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MACON, FEBRUARY 1.' .880.
—A Bradford (Pa.) family were made
I « , ' a vast crater or volcano, and may »t any
I Proeress of Hie Country - Interesting t;me be blown up . Reports have reaci^
Statistics. j us that two new craters have hurst open,
Mr. R. B. Porter, a well known and re-j and tbat fire and smoke are issuing from
liable statistician of Chicago, has recently j them and can clearly be seen at Laudat.
Ucen preparing comparative tables under j g a { e ' ^ Macon
instruction from the Census Bureau, of the AM xmobo
wealth and taxation of the United States.
I They show the progress made by thecoun-
The Much Talked of Central Bail’
toad Combination with the Louis*
THE BROKEN UUSE.
How It Happened.
in.. TlaFoatAd Tj»u> ond RqIa—What ent throughout, he receives it in that spir- and five volunteer companies of this State
meJieieateaiiOaseana Date wmu. it by which eveiy honorable man should acted as body guard, while four superior
Remains to be Rone. aaFmotori mw?n* lil’o nir/*iimcton/v>o 1ft Ki>neo bomlo /lieoAtinonrl moi4Sn1 nlm
be actuated imde: like circumstances. It. brass bands discoursed martial airs. The
The failure of the Governor to ratify is proper to say to General Gordon that ‘ city officials and the King’s Royal Guards
^ ~ J JLUC IBUUiC Vi IUO VVTVSMVl »v AO a tv «.w vviuvu V-IUJ UIUVIAIO Mini Ml UUdllO
vin^ and Haahville Railroad. • 1 Last evening Mr. J. M. t ' ou p er » 01 1 tbe sale of tke and Brunswick . while Mr. Stephens accepts ha apology made up the balance. On Tuesday mom-
startling
ard Brunswick
Off.
. Sale Of t “ e J“ ac the Central railroad to'thex-.usville and | carshed, just before the leaving of the train mftnt tb ’ r()Ugbout Mid dfe and correctness of the version of what occurred
ick Railroad xinauy j Ifashville for five years, the contract in- I 0 n the Macon and Brunswick road, Was . Manv able lawvers 1 oh the occasion referred to as set forth in
not only beyond the capacity of the wri.
ter, hut impossible because of space-
very sick, one almost to death, by eating but demonstrate that tlie advance of the Despite the cheering tidings of a con- sundry Tennessee lines. paper. Mr. Couper stated that the retu-
poisoued cheese. r West has been much more rapid than that t nature> s0 rec ently published, we So far as we are lable to ascertain this sa i of theGovernor togivea warrantee
-Parisian fire screens are made of Lfanv other portion ofthe country. Theta- L re force d to announce that, at the announcement was premature and lacks l deed to. the road caused Ml com-
jNasnvine ior nve years, me couiracj, m- 0 u the aiacon ana nruuswic*. io«u, I Southern Georgia. Many able lawyers on the occasion reierrea to asseciortnm ter, but impossible because of space-
eluding the Georgia road and embracing interviewed by a representative of this . .. . B " General Gordon’s letter. He cannot ad- First came the King of the carnival; the
c„A,r “man™ lines. stated that the refu- b _ ehe 7 e tbe lease or sale Act and em Utthat there was any such provocation King in his chariot .drawn by twelve
A miw ,. stated that the refu- I UC1IC> - mit that there was any such provocation
paper. Mr. C pc . I pba tic deliverances of the General Assem- j ^ General Gordon assumes in apparent
monograms, birds, butterflies and ot her L, ngtliepas t nineteen years, to 1800 that Couper> Hazleliurst and Lane proved it direct frofa a Central Railroad direc- J come up to every legal requiremem of the I ^ ^ Governor assume any personal rc-
Ijjui.. .nnnnted in cilt bamboo ... , t- g,.»as inAlndinff New 1 .mi midntcrht having been tor just from Atlanta,that no such ar- lease act. The funds were all in hand to . His nctian-ishleh is
hly, were tantamount to a guaranty of justification of the words which he regrets
I title should the provisions of-the- law be and withdraws. Mr. Stephens does not
I turn snoura me pruviauma . I aflmit there was any provocation on his
duly earned out. They say, in no event! ’ - -- - - - ....
oddities, and mounted in gilt bamboo l ft k enine Eastern states, including New abort5ve> an d midnight having been
frames. . . J York and Pennsylvania, was 10,594,800; I rea ciied on the 12th instant without a fi- j
—They call it a romantic marriage in oftbe Westem states, Ohio not included, nal settlement, the whole affair lapsed by
Michigan when a couple of the neighbors I Q ^^2,308, and that of the thirteen South- default, and netther lease nor sale was
get the bride’s father into a back room I ^ g tates> 10) 259,016. At the close of e ff ec ted. The following facts may be re-
and sit on him to prevent his interrupting tbe po pu i a tions of the same territory | ^gd as perfectly reliable, coming, as
and breaking up the wedding. . ^ | were ’ j respectively, 14,403,000; 14,055,000 j they do> f r0 m the lips of one of the prin-
tor just from Atlanta,
rangement baslbeen consummated.
the amount-of a quarter
—The Hon. Mrs. Ronald Campbell, ’ 295 000> These estimates are not I cipal participants in the negotiations, who I ville may. regulate all through freights
■whose husband was killed in the engage- i d will have to lie verified, was pres e n t to the veiy close of the last from their line to Savannah, Port Roya
ment on the hill of Kambula, will ac ^ " ,’ g nQt likely they are very wide of coherence. I aad Charleston, and alsorra Montgomery
As nearly as could be gathered the dollars, the amount required by the act,
facts are as follows : A treaty has been j They were required by the Governor to
entered into between the Louisville and j
Nashville and the Central and GeorgiaRail-
roads, by which tlie Louisville and Nasli-
, .... _ - sponsibility, even if his action,-(which is
0 a 1 ' uot probable) when received by the next
Legislature should fail to
pfe-t at all, certainly none was intended.
| In further response to General Gordon’s
letter, Mr. Stephens takes the occasion to
„ , add that nothing was further from his at-
* . . t tention in anything he said or did on the
be sustained. | 0 ' ccas j 0n he referred to, by tone or action
They were required ny I So far as any liability for the $600,000 is I to wound the feelings of General Gordon,
strengthen their bond, and did so by piac- tb0 matter has be en solemnly or to be in anv way, by manner nr other-
• it V.»» in \Tonr \ firV. I ® _ I n.ion In fTia lnoof itnimu) rlicp/vtirfflAliq to
ing, through their hankers in New York, ounce ’ d upon in the negative by the
securities to the : amount of four hundred ^ autbori fal0wn t0 the ^ nd on
1 thousand dollars, in such position as to ■
be a cash security to the State.
The only demand they made was a
two separate occasions,
A strong effort will be made, therefore,
wise, in the least degree discourteous to
him. As to the remarks of General Gor
don in relation to what seems to have
been an extreme sensitiveness o» bif
part at that time on account of what had
company Empress Eugenie in her pilgrim-1 tbe
age to Zululand.
D . When we come to the the tables of ag- perfect the purchase and comply with the
—There came very near being a panic in I ricultural produc t3 from 1870 to 1878, in- very letter 0 f the law. All the money
a Chicago theatre a few nights^ a g°- A j clusive) we get on firmer ground, because j and bonds called for were forthcoming,
I there are positive data to go upon. The | tbe t ; t i eSj transfer papers, stock scrip,
Frerv reouisite had been duly taken to and the Central, with the understanding warrantee deed. This was insisted on.
j ... .. I ,1-t ti :ii witiv r»nr»Vi nf flipsft I rpi,A f/vnl- tlio matter under ad-
| that it will pro rate with each of these
roads according to distance, and giving j
preference to the shortest route. Amerl-
cus will be the dividing line, as it is about
The Governor took the matter under ad
visement. The time steadily passed
away and up to nearly twelve o’clock the
lessees waited patiently for a reply. The
the road, which is all that the purchasers
called for.
Should he decline finally to do this, un-1
to Mr. Stephens a mutual friend to correct
erroneous impressions under which Mr.
Stephens seems to be laboring, it is proper
to state here briefly that Mr. Stephens was
less consenting to call an extra session of j j^ 0 t a ware at all of any such sensitiveness
man arose between acts and said, Come, re positive uaut w gv, i tue uues, iran»i«i aw— —n >— -,,, . . «_ _ ^ ... i wnauuuug ■ iiw. »»«. » a* -y w-— ■ ■
Colonel, lets go out and t£e something, ^ which Mr. Forter ap- blauks etc had been provided, and even equi-distant from Nashville, via Montgom- Governor finally announced thatafter ^ General t b er e will he no or cause of such on the partofGeneral
and half tbe male audience in the par- ■ oniy ^ - .... ^ I ’ .1 ^ ^ . j I r; Q Atintita-That is. the charges L^nnanlteHnn with legal advisers, he aid | .. .. , ^ %-«_ «r» ™ I Gordon. It is true, a gentleman who
quette got up and said they would.
I to be ill-informed is the Southern. I tb „ seal oftbe ne w Company had arrived ery, and via Atlanta. That is, the charges I consultation with legal advisers, d ‘ d I otber alternative left his Excellency but Jordon. R is true, a gentlema^
According to his tables the Eastern States from New York, to he attached to the fi- for freight to that point will be samel not thinkunder 0 * to proceed at once to appoint the five rail- and" General Gordon, did _cali
with a ward in chancery and marrying ! ^ of corn and 47,000,000 bushels; of one oft he company
her.
a bomb shell into the camp ofthe negoti- ing roads.
possession of a road over which was 1 ^
one seems
directed by the
action in the prem-
of the next Legisla-
think that Messrs.
Stephens _— ■■■■■
upon Mr. Stephens sometime ago and sta
ted General Gordon had requested him to
come and make some explanations which
he thought would disabuse Mr. Stephens’
mind of impressions existing on it in rela
tion to his conduct. Mr. Stephens said
—Edgefield and Nashville each having 1 w ^J‘ Southern States in ig^o produced It waste the effect that unless This agreement in no wise disturbs the suspen ded a claim for six hundred thous- & Kimball bave a s b ado w of General Gor-
voted by a majority for annexation under j ^ (543,000 bushels of Sm and P 33,000,- GommOT Colquitt TOuld, on the part of present management of the contractmg and dollars worth right to claim the lease as the next high- donrt^Ido feel that’ I have been badly
n act ofthe General Assembly, Edgefield ^’ busbelg of wheat. In 1878, 314,729,- tbe state> sign a . warranty title to the j roods, each retaining its ^isring^organi- j cordmgly withdrew from the transactio . | _ t 1Qf1l A<vv>rflinr-1 1... ,n,
is now annexedTo and becomes a part and
parcel of the city of Nashville, and in law I ^ 0 f wheat—which is £
and is in fact subject to all the laws, rules
and regulations thereof. [
—Queen Victoria i3 the owner of a sil-1
000 busueis 01 wneai. iu tlie state, sign » ~ lnoal
600 busheis of com and 40,000,000 hush- L, ad and ’its appurtenances against all xaUon and offieas.jmd ^
els of wheat—which is a falling off in nine L laimsof every nature whatsoever, (of fares. !n other words, it is py q
cst bidders on the 13th ultimo. According treate d by him, and if he has any expla-
" to the terms laid down in advance by the nations to make to come in person and
Mr. Conper assures us that his com- _ ^ ^ ^
_ pany has acted in the purest good faith I „i itv D f tbe several bids I make themIrimseif. I want no interne-
,US g “^,«oo u r ■‘j; r:, I I^ *" “t I ^
ver gilt casket in which are lockets con- gjo 000 bushels of com and 168,000,-
taiuing locks of hair of thirteen officers m of wbeat) ^ 18f78> 903,490.-
who fell at lsandula. Each locket is en- 95Q busbe , s of com and 332,000,000 bush-
graved with an “In memoriam,” and the ^ of
The Western States, in 1870, produced | withdraw from the proposed purchase,
This was a most serious hitch just when
parties interested,
We give the above as related to us, but J ticipated. The company, through Mr.
to any party who should, upon investiga-.
tion, be found ineligible under the terms |
the affair was
Governor
about to be consummated. | vouch for nothing, when the combination | G e0 rge H. ^ehurst, had^ordered^ ten Qf ^ ^ ^ and only tben , should
name of the officer together with the date
of his death. The souvenir was ordered by
the Queen.
—A bill for the restoration of capital
punishment is before the Wisconsin Leg
islature, and a Janesville merchant, to
test public sentiment on the subject, made
a canvass among his customers who were
electors. Out of sixty-nine the sum ofj
one day’s vote, thirty-seven favored and
thirty-two opposed the bill.
—The Canghnawaga Indians, who live
The manufacturing interests of the
country, also, show a large increase
throughout the country, the Eastern
States, however,making the best showing.
r.„i„,„t t naiipH in Tndtre Bleck- of to-day is dissolved to-morrow, and all tliousund tons of steel rails,
railroads see».o ba l,'»s arouad|.WLer«cttactoa»b. o.ily
for the State, in concert with Attorney loose,.and gravitating m this or that dr-
General Ely, and the deliberations were rection, according to the behests on y
protracted until the last moment allowed |however.
| cancelled.
The'intention of the company was,
among other things, to give Atlanta
General Gordon did not act in accord-
,nce with the request, but Mr. Stephens
as in no irritated mood with him be
cause of that or anything else, and there-
the next highest bidder he allowed to f ore had not the slightest intention of be-
. ing in the least discourteous to him before
. , I n committee of liis &ssoci£ite Senators in
But in the instance under review, no 11 tbblg be sa ; d . Mr. Stephens did not
objection of any kind whatever was made | bnow w hat General Gordon wished to
to the successful bidder, and after due de- ! explain tlirough a mutual friend, or what
by the law. Finally, a little before the
Pig iron, says the statician, can be pro-1 dock sounded the witchinglionrof twelve,
duced more cheaply at the South, be- a message from the Governor and his J
ofthe low cost of labor and the counse i announced that the executive had
—, , . Tbe I a railroad from Gunter’s Landing, b y liheration tbe transaction was approved Mr. Stephens had been reported to him
cause w iuu •«" — - 1 — j
raw material. | no authority to make the stipulated guar-
He might have added that the ore is I an ty. That was a matter requiring leg-
of better quality than elsewhere in the islative act i on , and therefore the Governor
Union, and in some places its quality is I could not consistently assume the respon-
pronounced equal to the best Sweedish sibility G f such a proceeding.
have made a good thing-of it as their stock
was held firmly yesterday at ninety-three
We will keep our readers posted when
ever anything ’reliable actually trans
pires. ^ J _
Alas, and A-Lack-a-Day!
Our esteemed cotemporary, the Sea-
payment of the ten thousand dollars ad- marks before the committee was considered
vance money required under the act. This by him as such “insinuations” as produced
1 the great excitements which he admits.
1 • . , , 1 Mr. Stephens was entirely unconscious at
failed afterwards for any non-fullfilment tbe tim ’ of wbat bad occasioned it.
opposite Lachine, on the beautitul Lake productiolls . The statician fails to recog- Asa necessary consequence, tlie sale port Appeal, publishes the following ju
st. Francis, have a reservation of 30 > 000 I nize tbe fact tbat the plainer cotton fab- went by default, not having been perfect- kfiant extra:
acres, whiah, under the treaty, no white ^ ^ also manufactured cheaper than ed w i t hin the prescribed thirty days, and
man is allowed to occupy. Canad ‘^ I an ywhere else, and with slightly deeper I it was made practically null and void by
squatters liaved pre-empted about 16,000 investigation wou id have found a' health- tbe surren der of all binding papers in the I the lease
acres of this land, and their expulsion is I revival ^ operations of the cotton bands of tbose to whom the property was
demanded. flf Ricbard mills, not only of Georgia, hut of all other knocked off at auction,
GLORIOUS NEWS!
nections would also have been made by
the-East-Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
gia railroads, and the Memphis and I I^thekasTnerfectlyTegaL" And if it I the“great excitements which he'admits.
Charleston railroads with the West. I made the lease ® Ur. wn® nnt,r*lv unconscious al
The company was composed of nine per
sons, their aggregated wealth amounting to
little less than twenty million dollars
As to the future course to be taken,
Mr. Conper could give no information
Yesterday the news produced a profound
of the proposed terms, then the whole
| matter necessarily fell through, and the ]
Governor could only proceed as instructed,
We hope the end of this unfortunate
controversy has been reached. By its
notoriety the pigmy, Simmons, has been
horses—his handsomely costumed guards;
besides advance guards, etc. Next a
“float” on which stood a white ox, dec
orated in ribbons and wreaths—the “boeu/
jrros,” and then followed twenty floats,
representing the four elements—earth, air,
water and tire. In design and delicate
conception of subjects the artists, in pre
paring the floats and the costumes, dis
played talent of no inferior grade. Then
followed the “Phnnny Phoity Pliellows,”
with their inimitable burlesques—the
“Cotton Jammers Benevolent Society”
and the “Products of America,” “Rum
and Tobacco Excelled.” And next
came an indescribable mixture of general
nuisances. Bands aud military were
prominent in the procession. The pro
cession was about one mile long and took
about a half hour to pass any one point.
At night the streets were tilled early, and
the Orleans Club and Pickwick Club
rooms were brilliant. Fire-works, brass
bauds and crowds, about twenty mount
ed policemen came dashing down the
street (Canal street), and the crowd di
vided like the waters of the Red Sea, and
then the night begun. Great lights were
lit, all colors of lights were seen, and the
irocession begun. First, the Mystick
Irew of Comus, with their fifteen floats,
representing the Aztec pMph 5 and their
conquest of Cortez. Next, the Knights of
Momus, with seventeen floats—subject,
“A dream of fair women.” These floats
or cars, both in the Mystick Krew of Co
mus and Knights of Momus, are elegant
and grand. After the procession came
the tableaux, at tbe opera house, of the
Knights of Momus, which were surpass
ingly splendid—an extensive historical
representation. •
TheM. K. of C. gave their tableaux, in
design and execution excellent. After
the tableaux the halls were in order, and
the various parties divided to attend the
different balls. The invitations to the
balls ofthe two orders cost nearly six
thousand dollars, and were made iu Paris.
The whole Maidi Gras cost about fifty
thousand dollars.
the largest theatrical audience
ever assembled in New Orleans was that
of the Grand Opera House on Monday
night, 9th instant. Nearly twenty-five
hundred people were seated. Mr. T. A.
Hall, who is well known at the South for
his excellence as a gentleman and supe
rior capacity as a theatrical manager,
well sustained his reputation by having
the Emma Abbott English Opera Troupe
to play here during the season of Mardi
Gras. It is the first time they have ap
peared in America, and they are already
receiving high plaudits lor their talent.
to appoint five. commissioners to take magn jfied into a most unseemly impor-
charge of the road, etc. tance. Now let the Senate sit downup-
Able lawyers assert, as the lessees came on tbat illiterate secession hater, and con-
and sale perfected.
. - . - itm, ow1 cpprnpd n I — 1 on that illiterate secessiuu uaici, nuu
“ r it—«rjo“r the » «“> «» h.m,s»l°t°»-°MM°°°fae **.
Miss Rogers, a cousin
Cobden, was the prodigy in the last exam- States taithe
Some say the Governor ought to have
general feeling of disappointment over
failure of the lease. Tlie opinion was
I freely expressed that tlie Governor, if suf
ficient assurance could be given by the
The If. & B. Transferred, to purchasers.
GEO. H. HAZLEntJRST, R, T» WILSCN, A.
J. LANE, AND C. M. SICGHEE THE
^e™, iSSa-The lease 1 company whichhas just declined the lease,
piration ofthe thirty days, and there was Shakespearc , s wisdom,
no default on their part, that the Govern- ghaltespeare, wisest of men, over two
or has still a perfect right to re-consider bun d re d years ago, detailed atenost every
his action, if he deems proper, and ap- I experience ofthe human heart, and al-
inations at ux oru u -. u,, researches, presents iven tbe required warrantee
She outstripped all defective. In Emustbe placed in his posi
••• v„r„„ i wick railroad were perfected yesterday I tbey wou id re-assume the contract, he
position before evening) ^ the road was transferred to I sbouId ca u the Legislature together.
pend his signature to the warrantee title,
which was demanded. It could not be
supposed that any company, making a
. . purchase involving an outlay of millions,
A telegram suggesting such a course sign-1 ^. ould be content with any other than a
nation she was a to nc eappointed lecturer kind and consequent | ^ Is a terrible impeachment mama _
in Somerville lial, I sources of revenue. The tables conclude 1 abroad just now,too,and doubtless theGov- | Tennessee, Virginia and Geo^m, and
w „ 7 , . . ^.1. I WUU1U UC WUWUb w nil auj v *'**'-*
ed by some ofthe most promtoent genUe- t0 tbe pr0perty in ques tion.
men ofthe city, was sent to the Governor I ^
are the purchasers. _ . ,
R. T. Wilson is President of the East I t daY . Central stock, which had de-
Trjw/«!n fJpnnna. and I J 001 * 1 J ■* _
buildings for women students.
A Sacramento undertaker’s con
science accused him of being glad when
he heard of a death, and he became con
vinced that even the'probability of an epi
demic caused pleasurable emotion. He,
with the prediction that tlie West will, I ernor ’ s enemies would not have been slow
for the next decade at least, wield the I toattackh j m had he assumed to act for the j
dominant influence in the politics of the | state in this important transaction. We
country and that the sceptre so long held wisb> however, that he could have seen
| in the East will have to follow the west-1 big way plainly to do so, and do not be-
Gierefore,committed suicide, leaving a let- ward star of prosperity and pass into the Heve tliat there is any reasonable doubt I |[‘°“ oa d wi n be built, that good conncq-
vS —-Rich he sai~ ’.- be.could no Ion- keeping of the sturdy yeomanry of the tbat tbe next General Assembly would j tions witb Western systems will be eflect-
Sfaud SkZ railroads’, and dined the day before yesterday took a
McGhee is his General Superintendent. booming upward tendency and went to
It is understood that Hazelhurst will he jd ne ty-s!x, at which figure it closed in
President, and %t the-extension-will he. cood rcques t."
built from Macon to Atlanta at once. I £
The company is a strong one, and tne
friends of Brunswick may rest assured
tramps.
n».» uusuw=> of I West,
which were closely connected with m— \
'm^Tlie oldest turpentine fields north of
Nvwbura, North Carolina, are well nigh
ahaspned, the industry having been
however,* lmJfl&lg. tbe ro 9 r °
forests in the southern belt of^rgm pine
lina which will supply Wiimw,-:—
Dav al stores for a centsiy to „
—A musician nam«* Drrmo, was killed
a fortnight ago by an electric shock receiv
ed from the apparatus for producing the
olectric light at the Holte ThP“ tre i Aston,
Biriniugham. A single powerful battery
supplies all the lighw ot the theatre and
its adjoining grounds, and the wires con
veying the current pass over the orchestra.
Mr. Bruno placed his hand on the wire
and received the full shock of tlie electric
current. He was rendered unconscious
' by the shock, and died in a short time.
—The latest case of absent-mindedness
comes from Tennessee. A young gentle
man of Memphis, lores a girl who
lives in the comitiy, up the railroad.
Wishing to see her he hired a horse and
buggy and drove out to her house, hitch
ing the horse at the door. After a while
he" came out, happy, serene and delighted,
walked down to the railway station, got a
ticket and rode back to Memphis, leaving
his horse hitched near the country gate.
—The Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat reports
that a party of gentlemen have discovered
a mound near Nob Noster, in that State,
which contains the skeletons of pigmies,
with skulls no larger than a man’s fist,
and the jaws provided with a full set of
teeth, showing them to be the remains of
grown persons.
—rhe National Quarterly Review for
January, has an article entitled “A South
erner’s Estimate of the Life and Charac
ter of Stephen A. Douglas,” by Hon. J.
D. Waddell, of Marietta. It Is an article
of rare merit, scholarly and able. It is a
production that will reflect credit upon
Southern literature. Colonel Waddell is
a graceful, forcible and eloquent writer.
—Lady Thornton carries out her Brit
ish ideas in Washington. A correspond
ent of the Syracuse Journal says that the
English woman very emphatically de
clares that her guests shall not by her
consent, be criticised through the press.
Whoever attempts to describe what this or
that lady wore at the British Legation,
has gained such information without the
consent of the hostess; and, having once
offended in this particular, need not ex
pect to be again invited.
Curiosities of the Telephone.—
With a single telephone held, say to the
right ear, the transmitted voice appears to
come from a distance to the right; while
with a telephone held to the left ear, it
seems to arive from the left of the list
ener.
With a telephone to each ear, if one ear
be less sensitive than the other, or if the
telephone be held farther from that ear,
the voice apparently shifts to the side of
the other ear; and if both ears hear alike
and both instruments are equally near
their respective;ears, the voice apparently
.proceeds from in front of the observer.
M iiiT^TTl ./burner?' On last Saturday
evening, at a turkey shooting match, a
few miles below Powder Springs, in this
county, Mr. Thomas Entrican accidental
ly dropped his gun on the ground, the
hammer struck a rock, and the gun was
discharged, shooting- three men. Mr.
Wade Mozley had his left ankle shattered
fearfully, and amputation will be neces
sary it is thought. Mr. Alec Gresham
and a Mr. Holbrook received painful flesh
Wounds.
have sustained him.
Of this thing, however, we are assured
The Ireland’s sake. even by one ofthe defeated lessees: Gov-1
*° 018 y-gg
ferers in Ireland-tliat they shall be dis
tributed without regard to the re-
. t „._. «« sent, andrasosend-
^ .iie benevolent desires of the donors
are more completely carried out than in
any other way. The responses to calls
from the Emerald Isle are liberal from
all parts of the country, and the sums
being daily placed to the credit of those
having the distribution in charge speak
loudly for the strong ties existing between
Old Ireland and this republic. The Irish
have the sympathy of the world, and now
that her people are in distress, gladly
does this sympathy take tangible shape
and form in a generous charity, manifest
ed all over this country.
ed, and that the day of discrimination
against her has passed,
The City Inreucd by a Gang.
Reports now reach us daily of the ex
ploits of tramps in the city, and it seems
A New Bankrupt Act
The Judiciary Committee oi the Na
tional House of Representatives, are
taking steps to perfect another bankrupt
law. It seems to be generally conceded
that some such measure is needed for the
protection of the victims of misfortune
who have relentless creditors. But up
most every phase of human liie, and _ in
one place he even seems to have prophsied
that remedy of remedies, the Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. 2w
MARBI-GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS
The Boss Racket—Its History in New
Orleans - The Present “Pleats”
An Immense Theatre.
St. Charles Hotel, New
Orleans, La., February 12, 1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Per
haps no celebration on the American con
tinent is comparable to Mardi-Gras in
this city. Whether it he the feeling of
desperate longing to supply the appetite
with the forbidden meats upon this the
last day on which they (the Catholics)
can eat meats that they thus indulge in
ThT mornhig^^iapers contain further J a, if there .yas a regularly manured
' ix-jOTT mgntS since a lady was knockea
down by a tramp in her own house, and
The Franco-German War and its
Cost
The cast of the Franco-German war
has at last been footed up by skilled sta-
ticians and experts, and is found to
amount to 13,939,000,000 francs, or re
duced to dollars and cents in round num
bers to two billion, seven hundred and
eighty-seven million, eight hundred thou
sand dollars. This does not include the
damage to the material interest of the
country, by the stagnation of manufac
tures, nor its loss in the young life of
its yeomanry, who yielded up their lives
to their country, nor, indeed, a thousand
incidental losses indirectly entailed by the
war. War in all instances is a very ex
pensive luxury, and France to-day fully
realizes the fact.
Curious Effects of a Dominican
Eruption.
The St. Thomas, West India, Tidende
iesi-ns that on Sunday, January 4, atabout
G a. m., a heavy fall of rain commenced
In Dominica, which lasted for several
hours. About two hours after the rain
began to fall a heavy cloud suddenly
spread over the entire town, causing al
most total darknesss, and for about a
quarter of an hour there was a perfect
deluge of rain and ashes. The Roseau
river became much swollen, flooding a
greater portion of the town, carrying
away cattle and houses. The cause of
this disaster is a volcanic eruption at the
Boiling lake, the lands in the vicinity of
which have been covered with lava. This
Lake is some thirty miles from the town
of Roseau. The River Point Mulatre has
been filled up and its course turned, by
which several estates have been flooded.
It is fortunate that there was such a heavy
fall of rain at the time or the entire town
of Roseau might have been destroyed
by fire. Rather curious it is, however,
that there was not the slightest oscilla
tion of the earth which would have led
one to suppose that an eruption had oc
curred.
A private letter from Roseau says: “At
11 a. m., 011 the 4th distant the whole
place was darkened by a heavy storm of
sand, mixed with sulphur, antimony and
iron. In a short time it was thick on the
ground ai:d housetops and the gutters
round the eave3 of the house were choked
with it. Fortunately it rained heavily aU
the time, otherwise we should have been
blinded or suffocated with the sand and
sulphur. Thq air being charged with an
timony many persons felt a great nausea.
Women fainted and went into hysterics.
The Roseau river overflowed its banks and
carried away cattle, sheep and a house be
longing to Mr. Davis. The storm was ac
companied with lightning and thunder,
and I expected every moment to feel an
earthquake and perhaps be swallowed up.
It took myself and four others from 7 a.
to clear up my garden,
d lawful, to accomplish it. No one
will regret it more than he.
The result is a sad blow to Southern
Georgia and and Brunswick’s prospects.
The whole ground will now have to be
gone over de novo with all the uncertain
ties of future legislation super-added.
There is one course, however, open to
the Governor, which some of our best
citizens earnestly desire him to pursue.
It is to call the Legislature together in
extra session to pass such enabling act as
may be deemed necessary in the premises,
and for that specific puipose only. £ev.
eral of our prominent citizens, among
then Hon. A. O. Bacon, Colonel Whittle
and Colonel C. J. Harris supposing that
the time of the lease would not expire un
til the night of the thirteenth, telegraphed
yesterday to theGovernor, advising him
to give the desired guarantee, and assur
ing him of the support of the people if he
did so. But the deliberations had already
closed.
There is another view of this transaction
entertained by some of tlie best legal
minds, which is dsserviug of considera
tion. They hold that the sale did not
necessarily lapse at the expiration of the
thirty days in this particular instance, be
cause the lessees had literally complied
with the law in its every requirement,
The first instalment had been duly paid,
and the bargain clinched, and they were
ready to turn over all the necessary bonds
and every dollar of the cash demanded to
perfect the purchase.
The laches, therefore, was on the part
of the State. Of course the Common
wealth, just as any private individual, was
expected to warrant and defend the title
it gave to the sale of this public property,
and the failure to comply throws the
blame upon its accredited representatives.
It is held with seeming justice, therefore,
that if the difficulties in the way can be
removed, and the Governor properly as
sured that he may with safety give the
requisite guaranty—indeed, that the spirit
of the act contemplated that he should do
so—the thread of the negotiations could
he taken up again, and the affair, if tbe
parties are still agreed, prosecuted to a
successful termination.
We throw out these suggestions in tlie
earnest hope that something may yet'be
done to retrieve the situation, aud give to
the people of Brunswick* Macon, Jones,
Jasper, Newton, and all the region from
the Georgia Railroad to the ocean, the
commercial facilities they so much need,
and which the General Assembly enac
ted, should he conferred upon them. The
people will await the issue with the deep
est interest. - J j*
Yohktown.—A Washington dispatili
■jtfg I , 'V ■ • •
A committee of members of th« Virginia
Legislature, and others were here to-day,
in conference with members of. Congress
with reference to the Yorktown celebra
tion. It is understood that the .Vilgiuia
Legislature will pass a' hill appropriating,
$10,000 to help defray the expenses of rth*
celebration, and it is proposed that-each pr
the thirteen original States make an appro
priation of $10,000. This would make
$130,000, of which $30,000 would be ample
to defray the current expenses of the cele-
particulars. * n.
WtrrE.^Vne Kennesaw route is Presi
dent Wilson’s route, and Joseph E. Brown
is its prophet.—[Editor.
Now, is it not too bad that all this good
news should afterwards have dissolved
into thin air? How true the apothegm,
“there is many a slip twixt cup and lip.”
Can’t Brother Styles help us resurrect
this pet enterprise of Southern and Mid
dle Georgia? By the rood let us “ never
give up the ship!
The Effect of a Good Example.
Since the New York Herald led off with
its magnificent subscription to the starving I she would be killed. She did not reply,
on the same night attempts were made to
enter several other houses.
On Thursday night no little excite
ment was occasioned on Magnolia street
by the attempt of tramps to gain
entrance to one of the residences on that
street. Abont ten o’clock Mrs. L. B.
Pike was attracted by a noise at the hack
door,of her residence, and leaving her
bed-room, went there, discovering that
there were several men on the back pi
azza. She was told to open the door or
bration, and the remainder, $100,000,
could be added to the $100,000 appropria- I promotion of tiglit-lacing, there is the
poor cf Ireland, the good people of Goth
am have come to the front with $44,298.40
more in the short space of eight days.
What the sum total will amount to, cannot
now be ascertained. But it will certainly
reach a princely sum. How many thou
sands of. sufferers will be made glad by
Mr. Bennett’s royal bounty! Nor will he
be the loser by it in the end. Victoria Regia'
gave $2,500 to her perishing subjects, out
of a revenue of millions. Citizen Beunett
$100,000.!
Protection, to Innocent Purchasers of
~ Patented Goods.
Our readers will remember that, during
the sessions of the late State Agricultural
Convention, Col. T. J. Smith introduced
a resolution, which was unanimously
adopted, to memorialize Congress to add
an amendment to the patent laws for the
protection of unsuspectiug parties who
purchase goods that are patented from
those not authorized to sell them.
The following from the Herald of yes
terday shows that the matter is already
under advisement by the National Legis
lature : *
The bill for the protection of purchasers
of pateuted articles which passed the
House on Monday should become a law
as soon as possible. It provides that
when buyers of patented articles are sued
for purchasing from persons not author
ized by the owners of the patent to make
or sell the same, and judgments for small
amounts are rendered, the pereons bring
ing suit shall pay all or part of the costs.
Nothing but such a law—unless it be a
properly handled shot gun—will dispose
of tlio numerous sharpers that have
played into each other’s hands
so successfully, that many people,
particularly" farmers, are afraid to
purchase patented articles of any. kind,
No citizen who is not a special student of
Patent office records can lie expected to
know anything about infringements or how
to guard himself against them; therefore
the power which makes the right of a
patentee absolute should defend honest
purchasers. A hetter method of defense
could hardly he devised than the bill that
is now awaiting further action, for the
profits of sharp practice would be brought
down to nothing if the wily prosecutors
were compelled to pay the costs.
g The Latest Corset. ; ■
London Correspondence or the New York Time*.
By the way, as a privileged person, I
was one day this week, in a'famous store,
shown the latest corset from Paris. It
was a most elaborately made pair of stays
made to exaggerate a narrow waist by the
addition ofartificial hips and an artificial
busU*r “.English ladies will wear this a
;1 during the coming season,”
rtist who presided over my pri-
of the new invention, “but my
Paris correspondent tells me they expect
to send more of them to America than to
England.” The truth is the United
States is quicker to adopt the French
fashions than England; and in contradis
tinction to this bad sign of the further
hut went to the front of the house and
cried loudly for help.
Several gentlemen in the neighbor
hood rushed to the rescue, but the tramps
had made good their retreat. Several
persons heard footsteps as they ran off
into the darkness. Mrs. Pike with two
small children was unprotected, all the
male members of the family^being absent,
She was unable to say whether they were
white or black. It is thought that the
tramps have several women accomplices
who go around the city and dis
cover the places where there are
no gentlemen, examine the fast
enings of tie doors, or in other ways
prepare the way for the operations of the
masculine members of the gang after
niglit-fall. The attempts which have
come under notice so far have been made
in tlie early hours of tho night. The po
licemen have been notified, and are keep
ing lively watch on suspicious looking
parties about the city. In tli* meantime,
a loaded revolver or a reliable shot gun
on the premises, would bo a decided re-as
surance and an agreeable protector.
m. to 1 p. m
Nothing was felt of this 1,000 feet above. . r ,, T ,
the level ofthe sea. We are experiencing ted by Congress for a monument, and a good one of an artisticrevival in London
strange phenomena and having extraordi- : structure worthy of the event could then . society of the baby-waists and loose robes
nary weather. We seem to be living on ‘ be reared. * for the yea ladys.
Harried.
The. Columbus Times speaks as follows
of the marriage of Mr. Peyton E. Moore,
Jr., of Macon, which occurred in that
city day before yesterday :
At the residence of the bride’s father,
Colonel E.M. Hogan, yesterday morning
at three o clock, Mr. Peyton E. Moore,
Jr., formerly of Athens, but now mail
agent between Mar.on and Columbus, and
Miss Susie E. Hogan, of this city, were
united in marriage, Rev. A. H. Campbell,
pastor of the First Baptist Church, per
forming the ceremony. Only a few
friends and relatives were present to wit
ness the impressive and solemn ceremony.
Mr. Moore is a most estimable and es
teemed young gentleman, and we con
gratulate him that he has won the .heart
and hand of one of our charming young
ladies, who will make him a treasure as a
Wife. May all that is good and success
ful attend them in all their journey
through life.
—A bill for tlie restoration of capital
punishment is before the Wisconsin Leg
islature, and a Janesville merchant, to
test public sentiment on the subject, made
a canvass among his customers who wore
electors. Gut of sixty-nine, the sum of
one day’s vote, thirty-seven favored aud
thirty-two opposed the bill.
—A vineyard proprietor ofthe Haute
Garonne was recently engaged in testing
his wine, and, coming to a large rat of
the last vintage, was shocked at what he
described as its “fantastic flavor.” He
accordingly allowed it to run off into
other vessels, and proceeded to examine'
the bottom of the receptacle, when, to his
horror, he discovered the body of one of
his own workmen, who had mysteriously
disappeared last October. The comfort
ing piece of intelligence is added that the
authorities have forbidden tho sale ofthe
} wine and it will be turned into brandy.
j to this time every statute of the kind
lias served hnt to eitny - si m»5„ T of 1 ^ a t clea, or a strong 'desire to enjoy ax-
| .mnoaods, while the instances are J
ax.a- i.-4-wAP.n where any real benefit
has been derived from such legislation,
As a general rule the honest debtor can
always make terms with his creditors. It
is the dishonest who ought to be made to
suffer, that seek relief from a bankrupt
law'that enables them to pay their debts
with the sweep of the pen, and then start
business full-handed again. We do not
believe tlie people ofthe South desire any
such law.
The Spat Between Senator Gordon
and Hon. A. H. Stephens.
The unpleasantness growing out of the
Simmons matter between General Gor
don and Mr. Stephens has been amicably
adjusted. Our gallant Senator, on the
7th instant, addressed the following mag
nanimous note to Georgia’s Great Com
moner :
Hon. A. H. Stephens—Dear Sir:
hope you will receive this letter in the
spirit which prompted me to write it.
I deeply regret that I allowed myself, un
der any extremity of provocation, to use
toward you the harsh and angry words I
uttered m the controversy yesterday be
fore the census sub-committee. But it
had been reported to me that for some
time past you had done me grave injus
tice in private conversations, and I had
sent to you a mutual friend to correct the
wholly erroneous impression under which
you seemed to be laboring. Therefore,
when you repeated the same insinuations
before a sub-committee of my associates
in the Senate, I, of course, felt the wrong
still more keenly. Then, when you ad
ded the statement that you had heard that
I favored ex-Marshal Smyth for the office
of supervisor in the first census dis
trict of Georgia, in the face of the fact
tliat I had Just a moment before, in an
swer to a question from the committee,
stated that I had urged the appointment
of both Mr. Albert Howell and of our
mutual friend, Colonel Mark Johnson
and, failing with both these, had done al
I could to secure the appointment of Mr.
Griffin, who is also a Democrat—I say,
when in the presence of these facts, you
repeated to the committee that you had
been told that I was endeavoring to se
cure Mr. Smith’s appointment, I felt a
sense of wrong and of outrage which
compelled me to ask for tlie name of your
informant. The charge by your informer
was so false, so malicious, so directly in
conflict with what I had just stated to the
commtttee, and therefore so inconsistent
with my character for truth, political and
social integrity, so absolutely without
foundation or even the shadow of an ex
cuse, that upon your refusal to give me
tlie reason of your informant, my indigna
tion was so great that I used to you lan
guage which, in view of your age and
our long established friendship, I deeply
regret. I allude to the words that “I
would hold you responsible for the false
hood until you divulged the name of the
traducer!” Of course I meant by this only
that I would consider that you were re
sponsible for the false charge, unless you
would give me the author.
These words, I repeat, I deeply regret,
and, although still suffering under a
sense of the wrong you have done me aud
still repeating the titter falsehood of your
informer’s statement, I wish to recall the
words which seemed .to imply that I re
garded you as responsible for the ialse-
liood. Very respectfully yours,
J. B. Gordon,
To this Mr. Stephens replies', at length,
speaking in the third person. We extract
as follows:
Mr. Stephens acknowledges the receipt
of General Gordon’s letter of the 7th inst.
It was handed to him late Sunday even
ing by a special messenger, and Mr. Steph
ens has had no time to give it that atten
tion which it deserves until last night and
this morning. He wishes - to say now
that he duly appreciates the motives by
which he is assured it was prompted, and
without any comment upon the tone, feel
ing and excitement iu it, quite appar-
*ic., is a mauer which may be referrid to
to the “Mistick Krewe,” or some other
power. It is nevertheless a fact that the
people of New Orleans, in some way,
have formed a brilliant conception of the
old Roman Saturnalia, and, by intermix
ing modem ideas, have succeded in giving
an entertainment of high degree, which
far exceeds the ancient awkwardness.
ITS ORIGIN IN NEW ORLEANS.
It will be remembered that this city has
a large Catholic population, hence the
conformance to tills established feast of
their church in Europe. Mardi Gras or
Fat Tuesday is also called Shrove Tues
day, the last Tuesday before Ash Wednes
day, which is the beginning of Lent. It is
a movable feast, being governed by Luna
phases. In 1S56, ou Mardi Gras day,
something was said here about a proces
sion that night,' and the famous “Mistick
Krewe of Comus” appeared in procession.
This is the original body of Masqueraders
in New Orleans. From 1856 to 1872, up
on each Mardi Gras day, scattering mas
queraders were to be seen all over the city,
but there was really no organized body,
nor a systematic celebration,
Early in the year 1872, Mr. Arm
strong, of the New Orleans Times, wrote
an article on the subject of a combined
demonstration. This valuable suggestion
from his gifted pen attracted large atten
tion, and responses were suddenly made
by leading merchants, bankers, etc., Mr.
Charlie Howard, President of the Louisi
ana State Lottery, heading the subscrip
tion list with S100. By the day of Mardi
Gras, in 1872, sufficient funds were gath
ered to give an impromptu celebration,
with a Rex. The Grand Duke Alexis
was here at the time, and his presence
gave the affair some impetus.
This occasion marked the first celebra
tion of consequence of the day in New
Orleans. I am told that it was the most
interesting ever held, as it was really a
general gala-day, all parties and ranks
taking part. It comprised an unrestricted
display and a universal participation, and
the city was alive with the sound of horns
and clatter ot horsemen, while the mas
queraders were energetic iu their efforts
to represent merriment. Each year im
provements have been made, and from
the original procession of hacks,
drays, cavalcades, societies, etc., has
come a gaudy pantomime on
wheels; or a tableau representing the
mysteries of enjoyment, beyond the capa
bilities of an outsider. The “Royal
Guards” were organized at this lime, and
were out in their scarlet uniforms. The
‘Knights of Momus” is an order of recent
origin, hut of importance to the day. As
to the participants and the masqueraders,
little is known. There is, of course, an
organization, having rules, officers, etc.;
but a modest man wont risk his counte
nance by asking questions of a royal Mo-
jui in the Carnival of the Fat Tuesday in
New Orleans.
It is, however, safe to assert that mer
chants, bankers and leading citizens com-
irise the principal organization. A meet-
hg is held each April, when preparations
are made for the next carnival, officers
elected, etc.
THE CARNIVAL JUST ENDED,
is said by knowing ones, to be the larges
and most elegant ever given here. Be'-;
sides a population of over two hundred
thousand who reside in New Orleans,
there were estimated forty thousand visi
tors. Trains consisting of only sleeping
care, ordinary passenger trains, freights,
steamers, both ocean and river, came to
the city literally packed with visitors.
Thq weather was clear and cool, and all
things seemed to conspire to the success
of this, the leading street parade of
the world. Canal street, the principal
thoroughfare of New Orleans, was impas
sible because of the assembled crowds to
witness the procession, and yet all had a
good view. Banners and flags being un
furled from nearly every window. Hand
somely dressed and beautiful ladies waved
their fans and kercliiefs to tlie merry
makers. Bands of music made the air
Mrs. Partington Hays
will cure general dilapidation, costive
habits and all comic diseases. They saved
Isaac from a severe extract of tripod fever.
They are the ne plus xmum of medicines.—
Boston Globe. 2w
—Grant ought to be able to pick up a
great mauy points iu Caesarism from Diaz
whose guest he will be in a few days.
The history of Mexico is the recognized
text hook and standard authority on dicta
torship.
—The cx-Empress Eugenie has ordered
ofthe sculptor Boehm a marble group of
life size representing the Prince x...,^rial
lying dead on the ground, parti. ...apped
in his cloak, while an angel is crowning
him.
—The comparative force of gunpowder
and dynamite was discussed by two miners
at Tunka, California. They agreed, as a
test, to explode certain quantities of the
substances under two planks, the friend of
gunpowder to stand on the dynamite
pianb ami iUa friend dynamite on the
other. The test was made in the presence
of an interested crowd of spectators. It
resulted in a broken leg for the man who
was lifted ten feet into the air by the dy
namite, and uncounted bruises for the
one whom the gunpowder threw against
the trunk of a tree.
A Fire in the Rear.—Washington,
February 11.—There is some talk here
among Liberal Republicans, who are ap
prehensive that Grant will be nominated
at Chicago, of holding a mass convention
there to nominate some man whom they
might have reason to believe could be en
dorsed by the regular Democratic Conven
tion which would he held shortly after
ward. Just how much weight may be
given to this proposition cannot now be
said, inasmuch as it has only been broach
ed among certain Liberal Republicans in
Congress within the past few days.
—What does Don Cameron mean when
in urging the claims of Grant as a strong
man to the Presidency, he says: “The
people of this country are tired ofthe un
certainties of its government? Is it the
uncertainties attending elections that trou
ble Don?”—Cincinnati Commercial.
To this the Courier-Journal responds:
That can not trouble any Republican
leader who understands the facilities in
the hands of the party for defrauding a
majority out of the legal result of their
vote. Mr. Cameron’s remark only ex
presses the dominant desire of the Repub
lican party fora kind of government
which will do away with the expense
and farce of holding Presidential elec
tions.
—Our army is composed of 2,187 of
fleers and 24,262 enlisted men. At West
Point Academy there are 24 musicians,
8 professors and 212 cadets. There are
3S8 retired officer. The active or com
batant force of the army numbers 20,566
men, 11 generals aud 1,559 officers, or one
officer for every fourteen men. It would
appear that there is entirely too much of
ficers in our army. Tecumseh Sherman
wants more officers and more men. He
would like 200,000 but he will die with
out being gratified. Sherman is more of
a Mexican than Grant. He would “pro
nounce” for himself In a minute if he bad
200,000 men under him. At present there
is.not war material enough in the covero-
ment’s hands to fully equip 60,000 men.
-Courier-Journal.
A Roval Author.—King Cetewayo
has dictated the history ofthe Zulu nation
and the Zulu war to Captain Poole, of the
English army, and il has been published
in Macmillan's Magazine. It appeared
that the King when dictating the' story,
occasionally divested himself of nearly all
his clothing to give his ideas fair play,
which would tend to show that the excen-
tricities of genres are not confined to civi
lization. So long as-he was narrating
questions of foreign policy or domestic
finance he remained calm, hut when he
came to the story of a battle he worked
himself into frenzy, and on one occasion
seized Captain Poole’s sword and hacked
the furniture of the room in illustrating
the incidents of the fight. It is needless
to say that after that time all weapons
were carefully removed.
“ Facto are stubborn Thin**.”
And few facts are more stubborn and
difficult to overcome than the various skin
melodious, while the eye rested upon tho
beautiful pageantry. On Monday after- diseases caused by impurities of the blood,
noon the King arrived, and was formally But Warer’s Safe Bitters or Safe Tonic,,
received by the officials. A tong and j purifies the blood and removes the sores
handsome procession, in which two com- and eruptions which disfigure and annoy,
panics ot the regular United States army | 2w.