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<©*a£g&t OL,jel*gjcs*pfj «m& Cdtgntpjf anit J&mmgtt MACON, JANUARY 80, i860.; There are thirty thousand students in American colleges. —Many Northern men of money are tisiting Florida, to^look at the orange groves in Volusia and'Orange counties. In some orchards as many as 2,000 -trees are dropping their spheres of gold. —Charleston Dry.—No rain of suf ficient quantity to replenish the cisterns here has fallen for many weeks In this city. The main dependence of the peo ple is on artesian wells for their supply of water. Unless we hare fain in a few days the matter of water supply will be come a serious one with our people. AI- rc» ly’ much inconvenience is being felt. —Another Factory.—-The Sibley Cotton Manufacturing Company of Augus ta, Georgia, has Just been organized, with Mr. josiah Sibley, one of the wealthiest men in Georgia, as president. The capi tal stock of the company is $500,000, and the work of erecting a mill to accommo date 24,000 spindles is to be commenced at an early, day. Augusta ii fast becom ing a second Lowell. —The Value of Home Supplies.— Reports received at .the agricultural de partment of Georgia show that eight per cent, of the farmers of that State who raise their own supplies make money by fanning, whilst seventy-five per cent, of those who gave lines and mortgages and pay high rates of interest on supplies fail to make expenses. A stronger argument in favor of the Importance of raising sup. plies at home as far as practicable could hardly he produced. —Unmade camels’ hair gowns in boxes with sufficient embroidery ibr trimming, are sold in New York for $20, and are an nounced as the harbingers of spring goods. The cashmere gowns and trimmings that werg imported by a Boston firm this win ter were sold at prices so low that it does te for that ci^s'oTg^ 11 ^ 1 - d “ d sible they may come into fashion again. —Parnell’s manner before an audience is thus described In the Springfield Repub lican’a Boston correspondence: “Parnell is cold as an-iceberg. He evidently com mits his speech to memory, and he has no animation, no style.' His voice is thin and hismanner awkward. He does not seem to be In earnest; he does not warm with his thecae. He seems the politician, hot the pleader. He does not sway his au dience. He cools, rather than fires its ar- doj-,7 —The quinine market, according to a recent New York letter, is getting into an anomalous condition. The price of Amer ican has advanced to $3 per ounce, which is 40 cents higher than the point to which it dropped some months after the duty was taken off. There are reports among the trade to the effect that a strong effort is making, or will be made, to reimpose the duty, but well-informed parties in Wash ington intimate that it will not be success ful. An inferior substitute for quinine, ebinebonidia, is coming into more general use. Large quantities of it were import ed awhile ago when the market price was comparatively low. Manufacturers, ask $1 per ounce, but at that rate they are not disposed to accept orders to any extent. Outside parties ask all the way from $110 to $1 15. . '—The Hayden Trial—New Ha- yen, Connecticut, January 19.—There was a large crowd at the Hayden court at 9 o’clock this morning, as it was expected that the Sunday deliberations of the jury would result In something; that they would at least report a disagreement. As the crowd surged by the sheriff’s office Hayden stood In the open doorway sinoaking a pipe. He looked refreshed after his rest of Sunday. Mis. Hayden looks anxious and wearied, and expresses surprise that there has hot been a verdict. It is thought that those in the minority are in favor of a verdict for murder In the second degree. At 2:32 p. m. the jury reported that they were unable to agree and were sent back by the courts THE JURY DISCHARGED. The jury, being still unable to agree, was discharged by Judge Park. The last ballot stood eleven for acquittal and one for murder in the second degree. Counsel wfll move for Hayden’s release on bail at the first opportunity. There is scarcely ^probability of another trial. Hayden was warmly congratulated by his friends. •—Disappeared From Montgomery ‘ —The AdtertUer of Tuesday has the fbl- , lowing: . The relatives'and friends of Mr. B. R. Holt,' of this city, are greatly dis- tressed at his mysterious disappearance. He was terribly wounded in th* forehead at the battle of Chicamauga, and has been ^.jS- great sufferer since that time. 1 'Last Friday morning he ate breakfast as usual, but since then has not been seen. Search and Inquiry have been made in all this vicinity, and letters and telegrams sent to various points, but nothing yet has been ascertained as to his whereabouts. It is feared that while laboring under mental abberatioa he has wandered off, and Is not in condition to give,an account of himself. He is a medium sized man, about 39 years of age, and weighs probably 150 pounds. Hk hair is auburn, complexion is florid; and oh one side of his Lead is a deep scar, caused from a gun-shot wound, ex tending down to his forehead. He was .dressed in a dark grey suit of clothes and heavy black overcoat. Any information of him will be gratefully received if sent to Dr. W. J. Holt or W. W. Screws, and . our exchanges will confer a great favor by copying this notice.. —William H. Vanderbilt as a High Liver.—The correspondent of the Philadelphia Times says: “I took a good look at William H.'’Vanderbilt yesterday. .He waxeth stout and grows old apace. You see the old Commodore kept his eldest son on that Staten Island farm, where he dug and delved while his good wife milked and chinned, until the me ridian of life was passed and the first half of their century was gone. Coming to New York, wealth and position at a hound, with a repressed nature and rural - go-to-bed-at-nine-o’clockhabits, our friend William grasped at the expansive oppor tunity that unfolded itself before him. He wa3 fond of eating, and, a new bill of f.tre was on his table—he ate! Ho was fond of drinking, and hitherto unexplored cellars disclosed their choicest vintage to his thirsty throat—he drank. He had without knowing it a social temperament and suddenly men and women were at his service —he plunged. The consequen ces are perceptible, for he is a big eater, a good drinker, and one of the jolliest dogs in the pound. He works like a heav er—desk work—and is fast pegging out, ” ras long ago placed in well- on-holes, and long may it be led for!” The Straggle Between the Tituu. Despite all that has been said or writ ten on the subject, there is absolutely nothing new of an official character upon the railroad situation. All the newspa- per press from New York to Brunswick are foil of quasi statements, sensational rumors and wild - speculations relative to the result of the Louisville and Nashville coup d’etat. Opinions utterly diverse from each other are entertained and vehementy pressed. - We .glut* ft* pimples. AGft «H. W. G.” telegraphs to the Consluu Won JaflmirjrSiist Aon* LotflSviUe, as 'fol lows : -'b IladJs ...-YCS«; I hate just had a long talk with Colonel DeFuniak, just from New York. The following conclusions are authentic and positive: 1. The lease of the Central Road will not be confirmed; 2. The Louisville and Nashville Road will not give up the deeds to the Georgia Western road-bed to . any company for any consideration. »■ S. They will probably build that l ! ne to Guntersville, and work it as a. local line. The surveyor will go ahead and DeFu- niak will lay his estimates before the board with recommendations. 4. The Owensboro and Evansville ex- tension’will be carried to Russellville and then stopped. - ■■ 5. A line of steamers will be put on from Pensacola or Mobile, for Havana on Marcli 1st. 0. The idea of a trunk line from St. Louis to the sea will be abandoned, and Atlanta made the southernMistributing point. • The Chattanooga Times, of the same date; contains several distinct news paragraphs of a diametrically opposite character. We print each of them: The corporations which are trying to secure the control of the W. & A. will meet the opposition of the man whom President Davis failed either to beat, or circumvent during the late war. Gov ernor Brown never was beaten in any contest he undertook and he is in this war to stay, so please recollect that, Messrs. Standiford & Co. Nashville is a good deal worried oyer the removal of her great railroad head quarters to Louisville. Never mind, they can’t take the road away, and there are other days coining. There is' no strength in-the Louisville and Nashville 255* *bs«rd thing that THE WAR OF THE KINGS. J ... ■ ' Yesterday the air was rife with rumors, more startling than reasonable. The principal report was that Cole is all right, and has gone North to save his system. It was further stated that the Georgia Cen-i tral was secured by the Brown-Cole party ahd in combination with the Cincinnati Southern would force the Louisville and Nasnville to gladly resign its grip on the throat of the Cole system. Itrwas stated by a gentleman from Nashville that Stevenson had telegraphed Cole to “come on at once,” and that like sum monses, came from the South and' Balti more ! Governor Brown, who went to his coal mines on Monday, returned last night to Atlanta on a pressing call, it is said, from Savannah. Keep cool, the end Is not yet—and no one knows what it will be. George Alfred Townsend telegraphed the Cincinnati Enquirer from New York Sunday, after; full survey among the speculators and managers, and he says that Cincinnati has full swing to Atlanta, that line not being in the calcula tions of the so-called Louisville combina tions. The Enquirer says editorially after sug gesting that Colonel Cole may join the Cincinnati Southern interest: “From Chicago to Savannah, by way of Cincinnati and the Southern road, is a round hundred miles less distance than by way of tbe Louisville and Nashville sys tem. From St. Louis, by way of the Cincinnati Southern Road, the distance will be about the same as by the Louis ville and Nashville system, and the road a better one. From Cincinnati and tbe great district which pours its wealth of products into this center to Savannah by way of the Southern railroad will be near er than by any other possible course, nearer than any other Western city. • *•«••• . “At all events, it seems more than probable that the Cincinnati Southern, may look upon the condition and pros pects as materially benefltted by the events of Saturday, and upon Colonel Cole as an earnest ally in its work for the business of the’ Souths” And again: > Those who do not believe that the whole transaction of Saturday consisted of the maneuvers of sharp stock gamblers will believe it when they see the “fancies” of that day go down like lead. There is nothing in the business of the L. AN. to make iter paper appreciate. And why should the loading , upon it of other lines to the manifest damage of their business, create a boom? The .whole thing is only less artificial that the Cou- 'rier-Joumal's sheet-iron!thunder over the t go into the mining business. So we leave sfT as we began, wiih the remark that up * to this writing the whole railroad question continues foggf and, after a while, “we shall see whaf -e shall see.” Honest Money and the Next Presi dency." The Trbrld, of Wednesday, utters a noteof.solemnwaming to theWestand South in connection with the financial legislation now before Congress: The strength of the Democrats lies in the “sol id South” and in the three metropolitan States of the East. All the latter of which is hopelessly lost if the South foHow the leid of Beck, and Yoorhees on the finan cial question. We arb'quite prepared to say that were the question the success of the stalwarts, or the re-establishment of the anti-bellum local bank currency; we are inclined to believe less public mischief would follow the first than the second. For the first would be incurable. Once occupy the field of circulation'again with^ local bank paper and nothing but some’ great civil commotion would drive it out. The war did it, and that was tbe only public benefit the war conferred on the country; but at a horrid cost. Once open the flood-gates to local hanks of issue again, and the case would be like that of the man out of whom the evil spirits were cast—the increase would probably be not far from seven to one, and in place of pa per currency equal in value to gold and perfectly reliable, every considerable vil lage in the Union would haveits local bank, and mercantile points of greater magnitude would speedily furnish from How to Bar® Bacon. Distressing reports of spoiled pork come from all parts of the State, caused by the protracted spells of mild weather, which in reality have converted winter almost into perennial., .spring. In Cobb coun ty especially complaint is general, and very few sound joints, indeed, are to be found in the country. Even the occasion- snaps of cold that have supervened, by their severity and brief duration, seemed only to ^aggravate the calamity. If pork * salted in a freezingcondition, arid then thaw and continued warm spell sue-, ceeds, it is almost certain tp. spoil, v from event. We say again, wait and see 1 In an article upon the same subject, the New York Commercial Bulletin says: The terms of the purchase have .not been made known, but it is.nnderstood that the price at which the stock was sold was much below the market quotation. The final basis of agreement was not reached until Saturday afternoon, when the contracting parties, who had been in sessiou at 51 Broadway, adjourned to the Fifth Avenue Hotel and signed the articles aboUt5p;m. The capital stock, of the Nashville and Chattanooga road is $6,500,- 000, so that the Louisville and Nashville road, in order to acquire a controlling in terest, must have acquired at least $3,- 300,000 of the i stock. The negotiations for consolidation were begun in Louisville in December last, but being unsuccessful, a transfer was made to New York. The interests of the Nashvjlle and Chattanoo ga'were representedby Mr. G. M. Fogg, a director and also the attorney-for that road, and the Leuisvilleand Nashville in terests were attended to by Mr. H. Victor Newcomb, the vice-president. The nego tiations were in progress all last week at No. 52 Broadway and were finally con cluded, as stated above, at the Fifth Ave nue Hotel. The purchase of capital stock includes all the lines leased, owned or op erated by the Nashville and Chattanooga company; and this w4 ll indude among the rest the Georgia Central. A special from Chattanooga to the Nashville American, dated January 21st, states that ‘^Colonel Wadley, of the Georgia Central, telegraphed hero.to^day that tlie Georgia Central will not pass un der the control of the Louisville and Nashville combination. The general opinion here among the best. informed railroad men is that the Cincinnati South ern railroad will not be flanked by this movement, but that an outlet mors favor able than ever to the company will be of fered by the managers of-the Western and Atlantic railroad, and the Georgia Central and Georgia Railroad and Banking Com pany, which latter controls a line from At lanta to Augusta, from which latter there are two roads—one to Charleston and one to Fort Royal; also an outlet,to Wilming ton, and via Macon to Brunswick. It is not considered that, the combination will damage Chattanooga. Mrs. II. L. Wliite- Nashville and Chattanooga stock to-day to New York parties at eighty-five cents." And thus we might continue to repro duce extracts from other contemporaries, such as the Seaport Appeal, Savannah News, Evansville Journal, New York Star, New York Herald, Knoxville Chron icle, Cincinnati Gazette, and others, all differing in tone and aiming at precisely opposite conclusions. The truth, is nothing definite can be known until the meeting of the Directors of the St. Louis, Nashville and Chattanooga Bailroad takes place, which will occur in a day or two. It is said Colonel Cole will five to fifty apiece. The dread of such a state of things cannot be too great or too active. Our quarrel with the so-called “honest money” men is in nothing that they; ac tually propose now, but in the almost certain sequence of their action. For concede that the United States Govern ment is shut out from furnishing a paper circulation properly secured and guaran- teed, there follows, as a matter of course, a paper circulation furnished by the States, and the experience of nearly a hundred years has informed, the people just what that means, and at what incotl- Vemc"'™—HfMajjom insolvency to the great masses, this work'wiirbe none. As to really “honest money” that is to say, money which will not waste and per ish in the hands of the people, it is . five fold more important that the Federal Government shall issue it, or regulate its issue by the most strenuous guaranties and requisitions, than that they shall reg ulate the coinage. Coins never will main tain any very considerable part in the vol ume of active currency. That great stream will always be composed of paper except in those critical periods in which the paper is shown to be so worthless as to be rejected in payment of debts, Bank notes, are not a legal tender, and yet, ordinarily, they will pay debts even after suspension, when they sink to five, or ten, or fifteen cents below par. But when they sink, by easy stages to twenty, thirty, forty and fifty, then specie dragged out of hidden recesses, and, for a time, becomes currency. All the seniors will remember these times. Then, when judgments are enforced by execution on property bought in flush times in this bank money, the specie mast be paid the sheriff, and one dollar of it will pay ten of the debt. Homes bought at $5,000 will be knocked down for $500. And in slavery times what old man will deny that he has seen negroes which were rated at $1,200 to $1,400 bid off at $200, $300 and $400! These are some of the beauties and excellencies of this “honest money.” It will bleach the heads of every generation with despair—except of the lew who know it is not money at all— but mere due bill good on occasion and will not do to be used as a standard of value. Now, who cares about a law compelling the people to receive Treasury notes for debt? They will always be so received unless the Government sets the example of refusing them... Congress may be little wild sometimes, bat always better than a hundred thousand local bank di rectors bent on accommodating each other and their customers.-Congress will never allow; except inoia«C of$' question of pub lic self-preservation, an over-issue—and even then the faith in ultimate redemption will not be lost. The pride and patriot ism of the people and the immense re- sources of the nation constitute a univer sal indorsement and overwhelming secur ity. What insanity is it, to banish these notes from circulation in favot of the “honest money” issued by local banks Practically it is as bad as substituting gold by brasshuttons. But so long as there are so many peo ple all over the, country who want to make mqney by issuing due bills at the rate of three; to ten for one—so many who expect to trade in them—so many who really prefer cheap money—inflation and flush times, that the danger of a local bauk currency is vepy great. Its friends everywhere are numerous, and they will begin their operations by discoursing on the dangers of govenunent notes—upon sound system of finance, and hard money —honest money, and so on. The scheme is first to destroy or remove the impedi ment of a really trust worthy paper circu: lation, which pre-occupies • the 'field—for so long as United States Treasury notes circulate, private due hills stand no .fair chance. But let no honest man ;be delu ded by this cryi.of honest Rioney. means bank notes containing a promise to pay—which may be kept, but far tooofteii not. The true Democratic doctrine was thoroughly anti-hank. :r 1 * ' r i 11 rien which is bound to be one of the: raBSnAHiSBK W#S*££gSgS2?; j Vaolipillo.end f'hotton/wro oIaaIt bw * t .if ] escapes in. the form of brine from the meat before it has penetrated: to the bone. ■ ■ - ■ ' • ’ A personal e^pejience ~pr some .years In a warm climate^ Justifies t^e' Wlter in recommending the following method of curing pork, which faithfully.observed, he has never known to fail: Select a clear day, not excessively cold, and as fast as two or three hogs are slaughtered and . dressed, proceed to cut them up forthwith. As soon as the joints are trimmed, and while still warm and flaccid, salt very thoroughly with pulver ized alum salt, if at hand, and stack very closely together, so as to retain the animal heat. Cover each pie'c$ well with ordi: nary salt, and go on repeating the process until the killing is completed. Let the meat remain undisturbed over night, If possible, or at least twelve hours. Then remove it from the trough or hogshead; and rub in the salt, adding more to each joint. Next, spread, so as to avoid con tact, irt a cool place, until each piece is thoroughly cpidr-or about twenty-four hours. Salt thoroughly once more, and and submerge each joint in strong, cold brine, applying weights to keep them be low the surface. t , This completes the curing process. Al low about four weeks to elapse, and then, on some windy, cold day, take up the joints, and after washing and wiping them carefully, proceed to hang up in the usual way. Some smoke with' oak chips and red pepper. This, however, is not ab?o-' lutely necessary, though: very safe prac tice. ' '"■ The rationale of the above method for aving pork is that, in the first instance, when newly salted, the warm flesh dis solves and takes up the salt, and it is con veyed, by capillary attraction, through the pores to all parts of the joint. Treated in this way, meat can be cured even at quite a mild degree of temperature. Darien’s Exports of lumber for 1879. We have received from Mr. R. Grubb, of the Darien Gazette, s vqry. neatly compiled statement of the lumber business for the past year -of the port of, Darien. The total number of-feet si ped abroad of all sorts of lumber foots 67,252,915 ‘ feet^'whifchfurnished caig for 172 vessels aggregating 81,378 tabs. This is it very creditable showing for Da —An act to prevent apd punish tl termarrying of races, passed at the last session of the South Carolina Legislat ire, provides that any person so offending s tall be subject to a line of not less than $ >60, year, or both, at the discretion court. Any dergymap or magistrate J shall unite Jn, the bonds of \ persons of different raoesis subject t same penalty. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Washington City, January 21st, 1880. SOME MORE TRACKS UNCOVERED. I referred in my last letter to the probable rejection by the Senate of one of the Georgia Supervisors of Census named - tyME^ilSyes; towlt; "Thomas-J. Simmons, of Resaca, a bitter Radical, bnt a special ftiehd of Dr.- Felton,- who had recommended him to Hr. Hayes for that position; Since then I have come into possession of some documents bearing —j, YTT — on this case, which I, think will, as Mr. suddenly, Greeley used to say, prove “mighty inter- Department from Hon. W. H. Felton, M. C. of Georgia, with a stamped endorse ment in red ink as shown on margin. Wm. P. Young; Notary Public. Washington, D. C., 17th January, 1880. The Pair of the Macon Volunteers. We spent a half hour very pleasantly in Masonic Hall last evening, w^ich has been converted under tbe magical touch of the ladies and gentlemen charged with Its decoration; Into a very fairy scene of beauty. It is here that the old historic Macon Volunteers are holding their fair, and we question if any enterprise of the kind In' the State ever surpassed it in ex tent, beauty and variety. The numerous contributions are grouped with etftellent taste and effect, and i brace an almost endless array of pretty; things and substantial goods of every de-' scription. The : furniture, grocery, dry goods, tobacco and jewlry stores are all well repretonted, and flowers and fruits deftly arranged challenge the admiration of the visitor on every side. Even poultry and pigs have a showing, and yet, strange to say, are such pretty specimens that they do not look out of place in their neat cages. But the reader has already had a full description ot the several tables, show cases, etc., and their contents, on the other side of the last issue of this paper and we are only speaking generally. Suf fice it to say, the fair is a proud success, and, we trust, will net a handsome sum for the Volunteers. There will be any amount of buying, selling, rafiliug and Voting every night. A feature that must commend itself to all is the reasonableness of the prices charged for everything. There is no at tempt to gouge or extort money from any body. On the opening night several sturdy well-to-do fanners,from the country, were present, and *ne of thorn was so enrap tured that he exclaimed: “I have heard Parson talk lots about Paradise and try to describe it, but I never saw it be fore.” We again reiterate the hope that the “Volunteers,” which is one of the crack'companies'of Georgia, may realize their fondest anticipations in the results of their magnificent fair. *. esting reading,’’-particularly in-the Sev- enth( ^ongressioual'District.' 1 ; They will be found below, and are submitted without comment. Let the political' parson and unctuous demagogue; whose tracks are 'so thoroughly uncovered by these documents, wriggle out of the “ugly scrape,” as he expressed it ift conversation with a friend. -- .• ' CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS are still inexpressibly dull, With no imme diate prospect of improvement. I have not known such a dekd level of barren ness since my ibjdurfa here,- and I hear loud and ' general complaint -from the brethren of Abe -quill on this score. Even Randall, of the Augusta Chronicle, who can come as near making plentiful episto lary brick out of the greatest paucity of .straw, confessed tb ‘me the other night that he was sorely put to it to 'find mate- rial for his letters. This monotony is really frightful, and Calls loudly for abate ment. Oh! that Jim Blaine would re turn, ahd that he could so multiply him self as to furnish the House with two or three of the copies. Then we should have some fun, and the newspapers some spide In their Washington reports STILL COMING. I refer to the damphool negroes from North Carolina, bn their way to Kansas and other' Western States via this city. About 500arrived yesterday afternoon, and a sorry looking set they were. There were more women, babies and rusty looking old boxes, tranks, and caTpet bags, than men, and the latter seemed somewhat in the vocative. .People who talk with them say they all tell the same old story about “buck- ra” meanness and oppression, and are filled with the most gorgeous anticipations of the Western Canaan to which they are bound. AS usual, it turns out that these poor creatures have been deluded into leaving home by scoundrels,' white and black, who are making money and notori- ty- but of the business. The latter got the money -and the former the notoriety. That, .there ore many Rtble bangers of the red-hot Radical sort prominent in this business goes without. There can be no deviltry of this kind without their willing aid. Of such is Rankin, D.D., Blaine’s pet paroon, who was put through a course, of .interrogatory sprouts before the Senate exodus committee yesterday. He is understood to have owned after wards that the Democrat ic and “rebel” Amalekitcs of the committee smote him hip aud thigh. Voorhees, who is chair man of the committee, relishes nothing better than to skin just such creatures as Rankin, and does his work with “happy dispatch.” ' £ .'; ;r . the r. o. d. closed yesterday the reception of bids for carrying the mails in the States of Ohio, Indiana,Kentuc£y, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The number of routes to.be let was 3,200, and there were 50,000 -bids—the largest letting in the history of the Department. The awards will he made on the 10th of March. I . f' “feenance,” As. ‘that eminent statesmen with the bull of Baslian voice, Kelly of Philadel phia, pronounces it, has the call to-day in the Senate, where Beck of Kentucky, is thundering away at this very moment Beck passes for a “right smart man,” as. times and the present breed of statesmen go, but knows next to nothing about “fee- nance.” He is on the wild Western plat form of more money, and, like Voorhees and others of that stripe, would wreck the country in twenty-four hours if they could cany out their crazy schemes in that time. I hardly think theDemocracy are ready to commit the hari kari under the leadership of such blind men, but there is no telling. I have seen our peo ple blunder so much and so needlessly of late years, that I have almost reached the same conclusion that Grant announces, viz: That it can generally be relied upon to assure Radical success. This financial debate in the Senate will probably run ten day? or more, and will doubtless be both interesting and instructive, especially as outlining the ground to be occupied by the respective parties in the coming cam paign. Ifthereisno mote harmony de veloped in the Democratic Senatorial ranks than in the party at large, it will certainly not mend matters for us. CAN THIS BE TRUE? The Post this morning prints the fol lowing telegram from Chicago, dated Jan uary 20th: “The communists of this city who attended the recent Greenback La bor Conference at Washington, have re turned, and report an interview with Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, in which he declared himself a communist and an agrarian, saying he was in sympathy viith the labor reform of the day.” A. W. R. Colonel Cole’s Movements. Advices from Evansville state that the special excitement in railroad circles to day was an order from Colonel E. W. Cole, President'of the Nashville and Chat tanooga road, to Superintendent Culver- house; ofthe “Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis road to continue work on the Evansville and Owensboro sections of that road, and to push the line through to completion as speedily as possible. It is claimed that Cole retains control of the St. Louis and Southeastern road, extend ing from St. Louis to this city, and that when the road .to Nashville is completed he will have Southern connections which will ! glve him as complete a line as .before the Louisville and Nashville road’s pur chase ofthe majority of theNashville and Chattanooga road's stock. . ...... The above we think, lacks confirmation. So fara3 we can gather at this writing there have been no new developments concerning the railroad situation. ‘ LATER. From the Savannah Morning Nows, re ceived last night, we gather the follow ing: '. • '■ • ..; ftThe stock of the Central Railroad took a very, decided step upward yesterday, closing at 86(287, an advance from 79(280, the closing quotations of Wednesday. The cause ef this rapid appreciation in its value was a dispatch received by Mr. Milo Hatch, Cashier of the Savannah Bank and Trust Company, from a reliable gentleman in Nashville, as follows: “A majority of tbe directors reside here. It is now understoodhere that Cole secures tbe lease of the Georgia Central.” Last night about eleven o’clock, however, we received from our special correspondent in Atlanta the dispatch published elsewhere, which states that Colonel Cole had been in tbe city during the day in consultation with ex-Governor Brown, but that upon being interviewed he had no present information to give on the subject. From this it may be readily seen that ip is by no means definitely settled yet that the Louisville, Nashville and Great South ern road will carry out the contract origi nally made between the. Central and Col onel Cole. There are a good many Cdto Hiding reports on th& subject abroad, and it must be remembered that while a ma jority of tbe stock is held in Louisville and New York, and so long as Colonel' Cole keeps silence on the subject, our Cit izens will be wise not to base too high hopes on the rumors current ip, Nashville. Rumors were current last night in. this city that the Cole-Bro^vn contract had been broken up. But nothing positive is known about it. Robbing. 'the Government Commenting on the wholesale subsidy bill introduced into Congress by Ellis, of Louisiana, to appropriate $5,000,000 to keep up'some half dozeu steamship lines, the New Orleans Times says: “The omnibus steamship bill intro duced in the House by Representative Ellis, of Louisiana, is one of. the most re markable specimens of subsidy grabbing that has been. thus far placed on record. A hundred old flags with an appropriation under each is the proposed object of the measure.. Its.proper title would be ‘An act for tbe relief of John Roach.’ , We have no hesitation in saying that the meas ure is not in accordance with the desires ofthe people of New Orleans, nor would the bill, if passed, benefit this city in the least degree. On the contrary, the only result , we can see would be adverse to oar commercial interests.” It is about time that John Roach was squelched. The ocean lines will be un dertaken fast enough when the fact be comes patent that they will be paying enterprises. The general government should not vote a single dollar to promote .auy .private ventures of that description. The New York Bulletin tints character izes Roach Tbe boldness, the persistency and the insensibility to shame of this man’s men dicancy is something entirely phenomenal, Thrust from the door of Congress session, alter session he returns with his petition for alms In tome freshly disguised form, aud evir refuses to cease his importunitiesun- til he has again been ordered off the premise*. The ingenuity of his disguises, the varied pretenses of his pleas, the suc cess with which he induces one Congress man after another to become his spon sors, the. ease with which he secures the services of the lobby and apparently with out the substantial quid pro quo which that agency usually exacts, the facility with which he procures the aid of a sec tion ofthe press, and' the success with . which he wins the favor of the Postal De partment of the Government, these are among the many things that substantiate his claim to being considered the Prince of Mendicants. __ '’wei'e The Third Largest Pbl’aJdphto Frew.! or imprisonment for not lesss than one The 2300 miles of track which the ■Ma 1 ™ 11 Louisville, Nashville and Great Southern will now operate make it, in that respect, at least, the third largest railroad combi nation'in the country. The Gouid-Yan- derbilt syndicate ranks first. The total length of the combined roads under this interest cannot be less than ‘7,000 miles. The Pennsylvania system, which formerly exceeded in length all others, is now re duced to the second place. The total —“H. Bertillon, the French savant, says that the number of suicides France is at the rate of 628 per 1,000,000 StoaTof rfl tlm^roads^dTrectly or indl- be continued in his present position, while for widowers, 273 for bachelors and 240 rectly controlled by the Pennsylvania another account avers that he is about to for married men.” 1 Railroad Company is 5,252. COPY OF A LETTER OF THOMAS J. SIM MONS, OF RESACA, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA, TO THE PRE81DENT, MAKING APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISOR OF CENSUS. Resaca, Gordon County, Ga, May 27th, 1879. To his Execelency R. B. Hayes Presi dent U. S. of. A. Honored and Dear Sir: I take the liberty of writing to you. If I am correct in act of Congress providing for the taking of Censes of 1880 you have the appointing of Supervisors far each State: - J If it should meet your approval I would be glad to receive tbe appointment as oue ofthe Supervisors of Georgia. Mymaine object Aside from the faithful performance ofthe duties in asking for the appoint ment is that owing to my Strong Union principles and my giving or furnrshing Ticketts to some colord voters (Hayes and Wheeler Ticketts) on the day of Presi dents election, for that act and maney others of simular nature I have had heap ed upon me abusive words and curses, Charging me with doing more for Radical aid than aney one else in this country. I would gaine a considerable victory of no little worth over these corruptsesessron traitors. I refer you to Dr. Felton mem- in Congress from my Dist. the 7th for In formation as to my Standing and can give you maney others of the best men of North Georgia If you require it. I will give yon further the names of Judge D A. Walker of Dalton Georgia and D, Sholl special com. on Southern Claims of same place Your friend and Servant [Signed] Tnos. J. Simmons! I Certify that the foregoing letter is an exact copy from the original as to spelling use of capital letters, etc. William P. Young, Notary Public. Washington, D. C., January 17,1880. COPY OF LETTER OF W. H. FELTON AD COMPANYING THOS. J, SIMMONS’ AP PLICATION—NOW IN THE HANDS OF ; " THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. (Copy) PRIVATE. Cabtersville, Ga., September 12,1879. President R. B. Hayes: Sir—Rev. Thomas J. Simmons, of Gor don county, informs me he has applied for the position of Supervisor of Census, He is. one of the'best men in the Seventh Congressional District, and I am satisfied would make one of the most efficient Su pervisors in the State. He is Independent and conservative in his political opinions, and if you appoint Wm you will not regret it. He is a local Methodist preach er and of splendid character. I hope you nili again read his letter asking for this offioe. I am, Mr. President, Very respect fully, your obedient servant, [Signed] W. H. Felton, ( M. C. Seventh District Georgia. I certify that the foregoing is a correct ^nnv^of a letter received at the Interior v ' THE SUPREME COURT. Decisions Rendered January 30th, 1880-Ho^. Hiram Warner, Chief Justice, Hon. James Jackson and Logan E. Bleckley Associate Jnsti- Small vs. the State. Manslaughter, from Chatham. Johnson vs. the State. Murder, from Chatham.— Bleckley, J.—1. If, at the prisoner’s Instance on a verdict of guilty found upon a good indiclmenrhas been arrested or the .verdict set aside, not for any al leged defect in the indictment, but solely on the ground that the judge who presided attire trial was unauthorized by law to hold the. court, he being the judge of an other circuit, tbe prisoner may be again tried on the same indictment; whether the arrest prjudgment or -the setting aside of the verdict was erroneous or not. In • as much' as the State cannot have a writ of error In a criminal case, if tbe prisoner irocures any direct final adjudication to >e made by the tribunal which has tried him, which necessarily involves the legal conclusion that he was not in jeopardy, it is binding upon Wm as well as upon the Stale, and the : question of former jeopardy thns closed cannot he reopened on a sub sequent trial of the srme case. 2. No error was committed on the sec ond trial; tbe evidence was sufficient, and the conviction and sentence were le gal. Judgment affirmed. R. D. Walker, Jr.; J. J. Abrams; R. E. Lester, for plaintiffs in error. R. N. Ely,. Attorney General; A. B. Smith, Solicitor General for the State. Farther Details of the R&cent HeaVy Transaction in Railway Stocks. The purchase ofthe Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis railroad stock, made by the Louisville and Nashville Company in this city on Saturday night, w.is con summated yesterday by the delivery of the stock and the payment for tire same. The amount handed over by the New York capitalists is understood to have been upwards of $2,500,000 par value, and the price paid is variously reported as hav ing been from par to 120. The parties to the transaction withhold the amount and the price. The reports that the Louisville and Nashville would require two-thirds of the stock of its former rival to insure con trol, and that further negotiations with a pool of brokers would be necessary are pronounced untrue by the officers of the company. Without -doubt an effort was made by President Cole, of tbe Nashville and Chattanooga, through his friends in this city, to thwart the plans of Ws oppo nents by aggregating the strength of the unpurchased stock, but it was too late. Louisville aud Nashville officials say that their personal relations with Colonel Cole are friendly, and that he will undoubtedly be associated in the new management. It is learned that reports as to a union with the South Carolina Railroad, to se cure ati outlet to Charleston, are in any event premature, owing to the unfinished state of that road and especially its Knox ville branch, which, It is estimated wiil require about five years for its completion. —New.York Sun of the 22d. —The Clement Attachment.—A Corinth , dispatch to the TPorld says the Clement Attachment is in successful oper ation W this town. This newly-patented macWnery, by which the cotton is spun off into yarn‘Of superior quality as it flakes from the gin, promises to almost revolu tionize the handling of cotton inthe South. It is estimated that the introduction of this new process with modest and unpre tending machinery will add over $75,000 to the annual value of the cotton .crop, and afford employment to 150,000 opera tives who cannot now be utilized in the various industries of the South. It Is claimed for it that an immense saving will occur in bagging, ties, insurance com missions, &c., that now absorb about 25 per cent, of the value of tire crop. •Iron Booming.—A Cincinnati spe cial to the Philadelphia Gazette, says iron seems to be going up every day and prices are $1 higher, to-day than,on Saturday. Buyers are not so Teiy numerous, as most of the large consumers have supplied their warits iintil midsummer, but still the supply is so small thafe although the pur chasers have a good lot on hand, they are anxious to get more, fearing a still further rise. No. 1 foundry sells at$4l to $43 per ton, an advance ofrlSO per cent, in ten months, and 25 per cent, in twenty days. The market for steel rails is all up. It is nominally .$80, an advance of $10 since the first of the year, but a large order at that price for fall delivery was refused by one of tlie large mll^, { The advance in iron rails has been fully $10 since the first of the year, aud orders cannot be placed , at less than $70, for which steel were sold last month. At no time during the last six months have manfo facturers found themselvesdeliyering rails within several dollars of the ruling price, and they are now refusing orders, unless subject to the price at the time of delivery; every change having been against the manufacturers. —The New York Herald Ras interview ed a large number of members of the New York Senate on the proposed change in method of appointing Presidential olectors. The Democrats arc all against it, and many Republicans are equally pronounced in opposition. Quite a num ber express no opinion, and not one avows himself in favor of it, while several de clare that they would be for a plan to se cure tbe whole electoral vote. Unless there is a change the measure cannot pass. —The New York Sun says the queerest immediate result of M. de Lessep’s visit to Panama has been the postponement of an intended overthrow of the government out of respect to the illustrious French guest. It is an additional queer feature that this set of courtesy and sacrifice orig inates with the negroes of Arrabal, who are said to be only awaiting the departure of the famous French engineer to rise and destroy the government. Such, at least, is one story that comes from ‘Colombia. ^A. community that will put off the luxury of a revolution for a more convenient sea son, lest it should injure the prospects of proposed canal, surely has a future before it. —“Are Ctesar” is the head-line over an article in La France predicting the elec tion of Grant to a third term. The French knew how it is themselves. Andrews et. al. vs. Halliday, et al. Equity, from Wilkes. Bleckley, J.—1. Where the main ob ject of the litigation is to ascertain* and settle authoritatively the amount which each distributee has been advanced by the intestate, the verdict should find the several amounts specifically. The law, and not the jury, determines whether ad vancements shall be accounted for. In the preseht case the amounts are material, and should he set forth in the verdict, no Hotter whether they arc equal or une qual. : 2. It is not sufficient to bar an account ing that the intestate believed he had ad vanced his distributees equally; if, in fact, he had nbt done so. 8; .Where one of several distributees re leases a eddistributee from accountability for advancements; whether with or with out consideration, the release is operative as to all persons Whose rights are not prejudiced, by it; and it is also operative as against the releasor until she repudi ates or disaffirms it. If, in a pending ease, it is set up to her disadvantage, and she elects not to be hound by it, this elec tion and the'grounds on which she resists or attacks the release must be alleged in the pleadings. 4. When the’ defendants in a bill are entering on the final trial of their cefee under a decree requiring them to inter plead, it Is nbt competent for one of them to vary the pleadings by amendment so as to raise questions with the complainant in the bill touching the amount of the fund, waste, etc.' §. After'a decree that the defendants interplead, the complainant in the bill, if he seeks no further relief, is not entitled to be heard in argument at all, much less to be heard in conclusion. Judgment reversed. R. Toombs; John C. Reed; S. H. Harde man, for plaintiffs in error. D. M. DuBose, D. A. Vason; W. M. & M. P. Reese, for defendants. Jordan vs. Kelly & Brothers. Injunc tion, from Jasper. Bleckley, J.—1. A decree at cham bers dismissing a hill on demurrer cannot be reversed by a “fast” writ of error. 44 Ga. 634; 58 lb. 184. 2. When there are two defendants to a bill, and an injunction and receiver ad interim are prayed for against both, and at the hearing of the application ho injunc tion is granted or receiver appointed, and the complaint assigns for error, among other things, that the judge erred in not appointing a receiver as prayed for, both defendants are necessary parties to ■ the writ of error, and if one ol them he served With the hill of exceptions and the other not, the writ will be dismissed. Dismissed. Bartlett & Anderson; C. L. Bartlett, for plaintifis in error. Bolling 'Whitfield, by Jackson & Lump kin, for defendants. t set aside the sale of the mortgaged prop- ! erty for the purpose of paying the debt, and the evidence was conflicting thereon, and the court charged erroneously ou oth er controlling points,’ a new trial should be granted. 5. Deeds thirty years old, apparently genuine and coming from the proper cus tody, are admissible without proof orex ecution or of proper record. Judgment reversed. RuftrsE. Lester; for plaintifis in error. J. R. Sanssy; H. B. Tompkins, for de fendants. Winp & Winto vs. Henderson. Injunc tion,-from Cobb. Jackson, J.—1. Sale of property cov ered by a mechanic’s lien executed by the owners and lessors. of said property and regularly foreclosed; should not be enjoin ed at the instance of a creditor of the les see ofthe property who holds a younger mechanic’s lien on tbe interest of tbe les see for the completion of work which the lessee had bargained with the lessors to have completed—especially where the holder of the junior lien had notice ofthe older lien. 2. If there were doubt as to the priori ty of liens, the property should be sold, and the contest he made over the proceeds of sale; and the mere allegation that from the condition of the times the property would not bring its full value, is no equit able ground for injunction. 3. If both liens were on the Whole property under contract with tire owners thereof, the oldest would be the better lien, and unless attacked as invalid for some legal or equitable reasen, the sale under the older lien should not be en joined at the instance. f the junior credi tor. Judgment reversed. Richard & W. J. Winn, by C. A. King, for plaintiffs in error. No appearance for defendant. Warren vs. Purtell. Appeal, from Ful ton. Bleckley, J.—1. When a .case has been called and tried in its order, a new trial will not be granted to the losing pan ty on the ground that his counsel, who waa voluntarily absent without leave, be lieved the case would not be reached, or if reached would not be tried until much later in the term, his belief ndt haring been warranted by any direct announce ment- by the court or any consent or agreement of the opposite party or his counsel, and being an inference apparent ly well founded on circumstances, but, Warren vs. Wilson & Creekmur. Cer tiorari, from Fulton. Jackson, J.—L The answer of the justice of the' peace untraversed will be alone considered by the Superior Court on the hearing of a certiorari—no motion being made for a further return. 2. Where the only issue presented therein is that of fraud or no fraud on the part of claimant in an alleged purchase of property attached, and the evidence, though conflicting, authorized the finding of the justice of the peace, and the affirm ance thereof by the Superior Court, this court will not- interfere. Judgment affirmed. John A. Wimpy, for plaintiff in error. E. A. Angier, for defendants. The Methodist Ecumenical Council. The Philadelphia Record says an im portant movement is on foot looking to the convening of an Ecumenical Council or Conference from all parts of the world, to be held in the United States soma time next year. This idea was first mooted at the Methodist Episcopal Conference held in Baltimore in May, 1877, when a com mittee was appointed by the board of Bishops to take iteinto consideration. This body, of which Right Rev. Bishop Simpson is chairman, has been in co’rre- ponaence with representatives of the American Wesleyan Church, the Methp- dist Episcopal Church, South, the Metho dist Protestant Church, the Evangelical Association, the Methodist and '.Methodist Episcopal Churches of Canada, the Wes leyan Methodist of England, and other bodies in every quarter of tbe world. Fa vorable replies having been received from one and all of these bodies. Bishop Simpson has issued a request for a meet ing of the committee, to be held in Cin cinnati, May C, to prepare a call for the council. Every recognized organization of Methodists will be invited to send its representatives. It is expected that the conference will . represent 20,000,000 Methodists in. all parts of Christendom, as well as in Asia and Africa. Its formal object will be to diSCUSS “topics relating ' to the position, work and responsibility of Metbodiim for the evangelization.” The discussions will not be limited to a mere interchange of views on general subjects, but will embrace proposed changes in church rules and modes of government re form in missionary work, and the adop tion of- a common psalmody among tne Methodist churches, as well as a uniform order of service. This latter feature, how ever, does, not mean the adoption of a prayer book, after the Protestant Episco- parform, hut theint reduction of a regular and stated order of service, the tendency at the present time being in the direction of an increased formality in the modes of worship. ' - * —Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, is sit ting up and is doing finely. He expected to leave for his home, Oxford, on Tues day. . .. .-!-!! - —Archbishop Purcell is failing rapidly under the weight of years and the great calamity which has overtaken his diocese. He has given up all attempts to adminis ter the affairs of the Church and is in re tirement at a convent in Brown county, Ohio.-According to recent reports he has as the event proved, not well founded faiJ grown so feeble that he has to be helped fronri one room to another. —Railroad Iron.—A special cable dispatch states that the correspondent of the Lopdon Times estimates the increased production of railroad iron in the United Kingdom for the current’year at 1,700,009 tons, and the American increase at 800,- 000 tons.; He says that the supply and demand in 1879 were just balanced by American shipments. —The Mississippi Democratic Senato rial caucus made a nomination on Wed nesday night, the forty-eight ballot stood: Barksdale, 46; George, 45; Stngleton, 48. The name of Barksdale was then with drawn. The/orty-ninth ballot resulted >a th* nomination of J. Z. George, he re- ceiTing79 votes,.Sjngleton 56, scattering 4. The nomination was made unanimous. y—The Ne w Orleans Democrat says an estimable and well-known youpg lady of this city Is about to lose her right arm as a result of tiie boisterous and rude con duct of one of her boy friends. In exhibi tion of his superior strength during a re cent visit, he twisted her arm in such a manner that one of the large blood-ves- gelg near the elbow was raptured. Two days after, the arm began to swell, and, as a mortification is now rapidly setting in s amputation has been declared neces- fact. 2. Where a claim case is tried in the Superior Court on appeal from a Justice’s Court, and the plaintiff makes a prima facie case by.bis evidence, and there is no appearance for the plaintiff is not contrary to law. It is not the right of the court, much less Its duty, on its own motion, to dismiss the claim. 8. The attachment being levied by a proper officer, any mistake in directing it is amendable; and therefore neither the process nor the levy is void for the misdi rection. '' ■ ' Judgment affirmed. John A. Wimpy, for plaintiff in error. E. A. Angier, for defendant. Gibbs vs. Sterling. Appeal, from Ful ton. ■ Bleckley; J.—I. Where the affidavit for attachment obviously means that the defendant Is indebted: to the plaintiff in the amount named, a clerical omission of the word “is” will not vitiate. . 2. The direction of an attachment to. sheriff and constables, when it ought to be dlroctedto constables only, is amenda ble; and the*levy being made by a consta ble, tbe proceeding is not void. - * .. 8. A physiciaif is not obliged to charge for all his visits,, though he may have a legal and moral right to do so. > 4. Where there is no debt of another, present, past or prospective, there can be no collateral promise to pay it. Th# promise proved in this case was original, not collateral. :■ ‘i ; Judgment affirmed. ; John A. Wimpy, for plaintiff in error, A. A. Manning, for defendant. Weitman et al. vs Thiot et al. In equi ty, from Effingham. • Jackson, J.—1. Where a bond and mortgage were executed in 1854 and ma tured in 1855, aud the maker died and letters of administration issued in 1861; and administrator died in.1864, aud estate Was unrepresented until 1872, when let ters de bonis non were issued: Held, that, inasmuch as the statute of limitation was suspended from 1864 to to 1868, and the time intervening between the termination of the first administration de bonis non is not counted until the expi ration of five years or more, and nine months and fifteen days in addition are to be added before the bar prescribed by that act in 1872 when the letters de bonis non were issued. 55 Ga., 85. 2. Administration de bonis non haring been granted in 1872 to oub of several trustees for the purpose, of securing the payment of the bond and mortgage, they were not barred whilst he was the sole administrator, and when he administered the assets and applied them, to the debt due from the intestate to the trustees without unreasonable delay. 57 Ga., 568 (13.) 3. An administrator cannot sell the lands ofthe intestate whilst in the adverse possession of the heirs at law, aud equal possession of part of a tract will construc tively extend to the limits prescribed in a deed recorded, or of the boundaries of which the adverse party had knowledge. 4. Where the real issue of the case on trial turned on tire question of such pos session in tlie heirs as against the admin istrator, on a hill brought by the heirs to saty. - A Strage Case of Starvation.—A recent special from Cincinnati says Mrs. Tumy, the lady of Walnut Hills, who has been living so long without food, died this afternoon, in the thirteenth day of her wonderful fast. Her family and physi cians declare that not a particle of food or drink passed into her stomach in all thi* time, wonderful as it may seem. She wa> but skin and bones when life went ou*. Tue poor woman was laboring un der tbe monomania that she bad no stom ach. London, Jamtary 18.—A land meeting was held at Williamstown, county Gal way, yesterday, at which Michael Davitt was present. A Government reporter and a number-of police were in attendance. At a meeting of the Council of the Home Rule League yesterday, a resolution passed thanking the people of America for their prompt aid to the distressed m Ireland. The Duchess of Marlborough fund now amounts to .£20,000. A Bad Thing fob the Presiden tial Campaign.—Unless a collapse of the sharp tricks of tlie iron trade comes soon, politicians will he hard run. In the- past six months the price of nails has ris en at the mills from $2.10 to $5.30 per- keg, and mighty meanjnails at that—britt le as glass—will break and break any car penter’s neck whp trusts them to uphold a staging. Now, with nails at five dollars and a half per keg, who is to meet the ex pense of “nailing lies to ;the counter,” af ter the standard practice of party news papers ? They will have to float roun. loose.