of lib children have it. Several
others have had it in their families and
have lost precious little ones.
Mr. William Hogg was thrown from
hb wagon near Butler a day or two since
and seriously injured.
Mr. T. F. Smith retires from the edito
rial stafl' of the Warrenton Clipper.
The laborers in Marion county will not
hire except by the day.
The acreage of small grain planted in
Marion county will be much larger tlus
year than list.
Schley county farmers lost all their
meat by the recent warm spell of weather.
Sabbath before last, says the Buena
Vbta Argus, seven dogs attended church.
Bcen.v Vista Argvs: Mr. Robert
Duke showed us a water-melon yesterday
that looked as fresh and green as in the
summer time.
A Company has been formed to develop
the Richmond county coal fields.
Columbus b kept slightly agitated over
rumors of attempts to release or lynch the ^^X^co^MnSure
Gammon murderers. In the meantime the war
prisoners are mutually accusing each
other of the murder of the old man Gam
mon. •
Ben E. Russell, of the Bainbridge
Democrat, declined a re-election as a
member of the board of Aldermen of hb
city at the late election.
In the election in Hawkinsvillc last
Saturday Mr. J. B. McDufiie was elected
HayQr over Colonel C. C. Kibbee, who
was not a candidate.
THE Eastman 'limes says it will look
for Mr. II. W. J. Ham again soon,floating
on the surface-of journalism. Yes, Ham
will always float; it stands to the first
principles of chemistry.
J. F. DeLacy has been, elected Mayor
of Eastman.
Mr. 1 Thomas BATTLn,of Leary,has been
violently thro urn from a briggy by a runa
way horse and hurt severely.^We are
willing'to bet a considerable stun that we
could tell the name of ih&jborse and not
half try.
In Atlanta at one o'clock Tlmrsday
evening, at the residence of the bride’s pa
rents, by Rev. Dr. Boggs, ol the Central
Fresbyterian church, 3fr. Charles D.
Montgomery was married. ta.Miss EllicM.
Rusbton. The attendants were Miss Julia
Rushlon and Mr. J. S. Grace, Miss Mary
On* and C. F. Malone, Miss Carrie Cole
man and C. L. Mangum, Miss Florence
Force and J. 1>. Owings, Miss Kitty Peters
and O. A. Sanders. After the ceremony,
the attendants and friends were treated to
a magnificent repast
Perliatn, of the Free Press says, “Quit-
man has produced more lawyers to its size
than any town m the State. A circum
stance which we regret exceedingly, as we
fear the. good Lord will lay it up agin our
people.”
Mn. Young, the venerable father of
Genera! P. M. B. Your.g, is lying danger
ously ill in Cartcrsvillc. There are but
littie hopes of hb recovery.
Tub Monroe Adrcrtiser b reliably in
formed that a marriage took place in Jas
per county duriug Christmas, the groom
being tweiily years of age and the bride
sixty. Her parents didn’t object.
Barnesvii.i.e Gazette: Dr. E. A. Flew-
ellen was in town Saturday, and says he
is not so certain now that lie will claim
that he purchased the lease of the Macon
•ml BnuiswiclifBailroad. -
Dalton Citizen: The unprecedented
wann wcatlicr we have had for the past
week nr so has brought out the snakes and
butterflies. One of the former (a gaudy-
winged fellow') was seen flit'ing over
town a day or two ago, and several of tlie
latter were seen near the town last week.
Tlie jioor fellow has them again, evi
dently. This is the worst case of the sea
son. The idea of a gaudy-winged snake
to spring into the arena and make things -
lively for their clients’ pocket books.
Strawberry beds in Lexington are
white with blooms.
Negroes are beginning to build towns
of their own in Oglethorpe county.
There is a good market for pop-corn
in this State says an exchange, and it will
pay $50 to $100 per acre.
The exodus excitement in Oglethorpe
county has played out.
The Oglethorpe Echo learns of a good
deal of mental derangement in that sec
tion recently.
Considerable apprehension b felt
through the State for tie fruit crop.
The LaGrange Reporter, after an un
explained absence of several weeks, lias
returned once more. We hope it will not
be so erratic in its arrivals again.
The Grant boom, it is now suggested,
will eventually he a bomerang. Patent
applied for.
Hon. W. O. Tuggle, of LaGrange,
has gone to Washington to try hb fortune
once more among the musty files of the
Claim office.
Mr. E. F. Lanier has been elected
Mayor of West Point.
The Times and Planter has been pur
chased, and will be publ’ished hereafter
by, William Stevens, John L. Culver,
David Dickson, J. Clarence Simmons,
J. M. Harris, James W. Moore, B. F. Ri
ley and W. L. Coleman.
Rome wants a carshed.
McDonough b highly elated at the re
sult of tlie railroad lease, and b hopeful
that it will be included in the proposed
route.
Mr. Amos Tredwell’s little daughter
has been severely burned in Butts county.
Cause—too intimate relations between a
kerosene can and tlie chimney.
There were only eighteen deaths in
Darien last year.
Grant b having a boom just now but
Darien has a half-dozen lying around
loose all the time. How Sherman would
delight to capture one of them to strap to
the backbone of hb little invalid-boom.
Morris Habersham and Abram
Brown, both colored, were accidentally
drowned near Darien last Tuesday.
The Darien Timber Gazette is one of
tlie newsiest and yet one of the most solid
of our weekly exchanges.
A fashionable wedding occurred in
Brunswick last week in the marriage of
Miss Ellen King Nightengale and Mr.
Henry M. Fuller at St. Marks church.
Both parties belonged to the old families
of the section..
Daily mails over the Brunswick and
Albany railroad were inaugurated last
Saturday.
MR- W. F. Killen’s com crib has been
burned near Perry. Hb loss is about
five hundred dollars.
The Dickens party in Perry was quite
a success says the Home Journal.
In organizing tlie Houston Superior
Court Judge Simmons created some sensa
tion by fining several tardy jurors.
Mrs. Dr. W. B. Ma-thews, of Fort
Valley, daughter of General C. D. Ander
son, died on Tuesday last at that place.
Mil A. B. Semple, a young drummer
fiom Louisville, died on Thursday in
Foil Valley, of pneumonia.
The Marietta milliners are shipping, it
is said, their blue ribbons out of the city.
The trial of R. U. Palmer for the mur
der of Colonel W. L. Salisbury, in Seale,
Alabama, about two years since, is now
in progress in Russeil county, Alabama.
Form Gaines Tribune: We regret to
see so much Western corn being hauled so
early in the season. ’Tis not tlie fault of
our fanners that it is so—bad seasons tell
the tale.
“Just $4,000 will buy them lots now, and J TJ'VT rjTjrtT Tin T> A T)TT
you only have three minutes to consider I IjijI .vJIli VL IT
flitting over Dalton. What a field for
Mr. Drew!
Handsome Block of Bcildixgs.—
Hawkinsiille Dispatch: The brick work
upon tlie three storehouses and warehouse
of Messrs. C. M. Bozeman & Sons was
finislied last week, and the buildings have
been co • red with sheet iron. They have
moved . :.n their warehouse, and up to
ye*ri-.-da> had received several bales of
rott«n.
Mi;. John M. GABMfcBE, of Monroe
county, made l>y lib own labor, with one
he^e. last vear nine bales of cMton, each
irroi-ug over five hundred pounds, ’ Thb
irt .-all excellent farming, and should
liroV'- .rul! whites who have had their
miii-tsxu si rating Westward and to all
colored wh« have been dreaming of Kan
sas. I bar i: only requires industry rightly
dire.led .o make money iu Georgia.
Tii « ^.ia!l grain crop in Greene coun
ty i large.
Two wow lawyers are expected to
move to <. ‘cusboro shortly, and expect
Brunswick Advertiser: Notwithstand
ing the fact that the M. & B. R. R. begins
at “Wadley’s Cross Roads” and ends “no
where,” there were a host of people that
wanted it—some to tlie tune of $194,000.
Darien Timber Gazette: Darien pur
chased last year 1,533 rafts of square tim
ber, measuring 33,612,587 feet, and 1,008
rafts of scab timber, measuring 10.013,513
feet, making a total of 50,520,100 feet.
The Ilailem Colombian says: John
Pearree informs us that one of his hand?
was over in Macon" the other day, and
heard that Grant was ta visit . Augusta
shortly for the sole purpose of disi limiting
a ‘bag of gold’among the negroes. Perhaps
this will account for the homage which
he received from the sable race during his
recent visit.
The Horiheadcrn Progress, published
at Harmony Grove, by Mr. Maleom Staf
ford, is to be suspended for a few weeks.
The editor says that heretofore the paper
lias been conducted at a great loss, of time
if nothing else, and when it is resumed it
will be conducted on a new principle and
plan. lie evidently intends to go in for
cash payments.
Oglethorpe Echo: You can keep up
your cotton land for yeais without other
manure than the seed taken therefrom,
simply by not pasturing it. Most fanners
pasture their laud to ruin. As much veg
etation should be returned to the soil as
possible, and never i>erniit stock to run on
a field when wet. No soil can be im
proved when robbed of every vestige of
vegetation—it’s very blood.
Brunswick Advertiser: Colonel J.
31. Couperhas contracted with the Messrs.
Adams to plant one thousand Florida or
ange trees of the second and fluid year’s
growth, on St. Simon’s Island. lie has
also had his olive orchard pruned and set
in order. The ten trees will probably
yield a barrel of oil. Thb, at six to eight
dollars per gallon, makes some Tour hun
dred dollars.
Henry County Weekly: The negro
who killed Rogers at Brooks Station on
the 25th ult., had a preliminaty hearing
before Judge Buchanan ou Friday la,t,
and in default of bail was committed to
jail to await liis trial at tlie spring term of
Fayette Superior Court, for tlie crime of
•manslaughter. On the day of the tidal the
father of young Rogci-s received a letter
from Texas, stating that auothcr son, who
lias been residing in the State for several
months past, became involved in a dillicul-
ty on the 29th tilt., five days after tlie kil
ling of the first named, and was stabbed
to the heart. It was really a sad coinci
dence, and tlie old geltleinan lias our sym
pathy in hb affliction.
Augusta had a very nice jockey club
meeting, e.nd now sighs to tackle the
‘statetpr.ir. A State Fair, a canal, a new
cottas factory and a gifted conversational
s: am would certainly overflow the chal
ice bl the city’s happiness.
The Way the iVorld Wags.—
Brunswick Adrcrtiser: The following
dialogue is said to have occurred on Tues
day last between a Bruuswick lot owner
and a purchaser, as they were coming by
rail to Brunswick:
Nhi£ comer—“Well, Mr. > what can
I have those two lots for?”
Lotiowncr—“Well, sir, owing to the re-
ceirt ^combination, I am willing to sell
yottylboae two lots very low—say $1,000
apiece.”
At tlie next station a gentleman entered
the car and read a telegram from Macon:
- Bidding commenced; eight bidders in
all; big crowd.”
owner—“Well, sir, you must pay
r.i£'M*i >00 for them lots since I heard that
r.iji s,
Aii, hour later they arrive at another
t dtftjipU station and hear the following
^‘Bidding still progressing. Coupcr
going by tlie "thousands and Kimball by
i he b 11 ndreds—all others retired.”
J.ot owner—“By George, my friend, I
wont take that price now—give me $5,000
anil the lots are yours.
In <hic they arri ve in B. and hear tlie
latest hews, whereupon the new man is
astonished t» hear tlie lot owner whisper,
thfcihatter.’ ^ „ w
Rome Daily: Among the cool and de
liberate criminal arts on record intbb
country tliaVi which occurred last Satur
day afternoon at Jthe old Mobley place,
about three miles from town, takes the
premium for eoid-bloodedness. Allen
Williams, colored, was passing along the
road, when another colored 'fellow, Joe
Billups, hailed him, using at the same
time some slang expression. Allen there
upon threatened to shoot Joe, dud the
latter daring him to do so, the former,
saying he wouldn’t lake a dare, raised his
gun and emptied its contents of small
shot into Joe’s stomach. When Deputy.
Sheriff Lumpkin went to arrest Allen, the
latter drawing hb pistol leveled it at
Lumpkin, whereupon our deputy gallant
ly rushed upon' him, apd, knocking hb
arm out of range, seized hb prisoner.
The boy Joe is" not considered fatally
wounded, and Allen bin jail in default
of $300 bail.
Dahlonega Signed: “For several weeks
past the people living in Cane -Creek dis
trict have been annoyed by tbe loud
screams. or hallooing at night of some
strange wild ‘varmint,’ which infests that
neighborhood, to the great discomfiture"
and terror of the inhabitants^ ,31r. T. H.
Worley, while at the spring near ljblioihe
a few nights ago, was startled by a scream
or noise from the animal, which had ven
tured within a few - feet of-bim. Several
attempts have recently been made to cap
ture it with dogs, but the wijd ‘ varmint ’
always succeeds in eluding its pursuers.
There is a difference of opinion as to what
it b. Some say it is a wild cat, some a
catamount, while others put it down as a
wolf; but all agree that it is a ‘ bad citi
zen,’ and the sooner overhauled the better.
What bit?”
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, D. C.,
January 14th, 1S80.
tariff tinkering.
The signs are plentiful that there will
be persistent efforts during this session to
greatly modify the present iniqutous high
tariff. Whether any of them will succeed
is another question. From the
vote Monday in the House, on
the proposition to put salt on House the first business taken up was the
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tlie free list, I should say uot. The yea
and nay vote was 115 each, when two-
thirds was necessary. It was nearly a
party vote, fourteen Democrats voting
with the Republicans in the negative, and
eleven Republicans with the Democrats.
The South was substantially solid for the
measure. This question b destined to
be one of tbe most important tlie future
has in store for us, and must greatly mod
ify if it does not entirely change party
lines and affiliations. It is not a very
lively one, and Congressional proceedings
and oratory will not shine as now, but
that ought uot to distress the country to
any alarming extent. It will abo serve
to bury the bloody shirt and kindred nui
sances out of sight, which will be another
great blessing.
A DULL SESSION.
Everything points that way, notwith
standing it b a Presidential election year.
So far there has not been developed the
slightest symptom of any fun ahead. Thb
is very sad, but at the same time very
wholesome for the country. The Demo
crats all favor a short business session,
but tlie Radicals, or at least most of them,
are on the other line. They always favor
long sessions, and for two reasons: First,
to give the fullest opportunity and occa
sion for the stirring up of bad blood and
goading the Southern Democrats into say
ing something they can use against the
party. Second, in order to have plenty of
time to get through all their private
schemes and plans benefiting their section,
their party and themselves. They are the
original Jacobs-when it comes to “tlie old
flag and an appropriation.” The treasury
is regarded as their milch cow, so to
speak, and for stripping her udders, the
Radicals, and especially those who dwell
in that beatific region known as the New
England States, defy all competition. But
the Democrats will control the matter thb
time, and a short session may be consid
ered as among the almost certainties of the
future. Having destroyed the lobby and
reduced expenses to tbe lowest living fig
ures, there is no cause wliy tbe session
should last longer than June 1st, at the
latest. This will give plenty of time for
all bands to go home, set up die pins for
re-election, aud thus save the country the
too common spectacle of a bare quorum
in the House for a month or more before
the final adjournment.
a dry subject.
The House b just now wrestling with a
remarkably dry subject, and consequently
the galleries are deserted. It is tlie re
port of the Committee on Rules, which
was submitted last week as tlie handi
work of the Speaker and Messrs. Black
burn,' Stephens, Garfield and Frye last
summer at Long Branch. It seems to rite
'there should be no' opposition at all to it,
for, so far as I can judge, it b an immense
improvement on tbe jumble of incoherent
and unsatisfactory matter known as the
present rules of the House. But it is being
sharply criticized all along the fine ot
both parties, arid may be defeated, espe
cially as I bear it hinted that the Speaker
does not favor it very enthusiastically. At
any rate it seems highly probable that
February will find the solonsof the House
still wrestling with it. One of the chief
causes of antagonism comes from hostility
to the committee on appropriations to
whom tlie new rules refer another bill for
preparation—namely, the river and har
bor. That committee already has charge
of all the other appropriation bilb, and
the complaint is made that their powers
and duties need curtailment instead of
strengthening. Especially do the mem
bers of the commerce committee rage aud
rear, with Reagan, of Texas, their chair
man, leading them. To bear them talk,
one would suppose that the end of all
things was at hand if this “outrage” b
committed. As I said before, the fate of
the report seems at this writing somewlmt
in doubt, but discussion may strengthen
it. With Garfield and Frye and Stephens
and Blackburn and Mr. Speaker to de
fend it, it ought to get through.
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER
At last, clear and cold,aud yesterday a
respectable sized snow storm, which still
remains in many places, notwithstanding
the sun shines brightly. Thb b the first
touch of real winter we have had, and it
was unusually welcomed. So much rain
aud ugly, gloomy weather was never be
fore known in tins latitude ia the same
number of days. One entire week passed
with only one fleeting glimpse of the sun.
It almost rivalled London and must have
made much work for the doctors. Anoth
er quite serious feature of the past warm
spell is in connection with the icc crop.
There has been no opportunity to gather »
pound here, and reports from all points
north, are to the same effect. So look out
for an ice famine next summer if the
clerk of the weather does not mendlib
ways. Ice has come to be such a prime
necessity and its use so universal, that a
short crop will be very severely felt. Think
of a Southern summer with ice at a figure
only within reach of “well to do people.”
THE GAY 8EASOX.
What is called the gay season b in the
fullest blast, just now, and parties, balls,
routs and kettledrums succeed each other
with a rapidity that must he pretty rough
on all but the very yonng and strong.
The old beaux and belles have my warm
est sympathy. They must g > the pace or
drop out, aiul that means something too
awful for words to express. What a
sweet boon and blessed relief will Lent be
to them as they sit at home and nurse
their pet corns. I sympathize with them
heartily. When a society man or woman
begins to discover that they cannot keep
the pace as formerly, without paying for
it, the heavens seem hung with black. It
is the blnestjof all blue Mondays. Among
other gaieties the State dinners at tlie
White Ilouse are reckoned—by courtesy.
There is no wine, and gorging rich food
New York, January 16.—It was re
cently announced that persons interested
in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company and a syndicate of New York
capitalists had purchased a majority of
stock of the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago Railroad Company. Yesterday
the purchasers met in the Farmers’ Loan
and Trust Company and organized by the
selection of the following new board of
directors: John Jacob Kennedy, Henry
G. Vail, Samuel SIoaD, R. G. Ralston, E.
H. 'Green, E. D. Standiford, R. S. Veech,
Isaac Caldwell, W. O. Despard, W. V.
Newcomb, J. Defaimiak and William
White. Right following, inspectors of
election Were choseil for 1881: Walter L.
Cutting and Edward R. Bell. The gen
tlemen named own two millions of the
rokd. Among them are the president,
vice-president, general manager and seve
ral directors of the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad Company. The Lonbville,
New Albany and Chicago road will be run
in connection with tbe Louisville and
Nashville road, thus forming a through
line direct from Chicago to Mobile, Mont
gomery abd New Orleans, when several
additions already detailed are contem
plated
Augusta, 3Ie., January 16.—Acting
Governor' Lawson yesterday appointed a
staff, Which includes Major M. M. Fobom,
Ai[jutaiil General an>i Chief of Stall} Gen
eral Clark S. Edwards, Inspector General;
Dr. Piper, Surgeon General; Major J.
W. Charming, Dr. Horace Davis, Captain
II. W. Black and Colonel J. W. Black,
Aids; Major J. W. French, Military Sec
retary. H. M. Plaisted was offered the
position of Judge Advocate General, but
decliucd.
Augusta, Me., January 16.—At five
o’clock thb morning the Richards Light
Infantry, of Gardiner, Maine, had orders
to appear at tlirir armory at nine o’clock
this morning. The men were gathering
there at early hour.
There was no dbturbance at the State
House last night. No one was admitted
without a pass to-day.
The Fusionists have elected Joseph L.
Smith governor.
Boston, January 16.—The Heralds
Augusta special says the Senate and
Ilouse met at ten o’clock, a. m. In the
report of the committee on elections, de
claring William Morray, Fusionist, of
Vassalbo:o, entitled to the seat instead of
Rev. Dr. Mathan Butler, Republican.
The report was accepted, but a reconsid
eration moved because Perry, of Camden,
wbhed a full explanation of the cause.
Mr. Dickey, from that Committee, sta
ted that a check list was used at the elec
tion, that the notice of the meeting was
not legal, that one of the assessors passed
the ballot box out of tbe door to allow a
sick man in a carriage to vote, and that
there were sundry other reasons why the
action was not legal.
The motion to reconsider failed, and
3Iurray was escorted to the Executive
Chamber to take the oath. Mr. Murray’s
admission brings the number of members
of the Ilouse present up to seventy-seven,
according to the count of tellers.
The House voted to send the names of
Joseph L. Smith and Alonzo Garcelon to
the Senate. The number of votes was
seventy-six. The report of the Committee
on the Gubernatorial Votes having been
read and accepted in the Senate, it was
sent to the House, where similar action
was taken.
Dickey, of Fort Kent, moved to suspend
the roles so that the House might fix the
time for the choice of four candidates for
Governor, to be sent up to be voted for by
tbe Senate. The motion was carried, and
on motion of Mr. Springfield, an order
adopted fixing the time at 11:15. 3Ir.
Ingalls, of Wisconsin, thought itunad-
risable so long as there was doubt of the
•pgality bf the House.
Mr. Plabted,ofLincoln,took the opposite
view. He reviewed the situation, aud be
lieved the time had come for immediate
action. He made a severe attack upon
Geueral Chamberlain for declining to re
cognize 3Ir. Lawson as the acting Gov
ernor. He bald the General responsible
for the present condition of_a airs. [Ap
plauded.]
Mr. McLaugh 1 :” made a speech, en
dorsing hb views.
Mr. Swann moved and the House or
dered that a committee of five be appoint
ed to receive the Governor and count the
votes for candidates to be sent to the Sen
ate. The Speaker appointed a committee,
who at once proceeded to their duty. Tlie
names of Joseph L. Smith and Alonzo
Garcelon were the only ones printed on
the ballots, and the report of the commit
tee showed that Smith and Garcelon had
76 votes. The announce r ?nt was greeted
with applause, and the report of the com
mittee adopted. The Senate unanimously
elected 3Ir. Smith Governor—he receiving
18 votes.
• Cincinnati, January 16.—A special
dispatch from' Irontoii says the Iroufon
Iron and Steel Company’s furnace and
rolling mill were yesterday sold at trus
tee’s sale to G. F. & F. J. Stone, of New
York, and J. H. Brommell, of Virginia,
for $101,000.
New York, January 10.—Subscriptions
for the first million dollars of tbe first
mortgage bonds of the Texas & Pacific
Railroad Company closed yesterday. The
bitb amounted to more than double the
amoiuit offered.
An Atlanta special says the formal ded
ication of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception (Catholic) in that city was an
imposing scene. The edifice was packed
wit h people. Bbhops Gross and Lynch
officiated, assbted by priests from all over
the South. The marble altar aud other
appointments of tbe church are said to be
equal to any south of Baltimore.
Pestii, January 16.—Rioting was re
newed in thb city last night on a formida
ble scale. The gas lamps in the street, in
front of tho Casino House, were broken
and shots from revolvers fired at the po
lice. One policeman was wounded and
twenty of the rioters were arrested.
Washington, January 16.—In the
House 3Ir. Sparks, of Illinois, Chairman
of tlie Committee on Military Affairs, re
ported a resolution calling on the Secre
tary of War for information as to the
number, rank, name and annual pay of
every officer on the lbt of the aimy.
Adopted.
The Speaker then proceeded, as regular
order, to call on committees for reports of
a private nature.
Washington, January 16—In the
House Mr. Sanford, of Alabama, from the
Committee on Claims, reported a bill re
funding to the State of Georgia $35,000
expended for the common defence in 1777.
Referred to the committee of the whole.
. 3Ir. Briglit^qf Tennessee, chairman of
the" iQammitteei on Claims, reported a
resolution calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for a statement of moneys re
ceived into the treasury from tho proceeds
of the sale of lands for direct taxes in
South Carolinu Adopted.
The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the President of the
Academy of Science, transmitting a report
on the prevention of epidemic diseases.
The nouse then went into a committee of
the whole on the private calendar, and
took up the bill for tho return ot Charles
Clinton, late assbtant treasurer at New
Orleans, of $5,800 stolen from him ia 1871
and refunded by him to the United States.
After an extended debate the committee
refused, by 72 to 02, to report the bill fa
vorably to tbe House. Tho committee
then rose and the House adjourned until
Monday.
Liverpool) January 16.—This week’s
circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’
Association, says cotton was dull early in
the week, at rather, easier prices. Since
Tuesday, there has feeen renewed activity,
with considerable business at hardening
rates, and quotations show an advance.
American was in good demand, and after
:'actuations, quotations are l-16d liighor.
Sea Island continues in moderate request,
and quotation* are unchanged. Futures
wasiieddownby water mult be awful for
the company, composed as it is always of.; ^ rates a ad'anc. of 1-S2d. .
dignitaries, .foreign and native, whose j Boston, January 16.—An Augusta,
throats are used toother tipple. Thb !-aine, special says it is reported on good
coodv goody business at tlie Write Houser authority t’an exeeetive order has been
5f tabooing VlDe-makes an invitation' to ‘ prepared relieving General Chamberlain
dine there rather an infliction than other- from hb command, which will be served
wise, anil causes much ridicule. It thb r. . ernoon. The General has as yet
doesn't reform anv drunkards and pleases no int’m a! ion totlns effect. , m
informing it that Joseph L. Smith and gain possession of it for the purpose ofex-
dotsn’t reform any drunkards ana r 11^ » Ai .
only a few Northern Mcthodit fcuiat ie» and 4PJ •• January 16.—At 1LM) a. m
crazy tenipemice folks, ' a-w t»
Alonzo Garcelon bad been selected as the
constitutional candidates for Governor.
It was moved to receive the message and
proceed to vote, Senator Strickland re
marking that thb was a legally constitu
ted body, in hb belief, but should tbe pro
posed action be proved illegal, be wbhed
it understood that il would bind no one.
He was iu favor of a peaceful solution of
the difficulty, and not in favor of resbt-
ance. A committee was appointed to re
ceive, sort and count the votes for Gov
ernor. The vote resulted, in the unani
mous choice of Joseph L. Smith, eighteen
votes being cast. 3Ir. Smith will be inau
gurated thb afternoon., A good deal of
bad feeling is manifested.
After the election of the Governor, both
Houses in joint convention elected an Ex
ecutive Council. It is understood that Mr.
Smith, who will not be recognized by
General Chamberlain, will await the de
cision of the Court as to the legality of
hb election before taking action likely to
bring on a conflict.
Boston, January 16.—Special dispatch
es to the Herald from Augusta, Me., say,
the action of the Legislature was a sur
prise to 3Ir. Smith, who,in an interview ex
pressed hb opinion that the election would
not take place to-day. He felt plainly the
gravity of the situation, and while he has
an ambition to be the Governor of Maine,
he wants to be constitutionally chosen
Governor, and will discountenance all
precipitate action. He evidently would
have preferred to have to-day’s action
postponed at least until the deebion of
the court was known. He thought that
there was too much reckless talk by* hot-
headed men, aud that it was not all on one
side. Some of those who were counsel
ing resistance to the legal aughority of the
State, had little idea of what they were do
ing. The general impression gathered from
Smith’s remarks was that should he qual
ify to-day, he will not be likely to per
form any executive acts that he can pos
sibly avoid, before the court b heard
from.
At one thirty in the afternoon both
Houses took a recess until four o’clock.
A caucus to nominate other officers will
be held at half past two.
Calcutta, January 16.—Five thou
sand Mohmunds, who crossed the Cabul
river near Davika, have been completely
defeated. General Doran arrived from
Lundi Kotal too late to cut of their , re
treat.
London, January 16.—The police, es
corting a party of process servers, at Kil-
rnina, .county, of Mayo, were severely mal
treated last night, and obliged to retreat,
though they had rifles loaded and bayo
nets fixed. Several of the police were cut
about the head and face. The process
servers had their clothing torn, and the
processes captured by mob.
Iu a railway collision at Smitbport,
county of Lancaster, three persons were
killed and twenty injured.
The Turkbh Ambassador at Vienna has
received the following explanation regard
ing the conflict in Albania: The Monte
negrins attacked a village near I’lava and
took two hundred head of cattle. Next
day they advanced towards Guringe and
Plava, when the Albanians attacked them
and drove them across the frontier. The
Albanians lost forty killed and sixty
wounded.
St. Petersburg, January 16.—The
Invalids Ilusse contradicts the sensation
al telegrams relative to the alleged Rus
sian military preparations on the western
frontier, and points out that only last De
cember,Russia’s love of peace caused her to
reduce the army to 36,000 below the peace
footing. Further peace measures and
further reduction of tlie army, that journal
says, are contemplated.
Pabis, January 10. — M DeBoudry
D’Asson, member for Vendee, in the
course of an attack on the miribtry in the
Chamber of Deputies, yesterday, said the
government, being in a state of political
bankruptcy; ‘be motto of “liberty, equali
ty and fratcrui.y” should be replaced by
“servility, rapacity and iniquity.” For
this lauguE' a vote of censure was
passed on li.....
London, January 10.—The Vienna
correspondent of the Times says the last
anil worst of the Pestii mobs b composed
entirely of laborers and roughs, and hints
that tlie International Society b at the
bottom of the mischief. The newspapers
of all shades of opinion denounce the au
thors of thb tumult. Tho students who
participated in tlie demonstration on tlie
first day, have publblicd a declaration
disclaiming any connection with the riot
ing.
London, January 16.—Mr. McLean, ol
St. Rollox chemical works, now writes to
the Times that after four days of investi
gation and experiments with Mr. Maske-
lync, he decided that the carbon crystab
made by him are not diamonds. He still
hopes, howeve . to produce diamond dust
in quantities laige enough for use in me
chanical arts.
Washington, January 16.—Tlie Sen-
atc‘Military Committee will hold a meet
ing; to-morrow to consider tlie case of
Fitz John Porter. The probability b that
the' full committee will agree to report
back a bill to restore General Porter to
hb rank in the army, and to allow hb
hack pay, which will amount in the ag
gregate to over one hundred thousand
dollars.
New Haven, Conn., January 16.—
Chief Justice Park charged the jury in the
Hayden case thb morning, occupying over
two hours. The charge is generally re
garded as unfavorable to the prisoner.
Mr. Hubbard, one of the counsel for Hay
den, says until the charge of Chief Justice
Park was delivered, they had no doubt of
Hayden’s acquittal. Tliey think the
Judge charged against the accused on ev
ery point of law, and the most they uow
hope for is a disagreement.
Washington, January 16.—The sub
committee of tlio House select a com
mittee on the method of electing Presi-
ident, decided to-day to report favorably
to the full committee Bickwell’s joint res
olution, for an amendment of the consti
tution as regards the manner of electing
President and Vice-President. Tlie pro
posed amendment provides that the elec
toral votes and fraction thereof of each
person voted for as President in any State,
shall bo ascertained by multiplying hb
entire popular vote therein by the number
of the State’s electoral votes, and dividing
the product by the sum of all the votes
given in the State for President, and the
quotient shall be the number of electoral
votes and fraction thereof to be assigned
to such person, using for such fraction
three decimals only. The resolution also
prescribes the manner of counting (he
votes and determining questions of con
test. It b thought it will be reported fa
vorably to the House by the_full commit
tee next week. ~
Augusta, 3Ie., . January 10.—Roth
branches of the Legislature reassenrijlijd
at four o’clock tliis afternoon. . Tha coui-
mittee appointed to wait on-J. L.«Smitl>
and inform him of -his election, reported
lib .acceptance of tho"offic<£, JP At JJftlf
pose of administering th^oatlrtof- dfficdHo L-—-v - : ■- •
3Ir. Smith. * A committee, was appointed?' bone is as stifl as a poker, and that he r«-
_ . . ... nnnln Ilnfinm/M* klllll I C fMVIAI'C OO O 110 T»m_
to wait on the Governor, a -.id forthwith
Mr. Smith appeared, accompanied by the
heads of departments, the outgoing Coun
cil and the Adjutant -General. The oath
was then adminbtered by Mr. Ellis, the
acting president of the Senate, after which
proclamation was made by the Secretary
and tho Governor delivered hb message.
Augusta, January 10.—The examina
tion into the alleged bribery case was con
tinued to-day. Messrs. Swann, Ilarriman
and James O. White repeated in greater
details their statements already pulribhed,
as to the attempts made to bribe them by
Wallace R. White and Solon Chase, and
corroborated Swann’s statement as to the
latter’s interview withlrim.
' Bar! iiolomew Wentworth testified to at
tempts made to bribe. Irim by Chase and
Ricker, of North Berwick.^
Alfred Cushman, member of the Ilouse,
testified to efforts of hb son amlFlewel-
lcn Bowen to keep him from tlie Legisla
ture by telling him that he could get more
more by not going.
Noah Baker, as Senator, concha ted
Cushman’s testimony.
Augusta, Me., January 10.—General
Chamberlain lias ’ed the fc'.lowing or
der: Whereas, t .citing rumors, which I
believe to be entirely without foundation,
are circulated that the State house b to
he held by one party as against another,
oi that it is to be attacked by persons
eluding members elect from the Legisla
tive bails, thb is to give assurance that
the rights and privileges of all parties
shall be protected with complete impar
tiality. Tbe halls are for the use of mem
bers elect to the Legislature, and shall be
held inviolate for those uses. I give no
credence to the reports that either party
would stoop to such tricks, or be rash
enough te use violence to determine ques
tions oi rights, but to allay any doubt or
fear of thb, I hereby give my personal
guarantee that all rights shall be respec
ted, and atiempts to gain unfair advantage
shall not be permitted.
Augusta, January 16.—Dispatches
were received in this city thb evening,
stating that the Supreme Court has solidly
sustained the Republicans in every posi
tion. Hundreds of Republicans are in
the city, and there b great rejoicing among
them. The Fusiouists are corresponding
ly depressed. There are some here who
are urging the Fusionists to resist the
Court, go forward and impeach the
Judges, but manjr Fusionbts announced
their intention to yield. Twenty are
known to be in favor of submitting. There
is division in their ranks.
New Yoke, January 16.—A cable dis
patch from Rome to the New York Free
man's Journal received to-d:i v, states that
on the 15th inst., Iris holiness, Pope Leo
XUL, approved the appointment of Right
Rev. Dr. Elder, heretofore Ebhop of
Natchez, to .be coadjutor with the
right of succession to tlie archbishopric of
Cincinnati, and to be adminbtrator for
tbe archdiocese.
Pensacola, January 16.—The Steve
dore Association resolved not to furnish
labor for vessels being loaded by Que
becers. Tlib will stop the number of ves-
seb for a few days. There are 176 vesseb
in the bay, two-thirds of them being
sqaure rigged. Thb . is the largest fleet
that has been at ^Pensacola for three
years.
Febnandina, January 16.—The new
steamer Admiral sailed for Cedar Keys
to day, where she will take General Grant
and party on board for Havana. The db-
tingubhed guests will connect with tlie
steamer at Cedar Keys. Tlib trip will
inaugurate the fast mail service between
New York and Havana, and it is expect
ed that the running time of the trains
from New York will be reduced to forty-
eight horns, so that tho entire trip will be
made in three days.
London, January f 14.—Metcalf & Co.,
jewelers, of No. 19 Cockspur street, Lou
don, have failed. Liabilities j£70,000.
Bangor, Me., January 17.—The Su
preme Judicial Court will send to the Re
publican Legblature to-day its reply to
the questions submitted by that body
touching the legality of the organization
of the Fusion Legblature. The deebion
generally sustains the Republican position.
They say “an election has been had by the
electors of this State. The rights of sev-
eral persons voted for depends upon tho
votes cast in accordance with the consti
tution and laws of the State. It was the
duty of the Governor and Council thus to
declare it. Any declaration of the vote
not thus accorded and declared b unau
thorized and void.
“The Governor and Council examined
the returns and undertook to declare the
result as it appeared by the returns. The
various questions involving the true con
struction of the Constitution and statutes
relative thereto arose, and the Governor
by virtue of and by constitutional peroga-
tive, called upon thb court for its opinion -
upon tlie questions propounded. By the
provisions of tlie Constitution the court
was required to expound and construe the
provbions of the Constitution and statutes
involved. .Itgave full answers to these
questions. The opinion ot the court was
thus obtained in ouc of the modes provided
iq the constitution for an authoritative
determination of important questions of
law. The law thus determined is a con
clusive guide of the Governor and Coun
cil in the performance of their minbterial
duties. Any action on their part in de
livering the vote as it appears by the re
turns in violation of the provisions of the
constitution and law thus declared b a
usurpation of authority and must be held
void. It only remains to apply these prin
ciples to the subject embraced in the
questions proposed.” On thb basb the
court answers favorably to the various
questioris submitted by the Republicans.
Boston, January 17.—A special from
Augusta says the whole aspect of affairs b
changed, aud hopes of a peaceable solu
tion of the dbpute by the deebion of the
Supreme Court, are blown to the winds
by tlie action taken by the Fusionbts last
night. Soon after the points of the decis
ion were received from Bangor, the lead
ing Fusionists had a consultation with
Governor Smith and staff, aud the follow
ing order was issued:
State of Maine, Adjutant General’s Office,
Augusta, January 16,1880.
Special order No. 4, dated November,
1879, assigning Joshua L. Chamberlain to,
tho command 6t the volunteer militia, is
hereby revoked. General ofder No. "12,'
dated January 5, 1SS0, assigning General
.JoShua L. Chamberlain to duty as com
mander of tbe first divbion of Maine
militia, and requiring tlie commanding
officers of all military organizations of the
State to report to him, b hereby re
voked.
Special order No. 45, dated January 5,
1SS0, directing Geueral Chamberlain to
protect the public property and institutions
of the State, is hereby revoked. Command
ing officers of all military organizations
accepted into the service of the State, are
and the recess was probably taken for the fail in dutv were T tn , ~ -
punxwe of rallying absentees. “5„ : SSSSfeBSSK!'
It is understood that the Fusionbts thority to demand it. If yov arc L,l? r > au '
have telegraphed for the opinion of Gen- ful Governor, you can easiiv rpli'o-. ,7
eral Butler, Hon. Bion Bradbury and sev- embarrassment by affordin'-' a *
eral other eminent lawyers,-to oflsetthe tboritative deebion of the Courttojri.^
opinion of the Supreme Court, and they I am, and always have been r<>laTT?'
exp&ri, replies in season to lay them be- yield prompt obedience. I cannot W
fore.the members of their Legislature up— that tlie courtesy and custom of *l>t>
on Its reassembling next Tuesday. I vice, to say nothing of the grave comnv
The Fusionbts are quiet, and will not | c ? l 1 i ° ns of 1110 present situation, rive m2'
talk much. There is a report that the lat- I n S h ‘«> «T»=t that. you will fun 1Is h 52
ter will endeavor to compromise, but it is , P 1- ?!* 5 . 1 " evidence of your authority.” 8
of doubtful authority. Some of the Fu- • Major Folsom, who signed the order
ast cvemng reheving General Chamber!
lam from command, was among the
at General Chamberlain’s headquarter
this inorhing, to apply f or - “? ers
friend to the state House. f P f ° ra
sionists haye certainly .weakened. At
least two members of the House have
said that they would not resbt the decis
ion of the Supreme Court, and tho re
marks of a Senator from Aristook county ,—_—
yesterday indicate that he b of the same . Loston, Mass., January 17.-—A Saco
disposition. special says; “ Ex-Secretary of State Goto *
i The hoteb are crowded with men— ! ^mved lrom Augusta on the midniriit
mostly Republicans—who have come here , “* states Joseph L. Smith declares
from Bangor, Waterville, Bath, and other i T f,, , avc / d >een c 1103011 Governor anil by
i„rnr/» »:>,•». »„ _• I’ll be Governor.’ ti»*> _
large cities, ready to take a hand in case
of necessity.
At the end of the recess in the House
Mr. Cushman, of Sherman, made a speech
recommending application to Congress for
aid in repelling attempts under the decis
ion of the Supreme Court to drive thb
bon y from the State House.
Mr. Geoige F. Hill, of Corinth, said
. . , , . _ most of the Fu-
siomsts applaud. They laugh at the decis
ion of the Supreme-Court. Tliey say they
wri! support Smith in whatever he mav do
On the other hand, the Republicans are"
no less resolute to adhere at any cost to
what they say b the side of right and law
There is no mistaking the fact that deep
and bitter feelings are being engendered
that we stand to-day in a very critical! 110 one knows wbat and hour mav
— J *i • rm i * • - livi n rr f.- v 11. Il >1, /, . .1 J. ■ • —
condition. The clergy, money power and
courts were against us. He believed
some measures should be adopted for the
submbsion of further questions' to the
court, giving a fair statement bf the case.
He hoped some member would suggest
means whereby thb would be effected.
He noticed that several members who yes
terday expressed their willingness to shed
their last drop of blood in defending our
rights, were absent to-day, (applause and
laughter) but he believed there were sen
sible meii enough to treat thb question
with the attentions its gravity deserved.
3Ir. Ingalb, of Wbcasset offered a joint
order for the appointment of a committee
of five to be joined by such as the Senate
may see fit, to take into consideration the
condition of affairs, and report to the
House the best method of procedure. The
Supreme Court had decided a set of ques
tions submitted by another and irregular
body than thb. That body was not le
gally constituted. He thought a set of
questions giving a fair statement of the
case might be submitted, We want
peace—we want our rights. Let us con
suit together as men knowing our rights
and determined .to maintain Hem.
Mr. Knowles of Naples, said he believed
the deebion of the court was a partisan
one, but he would not resbt by force.
There were other and peaceable means of
meeting this crisb.
Mr. Renner, of Waldeboro, said hb
proposition was the same as Hill’s, and he
heartily endorsed hb remarks.
Bradbury, of Norway, said we were
here legally and lawfully, but were in a
perilous time and should act with discre
tion. It was the part of wise aud brave
men to submit to the inevitable. If the
court has been used as an instrument to
deprive us of our rights, the crime is not
ours. Revolution has come by tbe action
of that court. Against that court we have
no appeal, except to the people. Let us
go back to them. The ballot box b still
left to us and to that we must appeal. He
heartily approved" of the proposed order,
and hoped it would pass.
Robinson, of Tliomaston, also favored
the passage of this order.
Cushman, of Sherman, still advocated
resort to Congress.
Perry, of Camden, favored the order in I T . , „
a speech of some length. This speech
bring forth. The reported declaration of
the Fusionbts iu authority that their gov
ernment will be removed in case of fight
ing, to this city, where the public officers
will protect them, causes abo much in.
terest here.”
Boston, January 17—A special from
Augusta says Mr. S. F. Lynch, Captain of
the Montgomery Guards, in reply to Gen-
eral Chamberlain’s circular to company
commanders, telegraphs lrim that he
should obey hb orders until the order of
the Court was given. Every company, I
except that at Oldham, says the same,'
Augusta, Me., January 17.—An Au-
gnsta special says the Republican House
was called to order at 2 p. m. by Speaker
Weeks. Prayer was oflered by'Governor
Cobb, of Augusta. Tlie hall of the House
of Representatives was packed with men,
every inch of space surrounding the seats
being occupied by standing men. The
galleries were a solid mass of human be
ings. The taking up of passes at the outer
doors was at thb time abandoned, tbe po
lice being removed to the foot of the stair
cases and to the doors of tin second
floor. Just as the prayer ended, Blaine
came upon the floor and was received
wittf*fcnthusiasm, the men getting upon
chairs and desks, waving hats and hand
kerchiefs, while they rent; the air with
cheers and shouts. Business was entirely
suspended for a few minutes, and it was
some time before anything like order
could he restored. Hon. Lot M. Morrill
and Eugene Hale followed 3Ir. Blaine,
and received a greeting scarcely less cor
dial, though not so loud. Mr. Knowles,
of Bradford, and Mr. Temple, of Eddinton,
Fusion members, came iu and took the
scab tliey occupied in the Fusion Ilouse.
The Republican members, with a few ex
ceptions, were all present. The reading
of the House journal was concluded at
2:30 p. m.
On motion of Mr. Goss of Bath, the
Speaker appointed • a ■ committee to act
witlra like committee from the Senate, as
a Joint Committee on Gubernatorial
Votes. Orders were passed, adopting tlie
rules of last year and providing that the
House hold one session dally, beginning
at ten a. m.
Augusta, January 17.—To-day the
answers of the Supreme Court to the ques-
was greeted with applause mingled with
hisses from the rear of the hall.
Bradbury, ol Norway, protested against
lrissses as a breach of decorum, and hoped
for the good name of the State that that
sound would never be heard here again.
Ingalls moved, as an amendment to the
order to be offered, a clause limiting tlie
committee to members of tlie House, and
leaving tlie Senate to take independent ac
tion. The order, as amended, was passed
and the Speaker appointed Ingails of
Wiscasset, Robinson of Thomaston, Wil
son, of Orona, Whitman of Harrison, and
Hill of Exeter, as members of tbe com
mittee.
In tbe Senate, an order for tlie appoint
ment of a committee of five to take into
consideration tbe state of affairs existing
and to report as early as possible on some
received. The Secretary of State refused
to give up tlie gubernatorial returns to
the Joint Committee.
William M. Sargent has declined the
appointment on Governor Smith’s staff, be
ing a straight Democrat and unwilling to
endorse the Governor’s greenback opin
ions. *
Washington, January 17. — Tlie
Ilouse Committee on Indian Affairs to-day
resumed tbe investigation of tlie causes of
the recent Ute outbreak. William 31.
Leeds, former chief clerk of tbe Indiau
Bureau, appeared and stated as among the
reasons and causes for the dissatisfaction
of the Indians the failure of the Indian
Bureau to send to the Indians subsistence,
supplies and agricultural implements, a3
agreed; to tlie prohibition of tbe sale of
arm3 and ammunition, tbe delay of the
The 1’resident pro tern, appointed Sen
ators Patten of Penobscot, Thompson of
Knox, l’arton of Somerset, Strickland of
Aristook, and Rankins of Oxford.
Senators Strickland and Patten both
made brief speeches recommending mod
eration.
In the House, Messrs. Styles of West
brook, Lewis of Springfield, Staples of
Pearsonsfield, and Hussey of Brooks,
made brief speeches ou tlie situation, af
ter which both Houses met in joint con
vention, and the oath of office was admin
istered to Messrs. Chase, Rusft Priest and
Whidden, Councilors elect.
At 11:30 a.m. the Republicans in cau
cus in Granite Hall made the following
nominations for State officers: Secretary
of State, Sumner J. Cliadboume, of Dix-
moiit; State Treasurer, J. W. Fogler, of
Hope; Attorney General, n. B. Cleaves of
Portland; Adjutant General, S. J. Gal
lagher, of Augusta; Councilors, R. S.
Brown of Saco; Lewis Barker of Bangor;
Jolm Plrimckley, of Blue Hill.
- Washington, January 17.—The Ilouse
required to report to Commander-in-ch.ef j Q omm |tt ce on Military Affairs, at a meet-
josepn Jj. anutn. 1 ingto-day, agreed upon their report to ac-
company Representative Bragg’s bill for
rv.nrVn the restoration of General Fitz John Por-
G°' ernor s staff. Tlie General received it ^ j t p TOV jdes for his restoration to ser-
course oFprocedure to ^^6, ^ department ,n furnishing supplies, ete. In
offered by Senator Patten, of Penobscot, summing up 3Ir. Leeds attributed tlie dis-
and adopted.
and replied that ho would answer this
morning.
Orders have been sent to tho command
ing officers of every military company
intlie State, signed by Smith, announcing
that Chamberlain is relieved from com
mand, and directing them to obey no or
ders except those of Smith.
Augusta, Me., January 17.—General
Chamberlain will pay no attention to tbe
order oft Governor Smith taking away tbe
command of the militia from him, and he
will hold to his first announced position
aud will remain in the place assigned him
until a Governor is legally elected and
qualified. The Democrats are quite stiti
this morning, and talk threateningly and
condemn the decision of the court.
Boston, January ! 17.—A special from
Augusta to the Herald says nothing of
importance has transpired this morning
'up to this hour (nine o’clock). The police
forqe on duty in the State-house has ap
parently not been increased as to tbe num
ber of officers' in and about the, rotunda
andiis still small; but an occasional open
ing juf the doors ot the roonrof the second
‘floor used for headqqprtersyrcveal the %ct
that it is faU;:oCjq£olu8uJoojaag-inea,
wearing bauaes^ * —
General CTiamVrlaiofekaainot yet’fcr-
riveil at he»lqitafrters»dTut.lii8fetafF are aH
past four o’clock a joint convention was. «°ff and- 3Iayor Nash fcashcen ltere
field in the hall of the House, for tli$l»ur3 tail Cns morning. A <?snv4rsatiori with
rXaSltrevuftls 11 leT’act that his baok-
Governor Smitlii orders as a liaijn-
diibition of rhetoric. r
Mi can ho ask?il the- Mayor.
“SniitJi has no„ authority which anybody-
willirespect^I tliq^Iqyoftcontinued.- “Qe
has 1 io snppoft .from the Supreme Court—
lie can get no aid fhumthe militia or sher
iff. He< does-Ro*■control the State Treas
ury and whatever funds he uses must
.conit from psivate sources. De lias no
anus, and in Tatty it may be said, he has
no backing whatever of any official char
acter. • „ .. •.
“If be attempts to turn General'Cham
berlain out of the State House by force,
Iris force will be the force of a mob and
tbe mob would have an exceedingly warm
reception hero.”
When asked if there would be auy
breachof peace the Mayor said: “Cer
tainly not on our part. If any act of vio
lence is committed it must come from the
other side. We arc here to preserve peace
—not to t .k it. We have protected
boi.ii LegHatures in the peaceful occupa
tion of the Legislative halls, anil I pro
pose to interfere in no maimer so long as
they do not resort to violence.”
Both Houses met at 9 o’clock, accord
ing to adjournment. After the reading
of the journals they took a recess until 10
o’clock. It is doubtful if a quorum is
present in the House. At least two mem
bers have gone home and several otlieis
AVW.U. die House sent a message to the Senatej in the interest of some political party, to have not, put in an appearance in the hall,
vice with the rank of Colonel, and awards
him $75,000 in lieu of all back pay to
which he may have been entitled. >'
Lousvii.i.e, Ky., January 17.—Suits
have been commenced in behalf of the
United States government again.t Weden
O’Neal, formerly United States 3Iarshal
and Iris bondsmen, charging that O’Neal
is indebted to the plaintiff for public
moneys amounting to $62,127.
Boston, January 27. — Cohen &
Sprague’s Riverside Oil Wor! s, at East
Cambridge with 200,000 gallons of kero
sene, machinery, etc., were destroyed by
fire last night. Loss $50,000.
Jackson, 3Iiss., January 17.—Five
ballots were hail last night by the Demo
cratic Senatorial caucus without result.
New York, January 17.—In the aigu-
ments yesterday before Judge Blatcliford,
ofthe United States Circuit Court, for a
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Rail
road Company, against H. S. McComb
anil the Southern Railroad Association, to
restrain defendants-from selling or parting
with any ofthe first or. second mortgage
bonlls ofthe Mississippi and (fcntral Ittiil-
roa£ Crihipariy*it was hold .that the in->
•junction .should still remain, but that
piaintiff should pay iifto tte United States
Trust CdihpJn’j.tlic amount o£ coupons on
$.150,'000«li)llara of tlie" second mortgage
bonils of tjjc Mi&issippi Central Railroad
Company, to await the issue ofthe pend
ing suit. * .
Afire at 306 Droadvray last night, de
stroyed the property of Abram Kaufman
aodjj. E. Andrews to tlie ext,ait ol'a hun
dred andfifty thousand dotlais. "*
Richmond, January 17<—The Semite
yestbrday passed thaJlousa bUl appropri
ating $500 for the suppression of outrages
by non-resident crews of oyster'vessels''in
Virginia waters. The Governor will
doubtless approve>tlie bill at once, when
means will be immediately taken to carry -
out the proposed object,
i Augusta, January 17.—Both branches
of the Legislature adjourned to Monday
afternoon at lhur o’clock. Tlie members
quietly separated, and tlie general opinion
is neither branch, as now constituted, will
ever meet again. The debate in the Sen
ate was for submission to the decree of
tho Court.
Governor Smith has appointed the fol
lowing staff: Adjutant General—M. M.
Folsom; Inspector General—Clark S. Ed
ward; Assistant Adjutant General—E. W.
French; Suigeon—George A. F. Piper;
Judge Advocate—General Richard W.
Block; Commissary General—J. H. Blood;
Lieutenant Colonel—Horace M. Davis;
Aides de Camp—John Benson, Jr., and
William W. Sargent.
General Chamberlain, in his reply to
Governor Smith, concludes: “While* the
matters now - in issue involve the very
question whether you are Governor or not,
it must be manifest to you that I should
satisfaction to tbe utter inattention of
Commissioner Hayt to tbe condition,
claims and necessities of the Ute Indi
ans. -
Atlanta, Georgia, January 17.—Nat
Smith, the negro who was confined in the
jail at Jonesboro, Georgia, for an at
tempted outrage on Mrs. Gay, was taken
out by au unknown party of men, carried
five miles into tlie woods anil hanged on
a tree. When found he had a shot gun
wound through the breast, apparently
made after he had been hanged.
Washington, January 17.—In the
case of Lucy Rhctt Horton, charged with
assault with intent to kill John II. Mor
gan, son cf Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
by shooting him in the shoulder, January
1st, the court decided to •hold Miss
Horton for the action of the grand jury in
the sum of one thousand dollars.
Newport, R. I., January 17.—Hie
card slircdcrs, all females, of the Aquida-
meck and Perry cotton mills, have struck
for higher wages. Tlie places will be filled
by help from other places. One female
who undertook to go to work was outra
geously assaulted by the help of both
mills. .
Augusta, Me., January 17.—The
coinmittc on the Gubernatorial vote re
ported as follows: The whole number of
votes cast was 143,806; necessary to a
choice 09,404; Daniel F. Davis 68,967; Jo
seph L. Smith 47,673; Alonzo Garcelon
21,851; Bion Bradbury 264. The rest
was scattering votes for several candi
dates. There was no choice. The House
then proceeded to the selection of two
names to be sent to the Seriate. The
whole roll being called, each m'eniber as
his name was called, came forward and
deposited his ballot. As Mr. Sproul, of
Veazie, who had deserted the Fusionists,
came forward, there was tremendous ap
plause. He voted for Daniel F. Davis.
Augusta, Me., January 17;—The result
of the balloting was: Whole number of
votes cast 88, of which Daniel F. Davis
received SS; Bion Brailbunr87; Alonzo
Garcelon 1. The names of Daniel F.
Davis and Bion Bradbury were sent to
the Senate.
The Senate was crowded as it has not
dissolution ofthe injunction in suit of thq, A^rince t h e berinnin “of the contro-
riiirn-n. St. Louis and New Orleans Rail- U< * -- De °. Un °
\Trsy. When the vote was taken for gov
ernor, nineteen votes were thrown—all
for Davis, who was declared by tbe presi
dent to be legally elected governor of tlie
State. Several Fusionist members were
present, but none of them participated in
the vote. The announcement of the re
sult .of the vote was received with, great
applause. -
->A ’joint' convention wsis tlicri belli for
Djejpurpose of electing the seven members
ofitlie Executive Council,' ’which resulted
in tlie election of the following by a vote
of 102:' First district, Roscoe L. Bowers;
second, Frederick Robie; third, Joseph T.
-llirjckley; fourth, William Wilson; fifth,
JafficS G. Pendleton; sixth, Lewis Barker;
sevqifth, Samuel N. Campbell. '
Ilcm. Samuel J. Cliadboume was eho-
-sen Secretary of State* receiving 105 votes.
Afterward Mr. Cliadboume, together with
Barker, Bowers. Pendleton anuuilstm, of
the Council, were qualified. At 6:45 p.
in., another Conventioa was formed,' this
time for the most interesting event cf this
season of intense excitement. Hie peo
ple had waited for this, rot a man moving
fluid the densely packed hall. -The com
mittee representing both "branches waited
upon Governor electDavis,.saddle soon
reported that he would forthwith attend
the Convention to take tlie oath of office.
As he entered the hall, attended by the
Council and several distinguished gentle
men, the audience rose to a man, and tlie
air was rent with deafening applause,
steadily increasing in volume,. ouitri the
capital building fairly rocked. Hie men
jumped upon the sea s, upon - each other,
pounded with caues, r.ad mamfcsteii.tjieir
joy in a way that was indosenbab.c.
<U re»t. News.
It is frreat news at a
remedy (Warner’s Saffi Neryina, VyJiW'
will relieve all kinds of ram, nmfgive re",
and sleep without Injury ta ther sifstero.
The discoverer of this remedy ae-wusm-
ered the most skillful nerve <loc|or iii- the
world.