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1 1 =32 the JETESIEEMASaiTEKADE. A D«Ii|bthil Affair. Tl>e masquerade of the children of the congregation of Beth Israel took place last evening at the hall of the Hebrew Young Men’s Literary Association, and was a complete success. The scene in the early hours of the evening, when the little ones, some just able to speak plainly, looking lovely in laces,silks and all sorts of fancy costumes ; each with mask on, was novel, brilliant and beautiful, and later when all un masked the joyous surprise manifested as each recognized some little friend in the group of light-hearted maskers, was truly refreshing to behold. The hall opened with a tableau, in which-thc children were arranged on the stage of the hall in a beautiful pyramid. The grand march followed, and was in turn succeeded by the dancing. Refreshments were served early in the evening and later to each one in costume a neatly arranged bundle of candy and fruit was given as they marched by in procession. The distribution was made by Misses Lola Landsberg and Ida Ein stein. The ball was very admirably gotten up ami managed by Mrs. William Wolffe and 3Irs. J. Danncnberg, and to them is due the praise for the success of the occasion. Kessler’s orchestra furnished the music, and in their varied and handsome cos tumes the little folks threaded the mazes of the dance. Quite a number of their parents joined in toward the close of the evening. The attendance was very fine. Tlie following children were in fancy THE TOLl JiTEEBS’ FAIR costumes: Leo Kahn—King of the Night. Gussic Peyser—Queen of Night. Martin Kahn—Chimney Sweep. Ilenny Glass—School Girl. , Nettie Glass—Frost—very good. Bertha Waxelbaum—Ivy Leaves. - Clementina Moses—Princess. Pauline Greenwood—Goddess of Lib erty. Rosa Thomer—French Nurse. Jennie Reyfeld—Flower Girl. Bertha and Fannie Greenwood—Blue Bells. Yetta Bevfeld—Flower Girl. Allie Brown—Lord Pfiffiholtz, from Buinblestine. Sam Weicliselbaum—Country hoy. Bella Harris—My Own Grandmother. Lillie Einstein—Snowflake. J. Einstein—Centennial. Alex Wachtel and Lillie Siesel—Prince and Princess. Josephine Wachtel and Floretta Siesel —Spitfire. Moses Throner—Pastry Cook. Walter Dannenberg—Ballet Girl. Morris Skalowski—Pastry Cook—excel lent. Dave Moses—Georgia Clown. Max Harris—Colored Lady and her White Nurse. Simon Dannenburg—George Washing ton. Eva and Addle Greenberg—Morning and Evening Stars. Henrietta Sprinz—Little Red Riding Jlood. Belle Abraham—Larlor’s Daughter. Julian Gibson—Ballet Girl. Emma Einstein—Rose Bud. Gussie Peyser—Cloud. Carrie Hertz—Fairy Queen. Florence Bemd—Shepherdess. Davie Davidson—A Country Girl. Mony Elkan—Boot-black. Dave Reyfeld—Blue Domino. Mamie Skalowski—Swiss Sheperdess. Leo Bemd—Pastry Cook. Frank Einstein—Indian Boy. Polly Barnett—A Nun. Edith Waxelbaum and Stella Hertz—A Pair of Canary Birds. Moses Harris—Isaac’s Baker Boy—veiy good indeed. Emma Heidingsfelder—Butterfly. Annie King—Folly. GirlieDannenberg—Lady Washington. RoseThoner—German Peasant Maid. Adaline Waxelbaum—Liberty. Ella Harris—An old Ducth Woman. Bertha Nussbaum—Maritana, theTam- borine Girl. Jacob Landsberg and Robert Nussbaum —Travelling Musicians. Rebecca Kahn—Holland Peasant Maid. There were several others whose names could not be obtained. At a very reasonale hour—not before, however, some of the eyelashes of the little folks began to droop. The party broke up. The tacceM of the Fair Increasing. Another very fine crowd assembled last evening, at the armory of the Volunteers, to assist by their presence and contribu tions in making the fair a complete suc cess. The interest in the fair is general throughout the city, and persons of all creeds, denominations, politics, etc., have visited the hall and contributed liberally. The scene last evening was even more brilliant than usual. The attendance of ladies was larger, and those engaged at the different tables were moving about the hall, more earnest and energetic in their efforts to accomplish the work in hand than ever. The hall looked like a living panorama to a spectator. The tables all did well. At the table near the lower end of the hall nearly everything of value was sold. The tin set was raffled, and won by Mr. R. S. Saulsbnty. A number of smaller articles were also disposed of by raffle. At the Fruit and Flower table, which proved one of the most attractive in the hall, a beautiful basket of flowers was won by Miss Mary Lou Bacon. Here the chances on the aquarium have nearly all been taken, and it will be raffled to-night. The elegant black silk dress at the Ci gar stand was won by Mr. Willis Price. This table did admirably last evening, and disposed of a large number of small hut valuable articles. At the Old Volunteers table the hand some dmner set was won by Mr. Felix Corput. The throwing resulted at first in a tie between Mr. A. D. Schofield and Mr. Corput, but upon the second throw ing the latter was victorious. The pair of blankets at this same table were won by Mr. A. L. Butts. Mr. Foute, of New York, won a pair of embroidered slippers; the Volunteer and bride, by Mr. N. T. Johnson; an afghan by Miss Kate Greer, and a fruit cake by Mr. W. W. Wrigley. The furniture, the large easy chair, and the bride doll will be disposed of to-night. The Domestic Venture table attracted much attention. Mrs. Asher Ayers drew a barrel of flour, Mr. Chris. Findlay drew a ham and a number of other valuable arti cles were drawn. The restaurant was well patronized last evening. The drawing for the United States bond will positively take place to-morrow even ing. All the tickets have bean sold. To night will be perhaps the biggest of the fair. A very fine attendance is looked for, and many of the articles now on hand will be closed out at a sacrifice. Every thing on which chances have been taken will be raffled off this evening. As the fair draws to a close, the ladies are even more and more liberal in their contributions to the restaurant depart ment. The ladies have tills morning to ac knowledge the following: Mrs. Virgil Powers, cocoamut cake; Mrs. John R. Booker, crullers and bread; Mrs. J. C. Baimon, gelatine; Mrs. G. S. Obear, turkey and loaf cake; Mrs. H. Peters, K cher ice cream custard; Mrs. Robert S. nier, tongue, jelly, cake, lady fingers and pickels; Misses G. and M. Hoge, pickels and jelly cake; Sirs. Thomas Wood, wine, jelly and light rolls; Mrs. W. F. Brpwn, pickets, loaf cake and but ter crackers; 3Irs. G. C. Conner, ice cream; Mrs. F. S. Johnson, jelly float; 3Irs. G. S. Jones, sardines, crackers and chip beef; Mrs. William E. Flanders, biscuit; 3Irs. E. E. Brown, silver cake and turkey; Mrs. Emmel, broiled chickens and light rolls; "Mrs. J. M. Boardman, loaf light bread; Mrs. A. Butts, three quarts milk; 3Iiss Hattie Tracy, small iced cakes. BY TELEGRAPH S Howard District and its Koads. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: In the issue of the Telegraph and 3Ies- sexuer of the 24th instant, under head of road commissioners, I find the following remarks: “Under the management of the last hoard of commissioners the roads of the county have been kept up to a high stan dard of excellence. In fact the county is noted iu Middle Georgia as having the best public highways of any county in this section.” I believe all public servants should have their due mead of praise and encour aged in well-doing. But at the same time justice should be done, “though the heavens fall.” The above remarks may b» true In reference to the roads in other sections of the county, but I must beg leave to respectfully differ with you where reference is made to the public highways in Howard district. I can truthfully say and will be sustained by a majority of the citizens in this district, aud those who have been compelled to travel over the roads, that they have been in worse con dition and most execrably worked or ne glected under the present management and direction than any administration since the system of chain gang work has been inaugurated. The road on the river route has not been creditably work ed in two years commencing near Mqjor Carson's residence and from there up to Mr. William Johnson’s and thence to the county line. From Beaver Dam week a stream of “Fair notoriety,” which is near our fellow citizen, Robert Coleman’s plan tation, tlie public highway has been in many places in a deplorable condition, and in one place between William Jolin- son's and Dr. Holt’s residence the road has been in a well nigh impassable con dition since last summer. There were several vehicles overturned and three to my knowledge that were bro ken by falling in the deep sinks of the •and. And the fence rails which have been thrown in to crossway tliis bad place, and others, amounts to considerable, which the height of fences on each side of the road will testify. This place became so bad and such a heavy tax to the subscriber, that he hired six able-bod ied men and a young man to superintend, and had the road worked and ditched on both sides, putting it in first-class condi tion-better than any portion of road of like character in the District, and had it been worked properly by the managers of the chain gang when here, it woula have been in good condition throughout the whole fall and winter season, and saved much annoyance and expense. The Commissioners of this District are very clever, good citizens, but they give the pnblic highways but precious little of thoir •Mention; In fact, the Commissioners are worthless in the places for which they were appointed. They are relieved from I ury duty, etc., but they return no cquiva- ent for this favor; and it is to he hoped that they will give at least a small portion of their time to having the public roads kept in a passable condition, or resign their places and let others be appointed who will. This portion of the public road lias been ran over rapidly, and only patch ed up in places, and even that has been slovenly done. Citizen of Howard District. —The number of suicides at Vienna and its suburbs, last year, attained the con siderable figure of £07, of which 40 were of women. In most cases reverse of fortune. The Killing on the Central Railroad. The recent killing of Mr. C. Patterson on the Central railroad, near No. 17 J, still continues to excite a good deal of in terest in Gordon, and opinion seems to differ as to whether his death was caused by the cars or by foul play. Many incline to the latter opinion. It will be remem bered that the verdict of the coroner’s jury was that death was caused by the train which passed over the body. One of the witnesses who testified before the jury gave in as his evidence that but a short time before the train came down, he saw Patterson and two other men sitting on the track. One of them went away and the witness walked off toward his home. In a few minutes he heard two pistol shots in the direction of the men on the track, and in fifteen minutes after heard the whistle of the engine. The killing took place in sight of a store. Four freight trains and the up- passenger had passed the place. The engineer on the last train saw no one near the store but a negro man as his train passed. If he was in snch a con dition as to be liable to fall asleep at any moment, the men who were with him, if they intended to do right, should have taken care of him. The hole in the face, conceded to have been made by a bullet, the absence of the money he had with him, which has not been satisfactorily ex plained, the fact that the two men who came by just after the body was run over were the same who were with him the day before, all point Uf the conclusion that the unfortunate man was murdered and placed on the track. Tlie Bofid Commission. At the office of Colonel John E. Jones a meeting of the commission wa3 held, a full board and the members of the City Council authorized to attend being pres ent. The meeting passed off in not an al together harmonious manner. The matter of funding the Ross bonds, which were issued to pay the floating debt of. the city, and of which there are twenty- five thousand dollars, and which were hy pothecated by the authority of the last Council as security, was discussed. It seems the bonds have been but recently sold by the city for 82J cents onthe dol lar. A sharp discussion arose between Mayor Huff and Mr, H. L. Jewett, of the com mission, on the subject, which was partici pated in to a greater or less extent by sev eral others of the commission. The meeting adjourned to meet again on next Tuesday afternoon at the same place. During the meeting twenty-five thousand dollars of the new bonds were laid before the meeting. The Florida Yam. Captain Bradwell, the clever editor of the Hinesville Gazelle, is writing an inter esting scries of letters to his paper from Indian river, Fla. We dip the following fromliis last missive: A land that will not grow potatoes is not worth fighting for; and this country produces them “spontaneously, i Like ■near cane, they need never be planted sugar cane, they need never be planted but once, and they will continue to grow from the vine, as at each digging they are cov ered up by the sod. The Florida or West India yam is the only potato planted; and although it is not equal to the sweet yam or the Spanish with tis, it will do well enough for a West India yam. There is no use to house or hank them, for they can remain all winter without injury, in the ground. They continue growing, and fresh potatoes can be had every month in the year. miseiy,or want of work wa the dispos-j _ rj rgbeareals of Belshazzar were mg cause, and the majority pf the unfor- tunates belonged to the poorer classes. j held yesterday. New York, Januaiy 29.—A Columbia, South Carolina, special shys: Great ex citement has been caused here by the pub lication of a very bitter letter by Colonel John C. Haskell, son-in-law of Senator Hampton, in which serious charges are made against General Wm. W. Gary. This has grown out of the Gary-Hampton controversy, and will undoubtedly lead to serious results. General Gary, who is at his home in Edgefield, has been tele graphed for and will reach here to-mor row, when it is thought the affair will cul minate in bloodshed. Senator Hampton is here, but Haskell explicitly states the letter was written without his knowledge. Galveston, January 29.—A special to the Neies from Sherman, says a party of drunken roughs, while creating a disturb ance in a bagnio, were ordered to leave by city marshall Ball. Alf Johnson re fused to go. Ball ejected him. When outside, Johnson drew a pistol and shot Ball in the breast. Ball siezed Johnson’s pistol and drawing his own weapon shot Johnson dead. Johnson’s brother and others shot at Ball, one shot _ cutting his face and the powder burning his eyebrows and blinding him. Ball lies in a critical condition. Washington, January 29.—In the House, the regular order being demanded, the House resumed consideration of the bill declaring all public roads and high ways post routes. The previous question was seconded and the bill passed by yeas 134, nays 97. In the Senate 3Ir. Keman presented pe titions of claimants, to tlie unappropriated balance of the Geneva award. Also of persons not claimants all citizens of New York—tlie latter including Drcxel, Mor gan & Co., Dunn, Harris & Neff, and oth ers, pressing legislation whereby claim ants under the Geneva award may be en abled to present, prove and obtain judg ment on their claims. Keman and others presented a petition of the ex-soldiers against the passage of the Senate bill for examinations in pen sion cases. On motion of 3Ir. Edmunds, it was re solved that when the Senate adjourn to day, that it be to meet on Monday next. 3lr. Allison, from the committee on Ap propriations, reported with sundry amend ments the House bill making appropria tions for fortifications and other works of defense. Ordered printed and placed on the calendar. London, January 29.—A Bucharest dispatch says a great fire has occurred at Jassy, which destroyed the administrative palace, which is still raging, the flames having extended to the adjacent buildings. A large number of records, which cannot be replaced, were destroyed in the palace. Washington, January 29.—In the Senate, on motion of Mr. Gordon, a reso lution was adopted providing for a com- mitteo of nine Senators to consider the subject of an inter-oceanic canal. 3Ir. Butler sent to the clerk’s desk aud had read a letter from Hon. Samuel Dib ble, of South Carolina, calling attention to an omission, in Senator Bruce’s bill for the promotion of the education of the colored race, of the South Carolina Agri cultural Claflin University, south of Or angeburg, the most important institution in tlie State for colored people. 3Ir. Jones, of Florida, from the Com mittee on Naval Affairs, reported, with amendments, a bill for tlie erection of public buildings at Danville, Virginia. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Bailey, from the Post-office Com mittee, reported, with an amendment, the Senate joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Southern mail contractors for carrying the mails prior to May 31st, 1861, upon presentation of proof that they have not been paid either by the Confederate or the United States governments. Placed on the cal endar. Bills were introduced as follows: By 3Ir. Jones, of Florida—Making the port of Tampa a port of entry. By Mr. Vance ot North Carolina.—For the restoration of the executive letter book of the State of North Carolina. Mr. McDonald, from the Judiciary Committece, reported adversely on the bill to declare the legal effect of permits to purchase products in insurrectionary States, and it was indefinitely postponed. The House then took up and passed the bill for the relief of Internal Revenue Collector Kearney, at Corpus Christi, Texas. Adjourned until 3Ionday. Knott from the Judiciary Committee, reported back the bill for the relief of the owners and purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in the Insurrectionary States. Placed on the calendar. Mr. New, from the same Committee, reported back the bill amending section 740 of the Revised Statutes, relating to suits in Circuit and District Courts. Passed. Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, from tlie same Committee, reported back the hill fix ing tlie maximum time of service of jurors in United States Courts at three weeks. Morning hour expired and bill went over without action. The House then resumed the considera tion of the revised rules and readied rule eleven. Adjourned. The Senate to-day confirmed the nomi nation of William H. Saude as receiver of public moneys at Huntsville. Augusta, January 29.—Seven Fusion Senators and twenty-two Fusion Repre sentatives took their seats in the regular Legislature to-day, and were cordially re ceived. Monden, January 29.—Fifteen lives have been lost by afire damp explosion in a colliery at Meassery, Saxony. Ten bodies have been recovered. Richmond, Va., January 29.—The Re publican State Committee decided to-day to hold the State Convention for the ap pointment of delegates to the National Convention at Staunton, April 21st. Tlie Manchester Courier this evening asserts that General Malione, United States Sen ator elect, recently announced, in the presence of several members of the Legis lature, that in preference to a Bourbon Democrat, ha would support Blaine or Conkling for President, and would not oppose Sherman. Telegrams received to-day report quiet restored in Shenandoah county, and the troops returned to their hemes. Washington, January 29.—Commis sioner of Indian Affairs Hayt, was re moved from office to-day by Secretary Schurz. No reason was assigned in tlie Secretaiy’s letter of dismissal, but it is un derstood that while there is no evidence of dishonesty in the Commissioner’s ad ministration, there is proof that he has withheld from the Interior right informa tion which it was his duty to communi cate, and that this is the ground of his removal. Washington, January 29.—At the meeting this morning of tlie House Com mittee on Education and Labor, represen- tives of fifteen colored schools and colleges urged the claims of their respective insti tution to have the unclaimed pay and bounty of colored soldiers for the distribu tion of which several hills are now pend ing before the Committee. No decision was reached. Washington, January 29.—-The offer of the Morgan line of steamers to carry the mails from New Orleans to Hava na via Cedar Keys and Key West has been accepted by the Post-office Depart ment. New Orleans, January 29.—The jury in. the case of Schmidt & Zeigler vs. R. G. Dunn & Co’s, mercantile agency, re turned a verdict for $1,000 in favor of the plaintiff. The case attracted the gen eral attention of the merchants and it is believed if the verdict is sustained by higher courts it will establish the respon sibilities of the mercantile agencies for losses resulting to customers by reason of erroneous . reports * and failure tp use diligence. In this case Dunn & Com pany rate an irresponsible firm very high, and failed to inform the plaintifis, who asked for a special report, that their infor mation was obtained from a member of the firm.' Relying on Dunn & Company’s report, plaintiff sold the bill oi goods to the firm in question, who failed to pay. Paris, January 29.—The Anglo-Ameri can Cable Company has informed the French Post-office Department that the tariff for messages by way of their Cable will be sixty centimes per word from the fib it instant. , • London, January 29.—The Manchester Guardian's London correspondent says “The principal subjects to be presented j Mr. Bayard's Axioms. SSflSCSr «• »"'? “■> >»- abolition of the right of primogeniture and teresting speech in support of liis resolu- the simplification of the transfer of land. , tion to remove the legal tender quality of BEDLiNjJannary 29.—-Count von Moltke, ■ the United States Treasury notes, laid Tiim to use liis influence with the Einperor! which few will be inclined to challenge* for a reduction of the army, has written j One of these reads as follows: as follows: “The power of the Empire I Sound prosperity must rest upon a cannot impress all nations with the con- | sound basis, and real money is the only viefcion that war is a national misfortune.” j sound currency. To resume by the exist- Londox, Januaiy 29.—The Vienna ing system is as idle as to bail water with corresjpondent of the Manchester Guardian i a sieve. Paper notes are essentially aux- says, In consequence of the recent riots in j itfary with a currency, but they are not Pesth, Herr Fizza, President of the Coun- • coin and not money, but substitutes for it. But unfortunately these substitutes are, restricting the rights of the Association except in extraordinaiy crises, always the and pnblic meetings and the liberty of the practical measure of value. The price of nothing in America is measured in rela- press. New Orleans, Januaiy 29.—The Dis trict Attorney to-day filed a complaint against the principals and seconds in the Burke-Hearsey duel. The principals were held in five hundred dollars each, and the seconds in two hundred and fifty dollars eaiib. The penalty under the law for fighting a duel is $200 fine and imprisonment two years. The seconds $100 fine or one year imprisonment. Dr. J. U. Ball, member of the Legisla ture from West Feliciana, is dead. London, January 29.—The Duchess of Marlborough says Mr. Parnell’s state ments that the fund which bears his name is only to relieve tenants who have paid their rent and that its promoters have po litical objects in view, are gross false hoods. Montreal, Januaiy 29.—The Gazette to-day, commenting on Parnell’s visit, says the 3Iayor will he guilty of an out rage against sentiment, against a large and influential section of the people of tliis city, if in his official character he par ticipates in any way hi the demonstration to Mr. Parnell. London, January 29.—A Berlin dis patch to the Pall Mall Gazette says it is announced that thefcovernment intends to propose a tax on all persons exempt from militaiy service, Talmage Compliment! the Methodiiti In his last Sunday’s harangue aff the Brooklyn Tabernacle Dr. Talmage, after narrating the terrible ordeal of persecution the Methodist denomination had under gone, asks; What permanent damage did intoler ance do the Methodist Church?, The vast majority of the pulpits of Great Britain were shut against her ministers, the very name of the church given in derision. In the New York Astor Library there are 706 books and pamphlets against Method ism. The intolerance has resulted in making that the largest denomination, the largest sect of Christians in the coun try. In all places of civil as well as re ligious trust SHE HAS HER HAN. The present Mayor of our city, a Methodist, the past Mayor a Methodist, Governor Colquitt, of Geoigia, a Method ist, the Secretary of the United States navy a Methodist, the President of the United States a Methodist, and some say the next President will be a Methodist. Intolerance never put down anything. In deed, men and institutions succeed gener ally in proportion as they are persecuted. Better attend to your business and preach the Gospel. Let Satan attend to persecu tion. Kelley’s Flan of Faying the National Debt Before tlie House Committee on Ways and 3Ieans, Judge Kelley, in opposition to the refunding plan of Fernando Wood and Secretary Sherman, submitted a plan of liis own, which was to issue no new bonds, but to pay off every year the twen ty-seventh part of the issues of bonds ma turing in 1880,18S1 and 1891, which in the aggregate amount, in round numbers", $1,006,000,000. The sum required for this purpose will be about $38,000,000 annu ally. That is to say, by paying $38,000,- 000 per year for twenty-seven years, the entire principal of $1,000,000,000, which is the amount of the outstanding bonded indebtedness, with the exception of the four per cents, maturing in 1907, will be liquidated. Under this plan, the total amount to be disbursed for interest on the bonds in question will be $596,000,000. Judge Kelley submitted figures to show that this scheme was by far more advanta geous to the government than Secretary 1 Sherman’s proposition to fund the matur ing bonds in new four per cent, bonds, running fifty years, or Fernando Wood’s- bill, which provides for refunding with 3J per cent, bonds, running fifty years. By adopting Secretary Sherman’s plan Judge Kelley claimed that at the end of thirty years we would have paid $1,200,000,000for interest^alone, and still be debtors for tlie entire principal, while under Mr. Wood’s plan we would have disbursed $1,800,000,- 000 for interest, aud still owe the whole principal. Judge Kelley advocated his plan so earnestly and forcibly that it is under stood he has won over several members of the committee heretofore favorable to other propositions. They say that if the Judge is accurate in his calculation, and he doubtless is, by his plan we can pay off in twenty-seven years the principal of the maturing bonds referred to at the rate of $3S,000,000 yearly, and 'disburse only $596,000,000 for interest during that peri od. It is most assuredly preferable to paying $1,200,000,000 in one instance, or $1,800,000,000 in the other for interest alone without at all disturbing the princi pal. It is the opinion of several members of the committee that Wood’s three and a half per cent, bond scheme is dead, and that if Judge Kelley’s plan or something like it is not adopted, there will probably v be no refunding measure passed this ses sion. A Big Bay. 3Iacon fairly loomed up yesterday un der the effect of a magnificent day’s trade, and the numerous attractions of the eve ning. Her merchants were as busy as bees, turning out their wares by scores oi wagon loads to our country visitors. One gentleman, a member of a popular gro cery firm, sold $1,200 worth of goods to a single interior merchant, cash down. Others did equally well, and business seemed fairly active. When night interposed her sable man tle o’er the scene, almost the whole popu lation turned out to enjoy themselves at the several entertainments winch had been duly announced. These included the Macon Volunteers’ fair, the Hebrew chil dren’s masquerade ball and a rehearsal of Belshazzar. The two first we attended. The fair was a splendid success. Never have we seen so many of the elite of the city at any similar gathering. The spa cious hall was simply a moving panorama of human beings, and laughter, pistol shots, the shouts of the rafflers and the rattle of conversation formed a pleasant and animating medley of sounds. At the masquerade a brilliant spectacle was presented. Hundreds of dark-eyed maidghs and blithesome lads engaged in the mcriy dance together, their happy pa rents gazing admiringly on. The cos tumes were bright and fanciful, and all seemed to enjoy themselves to the utmost. Verily, there is no danger of the Hebrew race dying out in Macon, to judge by the troops of little Israelites who are coming Of course, under 3Ir. Butterfield and his enthusiastic and accomplished corps of amateurs, Belshazzar was rendered secun dum artem. But the hour is too late to say more of these festal scenes, and we refer the reader to the local page for par ticulars. Lookout that your nurses do not drug your little ones with laudanum, paregoric or other soothing remedies. Give them Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, which innocent remedy is warranted not to contain opi ates. tion to coin, except in those periods of collapse in which paper and all kinds of property are brought to the sharp test of immediate convertibility into coin, and then with the result of a decline in value, commensurate with the expansion of the currency volume, of which three to one is considered a safe rate, and is often much greater. It is simply as a grand scheme of inflation, resulting always and not seldom in these ruinous reverses, that the people dread the substitution of a bank currency for Treasury notes. We are quite willing to seethe Sena tors resolution pass—but not as an ini tiatory step to the substitution of bank pa per as currency for United States Treasu ry notes—which, whether a legal tender ! THE GEORGIA PRESS. j He has obtained $2,000In gold from them, i and they have since been lying idle from A crowd gathered in Marietta last, the want of a reliable company and expe- week to see a hanging, hut the perform- [ fiance en the part of 3Ir. Elliott to devel- ance was postponed, and the subject failed ,3'^, e , rc an : *^ lree . 8°°d veins of to suspend. J. H. Randall, of Acworth, has in vented a new knife of many combina tions, without back spring or rivets. Smyrna has a citizen by the name of Edison. He was married to Miss Love lace a few days since. The Crawiordville Democrat is for sale. The Ishmaelite is just as fresh and spi cy as it was when the first sheet was rolled off from its press—if anything it grows better. The Warrenton Clipper promises its readers next week a correspondence be tween Hon. A. H. Stephens and Mqjor Walthall. Whooping cough is agitating the youngsters of Irwin. Messrs. W. C. D. Carlisle and I. J. Fountain had a competative hunt after rab bits with a pack of dogs and beat the ca nines by a score of five to three. A new militia district has been formed in Twiggs county. Mb. G. T.Fosnecth’s house in Toomb- boro was entered last week and two trunks stolen, Farmers in the vicinity of Toomsboro are making good progress with their work. , . . , , Rut few farmers in Thomas county for debt or not, will furnish a safe repre- i an of theirmeat. sentative of value in the hands of the , The heavy rains in Thomasville have people, which local bank paper never has necessitated much garden work to be done been and never can be. Why ? Because of the perpetual temptation to overissue, addressed to the hundreds of thousands over. Thomasville is preparing for a rous ing time at the May fair, and the biggest who control the thousands of these banks. f air ever seen 5n those parts next felh If the legal tender provision made any- H on.A.F. Pbevatt has been elected Uiing approaching a valid claimfor loss on Mayor of Thomasville, and has been in. depreciation, who shall indemnify the mil- stalled, lions «f American citizens for losses on bank paper. The country needs a paper circulation beyond and above the control as to its Thomasville is will supplied with educational facilities. Mb. Ed. Boswell, manager of Colonel Shorter’s farm near Rome, shot a small volume, of speculators and syndicates, j hoy who was walking around the place and of thousands of bank directories anx- ! after dark, wounding him slightly. Verily ious to accommodate themselves artd oth- J the small boy is ubiquitous. TALMAGE ON THE BAHFAGE. He Freachesa Fhillipic Against In* toleration in all the Churches— Thumb-screws. On Sunday last the sensational pulpit orator of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, smart ing under the treatment he had received from many of the brethren of his own church, fairly boiled over in his wrath when abusing the intolerant of all denom inations. The spirit of his discourse evinced that he himself was a remarkable exam ple of the intolerance of toleration, just as we saw many exceedingly intemperate advocates of intemperance in Boston last fall. But the speaker, while uttering some wholesome truths concerning the lack of Christian charity, and the priestly tyranny occasionally to be found in all denominations, greatly overdraws the picture, aud slanders the living God. There is an absence of dignity, and a savor of the forum and hustings pervading eve ry line of this so-called sermon, which illy befit the sacred surroundings of the sahetuary. • The text read: “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.” (Luke 55). We give a sample: Quoting the text, Mr. Talmadge said: Christ said to John and James, good men, who had got mad and wanted the Samari tans struck with lightning because they differed in religious matters; John and James thought they were doing a good thing, hut Christ turns their hearts inside out and says, “ You think you are serving me by being so intolerant of these Sama ritans. You are not. Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.” There have been great blundering instruments of tor ture in different ages, but the thumb-screw was comparitively delicate and belonged to the fine art of persecution. Lord Cla- verhouse called it a nosegay. It could be carried in the pocket and unobser ved. Fastened to the thumb and the screw turned, it produced a concentration of pain that would sometimes, not always, make a man change his opinion. At the first turn of the screw he began to think that perhaps he might be a little mistaken in his religious sentiments. Another turn of the screw and he was almost disposed to adopt the opposite theory. Another turn and he said, “stop! stop! I think just as you do.” Then the thumb-screws unloosened. Now, some suppose that that instrument of torture belonged to the dark ages between Charlemagne and Hildebrand. The fact is it belongs to all ages and all churches—Catholic and Prot estant, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Congregationalist. It works as lively to-day as It did in the tenth century. In other words, the spirit is ever abroad which will make you think as it thinks, do as. it would have you do, or make you suffer. Perhaps it would not kill you. No—the thumb-screw never killed any one, hut it would pinch you and twist you until you surrendered. “Think a31 do on the sub ject of lay delegation,” says the Methodist Church. Some Methodist replies: “I do not think as you do.” Put on the Metho dist thumb-screw. “Believe as I do on the subject of baptismal regeneration,” says the Episcopal Church. “I do not ac cept your theory,” says an honest Episco palian. On with the Episcopol thumb screw. “Think as I do,” says the Baptist Church, “on the subject of close commun ion.” One of their members says: “I do not believe that.” On with the Baptist thumb-screw. “Forbid women’s preaching,” says the Presbyterian Church, “and stick to tlie old way of doing things.” A Presbyterian responds: “I can sec no harm in women’s preaching, and I think something new in the inodes of working maybe salutary.” On with the Presbyterian thumb-screw. And in all the conferences and associations and coun cils aud Presbyteries of the country, there are men who are, comparatively speaking, in favor of thumb-screws. “Why?” you say, “I do not see it.” Oh, beauty of the thumb-screw. You may carry it in your vest pocket and no one will know you have it. 1 know men who would make splendid Herods, Arabs, Bohespierres. They have all the spirit of social, political and ecclesiastical tyranny. All they want is the opportunity. Had they the chance, they would STIR YOU UP WITH PITCHFORKS, take you with red hot tongs, and give you a course of Torquemada. To-day I sound the knell of ecclesias tical tyrants and cheer all ministers of the gospel, of all denominations, in their attempt to be free. Stay in the denomi nation where you are, and make a fight for liberty. Do not cross over from the Methodists to the Baptists, or from the Baptists to Presbyterianism, or from Pres byterians to the Episcopacy, for all denom- nominafions are pestered with men who oppose ecclesiastical freedom. I staid in the Presbyterian church because I received many letters from all parts of the land, saying in effect, “Stand firm. You" repre sent tlie men in oar denomination who want to get free from painful espionage and ecclesiastical tyranny.” It was not my battle that I was fighting, more than the battle of nine-tenths of the ministers of the Presbyterian church, who have been obliged to submit to the tutelage and hypercriticism and laborious interpreta tion of an overbearing oi&fenth. Coughs, hoarseness, asthma or any ir ritation of the throat or bronchial tubes, will he relieved by taking Dr. Bull’s Cough syrup. It has cured thousands, Recommend it to your friend and neigh bor. Your druggist keeps it. Price 25 , cents. Professor Willoughby Reade will give an entertainment in Americas this evening. A few more hundred dollars are needed for the fund to remove the Confederate dead from Andersonvilie to Americus. Judge A. J. Williams, of Sumter county, was thrown from his buggy near Americus on Tuesday, and received a painful fall. The McDuffie county farmers will plant more cotton than ever this year. Mrs. Dr. J. S. Blaine, of Brunswick, is dead. The winter has been so mild in Bames- ville, that madeira vines have so far been untouche 4 by the cold. The quo warranto in the mayoralty contest in Brunswick has been dismissed. The AugHsta gamblers are in hot water. Mb. J. H. Hamilton, a popular mer chant of Columbus, met with a severe fall on Friday. Miss Daisy Howard, of Columbus, has written a beautiful piece of music named Rural Polka, and dedicated it to Miss Annie Maria Barnes of Atlanta. Important improvements will be made on the Savannah cotton factory. The Valdosta Times thinks that if King Cole is out of a job he might get the Presidency of the Quitman and Monti- cello (Fla.) railroad. McDuffie Journal: We hear some complaints of damages done by the Hes sian fly, but, as a general thing, small grain crops through this section are in ex cellent condition. It is said that the Hancock county farmers have more money than they hare had in a good many years previous. Sparta Ishmaelite: We have never known a town where there was a better behaved set of young people than there is in Sparta. We mean in the day time. The Banner says: Athens can boast a preacher who married a couple, held prayer-meeting, and got back home by half past nine o’clock. Ishmaelite: Belshazzar, King of Baby lon, ZerubbabeJ, Governor of the Jews, and Cyrus, King of Persia, are shortly to make a theatrical appearance in Macon. Uriah Sanballat Grant, King of the Radi cals, will not be present. Marietta Journal: Talk about your big farming, stop and see what B. W. Florence, of Powder Springs, has done the past year in farming. He made fifteen bales of cotton averaging five hundred pounds each on twenty acres, five hundred bushels corn, two huhdred bushels wheat, three hundred bushels oats, and one hun dred bushels sweet potatoes. "ishnaeHte: Mr. James H. Blount, the wide awake Congressman, has sent a number of carp for the ponds of his consti tuents. By writing to Mr. Stephens, of oivr fish raisers may be able to get a number of these fish , for our Hancock ponds. We piake the suggestion. . Thomasville Enterprise: Garden peas and strawberries are among the items on the bill of fare "of some of our citizens. This sounds strange ; for mid winter, but it is true nevertheless, and proves the mildness of our climate. The Jonesboro News is of the opinion that timber is becoming scarce in this world of ours.. It says South Geoigia and Florida are supplying a large portion of the world no«y^nd they cannot hold out much longer. Already the supply is scant In some-Of theonce most'heavily timbered pine forests of the South. Union and' Recorder: Hon. J. H. Blount is winning golden opinions from every one, except the .plundering thieves about Washington, for his watchfulness of the public funds, as chairman of the Honse appropriations committee during the sick ness of the chairman, Mr. Atkins. •Cleveland Advertiser: A squad of fifteen revenue soldiers, mounted and armed with carbines, under command of Captain Hendricks, passed through town on Friday, returning from a raid on the ♦moonshiners’ over the mountains. They demolished one still. One of the soldiers shot himself accidentally through the thigh, and was left over in Towns to re cover. It costs more than it comes to to git ahead of the mountaineer stillers.” ■ Southerner and Appeal: The wagon was full of gay young people on their way to the party last Friday night. All had something to contribute to the flow of con versation save one young gentleman, who sat silent. Suddenly one- of the young ladies turned him to and playfully asked, “Did you speak, C——“No, ma’am,” he replied, as las thoughts traveled back to the school room, “I road a composi tion.” Mr. J. Hoofer Alexander’s election to a professorship .in the South Georgia Agricultural College gives great satisfac tion. The Thomasville Enterprise says the number ot pupils still continues to increase, and on Monday there were 143. Of this number nearly all are young men, there being only a few twelve or fourteen year old boys from town. Some of the other schools .similarly constituted in the State boast a larger number of pupils, but they have taken all ages and some of them both sexes. ■Warrenton Clipper: Mr. Mercer El liott is about to effect a trade for his valu able geld mines. Ho -asks $30,000 for them, and the parties inspecting them think that .a '.very reasonable price. Mr. Elliott dug out of these mines, with only his field force, $1,200 worth of gold ore. gold running through a plantation of 800 acres, mostly of original woods. Savannah News: Yesterday morning, the body of a colored man, whose name was subsequently found to be Adam Bailey, was discovered lying in the Mid- dleground road, just beyound the old for tifications. Coroner Sheftall was notified and held an inquest, when a verdict of death from Providential causes was ren dered. The supposition is he died from a hemorrhage. Valdosta Times: The revenue offi cers have been making several raids in this section of the country of late. About ten days ago, a warrant was placed in the hands of deputy J. S. Barnett, of this place, for 3Ir. William Swilley, of Echols county, for failing to mutilate the stamp on tobacco boxes, and he was carried over to Quitman, and committed by Commis sioner Griffin, 3Ir. J. C. Hunt going on his bond for two hundred dollars. Last Monday, the same deputy passed through our town with Mr. W. S. Walker; of Alapaha, who was arrested under a war rant for failing to display his tobacco li cense, and he was committed and gave a bond of three hundred dollars for his ap pearance at the Circuit Court of Savannah. The laws are very stringent about these matters, and it would be well for all par ties dealing in tobacco,cigars, liquors, etc., to post themselves, and to be very careful to observe it to the letter. THE SUPREME COURT. Decisions Rendered January 27th, 1880—Hon. Hiram Warner, Chief Justice, Hon. James Jackson and Logan E. Bleckley Associate Justi ces. bankrupt’s assets since the passing of the revised statutes to cases arising and suits brought before that code was adopted, would seem to add greater weight to the convictions of our opinion. At all events until the question shall have been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States adversely to the judgment heretofore rendered by the ma jority of this Court, I must adhere to the view taken of the question before, and. concur in tlie affirmance of the judgment of the Superior Court. Dodd et al., Assignee, vs. Middleton, et al. Motion to dismiss, from Fulton. Warner, C. J.—The error complained of in this case is the dismissal of the plain tiff’s suit for want of jurisdiction under the ruling of a majority of this court in Dodd ct al. vs. Hammock et al.—59th Georgia Reports, 403—and the court was asked to review its decision in that casef The majority of the court have attentively listened to the a.-guinent for the plaintiff in error in favor of the reversal of its rul ing in the above cited case, and after duly considering the same, have come to the conclusion to reaffirm it, at least until the Supreme Court of the United States shall give to the acts of Congress a different in terpretation. Let the judgment of the court below be affirmed. ^ -y P. L. Mynatt; Henry Hillyer, for plain tifis in error. H. K. McCay; John L. Hopkins, for de fendants. Jackson, J., concurring. I am of the opinion that when the estate of a bank rupt is administered, one coart should ad minister it. The framers of the Ameri can Constitution seem to have had unity of administration in view when Congress was invested with power to pass uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy. Un less uniformly administered, the uniform enactment becomes almost necessarily multiform. Courts differ in construction, and the intent of the Constitution is defeated by onr complex system and our diverse constructions. Whilst, therefore, the question is settled by the adjudications of a majori ty of the State courts, and especially of the Supreme Court of the United States, the last appellate tribunal on questions arising under the constitution and laws of the United States, that before the revised statutes the courts of the State had concurrent jurisdiction with those of the United States of suits-brought to re cover the assets of the bankrupt, it is not plain to a plain mind that the question was rightly settled. The constitution re quired the law to be uniform, and if uni formity of construction is essential to car ry into effect the uniformity of enactment, in a uniform manner, and if courts many and jurisdictions many have precisely the opposite tendency, it is reasonable to pre sume that Congress designed to give to the United States Courts the exclusive ju risdiction. But that is settled; let it stand settled. Afterward the revised code was enacted and by that code exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the courts of the United States “in matters and proceedings iu bank ruptcy.” Is the collection of the asj sets of the bankrupt one of the matters and proceedings in bankruptcy? It is the root of the system—the sine qua non without which there can be no ad ministration of the assets. The great purpose of the act is to relieve the debtor from his past indebtedness and to pay his debts with the assets he returns. Many of these assets are choses in action, and unless they be collected there can be no complete administration of the assets; for the reason that the court has not possess ed itself of them, so as to administer them. That the assignee may collect them through the district and circuit courts of the United States, is clear; and therefore the analogy between these courts, or the district court and our courts of or dinary in respect to the grant of power to administer the estate of deceased persons, fails; for the reason that our courts of or dinary have no jurisdiction to collect any thing by suits therein, and never did have any. But the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in matters and proceedings in bankruptcy is defined in the original bankrupt act, and it is expressly given among other matters, to collect the assets of the bankrupt; and by the reversed stat utes the jurisdiction of those courts in matters and proceedings in bankruptcy is made exclusive. It would seem to fol low that the part of the jurisdiction in re spect to the collection, is rendered by that enactment as exclusive, as is the adminis tration of the assets, when collected, and the final discharge of the bankrupt—or any other matter or proceeding necessaiy to reach the consummation of the entire object of all the matters and proceedings, to-wit: tho payment to on the bankrupt’s debts as far as his assets will pay them, and his final discharge from the indebted ness which those assets will not be suffi cient to pay. < • The words, “matters and proceedings in bankruptcy,” strike me as veiy broad and comprehensive. I can hardly conceive of two words which could well embrace greater compass. A suit is certainly a “proceeding.” The very origin of the term imports a procession. I believe it is derived from the French word which means to follow, and in the olden time the suitor was followed by his suit, or those who backed him; and thus insti tuted the suit with the procession which followed him. So the word “matters” would seem to embrace the collection of the property of the bankrapt, as the very gist of the mat ter—the marrow—the cream—the fruit of all the matters in bankruptcy, so far as an honest administration of tho«e matters affected the bankrupt’s creditors. In addition to the reasons given by the Chief Justice when this question was be fore decided by ns,-1 venture to throw out these suggestions: The dissent of my able and learned as sociate always makes me distrustful of my own ruder judgment , even when fortified by the venerable chief justice, who has so long presided in this court and whose life Is indissolubly interwoven with the growth of the jurisprudence of Geoigia from its root in first Kelley to the latest leaf upon it now; andjwhen that dissent is sustained, in great measure at least, by the highest courts in 3Iassacbusetts and New Yoik, the distrust is necessarily in creased. The opinion of Mr. Justice Bradley, cited by Judge McCay, in which the same broad construction of the words “matters and proceedings of bankruptcy,” was given ill order to confer jurisdiction in the Cir cuit Courts of the United States over suits for tlie assets of tlie bankrupt in States other than that where the petition was filed, would seem, however, to strengthen the view of the majority of this Court; and then the fact that the Supreme Court of the United States in a case de cided in 97th United States, confined their judgment, that the State Courts still had concurrent jurisdiction to collect the The Macon and Brunswick Railroad Lease—The Contract with the Cen tral. The status of the lease or sale of the Macon and Brunswick road remains un changed so far as fhe public are informed* but tho very absence of any rumors on the subject for several days, leads to the in ference that the lessees are successfully prosecuting their financial arrangements in New. York. The Seaport Appeal is not only hopeful, but sanguine of the re sult. It says: Mr. Couper is still iu New York, and we are without definite information as to the progress of the Macon and Brunswick railroad movement. Macon gets up a rumor every day, but she has thus far failed to start a single reliable conjecture. We are altogether hopeful of results. All developments and all shades of action that have made themselves 'clearly visible in the labyrintliian muddle of recent evehts, indicate the entire freedom of the Couper-Vibbard lease from entangling alliances, and point to the road, with the extension to Atlanta, As a foregone conclu sion. It seems to Be so regarded at Ma con, Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville, Cin cinnati and New York. Nobody ques tions the ability of the lessees to perfect the lease and build the extension, and it is folly to assume that they havn’t the business sense to secure the prize by prompt action. By prompt action we do not mean in stantaneous action. Some little time is required, even on Wall street, to appor-; tion interests and liabilities, organize a company and arrange details for handling a great enterprise and building a hundred miles of railroad. So we should possess our souls in patience and calmly await the denoument. Generous and Noble—Help for the Foor Irish. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has dis pensed with liis usual banquet, and the town council will devote the cost, jC500, to the starving people. In this country, too, the good and charitable are working up to the exigencies of the Irish situation, and large amounts in food and money are being contributed in Philadelphia, New York, and other large cities. We trust that the good work will continue, until the cries of suffering and distress from, the Emerald Isle shall no longer fall upon the American ear. The dry goods men predict a swinging advance in cotton goods in the next forty- eight hoars—in fact, it is said they have got the news already. CONSUMPTION CUBED. An old pbjnticixi. retire 1 from practice, bar- me had placed in his hands by an Hut India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent carets * Consumption, Broncbitu,Catarrh. Asthma, ard all Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical care for Nervous Debility ana all Nervous Complaints, after taring tasted the wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has fait ft his duty to mate it known to all , suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive end a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send, free of charge to all who detiro it, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and tiling, in German, French or English. Seat by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. W. jraaia 140 Powers’ Rtnck. Rochester. N. Y. THE GENUINE ' ; DR. C. McIANE’S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. T HE countenance is pule and lead en-eolored, with Occasional fllishes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both cheeks; the eyes become dull; -the pupils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid; the nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes Meeds;, a swelling of the upper lip; occasional headache, "with humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred : tongue; breath very foul, particularly, in the morning;;., appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stomach, at others, eitirely gone; fleeting pains m the stomach; occasional nausea and vom iting; violent pains, throughout the; abdomen; bowels irregular, at times costive; stools slimy, not unfrequent- ly tinged with blood.;, belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompa nied by hiccough; cough sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy and dis- . turbed sleep, with grinding of thc; 7 teeth; temper variable, but generally irritable, &c. .. Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, 4 ',r DR. C. McLANZ’S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. it does not contain mercury Bleckley, J., dissenting. If I could be reinforced here by the votes as I am by the opinions of the Su preme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and the Courts of Appeals of New York, I could easily put my brethren in the mi nority; but as it is, they are two against one, aud I have no option but to yield to the force of numbers." In other words, to “the tyrannies of majorities.” Though twice beaten, I am still strong in the true faith, and am ready to suffer for it, (moderately), on all proper occasions. My dissenting opinion in 59 Ga., 406 not only reaffirmed, but widened iu range so as to embrace all cases, actual or possible in which assignees in bankruptcy sue in the appropriate States, courts to collect assets. There is no limit. in any form; it is an innocent prepa ration, not capable of doing the slightest injury to the most tender infant. 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