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Mi. JON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1880.
Volume LV—NO 5
BY TELEGRAPH
Chicago, February 1. — Prominent
Democrats of the West held a consulta
tion yesterday and decided to make vig
orous efforts to secure a meeting of the
National Democratic Convention in this
city.
Cincinnati, February 1.—A meeting
of prominent citizens interested in hold
ing the Democratic National Convention in
Cincinnati was held last night, and ap
pointed a committee to visit Washington
in furtherance of this object.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Febru
ary i.—At the Parnell reception on Satur
day night, six hundred aud fifty-five dol
lars were subscribed.
Mehiphis, Tennessee, February 1.—
About $700 were subscribed on Saturday
night to the Irish relief fund, and a com
mittee appointed to canvass the city in
behalf of Irish sufferers.
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Febraary
1.—At a meeting of the Republican Exec
utive Committee of Allegheny county yes
terday, to select delegates to the State
Convention, the full delegation was in
structed to support the nomination of
General Grant.
Port Townsend, Washington Ter
ritory, January 31.—Steamer California
has arrived here from Sitka and Wran-
gel. Collector Ball is a passenger en route
to Washington to represent the needs of
Alaska in the legislation to be proposed
this winter. The mining news from Sit
ka is favorable. Underground work is
progre«s»ng, but the mills have been sus
pended on account of the severity of the
weather.
Cincinnati, February 1.—Orders were
issued at the Depau plate glass works,
of New Albanr, Indiana, yesterday to
cease work, the skilled employes having
refused to withdraw their demand for fif
teen per cent, advance in wages. This will
throw about five hundred persons out of
employment, and it is feared work will
not bo' resumed at New Albany.
Favorable propositions have been made
Depau to remove his machinery to
McConnellsville, Pennsylvania, and estab
lish Ills plate glass works there, and the
present labor difficulty may cause him to
make the move.
San Francisco, February 1.—The
shell race for one thousand dollars a side
tsok place at Richardson’s Bay to-day, be
tween Daniel Leabey, professional, and
Henry C. Hoyt, a marine reporter for
the Merchants’ Exchange. The course
was five miles, tnming a stake boat.
Leahey won in 34:30, beating Hoyt nearly
three quarters of a mile. Leahey used a
sliding and Hoyt a stationary seat.
Charleston, February i.—A meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce was held
yesterday to promote the completion of
the Western railroad connections of
Charleston. President Simonds, of the
First National Bank, submitted a resolu
tion tendering cordial sympathy and sup
port to the movement now being made to
unite the great northwest with the Atlan
tic seaboard, and favoring the formation
of a committee to prepare and furnish an
address showing the advantages of
Charleston as a terminal port and its excep
tional value to the great railroad lines
seeking an outlet to the ocean, which
were unanimously adopted.
Resolutions were also adopted declaring
Charleston's continued interest in the
Blue Ridge railroad on which several mil
lions of dollars have already been spent,
and that the chamber will co-operate in
any practical measures looking to its com
pletion.
At night, by invitation of the Mayor,
the members of the State Legislature from
Charleston met at the city ball, a com
mittee of citizens of Anderson, South
Carolina representing the Blue Ridge rail
road. All present expressed tlieir
readiness to support such legislation at
the extra session next week as will revive
the road and make it desirable to those
who have the means to furnish it. Ex
emption from taxation and the remission
of back taxes are among the privileges
proposed.
Mayor Courtenay, as Chairman of the
Irish Committee, lias remitted two thou
sand dollars to Ireland on account of col
lections.
Rio Janeiro, February 31.—Yellow fe
ver has broken out at several places in
Brazil. Up to the present time the epi
demic lias appeared in a mild form, hut
fears are entertained that it may spread to
Rio Janeiro. ,
Dublin, February 1.—At a meeting of
the Mansion House Commitiee last night
it was announced that £23,000 had been
received to date, and £15,800 disbursed.
The cliairmaiu complained of attacks
which had been made in America on the
constitution of the committee and its mode
of distribution of funds. It was announced
that the committee had received £3,000
additional from Sydney, making a total
from the Australian colonies of £21,000.
London, February 2.—A Times Can-
daliar dispatch says: Terrible accounts
reach here from without the British lines.
It is reported that nearly 2,000 families
hare been exterminated by Eliilzias, and
that seven of the villages of the latter
were afterwards captured by Mazaras and
every soul in them slain.
A Berlin dispatch to the Leipsic Grers-
bote publishes an article on European dis
armament, believed to be inspired, sug
gesting if there were a British Govern
ment capable of inducing Parliament to
declare that England, in case of a Russo-
French attack upon Germany, would
guarantee the neutrality of Belgium, Lux
embourg and Switzerland and to demand
also the neutrality of the North Sea and
the Baltic, such a declaration would
bring about a real peace.
Paris, February 2.—Pierre Ernest Ben-
sab, scientist and author, is dead.
London, February 2.—A Vienna dis
patch to the Times says the correspondent
at Rome of the Politische Correspondenz
says, the Italian Minister of the Interior
has issued a circular to the prefects of the
provinces bordering on Austria, pointing
out the great importance of the govern
ment attaches cultivating friendly relations
with Austria and instructing them to keep
a vigilant eye on itinerant political agita
tors and emigrants from Trieste, Trent
and elsewhere, and to repress vigorously
any excesses that such persons may com
mit.
A dispatch from Cabnl says: Our posi
tion here is so much stronger than it was
two months ago, that any fresh movement
on our part may take a different direction
from that of the past. We can now watch
the course of events and regulate our ac-
•hm by the circumstances of the move
ment.
firemen were required to prevent a more
serious fire. Total loss about thirty thou
sand dollars.
Boston, Massachusetts, February
2.—A dispatch from Mount. Washington
says there was the greatest change yester
day in the weather ever known on that
Mountain, in the same length of time,
the thermometer at noon being nineteen
above, and at nine o' lo k last night twen
ty-seven below zero. The wind was
blowing ninety nine miles an hour.
Washington, February 2 In the
House, the bills introduced and referred
this morning were the following :
By Mr. Phelps, of Connecticut, a bill
appropriating $100,000 for the relief of
sufferers in Ireland.
Also, a bill levying a duty of thirty per
cent, advalorem on all bonnets, hats or
hoods imported into the United States,
composed of palmleaf chip, grass, willow,
straw or other' vegetable substance, or of
hair, whalebone or other material not
otherwise provided for.
Washington, February 2.—A decision
was rendered in the United States Su
preme Court this afternoon in the case of
the Denver and Bio Grande Railway
Company vs. the Canon City and San
Juan Railway Company, upon a petition
for a writ of mandamus. The writ was
asked for by the Denver of the Rio
Grande Company, upon the' ground that
the United States Circuit Court for the
District of Colorado had disregarded the
mandate of this court in its decision of
points at issue last term. This Court,
however, denies the petition for a man
damus, upon the ground that as to sub
stantial matters complained of by the
Denver Company, the Circuit Court was
at liberty to exercise its judicial discre
tion, and that in such cases the remedy
for the errors committed was by appeal,
and not by mnndamus.
This court, however, declines to ex
press any opinion as to whether the decree
of July 1879 and January 1880 contain
error to the prejudice of either party; but
as the rights of the Denver company will
cease under the provisions of the act of
Congress in 18S2, as to portions of its road
then unfinished, the court considers it its
duty to afford the parties an early and
final determination of their controversy
upon the merits.
It therefore announces that upon the
S rfection of an appeal and upon the
ing of a transcript it would hear the
motion to advance the cause for consider
ation at the present term.
Washington, February 2.—A De-
5 ailment statement issued to-day shows a
ecrease of the National debt for January
to be $11,014,283.95; gold certificates out
standing, $10,411,1000; silver certificates
outstanding, $96,529.10, certificates of de
posit outstanding, $12,035,000; legal ten
ders outstanding, $346,610,016; fractional
currency outstanding, $15,668,728.99.
Washington, February 2.—In the
Senate Mr. Garland, from the committee
on the Judiciary, reported adversely the
bill extending the benefit of the Southern
Claims Commission to the Indian tribes,
and it was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Thurman, from the Judiciaiy com
mittee, reported the bill for reviving and
continuing the court of commissioners
of Alabama claims, and for the distribu
tion of tlie unappropriated money of the
Geneva award. Placed on the calendar.
It confines the jurisdiction of the court to
claims of insurers and to claims directly
resulting from damage on the high seas
by Confederate cruises during the rebel
lion.
Mr. Harris introduced a bill to increase
the efficiency of the National Board of
Health. It provides that the board shall
report to the President when any place is
dangerously infected, and after the official
publication of such report, prohibits the
transportation of goods of persons from
such place into a place in another State,
until the President proc.aims the place no
longer infected. Also that the captains of
all merchant vessels coming from any for
eign port between thirty degrees south and
forty degrees north latitude, or upon the
Mediterranean, shall show at the port of
entry such bill of health as the board re
quires from the proper health officer at the
port of departure. ' ’
Mr. Harris introduced a joint resolution
authorizing the President to call an Inter
national Conference to adopt an interna
tional system of notification as to the san
itary condition of ports and vessels leav
ing ports likely to be infected.
Mr. Jonas presented the credentials of
Randall Lee Gibson, electedSenator from
Louisiana for six years, beginning March
4th, 18S3, which were read.
February 2.—A Berlin dis-
i,7.i v? t .’. e Standard says: “In a letter
v le “eriin Journal Dr. Siemens, the
nmicnt telegraph engineer, contends that
e was the first to divide electric light and
jo utilise it for practical purposes. In
proof of this he refers to his electric illu
mination.of the Imperial arcades at Ber-
Rn, which was achieved long before Mr.
Edisou s experiments. ,
K^ton, Mass., February 2.—A fire
, r i, 5! ut bast night In the warehouse
t* “• y. Morse, 840 Washington street,
•Tossed the block aud consumed the Jum-
p warehouse used by A. T. Steams &
wo., containing a large quantity of dressed
lumber. A heavy gale was blowing at the
•line a *‘d it was feared an extensive con-
uagiation would ensue. The entire fire
department of the city was at »work
and the mast strenuous' efforts of the
After transacting unimportant business,
the Senate adjourned at 3:30 p. m.
In the House Mr. Thompson, of Ken
tucky, Introduced a bill providing that no
claim of a citizen whose State did not
rebel, shall be disallowed because of dis
loyalty, unless such proof can be made
against the claim as will convict the
claimant of treason.
, Mr. Bland, of Missouri, introduced a
bill making the mint free and open to
coinage of the standard silver dollar on
the same terms and conditions as now, or
hereafter provided for the coinage of gold
bullion, said silver dollars to have the
same legal tender capacity, to issue there
upon provided by the Act of1878.
Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, introduced
a bill to repeal clause twenty-two, of the
Texas Pacific bill, which clause grants
.lands to the New Orleans and Baton
Rouge railroad company and to re-enact
it in favor, of the New Orleans Pacific rail
road company. ... .
Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, introduced a
bill authorizing tho Secretary of State to
appoint agents to procure copies of all pn-
pere in the possession of the French and
Spanish governments relating to the his
tory of Louisiana. The Speaker appoint
ed Messrs. Felton, ot Georgia; Phillips, of
Missouri and McKinlay, of Ohlo> visitors
to West Point.
Mr. Weld, of Missouri, from the appro
priation committee, reported the Indian
Appropriation hill. Printed and recom
mitted.
Mr. Reagan, from the committee on
commerce, reported the bill appropriating
for tlie improvement of the Susqueliana
river, $28,000. For continuing the work
on Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee river,
$110,000. For improvement of theDavis
Island dam on the Ohio river, $7o,000,aud
it was passed under a suspension of the
rales. The House then went mto the
committee on revision of rales.
Mr. Reagan offered an amendment to
rale eleven, which was agreed to, the ef
fect of which is that the committee on
commerce shall have the same privileges
in reporting the riverand harhorappropn-
tion hills as the appropriation committee
has inlreporting the general appropriation
bills. At -^o’clock, p. m., lie House took
a recess to 7.30; the evening session to be
derated to listening to Mr. ramells
^Washington, February 2.— 1 The fol-
lowing case was decided in the United
States Supreme Court to-day: Harvey
Terry vs. B. F. and J. P. Little, from the
United States Circuit Court District o
North Carolina—suit to enforce liability
of stockholders of ah insolvent bank, ine
Court holds that suit should be brought
in .equity by or for all creditors, and that,
suit cannot be maintained at law by one ;
creditor against two stockholders who are j
not jointly liable. • „ I
Judgment of the Circuit Court affirmed j
with costs. „ „ I
Washington, February 2.—The Sen-,
ate in executive session confirmed tne loi- i
lowing nomination: For Census Supervi- ,
sots—J. Gwalton Cabell, Third, Stewart •
Lhidson Fourth, and Rufus A- Ayers Fifth
Virginia District; G. Bromberg Third,
and Sidney Hutland, Fifth Alabama Dis
trict; W. W. Woodpasture Second, T. M.
Paul Third, C. H. Paine Fourth, and W.
M. Smith, Fifth Tennessee District.
London, February 2.—A Bucharest
dispatch to the Times says the Moniteur
officially announces that Holland and
Greece have recognized the independence
of Roumania.
London, Febraary 2.—Montenegro has
ordered 4,000,000 cartridges from Austrian
manufactories, a portion of which have
been already delivered.
Intelligence from St. Petersburg an
nounces that a new revolutionary procla
mation is circulated by the students of the
high schools. The students draw a terri
ble picture of their condition, and declare
they Will fight the Great Moloch, callod
tlie Russian Government, to the end, even
though the best of them perish. The
proclamation is considered important as
showing the formation of a new party
against the government.
Petersburg, Va., February 2—At a
meeting of the city council this afternoon,
a resolution was adopted authorizing the
city’s financial committee to sell three
thousand, two hundred and thirty-five
shares of the Petersburg and Weldon
railroad stock held by tlie city, valued at
$165,000. Tlie stock was subscribed when
the road was built, and its sale is made to
reduce the bonded debt of the city.
Savannah, Ga., February 2—The
foreign exports of this port for the past
month, show an increase of three hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars Over tlie
same time last year. The pilot boats John
R. Wilder and John Stoddard, picked up
seven bales of cotton and two .bales of
yarns partially burned, on Sunday morn
ing, twenty-five miles northeast of Tybee;
also, the Port Royal pilot boat No. 4, pick
ed up a lot in the same locality on the
same day. The cotton and yam of the
two first named were landed here.
Washington, February 2.—In the
House the Committee on War Claims to
day decided to report adversely on thirty
Southern war claims, for amouuts.'ranging
from $200 to $6,000.
Before the Senate Exodus Committee
to-day, B. M. Morris, real estate agent of
Indianapolis, testified to abundant room
and opportunities to work in Indiana for
a large number of colored emigrants.
Thomas Mills, his partner, testified that
he and other individual Republicans,
wanted 20,000 male negroes to emigrate
to Indiana to vote. It would be a good
thing to scatter them around on cheap
land in close counties. Neitner witness
knew of any organized party effort to
draw negroes to Indiana.
Washington, February 2.—It is ex
pected that the Secretary of the Treasury
will to-day or to-morrow advertise ten or
eleven millions outstanding 6 per cent,
bonds for the sinking fund.
Wheatland, N. J., February 2.
William Pahner was frozen to death in
the woods this morning.
Middletown, N. Y. t Febraary 2.
Linda Young, aged twenty years, was
probably fatally burned to-day by the ig
nition of her elotliing from a hot stove.
Her mother was very seriously burned
while trying to save her daughter.
London, February 2.—The operative
cotton spinners of Oldham have with
drawn tlieir demand of ten per cent, in
crease of wages, which they gave early in
December last.
Dublin, Febraary 2.—Rt. Hon. Dwy
er Gray, Lord Mayor of Dublin, published
a letter saying that the Duke of Marlbor
ough, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in re
fusing to attend the Mansion House din
ner, descended from a position as the rep
resentative of the Queen, to that of the
representative of a party.
Berlin, Febraary 2.—The great re
serve with which the majority of the
French press received tlie news of the hill
before the Bundsrath, for an increase of
the German army, has caused great satis
faction here. The German press, like
wise, in discussing the hill, has with the
greatest care avoided any inimical tone
against France.
Cincinnati, Febraary 2.—The _ repre
sentatives of the Louisville, Nashville and
great Southern railroad met those of tlie
Cincinnati Southern railroad, and the
trustees of the same this morning, to dis
cuss rates. • The Cincinnati representa
tives demanded equal rates from here and
Louisville. This the Louisville repre
sentatives declined to concede, and the de
mand being put into the shape of an ulti
matum, the meeting adjourned without
any agreement. The Louisville repre
sentatives returned home.
New York, Febraary 2.—Parnell and
Dillon have issued addresses to the Amer
ican people, in which they say the Dublin
Mansion House Committee is composed
chiefly of landlords and government place
men avowedly hostile to the people and
tlieir aspirations, and is, therefore, a pe
culiarly unsuitable channel through
which to send relief to starving Ireland.
It was within the power of those compos
ing this committee, by their influence
with the government, to have averted the
famine. Despite our efforts, they have
persisted in denying the danger of the.
famine, until the success of our mission
inspired them with a desire to gain posses
sion of the funds raised in America,
and means of crushing all opposition to the
present laud system. It is quite possible
that, acting under fear of public opinion,
and . as the consequence of our former
warning, they may now give relief to
the starving tenants, resisting eviction; but
it is not expected any man will continue
to work for the reform of the land laws
when the daily bread of his wife and
children depends on the committee of
landlords. It is our painful duty to warn
the American people against this mon
strous attempt to crush the movement rap
idly becoming too strong for landlords. If
the Lord Mayor will remove Sir Arthur
Guinniss, Mr. Owens, Lord Meath, ex-
Solicitor General David Plunkett, Colonel
Taylor and a dozen of others equally no
torious, and replace them by men com
manding tlie respect and confidence of the
Irish people, we will withdraw our oppo
sition to the committee.
complished. She was dressed in exquisite
tast and looked very charming. The sup
per on the occasion was bountiful and ele
gant. .
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Snrrlage in Washington.
From the Washington Star we clip the
following describing a brilliant wedding
in Washington City of a daughter of Rev.
Dr. Wills, formerly of this city. It will
be read with interest by the many friends
of the bride here:
A brilliant wedding occurred last even
ing at the residence of Mrs. Ridgley, 1235
New York avenue. Mr. J. M. Field, of
the Signal Corps, and Miss Caroline W.
Wilis, daughter of the Rev. Dr. David
Wills, D. D., chaplain U. S. A., were
united in marriage in a solemn and im
posing manner. The ceremony was per
formed by the father of the bride, Dr.
Wills, assisted by the Rev. Dr. B. F. Bit-
tinger, of the Westminster Church, and
the Rev. Joseph Kelley, of the Ninth
Street Presbyterian Church of this city.
Among the prominent invited guests were
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Hon. Mor
gan, Wise, of Pennsylvania, Senator Kel
logg and wife, Mr. W. K. Rogers, private
secretary to the President, Colonel Auden-
reid, W. Penn Clark. ex-Govemor Dun
lap and lady, Miss Minnie Moore, Miss
Fannie Faddis, Miss Cora Stover, Mrs.
Ludlow, Mrs. Daniels, and Mts. Payne,
mother of tlie gallant Captain Payne of
the army. The decorations of the parlors
were very beautiful, and the many hand,
some toilettes added splendor to the scene.
Savannah is making arrangements
for an asylum for lunatics.
The telephone, says the Columbus
Times has been operated eight hundred
miles successfully.
The Presbyterians of Fort Gaines are
without a pastor.
The remains of the other Irish lad,
murdered near Jernigan, Alabama, is sup
posed to have been found in' the Chatta
hoochee river.
Columbus has a drunken hypocrite
named Larry Powell, who makes a nuis
ance of himseli by boring- eveiy ono.
There are several old - runaway negro
caves about Lexington.
Tn£ Rome Courier says that the people
of Chattooga and Walker counties are
aroused on the railway question, and a
road from Rome to Chattooga is an assur
ed fact.
The Covington Enterprise announces
that “Covington has a negro hoy only six
teen years old that can read German,
French, Latin and Greek, as well as he
can the English language.” After he
earns to spell a-b, ab, however, we pre
sume he will be able to readjust that
much better iu English than in either of
the other languages.
Thornton Eclipsed. —• Oglethorpe
Echo: Mr. Janies T. Johnson, of Lexing
ton, says he lia3 eaten eighty partridges in
forty days, can prove it by Captain B. H.
Barnett, who caught them for him, and is
ready at anytime to repeat the feat if some
skeptic can furnish the birds.
The same paper says: A report reached
us this week that a son of the old man
robbed by negroes of his pension money
near Winterville, about two years ago
(name forgotten), had a recountre with
some blacks near Pleasant Hill this week,
and was cut to pieces. We could not
learn particulars.
Later.—We learn that the white man
was at a negro fair selling jewelry, about
which lie got into a difficulty, and started
to run,when four negro men ran after and
overtook him. One gash across tlie back
was nine inches long, and he was literally
carved to pieces. The wounded man was
not expected to live through the night.
At last accounts no arrests had been
made. , ‘
The farmers of this section, says the
Albany Hews, have about completed their
arrangements for the year’s planting ope
rations, and have gone earnestly to work.
Much of the land has been broken up and
prepared for seeds, and in some instanses
we hear of corn planting. A great deal of
guano will he used, but home-made fer
tilizers are receiving more attention than
usual. The financial condition of the av
erage farmer is perhaps better than it has
been since the close of tlie war; hut com
is exceedingly short with many, and
Western granaries will be drawn upon
heavily. Labor is plentiful and entera
the yca'rs work on satisfactory terms.
Savannah News: Last evening about
7:30 o’clock, as car No. 3, on the Whitaker
street line, passed Broughton street, going
south, tlie lamp in the forward part of the
car suddenly blazed up and created a
ripple of excitement. The conductor re
stored serenity by snatching the lamp
from its bracket and dashing it into the
street.
The Democrat says that the blue rib
bon lias at last gotten a foothold in Bain-
bridge, and quite a number there hare
signed the pledge.
The Gwinnett Herald says the cotton
seed oil manufactories of Louisville, Ky.,
are reaping heavy profits. Why do not
some of our enterprising citizens look iuto
tins business. Thousands of bushels of
seed rot annually and two-tliirds of the
crop is used for fertilizers. If the repre
sentations of the profits to be made in the
manufacture of oil are not misstated no
better business can be found.
Says the DeKalb Neics : Mr. Goza,
who lives about three miles from Stone
Mountain, in Browning’s district, had a
bale of cotton stolen from his house on
Tuesday night last. It was tracked to the
residence of Mr. James Jolly. Mr. Jolly
was examined before Justice T. E. Cliewn-
ingon Wednesday, and bound over to the
Superior Court, but made his escape from
the hands of the baliff and has left for
parts unknown. He has a wife and two
small children, whom he lias left behind.
Mr. Jolly’s family stands high in DeKalb
county, and he himself ha3 always been
considered an exemplary and honest
young man. It is witn much regret that
we chronicle this affair, and hope that
Mr. Jolly will return, suffer the penalty
for his wrong doing, and yet become a
good citizen.
In these days of railway sensations, the
Elberfon Gazette is determined not to be
behind hand. It publishes the following
which would do credit to any which even
“H. W. G.” could get up: “The surmises
are partly correct, that a certain mystc
rious gentleman who had been about our
village several times in the past week, has
some connection with a new Western
through railroad route. We have been
accorded a confidential interview with
him, hut are not yet at liberty to make
his statements public. This much we can
make public: An early new route from
Chicago to Port Royal is being investiga
ted by the most evperienced engineers,
who are in the employ of a company that
was instrumental in demolishing the Cole,
combination. The route will certainly
take in Clayton and Elberton and Augus
ta, and will certainly flank Atlanta. Wo
will keep our readers posted as far as we
can with prudence.”
Bainbbidge Democrat: “Terrel coun
ty is improving, Randolph County improv
ing, Early county is improving, and Thom
as county is improving, yet Decatur i
standing still, because a noble river di
vides her and there is no bridge across
it. Build tlie bridge and Decatur will at
once head the inarch of improvement in
Southwest Georgia.”
Says tlie Hawkinsville Dispatch: Cap
tain Henly, the agent, informed us yester
day evening that the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad lias done a heavier business
at Hawkinsville, the present season, than
any year within his knowledge, and he
has been connected with the road here for
thirteen years. He makes weekly remit
tances, and the aggregate receipts for the
last four weeks have amounted to seven
thousand five hundred aud eleven dollars
and ninety-five cents, being au average of
nearly two thousand dollars a week. Be
sides, a great deal of guano shipped here
had the freiglit prepaid upon it. .
Savannah News: On Thusday night,
shortly before 9 o’clock, a dastardly at
tempt was made by some villian to as
sassinate Rev. John Nesbet, colored, pas
tor of the Baptist Bethlehem church, lo
cated at the comer of New Houston and
Cuyler streets, near tlie Laurel Grove cem
etery. The church is situated on an open
lot, and just back of the pulpit is a large
window, through which the form of the
minister, who was in the pulpit conduct-
visible, the lights being just over liis desk.
The villain who attempted the foul deed
fired through this window, the shutters of
which were closed at the time. The ball
passed through the blinds and close by the
pastor’s head—so close that he almost felt
it—and fell to tlie floor, its force beinj:
spent by the passage through the glass anti
wood. The ball was found to be a thirty-
two calibre, and was evidently fired from
a pistol.
The pastor, recovering from the shock
of this narrow escape, stated to the con
gregation, we are informed, that his life
hau been threatened by some parties, and
he presumed this attack had been made
by one of his enemies.
A venerable colored member of the
church states that a certain colored indi
vidual is suspected, and efforts will be
made to apprehend him. After the shot
was fired some of the congregation rushed
out and caught a glimpse of a man re
treating in the direction of the commons
beyond, who fvai evidently come from the
rear of the church.
In this connection we may state that
the residents in tlie locality report that it
is nothing unusual to hear a number of
discharges of guns at night, and hence
those who heard the report of the pistol
fired at the colored minister paid little
heed to it, and the attempted assassina
tion was known only to those who were
in the church.
We may remark here that tho reckless
manner in which the long range weapons
of the present day are used, makes it ne
cessary that some restriction he placed
upon the “inalienable” right of carrying
fire arms, and there should be a tax levied
upon all persons owning any weapons,
excepting sporting gnns or military arms.
Pistols are useless and dangerous things,
and kill more innocent people than they
do foes.
In Oglethoipe county fanners are still
picking cotton. The mild weather has
caused nearly every boll to open.
Bainbbidge wants a free bridge over
the Flint river. It is claimed that such
an institution will make that place the
best cotton market in Socthwest Geoigia.
In the late fire in La Grange
two hundred and eleven bales of
uninsured cotton were burned and the
warehouse, insured for $1,500, was a total
loss.
The editors of the Greensboro Herald
and Warrenton Our County have both re
marked that the other is a donkey.
There is no telling what part of the me
nagerie each will be supposed to represent
next. .
Miss Jesse Brinkley, of Warrenton,
laid down to sleep, as usual, on Saturday
night, and was found deal the next morn,
ing.
Parnell, the Irish agitator, has a
brother living in West Point, Ga. He is
a famous fruit grower, and this year has
an orchard of 50,000 bearing peach trees.
Columbus Times: Yesterday morning
a negro woman was found dead in a car
at Union Springs. She got on the train
at Fitzpatrick station, and was being sent
to the poor house. "When the car was
opened at the Springs yesterday morning
She was found dead inside of it. From
what we could learn it seems that no one
at that place know she was in the car
until she was discovered dead.
The bride, who - ir young, (in her eigh
teenth year), is veiy pretty and highly ao- ing the evening services, was distinctly
Vineville Services.
At night, Rev B. F. Jackson, Jr., Rector
of St. Paul’s Church, preached in the
Vineville Union Church to the largest
congregation we have ever seen in the
building. The appropriate services of the
Episcopal Church were printed upon a
number of cards and destributed in the
pews so that all could participate in the
worship. The Vineville Union Church
is probably the best attended of all the
places of worship in or around Macon.
The plan of rotation in filling the pulpit
with one from each denomination per week
works well.
Why suffer with a had cold, if one
bottle of Bull s Cough Syrup will cure a
cough of the worst kind. Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup is sold for 25 cents per bot
tle in every respectable drmg store in the
United States.
Tlie Clrajr-Obenr Cnee.
The jury in the case of Ed. Gray vs. G.
S. Obear, executor and trustee, was still
out last evening with no prospect of a
verdict. The case was submitted to the
jury at 1 o’clock on Saturday. The juiy
spent the night in the jury room. Sunday
was also- spent in the court house. Sun
day night the jury was taken to a hotel
and made comfortable. Last night was
spent in the court.house.
The jurors have been only allowed two
meals a day aud altogether have had a
rather hard time. Judge Simmons, how
ever, is anxious to get a verdict from them
if possible, as the case has already cost
the county quite a sum of money. It Was
understood last evening that it stood
niuo for the plaintiff and three for the de
fendant.
Yesterday morning the juiy came into
court asking for instruction from the
Judge. They were rechareed briefly and
seut back to make up a verdict. „ ■
General Sherman Indicted.
On Saturday last the Northern papers
copied a formal charge of “conduct un-
coining an officer and a gentleman” against
General W. T. Sherman, presented by
General II. V. Boynton, now regular cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette.
Boynton’s charge bears date 28th ultimo,
and the specifications are substantially
embraced in the following correspondence
between the parties:
Washington, January 16,1880.
General W. T. Sherman :
General—The inclosed interview ap
pears in the Washington correspondence o
tlie Cleveland Leader of the 15th instant,
aud, as yon will perceive, it purports to
give your language.
Of course 1 do not object to that part,
which treats of my criticism of your Mem
oirs ; but I am loath to believe that you
used the language contained in the two
brief paragraphs I have marked, namely:
“You could hire him to do anything for
the money;” and, “Why, for a thousand
dollars he would slander his own moth
er.”
As these purport to be your exact words,
I urn sure you can have no hesitation in
informing me if the correspondent in ques
tion reported them correctly, and if he did
not I am also sure you will promptly
disavow them. Very respectfully,
, H. V. BoYN-roaf
Headquarters Army of the U. S.,
Washington, January 16,1880.
1LV. Boynton: Sir.—1 have received
your letter inclosing a copy of a Cleveland
paper which I have glanced at, and recog
nize as the report of a young man who
came to me saying that you had slandered
his father. I said I thought you were ca
pable of doing anything for pay; that slan
der was your daily avocation, and as you
had deliberately falsified as to me I be
lieve you capable of slandering your own
mother for pay. This is a hard thing to
say of any man, but I believe it of you..
Yours, W. T. Sherman.
A delicate child is more subject to
worms than a healthy one, as in the econ
omy of nature, one animal is made to sub
sist upon another,' and the weaker goes
down. At the first indication of worms
administer Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge,
the infalible remedy.
Railroad Affairs—What Governor
Brown has to say of the Central
Contract, and the Talked of Com
bination of the “Cincinnati South
ern” and Xr. Wadley’s Road.
The Constitution publishes quite
lengthy interview of a reporter of that
paper with Hon. Joseph E. Brown, in
which the Governor talks very freely, and
says he is and intends to continue to be a
life director in the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, and will serve as its President
as long as a majority ol the stockholders
desire him to do so. Though not consid
ering his shares as a lessee specially valu
able, he would not sell out, and thus
abandon the concern, for a million of dol
lars, as he intends to carry out in good
faith, as has been done hitherto, all his
promises and obligations to the State, un
der the lease. The managers of the
road in no event would consent to
impose restrictions or make discrimina
tions against any organization or railway
combination whatever. All should he
treated alike, and this is what is demand
ed by the laws of the State of Georgia.
The Governor takes no stock in the effort
to build tlie Western road, though admit
ting that his interest in that enterprise, as
a large Atlanta real estate holder, was su
perior to the stake that he owned in the
lease of tho Western and Atlantic rail
road. His first duty was to be true to
the trust confided in him by the renters Of
that property. He did not expect to live
to see the end of the lease, but had pro
vided in his wiH that he should continue
to be represented by his sons after his de
cease. What the Governor said concern
ing the Central railroad contract and its
reported combination with the Cincinnati
Southern, we give, as follows:
Reporter—Well, Governor, the public
are very anxious to know what ycu think
about the confirmation of the lease of the
Central railroad company by the Nashville
aud Chattanooga, or rather by the. Louis
ville and Nashville company, which now
controls the Nashville and Chattanooga.
Do you think the lease will be carried
out ?
Governor Brown—I do not think it
probable.
Reporter—It is rumored that the
Central railroad company withdraws its
assent to the proposition made by Colonel
Cole; is that true r
Governor Brown—I liave good reasons
for believing it is.
Reporter—Why was this done?
Governor B.—I am not supposed to
know all the reasons which actuated the
able President and Board of Directors of
the Central. The circumstances having
entirely changed since the proposition was
made by Colonel Cole and accepted by
the Central Board, they may have felt not
only that they were under no obligation to
he further bound by tlie proposition, but
they may have been better pleased with
the prospects of the future management of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis'
railway, under its then control; than they
are now under the present control. How
ever, I do not propose to discuss the rea
sons which control the conduct oi other
people.
Reporter—Were you not very mud)
disappointed when the change was made,
so unexpectedly to you and Colonel Cole,
which prevented the consummation of
this sdieme ?
Governor B—I was greatly disap
pointed and deeply mortified. -While I
iad no personal interest in the matter]
further than my interest as a lessee of the
Western and Atlantic railroad was con
cerned, yet I had been in consultation
with Colonel Cole for years in reference
to the practicability of a great through
line from the West to a South-Atlantic
sea port. He and 1'had always differed as
to its location. On account of his former
connection with the Georgia railroad, he
wanted to go to Port Royal. I was al
ways very anxious to hare one of the
ports of Geoigia selected, and always
thought Savannah the proper port. I deed
not now discuss the importance of such
a line. In my opinion it would hare been
the grandest movement for the future
of Georgia, that has ever been inaugura
ted, and the failure of it, I consider a pub
lic calamity; as it would unquestionably
have made Savannah a great exporting
and importing city, and would have
caused vast quantities of freight both ways
to be carried over the through line the
whole length of Georgia, which is not
otherwise likely to be. carried. There
would not only have been vast exports
through the port of Savannah, but tlie
importation-of goods for the West would
have been very heavy on the returning
ships; and laige, numbers of immigrants
from tne old World would have taken
this line for the great Vfcst; and in pass
ing through our fine country, many of
them would have desired to stop by the
way and settle among us.. But it is net
necessary to 4iscnss this matter further.
For the time at least'I consider the pro
ject a failure.
Reporter—Well, you must excuse me
for inquiring a little into your personal af
fairs. It has been reported that the move
ment between you aud Colonel Cole and
Mr. Wadley, in reference to the lease of
the Central railroad, was intended as a
shrewd movement to enable you to make
a good speculation, in stock. Was that
true?
Governor B.—No, that did not in the
slightest degree enter into the negotiations
or the conclusion we reached. Beng on
the inside, I saw very naturally the effect
it would have upon the stock of the Cen
tral and I would have been able to bor
row any reasonable amount of money,
and as the stock went up fifteen cents ou
the dollar, iu a few days I could have
made a large sum by such speculation.
The way was entirely open for it. But as
it was my wish to connect my name with
the transaction in a different manner
entirely, I neither bought nor sold a sin
gle i-tiaie of the stock of the Central dtir-
ng the period of the negotiations, nor at
any time since, and I am not the owner
of a single share of it. Colonel Cole had
purchased a thousand shares, as 1 under
stand, prior to our' negotiations with Mr.
—Lent will begin on th 11th of Febru
ary. .. ,y : ■ t —
—The London Truth says that th« total
number of Afghans hung at Cabul is 90—
a pretty bloody month's work with tfia
gallows. ~ „ ,.t .*!
—Aqt exchange tells of-a young lady
who, in writing to a confidential friend,
Governor Brown—There are certain stated Jhat she was not engaged, but that
contingencies in which it^uldte done! she saw a cloud above the horizon about
mere sensational rumor. There were
doubtless as many persons Circulating it
who, if they had a like opportunity, would
have been pleased to make some money
out of it. We did not choose to make
money in that way.
Reporter—Could not your and Col
onel Cole's original plan of establishing a
great through fine to the West be earned
out over the Cincinnati Southern?
It wo uld be about one’ hundred miles
further Dy that line fromSt. 3 Louis; but
the line would still be shorter from St.
Louis by Cincinnati to Savannah than it
is to New York; and tho line would have
the advantage of a network of feeders
penetrating the northwest, and going to
Chicago by a shorter line than the one by
Nashville, which would make it very
strong indeed.
Reporter—You say this might be done
on the happening of contingencies; will
you inform us what these contingencies
are?
Governor B.—I do not wish to speak
on that subject at present. There are cer
tain contingencies, if they should happen,
that would popularize that line immense
ly and make it an exceedingly formidable
competitor with’the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad. If they do not happen, I
presume the two lines will be competitors,
neither having advantage over the other.
As they are only contingencies I must
leave them to the future.
A young mother must have some rest.
But how is this to be accomplished, when
the baby is restless and cries constantly?
Simply by using Dr. Ball’s Baby Syrup.
Cameron and Pennsylvania.
If one may judge from the Northern
prints, a good deal of irritation has arisen
in Pennsylvania on the third term pro
ject. While it seems probable that a ma
jority of the Republican voters in the
State are opposed to it, Senator Don Cam
eron has determined to master this oppo
sition. He struck at first for a declaration
by the State, as a unit, for tho third term;
but his counsellors are trying hard, and
so far in vain, to content him with simply
holding the Blaine men in check, and
preventing any adverse declarations. But
Cameren insists on unitary action, while
the Republicans opposed to the third
term are daily becoming more and more
incensed at the efforts of Don Cameron to
throttle and dragoon them into submis
sion. A great deal of ill feeling is arising
iu the State, and tho despotic attitude of
the Great Don is not popularizing the
third term sensation.
- The Winter. -
Tlie New York Sutt, reviewing the win
ter now passing, says in the upper Hud
son there is a small amount of floating ice,
but on Friday last the river was open for
traffic with towed barges as far north as
Albany, and on Lake Ontario, Canada,
the steamers are making daily trips.
On the other hand, in Europe, for tlie
first time In tlie present oontnry. theJ.ake
of Zurich is frozen over and the other.
Swiss lakes are very icy. The London
Times says while the temperature iu the
mountainous regions of Switzerland has
been mild and balmy, that of the-lowlands
has been exceedingly cold. Palis and the
whole of France has been covered with
snow.
Macon and Brunswick Railroad
Ondits.
The situation of the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad lease remains unchanged so
far as we are reliably advised. One impor
tant rumor, however, comes from Bruns
wick, to the effect that the lessees have
made their arrangements to pay the $250,-
000 required by law, but before commenc
ing the “extension,” will await the meet
ing of the next General Assembly and
ask to be relieved from that portion of
their conlract, on condition that they
settle and -cancel the $000,000, second
mortgage bonds. J '-' - ' *
We cannot believe that the latter part
of this report is true, or that the Legisla
ture would consent to make any such
foolish bargain. The second mortgage
bonds in question have already been pro
nounced null and void by a vote of the
people, and besides, Would be utterly ig-'
nored and rendered worthless from the
fact that tho proceeds of the sales of the
first mortgage securities, will fail to satisfy
the amount they were pledged to-cover,
hence there will be nothing left to meet
the claiqqs of the second batch-] Again,
such a proposition would be au act of in.
justice to our Jones, Jasper, Newton, -and
Rockdale county friends, who are so
directly and greatly interested in the pro
posed extension. , ,
Finally, one great object of. the Act
leasing the road, was to open up a new
line-to KnoXville and Cincinnati, o/ by
some other- route to the great. West, which
would insure a healthy competition with
existing organizations. .
We place no reliance, therefore, upon
the above story, as it would practically va
cate the lease.' •
President Wadley Reticent
One of the editors of this paper did not
exactly “interview” Mr. Wadley yester
day, but simply asked him what was on
the tapis, and whether any combination,
agreement, ^contract” or arrangement had
been made with the Central railroad and
the Cincinnati Southern.
He replied “it was raining very hard
when he left Bolinbioke, and that was all
he knew on the subject.” “But,” he con
tinued, “you have seeu Governor Brown’s
reported revelations and he ought to know
all about it.”
The truth is, up (o this moment, if any
definite treaty has been agreed upon be
tween the “Central” and “Cincinnati
Southern,” the fact has not transpired.
Mr. Wadley stated squarely, however,
that the “Central” wiil co-operate with
every organization .that touches any of his
“connections” on perfectly fair terms,
without the least partiality or discrimina
tion for or against them. This is but
right and proper. But still we hold to
Die belief that, sooner or later, it will be
to the interest of Mr. Wadley to combine
with the Cincinnati Southern and Western
«—, —„ , and Atlantic road, to form a grand through
Wadley, and’ before he knew that any j tnmk road frora the West t0 the Georgia
such consummation as was reached was j . ’ .. .. ... .
possible. He bought as an investment, | sea coast. The subject has been too gen-
and I understand lie holds his thousand ‘ orally and favorably ventilated, however,
shares as such, and I have no reason to 1 andthe advantages to accrue from the Cole-
believe that Colonel Wadley, tvliose couree -B ^ ^! esplo(led ^contract” sot
was'so entirely self-saenficmg in tlie , ,, : , ... ., . a - --. -« au-
whole transa&ton, speculated to the : -ex- • forth so strongly, that it cannot be ignored ^ ducted in the simplest, most unpretentious
tent of » dollar on the stock. That was a in future, manner-
about
as large as a man’s hand.
—While a bystander on a fashionable
street of Boston was taking notes he saw
an hour and a half fifty-five people wh<x
wore eyeglasses. Thirty-four were ladies
and twenty-one were men.
—A man who had $85 stolen from him
received a note with' $25, saying:
staled your money. Rumorse naws at my
conshens, and I send some of it hack.
When rumorse naws again I’ll send you
some more.”
—The Suez Canal receipts are reported
to have decreased in 1878 $323,200 from
those of 1877, and 1879 showed a still
greater falling off. About three-quarters
of the vessels passing through are British.-
—The Sheik-ul-Islam has called on the
Constantinople authorities to prevent the
wearing of Paris 'boots, low dresses, and
transparent veils by Mussulman women.
He also complains of cafes being frequent-,
ed by men in the hoars of religious ser*
vice. '
—Sage grouse from the Rocky Moun«
tains have recently appeared in our mar
kets. ' They feed on aromatic herbs, and
their flesh, which is dark red, has an aro
matic flavor which is greatly relished.
The cocks weigh from six to eight pounds; •
the hens from four to six.
* '—The historic island of Jamestown, in
the James River, where the first settlers of
Virginia made a home, is reported to have
been purchased by a Mrs. Malania Brown
of this city. It comprises 1,400 -acres,
chiefly covered with orchards. Tho only
buildings said to be on the island are a
dwelling house and a paper mill.
The Bennington Victory.—New
Hampshire, Vermont aud Massachusetts
having raised $40,000 for a monument in
commemoration of John Stark's victory at
Bennington, Vermont, over the British
under General Baum, August 16, 1777,
petition Congress for national recognition
and an appropriation of $20,000.
—It is stated that ex*Judga Henry L.
Clinton has determined to commence a
suit for $250,00(1 against Mr. William H.
Vanderbilt for professional services ren
dered in the contest over his father’s will,
Mr. Vanderbilt having declined to pay the
bill on the ground that it is excessive.
Vanderbilts’ Princely Gift.—Wil
liam H. Vandeibilt has given $25,000 to
the University of Virginia,.the gift being
the result, says Harpers Weekly, ol Gen
eral George- D. Johnson’s recent call upon
Mr.. Vanderbilt, and a conversation with
him in relation to Mr. L. G. McCormick’s
gift of a telescope to the institute in. Mr
Vanderbilt’s gift makes Mr. Met ‘onnick’a
gift available/
—The China Merchants’ 1 &eamship
Company has proved a fbnnidaUe rival to
British steamers in the Chinese coasting
trade, and now, according to the Shanghai
Mercury, it proposes to compete with
American steamers navigating the Pacific.
One of its vessels will carry emigrant’s to
the Sandwich Islands, and another will
engage in the passenger traffic between
Canton, Honolulu, and San Francisco.
—The reports of the foreign grain mar
ket are not favorable to a rise in prices in
season to save the American grain syndi
cate from collapse. 1 The Mark Lane Ex
press, the organ of the British grain trade,
says that it is unlikely that any marked
rise can be expected before May or June.
It will not cause the American heart any
sorrow if the gram market comes to grief.
Speculators in the staff of life are reckon
ed, as public enemies, and eveiybody will
be glad to hear of their breakdown. x
—A number of Irishmen hold commands
in the armies both of Chili and Peru. The
chief officer of the Peruvian artillery is a
Colonel O’Horgan, and, according to tliei
Gazette of Lima, there are five Majors,
thirteen Captains, and over two score of
officers of inferi6r grade,’ either Irish by
birth nr descent, fighting in the army of
Peru, while the Irish element in the victo
rious forces Of the hostile republic is even ’
greater.
—It has for years past been impossible. '
to rent a grand country scat, furnished, in
England for more than $5,000 a year,
shooting included, and there are very few
places more than forty miles from London
which would rent for that. In fact, a fine
old family seat is one of the hardest places
to rent well unless ft has some extraordi
nary advantages, because precisely the
class of people who want such places have
got them of their oWn. These who want"
to economise can oftentimes do no more
than lease the shooting, sell the venison
in London, and rent the kitchen garden to
the gardener. - — -
—Adelina Patti is the most favored of
operatic singers. She basks in royal favor,
and her earnings'are almost fabulous In
their amount: but her prominence and her
wealth bring their disadvantages, among
which is the daily receipt of countless beg
ging letters wherever she appears. At
Berlin one night recently, the aged Empe
ror actually went on the stage of the Royal
Opera to congratulate the diva; but the
papers which chronicle this publish also
some letters, one of which read:
“Madame, you are rich and you know
what love is. Give us & few hundred
marks, ’so that we may marry, and we
will bless you everlastingly.”
—James Fraser, Bishop of Manchester,
is a scholar, and a gentleman of a noble
and a kindly nature. One, bright trait was
never more pleasantly shown than upon
the occasion of his marriage the other day
when he sent a check of $1,250 to the
poor of the p arishes in and about Man
chester, saying in the accompanying letter
to his agent: “To-morrow, all being well,
will he my wedding-day, and in the midst
of my own happiness I sltould like to
mark tlie dSy by some little effort to pro
mote «omfort of others in tbe midst of
whom I live.” The marriage was oon-