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CL1SBY, JONES k REESE, Pbopsiitoes. Established 1826. Thi Pa. kilt Jousnal.—Nxws— Politics—Lit* ratub*—A iiicvltubi—Domestic M A COIN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1880. — ! , .A— — 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.