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Thi Pa. kilt Jousnal.—Nxws— Politics—Lit* ratub*—A iiicvltubi—Domestic
M A COIN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1880.
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GEORGIA ' TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Volume LV—NO 9
BY TELEGRAPH
Cincinnati, February 22.—It is now
definitely arranged that the Cincinnati
Southern railroad will be opened through
to Chattanooga for freight to-morrow.
The first train over the newly completed
portion of the road will leave Somerset at
11.30 Monday morning. It is proposed to
celebrate the event here to-morrow by
firing guns and banging out guns. Forty
cars were sent out last night to go in the
first train, and the prospect is that a
hundred car loads of freight will be gath
ered in time for the pioneer train. The
schedule time is fixed at twenty-nine
hours from Cincinnati to Chattanooga.
Baltimore, February 22.—The Brit
ish bark Pactolus, from Coosa, South
Carolina, for Dublin, with a cargo of
phosphate, sprung a leak on the 18th in
the Gulf Stream, and put into Baltimore
for repairs. She arrived here on Satur
day night.
San Francisco, February 22.—A mass
meeting of workingmen at Union Hall
last night was very largely attended.
Mayor Kallocli was the principal speaker.
His address was conservative in advising
his hearers to avoid unlawful measures in
their efforts for a local settlement of the
Chinese question. The audience was
enthusiastic, but orderly aud attentive.
New Orleans, February 22.—Wash
ington’s birthday was celebrated by a
military parade, in which the Mobile Ca
dets participated. The Washingtou Ar
tillery celebrated their fourth anniversary
by the unveiling and dedication of a
monument in the military cemetery.
New Orleans, February 22.—General
Grant, replying to a letter from Acting
Mayor Isaacson, inviting him to visit that
city on his return from Mexico, says if
there are good facilities for travel, he will
return to the United States via San Fran
cisco. If not, he will return via Texas,
and visit places familiar to him duringthe
Mexican War.
New York, February 22.—The Par
nell Central Irish relief organization met
to-day. Undiminished confidence in Mr.
Parnell and declarations of increased zeal
in the object of his mission were the sub
stance of the resolutions unanimously
adopted.
Auorsix, Ga., February 22.—Mr. H.
G. Wright, one of the editors and proprie
tors of tlie Chronicle and Constitutional
ist, died to-day, aged twenty-nine, at
the residence of Governor II. V. John
son, in Jefferson county, after a few
weeks’ illness. He has been the chief
writer on the Chronicle since the deatli of
his father, the late General A. It. Wright,
and was one of the ablest writers on the
Southern press. His death will be deeply
regretted in Georgia.
Washington, February 22.—The all-
absorbing topic to-night is the decision of
tlie meeting of the Democratic National
Executive Committee, which meets here
to-morrow. Judging from the animated
conversation in tlie corridors of Willard’s
Hotel, which is the headquarters of rep
resentatives from the cities of St. Louis,
Chicago - and Cincinnati, the question
where the Convention shall be held seems
paramount for the time being to that of
who slialibe the-candidate. Itmay be,'at" dufced:
best, but a guess to predict the action of the
committee to-morrow, but the chances to
night seem to be in favor of Cincinnati,
as against Chicago or St. lands. The
general impression seems to be that June
10th will be tlie date of holding the Con
vention.
Galveston, February 22.—A 1Veics
special from the City of Mexico says Gen
eral Grant and party arrived there last
night, accompanied by Minister Foster
and tlie Mexican reception committee.
They were met at the department by city
officials and members of the Federal
Government. The streets were packed
witli people. The party in carriages were
escorted to tlie Mineral College by two
thousand iulautry and live hundred cav
alry. Tlie building and streets were illu
minated.
New York, February 23.—A Denver
special states that Special Agent Adams,
to whom was entrusted the duty of
bringing in the twelve Utes against whom
charges have been made, arrived in Den
ver last night. Tlie party consists of
tlirca prisoners captured, and six other
Utes, with Interpreter Hears. Tfie Indi
ans are guarded by a small number of
soldiers, and will proceed on horseback
from their present station, near Alamosa,
to Fort Garland, where they will be joined
by additional military, and accompanied
eastward by a force sufficient for their
protection until the Colorado line is
readied. Agent Adams and party will
meet at Pueblo on Tuesday, and proceed
to Washington, which point they will
reach on Friday.
Tlie Indians captured remain absolutely
quiet, and have not spoken to Adams.
Jack has been somewhat reticent as to Ills
journey through the mountains to the
hostile sections, lie states that the In
dians have scattered over the country un
til there are not more than ten lodges to
gether at a place. All of them arc north
of the Grand river. The winter has been
a severe one in tho mountains, and the
Indians who have been compelled to rely
upon their own resources for obtaining
food have found it difficult to get a sup
ply, as game lias been very scarce.
London, February 23.—A St. Peters
burg dispatch states that six more soldiers,
wounded by tlie explosion ot the Winter
palace, have died. It is stated that the
commander of the palace has been put
under arrest.
Berlin, February 23.—A dispatch says
the Czar wishes a state of siege proclaimed
all over Russia.
Geneva, February 23.—A dispatch re
ports tlie. destruction of the village of
ltiein, in Orisons Oberiand, destroyed by
fire on Wednesday.
Cabuj., February 23.—A dispatch says
Miisliauli Khan, Minister of Finance under
Sliere Ali and Yakoob Khan, has been in
trusted witli a letter to Mohammed Jan
by General Roberts, informing the mal
content leaders that the government is
disposed to accept as a ruler of Cabul any
Soedan, with certain exceptions, which
the assembled representatives of tlie na
tion may choose. To this end Roberts
invites them to discuss the matter at
Cabul.
London, February 2S.—A St. Peters
burg dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says
General Gourko, Governor-General at St.
Petersburg, General Drenteln, Chief of
Imperial police, and General Zouroff,
Prefect of St. Petersburg, have received
notices from the Nihilist commander, in
forming them that they need not trouble
themselves to make arrangements lor the
illumination on the occasion of the Czar’s
anniversary, as the revolutionists are pre-
paringfor such an illumination as lias not
been seen since Nero burned Rome.
A dispatch from Cabul says the letters
carried by Mustaufi Khan from General
Roberts to Mohammed Jan, were crossed
on their way by otliersfrom Mohammed
Jan tojiobcrts, which were sent with the
evident object of coming to terms. The
situation lias been so far improved that
competent, judges believe that any less
thorough settlement than.the acceptance;
of -Voyea Kfian, son of • Ygkoob Khan, as
heir to tlie Ameersltip aud government of
tlie country, by England, during liis mi
nority, will oniy lead to further disturb
ance. No further news has begn received
of AbJiurapnied Khan. It is not believed
here that he has yet crossed the Ox us.
Severe weather and snows are reported in
tn»Balaii and Khyber passes.
WAsniNGTOx, February 23.—The case
of SI. A. Dauphin against the Postmaster of the extradition of regicides, upon the
General, was decided to-day. Justice ground that they cannot be regarded as
Cox delivered the'opinion, declining to political criminals. * . ,,
pray ?, d f0 r., Cbi , ef Washington, February 23.-The
r, ^ d other of tbe sixNational Democratic Cohimitteo as-
Judgcs dissented. sembled in Williard’s Hotel in this city to-
a afterprayer (lay ; t<) select the place an( , appropriate
Ba y ar “ time for holding the National Democratic
to the memory of Convention. After some discussion it
S 15 a i? a( V? urn ’ was resolved to hold the Convention on
nonni w h! ! ’ i^V McDonald an ' Tuesday, June 22nd. Delegates from
, ‘°- tn ? IT0W Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and other
al tote on tlie pending five per cent, dties then presented the claims of their
nr- .. - , several localities as suitable places for
T ICB 11° f f? IwWiug the Convention. On the first
2KS&f” ,1 “ y c, “F? s °KkSftatiS
ment directs the Secretary of the Treasn- ; q u.ve.stov February 23 —A Neics
ttmnortoferurv to°thn ,2°“ ’ s P ecial from JeKn lys / oRelfable
the port of entry to the point ofdestina-t information from neir Linden f’a«
ing in that neighborhood, was yesterday
brutally assaulted and murdered. Three
men have been arrested, one of whom
confessed the crime. This one was taken
from the authorities by a mob, his cloth
ing saturated with coal oil and set on fire.
He was afterwards banged. Intense ex
citement prevails.
Savannah, February 23.—The new
steamship ordered by the Central Rail
road Company from John Roache & Son
lias been named the City of Augusta.
She will be one of tlie largest steamers on
the coast trade, Laving a capacity of six
thousand'bales of cotton and fine
ger accommodations.
New York, February 19.—The morn
ing papers contain a card signed by Ben
iamin B. Sherman, president of tlie Me
chanics bank, Jackson S. Schultz and
other prominent gentlemen of this city,
soliciting help for colored refugees in
Kansas. The card says there are already
fifteen or twenty thousand negro emi
grants in that State, and that they con
tinue to arrive, ragged, barefoot and with
out money. Many are sick from expo
sure to the severe climate, and a number
hare frozen to death. Help is urgently
needed.
Dublin, Febraary 23.—The Mansion
House Relief Committee announces that
tlie subscriptions to date amount to £75,-
000. Several additional grants have been
made since last evening.
London, February 23.—A dispatch
from Calcutta to tlie Times says an ac
cident occurred on tlie 17th instant on
tlie Candabar Railroad, near Wilne, by
which seven coalers were killed and four
wounded.
London, Febauary 23.—A dispatch
from St. Petersburg says there is some
difiiculty in connection with General Sko-
belofl’s appointment to command the Rus
sian expedition against the Turkomans.
He is said to insist that his plans arc not
to be subject to interference from military
administrations in Turkestan, llis nomi
nation was influenced by the fact that his
flail avoided Mer'v. If the report of the
: intention of England to hand over Herat
to Persia be confinncdj it would doubtless
materially affect Russia’s wish to avoid
Mery, in deferencefto England.
■ St.-F ~ ‘
official
into tlie cause of tlie Winter palace ex
plosion lias bad tlie effect of showing that
the crime was committed by a person who
passed as a workman, and that there is
reason to suspect % connection between
this person and some individuals who
were arrested previous to the explosion.
City of Mexico, February 19.—Gen
eral Grant and party arrived at Vera
Cruz, yesterday and were cordially re
ceived. The courtesies of the city were
extended to them, and at three p. m. they
took tlie train" for Orizaba.
Vienna, February 23. — The Free
Press say*: “Diphtheria is raging in Cen
tral Russia. Forty thousand people have
died since last November.”
London, Fclirnary 23.—In the House
of Lords to-day, Earl Cairns, Lord High
Chancellor, introduced a bill simplifying
the conveyancing, sales and lease of lands.
Cincinnati, February 23.—A St. Louis
dispatch says, lalior ^troubles there are as
suming alarming proportions. Already
wagon makers,"cabinet makers, moul
ders aud wood carvers are on a strike, and
teamsters, tanners, tobacco rollers, stone
cutters, pressmen, variillhers and journey
men tailors, are all organizing preparato
ry to striking. General disquietude pre
vails in all branches of labor. Coal min
ers are also uneasy.
Norfolk, Virginia, February 23.—
At the evening session of tlie Mexican
Veteran’s Convention, it was decided to
bold the next annual meeting at Louis
ville,Kentucky. General J; L. Williams,
of Kentucky, delivered an address.
Adjourned. ..
Washington, February 23. — Mr.
Vance, of North Carolina, introduced a
bill in the House; to-day to amend the
ntenial Revenue laws, and to prevent
Ibnses by tlie United States Courts in
aunisliing illicit distillers.
The sub-committee of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations will submit a
report to the full committee to-morrow
upon the necessities of the star postal ser-
shall remain in force until June 1, 1880,
instead of February 1, 1SS1.
Tlie Senate adjourned until to-morrow.
Washington, February 23.—In the
House under a call of the States, the fol
lowing bills were introduced and referred:
By Mr. Van Vorhis, of New York, repeal
ing the act repealing the Bankrupt Law;
by Mr. I’iroir, of New York, relative to
the sale or giving of intoxicating liquors
to Indians; by Coffratb, of Pennsylvania,
organizing a court of pensions to consist
of the Chief Justice and four Assis
tant Justices, who shall receive annual
salaries of four thousand dollareacb. The
court shall have jurisdiction as follows:
First, over all applications for pensions,
which have been disallowed by the Secre
tary of the Interim or Commissioner
of Pensions; to all disallowed applications
for increase of pension. Third, applica
tions for pensions which do not come un
der the present law; fourth,. applications
of persons against whom there is a charge
of deserting; by Mr. Mr. Kelly, of Penn
sylvania—To provide for tlie introduction
and cultivation of the cinchona plant in
the United States. It authorizes the
Secretary of the Treasurer to appoint a
suitable person, whose duty it shall be to
visit the cinchona plantations in India
and elsewhere, and also those regions of
South America where the plant is indig
enous, and that part of the United States
whereby coincidence of climate and hu
midity it may seem posable to success
fully cultivate the plant; it shall also be
his duty to employ suitable persons, pref
erably those who have worked on cin
chona plantations, in order to expedite
tlie cultivation of the cinchona plant in
the Un.ted State. The Secretary of State
is authorized to open correspondence witli
such governments as can assist the object
intended. The appropriation is made in
blank.
Cumberland, ^February 23.— The
Miners in the Cumberland region struck
to-day for sixty-five cents. New Central,
Maryland, Borden, George’s creek and
Franklin Companies acceded to. the de
mand, hut claim the f. concession is only
temporary to fill present contracts. It is
likely alPthe companies will resume work
at tlie advance asked.
Washington, February 23.—In the
House the following bilL were intio-
By Mr. Muldrow<of Mississippi—Plac
ing paper suitable for books aud newspa
pers on the free list.
By Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana—Appro
priating $200,000 for deepening tlie mouth
of Red river.
By Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky—Abol
ishing the tax on tobacco; aba reducing
tlie tax on distilled spirits to fifty cents on
each proof gallon.
By Mr. Gibson, of Louisina—Author
izing the Secretary of State to procure
copies of all papers in the. possession of
the governments of Great Britain, France
md Spain relative to tho history of Louisi
ana.
At tlie expiration of the morning hour
public business was suspended and me
morial addresses were delivered upon the
late A. M. Lay, of Missouri. The lloqse
then adjourned.
■ The House Committee o:s Foreign Af
fairs, instructed its chairman to-day. to re
port favorably to tlie House the bill,which
as amended by the committee, appropri
ates $300,000 for the relief of the distressed
in Ireland.
J (General Beauregard appeared before
the House Committee on post-offices and
post roads to-day, and made a long, state
ment relating to the Louisiana lottery.
He said its drawings were conducted in a
perfectly honest manrer, n:- 1 he invited
tlie most rigid investigation of its affairs.
The House Committee on public lands
instructed its chairman today to ask a sus
pension of the rules, in order to secure the
passage by the House of the resolution ap
pointing a committee to investigate the
acts of tlie Hot Springs, Arkansas, Com
missioners,
Norfolk, Va., Fc’.ruary 23.—The
convention of Mexican Veterans met at
the Opera House in this city this morning
witli 118 members present. After a wel
come from the local societies the Secre
tary of the National S< defy read a state
ment of enrolled members. After Hie
adoption of a resolution on perfecting the
organization and resolutions expressing
sorrow of the death of General Jeff C,
Davis, an election for general officers of
the association was held and resulted in
the re-election of the present incumbents
after which the convention adjourned un
til 4 p.n.
Norfolk, Va., February 23.—The city
was gaily decorated with bunting to-day
in honor of Washington’s birthday and of
the Mexican war. The streets were
crowded with people assembled to witness
the military parade. The procession,
composed of local military companies ca
dets, marine corps. Knights of Pythias and
Mexican veterans, paraded the streets
under tlie direction of General Gctly,
from Fortress Monroe.
Cincinnati, February 23.—A Cleve
land dispatch says: At three o’clock tills
evening, fifteen hundred barrels of oil es
caped from tlie tank of tlie Standard Oil
Works, took fire, and a furious conflagra
tion is raging, which threatens to envelope
the company’s central and principal
works. 'The blazing oil is floatiug on the
creek and river, making huge streams of
fire. , .
London, February 23.—A portion of a
letter from Prince Alexander of Hesse, to
liis wife, dated St. retersbuig, 17th, is
published here. It says: “ I was received
at the railway station by all the sons of the
Emperor and by Prince Alexander, of Bul
garia, and tlience conducted to the winter
palace. The Emperor awaited me at the
staircase. We were proceeding through
the large corridor to liis Majesty’s apart
ments when suddenly a fearful detonation
was heard. The flooring was raised as
by an earthquake, gas extinguished and
we were left in total darkness. At the
same time a "horrible dust and smell of
powder or dynamite filled the corrider.
Some one slioutcd to ns that the chande
lier liad fallen down, where the table was
laid for dinner.
I.hastened thither with the Czarowich
and Grand Duke, while Count Adlcrbarz,
in doubt'as to what .might, hapnen, held
heck 1 the Emperor. 1 we found all the
windows broken and walls in ruins. The'
dinner had boen" delayed half an hour'
for my arrival, and it was owing to this
circtpusiai.se that the Imperial family had
not jet assembled in the dining ball.”
St. Petersburg, February 23.—The
railway guard lm.- been increased by
twenty-six niou, a::d tlie St. Petersburg
police by thirty-nine men. The Journal
deSt.l‘et rd .-iisonthc necessity
sewing machine agent, left town Tuesday
morning, since which time nothing has
been heard from him. His absence for
this length of time is not uncommon, nor
ould it now excite any notice but for
the fact that his horse was found tied in
tlie pine thicket near 31 r. Blackshear’s oh
Thursday morning. He was tied to a
sappling with a rope, and had evidently
been there some time. His friends are
somewhat uneasy about him. "YVejirt-
'. PSHSE^pn*?, Febraan-SS.—The diet, however, that Tom will turn up all
alDrgaif'afino'iitiCcs'tliaVtlic'inqulr}- right.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Triplett, of the Thomasville Times,
complains because the young ladies do
not take advantage of Leap Year.
Thomasville has received up to Fri
day 8,S40 bales of cotton.
The jury acquitted Mr. Thomas Bar-
ratte, charged with shooting Jack Moore,
of Thomasville, in the Superior Court of
Chatham county, on Thursday morning.
There were seven deaths in Augusta
last week.
Ben Him. and Round Dance both run
at Washington City during the spring
meeting. These horses are now quar
tered at Charleston, wheje^tliey will re
main until a few weeks before the meet
ing opens. ;•
A young man of Elberton is sueing his
father for slander, placing the damages at
$5,000.
A valise belonging to Paul Jones, of
Atlanta, which was stolen from him at
Union Point, was found in the culvert be-
ween that place and Maxey’s, cut open
and rifled of its contents.
Columbus wants a park and a public
library.
Mr. Dennis Johnson, of Murray
county, killed twelve hog this season
that weighed something near 4,800
pounds.
The Presbyterians of Louisville and vi
cinity contemplate building a church in
that place at an early day.
Mil Richard Peters, of Atlanta,
has just received from Asia Minor three
Angora goats—a buck and two ewes.
Senator Hill writes a letter to Emory
Speer complimenting liim on liis recent
speech. ,
Since November 800 mules and 155
horses have been sold, in Columbus and
there is now 155 horses and mules on
bancl.
Columbus toward the Lovick Pierce mon
ument.
A telegraph line will soon be estab
lished between Fort Gaines, Georgia, and
Columbia, Alabama.
The first strawberries of the season
were exhibited and sold in Atlanta last
Saturday at $2.50 per box.
The Walton County Vidette reports
that some snug sums of money hare been
made in that section recently by owners of
Georgia railroad stock.
The Irish relief fund of Augusta now
amounts to $2,784 40. It is expected that
it will vety jsoon.be increased to S8,0Q0.
The Columbus Enquirer states that
there is not an available sleeping room in
that city unoccupied.
Bill Arp will deliver a lecture in
Hawklnsville at an early day for the ben
efit of the library association.
Madisonian: There is a sly fox near
Madison that baffles every effort o our
fox club to bring him in. He has been
chased so often that he snuffs danger in
the breeze and the first blast of the hunts
man’s horn or yell from their pack causes
him to think that distance lends enchant
ment to the view, or at least renders the
safety of his foxship more certain. Our
tax collector informs us that, despite the
almost total failure of crops last year, our
fanners are paying and have paid their
taxes with more unanimity than could
have been expected, and that he thinks
Morgan county will show as good a record
with regard to taxes as she has in several
years. We hope that the next crop will
enable our people to relieve themselves
from financial embarrassment.
Savannah News: The Stock Mab-
ket.—Yesterday was a red letter day in
stocks,' Central going up to a point which
it had not before reached for years past,
lienee the market became greatly excited.
It was reported aiid generally believed
that a dispatch had been received from
New York stating that Central had sold
there at 105, but the highest point reached
here was 99, the market closing strong at
9Si bid, 99 asked. About twelve hundred
shares changed bauds, the last transaction
being two hundred shares at 99.
Berrien County News: Another
Sheep Slayer Slayed—We learn from
friend Nasli that Mr. Jehu Fletcher of Irwin
county, killed an eagle a few days since,
which measured seven feet four and a half
inches from tip to tip. The returns are
not quite all in, but as soou as they arrive
we doubt not 3Ir. Fletcher will be entitled
to the blue ribbon for having killed the
largest eagle this season.
Is There Foul I’lay.—Thomasville
Times: 3Ir. L T. Taylor, the popular
Atlanta Post: Barely Saved iiis
Life.—A man tried to board the Air
Line train as it passed the cemetery to
day, and missed the platform step. He
fell under tlie train, and but for the time
ly assistance of a passenger who happened
to be standing on the platform he would
have lost his life or been severely crippled.
Tlie preserver pulled him on the platform
by main force. To say that the adventur
ous fellow was scared is to put it mild.
Ccthbert Appeal: There appears to
he a perfect deluge of tramps infecting our
section. Every day new ones arrive, beg-
S ng money of food, but never work.
r liy it is every corporated city and town
in the State does not enact laws protect
ing their citizens from such pests we can
not understand. The idea of a State be
ing flooded with able-bodied vagabonds
preposterous, especially when a remedy
so easily obtained. .
Augusta Chronicle; John T. Shew-
makc, Jr., the ten year old son of Mr. Os
car Sliewmake, while running with an
open knife in his hands, a few days since,
fell, the blade entering his abodmen. "We
are glad to hear that tho wound is not
considered dangerous.
Uutiidert Appeal: Already are we
receiving “orders” from our citizens for
the entertainment of representatives to
the Press Convention that meets here in
May. Our brethren of tlie press will be
welcomed by our citizens with open arms,
and made to feel their visit to our town is
appreciated. We hope every paper in
tlie State will bo represented, aud every
editor bring an extra collar—pre
pared to spend a week with us.
Douglasvillb Star: “The body
snatchers have been at work in Douglas
county. Our readers will remember that
about six weeks ago Dick Gordon acciden
tally committed suicide at Salt Springs, in
this county, by drinking carbolic acid
through mistake for whisky in the office of
Dr. J. W. Westmoreland. He was buried
near Salt Springs. Not long ago some of
tlie parties living in the neighborhood of
tlie grave thought it showed signs of hav
ing been tampered with, and decided to
open it. When this was done the body
was gone, and nothing was left in the
coffin except the clothes of the deceased.
It is thought that his body found its way
to one of tlie medical colleges in Atlanta.
The discovery that the body has been sto;
len has created quite an excitement among
tlie negroes of this county.
“The cyclone season opened In this
county on last Friday evening,” says the
Buena VistaArgus, “with significant fury.
ranged from southwest and northeast,
and was of tlie bounding and whirling va
riety, and fifty to one hundred yards wide.
We liear of it it on the place of Dr. Jeffer
son, four miles from town, where some
houses were unroofed, and at one place
seventeen large green pine trees were
blown down on less than one acre of
ground. There it bounded upward and
again struck the ground at Mr. A. P.
Bclk’s, a mile farther on, where a part of
his gin house was blown down, his cotton
screw overturned, a mule killed and a
negro slightly hurt. It next struck the
ground about Mr. S. B. Story’s about two
miles from town, where houses were un
roofed, chimneys blown down, timber
felled, and fencing scattered generally.”
Last Week’s Cotton Figures.
THE situation.
Saturday’s New York Chronicle re
ports the receipts of the seven days end
ing Friday night, 20th instant, at 115,307
bales, against 134,328 bales the corres-
psuding week of. last year. Total from
1st of last September to that date, 4,098,-
S25 bales against 3,726,517 lor the corres
ponding period of the cotton year 1878-9,
showing a net increase of 372,308 bales.
The Cotton Exchange statement of
same date was as follows: Receipts of
the week ending last Friday, 121,548,
against 133,272 bales tho corresponding
week of last year. Total, 4,100,180,
against 3,087,083—showing a net increase
of 419,103 bales.
The Chronicle's interior port table for
Only $10.70 has been subscribed in: the week shows 51,010. bales received,
67,501 for the corresponding week of ;last
year. Stocks—327,081 against 182,240
last year, {jfoi .<
The Chronicle's risible sqpply. table
showed 2,459,090 bales of cotton in sight
last Friday lf against 2,494,405,at same date
last year; 2,699,075 at same date tlie year
before, and 3,050,00^ at same date in
1877. These figures show an increase of
35,315 bales oh the visible supply of jast
year, and a decrease of 2££j,5S5 bales on
the supply of 1878, and a degrease of
599,519 bpldfcon the supply of 1877 at
same date* Cotton was quoted last -Fri
day at Liverpool at 7( for middling up.
land. Last year at same date the quota
tion wa^ 55-16; "in 187Sat same date
6|, and in 1877 at same date, Of.
Under its table of receipts From planta
tions the Chronicle remarks as follows:
The above statement shows—
1. That the total receipts from the plan
tations since September 1, in 1879-80
were 4,418,00s bales; in 1878-79 were 8,-
903,111 bales; in 1877-78 were 3,094,908
bales.
2. That although the receipts at tlie ottE
ports the past week were 115,307 bales;
the actual movement from plantations
was only 96,410 bales, the balance being
drawn from stocks at the interior ports.
Last year the reeepts from the plantations
lor the same week were 125,809 bales, and
for ISIS they were 103,318 bajes.
Tl^ Chronicle's weather telegrams of
Friday show for Texas only very light and
insufficient rains or no rain at all. Cool
Weather lias checked budding vegetation.
Tliirty-two has been the lowest point of
the mercury in Texas during the week.
Ne|V Orleans reports 1.62 of rain during
tl(8 week. Vicksburg reports two days of
rain, and says planters there are giving in-
creased area to the cotton, crop. Nash-
vifij had.£*13 of rain; Memphis2.15,
Mobile 2.41; Montgomery 2.91; Selma
three days of rain; Madison, Fla., three
days; Columbus, Ga., 1.47; Macon, one
day. At other points the rain was light
and there are no noticeable facts.
Violations of the Sunday Laws.
Rev. Stewart Robinson, !}. . D., at an
immense mgss meeting held in Loiiisville
to organize a secular alliance for the en
forcement o£ the laws protecting public
morals, offered the following resolutions:
Resolvedi; That the continual and in
creasing aggressions upon our law s pro-
bfic ii “ ■■
The Master of Eedleat
BY MRS. E. A. MERRIWETHEE.
lis thrilling" story purports to be a
ition of the guilty experience of a
tee girl who was sent South from
New England just before the late civil
war, as an emissary of ah abolition so
ciety.
It was immediately succeeding John
Brown’s raid and tragical fate, when the
whole North was in a blaze of anti-slav-
ery excitement. Her mission was to pro
cure the situation of governess in the fam
ily. of a wealthy Southern planter, and
then proceed to poison tlie minds of his
slaves against tlieTr masterl This she suc
ceeded hut too ’ well in accomplishing.
The book is full of startling incidents,
and tlie interest of tbe reader never flags
for an instant. The author herself ad
mits the enormity of her crimes, and is a
prey to the most terrible remorse.
Still, running all through the woof and
warp of lier story, which also includes
nearly the entire period ol the war,
the virtues, sacrifices and true genius of
tlie Southern people, uuwontmgly, as it
were, are made to stand forth in bold re
lief to the horrid accusations charged
against them.
No truer picture of plantation life with
its hospitality and refinement was ever
drawn. The character of the negro, too,
is well depicted, and the brutality of her
own people, the Federal soldiery. Most
especially is tills witnessed in the grapliic
description of an interview with Beast
Butler.
The work closes with a shocking trage
dy in which the author was a foul partici
pant. There is, something both horrible
and attractive about tbe pages of this au
tobiography, which can be found on sale
at the store of Mr. Ed. Irvine.
against 58,982 the. corresponding week of j
last year. Shipments—70,501 against are subject to.
The Late Sale of the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad.
Nothing further has transpired concern
ing the particulars of this transaction. It
is only generally conceded that the sale
has been duly consummated, and report
says all the papers will be signed up and
tlie affair finally arranged on "Wednesday.
One rumor is to tbe effect that Captain
John A. Grant, who is already connected
with one of the roads represented by tlie} 1
combination, will he placed on duty upon'
tho proposed extension. That Mr. Hazle-
liurst, assisted by Colonel Lane, will have
charge of the Brunswick end of the enter
prise, seems to be an admitted fact. But
yet nothing.positivo is known in the
premises.
The company now own lines of road
extending from Lynchburg, Virginia, to
Chattanooga, and from .Memphis and
Knoxville to Chattanooga. A connection
will also certainly be made with the Cin
cinnati Southern, and possibly the new
extension from Macon will be pushed for
ward, also, to Kuoxville, via Cleveland,
Tennessee. 7
But It Is too soon to speak with certain
ty of thp routes that may be projected, or
to what will be the future policy of the
company. It is sufficient to know that
that there will be another grand indepen
dent highway from tlie West to the ocean
terminating at Brunswick, but accessible
to Savannah, also, via Jesup. Wo quote
the;following from the Atlanta Phono
graph: .
It seems to be a settled fact that Gov
ernor Colquitt closed the trade in New
York Thursday. Wilson and other capi
talists were scared off because they did
not feel disposed to buy a big law suit.
When the Governor assured them thatthe
honor of Georgia would be maintained,
and the integrity of contracts preserved,
without any special guaranty, there was
no further hitch, and tbe trade was made
permanent. It is said that there has "been
some little change in the company, but it
strong one, and have the means to
comply with the provisions of the lease.
It is'now a positive fact that Atlanta is
afforded another outlet to the Atlantic, be
sides tbe Central road. Under the act
authorizing the lease of the read, the less
ees are compelled to extend the road from
Macon to Atlanta. Our friends in Jones
aud Jasper counties must be patient, the
time/ is coming when tho iron horse .wilj
go tearing through -the red hills of tha.
section. "When that time comes, we ex
pept to come and talk Phonograph to the
people. - ■ «• ■
Give your neighbor a helping hand by
recommending hun to keep Dr. Bull's Ba
by 1 Syrup in his family for the ills babies'
tecting public morals; the entire failure of
the executive, judicial, and police author
ities to enforce them; tlie formidable com
bination of interested .parties to obstruct
the execution of "‘the laws by the courts,
aiufthe amendment of them by the Legis
lature; the .extension by the Council of
the tavern, privilege of Sunday traffic to all
saloons^' thereby vastly increasing the in
jury Of this traffic' to the public morals,
render it the imperative- duty of all friends
of law and order to combine together for
the support ol these ianjs, seeking by per
sonal influence and inofal suasion, so far
as possible,'to secure obedience to the
laws, and also by the use of all legal
means to enforce pbediencc to them, if
.found necessary.
Resolved, That the most proper and ex
pedient method of effecting such combina
tion of good citizens is tbe organization
forthwith of a Citizens’ League in support
of tlie laws protecting public morals.
Tlie Doctor made a rousing speech in
behalf of his resolutions^ and also went
into many dirty revelations as to the char
acter of the Sunday theatrical shows
which had been unblushingly exhibited
to the public gaze. He even called upon
newspaper reporters to spot, and give the
names of those who patronized these in
decent performances. Mr. Fox followed
liim in a stirring address on the same
side.
We are opposed gerterally to vigilance
committees. Ofttimes without sufficient
evidence they proceed to unauthorized
extremities, and take the law into their
own hands. But if such an oiganization
siniply reports offenders, and then per
mits the‘statutes to decide every case on
its own merits,, no objection can be urged
against them. Indeed, every law abiding
citizen should consider himself a commit
tee of one to aid in conserving the public
peace,
The meeting was very outspoken and
pronounced in its deliverances.
How Easy Some Fortunes are Made-
Mr. James Lome:, a New York million
aire, by tiie will of his father, Robert Len
ox, dated October, 1839, fell heir to a
thirty acre fabm at the “five mile stone”
from New York. Ah extract from the will
ran thus:
My motive for so leaving this property
is a firm persuasion that'it may at no dis
tant day be the-site of a village; and as
it cost me more than its present wortli,
from circumstances known to iiiy family,
I like to cherish the belief it may be real
ized to them. At all events, I want-the
experiment made by keeping the property
from being sold.
That little possession of land, has long
since been swallowed up by the mighty
: city, and to-day is worth te'n millions ot
dollars. But Mr. Lenox respected his
faiher’s injunctions, aud held his farm in
tact until 1804, when t lip sold two blocks
fbr $500,000. and-afterwards-ga
lots tor vaflofisronafritablc institi
tlie value of $2,500,000.
What he still owns is worth $7,500,000.
What an instance of the multiplication of
values by mere niasteriy inactivity.
istitfitfons to
Review of Rev. Frank Johnson’s
Lecture'on “Books" at Powell’s
Hall. -
Cuthbebt, February 18,18S0.
In tlie whole lengthy discourse, he men-
tioned no book but the Bible. His argu
ment for its authenticity, is that man
could not make or destroy it. No Jew
claimed the authorship of the OM Testa
ment; but all that nation claimed it to be
the Book of God, which contains the most
ancient printed matter. The period of
making the Bible in its several parts was
hiteon centuries. No dofiua autm-i.
ship of the New Testament. He exhausts
the whole question by unanswerable hy
potheses—quotations and historic truths
that man could not have made the Bible.
One of his tests was that all tlie wisdom and
science of the world could not make or de
troy or banish from this earth a single grain
of sand. He introduces a grain of sand as a
delegate in tho great French Convention
of last century. There it was decreed that
“there is no God” and that “death is an
eternal sleep,* - and deliversltbe grain of
sand’s speech in reply to the skeptical
philospliers of that august assembly to
confute them.
The lecture abounds with striking his
torical facts and beautiful truths. But as
lecture is a conglomerated and incohe
rent mass, without method or aim bevond
the display of the author’s learning, and
the purity of his thoughts, guidcil by a
guileless heart and universal philanthropy
unless it was manifest in the conclusion
to show that the Uuited States constitutes
the largest country with the most exhaust-
less resources and unbounded capacity to
maintain a limitless population. That we
are nearer by sea and land to any other
and to all parts of the earth, and that this
is and was created and is being developed
for tlie Lord’s people in the great future.
His fertile imagination abounded with
beauty when he was elaborating this far
fetched vision. He erected in tho valley
of the Mississippi a thousand cities as
large as New York, and an indefinite
number along the coast as big as London;
and grandly concluded the capacity of our
great country as sufficient for the popula
tion of “the whole world.”
Tlie lecturer startled some of us in liis
outline of history of our ancestors, and of
civil liberty, precedent to his conclusion
that civil liberty could not flourish with
out the Bible, and that Christianity could
not flourish without civil liberty, and that
this great country is the grand theatre
where'they are to unite.
He seeks to demonstrate our Scandina
vian origin and descent, giving us nand-
parents that we knew not of in our historic
researches.' In fact, if wc are of that ori
gin, as lie so distinctly- announced, there
must be a large volume cf history we
have not Seen.
He makes our so-called ancestors a
great, heroic and s rand people, imbued
with tho principles of freedom—win nev
er were subc’ued, or their principles
thwarted by tleB nnans. He understands
Goth and Vandal to be a better nlan
than a Kaua i. That they transmitted
their race, an 1 laws, aud institutions, and
their liberty to Britain, extinguishing the
ancient race and Homan settlers, just as
we drove out the American Indians. That
the Teutonic race and institutions were
transmitted to America; and that in our
successful struggle for political independ
ence, we. only established German civil
liberty. -
He .skips over .andlooses sight of tbe
lerfect and complete - commingling of
floods; of - laws, customs, .sentiments and
opinions,and tlie innate ideas of liberty for
centuries in western Europe jnst as effect
ually as the waters of the Missouri, Ar
kansas, Ohio, the Cumberland, the Red
and tlie multitude of rivers are mingled
in the great volume of the Mississippi,
and he can as easily Jand appropriately
sit at its mouth and decide which one of
the tributaries is in truth the father of
waters. Our codes of latvcivil, ecclesi
astical, criminal and social; our opinions,
tastes, sentiments, instinctive love of lib
erty ; our physical, mental ami moral
constitution are not Scandinavian, Teu
tonic, British, Gaulic or Roman, but all
combined, hi inseparable and indivisible
but {distinctive marks and .characteristics
of earih.;, H-P-
Death of H. 5.'Wright, Esq.
Grant’s Nomination Certain.
Corrrspjn iocce N vr Vo-k Miu.J
Washington, February 20.—A11 tbo
protests against the third term, made
through Republic tu organs, aud all the
alleged strength of Blaine and Shormau
in different localities, will count for noth
ing on the material point of the nomina
tion. And it will depend entirely upon
circumstances how much this opposition
will count afterward. For instance, if the
Democrats insist upon blundering, as
their Bourbon leaders have constantly
done of late, no human power can pre
vent Grant’s election. Any old hack will
be beaten out of sight in the Presidential
race.
Conkling,Cameron, Carpenter and men
of that stamp daf6 nothing for threats o£i
defection in tlie future. Their hands have
been immensely strengthened by the ope
ration of the machine in Pennsylvania,-
whore it was possible to have oiganized an
imposing revolt, and to have made a de
cided impression on the cfttlntry. This
cbauce was thrown away and cahuot be
recovered.. . ; .
After New York does better than Penn
sylvania, Illinois cannot be held back.
With this capital to start upon, Indiana Is
bound to fall into line. Here are fdur
great States, with a round hundred votes
in tlie Electoral Colleges, and a corres
ponding representation doubled in thq
National Convention. Add the Pacific
States, half of New England, and a rush
from the South when the purchased dele
gates for Sherman see they,are to be
swept away by the current, atid then the
nomination may be considered a fixed
fact.
Tlie managers do not care a fig for the
people, or for remonstrances, or for me
nacing resolutions. They are accustomed
to ride roughshod over opposition, and to
dictate their policy without considering
whether it will be palatable or not. The
xfe t tC8 i Si.S!X i . ed i, a S.i t s iyely; wlU.MiP
Of course tlie third-termers would never
have gone as far as they have done with
out taking a calm view of the chances and
the contingencies. Their main depend
ence is on the Bourbon Democrats. With
a regular candidate of that brand in the
field, they will feel assured of success,aad
that assurance, with tlie announcement to,
attend it everywhere tliat^Grant will cer-
taiuly be inaugurated, must operate bn
tens of thousands of timid and time-serv
ing waiters on Providence.
While a crowd of Democratic candi
dates are contending with each other for
precedence and intriguing for little ad
vantages, none of them but Mr. Tilden
having any extensive oiganization, the
Grant machinists are moving forward
on their original line, by the shortest cut,
with the expectation of reaching the ob
jective point without serious obtrusion.
Tlieir opponents arc quarreling pvera
nomination which would be but an empty
compliment, aud neglecting the means
by which all the elements of opposition
could be united for the utter overthrow of
Grantism.
finally the 1 tigers were ‘ dispatched be*
fore ally of the i men were seriously in
jured. v - -v .
These exhibitions, be it remembered, /
were given by tlie great head of the Mo*
liammedan Chutch for’Java, and none of
the men ordered ttato the tigers’ den to
fight them dare disobey, on penalty of
aeath.
| —The Springfield Republican says Sen
ator Bayard is the choice of the Massachu
setts Democracy for President.
[ The grape islands of Lake Erie have
4,WO acres of vines, apd the yield in 1879
iras 1G,6W pound^. The wine production
was l ) 52fk400ga)i<ms.
I *-A few days since a snow storm occur
red in Florence which rendered locomo
tion ^possible for nearly twenty-four
hours. .The streets were covered with ;
three feet of snow, and the roofs of seve
ral houses fell in beneath the unexpected
weight.
j Buried in the Snow.—Reno, Ne
vada, February *21.—Four' men were
buried by a: snow-slide near -Franktown
this morning. William Soul was rescued,
badly injured.. Samuel Kennedv, Alex.
McClain and John Birney have not been
fouud.
A Railroad Bridge Bubned.—The
Nashville American says the bridge across
Chattanooga creek was binned, Friday
morning, and in consequence the through
tram on the Chattanooga road did not ar
rive, here last night, and no Southern
mails were received.
—The agent of Prince Torlonia, the
Rothschild of Italy, has disappeared with
J abont a million francs belonging to his
employer. The roost curious feature of
tlje affair is that the -Prince had been fore-
warned of the man’s character but his
tinsnspectiug nature shrank from heeding
inonymous advice.
Proposed Monument to Washing
ton.—A special meeting of the New
York Chamber of Commerce held Satur
day afternoon to consider the subject of
erecting a suitable monument in Wall
street to commemorate tbe inauguration of
George Washington as the first President
of the United States.
—Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe has
reiterated, in a communication addressed
to an Egy ptian journal, his conviction ex
pressed in a dispatch to the New York
World that the symbols discovered by him
under the obelisk of Alexandria are true
Masonic symbols. They will be brought
to tills couutry with, the .obelisk, and in a
sonic ceremonies?
■A warning to speculators, to dealers
In futures and gamblers generally, is con
vened in the sage remaik of an old Bos
ton merchant: “I’ve stood here on State
street for forty years, and I have seen men
accumulate fortunes by speculation, and
Imve seen these fortunes disappear. I
have seen men go up in worldly wealth,
aiid go down, and I’ve always noticed that
those persons who were content with slow
gains and six per cent, interest came out
ahead in tlie long run.”
Our Sunday ’s telegrams contain the sur
prising announcement of the death of H.
G. Wright, Esq., one of the editors of the
Augusts^ if^ronide and, Cqhsiitutiqnalist,
at the oarlyi^ge of twenty-nine. He died at
the plantation of ex-Govemor H. V. John
son in Jefferson county. This announce
ment will excite universal regie!. Mr.
Wright was a clear and forcible writer—
weUread : Ip general literafufe and well
posted in political histiyy.' ; „ .'
“Time Is money, but health ^happiness
If you haven bad cold or', coujjb, use Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup. It will 1 cure' ‘you'.'
Price twenty-five cents.
Tiger and Buffalo.
We clip the following from the Boston
Traveller's Java letter: .
Wc were shown a striped Javan tiger of
great size and with the most ferocious ex
pression one can conceive Or. Tlie wild
est tiger that Barnum ever exhibited is as
a tame house cat compared with this
monarch of the. jungle, captured only
twenty days previously. A week ago the
Sultan possessed seven, bat a few days
since bo gave a buffalo and tiger flgbt,
which was witnessed by tens of thousands
of people. The audience being in atten
dance, Jie preparations having been pre
viously made, a little time was given tbe
spectators to admire the build of both an
imals—the tiger, with its slick, glossy
coat and light, . cat-like movements,
though possessing still all the' ferocity
natural to it, having been captured but a
few days before. The buffalo, from its
dull and heavy appearance, seemed illy
fitted to cope with his wily adversary.
At a given signal a curtain was with
drawn, when the two animals, each pre
viously unconscious of the other’s pres
ence-, found themselves face to face. And
what a wonderful change this wrought in
the appearance of each! The dull and
heavy 'buffalo instantly displayed an as
pect of tho greatest ferocity. The horns,
usually almost parallel with the spine,
were thrown'forward; the thick, strong
neck seemed to he double its usual size;
the. body curved into an arcb, the tail was
erect, and the animal awaited a charge
from its adversary, which it .watched most
intently. The tiger seemed, all ready to
engage the buffalo. Its eyes dilated, the
lialr oh its neck stood erect, its face seemed
to increase in breadth and flatness, while
with its tail moving gently, it crawled for
a short distance close to the ground, pre
pared for a tremendous spring,
A11 the while the buffalo remained with
xflsod horns and glaring eyes fixed upon
ts adversary. Soon the tiger gathered
itself for a spring, and made a single tre
mendous bound which the spectators felt
sure would end the contest. Not so, how
ever, for the tiger liad failed in his at
tempt to catch the buffalo by the back of
the ueck, and only made a wound with its
claws, when it was thrown ofi. Failing
in its attack, it seemed to lose courage and
sidled off,catrlike. No w it was the bullalo s
turn to make the attack, for in an instant it
rushed with great fury at the tiger, aud
with a roar of rage, thrust.its liorn into
its striped side. This added to the fierce
ness of the tiger, which returned to the
encounter, inflicting another serious
wound on the neck of the buffalo. Again
the tiger was thrown off, and the buffalo
succeeded in giving it another home
thrust. So the battle went on, neither
seeming-to get the better of the other, till
after a contest of two houre, the buffalo
plunged, its horns deep into tlie side'of the
tiger, repeating the blow once or twice,
and tbe contest tfas ended, the buffalo, as
Sentence of Rev. Edward Cowley.
—New York, February 20.—Rev. Ed
ward Cowley, late manager of tbe Shep- '
herd’s Fold, who was convicted in the
General Sessions Court on Wednesday
last for cruelly treating and starving chil
dren under his care in that institution,
was arraigned again this morning for sen
tence. Recorder Smyth passed fitting re
marks in justness of the sentence and its
being warranted by evidence, and' gave
the extreme penalty of the law, one year
in State prison. and $250 fine, to stand
committed to jail at the expiration of his
sentence until the fine was-paid, one day
for bach dollar. The prisoner was then
.taken to the Tombs. He took his sen
tence very quietly, keeping his eyes on tha
ground all the time. ,There are twenty-
four other indictments, against him, but it
is believed that none of-them will ever be
tyre’tght to trial, and that tins was taken
into consideration by tlie Recorder when
fie meted out full punishment to the pris
oner. Application was made to Judge
Lawrence, in the Supreme .Court, this af
ternoon^ by. counsel of Rev. Mr. Qowley,
for a stay of proreedings in Ifls case. The
eourt refused to. grant the stay, on the
ground that no writ of error had been ap
plied for or allowed.
A Beauty of a Trout.—A Fort Mis
souri correspondent furnishes an account
of Colonel Gibson’s fishing exploit in Bit
ter Root. On Friday the Colonel, armed
with a light cane rod, to which was at
tached an oil silk fine of less than twen-
tj-fotir yards, a leader of single gut and
quite -a small hook, started out to the
river, halting at % point about two miles
beloiv the post. The water along the
shore was comparatively shallow. Ob-
servibg some small trout jumping some
distance below and near the water’s edge,
the Colonel reeled out nearly all liis line,
so as to lethisbait(a grasshopper) float
down among them. In a moment some
thing took the hook and sprylv made off
with it into deep water. Then foHowed a
most interesting fight, lasting about half
an hour, intensified as it progressed to an
almost painful degree. Tackle and skill—
the Colonel is a~ scienced angler—were
put to the severest test. Finally tlie finny
opponent was worried out, and the Colo
nel steered him to shore. Po3t Adjutant
Williams and a drummer boy who hap
pened to be near, “rallied on the center,”
and seized the catch by the gills and
rushed him up a steep hank, throwing him.
into a field, the Colonel launching the rod
after him. You can imagine the excite
ment of the post when the trout was found
to weigh nine pounds and to measure
thirty-one inches. Was not that a fish.
■ sure enough—a truly royal trout? Frevi-
lisual, being the victor.- ,l •>' • - t
A few days after; another tiger exbibi- * ous to this tlie laigest known trout caught
tion was given.by tlie Suan. A large by any person in this section was one ta-
“pit” was lonned, around the inside of jj ea -jj,. (j 10 Commissary Seargent, which
which, it is said, some four or five thou- . , , . T “ . .
•anil men wore placed, armed with speam, we, S 1,ed seven P° unds ‘ La, ^ r trout than
all ‘fat charge” and facing* lffvard. Into ! these have been sent from the Jocko, ta-
the centre of this ring four fierce tigers, kqn, however, by the Indians in fish bas-
fresh from the jungle, ^rcre placed when or traps the largest of which weigh-
they at once made an attack upon the , , ...
men by whom they were siirionuded. thirteen pounds ano measured thirty—
Tlie fight went on for nearly an hour, but six inches.