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Tiie Wayne County Agricultural Sod'
ety are taking steps towards holding a
county fair at Jesup next fall.
Unimproved town property in Waynes
boro sold last week for five hundred dol
lars per acre.
The arrival of the festive robin and the
recnrrection of the ancient fowling piece
are announced in some of the papers.
The thirty acres of land so long in liti
gation in Eastman is to be put in market
able condition by General Ira Foster,
who has recently recovered i‘- in a suit in
the United States Court. This suit has
been a very serious obstacle to the prog
ress of the city, but is now happily set
tled.
The Cochran Enterprise wants a rail
road from that place to Dublin.
TnE Dublin brass band has been visit
ing Eastman.
The anniversary of the Social Heading
Club, of Eastman, was a most enjoyable
and creditable affair.
Andrew Brown, colored, goes from
the Laurens Superior Court to the peni
tentiary for life, for the murder of Jim
Smith, colored, whom he shot while sit
ting in his own house with his wife.
Last Sunday evening, in Cochran, Mr.
and Mrs. Q. L. Harvard celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage
by giving a supper to which all their rela
tives and a good many friends were in
vited.
Colonel. J. M. Stubbs has retired
from the Dublin Gazette.
Another little darkey had a holocaust
of her own last week at Cochran.
Mr. George W. Waller and Mr.
John Yates killed a very large catamount
last week near Sandersville. The dogs
ran a raccoon and the catamount up the
same tree; the party shot them both.
The prisoners have been removed from
the old to the new jail in Fort Gaines. , ..
_ e nr t Many exchanges say a better selection
The gin house and press of Mr. J. tl _ . _ , .
,, , — than Judge Crawford could not have been
P. Durham, fifteen miles from Dawson, , . 7.,,.. ~ ,, .
. ’ ,. _ . _ . made to fill the Supreme Court vacancy
were destroyed by fire a few days ago. . . . . . „ J
He was insured for about nine hundred «>ade by Judge Bleddey’s resignation
*7 Mb. George W. STUBGEB,of Fort
_ ’ „ . „ . , , Valley, is dead. He was ene of Fort Val
The small crop of corn, It is feared , , 8 fl J ret citi2eng . Hewas buriedwith
will embarass many of the farmers about Masonic honore on Thursday ,
Daw Mm. Fort Valley has a vicious cow which
The Albany New. will exchange with cliase3 Ul0 young ladies of that place .
the Atlanta RcpiMican so as tohave some ^ ^ ^ h eavy
sort of a reminder that there is a Republi-
can party in the State. A bachelor says that when he sees in
Albany wants acity clock and a chem- ^ paper3 ^ headline> Lifetime Felters ,
lea fire engine. he doe3 not know whether to expect
Small gram is rusting around Albany. marriage notice or an account of a sen-
The Hawk.nsv.lle Dispatch denom - telice ^ ^ penitentiary for life, but that
nates the magnificent watch for two dol- in the lo amounts t0 about
lars and sixty cents, now being offered in .. _
,. - . iu6 same*
many l»pcrs, as a magnificent humbug. Bkijkswick ^ taTfag a matrimonial
John Joiinsox, colored, who has been boom,
twice tried and three times sentenced will In a prize drill of the Savannah Cadets
hang an the 27tli of February,in Savannah. Corporal Dasher was the victor.
He and two others murdered a sailor by The Emory Mirror is the title of
the name of Daniel McDurmont. handsome eight page paper published by
The Felton attachment to Simmons the young men of Emory College. The
has crowded the Clement attachment out first number, now before us, is well edited
of sight. and elegantly gotten up in every particu-
Dublin is said to be growing faster lar. The friends of old Emory should
1 doing more business than any town rally to its support.
Cii -ailroad in the State. Says the Bamesville Gazette: Bames-
Over one thousand maimed ex-Con- ville is rapidly becoming a distributive
foilerale soldiers have been supplied either ft^rA^eSlinKS
with artificial limbs, or their equivalent trade was comparatively insignificant, but
in cash, since the adjournment of the Le- it has grown rapidly for the last two
gislature last fall. years. ln 1S75, when we became a citi-
° _ . ... , zen of Bamesville, mules were received
The small pain crop is said to be unu- ] lere and salesmen carried them in droves
sually promising near Albany. We un- through the surrounding country, and re-
derstand that a larger area than usual was tailed them out to planters. Now they
(ed are taken off the cars here, and those who
p r „ ' . , , ..... . , r deal in mules find ready sale without ped-
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Mr. them through the country. For in-
J. S. Hammond, of New York, well stan “ e
known in Augusta, is at the Plantere. bies here, and they all do a large business
His wife—better known as Miss Belle at jjjg season. Last Wednesday morning
Boyd, the Confederate fapy, will shortly evcry j 0 t attached to the four stables was
make a tour througa the bouth, reading full of mules. Four car loads had been
for the benefit of the Hood fund. The em ptjed into them during Tuesday night,
Aew A ork Herald terms her a Baltimore i n addition to those they already con-
lady—tins is a mistake; Miss Boyd is a tained ”
Virginian by birth, but belongs so com- Advertiser: There is a great deal of
S letely to the whole South that it would unso i d cotton in Monroe county yet, and
e unfair to designate any place with her many a gold dollar which has been paid
identity. ou t for the staple during this seasop. is
Hawkixsville Dispatch: The Mill- stored away for use during the present
edgoville Union and Recorder observes year.
figures very closely. It remarks; The Catholics of Bruswick are go-
The published volume ot sketches of ing t0 bu ild a new brick church in that
members of the Georgia General Assem- ° . . . . . „ .
blv is interesting reading. The sketch of Clt y before the winter is over. We wish
Hon James M. Buchan says he was bom them success,
in 1*2* and was married in 1810, which A colored man has sued Rockdale
was eighteen years before his birth. That county for $12,000 damages, occasioned
match must have been made in heaven. b y his falling through a bridge last Au-
Altiany A'eiw: Yesterday morning
the Extension train brought in five feet of * _ — .. —
a huge rattlesnake, which was captured
in the neighborhood of Wiiliamsbuig; this ^ilo
countv, under the following peculiar cir- lt ^5?
cmnstances: A dog chased a rabbit ’till South. Thcscaremore younladies and
it ran into a gopher hole. When the f, .PALS bn
owner attempted to draw the rabbit from that the latter dejftaoncj | j*
its hiding place he found that in that re- ed “
ceptacle there was a happy family, com- commence a fine bmlding, the most of the
posed of a skunk, the rabbit, and a huge material being already purchased. The
rattlesnake with eighteen young ones, former, I can t say when it will be filled.
Only IHe feet ofthe monster serpent was
, .. „ „ . Tliomasville, who was recently indicted
A cona-pONDENT of the Buena \ ista b y the grand jury of this county for as-
Aryus, in a letter from Macon, concludes sault with intent to murder, in shooting
as follows: Mr. A. J. Moore, of the same town, in
There are Maconites all over Georgia front ofthe Scrwy Hoy In thdreity
who will no doubt rejoice to hear that ° n the afternMnoniie tenth of Octohcis
w mi en ct. we know not. He was brought back to
Encoubaoing Prospects.—Dawson tb o city, and is now confined in Chatham
Journid: Dawson seems to be undergo- county jail.
ing a grand change. New fences, new Savannah Acres: Yesterday morning
roofs, new dwellings, and repairing gener- between nine and ten o’clock, Thomas
ally are to be seen on every street. Let McDermott, an old and faithful employe
the good work continue. Already some of the Central railroad in the capacity of
dozen or more gosd, substantial families switchman, was ran over Jby the drilling
have moved in among us.and as many are engine on the Central railroad, at the
expected next fall. The county is also junction of the Savannah and Charleston
rapidly filling up with experienced farm- railroad, while attempting to uncouple
ers, who seem to take an interest in our some cars, and almost instantly killed,
town, and will doubtless do much to build Mr. McDermott was about fifty-two
it up. Why should people not locate here? years of age, and. leaves a wife and three
Terrell has several advantages over a ma- children. His body was removed to his
jei-ity of the counties in the State, and tiie residence, comer of McDonough and
surrounding country is finding it out. West Broad streets, from whence his fune-
IVithin twelve months lands have advanced ral will take place this morning at half
nearly or quite fifty per cent., and we would past eleven o’clock.
advise those wlio contemplate settling Eastman Times: Oar friends over in
in our county to select their homes while Richmond, Burke and other counties are
lands arc yet comparatively cheap. Ter- preparing to build a railroad from Augus-
rell does not owe a cent and has a surplus ta to The hasrilie. The road is to touch
in the treasury. If the fanners do not buy at Wtf rfe tsville, Dublin, Eastman, and we
too heavily on time this year, we confi- suypouf at Abbeville, as it i3 in direct
dcntly expect a good and prosperous fu- lii^n
ture for all our people. A . jjxb the Oglethorpe Echo: “Few peo-
Tjie Rosie and Chattanooga Rail- ^ “have an idea ofthe difference in size,
road.—Rome Tribune: From a part;-hief} or an ,| sb ape of tbe various varieties of
wlio witnessed it, we glean the 0lo thotton seed. Some arc white, green and
lowing: Ameeting of the incoTpor^op* n .’blue; others large, medium and small,
’ otwl mnnil flat mirl nlllATlCf. Tllh RITIflllpr
red on one of theplantations ofMr. James
M. Smith, of Oglethorpe connty, on last
Saturday night, January 24tli. We get
the facts from Dr. J. W. Sewell, the phy
sician who attended the wounded man.
It seems that two men, Mr. C. R. Linsay
and J. W. Galliher, had'a magic lantern
show at the old Glenn place in Oglethorpe
county, at the house of Gains Deadwyler,
colored. After the show was over the col
ored gents with their dusky sweethearts
proposed to wind up with a dance. Dead
wyler, the tenant of the house, proposed
to have a little auction before the dance
commenced, and asked Mr. Galliher to
auction off some hats for him. The hats
were soon disposed of, and the auctioneer
offered to sell a bunch of rings, where
upon Joe Colbert, colored, ordered Gali-
her to “stop that business so that the ball
might go on.” After some very bitter
words Joe drew his knife and made
at Galliher, and stabbed him
the right eye, making a-very serious
wound. Galliher tried to get away when
Judge Colbert came to the scene with his
knife and cut Galliher below the left
shoulder blade, inflicting a wound about
eight inches long, the knife cutting to the
nbs. Galliher also received three other
wounds on the right shoulder and
wonnd on the left knee made with a stick
or rock. Jesse Howard, and, in fact,
nearly all of the yonng bloods had some
thing to do with the cutting. Galliher
succeeded in getting back into the house
and Gains Deadwyler shut tbe door or
the mob would have killed him. The
wounded man remained in the house on
the floor from 10 or 11 o’clock Saturday
night until Sunday night before his
wounds were dressed. The sight was
shocking, the blood having dried and his
coat, vest and two shirts were glned to
gether with blood, and on taking them off
the edges of the large wound on the back
was found to be drawn about four inches.
Dr. Sewell attended tiie wounded man
and says that he is in a very critical con
dition. . .
Judge Colbert and Jesse Howard are
under arrest but the rest have left for
other parts.
Gains Deadwyler did all he could
stop the row and assist Galliher.
Darien Is in anticipation of a mar
riage boom In a short while.
Darien has no board of health this
The Independent tells a mournful story T)V f|I l/'T ,TJ' A Ok_| J who have practically ceased to belong to
of how a boy living near Lumpkin recent- ■*-* J- d M J U l. Jl. the left centre, and must henceforth rank
ly went out rabbit hunting; how his dog
of the Rome and Summerville
Company was held on TuesdaJc
the court house in SummeiV^ J -j r Vjsf-
tonga county, when the
opened, the stock taken an^jook.’
the electionof directors ora^ieethlt-'
At 'f rion a legal meeting or" j. 01 ^cor-
porators was held yesterday, stock twoks
opened, the stock subscribed, and a direc
tors’ meeting ordered, as per notice in an
other column. The meeting was very
harmonious, and everything completed as
required by the charter. The following
letter, just received, explains Itself:
The railroad boom has fairly reached
Summerville. We congratulate all con
cerned, and particularly Mr. Blanchard,
in having procured possession of both
charter,wliicli now gives liim the undispu
ted key to the situation. Work is prog
ressing ray satisfactorily. Colonel
Thomas is daily increasing his forces, and
will rash the road through with all possi
ble rapidity.
The Athens Danner gives the follow
ing account of Low the darkies of Oglo-
thoiyie i-ctt!o their little difficulties:
A most brutal case of stabbing occur-
and round, fiat and oblong. The smaller
the seed tho shorter is tb.e staple, but the
greater the yield of lint. The once fa
mous Dixon seed has become so badly
mixed that it is going out of use. The
Simpson and Cheatham varieties are the
same, only the latter is the purest. These
are the earliest and best for this section.
The Bancroft yields well, but is two weeks
later in maturing than the before men
tioned varieties. Several new kinds of
cotton, one with a very large seed, is be-,
ing introduced in this county. We believe''
the old Pettigulf the best cotton ever
growu, but it has entirely disappeared, we
are sorry to say.”
And it is now said that the three
“subjects” which arrived in Atlanta re
cently from Cincinnati, and which created
snch a sensation in that city, were the
bodies of three negro emigrants, who had
started a rabbit; how the little animal
ran up an old steam pipe which was lying
on the ground; how the dog stuck his
head in the pipe, got stuck fast, was una
ble to be extricated, and finally died in
sight of his game. This affords a good
basis for another one of Uncle Remus’ folk
lore stories about “brer rabbit.”
The Covington Star says that the
farmers of Newton county are going to do
their “level best” to make a good crop
this year. Some of them have failed for
three successive years, but they are not
going to give it up so, and will only work
tiie harder this year.
Dubixg the year 1879,220 vessels en
tered the port of Brunswick. Of these, 72
arrived from foreign and 148 from coast
wise ports. There were 225 clearances,68
for foreign and 157 for domestic ports
The exports during the year from Bruns
wick were of the value of $1,394,401,
against $1,373,804 in 1878,
Meriwether Vindicator: Big Cat.
—We leamthat Mr. McKnightat Wamer-
ville, while fishing in White Oak creek
last Thursday night, caught an immense
cat fish, which on being opened, was
found tohave swallowed three young
beavers. Our informant desires to know
if our friend, Boss Woodward can beat
this.
We are informed that Mr. McKnight
has been remarkably successful as a fish
erman the past season, having taken
from a fall trap one night as many as COO
fish, including eels. He certainly will
never want for meat.
Gordon’s Endorsement of C. R.
Johnson.—Griffin News: Alter seeing the
charge made in the press that General
John B. Gordon had endorsed C. R. John
son, of this city, who is a Republican, for
Census Supervisor, we called on Mr.
Johnson to ascertain tiie facts. Mr. John
son says General Gordon did not endorse
him, but merely stated that he was com
petent and, if a Republican had to be ap
pointed, he was his choice fr om that party.
If there is any inconsistency or corruption
inf a Democrat telling the truth wo do not
belong to that party. That is all General
Gordon did, for Mr. Johnson is competent
and the objection to liim is on account of
his politics. General Gordon did nothing
more than any honest Democrat ought to
have done—made a choice between two
Republicans.
Savannah will soon have a tiglit-rope
performance. Johnson is the colored fel
low’s name. He killed a sailor.
Supposed to Have Been Foully
Dealt WiTn.—Savannah News: On
Tuesday the 13th inst., a young man by
the name of Daniel McLermott, in the
employ of James R. Ward, Murray Hill,
South Carolina, who also has a store in
this city, at the comer of Canal and River
streets, left Savannah for that place.
Since then nothing has been heard con
cerning him, and it is feared that he has
been tha victim of foul play. He is des
cribed as a worthy young man, about
twenty-four years of age, stout built
and of good appearance.
Timber Gazette: Darien wants a libra
ry, a railroad, a fire engine, a business
boom, a plenty of timber and a hundred
thousand dollar appropriation from the
government. Give her these and she
will be contented for sometime to come. |
The Planter and Grange, of Atlanta,
tbe Rural Sun, ol Nashville, and the Plan
tation, of Montgomery, have been consoli
dated, and will hereafter be published as
the Dixie Farmer, with offices at Atlanta
and Montgomery It is an eight page,
containing forty-eight columns. It is
neatly printed in Nashville, and is well
filled with good reading matter, and we
commend it to our farmers as a good agri
cultural paper. The Dixie Farmer will
be conducted by Messrs. Frank Gordon,
S. A. Cunningham and B. 31. Hord. We
wish for the new combination all the pros
perity that it deserves,
Tom Abtek is in the wilds of Florida.
Georoe Davis has been sentenced in
Cartersville to twenty years in the peni
tentiary, for killing William Holland.
The circumstances are as follows:
In last September, as William Holland,
accompanied by two sisters and some
other kinspeople, was going home from
church, one Whisnant asked Mis; Holland
to allow him to see her home. The re
quest was refused, and renewed by Davis,
who was also refused. Davis and Whis
nant then began acting in a manner un
pleasant to Holland, who called Davis to
one side of the road and asked him what
he meant by such conduct. Davis replied
“nothing,” ■ tc which Holland rejoined,
“that’s all right, then,” and turned to gi
away, when Davis said, “if you don’t Iik
it, you’ve got a poor way of helping your
self.” Holland then struck Davis a back-
handed lick, and Davis preceded to stab
Holland six times, from the effect of which
he died on Tuesday morning next there
after.
Southwest Georgia.
Cutubert, January 29,1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: This
part of the commonwealth is in a state of
quietude as to all public political matters,
We read the news from Maine, and won
der if the “truly loil” will shed the blood
so precious in the veins of Puritan de
scendants over a little matter of office
holding, and if wc are eTer likely to be
called out to sappress a rebellion away
up in New England.
The business of Governor making,
which we hear so much of when we go
from home, and read so much of in our
newspapers, does not, as yet, seem to en
gage our people. Perhaps the coming of
the grangers and fanners and their at
taches ofthe law and merchandise, and
other callings, is a tidal ware that will
bring tbe matter to our doors when the
Agricultural Convention shall assemble.
For, as much as we think of farming, and
much as the State Secretary prates about
digging independence up out of the
ground, many who do not hold the plow
or drive, and do not rely on fanning, seek
the popularity ofindustry to bring down a
living from the pnblic offices of the State.
And this is altogether as reputable and
honorable on their part as many ofthe
other arts and devices by which the pub
lic honors and offices of this day are
sought.
If tiie question were propounded indi
vidually to the intelligent people of this
part of the State, as to who is the popular
choice for Governor, the candid-answer
would be, in almost every instance, the
people have not made a choice among the
many public men they esteem and honor.
It is, in reality, in this, as it has ever been,
missionary ground in which aspiring men
from other sections fly to electioneer for
votes, but from which tiie powers in
oflii-e never see fit to select men for pub
lic honors not necessary to be held within
our own territory.
This city has been true to atime honored
liberality and hospitality, in entertaining
fill public boards who have honored us
with their meetings. And no fear is felt
that the Agricultural and Press Conven
tions of this year, will have cause to com
plain. We appreciate both, and the prop
er method of showing that appreciation
will be better witnessed than predicted.
There are many men connected with
both who arc well known and popular
with the people.
The agricultural outlook seems favora
ble in this part of the State. All hands
have gone to work in good earnest, and
but little idle bread is consumed.
Randolph.
gomery Advertiser says it is stated that
Mr. W. G. Baoul, superintendent of the
Southwestern railroad,-has purchased a
velocipede constructed to mu on railroad
t racks, and is now testing tbe practicabili
ty of its being used by supervisors inspect
ing the road instead of the crank now'in
use. They are constructed similar to the
ordinary velocipede, except two" of the
wheels run on one side, and what is called
the guide wheel is on the rear instead of
the front. They weigh seventy-five to one
hundred pounds, ana can be -handled by
one man, and put off and on the track
with ease. They cost about forty dollars,
carry one man and are capable of being'
up to a liigli rate of speed. It is
died after getting that far on their journey
Westward. In fact, it is even stated that
medical colleges are anticipating a plenti- j a^ipated that it will save the expense
ful supply of cadavers for scientific pur- j of two hands, who work the * ordinary
poses from the exodus. • crank now used.
Richmond, Ya., January SO.—The
Whig, General Mahone’s organ, publishes
the following: The Manchester Courier
of yesterday under display headlines, per
petrates a stupendous joke upon the Re-
adjusters, the sense and substance of
which is that General Mahone has gone
over to the Republicans. We are not
sure that it needs contradiction. Cer
tainly nobody who knows Mahone be
lieves it, and developments that are rap
idly to come will give the hoax its quietus.
The Courier might as well say Mahone
has gone over to the Bourbon fundere.
London, January SO.—By a fire damp
explosion in a colliery at Messen, in Sax
ony, yesterday, ten miners were killed
and nine Injured. Nine persons who were
in the pit at the time of the explosion are
unaccounted for.
Paris, January 30.—The Monde, organ
of the Papal Nuncio, referring to the mis
sion of Charles S. Parnell to the United
States, says by the mouth of a Protestant
Catholic .Ireland calls the Protestants of
England to account. Whoever outrages
justice paves the way for a terrible expia
tion.
Washington, January SO.—In the
House, 3Ir. Acklin, of Louisiana, made a
personal explanation relative to diatges
made in a recent number of the New
York Herald and Detroit Post to the
effect that he had, during the absence from
the House of members of tbe Committee
on Foreign Affairs, of which committee he
was not a member, made a report pur
porting to be a report of the Committee
on the Nicaraguan Canal bill. He refer
red to these charges as the most malicious
and willful prevarications of the truth on
record, and offered a resolution which was
adopted, directing the Committee on For
eign Affairs to examine into their tru#i or
falsity.
Mr. Harris, of 3Iassachusetts, from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a
bill which was referred to the Committee
of the Whole, providing a permanent con
struction fund for the navy.
Governor Pitkin, of Colorado, resumed
his testimony before the House Committee
on Indian Affairs, this morning. He rela
ted incidents of his interviews with Jack
and other Indians, going to show Ouray
had gradually lost influence over the
younger Utes, and a feeling of disaffection
and war spirits had, for some time past,
been gaining ascendancy with them. He
said some of the scouts had, previous to
Thornbuigh’s fight, been warned that the
Indians would attack the troops at or near
Bear river, and that the general opinion
among the people of Colorado was that
the outbreak was premeditated on the
part of the Utes.
Washington, January SO.—In
the House Mr. Valentine, of Ne
braska, asked leave to offer a resolution
instructing the Appropriation Committee
to report the pcst-office deficiency bill,
with the exception of the items of appro
priations to star service, by the fifth of
February.
Mr. Blackkum, of Kentucky, objected,
3Ir. Knott, of Kentucky, Chairman of
the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill
removing the-political disabilities of Wil
liam B. Taliaferro,of Virginia.
Mr. Conger, of Micliigau, opposed the
bill on tbe ground that in his petition the
petitioner referred to the late war as “a
war between the Southern States and the
United States,” instead of a “war of re
bellion.”
The Speaker thought the tone of the
petition did not exhibit any disposi
tion on the part of the petitioner to
be hypercritical. It was’in the us
ual form. The chair was always on the
side of pensioners and relieving disa
bilities “
Mr. Conger: “I do not rank pensioners
and those who ask amnesty in the same
class.”
The Speaker: “The chair would erect
them all to full citizenship, and those who
have suffered he would have pensioned.”
The bill was passed. Yeas, 172
Nays, 53.
Conger, of Michigan, objected to the
passage of a hill removing the political
disabilities of John Owens, of Virginia,
and demanded the yeas and nays. Pend
ing which the morning hour expired.
The House then went into a committee
of the whole on the private calendar.
A bill for the relief of certain citizem
of Lynchburg, Virginia, refunding to
them taxes improperly collected from
them on mahtifactured tobacco, amount
ing to $26,000, was debated and laid aside
to be favorably reported.
After some further business of little
public interest, the House adjourned.
Liverpool, January 30.—This week’s
circular of the Liverpool Cotton Associa
tion says cottou was in good demand with
firm market throughout the week. To
day there was a quieter feeling, but quo
tations for American have advanced.
American was in good daily demand at
gradually hardening prices—the latest
quotations of medium qualities being
l-16d higher. Sea Island was in fair re
quest at unchanged prices. Futures
opened firm and improved gradually. On
Wednesday the tone cf tne market was
stnrag, and advanced, amounting to 5-32d
tolled. To-day the market was much
quieter and prices declined l-16d. The
final rates show an advance of 3-S2 to Jd
Atlanta, Ga., January 30.—Kev. T.
J. Simmons, whose name is before tho
Senate, has withdrawn his application for
appointment for the position as Supervisor
of Census, for the purpose of relieving his
friend, Hon. W. H. Felton.
Augusta, Me., January 30.—Several
additional Fusionists took seats in the
House, and there are but four empty
chairs at tiie Senatorial board. The Au
burn Light Infantry departed this morn
ing. No military or extraordinary police
force are at the State house now.
London', January 30.—A dispatch from
Rome to the Pall Mall Gazette says the
condition of the Pope’s health is causing
anxiety. He suffers from fits of shivering
and great prostration, but persists in bis
usual occupations.
The very Rev. Frederick Oakley, a
Catholic divine and writer on religious
subjects, is dead, aged seventy-eight.
Lord Beacons field is suffering from an
attack of gout,
Three deaths from starvation have oc
curred this week in the neighborhood
of Farisontown, county of Louth, Ireland.
Baltimore, January 30.—The steamer
“Falcon,” of Charleston line, sunk in
a collision some time since, was sold to
day for $83,800.
Pittsburg, January 30.—At a meeting
ofthe Western Iron Association here to
day, the price of iron was advanced to four
cents.
Cincinnati, January 30.—Congratu-
latory dispatches were exchanged to-day
between the mayor of Chattanooga and
Cincinnati, on the occasion ofthe opening
of telegraphic communication over the
Cincinnati Southern Road.
Washington, January 30.—Before
the Exodus Committee to-day Windom
and Bliir closely cross-examined Charles
Otuz, who testified last Monday. He ad
mitted to-day that be knew of no mem
ber of the Emigrant Aid Society, except
Mendenhall, nor any outside Republicans,
advising the diversion of negroes from
Kansas to Indiana for political purposes.
He believed tbe three men engaged in in
citing tbe emigration were in tne pay of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa
ny. The other testimony was unimpor
tant. The committee adjourned until to
morrow. ” ’• >rirr!Q
Washington, January 80.—In' the
House Committee ou Commerce con
sidered the Reagan inter-States commerce
«*»»» V.Li; ra „..-Tb. Mon,-
Secretary Sheqnan' was before the Sen
ate Finance Committee to-day, find a col
loquy took pi ape in which the general
financial policy of tho Government was.
dlMuuetL ' ; , ’
London, January SO.—A dispatch from
Paris to the Times says a coalition of tiie
moderate Republicans with tiie Conserva
tives, yesterday, elected M. Leon, Presi
dent ofthe Senate Finance Committee,crvcr
M. Colman, a Vice-President of the Sen
ate^ who was 1 the 1 regular Republican
candidate.
On the Senate proceeding to elect a
the left centre, and must henceforth rank
as a distinct group midway between
the left and right centres, declined
to be bound by the rotation system of tiie
left, and opposed the nomination of Bro
ca, on the ground of his Darwinian ten
dencies. They nominated M. Bertoland,
a well known advocate and Republican,
but opposed to the anti-Jesuit clause of
Ferry’s education bill. The vote being
taken, Broca received 126 votes and Ber
toland 118; scattering 12—Broca thus re
ceiving three less than an absolute major
ity. The election was then postponed.
More than oae hundred Senators of the
Right Centre supported the nomination cf
Bertoland, manifesting if De Fauvre’s
group gains a few accessions through the
alarm ot Radicalism of the Chamber of
Deputies, it will be ahle to hold the bal
ance of power. The rejection of clause
seven of the education bill is now consid
ered as certain.
A Vienna dispatch to the Times denies
tho statement that Austro-Hungary, Eng
land and France have agreed to make a
joint representation to the Porte for the
speedy execution of the provisions cf the
treaty of Berlin respecting ilontenegro
and the question of reforms in Turkey.
A Berlin dispatch to the Times says, as
neither the Ultramontane, party, nor the
Centre nor Brussian Bishops can Ve re
garded as impartial sources of informa
tion touching the plan of the Vatican,
Bismarck has determined to demand di-
rictly from the Pope, what really are the
grievances ofthe church, which prevent
the establishment of solid peace. When
an answer is received, Herr Von Putt-
kammer, Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs,
will draft a bill abolishing the severest
clauses ofthe May law.
The strength of the German army on a
peace footing, as shown by the military
budget of 1880, is 17,227 officers and
401,659 men. This does not include the
projected increase which the Cologne
Gazette says is chiefly destined to rein
force the Alsace Lorraine garrison.
The Louisiana floated at five o’clock
last evening. She reached Port Eads at
1:30 this a."m. At seven o’clock she left
for this city under her own steam.
Ottawa, Ont., January 30.—A man,
supposed to be dead from small-pox, was
being buried here Wednesday. The
grave digger had begun to fill up the grave
when a noise was heard in the coffin, which
was opened, when the man was found to
be alive. He was taken back to the hos
pital.
Parnell’s visit to this city has been in
definitely postponed. It is asserted by a
morning journal that owing to strong
public feeling against his visit, he will not
come at all.
Parts, January 30.—The Abbe de
Baize died at Uquiqi while attempting to
cross Africa.
Calcutta, January 30.—Information
is received from Herat that Yakeob
Khan’s Cabule troops .refuse accompany
ing him and threaten to return to their
homes unless their pay is forthcoming.
Augusta, Me., January 30.—W. A.
Curry, of Camden, a prominent Green-
backer, on taking his seat in the Legisla
ture to-day, oflered an order repealing
that clause in the constitution which re
quires certificates to be issued to.members
of the Legislature.
Melbourne, December 30, via San
Francisco, January 30.—The weather
is favorable for harvesting and prospers
continue good. A large surplus of grain
for export is anticipated. Gold mining
prospects continue good, and it is expect
ed annual returns will show an increased
yield.
St. Petersburg, January 30.—The in
crease of infectious diseases in this city is
exciting some apprehension. The mor
tality from that cause for the week end
ing January 17th, being nineteen per
sey City, to hear the charge of the Judge
in the case of Jennie R. Smith and Co
vert D. Bennett, on trial for the murder
of policeman Richard n. Smith. „ After
the jury had retired, Gilbert and Judge
Hoffman, counsel for the defendants, pre
sented and read the formal bill of excep
tions containing thirty-eight distinct refu
sals of the court to charge a* requested by
counsel. At his chaige the Judge hail
carefully avoided complying with tne spe
cific points of law made by the counsel,
upon which the ruling of the law was
asked, and the case was given to the jury
for their decision. At 4 p. m. the jury
rendered a verdict of acquittal.
London, January 31.—The wages dis
putes in the cotton trade are still threat
ening. Proposition of Oldham employes
for an increase in wages of five per cent,
in March, and that no further demand be
made for a year, is acceptable to the ope
ratives, who are willing, however, to wait
until the end of 1880.
A general strike at Oldham, is improba
ble because the limited companies are
just beginning to prosper and cannot afford
to quit. But there may be partial strikes
which will give operatives the benefit of
the strike fund from mills which continue
to work. The Oldliam operatives number
seven thousand, of whom five thousand
are members of the union. There is a
strike of weavers at Burnley, and one also
impends at Riddale, where the operatives
have demanded an advance in their wages.
The striking spinners at Mossby and Asli-
ton-under-Tyne have accepted the in
crease of five per cent in wages, to take
effect March the first, and ’the promise of
another increase of five per cent, in July
if the trade continues to improve. The
strikes there, which have lasted a fort
night, are now ended.
Lord Derby and Hon. John Bright were
the principal speakers last night at the
non-political banquet given by the Mayor
of Manchester to Her Majesty’s Judges at
Assizes.
Washington, January 31.—Before the
Senate Exodus Committee to-day, the ex
amination of Mr. G. Lewman, sheriff of
Grcencastle, Indiana, was concluded. He
testified that he met and had an interview
with a colored man named Hatch, who
came on the mail car from Washington to
Grcencastle over the Vandalia road. The
mail route agent’s name was Reynolds.
Hatch was trying to find locations for col
ored emigrants, and told witness his ob
ject yi the first place was to get to Kansas,
but at Washington Adams, the Secretary
of tho Emigrant Aid Society, asked him to
stop at Indianapolis. He had letters to
Judge Martindale, and Colonel Holloway,
prominent Indiana Republicans. One rea
son of the colored people leaving North
Carolina, was to better their condition,
and another was that their friends in
Washington desired as many of them as
possible to get out of North Carolina and
into Indiana before the census was taken,
about May, so as to decrease repre
sentation in North Carolina and increase
that of Indiana. Ten thousand intended
to come. He supposed, when he was mak
ing these statements, that witness was a
Republican. He said the Republicans had
proposed to pay half of the expenses.
Witness could not remember the men
tion of any name, but that of Adams. On
the cross examination, witness stated tliat
his county is well settled up. There is
no demand for labor there. The dissat
isfaction felt on account of emigration, is
not because of the emigrants’ color, but
because they reach there destitute and
have to be supported by the county and
because they overstock the labor market.
There is ill feeling among the laborers of
both political parties. It sometimes takes
the shape of threats. One man who
hired some negroes, had his bam burned
a few days later.
He met Heath at the depot when he
came in on the train, and, representing
, • . ,p . . * t-itiuc iu uu iiic li tiiii* auu. icijiuouiu.iiiit
cent, of the whole mortality, or twice as ; himself as a Republican, got into a con-
great as usual. I versation with him. He told Heath that
Rosu:, «anuary 30.—The Vatican lias tbe Kepublicans wanted a good many
sent dispatches to St. Petersburg, through, negroes to come to Indiana. Heath said
the Papal Nuncio, authorizing Bishops m th £ re was no doubt they could get all
Russia to adopt certain provisional rules they wanto d, but it would be neceSaiy to
embodying the concession, which it is pay half their expenses, because those
hoped will facilitate the settlement of. ^yb 0 had horses would not leave home
more important questions.
| and those without horses could not afford
Washington, January 30.—Governor j the expense. Witness got the impression
Pitkin, of Colorado, testified yesterday and
to-day before the House Indian Affairs
Committee, that the Utes made frequent
raids from their reservation, set flies and
wounded the whites; that they refused to
surrender their criminals to the State au
thorities. That their grievances against
Meeker was his desire to civilize them,
not lack of food, and that no miners
camps had been established on the reser
vation as has been alleged.
New Yobk, January 30.—The long
standing suit of the St. Louis, Alton and
Terre Haute Railroad against Samuel J.
Tilden, Charles Buler and others, has
ended by the virtual confessions of judg
ment by the defendants and tiie repay
ment of several hundred thousand dol
lars. Judge Blatchford to-day dismissed
the case without costs to either party.
London, January 31.—A Paris dispatch
says: M. John Emile Lemoine, the Pub
licist, has been chosen a candidate for tbe
vacancy in the Senate, caused by the death
of M. Jules Favre, by the left centre Sen
ators, whose turn it is, according to a
standing arrangement between the various
groups of the left, to fill up the vacancy.
A rich laud-owner near Barcelona, his
wife, three daughters, son and two women
servants, have all been found murdered in
their beds. The deed was apparently done
with a hatchet. The house was ransack
ed. A shepherd and his two sons have
been arrested, charged with the crimt.
Washington,’ January 31.—In the
House a resolution was adopted this
morning calling on the Secretary of War
for information as to the names and lineal
rank of all officers of the army who are
not on duty—with their regiments and
corps, but on duty elsewhere. The House
at ten o’clock discontinued the transac
tion of public business, and eulogistic ad
dresses were made in memory of Bush
Clark, late member from Ohio.
Boston, Jahury 31.—A dispatch from
Mount Washington last night says the se
verest storm of the season is rap’— **-—
Washington, January 31
House, Mr. Keifer presented the petition
of Jere Haralson, relative to the contested
election case of Haralson against Shelly,
from the fourth district of Alabama, and
asked that it be printed, and referred to
the committee on elections. Some oppo
sition was made to the printing of the pe
tition on the Democratic side, on the
ground that it was competent for the com
mittee on elections to older Its printing if
it saw fit, but finally Mr. Keiferis motion
was agreed to.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to lay be
fore the House ail tha evidence on file in
the Internal Revenue Office and papers
and reports of the Collector of the second
collection district of Georgia, going to
show the true state of allairs touching the
enforcement of the Internal Revenue
laws in southeast Georgia. Referred.
. London, January, 31.—The King of the
Belgians lias conferred the Leopold Cross
on Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur, the ar
tist. She is tha first lady who has received
this distinction. The King of Spain has
also recently conferred on this distin
guished painter, an equally high order
which has never before been granted to a
lady.
Jacksonville, Fla., January 31.—
The rowing race between Frenchy John
son, George W. Lee and L. B. Tuttle,
three miles and a half, for a purse of a
$1,000, was won by Johnson by a length,
•Lee second, while Tuttle was virtually
out of the race from the start. Time,
35 minutes and 10 seconds.’
New Yobk, January 3X.—The Repub
lican State Committee met this morning
at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, with General
Chester A. Arthur in the chair. It was
resolved to call the Republican State
Convention fpr Fcbruaty 25, at noon, in
tho city of Utica r 'to elect delegates to rep
resent the Republicans of the State in the
National Republican Convention, which
meets in Cliicago June 2, to nominate
candidates for President and Vice Presi
dent ofthe United States, to be voted for
at the next election.
Cincinnati,- January ‘ 31.—The resi
dence of Senator T. . C. McCrary*
Owensboro, Kentucky, wa3 burned yester-
lifc Senator, vice Count Montatorer. re- j day, together with a valuable library and
cently deceased, tbe extreme left, whoso ■ household goods. The loss is alioutten
turn It was to make a nomination, select-j thousand dollars. Insurance, six tnou-
ed”Dr. Paul Broca, -tire eminent an- sand. _ . .
thropoiogist. A Republican life Sena- New York, January .31.—A dense
•lor, with twelve or fourteeu followers, • crowd filled the court room to-day in Jae-
tliat no arrangements had yet been made
whereby tlieir expenses were to be paid.
Pabis, January 31.—M. Loyson (Pere
Hyacinth) lias asked the Prefect of the
Department of the Seine to grant him the
use of the Church of the Assumption, on
Rue Saint Houore, at present occupied by
the Polish Fraternity. M. Loyson pleads
that his present church is unsuitable, be
ing too small and too high rented, and
that his work addresses itself to persons
requiring a religion free from superstition
and fanaticism. His application will
certainly be refused, as his community
occupies the same position as the Proles-
tant free churches, which provide their
own edifices and pay their own pastors,
London, January 31. — A dispatch
from Rome says the congregration of the
Index has issued a decree placing a num
ber of works in the Index Expurgations,
most important of which are “Religion of
the Future,” by Count Terenzio Mamiari,
and a “Critical Essay on Revelations,” by
Jonathan H. Evcrlay, of Charleston,
South Carolina, which is included by
Count Mamiaui, in an appendix to bis
own work.
Bkussels, January' 31.—M. Paul De
Vaux, the Belgian politician, is dead.
Aged 79.
London, January 31 The Gibraltar
Guardian says the Moors at Fez, Morocco,
have attacked the Jews, wound.ng sev
eral. They covered an old man over
seventy years of age with petroleum and
burned him alive amidst shouts of joy.
Two of the wounded Jews are French
subjects.
Regarding the reported remarks of the
Czarwitch to some Polish magnates, that
he should be glad to wear their glorious
crown, etc., the St. Petersburg Golos
again asserts that negotiations for the es
tablishment of an independent Polish
kingdom, under Prince Kadzwill, hare
been unsuccessfully made between repre
sentatives of Russia and of the Polish
National Government.
A dispatch from Rome to the Standard
says accounts from Terra Di Lavoro,
Naples, continue to be' terrible. The
population of the seventeen communes,
especially aficcted, numbers 92,382. Of
this number 51,340 have been attacked by
fever up to December 15tli. This fever
means famine. Government aid is not
sufficient.
Washington, January 31.—The House
Committee on Appropriations at their
meeting tnis morning agreed upon the In
dian appropriation bill, and will report it
to the House at the earliest opportunity.
The bill appropriates in the aggregate
$4,593,645.S0, which is $219,533 less than
last year. The principal items of the de
crease are: For the Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail Sioux, $95,000 lcs3 than lost year;
for the Yankton Sioux, $15,000 less; for
the support of industrial schools, SI0,000
less; for expenses of the Indian Commis
sion, $7,500 less.
The House Committee on Post-offices
and Post Roads will invite General Beau
regard to come before them and give evi
dence on the lottery question at auearlv
day. _ 1 -• •/ > '
Augusta, Maine,r January 31.—P. A.
Sawyer, Fusion Secretary of State, who
had established an'office and retained pos
session of valuable State, papers, has at
last yielded, and under protest given up
all tho State property in his possession.
At 5 p. m. to-day Sawyer delivered to the
Republican Secretary of State the State
seal and the returns of Hie vote for Gov
ernor, county officers, Senators and Rep
resentatives, council records and all re
ports of the Executive Council of 1S79 re
lating to the election returns. Sawyer
was unable to find the key of the safe*
i -He holds himself entirely responsible
for his acts . In the premises, and says he
received.legal advice yesterday to hold out
in his position, but as he was notified that
the sheriff had a warrant for his arrest, he
did ndt choose to make a martyr of him-
self, and has, therefore, given up his claim
to the office, and will not attempt to exer- 1
cise his functions further.
_«New'’ -Orleans,'January 81.—A fire
was .discovered in the cargo of the ship
Hectanooga, having on board 2,S70 bales
of cotton. The'harbor boat “Protector”
filled her hold with gas and extinguished
the,fire.. The extent of the damage is
unknown, hilt it is not believed to be
great. She. waB lnsured 4n the Atlantic
of New York.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington City,
Jannary 28th, 1880. 4
bayard’s booh
for honest money in the Senate yesterday,
was the event of the present session. No
more masterful and unanswerable argu
ment has been heard in that or any other
Legislative body. He spoke nearly two
hours to a large audience in the galleries
and a full Senate, and was listened to
with the closest attention. It was a pow
erful array of facts, figures and arguments,
and a grand appeal for real resumption of
a standard value in place of the present
resumption which allowed the legal ten
der notes to be put in circulation again
after having been redeemed. This speech
may hurt his chances for the Presidency
bnt it stamps him as one of the wisest and
bravest of Democratic leaders and as a
Democrat ofthe old and true faith and
one who had lather be right than Presi
dent. Alas! that the party has so few
leaders of whom this can be said.
SIMMONS,
Dr. Felton’s nominee for census super
visor, has not yet run the gauntlet of the
“secession traitors” in the Senate, and
there is the best of reasons for believing
that he will not. I notice that Felton de
nies that he ever read Simmons’ letter lo
Mr. Hayes asking the appointment, but
that denial is generally received with a
considerable degree of scepticism. If he
did not know what was in it, why should
he ask Mr. Hayes to read it over care
fully? Perhaps tliis denial would never
have been made had not the letter come
to light. It was a little too strong even
for the “Independents” of tiie Seventh dis
trict, and so he hastens not to repudiate
Us sentiments or language, but to say that
he had never seen it! How eminently
characteristic of the man and his meth
ods ! I suppose he will now proceed
to everlastingly demolish General Gordon
amid the cheers and plaudits of his claquers
and pcnny-a-lincrs at home. It has
been high fun since the tell-tale letter
came out, to mark his feverish activity
and anxiety to devise some plan to mb
out its damning revelations. 1 am inform
ed that He was on the go one whole day
for this purpose, and that his official du
ties knew him not for that time. Why
he doesn’t pass over to the enemy’s
camp, bag and baggage at once, and
for good and all, is a question the pubiica-
catiun of this correspondence has suggest
ed even to some who have heretofore ta
ken stock in his fraudulent claim of bein^
an “Independent” Democrat. But the
time draws near when he must show his
hand, and in that, sweet hope let us rest
for the present. He can’t carry water on
both shoulders in a Presidential cam
paign.
LIBERALIZED.
General Cook’s Committee, that of Pub
lic Buildings and Grounds, has been im
mensely liberalized since I bad the honor
of serving as its clerk. In those days the
obstructive, stingy element was in the
minority, and very generally and summa
rily set down upon all propositions, no
matter how well considered and strongly
backed, to erect additional public build
ings at divers points where they were de
manded by business considerations.
Some of the members of both parties
seemed to be under the spell of an oath
to vote no on every proposition of this
character, and it is rather a coincidence
that most of them were left out in tbe
making up of the present Congress. This
session, however, a well considered liber
ality has marked the action of the Com
mittee. Several bills for the erection of
public buildings have been unanimously
reported, one for $60,000 for Danville;
$75,000 for Lynclibuig; $125,000 for Mont
gomery ; $100,000 at Jackson, Mississipi;
$60,000 at Charlestown, West Virginia;
and $600,000 at Brooklyn. Two or three
others were reported last week. I am
glad to see tliis liberal spirit. Macon will
need a public building before very long,
and, with General Cook as chairman, a
committee made up like the present one,
and Mr. Blount to push the matter with
his usual energy and persistence, she will
he very apt to get it. Uncle Sam could
not put $100,000 of his surplus cash to
better use than building himself a house
in Macon.
THE GEOBOIA DELEGATION.
It is a subject of frequent remark in
my hearing by men and members who
don’t know where I “hail” from, that
Georgia is served here in both Houses
with exceptional zeal, ability and efficien
cy—all of which is quite gratifying to me.
If there is a better delegation in the House
I have not heard it named. Our num
bers are always - on hand and never
idle. Messrs. Felton and Speer,
whatever ■ may be their political sins,
are active, working members, always
in their seats and paying close attention to
the business in hand, besides looking sed
ulously after the wants and interests of
their constituents. No fault can be found
with them on that score, and it gires me
pleasure as a Georgian to be able to say
this much of them as Georgia Represen
tatives, and to put on record this offset to
their political dereliction. The same good
words are especially due a3 to the others.
No man in the House stands higher than
our own immediate Representative for
courage, industry, strong sense, exception
al good judgment and a devotion to duty,
and the others are universally recognized
as ranking among the best men in the
House. Georgia has abundant reason for
congratulation that she has chosen so
well. — . .
•PERSONAL.
Our friend Randall, of the Augusta
Chronicle, is still here and driving a most
industrious and eloquent pen for that able
journal.
He is here, there and everywhere, and
ha3 a nose for news that does lum infinite
credit. He ought to have a “phattake”
somewhere and I sincerely hope he will
get it. It does seem strange that in tiie
distribution of official plums two men who
have served the party with such zeal and
efficiency as he and Albert Lamar should
not be recognized.
Major E. A. Wilcox, of Macon is here,
and, I understand, will soon be provided
for on the doorkeepers roll. He and
General Field are o Id acquaintances, and
the latter doubtless bears in grateful re
membrance the kindness received at
Major W’s. hands while sojourning in Ma
con. • »«*»?'*
Our townsman, Mr. S. I. Gustin, is also
to the fore, and the busiest man aud the
most industrious pedestrian iu Washing
ton. He haunts the domain of Monsieur
LeDuc, and is suspected of having an eye
on that gentleman’s place after March 4,
1881. He is certainly fully capable ot
filling it most satisfactorily. * A. W. R.
Hardly to be credited, but it is never
theless true, that a sick horse or a bad-
conditioned cow can be brought up in a
few days by tbe use of Simmons’ Liver
Regulator. The powders should be mix
ed with the food, and they will eat it
readily; and it is surprising to see what
improvement immediately takes place. It
opens the bowels, strengthning them, and
does all*and even more than the best Con
dition Powders. A small quantity in the
food lor chickens will.cure cholera, and
keep the poultry healthy.
Shocking Casualty at Abingdon.
—Last Friday, Miss Fields, a lady living
in Abingdon, met with a horrible death
by burning. The Bristol Argus says it
appears. that the lady was up stairs in a
room by herself. She approached the
fire-place or grate to arrange her toilet in
some way, when her apparel caught fire,
and although she endeavored to raise the
alarm, the unfortunate woman was burn
ed fatally before aid reached her—only
living about an hour after the accident
occurred. The lady was a member of one
of the bestfamilies in Abingdon.
Becent Blseoveriea.
The discoveries and inventions for the
past few years have been among the most
remarkable in the histrory of the world,
and first among those for the removal of
disease are Warner’s Safe Kidney aud
Liver Cure, Safe Diabetes Cure, Safe Bit-
tars, Safe Tonic, Safe Fills and Safe Ner-
vine. jan 19-2w
The Haikell-Gary Difficulty
Our readers will call to miud the recent
dispatch froraNew York which announced
the probability of a serious personal con
flict between Colonel John C. Haskell
i tbe son-in-law of Senator Hampton, and
General Gary, who has lqag been at en
mity w ith Governor Hampton.
The letter of Colonel H., which, it is
feared, will cause the affair to culminate
in mortal combat, we copy from the
Charleston News and Courier. It is as
followr:
Columbia, S. C., January 22,1880.
To the Editor of the Abbeville Medium •
r scen to - da L for the first
time, .a copy of your paper of January 7th
containing an interview between your
correspondent, “Hampden,” and General
M. W. Gary, which is entitled “General
Gary Again—He sticks to his statements
and gives the evidence.” Now, his state
ments are repetitions of the charges made
to a New York Herald correspondent that
‘‘General Hampton, in 1876, advocated
the withdrawal of the Tilden and Hen-
unck s electors, and that he was not true
m his support of their ticket.” Ho goes
further, and says that by the rule that
silence is admission, General Hampton
stands convicted, not having denied the
second repetition ofthe charge.
Now, a newspaper interview is always
unsatisfactory matter to deal with, as Gen
eral Gary may repudiate, explain away or
evade in any other way such part of
“Hampden’s” interview as he pleases; but
even with that difficulty in my way I
hope I can make my points clear.
1. As to General Gary’s claim, as repre
sented by tho interviewer, that General
Hampton by his silence has admitted the
charge, I would say that General Hampton
pronounced his charge to be “utterly and
absolutely false,” and that his answer ap
plies as well to the second, third and every
other repetition as it did to the original. But
that there may be no question I will say
that, if General Gary will, over his own
signature, repeat what he has said in the
published interview, or simply say that it
is true, namely, “that Governor Hampton
advocated the withdrawal of the Tilden
and Hendricks electors,” I will, by the
very gentlemen whose names he gives as
his witnesses, prove his statement false. I
will use no other testimony. Out of the
mouth of his own witnesses I will convict
him offalsehood.
I will go further. I will undertake to
prove that General Gary did the veiy
thing with which he has falsely charged
General Hampton. That when Settle
and Denny, emissaries of President Grant,
offered if General Hampton’s party would
admit that the State had gone for Hayes
and 'Wheeler, the Hampton government
should be recognized, General Hampton
refused the offer, while General Gary
urged that it should be accepted.
General Gary has in the interview fur
ther stated that General Hampton sent
Judge Mackey to Hayes, in Ohio, and
gives Judge Mackey as his authority.
Now, if General Gary will repeat this
over his own signature, I will repeat my
offer to prove by his own witness that it
is false.
Further in the interview he says: “But
Hampton met with the misfortune of
breaking his leg, and of course I could not
strike him when he was down.” Let him
repeat this and I will prove that it, too, is
false, and that General Gary made the
most indecent assault on General Hamp
ton at the very time he was thought to be
dying. He shall not lay claim to a mag
nanimity which he did not show.
I think I have made my points clear,
and unless General Gary’“admits them
by silence,” I shall prove’ each and every
one of them.
I might well stop here, but I shall add a
few words on General Gary himself. He
utterly misunderstands his own position,
or he misstates it us grossly as he does that
of others. He is entirely mistaken in hold
ing that any one has stood between bim
and the people, and kept him from his
rights. The people always have and al
ways will choose for themselves who shall
serve them. The whole trouble has been
that they would not take General Gary at
his own valuation. They have not thought
bim worth the price. Whenever they want
him they will undoubtedly take him, but
not before.
I frankly admit that I do not think Gen
eral Gary is fit for the high place to which
he has aspired and will give as some ofthe
reasons for my opinion, the following facts,
which, if General Gary will deny, I will
prove to be true:
1. In 1871 General Gary did agree for
pay “to use his best efforts to get the Tax
Payers' Convention to endorse the whole
bonded debt of the State," both the honest
aud the fraudulent. “Picture it, think of
it.”
2. That he did about the some time en
gage with the advocates ofthe Blue Ridge
Railroad “to aid securing” the approval
of the same Convention to the relinquish
ment by the Stateofitsfirst mortgage on the
Blue Ridge Railroad to private parties.
It Is true that when Major Warley de
nounced the scheme in the Convention,
and General Gary was called on to re
deem his pledge, he refused to do it, but
took his pay all the same.
3. That he was the constant defender of
McDevitt, the Radical Treasurer of Edge-
field, and that one of the indictments
against McDevitt was for fraudulently
paying to General Gary a largo sum of
county money.
4. That in 1876, after he had been
defeated for the United States Senate by
General Butler, lie did advocate that
General Butler should be withdrawn,
and that Whittcmore, (who had been ex
pelled by the Radical Congress for bribe
taking,) put in his place.
i I liave long known these facts, but have
not cared to use them, and do so now
only to convince General Gary that he
cannot, with impunity, indulge in abuse
of those who have never injured him ex
cept by too clearly seeing the ass’ ears un
der the lion’s skin.
I have addressed this communication to
your paper because it circulated the
charges. It is only justice that it should
carry the denial to the same audience.
That there may be no misapprehension,
I will add that General Hampton knows
nothing of this communication. General
Gary, with his usual’taste, having made
the last assault while he was absent in
Mississippi at the death bed of his son. I
am; sir, your obedient servant,
John C. Haskell,
Father 1m Getting Well.
My daughters say, “How much better
father is smcc be used Hop Bitters.” He
is getting well after his long suffering
from a disease declared Incurable, and we
are so glad that he used your Bitters.—A
lady of Rochester N. Y.—Utica Herald
Belshazzar.
The rehearsal of this popular biblical'
opera was latgely attended last night, and
we can safely promise to the people of
Macon and tbe entire State, that if they
will honor with their presence this mag
nificent rendition of one of the most strik
ing and salient passages in sacred history,
they will be richly compensated for their
trouble. The music is exquisite, the act
ing excellent; and there is a charm about
the Eastern costumes and the surround
ings ofthe representation, that cannot fail
to attract all who may be induced to at
tend.
The corps has received an urgent invi
tation from Columbus, to give one or
more performances in that flourishing city
next week, and after the question bad
bee)i submitted to tbe amateurs it was de;
ciilcd, nan con., to comply with tbe re
quest. Of this, however, more anon.
The ■ Belshazzar entertainments, next
week, will draw large crowds, and it is safe
to assert, that every visitor will be not only
pleased, but delighted with the renditio*
of this famous sacred opera.
Db.- Bull’s Cough Syrup has been be
fore tbe public for years, and is pronounce*
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for the cure of coughs, colds, ioflnena*
and pulmonary complaints.