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tftkgraj^ anil fttaugtr. 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. ■■■ <» -■■ ■—— 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.