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MACON, JANUARY SO, 1880
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Rome wants a temperance boom. She
Certainly lias enough water flowing around
her to organize on.
The Clement attachment will now have
to sit down a while and let the railroad
guestion have the floor.
Thojiasvii.le is stirred to its social
Centre by the near approach of a leap
year party. A Callao earthquake is
mild agitation to the convulsion going on
in the usually quiet little city.
The Thomasville hotels are having
ripe strawberries.
The oldest inhabitant, with his mar
velous weather stories, is now regarded
as proper a target for bludgeons and bul
lets as the Pinafore fiend.
Professor R. T. Asbuby, late of the
Monroe Female College, has assumed
charge of the Georgia Female College at
Madison.
The Madisonian strikes the Phono
graph the hardest blow ol all.
A most enjoyable hop took place at the
Hearn Hotel in Monticello last week.
The able scribe who wrote it up concludes
With the wish that “the Hearn Hotel ban
ner may ever wave in the breeze and
never flap in frizzles at the end.”
A prisoner in the Blackshear jail set fire
to the structure a few nights since and
Was cut out of his cell by the heroic
efforts of the citizens. During the con
fusion attending the fire he levanted, and,
by this time,is in the land of flowers. The
heroic citizens now realize that tlio burn
ing was a premeditated plan on the part
of tlie prisoner to escape. Loss $1,100.
A Blacksheab darkey named Honry
William, who was acting guide for a sere
nading party from Brunswick, got tight
and grew angry with the crowd he was
leading, drew his pistol and shot into the
Crowd five times without effect. He has
fled.
The article alluded to in the last Pho
nograph as having appeared years ago in
this paper, was not put in by any editor or
any one connected with the paper. It
was disclaimed at the time, and the most
diligent effort made to discover the person
Who surreptitiously conveyed it into the
composing rooms.
Mu. Jesse Weston, who for many
years filled with great ability one of the
editorial positions of the Albany Neics has
turned his attention to the saw mill busi
ness. We wish him the greatest success
in whatever he undertakes.
MR- E. N. Hutchinson, of Berrien
County, was thrown from his buggy last
week under the wheels, and had his
thigh broken.
The dwelling, kitchen, com crib and
Stables, meat, fodder and com of Mr.
Eubanks Tompkins, 'of Worth county,
were burned last week, He only saved
his horses and a few articles from his
dwelling.
Eatonton wants a town hall—wants
it badly and should certainly have it.
The Eatonton Messenger says: A
fire on Monday last destroyed the
dwelling, kitchen, meat and wheat houses
of Mr. J. A. Spivey. The loss is quite a
heavy one, as he had no insurance on the
property. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to have been incendiary.
Ameuicus is receiving heavy shipments
Of guano tlxis season.
Mr. B. T. Jackson, of Stewart county,
died suddenly at the residence of Mr. C.
Alexander, where he was stopping,; of
droopsy of the heart.
Americus is looking for 80,000 bales of
Cotton this year.
Albany will have a large ball on the
4th of February.
Mr. Robert D. White and Miss Sal-
lie R. Hargrove, both of Fntnam county,
were married at the residence of the
bride’s parents last week.
Toccoa Net os: There is an article going
the rounds under the title “How to avoid
bad butter." We should say a good way
to do it would be not to go near the blamed
old goat, and if he comes near you climb
over the fence and slip up the back stairs.
Thank you. Now tell your readers
bow to avoid poor jokes and thensit down.
TnE death of Mr. Whit West, of Lee
County, is very much lamented by all who
knew him. •
Mb. A. W. Turner, ono of the first cit-
xens of Leary, and Miss Alice Webb were
married at the residence oi Captain A. W.
West near Whitney last Thursday.
Tiie Columbus Times, with its able
pencil, credits a paragraph from this col
umn to the Augusta Evening Neics.
Sons of prominent Savannah citi
zens still 1 draw the festive Alabama
sling and the police of that city bring
them before the mayor.
F General Gartekli. is the choice of
the Dalton Citizen for Governor.
There has been but one hanging in
Oglethorpe county since the war. but sev
eral candidates are now in the field.
Thomasyille Times: The interests of
the South and West alike demand a great
trunk line to our sea board. The Cole-
Brown-Wadley combination may be de
feated for the present, but it will bo effec
ted in the near future, nevertheless.
Madisonian: Shady Dale has a histo
ry as poetic as the “Deserted Village.”
It was once the home of a nobleman as
intelligent and wealthy as any that Eng
land can boast of, and was the site for the
discussion of many important subjects.
Waynesboro Herald: We learn that
On Thursday last in the vicinity of Lo-
rette, Mr. Thomas.S. Oliver was killed by
the falling of a tree. He was engaged in
Clearing up new ground, and had cut down
a tree, which lodged against another, and
in attempting to dislodge it he was crush
ed to death beneath it before he could get
out of the way. Mr. Oliver leaves a wife
and several small children.
Albany' News: Three negroes were
arrested at Camilla, under requisition
from the Governor of Alabama on Wed
nesday, and brought to Albany and lodged
in our county jail. Their names are
Charles Evans, Richard Evans and Wil
son Evans. The Sheriff from Seals, Ala
bama, will probably reach the city to-day
or to-morrow, to take them back with
liim.
Athens Banner. Dr. J. B. Carlton
has a patient who has been under treat
ment for dropsy for the last four years,
during which time he has taken from the
patient four hundred and eighty-four and
a half pounds of water in nine tappings.
The last tapping extracted eighty-two and
a half pounds,over nine gallons, and more
than the weight of the patient. It is the
most remarkable case of the kind on
record.
Thornton, in his letter to the Evening
Notes, of Augusta, speaks of Atlanta as
follows: Every city of any consequence
in the country has a fire alarm telegraph,
except Atlanta. But Atlanta Is behind in
gjfcpfMitials.
Sways did think Thornton a ; little
. but to make any such a state-
remain in tbe city is either
tempting Providence or may be construed
Tito a sort of altempted/eto de se. D’y’r
He also says: Meeting Colonel E. W.
Cole last night before he left on the
special train for Chattanooga, we walked
from the depot to the hotel. In answer to
my question if he could .tell me anything
he said, placing his hands upon my shoul
ders, (he is a taller man than I am), “if
you love me, say nothing for the present,
I do not know myself what is before me.”
He will return here on the 2Sth instant,
to attend a big meettng of railroad men at
that time—the pool meeting.
Gainesville Eagle: Great excitement
was created :n the city Wednesday even
ing by a rapidly flying rumor that Mr.
Alf Simmons had fallen from a trapeze
rope and been killed. Hastening to tho
scene of the accident, at Professor La-
Hatte’s school, we found the report con
siderably exaggerated, hut the young man
was lying on the ground in an unconscious
condition, and evidently very severely In
jured. It seems several of the young men
had stretched a large rope from one tree
to another, about twenty-five feet from the
ground, for the purpose of putting up tra
peze bars and rings. Mr. Simmons under
took to traverse the space between the
trees by banging to the rope by his hands
and swinging himself across. While thus
suspended liis hold gave way, and he was
precipitated to the earth. He was placed
in a wagon and taken to his father’s resi
dence. No bones were boken, and we are
glad to know as we go press, that he is
thought to be out of danger, though his
injuries are very serious.
Jail Delivery in Ellaville.—
Sumter Republican: The negro Albertu3
Black, who was one of the two found guil
ty of stealing cotton on or about Christ
mas, and committed for the same, made
his escape from jail by knocking down the
jailer, Mr. McCrory, on Thursday morn
ing last Mr. McCrory pursued him on a
mule, without bridle or saddle, and with
the aid of Mr. William Hudson arrested
and took him back.
A Rare Bird.—Thomasville Times
Mr. J. M. Blackshear caught and sent to
town the other day, for the inspection of
hi3 friends, a dwarf quail. The bird ap
peared on Mr. Blackshear's plantation
last year. It is a beautiful, symmetrical
bird, and is very highly prized by sports
men. The Forest and Stream gives, in a
recent issue, an interesting account of
their rapid introduction into this country.
They arc called the Messina quail, and
are migratory in their natute. During
the past few years several thousand havo
been imported from Messina, by Eastern
and Northern sportsmen. None, as far
as we know, have been sent South, and
how the little stranger found his way
down here is a mystery.
The farmers of some sections of the
State are forming clubs for the purchase
of guano at wholesale rates.
Albany had a very heavy rain on the
25th instant. It lasted nearly twenty-four
hours. : . ,
Mb. George W. H. Bartlett, of
Cambridgcport, Massachusetts, son of G.
H. Bartlett, of Boston, died of consump
tion in Albany on Sunday.
It is no uncommon thing to find stray
corpses in Atlanta. Two were found
there a day or two since, packed in a bar
rel and addressed to B. F. Avery &
Sons, when the address should have read
As W. Avery, a druggist of Atlanta. This
careless direction of corpses will hurt
somebody yet.
The old valentines left over from last
year’s stock will soon blossom over the
counters of the hook stores, and the poetry
which has been mashed into drawers
year back appear as fresh as if it had just
been ginned by the valentine poet fiend.
The Wallacks are doing Griffin with a
burlesque pinafore.
Cochran is happy because she gets a
Sunday mail.
The Dublin Gazette man rises in wrath
at the street patent medicine vendor and
prize soap package distributor, and urges
that alieavy license tax should be imposed
on them. Has he been there on the soap
question?
A house found dead in the woods with
a bullet hole in his side created a good
deal of excitement in Dublin recently.
No whisky is sold in Wrightsville.
Mb. Raysob was married to Miss Blood-
worth, of Griffin, last Sunday. This may
be regarded as rather a harberous pro
ceeding.
A train load of people went to Augusta
to see Joe Jefferson in Rip Yan Winkle,
Augusta will have the names of her
streets painted on her lamps.
Augusta’s collections for the Irish
fund has reached over two thousand dol
lars.
There is a certain lady in Greene
county who superintended a farm last
year, hiring one hand, that made ten hales
of cotton, two hundred bushels of corn,'
three thousand fire hundred pounds of
fodder, one hundred bushels of oats and
forty bushels of wheat.
The prospect for a good wheat crop In
Houston county is, says the Home Jour
nal, not flattering. That paper notes as a
strange circumstance for this time of
the year, that in many parts of the county
wheat is already suffering from rust.
The Tennyson Club of Griffin had a
novel meeting last week. Each member
was called on for a quotation. Niles, of
the News, could remember nothing except
the first four lines of Mary and her talen
ted lamb, and Charlie Logan ( wasted
himself on a few brief remarks on the
subject of some boy and a burning deck,
Captain Mike T. Singleton, of the
steamer Blount, arrived Thursday even
ing and anchored for the night at Dnblin.
He is on his way down the river to its
mouth, and will commence clearing up
the Oconee. He thinks he will get back
to Dublin by June or July.
Ogletoorpe Echo: From all quarters
we hear it said that extensive prepara
tions are being made for planting heavy
cotton crops. This involves the purchase
of tons upon tons of guano and the waiv
ing of all the property rights a farmer
possesses in order to secure the payment
of the same early next fall. The man who
goes wild over the present high prices of
cotton and stakes his all upon a big crop
may pay too dearly for his whistle next
winter/ Keep cool and plant some com,
keeping out of debt as far as possible is
our caution.
Dublin Gazette: There is a malady
among horses in this county which, in
most cases, proves fatal. When seized
with it they become almost crazed and
blind. We learn that several cases haTe
been cured by the use of turpentine applied
freely about the head and small quanti
ties poured in the ears.
Griffin Neics: At the Presbyterian
supper Friday night some very mischievous
person, name unknown, scattered a quan
tity of cayenne pepper on the floor of the
armory, whicli was the cause of very great
complaint. Every person in the room
felt an uncontrollable inclinattion to
sneeze, and the actual sneezing was very
general, and likewise ludicrous. If the
malefactor could have been caught the
most summary punishment would have
been meted out to him.
A 8 fecial to the Evening News is • as
follows: .• , j
SAVANNAn, January 20.—A telegram
from a prominent broker and railroad
man in New York, received Saturday by
a broker in this city, instructing him to
secure all the Central > railroad stock ob
tainable at 82, optional on the ratification
of the lease, electrified the dormant boom
and created a flutter in the market. Cen
tral jumped several points, and closed
firm at S0£ to 90 asked.
Fatal Accident.—Dublin Gazette:
A few days since a party of boys were
breaking a yoke of young oxen, and
among the party was Mr. Henry Coney, a
son of William Coney, who, for some pur
pose, was left to guara the team. They
became frightened, and ran away and
against a tree, throwing young Coney out
and turning the cart upside down, tlife
rim of the body striking him just behind
the head—breaking his neck ank killing
him instantly. The young man had
Baldwin county hasy sixty thousand.. T'TJ'T T7'r( T> A T*TT
illars invested in the Macon and Augus- V !r** • ' * ***”
dollars
ta railroad.5 :oc'- .
Milledgeville again wants a public
hall.
THe Columbus Times, under head line
of “What have we done?” announces
that the Wallacks and Pinafore willshort-
barelywecovered from a severe cut on tie . ly approach that city.
knee from an ax, which, from mortifica-
camc very near resulting seriously.
Albany Advertiser: Kidnapped.—
A colored manTby the name of Henry
Miller, on Mr. Alex. Herrington’s place,
in East Dougherty, has a son about twelve
years of age, who, it seem, was kidnapped
by some white meh on last Wednesday
night. The kidnappers brought the boy
to town, made him drunk, bought him a
new suit of clothes, and then carried him
back with them, going past his father’s
house. Tlie boy was wrapped in a quilt,
and did not know where he was going.
The party stopped at Isabella, where the
boy was seen by some of the citizens.
The same night the boy’s father readied
Isabella,having tracked the party that far.
Learning that he was on the right track,
he followed it way over into Berrien coun
ty, where he found his boy at the house
of some people whose name he says he
did not stop to enquire, hut who said that
tho boy had followed them. Securing his
boy about twelve o'clock at night, the old
man made tracks for home.
Rohe Courier: We are gratified to
learn that the contract to grade the road
from Summerville to a point near Cathey
& Robinson’s Gap has been let out to re
sponsible parties. The engineer corps is
now hard at work locating a road, and a
force of hands are en route from the Cin-
tinnati Southern under an experienced
leader. Mr. H. Blanchard is at the front,
and writes Colonel C. G. Samuel every
thing is moving to suit him. Some days
ago Mr. Blandiard agreed and signed the
basis of a contract with Eastern and Wes
tern capitalists to pool and build tlie three
roads. We are informed by Colonel Sam-
The same paper says the contract for
grading the Pensacola and Selma railroad
has been awarded and work is to be com
menced at once. Seventy-five miles are
required to make the connecting link.
Tilitila Glover,* a colored woman,
and her little son have obtained a judg
ment aggregating twenty-five hundred
doliars against the Southwestern railroal
on account of injuries received.
Thbee thousand dollars of the six
thousand required has been subscribed in
Albany for the proposed ice factory.
Observing strangers say that more
improvements are being made in and
around Rome than any city they have
been in since the war.
An editor thus acknowledges a present
of grapes: “We have received a basket
of grapes from our friend, W., for which
he will accept our compliments, some of
which are two inches in diameter.”
Albany wants Thomasville to hold no
Spring Fair, and Albany will hold no Fall
Fair. /
Colonel Richabd S. Taylob, form
erly of Athens, but now a citizen of
Waynesboro, lays claims to the mines and
deposits in Oglethorpe, which are said to
be worth $80,000. When he sold the land
he reserved the right to all mineral de
posits, and the records to that effect have
been found.
Railroad Run Off.—Enquirer-Sun:
Last night the accommodation train on the
Southwestern Railroad was several hours
behind time. The delay was occasioned
uel that the parties are amply able to i/T*“ “ „C ltLw SwX,
build Mi a mad* and that lie lias teleirrams a Car jumping the track at Schatulga,
about eight miles from the city. No dam-
build the roads and that he has telegrams
from them that they will be in our city in
a few days to close matters as agreed. In
the meantime the work goes bravely on.
Blacksheab News: On Monday the
18th of January, 1880, George Robinson,
Sr., died at the residence of his son, Ma
jor George Robertson, in Blackshear, Ga.
Mr. Robertson was In his eighty-fourth
year, being bom in Savannah, Ga., in the
year 1196. He served his time with Mr.
Francis Hill, proprietorof tho Commercial
Advertiser, in New York city, and then
returned to Savannah, where, about the
year 1823, he bought out the Savannah
Georgian, whicli had almost passed out of
existence. With the energy of early man-
iiood he built up the paper and made it a
lucrative investment, the leading paper of
Savannah, and an influential factor in the
affairs of the city and State. About'the
same time he represented Chatham county
in the Legislature and served the city at
the council board, and he was first Lieu
tenant of the Chatham Artillery for seve
ral years, under Captain Bulloch. The
prospect of establishing himself in New
York city lured him from the certainty of
an established business and from the hon
ors that were being accorded to his
popular manner, his fertile and vigorous
pen, and liis remarkable energy and
industry. But he quickly, lost in New
York all that lie had accumulated in
Savannah. From New York he removed
to Augusta, Georgia, and established the
Weekly Transcript, a purely literary pa
per; but s^on discontinued it and became
teller of the Mechanics’ bank, which place
he held for about twenty years. It was
during that time (in the year 1839) that
the yellow fever devastated the city of Au
gusta as it has never scourged any other
city; and for many days he was the only
person in the bank. The president, cash
ier, and directors had fled from the pesti
lence, all the clerks were prostrated by the
fever, and some died, but he remained in
perfect health, and kept the bank open
every day without exception, locking and
unlocking more than half a million dol
lars, of whicli he was the sole custodi
an. For the two traits that shone most
conspicuously in his character were devo
tion to duty and a most exact and scru
pulous integrity. He retired from the
bank and from all active business iu 1855,
enjoying a green old age with the kindly,
genial temper that made him ever a
welcome guest, and carried him hap
pily through ever ill. Since tlie death of
liis wife, which occurred in 1872, lie has
spent all his winters with his son, Major
Robertson, in Elacksliear, where he died
on the 18tli instant. His remains were con
veyed to Savannah axd interred in the
family burial ground in Laurel Grove
cemetery.
Gbiffin had a slight snow on Mon
day.
The Rome Courier nominates W. H.
age was done.
Thomasville Post: Very heavy rains
Commenced falling throughout this section
on Sunday night and continue up to this
writing (Monday noon). The country is
under water, and we fear much damage
has resulted to railroads, mills and farm-
"S’atal Accident^—Swainsboro Her
ald: We learned the particulars of a most
horrible accidental killing which occurred
iri this county some days since. Mr. T.
S. Oliver, an energetic young planter,
was felling a pine tree which lodged in
tlie top of another one. He succeeded in
dislodging it, when the one against which
it had lodged rebounded with such force
that the top broke off and fell, mangling
Mr. Oliver most fearfully and causing in
stant death. Mr. Oliver leaves a wife and
children to mourn his death. They have
our most heartfelt sympathy.
, Americus Recorder: Somo of our
readers know that several days ago an es
caped lunatic from th6 Asylum was ait
large in our city. The authorities at
S illedgeville being notified sent aman for
m. When he arrived the lunatic was
not to be found, but hearing that he was
ip the vicinity of the depot, he went in
company of- - policeman Erskine to arrest
him. When they arrived at the depot
they saw a man sitting on the banks of
Mitchell’s mill creek who, Si Hawkins
told them was tbe man they were in search
of. He had a pistol in his hand. They
held a consultation, and decided that the
Milledgeville man should conceal himself
and that policeman Erskine should go
around and come up behind the lunatic
and arrest him unawares. The detour
Was a success. Policeman Erskine arrest
ed his man without getting shot, hut then
you must know it was not tlie lunatic but
one of our cleverest citizens, who thought
he was arrested for shooting inside the
incorporation.
After mutual explanations and apolo
gies, the matter was dropped and sup-
S ressed; but then, you know, it is the busi-
ess of newspaper men to find out a good
thing.
The lunatic was subsequently captured
iin Columbus.
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Railroad Matters.
Tlie conference between Colonel Cole
, and Messrs. Standiford and Newcomb at
f Nashville on Tuesday, proved barren of
results. All the parties took the tiain for
Atlanta to attend the annual meeting of
the Southern Steamship Association.
Colonel Cole indignantly denies having
sold out to the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. To a reporter of the Nashville
American, he said: - *- j
“The idea of my selling a controlling
interest to the Louisville people when, ac
cording to Colonel Stevenson’s own state-
Darooy to U,c «*«* «rie» f.r Con-
gress. j . f.
Tns Fire Department of Rome is pre-.
paring for a grand time in May.
The Rome police are raiding the dis
reputable houses of that city.
Mb. Geoboe P. Woods’ views on
country journalism has provoked quite a
discussion throughout the State.
Mr. James F. Simjions, a most excel
lent citizen of Talbot county, is dead.
Thb Talbotton College has over fifty
pupils.
Mr. Owen McGarrigle, whose sui
cide in Talbotton was mentioned a day or
two since, was buried by the SoutliemBi-
fles.
The Rome Rally Tribune folds its lit
tle hands and puts up a petition to the
dead heads of that city for mercy.
Some of the State exchanges are call
ing “Whoa January” on the peach bloom
question, and look in anxiety to the peach
crop of the summer.
Upland rice is being successfully cul
tivated by numbers of farmers in Monroe
county.
The Wallacks will be upon Forsyth
this evening, with Pinafore in burlesque,
Mr. Jasper Williamson is poor, but
proud. The Monroe Advertiser says he
has been the proudest man in Monroe
county since donning a suit of jeans made
frem wool raised on his place, spun, wo
ven, and made up by his wife.
The papers through the Seventh dis
trict are making strong points against Mr.
Felton on his cndoisement of Rev. T. J.
Simmoms’ application for appointment as
census supervisor.
Mr. Wm. Minor is building the new
hotel in Montezuma—Hot Major Drum-
right.
The people of- Leesburg are contem
plating building a jim-jam asylum around
‘X,” the correspondent of tho Americus
Recorder from that place.
The Monroe Female College has re
sumed its exercises for tho spring term in
a commodious and convenient building.
The board of government and instruction
will be a follows: Rev. S. G. Hillyer, D.
D., president and professor of rhetoric and
intellectual philosophy; Rev..J. L. Ham
mond, professor of moral science and
Latin; D. P. Hill, professor of mathe
matics; H. Bechter, professor of Ger
man language and music; Miss Kate E.
Milledge, instructress in French, painting
and drawing; K. P. Moore, M. D., lec
turer upon hygiene and physiology; Mrs.
M. L. Stephens, principal of primary de
partment. __ ' **,
Mr. Pillsbury, Sr.,'manyfyears assis
tant clerk of Sumter county Superior
Court has been appointed County Judge.
Americus has organized a literary and
musicSJr society. Colonel -w. A. Smith
has been chosen president. 1 '
A colored woman, Mary Ann Craw
ford, of Marion county, walked into a
store in Americus and fell dead. The
coroner’s jury thinks she died of heart dis
ease—or.something else.
as Mr. Newcomb explains, did occur. I
am entirely occupied at present with my
duties as President of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. Louis Railway. The
first hour I am free from my public duties
I will auswer any statement any gentle
man has made or may make. Meantime,
any intimation, insinuation or iuuendo by
any one, charging or intending to charge
that I ever offered one dollar of my own
stock, or the stock of any other person, to
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, or any officers thereof, is basely
false.” .Y.;, ,
The Colonel is represented to be in good
health and spirits. Up to this moment
his contract with the Central railroad con
tinues to hang fire,' with a hare possi
bility only that it will he ratified. There
is some talk of tendering to Colonel Cole
the presidency of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad,,’ ,<{ :j
, _ To show how mixed and uncertain ev
erything relating to the Central fanroad
agreement continues to be, a special to
the Cincinnati Enquirer from Louisville
yesterday says:
There is a feeling here to-night that the
Louisville and Nashville people will prob
ably agree to confirm Cole’s leases, and
continue his line to the sea in order to
prevent complications, as the Central lease
involves hut little risk.
Again we say, let us “wait for the
wagon.”
t-Ki j r. a h. a. mol.ass
UBNTI8TB, >
No 84 Halbcirj Stroet. Macon, Go
Twth extracted oitbout poin, buotlfal tetiol
Tieiti inaerted, Abacaaoed Teeth and Diseased
Gann cared.
Dealers in all kinds at Dontal Materials ’nd
Instrument*. ComUntly on hand a larse end
tull MSftMMtol Teeth ol all kinds. Gold ol ail
kinds, Amalgams of oil kinds, Rubbers of oil
so. mart d Aw
Manchester, January 27.—Tho Man
chester Guardian says there is not much
change in the aspect of the market.
There is fair inquiry in nearly all de
partments, but the prices asked are most
ly so high as to render It difficult to exe
cute orders.. Hence business is small—
the only department which can be called
active being yams for the Eastern mar
kets, of which fair sales are reported at
prices in’some instances slightly above
those of Friday. • . .
Bangob, Maine, January 27.—The
Justices of the Supreme Court arrived
last night. They will confer to-day upon
the Fusion questions.
Washington, January 27.—In the
Senate Mr. Randolph, from the Commit
tee on Military Affairs, reported a bill for
the relief of Fitz John Porter.
The bill has heretofore been pub
lished.
Mr. Logan made a minority report. He
dissented in toto from the preamble, and
contended, 1st, that the President had no
authority to organize a commission to ex
amine the case by taking ex-parte testi
mony.
Second, that the action of a court mar
tial is not reviewahle by Congress.
Third, that Congress has no right to
pay a person for services not rendered, be
cause of exclusion from the army.
The bill was placed on the calendar.
Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution which
was agreed to, instructing the Committee
on Judiciary to inquire whether in the
settlement or adjustment between the
United States and the.railroads mention
ed'or provided in the act of February
22d, 1875, to provide for a settlement with
certain railroad companies, any discrimi
nation or dill'erence of treatment has been
made by United States officers in favor of
ono or more of such companies as against
others; and, if so, what further legislation,
if any, on the subject is expedient.
Mr. Pendleton introduced a bill to au
thorize the appointment of Medical In
spectors in the navy to the office of Chief
of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and
to remove the disabilities of the present
incumbent.
• Washington, January 27.—In the
Senate, Mr. Coke presented a memorial
of the State grange of Texas, praying for
the regulation of inter-State commerce.
Mr. MorrHl, from tlie Finance commit
tee, reported adversely on the bill to es
tablish an office of assistant treasurer at
Charleston,. South Carolina, and it was
indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Morgan introduced a bill for the re
lief of the Medical College of Alabama,
which was referred.
A number of bills of minor importance
w;ere introduced and referred, and several
private pension bills passed. The Senate
theu resumed the consideration of a joint
resolution withdrawing the compulsory
legal tender power of the United States
notes, which had been reported adversely
from the committee on Finance.
Mr. Bayard made a long speech in sup
port of the views of the minority of that
committee, at tlie conclusion of which the
Senate adjourned.
Washington, January 27.—In the
House, Mr. Goode, of Virginia, chairman
of tlie committee on the Yorktown cele
bration, reported a bill to cany into ef
fect the resolution adopted by Congress
in October, 1781, in regard to a monumen
tal column at Yorktown. Passed.
Mr. Cook, of Georgia, from tlie commit
tee on Post-offices and - Roads, reported
hack the bill declaring all public roads
and highways post routes, and authoriz
ing the Postmaster General to put the pos
tal service on all such routes when public
necessity requires it.
Upon objection by Mr. Blount, of Geor
gia, the bill was withdrawn.
The House then went into a committee
of the whole on the revision of rules.
The rules as far as rule seven were
agreed to, with unimportant amendments.
Adjourned.
The House Committee on Public
Buildings ahd Grounds to-day agreed up
on hills appropriating money for the erec
tion of public buildings at places, and in
amounts as follows: At Montgomery,
Alabama, $125,000; at Jackson, Missis
sippi, $100,000; at Lynchburg, Virginia,
$75,000; at Charlestown, West Virginia,
SG0,000.
The President sent to the Senate to-day
tlie nomination of J. D. Stanford, of
North Carolina', to be Supervisor of Cen
sus for the third North Carolina Dis
trict.
_ Augusta, Me., January 27.—The Fu
sion Legislature assembled to-day, but ad
journed until to-morrow without transact
ing any business.
Boston, January 27.—The Herald's Au
gusta special- says there have been quite
Iaige arrivals of Fusionists from Lewis
ton and Auburn, and that the Adjutant
General has information that a company
of seventy-five is expected this evening
from Biddeford. Leading Fusionists say
any attempt to arrest the officials of their
government will be resisted by force. Its
Governor has been urged to call the Port
land Blues and Montgomery Guards to
this city, and it has b«en suggested to have
them quartered in the hall near that in
which the Fusionists meet The Gover-'
nor’s proclamation is expected to follow
close upon the decision of the Supreme
Court.
Bangob, Me., January 27.—The Su
preme Court has rendered a unanimous
decision declining to recognize tlie Fu-
sionist bodies in Augusta, and explicitly
declaring the house and senate now hold-
just to pay soldiers the difference in the tion of peace. The trouble crew ont o
value between .United States notes . and the substitution of colored tor white la-
i it was just to pay it to every one who borere in the ColumbiaSaref
had been obliged, to take them. This
would require an incredible isiue of paper.
The present Congress might not yield to
those solicitations, bnt ou the threshold
we should meet and defeat all such wild
and fatal schemes. Whether the Senate
would now concur in his views, he kne\v
not, for a measure like this had never
been and wqiild • never be made by- him
the subject of party caucus or personal
canvass for votes, but he believed the good
sense of the people would support his
views. — .
Nashville, Tenn., January 27.—Pre
sident Standiford and Vice-President
Newcomb, of the Louisville, Nashville
and Great Southern railroad, held a con
ference with President Cole of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St., Louis road to
day. Standiford and Newcomb expressed
a desire to have Cole continue as Presi
dent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis Company, but Cole did not say
whether he would do so or not.
“• The various contracts on new lines and
extensions in inauguration by Cole were
discussed, but no conclusion reached, in
reference to the contract with the Georgia
Central." The Owensboro and Nashville
road will probably be built through to
Springfield.
Messrs. Cole and Newcomb left to-night
for Atlanta to attend the meeting of the
Southern Railroad and Steamship Associ
ation.
At a meeting at the Merchants’ Ex
change Standiford made a speech, giving
assurances.that no discriminations would
be made against Nashville in favor of any
other city. Colonel A. S. Collyer said
this promise should be made in the shape
of an amendment -to its charter. The
time had come when the Legislature
would be called upon for legislation gov
erning the contracts of railroads.
United States Deputy Collector Davis
returned here to-niglit after an extensive
raid, in which he destroyed seven illicit
distilleries and captured fifteen men.
Bangob, Me., January 27.—The fol
lowing is the substance of the unanimous
decision of the Supreme Court:
The eoort says it cannot admit, even
by implication, that the statement aud
questions before it are presented by any
legally organized Legislature, so as
to require the Court’s opinion under
article C, section 3, of the Constitution.
Presuming, however, that the gentjemcn
who ask the questions have an honest de
sire to know their legal duty as citizens,
the Court says it will give some of the
reasons why it cannot entertain or answer
the questions: When two different bodies
of men, each claiming to be the Legislature
of a State, assert their right to enact law
for the people, it is the obvious duty of
the judiciary to inquire qnd ascertain for
itself, with or without questions presented
by claimants, which of these bodies law
fully represent the people; whose enact
ments it will recognize as law; whose
levies of taxes it will enforce, etc. This
court is bound to take official notice of the
doings of the executive and legislative de
partments of the government; and when
called upon by tlie proper authority to
pass upon their validity, we are hound to
take official notice of historical facts
and matters of public notoriety, and- at
least transpiring in our midst. We can
not accept the statement whicli asserts as
facts matters that are in conflict with the
record and with historical facts. We can
not shut our eyes to the fact that Govern
or Garcelon and the Council disregarded
the opinion of tlie Court given in answer
to the Governor’s questions; that they
omitted summonses to men who did ap
pear to be legally elected, and issued sum
monses to men who did not appear to
be legally elected. We know that the of
ficers who presided in the conventions of
members elect of tlie Senate and House,
oa the first day of January, recognized as
members men who were unlawfully intro
duced by the. unconstitutional methods
pursued by the Governor and Council;
refused to recognize men who appeared,
elected, and refused to permit any appeal
from their illegal decisions, to bodies over
which they temporarily appeared—the
House of Representatives and Senate,
under the constitution of the State.
New York, January 2S.—A New Or
leans special gives the following particu
lars of the burning of tlie steamer Charm
er, belonging* to the’ New Orleans and
Red River Transportation Company, on
Sunday last, five miles above the mouth
of Atcliafalga. The steamer lias on board
2,105 bales of cotton, sixty barrels of mo
lasses, a lot of sundries, all of which were
destroyed.
The fire was first seen bursting out be
neath the second tier of cotton, and in a
moment the Whole boat was in a sheet of
flames.'
The pilot stood at his post and headed
the boat for tlie shore. But for his cool
ness the loss of life would have been very
great—106 passengers being on board.
When the boat reached the shore planks
were immediately shoved out—yet such
was the heat of the fire and haste of those
aboard to save themselves that many
jumped overboard.
All the passengers were saved. The
lost were "William Miller, cabin boy; Da
vid Morgan, pantry man; Charles John
ston and John Johnston, cooks; Mary
Flowers and Mary Hamilton, chamber
maids; William Cummings, fireman, and
one roustabout—name unknown. The
cargo is valued at $120,000.
Cincinnati, Janttaity 28.—The Catho
lic clergy, i -held a meeting yesterday and
determined to fight the application" for the
sale of church property to pay the debts of
ing sessions in the State-house, to be the ’ Archbishop Purcell.
Savannah Valley Railroad.—Au
gusta Evening Neics: On Monday last
the board of county commissioners of An
derson, South Carolina, voted a subscrip
tion to the capital stock of the Savannah
Valley railroad company to connect Au
gusta and Knoxville, Tennessee, pursuant
to the voice of the people in the township *
directly interested expressed at the elec
tion last year, tlie first installment of
which is to be collected this year. Cen-
treville subscribes $5,100, Varennes $5,500,
Savannah $3,850, Hall $3,500, Comer
$3,700. The action of the boa: d has been
certified to the county auditor for the pur
pose of having the tax levied.
A (JAKL).
Tsall wha.are raftering from the errors ana
neat remedy wra diacovernd by • minlocuy in
So«U) America. Send a •eU-addresied tnveope
ta tbe Her Joaani, T Inman. Station D, Near
fork. a Iodide
—Washington, January 25.—Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague gave a dinner party
here last week to a few gentlemen and la
dies, among whom were several members
of the Supreme Court. Senator Conk-
ling and- Mrs. Conkling were present. It
is said by a gentleman well qualified to
know, that immediately alter the affair at
Canonchet last summer, Mrs. Conkling
wrote a letter to Mrs. Sprague inviting her
to accept the hospitalities of the Conklmg
house at Utica.
. ■ - * -ii .
legal Legislature of Maine.
Cincinnati, January 27.—A special
from St. Louis, says the tide of negro em
igration from the South lia3 set in again.
About ene hundred arrived on the steamer
Scudder, Sunday, and left for Kansas,
while as many more came by the steamer
John B. Maude last night. All ef these
people have some money,and came chiefly
from East Baton Rouge, Louisiana,Wash-
ington county, and Grenada, Mississippi.
Those who have arrived say there are
more to come. Numbers are waiting on
the banks of the river for transportation.
A colored man acting as agent, has sent
to the relief committee a list of nine hun
dred families who wish to come North.
Within a few days, seven hundred im
migrants have reached St. Louis.
New Orleans, January k 27.—It is re
ported that a duel is on the tapis between
Major E. A, Burke, of tjie Remocraf, and
Major H. J. Hearsey, of the States. At
12:30 the parties were still ip the city, but
it was understood that they would fight*
this evening.
Affidavits are out against them.
Later.—The duel referred to in a pre
vious dispatch was fought this afternoon
in Metairiory, near the city, with pistols;
distance, ten daces. After firing two shots
each, friends interfered and the difficulty
was amicably adjusted.
Washington, January 27.—The fol
lowing is an abstract of Mr. Bayard’s
speech in the Senate to-day, on liis reso
lution :
Mr. Bayard said his object in urging the
adoption of the present resolution was to
bring about the actual resumption of
specie payments. "Whatever else might
be effected by the resolution was second
ary and merely incidental to this pne
cardinal object. Sound prosperity must
rest upon sound basis, and real money is
sound currency. To resume by the ex
isting system is as idle as to bail water
by a sieve. Paper notes are an essential
auxiliary to coin, but they are not coin—
not moneys—but substitutes for it. Their
acceptance must be based on their credit,
on their convenience, and must always be
voluntary in order to be safe.
Mr. Bayard then referred to the mijney
power, of which so much fear is expressed
by the opponents of tbe resolution, and to
the great accumulation of property, and
said that the unequal distribution of prop
erty is attributable more to tlie use of in-
convertable paper money than to any
thing else.
Mr. Joficrson said that “breaking up tbe
measure of value makes lottery of all pri
vate property.” lie saw no guarantee
that greenbacks would not be inflated as
in the past they had been. He" combated
Coke’s argument. Tlie legal tender pow
er is like the germ of fever, only" needing
excitement,' speculation, war, or distress,
to develop its deadly powers.
In this counectiou he spoke of the
Weaver hill, as one commenting on the
tlie foregoing remark, and said if it were
Norfolk, January 28.—Chief of Police
Benson committed suicide in his private
room at an early hour this morning by
blowing out his brains with a pistol. The
cause was aberration of mind resulting
from domestic troubles.
Washington, January 28.—Tho Sen
ate is engaged in eulogizing the late Sena
tor Chandler.
The House passed several bills—among
them one grantin'* a pension to the widow
of Lieutenant Hiram H. Benner.
The House then proceeded to call of
committees for reports.
The committee on Ways and Means
tills morning continued tbe hearing of the
gentlemen interested in the sugar busi
ness, and in the proposition to modify the
tariff.
London, January 28.—The Finan
cier says the representatives of the
French Cable Company are here nego
tiating with the Aglo-American Cable
Compary for the retention of the three
shilling tariff. If no agreement is reached,
the Anglo-American Company will enforce
six penny tariff on the French business
from the first ot February next, and on
all business where the French Company’s
English connection is made.
Washington, January 2S.—In the Sen
ate the day was devoted to eulogies upon
the late Senator Chandler, pronounced by
Messrs. Ferry, Bayard, Anthony, Blaine,
Logan, Morrill and others.
In the House Mr. Cook, of Georgia,
from the Post-office Committee, reported
a bill declaring-all public roads and high
ways, post routes. An extended discussion
followed, in which Representatives Came-
ron of Illinois, Blount of Georgia, and
Clymer of Pennsylvania, opposed the bill,
and Mr. Stone of Michigan, Mooney of
Mississippi, Conger of Michigan and Dib-
rell ot Tennessee, supported it. At ti e
expiiation of the morning bout, tliej nll
went over without action. The House
then debated a revision of the rules in
the committee of the whole, but without
making any progress. The remainder
of the afternoon was devoted to eulogies
on the late Senator Chandler. Ad
journed. -
New Orleans, January 28.—A dis
patch from Captain" Gager of the strand
ed steamship Louisiana, says he has cast
overboard 250 tons of the cargo to lighten
the ship. Lighters cun be used only in
calm. The propeller is broken. Tlie pas
sengers have been sent to Port Eads aud
the ship will he saved, j. •
Richmond,. January *28.—Telegrams
received here to-day report intense excite
ment in Shenandoah county over a colli
sion between white and colored laborers
a’t the Columbia furnace, near Edinburgh.
Sheriff Stickley of that county, has tele
graphed the Governor for troops to quell
tlie riot, and Governor has ordered Cap
tain Magrtidcr "of the Woodstock military
company to put his command at the dis-
W ashington January 28.—The Presi
dent to-day approved the act to provide
for circuit- and district courts of tbeTJnf-
ted States at • Macon, Georgia, and to
transfer certain counties from the north-
ern'to the southern district in said
fetate. •
New Orleans, Januaiy 28.—A half-
dozen tow boats with barges have gone to
the relief of the steamer Louisiana.
Captain Gager telegraphs that he expects
to float her on high tide to-morrow if the
water is smooth. A large part of the
cargo has been successfully lightened.
Richmond, Va., January 28.—Later
telegrams from Shenandoah county report
that the attack was made on the negroes
at Liberty Furnace last night and two men
.were wounded. The rioters then dispers
ed. All is quiet now, but trouble is ap
prehended and more troops are asked for.
The Governor has' ordered the Winchester
Light Infantry company to the scene of
the disturbance witii directions to report
to the sheriff.
London, January 28.—It is stated that
the Nationalists of the county of Mayo,
Ireland, haTe decided to put up Davitt
and Brannon, now under indictijpcnt
for sedition, as candidates for seats in the
House of Commons, at the forthcoming
general election, with the understanding
that, if elected, they will refrain from tak
ing their seats. Tlio prospect for their
election is considered good.
London, January 28.—Steamer Hol
land, hence for Nev York, has returned
to Queenstown, having broken her main
shaft when five hundred miles west of
Fastnet.
Berlin, January 2S.—The National
Zesting, discussing the proposed increase
of the" army, says the German nation is al
most wianimous in its approval of Prince
Bismarck's resolution to resist Pansla
vism as soon as it shows itself becoming
an active and aggressive power. As yet
Germany preserves friendly relations with
Russia, but Europe can only he thorough
ly quieted by exertions in tlie place whence
the causes of the agitation have proceeded.
Assurances of peace from the Russian
press ought to be received with great sat
isfaction, hut it must hot be foigottenthat
it is more to excite fears than to pacify
them.
Washington, January 28.—The Sen
ate Committee on Appropriations, at a
special meeting this afternoon, reconsid
ered their former action in regard to the
fortification appropriation bill, and finally
decided to report the bill back to tlio Sen
ate to-morrow with a recommendation
that the amount granted by the House
for the armament ofseacoast fortifications
•viz, $225,000—bo increased to $400,000.
The committee will also recommend an
increase of $50,000 in the House' item of
$100,000 for the preservation and repair
of fortifications.
Washington, January 28.—The House
Naval committee unanimously adopted
to-day-the report of the sub-committee,
transmitting the bill intended to effect the
reorganization of the navy by the sale of
old, obsolete and worthless ships, and the
construction of new ones in their places.
The report which accompanies the bill
considers in detail the present condition
of every ship on the navy register, and
shows that out of one hundred and forty-
two war vessels in the United States navy
only forty-eight are to-day capable of fir
ing a gun, and of these, five are old, obso
lete sailing vessels. If to this be added
ships that could be made fit for duty with
in a reasonable time,.the whole navy of
the United States would number only six
ty-nine vessels capable of bearing guns
and doing service. The bill which ac
companies this report authorizes and di
rects the Secretary of the Navy to select
and sell all the ships which are unfit for
duty or not worth repairing, and provides
that tbe sum realized from such sale shall
he put to the credit of the navy depart
ment to be used together with the'regular
appropriation in the' purchase and equip
ment of new vessels and in increasing the
efficiency of our naval force.
The bill will.be reported to the House
to-morrow witii the request that an early
day be set for its consideration.
Nashville, Januaiy 28.—The bank
ers of Tennessee formed an organization
to-day by tho election of James "Whit
worth, President; H. S. Davis, .Vice-Pres
ident; Edgar Joiies, Treasurer; John P.
Williams, Secretary; and John Kirkman,
A. W. Brockway, W. P. Ingrain, M. J.
Keith and W. W. Daughty as Executive
Council. They propose memorializing
Congress for a reduction of taxes on de
posits and abolish stamp duty on checks.
Portland, Me., January 28.—The
Era, a leading Greenback organ, submits
to the decision of the Supreme Court and
appeals to the people.
New Orleans, January 2S.—The Pres
ident and Secretary of the Colored Men’s
Protective Union sent a protest this even
ing against Picliback’s appointment as na
val officer. Tlie State Republican Com-
mitttes also protest against l’inchback,
and request a delay until the arrival ot
Chairman Dumont, who left to-day with
Colonel Badger and ex-Senator Burch, for
Washington.
Washington, January 28.—The origi
nal bill has been filed in tbe United States
Supreme Caurt by the State of New
Hampshire against the State of Louisiana
setting forth that the former State is the
holder of consolidated bonds issued by
the State of Louisiana under the Act of
1874, and praying that provisions of tlie
new constitution which propose to lower
the rate of interest on the said bond be ad-
M d void and unconstitutional and that
junction be granted against tlie State
officers of Louisiana, restraining them
from using taxes collected under the Act
of 1874 for other purposes than those spec
ified in that act.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, D. C.,
January 26th, 1680.
HORBANDCOX.
These two gentlemen furnished abont
all the fun that was afloat at- the Capitol
last week. Cox had his say, and went for
the’MIcbigan humorist in a sharp stylo that
tickled tlie floor and galleries immensely,
much to Horr’s disgrantlement, who
looked immensely worried and moved
around during its delivery in a manner
that showed he was hard hit. Friday he
had his innings, and I think had full rej
venge. He was short and sharp, and rath
er got away with Sammy, who pretended
not to know that he was being demolished,
but you could see that he felt, the
sting. Hereafter he will, I presume, he
known as “sweet . little Buttercup,”
which nickname Horr gave him amid the
laughter and applause of both sides of
the house. Hereafter, Cox, who has been
tlie head jester of the House, must look to
lik laurels when he rises to be as funny as
he can, and cast a weather eye ovei to
wards the Radical ranks to see if Horr is
iu his seat. Of course, both these honor
able gents might be better employed than
in playing clown, but then wliat would
become of the House if somebody didn’t
occasionally give it something to laugh at.
It would certainly sink to the dead level
of owlish dignity and somnolent decorum
the Senate wears when Blaine is away.
And by the way, Jim isstill saving Maine,
and has not- put in an appearance here
since the recess in December. I know
Mr. Hill misses him.
IN THE MATTER
of Simmons, Dr. Felton’s candidate
for Supervisor of Census in the
A'lanta district, and whose nomi-
pending in the Senate,
Thefjmptami ot Liver
Complaint are a b it to
bud taste fn the m olh
pom in tbe back, sides
"r Join*?, ef'en mistaken
i -r ; r+ 6 * matins, war
stomach, loet ot apnadto, bowels alternately
rosiiveand lax, heiiluclie, ! ss of memory wnh a
palnlal sensation of bavins laded to do some-
thins thtih ought to have been done, debility,
low spirits, a thick yellow appearance of tbe ekm
ana eves, adryoongh often mieiakenfor con
sumption. Sometimes these symptoms attend
the disease, at others, very leer.
Pain in Side for Three Yoira,
„ _ Bait Poist, Ga.March 13,187*.
• DXAkVibs: I hare been diwn ten yeais with
lnrer complaint: have lay years at a time. I have
hidaievere pain in my side lor three yean,
with a dry oough. This last fall my cough be.
came aeTere. and would cough up ball a gallon
per day. Tho best doctors m Atlanta and my
settlement said it wss tbe lsst atase ot consump
tion. I was so weakened-down by New Tear’s
Day I had to taka my bod. I then sect and got
Simmons Liver Regulator. I commenced taking
it regularly, and now my cough is nearly gone,
the pain has left my side and I am able to ait up
nearly bait a day. Tours, G'MDODD.
Z Might Have Been Bead.
[Extract of a letter from H V Bryant.]
Hccsioy, Tax as. Fob 10,1879.
Gxhts: My health heretofore has been very
Toor. About four mintba ago I commenced tak
ing Simmons’ Liver Uegulator. which relieved
me iu a abort time, aud now 1 am able to aay,
and thank tally too. that lam quite well—owing
to the use of yoor Regulator. If 1 had not taken
regularly when I was taken sick at Marshall, I
might now bare been dead. M; faith in the
me; icine cannot be shaken, and 1 am a firm be*
hover in the virtue and oll-powertul curing
qualities of the Regulator, and I would like
everyone to know it* efficacy.- Hours truly,
mvbrtakt.
Cured of Dyspepsia in Six Weeks
PojTsYxrawn City, Vi.Feb 13,1879.
Dkab Bias-. 1 bsd the dyspepsia about three
years ago; it had ran on me for two or three
years, and 1 tried allot our doctors and every,
kind of medicine X oould think of, and nothing
did me any good at all. I ha opened to get one
of Simmons' almanacs, and saw .the Regulator
highly recommended for Dyspepsia. I wai in.
duoea to try it and after taking the medicine
about lix weeks it mode a perfect cure. I have
recommended it to a great many persons, and it’
has given general satisfaction.
J W LAN DRAW,
It Cures Chills and Feve*
Foss, Kaw. For 18.1379.
Bibs: I have tried Simmons’ Liver Regulator
and pronounce it as represented, and can say
that any one thst dies it cannot remain unwell.
It cared tbe chill* and fever and flux upon me.
Tours very respectfully
^ FT TMU8T2R,
Prevents Billions Attacks."
Rctrrn Boarow, Halisix Co, va.
MX83B8 J H Zsinx A Co.
Dxabsirs: 1 have uscl your Begu'ator upon
mvoelf «ud stock ante -great suoeess I have
had cbil’a and fever for a number ol years, which
has greatly affected mv nervous system. Am al
ways bilious. When I feel the attack cammg on
agoed dose of the Regulator will always relieve
me. V-. ry truly yours,
D&GFBREDBNBTEIM.
Furchaiert should be careful to sea that they
get the genuine manufactured only by
1 H ZHILIN ft CO,
Philadelphia. Fa.
Pdeett. VftrMl, by vMme.-**. - ■ Mutt
way, I hear Felton intends having
Small, cf the Atlanta Constitution, and
your correspondent, dismissed from the
humble positions they no>v hold here for
darhig fto print his and Simmons’ letters
to Mr. nayes. In my case, by having the
committee, of which I am clerk, abolished
by resolution of the House. I am there
fore living at present with my trunk pack
ed, and holding myself “ready to move at
a moment’s notice,” as they used to say in
the army. ‘ •
THE GRANT BOOM.
The Sherman and Blaine strikers and
blowers here arc busily engaged ■ just now
in provingtliat Grant is fast losing ground,
and that his boom lias the dcatli.rattle in
its throat. They don’t believe it them
selves and their noise and bluster amount
simply to whistling to keep their courage
up. Grant is still the strongest candidate
by long odds with his, party, and
these people realize" jit" more fully
every day. The Shenhan runners
are particularly active iii the matter, and
he is busily at work keeping them up to
the mark. 'His axe has been newly sharp
ened lately, and is ready to fall on recalci
trant necks at a moment’s notice. If he
is not nominated it will not he the fault
of the officeholders. The latter’s last
claim is that the Germans arc all for him,
and this they are pushing with great activ
ity. Mr. Hassaureck, a leading German
editor of Cincinnati, is here now, and has
had his logs quite frequently under John’s
maliogony. He has also made up an old
quarrel with Schurz, which is supposed to
to have been engendered by Sherman, and
to be part of the scheme to ensure harmo
ny and unity of action among the German
leaders in securing the German vote for
Sherman. Blaine’s friends do uot seem at
all alarmed at all tliis activity. They claim
a large majority of the native Republican
vote, and that Grant and Sherman will
cut one another’s throats hi the Convention
and leave Blaine to walk off with the prize.
Bnt I still bet all my loose change on Grant.
He will surely win if his “nigger luck”
has not deserted him and the “machine”
has not grown rusty. With Conkling in
New York, Don Cameron inFennsylvania
and the negroes at the South at his back,
how he can be beaten is more than I can
sec. One thing at least is sure. L His
name will not be heard of in the conven
tion if he can’t win. He will know the
exact truth as to that long before it meets.
MR. BLOUNT’S - J
bill establishing Federal courts at Macon
passed the Senate last Thursday, with
some unimportant amendments, and. will
become a law .by the President’s signature
this week. It will prove of great benefit
to Macon and Middle Georgia generally,
and Mr. Blount deserves and will receive
the grateful consideration of that section
for his action lu this matter. If
he ’ remains in his present posi
tion he will doubtless do much more
for our section in the shape of securing
an appropriation for the erection of a
handsome pnblic building at 3Iacon for
the accommodation of the court, post-
office and revenue officials, the construc
tion of which will disburse seventy-five or
one hundred thousand dollars among,us,
and give employment to a larget number
of laborers.
_ AJA^SOltTS.
The dinner given 'by Mrs. "Sprague to
Mis. Conkling last-week Is the town talk.
Everybody has a theory, but' nobody
seems to know the Inside history of tlie
transaction. Perhaps Mrs. C-, like thou
sands of other devoted wives, has either
put her feelings one side in order to help
her husband out of a damaging scrape, or
does not believe the Scandal. .Wives have
done a great deal more for their husbands
than this in times past, and will continue
to do so while time endures and women
are so greatly men’s superior in nobleness
of soul and self-sacrificing devotion to the
objects of their love. It is given out that
Mrs. Conkling will soon retum jiome, so
it looks as though her visit was mainly
for this special purpose. .. .
Dr. Felton is still busy devising
plans to break the force of . that dam-
aging Simmons business. He is wrotlj
almost to the point of bad words, and I
understand charges General Gordon with
“purloining” his and Simmons’ letters.
Truly, the shoe does pinch, and these
wriggles and groans are “mighty” natu
ral. ,
The gay season is at flood tide, now,anu
the roll of carriages is heard far into the
small hours. As Lent draws near the fun
grows faster and more furious. There we
half a dozen bails and parties every night.
to will to .mnmnll, Lt dowoupor. . JjSJ-lSu>•» “
dress, -diamonds, etc.-,,of theguestsari^
The ‘icormpt, secession traitors” in that
body, who, from his standpoint, include
the large majority of the Democratic Sen-
UutlMMltlSj ttL.) , VA A to* fT»of MlSS
the large mayority or tne Democratic Sen- f T ° the P re *? , s0 f ^ sisters,
ators, very naturally are not disposed to S' a ^ Iare ( ^ a Se «
help him to the position ho seeks, and J K^iAleastaS de-
lielp him to the position ho seeks, and, ,ri «i Pa <iin'r de-
ought, if they do not, reject him promptly, i their aching beads with the pleasin a u
1 was astonished, however, to hear this tails,
morning that Mr. Hill had expressed him
self in a manner that did not indicate
that he would certainly oppose Simmons’
confirmation. I hope, this if not correct, ^Lis ho"e? and" had to "apply
hut the well known relations between | Iffn Xrirood Samar-
Mr. n.
They, tell a good story on Alabama s
new Senator, Mr: Piyor. H e has
been in Washington before, and the stoty
is that the day he was sworn in, he 103tfiis
he well known relations between | " ~ ot i lor - g0 od Samar-
. and" the member from the Seventh | £ P^'^man or som^otnei^ ^
District,*arc such as perhaps to justify, a ; j" 1 ®. VstricUy emi^rate mart.-
contrary result. If Simmons is confirmed I “oweier, a stncuy i W. R.
„ __ it will be a great personal triumph' for j —* T .
posal of that officer and the common-. Felton, and a corresponding defeat for the j Cotton passed seven ponce again m im-
wealtli's Attorney Allen for the preserva- [ senior Senator from Georgia. By the erpool yesterday.