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MACON, FEBUUARY 6, 18S0
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THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Tire Griffin News does up tlie recent
Leap Year party in that city in style.
The Dublin Gazelle favors the building
of the contemplated railroad from Augus
ta to Thomasville, to touch Wrightsville,
Dublin and Eastman.
The Blakely extension will, it is
thought, soon be built.
Tubre is no ©migration fever in Early
county.
* TnE incorporators of the Northwestern
railroad iiavc opened books for stock. Mr.
J. E. Stanton, of Chattanooga, will
be prominently connected with the build
ing of the road.
. The Guarantee mine of Oglethorpe
county has stopped operations.
There is a church in the lower part of
Lowndes county which is infested with
fleas. The congregation is kept fully
alive to the situation, and not a deacon
has been known to fall asleep during a
sermon in the last ten years. As an
anti-soporific the flea in this instance is an
entire success.
A snake with nineteen rattles was
killed near Quitman last week.
Wash i no ton hotel has a waiter who is
dumb. That waiter should immediately
learn tonsorial accomplishments.
A negro woman of Wilkes county had
her skull broken by a falling tree last
week.
A chapel for the Thomasville College
is in contemplation.
The Thomasville leap year party,
which was anticipated with the feeling of
the liveliest pleasure, was a complete suc
cess. One of the boys, however, was ush
ered into the ladies’ cloak room by mis
take. He refnses to be interviewed.
Tiie colored porters of the Albany
merchants seem to be well organized for
a systematic robbery of their employers,
Joseph Watson and Felix Armstrong
have recently been discovered in their
evil deeds, and are now in the meshes of
the law. . .. . i
Mr. George P. Mimms lost two hun
dred dollars by having one of his houses
burned in Lee county last week.
The Quitman Reporter is making the
most vigorous stand for a railroad from
that place to Tallahassc, via Monticello,
Florida.
The Macon Presbytery of the Presby
terian Church held a meeting in Cnth-
bert last week, at which time the pastoral
relations of Rev. Sir. English with the
church of that place were dissolved
A paling is the latest method adop
ted by the colored people of Albany in
enforcing conjugal authority.
Albany had two fires last week.
During the month of January the
Chatham county coroner held eleven in
quests, and declined to sit on seven other
cases.
Mn. John II. Freil, a prominent Ma
son ami order man, was buried in Savan
nah on Sunday.
Quitman claims to be the “booming
est” town in the State, if the mule trade
is a criterion. Three car loads of -long
eared stock arrived there in one week.
During the month of January, ending
Saturday, there were sixty-eight marriage
licenses issued by the Ordinary of Chat
ham county—seventeen to whites and
fifty-one to colored.
The oldest Baptist minister in Iowa,
Bev. II. Burnett, was bom in Georgia.
He is eiglity-one years of age.
TnE Atlanta Phonograph will hereaf
ter publish the entire proceedings of the
Supreme Court of Georgia, and lawyers
can thus get them for two dollars a year.
Thomasville Times: The impression
being made in some quarters that the
Hon. William E. Smith will name his
successor, does that gentleman injustice.
The question will be for the people of the
second district to decide. And, that they
will decide it wisely, we do not doubt.
Home Courier: Simmons’letter will
prove a Simmons’ Regulator to many
clever Democrats. It will set ’em all
right. ,
. Dublin Gazelle: The dead horse which
'was found in the road, was the property
ol Stephen Powers, a colored man who
states that about two hundred yards from
where the liorso was found dead, he was
shot at but did not know that cither him
self or horse was shot until the animal fell
dead. As soon as hq was shot at he says
he put spurs to liis horse and thonght he
had escaped uninjured until bis horse
-#ell. . . 7.
Amebicus Republican: We see from
the press dispatches that the President has
approved on the 28th instant, • the act
making Macon, Georgia, a point for the
United States District Court to - hold its
sessions as Savannah hitherto lias been.
.This will be quite a saving of time and
expense to the members of the bar iu the
central parts of the State, and also to par
ties litigant. It will also ad to the sig
nificance of Macon, now the lustrous and
central gem of Georgia.
Walker County Messenger: Mr.
Hugh Caughman killed an eagle last
week and wounded another near his place
where there they weie feasting on a lamb
they hail caught and killed. The eagle
killed measured six feet and nine inches
g mi tip to tip of its wings. , Mr. H. S.
artliue brought to this office one of its
claws. ;l
Mmm.E Georgia Times: Wliat is
the matter with “A. W. R.,” the edito
rial correspondent of the Telegraph
and Messenger? He seldom ever writes
a letter now. We regret this, as we regard
his letters as the most spicy ami entertain
ing of any written from Washington.
Columbus Enquirer: Two tramps,
who were sweetly slumbering in an empty
box car, and pleasantly dreaming of the
numerous sights tliey would see the next
day in this, the Lowell of the Sonth, were
awakened and surprised last night to find
themselves in the clutches of two stalwart
officers of the city, who very kindly ten
dnrcil them a more desirable (?) resting
place than they had expected. They
were from Montgomery, and intended to
leave to-morrow, but the force being slim,
and the streets needing considerable work,
they will no doubt be furnished a couple
of picks and a uniform. Their native
State, they claim, is Pennsylvania, and
th I:”, mine corroborates their statement.
. Return of tae Exodusters.—Aroef-
lcns Recorder: It will be remembered by
many of onr readers that tho nnmber of
laborers decoyed from our section by
Western agents three years ago was al
most alarming. Many of our" planters
found it impossible to carry on their
forms without this all-important factor.
So great was the pressure from this’source
that active measures were taken against
these labor agents to prevent a general
exodus. ’ A change, however, lias come
over the spirit of cuflie’s dreams in liis El
Dorado. The return-of the exodusterp
has fairly set in, and is likely to continue
irntil the last darkey ot them is safety
landed in old Georgia.
A prominent planter of our county will
receive a car load of the laborers from
Arkansas this week, and tho3e in lined of
laborers have only -to send their passage
Albany, was awakened by a light in the
store. On hastening around to the front,
he discovered the building to he on fire,
and looking closer, found some partly
burnt splinters under the house, showing
the work of the inceadiaiy. The store
and contents, valued at about $2,500, was
a total loss, only the show case and a box
of carpenter’s tools being removed. More
of the goods might have been saved, but
owing to a quantity of powder in the store,
those present were afraid to venture far
into the building. The stock, to the
amount of $2,000, was covered by insur
ance. None on the building.
A Fatal Accident.—Savannah News:
Abram Brown, a sober, industrious col
ored man, employed at the Lower Rice
Mills, met with a horrible death Saturday
afternoon, whilst engaged in the perform
ance of his usual duties.
About one o’clock, while the machinery
was in motion, Abram had occasion to go
to an upper room, and whilst there atten-
ing to his work, it would seem that he ap
proached too near the rapidly revolving
machinery, and his apron or clothing be
coming entangled with the elevating shaft
or rod, he was whirled from the floor, and
his body was revolved in the machinery
with fearful rapidity, being bruised and
mangled at every turn.
James Willis, a colored hand employed
in the room right below, discovering that
there was some obstruction, as the rice
had stopped flowing through the usual
channels, ran up stairs to ascertain the
cause, and was horrified to see the unfor
tunate Brown revolving with the machin
ery. He immediately hastened to inform
Mr. A. McGlashan, who hurried to the
room and cut Brown down, Willis, mean
while, having stopped the engines. As
maybe supposed, life was extinct when
the unfortunate man was rescued.
Coroner Slieftall was notified of the
sad accident and held an inquest,
which the jury rendered a verdict that
the deceased, Abram Brown, had met an
accidental death while In the perform
ance of his duty at the Lower Rice Mill
The deceased was fifty-five years of
age, and had been einplovod as a mill
hand for the past twenty-five years. He
leaves a wife and four children, and was
well thought of for his industry and so
briety.
The Sparta Times and Planter thinks
mules could be raised at home for less
than one hundred dollars ahead and farm
ers supplied without depending on the
West.
The Etna furnace of Rome is now in
full blast. •
Several new stores are being' built
and opened in Sylvania. This is from
the Sylvania Telephone^ edited by C. H
Medlock, Esq. >
Henry Thompson, Esq., formerly
merchant of Americus, died iu New York,
recently. He was living in St. Paul.
Minnesota, and was in New York on
visit.
Miss Ida O’SniELS, of Jackson county,
who was veiy severely burned last week
in Athens, died Friday night.
Washington is congratulating itself
that it has never seen “Pinafore-” Wash
ington must be protected by some special
dispensation.
Charles E. Willis, a yonng colored
man in Savannah, committed suicide t>y
taking laudanum. y;
TnE anniversary meeting of the Geor
gia Historical Society, of Savannah, will
he held on the 12th. The address will be
delivered by Captain Robert Falligant.
Mr. Joseph Ererlich, tailor, of Al
bany, lias failed.
Mr, Bernhard Lcning, one of Alba
ny’s oldest citizens, died ia that city on
the 2nd instant, at the age of sixty-seven
years. ",, j* ..
Tiie Montezuma Weekly thinks it
would be a good idea for the citizens of
Dooly county to have a mass meeting and
invite Mr. Couper, of Brunswick, to be
on hand, and tell them something about
wliat liis company is willing to do towards
building a railroad through Dooly.
The building of a railronl from Ameri
cus to the Macon and Brunswick road Is
said be an assured fact.
Sudden Death.—Thomasville Times:
We regret to hear that Mr. William Ste
pliens, “Uncle Billy,” died very suddenly
yesterday morning at the residence oE Mr.
moii
Albany Advertiser: Yesterday morn
ing about 2:30 o’clock, a colored man,
Bob llolman, elesping in the roar room of
tl. .^: orc-liouse of -Mr^.F. F. Putney, at ...
II:”:. folt, forme ly Hardaway station, on | lted four very fine ones, and m order to
Dr. David J. Hall, about three miles from
Thomasville, on the Irwinville road, aged
about sixty-eight ■ years. Mr. Williams
was a bailiff in the Thomasville district,
and left town early in the morning to look
after some cattle in that neighborhood,
but feeling unwell he halted at tharesi-
dence of Mr. Hall, and was sitting on a
chair near the fire, when he suddenly fell
dead from his seat. He was never mar-|
ried—was an old citizen^jf Thomas, for-
merly of Monroe county, Georgia. |
Macon Convocation.—Columbus EnA
[qnirer: As the Macon Convocation of the
Episcopal Church will hold a mceting to-
ilay and to-morrow In this city, services
will be held in Trinity (Episcopal) church
this evening at 7J o’clock, to-morrow at
10* a. m., and to-morrow evening at 7|
o’clock. The public is invited toattpfld. 1 '
As many do not Understand tlfe mean
ing and object of a convocation, we will
explain. In the State there art: four con
vocations, viz: Macon, Atlanta, Angirita
anil Savannah. In this (the Macon Con
vocation) there are seven delegates or;
ministers from Macon, Griffin, Albany,
Americus, Columbus, and tlia missiona
ries in the district. Rev. W. C. Hunter,
of our city, is the dean. The sessions'of
tiie Convocation are private. The object
is to establish churches where there arc
lfone. This is the principal object.' To
the service, which will be held in Trinity
(Episcopal) church, as stated above, thc|
roublic is cordially invited.
Burned Bales of Cotton Picked I
[Up at Sea—Savannah News: It was
reported on the streets yesterday >i-that i a
fire bail broken out on the steamship City
of Macon, hence for New York on Satur
day, when she was off Martin’s Industry,
and that a number of bales of cotton had
been thrown overboard. The report had
its origin in the arrival of the pilot boat
John Stoddard with several bales of
burned cotton, which were picked Off the
point named on Sunday morning, and
were supposed to be part of the cargo of
the City of Macon. The following arc
the facts furnished by the pilots: On Sat
urday morning the steamship City of Ma
con passed the John Stoddard about mid
way between Tybee bar and Martin’s In
dustry lightship, and blew her whistle as
a salute. As she approached Abe light
ship she blew her whistle a second time,
when the steamship Jupiata,. bound for
Philadelphia, steamed up to her, ana ze-i
mained sometime, and they were then
seen to proceed on their course together.
On Sunday morning at daylight, when
the pilot boat was fifteen miles northeast
of the light ship, she encountered a lot of
cotton floating about which had eiidentiy
been burning a short time previously.
Tliey secured two bales, partially burned,
marked U. P. O. At the same time, pilot
boat No. 4, of Port Royal, was seen en
gagedinpicking up -the floating bales,
which apparently numbered twenty or
twenty-five.
The pilct boat John R. Wi.der, which
had been cruising in the same locality,
came up to the city with some cotton and
Tam which she had picked up, and landed
It at the wharf of the steamer Katie. Un
der the circumstances, the isupposition is
natural that the cotton was thrown over-
boad by the City of Macon.
A Price fob Huogin’.—Americus Re
corder. Miss-Price was married in Go-
liumbus the other day-to a Mr. Iluggin.
It js barely possible that leap' year liatl
Isomething to do rn making that match.
A lady, living "near the foot of Blue
RidgoafcW days ago built a turkny pen
In tho hope of capturing some of the tvjld
turkeys which aye (rteiitiful In that section.
Tlio next day she found she had er.trap-
F. and \Y. R, seven miles from secure them, entered the pen. They Im
mediately began a fierce attack on her,
but, after a time, she succeeded in over
coming two of them, and carried them
home in triumph.
Augusta News: “Sir. George Han
cock, who lives on the Waynesboro road
about fourteen miles from town, near his
father’s grist and saw mill, on last Friday
about midday met with a serious, if not
fatal, accident. While hauling logs with
a large wagon, in attempting to change
his position in driving he fell in front of
the wheels, and both front and hind
wheels passed over his body. After being
run over he walked nearly two hundred
yards. He says after the first wheel
passed over him he had neither the breath
to stop the mules nor the strength to get
out of the way of the hindmost wheel, so
he just shut his eyes and waited for it to
pass over him. The wonder is that he
was not immediately crushed to death,
the wagon being a large six-liorse, and
having a lightwood log swinging uuder it.
It is*feared he has a nb broken aud is other
wise injured internally. He is now con
fined to his bed, but is itery cheerfbl, with
some'chances ia favor Of his recovery.”
Camilla Dispatch: There is in this
county, not more than a hundred miles
from Camilla, a man living, a portion of
whose history we give for the encourage
ment of any concerned. He came home
at the close of -the war, bringing a pony
horse and having not a. dollar in the
world. He found his wife and six chil
dren with about fifteen days’ rations. He
went to work. In the course of time, from
the days of ’65 to the present, he has sup
ported his family well; has paid twenty-
five hundred dollars borrowed money;
has paid nearly fifteen hundred dollars of
debts, for which he was security j 'now re
turns and pays taxes on twelve hundred
dollars’ worth of property.
The Greensboro Journal says that Mr.
James Edmonson and family, living near
Bardstown, narrowly escaped death by
poisoning a few days ago. It seems that
Mr. Edmondson had . purchased some
strychnine and sqda, which were put up
in papers of the same color. These lie laid
on the mantelpiece, and’ by mistake the
cook used the wrong paper in preparing
breakfast. The wliole family,- says the
Journal, also the dogs and cats, barely
escaped death.
Remarkable Longevity.—-Americus
Recorder: The family of our fellow-citi
zen, Mr. Benjamin Johnson, consists of
five brothers and two sisters, the youngest
of whom is fifty-nine years old and the
eldest sevCnty-five. In all this time not a
death has occurred to break'tho circle, v
THE BOND COMMISSION.
An Important Meeting.
Yesterday afternoon tho Bond Com-
000 by selling them at 82| cents, for the
reason that this indebtedness could
have been taken up by the new C per cent,
bonds at par: This depends entirely
mission met at the office of Colonel John J upon whether the parties with whom
E. Jones, Chairman of the Commission, j R <»f ^posited would
...I have taken the new bonds for their debts
A full hoard was present. Hie meetin-,, p ar> ^ ti, e y -were amply secured, I am
assembled to consider the validity of the assured tliey would not, and I have no
The Darien CanaL
It is sfated that M. de Lpsseps was ex
pected to arrive in,New York on IVe dnes-
day or Thursday of the current, week.
Dis .mission is ,tp defend the superior
practicability and economy of. liis.lin^ of*
Canal, and to prqcure^uJjsariptiQns to tiie'
capital stock, Meanwhile it, is' manifest
that a strong influence from Congress istbi
be thrown against it, for political and oth
er alleged reasons, so that the failure of
his-effort to interest any considerable
amount of American capital in that enter
prise, may be anticipated almost with cer
tainty. The financial, hazards of the
scheme are great enough, if it _ were let
alone to workiOUt its :OWIL .results, inde
pendent,of political discountenance from
the United Stages.
To meet this .difficulty, some days ago
the following telegram, emanating from
Washington, was published by the Asso
ciated Press: . ,,
. i “The State Department authorizes the
statement that the French Minister ac
credited to this Government, Mr. Outrey,
tinder instructions from liis Government,
has communicated to Secretary Evarts
( tliat the French Government lias no con
cern or participation in the movements of
M. de' Lesscps in regard to an isthmus ca
nal, that project bemg an entirely private
enterprise.” \
This js pronounced not satisfactory,
even if authentic., A similar course was
pursued by the French government in. re
lation to the Suez Canal, but it did uot
prevent the French government from ac
quiring a strong lodgement aud influence
in Egypt, which would have been much
stronger if the French Empire had not
been so suddenly, swept out of existence.
The “Monroe doctrine,” so -called,
which has been more or less steadily af
firmed by the American government and'
publicists ever since Monroe’s admiuistra-j
tion, was stated Mr. Clay,' iu 1825,
asfolIoWst'' : *’*’' < ’ n, *' > *»«•**^ •*«»’»'
11 “There Is no disposition to disturb tiie
colonial possessions, as they noio exists of
any of the-European powers; but it is
against the establishment .of nc>y Euro-,
poan colonics 'upon this continent tliat|
this Principle i4 directed.” *• ' " ■''■at: i
President Polk, in liis-annual message
of 1845,putsi£:*s follows:;Y - i , .
“No future European colony or domin
ion shall,' with our consent, be planted or,
established on‘ i any * part of t’ie North'
‘American continent.” v .m
This policy finds such’ justification as it!
can plead In natural fears of foreign com
plications—in the antagonisms which exist
between monarchical and popular systems,
of government, and in an earnest desire
to avoid'orf ’tlils bofitfndnt 111556 rivalries
and; balance-of-power 'questions which
keep 'Europe iu a flame.
Its applicability to the case in hand.is
not quite ielear; but It is contended that
even a private enterprise of this character
and magnitude, the controlling interest in;
which should be held by subjects of a Eu- !
ropeau power, could, uot .fail to concen
trate a strong foreign i interest and influence
at .the point, and furnish occasions and
opportunities for foreign political inter
ference. It is contended, on the other
hand, that such a canal, being, though on
foreign soil; essentially a highway Of in
ter-communication between different por
tions of our own country, should he under
-a-dominant American influence' and pro
tection. While-open alike to the com-
merceof nil nationsoneqnal terras, it ought
to.be under .an American protectorate.
It- is certain that; ^whether well or ill-
founded, these are likely to be controlling
idoasiin Congress, and though the Pana
ma route should be the best one,-(which
is altogether doubtful,) tire canal will not
be built on-it, under ; French projection.
Neither French ndU English nor Ameri
can cdpltal will infect in’ it” sxffifcicntly
If the .American Government takes an
unfriendly attitude id relation to the pro
ject. Tli.e U'oiise of Representatives is al
ready moving for a rdsurvey of the other
routes ltefetoforo contemplated 1 'on this
side of tiie ocean.' 1 ' u ' :
Under these drcuritetarices,'-[however
imminent aaattitude tjjls scheme may have
assumed, [its-execUtion Is.bfllioved' to be a
question of long time.. If left to Ameri
can capital alone, it costs too mt:*V>.
Money is too 4edr ltere,'&nd a speed/'iG-
tqrii is too jfqiffitftil,' ’.[flor',ipWitieaf itd-
tude wiil .ipake.foreign co-operation diili-
cult, jf not impossible.,The foreigners
.will.want (o manage Umfr ojyn,stocks..
nil k>! <». I»<m» - ' inwi - ii, - id: .
'A Gotd Find.—-’Colorado boasts of'' a
,iewly discovered gold iai^e ,)Vhlch yields
.106 to the ton of ore. Such finds as
his will increase respect for silver 'and
•mltigate the dnxlety of the'^oid'Votshl||-j
y,-;- ii ’-lic-iiy; c yi -i i Itm AiV.; to
Yellow' Fever.—To' ameliorate' the
dreadful effects of Yellow Fbvfer take
Simmon’s Liver Regulator. Let it be
given'in'Iarge doses that it mayjiaVe itn
immediate effect upon the liver, and re-
move the accumulating bile. It so acts
upon the liver,' stomach and blood'as to
prevent the attack of this terrible disease.
Boss bonds issued in 1877 for the purpose
of liquidating the floating debt. They
have been, until recently, hypothecated,
and were sold a short time since for 82J
cents on the dollar. A discussion ensued
and several opinions touching the validity
of the bonds were read.
Mr. Huff presented the written opinions
of the city attorneys, announcing as their
judgment that the bonds were valid.
Mr. J. F. Hanson presented the written
opinion of an attorney, which held that
tho bonds were not fundable, but the debt
for which they were given was.
Colonel John P. Fort presented the fol
lowing opinion endorsing the bonds. It
contains a carefully prepared history of
the bonds, aud to enable our readers to
gala a clearer insight to the whole trans
action, the opinion is presented entire:
By act of the Legislature approved
February 2Sth, 1877, the city of Macon
was authorized to issue $25,000 of bonds
to take up the mutilated currency,' and
$25,000 to take up the floating debt of the
city. The first $25,000 of said bonds hav
ing upon them the vignette of L. N. Whit
tle were called the Whittle Bonds, the
other $25,000 of bonds, having upon
them the vignette of J. B. Ross, were
called the Ross Bonds. I am informed
by the Mayor that said Whittle bonds were
sold for 85 cents, city currency, and the
said currency burned. As the Whittle
bonds are not under consideration, it is
usel-ss to investigate this matter further.
Al. r the passage of said act said Ross
bouds were ordered issued by resolution
of Council. See minutes, page 132.
""By ordinance of Council said Ross
bonds were to be in denomination $500
each. See infinites, page 142.
By ordinance of Council said bonds
were ordered to be sold and the money
paid into the treasury, and
the floating debt was to be
paid with the proceeds, and a committee
of three were appointed to carry out the
ordinance. See minutes, page 100.
Afterwards- said ordinance was amend
ed so that the Mayor and finance-commit
tee were to superintend said sale. See
minutes, page 185.
Afterwanls Alderman Jolmston was put
6n said committee. Minutes, page 195.
• * The city attorney was then required to
draw up a form for said bouds. See rain-
_ute8 page 190. .
Afterwards said bonds were ordered to
be put oh the market. Mintates, page 249,
The Treasurer was then ordered by
Council to sign said bonJs. Page249.
A resolution was then oll'ered to hy
pothecate saitV bqnds, Pending action on
tiie resolution Council adjourned. Page
291.
A special meeting of Council was called
on November 22d, 1877, and on page 291
of the mfnutes of the City Council of Ma
con is the following:
Meeting of Council.
Present—W. A. Huff, Mayor; Aldermen
Hall, ' Grace, Conner, Knight, Butts, Sin
gleton, Rogers, Price, O’Connell and Jolrn-
ston. , , .. .
Alderman Conner introduced the fol
lowing which was adopted:
Resolred, That the Mayor be clothed
with authority to hypothecate the mutila
ted currency iu the hands of the City
Treasurer, and the unsold bonds of the
city,with the exception of $5,000 of the cur
rency bonds, for the purpose of meeting
the present necessities of the city. ;
Resolred, further, That the Mayor he
authorized to proceed to the cities of Au
gusta aud Savannah for the purpose indi
cated, if fouuil necessary.
Resolred further, That- whatever action
is taken iu the premises, we, the council,
hereby pledge all the funds accruing from
license and income tax to the payment ; of
any money borrowed unner these in
structions tojhe exclusion of everything
el$e- •
Resolred further, That if found practi
cable, the Mayor is further authorized to
hypothecate any past due 1 Kinds and cou
pons now iu the Lauds of any parties iu
the city.
Afterwards, on page 302 of the miiiutes
of Council by resolution, the Mayor was
authorized to sell all or any of said-bonds.
Afterwards, said bonds were placed in:
the Mayor’s hands alone to sell. Sec miu-
iit’esj page 345.'
I ain informed by Mayor Huff “that nn-!
dor said resolution of Council he took pos
session of said $25,000 of Ross bonds. lie
liypotheeateil $15,000, of said bonds with
(lie Exchahge Bank, borrowing $10,000’
on tlte same, for which lie* gave his indi
vidual note. Also $4,000 with the Central
Georgia Bank, aud the other $0,000 with
varioiis parties upon which lie borrowed
money, with "his note attached to said’
bonds. With said money lie took up the;
city indebtedness al pur, as far.as sdiil
money went, said indebtedness consisting
of past due bonds, coupons, and other city
indebtedness.
The necessity for giving the individual;
and not the official note .of the Mayor In]
these transactions, was tliat tlie Mayor was
prohibited from incurring any debt'by
lairi K ” * ' '' * ‘ ,
'Safd'hohds were sold by tlie Maydr a!
Short time since at 82J, and at a meeting
of Council on January 20th, 1880, said-
sale was confirmed by Council, anil the-
Mayor was ordered to reserve; any money!
not used iu taking up past due indebted
ness of the city, and to pay over the bal
ance if any remained in liis baUds to the!
City Treasurer. V vud .. ilia]
jf he Ross bonds are now in the hands
of tjie parties purchasing them , for.said
82| cents.
Tiie above is a complete history of the
Ross bonds, as taken from' the rocords of
the City Council of Macon and which I
take to be true. , , 4 i
Said Ross bonds having been issued under
an act of the Legislature of this Statej'Snd
having been ordered engraved anil'put on
the market for sale by the Mayor and
Council of the city by ordinance, and said
bonds having been used for tbe purpose
for which they were ordered issued; viz:
To take up past due indebtedness pf,tiie
•city, therefore,, in my judgment, said
bouds are legal and Valid aiid constitute a
debt of binding force on the city of Madon.
In coming to the above conclusion, I by
no means endorse the action .of the- Coiui-
cil in regard to the order hypothecating
said bonds “as a inatter'of business,” for
it put ft in the power of the party -hypoth
ecating the bonds-to buy up .city indebed-
uess at Jess than par. and account for the
same at par of “which I am assured by tiie
person hypothecating saldhonds,that noth
ing of the kind has been done,” and for oth
er good teasons I should have opposed said
bypothecatfoq.. had I been in the Council,
but in iny judgment, said action of the
Council was binding, as they were legal
agents of the: city, and especially so, as
their acts are put on record, and- were un-
mixed with any fraud. But this question,as
to theuctfoin of the City 'COiuicU does not
property coihe before us. .vec.i u,
As ; tp the-poiut made, that tiie Ross
bonds do not constitute a part of the
Donna debt ofthi city,for the reitson that
the title had never passed from the • city
before the passage of tbe fmuling act of
1879,,.,. V- ... :
When the bopus were deposited as oil-
fVr* wlihin
reason to doubt their statements.
And besides this, being a
business transaction by the City with her
creditors,- does not come before us.
As to the further point that to fund the
Ross bonds would increase the bonded
debt of the city, wliich the Commission
has no right to do, I am at a loss to see
how an exchange of now 6 per cent,
bonds for old 7 per cent, bonds of the city
can increase her bonded debt, but on the
other hand lessens it, by reducing the rate
of interest.
In a business view of the question, does
the city gain or lose by a refusal of the
Commission to fund the Ross bonds? A
refusal to exchange these bonds would
simply he to leave a valid outstanding
bond of the city of 7 per cent., that
could he funded for a 6 per cent,
bond, and therefore the city would lose
one per cent, per annum upon the entire
amount of the Ross bonds until they be
come due.
For the above reasons asset forth, in my
judgment, the Ross bonds should be ex
changed for the new G per cent, bonds,
Mr. H. L. Jewett introduced a resolu
tion that the bonds known as the Ross
Bonds, issued as above stated to the
amount of $25,000, are not fundable in
the new issue of funding six per cent,
bonds. ■
Mr. Jewett’s principal ground is that
the bouds being unnegotiated until after
the passage of the funding act of 1879,
they were not fundable. A vote was at
length reached on the resolution and stood
as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Jewett, Ayres,
Ross, Hanson, Plant and Burke; nays,
Messrs. Fort, LawtoH, nuff and Dunlap.
The next resolution offered was also
by Mr. Jewett, to the effect that all city
currency redeemed by the city and re-is
sued, and all deposited as collateral secu
rity since the Act of 1S79, were also non-
fundable. The vote on this resolution re-:
suited the same as on the first resolution.
Mr. Jewett also moved that the chair,
appoint a committee of three to investi
gate the validity of all the bonds of tho
city,-and the purpose to which the money
derived from them was devoted.
The motion prevailed, and the Cbai,
appointed Messrs; Jewett, Fort and Ross.
The meeting was quite a long one, and a
number of speeches were , made on both
sides, the matter under consideration be
ing thoroughly discussed: The Board ad
journed, subject to the call of tho Chair
man,
The decisions of the meeting created
quite a sensation in the city wherever
they were heard last evening, and the
question was frequently, asked what effect
it would have on the funding scheme, on
city securities generally, and whether the
opinion of the Commissioners would be
sustained , by tiie court if the matter is
tested?
The opinions were various, the general
opinion, however, being that while the
securities would be somewhat .deprecia
ted under the action of the commission,
that it would be temporaly.
Senate adopted resolutions as a mark of
respect. Adjourned.
In the House Mr. Cox,. of New York,
introduced a hill providing for the forfeit
ure of public lands granted to railroad and
telegraph companies, in cases where the
guarantees have not complied with the
conditions pf the grants. Referred.
The House then took up and passed the
jury service bill, which provides that no
person shall serve as a juror in any Uni
ted States Circuit Court more than three
weeks in any one year, except to finish the
of cases begun before the expiration trial
of such term of service.
Mr. Culberson, of Texas, from the Ju-
dieiary Committee, reported a bill rela
tive to the jurisdiction of the United
States Circuit Courts, and thg remqral of
cases thereto, from the State Courts, but
pending Its consideration, - the morning
hour expired, and it want over without
action. .?• ■ -il y’ • . . ,
The House then, in Committee of the
Whole, resumed the debate upon the re
vision of the rules, the subject under con
sideration being the distribution of the
breakwater, came ashore here to-day, and
is a total wreck, The crew were saved.
Wilmington. Del., February 3.—Dur
ing a northeast gale this morning British
schooner J. F. Randolph, from Jamaica
for this port, went ashore on the Fingers,
near Baldhead bar, and will probably be
a total wreck. The British barkentine
Resolute was driven almost into the
breakers at Baldhead, and now lies in a
precarious condition with all her anchors
down and seas breaking over her. A rev
enue cutter has gone to her assistance.
New York, February 3.—Samuel J;
Tildcn publishes a statement denying the
truth of the report telegraphed from
Scranton, Pennsylvania, that he is about
to many a Miss Rank, of Lewisfc&rg. Mr.
Tilden says the author of the rumor has
apparently acted upon the basis of equity
jurisprudence, that what ought to have
been done has in fact already been done.
DENVER, Con., February 3.—Yery rich
deposits of minerals have been found in
Gunnison couuty, in Western Colorado.
Competent judges declare that the discov
eries of ore already made exceed both in
Appropriation Bill among the Commit- quantity and quality anything of hitherto
toso J r? Al -.***' 9 A ^I*
BY TELEGRAPH
Philadelphia, February 3. — Two
buildings of John A. Ebcrt’3 furniture
manufactory,©!) Edward street near Han
cock, were destroyed by fire last night.
Loss, $00,000 and no insurance.
A second tiro occurred at the Keystone
flour mills, comer of Leopard aud Gordon
Avenue. Loss, $20,000.’
Memphis, February 3—Sixty stone
cutters employed on the Custon House,
struck yesterday,, owing to disagreement
regarding wages and the discharge of their
foreman. ' ’
tees.
_ On motion of Mr. Aiken, of South Caro
lina, rule eleven was so amended as to
give the committee on agriculture juris
diction over the appropriations for the
Agricultural Department.
Mr. Browne, of'Indiana, moved to
amend clause nine of the rule so as to give
the committee on military affairs-jurisdic-
tion over the appropriations for the sup
port of the army. After a, long debate
the amendment was rejected by a vote of
107 to 93. The cominiittee then rose and
the House adjourned.
The President sent to the Senate to-day
the nominations of Mrs. E. C. Bainbridge
as postmistress at Fortress Monroe, Va.,
and Robert M. Wallace, as United States
marshal for the district of South Caro
lina. . _
The House committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds agreed to-day to report
favorably on the House bill providing for
the transfer from the War to the Treasury
department of the United, States military
barracks at Savanpali, Geoigia, to be used
as a post-office; and appropriating five
thousand dollars for necessary alterations
and repairs.
The committee also agreed to report
favorably the bill appropriating fifty thou
sand dollars for a public building at
Greensboro, North Carolina, one-half to
be expended the first year.
Sjiithville, North Carolina, Feb
ruary 3.—A three masted schooner, name
unknown, went ashore early this morning
on Bald Head beach. The steam tugTe-
cumseh was notified and started out to
her assistance.. The tug has just returned
and reports the vessel so high up on the
beach she could not get near her. The
vessel appeared#he deserted.
Cincinnati, February 3.—A dispatch
from Fort Buford, D. T., says a fierce and
bloody fight occurred on January 29th,
between a party of Gros Ventres Indians
and a band of Uncepapes, who had raid
ed the latter’s camp and driven off a herd
of ponies. Fifteen of tlie-Uncopapas were
killed, and the Gros Ventres recovered
their horses. Tlio Indians are much ex
cited, and a geheral uprising along the
Yellowstone early in the spring is appre
hended.
Loxg Rranch, February 3.—A fearful
storm of snow and wind has been raging
here since one o’clock this morning, and
the gale has .been increasing in violence
ever since daylight. The wind is from
the northeast, and nearly one hundred
feet Of the piazza'of the United States Ho
tel have been blown off. The brig Casto-
bia, from Galveston, with 1,55S bales of
cotton, came ashore abreast of the High
lands, at two o’clock this morning. The
crew of ten men and one lady passenger
were landed by the life saving crew of
Station No. 1. Tbe ship and cargo are
insured.
Milwaukee, February 3.—The Mil
waukee county hospital, at Maumaldsa,
was destroyed by fire early this morning!
There were, about sixty inmates, but near
ly all were gotten out safely. Two bodies,
however, have been found, and it is feared
there are otliars in the ruins. The fire
originated in a defective flue. Loss about
$25,000. -
Philadelphia, February 3.—Captain
Catherine, of the steamship Juniata, of
the Philadelphia and Southern Mail
Steamship line, which arrived herefrom
Savannah this morning, states that Sun
day afternoon last, about 2.30 o’clock,
while passing Martin’s Industry Light
ship, the lookout reported a steamer bear
ing northeast,about ten miles distant,with
a flag flying Union down. The Juniata
steered towards her, when she proved to
New York, February 3.—The exten
sive furniture factory of George C. Flint ^ I, „n
& Co., West 19th street, was burned out tj le steamship City of Macon bound for
lateral; the party With Whom ‘the)*''were
deposited had or special property In them
rs collateral security for a,.debt, said,iPolr
laterals net even being liable ti
ment. : 'TliObblder .'Of' collaterals ’Standkt Washington, "Febrnary S.^Ixi tiie
Upon* the- 'sarnie footing 'as S 'ptireTTaier. oax.A.LjrjA.'.t.u.
Code 2988.1: The holder has the legal ti-
tie. .43 Ga; 415. . . • / lui^t .uph
Tbe city lias Hover resumed ber title to
£
baving-gone ’into thIM pkrttes’ 'binds for
city'at the- tlrno Hid citt deposited tUHflk
aforesaid by her ngent. ^udu.' iioipir r. -d
As to tbe farther point, Unit they were
not issued, the law and the records
prove the 1 cohrrai|y, ! fo insist ’npoh
thispoint, in my • jadgment, evades' the
question. As to the poiut made, that the
city will lose 17J per cent, upon the $25,-
by incendiary fire la,st, night,. Loss $100,-
000* partly covered by insurance. Flint
& Co. lost $90,000 on the National accor-
deon company which occupied the floor.
Ten thousand workmen pf the factory had
been on a strike several. days and,as they
have made threats it is supposed one of
them tlirew>a lighted match through the
grating into a pile of shavings.. ,
. Brig C’astalia, from.. Galveston with
large cargo of cotton, went ashore this
morning opposite the highlands. The
crew landed safely. ; .
• .Rome* February 3;—A now session of
Parliament ©peps on (lie 11th inst.
The Manchester Guqp.dian,says the up
ward movement at Liverpool induces sell
ers here to advauce quotations a point from
Friday’s prices, but the,views of buyers
liave undergone:,littfo-cliauge, and they
mostly hold aloof.j Yanis jor China are
in fair demand at full rates, but India and
China staple goods are qufoL. Prices are
too li'gh foriMancliester to operate freely.
Nashville, February 3--*-Sijk>*w. began
to fall at 10 .o’clock this morning and still
continues. It is now eight or,.,ten inches
deep, aud the heaviest snow storm expe
rienced for yearaiu this locality. ,
Washington, February 3.—In the Sen
ate the Finauce Committee, this morning
decided to report adversely on the House
hill relative to coiuage, and coin and bul
lion certificates commonly known as the
Warner silver bill.
Mr. UavaM, from the Finance iCommit-
tee, reported the Warner bilL adversely.
Mr. Beck stated the report was unani
mous; dnd the minority hoped to be heard
in regard to the .bill at some future time.
It was placed on the calendar.
Mr. Teller*.submitted a resolution direc
ting the Secretary of the Interior to com
miinicilte' to the Senate the general line of
ol the lotertion of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, and what changes
have, been made by said company In tlieir
‘gtrfteral hne onoeatiOn up to date. Also
a statement of lands withdrawn from
settlement irt favor of said company tinder
its several locations, and to what extent
sufli several changes of location have ef
fected the rights of settlers. Adopted.
Tn the House, on' motion of Frost > of
Missouri, the privilege of the floor was
'granted Jfessfe? Parnell and Dillon.’
" Davis 6F California, called up a resolu
tion, which was adopted, directing tiie
Committee on Agriculture to enquire into
the • most feasible method of extending
the benelgscff .tl;eTAgricultural Bureau
over that portion of the United States
over the lOOtli meridian. * *" 1
Miles of Kentucky, offered a 1 resolution
calling On the President for information
as to extending negotiations for a change
of treaty between the Government of
China aniktbe United States. Referred.
Mr. Shollerharger, of Pennsylvania,
from the Committee .on Public Buildings
and Grounds, reported a resolution calling
on the Supervising Architect of the Treas
ury Department, for information as to the
character of all public buildings now in
course of construction, or wliicli have been
completed within three years—the cost of
the same and the reasons why such bulld-
sitgs Tiatfc’ cost 'rriorc' than the amount
limited hv law. Adopted.
New York from Savannah, with lier cargo
on fire. Captain Thompson,of the steamer
Macon,requested tiie Juniata to lie by him,
as lie was using every effort to extinguish
the flames by thowing overboard the cargo,
which consisted principally of cotton.
During the latter part of the afternoon,
the flames were gotton under control, and
at'nigbt the vessels parted company.
r Washington, January 3.—The House
s'ub-conunittee on appropriations resumed
to-day the Examination of General Braily
with reference to the Star route postal
service. General Brady furnished much
inforniation as to the manner of letting
contracts upon the star routes, and de
fended- the managertiEnt of the service as
much as possible under the present laws.
commenced this morning-; the hearing, of
arguments 011 the subject of duty on steel
rails. bill upder consideration, is that
introduced by Mr. Covert; of New'York,
fixing the’ duty on steel rails at ten dol
lars per toiijlie present duty being twenty-
eight dollars. , . '
At a meeting pf the House Commerce
Committee to-day Representative McLean
submitted a substitute for Reagan’s inter
state commerce ffill, providing for a board
Of five railway supervisors to consist of
the Secretary and Assistant. Secretary
'of the Interior, C0mifuS3ioner andEngin-
e'ef‘df railro'advLpd assistant attorney
general for tlio Departiiient of the Inte
rior, who shall have jurisdiction of con
troversies arising out of intcr-State'trans
portation, and shall report annually to
Congress. Sub-cbmmittees were appoint
ed to consider this bill ail'd to perfect the
Reagan bill.
New York, Februiiy 3.—A Herald
special from Dublin says Parnell’s attacks
on the Mansion House Irish' relief com
mittee arc regarded here as utterly inex
plicable, and .cau-e great consternation
among Parnell's own friends. The com
mittee is entirely non-political in its char
acter. Each of its three hundred luoul
committees consists of Protestant and
Catholic clergy and the most respectable
.people of tliq neighborhood, and includes
some pf Parnell’s personal'friends.
Lord Mayor Gray, who is working night
and day for the committee, has been a
prominent speaker hi the land agiiation
meetings, and V. B. Dillon, the most ac
tive of his lieutenants, In furtherance of
the Mansion House fund, is John Dillon’s
cousin.
Sofia, February 3.—The elections for
the Bulgarian Assembly have resulted in
the re-election of most of the Liberal
members. It is thought here that Prince
Alexander'may again dissolve the As
sembly.
St. PetesbOrg, February 3.—The
Herald, referringio'the supposed inten
tion of Persia under British inspiration to
seize Herat, says this Step would be hos
tile to Russian interests. Russia certainly
will not retire before a small Asiatic
State inspired by a foreign jiower. The
same paper points out that England is not
in a position to defend Persia againstRus-
4ia. ■ * i-
' Philadelphia, February 3.—The Citi
zens’Irish Relief Committee decided to
day, in view of the increasing distress in
Tppl.qrirt 1 .* tn- pflll fWt*’ aW.
ajiowq in cxiai, oiate.
_ Washington, February 3.—The sub
committee of the House Judiciary Com
mittee, to whom was referred the consid
eration of the bankruptcy question have
decided to give a hearing on the subject of
the bankrupt law on Monday, February
9th.
Baltimore, February 8.—Mr. Horny
says the yacht Henrietta having repaired
damages, sailed from this port to-day on
her voyage. Along the Southern coast
she will stop at several points and will
probably return in- the late spring or early
summer.
St. John, N. B., February 3—It has
been discovered that the bark Brother’s
Pnde of this port, which was abandoned
at sea last May and which was claimed to
have a valuable cargo of rnelado, Lad in
reality no cargo of value and was scuttled
and sunk as the result of a conspiracy be
tween the shippers and captain to obtain
$70,000 insurance. The captain was ar
rested to-day and held for trial.
New York, February 3.—A Bafistou,
New York, special says a new witness has
beeu found in the Billings murder case,
whose testimony, if true, will undoubted
ly convict Billings of the murder of his
wife,
New Orleans, February 3.—A peti
tion sigued by a number of prominent
merchants has been forwarded to the Pres
ident, endorsing Governor Piuchback for
naval officer of this part. The colored
mens’ Protective Union endorse Governor
Pinchback, and say the telegram recently
sent by the President and Secretary was
sent without the knowledge of the Asso
ciation.
Atlanticville, New Jersey, Feb
ruary 3.—The brig Augustina from Ha
vana for New York, came ashore here
this morning. The crew, all Italians,
eight in number, were rescued with great
difficulty by the life savers of Station four.
Captain Antonio Andez, .seeing his vessel
wrecked, shot himself through the head.
He was taken ashore, but will probably
die before morning.
“Croxxkls, Ireland, February 3.—A
large number of unemployed people to
day made a demonstration before the
Mayor’s office; demanding work or bread,
accompanying their demand with threats
to sack the baker shops.
New York, February 4.—A Herald
special from Dublin gives a tabular state
ment showing the severity of the distress
iu Ireland in villages, towns and counties.
It says every day reveals new horrors in
the catalogue of suffering. The outlook
for the comiug months is gloomier than
any prediction has yet painted. No lan
guage can describe the appalling priva
tions and utter destitution which prevail.
It is impossible to overdraw the situation,
so rapidly do matters become worse.
What might have been exaggeration
yesterday will to-morrow be an under-es
timate. Three hundred thousand people
are slowly starving and can only be kept
alivo by superhuman efforts on the port of
their fellow-creatures.
Some of them are living on one meal a
day of turnips or meal. Thousands
more are consuming their last potatoes.
Local efforts are becoming feeble. The
people are looking to the world for succor.
Iu an editorial referring to the distress,
the Herald says, thatjn making this ap
peal to the benevolent, it deems it fitting
to set an example which will be taken as
a proof of its sincerity. The Herald, there
fore, opens to-day a subscription for Irish
Relief, heading it with the sum of $100,-
000.
It solicits other people to give in pro
portion to tlieir willingness and tlieir
means. It will, receive subscriptions for
any amount down to twenty-five cents,
carefully publishing the name aiid resi
dence of every subscriber, and when de
sired the place ofliis former residence iu
Ireland, so that the people relieved may
know to .whom they are indebted.
;Washington, February 4.—The House,
after transacting some miscellaneous
business, resumed the consideration
of the bill reported yesterday from the
Judiciary Committee, amending certain
sections of an act determining the juris
diction of the United States Circuit Courts
and regulating the removal of causes from
State to Federal Courts.
Iu the Senate Mr. Wallace presented the
petition of sundry seamen, masters and
vessel owners of Philadelphia, against
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Ireland,' to’ issue’ artbtjier call for aid.
.Subscriptions to.date amount to $9,224.
Money istobfe forwarded to tlleroyal bank
of Ireland, for’distribution.
' 1 Cincinnati, Febrtiary 3.—A dispatch
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Senate, sundry private'petitions and me
morials were presented and referred, after
which Mr. Maxey submitted a resolution
’Instructing the committee oil Military^ Af
fairs to consider the. expediency of lcgisla
tibtt to provide for the retirement of nod-
fcomiiiissioneil officers, with' suitable pay
aha allowances, after thirty years’ meri
torious services.. Adopted. *'' '*• • ’
' : : The Senate then took up and passed
the bill l’or the relief of N.'Boydcii, of
‘Salisbury, North Carolina.'
The Vice President laid before the Sen-
*ate resolutions passed by the House with .HI
i-egard fo'tlici death of Horn Rush Clark,: shooting himself through the head
of Iowa. After tributes to the memory of j Lewes, Del., February 3.—The brig
the deceased by several Senators, the _ Guango, from Demerara, for Delaware i
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Mr. Maxey, from tbe Committee on
Military Afihirs, reported a bill authoriz
ing the Secretary of War to.acqiure forthc
United States title to the land upon wliich
Fort Stockton, Texas, is located. Placed
on the calendar.
Mr. Anthony, from the Committee
on Naval Affairs, ’ reported a bill for
the relief of medical director John Tliorn-
leigh, of the Un.ted States Navy.
He also from the same committee re
ported favorably a bill regulating the
-rank and pay of certain marine officers in
the United States service. Placed on the
calendar.
On' motion of Mr. Maxey the Senate
took up the Senate bill for the relief of
Edward Braden and J. W. Angus. It
directs the Secretary of the Treasury to
J >ay Braden and Angus $12,54Sfor extra
abor and material expended in construc :
tion of a quartermaster’s supply depot at
San Antonio, Texas.
IIarjusdueg, February 4.—A caucus
of Blaine delegates was held last niglfl, at
which 105 votes were cast in his interest.
Afterwards a caucus of all the delegates
by a vote of 123 to 110, decided that the
convention Should to-day select delegates
to the national convention.
Denver, Col., February 4.—Gold has
been discovered near the mouth' of a
canon of the Platte, twenty miles west of
Denver. Spscimens of the ore assay
$21,199 per ten. :
London, February 4.—A Vienna dis
patch says trustworthy, .accounts represent
the internal condition of Rus|ia as becom
ing more critical.’ A number of officers
high in command have become disaffected,
while those who were not promoted after
the late war with Turkey,, have, with few
exceptions, joined the revolutionists.
Dublin, Febniary.4.—At a meeting of
the Irish National Land Leagiw^ yester
day, it was resol Ted that Michael Da-
vitt should be deputed to wait upon the
editors of French and other continental
newspapers.to enlist their support in their
efforts for.’the relief of distress in Ireland.
London February 4.—The Right lion.
Sir George Hamilton Seymour, a retired
diplomatist, and Rev. ilenry Moule, a
prominent philanthropist and clergyman
and still more prominent sanitarian and
tbe discoverer of the dry earth system, are
dead.
Paris, February 4.—It is expected Jhat
Dr. Paul Broca will he elected Life Sena
tor by a majority of nine in place of Count
de Montalevel, deceased.
By a railway collision at Argentcnil in
the departments of the Seine and Disc,
seven persons Were killed and twenty
wounded..."'
Washington, February 4.—Mr. Jolm-
s<n Submitted a resolution, for printing
will not, however, he given to Parnell and | < ne thousand copies of the transactions of
Dillon for distribution. ’" : Yirghiia.companies.of.London. Adopted.
■ i ' 1 ( AtrjaU5frA, i ME., , February S.-^Brael The‘,SenaTe then took up the Senate bill
Booth, cashier of the First National" bank • for the relief of Braden and Angus, of San
of this city,-committed suicide to-day by Antonio, Texas. It directs the Secretary
; „» of the Treasury to* pay them S12,54S for
jumping into a cistern with weights _ at-
i tached to liiS ,feet, ; and 'at (he* saute time
amended and referred to the Court of
Claims, where be thought it properly be
longed. 1 ■ d .t '-■
Mr. Maxey defended. the bill, and said
there was no reason why it should go to
the Court of Claims.
After considerable debate, Mr. Conkling’s
amendment striking out all except the en
acting. clause, aud referring the Braden
and Augus claim to the Court of Claims,
was adopted, and the bill thus ame tiled
passed.
The Senate then took up and passed the
bill authorizing the conversion of gold
banks, as amended by the Finance Com
mittee.
■ On motion of Mr. Johnson, the Senate
took up and passed as amended by the
committee the bill authorizing the Secre
tary of tiie Treasury to liave constructed
at Danville, Ya;, a building for the ac-
commodat’on of the United States courts,
post-office, revenue officers, etc-, at a cos
not to exceed $70,000.
Dr. Morgan submitted a resolution
providing for the printing of ten thousand
additional copies of the report of Profes
sor Riley on the cotton worm. Adopted.
Mr. Hereford introduced a bill to repeal
.an act of July 4th, 1865, with reference to
the war claims of loyal citizens, and pro
viding for the reference of all such claims
to the United States ^district courts, with
directions to report their judgments to
Congress. Adopted.
Mr. Call introduced a bill for the im
provement of the St. Johns River, Florida,
at Yalusia bar. Referred,
The Senate then adjourned.
The House Banking and Currency Com-
ittee at it3 meeting this morning au
thorized Representative Davis to report
back to the House, with favorable recom
mendation, the bill introduced by Repre
sentative O’Connor, of South Carolina,
uthorizing national banks to make loans
pon mortgages onTeal estate.
Mr. Culbertson of Texas, explained tie
provisions of tlie-hill,’ and Mr. Wellborn
of Texafc, and Mr.’Willetts of Michigan,
spoke in its support. The morning hour
having expired, the bill went over without
action. 4
The House then considered in the Com
mittee of the Wliole and passed a joint j
resolution appropriating $20,000 to enable i
the United. States Fish Commission to
represent the United. States at the Inter
national Fishery Exhibition at Berlin, j
Germany, in April next’. ■ 1
•The House’then resumed debate on the :
revision of rules, and after rejecting ;
.tbp amendment to Rule 11, which gives ,
the Committee on Post-offices and Roads ,
control over the post-office appropriation ,
bill, and also the amendment authorizing
tliat .committee to report said hill for ref- g
erence to the Appropriation Committee, il
adjourned.
New York, February 4.—The steamer
City of Macon reached lier pier this mom-'
ing, having had an eventful passage. She
not only encountered extremely rough
weather, but took fire' while at sea, and
only reached her destination bv the
prompt action of heir officers. She left
Savannah on Saturday last, carrying
twenty-cabin and three deck passengers.
Her cargo consisted of 1,896 bales of cot»
tori, and a quantity of woolen bags and
general merchandise. Tbe only damage
she sustained by the fire was to the iron
ceilings between the decks, the plates ol
which are warped—in some spots the dis
placement being an inch. The accideni
.will not prevent her from sailing
usual time next Saturday. Captain
Kempton says in Ills report that tbew
Were about forty bales of cotton and somt
miscellaneous freight thrown overboard
the greater part of which was more or les
burned and all very wet, as there w«s
about one and a half feet of water on dot*
in the vicinity of the fire. The cargo 0* -
der the hatches must.be considerably WO-
The damage to the ship is very light.
Harrisburg, Pa., February 4.—TW
Republican State Convention met here *
noon to-day and organized by the electio*
of HonTRussell ErWU temporary chair;
man. After the transiktfdii of the u?ad
Tontine of business Senator Herr offered *
resolution tliat the• delegates elect tod*
Republican National Convention at_o*f
cago he instructed to support for the Pres-
dential nomination General U. S. GraW;
and to vote as a unit on all qnestjo 35
that may come before the convention.
Mr. Stone offered an amendment're
affirming the' resolutions against
third term, adopted by the ReP u “*|S
State Convention of 1876. After com
eratile debate, in-which a large niunW*
delegates opposejl Senator Herr’s re® 1 ",
tion, and favored Blaine, Mr. Store’-
Crawford, moved an amendment to Ir
resolution, by striking Out Grant and ‘
sertingthat of Blaine. ,Tbe motion
lost by 154 to 90. The question WLj
curred on HerrVR*'*olu».ioii
the delcgSteSio'SUpr-:irt-Grant,
pud navs. were ordered, and -nc 511 0 f
Sei8 nays 113.., The second^ {0
tLo resolution, instructing tlio deli-ja ^
vote as a'unit, was adopted by a Tiro
vote. The Pennsylvania delegation ' ^
therefore, support .Grant at Chicago -
Juno. t , i , v-.fV
Long Island, New « e d
j.—The bodies of three seataem
extra labor arid materials expended in [to be members of tbe crew of jnjjukcik
the construction of a quartermasters’ sup- t which foundered opposite , 0I V ,]| op-
ply depot at Antonio-. ( yesterday, came ashore.on the
Mr. Conkling moved that the bill be posite the highlands, this mormn„-