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MACON, MARCH 2, «80.
—Raskin says that European •wars
would not last a week if their effect was
to break all the china in the houses of the
governing classes.
—At the skating rink at Brighton, Eng
land, recently appeared the following no
tice: Band plays at 4 o’clock, and Mrs.
Langtry will be present.”
—An ice-bridge has formed across Ni
agara River below the falls, extending
from the new suspension bridge to a point
between Prospect House and Table Rock,
and several persons have already crossed
on it.
—The New York brewers now furnish
beer at $8 a barrel, but the prospective
scarcity of ice next summer and the rise
in hops, malt, building material and wa
ges have decided them to raise the price
$1 a barrel next May.
—There are no barrooms at Cornell, Ill
but the place abounds in drug stores, in
which the traffic is almost entirely in li
quor, each having a business connection
THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSEN
GER.
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our columns for the past fortnight, was al
together premature and unsustained by
facts. The entire stock of the paper, with
a very slight exception, is now represen
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will be the firm name and style—the Se
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terest in the stock.
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concerns of the paper—including the
making of all advertising contracts, sign
ing receipts, notes, drafts, etc., will be in
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thorized. We desire it to be understood
that all personal arrangements of any
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bind the paper.
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The Third Term. Atlanta, Ga., February 25, isso.—To r Reform in Cuba.
Action of the New York State Con- . H* 8 Excellency A. II. Colquitt, Governor: Ablate Madrid dispatch announces that
vention. i was announced to the public, by the by t be Cuban budget the export of sugar
The precise action of the New York SteSS'S S?MawnandBewick »nd ^oney to Spain is rendered free, and
Convention on Grant ,nn tic third ten. SStoMjSffiSSl SiSS ^^“dU^ccV'fc'SSSS’SJ
will be comprehended by reading the sub- . who would comply w ith the terms of the colonies asks authority to open negotia-
joined preamble and resolution reported statute should have the lease, and the tions for the reduction of duties on bread-
by tie committee on resolutions: _ I IUkliitS I%££S!i3S&
The Republicans of the State of ew I joO. Mr. Couper bid $194,000, and it was
York, assembled to appoint delegates to knocked off to Mm.
represent them in the National Conven- | The leasing occurred on the 13th day of
tion, reaffirm the principles and patriotic • January, 1SS0. The terms allowed the
purposes of the Republican party hereto- j bidder by statute for concluding the trans-
fore declared and faithfully acted upon, action, was thirty days. On the 13th in-
and equally impressed with the rcsponsi- stant the secretary of the executive de
bility now devolved upon them, declare j partment addressed me the following let-
tliat the safety of the nation is again im
perilled by the virulent and unlawful ef
forts of the Democratic party to overawe
aid subvert the State governments, as
represented by the conduct of its leaders
in Maine and in several Southern States,
thereby intending to secure the control of
the general government by deeds of vio
lence and fraud, and m defiance of
careftilly constituted judicial author
ities. In the presence of these
grave and threatening dangers, it is the
duty of the Republican party of the Un
ion, in its united strength, to meet and
prevent them, and to this end, mindful of
their great responsibility in the coming
presidential contest, and of the fact that it
must be determined by the electoral vote
of tlieir State, hereby solemnly pledge to
the Republicans of other States their abil
ity to cast it for Ulysses S. Grant. We
declare that in him we repose absolute
trust for his honesty, bis fidelity to duty,
ter:
A Mistake.
One enthusiastic Grant brother, inPhil-
with a physician, who writes alcoholic I adelphia, states as the conclusive reason
prescriptions on demand. why be 5nsists upon Grant and a third I i^VereneT jud^ent^and" &oiid7ntelli-
—The Legislative council of Memphis, term is that he wants to make the South- gence; his varied experience, and for the
Tenn., have issued an order for the de- em rebels shrink down into their boots uniform success that has ever attended
struction of the Nicholson pavement in and. curse the day they were bom. We M 1 * 8 e . ffo rts in securing the integrity, per-
that city, so frnitful a source of epidemic, oppose that some such forecast of the For CSS
and by April 1, they nope to have it re- j character of the third, fourth and fifth I because we are satisfied that in him the
placed with broken stone and gravel. terms, if they are to come, is as general nation, North and South, decidedly greet
—London gossips report Princess Louise as it is fallacious; but there is nothing in a ~ candidate des erving of its con-
very loth to return to the Dominion, and the South now which Grant could possi- ro the^sufireg^of ever“ pMriotte S
tbat the royal mamma sternly refused her b ly lay hold of as an occasion or an apolo- zen. We also declare that the election to
entreaties to stay in England. She can- gy f or the re-establishment of a provincial I a third Presidential term applies only to a
not gratify her taste for art, music and domination in the Southern country. He
cultured society as she would like at Ot- could fill the Federal offices with bad and a nd has been a private ciSzen,\teent
/ I unwelcome appointments, and he could from the country, destitute of allPresi-
—The life of the late Marquis of An- require his courts aud attorneys to exe- dential or official influence or patronage,
glesy was insured in various companies Lute the laws with a discriminating se-
for an aggregate amount of not less than | verity; but all this would amount to little fhiences alone which give force, if any
£750,000. The present Marquis will come so for as the great body of the people is there be, to that objection; therefore,
into a magnificent and unemeumbered cencemed. These would continue to en- I Itesolzed, That the Republicans of New
P /i°S Wkh aU eStimatCd iDC ° me °i joy ’ to the main, the same rights as the JgJgff s!“ Greet JTTresfdenti^
£100,000 a year. J Northern people, and the extravagance candidate, is of urgent importance, and
—There are now ten oleomargarine of Grant’s administration would bear as j the delegates this day assembled are
factories in the United States. In France heavily on the North as the South. called upon and instructed to use their
the manufacture has become an impor- We should all go down into the depths J nomination? UnitCd CflbrtS l °
tant industry, and in Holland there are I of imperial autocracy together, and the
seventy-four factories, while in Russia and Southern people, in the quiet of their
Germany there are luge factories. One I forms, would probably find less personal
house in New Fork sells nearly 10,000 J vexation in the change than the Northern
pounds of oleomargarine daily. | man of commerce and trade. We console
—Whoever knows of any valuable use
The only test action was upon a motion
to strike out the name of Grant and sub
stitute that of James G. Blaine. Upon
this motion, Senator Conkling took the
I stand and spoke at length. At the conclu-
. . . , , ourselves by the reflection that Grant and sLon of i li3 sp eech the question on the
for sawdust can make a fortune at M.nne- the third term and its sequel will, after amen dment was taken by yeas and navs;
apolis, Minn., where the sawmill men do all, be substantially the same North and and the vote stood lso , n 2 17—
not know how to get rid of 300,000 cards South. The little crowds of fuglemen all tbat is t0 37 majority out of 307 votes.
Of it that accumulates every year. Many | over the Union, who are organizing the Thjs is an exceedingly dangerous minori-
Late Washington dispatches state that
years ago the mills used to bum their saw I third term against the will of the people, I t y‘7n such aqtfe'stiOT,’'taroTit bTque^- the Senate Conullittee on Territories has
dust for fuel. It was the slabs then that are doing it to fill their pockets with pub- tion of principIe> , )pon wb5cb many
gave trouble. lie plunder, and if they succeed in their , lkely to ***. Particularly will they
-General Grant was the pest of Uni- operations, we may be sure the treasury stick sbould thc Democrats bring out
ted States Consul Troybnge, at Vera will suffer. There is not a man of them 0od man and nt a strong front
Crayon the 19th, where the party was re- who fixes Iris anticipated stealings at less as to ronder the rcsult at tlie polls prob _
ceiyed with distinguished honors. On the than six figures, and the record shows lcma tical. There will be a heavy.Repub-
20th they stopped in Orizaba and were they will win if they can secure Grant’s lican defection in sucb , for a bun .
splendidly received, and witnessed the na- rerelection. dred tbousand Replica*, w m never en
live sports, deluding the colandero, or But they are comparatively few. To doree a tbird tenn by tbeir voteS) if tbey
tailing the bull, which is said to have been the great body of the people it will prove see it js like i y t0 be defeated by the
very spirited. j a tiresome and expensive business, and | peop i et
—The Rev. Dr. Justin D. Fulton, of I the time will come when there will be as
Brooklyn, preached on Sunday upon the I mighty a struggle to overthrow this cor-
career of George Washington. In the I rupt and unscrupulous dynasty as we
course of his sermon he said: “Remem-1 ba ve ever seen in our political history,
ber, that to nominate Grant is not to elect
him. The machine may control the cau-1 Snow Storms in the Northwest.—
Duty on Steel Rails.
Of the strange fact that several of the
Northern and Western Railways have op
posed the projected reduction of the exor
bitant tariff duty on steel rails, theSpring-
cuses, the conventions and probably the I A Bismarck special says that the hardest 1 field Republican offers at least a partial
ballot-boxes, but it cannot compel a man I snow st -°rm ever known in the Northwest I explanation. It was clear that there must
to vote. God is behind the Republic.” I ra S ed there two days. For months a sue- j be some strong reason for the strange po-
—The Carrolton Times boasts of a phy-1 cession of storms have interrupted travel I s fti on of the petitioning roads, when they
sician in that town who has never seen a j on *he Northern Pacific, causing a very I objected to a reduction upon an article
birthday, “notwithstanding he is between Iar S e Ioss to Uie roads and t0 the Black which they buy aud are compelled to use.
SO 30 ,e„, of «e. Hi, bWM.y .111 O-w.. ■»"»
come on the fifth Sunday in this month, from the Easthave arrived since February I gj therails they wanted, or nearly all,
and will be the first he has ever seen.” | h All extensions, improvements and re-. J a nd since steel rails last a long time, they
Unless he was bom in the dark night
time, or blind, we would like to know
[ pairs are suspended.
did not expect to buy soon. In that case
they would prefer that the other roads
should have to pay as high
they have paid.
This we still thing must have been
What is Going on in the Land of
how he missed seeing the day on which I Steady Habits.—New England is fast I price
he came into the world. I assuming the most conspicuous place in i FMs we stiu tiling must nave ueen
-The Couprepafiona^ repeats the divorce annals. Mr. Sidney Androvr* WSttSS
story which General W. N. Armstrong I who is an official statist in Massachusetts, I the habit of thus insisting upon paying a
tolls of a pious colored brother, loud in I has just reported on the subject of di-1 high price when they can reach a low
exhortations but exceedingly shaky in I vorces. In that State these were in 18781 P ,,cc - The Republican, however, finds
inorals, who was remonstrated with by as 1 to every 21 marriages, ageinst 1 to I roadf^ tbose whidi ba^ ° a PP fol5e
his employer for various breaches of law I every 51 marriages in 18C0. In Vermont, I amount of old iron to sell, which they can
and order that brought scandal on the es-1 during the past ten years, the ratio of di-1 under the present high tariff on iron and
tablishment. “Yes, boss,” said the cul- J vorces to marriages has been 1 to 17, in | steel rails, dispose of at such prices as to
Connecticut 1 to 12, in Rhode Island 1
to 14.
prit, “1 owns squar up: I’s done broke
ebery one ob de c’mandments; but,” bress
de Lord, I’s nebber lost my ’ligion!” Tlie
Congregationalist adds as a “snapper”:
“Unless tbe signs of the times are decep
tive, too many white folks are getting hold
of that colored religion.”
[ Early Strawberries—A Strange Sea
son.
Every month duringthe present winter the
Telegraph has had occasion to acknowl-
—Jefferson Davis, says the Philadelphia j od S e the receipt of ripe strawberries, from
Times, thinks that his memoirs will be the gardens of the city and neighborhood,
ready for publication in the fall of this and we think nearly eveiy bed lias shown
year. A large portion of the first volume "I* berries evei 7 week since Christmas
will be devoted to his views as to the I T esterday Mrs. H. R. Ertwn, oi Gris-
causes that led to the late war. The re- I woldville, sent several quarts to town,
mainderof the volume and the whole of I which were left with Mr. Bcggs for sale,
the second volume will relate to the con
duct of the war. Both volumes will be
illustrated with portraits of Confederate
make tbe tariff a matter of indifference to
them. With steel rails at $80 a ton they
can dispose of their old rails at $-14 and
upwards. Tbe Republican intimates that
these roads bought, most of them, per
haps, steel rails at $40 and that how at
the present price of old rails they can
nearly pay for their new equipment
with the old stock.
and
Tbe Eight Over the Macon
Brunswick Railroad.
Matters ire in statu quo as to the con
troversy which is pending between Mr.
Kimball and the Governor. No action
can be taken until the arrival of the New
and we are told the supply will be pretty | York parties to the purchase, who were
constant hereafter at tbe same place. . I expected yesterday.
These are remarkable facts for this high I The Constitution says Mr. Kimball has,
latitude. Jacksonville, Savannah and | through his attorney, Judge Hopkins
leaders. Mrs. Davis and General Joseph 1 1 “ lplLl ! 1 uc ' *' ““!* J served a paper on each of the alleged loca
Davis, a nephew, assist in the preparation Charleston have been shipping strawber- par tners.in the Wilson company, includ-
of the work. In fact, the old man has his I rics York in quantities for several j n g General Austell. This paper recited
hands full just now, expecting to raise as weeks, and everywhere through Florida, | the rights that Mr. Kimballs company
1 Middle and Southern Geoigia, and thc
many as 1,000 bales of cotton on bis Miss- |
issippi plantation the coming season.
How the Census will be Taken.— I
claims in the lease, and carried notice of a
o. . .. r, i determination: to insist on these rights. It
coast regions of this State and South Car- ^ gaid tbat General Austell stated yester-
olina, in the absence of a cold spell, it I day be would liavfe no interest whatever
Tlie nennttv for nhstnirMim the census I safely be announced tbat the straw- in the Wilson company, and that another
Ilie penalty lor 0Dstructin o tne census I . I gentleman who had an interest submitted
takers, who begin their labors on the first seaso1 * bas _ co ® menced > d ? tiie questions to his attorney, and that the
Monday in June, are severe. The law I continue until the first bearing season has I attorney decided tbat in liis I opinion Mr.
says: All persons above the age of twen- . I Kimball’s right to the road was an esseu-
tyrene yeais who shaH refuse to^furnish A» ’ Governor Colquitt received onyester-
the information required by the supervi-1 of ,ce and a frost ? et a l , canjlt ,° c I day, a dispatch from Mr. R. T. Wilson, of
Bor or enumerator shall forfeit and pay a I themselves. The weather is persist-1 New York, stating that the members of
nnt MMMdlnff *100 to he recovered cntly warm. Almost every day shows a the company would be here this morning .
sum not exceeding * ’ 0 tfirr.neraturc about seventv With every re- for 1110 purpose of closing the lease. The what changed the good intentions of the
in an action of debt. Presidents, direc- temperature about seyenty.Witn eveiyre matter ^ tberefore g,. brougbt to an Czar.
tors or other officials of private corpora- curring rain the prediction that it will fair issue t0 _ day or to -morrow. It is said that
tions who refuse to furnish Information ^ w5th a 001(1 sna P ^ general, but stcadi- the Kimball company is prepared for the
required of them are made liable to a ly proves fallacious. Ills a solemnTact briskest^sortof^lfl over the lease,and will
penalty not to exceed $1,000. Only two tbat eveiy garden, if planted, would bare P Wc haye already giTen OU r'reasons for
weeks are allowed for the completion of produced abundant supplies of the more tbe belief that the Governor will not be
tlie census. Tbe compensation to the \ hard y vegetables all winter. Every one
enumerators is os follows; Two cents for 113 bave bad S recn and let-
each living inhabitant; two cents for each I tuce constantly, as well as spfnnach, cn-
death reported; ten cents for each form; dine, cabbage and all the salads, besides
fifteen cents for each manufactory, wfficli tunli P 3 > carrots, etc. As tbe season
is to bo full for all services, and no mi- bas turned out we think they might all
leage or traveling expenses. bave 1x5611 P roduced with ease n P to thia
-Pierre Valcour, a Frenchman ofl date - Bnt whether it will ever happen so
deterred by this effort of Mr. Kimball,
Lockport, New York, claims to have in
vented a deep-sea telephone by which ves
sels can be kept in constant communica
tion with the shore while crossing the
ocean. He has discovered how to insu
late a single wire so that immersion in
again, and whether even now in the course
of a week or two a fatal freeze may not
come is quite another question.
from executing the title agreed upon be
tween tbe State and the company to whom
tlip. lease was awarded at public outcry.
Before tbe second bidder can come in, it
would certainly seem but just to allow
every opportunity to those who held the
prior right, to make good their purchase,
the more especially as the negotiations
had been broken off by the Govenror him
self. If his excellency afterwards saw
- I good cause to re-open the matter and was
Purging the Louisiana Leg sla- ^ tbe difficulty that he had fearful strides. The Key West Videttc
-A New Orleans dispatch «\ tbe le33ee3 _certainly he
water does not impair its transmission of I Wednesday, says the Republican mem-
electricity, and this wire is to be paid out bera of State legislature having been
trom a cigar-shaped metallic float, thirty I arraigned before the bar of the House for
feet long, in tow Of the vessel. Leaden I contempt in signing and forwarding to
sinkers are to be automatically detached I tbe senate of the United States a memo-
every two hundred miles to keep tlie wire I ... . _ . Tr „ . Iaiuw uu nuniow mi^u, _
claims are^eal izeif'the'oceim paisa^e wS MmWaUoSraS Scl.of ?he partof Governor had refusedto allow Mm to
lose much of its present isolation. ° Democrats generally, purged themselves come in after the final rejection of the
of contempt by saying they signed the pa- couper bid. There are many who do not
, TV e per without reading it. .. I Hint, nnfler all the conditions of the
was privileged to do so, and it is. manifest
that Mr. Kimball’s claim only begins at
the point where that of the highest bidder
ends. No right of the latter gentleman
could be considered Invaded, unless the
Tire National Conventions.—we | perwuiiouc reaumgu, 1 believe that under all the conditions of the
were in error yesterday as to the date of Four Republican Senators were brought ueneve unit unuer a t
the Re publican National Convention at to thc bar of the Louisiana Senate yester- lease act,Mr. Kimball s second bid should
Cl)ica\’o, ivliicli is the 3d day of June, in- day, for contempt in signing the petition be entertained at all. Doubtless the whole
stead of April. As the Democratic Con- j to the United States Senate in favor of matter w m be decided to-day.
vention meets at Cincinnati on the 22d day Kellogg. Action was postponed until
of the same month, there is but nineteen Friday, the accused declaring that they
State of Georgia, Executive
Department, Atlanta, Ga., -
February 13, 1880.
Mr. II. I. Kimball, Atlanta, Georgia:
Dear Sir—I am directed by the Govern
or to inform you, as tbe next highest bid
der at tbe lease of tbe Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad, tbat tbe parties making
the highest bid have foiled to conclude the
transaction, and that the time allowed
them for doing so has expired.
very Respectfully,
J. W. Warren,
Secretary Executive Department.
I was in New York; the letter was for
warded to me, and I made the following
reply on the 17tli instant:
New Yobk, February 17,1880.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 13th in
stant, informing me “as the next highest
bidder at the lease' of the Macon and
Brunswick railroad, that the parties mak
ing the liighest bid have failed to conclude
the transaction, and that the time allowed
them for doing so has expired,” has been
forwarded to me here, and I will proceed
to comply with my bid and the require
ments of tlie law, and take possession
without unnecssary delay. -
Very respectfully, yours,
H. I. Kimball.
To His Excellency A. H. Colquitt, Gov
ernor, Atlanta, Ga; Subsequently you
went to New York,-and while there, and
before you had seen the other party, I of
fered to place in your hands the $10,000
mentioned in the statute, aud comply oth
erwise with the statute.
You declinhd to receive it on the ground
that negotiations had been resumed with
tlie bidders whose term had expired, that
occurred without the limit of the State.
The statute required tlie road to be leased
at public outcry, in the city of Macon, and
it was done, tlie term allowed tbe Mghest
bidder had expired, and by the terms
tbe leasing it was my time for action.
Your excellency has now returned
the State and there can how be no doubt
of your power to accept, at tbe capital, the
money, and tberefore, I herewith tender
tbe ten thousand dollars mentioned in tlie
statute, and I am ready to take the lease
at my bid and comply with the statute ‘
letter and spirit.
The money-I will deliver to you imme
diately should you signify your willing
ness to accept it. I have it ready to be de
livered. Very respectfully,
H. I. Kimball.
of
A Chance at Last for the Indians.
decided to recommend the passage of
bill extending the jurisdiction of United
States CoHrts-in civil and criminal mat
ters to the Indian Territory, and provides
for tlie acquirement of citizenship by In
dians and the allotment of lands to them
in severalty under prescribed conditions.
Tlie bill proposes to create a United
States District Court for a new judicial
district, to be composed of what is known
as the Indian Territory, and in general
terms provides for extending them all laws
of the United States over the whole Ter
ritory. It is provided that every Indian
may become a citizen by making declara
tion that lie has severed his tribal rela
tions and thereupon he is to become enti
tled to select a homestead for himself and
family. Tribal lands in excess of the
number of acres absorbed by tbese selec
tions, are to be sold for tbe benefit of the
Indians. All the foregoing provisions, ex
cept the one for the establishment of
court, are made dependent upon the con
sent of the Indian Councils being ob
tained therefor as provided in existing
treaties.
Of course, this will include the privi
lege of the ballot to all who become citi
zens. "VVe do not pretend to say aught in
behalf of tbe above movement, for heaven
knows the elective francMse has been
shockingly watered. But if the Constitu
tion of our fathers could be sufficiently
tinkered, stretched and manipulated to
admit to citizenship 4,000,000 of recently
liberated slaves who could neither read Or
write, certainly the poor Indian, by parity
of reasoning, might claim tbe same pre
rogative.
Next we shall have John Chinaman try-
iug bis hand at the same business. And
with the huge precedent already estab
lished, who is prepared to say where the
bars shall be put up ?
—Tbe Independent Republican League,
of New York, has issued a protest against
tbe third-term movement, and also against
the nomination of Mr. Blaine, in whom
the protest says, “many Republicans re
cognize the type of a “statesman” found
upon the surface after the war, who have
gredt"' reputations, but have established
no claim to the respect of this genera
tion.”
Affairs in Russia.
A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Lon
don Times of la3t Wednesday, says:
There is a sense of insecurity observa
ble In every direction here, and while
there is great fear that something will
happen before the anniversary of the Em
peror’s accession to the throne, there is
also a settled idea, which is destined
probably to be disappointed, that the Czar
will present something new on that occa
sion. The most important fact connected
with the latter explanation is that very
important State documents are in course
of publication in thc printing ofliee of the
fonrtb section. A certain number of
trustworthy men have been working at
these papers for three weeks. The con
tents of the papers are kept secret, and in
order that nothing shall leak out the prin.
ters are kept in charge of an officer, un
der Jock and key. This proves tliat some
thing unusual is being prepared, bnt as it
was begun prior to tbe explosion in tbe
Winter palace, that event may have some-
The anniversary of the Czar’s accession
to the throne occurs next Wednesday, the
third day of March, and that is tlie day
which the Nihilists have formally notified
the Czar’s leading police functionaries will
be signalized everywhere' throughout
Russia by bonfires And illuminations
compared with which those of Nero in
Romq were inconsiderable. The Worid
will be interested to' see to "what extent
these nefarious threats are carried out.
Leprosy in this Country.
This terrible disease, so justly the dread
of the ancients, has existed for years
among the inhabitants of the Bahama Is
lands, and has continued to increase with
announces that tbe malady has extended
to that island, and thus sounds the
alarm:
It has been introduced here until we
have a number suffering from tbe disease.
But recently a Nassau leper married a
young lady of this city, and was compelled
by ber relatives to return to his native
land to rot and die. Our city authorities
should at once enquire most rigidly into
the matter, and impose a severe quaran
tine (forty days) on all vessels entering
from that port.
No wonder the people have confidence,
, when the best physicians are prescribing
The following is the paper served on tlie ' Dr. Bull’s Cough syrup in all cases of
days between those dates.
I intended no contempt.
j Governor on Wednesday last:
^ coughs, colds, etc.
This_ is. a great concession from the
mother government, and we trust will
prove the harbinger of brighter days for
Cuba. Tbat verdant isle is literally taxed
to death to defray the cost of enforcing
her continued subjection to the Spanish
crown. A more liberal reduction in the
almost prohibitory excises imposed, would
quadruple tbe commerce of the island
with the United States and redound vastly
to the benefit of both countries. This
principle of protection, stifles competition
and enterprise just in proportion to the
extent that its discriminations are made
onerous and intolerable. It is a blot upon
the escutcheon of any enlightened nation—
a shameful pandering to tbe interests of a
favored few at tbe expense and distress of
the general consumer.
From a World, interview with Lesseps
on the steamsMp Colon, as she entered
the port, of New York, we take the fol
lowing :
M. de Lesseps was found in his rooms,
which were a suit on thc starboard side of
the saloon deck, well aft, and to him the
reporter'delivered the dispatches of which
he had been made the bearer. M. de Les
seps is a man of medium height and
strongly built, apparently about fifty-five
years old but really seventy-four, active
and vigorous, with keen bright eyes set in
a face seamed and hardened by a longlife
of exposure in out-of-door work. In reply
to questions as to the trip he said: “ Our
passage up from Aspinwall has been very
pleasant; too much praise cannot be giveu
to the steamer or to the commander, Cap
tain Griffin. As to the work upon the
Isthmus, I am well satisfied with it. 1 ’
“You are confirmed then, in your opin
ion of tlie feasibility ot making a canal at
this point?”
“I ain decidedly so. The report of the
engineers, which I will give you, will en
tirely demonstrate the practicability of
the proposed canal.”
“And you think that a canal without
locks is the best?”
“Undoubtedly; if anybody wants to
build a canal witli locks or a canal at
some other point let liim do so. I am at
the bead of a private enterprise, and I
propose to build my canal iu my own
way.” .
“Do you expect to obtain the capital for
this work here or in Europe?”
“If I demonstrate, as I think I shall be
able to, tbat the work ■will yield as profit
able return on the money invested, I feel
assured that capital will be attracted
from here aud also from Europe. I should
best like to have the subscriptions divided
equally as near as may be between this
country, England and France. But I do
not come here to solicit subscriptions par
ticularly. As a matter of courtesy, the
United States having the greatest interest
in the canal, I deem it but due to tbe
American people to fully explain to them
what is proposed and the probable cost,
leaving to them the option of becoming
pecuniarily interested in tbe work or not
as they may choose.”
“Great objection has been made, M. de
Lesseps, to a caual at Panama on account
of the excessive and irregular supply of
water—the torrents of the rainy seasons
and the lack of supply in the dry season.”
“Yes, I know all about that; but we
but have obviated that by a dam
which we propose at tlie Matachin Valley,
as you will see by the report. Here we
propose to construct an artificial lake
with an area sufficient to contain all the
surplus water of the rainy season and to
be an unfailing supply duringthe dry sea
son. You "- ill see by the report what
tbe extent of this dam will be. Its esti
mated capacity is one thousand millions
of cubic metresjof water, a quantity much
greater in amount to that of the freshet of
last November, tbe greatest that has ever
been recorded. In this will be sluices
or side canals to carry any surplus water
tbat there may be to the sea. Thus you see
that the terrible freshets of the isthmus
streams, of which so much lias been writ
ten by advocates ot other routes will not
prevent the successful operation of the
canal proposed.”
“Shall you opeu a subscription in New
York, M. de Lesseps ?”
“I have addressed a circular to tlie
American bankers, a copy of which I will
give you, and they will opeu a subscrip
tion.”
“What do you propose as tbe amount of
capital stock for tLc company wMch is to
be formed ?”
“Six hundred million francs.”
“And what is the estimated cost ?”
“The estimated cost, as you will see by
the report, is put at 843,009,000 francs;
but I am so certain tbat this is an over
estimate that I feel safe in assuming that
600,000,000 francs, or $120,000,000, will
cover tlie entire cost.”
“What will be the price of the shares?”
“Five hundred francs each, 25 per cent
of which is to be paid on subscribing and
the remainder in instalments as called for
by tbe administrative board, upon tbe au
thorization of a vote of the shareholders.”
“Where will the headquarters of the
company be ?”
“In Paris.”
A God of Battles.
A Grant fugleman in tbe New York
Convention, one Pierson, proclaimed vo
ciferously tbat Grant is not ranked in
this country as a man—“he stands as the
God of Battles”—and the sentiment elic
ited overwhelming applause. No doubt
Grant stands in the Republican mind as
tbe embodiment of force—and that is the
favorite idea on which be is presented as
a candidate—always with tbe understand
ing that the force is applicable alone to
tbat part of the country lying south of the
Potomac. If the Republican brethren
could conceive it possible tbat tbe force
should ever be applied to themselves tbey
would much prefer a government of law.
But a “god of battles” as a permanent
executive, to ride over a peaceful repub
lic, whose basis principle is the consent of
the governed, is universally dangerous
He is not to be counted on to strike in one
direction alone and all the time. When
his blood is up and his shillelah in mo
tion, he strikes rather promiscuously. He
Mts wherever he sees a head.
To be serious, there is notMng more
lamentable than this passionate desire for
the exercise of arbitrary power wMch
many of the Northern people display, and
nothing more suicidal. Tbat section alone
in the United States boasts of enormous
accumulations of wealth. All tbe others
are comparatively poor, and are classed
by tbe North as rough and unscrupulous,
as well as poor. Not one of them has
apparently half tbe material reasons for
desiring a government conservative, tol
erant and rigidly adhering to law and
precedent that the North has, and yet
from the North, from such great and
wealthy States as New York and Penn-
syIvania,c'ome the shouts for third termes,
for force and violence, for “a god of
battles” instead of a tolerant, law-abiding
and constitutional statesman as President.
“A god of battles” is necessarily a god of
disorder and popular dissatisfaction. What
is to become of those vast vested rights
when order and security are dependent
alone on force? When a Republican gov
ernment is too find its sole emblem alone
in the drawn sword,and not in a wise and
patriotic public opinion? It is the merest
fallacy to suppose that peace, justice,
equity and tranquillity can long be main
tained over this great continent by mere
force. It is efficacious alone when backed
by the patriotic inspirations and honest
convictions of the people, and these can
be operative only so long as the people are
satisfied that the government is adminis
tered harmoniously with its great charac
ter and design.
When, therefore, New York and Pennsyl
vania set up for force,imperialism and a per
manent executive, an entire departure
from all thc principles, traditions and usa
ges of the government, with what sense or
reason can'they expect tlie newer and
poorer States to be more conservative than
themselves? Can they alone expect to
play the role of destructives, and rely on
other States to save them from the mani
fest tendency of their revolutionary policy?
If the country, fifteen years after the war
is over, must surge back again to lawless
ness, force and violence,what can we pred
icate of the future?
Too Much Legislation.
Some of the members of Congress are
credited with the intention of instituting
an investigation into the present “comer”
in wheat, with a view to prohibitory leg
islation. i,i: •!:i"'
We trust our Solons will attempt noth
ing of the kind.' When will they learn
that commerce let alone, will, in the
shortest space of time, regulate itself?
Supply and demand are the great and in
fallible balance wheels of trade. To say
how much wheat, com, cotton or tobacco
a capitalist may buy in open market, and
to limit him as to price, would
be subversive of every principle of free
trade, as well as equity. Such a question
is alike too delicate and important to be
meddled with. In the end, and that prob
ably at no distant day, this whole wheat
problem will be satisfactorily solved.
However strongly, then, we may be op
posed to “comers” in trade, the only way
to break them down is by pitting capital
against capital. If a man’s purse is suffi
ciently long, he can make a temporary
comer in any article of commerce, by
buying it up, and no law can prevent
him.
Suicide Hear BarnesviUe.
Baenesyille, Georgia,
; . February 27,1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger-
Mi. S. G. Slade, a highly respected citi
zen of Pike county, living near this place,
committed suicide last nfght by taking
laudanum. He seems to have been in a
gloomy state of mind since the death of
Ms wife. He left a letter appointing a
friend to take cliargo of his children, and
also gave directions for the disposition of
his property.
A merchant down town sells more of
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup than all other
medicines together. It surely must he the
best remedy fbr a cough.
—Miss Minnie Hauk is described as
looking extremely pretty and picturesque
when she dashes upon the stage in the
last act of the “Taming of the Shrew.”
Pulling off her cloak of black silk, lined
with pink, she appears in a magnificent
dress of sapphire blue velvet, looped over
a shirt of pale blue brocade, into which
are woven tiny red and pink flowers. Her
bat is a Rembrandt of gray felt bound
with gold, and trimmed with pink and
wMte ostrich feathers. *
The Speculative Rage.
Wc want to say a word about tbe rage
for speculation, which now in the progress
of mental infection, isreacMng all classes,
and largely, as we understand, even our
planters, who are getting to deal in futures
in various ways. As a matter of gain,
in the way of dollars and cents, the experi
ence of business men the world over
proves that money as a rule is not to be
made in tbat way. Brilliant strokes now
and then checker a career of speculation
and excite a talk .far beyond their practi
cal importance, but in the vast majority
of cases the speculator comes to grief at
last, and vanishes from the stage a ruined
man.
It is the law of Divine Providence that
acquisition either in knowedge, virtue or
wealth, to be healthful and permanent,
must be gradual. A man may gorge bis
brain or Ms stomach or his pockets, but
he only gets a fever and a set-back for Ms
pains, and as tbe chances of loss exceed
those of winning there is small probability
of a prosperous conclusion.
But the great evil of a speculative life is
moral. A man who has his brain fired
with hopes of great speculative gains to be
realized in thc future, will strive in vain
to interest himself in the slow acMeve-
ments of the store, the workshop or the
farm. In spite of himself his daily trans
actions, wMch once engrossed Mm so
much, become a bore. He looks upon
them with more or less contempt, and
thus not only is the main condition of
success lost, but he becomes restless, dis
contented and unhappy. He spends bis
time in gossip and speculation about tbat
phantom gain of the future. His mind is
unhinged and all those regular daily
habits which go to make him a good busi
ness man—a good husband and father and
a good Christian, are in danger, if not lost.
Wlmt is a life of quiet, peace, happiness
and security worth ? ‘ Whatever it is worth
you sacrifice it by going into speculation,
and thenceforth burning with a fever of
anticipation or shaking under the ague of
a dread of loss; and the compensation yon
will reap for the sacrifice will be final
bankruptcy. The moral and pecuniary
loss will bo incurable.
The whole country is now rushing into
speculation and will wind up by and by
with a general explosion. While prices
all round arc rushing over the up-grade
without the smallest reason, every man
sees the absolute silliness of the situation,
and knows that it is too foolish to.last;
but he trusts when the deadfall drops his
head will not be under it. To keep it
out, contract no indebtedness—go into no
speculation—stick to your legitimate call
ing-husband your resources—live quiet
ly, soberly and economically, and you will
find yourself easy and prosperous when
tbe speculators are so badly broken tbat
tbe pieces will not bo worth saving.
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea.
Iu 1879 there were forty-nine steam
sMp, forty-five sailing ships, 146 barks,
forty-eight brigs, and 277 schooners, in
and outward bound from the United
States, that went to the bottom. The es
timated value of tMs immense fleet is put
down at $15,000,000.
A very large percentage of these losses
befel grain carrying vessels. This is as
cribed to the shifting of the cargoes in
gales of wind, and when making short
tacks against the wind.
Many ofthe steamers, too, are supposed
to have had defective engines.
The Disputed Sale of the M. & B.
Railroad.
At last dales all the gentlemen inter
ested in the Couper purchase of the Ma
con and Brunswick railroad had reached
Atlanta, and tbe Constitution says the
papers have all been drawn and all tbe
preliminaries have been agreed on. The
deeds would have been signed yesterday,
but for tbe absence of J. M. Johnston,
whose signature is required. J. M. John
stonand W. M. Johnston‘are brothers-in-
law to R. T. Wilson, of New York, and
represent him in tbe pendingnegotiations.
J. M. Johnston was detained yesterday
in Macon on business, and wa3 expected
on the night train from that place last
night. ~
Mr. Kimball served a notice on the res
ident members of the Wilson company,
and also on those who came yesterday, of
his intentions to claim the road. In con
versation with those who have authority
to speak for the members of this company,
we learn that they do not care much for
his claim. They say it will not interfero
at all with their plans:
The following letter was delivered to’
the Governor yesterday at 10 o’clock a.m.:
To His Excellency, A. H. Colquitt,<
Governor—Sir: I hereby respectfully in
terpose my protest against tbe State of
Georgia dealing with any party or parties;
in the matters of the lease and sale of tlie’
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, in con
flict with my legal rights as the present;
highest legal bidder under the law. And
as I am unable to find upon any public
record the names of the party or parties
with whom it is alleged your Excellency
is contemplating negotiations, I respect
fully ask as an act of justice to such per
sons, if any there be, as well as myself,
tbat your Excellency will notify them of
my communication to you of tbo 25th in
stant, a copy of wMch I here enclose; and
that I shall exercise all legitimate means
to maintain my legal rights as the now
only legal bidder under the statute for the
lease and sale of the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad. Very respectfully,
H. I. Kimball.
Atlanta, February 27,1880.
We liaTe private advices from Atlanta,
that there is not the least doubt of tbe
prompt signing up and transfer of tbe ti
tles to Messrs. Couper & Company to-day
(Saturday). Indeed Captain Bacon, Col
onel Harris, and so far as wo are in
formed, tbe entire Macon bar, are a unit
iu tbe opiuion tbat Mr. Kimball has not
a shadow of legal right even to come in
as tbe next highest bidder on tbe lease,
Had Mr. Couper’s bid been rejected as
illegal under the law, then the second bid
would have come to the fore for consider
ation. But the fact that the first bid af
ter due investigation was accepted, of
course settled tbe matter so far as tbe
sale for tbat day was concerned. It is the
general opinion, therefore, that in no
event can Mr. Kimball, under tbe strict
ruling of tbe law, gain possession of the.
road even with the Goremor’s consent.
We have made arrangements for the
earliest intelligence on the subject from
Atlanta, which will be received probably
before going to press.
Since writing the foregoing, we have re
ceived a special from Atlanta, announcing
the gratifying tidings that at2p. m. yes
terday the sale ofthe Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad was duly consummated to
Messrs. Couper, Hazlelmrst, Lane, Wil
son & Company. All the preliminaries
were satisfactorily arranged, the money
paid on the nail, and the papers signed,
sealed and delivered.
Brunswick and all Middle and Southern
Georgia will breathe freely at this an
nouncement. Governor Colquitt has no
bly retrieved the situation, and deserves
tbe thanks of the State.
Probable Trouble and Bloodshed in
California.
The Legislature of California, wMch
seems to be in full sympathy with tbe
hoodlum new constitution, has passed an
act which forbids corporations employing
CMnamen under any circumstances. This,
too, in defiance of tho Constitution of the
Uuited States, wMch prohibits tbe States
from enacting any law impairing the ob
ligation of contracts.
This reckless legislation is working
great distress, not only among the CM-
nese, but to all classes of labor. The
manufacturers are not disposed to submit
without a struggle to a law thus arbitrary,
Hence late advice by telegraph bring the in
formation that the Pioneer mills which own
two large establishments, have discharged
every Chinaman in their employ. Hith
erto that company has been paying out
$10,000 per month for White and $6,000 a
month for its Chinese employees. The va
cancies, it is understood, will not be filled
with wMte men, but after finishing up
what work is in the machinery of both
mills, will be shutdown for the present.
It is also understood that the jute factory
at Oakland has discharged all its Cliincse
employees—700 or 800 of them—and will
also stop work.
It is said that other factories will follow
suit, so these poor deluded wMte laborers
who are led by Kearney and his gang,
will find their sufferings augmented in
stead of diminished, by this wholesale
prosecution of the Chinese.
The New York Bulletin says on this
subject:
Tbe closing up of these industrial ei-
tablishments, of course, has deprived
thousands of persons of the means of ob
taining subsistence, and the Board of Su
pervisors are in daily receipt of petitions
“praying that some sort of structure b.e
irovidcu where unemployed men who
lave no money and no shelter may find
a place to sleep at night.” Processions of
men and women, clamoring for bread and
work, supplement the other mob3, by
whose agency they*have been deprived of
both, yet all, or nearly all of these peo
ple last summer voted for the communis
tic Constitution.
The telegraph informs us that the
steamer that left San Francisco yesterday
was crowded with people anxious to
leave the city; the railroad, too, had more
than its usual proportion. Meanwhile,
the government at Washington is m re
ceipt of dispatches from official sources
there announcing that there is imminent
danger of a formidable outbreak against
the Chinese.
The friends of the Chinese are calling
upon the President for troops to defend
the unfortunate Asiatics. What a spec
tacle in a free country 1
“No Cure no Pay.”—We authorize
our agents to guarantee that our medicine
If taken according to our directions, will
relieve constipation and diseases incident
to a torpid liver; and if any one will show
by positive proof that it has not produced
what we guarantee, they are entitled to
return of their money, provided they
take the genuine Simmons’ Liver Regula
tor by the directions. feb24 lw
1 A Cross Baby.
Nothing is so conducive to a man’s re
maining a bachelor as stopping for one
night at the house of a married friend and
being kept awake for five or six hours by
the crying of a cross baby. All cross and , ... e
crying brnfies need only Hop Bitters to “ ntrast ' uth tbat of ,.
make them well and smiling. Young 'J’ gay and noisy masculine members of
man, remember this.—Traveler. fbl&-*w j the troupe,
—Cetewayo’s three daughters are now
on exMbition in London. Their names
are UHolala, Unomadloza and Unozen-
daba. The London News says that
these names are musical. The dusky
maids arc described as decently attired
and possessing a taste for personal adorn
ment. Although passing much of their
time seated on a divan they came down
from time to time to welcome their visi
tors, shaking hands with friendliness and
addressing to each a Zulu salutation.
Their manners are are gentle and prepos
sessing, and their demeanor is in marked
the exuberant-
—The fashionable exodus to Europe
will be large tbe coming spring.
—The Princess Beatrice of England U
being engaged by the Continental news
paper folk to King Humbert’s cousin
Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa.
—M. Ivan Tourgunieff, the celebrated
novelist, Las left Paris for St. Petersburg,
thus practically refuting tbe rumors of Wj
banishment. . His object is said to be to
repudiate sympathy with Nihilism.
—Mr. Thurlow Weed has written a let
ter in which he pleads the unbroken usage
of two terms only as an argument agni^, t
the nomination of General Grant, not to
be set aside unless his caudidacy should
be demanded by a spontaneous popular
movement.
—The Princess Louise, in one week,
lost valuable jewels, got dumped out of a
conveyance and skinned ber nose, engaged
in a fight with all tbe newspapers, held six
or seven receptions and listened to a lot of
addresses, and yet she says Canada is
dull.
—Tbe Boston newspapers tell of a
stage-struck woman who got a divorce
from her husband in order to become an
actress, failed dismally beMnd tlie foot
lights, returned , to her home, and begged
to be made a wife again, which was done
by a remarriage.
—Chief Justice Waite, during bis re
cent visit to New Orleans, was treated
with the most distinguished consideration.
A dinner, atwMch Chief Justice Manning
presided, was given, and two hundred
guests were present, including all the
prominent clergymen, lawyers and han
kers of the city.
—Hon. Thomas Ewing says the Ohio
delegation in the Democratic National
Convention will probably go for Seymour
after Thurman, but the Cincinnati Enqui
rer regards Mr. Tilden as the second
choice of the Ohio Democrats, providing
his friends can give assurance of carrying
New York.
—In the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland,
the ground is frozen so hard that before a
grave can be dug great fires Lave to be
made in the churchyards, and in some
instances, when this expedient proved un
availing, the gravediggers were compelled
to use dynamite.
—Tlie Philadelphia Press says some of
the men who bought Southern delegates
in 1876 away from Blaine at Cincinnati
are delegates to Chicago, and then in
quires: “Are the same means to be used
again to defeat this favorite of tlie people?
If so, bow long will the people silently
endure?”
—All the articles belonging to the Prince
Imperial when he died have now been re
covered except Ms watcli, which was
pounded to pieces between two stones in
order “to get at the inside.” His uniform
coat, with eighteen assegai thrusts, all In
tront, his overalls, boots and shirt, have
been given up by the Zulus aud sent
home.
—The baril is a very essential thing in
the politics of these days, and the an
nouncement that Senator Blaine has re
cently made two millions in mining stocks
is a significant audjimportant one. Gene
ral Grant has no bar’l himself, but he
knows a great many people who have,
while Secretary Sherman, witli decided
skill, has filled two or three bar’ls with
special treasury agents.
Special Manures.—If the fanner
would take thc time and trouble and util
ize tbe means he has at home, he could
manufacture an excellent fertilizer. He
should waste nothing that contains plant
food. The scrapings of the hen-houses,
the contents ofthe sinks, the ashes, refuse
bones, sweepings of the yard, all should
be collected and utilized.
—A wealthy resident of Union Hill,
New Jersey, is said to be contemplating
the construction of a commodious crema
tory in which remains will be incinerated
for the reasonable sum of forty dollars
per corpse. Union Hill is not far from
New York; and as the crematory charges
are much below the cost of the average
funeral, it is not at all unlikely that the
enterprise will prove a profitable business
speculation. But it will deprive tbe dis
secting tables of the medical schools of
many a valuable subject.
—Ocala, Florida, Banner understands
from a reliable source tbat tbe Palmetto
Paper Works at Femandina will most
probably be removed to Ocala in a few
weeks. It says tbat negotiations between
the company and a gentleman of Ocala
are now pending looking to the early es
tablishment of the macMnery there. The
best banknote and bond paper is now
made from the palmetto leaf and stem,
and the Banner understands that the pal
metto around Ocala is of a superior qual
ity for tbat purpose. ■>
Tilden Said to be Negotiating
Fob two Hundred Rooms.—A Cincin
nati dispatch to the PMl&delpMa Times,
says Colonel C. W. Wooley, who interest
ed himself in behalf of Tilden in Florida
in 1876, is authority for the statement
that Tilden’s friends are endeavoring
to buy all tbe best rooms at the leading
hotels, with the purpose of placing other
candidates at a disadvantage. He says
that one of the principal hotels is negotia
ting now with Tilden for two hundred
rooms. Inquiry at different hotels re
garding these statements elicited the fact
that the Gibson House has received a tele
gram from Albany asking that two hun
dred rooms and Sixty parlors be secured,,
presumably in the interest of Tilden. The
hotel has not acceded to the request. The
information in Democratic circles here is-
that Tilden will make every possible ef
fort to secure the nomination for himself.
The New York World publishes the
rumor, wMch it says prevails in newspa
per circles, that Hon. Samuel J. Tilden
is negotiating for the purchase of a large
interest in the New York Sun.
Stop that coughing, if yon do not, it
may kill you. A bottle of Dr. Bull’s
cough syrup may save your life. Twen
ty-five cents, and its time.
. City Bonds.
The commission funded $18,000 of the
city’s bonds yesterday and are prepared to
fund the balance as fast as tbey
are sent In. Bonds to tbe amount of
one hundred thousand dollars have been
signed up, and the rest will be as speedily
as possible. The indications arc tbat tbe
city debt will now be rapidly funded, and-
that within the next few months the
entire debt will be funded or so great a
portion of it that the remainder will be
insignificant in amount. The new bond3
are appreciating in value and many of the;
best financiers of the city think the bonds-
will reach par before that time. The confi
dence of the public in the bonds is being
most firmly established every day, and
tbey are considered by many to be as sol
vent a security as Atlanta or Augusta,
bonds.
—Father McGlougbliu preached a very-
able discourse to a crowded church at St-
„ Joseph’s last evening.
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