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£F MACON, JANUARY *7, I860.;
—A St. Louis mule tried to kick an en
gine off the track, and seemed surprised
that it didn’t budge..
—Cuthbert is preparing for the meeting
of the State Agricultural Society which
takes place at that city on the tenth of
February.
James Russell Lowell, of Massa
chusetts, was yesterday nominated Minis
ter to Great Britain by Mr. Hayes—the
only poetical thing yet done by his ad
ministration.
—Dan Rice, formerly down and now
Last Week's Cotton Figures. ] The Railroad Situation.
The New York Chronicle,' of last Sat-1 A dead calm has succeeded the excite-
urday, reports the receipts of the seven I ^ent of the past few days in railway dr-
days ending with Friday night, 10th in- cles » and nothing more whatever has tran-
stant, at 129,488 bales, against 118,0131 s P lre d in relation to the Cole, Brown and
bales for the corresponding week of last I ’Wadley contract. The authorities of the
year. Total receipts since 1st September Central Railroad are as much in the dark
last, 3,445,880, against 2,953,905 hales, for as anybody else. Up to this date no
the corresponding period of the previous I nieetiug of the directors of Colonel Cole’s
cotton year—showing an increase of 491,-1 road has been held, and everything seems
1 to be In abeyance.
NQt a word has been heard from Colo
nel Cole. Doubtless he has been await
ing further developments before mak
ing any movement. Indeed, if the New
Yorkers really have, as there seems .to be
835 bales.
TheNew YorkExchange report of same
date was as follows: Week’s receipts,
130,014, against 111,054. Total, 3,401,363
against 2,916,605—showing an increase of
544,758 bales.
Interesting Episode in -the History j brought back evidences of his willingness I EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
of the Late War-The Attempt by totreaffor peace, 1
General Sherman to Separate
Georgia from the Confederacy.
Colonel I. W. Avery published two
very lengthy and interesting communi
cations in.the Philadelphia Weekly Times
recently, giving all the particulars of the
attempt made by General Sherman, 'after
the fall of Atlanta, to negotiate a treaty of
peace separately with Georgia, through
the intervention of Hon. A. H. Stephens
and Governor Joseph E. Brown.-
now THE MOVEMENT WAS SOUGHT TO
be accomplished’.
The following graphic account of this
futile attempt of the wily Federal General
to divide and destroy the Confederacy, in
cludes the substance of the whole trans-
The interior port business of the week 110 doubt > captured a controlling interest
was as follows: Receipts 09,527 bales, n the St - Louis, Chattanooga and Nash-
against 38,784 the same week of last year. viile road » 111611 its President is virtually
tem^renreTecrt^T r^irted bVthe I Shipments 67,003 against 59,195. Stocks shorn of his power. It is the old story of} action, and w« r& ive it ii* c ^ie words of the
temperance lecturer, is repo y 352 383 aeainst 233 236 last vear at same capital arraying itself against capital, author.
Globe-Democrat as dnnking whisky pub- J®*? 88 a S ainst 233)236 last * Car “ when as in a naval engagement the heavi- J'SS
licly in a bar room; but he explained that | date * I , ;11 . . 4l . f I anc * TJ ell-contested campaign, bad sue-
it fnr n r/dd fl n<l not because he The Chronicle's visible supply table est artillery must win the fight. ceeded in getting possession of Atlanta, in
cold, and not becausehe I ^ ^ 1 A friend, who favored us with a call yes- ihe mat State of G«>rgia. The northern
liked it- of cotton in sieht aeainst 2 272 302 in terday, was a guest of Governor Brown at part of this btate had been dreadfully- de-
—A Pretty House Thief.—Eliza-1 01 cotton m signt, against m 1 _ ^ -/». . & „„ I rastated. Hood’s army, driven out of At-
heth Hammond a nrettv white girl eieh- sight in 1879 at same date; 2,517,749 in the time that he received the telegram an- knt-, was aimlessly skirmishing upon
r yff JS
UttlBT. rate’auaxe'tf 1 Um-eyears, «™“ t,IG »WWe ™PP>y Oflastycarof stockoftlie St. Louis, S^teUle «ndCh»t- vkLburg’tadluRSpto Confciliicy.
for a home in Russell county 104,532 bales-a decrease of140,885 bales tauoogacompany. TheGovemor, after a The fa n 0 f Atlanta had practically-quar-
Sheis saiiHo have been of good family on the visible supply of 1878 at same date, short P ause > remarked that if this was tered it-dividing the great eastern half in
Shcs becu of good famil- , ^ ^ ^ ^ | tr.o, ,nd,,,c ytopo.d «, »,U.
It is the first case of the kind in the State. I antl a
—A Cheap Dinneil—Mr. Earnest' | vlslb l e supply of 1677 at same date. Cot- j Colonel '? o1 ® had J** 11 frustrated, tt was a 1 mostgallant but incompetent leadership.
Tiart* the advocate of kitchen economy I t° n iu the Liverpool market last Friday I sa< i day 10r Georgia. For long years he The State of Georgia held peculiar and ex-
H » x . j- „ tri I was auoted at 7* for middling unland At had labored to bring about just such a ceptional relations to the Confederate ad-
gave in London a dinner recently. He | quoted at 7„ for middling upland. At | &r the 5 benefit 0 J f our Com . ruinistration.FurnishingfuUyherexcessof
gave
gravy sance, mince pie and ice.
whole dinner, which was
fbr each person sixteen cents,
-A young English lady at Dinan . 111 b lv warm wiather
Brittany, who had been cleaning her * ^
gloves with petroleum, held her gloved
band near a candle to burn an end of cot
ton, when the glove caught fire, and on
her instinctively trying to extinguish the
flame with the other, that also took fire.
Both hands were so frightfully burnt that
amputation would have been necessary,
byt the unfortunate victim expired prior
to the operation,
ind ice. 'rue 1 The Chronicle's telegrams of last Fri-1 — 1 - : • „
excellent, cost | day from the cotton-growing region are arbitrary power of the North, which Vice Presi ^ nt 0 f t he Confederacy,'a dis
not specially important. Light rains are I sought to monopolize and appropriate all tinguished and influential Georgian, had
noted in Texas and generally unseasona-1 tbe tra de of the country. Governor Brown I so differed from Mr. Davis and nis odvis-
1 left immediately for Chattanooga, ers as to leading measures of the adminis-
•„a U-. tori n-ri»g »•» SSSSL^toSslKlu’.S
from him. Under existing cir- I 0 p ac ti ve connection with the ruling pow-
cumstances all that we can do is I ore. Governor BrovVn' had opposed the
to “wait and watch.” But in conscript act, and had several controver-
-- - , „ a _. ic sies with the Confederate authorities that
grants returning from that State and the I an y event the universal opinion is that I bad culminated in what seemed an em-
Northwest. Louisiana reports light rains Georgia railway system will remain bittered antagonism. These powerful pub-
at New Orleans. At Shreveport cotton lnt act, and under the beneficent guidance lie men were known to represent a laige
was coming in rapidly. Mississippi reports and direction of the State Railroad Com- ^^s^Xof ^Things^the main cause
light showers. Little Rock says the roads I nussioners, supplemented by tbe co-oper-1 discouraged, the Confederacy riven into
are almost impassable on account of contin- ation of tlie 10:1(13 themselves, a new era fractions, Georgia half over-run and her
In Galveston vegeta
tion is budding. Brenham complains that I
competition is running up the rate of wa
ges for labor. Emigration to Kansas lias |
been stopped by the bad reports of emi-
The Federal* President is reported to
have said:
Washington City,
Jannaiy 18th, 1880.
ON THE ANXIOUS BENCH.
Coming up the Avenue the other'after
noon, I espied a big man, with a big
‘‘The .South was a part of his country,
and dearto him as the North.' He had
never had any idea of interfering with
her rights.” V'ilso, that he was favorable .. . ., . . , ... .
to a gradual emancipation of the blacks ^f ard > 8 bat and spectacles, booming
in twenty-one years. 'Mr. Lincoln’s mes- along with a troubled look and slow gait,
sage to Mr. Datfs was a very earnest one. as if he was in great doubt and some dis-
ltohdoa*. , r „u r ,to
his friendly sentiments ahd his earnest de- I expression, on many other faces during
sires for peace on the basis of the rights of my sojourn here, and I recognized it at
the States should be truly, fully and ear- once. It meant that the party was an
nestly.impresse^ uponMr. Davis office-holder, and on the anxious bench as
But hat gentleman never had aa 0 P* to his tenure of office. When the big- man
portumty of delivering his messages .until came ne j KcogD lzed him as Colonel
after the surrender, and had he been able H p p United State8 D i3 trict At .
to do so, it^ not probable that Mr. D avis, totaey for comfortable
whose confidence in the ultimate triumph j berth he has enjoyed for a number of
of the Confederate arms was invincible to years. The talk, however, is that he
the last, would have consented to the S°’’l, aod that the Hon. JohnS.
' Bigby, ex Radical M. C. from Newnan,
proffered terms. will take his place. I have heard that
Colonel Avery, determined to arrive at I Bigby’s nomination has been definitely
bottom facts in bis investigations and | determined upon, and that Farrow was
TOM SCOTT’S YOUTH.
uticura
How the Railroad King Passed His
Early Life.
Cleveland Ccrre*pjuUci.c of tne Columbus Dem-
I met a gentleman to-day, from Loudon, I ^' rom l ^ e ^on. W m. Taylor, St»ate
Pa., and had a short talk with him about Senator of .
Colonel Tom Scott, the great railroad 1 1 Maa * a chusetts.
king, M ho was born ami raised in that vi- Mbssbs. Wmi a Poxua r.,,,.
cinity. The gentleman said In substance: *™«<fuU«on : j a tSSr
“Colonel Tom Scott is the son of a once ^ -te»e£
noted landlord, who kept a tavern on the been »treat tnffeier » th ,kir, ,i® ord - 1 l>»ve
old limestone pike, running from Pitts- l^tt-eiTeieari. My head «ndi!S,’to!„ ,crtll e
burg to Philadelphia. Before the day of g* &WSK2Z
railroads this line carried all goods sent 1 1 „ccnflned^Mini^o®-.^? aflseted. and
from Philadelphia to the West, andhun- My disease haa been caiiids -Lmi 1
dreds of six-liorse wagons of the lBt» l iL?!uR
Pennsylvania kind might have been seen
traversing upon it. These wagons, im- x have apent much money »eeki5v»„° “““im
mense affairs, carrying from fifty to eighty 18671 wtn'Ao Europe, a-d coMuked 8, aD - d . m
• « ' . * . . * . . I koer T.k ■ cieienO in 1 *
hundred pounds, made only about twenty oniT/orN^hR "i *»>■»
miles per day, stopping at night at taverns ^in a-Vd a. ever. fSw bSSht^
built along the road. One of the most Boston.Xwaat.libymanytrer.dattatlJrr’—i?
MsooUhe
send them down to posterity as a part of eh^iug a lost ball in coming here, but as
,1,. the Hayes mmd is fearfully and wonder-
the authenticated history of the war, ad- f u u v m ade. there is no telline what mav
■■■ fully made, there is no telling what may
dressed special letters to Mr.. Stephens, | happen.
Governor Brown, Mr. Joshua Hill, Judge
A. R. Wright, and Mr. William King,
asking detailed statements of the share
each bore in the transactions which we
have recorded. All of these gentlemen
And speaking of Federal office holders
I in Georgia, it is likewise “norated” that
Postmaster Conley, of Atlanta, is also
on the anxious bench. He is credited
with a very soft place in his heart for
Grant, which is'quite natural but that
responded at length, and their several ? t 0 Q ^ 5 ^™ d U ?, Ut ’^
, ' „ 0 : _. . I stand any such nonsense. It goes with-
letters form a most important ana inter- I 0 ut saying, therefore, that if Conley
estlng portion of the, historical chapter we | doesn’t recant, he may wake up some fine
morning and find himself headless.
There isn’t going any latitude of opinion
have before us.
Lack of space in a daily journal pre
vents the reproduction in extenso of these
deeply interesting documents. No fear,
however, that they will not be preserved
in a permanent shape.
In reviewing tbe entire narrative as fair
ly given by Colonel Avery, it is pleasant
to know that not even the Union citizens
allowed office holders as to who is the fit
test man to nominate at Chicago in June.
They must be solid for Sherman, or he
will know the reason why. I rather think
they know it by this time, and that the
requisite solidity will be forthcoming.
STILL DULL. i' *
Congressional matters are still described
as above. The Senate is so much so that
—Francis II. Relph, of New York City, ued M XashvUle the thermometer of prosperity will be inaugurated. There leaders—many of them—believed to be
whpis a large exporter of cattle, has I bas averaged 52. Alabama reports light 1 13 nothing whatever discouraging in the ! disaffected, .and with the prospect of
chartered nearly every steamer outside of fibowers at Mobile but in the remainder of Present aspect of affairs.
this Cunard, White Star and Inman 1 the gtate dry> Madison, Florida, says
lines for the next four months, for the j njjjgjy pg t cent, of the crop is in. Macon
shipment of stock. He pays for the use reports an average mer cuiy of 55; Colum-
of the upper deck of the steamers *5 bus, 57; Augusta, 55. Planters still for-
perhead, or nearly $10,000 for the trip, I wardiDg cotton free]y .
and the demand for cattle (chiefly prime Receipts fhom Plantations.—The
steers) and horses is active all the time. I chronicle’s report of receipts from planta-
In the past year the shipments of cattle tions since tbe first day of Iast September,
from New York were about 32,000 head,
_ .. ,, complete devastation of the common-
Ciu: city, and I W ealth imminent, General Sherman, with
all the cities of Georgia, are In the enjoy- I that- prolific fertility of resource and ready
dent of a magnificent trade, discernment of opportunity that belonged
Cotton keeps up amazingly; “V»i e m ao . seized the occasion to strike
, “ 1 f “ . ’ what, if it had beetfsuccessful, would have
tbe fanners are paying tneir debts I proved a powerful blow for the Union,
like honest men; every industry seems to It was practically the attempt to eliminate
he doing well, and there is less grumbling the powerful State of Georgia with her
, i„ „ Marge forces from the opposition, and at
than we have heard in a decade of years. on ^ 8trtto to havebloodleisly disintegrat-
Why then repine oecause these Yankees, ed . tbe Confederate cause. If Georgia,
with their long purses, have circumvented with her Governor and his coadjutor in
the work, tbe second officer of the Con-
is 3,790,912 bales, against 3,161,579 of the
exceeding the shipments from the whole I of 1S78 _ 9 tQ same date and 3 0 i 5) 396 I Colonel Cole and Governor Brown? There I ^“bdrawn 0 G^i^a from
of Canada by several thousand. oft , ie crop of tothe same date. If «« *** eards that may he played which l^l’or Ln Ler t^take tb“
—Talking of Dividing the Pbes- these figures are correct and reliable, the the Y a nks can’t trump. Thus the exten- resolute initiative in peace, the great
BYTEHY.—It is expected that the dispute increase of the present crop ovei the pre. sion from Carrollton t0 Chattanooga can struggle would have been practically
in the Brooklyn Presbytery over Dr. Tal- vious one up to last Friday, was 609,33S P 15 ^effected, and the Macon and Brunswick en £ e e “' eral S herman, in his dispatch to
mage will lead to a split in that body, and j bales. Tbe facts and figures are now evi- R° a( *> after reaching Covington, is able to | p resi( j en t Lincoln, hereafter given, states
that the churches represented by the twen-I deutly squinting toward a heavy product °Pe n a new and powerful competitive I bis high hope in the matter and the tre-
ty-two complainants who are to appeal to
the Synod from the action of the Presby
tery in refusing to take official notice of |
Dj. Talmage’s charges of moral rotten
ness will be collected into one body, leav- 1
somewhere between 5,500,000 and 5,700,- j
000 bales. *
line via Knoxville to Cincinnati. I mendous importance that he ^attached to
Eneigy and concert of action are a n the movement when ho says! “I am fully
.. ... , . I conscious of the delicate nature of such
that is needed In the premises to assure assertions, but it would be a magnificent
the fruition of our most sanguine hopes stroke of policy if we could, without sur-
and cherished plans. rendering principle or a foot of ground,
arouse the - latent enmity of Georgi
General Grant and Party for Cuba.
By last accounts from Jacksonville,
irigthe present organization to Dr. Tal-j Florida, General Grant and party were j the macon and Brunswick bajlboad |
mage and his friends. Each Presbytery I still there. The Kun and Press, of Sun-1 lease I response, saul: “I feel great interest in
must have a geographical boundary, and day, says he was to dine at the Windsor aiso remains in statu quo. The lessees the subject of your dispatch.” And when
it is proposed that the churches south of on Monday, and attend a private party are as dumb as oysters, and not a word so iater Mr. ^Davis made Ids visit to Macon
Fulton and Joralemon streets shall remain I in the evening. The steamer Admiral, far has emanated from the executive de-1 he telegraphed to * Genera! Sherman)
with Dr. Talmags in one Prcsfcytery, I which was to convey the party from Ce- partment. All are anxiously waiting to I that the object of Mr. Davis’ visit was
while the churches north of Fulton street dar Keys to Havana, cleared from Fer- see what will turn up at the expiration of I to see Mr. Stephens and Governor Brown
joining with Dr. T-1to-dto«rCtor^too»TMy.»|^15JSLS.g*5a.
Dyke and the anti-Talmage party. I is probable General Grant and party left lease. Will the payment of the $194,000 two g en ti e men. General Sherman’s idea
A Confident Prediction The Jacksonville for Cedar Keys, to meet her be completed, is one salient question, -was to appeal to Georgia’s safety from
National Republican, of Washington, has Tues day, (yesterday). Another is, rcho arejthe bona fide lessees? ^riaTsup^S
hecome an out-and-out Grant organ, and The Admiral is a new steamship of S00 | - ‘. ’ w ^ ie ™ ,^ X Q j federate ad^ninistration. No less than
is trying to whip the rest of the party into tons » built at Wilmington, Delaware, to tension and will it go on to Knoxville, three messengers were sent by General
line Tbe editor hrenlre out n« fnllmra-1 P 1 )' regularly between Cedar Keys and A fourth, who will be the superintendent Sherman.' Mr. William King was his
Pennsylvania is for Grant New York Havana, for fast maU and passenger ser- and managers of the enterprise? . ambassador to both Governor Brmyn and
»* - I Noonoatp^ntis ,»Ch»rlto to 1^ Gl »-. 4.“, WngM,,f
and the South is for Grant. New England,
the Middle States and Western States are
possibly not unanimously for him, but
they certainly would support him cordial-
vice. She has accommodations for 1001 «« I Romej sent to “Washington' to talk
passengers, and on her trip from Wil- I swer 111636 interrogatories, whatever may with President Lincoln, and by him en-
mington to Femandina made an average 11^ 6 tb® on dits and private sources of in* I trusted with messagesforMr. Davis. Hon.
of eighteen knots. She Will he thirty fonnation. So, in conclusion, we can Joshua Hill, of Madison, Ga., was sent as
-. hours in making the distance from Cedar only say “in patience possess your souls,” K^wSl^tiz'en^nprivate life,
j y f or second choice With these facts in l Keys Havana; and as complete ar- and await with proper equanimity the I an elderly gentleman of high character,
-Jw „„ii ^11 J I rangemimta have been' provided • by the denotement, which, sooner or later, must old family, fine intelligence and unques-
^ Banroad P for .palace y and|come. ' |tionable patriotism, ?dge Wrigl, had
wkh Califorma, Colorado, Connecticut, slep P ln S «» and fast tIrae * Florida > the
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, and so on trip from New York to Cedar Keys will
down the list, and you will find that his be accomplished in two days-makmg the
Colonel Cole Speaks.
The following appears in the Savannah
nomination is an assured fact, and before j time between New York and Havana I i—«uu
the first ballot is concluded it will be I seventy-dght hours, against five days by received last ni 0 ht._ It willjbe seen from I bopd^siy gi ven to steady off-slioots from
been a member of Congress and a State
judge, was a brilliant and eloquent speak
er, a successful and popular advocate and
one of the most independent political
Blinkers in the State, almost erratic in his
independence of party trammels, and
made
tion!”
unanimous. Mark the
the dispatch from Colonel Cole that the J fixed alignments. His 'bright, original
fate of the consolidation has not yet been I mind, under the gnide of a fearless spirit
actually decided: I and undeniable honesty of purpose, has
1 kept him during a long career in a perptu-
al tangent from the men with wlu,m he was
Chattanooga, Tenn., January 19.
Can’t Be Fairly Elected.
—Cincinnati College of Music.— I The Kclly-Conkling-Grant arrangement | _ aiuu -cm uw™ me men Ml „„ mil e VI
The President of-the Cincinnati College to split the^^electoral vote of New York by I Editor Morning News: In answer to I j n general-Iaccord ot prindpfe.^Xge”
of Music, inlils annual report, claims that Congressional districts, is a practical con- I Fenian with uncommon powers of intel-
U,e»co»d »f, ti cone*
record of successful results without a par-I erhood that they can't elect him in a fair I that, city a majority _ of the Stock in my j na j men j n tbe g tate _ Hili a Con-
allel in the history of music, and that I way. They must fix up for the election I company. I had no intimation of it until j gnssmen before the war and a ’ United
since tbe beginning of the present session specially; so that while in Pennsylvania, nuestfen l °I will* say "hit a *^Satire States S 1 na , t £ r , whe ? the Re Publi-
the scheme of education, which a year Ohio and other large States they can I 2taJES& SSeS"
previous had been but partiallv developed, I claim all tbe electoral votes in virtue of a hold the contract with the Central m abey- firm co^rktioiw and manl v intelli-
has made great advancement toward j small aggregate majority, in New York J anc ® ^ey can meet and rave a full I g enC e, though he has not—especially since
maturity, both teachers and students hav- they can force a division by districts, a ™at th^iuil. ltae fromtlie West to tK? r^ 6 , war—in ‘harmony with the views
it «H.e» torte to tbe high «<* toe to» JSSoJSMrf SSSitte
which it is the aim of the college to main-I the Republicans an undue majority in I Central railroad is an Important interest,' 1)6
tain. The scheme of education in the I the Congressional representation. I and even before thinking of the contract I
college embraces more than the class tul- This is not a whit more morally foSf vrfn^d° hold I
tion of the student, it includes the orches- honest than counting out Tilden in 1876. them yet. E. W. Cole, President. ^Tch^sMrTstepheMrondemned^he’po^
tra, the symphony, chamber and organ I True, the constitution of the United! The Neus prints the following telegram I icy of the adminstration of its Executive,
concerts, the college choirs and the cliois- I States accords the right to do so, but never I from Colonel Wadley, also, though that I Mr- Davis—and as antagonistic as Govem-
ters. For the period of fifteen months to accorded it to be used as a surprise on the gentleman, at noon yesterday, had re-1 2T f elt to eertaui measures of the
January 12, the receipts of the college I other States in the way of light-fingered j ccived no definite information on the sub- I wa8 capable^h/any Stress'of disaster and
from various sources were $94,644, and I party strategy to win a dishonest and in- |ject: under any possession of State influence, of
the expenditures $86,331, leaving a cash I equitable advantage. It is the sort of leg- I Bolinobboke, Ga^ January 19.—Edi- j deserting tlie fortunes of the Confederacy
balance of $8,323. The number of stu- islation by which a State teaches herpeo- tor Morning News: I have no intimation | and leaving the other members of the com-
- * * * ‘1 ” " 1 ui UIJ jU^iUCUli, lit U UtCU IXXIVI COO IV I —- HVUiU
twenty-three States, the District of Co-1 the South and West about “honest mon-1 carry out the arrangement entered into by I llave been willing to purcliase exemption
lumbin and Canada. ey”—by which they mean sleight of hand our company with Colonel Cole. If that froni the common peril and universal rain
nntnrr nnd trDnf no tn 13 done, the benefit to Savannah will he by abandment of the cause, thus securing
—The Ute Investigation.—The Ute | w , loca i bank notes—ud. treat 03 to j ^i-eater than it would have been had the ’ Ka< *- tv diohnnnr. Ami hntii R®»rnm-
P ■ | safety by dishonor. And both Governor
Indian inveslieation now in progress I sucb an example of honest politics, one is | Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad alone | Brown and Mr. Stepbens, from their very
to Wasliingtongton to be ."long tetopted to -Get bebtoa to., Se,„." beep ^ |
movollff^tile Indiaiw'toJm Ibatomoit]I Poisoxed bt Setter Gas.—UaTorl Oar only hope Is list tbe contractor
employed by General .Sherman to be 1,1s I
ambassadors in the proposed peace nego- I about two hours. Yesterday it did so
tiations were willing to sell out their I with uncommon alacrity, moved thereto
State and fellow citizens to the artful by an oratorical nightmare inthe shape of
1 , , .. „ . . . , a speech from Morrill, of Vermont, on
leader of the Federal armies, nor does (( feenance.” I suspect one reason of
even the shadow of a stain attach to the this Senatorial Inactivity is that most of
words or acts of Hon. A. H. Stephens and them are priming themselves with the
ex-Govemor Joseph E. Brown. Both “^ at ^t„ ed °rts °f their lives,’’ and wish
, . ■ , , ,, , • „ I to get hack to their pets. If this be cor-
scouted, as they should have done, the rect) -jy] ia t a flood of eloquence and wis-
very though!, of betraying their comrades dom will pour upon this long suffering
in arms and the Confederacyto’which land. . ..
they had sworn allegiance. In , tb ® ^ouse matters are not much
If possible, in future number, we may I mended ra this respect smee my last re
print singly the respective letters elicited
by Colonel Avery from the parties above
mentioned.
port . Yesterday was somewhat of an ex
ception. There was actually a genuinely
witty speech which set the House in a
roar. The benefactor on this occasion
was the Hon. Roswell G. Horr, of Michi
gan, a new member. I haven’t heard
anything so humorous in many a day. It
makes Horr a man of mark'at once. He
Railroad Matter*.
Yesterday there was still a good deal
of excitement in the city over the recent
railroad transactions, anil all seemed to | “T’ 3 "X “ mi “’. U1
,77 ?_„ ,, woke up this morning and found himself
want more light. The great problem I famous. Doubtless the telegrams this
which all seemed desirous of solving was morning outlined the speech for you. It
whether the contract between the Central | w °Hki have been much _more^ interesting
railroad and the Chattanooga, Nashville
and St. Louis road would be ratified by
the Louisville and Nashville.
In an interview with Mr. C. W. Gor- |
ringe, the representative of the Louisville
and Nashville road, who was in the city,
matter than tne mass of stuff sometimes
found under tbe head of press dispatches.
I hope you will print it in full. When a
Congressman deigns to be genuinely
funny he deserves the most liberal en
couragement.
A 6TARVED OUT LOBBY.
It was an evil day for the lobby when
we learn that he thought it improbable | the Democrats captured the House,
that the contract would be ratified by his I ^ben l first came here in December,
. . „ . . .. 187o, the lobby was as well recognized an
road, especially the.part guaranteeing the organization as either branch of Congress,
percentage on the Central’s stock. The | Its leaders and members were as well
Louisville and Nashville road would, he
thought, continue to carry the bulk of its
freight to the sea-board by Mongomery,
Alabama, as by that route almost the
same time was made, and his road con'
trolled by that way about five hundred
miles of road; on which it could demand
a pro rata which would be lost by the
other lines.
By recent acquisitions the Louisville
and Nashville now controls a direct line
known as members and Senators, and its
S ower almost as great. It disported in
roadcloth, silks, satins, laces and dia
monds, drank champagne like water, sat
behind the finest and fastest of horses, and
generally lived most luxuriously. But
soon the most casual observer marked
change. It was apparent even to me, the
most careless of casual observers. One by
one some of the bravest rufflers seemed
to drop out of ranks as it were.
This has been going on ever since, until
now there scarcely remains a corporal’s
guard. They have sought fresh fields and
popular Of these houses was as the sign | (w&ose reputation lor the cure of those diseise*
reacVTom Scott’s Tavern, °a
the pike, a short distance from the little edhu tdie for siiaotths, and 1 cln V»?.T»
village of Loudon, in Franklin county, »«y, without any nnproTL-mo-.t. I tr.ed other
Pennsylvania. It was a good-sized build RbjgjjMfcMgamopgthea Dr. — 8 r Bait
ing, and, like all such buildings, boasted no pj rp04e . They did’■eno^ood^iheirrem)
an immense bar room, in which, after an edie*«eieto ineffectual that at no time did I
evening’s carouse, the teamsters unrolling I feel that a cure would reaalt irom then.
)beir b«ds-they a11 in those days carried L toM®
their bads With them—lay down to sleep j na i remedie » betides a l tho external upplica-
on the floor. Often around this home tioLS 1 have used, but the effect was the same. I
have been seen a hundred wagons and | keo-me satUfied that Icouidcot be cured, but
more thanthat number of teamsters were “^o^abSStthlSi'monthaT^atr. Meehan,*
often accommodated within. TliC good- | genilemaa well known to Boston people, called
nature of the host, who was known, prob- I my attention to your Coticura; and prom «d
ably from his wildness, as “Devil Tom eaiy “ k»»t«ial.
11 —s >i.. m.iih, .r 1 - .. I Ho told moot bisownrxpentn e wittt it, and so
Scott, and the quality of his accommo- I penevered on me 1 hat 1 went with him to a drug
dation, made the hotel the chief hostelne. store and height two urge boxes cf Cuticura,
“Here It Was that Tom Scott, the rail- | audsome Cuticura 8oap, and comireaced to use
rofltl nrpfiidpnt tunq hnm qriri jt vroq Iiptb I » iCUBNini to diroctiooi. Tbcrs wm sozDiiclx
roaa presiaenr, was Dora, ana it was nere tumorlodgetwiihm the skin, that asaoon aal
that he received his earliest training. Like commended the usa of Cuticura it came to the
all boys of that region, he probably went | surface and festered, until vast cu ntitle, h*d
to school in the winter and worked iu the “7
• wivatv La for »D°ut two Wteo. But I dn not mind this,
summer. Wnen quite y oung lie ij orked I &s j f f ^ i was goingr to g t rid of the haaor
m a country store in Loudon, and liis old when 1 saw it oomirg to the surface in inch large
employer once told me that Scott made } QuanWits. After the firtt two or three weeks*
atig /if fivja luiaf rnmifpr-iinimi'N h<* TiaH 1 thi* 1 wu gr6$ ly encouraged by
one oi tne oe*c coimier jumpers ne naa a scradusl lea enirg ot th« in fl»mtn»t ion ot a mm.
ever had. He was very attentive to bus- j b«r of painful sores. X carefully, faithfully and
iness, and was both polite and honest, cheer ully followed the.dircct.cns to the litter,
He was always very popular in Loudon, | teeiineeach w-.-ek nearer a oure, until at the pre-
oti.i (hi* ^ ’ I sent moin-nt. after three montha use of Cuticura
and at this tune was known there as I ana twelve years of as comiant luffe-ing at was
young Aleck Scott, beingmek-named from j ever ecdum-d, X can eay that I am cu-ed, and
the Alexander part rather than the Thom- j pronounce my case the moat r markab e on rec-
oo Ti.irt nf hit mmo -tt-hlr-'h it will he re- or(1 - 1 have been go elat-d with my success thet
aapawornianTOC, wmen, It Will nere- Ihaveatoppedmenon the Itroot who were af.
membered, is JL nomas Alexander Scott. J d ciod, &lo told them to get tho Cuticura and it
“After Tom Scott left the store he was wou'd cure them. This is why I am to k rateful
employed for some time as clerk in the to job, for I iwlUve it to be theibest ana greatest
I discovery ot the age, and that it will cure all who
canal collector S office at Columaia, Peim- are sabering with these diseases. I may add
sylvama, and it was from here that he that X took no internal medic ne but the Uuticu-
went to railroading, serving first as a sta- r» Resolvent.
tion agent at at Holidaysburg. Here he - WILLIAM
was in partnership I with a young fellow
nomed Graham, and the firm was Scott &
Graham. At this time (1852) General __ J
Scott was the Whig candidate for Presi- UUtlCUra EemedieS.
dent, with Graham Vice-President. This
fact made much sport amoug the friends | Cuticura Resolvent is the most powerful Blood
of young Scott and Graham, who though I^ISUFrZSgfcEdl
heanng the same names, were not related I Humors of the scalp and s.ui, *XJictrs, and Old
to the General and .his partner. But,” the Sores..
gentleman continued, “Tom Scott remain- I Ouiicura Soap is an elegant toilet and medici*
Boston, August 22,187S.
from Louisville to Montgomery and Ghat- pastures new, where “the d—d stingy
tanoogajfrom St. Louis to the same points; Democrats” are not in power, raid the genj
•a* u 14- I erous leak in the barrel has not been stop-
with a slight break from Cincinnati to the Thifi . if nothimr. is what
ped. This, if nothing, is what the Demo-
same points, and from Michigan City on I crats have done. They have starved out
the south end of Lake Michigan within I the lobby and put an end to the public
eighty miles of Chicago to the points robbery and jobbery for which it was or-
* j . ^ 1 gamzed, and upon which it fattened,
named above. ... | Somehow, it seems to me, that this work
Other Western connections were to be deserves well of the country. It ought to
made and are now under contemplation. I give the Democrats powerful courage in
As things now stand it is impossible to I this year’s fight, but I am afraid it will
tell whether the Louisville and Nashville P°V t0 S^eat extent. They have neu-
... , t tralized it by blundering in other direc-
\ull endorse the contract. The failure to I tions, until now their chances for winning
perfect the contract also gives the Central tills race are hardly as good as those of
the privilege of withdrawing from the I llie opposition; whereas four, or even two
whole transaction. yeare ago, they were infinitely better. So
n ., , , ... .. I much for lack of leaders and blundering,
The Railroad Age, a leading railroad principally the latter, which in politics is
journal, in an editorial of the 15th instant, the gravest of crimes. I speak plainly,
makes the statementthat it is understood | but the country and the party must en
dorse the verdict. Isn’t it about time to
in well-informed railroad circles that the
Louisville and Nashville is the ostensible
purchaser of the Macon and Brunswick
road. In that event the whole face of af
fairs will be changed. The question of
the ratification of the Central contract
have an end of this sort of thing?
ALL. SOBTS.
You ought to see Garfield’s face these
days. I never before fairly comprehended
what beaming means when applied to the
human face divine. If he. is really as
happy as he looks he would scarcely ex
will be uncertain and a direct exten-1 change his translation to the Senate for
sion to Atlanta will be speedily ef- I Piace in heaven. I never saw even _
footed. The correctness of this report is | ”g y b ^ daed e^more fairly shine
however doubted in well-informed circles.
with bliss.
The census supervisors for Georgia will
doubtless he named in your dispatches be-
Marriage at Mulberry Street Method- I fore this reaches you. One of them, Sim-
lst Church. | mons, of Rcsaca, is represented as a most
Yesterday afternoon, shortly before half objectionable Radical who may not get
past five o’clock, the marriage of Mr. ieamb® was nam-
• t.tiT t , . . — . i est for the position by Dr. Felton, who
Bright W. Lundy and Miss Bettie John- doubtless paid off some old debts in this
son took place. The bridal party marched way. Who his other indorsers are I do
up the aisle amid a flood ef music from no ^ ^bow. Of the five supervisors two are
the richly toned organ. The bride and I Democrats. The Radicals.are very wroth
ni Poisoned by Sewer Gas.—Mayor
reservation to some other location. Where I Prince, of Boston, recently lost a charm- [ consolidation may still be ratified. At
that will be it will be difficnlt to say, but in{1 daughter, and has now two sons very present all is doubt and uncertainty.
5itftotSTSnSI•*<*<* kl0 °d poisoning. These events
they shall occupy. Ouray is in favor of dictated a thorough examination of his
locating in that valley with his tribe, each I house, and it was found that a drainage
more careful in their conduct that no pos
sible suspicion of bad faith should attach
to them.
Both Mr. Stephens and Governor Brown
declined to accept General Sherman’s in
vitation to visit him on this peace mission.
Mr. Stephens considered that neither he
nor General Sherman had the proper au-
Tiw Gutting Affair ou Cotton Avenue.
| ■ Mr. W. T. Hunter, who was cut on
to liavc a specified amount of land, but I p ipe f rom tj ie family refrigerator, where I Monday by Mr. J. T. Austin, was yestei-'l thority to represent and bind th*eir resnec-
the entire area to be made in one reserva- sunnlies were kent day able to be out. His wounds were by tive governments, though if General Sher-
tion. It matters hut little how the pres- lue miiaana 100a supplies were Kept, ’.7 man should think that there was any
ent examination of the subject, either by oommunicated directly with the sewer 1 110 means serious. He received a scalp prosper 0 f jjg and Stephens agreeing upon
Congress or the department, may termi-1 and thus kept the refrigerator all the time I 'wound in the back of the head, and two j terms of adjustment to be submitted to
nate, the finality of the Utes as a nation cba iwd with sewer pas. so that the family ! slight stabs inthe left side. Both men were their governments, he would, with the con-
is'beyond doubt. Even should both Con- “ ° . - / arraiimed in the Dolice court vesterdav sent of the Confederate authorities, meet
gross and the Indians agree to establish the “eat was literally poison. The lesson is arraigned m tne pon^ com yesterilay ^ ^ emer ^ ^ ^ re ^ toring
fatter on the Grande river in Colorado, this: If men will insert all human con- “ommg and fined five dollars each for j pc^. rc p] y 0 f j£ r . Stephens dissi-
tlie State feeling against them is such that veniences under the household roof, then disorderly conduct. Subsequently the pated the Idea that he would act in the
they could not remain there more than a wiLs deaden t i, e nm-ii A matter came before the grand jury, which slightest degree independently of Mr. Da-
year or so. The State is crowded with mi- me au your Wlts w ueauen 1110 P 6111 ’ J .. 5n — a till found apainw .vis and take part in a separate negotiation
iers,who will prospectwherover they please r wnow msession, anaapmxouna against.^ by the State.
no matter what law may be enacted for Deer Slaughter. — Mr. H. Clay I Mr. Austin for assault wtth intent to mur- j Colonel Avery also adds that Governor
Uie protection of Indians. There are Rice, son and a neighbor, passed through I der. 1 J Brown never contemplated for a moment
toftrtwto'SnSSSSo “hVa^now raducah, Kentucky, claiming that in a Whan the warrant arming from the bill the withdrawal of Georgia from the Con-
watching for an opportunity to locate in recent so-called hunt, they had Jailed} came up to be executed it was found that I f edera tc alliance. “It is due to him to
the fertile valley of the White River, I ninety-three deer. That is not a hunt, I Austin had skipped the city for parts un-1 ga y this, and it is also due to say that the
where the unfortunates of the .White | bu t a massacre. Why was Mr. Rice un-1 known. Mr. Hunter will be able to re- I people 0 f Georgia would not have enter-
R,VCr ffdnfl™th^ mtTand whols I wilUn S to Ieave venIs011 for a^body else
who is —, , — ....... „
wise enough to foreseethe result, is wil- behind him?
ling to accept almost any terms. He is
aware that the fate of his tribe is sealed, | Ancient Masonic
aud that it is useless to contend against a
Symbols. — An
auil that n is useless u>coniena against a 1 Egyptian correspondent of the New York
fearless, restless population of miners and Jr 1 1 * . - .4 ....
ranchmen; yet be is anxious to secure the 11 or * d announces that when the obelisk
best terms he can for his people. The ex- of Alexandria in Egypt was taken down,-
aminut ion now being made can do but lit- I preparatory to its removal to New York,
[ sume his business In a few days, /pie 1 Gained such a proposition. They were
difficulty arose out of an effort on the part committed to the Confederacy, and meant
of Hunter to collect some money from I ^ jjse or fall with it.”
Austin whidi he owed him. | Afterwards General Sherman sent
1 Judge Wright to see President Lincoln,
Stockholders’ MeeUsar. it ' j that upon learning Ills pacific views and
The annual meeting of the stockholders I liberal disposition towards the South, he
_ u r , 7 1 of the Southwestern Railroad will be held might communicate the same to President
t ic good; the rar has been started, and emblems were found deposited in this City on tlie 12th of February. The • Davis. That gentleman spent two weeks
to end until the last Indian is removed j ln tlie foundation—pretty good evidence _ official announcement will l>e made in due in Washington, having daily conferences
Irani her borders. j of the antiquity of the order. < season.
Democrats.
. ., TT7 .„. T , , that any Democrats should be appointed
groom were preceded by Mr. Willie John- an d swear that Walker, the head man
son, of Thomasville, and Miss Lizzie here, has sold out to the enemy.
Jolmsom of this city, brother and sister of I I see it stated in the New York Sun
... that Senator Maxey, of Texas, “is report-
| ed to be hopeful that the Brazil steamship
The ceremony was performed by Rev. subsidy job will slip through this session
J. W. Hunton, D. D., of Columbus, in an I in spite of Speaker Randall, Mr. Blount,
impressive manner. Tliochurch contained °. f Georgia, and other obstacles.” We
, j. ... ,, ,. .. I shall see by watting, but I think tho Sun
large audience which assembled to wit- t-jg wrol)rr> . 3 ’
ness the celebration of the nuptials. J. R. Randall, of tlie Augusta Chronicle,
The bride was attired in a gray travel- is again on deck hero and will resume his
in" dress • j correspondence with that paper. His Iet-
The groom has been one of the most match hispoetiy in point of
prosperous youug farmers of this county X judg" Lochrane is here this week, and
and by his integrity and agreeable full of tlie Grant “boom.” He feels sine
manners has won the esteem and admi- | (bat Grant will carry tlie convention by
storm. If Grant should win a third term
I nominate the Judge for the attorney gen
eralship. The South ought, and I suppose
will have one or two cabinet places, and
ration of all who knew him. He comes
oi one of the old and highly respected
families of the county.
The bride is the daughter of the late F.
S. Johnson, Sr., of this city, and has many
friends in our midst. They left last
evening by the Macon and Brunswick
railroad for Savannah, where they will"
spend several days. Mr. Lundy will
make his future home in Hawkinsville.
Our best congratulations are extended.
the Judge would be a vast improvement
on “landaulet” Williams. A. W. R,
Sandersville Courier: Sudden
Death.—Mr. George P. Jewett died at
his home at Bethany yesterday morning.
His death was veiy sudden, aud has cast
a gloom over the entire community. Mon
day morning about eleven o’clock he was
in oar office on business, looking well aud
apparently in good health, and in less than
r . A Rash Act.
A young man who lives in the eastern I twenty-four hours he was dead. He was
portion of the county, on last Saturday taken Monday night with a chronic throat
was returning home, when his mule sud- I affection and died the next morning at
eight o’clock. He was a most estimable
denly threw him. The animal v> as re- y,^ an g man, .and well-known and esteem-
mounted, and (he journey homeward qui-I ed in business circles and among his ac-
etly pursued. On reaching there, how- J quaintance, for his many noble qualities,
ever, the young man went into the house
,,, . , . _ ... , Explosion on Shipboard.—On Tues-
and procure 13 pis 0 , an expre ns d ^ a ten-ifle explosion took place on
intention of killing the mule. Effort s board ship Grace, of the National Line,
were made to dissuade him, but he reso- afc ier - n Hobok vheN slie arrived
lutely adhered to Ids purpose. TL ° “^Htho daybefora. It was literally a fire
had eone to the spring for water, and was , , , , . , ,
s ; TL *! b . - ,, ’ damp explosion—an explosion of coal gas
nuraued. Five chambers of the revolver . ‘ ,, ... , . , . 3
puiauo . . . .. I in a part ofher hold used forstormg En-
were fired without effect, but the sixth . r ... . *» ,
I 1 glish coal for her return trip. 1 The hatches
being started to remove this coal to her
bullet struck a vital part, killing the ani
mal at ouce. The circumstance is fully
corroborated.
A child tossing m*iis sleep indicates
worms. An army of them are at work
eating the vitals^ away, ~
_ One dose of
Shrine’s Indian Vermifuge will destroy
with Hr. Lincoln and his Cabinet, and them and save its Ijfe.
bunkers, an explosion followed, which
tore up*her deck, killed two men and bad
ly wounded five others. This event puts
a aew accident on tho list of steamship
casualties—nothing of the kind ever hav
ing been heard of before.
' \-
ed-as itation agent but a short time. His
natural adaptation for railroading was
soon seen by his employers, and he stead
ily rose, step by sfop, until ho became
Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, and finally its President.
But his railroad history is known to
all.”
“Was Colonel Scott an only child ?” I
remarked.
“Oh, no,” h« replied, “old Tom Scott
had quite a family, and several of them
are now living. The family was a respec
table one. I do not remember how many
there were in it. His sisters were lively
rirls, and were very popular. They have,
[ understand, married well. As to his
brothers, I know but little. One of them,
James Scott, is still living - in Franklin
county, and is a man of wealth and stand
ing, but all of them sink into insignifi
cance when Colonel Tom is spoken of.”
nil atiiilant to Uuticma lor all external affec
tions.
Prepared by Weet s A Potter, Chemhts and
Druggists. 260 Washington street. Boston, Mass,
and tor aale by all Druggists and Dealers. Price
c! Cuti Ufa. small boxes, SO cents: Urge boxes,
containing two and one hall timea tbe quantity
ot small, $1. Resolvent, si p-=r bottle. Uuticu-
raSoar. 25 onU per cake; by mail, SO centat
three cake*. 75 cent*.
Hundreds oi little nerves
and muscles respond to
nrr-mnthe JEle. tncal action of
.“"'•“"these -wonderful Plasters,
the moment trey areap-
CO LU/Vs
VOLTAIC
pit- d. They instantly an
nihilate Pain. Strengthen Weak aud Paininl
Parts, Draw Poisons from tbe Blo-xt, Prevent Pea
ve- and iguf, Liver and KL'ney Complaints.
CUTICUBA REMEDIES
can be had it ELLIS’ DRUG STORE, Triangu
lar block. r.o vii
—There is a student of natural history
at Chico, California, who believed that
the deer of Butte county know what day
the game law goes into effect. He had
• • The Tay Disaster.
From the London Telegraph we copy
gravely read a paper before the California I the following from an eye witness (at 2
Acadsmy of Sciences, in which he asserts distance) of the appalling disaster of the
tlmt they stay on the foot hills every year q-ay bridge:
until November 2, and then, knowmg Enjoying the cosy comforts of my own
that on and after that date it is un awfiil parior fiJSde on Sunday night, I listened
J 0 T. S v°?\ the » ’ 1 80 boldly down mt0 the to the fierce clamor of the stonn without,
inhabited valleys. ^ and felt a deep sense of gratitude for the
For tlxe Irish Sufferers—Macotx’s | security I possessed, mingled with a feel-
Charity. ing of compassion for the poor sailors on
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:— the sea battling with tho storm. The
Allow me the columns of your valuable | children had gathered round me for their
paper to thank, in behalf of the Irish Re- usual Bible stories, and with an instinctive
lief Committee of the St. Vincent de Paul sense of fear they nestled close to my side
Society, the generous citizens of Macon I as they heard the wild efforts of the blast
who have so nobly responded to the call I to batter in the casement of the window,
for help for the starving people of Ireland. 1 chose the story of St. Paul’s shipwreck
In this, as many other calls made upon on the Island of Melita, thinking that the
their charity, they have ignored creed and storm without might help to impress upon
nationality. The Committee also desire their young minds the terrible nature of
to express their gratitude for the uniform I the dangers to which the Apostle was ex
courtesy extended to them. The collec- posed as the ship lay riding helplessly
tions aggregate three hundred and thirty- I upon the waves with four anchors between
three dollars and fifty cents. This 11 and certain destruction. While thus
amount less exchange has been sent to engaged a blast of wind more fo
lds Grace, Archbishop McHale, of Tuan, rious than before had caught the
to be divided equally among the four chimney-tops of a house almost op-
Provinces of Ireland. Respectfully, . | posite my parlor windows, and brought
John Ingalls, them down to the ground with a tbunder-
President St. Vincent de Paul Society. in S cra sli that startled even one of us to
-, , I our feet- Stepping over to the casement I
Knocked In the Head. | gazed out upon the street, and just then a
Last night, about half past seven o’clock, | blaze of moonlight lighted up the broad
.luiie^oc^a««***■>««, ssas^iOTSxv'SS
on tlie block beyond tbe Brown House, I came into view. I looked at my watch
in which a colored woman, named Maiy j and saw that it was oxactly 7 o’clock.
Rogers, was quite badly hurt. It appears ‘^be Edinburgh train will be due im-
,he „ . Eton™ character, and tea, f„l- -’SJjSS £
lowing an unknown darkey around, and tempt to cross on such a night.’ So say-
for some reason abusing inm at a fearful I ing we turned down the gas in the parlor
rate. At length the darkey drew his pis- and Pfepe^d *» ■await the appearance of
. , . f, the train. ■* The light by this tune had be-
tol, and clubbing the weapon, struck the come most fitfol. ^Great masses of clouds
woman on the head, inflicting a painful I were sweeping across the expanse
if not serious wound, driving the hammer I of the heavens, at times totally obscuring
of the weapon into the skull. the of .
. .. . , . na. I comes,’cried one ofthe children,and,at that
On seeing what he had done, and be-1 m0 ment, the slowly moving lights of the
coming apprised of the approach of the | EJinburc train could be distinctly seen
police, he levanted in the direction of the I rounding the curve at Wbnnit, and pass-
swamps below the. city, and was seen no t }, e sjg^i box at the south side, en-
The woman was taken inahack te '° in up 2 n tR e long straight line of that
t » Dr ; S P. ttaU £ S , 0ffiee ’ and her 1Djl ? e f portion ^the bridge. The train once on
attended to. The weapon was reported t j ie b r ; d ge seemed to move along with
^ W ?i Un . d wben sbe greater swiftness, and when the engine
reached the office of foe doctor. I entered the tunnel-like cloister? of the
_ . . I great girders my little girl exactly de-
sensxtave- I scribed the effect of the light* 1 as seen
The rapid decline in Central Railroad I through the lattice work, when she ex-
stock at the reported failure of the Cole- J claimed, ‘Look papa, isn’t that like light-
ti «. . . , . , , « n!nn9i All #Ti?q taL*ac enmo (imo fn u*r?fo
Brown consolidation, shows how vanablc
ning?’ All this takes some time to write
. . ... ...... . 1 down, but to the eye it seemed as if al-
are stock securities. And yet it is not even ! m0 st simultaneous with the entrance of
known, positively, that the combination | the train upon the bridge. A comet-like
has or will fail. Some think it will be | burst of fieiy sparks sprang out as
if forcibly ejected into the darkness from
........... , - 1 the engine. In a long visible train the
that it has failed, there is no reason why | streak of fire was seen till quenched in
this stock should be quoted at such figures, j the water below. Then there was abso-
The condition of the road, which is better Iute darkness on the bridge. A silence
-than it has been for years, does not Justify &! 1 U P°° oai [ eager moup at the window.
=T. TT , -r ..“T .. .. . Then, with stunning force, tho idea broke
it. Here is an opportunity for capitalists j upon my mind. ‘Heavens!’ I cried, ‘I
to make money, and. doubtless they will I fear the train is over the bridge!’ With
improve it. | a growing horror I watched the curve at
the north side to try if I could see the
train pass that point, hut as several min-
| Arrested.
The darkey who struck the colored wo- I utes passed and no moving object, broke
man, Mary Rogets, on the head with a I the continuity of the bridge at that point I
pistol, on Monday evening on Fourth I snatched up my hat and hurried down and
the swamp, returned to the city yesterday j rand as myself.
morning, and was promptly arrested by I The terrific nature of the gale at this.
Officer H.C. Fennell, at Tarver’s store, K ime “ay be inferred from the fact that„
.. .. ~ . -rr \ t ! descending the slope of tho green, I had
on the old Court House square, where ie j t0 d0 wn upon the grass to prevent,
had gone to do a little trading. His name I niy being blown bodily away. It seemed
is Gilford Arrington. He was lodged in I as if the wind had beceme a solid com—
the barracks, and still remains in that Ipenfngpew w. One gentleman was blown
1 17^ . .v . I against another on the green, and both
place. It is probable the woman who was tabled together. The masrivc signal,
struck will take out a warrant for Arring- post beside the signal box on the north
ton for an assault with intent to murder. I end of the bridge, was bent by the- wind
The woman, although at first considers- I a Wffli * a d on entering upon
., . ., ® . | the esplanade, the sand and pebbles were
bly stunned by the blow and considered I dashing about with such force that the
dangerously hurt, was out yesterday, j hands and face were positively sore with
The pistol stock was broken by the blow, | *be violence of the impact. My hands
and a nortion of the wpxunn left, haneinff held behind my back for a minute were
and a portion ofthe weapon left hanging completely fined with drifting ^
to ner head when she was wounded.. j pebbles. Looking towards the river noth-
; aibS^N"^ rt 0U ^ he P ,p»‘s
mg in the Pacific States on the sorrows of I bridge was pouring into the nver and,
the Indians. After telling an audience at j being caught iu its descent by the wind,
VTinnomucca, Nevada, near the home of j wa s fashed into a misty spray that helped
, - .. I to veil the gap that had by this time been
her tribe, of the wrong that the white mad6 in ^ f nn highwa /.
man had done by introducing firewater
among her people, slie got hilariously I Cotton subsided to seven pence in
drank. 1 Liverpool yesterday.