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US?© (®£J3Cgt<:t t iron JfitBstngtt 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-