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GEORGIA PRESS.
Mr. Joim Lewis, of Sparta, is raising
tea plants. Ilancock county is in the same
latitude as the tea districts of China.
tourist and pleasure traveler to visit the I which her father had made in 1833 in An-
interesting island of Cuba, and Havana, derson district, South Carolina. With
the Queen of the Antilles. The steamer this machine thread was spun of any size
has superb cabin accommodations, all wanted by hand power, the seed cotton
on the upper deck, well ventilated state- being fed on an endless web of cloth, after
rooms, with all modern improvements, and the fashion of the platform of the present
Mrs. M, R. Chapman’s clothing caught I a beautifully arranged dining room. The railroad threshers. The seed cotton was
fire on the place of Mr.R.H. Thomas, Admiral will leave Cedar Keys ever Tuts- distributed regularly across ttiis web as it
_ . , , . day morning, and, being very fast, she will I moved in front of the gin to which the
near Sparta, from a brush heap in the field reac h Havana in thirty hours. The ex- I spindles were attached. Mrs. Towers re-
and burned her fatally. Her clothing cursion rates are so reasonable that such I members having seen it used in 1836, and
was entirely consumed. will certainly benefit many to make this about that time one of her sisters made
Mabk RonmnL a colored warrior delightful winter trip. Messrs. Levy & seven hundred yards of cloth in one year,
Mark Hoi kins, a colored ™mor, offi ^ in this city, Fer- doing the spinning on this machine. It
shot at another darkey but misled him, I nand j naj Jacksonville and St. Augustine, was made by a negro man owned by her
near Sparta, winging, however, a highly I also in New York, are the authorized I uncle, and the negro had learned the se-
colored little fellow. He now pen- agents of this line. cret while working somewhere in Ten-
sively repeats in jail “how many a ball at | The young men of Brunswick, last Sine Sler^rr^e. HwTkcpf
week, tendered a serenade to Mr. J. M. ■ - - - ° - • -
Conper, Mr. C. P. Goodyear and Colonel
C.W. Styles,in recognition of their services
random sent,” etc.
SwAixsnoito wants a good close shave |
and yearneth for a good barber.
in use up to and daring the war, and is
still in the family as a household relic.
Louisville Courier: General Wil-
No prisoners now adorn the interior of I for Brunswick in the recent leasing of the ( Shlto^iTthe uSXi^of^S
Swaitisboro's jail. road. . fhas been engaged to edit an Agricultural
Last Tuesday night the store of Mr. E. I The Brunswick Appeal says the report 1 Department in the Telegraph and
H. Edenfield was burgariously entered and I that Tom Blodgett has been appointed I Messenger. He will hereafter furnish a
funiculi,* fund. Une«orof
The thief rode out of town on a horse bor-1 Sandersville has received 5,3SS bales teresting feature will add greatly to our
of cotton up to the 7th instant—500 bales 1 --
in excess of what was received in all of
rowed of n gentleman who was asleep.
Hon. H. D. McDaniels is being men
tioned in the upper part of this district as the past season.
a possibility for Gubernatorial honors.
Duprez & Benedict’s Minstrels will
visit Athens.
Tony Denier took in five hundred
Judge R. L. Rodgers has ripe straw
j berries in Sandersville.
excellent contemporary.
Tramps are interesting Columbus, and
are very annoying to the citizens. Sev
eral ladies of that city have been insulted
by them, and last Monday night, as a
[ train was leaving the depot, one of them
The State Agricultural Society meets- threw a brick through the window of the
Cuthbcrt on the 10th instant. The conn- “g 0 ***
, , , . „ I ine Enquirer says some severe means
and sixteen dollars Saturday night at the I ties throughout the State are selecting mus t be adopted to prevent their entering
Opera House in Athens.
The Thomasville leap year party is ri
pening.
Thomasville has a saloon called the
Woodbine. It is safe to say that not only
docs the woodbine twine, but so also do
delegates.
Stock of the Sandersville and Tennille |
| railroad is held at $1.10.
Warrenton is making a move for a |
new academy.
Thf Butler Herald says much trouble I
the city.
Constitution: On Wednesday night be
tween 11 and 12 o’clock, the academy of
Professor Neal, out at Kirkwood, was en
tirely destroyed by fire. A pile of straw
sprinkled with kerosene was discovered
under the comer of the building before
desired to sell his stock, they were to take I
it at the same price. Also that they were |
to take care of Colonel Cole.
Strange Disease.—Americus Recor
der: We Pam that Mr. Tom Walker, of I
BY TBLTCfrT? A T* H for abiding by them. He had resolved to
-k J-lVA AWVL XX g0 with th0 Hepublican Legislature, in or-
, iderthat his constituents might be repre-
t. —i _ | seated.
Petersburg^ Va., January 23.—A j Mr. Milkan said there was no way to do
Schley county, has lost severalmilch rows liberal contribution of funds has just been b utTo submit the onerous and abide bv
within the last week. They died very made by theGerman citizens of this place ttedS ? ana acme by
suddenly and were strangely affected, for the sufferers in Upper Silesia, Ger- After some further discussion it was
The disease seems to be seated in the many. The money collected fan been resdwfd toTar thf onesSon the tabP
throat or lungs, and they have a disposi- forwarded to the German Consul in Rich- until Mondav^ ^
tion to mb the head and neck even to the mond, Virginia. Wasittvctot T-mnarv 9<? ThePresi-
extent of abrading the skin. A consider- St. Louis, January 23.—The Post- dent has' received informatior^that ali
ble amount of- mucus gathers m a sack Dispatch newspaper, office was damaged other raid bv the sauatters UDon the lands
rnider the throat. He was not able to ar- about $5,000 by fire, this morning, fire ofSdiaL iu torinSanTerrito^t
rest the disease in a single case. paper appeared as usual this evening, being planned. It will be remembered
The Quitman Reporter is responsible [The loss is covered by insurance. ^ that a similar raid last year was stopped
for the following memoranda: eJSf °, f , Eob j rt B " by tbe Proropt action of the Government.
A straight shoot to Mont icello, distance terday with the Alton Evenin', Tdetra^Ji are^e^^tobfthe^same « ttmTS
Sa^^Tw^eSS S Printing office of B eal i
ontoeG^tSt Marks Ro^dtoTee^ ab - 0 ^ $110 ’^ M): trance headquarter at Witehita, Kansas. The
tended to James 1 Island-Distance will be Th | P nntin S office was only [ subject was discussed at the Cabinet meet-
^^b^kTWktarnto^for^t oo t I ingthis afternoon, and it was decided
hSzwlv ^h Water plenty for the | Washington, January 23—In the tlilt any such movement should be
largest sized vessels. | House, the Speaker, after some miscella- mornDtlv checked
Through from the Gulf to Savannah is neous business had been transacted, pro- PP> cnecKea -
ten hours. Time and distance greatly I ceededtocall committees for reports of I
shortened between Cuba and the West I a private nature. I South Atlantic States, cooler, partly
Indies and the Northern markets. I New York, January 23.—A special to cloudy weather, southwesterly and south-
The Live Oak connection from Dupont the Herald from Rome says the Pope de- erly winds, with a slight rise in barom-
to be taken up; no use for it after the con- glares there is no truth in the Pall Mall eter.
□ectionofthe Waycross and-Jacksonville j Gazette’s statement that his Holiness was | Augusta, January 24.—The general
road. angry with Cardinal McCloskey on ae-1 impression is that matters are in a more
Camilla Dispatch : A most startling I count of his reception of Parnell. His I critical condition than they have been for
event transpired at the funeral of Mrs. j Holiness expressed the highest opinion of I some time. Crowds are collecting at va-
Butler last Tuesday. As the congrega-1 Cardinal McCloskey, and takes no inter- J rious points. Secret clans of armed men
tion sang the first lines of the second I estdn the Parnell demonstration—it be- I are drilling and other circumstances tend
hymn, a young lady standing near the I ing political and not religious. I to create alarm.
middle of the church spoke out audibly, Boston, January 23.—The Herald's The Chronicle, the Greenback-Labor
“I’m dying, I’m dying, I’m dying!” Tlio 1 Augusta special says; yhe Fusionists are I organ of Auburn, states that the House
effect of these words can be better imagin- I talking seriously of accepting the tendered J must be taken, though it costs thousands
ed than described. A deathly pallor had I liopitalities of the Democratic city of Bid- J of lives. The government is not alarmed
overspead her face as she was borne from I detbrd. The Fusionist Governor Smith is I and will make the State house perfectly
the house by her friends. Dr. Twitty, desirous of. getting away from Augusta, I impregnable. The first military company
who was promptly on hand, made a hasty I where he says the Republican city admin- | which ever entered the State house march-
examination, and soon gave the informa- istration will not protect the Union Hall I M midnjglit.'
tion that the attack was only a temporary j Legislature, and where the legislators are I Pima bury, Blood, (manning and others
affection of the heart, causing palpitation, subject to assault daily. I are known to he enrolling. In every
from which the young lady soon recov- Washington, January 23.—In the I county in the State men are collected in
ered. I House Mr. Upson, of Texas, introduced a I the county town for J. L. South s call.
The following remarkable and doubt- I bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treas- I Captain Black, of Augusta, is drilling
less “o’er true tale” is told by the Ameri- ^7 to ascertain and report the amount of men nightly. ,,, ,
„„„ T . „ I money expended and the indebtedness as-1 MayorA ash addressed the following to
cus Republican. It says: . sumed by the State of Texas in the In-J Governor Dans to-night: “In view of
“A gentleman gives us this little inci- | di an and Mexican raids. I the threatening attitude of persons hostile
the extremities of the customers of the was caused to one of the citizens of Tay-^® fl f mesbad made “ ucb headway.
— 1« b, .be au.hori.y of.be revenue §!
Thomasville had a frost last week. I officer. His still and several barrels of and was not insured.
The city clerk of Brunswick gets five I the crooked were captured and he him-1 A Brilliant Wedding.—Constitu-
hundred a year. I self placed under bond. I lion : Wednesday evening there occurred
Gordon will soon have an academy and j The editor of the Cartersville Free I Dalton one_ °f tho happiest marriages ujonuounu •>,«> _
lodge, costing $1,000. Press feelingly remarks that a certian wfSto°thT nu^ M ri diD S a,0 . n S.P an ™t-of- M r. McKenzie, of Kentucky, from the t° the present government of the State, I
a y • I, i ai. ^ I p e se coiunms. \\ereier to tne nup-| the-way path I observed a ludicrous scene. I Committee cn Public Buildings and I feel constrained to say to your excellency
An exchange says: The Teiy first man I bar-room in that place <keeps the finest. tialsof Mr. John L. Trimble, of Dalton, I x bad approached a log cabin that had Grounds, reported the hill authorizing the j that I fear my civil police force will be
in the Kentucky Legislature, to get on a I whisky that a man ever folded his lips I formerly of Atlanta, and Miss Mary E. I several acre3 cleared around it. In one I erection at Danville, Virginia, of a public I unable sufficiently to protect public prop-
rip staving new year’s drunk was a mem-I over.” j > orris, one of tho reigmng belles of North comer of the lota negro woman was building at a cost not over $00,000.1 ert y at the capital, or even to hold pos
her of the standing committee on religion I itawktvsvtttt- bad a well carried nnt • e f > , rgl ?; .CperfonnedJ plougliing, hut slie had two girls tugging Passed. 0 - session of the building itself, against such
and morals. He is no longer a member J, ... ... , . , I in the Methodist Church, winch was filled | aW ay trying to break the hard ground in-1 Mr. Horr, of Michigan, then made a hu- I a force as the public enemies seem to be
of that committee. I burlesque on its fire department a few 1 to overflowing before the appointed hour, stead of a mule. They made little head- morous speech in reply to some pleasant- I willing andjahle to bring against it.”
He is certainly incapacitated himself for I dayssince * The late council of Hawkins- The residence of the bndes father is just way, as the ground was too hard. About r i es indulged in at his expense yesterday,! Fromconsultationwithtliemilitaryau-
servine on anv m-indino-eemmitfee | ville bought a chemical firs engine at an °PP 0Slte ^'c ch “ rcb - Ab ? e carpeting fifty yar ds off a negromanwas fieeding a by Mr. Mr. Cox, of West Virginia. IthoritiesDavisbecamethoroughlyconvino-
aemng on any standing committee. exDen se of S* 000 and the bo vs of the town ^ ES la - d , fr0rn < - the .; ll ’i r ^ \° ‘V* gatC of rather plump mule. Onasking wl.y he After Oie pLage ^oftome private bills ed of tne seriousness of the situation, and
The famous Dooly county safe has expense of$*,(X)0 and theboys ofthetown the residence for the bndal party to. pass did not plough the mule he remarked: L n d the presentation of several memorials, that the position of Mayor Nash was per-
caused trouble again. This time its cus- j wereburlesqueingit. over. At five o clock promptly the I ‘Boss, dis mule is mine; de ole ’oman is j the House adjourned until Monday. j fectly sound. He, therefore, ordered to
todian is unable to open it, and the mon-1 Perby bas joined the procession, and organ pealed forth under the artistic touch mine and de gals is mine; nobody is gwine The Senate Committee on the Southern the State House the Capital Guards and
tr 2 . . n .. will have a leap year party. 01 trofessor Schoeller, one of the grand I to fotch dem away; but if de morgum on Exodus to-dav continued the examination the Richmond Light Infantry, who at one
ey therein is altogether too safe to suit the | „ “ ¥e V. p >ear pa " y ' .. . I wedding marches. There were four usli- dis mule ain’t, raised next fall de white 0 f O-S-B/ Wall, of Washington, (col.), o’clock this morning were there. The
ers and eight attendants. An elegant I man will sent the sheriff and take de President of the Emigrant Aid Society, Auburn Light Infantry will leave that
supper was served at the residence of the I mule and all I’s got. So, boss, I thought and took a large amount of interesting place for the capital at two o’clock.this
Mr. Trimble and ,ns wife | I’d keep de mule fat and let de gals and I testimony from JamesE. O’Hara, a promi- J morning, and other militaiy forces will be
old ’oman work and save dis boss flesh as | nmd colored Republican, who is now con-1 brought, if necessary.
convenience of its ownere. They think Horse thieves are prowling around |
the operation very similar to laying up I Gawson; one horse has been stolen and
treasure in Heaven—a very safe place of | an attempt detected to steal another in
deposit,but difficult to check on.
The Invinton Southerner and Appeal
hastens to rise and apologize to Mr. L. L.
nail for publishing his obituary, while
that gentleman is in the enjoyment of per
fect health. It is too long after New
Year's day for such an error to lie ex
cusable.
A Southwest Georgia paper married the
wrong girl to a gentleman in Lee county
that place.
bride's father,
left at seven o’clock for the North, where I
In the House the Judiciary Committee Mr Bw-k’* - «
were ordered to inquire what action, if any, . • cecK 8 Great Speech in. Oppoii-
n.Dv w., IT . u = . . they will enjoy a few weeks stay. Miss much as I can, fur if de wust comes I can J testing the seat In Congress from the sec-1 Information of the operations of the Fu- I ui ««
Haldy Williams, the murderer of Morris was very well known in Atlanta, ride off on de mule and go somewliar else 0 nd North Carolina District. Wall, who I sionists comes from reliable men.in each! large a share as possible of the exodus
miif* Ir/1 •*« k lonfeAm a mnAl.n I OTUI 'I'eimnln ttt o o tak o lAnn (iron Ann I I . _ _ _ . * I » mi v . . i • , i i , i _ vt . _ I i TO I’D. miil DTI DPI Oil filrfllKWlTIDTIrC Wlrn
Information of the operations of the Fu-
b necessary to prevent any person or per
son from falsely pretending to assume the
functions and duties of any State offi
cers.
Hutchinson presented the following:
Whereas, Information is received that
certain persens have been engaged ‘in en
rolling and enlisting men in a manner
and for purposes unauthorized by the laws
of this State; and
Whereas, Such enlistment and organi
zation tend to a disturbance of public
peace and to disorder and revolution;
therefore
Resolved, that a joint committee of sev
en on the part of the House, with such of.
the Senate as may join, be appointed for
the purpose of investigating the truth of
such reports and to ascertain what action,
if any, should be taken, and make a report
of their doings to the House—said com
mittee to have power to send for persons
and papers.
Passed, and the committee appointed.
The House jouraed until Monday.
New York, January 24.—A Columbia,
South Carolina, special, says Preston D.
Mood, editor of the Clarendon Press, and
son of Henry M. Mood, one of the most
distinguished Methodist preachers in
South Carolina, committed suicide at
Manning village last night, by blowing
out his brains with a pistol. Mood had
addressed a beautiful Jewess, and threat
ened to kill himself if she refused his of
fer. Notwithstanding his threat, the fair
daughter of Israel rejected him, and the
rash young journalist thus put an ond to
his life.
New York, Jaunary 24.—At 12:50
this morning, as an emigrant train on the
elevated road was going south on the
Eighth Avenue, the engine jumped the
track, caused by a misplaced switch, and
fell to the ground, a distance of twenty-
five feet. Seven men on the engine fell
with it and two were seriously and the
others slightly injured.
Boston, January 24.—An Augusta spe
cial says it is feared that in case the Fu
sion Legislature i3 dispersed a riot will
break out in Lewiston and Biddeford. The
State troops will continue under arms un
til further orders.
Governor Davis will not issue his procla
mation Commanding the Fusion Legisla
ture to disperse until he has exhausted ev
ery peaceful means, but will not give
them undue time for cogitation.
He considers that a majority of the Fu
sion Legisature are the dupes of Pills-
bury and other men.
A special from Biddeford says: Ferguson
Haines, City Treasuer,has sent $22,000,
the amount of the State taxes, to White,
Fusionist Treasurer of State.
Washington, January 24 Tho Sen
ate committee on the colored exodus ex
amined J. P. Dukchart, of Baltimore.
Southern agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, to-day. He testified that he
made several visits to North Carolina in
the interests of liis company to secure
youug Edwards, in Dawson a few weeks and Mr. Trimble was for a long time one I to work. Dat’s it boss; de work won’t
since, has not been captured, as stated in °f ^ be fading young business .men of the I hurt de gals.’ ”
the Journal last week. Clt f' „ 1 - 1 .. .... A Camilla Dispatch: On last Tuesday
Worth county had a large masquerade I And now comes the oldest inhabitant | night, about midnight, Mr. James L.
ball at the residence of Mr. John B.
Odum last week.
Some speculator bought up the m^ori-1 oe^wa, was uirown | but got no response,
ty of the seats for McCullough in Colum-
said yesterday that North Carolina was a I county. The design is to take the House j ^
poor, God-forsaken country, with soil that —Pillsbury’s last hope. **5;.*?“^
would not sprout peas, admitted to day, I It is hoped that the prompt action of! £ b ‘ch the Baltimore and Oh o road ob-
under Senator Vance’s cross-examination, Governor Davis will avert trouble. Men . -^-^lad left North Carolina
last week, and visions of shot guns have I bus ’ and some of those who did not se-
of
anu were ireaieu uy ui« wduuucr, "'"»*•'«*» Herald?, tglJZi
equally well. He testified that al- Augusta special says three companies of j Ferry and Williams to get up as large an
there was at one time some bull-1 troops and a Gariing gun garrison the j commenced work-
And now comes the oldest inhabitant
and deposeth and
was similar to this,
Mb. J.B.Heard, ^ ^ ^
from his buggy and had his arm broken, | them to leave, and was returning to his I dition and treatment of the colored people | n el Peakes prevented movements in Pisca-
last week. | room when he became aware that they | in North Carolina. I tagna county. Allthe armories in the State
_ _ _ Tnpflnitmm it nnrxr I we re approachin" the house. He called I III liis county, Halifax, they owned at I are under guard. The Republicans mean
Deen lioatinir through the mlftnriatmnhlml! cure choice positions early are indignant | XHi ynnman Jteponcramya u “ nol '|for his gun, and, having small shot, he least 20,000 acres of valuable unincum- ] to hold possession, and tf the State troops
neen floating through the editor’s troubled la *- ° dear who will be the next Congressional advanced totlie front again and ordered a bered land, were of equal prosperity with are inadequate the President willbo called
rain e\er since. I I candidate from the Second District, and | halt. No attention was paid to the call, I the white people of the same pecuniary I upon for aid.
Darien Gazette: The X. I. E. man, of | Golumbus is Having ..oaerer ana Gal Is | MIIIM Colonel W. A. Harris, of Worth. | and one of the parties was passing to the | means, and were treated by the wealthier J . Boston, January 23.—The
the Macon Telegraph, speaks of the | art illustrations and Dr. A.O.Brickman’s ^ rear of the house, the other advancing to- classes
editor of this-paper as “Gubb” Now, we lectures on spiritualism. TnE me “ b< ; rs of the congregation of the ward the frontj ’ when Mr . s . flrc-Jonthe though
wish to Inform our young friend that we j Mb> h# McIntosh, of the Albany Qu,tmau Fresbjtenan Church gave tlieir -
are m >t like the oyster, good onlvforl .. .. . , . * pastor a surprise party a few nights
months that are spelled with an “r,” but Ad ™** r ’ bad » b ' rthday party > aad Albany will hold a Spring Fair
only good when we are spelled with an I was presented a handsome water cooler
“r” find, last and all the time. | by the employes of the office, and a baby
The X. I. E. man no doubt knew he j carriage by the proprietors of the paper,
was good, so good that if the “r” was in- J An amatuer Press Association has been
sertc.i he was afraid the early bird would | organized by the amatuer printers of Sa-
catch him. I vannah.
Athens liad ten fire alarms last year. I Mr. George Augustus Sala, the fa-
The city bos two hundred and thirty-two | mous English newspaper correspondent,
firemen and five machines. | passed through Atlanta for New Orleans
Rev. J. T. Bruce, of Talbotton, has I on Thursday. He is making a study of
received a call from the Presbyterian I America and her politics,
church at Madison, Ga., and probably will | A Produce Exchange, where hourly tel-
who worked up the emigration, a draw
back of one dollar a head for each full fare
passenger and fifty cents on each half
ticket.
This was a well known standing induce
ment held out by himself and agents
Spring
10th of May. A splendid premium
being prepared.
Oglethorpe county has gone crazy on
the subject of goat raising.
Chatham the Atlanta correspondent 110 prejudice against working with colored this morning, and are generally urging colored people would find plenty of work
Chatham, the Atlanta correspondent W JI ^ h discrimina- the dispereion of the Union Hall LegUlf , f Ind L? na at « t0 I**
of the Savannah News, says in his last tnre. day. Perry and Wilhams also circulated
, . tion against- the colored people in the
letter that the idea that Grady’s interview courts or on the juries. Witness thought
ture. ’ (day. Perry
The sort of utterances which set the au- reports that emigrants on reachiug Wasli-
Phe darkies regard it as an unpardona-1 w j[b Governor Colquitt saved the Macon the exodus was the work of agitators who I thorities thinking are such as the follow- :
0sl,u “" re .na ? ™,ckRji,™.ita„Mngwi.h- JEiSt E r J£ £SS.“ a -nTSSt,“SSSSVS
sassafras woods.
Messrs. Jacob & Michael, of Athens,
have closed doors. Liabilities, $10,000;
assets probably $4,000.
out “a single bidder,” is mere moonshine.
The arrangements were long before that
perfected for the lease of the road, and
the interview had nothing to do with the
sale. The courts and the railroad corn-
deceiving by false representations the less I morning: “Men of Maine, the next article
[ industrious p —»-*- ’• ’
Augusta,
Oglethorpe county
I famine.
fears a water
Americus Recorder: Mr. Wm. Hooks
Accept. J egrams will be received announcing the
The burglar is making the heads of I status of the leading Western grain and ' £ r0€Sl
families anxious in Talbotton. Mr. Me- I meat markets, is soon to be established in
Cormick Neal’s house was bored into last | Columbus. - , „ . „ „ . .
I . „ , , r _ TIT _ , | The Greensboro Home Journal calls it
The
comp;. ;.i.m on its patrons .
, . r . , I much like starving. Apropos to this we
day. A failure of a shipment of paper leam ^at the quantity of meat raised in
compelled the use of wrapping paper for | Southwest Georgia last year exceeds any . ... _
its eduiuii of that day. I since the war. M any * | price. Colonel Cole had done his work
The Athens Watchman says: 1 Sandersville Herald: A large ea- A movement is on foot in Albany to well, and just as he was awaiting its en-
T. l i-imt funeral that t, aa gle was killed by a negro a few miles start an ice factory, with highly frohabie dorsement by his directors the rival road
bein seen Cthb dj for a meat many Prom Sandersville recently. One of his prospects of success. I Pepped in and dethroned, him in. an in-
Hampton is soon to have a Cumber-
land excursion.
part of the colored population. °n the programme is to disperse by force purponen to no certincates irom Aortn
u Me., January 23.—The Fn- the Legislature convened in Union Hall? , Carolina colored people who had gone to
sion Legislature met at Union Hall to- Are you, as freemen, willing to submit to j ^ ork aadad '
day, but only part of the members were this outrage? See to it that your repre- j vised their friends to follow. The wit-
The' highergrade of crime is on the in-1 mission * are”^tliVonlv'‘powere“that "can j present, and nothing of importance was sedatives are protected. ^^fbenei’roe^oouTd^rafse^monev
I crease among the Oglethorpe county nc-' touch tl,e Western and Atlantic Railroad. I done. Tire Republican Legislature |. “Ihrs is the culmination of the outrage j “ Iaa ° “Sroefjould raise money
touch the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
except for failure to pay the
rental, over which the Governor lias
trol.
It is also a delusion to think the Cole-
Brown-Wadley combination was “a mere
sliam,” a simple stock speculation. All
ted by a plurality instead of a majority I will now step out of our ranks and side
vote. | w ith the cowardly men entrenched in the
Charlottesville, Va., January 23— I S . ta ^ house » ? bo tre,nb ! e at . tbe so . und 9 f
E Griffin Nen* played Othello in its kiHeTlaTweeklone"‘hun^d "and f ^ole-lapse of the Central Railroad —Jj, acted SSidfiSh, and and who do not feelsafe
U-.r.U.n on its natrons last Wednes- seven head of hogs. This does not look lease. I the “sellout” ofStevenson to tlie rival Virginia Midland road, at Rockfish sta- o, n A^^n upby the hajonets of the
• » -• * Mb. H. J. Cook returns to his old posi-1 Louisville road shows that it was a com- tion, eighteen miles south of Charlottes- | ^tatemihtia ? .... ...
tion with Messrs. Welsh & Bacon, 0 f Dinatioxr Fatal to tliat route, and one that ville, ran off the trackat a b j? d p, down LifiStCwraT^DUfc“w£ toffS
I they were obliged to get rid of at any I an embankment of fifteen feet, killing 1vr • 1S * was tne . nrst
A,h ” w 1 -- .. 1 “onductor Dabney Nilson and two brake- man Stat f ofMainetoauthorize an
en, and seriously wounding Captain H. "ray °f bayonets at the State house, to
- - - - - - - - ‘keep from its portals citizens of the com
monwealth.”
Every military company in Maine is
under arms. Captain Black, of the Fu
sion stall, says all he asks is to be arrested.
A. F. Gould, legal adviser to the Fusion
government, characterizes the moving of
troops as a desperate act and sure to re
dound to the political advantage of the
Fusionists. He says it is the biggest
blunder yet made by the Republicans.
Tho Fusionist Legislature met with
diminished numbers. Speaker Talbott
y«: turned out at tlTe buria! of tie rZ ^t was brought to our office, measuring
luains of the lamented Major T. A. j e *gbt inches between the ends of Ins front
j3 ur j.,. J I and rear talons. We should suppose that
Tni: late Major T. A. Burke belonged J ea S le “ uld have carried off an ordinary
ssa " nd ~ * memter of ,hc c,,y I sr^is e S5zru,*?4S? , ?r s
Thu fii-st issue of a new paper just
started in Canton, the Cherokee Advance,
Mr. Ben F. Perry .editor, has been sent out.
It will be Democratic in politics, but will
be specially devoted to the moral, agri
cultural and educational interests of|
Clieroko; county.
Railroad Sale.—Sparta Ishmaelite :
Tbe road bed, right of way, franchise and
>. Luckel and six road hands: Six cars
rere completely wrecked.
Liverpool, January 23.—This week’s
circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’
Association says : “Cotton has been in
stant. There was no double dealing, no
speculation on his part in tlie matterT
B’nai Brith.—Savannah News: The
Mb. Thomas Foster killed on his j only business of importance transacted at &ir demand through the week, but sup-
farm, near Greensboro, Tuesday last, a yesterday’s session of the Grand Lodw, I plies were laige and quotations for somo
' . . .. . , I O. B. B., was the increasing of tlie dues I descriptions were reduced. American lias
wild turkey weighing twenty i>ounds. J 0 f the members forty cents each perquar- been in good request, but with some pres-
The Greensboro Herald man calls the I ter for the benefit of tlie orphan ftind and sure to sell, and prices declined 3-lCd for j
Mountain. The officials tell us tlie busi- I Warrenton Our County man a donkey. | presentation of a banner by tho Board of good middling and |d for other grades,
ness is good, and will no doubt continue They probably forget the scriptural ex-l£? nt f o1 of MenticeUo Lodge No ; 214, of | Sea Island was m large demand, but the
to improve. The work c r ''— 1
balance of the seven miles
and ere long the track Vm ^ mm w ■ o « ■ —r- 0 .,— —
' Good mules in Sparta bring one hun- The Lodge adjourned to meet in Balti- 1:3-10d.
dred and twenty-fire to one hundred and | - - l>- ^ IC,nTA , Kansas, January 23.-The
of'gradlnij the I ‘"“T T*™ 71 I Charlottesville, Virginia, tbit Lodge hav-1 Supply was plentiful Futures opened I t uaal “ u ?pea K er lamott
isDontinnin-' P ress,on > “ How pleasant it is for brethren ing contributed the largest amount of the quiet and have been generally dull during toldth ® reporters that Ins House needed
will be laid to to dwell together in unity.” oiphanage fund. the week, finally showing a decline of 1 Protection more than tho Republicans,
win oe lain io b J , I tun ’ 8 The Fusionists show signs of nervous-
Chlpley.
Says the Harlem Columbian: “An old
miner who was prospecting in this county
recently informed us that lie had found
three places where gold deposits were the
best he ever saw; also a large quantity of
The banner, which is beautiful in de-
property of every description of the Macon I asbestos. This is encouraging. Who
and Augusta railroadjvill be sold in Au-1 knows but that Colnmbia may turnout at
_ . ness over the state of affairs. Should
_ , „ , . jbulldhi^occupied °by’ thrcToberanting I Lefslature go to Biddeford, it
fifty dollars. I sign and finish, was presented by Dr. JSi-I Company, at Cherrydale, Kansas, was I an y lfc
Cartersville has received this sea-1 mon Wolfe, of Washington, on behalf of burned night before last. E. -C. Hender^ j nl ^ e ?Sa?>® ^ro.^d by soldiere.
son seven thousand, nine hundred and the Board of Control, and was received sons, fireman, and William McLain a
I by Mr. D. N. Stern, representative of the printer, perished in the flames, and anoth- | ^ r , , “ease is converien
seventy-three bales of cotton. Monticello Lodge. er man was seriously burned. “*» * f® 1 ^,° fba " a< ^' i bave f J ee ?
• - — . . , - | The only casualties occurring through I During the morning an address was de-1 Havana, Januaiy 23.—A grand offi-l. 1 ^.} 11 the cellar to cook rations of beef,
gustaou tbe first Tuesday in March | least one of the best gold fields m the Uni- . n-p-erl ot tUo TMirew Srnnfminie liv TStr eiai reeention was fdven Genpml Grant I etc -> for the soldiers. The Governor is
next, to satisfy claims held against it by ted States ? Let’s start a boom.” * e Sta e 12ems b ° ca ! used by ^ le A wSon the ?uS of riif Lilian Sy. and nartv at the pStSlav ItTwas Strongly uiged at once to disperse the
tlie Georgia Railroad and Banking Com- J Gainesville Eagle: The happiest I h ejD g thrown out oi their buggies, and J an( j hospital fund of District No. 6. j attended generally by members of tlie j Fhion Hall Legis lature and Fusion gor-
P a 9 y '_, j portion of our farmers. The winter has breaking their limbs. I waa an eloquent address, and was "lis-1 municipality, superior military and naval»? rnme J lt > hut whether he acts imtil tho
after ourning lor nearly a week and I been remarkably mild, and most of them I There is a man in Troup county who I tened to with deep attention by the large I officers and foreign consuls. It will be
fe D c ed lui !l v ® n 1 are wel1 advanced with the work of the has tw0 sons named Tom anJ j eny . congregation which filled the edifice. followed to-night by a banquet,
times, the Aumista News says the smoul- fann . Com ,3 commanding a big price, ” nnfrrv The session, we are informed by some ^Boston, January 23—A special dis-
dcni.g cotton from tlie burned warehouse scattering thousands of dollars all over our ^ ien tbey S® 1 ™BHl the old man has Lot of ^ representatives, was one of the I patch to the Herald from Augusta says
citin' ..jigiista Factoiy again burst into I county, hands and tenants have been se- Tom and Jerry. {pleasantest and most enjoyable that has I tlie Fusionist Treasurer, White, who re
names about eleven o clock last bunday I cured on living terms and put to work, Augusta had two prize pugelistic | ever been held by the Grand Lodge. | ftises to deliver the keys of the sub-treas-
and tllc farm busines3 of Mas has never nony w i.roit. 0TI Wedo^ey 1 A - “ ““ ‘
conilagi at ion seemed, at ,one time immi-I j, ad a more encouraging outlook than at I iB., *
Lent, but the fire department turned out j present. 1
promptly, and soon liad tlie fire under
control.
Tub Savannah Neics contains the fol
lowing letter from Captain Mallory, of the
The Cartersville Free Press speaks as
A runaway horse in Columbus broke j
first of next week is doubtful.
Sunday night the State troops will all
be under arms. The Republican authori
ties assert if there is a civil war the re
sponsibility rests upon the Fusionists,
Augusta, Me., January 24.—Tho
A Duel Between two Colored I ury to Republican Treasurer Holbrook, | questions reported by the committee to
Men.—Savannah News: Late on Tues-1 began to-day paying small sums to such | toe Fusionist Legislature, to be submitted
jeality of a shop on th I members of tlie Fusionists Legislature as I to the court and laid on the table until
Louisville road, about six and a half miles I chose to apply therefor.
. ... i The money is I Monday, and which arej preceded by a
follows of the late Major T. A. Burke, for- Wsle S> continued running all the I f rom the city, was the scene of an im-1 not State funds but part of it subscription, j tong preamble, setting forth the facts of
meriv of this city same on three pedestals. | promptu duel, which resulted seriously. I There is high Republican authority for I the organization of the Legislature, are as
,, , _ , . CoLmmns is heimr overlaced with IH seems, from what we can learn, the statement that Fusion Treasurer | follows:
stoimcr “Citv of Savannah ” which col-1 Major Burke marned a Miss Falhgant, t-ionUnno f-rrlianiTP {that Tom Clark and Charles Hous- White will be put out of the Treasury by I 1. Was the oiganization of the Senate
steamer City or Savannah, which col-1 sister of Robert Falligant, an able and ac- | wires for the telephone exchange. | fm txrn mlorpd mftn betWGen w]mm f forca npxt W0G k. and if the banks, where I ani tlie election of the President and Sec-
to work at a critical time.
This siup sustained but little damage, I
merely carrying away her foretopmast and
foreyard. There was no excitement, and
uo one was hurt on the steamer. All due
effort was made to avoid the collision—
engines reversed and wheel belt cut, but
Another factoiy will soon be buzzing I m feeling had long existed, met at the the State’s money is deposited, refuse to | retary thereof, on the first Wednesday of
in Columbus. | store, where a number of other ne- recognize Holbrook’s drafts, legal pro- I January, 1SS0, as set forth in the forego-
„ _ . . .. . . . -1 groes had gathered, and got to I ceeiliugs will b* begun to establish his | ing statement of facts, and as appears by
George Tison, the colored porter of T he old quarrel was re- authority. rerord thereof, legal and in avoidance
Messrs. Sloat, Russell & Co., was acciden-I newed between Clark and Houston,] Dublin, January 23. At a meeting of | '"'ith the Constitution and laws of the
[ tally shot, probably fatally, by a sea cap-1 and the former who had his gun with | the Mansion House Committee for Irish I State ?
j exchange of shots. Houston, who'lived in | Clonjeh! stated that t^e disteesrin his dio^ | Speaker and clerks thereof; on the first
Some fifteen tramps are said to have lo- j the neighborhood, hastened home, and, cese wa s pressing and aggravated, and | Wednesday in January, 1880, as set forth
[ cated a camp on the Central railroad near | procuring his gun, returned to the scene, that instant relief was required. in the foregoing statements of facts, and
Savannah Stand and deliver is their Ground was marked off and tlie combat- The committee made grants for relief asset forth by the record thereof, legal
Jsavannan. btana ana aenver is tneir ^ faced> wheD) wit bout any further prc- amounting to JE3.CS0, including jEI.000 to and in accordance with the Constitution
motto when passers are alone and nn- j liminaries, both fired simultaneously and the Central Committee. A deputation and laws ?
| armed. I both fell at tho same time. The guns were -^as appointed to wait on the Lord Lieu- | 3. Were the bodies of persons who had
I LDorriltr AnvMl/1 Vtnnl- clirtf niowl- I ^ . A _ J O a r T 1 1 I — - - * -
lided with a bark in the New York har- j complished lawyer of Savannah. She is
bor a day or two since: | a very accomplished and most estimable
Savannah, Januaiy 20.—Editor Horn- lady, and we do most sincerely sympa-
ing News: Will you please give the ac- I wl^ 1 b f r and her orphaned children,
companring letter,.signed by the passen- and trust that he who has promised to
pm of this ship, a space in your paper. | protect the widow and the orphan will
You will see that the collision was una- ofoS I tain’s careless handling of k p'istol, in’sa-1 him > Propped that Houston go and get his | rcTie7yMterda'y,The MostTBeverendDr. | 2. Was the organization of the House
voidable, our steering, apparatus refusing | clous rest lightly over the gi a^c 01 om: ae- I s P ’ . j gun, and they settle their difficulty by an Duggan, Lord Bishop of the Diocese of of Representatives, and the election of
{Ceased triena. When the spring tiae I \annah. I nri,lianM) ni olmta. Rmirfftn. trlin HmiI in l /li.ts-.u ...» a ., . A. : n 1>|. Jin I Rmalrnr nntl rlprlm tli nrn aT nn thn fli .1
comes there will be tender and loving
hands to strew his resting place with early
flowers.
Rome Tribune: Dr. Hall, his daughter
(Miss Alice) together with Mr. C. J. War-
all of no avail. My rudder would not act j ed an engagement in Philadelphia with | Speaking of the recent fire in that city I heavily charged with bnck shot. Clark | tenant^and Secretary for Ireland and urge | their meetings on the evening of the 12th
quick enough, and my engines could not an opera company, and the departure of . t aGraT ,„ nmorter savs- I was shot-* 11 the left side and breast, some the Government forthwith to furnish seed of January as set forth in the foregoing
arrest her speed in time to avoid a collis- Miss Alice, Mr. Warner and Lula was for me xmurange zieporter says. of the shot, it is presumed, entering the for small farmers. statement of facts, competent at that timl
Ion. By giving this your attention you the purpose of fulfilling this engagement. The fire was a great calamity In all Its j^g, jje was brought to the city and car- The corporation of Cork propose to ask and under the circumstance stated, to or-
will greatly oblige, yours respectfully, Dr. Hall will follow as soon as his busi- bearings, and the losses will fall heavily ried t0 t b e office of Dr. Chisholm, who ex- at the next meeting of the committee a ganize a Senate and House ofRepresenta-
F. G. Mallory, Commander. ness arrangements are completed and he on many who cannot well bear them. We am { ned bis wound and found it to be very h 0 an of a hundred thousand dollars for lives for the State of Maine to constitute
Tho letter holds the Captain blameless, I do so. The cause of the scandal (that | hopepo give a full statement of losses next j serious, and on Wednesday morning he j carrying out an extensive scheme of sew-| the fifty-ninth legislature, and were they
and accords to his nromnt action the cred- I J yarner and Miss Alice had been unlaw- | week. | was se nt to the Colored Infirmary. I C rage and paving, A largo amount of [ legally organized as such, and do they
ia„,i.cc ^ y roamed) is due to the fact ftiatMr. | the Cartersvillo Express mildly puts Houston, who received three or four additional employment is being afforded constitute a legal legislature under the
it of making the accident less serious than Warner failed to inform his wife of the P * P shots in the body, two in the abdomen, b y the corporation and harbor hoards. constitution and laws of this State?
it otherwise would have been. He has arrangement, because he feared that she lue SUD J eci l,1U3 • was carried off by his friends, and was be- Augusta, January 23—The Fusion 4. If the Senate, organized on the first
been relieved of his command. j would object to his carrying Lula, and he | _Mr. J. P. A. Dupont, of the _Dupont | Ucved to be in a dying condition. In con- j Legislature reassembled to-day at four ] Wednesday in January, 1880, in manner
Gri ffin News: It was rumored yester- j greatly desired to do so. Okef enokean, was marned on the 12th | sequence of the affair occurring in the | oclock, to hear the report of the commit-1 setjforth in the foregoing statement of facts
day, and with every appearance of relia- I Rome Courier. We imderstand that tost., to'Miss LelaH»l|i of Portland, Me. j country, and “ *“ * *
hiiity, liiat the recent lessees of the Macon I Colonel Blanchard has closed a contract I Some of our young ladies will remember | p ro bably fea.
& Brunswick railroad have decided to with parties to build that portion of the Mr. Dupont as a dapper'little^gentleman | -trouble if they HH ..
abandon the lease. After making a very | Rome and Chattanooga road between I a ^ ro e press conventlonlast year, who was | was not generally known. (tended discussion as to the propriety of | Ized—that body having adjonmed from
bitter fight to secure the property and | Summerville and a point near Cathey’s j 80 popular with the ladies. 1 . ■■■ ■ ■ j appealing to the Supreme Court at all. | day to day from said first Wednesday of
winning at great cost, paying into tlie and Robinson’s gaps. It is not yet defi-| After family prayer, a few evenings | It is a fact well established by unqnes-1 Mr. Ingalls thought they should submit January to the present time?
State treasury the ten thousand dollars | nitely ascertained which route the road since, a little Waynesboro boy asked: j tionable testimony that Hall’s Hair Re- j the questions to the Court and then, like.] 5. If the House of Representatives, or-
forfeit money, they have already grown | will go, whether by Cothey’s or Robinson’s «Mama, how can God hear folks pray newer renews, cleanses, brightens, Invigo-] law-abiding citizens, obey its decisiou. [ ganized on the first WednesdayofJanu-
weary of the toy, and give it up. The ru- gap. We have reason to hope, from tele- ] when He's so fur away?” Before' the | rates and restores to its original color and | The facts, he said, liad^ not been put^be- ] ary, 1880, in the manner set forth in the
mor is as yet unconfirmed here; but, if it | grams jnst received, that a contract will ”
true, what new developments are we to be concluded in a few days that will se- 1 sunny- | .... M
expect? | cure the building of the road direct vehemently said: “I’ll jest bet He’s dot ] people’ prefer to buy it and use it, rather
Savannah N«w:ANewMailStea- I through to ChaUanooga. tellyphones a running to eveiy place than to proclaim in a manner jnoro forci-
mer.—The new and elegantly appointed 1 The “Clement Attachment.”— A special to tho Evening Newssays: j ble than words can delineate, through
sidc-wlieel steamer Admiral has just been Boine Courier: A paragraph taken from Atlanta, January 23.—ColonelE. W blanched locks or grizzly beard, that they 1 u. ."TT I T~“i.*l~Tr
placed on the route between Cedar Keys, some other paper recently reprinted in the Cole left here last night on a special train are aged and passing to decay. A very j and he bad no c ^ de n n “ £ ft. He was . ^yo^yfrojaja^dfiret Wednesday of
key West and Havana, tope,form a.week- Courier In regard to a machine used years j for Chal.tanooga.It_ i^understood^that | ebon trial, wil^convinco the mosUkepti- j SeT J ““ J August^ ^.-The Senate
1 decls-.j met and adjourned until four p. m. with-
l he was 4 out tho transaction of any business.
111b Intld) Jib BulU) UttU JIUu Ubbu I UlJy JOCVj AU Uib UIrtIUlCl Obb lUtbU AAA LUC
fore the Court by tlie Republicans as they | foregoing statement of facts, wa3 not le-
were. They would present a statement of gaily organized is that body a convention
the real facts at issue. | of members of the House of Reprcsenta-
Mr. Wilson was of tho same opinion, tives elect by or through which the House
Mr. Dickey thought they had had enough [ of Representatives may or must be organ-
of tlie Supreme Court. It was partisan, | ized—that body having adjourned from
would go to Indiana and try to secure
them as passengers back over the Balti
more and Ohio lines,
Augusta, Me.. January 24—The Fu
sionists again met at Union Hall. Dickey
offered an order that a committee of one
from each county be appointed by the
House, with such as the Senate may join,
to prepare a memorial to Congress and an
address to the people of the State, setting
forth the facts relating to the organiza
tion of the House and Senate, on the first
Wednesday in January; all the facts re
lating to the election of Governor, etc.,
which was passed.
Inglfa, of Wiscasset, said in submitting
to the court we should understand that
every man of the organization shall re
main until the decision of the court is re
ceived.
The Senate voted to concur with the
House communication received from tlia
National Greenback Committee of New
Hampshire, advising the Fusionists to
stand firm to the bitter end, and if need
be, fight for tlreir rights. Both branches
adjourned to Monday.
Augusta, Me., January 24.—The pres
ence of the military in the State house ex
cites the populace. The Republicans say
it was the presence of troops that brought
the Fusionists to their senses, and induced
them to refer the case to the Supreme
Court. The troops are quartered in the
committee rooms and lobbies. They are
not required to do much duty, except at
night, when there are frequent reliefs,
about half of the force being on at once.
There is a patrol about town, watching
carefully for any suspicious movements,
and men are posted in every town to give
instant information of any threatening
demonstration. The military and execu
tive are ready for any emergency.
Henry Ingalls went to Bangor this after
noon, as the bearer of the questions ofthe
Fusion Legislature to Chief Justice Apple-
ton.
Boston, JanuaryJ24.—A special from
Augusta says: “Governor Davis said to
night ho had not felt 'a single regret since
he had taken the step of calling troops to
the State house. The step had been urged
upon him for several days by his military
advisers, but not until evidence of a con
spiracy against the State, did he feel justi
fied in exercising his prerogative as com
mander-in-chief, and then only to protect
the public property and uphold the laws.
When all the evidence of the conspiracy
is ready for tho press, the public at large
will see how wise this action had been.”
The Govemer was gratified to see how the
national press of both parties had upheld
the right in Maine.
Governor Stone, of Mississippi, has offi
cially recognized Governor Davis’ title.
Sentinels are placed outside the State
house, and all is guarded.
Savannah, January 24.—The Spring
meeting of the Savannah Jockey Club
closed with a fair attendance. The first
race, Lamar stakes, mile heats, had five
entries and three starters—Wanderer, fil
ly, Emily F., and Planeroid colt. Wan
derer came in first, hut lost the heat, and
was declared out of the race by a claim of
foul, which was allowed by the judges.
Emily F. being announced the winner,
Planeroid colt second. Time 1:46J.
The second heat was won by Emily F.
Time, 1:50.
Considerable money was lost on Wan
derer’s misfortune.
The second heat, a mile dash, three
starters—Lucky Hit, Aaron, and the
Hawk. Luck Hit won, Aaron came in
second, but was given the third place for
Time, BIS. 1 ,.
The third race, mile heats over hur
dles, was won by Dalgasian in two straight
heats; Jack Trigg sec .ml, Jim Fay dis
tanced, throwing his rider in the first
heat. Time, 2:15 in both heats.
Father 1* Gelling- Well.
My daughters say, “How much better
father is since he used Hop Bitters.” He
is getting well after his long suffering
from a disease declared incurable, and we
are so glad that he used your Bitters.—A
lady of Rochester N. Y.—Utica Herald.
tion to Senator Bayard’s Reaolution
Withdrawing the Legal Tender
Feature from United States Notes,
The able Senator from Kentucky, Mr.
Beck, made a lucid and- conclusive arsral
ment on the 21st inst., in opposition to the
celebrated Bayard resolution against mak
ing Greenbacks a legal tender. It isthe
most forcible presentation of the subject
that we remember to have seen A
single extract from a condensed report
of the speech by telegraph tothe Courier-
Journal will give, almost in a nutshell,
nearly all the salient points involved:
It is always well, and cenerallv wl«p
said Mr. Beck, to “let well fnough alone.”
It is not well to disturb the currency ex
cept in extraordinary exigencies The
people were just rallying from stunning
blows. He hoped the prosperity now
being entered upon would prove perma
nent, hut jt might he temporary, for we
have no ships, no commerce; we are pac
ing enormous sums to foreign ship-owners:
we are isolated by our own tariff from
the markets of the world; we are pros
perous because God in his providence has
seen fit to bless us and visit other nations
with calamity. A reverse may come, and
our prosperity vanish quickly a3 it came.
He was one of those who. believed that
one of the greatest evils we labored
under was officious meddling. If the
people were fit to be free, if this was a
government by and for the people, they
had a right to use their energies as best
suited them, free from«the intervention of
any interested body of men who sought to
crush them, as he had no doubt the great
money power of the country sought to do.
The currency of the country was not re
dundant. It was arrogance for any body
of men to say they knew better than the
representatives of the people how much
currency we needed. If all the money is
sued were now in existence it would only
amount to $750,000,000 or $900,000,000
including the gold in the Treasury.
That was only $15 or $18 per head of
population. France had $1,600,000,000 in
gold and silver and $450,060,000 of bank
notes in circulation, making $00 per head,
yet France was a remarkably prosperous
countiy. There was no complaint of re
dundancy there. Belgium was a thriving
country, rich in commerce and manufac
tures. Her circulation was $132,000,000,
or $135 per head. Germany ha3 $714,-
000,000, or $17 per capita. She had in an
unfortunate hour attempted to demone
tize silver, but as shown by Judge Kelly’s
interview with Bismarck, at which our
Minister was present, she had been obliged
to stop selling silver and begin to re-issue.
Great Britain has a circulation of $905,-
000,000, or $30 per capita, nearly double
what we have. Yet, in the face of these
facts, said Mr. Beck, he and those of his
opinion were denounced as repudiators,
fools and knaves, by many newspapers so
well paid by the bankers and brokers of
New York.
* He went on fo show that, owing to
losses by accident and natural wear and
tear, the amoiit of greenbacks outstanding
was probably less than $200,000,000. He
showed by the Controller’s report that
$179,000,000 of this was held by the banks
and the Treasury on May 81,1S79, and
though the amount thus held differed at
different times it was probably a good av
erage, and it left only $167,000,000 in ac
tual circulation, assuming that the $346,-
000,000 be in existence; or, if his theory
were correct, only $120,000,000. He also
referred to the fact that $100,855,000 of
this was in bills of $100 and upwards—
practically no better than bonds, especial
ly the largest denominations of $1,000,
$5,000 and $10,000.
In protesting against this measure Mr.
Beck wished it understood that he. did not
believe the original issue of the notes was
constitutional. He always denied it was,
but the Supreme Court has decided other
wise. TVe have them upon us, and he
was determined to make the most of
them, use them for tlie benefit of the peo
ple, and not destroy them in the interest
of bankers.
A BIG WHALE PROPOSES TO
SWALLOW ALL THE LITTLE
FISHES.
Tom Scott Puts His Finger in the
Railroad Pie.
A special to the Chicago Tribune from
New York, dated January 20th, is as fol
lows: ' •
An important conference was held in
the Windsor Hotel to-night between J. N.
McCullough, First Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Company, which manages
the leased lines of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, at which the proposition
was made and discussed of leasing
to the Pennsylvania Company for a
long term' of years the Louisville
and-Nashville railroad and all its old and
recently acquired dependencies. Both
gentlemen were extremely reticent when
questioned on the subject, but it is under
stood the proposition was not unfavora
bly received, and that further conferences
to endeavor to arrange matters will he
held. The consequences of such a combi
nation as is here projected, will be readily
understood by reference to the details of
tlie Louisville and Nashville coup, where
by 3,500 miles of railroad, extending from
the fresh water lakes on the north to the
Gulf on the south, and from St. Louis to
Savannah, were consolidated under one
management, and by considering in
addition the enormous system of roads
at present under the control of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
These aggregate over 4,000 miles of
line, exclusive of sidings, and second,
third and fourth tracks, over 3,000 of them
being leased railroads, operated by the
Pennsylvania company. It would give to
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company a
trunk line to which no other in the world
offers a comparison—from New York to
Philadelphia; thence westerly via Read
ing, Harrisburg and Pittsburg to Chicago;
thence southerly via Indianapolis, Louis
ville, Nashville, Montgomery and Mobile
to New Orleans; also, from Indianapolis
southwesterly to St. Louis; thence south
easterly via Evansville, Nashville, Chat
tanooga and Atlanta to Savannah; also,
from Bowling Green, Ky., to Memphis,
with any number of branches tapping the
territory through which it runs in all di
rections.
This startling report has since been de
nied and pronounced a “lie” (in a a sub
sequent telegram to the Cincinnati Ga
zette) by president Standiford, of the Lou
isville and Nashville railroad. Vice
President McCullough of tho Pennsylva
nia company also declares the above
statement to be unwarranted. And sowe
go. The railroad movements of to-day
are contradicted to-morrow. Words never
spoken put into the mouths of presidents
and vice presidents by ambitious reporters,
to be repudiated by them as soon as pub
lished. New lines laid down and then
incontinently blotted out. Nothing scorns
to be certain just now in the railroad fu-
ture, bpt filibustering and fighting in
every direction. After a while the smoke
and dust will be blown away and then
matters will be plainer. Poor Colonel
Cole. How many things has he been
made to do and say since his treacherous
friend Stevenson sold hun out?
The following will explain itself)
The Hinesville Gazette says that a
great many of the rice farmers have begun
to prepare their rice lands for the next
. season. Many who went into this busi-
losing seven pounds during the heat. ncss ou a i a J rge 3ca i e last year, from the
splendid success they met with, have de-
ermined to plant on a still larger scale
his year. The Gazette thinks the rice
top seems destined to become the leading
toney crop of its section. There was
crore money made on it last year than on
mher cotton or timber.
—Turkey’s territorial loss i3 estimated
by a German authority as a territory al
most as large as Prussia proper, with a
population of eleven millions.