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GEORGIA PRESS.
The Wayne County Agricultural Soci
ety arc taking steps towards holding a
county fair at Jesup next fall.
Unimproved town property in Waynes
boro sold last week for five hundred dol
lars per acre.
The arrival of the festive robin and the
recurrection of the ancient fowling piece
are announced in some of the papers.
The thirty acres of land so long in liti
gation in Eastman is to be put in market
able condition by General Ira Foster,
■who has recently recovered ft. in a suit in
the United States Court. This suit has
been a very serious obstacle to the prog
ress of the city, but is now happily set
tled.
TnE Cochran Enterprise wants a rail
road from that place to Dublin.
The Dublin brass band has been visit
ing Eastman.
The anniversary of the Social Reading
Club, of Eastman, was a most enjoyable
and creditable affair.
Andrew Brown*, colored, go*s from
tire Laurens Superior Court to the peni
tentiary for life, for the murder of Jim
Smith, colored, whom he shot while sit
ting iu his own house with lii$ wife.
Last Sunday evening, in Cochran, Mr.
and Mrs. Q. L. Harvard celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage
by giving a supper to which all their rela
tives and a good many friends were in
vited.
Coi.oxki. J. M. Stubbs has retired
from the Dublin Gazette.
Another little darkey had a holocaust
of her own last week at Cothran.
Mr. George W. Wabler and Mr.
John Yates killed a very large catamount
last week near Sandersville. The dogs
ran a raccoon and the catamount up the
same tree; the party shot them both.
The prisoners have been removed from
tlie old to the new jail in Fort Gaines.
The gin house and press of Mr. J.
1\ Durham, fifteen miles from Dawson,
were destroyed by fire a few days ago.
He was insured for about nine hundred
dollars.
The small crop of corn, it is feared,
will embarass many of the farmers about
Dawson.
The Albany News will exchange with
the Atlanta Republican so as to have some
sort of a reminder that there is a Republi
can party in the Stale.
Albany wants a city clock and a chem
ical fire engine.
Small grain is rusting around Albany.
The llawkinsville Dispatch denomi
nates the magnificent watch for two dol
lars and sixty cents, now being offered in
many pajiers, as a magnificent humbug.
John Johnson, colored, who has been
twice tried and three times sentenced will
hang an tlie 27th of February, in Savannah.
He and two others murdered a sailor by
the name of Daniel McDurmont.
The Felton attaclunent to Simmons
has crowded tlie Clement attachment out
of sight.
Dublin is said to be growing faster
•and doing more business than any town
off a railroad in the State.
Over one thousand maimed ex-Con-
federaie soldiers have been supplied either
•.with -..lificial limbs, or their equivalent
in cash, since the adjournment of tho Le
gislature last fall.
The small grain crop is said to be unu
sually promising near Albany. We un
derhand that a larger area than usual was
plauicJ.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Mr.
J. S. Hammond, of New York, well
known in Augusta, is at the Planters.
Hi s wife—better known as Miss Belle
Boyd, the Confederate Spy, will shortly
make a lour through the Soutli, reading
‘ tlie benefit of the Hood fund. The
iv York Herald terms lier a Baltimore
y—this is a mistake; Miss Boyd is a
ginian by birth, but belongs so com-
lelv to the whole South that it would
unfair to designate any place with her
ntity.
IAWKINSVIT.I.E Dispatch: TlieMill-
leville Union and Recorder observes
ires very closely. It remarks:
The published volume ot sketches of
lubcis of the Georgia General Assem-
js interesting reading. The sketch of
n James M. Buchan says he was born
1828 and was married In 1810, which
s eighteen years before his birth. That
tcli must have been made in heaven.
Albany News: Yesterday morning
i Extension train brought in five feet of
huge rattlesnake, which was captured
tlie neighborhood of Williamsburg, this
inty, under the following peculiar cir-
nstances: A dog chased a rabbit ’till
ran into a gopher hole. Wien the
ner attempted to draw the rabbit from
hiding place he found that in that rc-
itacle there was a happy family, com-
>ed of a skunk, the rabbit, and a huge
llcsnake with eighteen young ones,
ly five feet of tlie monster serpent was
:ured.
V corespondent of the Buena Vista
gus, in a letter from Macon, concludes
follows:
rhere are Maconites all over Georgia
o will no doubt rejoice to hear that
r city is booming—not in a sensational
y, but in that steady, “be sure you are
ht and then go ahead” style that tells
lb effect.
Sncouraoino Prospects.—Dawson
iurmil: Dawson seems to be undergo-
■ a grand change. New fences, new
ifs, new dwellings, and repairing gener-
y are to be seen on every street. Let
; good work continue. Already some
sen or inorc good, substantial families
re moved in among us,and as many are
iccted next fall. The county is also
lidly filling up with experienced farm-
, who scorn to take an Interest in our
rn, and will doubtless do much to build
ip. Why should people not locate here?
ncll has several advantages over a ma-
ity of the counties in tlie State, and the
•rounding country is finding it out.
thin twelve months lands have advanced
irly or quite fifty percent., and we would
rise those who contemplate settling
our county to select their homes while
ids are yet comparatively cheap. Ter-
1 docs not owe a cent and has a surplus
tlie treasury. Hthe fanners do not buy
■ heavily on time this year, we confi-
ltly expect a good and prosperous fu-
e for all our people.
The Rome and Chattanooga Rail-
ad.—Rome Tribune: From a party
io witnessed it, we glean the fol-
ring: A meeting of the incorporators
tlie Rome and Summerville Railroad
nipany was held on Tuesday last in
i court house in Summerville, Chat-
iga county, when the books were
med, the stock taken and * meeting for
i election of directors ordered.
\t Trion a legal meeting qf the incor-
■ators was held yesterday, stock books
*ned, tlie stock subscribedpnyl a direc-
meeting ordered, as per nonce in an-
fer column. Tlie meeting was -very
rmonious, and everything completed, as
■fired by the darter. The following
k-r, just received, explains itself:
|hk railroad boom baa fairly reached
kiLorville. We congratulate all con-
Led, and particularly Mr. Blaueliard,
I 'laving precured possession of both
r ■ • .which now clve3liimthe undispu-
[key to the situation. Work is prog-
ling very satisfactorily. Colonel
I . i-; daily increasingliis forces, and
I . i tlie mad through with all possi-
•; iity.
|i i Atkins llininer gives the follow-
1,.. ,i.i of l ow the darkies of Ogle-
1, , Hie their little difficulties:
I t bnital case of stabbing occur
red on one of tlie plantations ofMr. James
M. Smith, of Oglethorpe county, on last
Saturday night, January 24tli. We get
the facts from Dr. J. W. Sewell, the phy
sician who attended the wounded man.
It seems that two men, Mr: C. R. Linsay
and J. W. Galliber, liad*a magic lantern
show at the old Glenn place in Oglethorpe
county, at the house of Gains Deadwyler,
colored. After tlie show was over the col
ored gents with their dusky sweethearts
posed to wind up with a dance. Dead
wyler, the tenant of the house, proposed
to have a little auction before the dance
commenced, and asked Mr. Galliher to
auction off some hats for him. The bats
were soon disposed of, and the auctioneer
offered to sell a bunch of rings, where
upon Joe Colbert, colored, ordered Cali
ber to “stop that business so that the ball
might go on.” After some very bitter
words Joe drew his knife and made
at Galliher, and stabbed him in
the right eye, making a very serious
wound. Galliher tried to get away when
Judge Colbert came to the scene with his
knife and cut Galliher below the left
shoulder blade, inflicting a wound about
eight indies long, the knife cutting to the
nbs. Galliher also received three other
wounds on the right shoulder and a
wound on tlie left knee made with a stick
or rock. Jesse Howard, and, in fact,
nearly all of the young bloods had some
thing to do with the cutting. Galliher
succeeded in getting back into the house
and Gains Deadwyler shut the door or
the mob would have killed him. The
wounded man remained in the house on
the floor from 10 or 11 o’clock Saturday
night until Sunday night before his
wounds were dressed. The. sight was
shocking, the blood having dried and his
coat, vest and two shirts were glued to
gether with blood, and on taking them off
the edges of the large wound on the back
was found to he drawn about four inches.
Dr. Sewell attended the wounded man
and says that he is in a very critical con
dition.
Judge Colbert and Jesse Howard are
under arrest but the rest have left for
other parts.
Gains Deadwyler did all he could to
stop the row and assist Galliher.
Darien is in anticipation of a mar
riage boom in a short while.
Darien has no board of health this
year.
Many exchanges say a better selection
than Judge Crawford could not have been
made to fill the Supreme Court vacancy
made by Judge Bleckley’s resignation.
Mr. George W. Stubges, of Fort
Valley, is dead. He was ene of Fort Val
ley’s first citizens. He was buried with
Masonic honors on Thursday.
Fort Valley’ has a vicious cow which
chases the young ladies of that place.
Fort Valley has had very heavy
rains.
A bachelor says that when he secs in
tlie papers tlie headline, Lifetime Fetters,
he docs not know whether to expect a
marriage notice or an account of a sen
tence to tlie penitentiary for life, but that
both, in the long run, amounts to about
tlie same.
Bbunswick is having a matrimonial
boom.
In a prize drill of the Savannah Cadets
Corporal Dasher wa3 the victor.
The Emory Mirror is the title of a
handsome eight page paper published by
the young men of Emory College. The
first number, now before us, is well edited
and elegantly gotten up in every particu
lar. The friends of old Emory should
rally to its support.
Says the Bamesville Gazette: Barnes-
ville is rapidly becoming a distributive
point for mules and horses, particularly
tlie former. A few years since the mule
trade was comparatively insignificant, but
it lias grown rapidly for the. last two
years. In 1875, when we became a citi
zen of Bamesville, mules were received
here and salesmen carried them in droves
through the surrounding country, and re
tailed them out to planters. Now they
arc taken off the cars here, and those who
deal in mules find ready sale without ped
dling them through the country. For in
stance, there are four excellent livery, sta
bles here, and they all do a large business
at this season. Last Wednesday morning
every lot attached to the four stables was
full of mules. Four car loads had been
emptied into them during Tuesday night,
in addition to those they already con
tained.”
Adcertiser: There is a great deal of
unsold cotton in Monroe county yet, and
many a gold dollar which has been paid
out for the staple during this season, is
stored away for use during the present
year.
The Catholics of Bruswick are go
ing to build a new brick church in that
city before the winter is over. We wish
them success.
A colored man has sued Rockdale
county for $12,000 damages, occasioned
by his falling through a bridge last Au
gust.
Fort Valley Mirror correspondence:
There are two things that Byron lacks to
make it one of tlie most pleasant homes
South. These are more young ladies and
a church. Though I am truly glad to say
that the latter deficiency will soon be fill
ed as the Methodists of our town will soon
commence a fine building, the most of tlie
material being already purchased. The
former, I can’t say when it will be filled,
Surrendered by ms Bondsmen.—
Savannah News: Mr. Thomas Barrett, of
Thomasville. who was recently indicted
by the grand jury of this coUnty for as
sault with intent to murder, in shooting
Mr. A. J. Moore, of the same town, in
front of the Screven House in this city,
on the afternoon of the tenth of October,
and who had been released by Magistrate
Molina on bonds furnished by some of
his friends in Thomasville, has been sur
rendered by his securites, for what cause
we know not. He was brought back to
the city, and is now confined in Chatham
county jail.
Savannah Netcs: Yesterday morning
between nine and ten o’clock, Thomas
McDermott, an old and faithfnl employe
of the Central railroad in the capacity of
switchman, was run over by the drilling
engine on the Central railroad, at tlie
junction of the Savannah and Charleston
railroad, while attempting to uncouple
some cars, and almost instantly killed.
Mr. McDermott was about fifty-two
years of age, and leaves a wife and three
children. His body was removed to his
residence, corner of McDonough and
West Broad streets, from whence his fune 1
ral will take place this morning at half
past eleven o’clock.
Eastman Times:Out friends over in
Richmond, Burke and other counties are
preparing to build a railroad from Augus
ta to Thomasville. The road is to touch
at Wrightsville, Dublin, Eastman, and we
suppose at Abbeville, as it is in direct
line.
Says the Oglethorpe Echo: “Few peo
ple have an idea of the difference in. size,
color and shape of the various varieties of
cotton seed. Some are white, green and
blue; others large, medium and small,
and round, flat and oblong. The smaller
the seed the shorter is the staple, but the
greater the yield of lint. The once fa
mous Dixon seed has become so badly
mixed that it is going out of use. The
Simpson and Cheatham varieties are the
same, only the latter is the purest. These
are the earliest and best fortius section.
The Bancroft yields well, hut is two weeks
later in maturing than the before men
tioned varieties. Several new kinds of
cotton, one with a veiy largo seed, is be
ing introduced in this county. We believe
the old Pettignlf the best cotton ever
grown, but it has entirely disappeared, we
are sorry to say.”
And it is now said that the three
“subjects” which arrived in Atlanta re
cently from Cincinnati, and which created
such a sensation in that city, were the
bodies of three negro emigrants, who had
died after getting that far on their journey
Westward. In fact, it is even stated tliat
medical colleges are anticipating a plenti
ful supply of cadavers for scientific pur-
poses from the cxpdps. • •
The Independent tells a mournful story
of how a boy living near Lumpkin recent
ly went out rabbit hunting; how his dog
started a rabbit; how the little animal
ran up an old steam pipe which was lying
on the ground; how the dog stuck his
head in the pipe, got stuck fast, was una
ble to be extricated, and finally died in
sight of his game. This affords a good
basis for another one of Uncle Remus’ folk
lore stories about “brer rabbit.”
Tim Covington Star says that the
farmers of Newton county are going to do
their “level best” to make a good crop
this year. Some of them have failed for
three successive years, but they are not
going to give it up so, and will only work
the harder this year.
During the year 1879, 220 vessels en
tered the port of Brunswick. Of these, 72
arrived from foreign- and 148 from coast
wise ports. There were 225 clearances,6S
for foreign and 157 for domestic ports
The exports during the year from Bruns
wick were of the value of $1,394,401,
against $1,373,804 in 1878,
Meriwether Vindicator: Bio Cat.
—We learn that Mr. McKnlghtat Waraer-
ville, while fishing in White Oak creek
last Thursday night, caught an immense
cat fish, which on being opened, was
found to have swallowed three young
beaverg. Our informant desires to know
if our friend, Boss Woodward can beat
this.
We are informed that Mr. McKniglit
lias been remarkahly successful, as a fish
erman the past season, having taken
from a fall trap one night as many as 600
fish, including eels. He certainly will
never want for meat.
Gordon’s Endorsement of C. R.
Johnson.—Griffin News: Alter seeing the
charge made in the press that General
John B. Gordon had endorsed C. R. John
son, of this city, who is a Republican, for
Census Supervisor, we called on Mr.
Johnson to as certain the facts. Mr. John
son says General Gordon did not endorse
him, but merely stated that he was com
petent and, if a Republican had to be ap
pointed, he was his choice from that party.
If there is any inconsistency or corruption
injx Democrat telling the truth we do not
belong to that party. That is all General
Gordon did, for Mr. Johnson is competent
and the objection to him is on account of
his politics. General Gordon did nothing
more than any honest Democrat ought to
have done—made a choice between two
Republicans.
Savannah will soon have a tiglit-ropc
performance. Johnson is the colored fel
low’s name. He killed a sailor.
Supposed to Have Been Foully
Dealt With.—Savannah News: On
Tuesday the 13th inst., a young man by
the name of Daniel McLerinott, in tlie
employ of James R. Ward, Murray Hill,
Soutli Carolina, who also has a store in
this city, at the comer of Canal and River
streets, left Savannah for that place.
Since then nothing has been heard con
cerning him, and it is feared that he has
been tlie victim of foul play. lie is des
cribed as a worthy young man, about
twenty-four years of age, stout built
and of good appearance.
Timber Gazette: Darien wants a libra
ry, a railroad, a fire engine, a business
boom, a plenty of timber and a hundred
thousand dollar appropriation from the
government. Give : her' these and she
will be contented for sometime to come.j |
The Planter^ and Grange, of Atlanta,
the Rural Sun, oit Nashville, and the Plan
tation, of Montgomery, have been consoli
dated, and Will hereafter be published as
the Dixie Farmer, with offices at Atlanta
and Montgomery. It is an eight page,
containing forty-eight "columns. . It is
neatly printed in Nashville, and is well
filled with good reading matter,* and we
commend it to our farmers as a good agri
cultural paper. ' Tlie Dixie Fanner will
be conducted by Messrs. Frank Gordon,
S. A. Cunuingliam and B. M. Hord. We
wish for the new combination all the pros
perity that it deserves.
Tom Abter is in the wilds of Florida.
George Davis lias been sentenced in
Cartersville to twenty years in the peni
tentiary, for killing William Holland.
The circumstances are as follows:
Iu last September, as William Holland,
accompanied by two sisters and some
other kinspeople, was going home from
church, one Whisnant asked Miss Holland
to allow him to see her home. The re
quest was refused, and renewed by Davis,
who was also refused. Davis and Whis
nant then began acting in a manner un
pleasant to Holland, who called Davis to
one side of tlie road and asked him what
he meant by such conduct. Davis replied
“nothing," to which Holland rejoined,
BY TELEGRAPH
“that’s all right, then, 1
Di
aud turned to go
away, when Davis said, “if you don’t like
it, you’ve got a poor way of helping your
self.” Holland then struck Davis a back-
handed lick, aud Davis preceded to stab
Holland six times, from the effect of which
he died on Tuesday morning next there
after.
Southwest Georgia.
Cuthbert, January 29,1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: This
part of the commonwealth is in a state of
quietude as to all public political matters.
We read the news from Maine, and won
der if the “truly loil” will shed the blood
so precious in the veins of Puritan de
scendants over a little matter of office
holding, and if we are ever likely to be
called out to suppress a rebellion away
up in New England.
The business of Governor making,
which we hear so much of when we go
from home, and read so much of in our
newspapers, does not, as yet, seem to en
gage our people. FerLaps the coming of
the grangers and farmers and their at
taches of the law and merchandise, and
other callings, is a tidal wav6 that will
bring the matter to our doors wheu the
Agricultural Convention shall assemble.
For as much as we think of farming, and
much as tlie State Secretary prates about
digging independence up out of the
ground, many who do not hold tho plow
or drive, and do not rely on farming, seek
the popularity of Industry to bring down a
living from the public offices of the State.
And this is altogether as reputable and
honorable on their part as many of the
other arts and devices by which tlie pub
lic honors and offices of this day are
sought.
If the question were propounded indi
vidually to the intelligent people of this
part of the State, as to who is tlie popular
choice for Governor, the candid answer
would be, in almost every instance, the
people have not made a choice among the
many public men they esteem and honor.
It is, in reality, in this, as it lias ever been,
missionary ground in which aspiring men
from other sections fly to electioneer for
votes, but from which the powers in
offico never see fit to select men for pub
lic honors not necessary to be held within
our own territory.
This city has been true to a time honored
liberality and hospitality^ in entertaining,
all public boards who have honored us
with their meetings. And no-fear is felt
that the Agricultural and Pres Conven
tions of this year, will have cause to Coip-
plain. We appreciate both, aud the .prop
er method of showing that appreciation
will be better witnessed tban predicted.,
There are many men connected with
both who are well known and popular
with tlie people.
Tho agricultural otftlook seems favora
ble in this part of the State. All hands
have gone to work in good earnest, and
but little idle bread is consumed.
* Randolph.
Railroad Velocipede.—The Mont
gomery Advertiser says it is stated that
Mr. W. G. Raoul, superintendent of the
Southwestern railroad, has purchased a
velocipede constructed to run on railroad
tracks, and is now testing the practicabili
ty of its being used by supervisors inspect
ing the road instead of the crank HOW
use. They arc constructed similar,'to the
ordinary velocipede, except two oftlie
wheels run on one side, and whatis called
iho guide wheel is on the rear Instead tff.
the front. They weigh seventy-five to one;
hundred pounds, and can be handled by
one man, and put off and dn the track
with ease. They cost about forty dollars,
carry one man and are capable of.beiug
forced up to a high rate of speed. It is
anticipated that itwill save the expense
j of two hands, who work the ordinary
crapknow used,., . »«•.»•
Richmond, Va., January 30.—The
Whig, General Mahone’s organ, publishes
the following: The Manchester Courier
of yesterday under display headlines, per
petrates a stupendous joke upon the Re
adjusters, the sense and substance of
which is that General Mahone has gone
over to the Republicans. We are not
sure that it needs contradiction. Cer
tainly nobody who knows Mahone be
lieves it, and developments that are rap
idly to come will give the hoax its quietus.
The Courier might as well say Mahone
has gone over to the Bourbon funders.
London, January 30.—By a fire damp
explosion in a colliery at Messen, in Sax
ony, yesterday, ten miners were killed
and nine injured. Nine persons who were
in the pit at the time of the explosion are
unaccounted for.
Paris, January 30.—The Monde, organ
of the Papal Nuncio, referring to the mis
sion of Charles S. Parnell to the United
States, says by the mouth of a Protestant
Catholic Ireland calls the Protestants of
England to account. Whoever outrages
justice paves the way for a terrible expia
tion.
Washington, January 30.—In tlie
House, Mr. Acklin, of Louisiana, made a
personal explanation relative to charges
made in a recent number of the New
York Ilcrald and Detroit Post to the
effect that lie had, during tlie absence from
the House of members of the Committes
on Foreign Affairs, of which committee he
was not a member, made a report pur
porting to be a report of the Committee
on the Nicaraguan Canal bill. He refer
red to these charges as the most malicious
and willful prevarications of the truth on
record, and offered a resolution which was
adopted, directing the Committee on For
eign Affairs to examine into their truth or
falsity.
Mr. Harris, of Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a
bill which was referred to tlie Committee
of the Whole, providing a permanent con
struction fund for the navy.
Governor Pitkin, of Colorado, resumed
liis testimony before the House Committee
on Iudian Affairs, this morning. He rela
ted incidents of bis interviews* with Jack
and other Indians, going to show Ouray
had gradually lost influence over the
younger Utes, and a feeling of disaffection
and war spirits had, for some time past,
been gaining ascendancy with them. He
said some of the scouts had, previous to
Thornburgh’s fight, been warned that tlie
Indians would attack the troops at or near
Bear river, and that tlie general opinion
among tlie people of Colorado was that
the outbreak was premeditated on the
part of the Utes.
Washington, January 30.—In
tlie House Mr. Valentine, of Ne
braska, asked leave to offer a resolution
instructing the Appropriation Committee
To report the post-office deficiency bill,
with tlie exception of the items of appro
priations to star service, by the fifth of
February.
Mr. Blackkurn, of Kentucky, objected
Mr. Knott, of Kentucky, Chairman of
the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill
removing tlie political disabilities of Wil
liam B. Taliaferro,df Virginia.
Mr. Conger, of Michigan, opposed tlie
bill on the ground that in his petition the
petitioner referred to tlie late war as “a
war between the Southern States and the
United States,” instead of a “war of re
bellion.”
The Speaker thought tlie tone of the
petition did not exhibit any disposi
tion on the part of the petitioner to
be hypercritical. It was*in the us
ual form. The chair was always on the
side of pensioners and relieving disa
bilities
Mr. Conger: “I do not rank pensioners
and those who ask amnesty in the same
class.”
The Speaker: “The chair would erect
them all to full citizenship, and those wlio
have suffered lie would have pensioned.”
The bill was passed. Yeas, 172;
Nays, 53.
Conger, of Michigan, objected to the
passage of a bill removing the political
disabilities of John Owens, of Virginia,
and demanded tlie yeas and nays. Fend
ing which the morning hour expired.
Tlie House then went into a committee
of tlie whole on the private calendar.
A bill for the relief of certain citizens
of Lynchburg, Virginia, refunding to
them taxes improperly collected from
them on manufactured tobacco, amount
ing to $20,000, was debated and laid aside
to be favorably reported.
After some further business of little
public interest, the House adjourned.
Liverpool, January 30.—This week’s
circular of the Liverpool Cotton Associa
tion says cotton was in good demand with
firm market throughout the week. To
day there was a quieter feeling, but quo
tations for American have advanced.
American was in good daily demand at
gradually hardening prices—the latest
quotations of medium qualities being
l-16d higher. Sea Island was in fair re
quest at unchanged prices. Futures
opened firm and improved gradually. On
Wednesday the tone cf tlie market was
strong, and advanced, amounting to 5-32d
to 3-16d. To-day tlie market was much
quieter and prices declined l-16d. The
final rates snow an advance of 3-32 to Jd.
Atlanta, Ga., January 30.—Rev. T.
J. Simmons, whose name is before tlie
Senate, has withdrawn liis application for
appointment for the position as Supervisor
of Census, for the purpose of relieving his
friend, Hon. W. H. Felton.
Auousta, Me., January 30.—Several
additional Fusionists took seats in the
House, and. there are but four empty
chairs at the Senatorial board. The Au
burn Light Infantry departed this morn
ing. Nomilitaiyor extraordinaiy police
force are at tlie State house now.
London, January 30.—A dispatch from
Rome to the Pall Mail Gazette says the
condition of the Pope’s health Is causing
anxiety. He suffers from fits of shivering
and great prostration, but persists in his
usual occupations.
The very Rev. Frederick Oakley, a
Catholic divine and writer on religious
subjects, is dead, aged seventy-eight.
Lord Beaconslield is suffering from an
attack of gout.
Three deaths from starvation have oc
curred this week in the neighborhood
of Parisontown, county of Louth, Ireland.
Baltimore, January 30.—The steamer
“Falcon,of Charleston line, sunk in
a collision some time since, was sold to
day for $S8,800.
Pittsburg, January 30.—At a meeting
of the Western Iron Association here to
day, tlie price of iron was advanced to four
cents. /
Cincinnati, January 30.—Congratu
latory dispatches were exchanged to-day
between tlie mayor of Chattanooga and
Cincinnati, on the occasion of the opening
of telegraphic communication over the
Cincinnati Southern Road.
Washington, January 30.—Before
the Exodus Committee to-day Windom
and Blair closely cross-examined Cbarles
Otuz, who testified last Monday. He ad
mitted to-day that he knew of no mem
ber of the Emigrant Aid Society, except
Mendenhall, nor any outside Republicans,
advising the diycrsiou of negroes from
Kansas to Indiana for political purposes.
He belie'*' - the three men engaged iu in
citing the, emigration were in tlie pay of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa
ny. The other testimony was unimpor-
*—Tfr 1
tant. Tlie committee amounted until to
morrow. * J 1 ‘
Washington, January 30.—Iu tho
House tlie Committee on Commerce con
sidered the Reagan intc£5tates commerce
bill to-flhy, but without taking final action
thereon. Adjourned. 1
Secretary Sherman was before the Sen
ate Finance Committee to-day, and a col
loquy took place in which the general
financial policy of tho Government was
^London, ^A dispatch iro:
Paris to tlie limes says a coalition of tho
moderate Republicans witli the Conserva
tives, yesterday, elected 'M. Leon, Presi
dent of the Senate Finance Committee,over
Mi Colman, a Vice-President of the Sen
ate;,,who' wa3 Hie regular Republican
candidate. I ——~ —: '
On the : Senate proceeding to elect a
life Senator, vice Count Montatorer, re
cently deceased, the extreme left, whose
turrt it was to make a nomination, select
ed Dri Tanl Broca, tlie eminent an
thropologist. A'Republican life Sena
tor, with twflvS dr* fourteen folldWeri,'
who have practically ceased to belong to
the left centre, and must henceforth rank
as a distinct group midway between
the left and right centres, declined
to be bound by the rotation system of the
left, and opposed the nomination of Bro
ca, on the ground of liis Darwinian ten
dencies. They nominated- M. Bertoland,
a well known advocate and Republican,
but opposed to the anti-Jesuit clause of
Feny’s education hill. The vote being
taken, Broca received 126 votes and Ber
toland 118; scattering 12—Broca thus re
ceiving three less than an absolute nnyor-
ity. The election was then postponed.
More than oae hundred Senators of the
Right Centre supported the nomination of
Bertoland, manifesting if De Fauvre’s
group gains a few accessions through the
alarm of Radicalism of the Chamber of
Deputies, it will be able to hold the bal
ance of power. The rejection of clause
seven of the education bill is now consid
ered as certain.
A Vienna dispatch to the Times denies
the statement that Austro-Hungary, Eng
land and France have - agreed to make &
joint representation to the Porte for the
speedy execution of the provisions cf tlie
treaty of Berlin respecting Montenegro
and the question of reforms in Turkey.
A Berlin dispatch to the Times says, as
neither the Ultramontane party, nor the
Centre nor Brussian Bishops can lie re
garded as impartial sources of informa
tion touching tlie plan of the Vatican,
Bismarck has determined to demand di-
rictly from the Pope, what really are the
grievances of the church, which prevent
the establishment of solid peace. When
an answer is received, Herr Von Putfc-
kammer, Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs,
will draft a bill abolishing the severest
clauses of the May law.
The strength oftlie German army on a
peace footing, as shown by the military
budget of 1SS0, is 17,227 officers and
401,659 men. This does not include the
projected increase which the Cologne
Gazette says is chiefly destined to rein
force the Alsace Lorraine garrison.
The Louisiana floated at five o’clock
last evening. She reached Port Eads at
1:30 this a. m. At seven o’clock she left
for this city under her own steam.
Ottawa, Ont., January 30.—A man,
supposed to he dead from small-pox, was
being buried here Wednesday. The
grave digger had begun to fill up tlie grave
when a noise was heard in the coffin, which
was opened, when the man was found to
be alive. He was taken back to the hos
pital.
Parnell’s visit to this city has been in
definitely postponed. It is asserted by a
morning journal that owing to strong
public feeling against his visit, he will not
come at all.
Paris, January 80.—The Abbe de
Baize died at Uquiqi while attempting to
cross Africa.
Calcutta, January 30.—Information
is received from Herat that Yakaob
Khan’s Cabule troops refuse accompany
ing him and threaten to return to their
homes unless their pay is forthcoming.
Auousta, Me., January 30.—W. A.
Curry, of Camden, a prominent Green-
backer, on taking his seat in tlie Legisla
ture to-day, offered an order repealing
that clause in the constitution which re
quires certificates to be issued to members
of tlie Legislature.
Melbourne, December 30, via San
Francisco, January 30.—Tlie weather
is favorable for harvesting and prospects
continue good. A large surplus of grain
for export is anticipated. Gold mining
prospects continue good, and it is expect
ed annual returns will show an increased
yield.
St. Petersburg, January 30.—The in
crease of infectious diseases in this city is
exciting some apprehension. The mor
tality from that cause for the week end
ing January 17th, being nineteen per
cent, oftlie whole mortality, or twice as
great as usual.
Rome, January 30.—The Vatican has
sent dispatches to St. Petersburg, through
the Papal Nuncio, authorizing Bishops in
Russia to adopt certain provisional rules
embodying tlie concession, which it is
hoped will facilitate the settlement of
more important questions.
Washington, January 30.—Governor
Pitkin, of Colorado, testified yesterday and
to-day before the House Indian Affairs
Committee, that tlie Utes made frequent
raids from their reservation, set fires and
wounded tlie whites; that they refused to
surrender tlieir criminals to the State au
thorities. That their grievances against
Meeker was his desire to civilize them,
not lack of food, and that no miners
camps had been established on the reser
vation as lias been alleged.
New York, January 30.—The long
standing suit of tlie St. Louis, Alton and
Terre Haute Railroad against Samuel J.
Tilden, Charles Buler and others, lias
ended by tlie virtual confessions of judg
ment by tlie defendants and tlie repay
ment of several hundred thousand dol
lars. Judge Blatcliford to-day dismissed
the case without costs to either party.
London, Januaiy 31.—A Paris dispatch
says: M. John Emile Lemoine, the Pub
licist, lias been chosen a candidate for the
vacancy in the Senate, caused by the death
of M. Jules Favre, by the left centre Sen
ators, whose turn it is, according to a
standing arrangement between the various
groups of the left, to fill up the vacancy.
A rich land-owner near Barcelona, his
wife, three daughters, son and two women
servants, have all been found murdered in
tlieir betls. The deed was apparently done
with a hatchet. The house was ransack
ed. A shepherd and his two sons have
been arrested, charged with tlie crime.
Washington, January 31.—In tlie
House a resolution was adopted this
morning calling on tlie Secretary of War
for information as to the names aud lineal
rank of all officers of the army who are
not on duty—with their regiments and
corps, but on duty elsewhere. The House
at ten o’clock discontinued the transac
tion of public business, and eulogistic ad
dresses were made in memory of Rush
Clark, late member from Ohio.
Boston, Janury 31.—A dispatch from
Mount Washington last night says the se
verest storm of tlie season is raging there.
Washington, January 31.—In the
nouse, Mr. Keifer presented the petition
of Jere Haralson, relative to tlie contested
election case of Haralson against Shelly,
from the fourth district of Alabama, and
asked that it be printed and referred to
the committee on elections. _ Some oppo
sition was made to the printing of the pe
tition on tlie Democratic side, on the
ground that it was competent for the com
mittee on elections to order its printing if
it saw lit, but finally Mr. Keifer’s motion
was agreed to.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution directing
tlie Secretary of the Treasury to lay be
fore tlie House all the evidence on file in
tlie Internal Revenue Office and papers
and reports of the Collector of the second
collection district of Georgia, going to
show tlie true state of affairs touching the
enforcement of the Internal Revenue
laws in southeast Georgia. Referred.
London, January 31.—Tlie King of the
Belgians lias conferred the Leopold Cross
on Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur, the ar
tist. She is the first lady who has received
this distinction. The King of Spain lias
also recently conferred on this dlslm-.
guislicd painter, an equally liigh order,
.which lias never before been granted to a
lady.
Jacksonville, Fla., January si.—
The rowing race between Frencliy John
son, George W. Lee and L. B. Tuttle,
three miles and a .half, for a puree of a
$1,000, was won by Johnson by a length,
Lee second, while Tuttle was virtually
out of tlie race from the start. 1 ime,
35 minutes and 16 seconds.
New York, January 31.—The Repub
lican State Committee met this morning
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, with General
Chester A. Arthur in the chair. It'was
resolved to call the Republican State
Convention forFcbruaiy 25, at noon, in
the city of Utica, to elect delegates to rep
resent the Republicans of the State in the
National Republican Convention, which
meets in Chicago -June 2, to nominate
candidates for President and .Vice-Presi
dent of the, United States;; to he voted for
at the next election.
Cincinnati, January >31.—The resi
dence of Senator T. C. McCrary, at
Owensboro, Kentucky, was burned yester-
J.day, together, with a valuable library and
’ household goods. Tho loss is about ten
> thousand dollars. Insurance, Six thou-
sand. 11 ‘ ’„■ . _ abl .
| New Yobk, January hi.—A dense
•*'dfdifrd filled Ow^ourferoo8»*S*day In ‘Jie^
sey City, to hear the charge of the Judge
in the case of Jennie R. Smith and Co
vert D. Bennett, on trial for the murder
of policeman Richard H. Smith. After
the jury had retired, Gilbort and Judge
-Hofflnan, counsel for the defendants, pre
sented and read the formal bill of excep
tions containing thirty-eight distinct refu
sals of the court to charge as requested by
counsel. At his charge the Judge had
carefully avoided complying with the spe
cific points of law made by the counsel,
upon which the ruling of the law was
asked, and the case was given to the jury
for their decision. At 4 p. m. the jury
rendered a verdict of acquittal.
London, January 31.—The wages dis
putes in tlie cotton trade are still threat
ening. Proposition of Oldliam employes
for an increase in wages of five per cent,
in March, and that no further demand be
made for a year, is acceptable to tbe ope
ratives, who are willing, however, to wait
until the end of 1880.
A general strike at Oldham is improba
ble because the limited companies are
just beginning to prosper and cannot afford
to quit. But there nmy he partial strikes
which will give operatives the benefit of
the strike fund from mills which continue
to work. The Oldliam operatives number
seven thousand, of whom five thousand
are members of the union. There is a
strike of weavers at Burnley, and one also
impends at Riddale, where the operatives
have demanded an advance in their wages.
The striking spinners at Mossby and Asli-
ton-uuder-Tyne have accepted the in
crease of five per cent in wages, to take
effect March the first, and [tlie promise of
another increase of five per cent, iu July
if the trade continues to improve. The
strikes there, which have lasted a fort
night, are now ended.
Lord Derby and Hon. John Bright were
the principal speakers last night at the
non-political banquet given by the Mayor
of Manchester to Her Majesty’s Judges at
Assizes.
Washington, January 31.—Before the
Senate Exodus Committee to-day, the ex
amination of Mr. G. Lewman, sheriff of
Greencastle, Indiana, was concluded. He
testified that lie met and had an interview
with a colored man named Hatch, who
came on the mail car from Washington to
Greencastle over the Yandalia road. The
mail route agent’s name was Reynolds.
Hatch was trying to find locations for col
ored emigrants, and told witness liis ob
ject in the first place was to get to Kansas,
but at Washington Adams, tlie- Secretary
of the Emigrant Aid Society, asked him to
stop at Indianapolis. He had letters to
Judge Martindale, and Colonel Holloway,
prominent Indiana Republicans. One rea
son of the colored people leaving North
Carolina, was to better their condition,
and another was that their friends in
Washington desired as many of them as
possible to get out of North Carolina and
into Indiana before the census was taken,
about May, so as to decrease repre
sentation in North Carolina and increase
that of Indiana. Ten thousand intended
to come. He supposed, when lie was mak
ing these statements, that witness was a
Republican. He said the Republicans had
proposed to pay half of the expenses.
Witness could not remember tbe men
tion of any name, but that of Adams. On
the cross examination, witness stated that
liis county is well settled up. There is
no demand for labor there. Tlie dissat
isfaction felt on account of emigration, is
not because of the emigrants’ color, but
because they reach there destitute and
have to be supported by the county and
because they overstock the labor market.
There is ill feeling among the laborers of
both political parties. It sometimes takes
the shape of threats. One man who
hired some negroes, had liis barn burned
a few days later.
He met neath at the depot when he
came in on the train, and, representing
himself as a Republican, got into a con
versation with him. He told Heath that
the Republicans wanted a good many
negroes to come to Indiana, neath said
there was no doubt they could get all
they wanted, hut it would be necessary to
pay half tlieir expanses, because those
who had horses would not leave home
and those without horse3 could not afford
the expense. Witness got the impression
that no arrangements had yet been made
whereby their expenses were to be paid.
Paris, January 31.—M. Loyson (Pere
Hyacinth) lias asked the Prefect of tbe
Department of tlie Seine to grant him the
use oftlie Church of the Assumption, on
Rue Saint Honore, at present occupied by
the Polish Fraternity. M. Loyson pleads
that his present church is unsuitable, be
ing too small and too high rented, and
that his work addresses itself to persons
requiring a religion free from superstition
and fanaticism. His application will
certainly be refused, as his community
occupies the same position as the Proles-
tnnt free churches, which provide their
own edifices and pay their own pastors.
London, January 81. — A dispatch
from Rome says the congregration of tlie
Index has issued a decree placing a num
ber of works in the Index Expurgations,
most important of which are “Religion of
the Future,” by Count Terenzio Maraiari,
and a “Critical Essay on Revelations,” by
Jonathan: H. Everlay, of Charleston,
South Carolina, which is included by
Count Mamiani, in an appendix to his
own work.
Brussels, January' 31.—M. Paul De
Vaux, tho Belgian politician, is dead.
Aged 79.
London, January 81.—The Gibraltar
Guardian says the Moors at Fez, Morocco,
have attacked tlie Jews, wounding sev
eral. They covered an old man over
seventy years of age with petroleum and
burned him alive amidst shouts of joy.
Two of the wounded Jews are French
subjects.
Regarding the reported remarks of the
Czarwitch to some Polish magnates, that
he should be glad to wear their glorious
crown, etc., the St. Petersburg Golos
again asserts that negotiations for tbe es
tablishment of an independent Polish
kingdom, under Prince Radzwill, have
been unsuccessfully made between repre
sentatives of Russia and of the Polish
National Government.
A dispatch from Rome to tlie Standard
says accounts from Terra Di Lavoro,
Naples, continue to be terrible. The
population of the seventeen comjnuncs,
especially affected, numbers 92,382. Of
this number 51,340 hav6 been attacked by
fever up to December 15tli. This fever
means famine. Government aid is not
sufficient. .f.
Washington, January 31.—The House
Committee on; Appropriations at their
meeting this morning agreed upon the In
dian appropriation bill, and will report it
to the House at ^be parliest opportunity*.
The bill appropriates in tlie aggregate
$4,593,645.80, which is $219,533 less than
last year. The principal items of the de
crease are: Fpr the Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail Sioux, $95,000 Jess than last year;
for the Yankton Sioux, $15,000 less; for
the support of industrial schools, $10,000
less; for expensed of the Indian Commis
sion, $7,500 less. — ;
The House Committee oh Post-offices
and Post Roads will invite General. Bqau-
regard to come before them and give evi
dence on tlie lotteiy question at an. earlv
j,'
Augusta,-Maine, January "81.—P. A.
Sawyer, Fusion Secretary of State, who
had established an office aud retained pos
session of valuable Stato papers, has at
last yielded, and under 1 protest given up
all the State property In his possession.
At 5 p. m. to-day Sawyer delivered to the
Republican Secretary of State ‘the State
seal and tlie returns of the .vote for Gov
ernor, county officers. Senators and Rep
resentatives, council records and all re
ports of tlie Executive Couhcil of 1879 re- ;
lating to the election returns. Sawyer
was unable to find the key of the safe*
He holds himself entirely responsible
for liis acts in the premises, and says lie
receive'd legal advice yesterday , to hold out
In liis position, hut as he was notified that
tlie sheriff liad a warrant for his arrest, he
did not choose to make a martyr of him-
s, therefore, given up his claim
, and will hot attempt to exer-
ctions further. *<»' lfC- ,
leans, January; 31.—A fire
^ eredin the cargo of the ship
Hectanooga, having on board 2,S70. bales
of cotton. The-harbor boat “Protector”
filled her hold with gas and Extinguished
the fire, r The extent of the damage is
Unknown, but - it is hot believed to be
great. Shi was insured In the Atlantic,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington City,
January 28th, 18S0.
bayard’s booh
for honest money in the Senate yesterday,
was the event of the present session. No
more masterful and unanswerable argu
ment has been heard in that or any other
Legislative body. He spoke nearly two
hours to a large audience in the galleries
and a full Senate, and was listened to
with the closest attention. It was a pow
erful array of facts, figures and arguments,
aud a grand appeal for real resumption of
a standard value in place of the present
resumption which allowed the legal ten
der notes to be put in circulation again
after having been redeemed. This speech 1
may hurt his chances for the Presidency
but it stamps him as one of the wisest and
bravest of Democratic leaders and as a
Democrat of the old and true faith and
one who had lather be right than Presi
dent. Alas! that the party has so few
leaders of whom this can be said.
! SIMMONS,
Dr. Felton’s nominee for census super
visor, has not yet run the gauntlet of tho
“secession traitors” in Uie Senate, and
there is the best of reasons for believing
that be will not. I notice tbat Felton de
nies that he ever read Simmons’ letter to
Mr. Hayes asking the appointment, but
that denial is generally received with a
considerable degree of scepticism. If he
did not know what was in it, why should
he ask Mr. Hayes to read it over care
fully? Perhaps this denial would never
have been made had not the letter come
to light. It was a little too strong even
for the “Independents” of the Seventh dis
trict, and so he hastens not to repudiate
its sentiments or language, but to say that
he had never seen it! How eminently
characteristic of the man and his meth
ods! I suppose he will now proceed
to everlastingly demolish General Gordon
amid the cheers and plaudits of his claquers
and penny-a-liners at home. It has
been high fun since the tell-tale letter
came out, to mark his feverish activity
and anxiety to devise some plan to rub
out its damning revelations. 1 am inform
ed tliat be was on the go one whole day
for this purpose, and tliat his official du
ties knew him not for that time. Why
lie doesn’t pass over to the enemy’s
camp, bag and baggage at once, and
for good and all, is a question the publi
cation of this correspondence has suggest
ed even to some who have heretofore ta
ken stock in his fraudulent claim of being
an “Independent” Democrat. But the
time draws near when he must show his
hand, and iu that sweet hope let us rest
for tlie present. He can’t carry water on
both shoulders in a Presidential cam-
paign.
I LIBERALIZED.
General Cook’s Committee, that of Pub
lic Buildings and Grounds, has been im
mensely liberalized since I had the honor
of serving as its clerk. In those days the
obstructive, stingy element was in tbe
majority, and very generally and summa
rily set down upon all propositions, no
matter liow well considered and strongly
backed, to erect additional public build
ings at divers points where they were de
manded by business considerations.
Some of thei members of both parties
seemed to be under tbe spell of an oatli
to vote no on every proposition of this
character, and it is rather a coincidence
that most of them were left out in tlie
making up of the present Congress: This
session, however, a well considered liber
ality has marked the action of the Com
mittee. Several bills for the erection of
public buildings have been unanimously
reported, one for $60,000 for Danville:
$75,000 for Lynchburg; $125,000 for Mont
gomery; $10t>,000 at Jackson, Mississipi;
$G0,000 at Charlestown, West Virginia;
and $600,000 at Brooklyn. Two or three
others were reported last week. I am
glad to see this liberal spirit. Macon will
need a public building before very long,
and, with General Cook as chairman, a
committee made up like the present one,
and Mr. Blount to push the matter with
his usual energy and persistence, she will
be very apt to get it. Uncle Sam could
not put $100,0OO of liis surplus cash to
better use than building himself a house
in Macon.
THE GEORGIA DELEGATION.
It is a subject of frequent remark in
my hearing by men and members who
don’t know where I “hail” from, that
Georgia is served here in both Houses
with exceptional zeal, ability and efficien
cy—all of which is quite gratifying to me.
If there is a better delegation in tbe House
I have not heard it named. Our mem
bers are always on hand and never
idle. Messrs. Felton. and t Speer,
whatever may be their political sins,
are active, working members, always
in tlieir seats and paying close attention to
tlie business in baud, besides looking sed
ulously after the wants and interests of
their constituents. No fault can be found
with them on that score, and- it gives me
pleasure as a Georgian to be able to say
this much of them as Georgia Represen
tatives, and to put on record this oflset to
their political dereliction. The same good
words are especially due as to the others.
No man in the House stands higher than
our owu immediate Representative for
courage, industry, strong sense, exception
al good judgment and a devotion to duty,
ana the others are universally recognized
as ranking among tlie best men in the
House. Georgia has abundant reason for
congratulation that she has chosen so
well.
[PERSONAL.
Our friend Randall, of the Augusta
Chronicle, is still here and driving a most
industrious and eloquent pen for that able
journal.
He is here, there and everywhere, aud
has a nose for news that does him infinite
credit. ‘He ought to have a “pliat take”
somewhere and I sincerely hope he will
get it. It does seem strange that in the
distribution of official plums two men who
have served the party with such zeal and
efficiency as he and Albert Lamar should
not be recognized.
Major E. A. Wilcox, of Macon Is here,
aud, I understand, will soon be provided
for on tlie doorkeepers roll. He and
General Field are o Id acquaintances, and
the latter doubtless bears in grateful re
membrance the kindness received at
Major W's. hands while sojourning in Ma-
Our townsman, Mr. S. I. Gustin, is also
to the fore, and tlie busiest man and tbe
most industrious pedestrian in Washing
ton. He haunts the domain of Monsieur
LeDuc, and is suspected of having an eye
on that gentleman’s place after March 4,
1881. He is certainly fully capable ot
filling it most satisfactorily. A. W. R.
Hardly to be credited, but it is never
theless true, that a sick horse or a bad-
conditioned cow can be brought up in a
few days by tbe use of Simmons’ Liver
Regulator. The powders should be mix
ed with the food, and they will eat it
readily; and it is surprising to see what
improvement immediately takes place.. It
opens the bowels, strengthning them, and
does all’and even more than the best Con
dition Powders. A small quantity in the
food for chickens will.cure cholera, and
keep the poultry healthy.
Shocking Casualty at Abingdon.
—Last Friday, Miss Fields, a lady living
in Abingdon, met with a horrible death
by burning. The Bristol Argus says it
appears that the lady was up stairs in a
room by herself. She approached the
fire-placo or grate to arrange her toilet in
some way, when her apparel caught fire,
and altliongh she endeavored to raise the
alarm, tlie unfortunate woman was burn
ed fatally before aid reached her—only
living about an hour after the accident
occurred. The lady, was a member of one
of the best families in Abingdon.
Becena. Discoveries.
The discoveries and inventions for the
past few years have been among tbe most
remarkable in tbe histrory of the world,
ami lir-t among those for the removal of
disease are Warner’s Safe Kidney aud
Liver Cure, Safe Diabetes Cure, Safe .Bit-
lei's, Safe Tonic, Safe Pills aiid Safe Ner-
vine. * * jan 19-2w
The Haakell-Gary Difficulty.
Our readers will call to mind tbe recent
dispatch from New York which announced
the probability of a serious personal con
flict between Colonel JohnC. Haskell,
the son-in-law of Senator Hampton, and
General Gary, who has long been at en
mity with Governor Hampton.
The letter of Colonel H., which, it is
feared, will cause the affair to culminate
in mortal combat, we copy from the
Charleston Neioscmd Courier. It is as I
followr:
Columbia, S. C., January 22, 1880.
To the Editor of the Abbeville Medium :
Sir—I have seen to-day, for the first
time, a copy of your paper of January 7th,
containing an interview between your
correspondent, “Hampden,” and General
M. W. Gary, which is entitled “General
Gary Again—He sticks to his statements
and gives the evidence.” Now, liis state
ments are repetitions of the charges made
to a New York Herald correspondent that
“General Hampton, in 1876, advocated
the withdrawal of the Tilden and Hen
drick’s electors, and that he was not true
in his support of their ticket.” He goes
further, and says that by the rule that
silence is admission, General Hampton
stands convicted, not having denied the
second repetition of the charge.
Now, a newspaper interview is always
unsatisfactory matter to deal with, as Gen
eral Gary may repudiate, explain away or
evade in any other way such part of
“Hampden’s” interview as he pleases; but
even with that difficulty in my way I
hope I can make my points clear.
1. As to General Gary’s claim, as repre
sented by the interviewer, that General
Hampton by his silence has admitted the
charge, I would say that General Hampton
pronounced his charge to be “utterly and
absolutely false,” and tbat his answer ap
plies as well to the second, third and every
other repetition as it did to the original. But
that there may be no question I will say
that, if General Gary will, over his own
signature, repeat what he has said in the
published interview, or simply say that it
Is true, namely, “that Governor Hampton
advocated the*withdrawal of the Tilden
and Hendricks electors,” I will, by the
veiy gentlemen whose names he gives as
bis witnesses, prove his statement false. I
will use no other testimony. Out of the
mouth of his own witnesses I will convict
him offalsehood.
I will go further. I will undertake to
prove that General Gary did the very
thing with which he lias falsely charged
General Hampton. That when Settle
and Denny, emissaries of President Grant,
offered if General Hampton’s party would
admit that the State liad gone for Hayes
and Wheeler, the Hampton government
should be recognized, General Hampton
refused the offer, while General Gary
urged that it should be accepted.
General Gary has in the interview fur
ther stated that General Hampton sent
Judge Mackey to Hayes, iu Ohio, aud
gives Judge "Mackey as his authority.
Now, if General Gary will repeat this
over his own signature, I will repeat my
offer to prove by his owu witness that it
is false.
Further in the interview ho says: “But
Hampton met with the misfortune of
breaking his leg, and of course I could not
strike him when he was down.” Let him
repeat this and I will prove that it, too, is
false, and that General Gary made the
most indecent assault on General Hamp
ton at the very time he- was thought to be
dying. He shall not lay claim to a mag
nanimity which he did not show.
I think I have made my points clear,
and unless General Gary “admits them
by silence,” I shall prove each and every
one of them.
I might well stop here, but I sliaU add a
few words on General Gary himself. He
utterly misunderstands his owu position,
or he misstates it as grossly as he does that
of others. He is entirely mistaken in hold
ing that any one has stood between him
and the people, and kept him from his
rights. Tlie people always have and al
ways will choose for themselves who shall
serve them. The whole trouble has been
tbat they would not take General Gary at
his own valuation. They have not thought
him worth tlie price. Whenever they want
him they will undoubtedly take him, but
not before.
I frankly admit that I do not think Gen
eral Gary is fit for the high place to which
he has aspired and will give as some of the
reasons for my opinion the following facts,
which, if General Gary will deny, I will
prove to be true:
1. In 1871 General Gary did agree for
pay “to use his best efforts to get the Tax
Payers' Convention to endorse the whole
bonded debt of the State,” both the honest
aud the fraudulent. “Picture it, think of
it.”
2. That he did about the some time en
gage with the advocates of the Blue Ridge
Railroad “to aid securing” the approval
of the same Couvcutiou to the relinquish
ment by Uie State ofits first mortgage on the
Blue Ridge Railroad to private parties.
It is true that when Major Warley de
nounced the scheme in the Convention,
and General Gary was called on to re
deem his pledge, he refused to do it, but
took his pay all the same.
3. That he was the constant defender of
McDevitt, the Radical Treasurer of Edge-
field, and that one of the indictments
against McDovitt was for fraudulently
paying to General Gary a large sum of
county money. ’
4. Tliat in 1876, after he had been
defeated for the United States Senate by
General Butler, lie did advocate tlsac
General' Butler should be withdrawn,
and that Whittemorc, (who had beoti ex
pelled by the Radical Congress for bribe
taking,) put in his place.
I have long known these facts, but have
not cared to use them, and do so now
only to convince General Gary that he
cannot, with impunity, indulge in abuse
of those who have never injured him ex
cept by too clearly sefilng the ass’ears un
der the lion’s skin.
I have'addressed this communication to
your paper because, it circulated tlie
charges.; It is only justice that it should
carry the denial to the same audience.
Tiiat there may.be no misapprehension,
I will add that General Hampton knows
nothing of this commiuiicatiouj General
Gary, with his usual taste, having made
the last assault while he was absent in
Mississippi at the death bed of his son. L
am, sir, your obedient servant,
John C. Haskell,
Father in Getting Well.
My daughters say, “How much better
father is since he used Hop Bitters.” He
is getting well after liis long suffering
from a disease declared incurable, and we
arc so glad that he used your Bitters.—A
lady of Rochester N. Y.— Utica Herald
Belshazzar.
The rehearsal of this popular biblical
opera was largely attended last night, and
we can safely promise to the people of.
Macon and the entire State, that if they
will honor with their presence this mag
nificent rendition of one of the most strik
ing and salient.passages in sacred history,
they will be richly compensated ’ for their
trouble. The music is exquisite, the act
ing excellent j and there is a charm about
the Eastern costumes and the surround
ings of the representation, that cannot fail
to attract all who may he induced to at
tend.- . ‘ '
, The corps has received an urgent invi
tation from Columbus, to give one or
more performances in that flourishing city
next week, and after the question had
been submitted to tlie amateurs it. was de -
cidcd, nan eon., to comply with the re
quest. Of.tliis, however, more anon.
The Belshazzar entertainments, next
week, will draw large crowds, and it is safe
to assert, tbat every visitor will be not only
pleased, but delighted with the rendition
of tliis famous sacred opera.
Dr. Boll’s Cough Syrup has been be
fore tbe public for years, and is pronounced
■by thousands'superior to*all other articles
for the cure ,of coughs, 'colds,' influenza
and pulmonary complaints.