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_ 1 1 1 ; =g —t= “= ®**sK;aia 5®*£klfj ^j^jUgtapIj «tt& ^ Mjjjtsjsimgje*?, Criegrapji auft JUtagwgrr mCON, JANUARY 27, i860.. How to Save Bacon. Distressing reports of spoiled pork come The Struggle Between the Bailroad go into the mining business. So we leave Titans off as we began, wiih the remark that up Despite all that has been said or writ- : t0 ttis writin S the whole railroad question j from all parts of the State, caused by the » F .. .. . , , . 1 continues foggy, and, after a while, “we protracted spells of mild weather, which ten on the subject, there is absolutely ^ sl / all see .” in reality have converted winter almost nothing new of an official character upon! —— _ • j . . , ' - the railroad situation. All the newspa- j “Honest Honey and the Hext Freer. int0 pe«nui»i spring, in Cobb coun- There are thirty thousand students in American colleges. —Many Northern men of money are Visiting Florida to ldok at the orange groves in Volusia and Orange counties. In some orchards as many as 2,000 trees are dropping their spheres of gold. —Charleston Drt.—No rain of suf ficient quantity to replentisbthe cisterns here has fallen for many weeks in this city. The main dependence of the peo ple is on artesian wells for their supply of Water. Unless we have rain in a few days the matter of water supply will be come • a serious one with our people Ai re* ly much inoonvenience is being felt. —Another Factory.—The Sibley Cotton Manufacturing Company of Augus ta, Georgia, has just been organized, with Mr. Josiah Sibley, one of the wealthiest men in Georgia, as president. The capi tal stock of the company is $500,000, and the work of erecting a mill to accommo date 24,000 spindles is to be commenced at an early day. Augusta is fast becom ing a second Lowell. —The Value of Home Supplies.— Reports received at the agricultural de partment of Georgia show that eight per cent, of the larmers of that State who raise their own supplies make money by farming, whilst seventy-five per cent, of those who gave lines and mortgages and pay high rates of interest on supplies fail * to make expenses. A stronger argument in favor of the importance of raising sup. plies at home as far as practicable could hardly be produced. —Unmade camels’ hair gowns in boxes with sufficient embroidery for trimming, arc sold in New York for $20, and are an nounced as the harbingers of spring goods, The cashmere gowns and trimmings that were imported by a Boston firm this win ter were sold at prices so low that it does not seem as it there was much demand here for that class of goods, but it is possi- sible they may come into fashion again. —Parnell’s manner before an audience is thus described in the Springfield Repub lican's Boston correspondence: “Parnell is cold as an iceberg. He evidently com mits his speech to memory, and he has no animation, no style. His voice is thin and his-manner awkward. He does not seem to be in earnest; he does not warm with his theme. He seems the politician, not the pleader. He does not sway his au dience. He cools, rather than fires its ar dor.” —The quinine market, according to a recent New York letter, is getting into an anomalous condition. The price of Amer ican has advanced to $3 per ounce, which is 40 cents higher than the point to which it dropped some months after the duty was taken off. There are reports among the trade to the effect that a strong effort is making, or will be made, to reimpose the duty, but well-informed parties in Wash ington intimate that it will not be success ful. An inferior substitute for quinine, chinchonidia, is coming into more general use. Large quantities of it were import ed awhile ago when the market price was comparatively low. Manufacturers ask $1 per ounce, but at that rate they are not disposed to accept orders to any extent. Outside parties ask all the way from $1 10 to $115. —The Hayden Trial.—New Ha yen, Connecticut, January 19.—There was a large crowd at the Hayden court at 9 o’clock this morning, as it was expected that the Sunday deliberations of the jury* would result in something; that they would at least report a disagreement. As the crowd surged by the sheriffs office Hayden stood in the open doorway smoaking a pipe. He looked refreshed after his rest of Sunday. Mrs. Hayden looks anxious and wearied, and expresses surprise that there has not been a verdict. It is thought that those in the minority are In favor of a verdict for murder in the second degree, At 2:32 p. m. the jury reported that they were unable to agree and were sent back by the court. THE JURY DISCHARGED. The jury, being still unable to agree, was discharged by Judge Park. The last ballot stood eleven for acquittal and one for murder in the second degree. Counsel will move for Hayden’s release on bail at the first oppportunity. There is scarcely a probability of another trial. Hayden was warmly congratulated by his friends. —Disappeared From Montgomery. —The Advertiser of Tuesday has the fol lowing: The relatives and friends of Mr. B. R. Holt, of this city, are greatly dis tressed at his mysterious disappearance. He was terribly wounded in the forehead at the battle of Chicamauga, and has been a great sufferer since that time. Last Friday morning he ate breakfast as usual but since then has not been seen. Search and inquiry have been made in all this vicinity, and letters and telegrams sent to various points, but nothing yet has been ascertained as to his whereabouts. It is feared that while laboring under mental abberation he has wandered off, and is not in condition to give an account of himself. He is a medium sized man, about 39 years of age, and weighs probably 150 pounds. His hair is auburn, complexion is florid, and on one ^ide of his head is a deep scar, caused from a gun-shot wound, ex tending down to his forehead. He was dressed in a dark grey suit of clothes and heavy black overcoat. Any information of him will be gratefully received if sent to Dr. W. J. Holt or W. W. Screws, and our exchanges will confer a great favor by copying this notice. —William H. Vanderbilt as High Liver.—The Correspondent of the Philadelphia Times says: “I took a good look at William H. Vanderbilt yesterday, He waxoth stout and grewsold apace. You see the old Commodore kept his eldest sou on that Staten Island farm, where he dug and delved while his good wife milked and churned, until the me ridian of life was passed and the first half of their century was gone. Coming to New York, wealth and position at a bound, with a repressed nature and rural go-to-bed-at-nine-o’clockhabits, our friend William grasped at the expansive oppor tunity that unfolded itself before him. He was fond of eating, and, a new bill of fare was on his table—he ate. He was fond of drinking, and hitherto unexplored cellars disclosed their choicest vintage to his thirsty throat—he drank. He had without knowing it a social temperament, and suddenly men and women were at his service -he plunged. The consequen- oes are perceptible, for he is a big eater, a good drinker, and one of the jolliest dogs in the pound. He works like a beav er—desk work—and is fast pegging out. His obitdary was long ago placed in well- regulated pigeon-holes, and long may it be per press from New York to Brunswick are full of quasi statements, sensational rumors and wild speculations relative to the result of tbs Louisville and Nashville coup d’etat. Opinions utterly diverse from each other are entertained and vehementy pressed. We give a few samples. “H. W. G.” telegraphs to the Constitu tion January 21st from Louisville, as fol lows : * I have just had a long talk with Colonel DeFuniak, just from New York. The following conclusions are authentic and positive; 1. The lease of the Central Road will not be confirmed. 2. The Louisville and Nashville Road will not give up the deeds to the Georgia Western road-bed to any company for any consideration. 3. They will probably build that line to Guntersville, and work it as a local line. The surveyor will go ahead and DeFu niak will lay bis estimates before the board with recommendations. 4. The Owensboro and Evansville ex- tensionwill be carried to Russellville and then stopped. 5. A line of steamers will be put on from Pensacola or Mobile, for Havana on March 1st. 6. The idea of a trunk line from St. Louis to the sea will be abandoned, and Atlanta made the southem.distributing point. The Chattanooga Times, of the same date, contains several distinct news paragraphs of a diametrically opposite character. We print each of them: The corporations which are trying to secure the control of the W. & A. will meet the opposition of the man whom President Davis failed either to beat or circumvent during the late war. Gov ernor Brown never was beaten in any contest be undertook and he is in this war to stay, so please recollect that, Messrs. Standiford & Co. Nashville is a good deal worried over the removal of her great railroad head quarters to Louisville. Never mind, they can’t take the road away, and there are other days coming. There is no strength in the Louisville and Nashville combination. It is an absurd thing that can’t last. THE WAR OF THE KINGS. Yesterday the air was rife with rumors, more startling than reasonable. The principal report was that Cole is all right, and lias gone North to save Ids system. It was further stated that the Georgia Cen tral was secured by the Brown-Cole party and in combination with the Cincinnati Southern would force the Louisville and Nasnville to gladly resign its grip on the throat of the Cole system. It was st ated by a gentleman from Nashville that Stevenson had telegraphed Cole to “come on at once,” and that like sum monses came from the South and Balti more ! Governor Brown, who went to his coal mines on Monday, returned last night to Atlanta on a pressing call, it is said, from Savannah. Keep cool, the end is not yet—and no one knows what it will be. George Alfred Townsend telegraphed the Cincinnati Enquirer from New York Sunday, after; full survey among the speculators and managers, and he says that Cincinnati has full swing to Atlanta, that line not being in the calcula tions of the so-called Louisville combina tions. The Enquirer says editorially after sug gesting that Colonel Cole may join the Cincinnati Southern interest: “From Chicago to Savannah, by way of Cincinnati and the Southern road, is a round hundred miles less distance than by way of the Louisville and Nashville sys tem. From St. Louis, by way of the Cincinnati Southern Road, the distance will be about the same as by the Louis ville and Nashville system, and the road a better one. From Cincinnati and the great district which pours its wealth of products into this center to Savannah by way of the Southern railroad will be near er than by any other possible course, nearer than any other Western city. before it is called fori” deucy.” The World, of Wednesday, utters a note of solemn warning to the West and South in connection with the financial legislation now before Congress. The strength of the Democrats lies in the “sol id South” and in the three metropolitan States of the East. All the latter of which is hopelessly lost if the South follow the lead of Beck andVoorhees on the finan cial question. We are quife prepared to say that were the question the success of the stalwarts, or the re-establjshmentof the anti-helium local bank currency, we are inclined to believe less public mischief would follow the first than the second, For the first would be incurable. Once occupy the field of circulation again with local bank paper and nothing but some great civil commotion would drive - it out. The war did it, and that was the only public benefit the' war conferred on the country; but at a horrid cost. Once open the flood-gates to local banks of issue again, and the case would be like that of the man out of whom the evil spirits were cast—the increase would probably be not far from seven to one, and in place of pa per currency equal in value to gold and perfectly reliable, every considerable vil lage in the Union would have its local bank, and mercantile points of greater magnitude would speedily furnish from five to fifty apiece. The dread of such a state of things cannot be too great or too active. Our quarrel with the so-called “honest money” men is in nothing that they ac tually propose now, but in the almost certain sequence of their action. For concede that the United States Govern ment is shut out from furnishing a paper circulation properly secured and guaran teed, there follows, as a matter of course, a paper circulation furnished by the States, and the experience of nearly a hundred years has informed the people just what that means, and at wliat incon venience and loss from insolvency to the great masses, this work will be done. As to really “honest money” that is to say, money which will not waste and per ish in the bands of the people, it is five fold more important that the Federal Government shall issue it, or regulate its issue by the most strenuous guaranties and requisitions, than that they shall reg ulate the coinage. Coins never will main tain any very considerable part in the vol ume of active currency. That - great stream will always be composed of paper except in those critical periods in which the paper is shown to be so worthless to be rejected in payment of debts. Bank notes are not a legal tender, and yet, ordinarily, they will pay debts even after suspension, when they sink to five, or ten, or fifteen cents below par. But when tjliey sink, by easy stages to twenty, thirty, forty and fifty, then specie is dragged out of bidden recesses, and, for a time, becomes currency. All the seniors will remember these times. Then, when judgments are enforced by execution on property bought in flush times in this bank money, the specie must be paid the sheriff, and one dollar of it will pay ten of the debt. Homes bought at $5,000 will be knocked down for $500. And in slavery times what old man will deny that he has seen negroes which were rated at $1,200 to $1,400 bid off at $200, $300 and $400! These are some of the beauties and excellencies of this “honest money.” It will bleach the heads of every generation with despair—except of the tew who know it is not money at all— but mere due bill good on occasion and will not do to be used as a standard of value. Now, who cares about a law compelling the people to receive Treasury notes for debt? They will always be so received unless the Government sets the example of refusing them. Congress may be a little wild sometimes, bat always better than a hundred thousand local bank di rectors bent on accommodating each other and their customers. Congress will never allow, except in case of a question of pub lic self-preservation, an over-issue—and even then the faith in ultimate redemption will not belost. The pride and patriot ism of the .people, and the immense re sources of the nation constitute a univer sal indorsement and overwhelming secur ity. What insanity is it, to banish these notes from circulation in favor of the “honest money” Issued by local banks. Practically it is as-bad as substituting gold by brass buttons. But so long as there arc so many peo ple all over the country who want to make money by issuing due bills at the rate of three to ten for one—s6 many who expect to trade in them—so many who really prefer cheap money—inflation and flush times, that the danger of a local bank currency is very great. Its friends everywhere are numerous, and they will begin their operations by discours lag on the dangers of government notes—upon a sound system of finance, and hard money —honest money, and so on. The scheme is first to destroy or remove the impedi ment of a really trust worthy paper circu lation, which preoccupies the field—for so long as United States Treasury notes circulate, private due bills stand no fair chance. But let no honest mau be delu ded by this cry of honest money. It means bank notes containing a promise to pay—which may be kept, hilt far too often hot. The true Democratic doctrine was thoroughly anti-bank. Darien’s Exports of Lumber for 1^79. We have received 'from Mr. B. W. “At all events, it seems more than probable that the Cincinnati Southern may look upon the condition .and pros pects as materially benefltted by the events of Saturday, and upon Colonel Cole as an earnest ally in its work for the business of the South.” And again: , , Those who do not believe that the whole transaction of Saturday consisted of the maneuvers of sharp stock gamblers will believe it when they see the “fancies” of that day go down like lead. There is nothing in the business of the L. & N. to make her paper appreciate. And’wby should the loading upon it of other lines to the manifest damage of their business, create a boom? The whole thing is only less artificial that the Cou rier-Journal's sheet-iron thunder oyer the] event. We say again, wait and see ! In an article upon the same subject, the New York Commercial Bulletin says: The terms of the purchase have not been made known, but it is understood that the price at which the stocK was sold was much below the market quotation. The final basis of agreement was not reached until Saturday afternoon, when the contracting parties, who had been in session at 51 Broadway, adjourned to the Fifth Avenue Hotel and signed the articles about 5 p. m. The capital stock of the Nashville and Chattanooga road is $6,500,- 000, so that the Louisville and Nashville road, in order to acqnire a controlling in terest, must' Lave acquired at least $3,- 300,000 of the stock. The negotiations for consolidation were begun in Louisville in December last, but being unsuccessful, a transfer was made to New York. The interests of the Nashville and Chattanoo ga were represented by Mr. G. M. Foi director and also the attorney for road, and the Louisville and Nashville in terests were attended to by Mr. H. Victor Newcomb, the vice-president. The nego tiations were in progress all last week at No. 52 Broadway and were finally con cluded, as stated above, at the Fifth Ave nue Hotel. The purchase of capital stock includes all the lines leased, owned or op erated by the Nashville and Chattanooga company, and this will include among the rest the Georgia Central. A special from Chattanooga to the Nashville American, dated Januaiy 21st, states that “Colonel Wadley, of the Georgia Central, telegraphed here to-day that the Georgia Central will not pass un der the control of the Louisville and Nashville'combination. The general opinion here among the best informed railroad men is that the Cincinnati South- era railroad will not be flanked by this movement, but that an outlet more favor able than ever to the company will be of fered by the managers of the Western and Atlantic railroad, and the Georgia Central and Georgia Railroad and Banking Com- iany, which latter controls a line from At- anta to Augusta, from which latter there are two roads—one to Charleston and one to Port Roydl; also an outlet to Wilming ton, and via Macon to Brunswick. It is not considered that the combination will damage Chattanooga. Mrs. H. L. White- side, of this city, transferred $90,000 of Nashville and Chattanooga stock to-day to New York parties at eighty-five cents.” And thus, we might continue to repro duce extracts from other contemporaries, such as the Seaport Appeal, Savannah News, Evansville Journal, New York Star, New York Herald, Knoxville Chron icle, Cincinnati Gazette, and others, all differing in tone and aiming at precisely opposite conclusions. The truth, Is nothing definite can be known until the meeting of the Directors of the St. Louis, Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad takes place, which will occur in a day or two. It is said Colonel Cole will be continued in bis present position, while for widowers, 273 for bachelors and 240 rectly controlled by^the Pennsylvania another account avers that he is about to for married meu.” ' R a >' roa( l Company is o,252. ty especially the complaint is general, and j very few sound joints, indeed, are to he found in. the country. Even the occasion al snaps of cold that have supervened, by their severity and brief duration, seemed only to aggravate tbe,calainity. If pork is salted in a freezing condition, and then a thaw and continued warm spell suc ceeds, it is almost certain to spoil, from the fact that the salt, dissolving suddenly, escapes in the form of brine from the meat before it has penetrated to the bone. A personal experience of some years in a warm climate, justifies the writer in recommending the following method of curing pork, which faithfully observed, h( has never known to fail: Select a clear day, not excessively cold and as fast as two or three hogs are slaughtered and dressed, proceed to cut them up forthwith. As soon as the joints are trimmed, and while still warm and flaccid, salt very thoroughly' with pulver ized alum salt, if at hand, and stack very closely together, so as to retun the animal heat. Cover each piece veil with ordi nary salt, and go on repeating the process until the killing is computed. Let the meat remain undisturbed over night, if possible, or at least twelve hours. Then remove it from the trough or hogshead, and rub in the salt, adding more to each joint. Next, spread, so as to avoid con tact, in a cool place, until each piece is thoroughly cold—or about twenty-form hours. Salt thoroughly orce more, and and submerge each joint in strong, cold- brine, applying weights to keep them be low the surface. This completes the curing process. Al low about four weeks to elapse, and then, on some windy, cold day, take up the joints, and after washing and wiping them carefully, proceed to hang up in the usual way. Some smoke with oak chips and red pepper. This, however, is not abso lutely necessary, though very safe prac tice. The ralionaleof the above method for saving pork is that, in the first instance; when newly salted, the warm flesh dis solves and takes up the salt, and it is con veyed, by capillary attraction, through the pores to all parts of the joint. Treated in this way, meat cai be cured even at quite a mild degree oftemperature, The Pair of the Mtcon Volunteers. We spent a half hour very pleasantly in Masonic Hall last evening, which has been converted under the magical touch of the ladies and gentlemen charged with its decoratiou, into a very fairy scene of beauty. It is here that the old historic Macon Volunteers are holding their fair, and we question if any enterprise of the kind in the State ever surpassed it in ex tent, beauty and variety. The numerous contributions are grouped with excellent taste and effect, and em brace an almost endless array of pretty things and substantial goods of every de scription. The furniture, grocery, dry goods, tobacco and jewlry stores are all well represented, and flowers and fruits deftly arranged challenge the admiration of the visitor on every side. Even poultry and pigs have a showing, and yet, strange to say, are such pretty specimens that they do not look out of place in their neat cages. But the reader has already had a full description of the several tables, show cases, etc., and their contents, on the other side of the last issue of this paper and we are only speaking generally. Suf fice it to say, the fair is a proud success, and, we trust, will net a handsome sum for the Volunteers. There will be any amount of buying, selling, raffling and voting every night. A feature that must commend itself to all is the reasonableness of the prices charged for everything. There is no at tempt to gouge or extort money from any body. On the opening night several sturdy well-to-do farmers,from the country, were present, and one of them was so enrap tured that he exclaimed: “I have heard Parson talk lots about Paradise and try to describe it, but I never save it be fore.” We again reiterate the hope that the “Volunteers,” which is one of the crack companies of Georgia, may realize their fondest anticipations in the results of their magnificent fair. Robbing the Government Commenting on the wholesale subsidy bill introduced into Congress by Ellis, of Louisiana, to appropriate $5,000,000 to keep up some half dozen steamship lines, the New Orleans Times says: “The omnibus steamship bill intro duced in the House by Representative Ellis, of Louisiana, is one of the most re markable specimens of subsidy grabbing that lias been thus far placed on record. A hundred old flags with an appropriation under each is the proposed object of the measure. Its proper title would be ‘An act for the relief of John Roach.’ We have no hesitation in saying that the meas ure is not in accordance with the desires of the people of New Orleans, nor would the bill,'if passed, benefit this city in the least degree. Ou the contrary, the only result we can see would bo adverse to our commercial interests.” It is about time that John Roach was squelched. The ocean lines will be un dertaken fast enough when the fact be comes patent that they will be paying entciprises. The general government should not vote a single dollar to promote any private ventures of that description. The New York Bulletin thus character izes Roach: The boldnessj the persistency and the insensibility to shame of this man’s men dicancy is something entirely phenomenal, Thrust from the door of Congress session, alter session he returns with his petition for alms in some freshly disguised form, and ever refuses to cease his importunities un til he has again been ordered off the premises. Tho ingenuity of bis disguises, Grubb, of the Darien Gazette, a very neatly compiled statement of the lumber preuiiaca . business for the past year of the port of I the varied pretenses of his pleas, the suc- Darien. The total number of feet ship ped abroad of all sorts of lumber foots up 07,252,915 feet, which famished cargoes for 172 vessels aggregating 81,378 tons. This is a very creditable showing for Da rien which is bound to be one of the most important lumber ports of the Sontb. —An act to prevent and punish the in termarrying of races, passed at the last session of tho South Carolina Legislature, provides that any parson so offending shall be subject to a line of not less .than $500, or imprisonment: for not lew than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Any clergyman or magistrate who shall unite in the bonds of matrimony persons of different races la subject to : the same penalty. ' !' —“M. Bertillon* the French savant, says that the number of suicides in France is at the rate of 028 per 1,000,000 ! Tn ij ea g e of all the roads^directly or indi- cess with which he induces one Congress man after another to become his spon sors, tbo case with which he secures the services of the lobby and apparently with out the substantial quid pro quo which that agency usually exacts, the facility with whldi he procures the aid of a sec tion of the press, and the success with which he wins the favor of the Postal De partment of the Government, these are among the many things that substantiate his claim to being considered the Prince of Mendicants. The Third Largest. Pbl’adelpMa Pres*.I The 2,300 miles of track which the Louisville, Nashville and Great Southern will now operate make it, in that respect, at least, the third largest railroad combi nation in the country. The Gould-Van- derbilt syndicate ranks first. The total length of the combined roads under this interest cannot be less than 7,000 miles. The Pennsylvania system, which formerly exceeded in length all others, is now re duced to the second place. The total EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Washington City, January 21st, 1880. SOME MORE TRACKS UNCOVERED. I referred in my last letter to the probable rejection by the Senate of one of the Georgia Supervisors of Census named by Mr. Hayes, to-wit: Thomas J. Simmons, of Resaca, a bitter Radical, but a special friend of Dr. Felton, who had lecommended him to Mr. Hayes for that position. Since then I have come into possession of some documents bearing on this case, which I think will, as Mr. Greeley used to say,-prove “mighty inter esting reading,” particularly in the Sev enth Congressional District: They will be foufid below, and are submitted without comment. Let the political parson and unctuous demagogue, whose tracks are so thoroughly uncovered by these documents, wriggle out of the “ugly scrape,” as he expressed it in conversation with a friend. CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS are still inexpressibly dull, with no imme diate prospect of improvement. I have not known such a dead level of barren ness since my sojourn here, and I hear loud and general complaint from the brethren of the quill on this score. Even Randall, of the Augusta Chronicle, who can come as near making plentiful episto lary brick out of the greatest paucity of straw, confessed to me the other night that he was sorely put to it to find mate rial for his letters. This monotony is really frightful, and calls loudly for abate ment. Oh! that Jim Blaine would re turn, and that be could so multiply him self as to furnish the House with two or tliree of the copies. Then we should have some fun, and the newspapers some spice in their Washington reports. STILL COMING. I refer to the damphool negroes from North Carolina, on their way to Kansas and other Western States via this city. About 500 arrived yesterday afternoon, and a sorry looking set they were. There were more women, babies and rusty looking old boxes, trunks, and carpet bags, than men, and the latter seemed somewhat iu the vocative. People who talk with them say they all tell the same old story about “bnck- ra” meanness and oppression, and are filled with the most gorgeous anticipations of the Western Canaan to which they are bound. As usual, it turns out that these poor creatures have been deluded into leaving home by scoundrels, white and black, who are making money and notori- ty out of the business. The latter got the money and the former the notoriety. That there are many Bible bangers of the red-hot Radical sort prominent in this business goes without. There can be no deviltry of this kind without their willing aid. Of such is Rankin, D.D., Blaine’s pet parson, who was put through a course of interrogatory sprouts before the Senate exodus committee yesterday. He is understood to have owned after wards that the Democratic and “rebel” Amalekites of the committee smote him hip and thigh. Voorhees, who is chair man of the committee, relishes nothing better than to skin just such creatures as Rankin, and does Ills work with “happy dispatch.” THE P. o. D. closed yesterday tlie reception of bids for carrying the mails in the States of Ohio, Indiana,Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The number of routes to be let was 3,200, and there were 50,000 bids—the largest letting in the history of the Department. The awards will be made on the 10th of March. “FEENANCE,” As that eminent statesmen with the bull of Basban voice, Kelly of Philadel phia, pronounces it, has the call to-day in the Senate, where Beck of Kentucky, is thundering away at this very moment. Beck passes for a “right smart man,” as times and the present breed of statesmen go, but knows uext to nothing about “fee- nance.” lie is on the wild Western plat form or more money, and, like Voorhees and others of that stripe, would wreck the country in twenty-four hours if they could carry out their crazy schemes in that time. I hardly think theDemocracy are ready to commit the hari kari under the leadership of sucli blind men, but there is no telling. I have seen our peo ple blunder so much and so needlessly of late years, that I have almost reached the same conclusion that Grant announces, viz: That it can generally be relied upon to assure Radical success. This financial debate in the Senate will probably run ten days or more, and will doubtless be both interesting and instructive, especially as outlining the ground to be occupied by the respective parties in the coming cam paign. If there is no more harmony de veloped in the Democratic Senatorial ranks than in the party at large, it will certainly not mend matters for us. CAN THIS BE TRUE ? The Post this morning prints the fol lowing telegram from Chicago, dated Jan uary 20th: “The communists of this city who attended the recent Greenback La bor Conference at Washington, have re turned, and report an interview with Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, in which he declared himself a communist and au agrarian, saying he was in sympathy with the labor reform of the day.” A. W. R. COPY OF A LETTER OF THOMAS J. SIM MONS, OF RESACA, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGZA, TO THE PRESIDENT, MAKING APPLICATION FOB APPOINTMENT OK SUPERVISOR OF CENSUS. Resaca, Gordon County, Ga, May 27tb, 1879. To his Execelency R. B. Hayes Prisi- dent U. S. of. A. Honored and Dear Sir: I take the liberty of writing to you. If I am correct in act of Congress providing for the taking of Censes of 18S0 you have the appointing of Supervisors in each State. If it should meet your approval I would he glad to receive the appointment as one of the Supervisors of Georgia. My mainc object aside from the faithful performance of the duties in asking for the appoint ment i3 that owing to my Strong Union principles and my giving or furnishing Ticketts to some colord voters (Hayes and Wheeler Ticketts) on the day of Presi dents election, for that act and maney others of simular nature I have bad Leap ed upon me abusive words and curses, Charging me with doing more for Radical aid than aney one else in this country. I would gaine a considerable victory of no little worth over these corrupt sesessiou traitors. I referyou toDr. Felton mem— in Congress from my Dist. the 7th for In formation as to my Standing and can give you maney others of the best men of North Georgia If you require it. I will give you further the names of Judge D. A. Walker of Dalton Georgia and D. Sboll special com. on Southern Claims of same place Your friend and Servant [Signed] Thos. J. Simmons. I certify that the foregoing letter is an exact copy from Ibe original as to spelling, use of capital letters, etc. William P. Young, Notary Public. Washington, D. C., January 17,1880. COPY OF LETTER OF W. H. FELTON AC COMPANYING THOS. J. SIMMONS’ AP PLICATION—NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. (Copy) PRIVATE. - Cartebsville, Ga., September 12,1879. President B. B. Hayes: Sir—Rev. Thomas J. Simmons, of Gor don connty, informs me he has applied for the position of Supervisor of Census. He is one of the best men in the Seventh Congressional District, and 1 am satisfied would make one of the most efficient Su pervisors in the State. He is Independent and conservative in his political opinions, and if you appoint him you will not regret it. He is a local Methodist preach er aud of splendid character. I hope you will again read his letter asking for .this office. I am, Mr. President, very respect fully, your obedient servant, [Signed] W. H. Felton, M. C. Seventh District Georgia. I certify that tlie foregoing is a correct copy of a letter received at the Interior Department from Hon. W. H. Felton, M. i C. of Georgia, with a stamped endorse- • ment in red ink as shown on margin. Wm. P. Young, Notary Public. Washington, D. C., 17th January, 1880. ces. Small vs. the State. Manslaughter, from Chatham. Johnson vs. the State. Colonel Cole’s-Movements. Advices from Evansville state that the special excitement in railroad circles to day was an order from Colonel E. W. ir t —. v . n ,? nrr , ■ Cole, President of the Nashville and Chat- Chatham. -■ . tanooga road, to Superintendent Culver- I H house, of the Nashville, Chattanooga and 1 “!?; nce St. Louis road to continue work on the j U P?? a good indictment has been arrested Evansville and Owensboro sections of ths. verdict set aside, not^for any^^al- that road, and to push the line through to completion as speedily as possible. It is THE SUPREME COURT. • set aside the sale of the mortr-a-w.,1 1 orty for the purpose of payin'- Decisions Rendered January 20th, *“? the evidence was conflicting therrW 1880—Hon. Hiram Warner. Chief er controiiil S “■"■Sr % Justice. Hon. James Jackson and be granted. ^ . a new trial should Logan E. Bleckley Associate Justi- 5. Deeds thirty yeare old, annarentio genuine and coining from the prone?™/ tody, are admissible without prorfof« ccution or of proper record. * 1 ex ' Judgment reversed. Ruftis E. Lester, for plaintiffs in error t £?** H - B - ib?X: claimed that Cole retains control of the St. Louis and Southeastern road, extend ing from St. Louis to this city, and that when the road to Nashville is completed he will have Southern connections which will give him as complete a line as before the Louisville and Nashville road’s pur chase of the majority of the Nashville aud Chattanooga road’s stock. The above we think, lacks confirmation. So far &3 we can gather at this writing there have been no new developments concerning the railroad situation. later. From the Savannah Homing News, re ceived last night, we gather the follow ing: g^The stock of the Central Railroad took a very decided step upward yesterday, closing at 86(087, an advance from 79(080, the closing quotations of Wednesday. The cause of this rapid appreciation in its value was a dispatch received by Mr. Milo Hatch, Cashier of the Savannah Bank and Trust Company, from a reliable gentleman in Nashville, as follows: “A majority of the directors reside here. It is now understood here that Cole secures the lease of the Georgia Central.” Last night about eleven o’clock, however, we received from our special correspondent in Atlanta the dispatch published elsewhere, which states that Colonel Cole had been in the city during the day in consultation with ex-Governor Brown, but that upon being interviewed he had no present information to give on the subject. From this it may be readily seen that it is by no means definitely settled yet that the Louisville, Nashville and Great South ern road will carry out the contract origi nally made between the Central and Col onel Cole. There are a good many con flicting reports on the subject abroad, and it must be remembered that while a ma jority of tlie stock is held in Louisville and New York, and so long as Colonel Cole keeps silence on the subject, our cit izens will be wise not to base too high hopes on the rumors current in Nashville. Rumors were current last night in this city that the Cole-Brown contract had been broken up. But nothing positive is known about it. Further Details of the Recent Heavy Transaction in Railway Stocks. The purchase of the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis railroad stock, made by the Louisville and Nashville Company in this city on Saturday night, w.is con summated yesterday by the delivery of the stock and the payment for the same. The amount handed over by the New York capitalists is understood to have been upwards of $2,500,000 par value, and tlie price paid is variously reported as hav ing been from par to 120. The parties to tlie transaction withhold the amount and the price. The reports that the Louisville and Nashville would require two-thirds of the stock' of its former rival to iusure con trol, and that further negotiations with a pool of brokers would be necessary are pronounced untrue by the officers of the company. Without doubt au effort was made by President Cole, of the Nashville and Chattanooga, through his friends in this city, to thwart the plans of his oppo nents by aggregating the strength of the unpurcliased stock, but it was too late. Louisville aud Nashville officials say that their personal relations with Colonel Cole are friendly, and that he will.undoubtedly be associated in the new management. It is learned that reports as to a union with the South Carolina Railroad, to se cure an outlet to Charleston, are in any event premature, owing to the unfinished state of that road and especially its Knox ville branch, which, it is estimated will require about five years for its completion. —New York Sun of the 22d. —The Clement Attachment.—A Corinth dispatch to the World says the Clement Attachment is in successful oper ation iu this town. This newly-patented machinery, by wliichthe cotton is spun off into yam of superior quality as it flakes from the gin, promises to almost revolu tionize the handling of cotton in the South. It is estimated that the introduction of this new process with modest and unpre tending machinery will add over $75,000 to the annual value of the cotton crop, and afford employment to 150,000 opera tives who cannot now he utilized in the various industries of the South. It is claimed for it that an immense saving will occur in bagging, ties, insurance com missions, &c., that now absorb about 25 per cent, of the value of the crop. —Iron Booming.—A Cincinnati spe cial to the Philadelphia Gazette, says iron seems to be going up every day and prices are $1 higher to-day than on Saturday. Buyers are not so very numerous, as most of the large consumers have supplied their wants until midsummer, but still the supply is so small that, although the pur chasers have a good lot on band, they are abxious to get more, fearing a still further rise. No. 1 foundry sells at $41 to $43 per ton, an advance of 150 per cent, in ten montlis, and 25 per cent, in twenty days. The market for steel rails is all up. It is nominally $S0, an advance of $10 since the first of tlie year, but a large order at that price for fall deliveiy was refused by one of the large mills. The advance in iron rails has been fully $10 since the first of the year, and orders cannot be placed at less than $70, for wliich steel were sold last month. At no time during the last six months have manu facturers found themselves delivering rails within several dollars of the ruling price, aud they are now refusing orders, unless subject to the price at the time of delivery, every change having been against the manufacturers. —The New York Herald has interview ed - a large number of members of the New York Senate on the proposed change in method of appointing Presidential electors. The Democrats are all against it, and many Republicans are equally pronouneed in opposition. Quite a num ber express no opinion, and not cue avows himself in favor of it, while several de clare that they would be for a plan to se cure tho whole electoral vote. Unless there is a change the measure cannot pass. -The New York Sun says tlie queerest immediate result of M. de Lessep’s visit to Panama has been the postponement of an intended overthrow of the government out ot respect to the illustrious French guest. It is an additional queer feature that this set of courtesy and sacrifice orig inates with the negroes of Arrabal, who ore said to be only awaiting the departure i of the fatuous French engineer to rise and destroy the government. Such, at least, is one story that comes from Colombia. A community that will put off the luxury of a revolution for a more convenient sea son, lest it should injure the prospects of a proposed canal, surely has a future before it. —“Ave Caesar” is the liead-line over an article in La France predicting the elec tion of Grant to a third term. Tho French know how it is themselves. leged defect in the indictment, but solely on the ground that the judge who presided at the trial was unauthorized by law to hold the court, he being the judge of an- othevircuit, the prisoner may be again tried on the same indictment, whether the arrest of judgment or the setting aside of the verdict was erroneous or not. In as mnch as the State cannot have a writ of error in a criminal case, if the prisoner procures any direct final adjudication to be made by the tribunal which has tried him, which necessarily involves the legal conclusion that he was not in jeopardy, it is binding upon him as well as upon the State, and the question of former jeopardy thu3 closed cannot be reopened on a sub sequent trial of the srme case. 2. No error was committed on the sec ond trial; the evidence was sufficient, aud the conviction and sentence were le gal. Judgment affirmed. • R. D. Walker, Jr.; J. J. Abrams; R. E. Lester, for plaintifls in error. R. N. Ely, Attorney General; A. B. Smith, Solicitor General for the State. Andrews et. al. vs. Halliday, et al. Equity, from Wilkes. Bleckley, J.—1. Where the main ob ject of the litigation is to ascertain and settle authoritatively the amount which each distributee ha3 been advanced by the intestate, the verdict should find the several amounts specifically. Tlie law, and not tlie jury, determines whether ad vancements shall be accounted for. In the present case the amounts are material, and should be set forth iu the verdict, no matter whether they are equal or une qual. 2. It is not sufficient to bar an account ing that the intestate believed he bad ad vanced his distributees equally, if, in fact, he had not done so. 8. Where one of several-distributees re leases a codistributee from accountability for advancements; whether with or with out consideration, the release is operative as to all persons whose rights are not prejudiced by it; and it is also operative as against the releasor until she repudi ates or disaffirms it. If, in a pending case, it is set up to her disadvantage, and she elects not to be bound by it, this elec tion and the grounds on wliich she resists or attacks the release must be alleged in the pleadings. 4. When the defendants in a bill are entering on the final trial of their case under a decree requiring them to Inter plead, it is not competent for one of them to vary the pleadings by amendment so as to raise questions with the complainant in the bill touching tbe amount of tlie fund, waste, etc. 5. After a decree that the defendants interplead, the complainant in tbe bill, if he seeks no further relief, is not-entitled to be beard in argument at all, much less to be heard in conclusion. Judgment reversed. R. Toombs; John C. Reed; S. H. Harde man, for plaintiffs in error. D. M. DuBose, D. A. Yason; W. M. & M. P. Reese, for defendants. Jordan vs. Kelly & Brothers. Injunc tion, from Jasper. Bleckley, J.—1. A decree at cham bers dismissing a bill on demurrer cannot be reversed by a “fast” writ of error. 44 Ga. 634; 58 lb. 184. 2. When there are two defendants to a bill, and an injunction and receiver ad interim are prayed for against both, and at the hearing of the application no injunc tion is granted or receiver appointed, and the complaint assigus for error, among other things, that the judge erred in not appointing a receiver as prayed for, both defendants are necessary parties to the writ of error, and if one oi them be served with the bill of exceptions and the other not, the writ will be dismissed. Dismissed. Bartlett & Anderson; C. L. Bartlett, for plaintifls in error. Injunc- kin. Jackson, J—1. Sale of property cov ered by a mechanic’s lien executed hr the owners and lessors of said property' and regularly forecloses, should not be enjoin ed at the instance of a creditor of the les see of the property who holds a younger mechanic’s lien on tbe interest of the les see for tbe completion of work which the lessee bad bargained with tbo lessors to have completed—especially where the bolder of tbe junior lien had notice of the older lieu. 2. If there were doubt as to the priori ty of liens, the property should be sold aud the contest be made over tbe proceeds of sale; and tbe mere allegation that from the condition of the times the property would not bring its full value, is no equifc. able ground for injunction. 3. If both liens were on the whole property under contract with the owneis thereof, the oldest would be the better lien, aud unless attacked as invalid for some, legal or equitable reasen, the sale under the older lien should not be en joined at the instance f tbe junior credi tor. Judgment reversed. Richard & W. J. Winn, by C. A. King, for plaintiffs in error. No appearance for defendant. Warren vs. Wilson & Creekmur. Cer tiorari, from Fulton. Jackson, J.—1. The answer of the justice of the peace untraversed will be alone considered by the Superior Court on the hearing of a certiorari—no motion being made for a further return. 2. Where the only issue presented therein is that of fraud or no fraud on the part of claimant in an alleged purchase of property attached, and the evidence, though conflicting, authorized the finding of the justice of the peace, and the affirm ance thereof by the Superior Court, this court will not interfere. Judgment affirmed. John A. Wimpy, for plaintiff in error. E. A. Angier, ior defendants. The Methodist Ecumenical Council The Philadelphia Record says an im portant movement is on foot looking to the convening of an Ecumenical Council or Conference from all parts of the world, to be held in the United States some time next year. This idea was first mooted at the Methodist Episcopal Conference held in Baltimore in May, 1877, when a com mittee was appointed by tlie board of Bishops to take it into consideration. This body, of which Right Rev. Bishop Simpson is chairman, lias been in corre- pondence with representatives of the American Wesleyan Church, the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, the Metho dist Protestant Church, the Evangelical Association, the Methodist and Methodist Episcopal Cluirches of Canada, the Wes leyan Methodist of England, and other bodies in every quarter of the world. Fa vorable replies having been received from one and all of these bodies. Bishop Simpson has issued a request ior a meet ing of the committee, to be held in Cin cinnati, May 6, to prepare a call for the council. Every recognized organization of Methodists will be invited to send its representatives. It is expected that the conference will represent 20,000,000 Methodists in all parts of Christendom, as well as in Asia and Africa. Its formal object will be to discuss “topics relating to the position, work and responsibility of Methodism for the evangelization.” The discussions will not be limited to a mere interchange of views on general subjects, but will embrace proposed changes in church rules and modes of government re form in missionary work," and tlie adop tion of a common psalmody among the Methodist churches, as well as a uniform order of service. Tliis latter feature, how ever, does not mean tbe adoption of a prayer book, after the Protestant Episco- pal'forra, but theint reduction of a regular Bolling Whitfield, by Jackson & Lump- and stated order of service, the tendency n, for defendants. at the present time being in tbe direction of an increased formality in the inodes of worship. —Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, is sit ting up and is doing finely. He expected to leave for his home, Oxford, on Tues day. —Archbishop Purcell is failing rapidly under tbe weight of years and tbe great calamity which has overtaken bis diocese. He has given up all attempts to adminis ter the affairs of tbe Church and is in re tirement at a convent in Brown county, Ohio. According to recent reports he has grown so feeble that he has to be helped from one room to another. —Railroad Iron.—A special cable dispatch states that tbe correspondent of the London Times estimates the increased production of railroad iron in tbe United Kingdom for the current year at 1,700,000 tons, and the American increase at 800,- 000 tons. He says that the supply and demand in 1879 were just balanced by American shipments. —The Mississippi Democratic Senato rial caucus made a nomination on Wed nesday night, the forty-eight ballot stood: Barksdale, 46; George, 45; Stngleton, 4& ■The name of Barksdale was then with drawn. The forty-ninth ballot resulted in the nomination of J. Z. George, he re ceiving 79 votes, Singleton 56, scattering 4. The nomination was made unanimous. —The New Orleans Democrat says an estimable and well-known young lady of this city is about to lose her right arm as a result of tbe boisterous aud rude con duct of one of her boy friends. In exhibi tion of bis superior strength during a re cent visit, be twisted her arm in such a manner that one of the large blood-ves sels near the elbow was ruptured- Two days after, the arm began to swell, and, as a mortification is now rapidly setting in, amputation has been declared neces sary. 1 A Stkage Case of Starvation.—A recent special from Cincinnati says Jfe Tumy, the lady of Walnut Hills, who bw been living so long without food, died this afternoon, in the thirteenth day of her wonderful fast. Her family and physi cians declare that not a particle of food or drink passed into her stomach in all this time,"Wonderful as it may seem. 8he was but skin and bones when life went out. The poor woman was laboring un der the monomania that she bad no stom- acli. London, January 18.—A land meeting was held at Williamstown, county Gal way, yesterday, at which Michael Davitt was present. A Government reporter and a number of police were in attendance. At a meeting of the Council of the Home Rule League yesterday, a resolution passed thanking tbe people of America for their prompt aid to tbe distressed in Ireland. Tbe Duchess of Marlborough fund now amounts to £20,000. A Bad Thing fob the Presiden tial Campaign.—Unless a collapse of the sharp tricks of the iron trade comes soon, politicians will be bard run. In the past six months the price of nails lias ris en at the mills from $2.10 to $5.30 P er keg, and mighty meanjnails at that—brittle as glass—will break and break any car penter's neck who trusts them to uphold a staging. Now, with nails at five dollar 3 and a half per keg, who is to meet the ex pense of “nailing lies to the counter,” »!* Warren vs. Purtell. Appeal, from Ful ton. Bleckley, J.—1. When a case has been called and tried in its order, a new trial will not be granted to the losing par ty on the ground that his counsel, who was voluntarily absent without leave, be lieved the case would not be reached, or if reached would not be tried until much later in the term, his belief not having been warranted by any direct announce ment by the court or any consent or agreement of the opposite party or his counsel, and being an inference apparent ly well founded on circumstances, but, as the event proved, not well founded in fact. 2. Where a claim case is tried in the Superior Court on appeal from a Justice’s Court, and the plaintiff makes a prima facie case by his evidence, aud there is no appearance for tbe plaintiff is not contrary to law. It is not the right of tlie court, much less its duty, on its own motion, to dismiss the claim. 3. The attachment being levied by a proper officer, any mistake In directing it is amendable, and therefore neither the process nor the levy is void for the misde- rection. - • Judgment affirmed. John A. Wimpy, for plaintiff in error. E. A. Angier, for defendant. Gibbs vs. Sterling. Appeal, from Ful ton. Bleckley, J.—1. Where the affidavit for attachment obviously means that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff iu the amount named, a clerical omission of the word “is” will not vitiate. 2. The direction of an attacluueat to sherifls and constables, when it ought to be directed to constables only, is amenda ble; and the levy being made by a consta ble, tbe proceeding is not void. 8. A physieiau is not obliged to charge for all bis visits, though he may have a legal and moral right to do so. 4. Where there is no debt of another, present, past or pros|>ective, there can be no collateral promise to pay ii. Tho promise proved m this case was original, not collateral. Judgment affirmed. John A. Wimpy, for plaintiff in error. A. A. Manning, for defendant. Weitman et al. vs Thiot et al. Inequi ty, from Effingham. Jackson, J.—1. Where a bond and mortgage were executed in 1854 aud ma tured in 1855, and the maker ‘died and letters of administration issued in 1861, and administrator died in 1S64, and estate was unrepresented until 1872, When let ters de bonis non were issued: Held, that, inasmuch as tbe statute of limitation was suspended from 1804 to to 1S6S, and the time intervening between tbo termination of the first administration de bonis non is not counted until the expi ration of five years or more, and nine months and fifteen days in addition are to be added before the bar prescribed by that act in 1872 when the letters de bonis non were issued. 55 Ga., 85. 2. Administration de bonis non having been granted in 1872 to one of several trustees for tlie purpose of securing the payment of the bond and mortgage, they were not barred whilst he was the sole administrator, and when he administered tbe assets and applied them to the debt due from tlie intestate to the trustees without unreasonable delay. 67 Ga., 568 (13.) m . • 3. An administrator cannot sell the lands of the intestate whilst In the adverse possession of the heirs at law, and equal possession of part of a tract will construc tively extend to the limits prescribed ia a deed recorded, or of the boundaries of which the adverse party had knowledge. 4. Where tlie real issue of the case on - - ws . trial turned on the question of such pos- k* the standard practice of party new^ session in tlie heirs as against the admin- papers? They will have to float roc™ 1 istrator, on a hill brought by the heirs to ‘ loose.