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CL13BY, JOKES & REESE, Pbofbuctors. 'V— AL & fifES8E®6EB. Thi FAMILY JoniNJiL.—K,. jH--POLITICS—LlTSRATUBX—AtBICULTUgl- DOIMSTIS GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING Established 1826. 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-