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MACON, FEBRUARY' 1880,
Boots and shoes for dolls are turned
out by one London house at the rate of
1,000 pairs a week.'
—A toast drunk with Highland honors
Involves throwing the wine glass over the
left shouldcr^tl&ldea being that the glasses
Should never be degraded by use for any
Other purpose.
- Git? Burning.—Since August' 81,50
cotton-gin houses in Georgia, 35 m Ala
bama, and 13 in Florida—total, 107—have
been burned. , j .. , > /
De Lesseps lias a large job on his
hagds. 'sheabe undertakes to-reorganize
the river system of the Isthmus of Pana
ma as ho has to do to construct his canal.
—The faculty of Yale College and their
guests were on a recent occasion nearly
deprived of their dinner by the sheriff,
who attached the viands for a debt of the
landlord's; but the money was paid before
Jhe soup cooled, and there was no further
'trdhbtei
—A ddtriihlttee of the Italian Parlia
ment has reported iti favor of appropria
ting 8,000,000 francs for a national monu
ment to Victor Emanuel. The competi
tion for the work is to be open to the
world, and a $20,000 premium is to be
awarded the be3t model.
—A servant girl at Jersey, England, has
been lined 10s. for playing a foolish trick
With a train. She stood between the rails
while the train was approaching at a rapid
rate, and calmly watched it draw near.
The driver Whistled, shut ofT steam, and
reversed tlio engine, and thus succeeded
in stopping the locomotive within two
yards of the girl, who merely laughed iu
his face and run away.
—The Marquis of Lome will be at Hali-
fas^by noon on Friday to-day, and will be
tbe gnest of Lieutenant Governor Archi
bald. Her Royal Highness Princess
Louise will arrive by tbe Sannatian prob*
ably’on Saturday, aud, together with her
suite, will also be a guest of the Lieuten
ant Governor. No decided arrangements
as to the landing, receptions, &C., have as
yet been made.
—From the calculations of M. Paul Le
roy Beaulieu Ih the Economiste Francais,
it appears that the'public debt of France
exceeds 20,000,000,000 of francs, ou which
1,205,000,000 are paid annually as inter
est. Divided among 37,000,000 of French
men, this debt, the most colossal in histo
ry, gives an average of 700 francs as prin.
cipal, for each inhabitant, and 34 francs
interest per annum.
—Abd-cI-Kader, whose death was about
a month since generally announced, is not
only still living, hut also, despite his 75
years of age and his forty-five children, is
exceedingly healthy and carries himself as
stoutly as a young man. He lives at Da
mascus, devoting his time to agriculture
aud charity. He is one of the handsome c t
old men to be seen, enjoys life, and asks
from Providence nothing belter than to be
able to read a few more obituaries of him-
self. ‘ . r<
—Tbe body of ex-Govemor and ex-
United States Senator J. D. Wescott, of
Florida, wbo died on January 19 and
whose life was described last week to are-
porter for the World by Mr. George Law,
passed through New York on Monday last
on the way from Montreal, where he died,
to Tallahassee, Florida, where the burial
will take place. The announcement that
the remains would be buried at Tallahas
see caused surprise, inasmuch as in his
later years he had frequently expressed
bis wish to be buried in Canada.
—Joseph Nestor, a blacksmith, of Wap-
akonete, Ohio, wishing to die, cut the ar
teries of his left wrist, then drove
smith's scribe awl into his left breast, but
to make sure of death put the awl to his
forehead and proceeded to drive it in with
a hammer. At this point he was seized
by neighbors, who failed in their efforts to
pull the awl from his head. His wife ap
pearing he pulled it out himself. It |iad
penetrated two inches. Dissipation was
the cause of the attempted suicide. There
is but slight chance of his recovery.
Be Slow to Believe.—The Now York
Sun says be slow to believe that the
movement In favor of General Grant is to
be abandoned without a prolonged and
fierce struggle. The men who want
Grant President again hare plenty of mo
ney. They are willing to put a great deal
of money into his election,, because they
look upon it as merely an investment,
whTch they will soon get back, with a hun
dredfold increase. The plans to renomi
nate General Grant are too well laid to be
readily relinquished. Many of his sup
porters are men of positive character,
more accustomed to overcoming opposi
tion than to being overcome themselves.
—Numerous cases of-depredation by
’ wolvos have recently occurred in Hnngaiy.
A band,of jthese animals passed through
one of the suburbs of Temesvar, destroy
ing any animal which was not housed. A
clergyman who was returning home in a
sledge from a ncfgUboring town was beset
by a pack of wolves. He bade the driver,
make all possible speed; butata sharp
turning the sledge was upset, the clergy
man was thrown out, and tom to pieces
before eyes of the terrified driver... In
a country village a few wolves camehold-
Iy at midday into the inn yard and de
voured an ass; and at Szaloutaa shepard
was killed and eaten as he .was passing
along the road at night.
—The recent hanging of Swift Runner,
an Indian murderer, at Saskatchewan,
Canada, was in a temperature 40 degrees
below zero. Afgallows had .been built
out of doors, so that the Indians could see
execution; but when the officers and
prisoners Arrived at the spot, it was found
hat most of the scaffold had been used
for firewood by the half frozen crowd.
S wiitRunncr complacent ly.warmed himself
at the fire while the gallows was being re
paired. When everything else was ready
the nervous hangman said he had forgot
ten to bring a strap to fasten the prison
er’s arms and legs. He offered to save
further trouble by killing himself with a
tomahawk, but liis proposition was reject
ed, and he ate a hearty meal of pemmi-
can, with the noose around his neck,
while a messenger was fetching a strap.
A priest attempted to give him spiritual
consolation, but he said tha*., the white
man's whisky had mined him, and so lie
couldn't believe in the white man’s God.
He preferred a death dance by- his own
people, and while they were performing it
he was hanged. „ i -. it
—Owing to the disease of the, vine, the
area of the vineyards in France has de
creased by about four hundred thousand
acres since the year 1874; though a great
portion of the soil in which the vine for
mally flourished is unfit for any other cul
ture. Tlie area of vineyards in the coun
try is at present about five million acres
Whew it comes to eight or ten ‘cents a
pound for nails the weatherboards will
fall off.
Grant’s Withdrawal
HIS BEST FRIENDS KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT IT.
The New York Herald sent a reporter
I
The Morals of Trade-
Will not be a “Candidate." . Something in the Wind.
General Grant, if not an adroit milita- j Advices, said to be of 'a reliable char-1 The statutes against engrossment and
ly tactician, certainly does not lack ability . acter from Savannah, convey the some- [ monopoly, show that that there are, hr
as a party diplomatist. The correspondent j what startling intelligence that at a meet- j. t j, e judgmant of mankind, immoral loses
to inquire of Mr. G. Washington Childs J 0 fthe Herald, from whom tbe report of ing of the Board of Directors of the Cen- i of money within the scope of otherwise
about that anticipated authority from ; Grant’s withdrawal as a Presidential can- Iral Railroad held in that city on Thurs- , honest harenn and sale. When nntw'de
General Grant to withdraw him as can- didate originated, has reinterviewed his day, the 29th inst., a quorum being pres-
/lislofA flm T>rAc5#lAn/»r. Mr. nhilds ! nutioeWtoc Am tlmf ctotAmnnf onrl tlipv ! pnf. flip. Tvnriincr mnfrflrt fr>r t.hfl transfer
didate for the Presidency. Mr v Childs authorities for that
responded as follows:
If General Grant has declared his in
tention not to be a candidate I know
nothing of it. By this I do not desire to
be understood that he has expressed to
any of his friends a wish for re-election.
The truth is his friends do not know what
he intends to 4a»..,.
Buf the report says that his friends are
to make public tlie General’s disinclina
tion again to be a candidate, now do his
friends feel on the subject? asked your
correspondent.
I hare not been asked tbe question
squarely before, bat- 1-have no-hesitation
in saying that General Grant’s best
friends have not urged his candidacy. Jf
lie should publicly decline lie would
please them. Of course they will support
him if he is nominated, and not one of
them would attempt to influence the Gen
eral by persuasion one way or tlie other.
The interview lasted for some time, but
the gist of it, so far as it relates to the sub
ject Is hand, is covered by the above sum-
uiaiy. .
to the
Vegetable Oysters Equal
Veritable Bivalves,
Mr. George Beggs opened three cans
labelled “Brans” last night, which were
sampled by a half dozen gentlemen and
pronounced as nearly equal to the shell
fish yclept oyster as one clam is to an
other. They were, in fact, a perfect imi
tation-juicy, luscious and toothsome,
We had read of, seen and tasted the vege
table oyster raised by our gardeners, but
it docs not compare in flavor and quality
with the bean oyster which Mr.
has on sale. If the seed conld be grown
in this hill country, so like is the resem
blance to genuine oysters, that Mr. Felix
Corput’s vocation, like Othello’s, would
be “no more.” Those who wish to see
and taste the “bean oyster” can do so by
calling upon Mr. Beggs. The most
doubting Thomas will. be convinced that
ibo vegetable oyster is almost a fac simile
in every sense of the cestaceous product of
the deep which bears the same name.
What of the Central Railroad Con
tract?
Simply notning. After all of his positive
assurances that the Cole-Brown-Wad-
ley combination had vanished into thin
air, “H. W. G.” now asserts what we have
repeatedly declared upon the best author
ity to be so, that as yet tlie whole matter
remains an impenetrable mystery. The
proper parties to the transaction have ta
ken no decisive action in the premises—
indeed, have not acted at all. Bat it is
difficult to comprehend how Colonel
Standiford and his friends can fail to sec
the superior advantages of the Atlantic
route over the proposed outlet on tlie
Gulf of Mexico, via Pensacola or MoDile^
The latter would involve a voyage of near
1,000 miles around the capes of Florida
before a ship could get even abreast of
Savannah, to say nothing of tbe dangers
to bo encountered, and heavy insurance
charges. It may be some days yet before
the question is definitely settled.
A Dead Letter.
It is said that the law imposing restric
tions upon emigrant agents, which was
passed by the late Legislature, is utterly
disregarded. Such agents ply their voca
tion in Atlanta without fear of arrest, and
without paying any license. How is
that? : ' - •
statement, and they ent, the pending contract for the transfer
reiterate it in this shape, to-wit: Tfiat of tlie road and its connections to the St.
lie will make a declaration “conclusively
Good News.
The price of wheat is considerably less
than a few weeks since, and in view of
the immense stocks that have accumulatr
ed in consequence of tlie New York “cor
ner,” must go lower. Most heartily do
we endorse the emphatic language of an
exchange as follows:
This relief will be-none the less pleas
ant' to cdntdinplate. .because it will have
been secured at the expense of the “syn
dicate'’ (so-called) of speculators and fore-,
stellers, Who, for several months, have
been obstructing the natnral Course of
trade in their endeavor to reap a profit by
the enhancement of tL-e price of the leading
breadstuff of the world. These specula
tors are entitled to no sort of considera
tion whatever, either upon this side of the
ocean or the other, and if they themselves
should be broken by the break in prices
few tears will be shed. It seems likely
that prices will go down sufficiently in a
very short time to permit a renewal of
grain shipments.
The Kaiser Crazy.
A cable dispatch says the' German gov
ernment proposes to tax newspaper adver
tisements. Now ft is astonishing that the
toyal old gentleman, who runs that ma
chine, could be guilty of so foolish an act.
How long would he survive with an army
of hungry editors and printers in quest of
his scalp? Infernal machines and. every
other killing contrivance would be liarm-
less playtliings. in comparison with that
Sanguinary crowd. When -will crowned
heads learn wisdom ? -
lO ; ■ -»»».,. ■
Southern Historical Society Papers.
The February number of this deeply
interesting publication lsj the equal if It
do«3 not surpass any that lias preceded It.
Indeed, as time rolls on and the dramatis
personal of the war one by one drop out
ofsiglitli^ethe passengers oyer the bridge
in the Vision of Myrza, so does the inter
est in these stirring times intensify and
increase. ' j: . ’' ‘
The table of contents is as follows ;
Sherman’s Meridian Expedition andSooy
Smith’s Raid to West Point—A, Review
by General S. D. Lee; Lieutenant Char
lie Pierce’s Daring attempts
from Jolmson's Island—by Lieutenant
McNamara; nistoiy of Lane’S North Car-
Ofina Brigade, by ■ Brigadier General
James- H. Lane—No. 8; Prison Life-at
Fort McHenry—by Rev. Dr. T. D. Wither
spoon, late Chaplain to the Forty-Second
Mississippi Regiment—Paper No. i; Battle
of Gettysburg—Report of General Junius
Daniel; Editorial Paragraps; Literary
Notices. ,
From a cursory review, which we in
tend to supplement by a more careful pe
rusal, the writer is constrained to say that
he was both edified and delighted by the
various narratives contained in the South
ern Historical papers. Especially are the
attempts to escape from a Federal prison,
by Lieutenant Charlie Pierce, deserving
of note, as evincing rare ingenuity, great
presence of mind, and the most indomita
ble courage. These “Historical” papers
will hereafter he eagerly sought after, as
affording the real “inwardness” of the
great struggle, which for four years shook
to its centre ourwhole social fabric. The
late visit of the editor, Rev. J. William
Jones, D. D., to our city, will invest with
new interest these papers, which he con
tinues to collect at great pains and heavy
expense.
The Grand Jury, after sitting for two
weeks, yesterday adjourned for the term.
They have found a number of true bills.
The session has been a laborious one.
taking him from the field as a contestant
for the.nqmination.”
It is worthy rdf remark that General
Grant, according to his own account,
-never has been in the field “as a contes
tant for the nomination.” He has always
declined a contest before a nominating
convention. He did not seek a nomina
tion as a contestant when lie received it
on_the first and second occasions,, andjso
far as he a3 ever alluded to the third race
since he left the Presidential office, it has
been with a distinct intimation that he is
not a contestant.
A renewed intimation to the same ef
fect will, therefore, place him in no hew
aspect, - find looking at probabilities will
strengthen liis chances for the nomina
tion. Let us suppose the convention met
and half a dozen candidates before it, of
whom Blaine, Sherman aqd. Conkling
hold the leading positions. This triad
will never consent to a nomination of any
one of the three, and will hold practically
a veto ppwer against himr ; Let the coir-
ventioiv therefore^ exhaust .itselfbal
loting for these three. * ' ” ‘ " . ,
•-Outside of-thwe stands Grant—a
“contestant”—-declining the- 'light tftid all
interference, and yet .-TJoKUngj-as we da
not doubt he will hold, a majority of the
votes of the convention, whenever it is
thought proper to bring him into the
field. Grant, to begin with, will have
the votes ot the solid South—and he will
be backed in such a case by New York,
the majority of Pennsylvania, a good vote
in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and other Wes
tern States, and would go in on the first
ballot with a clear majority over and
above all the “ccntestants” put together,
who had, meanwhile, worn each other out
in the conflict.
Therefore, to. take him from the field
“as a contestant,” is to put him, as
things stand, on the high, plain and
straight road for tbe nomination—in all
human probability. His chance will
probably he better than if the attempt
to stock the Convention for Mm in
advance had been persisted in. This
seems to have been tbe original idea,
upon which tlie hurried movements in
Pennsylvania and New York were pro
jected. But • those movements have re
vealed an unexpected degree of opposition
to the tiiird term, and now the engineers
think it better to withdraw General Grant’s
pretension as a predetermined candidate,
relying altogether on liis personal strength.
He will stand as a sort of compromise
man, in which attitude he is far stronger
than anybody else; and when a long tri
angular contest has developed the irrecon
cilabilities of Sherman, Conkling and
Blaine, Grant will be shown a more
available point of compromise than any
other; and the opponents of the third
term will be expected to waive their scru
ples in deference to party exigencies.
This seems to be a reasonable diagnosis of
the situation.
The Macon and Brunswick Railroad
Lease—Pleasant Tidings.
We are delighted to learn, on the au
thority of letters received from a credible
source in New York, that the lessees of
the Macon and Brunswick railroad are
progressing favorablv in tlj eh ttnancisi ar
rangements for the consummation of the,
lease, and the speedy extension of the
mad.
Various causes, one of them of a Provi
dential nature, have operated to retard the
movements of Messrs. Vibbard and Cou-
per,and their associates; but it is intimi-
ted that hereafter, all will be plain sailing,
arid the most sanguine expectations of tlie
Macon and Brunswick people are in a fair
way to be realized.
We only hope that the prediction may
be fully realized in every respect. Witli
tills commercial artery pulsating vigor
ously not only from the seaboard to Ma
con, but reaching out through a fertile and
populous region to Upper Georgia, anti
thence toopat no distant day, we trust, to
the teeming cities and granaries of the
West, onr city and Brunswick, and, in
deed, all Southern Geoigia, will experi
ence a new era of prosperity.
Let us then push forward the Westward
boun^i railroad column, and give the les
sees -all the aid and comfort in our power,
both materially and otherwise. In the
meantime, it is pleisaiit to know
that the section of the. line now in
operation from this point to Brunswick,
is doing-a large and remunerative busi
ness. Iu corroboration of tills assertion!
we have only to quote the following para
graph from that enterprising and merito
rious paper, tiie ITawkinsville Dispatch :
THE HEAVIEST BUSINESS EVER DONE BY
THE RAILROAD AT THIS POINT. "*
11: CaptainHerily, the a£ent, informed us
yesterday evening “that the Macon’ ‘and
Brunswick railroad lias done a heavier
business at Hawkinsvillo the present sea
son that) any year within his Knowledge,
and he has been coimctted wfth the road
here for thirteen years. He makfes weekly
remittances of receipts and tl$ aggregate
receipts for tlie'last four weeks amount to
$7,511.95,-fieing an ‘txmg/B of Hearty $2,-
00Q a week. Besides, a ‘great deal of the
guano shipped here had the . freight pre
paid upon it;' ! ,Vum Z?rf'lrr •
This is true also of every other point on
the line of road. And.-yet this road may
be said to be in its infancy - only with re
spect to the development of its resources.
Ho for Cumberland Island.
The lovers of this Charming sea re
sort will be, pleased to know that Mr.
Bnnkleyis enlarging very.considetably h»s
accommodations for thelb comfort during
tlie ensuing season. He has had the pier
and wharf completed, so"that there will be.
no difficulty hereafter in effecting a land
ing upon the island. -New cottages alio!
have been erected, and important changes
for the better made ip most of the apart
ments in the old building. The' parlor
and dining room have been enlarged, and
two commodious and well ventilated
chambers constructed over tbe. latter.
Other important additions and alteration*
to the establishment have also been made,
and in addition a pavilion will be erected
on the beach, with dressing rooms at
tached for the accommodation of, hii
guests. Cumberland Island is becoming
more and more the popular resort of Ma
con in the spring and summer months,
and there the visitor Can «hjdy tbat per
fect abandon and freedom bum care arid
conventional restraints which he will seek
for in vain amid tbe more pretentious wa
tering places and haunts of fashion.
How many times have tbe weather-wise
The presentments were yesterday handed j been fooled this winter into predicting a
in to Judge Simmons. ' celd snap sf.er every rain ?
Louis, Nashville and Chattanooga Road,
was formally rescinded. We have no reas
on to doubt the correctness of the report,
though no official notice of the transaction
had been received by the directors of tbe
road whoTesidc here, up to 12 m. yesteP
day. •» ' — • - ’
Central Railroad stock, on the strength
of this or some other tidings, bounced up
to 91. There is a very general impression
abroad, that even without forming any
combinations the Central will be able to
pay seven per cent, dividends to its stock
holders hereafter. The condition of all
the railroads of the State has improved
pari passu with the revival of business in
every department of trade. General Alex
ander, of th? Georgia Road, is re
ported to have said that he
expects to pay seven per cent, divi
dends to Ms stockholders for five
years to come, and eight per cent, after
ward, besides reserving a hand
some- margin for contingencies. But
every one is in doubt as to the cause of the
sudden rise in Central-stock. Some say
it betokens an alliance or combination
with Governor Brown and the President
of the Cincinnati Southern. Other rea
sons, not worthy of mention, have also
been suggested. Any opinion on the sub
ject amounts to mere speculation, howev
er, and we are forced patiently to await
what the future will reveal.
• That the Central railroad, with its wide
ly extended branches, can and will do a
large and profitable business in the future,
does not admit of a doubt, provided Pres
ident Wadloy will abolish those odious
local freight discriminations which have
arrayed so many enemies against Mm.
Sound policy a3 well as the laws of the
State will render that step necessary.
The Court sat down, as usual, tins
morning, but left tlie bench in a hurry.
The fact is, somebody had placed five
tacks, point upwards, on the judicial wool
sack. The Court, though evidently
irritated, maintained a judicial gravity of
speech, and pronounced it an infringe
ment upon Magna Charta and tysgpmen-
tal constitutional rights. It is, said the
Court, “Tacksation without Representa
tion.” Had it been properly represented
to me that any body desired to use the ju
dicial bench as a depository of tacks,
should have interposed no objection. But
in this case, there being no statute appli
cable, I shall apply the ancient lex tali
onis a posteriori. The Court, thereupon,
called up a young barrister and installed
him as judge pro tem with pointed cere
monials. .
The Southern Railway and Steam
ship Association.
Tlie Annual meeting at Atlanta of tlie
Southern Railway and Steamship Asso
ciation has just taken place. Nothing
more than routine work occupied the at
tention of tlie numerous delegates, and
the session was pleasant and harmonious.
The Constitution says:
The body assenibled promptly at ten
o’clock, with a full attendance—nearly
every delegate being In his seat. The
meeting was called to order by ex-Gover-
nor Brown, president ot the association.
The report of tlie committee appointed
the day previous to consider tha matter
of representation was again-read.'Some
discussion followed, in winch the rights
of railroads to representation in the body
were fully brought out.
One faction of the body favored an in
crease of represenlation for trunk lines, as
they believed that-the lftfger corporations
should have voting power according to the
length of the line or to the business done
by them. As it stands now, they argued
that all feeding lines* whether large or
small, had the same voting power as did
the more prominent lines, and that in tMs
way the small lines could outvote anil
control the action of trunk lines. The
opposing faction held' that tlie association
was 1 auded together for a common good
and that tlie rules of the association gave
to each line that was a member equal
rights arid privileges, especially in tlie
matter of voting.
Upon a conclusion of the argument
vote was taken which resulted in leaving
tlie matter of representation unchanged.
Tlie subject of spring y rates was then
brought up. On motion, the president ap
pointed a committee to prepare a, rate
sheet to go into effect at an early date,
The committee will remain in session in
Atlanta until they have concluded their
business. It is thought that they will not
get through until Saturday evening and
probably not, even -then;; - Thi3 comhiittee
commenced its duties yesterday aftemoou
Immediately after the Hoar of adjourn
ment. • hna
On motion, it was agreed that the of
fice of,the Commissioner shall remain at
Macoii, where it is at present located, un
til, October next, when it will be removed
to Atlanta and located permanently here.
The next matter brought to the atten
tion of the body .was the annual election
of officers of the Association. Without
opposition all : of the old officers were re
elected, as follows: Ex-Govertior Joseph
E. Brown, President; Virgil Powers;
Comiqissioner; C. A. Sindal, Secretary.
■ - ' The meeting then adjourned, subject to
the call of tiie President. ’ ‘
Tab Fair of.the Vqlunteers was
a splendid success last night, and the in
terest deepens rather than diminishes.
That tiiis should be the case after the
lapse of ten long days, may be ascribed
almost wholly 4p the unabated efforts of
the noble ladies , who are the motbers,
wives, sisters arid sweethearts of the gal
lant boys who wore the^'feray” and spilt
their blood sq/jre^ jjjjliehalf pf South
ern liberty. The'fair will close to-night,
and the writer only wishes that he liad
the fabled purse of Fortunatus that lie
might pour iLs golden and never failing
contents into the treasury of the “Volun
teers.” .i
. honest bargan and sale. When outside
communication was cut off for a longtime
from Gum Swamp, by an extraordinary
freshet,wMch covered with deepwater
all the road approaches to the village, and
that keen trader, Jim Sharpe, sent out and
bought up every pound of lard, every gal
lon of keroseue, every.barrel of flour and
every box of soap, for sale in the_ place,
the people did not know what to make
of it, until they found that every one of
these articles and many others had risen
to just double ’price, and they must pay
that or go without. Then they were
charged that Sharpe had robbbed them of
every cent lie made by that dishonest
transaction,) ust as much as ii he had picked
their pockets. There w;as enough of all these
articles in the town to i|*ve lasted the
people till the roads became passable, had
it been left in general stock as usual. But
the rascal Sharps used his Money and the
rains arid bad weather-to rob them, just
■as the highwayman uses his pistol and a
surprise to take money out of a defense
less traveler. Undoubtedly they were right
although Sharpe bought all tlie.goods for
cash at the price asked, and paid for them
ion the spot. Sliarpe in this transaction,
was nob a trader but a swindler.
It is easy to see tiie moral of this trans
action as applied on a very limited scale to
the village of Gum Swamp. But when we
leave this little town and strike out into
the great world of trade, (so-called) the
understanding becomes more or less con
fused by high-sounding terms and words,
and the Jim Sharpes who'combine their
capital to force up prices, arid • use their
wits and capital to extort from the people
and aggravate the public necessities, mis
fortunes and sufferings, are considered le
gitimate traders, and veiy honest and hon
orable men. In point of fact they may
consider themselves honest, partly-because
they never seriously edrisidered the point,
and partly because of the' almost univer
sality of tiie practice.
But it is a fact, nevertheless, that if every
man in the world was busy infixing traps
pnd corners for his neighbor, whereby to
wrench more money out of Ms pocket,
that fact would not make it a bit better in
the • light of a sound morality, it would
still be constructive larceny, for which a
Man must as certainly answer before the
bar of a sound morality, as for larceny
from the house or pocket.
An honest dealerjmay, with entire pro
priety, realize an advance in goods on
his hands, for it is certain he must con
versely suffer from a decline. But he has
no right to force such an advance, either
singly'or in combination; and when, in
order to aggravate the effect of a provi
dential scarcity, he forms a combination
to lock up and hold from market a large
portion of the meager supply, with a view
of exaggerating scarcity and extorting
from consumers a price not justified by the
real condition of relative supply and de
mand, this is not legitimate business, but
preying on the people.
. Will it be said that there is so much of
this thing? That it pervades all depart
ments of trade? That it is visible every
where? This is only acknowledging a
general demonstration. It is no justifica
tion. It will not quiet the conscience of
any man who feels liis obligation to do
right—who recognizes the fact that lie is
accountable for a proper and beneficent
use of his money, talents, time and influ
ence. It only calls the louder for reform
and a manly opposition. It appeals more
strenuously for prevention and for rem
edy.
In the single matter of the currency
question, its argument is overwhelming
against putting the management and vol
ume of our paper circulation into like spec
ulative hands. The spirit of speculation
and thirst for unlawful gain which per
vades every avenue of trade aud business
should not bo further armed with the con
trol of a vast local banking currency, con
stituting, in poirit of actual fact, the money
of the people. Tlie record of bank catas-
tropliies warns us not to provide for tlieir
multiplication, and the whole course of
trade is marked by dishonest comers,
sliifts and speculations—failures—breaches
of trust and black Fridays, which warn us
that “honest money” can be more cei>
tainly secured tlirougli government chan
nels. < -
The Mild Winter Explained.
The New York Herald assigns, as one
reason for the extraordinarily mild win
ter how so far advanced, the high temper
ature of the water on the South Atlantic
coast.: TMs is found by observations ta
ken at six South Atlantic coast stations
south of New York, to be 7.00 degrees
higher than it was last winter at same
date.
Peradventure this may be taking, at
least partially, effect for cause. Last
suriuner was remarkably warm, and
there lias been no cold weather to reduce
the ocean temperature.‘.
Another cause tiie Hera/iljassign* in the
generally low barometorial pressure which
has long prevailed in the Rocky Mountain
regions, inducing a continued northwest
ward flow of air current from the tropical
regions of the southeast. It is quite cer
tain something must be the matter. ■
The Carolina Embroglie.
It is with great reluctance that we
print elsewhere . the caustic
angiy enough to mob 'Sharpe.' They dislike to appear in print. ’ But in the
__ comma- Decisions Rendered-January ,87th,
mcation of Colonel Haskell, in re- *"“ ■*" — — r»
ply to certain strictures reflecting upon
Governor Hampton, in a published Inter
view of General Gary with th8 editor of
the Abbeville Medium. Nothing conld
induce us to do this if the affair had not
already been widely disseminated through
the press, and even become a matter of
national notoriety!
Private quarrels and personal grievan
ces should always he peaceably and quietly
adjusted if possible. The more they are
bruited abroad, the_ more irreconciliable
they become. Busy-bodies, too, are prone
to interpose for mischief. The brave, it
may be said, are always modest, and
Mi?. G- W. Hunn(CUTT made on the
celebrated “Mound” field, of 53 acres the
prist season; 58 bales of cotton.—Carters-
tUle Free Press. ■ '■■■ f • < •
No doubt that is the way to cut honey
in farming. The English farmers say a
light crop is ruin—a fair crop goes to the
landlord and a heavy crop alone brings
profit. If land were very scarce iu Geor
gia it would often bring a bale to the acre.
Nonsensical Error.—The “intelli
gent compositor,” so-called, yesterday, in
the introductoiy remarks to Dr. Tal-
mage’s sermon, made ns say, “we saw
many intemperate advocates of intemper-
anc€.lri8t &9 in Boston.” As is obvious
to! rill, the word temperance should he
substituted for Intemperance to make any
a™
—The Duchess of Edinburgh has three
cMidreri who have all magnificent blue
©yes, and are as free from any suspicion of
codling as the'severest disciplinarian could
desire. Tb* eldest, Prince Alfred, is a
great, plump, handsome,- five-year-old boy B
Princess Marie is three years old, fair, ana
with a wealth of sunny curls. The
youngest is unnamed and yet in the cra
dle. ' i - ‘ 1
Macon's Musical Talent
That Macon should bo able to produce
so elahorato a composition as Belshazzar
twice within ten months, and with an al
most entire change of performers, speaks
well for the musical capacity of the city.
Out of the fourteen principal characters,
two only retain the parts they had last
May, while several appear in the opera
for the first time. Of the chorus more
than three-fourths are entirely new mate
rial. We doubt if any city of its popula
tion in the South can show as fine an ar
ray of amateur musicians as Macon.
Will the piece be as well rendered as
before? Professor Butterfield is Mghly
pleased with tlie material of the present
company, and promises to the public a
more finished production than before.
The advanced preparation of tlie music
when he came enabled him to give more
time to instruction in many points, wliich
had to be passed over before for lack of
time. The acting will show a great im
provement, and some changes in the parts
will show off the music to better advant
age. The scenery, too, is much improved.
The public may be assured that the pres
ent company are well up to the highest
demand of their several roles, and that
the audiences will be fully compensated
for the moderate price of admission.
It is to be hoped that the Opera House
will be filled. to its utmost capacity on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, when will be offered such an
amateur Entertainment as Macon has
never seen.
instance under review, the splenetic state-
inents of General Gary to the editor* of
the Medium, left no other’alternative to
Colonel Haskell, save that of refuting the
charges against his honored father-in-law,
as publicly as they had been made. And
never have we perused a calmer or more
Scathing personal article than that which
appears in the News and Courier. Under
Ms signature, it can only be compared
with the scorching lucubrations of Junius
of old.
TMs quarrel between gallant men and
representative Carolinians is greatly to be
deplored. At any and every pains and
effort it should be stopped. There is too
much at stake in our sister State; and her
gallant sons are not sufficiently numerous
to be pennitted to slay each other at will
to the detriment of the commonwealth.
We take no sides in this personal contro
versy, but counsel peace and forbearance.
The writer is a personal friend of Colouel
Haskell, and feels constrained to say that
a more gallant, generous and noble gen
tleman never trod the soil of South Caro
lina. Let us hope that 'temperate counsels
may be allowed to prevail and that this
unfortunate difficulty may be amicably
adjusted.
A Messenger of Peace.
An Atlanta correspondent says:
Tbe Rev. W. E. Boggs, D. D-, formerly
of Memphis, Tenneesee, lias fully entered
upon, his pastoral work in connection with,
the Central Presbyterian Church in this
city, and is doing noble service for the
cause of Christ. Although he is consid
ered a very strict disciplinarian and a
most conscientious pastor, he has thus
early in liis pastorate succeeded in heal
ing all the past breaches growing out of
the Block-Leftwich matter, and securing
peace and harmony among the brethren.
•We are sure that the people of- every
creed and faith will rejoice to Jyead the
above. It is well known that at the date
of the retirement of Dr. Leftwicli, the
Central church was divided into two hos
tile factions, who were as bitter in their
warfare as the Houses of York and Lan
caster. But now, see the effect of the ex
ample and counsels ofa single Godly man.
All feuds have been healed, those who
had left the church have returned, aud
Christian fraternity and a new and heaven
bom feeling seems to auimate oveiy disci
ple of Christ.
What a Representative Negro Says
of the North Carolina Exodus.
Charles N. Otuy, the editor of the
Washington Argus, and the principal of
the Howard University, testified before
tlie Congressional Committee that the
condition of the people of North Carolina,
though susceptible of improvement by the
contemplated amendments to some of the
laws, and especially by restoration of
their rights to elect certain county officers,
is, on the whole, highly favorable, and
that there is no adequate incentive what
ever for colored people to leave the State.
‘“In fact,” said the witness, “every intelli
gent colored man in the State is opposed
to it, and the six colored newspapers of
North Carolina are all fighting it, and I
say that although an exodus from some of
the Southern States maybe a blessing,
the exodus from North Carolina is a
fraud and a curse.”
While testifying to the existence of
most kindly relations between the whites
and the colored people in North Carolina,
lie described the liberal provision made
by the North Carolina Legislature (large
ly upon Governor Vance’s recommenda
tions) for the education of the colored
people, both in common and normal
schools, and for the benefit of tlie colored
deaf and dumb, blind or insane; and af
ter speaking of a number of “colored law
yers who have made a name at the bar,
doctors who have lucrative practice,
farmers who own their farms and carry
their own cotton to market,” he contin
ued:
I lired in the West two years and a half,
and I never saw in Raleigh, North Caro
lina, such a poor, ignorant class of colored
people as I saw in Oberlin, OMo, tlie par
adise of colored people. There were many
rich colored men there, there were colored
men doing good business, but the poor
people were poorer than any I ever saw in
North Carolina. Now, this was in their
heaven. My God, wliat will they do in
Indiana, which State, up to within a few
years, had a law on her statute book that
a negro could not live in the State ?
We commend this solid talk of an intel
ligent man to the colored people of the
South. Stand firm in your lot and remain
atliomciifyou would hope to do well,
No where else on the green earth will you
experience as kind treatment, or find
warmer friends, than in your own sunny
South.
A neighbor infornis us that his wife
never knew a quiet night until tbe doctor
prescribed Dr. Bull’s baby syrup for her
little one.
Counterfeit Bill.
Yesterday a tax payer, who lives In
Rutland District, came into the office of
Mr. Peter, the Tax C ollectbr, to pay his
taxes, and iii doing so laid down a twenty
dollar bill. The bad appearance of tlie
hill caused Mr. Peter to doubt its genu
inenoss, and lie he called attention to the
fact. ‘ The Rutland man, however, insist
ed that he had received the bill from one
of tlie banks. Mr. Peter then received it
under protest, writing the namo of the
man presenting it on tho margin, and in a
few moments took it to the First National
Bank, whore Mr. Wrigley, the casMer,
promptly pronounced it ft glaring counter
feit, and stamped it forthwith. It is a na
tional currency bill of the issue of the
?0th of March, 1804, the signatures of the
Register and Treasurer, Chittenden and
Spinner, being well executed. It
thought that this is probably the only bill
of this description in these parts. The
story about the bill having been obtained
from one of the city banks, is regarded as
an error of memory on the part of the
gentleman who presented it.
Hsrdi Gras.
Quite a number of persons will go from
Macon to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Those who contemplate making the trip,
can receive invitations to his Majesty’s
hall by calling on Mr. D. Cromeline on
Mulberry street, not later than Monday
evening, the Sth instant, at eight o’clock.
Mr. Cromeline was .one of the King’s at
tendants at the last festival, and will
kindly sec that all who wish invita
tions to the ball,are supplied. Those who
go, should remember that fall dress is ab
solutely necessary to gain admission to
-the theatre in which the ball is held. i
SUPREME COURT.
whether white_ or colored, is within the
grant to license,"that restriction not being
forbidden by any words in the graut to li
cense, or in any other part of the char-
ter. m
Justice, Horn James Jackson and: A greater power includes tho less over
Logan E. Bleckley Associate Jnsti- “
ces. * m - ,v
Gilham & Brown vs. Wells et al. Case,
from DeKalb.
Bleckley, J.—1. By charter, the May
or and. Council of the town of Stone
Mountain have power “to do and perform
all things toward keeping the peace, pre-
the same subject matter; therefore, the
power to withhold license altogether, in
cludes tiie power to withhold unless it be
accepted on terms, or to withhold fer cer
tain solemn occasions, or on certain days.
Therefore the power to put this restric
tion upon these retailers, is clearly dedu-
cible from the very broad grant of power
to withhold all license.
3. If it be argued that after this license
venting vagraney, lewdnessj-violations of was grsented, the council could not curtail
the Sabbath, playing at cards or any other
game or sport at which money is usually
won-or lost, take allmeans to cause the
streets to be worked, nuisances to be re
moved, and to do all and every act they
may think proper to preserve the moralSj
health and good order Within the corpo
rate limits of said town, as fully and as
effectually as if a grant of power were
hereby given them in every case Which
may arise, and power to grant or refuse
license for peddlers, and to pass - all' laws,
ordinances and by-laws for the govern
ment of the same, so as to enable them
to do and perform all acts not.inconsistent
or restrict its unlimited exercise for one
year, I answer that these plaintifis, in or
der to obtain license, voluntarily agreed
to take it subject to any future ordinance
which might be passed by the council
granting it, or by their successors. There
for^ they stand precisely as if the ordi
nance had been passed .priqr to the issu
ance ot tlie license. They not only so.
agreed", hut ca’rne under bona with hands
and seals thereto affixed, to be controlled
and regulated in their traffic b v ordinances
enacted in future. This agreement and
bond became part of the contract ot li-
■ cense as much so as if Included in the
with the laws of '!'0 Untied State? or the Same writing, and they are bound bv their
State of Georgia;” .also “to abate nui* contract,
sances and enforce proper police
laws;” also, “to impose such fines
not exceeding fifty dollars, or im
prisonment in the calaboose not exceeding
twenty days, or both, for the violation of
any of the laws or ordinances of said town
within its coiporate limits, also, “to
grant or withhold, to any person or per
sons, license to retail and sell spirituous
liquors within said limits; and in no case
shall the license he for a larger sum than
two hundred dollars for twelve months,
and no license shall he granted for a less
time, and the person receiving the same
shall execute bond and security to said
mayor and his successors in office, condi
tioned that he will not sell liquors on the
Sabbath day, and shall also take an oatli
to observe and not violate the ordinance
of said town; and for a violation of any
of said ordinances, the party guilty there
of shall be liable to pay such lines as may
be assessed by said mayor or any three
members of council.” Held, that under
the charter and the laws of the land, the
mayor and council have no authority, as
against a person holding from them a li
cense (paid for and uure\-oked) legally
granted to retail spirituous liquors in
the town for twelve months, to
pass and enforcean ordinance in the fol
lowing terms: “Be it ordained that during
the continuance of divine sefvice at any
tfme hereafter to lie held hy aiiy denomi
nation of Christian people within the' cor
porate limits of Stone Mountain, the doors
of all houses or rooms where intoxicating
liquors are sold hy retail shall be closed;
and if any person shall, sell or cause or
permit to be sold, or In any manner-fur
nish any intoxicating liquors, spirits,
wines, or other intoxicating drinks during
the time appiopriated to such worsMp, he
shall pay a fine of fifty dollars upon con-
dainedthat this prohibition shall cover the
viction for each offense. And it is further or-
entire appointed time for' divine worship,
from its commencement to its final close
—that is, it covers not only the time in
which such services are being actually
performed, but on all protracted occasions
it covers intermissions by day and night.”
(a) The chartered power is to grant or
withhold, not to grant for a definite peri
od, and then forbid the use for some indef
inite and uncertain part • of that period
both by day and night.
(b) The ordinance is not limited in its
terms or import to public worship in a
church, meeting house or other defined or
described place, but extends to warship
conducted anywhere in tlie town, wMcli
includes an area in the form of a circle
and having a diameter of two thousand
yards.
(c) The ordinance does not, with any
certainty, fix or regulate the element of
time by the corporate will of the mayor
and council, but subjects that element to
a casual and incidental control, -depend
ent upon the will and pleasure of tiie va
rious denominations of Christian people,
and ignoring all others. The laws of
Georgia protect all religions and religious
worship equally and impartially, exclud
ing only acts which, ave licentious, or
practices inconsistent with the peace and
safety of the States. ,
2. The undertaking in a retailer’s bond
(entered into oil obtaining license) to
“ abide and keep all ordinances of the
present mayor and council and their suc
cessors in office regulating the retail of
spirituous liquors, and save harm’ess the
present retiring mayor and council from
any damages or responsibility that may
grow out of issuing of said license,” im
poses no obligation to obey or acquiesce
In any subsequent ordinance which is ul
tra vires, or for any reason void. .
Judgment reversed..*
L. J. Winn, for plaintifTin error.
Hulsey & McAfee, for defendants.
Warner, C. J., concurring.
The seventh section of the charter of
Stone Mountain declares, “that tlie mayor
and council of Stone Mountain shall have
power to withhold to any person or per
sons license to retail and sell spirituous
liquors within said limits (1,000 yards in
4. The plain facts considered altogeth
er, irresiiective of any isolated views of
law applicable to portions thereof, show
that there should be no recovery,, and
that the verdict Is right. „
TMs suit is brought to recover damages
from the town authorities as individuals
for their conduct in the discharge of their
public trusts. It is brought under the
following state of facts: A wet and dry
ticket were voted for town authorities.
Those in favor of tiie retail of spiritous
liquors and those against it, met in battle.
There was an open field and a fair fight
and at the close of the day victory perch
ed upon the hosts of temperance, and the-
dram-sellers were sorely discomfitted-
What should, what could they do ? They
hastened to the outgoing council, be
fore the victors, who had fairly-
won the field, could be installed,
aiid applied for license. . Everybody
lores fair play. It looked wrong even
to the outgoing party to run counter
to the policy of a majority of the people
and to forestall tlieir contemplated stop
page of the traffic. So they finally con
cluded not altogether to disoblige their
friends and applicants, but to grant the-
license sub modo, on condition that they
should be protected, and that the incom
ing adipinistratisn should be pennitted to
do after license whatever they themselves
could do before. Thereupon on being in
stalled a few days thereafter the new
council, naturally distrustful of those who
thus procured license and anxious to do
nothing without lpgal authority, took legal
council and adyised with Judge Floyd in
respect to their powers under tills state of
facts and their charter. The judge ad
vised them that, they could not revoke
the license, but that they could regu
late how it should, be used, and at their
request drew up the ordinance in ques
tion wMch the council adopted. And
this suit is brought by these plaintifis,
thus obtaining license against the will of .
the majority of the community in which
they live, and thus under bonds imposed
by their own friends to abide the terms
which should be imposed by the new
council, against that council for: their
official conduct in passing tlie ordinance
and enforcing it, on tlie ground that they
acted maliciously. It is sought to make
these officers individually and personally
liable for .fines imposed and paid into the
treasury of the -town, and for profits on
the liquors they could have sold while
God was being worshipped, and in wMch
the defendants had no personal or pecun
iary interest whatever, notwithstanding
tlie hot haste witli wliich plaintifis rushed
to thwart the community, notwithstanding
the contract they made and the
bonds they executed, and notwithstanding
tlie prudent and considerate manner in
wiiicli the defendants officially acted.
In my judgment there is neither law,
nor equity, nor good sense, nor good mor
als, in permitting plaintifis to recover one
cent, and I therefore dissent from the
judgment of reversal; with entire respect,
let me add, for my colleagues, and with
regret that my own convictions are too
strong to permit mo to yield to their view
of the law.
The Egyptian Masonic Emblems.
L In reference to the alleged masonic, em
blems found under the foundation of the
Egyptian obelisk at Alexandria, the fol
lowing’telegram appears in the TTortd
and Herald of Tuesday:
Alexandria, January 26.—Dr. Fan-
ton, a highly instructed Mason, has finish
ed a^areful examination of the l'ounda-;
tions of the obelisk, and confirms Lieuten
ant Commander Gorringc’s discovery of
tlie. Masonic emblems, which establish the
relations of many ancient Egyptian mon
uments. Dr. Fanton declares that the
Hiram version of Masonry which originat
ed with the construction of Solomon’s.
Temple is disproved by jhe revelations-
of the foundations of the obelisk. The
Masonic emblem of Life and the Sun, be-
liquors within said limits (1,000 yards in vond doubt, is identical with tiie rnonu-
every direction from the Georgia railroad j merit of the Egyptian god Osiris. This
depot), and in no case shall tlie license bS-' proves that Masonry originated-with the
for a larger sum than $200 for twelve
months, and no license shall be granted
for a less time, and the person receiving
the same shall execute bond, etc.” This
section of the charter is exhaustive upon
thejquestion of retailing spirituous liquors
witMn the limits of Stone Mountain,
and confers no authority on the the mayor
construction* of the pyramids or at least,
with a faf remoter period than the con
traction of the foundation of the' obelisk.'
The number of blocks comprising tiie-
foundation, as welU as their position and'
arrangement indicate that the ancients-
were familiar • With -the higher degree-
of Masonry, at- least as high as the-
and council to pass the ordinance eighteenth degree. Manv peculiar em-
complained of. The sole power .granted ; hlems not ■ understood by Lieutenant
in the charter in relation to the sale
of spirituous liquors within the limits of
the corporation, is. the power to withhold
or to grant the license on the terms there!-
m prescribed. If the mayor and council
grant the license, to retail for twelve
months, and receive tlie money therefor,
then, under the charter, with the money-
in its treasury, it had no powor or author
ity to practically defeat tho object of
granting the license by the passage of the
ordinanoe in the record. In other words,
the mayor and counul under its charter
have no power delegated to it to serve
“God aud mammon.” If it desires to
serve the former, then let it withhold tlie
license; if the latter, then let it grant the
license, take tha money for it, and let the
traffic go on, but don’t undertake to run
both schedules, especially when its char
ter does not authorize any such prooeed-
ito.
Jackson J., dissenting.
1.! It is trne that the constitution and
laws of Gooigia open the entire State to
the free exercise of religious opinion and
worship therein, so long as such worship
does not embrace or encourage licentious
ness or immorality; and Jew or Gentile,
Christian or Fagan, are alike entitled to
equal protection under our liberal and
wise toleration of perfect freedom of re
ligious thought, and equality of protection
extended to religious worship. Nor do I.
suppose tliat it entered into the brain of
either of the counsel who advised, or the
authorities of Stone Mountain who enac
ted, the ordinance iu question, that any
preference was thereby given to Christians
over other worshippers. It so happens
that at Stone Mountain, as in most of
Georgia villages, the only churches are
Christian, and the only worshipping so
cieties are believers in Christ as the Son
of God. If there be a place of worsMp or
any society of worsMppers according to
any other faith within lhe limits of Stone
Mountain, the record does not disclose it,
nor I ever heard of such place of worship
or society of worshippers therein. If such
had been the case, doubtless the ordinance
would have extended to them, as it
should, equal protection against the dan
ger of not or interruption from grog sel-
ers and grog drinkers -whilst the mind
should be composed for the worship ofths
common Creator of all. Therefore, I do
not think-the ordinance void because it
does not name other as well as Christian
worshippers.
2. The charter of Stone Mountain gives
to the town authorities power to grant or
to. withhold license to retail spirituous
liquors. The power to grant covers the
terms on wMch license is granted, except
in so far' as the terms are prescribed and
restricted in the legislative grant of the
power. Therefore the restriction that the
Commander Gorringe were fully explain
ed by Dr. Fanton from a Masonic point of
view. This discovery furnishes a clue to
other important discoveries not only un
der the fallen'obelisks, hut also mother
parts of Egypt, rendering probable a solu
tion-of the mystery of the construction of
the pyramids. Among tbe discoveries
was fonud a perfect cube and also em
blems of all Masonic foundations. Lieu
tenant Commander-Gorringe; who is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, entire
ly approves Dri Fanton's explanation,
and gives this dispatch Ms entire appro
bation. n ■ - i - •>! *
Savannah Railroad News.
Specli 1 Telrgr.jn to the Moa/irg lie* s J
Atlanta, Ga., > January 29.—The
Railway Association -re-elected their old
officers and decided to keep tlieir head
quarters at MaconV Nd business of un
usual importance was transacted. Colo
nel Screven is a member of the board of
arbitration. :
There is intense excitement about the
Georgia Western Road: Mayor Calhoun i
and - the citizens say tbe Louisville and
Nashville Railroad must build the road or
surrender the charter.
Rumor says that Governor Brown to
day secured a controlling interest in the.
Western and Atlantic lease, aud that
Messrs. Cole, Brown apd Wadley are to
form a close connection with the Cincin-.
nati Southern. Neither Messrs> Cole nor
Wadley are seeking an alliance with the
Louisville andNashville new combina
tion. Startling developments may be
looked for in a few days in railroad cir
cles. Central railroad, officials'are- M
good spirits, though silent as to the fiiture,
except to say that Savannah and the Cen
tral are safe.
Bklshazzer. The rehearsal of this
immensely popular spectacular opera, was
largely attended last night. Nearly all of
the dramatis personae were present. We
cannot, and will not, give the fainest ink
ling to the public of the magnificent
scenes, charming music, and thrilling in
cidents of this interesting rendition of
some of the most salient events of sacred
history.
We simply call upon all to come and
see, and listen for themselves next week.
Be sure to be on hand when the amateurs
of Macon act Belshazzar.
—The Presbyterian Union of Cleve
land has voted that no Christian can con
sistently read Sunday newspapers, hut
has expressed no opinion on Mondaj
retailer should not sell during religious - morning newspapers, which are made on
meetings whether stated or protracted, Sunday.