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'^elegrnpjj rniir Messenger.
MACON, JANUARY SO, 1880
-THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Rome wants a temperance boom. Sbe
• certainly has enough water flowing around
her to organize on.
The Clement attachment will now have
to sit down a while and let the railroad
•■question have the floor.
Thom asville is stirred to its social
•centre by the near approach of a leap
year party.. A Callao earthquake is
raild agitation to the convulsion going on
In the usually quiet little city.
The Tliomasville hotels are having
ripe strawberries.
The oldest inhabitant, with his mar
velous weather stories, is now regarded
as proper a target for bludgeons and bul
lets as the Pinafore fiend.
Professor R. T. Asbury, late of the
.Modroc Female College, has assumed
•charge of the Georgia Female College at
Madison.
The Madisonian strikes the Phono
graph the liardest blow of all.
A most enjoyable hop took place at the
Hearn Hotel in Honticcllo last week.
The able scribe who wrote it up concludes
■with the wish that “the Hearn Hotel ban
ner may ever wave in the breeze and
never flap in frizzles at the end.”
/A prisoner in the Blackshear jail set fire
"to the structure a few nights since and
was cut out of his cell by the heroic
efforts of the citizens. During the con
fusion attending the fire he levanted, and,
by this time,is in the land of flowers. The
heroic citizens now realize that the burn
ing was a premeditated plan on the part
•of the prisoner to escape. Loss $1,100.
A Blackshear daikey named Henry
William, who was acting guide for a sere
nading party from Brunswick, got tight
and grew angry with the crowd he was
. leading, drew his pistol and shot into the
•crowd five times without effect. He has
fled.
The article alluded to in the last Pho
nograph as having appeared years ago in
Xhis paper, was not put in by any editor or
•any one connected with the paper. It
was disclaimed at the time, and the most
• diligent effort made to discover the person
•wli: surreptitiously conveyed it into the
•composing rooms.
.Mb. Jesse Weston, who for many
years filled with great ability one of the
editorial positions of the Albany Netcs has
turned his attention to the saw mill busi
ness. We wish liim the greatest success
in wliatever he undertakes.
31 k. E. N. Hutchinson, of Berrien
■county, was thrown from his buggy last
week under the wheels, and had his
thigh .broken.
Tek dwelling, kitchen, com crib and
•stables, meat, fodder and com of Mr.
* *uuiks Tompkins,'of Worth county,
— - burned last week, He only saved
-s and a few articles from his
•dwelling.
Eatonton wants a town hall—wants
it badly and should certainly have it.
The Eatonton Messenger says:
fire on Monday last destroyed the
- dwelling, kitchen, moat and wheat bouses
of Mr. J. A. Spivey. The loss is quite
heavy one, as he had no insurance on the
property. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to have been incendiary.
Americus is receiving heavy shipments
>• of guano this season.
Mil B. T. Jackson, of Stewart county,
died suddenly at the residence of Mr. C
Alexander, where he was stopping, of
■ droopsy of the heart.
Americcs is looking for 30,000 bales of
cotton this year.
Albany will have a large ball on the
-4th of February.
Mil Robert D. White and Miss Sal-
lie U. Hargrove, both of Putnam county,
were married at the residence of the 1
bride's parents hist week.
Tocco.v News: There is an article going
the rounds under the title “How to avoid
bad butter.” We should say a good way
to do it would be not to go near the blamed
■old goat, and if he comes near you climb
over the fence and slip up the back stairs.
Thank you. Now tell your readers
how to avoid poor jokes and then sit down.
The death of Mr. Whit West, of Lee
county, is very much lamented by all who
knew him.
Mil A W. Turner, ono of the first cit-
eens of Leary, and Miss Alice Webb were
married at the residence oi Captain A. W.
West near Whitney last Thursday.
The Columbus Times, with its able
pencil, credits a paragraph from this col
umn to the Angusta Evening News.
Sosa of prominent Savannah citi
zees still 1 draw ths festive Alabama
sling and the police of that city brin;
them before the mayor. - “
■f General Gartrell is the choice of
the Dalton Citizen for Governor. .
There has been hut one hanging in
•Oglethorpe county since the war, but sev
eral candidates are now in the field.
Thomasville T/mes: The Interests of
the South and West alike demand a great
trank line to our sea hoard. The Cole-
Brown-Wadley combination may be de
feated for tlie present, but it will bo effec
ted in tlie near future, nevertheless.
Madisonian: Shady Dale has a histo
ry as poetic as the “Deserted Village.'
It was once the home of a nobleman as
Intelligent and wealthy as any that Eng
land can boast of, and was the site for the
discussion of many important subjects.
Waynesboro Herald: Wo learn that
oa Thursday last in the vicinity of Lo-
rctle, Mr. Thomas S. Oliver was killed by
the falling of a tree. He was engaged in
clearing up new ground, and had cut down
a tree, which lodged against another, and
in attempting to dislodge it he was crush
ed to death beneath it before he could get
out of the way. Mr. Oliver leaves a wife
auii several small children.
Albany News: Three negroes were
arrested at Camilla, under requisition
from the Governor of Alabama on Wed
nesday, and brought to Albany and lodged
la our county jail. Their names are
Charles Evans, Richard Evans and Wil
son Evans. The Sheriff from Seals, Ala
bama, will probably reach the city to-day
or to-morrow, to lake them back with
Athens Banner: Dr. J. B. Carlton
las a patient who has been under treat
ment for dropsy for the last four years,
doting which time he lia3 taken from the
patient, four hundred and eighty-four and
a half pounds of water in nine tappings.
The last tapping extracted eighty-two 3nd
a half potmdsjover nine gallons, and more
than the weight of the patient. It is the
most remarkable case of the kind on
record.
Thornton, in his letter to the Evening
News, of Augusta, speaks of Atlanta as
f-l?ows.: Every city of any consequence
In ‘be,country lias a fire alarm telegraph,
exeent Atlanta. But Atlanta is behind in
ail essentials. ".
always did think Thornton a'littlo
re- kbut to make any such astate-
il remain in the city is either
tempting Providence or may be construed
into a sort of attempted/elo de se. D’y’r
He also says: Meeting Colonel E. W.
Cole last night before he left on tlie
special train tor Chattanooga, we walked
from the depot to the hotel.' In answer to
my question if he could tell me anything
he said, placing his hands upon my shoul
ders, (he is a taller man than I am), “if
? ou love me, say nothing for the present,
do not know myself what is before me.”
He will return here on tlie 28th instant,
to attend a big meettng of railroad men at
that time—the pool meeting.
Gainesville Eagle: Great excitement
was created in the city Wednesday even
ing by a rapidly flying rumor that Mr.
Alf Simmons had fallen from a trapeze
rope and been killed. Hastening to the
scene of the accident, at ProfessorLa-
Hatte’s school, we found the report con
siderably exaggerated, but the young man
was lying on the ground in an unconscious
condition, and evidently very severely in
jured. It seems several of the young men
had stretched a large rope from one tree
to another, about twenty-five feet from the
ground, for the purpose of putting up tra
peze bars and rings. Mr. Simmons under
took to traverse the space between the
trees by hanging to tlie rope by his hands
and swinging himself across. While thus
suspended his hold gave way, and he was
precipitated to the earth. He was placed
in a wagon and taken to his father’s resi
dence. No bones were boken, and we are
glad to know as we go press, that he is
thought to be out of danger, though his
injuries are very serious.
Jail Delivery in Ellaville
Sumter Republican: The negro Albert us
Black, who was one of the two found guil
ty of stealing cotton on or about Christ
mas, and committed for the same, made
liis escape from jail by knocking down the
jailer, Mr. McCrory, on Thursday morn
ing last Mr. McCrory pursued him on a
mule, without bridle or saddle, and with
tlie aid of Mr. William Hudson arrested
and took him back.
A Rare Bird.—Thomasville Times:
Mr. J. M. Blackshear cauglit and sent to
tofen the other day, for tbo inspection of
bis friends, a dwarf quail. The bird ap
peared on Mr. Blackshear’s plantation
last year. It is a beautiful, symmetrical
bird, and is very highly prized by sports
men. The Forest and Stream gives, in a
recent issue, an interesting account of
their rapid introduction into this country.
They are called the Messina qnaii, and
are migratory in their natute. During
the past few years several thousand have
been imported from Messina, by Eastern
and Northern sportsmen. None, as far
as we know, have been sent South, and
how the little • stranger found his way
down here is a mystery.
The farmers of some sections of the
State are forming clubs for the purchase
of guano at wholesale rates.
Albany had a very heavy rain on the
25th instant. It lasted nearly twenty-four
hours.
Mr. George W. H. Bartlett, of
Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, son of G,
H. Bartlett, of Boston, died of consump
tion in Albany on Sunday.
It is no uncommon thing to find stray
corpses in Atlanta. Two were found
there a day or two since, packed in a bar-
rol and addressed to B. F. Avery &
Sons, when the address should Lava mad
A. W. Avery, a druggist of Atlanta. This
careless direction of corpses will hurt
somebody yet.
The old valentines left over from last
year’s stock will soon blossom over the
counters of the book stores, and the poetry
which lias been mashed into drawers
year back appear as fresh as if it had just
been ginned by tlie valentine poet fiend.
The Wallacks are doing Griffin with a
burlesque pinafore.
Sunday mail.
TnE Dublin Gazette man rises in wrath
at the street patent medicine vendor and
prize soap package distributor, and urges
that a heavy license tax should be imposed
on them. Has he been there on the soap
question?
A horse found dead in the woods with
a bullet hole in his side created a good
deal of excitement in Dublin recently.
No whisky is sold in Wrigbtsville.
Mr. Raysor was married to Miss Blood-
worth, of Griffin, last Sunday. This may
be regarded as rather a barberous pro
ceeding.
A train load of people went to Augusta
to see Joe Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle.
Augusta will have the names of her
streets painted on her lamps.
Augusta’s collections for the Irish
fund has reached ovor two thousand dol
lars.
There is a certain lady in Greene
county who superintended a farm last
year, hiring one hand, that made ten hales
of cotton, two hundred bushels of com,
threo thousand fire hundred pounds of
fodder, one hundred bushels of oats and
forty bushels of wheat.
The prospect for a good wheat crop in
Houston county is, says the Home Jour
nal, not flattering. That paper notes as a
strange circumstance for this time of
tlie year, that in many parts of the county
wheat Ls already suffering from rust.
The Tennyson Club of Griffin had a
novel meeting last week. Each member
was called on for a quotation. Niles, of
the News, could remember nothing except
the first four lines of Mary and hor talen
ted lamb, and Charlie Logan wasted
himself on a few brief remarks on tlie
subject of some boy and a burning deck.
Captain Mike T. Singleton, of the
steamer Blount, arrived Thursday even
ing and anchored for the night at Dublin.
He is on his way down the river to its'
mouth, and will commence clearing up
the Oconee. He thinks he will get back
to Dublin by June or July.
Oglethorpe Echo: From all quarters
wo hear it said that extensive prepara
tions are being made for planting heavy
cotton crops. This involves the purchase
of tons upon tons of guano and the waiv
ing of all the property rights a farmer
possesses in order to sccnre the payment
of the same early next fall. The man who
goes wild over the present high prices of
cotton and stakes Ills all ujxrn a big crop
may pay too dearly for his whistle next
winter. Keep cool and plant some corn,
keeping out of debt. as far as possible is
our cantion.
Dublin Gazette: There is a malady
among horses in this county which, in
most cases, proves fatal. When, seized
with ft they become almost crazed and
blind. We leant that several cases have
been cured by the use of turpentine applied
freely about the head and small quanti
ties poured in the ears. •
Griffin News: At tlie Presbyterian
supper Friday night some very mischievous
person, name unknown, scattered a quan
tity of cayenne pepper on the floor of■ the
armory, which was the cause of very great
complaint. Every person in the room
felt an uncontrollable inclinattion ‘tt>
sneeze, and the actual sneezing was yery
general, and likewise-ludicrous. If the
malefactor could have been caught the
most summary punishment. would t have
been meted out to him. .'. ,*•(
A m'eofal to the Evening News is as
follows: ‘ *’ ia 'J;
Savannah, Januaiy 20.—A’ telegram
from a prominent broker and railroad
man in New York, received Saturday by
broker in this city, instructing him to
secure all the Central railroad stock ob
tainable at 82, optional on the ratification
of the lease, electrified the dormant boom
and created a flutter in the market. Cen
tral jumped several points; and closed
film at to 90 asked. , \ * ]
Fatal'Accident.—Dublin Gazette:
A few days since a party of boys ware
breaking a yoke of young oxen,- and
among tlie party was Sir. Henry Coney, a
son of William Coney, wlio, for some pur
pose, was left to guard the team. They
became frightened, and ran away and
against a tree, throwing young Coney out
and turning the cart upside down, the
rim of the body striking him just behind
the head—breaking his neck ank killing
him instantly. The young man had
barely recovered from a severe cut on t! e
knee from an ax, which, from mortifica-
came very near resulting seriously.
Albany Advertiser: Kidnapped.—
A colored manjby the name • of • Henry
Miller, on Mr. Alex. Herrington’s place,
in East Dougherty, has a son about twelve
years of age, who, it seem, was kidnapped
by some white men on last Wednesday
night'. The kidnappers brought the boy
to town, made him drank, bought him a
new suit of clothes, and then carried him
back with thorn, going past his father's
house. The boy was wrapped in a quilt,
and did not know where he was going.
The party stopped at Isabella, where the
boy was seen by some of tlie citizens.
The same night the hoy’s father reached
Isabella,having tracked the party that far.
Learning that he was on the right track,
he followed it way over into Berrien comi
ty, where he found his boy at the house
of some. people whose name he says he
did not stop to enquire, but who said that
the boy had followed them. Seeming his
boy about twelve o’clock at night, the old
man made tracks for home.
Rohe Courier: We are gratified to
learn that the contract to grade the road
from Summerville to a point near Cathey
& Robinson’s Gap has been let out to re
sponsible parties. The engineer corps is
now hard at work locating a road, and a
force of hands are en route from the Cin-
tinnati Southern under an experienced
leader. Mr. H. Blanchard is at the front,
and writes Colonel C. G. Samuel every
thing is moving to suit him. Some days
ago Mr. Biauchard agreed and signed the
basis of a contract with Eastern and Wes
tern capitalists to pool and build the three
roads. We are informed by Colonel Sam-
Baldwin county has sixty thousand
dollars invested in the Macon and Augus
ta railroad.
Milledgeville again wants a public
ball.
The Columbus Times, under bead line
of “ What have we done ? ” announces
that the Wallacks and Pinafore will short
ly approach that city.
The same paper says the contract for
grading the Pensacola and Selma railroad
has been awarded and work is to be com
menced at once. Seventy-five miles are
required to make the connecting link.
Tilitha Glover, a colored woman,
and her little son have obtained a judg
ment aggregating twenty-five hundred
dollars against the Southwestern railroad
on account of injuries received.
Three thousand dollars of the six
thousand required has been subscribed in
Albany for the proposed ice factory.
BY TELEGRAPH
Manchester, January 27.—The Man
chester Guardian says there is not much
change in the aspect of the market
There is fair inquiry in nearly all de
partments, but the prices asked are most
ly so high a3 to render it difficult to exe
cute orders. Hence business is small—
the only department which can be called
active being yarns for the Eastern mar
kets, of which fair sales are reported at
prices in some instances slightly above
those of Friday.
Bangor, Maine, January 27.—The
Justices of the Supreme Court arrived
last night. They will confer to-day upon
the Fusion questions.
Washington, January 27.—In the
Senate Mr. Randolph, from the Commit
tee on Military Affairs, reported a bill for
the relief of Fitz John Porter.
The bill has heretofore been pub
lished.
improvements are being made m and
around Rome than any city they have
been in since the war.
An editor thus acknowledges a present
of grapes: “We have received a basket
of grapes from our friend, W., for which
he will accept our compliments, some of
which are two inches in diameter.”
Albany wants Thomasville to hold no
Spring Fair, and Albany will hold no Fall
Fair.
Colonel Richard S. Taylor, form
erly of Athens, but now a citizen of
Waynesboro, lays claims to the mines and
deposits in Oglethorpe, which are said to
be worth $50,000. When he sold the land
he reserved the right to all mineral de
posits, and the records to that effect have
been found.
Railroad Run Off.—Enquirer-Sun :
Last night the accommodation train on the
Southwestern Railroad was several hours
behind time. The delay was occasioned
hnl»™™d.F“X by a car jumping the track at Schatuiga,
about eight miles from the city. No dam
age was done.
Thomasville Post: Very heavy rains
Mr. Logan made.a minority report. He
dissented in toto from the preamble, and
Observing strangers say that more contended, 1st, that the President had no
« • 4 . • 3 ll ahmamIma a AA«Mn\IaoIaM 4a
build the roads and that he has telegrams
from them that they will be in onr city in
a few days to close matters as agreed. In
the meantime the work goes bravely on.
Blacksuear News: On Monday the
18th of January, 18S0, Georgo Robinson,
Sr., died at the residence of his son, Ma
jor George Robertson, in Blackshear, Ga.
Mr. Robertson was in his eighty-fourth
year, being bora in'Savannah, Ga., in the
year 1790. He served his time with Mr.
Francis nil!, proprietorof the Commercial
Advertiser, in Now York city, and then
returned to Savannah, where, about the
year 1823, he bought out tlie Savannah
Georgian, which had almost passed out of
existence. With the eneigy of early man
hood he built up the paper and made it a
lucrative investment, the leading paper of
Savannah, and an influential factor in the
affairs of the city and State. About the
same time be represented Chatham county
in the Legislature and served tlie city at
the council board, and he was first Lieu
tenant of the Chatham Artillery for seve
ral years, under Captain Bulloch. The
prospect of establishing himself in New
York city lured him from the certainty of
an established business and from the hon
ors that were being accorded to his
popular manner, his fertile and vigorous
pen, and his remarkable energy and
industry. But lie quickly lost in New
York all that Re lmd accumulated in
Savannah. From New York he removed
to Augusta, Georgia, and established the
Weekly Transcript, a purely literary pa
per; but scon discontinued it aud became
teller of the Mechanics’ bank, which place
he held for about twenty years. It was
during that time (in tlie year 1839) that
the yellow fever devastated the city of Au
gusta as it lias never scourged any other
city; and for many days he was the only
person in the bank. The president, cash
ier, and directors had fled from the pesti
lence, all the clerks were prostrated by the
Cochran is happy because she gets a fever,' and some died, but he remained in gies, the matter was dropped and sup-
perfect health, and kept the bank open; pressed; hut then,
every day without exception, locking and ““ " r
unlocking more than halt a million dol
lars, of which he was the sole custodi
an. For the two traits that shone most
conspicuously in his character were devo
tion to duty and a most exact and scru
pulous integrity. He retired from the 1
bank and from all active business in 1855,
enjoying a green old age with the kindly,'
genial temper that made him ever a
welcome guest, and carried him hap
pily tbrougli ever ill. Since the death of
his wife, which occurred in 1872, he has
spent all liis winters with bis son, Major i
the Southern Steamship Association.
Robertson, in Blackshear, who* lie died Colonel Cole indignantly denies having
on the 18th instant. His remains were con- j sold 0 nt to the Louisville and Nashville
veyed to Savannah and interred in tlie | jj a ii r03( j > t 0 a reporter of the Nashville
family burial ground in Laurel Grove 1
cemetery.
Griffin had a slight snow on Mon
day.
The Rome Courier nominates W. Hi
B»™, to «•** I* Con- SSSt
gress. as Mr. Newcomb explains, did occur. I
The Fire Department of Rome is pre
paring for a grand time in May.
The Rome police are raiding the dis
reputable houses of that city.
Mr. George P. Woods’ views on
country journalism has provoked quite a
discussion throughout the State.
Mb. James F. Simmons, a most excel
lent citizen of Talbot county, is dead- j
Thh Talbotton Collego has over fifty
pupils. •••« i'i
Mil Owen McGarrigle, whose sui
cide in Talbotton was mentioned a day or
two since, was buried by the Southern Ri
fles.
The Rome Daily Tribune folds its lit
tle hands and puts up a petition to the
dead heads of that city for mercy. . j
Some of the State exchanges are call-!
ing “Whoa January” on the peach bloom
question, and look in anxiety to the peach
crop of the Rummer. i
Upland rice Is being successfully cul
tivated by numbers of farmers in Monroo
county.
The Wallacks will be ,upon Forsyth
this evening, with Pinafore in burlesque,
Mn. Jasper Williamson is poor, bu<
proud. The Monroe Advertiser says he
has been the proudest man .in Monroe
county since donning a suit of jeans made
from wool raised on his place, spun, wo
ven, and made up by his wife.
The papers through the Seventh dis*
trict are making strong points against Mr J
Felton on his endoisement of Rev. T/ jJ
Simmons’ application for appointment aS
census supervisor. », f
Mb. Wm. Minor is building the new
hotel in Montezuma—not Major Drum-
right. * . . £ , ,'
The people of Leesburg are contem
plating building a jim-jam asylum around
“X,” tlie correspondent of the Americus
Recorder from that place.iff
The Monroe Female Coll^q has re
sumed its exercises for the spring term in;
a commodious and convenient buildjng.!
The hoard of government and instruction!
will be a follows:. Rev, S. G. Hillyer, D.
D., president and professor of rhetoric and:
intellectual philosophy;. Rev. J. L. Ham
mond, professor of moral 'science and
Latin; D. P. Hilt, 'professor of mathe
matics; H. Becliter, professor of Gef-
lri&n language and music; Miss Katd E.
Milledge; instructress 1U French, painting
and drawing; K. P. Moore, M. D.,- lec
turer upon bygione and . physiology; Mrs.)
M. L. Stephens, principal of primary do-j
partment. • ’ !, ’ ;i • ’* < •#*•* - *
Mb. Pillsbury, Sr., manyjrears assis-'
tant clerk of Sumter county Superior
Court has been appointed County Judge.;
Americus lias organized a literary and
musical society. Colone} N.j A. Smith
has been chosen president. ,' r .
A colored woman, Mary: Ann Craw
ford, of Marion county, walked into a
store in Americus and fell dead- . Thfe
coroner’s jury’ thinks she died ofiieart dis
ease—or something else.
authority to organize a commission to ex
amine the case by taking ex-parte testi
mony.
Second, that the action of a court mar
tial is not reviewable by Congress.
Third, that Congress has no right to
pay a person for services not rendered, be
cause of exclusion from the army.
The bill was placed on the calendar.
Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution which
was agreed to, instructing the Committee
on Judiciary to inquire whether in the
settlement or adjustment between the
United States and the railroads mention
ed or provided in the act of February
22d, 1875, to provide for a settlement with
certain railroad companies, any discrimi
nation or difference of treatment lias been
made by United States officers in favor of
one or more of such companies as_ against
others; aud, if so, what further legislation,
if any, on the subject is expedient.
Mr. Pendleton introduced a bill to au
thorize the appointment of Medical In
spectors in the navy to the office of Chief
of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and
to remove the disabilities of the present
incumbent.
Washington, January 27.—In the
Senate, Mr. Coke presented a memorial
of the State grange of Texas, praying for
the regulation of inter-State commerce.
Mr. Morrill, from the Finance commit
tee, reported adversely on the bill to es
tablish an office of assistant treasurer at
Charleston, South Carolina, aud it was
indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Morgan introduced a bill for the re
lief of the Medical College of Alabama,
which was referred.
A number of bills of minor importance
were introduced and referred, aud several
private pension bills passed. The Senate
then resumed the consideration of a joint
resolution withdrawing the compulsory
legal tender power of the United States
notes, which had been reported adversely
from the committee on Finance.
Mr. Bayard made a long speech in sup
port of the views of the minority of that
committee, at the conclusion of which the
Senate adjourned.
Washington, January 27.—In the
House, Mr. Goode, of Virginia, chairman
of the committee on the Yorktown cele
bration, reported a bill to carry into ef
fect the resolution adopted by Congress
in October, 1781, in regard to a monumen
tal column at Yorktown. Passed.
Mr. Cook, of Georgia, from tlie commit
tee on Post-offices and Roads, reported
back the bill declaring all public roads
ana iiigi»irayo j-oat routes. and authoriz
ing the Fostinaster General to put tne pos
tal service on all such routes when public
necessity requires it.
Upon objection*by Mr. Blount, of Geor
gia, the bill was withdrawn.
The House then went into a committee
of the whole on the revision of rules.
The rules as far as rule seven were
agreed to, with unimportant .amendments-
Adjourned.
The House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds to-day agreed up
on bills appropriating money for the erec
tion of public buildings at places, and in
amounts as follows: At Montgomery,
Alabama, $125,000; at Jackson, Missis
sippi, $100,000; at Lynchburg, Virginia,
$75,000; at Charlestown, West Virginia,
$00,000.
The President sent to the Senate to-day
the nomination of J. D. Stanford, of
North Carolina, to be Supervisor of Cen
sus for the third North Carolina Dis
trict.
Augusta, Me., January 27.—The Fu
sion Legislature assembled to-day, but ad
journed until to-morrowwithout transact
ing any business.
Boston, January 27.—Tlie Herald's Au
gusta special says there have been quite
large arrivals of Fusionists from Lewis
ton and Auburn, and that tlie Adjutant
General lias information that a company
of seventy-five is oxpected this evening
from Blddeford. Leading Fusionists say
any attempt to arrest the officials of their
government will be resisted by force. Its
Governor has been urged to call the Port
land Blues and Montgomery Guards to
this city, and it has been suggested to have
them quartered in the hall near that in
which the Fusionists meet The Gover
nor’s proclamation is expected to follow
close upon the decision of the Supreme
Court.
, - , - ~ i „ -. - Bangor, Me., January 27.—The Su-
that I ever offered" one dollar of my own p reme Court has rendered a unanimous
tr i decision declining to recognize the Fu-
sioriist bodies in Augusta, and explicitly
<1aa1<ikSiw» ilu. Vahoa nml aonofn timu ltnld- *
commenced falling throughout this section
on Sunday night and continue up to this
writing (Monday noon). The country is
under water, and we fear much damage
has resulted to railroads, mills and farm
ing interests generally.
Fatal Accident.—Swainsboro Her
ald: We learned the particulars of a most
horrible accidental killing which occurred
in this county some days since. Mr. T.
S. Oliver, an energetic young planter,
was felling a pine tree which lodged in
the top of another one. He succeeded in
dislodging it, when the one against which
it had lodged rebounded with such force
that the top broke off and fell, mangling
Mr. Oliver most fearfully and causing in
stant death. Mr. Oliver leaves a wife and
children to monm his death. They have
our most heartfelt sympathy.
Asieuicus Recorder: Some of our
readers know that several days ago an es
caped lunatic from the Asylum was at
large in our city. Tlie authorities at
Milledgeville being notified sent aman for
him. when he arrived the lunatic was
not to be found, but hearing that he was
in the vicinity of the depot, lie wqnt in
company of policeman Erskine to arrest
him. When they arrived at the depot
they saw a man sitting on the banks of
Mitchell's mill creek who, Si Hawkins
told them was the man they were in search
oi. He had a pistai in his hand. They
held a consultation, and decided tnat On.
Milledgeville man should conceal himself
and that policeman Erskine should go
around and come up behind the lunatic
and arrest him unawares. The detour
was a success. Policeman Erskine arrest
ed his man without getting shot, but then
you must know it was not the lunatic but
one of our cleverest citizens, who thought
he was arrested for shooting inside the
incorporation.
After mutual explanations and apolo-
you know, it is the busi
ness of newspaper men to find out a good
thing.
The lunatic was subsequently captured
in Columbus.
Railroad Matters.
The conference between Colonel Cole
and Messrs. Standiford and Newcomb at
Nashville on Tuesday, proved barren of
results. All the parties took tlie train for
Atlanta to attend the annual meeting of
American, he said ;
“The idea of my selling a., controlling
interest to the Louisville people when, ac
cording to Colonel Stevenson’s own' state-
am entirely occupied at present with my
duties as President of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. Louis Railway. Tlie
first hour I am free from my public duties
I will answer any statement any gentle
man has made or may make. Meantime,
any intimation, insinuation Or inuendo by
any one, charging or intending to charge
:r oilered
stock, or the stock of any other person, to
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, or any officers thereof, is basely
false.’’
Tlie Colonel is represented to be in good
health and spirits. Up to this moment
his contract with the Central railroad con
tinues to.'hang fire, with a bare possi
bility only tliat it will be ratified. There
is some talk oi 1 tendering to Colonel Cole
tbe presidency of the Cincinnati Sonthera
railroad.
To show bow mired and uncertain ev-
eiytbing relating to the Central railroad
agreement - continues to be, a special to
the Cincinnati Enquirer from Louisvillo
yesterday says:
There is a feeling here to-night that the
Louisville and Nashville people will prob
ably agree to. confirm Cole's leases, and
continue his line to the sea in order to
prevent complications, as the Central lease!
involves butJp^tle r(sjs. ; ;IIIl
Again we- say, let us “wait for the
wagon.” : ...... Jjni.rv In,." • I
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Tnth MtiMteS without oain,;b«Mtifai lets at
girth hMwrtwL Ahicawnt Teeth ant Diseased
Dealer* in ell kind* of Dental Materials 'nd
~ “ on hand • farm «ad
*U kindi. Gold of all!
kinds, kssalasas rt all kmds, Kabbers of *11
: sssrsdkw
i Savannah VAijLEY Railroad.—Au
gusta Evening News: On Monday last
Uk. board pf county commissioners of An
derson, South Carolina, voted a subscrip-
tion to tbe capital stock-of the Savannah
Valley railroad company to connect Au
gusta and Knoxville, Tennessee i .pursuant
to the vtficb’brflre' ^bfire' in the township
directly interested expressed at the elec
tion-last yea?, the firat installment of
which is to be collected this year: Cen-
t reville subscribes. $5,100, CVammea $6)500,1
Savannah $3,850, Hall. $3,500, Corner
$3,700. The action of the board has been
eertified'to theicounty auditor fiir the pur
pose of having the taxlevied..!,i
r A. UAUUwluui'^T
To*11 •h»*r* sifl«run-from the error* and
” cnkksssof rvsth, nervous weakness, aarn
j.loes at manhood, etc. I'will send a racibe
wfll eure you. F&BI Of OHAkOB. Tbo
nuat wody ■ was discovered by a missionary in
South America. Send a aelt-addressed tnreoj e
i the_fcev Joe*** 1 ' T Inman, Station D, Dew
lrr » *odlde
■ZJWAShington^ January 25.—Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague gare^a dinner party
here last week to a few gentlemen and la
dles, among whom were several members
of the Supreme Court. Senator Conk-
ling and Mrs. Conkling were present. It
is said by a'gentleman well qualified to
know, that immediately after the affair at
Oanonchet last summe?, Mrs.' Coiiklicg
wrote * letter to Mrs. Sprague inviting her
to accept the hospitalities of the Conkling
house at Utica.
just to pay soldiera the difference in the | tion of peace. The trouble grew out o
for
value between United States notes and
coin, it was just to pay it to every one who
had been obliged to take them. This
would require an incredible issue of paper.
Tbe present Congress might not yield to
those solicitations, but on the threshold
we should meet and defeat all such wild
and fatal schemes. Whether the Senate
would now concur in his views, he knew
not, for a measure like this had never
been and would never be made by him
the subject of party caucus or personal
canvass for votes, but he believed the good
sense of the people would support his
views.
Nashville, Tknn., January 27—Pre
sident Standiford and Vice-President
Newcomb, of the Louisville, Nashville
and Great Southern railroad, held a con
ference with President Cole of the Nash
ville; Chattanooga and St. Louis road to
day. Standiford and Newcomb expressed
a desire to have Cole continue as Presi
dent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis Company, but Cole did not say
whether he would do so or not.
The various contracts on new lines and
extensions in inauguration by Cole were
discussed, but no conclusion reached, in
reference to the contract with the Georgia
Central. The Owensboro and Nashville
road will probably be built through to
Springfield.
Messrs. Cole and Newcomb left to-night
for Atlanta' to attend the meeting of the
Southern Railroad and Steamship Associ
ation. ‘
At a meeting at the Merchants’ Ex
change Standiford made a speech, giving
assurances that no discriminations would
be made against Nashville in favor of any
other city. Colonel A. S. Collyer said
this promise should he made in the shape
of an amendment to its charter. The
time had come when the Legislature
would be called upon for legislation gov
erning the contracts of railroads.
United States Deputy Collector Davis
returned here to-night after an extensive'
raid, in which he destroyed seven illicit
distilleries and captured fifteen men.
Bangor, Me., January 27.—Tlie fol
lowing is the substance of the unanimous
decision of the Supreme Court:
The Coort says it cannot admit, even
by implication, that the statement and
questions before it are presented by any
legally organized Legislature, so as
to require the Court’s opinion under
article C, section 3, of the Constitution.
Presuming, however, that the gentlemen
who ask the questions have an honest de-.
sire to know their legal duty as citizens,
the Court says it will give some of the
reasons why it cannot entertain or answer
the questions: When two different bodies
of men, each claiming to be the Legislature
of a State, assert their right to enact law
for the people, it is the obvious duty of
tbe judiciary to inquire and ascertain for
itself, with or without questions presented
by claimants, which of these bodies law
fully represent the people; whose enact
ments it will recognize as law; whose
levies of taxes it will enforce, etc. This
court is bound to take official notice of the
doings of the executive and legislative de
partments of the government; aud when
called upon by the proper authority to
pass upon their validity, we are bound to
take official notice of historical facts
and matters of public notoriety, aud at
least transpiring in our midst. We can
not accept the statement which asserts as
facts matters that are in conflict with the
record and with historical facts. We can
not shut .our eyes to the fact that Govern
or Garcelon and the Council disregarded
tlie opinion off the Court given in answer
to tlie Governor’s questions; that they
omitted summonses to men who did ap
pear io bo legally elected, and issued sum
monses to men who did not appear u>
he legally elected. We know that the of
ficers who presided in the conventions of
members elect of the Senate and House,
on tlie first dav of January, recognized as
members men who were unlawfully intro
duced by the unconstitutional methods
pursued by the Governor and Council;
refused to recognize men who appeared
elected, and refused to permit any appeal
from their illegal decisions, to bodies over
which they temporarily appeared—the
House of Representatives and Senate,
under tlie constitution of the State.
New' York, January 2S.—A New Or
leans special gives the following particu
lars of the burning of the steamer Charm-
j to the New' Orleans and
Red River Transportation Company, on
Sunday last, fire miles above the mouth
of Atcliafalga. The steamer has on hoard
2,105 bales of cotton, sixty barrels of mo
lasses, a lot of sundries, all of which were
destroyed.
The fire was first seen bursting out be
neath the second tier of cotton, and in a
moment the whole boat was in a sheet of
flames.
The pilot stood at his post and headed
the boat for the shore. But for his cool
ness the loss of life would have been very
great—100 passengers being on hoard.
When tlie boat readied the shore planks
were immediately shoved out—yet such
was the heat of the fire and haste of those
aboard to save themselves that many
jumped overboard.
All tho passengers were saved. The
lost were William Miller, cabin boy; Da
vid Morgan, pantry man; Charles John
ston aud John Johnston, cooks; Mary
Flowers and Mary Hamilton, chamber
inaids; William Cummings, fireman, and
one roustabout—name unknown. The
cargo is valued at $120,000.
Cincinnati, January 28.—The Catho
lic clergy held a meeting yesterday aud
. . determined to fight the application for file
declaring the house and *enate now hold- ’ sale of churdi property to pay tho debts of
ing sessions in the State-house, to be tbe Archbishop Purcell,
legal Legislature of Maine. * Norfolk, January 28.—Chief of Police
Cincinnati, January 27.—A apodal Benson committed suicide in his private
from St. Louis, says the tide of negro em- room at an early hour this morning by
the substitution of colored fbr white la
borers in the Columbia furnace.
Washington January 28.—The Presi
dent to-day approved the act to provide
for circuit and district courts of the Uni
ted States at Macon, Georgia, and to
transfer certain counties from the north
ern ^to the southern district in said
State.
New Orleans, January 28 A half-
dozen tow boats with barges have gone to
the relief of the steamer Louisiana.
Captain Gager telegraphs that he expects
to float her on high tide to-morrow if the
water is smooth. A large part of the
cargo has been successfully lightened.
Richmond, Va., January 28.—Later
telegrams from Shenandoah county report
that the attack was made on the negroes
at Liberty Furnace last night and two men
were wounded. The rioters then dispers
ed. All is quiet now, hut trouble is ap
prehended and more troops are asked for.
Tbe Governor has ordered the Winchester . .....
Light Infantry company to tbe scene of, settlement s*idit w*s the last stage oi conjumu.
the disturbance with auctions to ryq j
to the sheriff. , . . J ffimoont' llrtr Regulator I commerced uking
London, January 28.—It is stated that —* * *—
the Nationalists of the county of Mayo,
n Tho symptoms oi Liter
Complaint are a b it
bad taste in the m mb
pain, in the back, sides
er ]oints, open mistaken
. . CD natism. «on-
stemach, ion ol snoeote. bowe’.a »Hern&t«li
•costive and lax. headache, 1- as of memorv with a
painful sensation of hsrlmt tailed to do some-
thing which ought so bare been doie. debihtv
low spirits, a thick yellow appearance o! the skin
and ere*, a dry cough often mistaken for con.
sumption. Sometimes these symptoms attend
the disease, at others, very lew.
Fain in Side for Three Yeirs,
_ BxitPoikt, Gx.MarchlS.iST9
PlM; I have been down ten yrarswith
hverooosptaint: have lay years at s time. I hare
hrda.evtra p*, n in my side lor three yrara
with a dry cough. This last tall my couth be!
came severe, and would cough up half a gallon
Thpba^dsetta* m Atlanta an? a?
igration from the South lias set in again.
About one hundred arrived on tbe steamer
Scudder, Sunday, aud left for Kansas,
while as many more came by the steamer
John B. Maude last night. All of these
people have some money,and came chiefly
from East Baton Rouge, Louisiana,Wash
ington county, and> Grenada, Mississippi.
Those who have arrived say there are
moretoepme. Numbers are waiting on
tbe banks of the nver for transportation.
A colored-man acting- as agent, has sent
to tbe
i relief committee a list, .of nine h
jSwum wno wiah to Come Noi
iun-
ortli
dre3 HP I |
Within a few. days, seven hundred im
migrants have reached St. Lout?. '
New Orleans, January ^27-—It is re
ported that a duel is on the tapis between
Mi
1. Burk
he Democrat, and
Major if. J. iiearsey, ot tne stales. At
12:30 tbe parties were still in the city, but
it was understood that they would fight
this evening.
Affidavits are out against them.
Later The duel referred to in a pre
vious dispatch was fought this afternoon
in Metairiory, near the city, with pistols;
distance, ten daces. After firing two shots
each, friends interfered and the difficulty
was amicably adjusted.
Washington,. January 27.—The fol
lowing is an abstract of Mr. Bayard’s
speech in tlie Senate to-day, on bis reso
lution: , •
Mr. Bayard said his object in urging tbe
adoption of the present resolution was to
bring about the actual resumption of
specie payments. Whatever else might
t be effected by tlie resolution was secoud-
j aiy and merely incidental to tills one
cardinal object. Sound prosperity must
rest upon;sound basis, and real money is
sound currency. To resume by the ex
isting system" is as idle as to bail water
by a sieve. Paper notes are an essential
auxiliary to coin, but they are not coin—
not money—but substitutes for iu . Their
acceptance must be based on their credit,
on their convenience, and must always be
voluntary in order to be safe.
Mr. Bayard then; referred to the money
power, of which;so, jnucji fear is expressed
.by tbe opponents of the resolution, and to
the great accumulation of property, and
said that the unequal distribution of prop
erty is attributable more to the use of-in-
couvertable paper money .than, to any
thing else.
- .Mr. Jefferson said that “breakingup the
measure of value makes lottery of all pri
vate property.” He saw no guarantee
that greenbacks would not be inflated as
In the past they had been. He combated
Coke’s argument. The legal tender pow
er ia like the germ of fever, only needing
excitement, speculation, war, or distress,
to develop its deadly powers.
.In tills connection he spoke qf.. the
Weaver bill, as one commenting on tbe
the foregoing remark, and said if it were
blowing out liis brains with a pistol. Tbe
cause was aberration of mind resulting
from domestic! troubles.
Washington, January 2S.—The Sen
ate is engaged in eulogiziug^the late Sena
tor Chandler. > T
The House passed several bills—among
them one grantiu" a pension to the widow
of Lieutenant ^ Hiram H. Benner.
The House then proceeded to call of
committees for reports.
The .committee ou Ways and Means
this morning continued the hearing’of the
gentlemen interested in the sugar busi
ness, and in'the proposition to modify tho
tariff. ( j'| . ' .j ' A
London, January 2S«—The. Finan
cier says the representatives of the
French Cable Company are here nego
tiating with the Aglo-Amoriean Cable
C'oinpa r y for the retention of the three
shilling tariff. If no agreement is reached,
the Anglo-American Company will enforce
six penny tariff' on the French business
from the first 61 February next, and on;
all business, where the French Company’s
English connection is made.
\Y ashing ton, J anuary 2S.—In the Sen
ate the day was devoted to eulogies upon
tho late Senator Chandler, pronounced by
Messrs. Ferry, Bayard, Anthony, Blaine,
Logan, Morrill anil others.
In the House Mr. Cook, of Georgia,
from the Post-officeXiommittee, reported
a bill declaring all public roads and high
ways, post routes. An extended discussion
followed, in which Representatives Came
ron of Illinois, Blount of Georgia, and
Glymer of Pennsylvania, opposed the bill,
and Mr. Stone of Michigan, Mooney of
Mississippi, Conger of Michigan and Dib-
rell ot Tennessee, supported it. At ti e
expi at’on of tbe morning hour, thej »lll
went over without action. The House
then debated a revision of the rules in
the committee of the whole, but without
making any progress. The remainder
of the afternoon was devoted td eulogies
on the late Senator Chandler. Ad
journed.
New- Orleans, January 23.—A .dis
patch from Captain- Gager of the strand
ed steamship Louisiana; says he. has cast
overboard 250 toqs of the cargo td lighten
the ship. fJgfiteis can' be used only in
cal mi ' The propeller is broken. The pas
sengers have been sent to Port Eads aud
the sliip will be saved.
Richmond, January 28.—'Telegrams
received here to-day report intense exclte-
meht in Shenandoah county over a colli
sion between white and colored laborers
at tbe Columbia furnace, near Edinburgh.
Sheriff Stickley,of that 'ecun’y, hastele-
graplied the Governor for troops to quell
tlie rioit, and Governor has ordered Cap
tain Magruder of the Woodstock military
company toji^at his command at the dis-
Ireland, hare decided to put up Davitt
and Brannon, now under indictment
for sedition, as candidates for seats in the
House of Commons, at the forthcoming
general election, with the understanding
that, if elected, they will refrain from tak
ing their seats. Tbe prospect for their
election is considered good.
London, January 28.—Steamer Hol
land, hence for New York, has returned
to Queenstown, having broken her main
shaft when five hundred miles west of
Fastnet.
Berlin, January 2S.—The National
Zeiting, discussing the proposed increase
of the army, says the German nation is al
most unanimous in its approval of Prince
Bismarck’s resolution to resist Pansla
vism as soon as it shows itself becoming
an active aqd aggressive power. As yet
Germany preserves friendly relations with
Russia, but Europe can only be thorough
ly quieted by exertions in the place whence
the causes of the agitation have proceeded.
Assurances of peace from the Russian
press ought to be received with great sat
isfaction, but it must not be foigottenthat
it is more to excite fears than to pacify
them.
Washington, January 2S.—The Sen
ate Committee on Appropriations, at a
special meeting this afternoon, reconsid
ered their former action in regard to the
fortification appropriation bill, and finally
decided to report the bill back to the Sen
ate to-morrow with a recommendation
that the amount granted by the House
for the armament ofseacoast fortifications
—viz, $225,000-Abe increased to $400,000.
The committee will also recommend an
increase of $50,000 in the House item of
$100,000 for the preservation and repair
of fortifications.
Washington, January 28.—The House
Naval committee unanimously adopted
to-day the report of the sulk-committee,
transmitting the hill intended to effect the
reorganization of the navy by the sale of
old, obsolete and worthless ships, and the
construction of new ones in their places.
The report which accompanies the bill
considers in detail the present condition
of every ship on the navy register, and
shows that out of one hundred and forty-
two war vessels in the United States navy
only forty-eight are to-day capable of fir
ing a gun, and of these, five are old, obso
lete sailing vessels. If to this bo added
ships \hat could be made fit for duty with
in a reasonable time,' the whole navy of
the United States would number only six
ty-nine vessels capable of bearing guns
and doing service. The bill which ac
companies this report authorizes and di
rects the Secretary of tlu> Navy to aoloct
and sell all the ships which are unfit ior
duty or not worth repairing, and provides
that the sum realized from such sale shall
be put to the credit of the navy depart
ment to be used together with the regular
appropriation in the purchase and equip
ment of new vessels aud in increasing the
efficiency of our naval force.
The bill will be reported to the House
to-morrow with the request that an early
day be set for its consideration.
Nashville, January 28.—The bank
ers of Tennessee formed an organization
to-day by tbo election of James Whit
worth, President; H. S. Davis, Vice-Pres
ident ; .Edgar Jones, Treasurer; John P.
Williams, Secretary; and John Kirkman,
A. W. Brockway, W. P. Ingram, M. J.
Keith and W. W. Daugbty as Executive
Council. They propose memorializing
Congress for a reduction of taxes on de
posits and .abolish stamp ; duty on checks.
Portland, Me., January 28.—The
Era, a leading Greenback organ, submits
to tlie decision of tbe Supreme Court and
appeals to tbe people.
New Orleans, January 28.—Tlie Pres
ident and Secretary of the Colored Men’s
Protective Union sent a protest this even
ing against Picliback’s appointment as na
val officer. The State Republican Com-
mittteo also protest against Pincliback,
and request a delay until the arrival of
Chairman Dumont, who left to-day with
Colonel Badger and ex-Senator Burch, for
Washington.
Washington, January 2S.—The origi
nal bill has been filed iu the United States
Supremo Court by the State of New
Hampshire against tho State of Louisiana
setting forth that the former State is the
holder of consolidated bonds issued by
the State of Louisiana under the Act of
1874, and praying that provisions of the
new constitution which propose to lower
the rate of interest on the said bond be ad
judged void aud unconstitutional and that
an injunction be granted against the State
officers of Louisiana, restraining them
from using taxes collected under the Act
of 1874 for other purposes than those spec
ified in that act. . . ! vili !-
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HORB AND, COX.. r
These two gentlemen furnished about
all the fun that was afloat at the Capitol
last week. Cox had his say, and went for
theJMhhigan humorist in a sharpstyle that
tickled the floor and galleries immensely,
much to Herr’s disgrnntlement, who
looked immensely worried and moved
around during its delivery in a manner
that showed he was hard hit. Friday he
had his innings, and I think liad full re£
venge. He was short and sharp, and rath
er got away with Sammy, who pretended
not to know that he was being demolished,
but you could see that he felt the
sting.' Hereafter he will, I presume, be
known as -‘ sweet little Buttercup,”
which nickname norr gave him amid the
laughter and applause of both sides of
the'house. Hereafter, Cox, who has been
the head jester, of the House, must look to
liis laurels when he rises to be as funny as
he can, and cast a weather eye over to
wards the Radical ranks to see if Horr is
in his seat. Of course, both these lionor-
able gents might.be better employed than
;n playing clown, but then what would
become of the House if somebody didn’t
occasionally give it something to laugh at.
It would certainly sink to the dead level
of owlish -dignity arid-somnolent decorum
the Seriate wears when, Blaine is away.
And by the way, Jim is still saving Maine,
and has not put in an appearance here
since the recess in December. I know
Mr. Hill misses him.
in the matter
of Simmons,.. Dr. Felton’s candidate
for Supervisor of Census in the
Atlanta' district, and whose nomi
nation is pending in tlie Senate,
way, I hear Felton intends having
Small, at the Atlanta Constitution, anil
your correspondent, dismissed from the
humble positions they now hold here fot
daring !to print his and Simmons’ letters
to Mr. Hayes. In my case, by having the
committee, of which I am clerk, abolished
by resolution of tlie House. I am there
fore living at present with my trunk pack
ed, and holding myself “ready to move at
a moment’s notice,” as they used to say in
the army.
THE GRANT ROOM.
The Sherman and Blaine strikers ar>l
blowers here are busily engaged just now
and that his boom has the death-rattle is
its throat. They don’t believe it them
selves and their noise and bluster amount
simply to whistling to keep their courage
up. Grant is still the strongest candidate
by long odds with his party, and
these people realize it more tub]
every day. The Sherman runners
are particularly active in the matter, and
he is busily at work keeping them up to
the mark. His axe has been newly sharp
ened lately, and is ready to fall on recalci
trant necks at a moment’s notice. If he
is not nominated it will not be the fanh
of the office holders. The latter’s last
claim is that the Germans are all for him,
and this they are poshing with great activ
ity. Mr: Hassaureck, a leading German
editor of Cincinnati, is here now, and has
had his legs quite frequently under John'.'
mahogony. He has also made up an oil
quarrel with Schurz, which is supposed to
to have been engendered by Sherman, and
to be part of the scheme to ensure harmo
ny and unity of action among the German
leaders in securing the German vote fot
Sherman. Blaine’s friends do not seem at
all alarmed at all this activity. They claim
a large majority of the native Republican
vote, and that Grant and Sherman will
cut one another’s throats in the Convention
and leave Blaine to walk off with the prize-
But I still bet all my loose change on Grant.
He will surely win if his “nigger lucf
lias riot deserted him and the “machine'’
has not grown rusty. With Conkling in
New York, Don Cameron in Pennsylvania
and tlie negroes at the South at his lack,
how he can be beaten is more than ) can
see. One thing at least is sure. His
name will not be heard of in the conven
tion if he can’t win. He will know tbe
exact truth as to that long before itnecti-
MR. BLOUNT’S
bill establishing Federal courts at Macon
passed the Senate last Thursday, wi-
some unimportant amendments, anff will
become a law by the President’s signature
this week. It will prove of great benefit
to Macon and Middle Georgia general^
and Mr. Blount deserves and will receive
the grateful consideration of that section
for his action in. this matter^ It
he remains in liis present por
tion he will doubtless do much mow
for our section in the shape of sacuriac
an appropriation; for the erection of >
handsome public building at Macon for
the accommodation of the court post-
office and revenue officials, the construc
tion of which will disburse seventy-five or
one hundred thousand dollars among !lJ -
and give employment to a large number
of laborers.
ALL SORTS. ;
The dinner given by Mrs. Sprague w
Mrs. Conkling last jyeek is tbe town talk-
Everybody bas a "theory, hut uoboJj
seems to know the inside history of tbe |
transaction. Perhaps Mrs. C., like thou
sands of other devoted wires, has
put her feelings ono side in order to »’’?
her husband out of a damaging scraps *
does not believe the scandal. Wives M'*
done a great deal more for their hasban®
than tins in times past, and will font mttt
to do so while time endures aud worne®
are so greatly men’s superior iu noi>k ne *
of soul and self-sacrificing devoticp 10 | f
robjects of their love. It is giver out tri*
Mrs. Conkling will soon return hi>tue w
it looks as though her visit wax' vas^‘1
for this special purpose. ..
Dr. Felton is still busy deviuv
plans to break the force of that <®‘
aging Simmons business. He is
almost to the point of bad words,
understand charges General Gordo:*™ 0
“purloining” his and. Simmons’
Truly, the shoe does pinch, and-* 1
wriggles and groans are “mighty’" 5 *-' 1 ’
The gay season is at flood tide,
the roll of carnages is heard falwjjj*
small hours. As Lent draws new e iu ‘
>ws faster arid more furious. ‘JEM?
If a dozen balls and parties cve|V 55 £*/
swell” • dinncr fecf P’
nauuu is pemuug in me oeuair, . nr>tTiin<r of ‘■sw-pll” rlinnpr*' coe t
there is a very cheerful probability that £ sa} nothm of swell ' “ggj,
1,P will bo inmimri v sat. down nmn. t.ous, etc., wimout numoer.
he will be summarily sat down upoD.
The “corrupt, secession traitors” in that
body, who, from his standpoint, include
the large majority of the Democratic Sen
ators, very naturally are not disposed to .
help him to the position lie seeks, aud
ought, if they do not, reject him promptly.
1 was astonished, however, to hear this
morning that Mr. Hill had expressed him
self in a manner that did not indicate
that he would certainly oppose Simmons’
confirmation.' I hope this is not correct,
but fhe well known relations between
Mr. H. and the member from tbe Seventh
now, is to write out the w ,
dress, diamonds, etc., of thfues'-s
furnish them to the press, sj that j»
Fiutilla Fitz Clarence andhe>irsis«»;
as they sip tlie matutinal co;
their aching heads with the
tails.
They tell a good story oi
new Senator, Mr. Pryor. I
been in Washington before.
may oaf
:%sing
Jabamo”
to neW
the st'O'
ueeil ill asimigtuu ircpvic, —- vjj
is that the day he was sworn j h* 5
way going to his hotelf - ®^’ * irta
to a policeman or some
District, are such as perhaps to justify a |
contrary result. If Simmons is confirmed | 0 e e ’ ” -
it will be a great personal triumph for
posal of that officer and the common- . Felton, and a corresponding defeat for the | Cottcn passed seven pent?
wealth’s Attorney Allen for the preserva- J senior Senator from Georgia. By the erpool yesterday.