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MACON, FEBRUARY 1 1880.
—Boots and shoes for dolls are turned
out by one London house at the rate of
1,000 palis a week.
—A toast drank with Highland honors
involves throwing the wine glass over the
left shoulder, the idea being that the glasses
should never be degraded by use for any
other purpose.
Gin Burning.—Since August 31,59
cotton-gin houses In Georgia, 35 in Ala
bama, and 13 in Florida—total, 107—have
been burned.
—De Leaseps has a large job on his
hands when he undertakes to reoiganize
the river system of the Isthmus of Pana
ma as he bas to do to construct his canal
—The faculty of Yale College and their
guests were on a recent occasion nearly
deprived of their dinner by the sheriff,
who attached the viands for a debt of the
landlord’s; but the money was paid before
the soup cooled, and there was no farther
, trouble.
—A committee of the Italian Parlia
ment has reported in favor of appropria
ting 8,000,000 francs for a national monu
ment to Victor Emanuel. The competi
tion for the work is to be open to the
World, and a $20,000 premium is to be
awarded the best model.
—A servant girl at Jersey, England, has
been fined 10s. for playing a foolish trick
with a train. She stood between the rails
while the train was approaching at a rapid
rate, and calmly watched it draw near.
The driver whistled, shut off steam, and
reversed the engine, and thus succeeded
in stopping the locomotive witldn two
yards of the girl, who merely laughed in
his face and run away.
—The Marquis of Lome will be at Hall-
fax^by noon on Friday to-day, and will be
the guest of Lieutenant Governor Arehi
bald. Her Royal Highness Princess
Loutse will arrive by the Sarmatian prob
ably on Saturday, and, together with her
suite, will also be a guest of the Lieuten
ant Governor. No decided arrangements
&3 to the landing, receptions, &c., have as
yet been made.
—From the calculations of M. Paul Le-
Toy Beaulieu in the Economiste Francois,
it appears that the public debt of France
exceeds 20,000,000,000 of francs, on which
1,205,000,000 are paid annually as inter
est. Divided among 37,000,000 of Frcncli-
inen, this debt, the most colossal in histo
ry, gives an average of 700 francs as prin
cipal, for each inhabitant, and 34 francs
interest per annum.
—Abd-el-Kader, whose death was about
a month since generally announced, is not
only still living, but also, despite liis 75
years of age and his forty-five children,
exceedingly healthy and carries himself as
Stoutly as a young man. He lives at Da
mascus, devoting his time to agriculture
aud charity. He is one of the handsomest
old men to be seen, enjoys life, and asks
from Providence nothing better than to be
able to read a few more obituaries of him
self.
—The body of ex-Govemor and ex-
United States Senator J. D. Weseott, of
Florida, who died on January 19 and
whose life was described last week to a re
porter for the World by Mr. George Law,
passed through New York on Monday last
on the way from Montreal, where he died,
to Tallahassee, Florida, where the burial
Will take place. The announcement that
the remains would be buried at Tallahas
see caused surprise, inasmuch as in his
later years he had frequently expressed
his wish to be buried in Canada.
—Joseph Nestor, a blacksmith, of Wap-
akonete, Ohio, wishing to die, cut the ar
teries of his left wrist, then drove
smith’s scribe awl into his left breast, but
to make sure of death put the awl to his
forehead and proceeded to drive it in with
a hammer. At this point he was seized
by neighbors, who failed in their efforts to
pull the awl from his head. His wife ap
pearing lie pulled it out himself. It had
penetrated two inches. Dissipation was
the cause of the attempted suicide. There
is but slight chance of his recovery.
Be Slow to Believe.—The New York
Sun says be slow to believe that the
movement in favor of General Grant is to
be abandoned without a prolonged and
fierce straggle. The men who want
Grant President again hare plenty of mo
ney. - They are willing to put a great deal
of money into his election, because they
look upon it os merely an investment,
which they will soon get back, with a hun
dredfold increase. The plans to renomi
nate General Grant are too well laid to be
readily relinquished. Many of his sup
porters are men of positive character,
more accustomed to overcoming opposi
tion than to being overcome themselves.
—Numerous cases of depredation by
wolves have recently occurred inHungaiy.
A band of these animals passed through
one of the suburbs of Temesvar, destroy
ing any animal which was not boused,
clergyman who was returning home in a
sledge from a neighboring town was beset
by a pack of wolves. He bade tbe driver
make all possible speed; but at a sharp
turning the sledge was upset, the clergy
man was thrown out, and tom to pieces
before the eyes of the terrified driver. In
a country village a few wolves came bold
ly at midday into the inn yard and de
voured an ass; and at Szalouta a shepard
was killed and eaten as he was passing
along the road at night.
—The recent hanging of Swift Runner,
an Indian murderer, at Saskatchewan,
Canada, was in a temperature 40 degrees
below zero, df gal lows had been built
out of doors, so that the Indians could see
lie execution; but when the officers and
prisoners arrived at the spot, it was found
hat most of the scaffold had been used
for firewood by the half frozen crowd
SwiftRunner complacently warmed himself
at the fire while the gallows was being re
paired. ' When everything else was ready
the nervous hangman said he had forgot
ten to bring a strap to fasten' the prison
er’s arms and legs. He offered to save
further trouble by killing himself with a
tomahawk, but his proposition was reject
ed, and he ate a hearty meal of pemmi-
can, with the noose around - his neck,
while a messenger was fetching a strap.
A priest attempted to give him spiritual
consolation, but he said that the white
man’s whisky had ruined him, and so he
couldn’t believe in the white man’s God.
He preferred a death dance by his own
people, and while they were performing it
ho was hanged. '.
—-Owing to the disease of the vine, the
area of the vineyards in France has de
creased by about four hundred thousand
acres since the year 1874; though a great
portion of the soil in which the vine for
mally flourished is unfit for any other cul
ture. The area of vineyards in the coun
try is at present about five million acres
When it comes to eight or ten cents a
Grant’s Withdrawal
OTS BEST 'friends know nothing
Will not be a “Candidate." Something in the Wind.
General Grant, if not an adroit milita- Advices, said to be of a reliable ebar-
Aboct it.' ry tactician, certainly does not lack ability ' acter from Savannah, convey the some-
The New York Herald sent a reporter as a party diplomatist. The correspondent ‘ what startling intelligence that at a meet-
to inquire of Mr. G. Washington Childs 0 f the Herald, from whom the report of ing of the Board of Directors of the Cen-
abdut that anticipated authority from Grant’s withdrawal as a Presidential cau- tral Railroad held in that dty on Thuts-
General Grant to withdraw him as can- didate originated, has rcinterviewed his ; day, the 29th Inst., a quorum being pres-
dwtofs* fnr t.liA pintAmanf and tlinu onf npndinff PAntwipf. fnr fronefisr
didate for the Presidency. Mr. Childs authorities for that statement, and they
responded as follows: 'reiterate it in tills shape, to-wit: That
If General Grant has declared his in-' he will make a" declaration ‘‘conclusively
taking him from the field as a contestant
tention not to be a candidate I know
nothing of it. By this I do not desire to
be understood that he has expressed to
any of his friends a wish for re-election.
The truth is his friends do not know what
be intends to do.
But tbe report says that his friends are
to make public the General’s disinclina
tion again to'be a candidate. How do his
friends feel on the subject? asked your
correspondent.
I have not been asked the question
squarely before, but 1 have no hesitation
iny, laying that General Grant’s best
friends have not urged his candidacy. If
he should publicly .decline be would
please them. Of course they will support
him if he is nominated, and not one of
them would attempt to influence the Gen
eral by persuasion one way or the other.
The interview lasted for some time, but
the gist of it, so far as it relates to the sub
ject in hand, is covered by the above sum-
auuy.; i • '
Vegetable Oyster* Equal to tbe
Veritable Bivalves.
Mr. George Beggs opened three cans
labelled “Brans” last night, which were
sampled by a half dozen gentlemen and
pronounced as nearly equal to the shell
fish yclept oyster as one clam is to an
other. They were, in fact, a perfect imi
tation—juicy, luscious and toothsome.
We had read of, seen and tasted the vege
table oyster raised by our gardeners, but
it does not compare in favor and quality
with the bean oyster which Mr. Beggs
has on sale. If the seed could be grown
in this hill country, so like is the resem
blance to genuine oysters, that Mr. Felix
Corput’s vocation, like Othello’s, would
be “no more.” Those who wish to see
and taste the “bean oyster” can do so by
calling upon Mr. Beggs. The most
doubting Thomas will be convinced that
the vegetable oyster is almost a fac simile
in every sense of the cestaceous product of
the deep which bears the same name.
What of the Central Railroad Con
tract?
Simply notning. After all of his positive
assuranoes that the Cole-Brown-Wad-
ley combination had vanished into thin
air, *‘H. W. G.” now asserts what we have
repeatedly declared upon the best author
ity to be so, that as yet the whole matter
remains an impenetrable mystery. The
proper parties to the transaction have ta
ken no decisive action in the premises—
Indeed, have not acted at all. But it is
difficult td comprehend how Colonel
Standiford and his friends can fail to see
the superior advantages of the Atlantic
route over the proposed outlet on the
Gulf of Mexico, via Pensacola or Mobile^
The latter would involve a voyage of near
1,000 miles around the capes of Florida
before a ship could get even abreast of
Savannah, to say nothing of the dangers
to be encountered, and heavy insurance
charges. It may be some days yet before
the question is definitely settled.
A Bead Letter.
It is said that the law imposing restric
tions upon emigrant agents, which was
passed by the late Legislature, is utterly
disregarded. Such agents ply their voca
tion in Atlanta without fear of arrest, and
without paying any license. How
that?
Good New*.
The price of wheat is considerably less
than a few weeks since, aud in view of
the immense stocks that have accumulat
ed in consequence of the New York “cor
ner,” must go lower. Most heartily do
we endorse the emphatic language of an
exchange as follows:
This relief will be none the less pleas
ant to contemplate because it will haye
been secured at the expense of the “syn
dicate” (so-called) of speculators and fore-
stallers, who, for several months, have
been obstructing the natural course of
trade in their endeavor to reap a profit by
the enhancement of the price of the leading
breadstuff of the world. These specula
tors are entitled to no sort of considera
tion whatever, either upon this side of the
ocean or the other, and if they themselves
should be broken by the break in prices
few tears will be shed. It seems likely
that prices will go down sufficiently in a
very short time to permit a renewal of
grain shipments.
The Kaiser Crazy.
A cable dispatch says the German gov
ernment proposes to tax newspaper adver
tisements. Now it is astonishing that the
loyal old gentleman, who runs that ma
chine, could be guilty of so foolish an act.
How long would he survive with an army
of hungry editors and printers in quest of
his scalp? Infernal machines and every
other killing contrivance would be harm
less playthings in comparison with that
sanguinary crowd. When will crowned
heads learn wisdom ?
Southern Historical Society Papers.
The February number of this deeply
interesting publication Is? the equal if it
does not surpass any that has preceded it.
Indeed, as time rolls on and the dramatis
personas of the war one by one drop out
ofsight like the passengers over the bridge
in the Vision of Myrza, so does the inter
est in these stirring times intensify and
increase. 7,
The table of contents Is as follows;
Sherman’s Meridian Expedition and Sooy
Smith's.Raid to West Point—A Review
by General S. D. Lee: Lieutenant Char
lie Fierce’s Daring attempts to escape
from Johnson’s Island—by Lieutenant
McNamara; History of Lane’s North Car
olina Brigade, by Brigadier General
James H. Lane—No. 8; Prison Life at
Fort McHenry—by Rev. L)r. T. D. Wither
spoon, late Cliaplain-to the Forty-Second
; Battle
Junius
_ _ . Literary
Notices.
From a cursory review, which we in
tend to supplement by a more careful pe
rusal, the writer is constrained to say that
he was both edified and delighted by the
various narratives contained in the South
ern Historical papers. Especially are the
attempts to escape from a Federal prison,
by Lieutenant Charlie Pierce, deserving
of note, as evincing rare ingenuity, great
presence of mind, and the most indomita
ble courage. These “Historical” papers
will hereafter be eagerly sought after, as
affording the real “inwardness” of the
great struggle, which for four years shook
to its centre our whole social fabric. The
late visit of the editor, Bev. J. William
Jones, D. D., to onr city, will ipvest with
new interest these papers, which he con
tinues to collect at great pains and heavy
expense.
The Grand Jury, after sitting for two
weeks, yesterday adjourned for the term.
They have found a number of true bills,
The session has been a laborious one,
for the nomination.” %
It Is worthy of remark that General
Grant, according to his own account,
never ha3 been in the field “as a contes
tant for the nomination.” He has always
declined a contest before a nominating
convention. He did not seek a nomina
tion as a contestant when he received it
on the first and second occasions, and so
far as he as ever alluded to the third race
since he left the Presidential office, it has
been with a distinct intimation that he is
not a contestant.
A renewed intimation to the same ef
fect will, therefore, place him in no new
aspect; add looking at probabilities will
strengthen his chances for the nomina
tion. Let us suppose the convention met
and half a dozen candidates before it, of
whom Blaine, Sherman and Conkling
hold the leading positions. This triad
will never consent to a nomination of any
one of the three, and will hold practically
a veto power against him. Let the con
vention, therefore, exhaust itself in bal
loting for these three.
Outside of these stands Grant—not
“contestant”—declining the fight and all
interference, and yet holding, as we do
not doubt he will hold, a majority of the
votes of the convention, whenever it is
thought proper to bring him into the
field. Grant, to begin with, will have
the votes of the solid South—and he will
be backed in such a case.by New York,
the majority of Pennsylvania, a good vote
in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and other Wes
tern States, and would go in on the first
ballot with a clear majority over and
above all the “contestants” put together,
who had, meanwhile, worn each other out
in the conflict.
Therefore, to take him from the field
“as a contestant,” is to put him,
things stand, on the high, plain and
straight load for the nomination—in all
human probability. His chance will
probably be better than if the attempt
to stock the Convention for him in
advance had been persisted in. This
seems to have been the original idea,
upon which the hurried movements in
Pennsylvania and New York were pro
jected. But those movements have re
vealed an unexpected degree of opposition
to the third term, and now the engineers
think it better to withdraw General Grant’
pretension as a predetermined candidate,
relying altogether on his personal strength,
He will stand as a sort of compromise
man, in which attitude he is far stronger
than anybody else; and when a long tri
angular contest has developed the irrecon
cilabilities of Sherman, Conkling and
Blaine, Grant will be shown a more
available point of compromise than any
other; and the opponents of the third
term will be expected to waive their scru
ples in deference to party exigencies.
This seems to he a reasonable diagnosis of
the situation.
The Macon and Brunswick Railroad
Lease—Pleasant Tidings.
We are delighted to learn, on the au
thority of letters received from a credible
source in New York, that the lessees of
the Macon and Brunswick railroad are
progressing favorably in their financial ar
rangements for the consummation of the
lease, and the speedy extension of the
road.
Various causes, one of them of a Provi
dential nature, have operated to retard the
movements of Messrs. Vibbard and Cou-
per, and their associates; but it is intima
ted that hereafter, all will be plain sailing,
and the most sanguine expectations of the
Macon and Brunswick people are in a fair
way to be realized.
We only hope that the prediction may
be fully realized in every respect. With
this commercial artery pulsating vigor
ously not only from the seaboard to Ma
con, but reaching oat through a fertile and
populous region to Upper Georgia, and
thence too, at no distant day, we trust, to
the teeming cities and granaries of the
West, our city and Brunswick, and, in
deed, all Southern Georgia, will experi
ence a new era of prosperity.
Let us then push forward the Westward
bound railroad column, and give the les
sees all the aid and comfort in our power,
both materially and otherwise. In the
meantime, it Is pleasant to know
that the section of the line now in
operation from this point to Brunswick,
is- doing a large and remunerative busi
ness. In corroboration of this, assertion,
we have only to quote the following para
graph from that enterprising and merito
rious paper, the Hawkinsville Dispatch:
the heaviest business eveb done by
THE RAILROAD AT THIS POINT.
the agent, informed us
ng that the Macon and
railroad has done a heavier
business at Hawkinsville the present sea
son than any year within his knowledge,
and he has been connected with the roacl
here for thirteen years. He makes weekly
remittances of receipts and. tbe aggregate
receipts for the last four weeks amount to
$7,511.95, being an average of nearly $2,-
000 a week. Besides, a meat deal of the
guano ahipped here had the freight pre
paid upcn.it.
This is. true also of every othsr point on
the line of road.. And yet this road may
be said to be in its infancy only with re
spect to the development of its resources.
Ho for Cumberland Island.
The lovers of tills charming sea girt re
sort will be pleased to know that Mr.
Bunkley is enlarging very considerably his
accommodations for their comfort' daring
the ensuing season. He has had the pier
and wharf completed, so that there will be
no difficulty hereafter in effecting a land
ing upon the island. New cottages also
have been erected, and important changes
for the better made inmost of the apart-,
ments in the old building. Tbe parlor
and dining room have been enlarged, and
two commodious and well ventilated
chambers constructed over tbe latter.
Other important additions and alterations
to tbe establishment have also been made,
aud in addition a pavilion will be erected
6n the beach, with dressing room! at
tached for the accommodation of Ida
guests. Cumberland Island is becoming
more and more the popular resort of Ma
con in the spring and summer months,
and there the visitor can eqjoy that per
fect abandon and freedom from care and
conventional restraints which he will seek
for In vain amid the more pretentious wa
tering places and haunts of fashion. , ‘
How many times have the weather-wise
pound for nails the weatherboards will j The presentments were yesterday handed been fooled this winter into predicting a
fall off. - [ in to Judge Simmons. ! cold saap afer every rain?
ent, the pending contract for the transfer
of the road and its connections to the St.
Louis, Nashville and Chattanooga Road,
was formally rescinded. We have no reas
on to doubt the correctness of the report,
though no official notice of tbe transaction
had been received by the directors of the
road who reside here, up to 12 m. yester
day.
Central Railroad stock, on the strength
of this or some other tidings, bounced up
to 91. There is a very general impression
abroad that even without forming any
combinations the Central will bo able to
pay seven per cent, dividends to its stock
holders hereafter. The condition of all
the railroads of the State has improved
pari passu with the revival of business in
every department of trade. General Alex
ander, of the Geoigia Road, is re
ported to have said that he
expects to pay seven per cent, dlvir
dends to - his stockholders for fivip'
years to come, and eight per cent, after
ward, besides reserving a hand
some margin for contingencies. But
every one is in doubt as to the cause of the'
sudden rise in Central stock. Some say
it betokens an alliance or combination
with Governor Brown and the President
of the Cincinnati Southern. Other rea
sons, not worthy of mention, have also
been suggested. Any opinion on the sub
ject amounts to mere speculation, howev
er, and we are forced patiently to await
what the future will reveal.
That the Central railroad, with its wide
ly extended brandies, can and will do a
large and profitable business in the future,
does not admit of a doubt, provided Pres
ident Wadley will abolish those odious
local freight discriminations which have
arrayed. so many enemies against him.
Sound policy as well as the laws of the
State will render that step necessary.
The Court sat down, as usual, this
morning, hut left the bench in a hurry.
The fact is, somebody had placed five
tacks, point upwards, onthe judidal wool
sack. The Court, though evidcntly
irritated, maintained a judicial gravity of
speech, and pronounced it an infringe
ment upon Magna Charta and fundamen
tal constitutional rights. It Is, said the
Court, “Tacksation without Representa
tion.” Had it been properly represented
tome that any body desired to use the ju
didal bench as a depository of tacks, I
should have interposed no objection. But
in this case, there being no statute appli
cable, I shall apply the andent lex tali
onls a posteriori. The Court, thereupon,
called up a young barrister and installed
him as judge pro tern with, pointed cere
monials. ? '
The Southern Railway aud Steam 1
ship Association.
The Annual meeting at Atlanta of the
Southern Railway and Steamship Asso
ciation has just taken place. Nothing fvna^J, this is not legitimate business, but
more than routine work occupied the at
tention of the numerous delegates, and
the session was pleasant and harmonious.
The Constitution says:
The body assembled promptly at ten
o’clock, with a full attendance—nearly
every delegate being in his seat. The
meeting was called to order by ex-Gover-
nor Brown, president of the association.
The report of the committee appointed
the day previous to consider the matter
of representation was again read. Some
discussion followed, in which the rights
of railroads to representation in the body
were fully brought out.
One faction of the body favored an in
crease of representation for trunk lines, as
they believed that the larger corporations
should have voting power according to the
length of the line or to the business done
by 'them. As it stands now, they argued
that all feeding lines, whether largo or
small, had the same voting power as did
the more prominent lines, and that in this
way the small lines could outvote and
control tho action of trunk lines. The
opposing faction held that the association
was 1 anded together for a common good
and that the rules of the association gave
to each line that was a member equal
rights and privileges, especially in the
matter of voting.
Upon a conclusion of the argument
vote was taken which resulted in leaving
the matter of representation unchanged.
The subject of spring rates was then
brought up. On motion, the president ap
pointed a committee to prepare a rate
sheet to go into effect at an early date.
The committee will remain in session in
Atlanta until they have concluded their
business. It is thought that they will not
get through until Saturday evening and
probably not even then. This committee
commenced its duties yesterday afternoon
immediately after ’ the hoar of adjourn
ment.
On motion, it was agreed that the of
fice of the Commissioner shall remain at
Macon, where it is at present located, un
til October next, when it will be removed
to Atlanta and located permanently here.
The next matter brought to »tbe atten
tion of the body was the annual election
pf officers of the Association. Without
.pposition all of the old officers were re
elected, as follows: Ex-Govemor Joseph
E. Brown, President; Virgil Powers;
Commissioner; C. A. Sindal, Secretary.
The meeting then adjourned, subject to
the call of the President.
Tab Fair of ; the Volunteers was
a splendid success last night, and the in
terest deepens rather than diminishes.
That this should be the case after the
lapse of ten long days, may be ascribed
almost wholly to the unabated efforts of
the noble ladies who are the mothers,
wives, listers and sweethearts of tho gal
lant boys who wore the “gray” and spilt
their blood so freely in behalf of South
ern liberty. The fair will close to-night,
and the writer only wishes that he had
the fabled purse of Fortunatus that he
might pour its golden and never failing
contents into the treasury of the “Volun
teers.”
Mr.G. W. Hunnicutt made on the
celebrated “Mound” field, of 53 acres the
past season, 58 bales of ’cotton.—Carters-
rille Free Press.
No doubt that is the way to cut honey
in farming. The English farmers say a
light crop is ruin—a fair crop goes to tho
landlord and a heavy crop alone brings
prbfit. IflaUdWere very scarce in Geor
gia it would often bring a bale to the acre.
Nonsensical Error.—The “Intelli
gent compositor,” so-called, yesterday, in
the Introductory remarks to Dr. Tal-
mage’s sermon, made us say, “we saw
many intemperate advocates of intemper
ance last fall in Boston.” As is obvious
to all, the word temperance should be
substituted for intemperance to make any
sense.’ ■
M
The Morals of Trade-
The statutes against engrossment and
monopoly,' show that that there are, in
the judgment of'mankind, immoral user
of money within tbe scope of otherwise
honest bargan and sale. When outside
communication was cut off for a longtime
from Gum Swamp, by an extraordinary
freshet,which covered with deepwater
all the road approaches to the village, and
that keen trader, Jim Sharpe, sent out and
bought up every pound of lard, every gal
lon if kerosene, every barrel of flour and
every box of soap, for sale in the place,
the people did not know what to make
of it, until they found that every one of
these articles and many others had risen
to just double price, and they must pay
that or go without. Then they were
angry enough to mob Sharpe. They
charged that Sharpe had robbbed them of
every cent he made by that dishonest
transaction Just as much as if he had picked
their pockets. There was enoughof all these
articles in the town to have lasted the
people till the roads became passable, had
it been left in general stock as usual. But
the rascal Sharpe used bis money and the
rains and bad weather to rob them, just
as the highwayman uses hfa pistol and a
surprise to take money out of a defense
less traveler. Undoubtedly they were right
although Sharpe bought all the goods for
cash at the price asked, and paid for them
on the spot. Shaipe in this transaction,
was not a trader but a swindler.
It is easy to see the moral of this trans
action as applied on a very limited scale to
the village of Gum Swamp. But when we
leave this little town and strike out Into
the great world of trade, (so-called) the
understanding becomes more or less con
fused by high-sounding terms and words,
and the Jim Sharpes who combine their
capital to force up prices, and use their
wits and capital to extort from the people
and aggravate the public necessities, mis
fortunes and sufferings, are considered le
gitimate trader?, and very honest and hon
orable men. In point of fact they may
consider themselves honest, partly because
they never seriously considered the point,
and partly because of the almost univer
sality of the practice.
But it Is a fact, nevertheless, that if6very
man in the world was busy infixing traps
and comers for his neighbor, .whereby to
wrench more money out of his pocket,
that fact would not make it a bit better in
the light of a sound morality. It would
still be constructive larceny, for which a
man must as certainly answer before the
bar of a sound morality, as for larceny
from the house or pocket.
An honest dealerjmay, with entire pro
priety, realize an advance in goods on
hii hands, for it is certain he must con.
verse’.y suffer from a decline. But he has
no right to force such an advance, either
singly or in combination; and when, in
order to aggravate the effect of a provi
dential scarcity, he forms a combination
to lock up and hold from market a large
portion of the meager supply, with a view
of exaggerating scarcity and extorting
from consumers a price not justified by the
real condition of relative supply and de-
—Tbe Duchess of Edinburgh has three
children who have all magnificent blue
eyes, and are as free from any suspicion of
codling as the severest disciplinarian could
desire. Tbe eldest, Prince Alfred, is a
Heat, plump, handsome, five-year-old boy,
Princess Mar
with a wealth of sunny
voungest is unnamed and yet in the cra
dle.
preying oh the people.
Will it be said that there is so much of
this thing? That it pervades all depart
ments of trade? That it is visible every
where? This is only acknowledging a
general demonstration. It is no justifica
tion. It will not quiet the conscience of
any man who feels his obligation to do
right—who recognizes the fact that he is
accountable for a proper and beneficent
use of his money, talents, time and influ
ence. It only calls the louder for reform
and a manly opposition. It appeals more
strenuously for prevention and for rem
edy
In the single matter of the currency
question, its argument is overwhelming
against putting the management and vol
ume of our paper circulation into like spec
ulative hands. The spirit of speculation
and thirst for unlawful gain which per
vades every avenue of trade and business
should not be further aimed with the con
trol of a vast local banking currency, con
stituting, in point of actual fact, the money
of the people. The record of bank catas-
trophies warns us not to provide for their
multiplication, and the whole course of
trade is marked by dishonest corners,
shifts and speculations—failures—breaches
of trust and black Fridays, which warn us
that “honest money” can be more cer
tainly secured through government chan
nels.
The Mild Winter Explained.
The New York Herald assigns, as one
reason for the extraordinarily mild win
ter now so far advanced, the high temper
ature of the water on the South Atlantic
coast. This is found by observations ta
ken at six South Atlantic coast stations
sontli of New York, to he 7.06 degrees
higher than it was last winter at- same
date.
Peradventure this may be taking, at
least partially, effect for cause. Last
summer was remarkably warm, and
there has been no cold weather to reduce
the ocean temperature.
Another cause the Neraldjassigns In the
generally low barometorial pressure which
has long prevailed in the Rocky Mountain
regions, inducing a continued northwest
ward flow of air current from the tropical
regions of the southeast. It Is quite cer
tain something must be the matter.
Macon’s Musical Talent
That Macon should be able to produce
so elaborate a composition as Belshazzar
twice within ten months, and with an al
most entire change of performers, speaks
well for the musical capacity of the city.
Out of the fourteen principal characters,
two only retain the parts they had last
May, while several appear in the opera
for the first time. Of the chorus more
than three-fourths are entirely new mate
rial. We doubt if any city of its popula
tion in the South can show as fine an ar
ray of amateur musicians as Macon.
Will the piece be as well rendered as
before? Professor Butterfield is highly
pleased with the material of the present
company, and promises to the public a
more finished production than before.
The advanced preparation of the music
when he came enabled him' to give more
time to instruction in many points, which
had to be passed over before for lack of
time. The acting will show a great im
provement, and some changes in the parts
will show off the music to better advant
age. The scenery, too, is much improved.
The public may he assured that the pres
ent company are well up to the highest
demand of their several roles, and that
the audiences will be fully compensated
for the moderate price of admission.
It is to be hoped that the Opera House
will be filled toils utmost capacity on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
as Mane is three years old, fair, and eTen i n gg when will be offered such an
a wealth of sunny curls. The w . . . . ..
amateur entertainment as Macon has
The Carolina Emhroglic.
It Is with great reluctance that we
print elsewhere • the caustic commu
nication of Colonel Haskell, in re-
ply-'to certain -strictures reflecting upon
Governor Hampton, in a published inter
view of General Gary with the editor of
the. Abbeville Medium. Nothing could
induce us to do this if the affair had not
already been widely disseminated through
the press, and even become a matter of
national notoriety.
Private quarrels and personal grievan
ces should always be peaceably and quietly
adjusted if possible. The more they are
braited abroad, the more irreconciliable
they become. Busy-bodies, too, are prone
to interpose for mischief. The brave, it
may be said, are always modest, and
dislike to appear in print. But in the
instance under review, the splenetic state
ments of General Gary to the editor of
the Medium, left no other alternative to
Colonel naskell, save that of refuting the
charges against his honored father-in-law,
as publicly as they had bepn made. And
never have we perused a calmer or more
scathing personal article than that which
appears in the Mews and Courier. Under
his signature, it can only be compared
with the scorching lucubrations of Junius
of old.
This quarrel between gallant men and
representative Carolinians is greatly to be
deplored. At any and every pains and
effort it should be stopped. There is too
much at stake in our sister State; and her
gallant sons are not sufficiently numerous
to he permitted to slay each other at will
to the detriment of the commonwealth.
We take no sides in this personal contro
versy, but counsel peace and forbearance.
The writer is a personal friend of Colonel
Haskell, and feels constrained to say that
a more gallant, generous and noble gen
tleman never trod the soil of South Caro
lina. Let us hope that temperate counsels
may be allowed to prevail and that this
unfortunate difficulty may be amicably
adjusted.
A Messenger of Peace.
An Atlanta correspondent says:
The Rev. W. E. Boggs, D. D., formerly
of Memphis, Tenneesee, has fully entered
upon his pastoral work in connection with
the Central Presbyterian Church in this
city, and is doing noble service for the
cause of Christ. Although he is consid
ered a very strict disciplinarian and
most conscientious pastor, he has thus
early in his pastorate succeeded in heal
ing all the past breaches growing out of
the Block-Leftwich matter, and securing
peace aud harmony among the brethren.
We are sure that the people of eveiy
creed and faith will rejoice to [read the
above. It is well known that at the date
of the Tetirement of Dr. Leftwich, the
Central church was divided into two hos
tile factions, who were as bitter in tlieir
warfare as the Houses of York and Lan
caster. But now, see the effect of the ex
ample and counsels of a single Godly man.
All feuds have been healed, those who
had left the church have returned, and
Christian fraternity and a new and heaven
bom feeling seems to animate every disci
ple of Christ.
What a Representative Negro Says
of the North Carolina Exodus.
Charles N. Otuy, the editor of the
Washington Argus, and the principal of
the Howard University, testified before
the Congressional Committee that the
condition of the people of North Carolina,
though susceptible of improvement by the
contemplated amendments to some of the
laws, and especially by restoration of
their rights to elect certain county officers,
is, on the whole, highly favorable, ancl
that there is no adequate incentive what
ever for colored people to leave the State.
“In fact,” said the witness, “every intelli
gent colored man in the State is opposed
to it, and the six colored newspapers of
North Carolina are all fighting it, and I
say that although an exodus from some of
the Southern States may be a blessing,
the exodus from North Carolina is a
fraud and a curse.”
While testifying to the existence of
most kindly relations between the whites
aud the colored people in North Carolina,
he described the liberal provision made
by the North Carolina Legislature (lax
ly upon Governor Vance’s recotnmem
tions) for the education of the colored
people, both in common and normal
schools, and for the benefit of the colored
deaf and dumb, blind or insane; and af
ter speaking of a number of “colored law
yers who have made a name at the bar,
doctors who have lucrative practice,
farmers who own their farms and carry
their own cotton to market,” he contin
ued:
I lived in the West two years and a half,
and I never saw in Raleigh, North Caro
lina, such a poor, ignorant class of colored
people as I saw in Oberlin, Ohio, the par
adise of colored people. There were many
rich colored men there, there were colored
men doing good business, but the poor
people were poorer than any I ever saw in
North Carolina. Now, this was in their
heaven. My -God, what will they do in
Indiana, which State, up to within a few
years, had a law on her statute book that
a negro could not live in the State ?
We commend this solid talk of an intel
ligent man to the colored people of the
South. Stand firm in your lot and remain
at home, if you would hope to do well
No where else on the green earth will you
experience as kind treatment, or find
warmer friends, than in your own sunny
South.
A neighbor informs us that his wife
never knew a quiet night until the doctor
prescribed Dr. Bull’s baby syrup for her
little one.
Counterfeit Bill.
Yesterday a tax payer, who lives in
Rutland District, came into the office of
Mr. Peter, the Tax C ollector, to pay his
taxes, and in doing so laid down a twenty
dollar bill. The bad appearance of the
bill caused Mr. Peter to doubt its genu
ineness, and he he called attention to the
fact. The Rutland man, however, insist
ed that he had received the hill from ono
of tho banks. Mr. Peter then received it
under protest, writing the name of the
man presenting it on the margin, and in a
few moments took it to the First National
Bank, where Mr. Wrigley, the cashier,
promptly pronounced it a glaring counter
feit, and stamped it forthwith. It is a na
tional currency bill of the issue of the
20th of March, 1864, the signatures of the
Register and Treasurer, Chittenden and
Spinner, being well executed. It is
thought that this is probably the only bill
of this description in these parts. The
story about the bill having been obtained
from one of the city banks, is regarded as
an error of memory on the part of the
gentleman who presented it.
SUPREME COURT. whether white or colored, is within the
grant to license, that restriction not being
•ss&rs&te asr e?-
Justice, Hon. Janies Jackson and A greater power includes the less over
Logan E. Bleckley Associate Justi- “ atter ; therefore, the
„ ® * power to withhold license altogether, in-
c ® 0, eludes the power to withhold unless it be
accepted on terms, or to withhold ter cer-
Gilham & Brown vs. Wells et al. Case, tain solemn occasions, or on certain days,
from DeKalb. Therefore the power to put this restrlc-
Bleckley, J.—1. By charter, the May- non upon these retailers, is clearly dedu-
or and Council of the town of Stone cible from the very broad grant of power
Mountain have power “to do and perform to withhold all license,
all things toward keeping the peace, pre- 3. If it be argued that after this license
venting vagrancy, lewdness, violations of was granted, the council could not curtail
the Sabbath, playing at cards or any other or restrict its unlimited exercise for one
game or sport at which money is usually year, I answer that these plaintiffs, in or-
won or lost, take all means to cause the der to obtain license, voluntarily agreed
streets to be worked, nuisances to be re- to take it subject to any future ordinance
moved, and to do all and every act they which might be passed by the council
may think proper to preserve the morals, granting it, or By their successors. There-
health and good order within the corpo- fore, they stand precisely as if the orili-
rate limits of said town, as fully and as nance had been passed prior to the issu-
effectually as if a grant of power were . ance of the license. They not only so
hereby given them in every case which agreed, but came under bond with hands
may arise, and power to grant -or refuse aud seals thereto aflixed, to be controlled
license for peddlers, and to pass all laws, and regulated in their traffic bv ordinances
ordinances and by-laws for the govern- enacted in future. This agreement and
ment of the same, so as to enable them bond became part of the contract ot li-
to do and perform all acts not inconsistent' cense as much so as if included in the
with the laws of the Untied States or the same writing, and they arc bound by their
State of Georgia;” also “to abate nui-j contract.
sances and enforce proper police J 4. The plain .facts considered altogetb-
laws;” also, “to impose such fines er, irrespective of any isolated views of
not exceeding fifty dollars, or im- law applicable to portions thereof, show
prisonment in the calaboose not exceeding • that there should be no recovery, and
twenty days, or both, for the violation of that the verdict is right.
This suit Is brought to recover damages
from the town authorities as individuals
MsnUGru.
Quite a number of persons will go from
Macon to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Those who contemplate making the trip,
can rec^jve invitations to his Majesty’s
ball by balling on Mr. D. Cromeline on
Mulberry street, not later than Monday
evening, the 8th instant, at eight o’clock.
Mr. Cromeline was one of the King’s at
tendants at the last festival, and will
kindly see that all who wish invita
tions to the hall,are supplied. Those who
go, should remember that full dress is ab
solutely necessary to gain admission to
* the theatre in which the hall is held.
any of the laws or ordinances of said town
within its corporate limits;” also, “to
grant or withhold, to any person or per
sons, license • to retail and sell spirituous
liquors within said limits; and in no case
shall the license be for a larger sum than
two hundred dollars for twelve months,
and no license shall be granted for a less
time, and the person receiving the same
shall execute bond and security to said
mayor and his successors in office, condi
tioned that he will not sell liquors on the
Sabbath day, and shall also take an oath
to observe and not violate the ordinance
of said town; and for a violation of any
of said ordinances, the party guilty there
of shall be liable to pay such lines as may
be assessed by said mayor or any three
members of council.” Held, that. under
the charter and the laws of the land, the
mayor and council have no authority, as
against a person holding from them a li
cense (paid for and unrevoked) legally
granted to retail spirituous liquors in
the town for twelve months, to
pass and enforce an ordinance in the fol
lowing terms: “Be it ordained that during
the continuance of divine service at any
time hereafter to be held by any denomi
nation of Christian people within the cor
porate limits of Stone Mountain, the doors
of all houses or rooms where intoxicating
liquors are sold by retail shall be closed;
and if any person shall sell or cause or
permit to be sold, or in any manner fur
nish any intoxicating liquors, spirits,
for their conduct in the discharge of their
public trusts. It is brought under the
following state of farts: A wet and dry
ticket were voted for town authorities.
Those in favor of the retail of spiritous
liquors and those against it, met in battle.
There was an open field and a fail- light
and at the close of the day victory perch
ed upon the hosts of temperance, an-> the
dram-sellers were sorely discomfitted.
What should, what could they do ? They
hastened to the outgoing council, be
fore the victors, who had fairly
won the field, could bo installed,
and applied for license. Everybody
loves fair play. It looked wrong even
to the outgoing party to run counter
to the policy of a majority of the people
and to forestall their contemplated stop
page of the traffic. So they finally con
cluded not altogether to disoblige tlieir
friends aud applicants, but to gra.it the
license sub modo, on condition that they
should be protected, and that the incom
ing administration should be permitted to
do after license whatever they Ihemt.Les
could do before. Thereupon on being in
stalled a few days thereafter the new
council, naturally distrustful t f those who
thus procured license and anxious to do
nothing without legal authority, took legal
council and advised with Judge Floyd In
respect to their powers under this state of
facts and their charter. The juuge ad-
wines, or other intoxicating drinks during J vised them that they could not revoke
*■*■* " 1 *■ ■*- ! the license, but that they could regu
late how It should he used, and at their
request drew up the ordinance in ques
tion which the council adopted. And
this suit is brought by these plaintifis,
thus obtaining license against the will of
the majority of the community in which
they live, and thus under bonds imposed
by their own friends to abidq^e terms
which should be imposed byWhe new
council, against that council for their
official conduct in passing the ordinance
and enforcing it, on the ground that they
the time appropriated to such worship, he
shall pay a line of fifty dollars upon con-
dained that this prohibition shall cover the
viction for each offense. And it is further o>
entire appointed time for divine worship,
from its commencement to its final close
—that is, it covers not only the time in
which such services are being actually
performed, but on all protracted occasions
it covers intermissions by day and night.”
(a) The chartered power is to grant or
withhold, not to grant for a definite peri
od, and then forbid the use for some indef
inite and uncertain part of that period ! acted maliciously. It is sought to make
both by day and night. | these officers individually anil personally
(b) The ordinance is not limited in its liable for fines imposed and paid into the
terms or import to public worship in a (treasury of the town, and for profits on
church, meeting house or other defined or. the liquors they could have sold while
described place, but extends to worship j God was being worshipped, and in which
conducted anywhere in the town, which j the defendants had no personal or pecun-
includes an area in the form of a circle ; iary interest whatever, notwithstanding
— Led
and having a diameter of two thousand
yards.'
(c) The ordinance does not, with any
certainty, fix or regulate the element of
time by the corporate will of the mayor
and council, hut subjects that element to
a casual and incidental control, depend
ent upon the will and pleasure of the va
rious denominations of Christian people,
and ignoring all others. The laws of
the hot liaste with which plaintiffs lushed
to thwart the community, notwitiistanding
the contract they made and the
bonds they executed, and notwithstanding
the prudent and considerate manner in
which the defendants officially acted.
In my judgment there Is neither law,
nor equity, nor good sense, nor good mor
als, in permitting plaintiffs to recover one
cent, and I thercfoi
fore' dissent from the
Georgia protect all religions and religious judgment of reversal; with entire respect,
worship equally and impartially, exclud-1 let me add, for my colleagues, and with
ing only acts which are licentious, or J regret that my own convictions are too.
practices inconsistent with the peace and
safety of the States.
2. The undertaking in a retailer’s bond
(entered into on obtaining license) to
“abide and keep all ordinances of the
present mayor and council and their suc
cessors in office regulating the retail of
spirituous liquors, and save harm'ess the
present retiring mayor and council from
any damages or responsibility that may
grow out of issuing of said license,” im
poses no obligation to obey or acquiesce
in any subsequent ordinance which is ul
tra vires, or for any reason void.
Judgment reversed.
L. J. Winn, for plaintiff in error.
Hulsey & McAfee, for defendants.
Warner,. C. J., concurring.
The seventh section of the charter of
Stone Mountain declares, “that the mayor
and council of Stone Mountain shall have
power to withhold to any person or per
sons license to retail and sell spirituous
liquors within said limits (1,000 yards in
every direction from the Georgia railroad
depot), and in no case shall the license be
for a larger sum than $200 for twelve
months, and no license shall be granted
for a less time, and the person receiving
the same shall execute bond, etc.” This
section of the charter is exhaustive upon
the question of retailing spirituous liquors
within the limits of Stone Mountain,
and confers no authority on the the mayor
and council to pass the ordinance
complained of. The sole power granted
in the charter in relation to the sale
of the law.
of spirituous liquors within the limits at
the corporation, is the power to withhold
or to grant the license on the terms there! other important discoveries not only un
in prescribed. If the mayor and council der the fallen obelisks, but also in other
The Egyptian Masonic Emblems.
In reference to the alleged masonic em
blems found under the foundation of the
Egyptian obelisk at Alexandria, the fol
lowing telegram appears in the Wortd.
and Herald of Tuesday:
Alexandria, January 26.—Dr. Fan-
ton, a highly instructed Mason, has finish
ed a careful examination of the foundar
tions of the obelisk, and confirms Lieuten
ant Commander Gorringe’s discovery of
the Masonic emblems, which establish the
relations of many ancient Egyptian mon
uments. Dr. Fanton declares that the
Hiram version of Masonry which originat
ed with the construction of Solomon's
Temple is disproved by the revelations
of the foundations of the obelisk. Tho
Masonic emblem of Life and the Sun, be
yond doubt, is identical with the monu
ment of the Egyptian god Osiris. This
proves that Masonry originated with the
construction of the pyramids or at least
with a far remoter period than tho con
traction of the foundation of the obelisk.
The number of blocks comprising the
foundation, as well as their position and
arrangement indicate that the ancients
were familiar with the higher degree
of Masonry, at least as. high as the
eighteenth degree. Many peculiar em
blems not understood by Lieutenant
Commander Gorringe were fully explain
ed by Dr. Fanton from a Masonic point of
view. This.discovery furnishes a clue to
grant the license to retail for twelve
months, and receive the money therefor,
then, under the charter, with the money
in its treasury, it had no powor or author
ity to practically defeat the object of
granting the license by the passage of the
ordinance in the record. In other words,
the mayor and council under its charter
have no power delegated to it to serve
“God and mammon.” If it desires to
serve the former, then let it withhold the
license; if the latter, then let It grant the
license, take the money for it, and let the
traffic go on, bat don’t undertake to run
both schedules, especially when, its char
ter does not authorize any such proeeed-
^ackson J., dissenting.
1. It is true that the constitution and
laws of Georgia open the entire State to
the free exercise of religious opinion and
worship therein, so long as such worship
does not embraceor encourage licentious
ness or immorality; and Jew or Gentile,
Christian or Pagan, are alike entitled to
equal protection under our liberal and
wise toleration of perfect freedom of re
ligious thought, and equality of protection
extended to religious worship. Nor do I
suppose that it entered into the brain of
either of the counsel who advised,, or the
authorities of Stone Mountain who enac
ted, the ordinance in question, that any
preference was thereby given to Christians
over other worshippers. It so happens
that at Stone Mountain, as in most of
Geoigia villages, the only churches are
Christian, and the only worshipping so^
cieties age believers in Christ as the Son
of God. If there be a place of worship or
any society of worshippers according to
any other faith within lhe limits of Stone
Mountain, the record does not disclose it,
nor I ever heard of such place of worship
or society of worshippers therein. If such
had Been the case, doubtless the ordinance
would have extended to them, as it
should, equal protection against the dan
ger of riot or interruption from grog sel-i
era and grog drinkers whilst the mind
should be composed for the worship of the
common Creator of all. Therefore, I do
not think the ordinance void because it
does not name other as well' as Christian
worshippers.
2. The charter of Stone Mountain gives
to the town authorities power to grant or
to withhold license to retail spirituous
liquors. The power to grant covers the
terms on which license is granted, except
in so far as the terms are prescribed aud
restricted in the legislative grant of tbe
power. Therefore the restriction that the
retailer should not sell during religious
parts of Egypt, rendering probable a solu
tion of the. mystery of the construction of
the pyramids. Among the discoveries
was found a . perfect cube and also em
blems of all Masonic foundations. Lien-
tenant Commander Gorringe, who is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, entire
ly approves Dr, Fanton’s explanation,
aiid gives this dispatch his entire appro
bation. - •
Savannah Railroad News.
Ppecit 1 Telrgr»m to the Horulrg; N«»i.J
Atlanta, Ga., January 29.—The
Railway Association‘re-elected their old
officers and decided to keep their head
quarters at Macon. No business of un
usual importance was transacted. Colo
nel Screven is a member of the board of
arbitration.
There is intense excitement about the
Georgia 'Westem Road. Mayor Calhoun
and the citizens say the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad must build the road or
surrender the charter.
Rumor says that Governor Brown to
day secured a controlling interest in the
Western and Atlantic lease, and that
Messrs. Cole, Brown and Wadley are to
form a close connection with the Cincin
nati Southern. Neither Messrs. Cole nor
Wadley are seeking an alliance with the
Louisville and Nashville new combina
tion. Startling developments may be
looked for, in a few days in railroad, cir
cles. Central railroad officials are all in
good spirits, though silent as to the foture,
except to say that Savannah, mad the Cen
tral are safe., ,
Bklshazzeb.—The rehearsal of this
immensely popular spectacular opera, was
largely attended last night. Nearly all of
the dramatis personae were present. We
cannot, and 'will not, give the fainest ink
ling to the public of the magnificent
scenes, charming music, and thrilling in
cidents of this interesting rendition of
some ot the most salient events of sacred
history. h
We simply call upon all to come and
see, and listen for themselves next week.
Be sure to be on hand when the amateurs,
of Macon act Belshazzar.
meetings whether stated or protracted, Sunday.
—The Presbyterian Union of Cleve
land has voted that no Christian can con
sistently read Sunday newspapers, but
has expressed no opinion on Monday
mofning newspapers, which are made on-