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\ Ctlfgrnjjli auD J&ssmtjtr MACON, FEBRUARY 18 i860. —The Kentucky Republican State Con vention, to appoint delegates to the Na tional Republican Convention, will be held in Louisville, April 14tb. _—Tha revenue from Yew York canals in 1879 was $07,303 less than 186S. This is ascribed to the late opening last spring, This year ought to compensate. —In front of some famished apart ments in Paris are the words: “ English taken in here,” and a notice in a shop win dow runs, “ English spiked within.” —Rome, Georgia, according to the Chat tanooga Times, will this year handle 85,000 bales of cotton. This will require the circulation during the buying seasons of $5,570,000, on which Rome eught to realize at least $40,000 clear profit. Suicide with a Cannon.—Charles Decker, a prominent merchant of New ark, N. J., committed suicide by blowing his brains out with a cannon, constructed from a large hollow piece of iron, which he filled with iron slugs, placed under hi3 chair and fired, off. Tilden’s Wedding.—Tilden’s secre tary telegraphing a denial of the soft im peachment of his pending marriage to Miss Ranek, of Lewisbnrg, says it is as true as nine-tenths of the statments about him, but in reality he has no knowledge of the personal existence of such a lady as Miss Ranek. i. —An attempt was recently made in Dundee to ascertain where the bodies of victims of the Tay bridge disaster were lying. A lady was taken out in a yacht and mesmerized. She pointed out a place where a body was lying deeply imbedded in the sand,and when grapnels were used, the collar of an overcoat was brought up, The clairvoyant afterwards declared that twenty bodies lay underneath the girders —Young Stephen A. Douglas, son of the old man, announced himself as a Stal wart Republican and a Grant roan at Mattoon, Illinois, last week. He says if Grant is elected the force bill will be brought to bear upon the Southern people with terrible toughness, and yet he says “ The people of the South want Grant.” The young Stephen has not the luminous brains of his departed father. —A subject often mooted in English so ciety is what will become of Baroness Burdett-Coutts's fortune, which she can never leave just as she pleases. Her only brother, Sir Robert Burdett, is an eccen trie and economical old bachelor, with a fortune in land of $150,000 a year, and probably as much more in money. Some of the family, however, are by no means rich. —The London Times publishes the fol lowing record from a Bishop's work-book for 1879, with the remark that the work described is by no means exceptionally heavy: Sermons, 80; clergy ordained, 60 churches consecrated, 4; churchyards con secrated, 2; churches opened, 23; confir mations held, 03; candidates confirmed, 7,211; speeches at public meetings, 46; in terviews, 474; letters received, 6,744; let ters answered with his own hand, 4,529. The Democratic National Com mittee.—Frederick D. Prince, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has sent notices to its members inviting them to meet at Willard’s hotel in Wash ington, on Monday the 23d instant, to se lect a place and time for the meeting of the Democratic National Convention. The latter part of June or first of July will probably be the time chosen for holding the Convention. Gold Excitement in Colorado. A special telegram about the twenty thou sand dollar gold mine says there is great excitement in Denver over the new dis covery of gold neir the mouth of the canon of the Platte, a mile from the South Park railroad and only twenty miles west of Denver. The vein of mineral was struck in the Dolly Yarden at a depth of twenty feet. Last Friday a specimen was brought to Denver aud an assay obtained Saturday, the assay giving the value of the ore at $21,199 per ton, $20,176 of it being gold. The Sultan has ten servants whose spe cial duty it Is to unfold the carpets for him when he is going to pray, ten to take carai of his pipes and cigarettes, two to dress his royal hair and twenty to at tend to his most noble clean shirts. There are a multitude of other attendants about the palace; indeed, it.is stated that about eight hundred families and about four thousand persons live at His Majesty’s expense. Se is an extravagant house keeper ; the annual expenditures of the palace are mentioned as nearly $14,- 000,000. - Prosecutions in Utah.—A new grand jury was impaneled last Monday, and Is composed mostly of Mormons. Judge Hunter directed their attention especially to the law against bigamy, but as there is no accessible record ofbigamous mar riages, it is not probable that this grand jury will be able to find any evidence. Thos. Heniger, a “wealthy Mormon, aged about sixty, was arrested in Ogden, to-day, for bigamy, and will be taken to Salt Lake to-morrow for trial. He was indicted in November last, but had kept out of sight untiljip* - • ■ ■ , . London, February 3—An experimental test of the question US to the cause of the explosion of the thirty-eight ton turrett gun, on board the British iron-clad Thun derer, in the Sea of Marmora, January 2, 18S0, by which several oflicers and sea men were killed, was made to-day, at the proof butts- in the Government marshes adjoining the ro^al arsenal at Woolwich. The theory was tli^t the disaster remlted from the double loading of; the gun, and according to this theory, a sister gun,which was brought home for the purpose of experiment, was to-day loaded, and fired with a double charge of . eighty and one hundred and ten pounds of pow der, one six hundred pound common shell- and one seven hundred pound palliser projectile. The gun burst, as its fellow did on board the Thttnderer, justifying the opinion of the committee of investiga tion as to the cause of the disaster. The muzzle of the projectiles were buried in the sand at the proof butts. The remain der of the gun, with tho exception of the base, was blown into atoms. —Kossuth has made such arrangements for the publication of his memoirs as to rescue him from poverty and place him in affluence. ’ ’ ' ’ . Immi’nity to Isthmus Thansit. A \shinglon dispatch to the Herald makes following statement concemin THE GREAT IEOH WHEEL- - The Fruits of the Independent Seces- More of the Macon and Brunswick Why the Duty on Steel Hails Should A Colored Senator on the Colored How the Few are Getting hm, _ 7" . _ Sion. Lease. he Redneed From S9R+„<fcin v> ,, uuiung jticn at the ton of tl.e French Government to the is Panama Scheme: A Collapse Imminent—The Great Iron Ring. The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says that last snmmer, when the demand for iron became active, a ring of Eastern capitalists entered the market and bought largely. In this way the product of scores of furnaces was taken on specula tive account, and instead of being promptly consumed by the trade, as was supposed, this iron is now stored at favorable points for distribution. This demand, in addi tion to the increased inquiry from legiti mate sources, had the natural effect of ad vancing the price of pig. As has been frequently pointed out in these columns the rates have already been advanced over a'.hundred per cent. High prices in this country caused dealers to look else where, and the British Iron trade once more became active in consequence of large orders from this side. This condition of affairs, the Advertiser proceeds to say, is very unfortunate, as tbe market will soon he overstocked from Europe, and a l&rge reserve of iron still remains in the hands of tbe ring, which they cannot long hold; and all this while tbe regular product of American furnaces would be entirely ample to meet a health ful demand in this country. Possibly the new tariff movement in Congress to come to the relief of this “distressed infant manufacture,” with a hundred per cent, advance in the duty on foreign steel rails, may help the patriotic ring to maintain their gobble; but the probabilities, as things stand, are that the speculation will burst, and will perhaps burst thousands of honest dealers in iron who are now buy ing and bolding on to stocks of iron goods under the delusion that prices will maintained or even advanced. But as this period of hifaluting com menced with iron, so the collapse will be gin with iron—begin, we imagine, in the next four to six months, and the pressure run through the whole trade and merchan dise fabric, just as the ground swell begin ning with iron, 6lowly lifted up everything from a cambric needle to butter and cheese. At any rate, it is well to bear in mind tbe great possibility of such a result, and maintain a perfect readiness to stand from under and dodge when the bricks begin to tumble. Such ridiculous ad vat* ces as, for example, from two to eight dollars per keg on cut nails, are too silly and extortionate to be maintained. Trade is now pretty much where it was before the panic of 1S73, ou a diminished curren cy—full crops and an impoverished peo ple. The wise manforeseeththe evil and liideth himself. Meanwhile, let Congress turn its back on the speculators who seek to use that body in the interests of robbeiy and ex tortion on the people. The capitalists hold the money and manipulate the cor ners, but the number of the swindled ex ceeds largely the number of the swindlers, The victims can outvote these operatois ten to one, and so soon as they get an in- sion. j Lease, Our old friend 'Willingham, in his zeal It is said by a gentleman who claims to for the new fangled independent doctrine | be well posted, that the lessees of tho be telligent idea of how they are operated upon, will be likely to do it. This gov ernment cannot be long carried on in the sole interests of capital and speculation. It was once a government for the people, for the democracy, and it must become that again. The greatest good of the greatest number and tlie injury of none is its foundation principle. Warlike Preparations in Europe. The talk of the European press, the vaticinations of correspondents, the sud den strengthening of their military arma ments by Russia, Austria and Germany, after so much discouse about a general disarmament—the actual movement of troops by Russia to lier frontiers, aud by Austria to strengthen her fortifications at certain points, are everywhere raising ap prehensions of another great militaiy out break on the continent. To ns, who look coolly across the wa ters, at the exhausted exchequers and strained credit of all these powers—par ticularly of Austria and Russia—at the oppressed and over-taxed condition of their people—at the mutterings of universal pop ular discontent which pervade them—it would seem that only one more war is need ed to push calamities beyond endurance and bring on a collapse—a revolt or otber prostration. But when was war ever waged under the suggestions of prudence or reason? Tbe spirit of evil asserts it self always at the most inopportune UwA With us the chief question of interest will be tbe effect of another grand mili tary convulsion in Europe on American trade and merchandise, and this must de pend on the ramifications of the struggle, should it begin. Whether England and France keep out of it, will France seize the opportunity of a collision between Germany and Russia to regain her lost territorial boundaries, and will England be held to the duty of restraining France freim entering tbe struggle for that pur pose? These are some of the questions which suggest themselves in the prospect of another war. An Early Adjournment of Congress not Probable. Tha National Legislature has mapped out such an immense amount of work for the present session, that even with the most assiduous industry, it would require twelve mouths to exhaust the docket if they attempt to go through with it. The Senate has over twelve hundred bills to digest aud pass upon, and the House four thousand. And still the num ber increases daily at a fearful rate. One-tenth of the above number of in choate statutes ought to suffice to govern the universe. But then, America is a big country, and every Solon wishes to “make his mark” by adding Jone more to the pon derous laws of tbe Republic, whether it proves in practice a dead letter or not. Sensational Rnmor. A report was circulated last night that the reputed lessees of the Macon and Brunswick railroad are now in Atlanta for the propose of asking the Governor to place them in possession of tbe road for one-twelfth of the amount ($196,000) for which the lease was bid off on tbe 13th ultimo. We do not credit this statement, as it conflicts materially with other advices of more reliable nature, which are printed elsewhere. —Leo XIII. has put an end to the sto ries that hare so widely circulated in re ference to the Pope’s imprisonment in the Vatican. He has been repeatedly seen driving in the garb of a simple priest through the suburbs of Rome, and even through the “ Corso.” Not only has he not been molested in any way, but he has been the recipient of unmistakable marks of respect from all the persons who have happened to recognize him. which Parson Felton has inaugurated in the Seventh District, seems to have drifted clean away from his old Democratic moor ings. We have a warm personal regard for the editor of the Free Press, and re gret most sincerely liis persistent abuse of the chivalric Gordon. But the sparring of the Senator and the Independent mem ber from the Seventh, which may have in duced this opposition, has nothing to do with the following unjust fling against our immediate Representative Colonel Blount, which we copy from the Free Press: THE SPAT BETWEEN COOK AND. BLOUNT. Mr. Cook is a member of tbe committee on post-offices and post roads. Mr. Blount is acting chairman on the committee ot appropriations, and the people in Wash ington and in Georgia have been much in terested to see how pleased he is with himself and his position. Cook, as we see from tlie Record, brought in a bill making all tbe roads over which the mail travels, post roads. Mr. Blount fought it. Mr. Blount acquired some notoriety by getting Macon a free delivery system, and behaving made as much political capital out of it as the post-office would give him, was ready to fight the bill that helped the poor country people and thus show to Congress that he held the purse-strings by virtue of his accidental promotion to a leading place on the appropriation com mittee. General Cook, gallant old soldier, was not to be silenced by a pop-gun, and he just charged right over the salient that Blount had planned. All the Georgians helped Cook, but Mr. Hammond, who voted with Blount. Cook carried the day in gallant style; and we are glad of it, That Colonel Blount and General Cook are in perfect rapport with each other, we have good reason to believe and know, That they should have differed upon a minor matter which did not involve prin ciple or party relations, but shows that they are both conscientious and true men We venture the assertion that no power on earth could induce General Cook to wrong his worthy colleague, and we know that Colonel Blount is incapable of saying or doing aught to the prejudice of the gallant Cook. So the effort of the Free Press to get up a “spat” between them will amount to nothing. be Reduoed From $28 to $10 per Ton. Mr. Poor, the able editor of the Rail- Death of Colonel Maxwell. We learn from the Tallahassee Flori dian, that Colonel William McWliir Max well departed this life at Femandina on the 31st ultimo, aged seventy-tliree years, His remains were taken by bis sons, Cap tain D. E. Maxwell and Clarence Max well, to Tallahassee, and interred there, from the residence of his brother, Captain D. B. Maxwell. The writer, in his early youth, was a friend and near neighbor of Colonel Max well, who, like Nimrod, was “a mighty hunter before the Lord.” Never have we seen a man more genial or hospitable. Colonel Maxwell married tlie daughter of Colonel Joseph Law, of Liberty county, and in 1840 removed to Leon county,Flori da, aud engaged in agricultural pursuits. The Floridian says the deceased, on the death of his father, Colonel John Maxwell, in 1855, became, as it were, the head of the family, which outstripped in number any other family of any name in this section, and was loved and revered, not only by bis immediate relations, but by Ills neighbors and a wide circle of ac quaintances and friends. He was warm hearted and hospitable, kind to liis depen dents and charitable in his disposition. He was elected to tlie State Legislature from Leon county in 1848, and served with acceptability and usefulness, o / . i After the war, iq Which many of bis family served on tbe Confederate side, he moved to Fernandina and wassubsequent- ly appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court for Nassau county, which office he filled at tbe time of his death, and where lie made friends Who, with those in his im mediate section who bad known him so long and well, will regret his death and sincerely sympathize with his surviving relatives. The deceased was an elder brother of Col. George Troup Maxwell, who commanded a regiment of cavalry from Florida during the war, and is now a distinguished prac titioner of medicine in Newcastle, Dela ware, and a member of the Governor’s military staff. All who knew Colonel W. M. Maxwell loved and respected him. Peace to his ashes. Inflated Price*—The Remedy. In one year, according to tho Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, the price of nails has gone up from $1.90 to $5.00 per hun dred pounds, and in Philadelphia pig iron has advanced 150 per cent. Even com mon cast scrap iron, which last year could hardly be given away, now commands $30 per ton. The rise in provisions and all manner of merchandise also, has been well nigh unprecedented. Comets and speculation have doubtless had much to do with this, and it is possible that ere many months the tide will set veiy strong ly in the opposite direction. Then woe to the luckless merchant who bought heav ily on credit at extravagant prices, and is forced to sell out even at aloss. It is just in such flush times as these thatprudent men hug the shore closely and stick as near as possible to tbe cash system. Our farmers, too, should snuff the dan ger in season, and plant largely in oats, bighland rice, wheat, sugar cane, ohufas, and every tiling that will feed man and beast. Then, if cotton keeps up, they will be masters of the situation. Other wise, the increased price of com, meat, iron and supplies of every kind,will more than eat up the maigin gained on the ad vance in cotton. And again, who can guarantee immunity from caterpillar, gales, early and late frosts, and the other casualties to which the cotton plant is so liable? Bnt with full bams and thriving stock, the fanner is impregnable, even if he does not handle any great amount of cash. The fact is notorious that more homesteading was done, and the cases of bankruptcy were far more frequent when cotton ruled at twentycentsper pound,tlian when the price descended to eight cents. The cause of this was the neglect of pro vision crops, and the mania for cotton growing, owing to the inflated price. When the ignis fatuity fit the cotton delu sion di appeared, however, and -it was found that the codt"bf. (production almost equalled tho value of the Snowy fleece,the farmer, per force, began to diversify his crops, raised more provisions, put out fruit trees and vineyards, turned his attention to stock, and soon-was enabled to be come comparatively independent. In the light of this experience, ire can bnt hope, on the principle thfct/a .burnt child dreads fire, that our worthy : farmers will still continue to make provision crops their main stay, so that the cotton, prod uct can come in as an extra and untram- meled money supply. '» Macon and Brunswick Railroad will not way Manual, has made a speech before leave Atlanta until they have paid all the the congressional committee of Ways and money called for by the late act, and Means, which fairly bristles with salient completed the purchase of the road from facts, and shows up the iniquity of the the Governor. This will probably be present tariff on steel rails, and how it done forthwith. No serious modifies- serves to enrich a favored few at the cost tions of the terms are tobe asked, and the I of the whole country. He said steel rails extension will be carried on in good faith, can now be manufactured by tbe Besse- Rurnor lias it that Colonel Geerge Hazle- J mer process as cheaply as iron rails. Their hurst will be the President of the new or- value in an economic view is fourfold ganization, and Colonel A. J. Lane, Gen- greater. Their manufacture by this pro- eral Superintendent. cess began in this countiy in 1866. The Governor Colqnitt has returned from rote of duty then equalled 45 per cent, ad Washington, aud there is nothing now in valorem. In 1870 the.domestic establish- tbe wav of a speedy settlement of the ruen . t f for & .largely increased whole matter. We give these statements | dffi ? not ask for a for what they are Worth. The Reagan Bill. A petition is being widely circulated at the North, and will be sent to every Con gressional district in the United States, I countiy is again entering upon the "con- asking for the passage of the bill intro- I struction_of railroads on an enormous ■■■ Hi The steel-makers did not ask’ for a permanent increase, but for “0X0651101101 protection just now.” Their prayer was granted. Their capacity then equalled 100,000 tons annually; now it is 800,000. In 1875 only 1,712 miles of railroad were constructed against 7,379 in 1871. With the revival of business the duced by Mr. Reagan, of Texas, for an inter-State railroad law, to prohibit un just discriminations in freights. The pe tition reads as follows: To the Senate and House of llepresent- atives, in Congress assembled: The under signed, citizens of the United States, most scale. In 1879,4,446 miles of line were constructed. In 18S0 at least 7,000 would be constructed could the necessary amount of rails be had. There will be required the present year, for renewals and exten sions of old roads, at least 1,000,000 tons; for new roads, 600,000 tons. All should be of steel. The domestic steel rail mills can supply, say, $00,000 tons. But to im- SfytatSwScvift? tSfor?L StaU Sign S solidatin" under the control P of a. V few to’ °P euetl t0 us b y a reduction of tlie present fltohtoifc\n nf tlfe ® duty, or shall tlie construction of several ful .rpnizMiota, jMKtogability to | control absolutely the industrial and com- i nr- value oVitMiroihicts. “K'Sdriand ed that the great friends ofAmeri^nln abuse their power by discriminating un- 5“ stry roilroads, and that to throttle them for the benefit of other and msig- justly between individuals and localities, building up and destroying at will, and, to use the words of a United States Senate committee, “recognize no responsibility but to their stockholders and no principle of action but personal and corporate ag grandizement.” Realizing the urgent need of action by your honorable bodies, in whom tbe Supreme Court of the United States has decided all needed power is constitutionally vested, your petitioners nificant industries would be suicidal. As an illustration of the friendship which the steel makers had for American industries, Mr. Poor remarked that for several years past the Yulcan steel rail mill, of St. Louis, had been paid by otber establish ments to be idle, in order to keep up the price of American rails. Think of imposing a higher tax upon imported steel rails than it actually costs most respectfully and earnestly ask for I abroad to manufacture them? And see the early passage of the bill commonly . . . - , known as the Reagan bill, for the regula-! the slmster course of some of ‘he owners tion of inter-State commerce, and to pro- of steel rail mills in this countiy who, de- hibit unjust discriminations by common | spite tlie almost prohibitory tariff enacted carriers; also, that such further and sup plemental legislation be enacted as will protect tbe constitutional rights of Amer ican citizens. for their protection, yet to realize even greater profits, are offering bribes to di minish home production aud enhance tlie price of American rails. Is it not high time that such reprelien- Pennsylvania Declares for Grant The Republican Convention which met I sible practices should be rebuked, and an at Harrisburg on the 4th inst., under the article, so importanWo the success of our manipulation of Cameron pronounced de- railroad system and the Safety of human cidedly for Grant in preference to Blaine. | life, be made cheaper by the reduction No other names were submitted to tbe Convention. From the Nashville Ameri can we copy a portion of tbe proceedings as follows: The folio iving was then introduced by Mr. Kerr: Resolved, that the delegates elected to the Republican National Convention from this State are hereby instructed to sup port for tbe Presidential nomination Gen eral U. S. Grant, and to vote as a unit on all questions that may come before the convention. Mr. Stone, of Crawford, offered the fol lowing amendment: of the tariff to $10, as proposed? So, we think, will be the verdict of the peo- I pie, and Congress ought to give heed it. Sherman’s Libel Case, A Washington dispatch says: Mr. H, V. Boyntou’s charges against General W. T. Sherman, of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, were referred from the War Department to General Sherman to-day. It is understood that he proposes to take no notice ofthe specifica tions. It is reported that General Sher man is ofthe opinion that unless charges of Resolved, that while we pledge onr . the character of those made by Boynton Ives to support the RepnbHcan party, ?, re WP™™* b y, a commissioned officer of - .*7 F ’ the army, they do not properly come with- Si.rSrsSES I si™. position taken by the party In our own I „-n* „ „ .1 *. and other States in 1876, of opposition to ^ a third Presidential term, and we hereby f r S B , 4^* ‘ ‘ and reaffirm the resolution ton s a f cusatl ° ns - In point of fact, ho v- i eTer) t j ie counter signature of a commis sioned officer is, not necessary upon indorse and reaffirm the resolution adopted by our State Convention, held in I chafes preferred by a civilian*. The olution, and traced the course of the Dem- thefe^ln such^iL^ lle^holds SSSf TOSSES? K*wt ** <*«*» >nade by a civilian against an the proper and only man who should get the nominatioii,and concluded his remarks with an appeal to all to support him. General Albright replied to Senator Kerr’s remarks. He believed General Grant was sincere in all his undertakings, and had done great service, both civil and military, but he did not think that he was the only man who could lead the Republi can party to victory. He did not believe there was any danger to the countiy in a third term, but lie believed that Wash- bume, Sherman or Blaine could carry the suffrage of tlie people. He did not believe in instructing the delegates to Chicago for any man. The resolution was further opposed by Mr.' Koontz; Mr. Darlington, of Chester; army officer may be tried by court martial, tbe Judge Advocate oftlie court, as a mat ter of form, countersigning tbe charges, It is a good thing to have a brother in high places when a man is in trouble. There is no danger that the General ofthe army will come to grief so long as the Secretary of the Treasury holds office. If Mr. Boyn ton had received the same affront from a private citizen, his redress at the hands oftlie law would bo sure and speedy. Fennel tea is the simple remedy, to quiet the baby, and this innocent article is embodied in Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, which puts the baby to sleep without tlie evil use of opiates. Price 25 cents. Why the Irish are so Poor? Mr. Parnell, the eloquent advocate of oppressed Ireland, delivered a deeply in- Mr! Itorvey, oF cnnton^‘and Mr. Wo7f, of I teresting address on Monday last, in the Union, while Mr, Moreland, of Ailegha-1 hall of the House of Representatives, at ny, and Mr. Bingham, of Philadelphia, fa-1 the evening session of that body. The vored it. The speeches of the anti-Grant ,, . ... .. . '. ,, „ people were all from a Blaine point 0 f following extract teils the story as to the view, and no other names beside Grant I cause of tha poverty of his unfortunate and Blaine were mentioned at all; except I countrymen: in the remarks'of General Albright. I , , Mr. Stone, after arguing strongly in fa- , “How we have been told by tne iand- vor of his amendment to the resolution of P art y> “ tbelr of this system, instruction, finally withdrew it, and Mr. tbat tbe trae axme of Irish poverty and Strong, of Tigoa, offered another one, to discontent is the crowded state of that wit: To strike otit the name U. S. Grant country, and I admit to the fullest extent and insert that of James G. Blaine. that there are portions at Ireland, which On a vote by yeas and nays, Mr. are too crowded. The barren lands ofthe Strong’s amendment was lost, 05 to 154. I west of Ireland, whither the people were Several ofthe Blaine people voted against | it, on.the ground that it was not proper to instruct tbe delegation for anyone. famine, are too crowded, but tlie fertile portions of Ireland maintain scarcely any population at all, and remain as vast hunting grounds for the pleasure of the landlord class. Before, then, we talk of emigration as tlie cure for all the ills of Ireland, I should like to see the rich plains of Meath, Kildare, Limerick aud Tipper ary* Instead of being the desert wastes they are to-day, supporting the teeming and prosperous population that they are so capable of maintaining. You may drive at tho present moment for ten or twenty miles through these Cameron succeeded virtually in capturing I great and rich counties without meeting the Convention, albeit a strong minority a human being or seeing a single house, was implacably* opposed to Graut. This I and it is a remarkable testimony to the cannot be considered, however, as a very IstoSd inHeSd big boom for the third term candidate. Mr. fertile country has proved the destruction Cameron, the chairman of the Republican I of tlie population, instead of being their Executive Cominitte is, par excellence, \ support. Only on the poor lands have The question then recurred on the orig inal resolution, or rather that part of it which instructed the Chicago delegates to vote for Grant. The yeas and nays were ordered, and showed a vote of 133 in fa vor of and 113 against tbat portion of the resolution. The second portion of the resolution instructing the delegation to vote as a unit, was then adopted by a viva voce vote. From tbe above, it will be seen tbat the champion and manager of tbe Grant interests. If he could do no better in the State wlucb proverbially sneezes when he takes snuff, the chances of his favorite are di minishing and growing “beautifully less.” our people been allowed to settle, and there they are crowded in numbers far too great for the soil to support. I should like to see the next emigration from tlie WesFto the East, instead of from the East to the West—from the barren hills of Connemara back to the fertile plains of Meath, aud when the resources of my All along it has been affirmed that ex- I country have been fully taken advantage President Grant was no candidate, and could only be induced to run again by the almost unanimous verdict of his party. But on all sides we hear of the most outspoken opposition to his nomina tion in the Republican ranks, and both Blaine and Sherman are developing con- j manity in general siderable strength. It is safe, therefore, •—-—7 to assert that if the candidacy of Grant is Ancient Butter, made to depend upon a united Republi- It is frequently charged that some of our 1 ’ oarding-house keepers place,upon their ta- of and fully developed, when the agricul tural prosperity of Ireland has been se cured, then, if we have any surplus popu lation, we shall cheerfully give it to this great country. Then our emigrants will go willingly and as free men, not shovel ed out by a forced emigration, a disgrace to tbe country they came from, and to ha- [Applause.] can support in tbe Chicago convention, lie I {gjjgjgf of such - ag e that it proclaims will ihfallably be left out. Several States its longevity by an odor which “smells ■Wisconsin among them—have already | rank to heaven,” as Shakespeare would chosen delegates opposed to him. —Mr. Oliver Dalrymple, the great Min nesota fanner, intends to cultivate 30,000 acres ciif wheat this year. He will have twenty steam threshers in operation with one hundred and thirty-five reaping ma chines. Last year he employed six hun dred laborers, and this year will increase tbe number to seven hundred. —An Indian m aiden has been driven out by ter tribe, in Oregon, because she mar ried a Chinaman. A San Francisco Cliina- inan has lost tbe respect of his country men by marrying a negro woman. A Vir ginia mob whipped a negro for marrying a white woman. put it. And a discovery of ancient butter has been revealed near Lancaster, Penn sylvania, that altogether eclipses any ever used by boarding or any other house in Baltimore or suburbs. Thirty-four years ago a large crock of butter was suspended by a rope into the well on what was then the farm of Abram S. Mylin, but which is now within the suburbs of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This old custom was a good 0110 for keeping the butter fresh, but this particular lot was destined never to be eaten, for tbe rope broke, and for over one-third of a century it has rested secure ly in the bottom of the well. A few days since the well was cleansed and the butter again brought to light. It was found to be as white as snow and as hard as ada mant. It will be kept as a relic. It is too old to eat, but it surely is one of the most peculiar relics in existence. Race. Baltimore Sun. B- N. Bruce, (colored), United States Senator from Mississippi, delivered an ad dress last night at the Presbyterian colored church, Madison street, on the “Progress and Future of the Colored Race in Ameri ca.” Senator Bruce came on from Wash ington, accompanied by Marshal Freder ick Douglass, was met by a delegation at the depot and escorted to the church, which was .well filled, a number ofe those present being white. He gave a history of the introduction of the African race in to America, and sketched its course up to the present day. He referred to the pres ence of five millions of blacks and a quar ter of a million of a yellow race, Chinese among the dominant white race, and said- this was the only place where such a com mingling of elements existed. The Chi nese here have no political rights, but tlie blacks, for ten years, have been an ele ment, exciting the interests. : of both political parties, and to day they constitute the most hopeful aud healthy mind of the nation. Sprung more from the nation than the individual State, the colored people are truer to the nation and Union of the States than to thp States. The prognostications of evil about the freedman considering law to be license Lave failed, and the fairest vote for white and colored interest has been where the blacks have had control. The race, furnishes not more than a fair pro portion of criminals and paupers, while instances of success in all the professions, and as merchants, planters, etc., are many. Poverty not only restricts their success in artisan work, but trades’ unions keep them out. The rice has become thor oughly Americanized, and lias even adopted the great American characteris tic of emigration. The color race is not African save in color; in all other respects it is American, and it possesses the same claims as do those people who have lost their nationality and taken American naturalization. Marshal Frederick Douglass followed Senator Bruce, aud made a short and hu morous address. He spoke ot the honors on the honored broad brow of the three- story headed black Senator from Missis sippi. When he heard of Mr. Bruce’s election to the United States Senate he treified. He had heard speeches in the Tlouse of Lords and the House of Commons and elsewhere by great men, and he regarded the United States Senate as head and shoulders above any deliber ative body in the world, and for this rea son lie trembled when Mr. Bruce was elected, thinking the race might not have a proper representative. All his feare had, however, been dissipated long since. No man can say that Bruce has done single foolish thing in the United States Senate. Mr. Douglass spoke against the exodus of the colored people from the Southern States, saying they should not leave a sec tion where they have a monopoly of labor, where their wants are few and food plen tiful, to go where the landholders do their own work, and where the colored people are in such minority that they canuot hope to have a governing voice in elec tions. Later in the evening the visitors, with a number of friends, were entertain ed at Dr. Brown’s, No. 141 West Biddle street. Messrs. Bruce and Douglass are Dr. Brown’s guests, and will return to Washington to-day. Female Stock Exchange. A New York special says: Much com ment was caused to-day in the highest so cial circles in this city in consequence of a circular purporting to emanate from a pri vate Stock Exchange for the exclusive use of ladies which has recently been opened by Mrs. M. E. Favor, at her residence, No. 40 West Twenty-fourth street. The cir culars were addressed to prominent ladies, many of them wives of gentlemen well known in finance and other professions, and set forth that the exchange was under the immediate management of a lady of standing who had long and successful ex perience in stock speculation and did busi ness in Wall street, through widely known houses of bankers and brokers of large capital and unquestionable solidity. The Exchange was opened a week ago at the urgent solicitation of ladies of large and inaepeudent means, who had speculated in Wall street for years, and often met with loss because their facilities for infor mation were not equal to those of men. She was simply the salaried manager of the concern. Ladies ofthe highest stand ing, married and unmarried, some with fortunes in their own right, and others the wives of prominent lawyers, doctors and even brokers, dropped in during busi ness hours, and gave orders to buy or sell, according to the state of the market. The transactions were conducted on strictly business principles, and no customers are admitted only on introduction or when guaranteed by parties with whom they were acquainted. They took no orders for less than one hundred shares, and con sequently poor women could not speculate through them if they would. Mrs. Favre declined to give the names of the ladies interested in the ' concern, or those of its customers, but said that specu lation in stocks was very common with women of fortune. She attributes unfa vorable criticisms to the jealousy of down town brokers, who find a large and profit able set of customers giving their orders elsewhere. This is a new phase in female progress, and pne of Tery questionable propriety. The next move will be regular female gambling. the Expense of the If any—The In- iquitoua Tariff. Accounts from every section ofthe iron producing districts of the Union, agree in reporting unexampled activity in mining, smelting and the manufacture of iron goods. The rise in the price of the crude material has been most remarkable. A Pittsburg iron manufacturer is quoted as saying that ' “Turnaca ownera~who~ are mining their own ores or hare old con tracts at-$7 or $8 a-ton are making a hun dred per cent, upon their output. The cost of smelting when bituminous coal or coke is nsed does not exceed $14 or $15 per-ton, and as the price of pig metal is now from $40 to $45, you will see that the margin of profit is enormous. New con tracts for ore average about $12, and men who pay this and also pay the highest price for coke are still getting rich as fast as they ought to desireT” From the above it will be seen that the astounding profit of 300 per cent, is real ized in some instances by the manufactur ers of pig iron. And yet these iron mas ters are crying Out lustily against the pro posed modification of the duty on steel rails from $28 to $10 per ton. In other words, the railroad builders and otber consumers must be forced, no lens volens, to take their iron at a price ru inous to tlie buyers, and at un immense sacrifice also of tbe public interests. No wonder that the poor miners are dissatis fied, and think they should share the pros perity of their employers by an increase of wages. The [fact is becoming more apparent daily, that the abatement of tbe present monstrous high protective tariff is des tined to become a strong and salient issue in the pending Presidential canvass. The people are sick of it. And when tlie sturdy farmer sees how dearly he is made to pay for the very imple ments by which he makes his bread, sim ply to fatten and" aggrandize a favored class, he will think twice before casting his ballot with the Republican party. Surely,in this enlightened age,the palpable injustice of such discriminations, and their baleful effect upon the general industries of the country, should be patent to all. Repeal, then, should be tbe watchword of the suffering masses. Help for Ireland. The magmficcnt donation of the New York Herald to the starving multitudes in the Emerald Isle, seems to have struck a sympathetic chord in the hearts of all Gotham). Following suit, hundreds are pouring lin their contributions, and several columns of the last Herald are filled with notices of donations varying from fifty to hundreds of dollars. The subscription of tho Herald has given a boom to the whole movement, and money and provisions continuei to flow in apace. A plan has been set on foot to organize ward commit tees with a view to soliciting aid from ev ery family in New York. It is calcula ted that if this is faithfully carried out, not less than one million of dollars will be raised for the Irish sufferers. How iplcasant it is to chronicle such deeds of philanthropy and unselfish chari ty. Verilyj the “wide, wide world” is not quite so bad as it is represented to be. —The capitol at Albany, New York,has cost thus far $10,000,000, and it is in an unfinished condition. The Comptroller, in his report, says it will cost millions more. The original estimate of cost was $4,500,000. The building of State-houses is an expensive business, unless watched and undertaken by honest men. Unhappy Memphis. One hundred cases of scarlet fever are reported in Memphis. It does seem that the fates have conspired against this de voted city, and yet so commanding is her commercial and geographical location that the trade of the place was never brisker, and the people rush along inquest of the almighty dollar, regardless of death in any form or shape. The unprecedented mild winter beto kens a gloomy prospect for next summer, as there has been no weather sufficiently severe to destroy the germs of the dreaded fever. We would mildly suggest that it would be well if “all hands and the cook” would suspend the money making busi ness for awhile, until the disease can be exorcised by digging, draining, the re moval of infected buildings, repaving the streets, burning all suspected clothing, and, in short, making a complete lustra tion ofthe entire city. The results sought are worth the outlay. The Simmons Fiasco. We do sincerely trust, for the honor of the State, that this hybrid individual, who is neither fish, flesh nor fowl in politics, but a malignant “secesh” hating, so-called Independent, may be rejected by the Sen ate. Really, Such a man is not worth fighting over, and albeit, we sustain Gen eral Gordon and Colonel Hammond in tbeir opposition to him, yet the “game is not worth the candle,” and it is a matter of regret that his case should have given the least cause for personal misunderstanding between any of the Georgia members. M. Say, the Frenchman of leisure, who, on pleasure bent, started around the world in a private yacht recently, but was driven into the Chesepeake by a storm, concludes tbat his yacht is too small for the undertaking, and so has or dered a two hundred thousand dollar ship from a Baltimore firm. of the The Railroad Situation. Not even a rumor reached our ears yes terday concerning the pending settlement of the lessees of the Macon and Brunswick railroad with Governor Colquitt. They have until Friday next, to arrange matters, and perfect either the lease or purchase, but tbe fact tbat the parties are all in At lanta, has kept the public on tiptoe to learn the j result. Some assert there is a hitch in the aiiair. But there is no ground whatever for such an opinion. On the contrary it is positively affirmed by those who seem to know, that the money required by the law has been rais ed and will be duly forthcoming. The delay, to say tbe least, however, is provok- ingly tantalizing. Matters relating to the Central railroad are equally quiet. Mr. Wadley doubtless knows what he is about, and will be care ful wbat alliances and combinations he forms hereafter. The roads of Georgia are all doing a satisfactory business, and everything looks bright in the future. A Remarkable! Cure. Our readers have doubtless read the card and certificates of Dr. A. N. Moses, who has earned a justly deserved reputa tion for the cure of cancers and the most obstinate cases of stammering. The wri ter, having witnessed his success in Atlan ta in both of these specialties, was in duced to recommend him to Mrs. Mary Low, now residing in this city, who had a bright little boy five years of age, afflic ted with a serious impediment in his speech from his earliest infancy. She was induced to take him to Dr. Moses, and in five days > perfect cure apparently has been effected. The child now pronounces with entire distinctness the longest and most complex words and sentences, and without the slightest hesitation. Those who have stammering friends, or are themselves afflicted with this annoying and troublesome infirmity, would do well to consult the Doctor at his rooms at the Lanier House. He will guarantee a cure in every instance. A Suggestive Comparison. Our excellent contemporary, tho Augus ta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, com menting recently upon the fact that the vigilant representative of the sixth Con gressional District, Colonel Janies H. Blount, had secured the passage of an act establishing a Circuit and United States District Court at Macon, asks “why it is that our honored Representative should permit the interests of the people of this Section to be ignored ?” And again: While other cities and sections of Geor gia have come in for a liberal share of ap propriations fo.r internal improvements from the Federal Government, Augusta and this section have not been equally fortunate. If any money has been ap propriated for Government buildings in Augusta, or for tlie improvement of nav igation on the Savannah river, we have failed to realize its benefits. Every city in Georgia and every district has fared better j u those respects than our own. It is a matter of great pride to Lave go dis tinguished and able a Representative in Congress as Hon. Alex. H. Stephens. We are proud of the honor and glorv which so great a distinction confers. Our people would like in this particular age, however, to have an occasional appropriation for some such needed work of internal im provement. While Savannah, Atlanta and Macon, and some little rivers in up per Georgia, have received the aid of the Government, Augusta and our beautiful yellow Savannah have been neglected. We admire the halo which our honored Representatives shed upon our district, but we want an appropriation, also. We can assure our brother that it will ever be a labor of love to co-operate with him in the good work of securing for his beautiful city that consideration from the General Government, which is due to her commercial enterprise and importance Augusta is certainly, on account of her direct communication with the sea, both, by river and rail, equally, if not more en titled to a custom-house and post-office building than Atlanta. If appropriations also are needed to improve the navigation of the broad Savannah above the city of the same name, they should be granted by 1 all means. That river is the bounda ry line of two States, and nature has made it a most valuable artery of com merce, if properly cleared out and devel oped. In the matter, however, ofthe lo cation of tlie Court in question, just as in the proposition to transfer the State Fair to our sister city, centrality of position and the convenience of the people of the commonwealth were the controlling fac tors in the premises. The fair is a State exposition, and, therefore, should be made as accessible as possible to a jority of the inhabitants of the State. If, however, the annual exposition of the Agricultural Society should he removed thither, most heartily would we aid in the work of making it a success. But it is not reasonable or right to practically ignore the convenience of all Northwest ern aud Southwestern Georgia merely as a matter of profit to a frontier city. On tlie same principle Rome, Dahlonega, Brunswick or Cutlibertliave equal claims to the fair. With regard to Mr. Stephens’ want of industry in behalf of his constituents, we have nothing to say. That is a family- matter. He is a fool. We mean the man, who lets his baby cry- all night in the arms of its mother, and does not sleep a wink, when Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup will quiet the baby by relieving its pain; a bottle costing only twenty-live, cents. Henry Moet, convicted of tbe murder of his wife and her paramour, at Taghka- nick, near Hudson N. Y., has been sen tenced to be banged March 19. After sen tence, the prisoner coolly asked th« court that he be hanged in public, and that he be,allowed to speak one hour and a half. Macon’s Trade. Business may he said to have beon fair ly active yesterday. The streets were crowded with wagons and country visi tors, and the stores, retail and wholesale, did not lack for customers. All was life and animation, ’-and the stranger could not have been otherwise than favorably impressed with the trade and prospects of our city. Everybody seemed to have their hands full, and there were no idlers. The wholesale merchants are crowded with orders, and the wonder is, where do so many goods go to ? Drays and wagons are kept incessantly on the move, too, and the drivers are happy. Yerily,our beau- tifu* central city seems to he on the up grade, decidedly. Long may she prosper! Right.—The agitation for the reduc tion of the paper tax and the tax on paper makers’chemicals is daily increasing. The newspapers all over the country are join ing in the demand, and we predict the pro tectionists will be badly beaten. The present tariff must be razeed in these and many other particulars. The countiy has —Yesterday the anniversary death of Pius IX. was to be observed at' had enough, of protection, quackery and 1 *hc Vatican by a splendid ceremonial. | swindling. The Grant “Slauehter House.” Under the above heading, the Philadel phia times thus discourses upon the late doings of the Harrisburg Republican Con vention : The action of the Republican State Convention yesterday was correctly fore shadowed in our full special reports of the night previous. Senator Cameron ruled what may by courtesy be called tbe deliberations of the body, but was con fronted by an opposition more formidable in numbers and more earnest In purpose than Las been common in his battles of tbe last ten years, There have been live ly skirmishes against him now and then when a convention was on hand, and. sometimes they threatened to precipitate a serious engagement; but the uniform re sult has been the submission of the mi nority and its dispersion as an organized element of discord. The battle of yester day, however, developed not only a most determined .lot of protestants, but they made an exceptional record by strength ening themselves and their cause as re pulse after repulse had been suffered. On the first direct test of strength for the temporary chairman of the conven tion, the opposition scored ninety-two votes, or nearly two-fifths of the delegates. •The second test, on the adoption of Mr. Stewart’s amendment to Mr. Cessna’s res olution, swelled the opposition to a round hundred. Then Cameron made a gain on the next trial, when ninety-five sup ported Mr. Strong’s amendment substitu ting the name ofBlaine for that of Grant. Under ordinary circumstances a minority thus thrice defeated, and its strength ap parently declining, would have lost its ad hesiveness and pluck and surrendered the field to the majority, but when it came to a direct show of hands in favor of or against Grant, the opposition was increased to one hundred- and thirteen, leaving Cameron and Grant but the narrow ma jority of twenty out of two hundred and forty-six votes. This result astounded both sides, and left the vanquished more proud of their defeat than were the vic tors of their triumph. There are none so blind as not to seft that the endorsement of Grant by the Pennsylvania Convention is the veriest- mockery of the public sentiment that should have been honestly voiced by that body. And it is not merely a fraud, and a falsehood on its face, but it is a cruel sac rifice of Grant before the world. To as sume that the meagre twenty majority given for Grant as the choice of the Re publicans of this State for the Piesidency, can be accepted either at home or abroad as anything else than a decisive Grant de feat, mu3t be the result of either ignorance or madness. It is a costly and empty vic tory for Cameron, but it crucifies Grant amt makes it impossible for him ever to receive the vote of the State at Chicago. -—“Such a victory is a defeat,” says an- anti-Grant Republican paper of the pro ceedings of the Pennsylvania Convention, It is possible, and yet it goes out to the world that Pennsylvania is for Grant with her twenty-nine votes, or, as they are doubled in the convention, fifty-eight votes. —Count Rochamheau has signified his intention of coming over to take part in the Yorktown centennial observance. The United States Government will send invi tations to the French Government and to the French societies in New York to join in the national ceremonies. At least one - French vessel and one French regiment will be at Yorktown to help the cefebra- . tion out. —At Crugawn, Mayo, Ireland, when a process server, aided by one hundred po lice, attempted last month to serve notice of ejectment, his progress was arrested by three hundred women, armed with heavy sticks. The women were remonstrated with, but all arguments failed. At length the police forced their way through, with fixed bayonets, several of the women re ceived thrusts, and reached the house where the process was to be served. Hera again a crowd of women opposed and several were wounded; the process was. however served.