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GEORGIA PRESS.
A charter for the Coiambus library
will soon be obtained.
A full brother of Blind Tom works as
a yard band in the Eagle and Phenix
Mills, Columbus.
The train on the Hamilton narrow
gauge railroad was rocked a day or two
since and several of the passengers in
jured.
Louisville has a popular citizen by
the name of Lettice.
Louisville had a fire alarm last week.
Tlie flames, lioWever, were extinguished
wi 1 out doing much damage.
U.\ Muiidock A. McEachan, of Tel
fair county, was married to MissEula
Woof lien, of Hawkinsville, last Thursday
in the latter place.
An accident on the Columbus and Borne
railroad occurred Tuesday, in which a
numtor of persons were injured and sev
eral cars wrecked.
Tiie firm of Michael & Co., of Atlanta,
who have advertised $2.00 watAes, is
pronounced a swindle by the post-office
authorities.
TnoMA.svn.LE has a colored brass band
in process of formation.
Thomas Barrett, the young man who
shot another young man by the name of
Jack Moore at the Jasper Centennial, was
tried in Savannah last week, and ac
quitted.
The Northwestern Railroad Company
has been organized by electing the follow
ing directors: nenry Blanchard, Dr. Rob
ert Battey, John II. Reynolds, president
First National Bank; C. G. Samuel, pres
ident Bank of Rome, and Henry Blanch
ard, Jr.
Mr. E. B. Brown, of Hancock county,
lost, his dwelling, two corn, cribs a work
shop and three hundred bushels of com
last week by fire.
The Sparta Ixlimaelitc is under the im
pression that the shortest pole sometimes
takes the persimmon.
Mrs. B. H. Hooks was danderously
burned one day last week in Hancock
county.
Orange trees are blooming in south
ern Georgia. Orange blossoms have been
plentiful all through the winter in every
section of the State.
An eight year old daughter of Mr. An
derson, living seven miles west of New
ton, Baker county, was burned to death
recently during the absence of the parents
from the house for a short time. It seems
that these things are of alarmingly fre
quent occurrence.
The Louisville Courier says: “The
cotton crop of Jefferson county is not
quite all sold yet. AVe see a few bales
cnine in occasionally. AVe saw a wagon
on the street with seven bales on it last
Saturday.”
Sparta Ixhmaetite: The Maconites
and the Columbusites continue to be ex
cited over Belshazzar, Zerubbabel, Cyras,
and some other old fellow, who died s
little while licfore the death of Hannibal
Hamlin. AVe will say fortbese old chaps,
however, that Hannibal is not at all rela
ted to them.
Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday there
was considerable excitement on the plan
tation of Hon AV. A. McDougald, which
Is situated just across the river in
Russell county, Alabama. The cause
was an old negro, Matt Edmund, had been
found hung by a rope in the gin house
and life extinct. The affair was a sad
one for all both white and colored. The
news quickly spread to this city, and was
not long reaching the ears of an Enqairer-
Sun reporter, who was soon at the scene
of the tragedy. The face of the corpse was
a good one, and seemed as if the rash man
left this world willing, for a smile was
on the lips. On inquiry we learn he was
universally respected by all on the place
and in the neighborhood, and the tragic
death caused much sadness among his co
laborers. For six long years he has lived
with Colonel McDougald, being during
the better portion of the time unable to
work. Tlie Colonel with true charity al
lowed him a house and in fach supported
the faithful old son ant in his declining
years. His only duty was to occasionally
to hoe in the garden. His «.''h tion had
troubled him greatly, in fact at times
drove him to insanity. He had been
great sufferer, and death probably was
more welcome.
Toomsiioko correspondence ofthe Ir-
wii.'on Southerner and Appeal: A little
negro boy on the plantation of Mr. J. M.
Boone, shot and killed his little sister last
Thursday evening. Tlie boy is ten years
old: the girl was about nine. From what
can l>e learned from one of the children,
who was present when the shooting took
place, it seems that the girl was trying to
make the hoy put up the pistol, and as
she left the door of the house to follow
him, lie told her to stand, and fired the
fatal shot. Tlie boy, we learn, left, talc
ing some clothes with him, the night after
the shooting, but has since been captured
and brought back.
Savannah Recorder: Captain Mey-
nnrdie, the conductor on the Savannah,
Florida and AVestem Railroad, who was
shot a few nights ago by a negro, while
ailcmpting to steal a ride on the train,
was fortunate in escaping with his life.
Tlie. bullet from the revolver entered his
head directly above and a little beyond
tlie eye, and after penetrating the skull,
came out bchiud the ear.
Mr. MeynanMe is suffering from the in
jur: es which arc of a painful though not
dangerous nature. AVe understand the
companion of a negro who shot aimed at
i,..: conductor’s breast, but knocked the
weapon away only to receive the shot from
tlie oilier, as mentioned before.
He is at Jcsup, under the kind minis
trations of his wife and family physi
cian.
Conyers Weekly: The Henry County
Weekly thinks Blount should have an
easy walk-over in this district. No doubt
about him being elected, in our mind, if
lie rails. AVe all know that he is one of
the wisest and best Congressmen Georgia
lias ever had, and he is as good as this
district will ever get. That he will have
strong opposition there is no doubt. Liv
ingston is dying for the position but lias
chance at all. General Sims has
to fill so responsible a position, he atoncc
gave evidence, not only of his ability
as a writer of great force, but took
rank as one of tlie most brilliant wri
ters in the State. He commanded an
influence in the councils of tlie Democra
tic party that made bis paper a power in
the advancement of its interest. He was
one of tlie best and most conscientious
editors upon the Georgia press, and no
paper in tlie State bad more political influ
ence. He was elected a member if the
lower bouse of tlie Legislature from Rich
mond county, in 1877, without opposition,
and when tlie Legislature met he at once
took rank as oue of tlie leaders of the
House. He was a member of many of
tlie most prominent committees, and, we
believe, was chairman of the Committee
on Railroads, which was 011c of tlie most
important committees of the last Legisla
ture. Mr. AVriglit was one of tlie most
talented writers in Georgia, and bis place
in journalism will be bard to fill.
Mr. Wright married a daughter of lion.
Henry F. Russell, of Augusta, who is a
most estimable lady and a devoted wife.
He leaves her and three children and a
host of friends and relatives to mourn his
sad death.
Mr. AVriglit’s influence as an editor was
great, and it seems that it was a great ca
lamity that he should be cut down in the
vigor of manhood.
Athens wants a glimpse of Atlanta’s
Juvenile Pinafore Company.
The gold interests of Northeast Georgia
are exciting great attention.
.Corn has been planted already by many
of the Burke county farmers.
The lumber trade of Burke county is
very lively, the mills having all they can
do to fill orders.
Liberty county has bad a new acces
sion to its stock in the shape of a pair of
Cashmere kids.
Mr. James Kennedy, sheriff of Bartow
county and one of its best citizens, is
dead.
The Brunswick policemen dress in
Confederate gray.
Another colored suicidist lias been
developed near Columbus. A shot gun
was the instrument.
The store of Messrs. W. M. Dye &
Bros, at Jesup was robbed last week; loss
small.
Three card monte is acting as a
purse lifter and eye opener for the raft
darkies of the Altamaha near Jesup.
A few cases ot whooping cough afflict
the youngsters of Dawson.
Mr. J. A. P. DuPont, of DuPont, will
soon remove to Cochran to practice law.
Houston county boasts of more fine
wing shots than any other county in the
State.
The iron interests of Bartow county
have been revived.
The timber men of Darien are making
many strong admirers. We are of the
opinion tiiat Hon. James M. Face, would
be the mail next to Blount.
Killed by an Alligator.—Sumter
Republican: AVe learn that an old negro
was killed by an alligator on the river in
AVorth county, one day last week. His
name was Martin, and he was so old that
lie was quite deaf. Our informant states
that he had been out some time looking
for a cow that he had lost, and coming to
the river bank, sat down upon a stone to
rest. The alligator was a few feet off,
and made a sudden rush upon the de
fenseless old man, struck him with his
tail, knocking him down, seized him by
the bead in its powerful jaws, and bore
him info the water. This was witnessed
by some negroes who weic on this side of
tlie river in Lee county. This may or
may not be true, but as we got it from
a white peison of apparent honesty, wc
give it to our readers, but will not vouch
lor It, as we do not know that these two
counties are divided by a river, never hav
ing been in that quarter.
The following brief sketch of the bril
liant aud lamented Gregg AVriglit, taken
from an exchange, will be read with in
terest:
lie began life as an active member of
tie Augusta bar, having entered the pro-
" ssion with brilliant prospects, and under
the able legal training of his distinguished
f dher. Having a desire for journalism,
be connected himself when quite young
with the Chronicle and Sentinel, of Au-
•j ista, which paper was then edited by
;S father. Upou the death of his father,
e paper was sold, and was purchased by
11 on. Patrick AValsh and Hon. H. G.
money.
Darien bas raised a fund of $550 for
tlie Irish sufferers in one week.
Cuthbert shipped a box of ripe straw
berries to Michigan, last AVeduesday.
AVild geese going north passed over
Cutlibert two days since, indicating tlie
early advent of spring.
A competitive rabbit bunt is to take
place between twelve of the best shots in
tlie vicinity of Cutbbcrt on the 9th proxi-
Sandersville Herald: Painful Ac
cident.—AVe regret to learn that Mr. T.
M. Kennedy, of D&visboro, met with quite
a severe accident recently. AATbile riding
an unruly horse at a rather rapid rate one
day last week, he was violently thrown
against a fence corner, bruising him about
the bead severely, which bas confined him
to his bed ever since. He to, however,
slowly improving, and it is hoped that in
a few day? be will be able tn be about
again.
Gainesville Eagle: A few days ago
while in Jackson county, a reporter of the
Eagle met two beaver trappers from near
Rome, Georgia. They have trapped for
tlie varmints in Alabama, Florida and
Tennessee, and on this trip have set then-
traps on all the streams from Rome down
as far as the lower edge of Jackson coun
ty. They had caught sixteen beavers in
Jackson county alone. They caught five
one night and four another, weighing
from thirty to one hundred and ten
pounds each. Some of the finest skins
were five feet wide.
One of the men informed us that he bad
been trapping beavers for ten years, and
found it very profitable and to possess quite
a charm for him. He uses a gum which be
says will draw a beaver more than a mile.
The same family, he says, will use for ten
mlle3 up and down a stream, and that the
current report that a beaver will cut its own
leg oil' to get out of a trap is a mistake.
He says that a large beaver will cut a
smaller one loose, bnt it is impossible for
one to cut itself loose, their neck joints
being only about three-eights to one-half
inch long.
He packs the meat in salt and sells it
when he returns to Rome, where the peo
ple pay him ten cents per mound.
He says a beaver always cuts a tree,
cornstalk, or anything they cut, so it will
fall toward the stream, aud one never cuts
a bad year of com down.
He sets out twenty traps at a time, and
has caught during his career as trapper
more than six hundred beavers. He said
that his gum was so attractive to heavers
that he could catch the same beaver in
another trap the same night if it should
get away. He puts his trap in the water,
chained to a small pole, which floats on
the water, and when the beavers get
caught they fight the trap till they are
drowned if it catches a foreleg, but if it
catches a hindleg it runs under a log and
sometimes gets out on the bank with float,
trap and all.
Beyers never eat fisli, as is supposed by
some,‘but eat bark, roots, corn, wheat,
oats, etc. The sweetgum is their favorite.
They have four front teeth that are very
strong, about an inch and a half long aud
one-half inch thick. Their tails, with
which they fight, and use also for trow
els in making their dams, are boiled, and
make the veiy finest oil, the oil frem the
tail of a common sized beaver being
worth from sixty cents to one dollar.
TnE Early County News favors Judge
John T. Clarke, of Cuthbert, for Con
gress.
A negro woman wrote a note to
citizen of Gainesville the other day, in
which she significantly requested him to
please lend her two sticks of wood “until
dark.” So says the Eagle. She evidently
thought she could supply her own wood
after dark.
The erection of the new Catholic
Church in Darien will bo commenced
soon after Lent. AVhen this new church
is built Darien will then have three new
houses of worship.
The Berrien county News tells of Mrs.
Cinderella Lee, of Coffee county, who is
the mother, grandmother and great-grand
mother of 215 children.
The Bamesville Gazette has intro
duced a new feature in journalism. It
presents a “colored department” to its
readers. It says the object of tills de
partment will be to advocate a proper ba
sis of moral and intellectual training for
the negro, a proper sense of his obligations
to society and his fellow workmen, and
correct principles of industiy.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Two
young men went down to Sand Bar Ferry
a few days ago to fight a duel with pistols
but finally concluded to settle tlie matter
with their fists, and then made friends.
Hon. John C. Nicholls has presented
another bill in Congress for an appropria
tion of $100,000 lor the improvement of
Darien harbor and to improve the navi
gation of the Altamaha river.
’ Perry Home Journal: Mr. James E.
Barrett, the veteran color hearer of the
Southern Rights Battery, has his front
gate ornamented with sixty-pound cannon
The same paper says: Rev. A. W,
Clisby will preach at the Presbyterian
clmrch ing Perry next Sunday at 11 a. in.,
and probably in the evening. Wc are re
quested to announce that all are invited
to attend. Mr. C. is an able preacher.
And also that the train on the Perry
branch had another ran off Monday at the
Ragin place, about fifty yards from the
scene ol last week’s accident. The track
was badly torn up, but little damage done
the cars. The engine came in and brought
the passengers. . , .. .
Swainsroro Herald: Last Friday
while Mr. E. H.'Edenfield was out bird
hunting lie came upon a very large rattler
snake, and was in two feet of the monster
before ho knew there was any danger
abont him. He shot the snake and found
him to be over six feet long, and wearing
thirteen rattle.
Cartersville Express: Mr. Isham
Alley, of this city, had an old well in the
rear of his store house, cleaned out yes
terday, and found in it tweuty-seven
boombshclis weighing 100 pounds each.
They were thrown in the well by the
Federal soldiers nearly sixteen years ago.
The Cherokee Advance reports that
there was in Canton last Friday an old
negro who is probably the oldest man in
Georgia. His name is York Grisham,
and he said he was one hundred and elev
en years old. He Is in good health, but
unable to work.
Tiie Augusta News says: This coun
try is now enjoying an unexampled era of
[irosperity. Next year the seasons may
be more favorable on the other side of
the “pond.” In that case the demand for
our productions will cease. This will re
duce our income, and we will be com-
jielled to retrench. AVould it not be well
i'or our business men and fanners to pay
some attention to - these possible contin
gencies now ?
Athens Banner: Deputy Collector
George AVare made a raid on tbe moon
shiners over in Walton county on yester
day, and captured three barrels of whisky,
a wagon, and three mules. The owners
of the whisky took to their heels, and
doubtless by this time arc safely quartered
in some retreat on tbe slopes of the great
Blue Ridge, or perhaps in the fertile val
leys of the Tugaloo and Chattahooche, or
it may be where the bright waters of the
Cliattahoocbee with rhythmical munnur-
ings lull them into sweet repose.
Buena Vista Argus: Mr. David Hol
ton, near Tazewell, seat us a message to
this effect: Ho was fishing one day last
week, and caught three fish on the same
hook and at the same time. He had bait'
ed a large book with a minnow, and soon
a small jackfisli came along and made a
meal of it. In a short time a larger brotli-
cr jack satisfied his hunger by swallowing
the first jack and his least. Before the
last named jack had enjoyed the benefit
of his catch a hungry trout made a full
Washington Correspondence.
Washington City,
February 25, 1880.
AN UGLY RUMOR
was floating around yesterday to the ef
fect that Simmons had a fair show for con
firmation—that two or three Northern
Democratic Senators had been attacked
witli a collapse of backbone, and that with
the solid vote of the Radicals in that body
he might pull through. I hope this is one
of Madam Rumor’s lies, but still it has
made me uneasy. The Democrats named
as showing sigus of weakening are Eaton,
of Connecticut, Hereford, of AVest Vir
ginia, and Pendleton, of Ohio. I am not
very much astonished at the two first
named, but I am as to Pendleton. I did
not imagine be was that sort of man. Jf
Simmons is confirmed it will be an insult
to the people of Georgia, which ought
never to be forgotten or "foigiven against
those whom they can reach aud who will,
in a few short years be begging continued
honors at their bauds. Let the “secession
traitors” of Georgia bear this In miud
when the men who are now holding up
the hands of the old tory, Simmons, come
pleading for their suffrages. If the press
of Georgia does its duty this outrage will
be fully atoned for when that day comes.
THE TIME AND PLACE.
As you already know, Cincinnati and
the 22nd of June have been named as the
time and place for the next Democratic
Convention. Both are well chosen and
everybody seems satisfied. If Thurman
had stood firm to the old Democratic
faith, the selection would mean much to
him, but I judge he is out of the race. It
was said here that Tilden wanted St.
Louis, hut I don’t think there was much
substance in that rumor, though Tam
many, which was here in tlie persons of
some of its leading braves, were disposed
to take a dozen or so extra
drinks and crow over the result.
Times were rather lively during
the days the committee were in session.
The hotels were full, and the stream of
gab immense. Tbe spirit of ‘true Jeffer
sonian Democracy” was also abroad, and
under its influences some of the spouters
at the serenade the night the committee
finished its work made considerable asses
of themselves. AVhy is it that Radical
spouters don’t let their feet slip on similar
occasions? You can fill them full of
whisky and set half a dozen brass bands
playing, but they don’t give themselves
away after any such fashion. Perhaps
they carry their liquor more steadily, or
the habit and practice of deceit and liy
pocrisy has become so nearly second na
ture that they never leak. I found a
much better, that is more hopeful, feeling
among the members of tho committee
than 1 expected. Mpst of them expressed
great confidence in success with tbe right
kind of candidates, but were rather reti
cent as to names. It was understood be
fore the committee met that Tilden had
a majority in it, but if so tho fact was not
very clearly demonstrated. How could
they be hopeful and at the same time fa
vor his renominatiou? Tliac to something
I cannot understand. "
JUDGE LOCHKANE, „
whom { see nearly every, time Jhe stops
over-hero for a day or two' in his mean-
derings up and diwn the earth, is the
most enthusiastic Grant man I know. He
outwlioqps the whoopiugest of them all.
He grows eloquent at the bare mention of
“the head and summit of the human race,”
and when it comes to claiming States aud
majorities for him, makes the wildest
Blaine or Sherman howler ashamed of
himself The last time I saw him he told
me Grant would carry at least four South
ern States, and scare the Democrats In
some of the others nearly out of their
boots. He claimed Georgia in the event
of Tilden’s nomination, and nearly claim
ed it anyhow. He said the Radicals, .in
the event of Grant’s nomination, would
put up an electoral ticket tiiat
•would surprise us all by its
moral strength and respectability,
and declared that the men on it
would stump the State from Ra-
TIIE CENTRAL CITY.
Macon ns Neen by n Yisitor.
From a long and gracefully wri.ten
letter from “Nellie Herbert,” the accom
plished correspondent of the Savannah
Horning News, we clip the following.
The kind words for our city are always
appreciated. Macon and Savannah are
bonnd together by many warm ties, and
the handsome letter appearing below but
strengthens the bonds between the two
cities:
Some of the streets of Macon are really
attractive, and many of the residences
give evidence of wealth and culture on
the part of the occupants. Not a few of
the wholesale business houses now oc
cupy stately and commodious buildings,
and theirprosperity seems to be increas
ing rapidly of late.
Macon appears to be run on a some
what different plan from Atlanta. There
is more system and better order in all her
business departments. Strangers notice
this, and especially ladies, who feel more
at home, and a great deal safer, in getting
around in such an orderly and systematic
place.
SOME POINTS OF INTEREST.
One cannot fail to notice Macon’s ele
gant court house, from whose imposing
tower the kindly face of a “town clock”
keeps the people posted as to the correct
flight of time. No city in Geoigia can
boast of such a substantial temple of jus
tice. The Masonic Temple of the Grand
Lodge is also worthy of mention. In the
spacious second story is the finely ar
ranged armory of the Macon Volunteers.
Nearly in front of tbe court house, in a
sort of street crossing square, stands a well
designed and beautiful Confederate mon
ument. I am not much of au artist, but
I join heartily in the generally expressed
opinion that the massive and elegant
statue of the private soldier which sur
mounts it, should be carried up at least
ten feet higher.
first violin, gave us some, very fine solos.
He is a truly gifted violinist, atfd will yet
be heard from in tbe musical world. Lit
tle Lottie J. McCabe, of Glynn county,
sang with rare sweetness of voice, and in
a manner to indicate that she is an apt
and diligent student.
After the musical exercises were closed,
Lottie McCabe and Jeanuie Mathis, the
two bright little girls, whose singing we
had so much admired, came forward and
read to us from the Bible, aud also exhib
ited their proficiency in arithmetic.
The blind pupils’ Bible, which is used
at the academy, is very expensive, being
published in eight large volumes by the
American Bible Society. There are sev
eral other styles of raised type for blind
readers, some of which are easier to read,
and all of which are used in the academy.
I had often been surprised te hear that a
boy once visited his brother and sister,
botii blind, at the academy, and after see
ing their great progress in music and other
branches of study, wished that be, too,
had been born blind, that he might there
by obtain tbe same advantages they had
secured. AVhat I saw at the academy
made me feel that the hoy did not put too
high a value upon his brother’s and sis
ter’s superior advantages by reason of
their blindness.
The workshop of the academy was visi
ted by our party, and there we saw many
fine specimens of brooms, brushes, mat
tresses, cane-seated chairs, and other work
aone by the male pupils. It was iu this
shop that George A\ r . Stone, Jr., of Emory
College, at Oxford, learned his trade,
which has enabled him to establish a sec-
cessful broom factory at his own home.
Not only does the academy send out ex
cellent music teachers, but it fits many
pupils to secure an honorable living by
broom making and other employments.
The girls are also taught to do a variety
of fancy work, and not a few become ex
pert in these- branches. Professor "Wil
liams seems to aim at making all the pu
pils industrious, as well as intelligent and
i musical. No class of children iu Georgia
The Macon Public Library is just as * are bctter care ? for ’- 0r lcSS - t0 b - e - p ? ti - ed “
1 unfortunates, than the pupils of this insti
tution. The State cannot give too liberal
a support to Professor AVilliains in his
noble efforts to make the Academy a real
blessing to her blind children ol' both
sexes.
‘right, and he took Lis father’s place as meal of tlie three others suspended on the
iitor-ir.-cliicf. While he was quite young l hoot
bun to Thomas; that they would neither
be ashamed nor afraid to meet any
and all opponents aud would light tlie
Grant fires so brightly tiiat tho blaze will
illuminate the whole State. In fact he
nearly took my breath away, and it I
hadn’t just then remembered our cham
pion claimer John G. Thompson, of Ohio,
aud his remarkable ability In that line, I
would have been utterly demoralized. I
found, however, that he had a soft place in
Ills heart for Governor Seymour, and tott
ered liis pegs considerably when the sug
gestion of that gentleman’s candidacy was
made. ■■> ■
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS
r Are still synonymous with dullness. The
House is hammering away at the rules,
with tlie pleasing prospect _of finishing
them in Committee of the AVhole to-day.
Substantially they remain as reported by
the committee, and will doubtless be
adopted ip that shape. JjL is admitted
that they ard a vast improvement on the
present ones, buttbe Radicals have fought
them from tlie outset. - Forpure “cussed-
neis” tiiat party does', 'sur^ly heat the
world. Especially do they fight every
proposition that looks towards doing away
.with all the old opportunities and meth
ods by which they have heretofore ruled
and robbed the country by legislation,
They seem to love all sorts of political
,c?oolce(\pess and wickedness for its own
foul sake. AVas ever such a party: since
the bloody days of Robespierre, Danton,
and Marat allowed to shame and - stain
ii uiu j the proud record of a great country ?
/ j. i - A. W. R.
cozy and attractive as it is possible to
make such a place. Captain Charley
Herbst, as has been well said, was born
to create public libraries. Atlanta owes
her splendid Young Men’s Library to his
labors, and now he is giving Macon a still
more attractive and popular institution.
He never tires in his efforts to secure new Hawkinsville.
and interesting contributions to fill his i Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
shelves, cover his tables, or adorn bis well Raving just returned from a brief trip
arranged rooms. .... to our sister city, Hawkinsville, allow me
Ross Hill Cemetery is one of the lovli- { 0 gj ve y 0U a f ew dots, showing the
est spots of the kind in the South, and growth of this young city on the Ocmul-
Central City Park is without a rival. It t | ee .
may be that Mayor Huff, who is rather j The numerous fires which have occurred
nervous and headstrong, does not always | seem to have been a benefit to the place,
pursue the wisest course; but if I were a i f or inferior buildings burned are being re-
resident of Macon, andhe a greater ofiicial j p] ac ed by handsome and durable brick
sinner than I think he can possibly be, I houses.
The warehouse of Messrs. C. M. Boze
man & Sens is about finished and is occu
pied by these gentlemen. It is a much
handsomer and more extensive building
than tlie one desiroyed.
Messrs. John F. Lewis & Co. and
Lewis, Leonard & Co. have rebuilt but
not on the same tot. They are farther
down on the same street. They are about
finishing one of the best buildings in
Hawkinsville. Everybody laments the
untimely decease of John F. Lewis, Esq,
should let bis charming Central City Park
“cover a multitude of sins.” He bas
given Macon one of her chief ornaments
and she should be justly proud of its
beauty.
A CITY OF COLLEGES.
Macon may well be given this title, for
she not only bas several prominent educa
tional institutions of high character, but
claims to possess the oldest female col
lege in America, if not in tbe world.
I refer, of course, to the venerable AVes-
leyan Female College, chartered in 1830 ; the head of this house. lie had just re-
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as the Georgia Female College, which has
been in successful operation since 1839.
As its devoted friend of a life time, Rev.
Dr. Lovick Pierce, once said, “no human
pen can ever write the full record of this
grand institution’s work.’"
moved to Hawkinsville, intendingto iden
tity himself with the business of the city.
He had just completed a beautiful resi
dence, and was not permitted to occupy it,
His death was caused by exposure in
looking after bis buildings. lie was
_ A stranger is more than pleased with its ■ worthy citizen and liis loss will be. deeply
sightly location, its stately and attractive felt by tlie community. His sons and
buildings and delightful grounds, and its ’ partners will Continue tbe business in the
array of happy-faced and bright-eyed stu- j old firm name,
dents. But a glance at tlie triennial cata
logue fills one with wonder and surprise.
AVhat a cluster of honored names of noble
women, living and dead, does it contain.
AY’lio can number the happy homes and
Tlie new bridge across tbe Ocmulgee is
another new feature. It is one of the
longest bridges we ever saw, and will be
a great addition to Hawkinsville, and is a
. .... , — , credit to tlie energy of her citizens. It
the fair daughters and worthy sons that j vvlll be finished and ready for crossing in
AVesleyan Female College has given our ; a f ew days,
State through those thoroughly educated On Sabbath, Bishop J. AV. Beckwith
and wisely trained wives and mothers of j preached twice in Hawkinsville. In the
its earlier years? forenoon at his own church. At four p.
Another well established and popular j n i. in the Methodist Church, on account
school for girls, tlie Mount de Sales of its capacity, the Episcopal Church be-
Academy, is under the supervision of the i j n g too small to accommodate many wlio
Sisters of Mercy of the Roman Catholic • desired to hear tlie Bishop. It was our
Church, while in the city suburbs stands,
with its quiet surroundings, the substan
tial edifice of Pio Nono College, for boys,
under tbe able Presidency of Bishop Gross.
good fortune to hear him in the afternoon
He preached a most eloquent sermon
Tlie Bishop’s oratory to perfect, and the
large congregation, made up of all denom-
Not far away, and nearer the city, j inations, listened to it with deep interest
the handsomer edifice (with its towers Ever}’where we saw signs of tiie growth
and Gothic architecture) of Mercer Uni- ; of Hawkinsville. It is destined at no.dis-
versity attracts attention. Since the re- tant day to be one of the best trading
moval of this old and beloved institution I joints south of Macon, if it is not already
from Penfield to Macon, it has renewed ‘ so . v
Tlie public library was destroyed by
one of the recent fires—but the friends ire
at work vigorously to replace it witlya.
better one. The one destroyed was "a
most valuable one, and its destruction
was a great loss to the people. AVe hope
it wiirbe better than ever. Contributions
are coming in from various quarters, and
still there is room for more. Persons who
are willing to help in a good cause can do
so by sending contributions of books or
money to either Colonel C. C. Kibbce,
Rev. A. M. AVilliams, or Colonel L. C.
Ryan, who are a committee to receive
contributions. Look around aud see if
you cannot help the Hawkinsville public
library.
One of the greatest institutions of Hawk-
insvillo is Colonel George P. AVoods’ Dis
patch. It is one of the best and liveliest
weeklies in Georgia. It is true liis fish,
snake and gourd stories sometimes excite
a little doubt on the part of his friendsj
but lie invariably works out on tbe upper
side. He can’t be' outdone in tills line 1
and bis paper is always looked for with
interest in all the country round about.
Last, bnt by no means least, we must
mention tlie Hawkiiisville cotton factory,
recently bought and now run by Mr. J.
C. McBumey and Mr. L. Hollingsworth.
They are running it. flay and night, and
we were informod by the proprietors that
they were not. able to .keep pace with the
demand for their goods. They have a
large supply of cotton on hand, and are
expecting more machinery. They will
make a great success of it.
But we must close, hoping that Hawk
insville and her kind aud hospitable citi
zens may continue to prosper.
J. AV. B.
its youth, cast off its plain country garb,
and is now quite dandified in its appear
ance and manners; still, under Rev. Dr.
Battle’s efficient Presidency, it is tuoiing
out as good men and finished scholars as
graduated in the “better days” of the rev
erend Jesse Mercer.
TUB BLIND ACADEMY.
But tlie chief attraction to our party, if
other expressions of delight were as sin
cere as my own, was the Georgia Acafle- 1
my for the Blind, where we not only saw
many things of an instructive character,
but listened to some of Lhc sweetest music
ever made within its walls.
Professor AV. D. AVilliains, who has
been the efficient and popular superinten
dent for over twenty years, and connected
with the institution for nearly thirty
years, met us at the entrance and cordially
welcomed our party in a most pleasant
and captivating manne).
As I looked m his benevolent and beam
ing face, upon which the hand of time
lias made tew traces of age, I c .uld hard
ly realize that he had spent over a quar
ter of a century in-the noble institution
over which he now presides with such
good results.
The academy is a substantial four story
brick edifice, located just beyond the AVes-'
levan Female College, and surrounded
with well arranged grounds and plenty of
shade trees. The work shop is in one
corner of the grounds, and the front door
opens upon the sidewalk. Tho academy
building is farther back from the street,
and is reached by plpdsant circular walks.
Professor AVilliams kindly conducted us
through the institution, and we were
highly pleased with tlie airy school rooms,
the neat sleeping apartments, the cozy and
comfortable sick room, the numerous
music rooms, and the spacious aud hand
some chapel with its magnificent grand
piano.
Going up to the observatory on the top
of the building, wc had a most enraptur
ing view of the city and its surroundings,
From our high perch, wo could gaze far
down upon the beautiful “Central City
Park,” with tlie. sluggish Ocmulgee flow
ing along by its side; diverging in all di
rections we could trace the circling tracks
of the five railroads running into tiie Ma
con depot; Mercer University, with its
stately spires and towers, and pio • Nono
College, plain -and- lonely in its rural
quiet, met the eye in tlie near suburbs;
beautiful even in ils winter garb, was
Rose Hill Cemetery, Whose white monu
ments gleamed in the sunshiue and attrac
ted our gaze. The sceue beneath and be
yond us on bverytside was varied and
striking, and afforded us no little pleasure
and profitable information.
Returning to tbe chapel, we found quite
a number of the pupils gathered there for
the purpose of giving us an exhibition of
their progress in music and other branches
of study. The instrumental performances
by the orchestra, composed of boys, under
the efficient leadership of Prof. Thomas
Coley, a graduate of the academy, were
remarkably well executed. Nor were the
girls less meritorious in their singing and
] fiano performances. For years Professor
AVilliams bas been sending out thoroughly
accomplished music teachers from tlie
academy, and it is difficult to spdak iu too
exalted’terms of this department. ,
‘Some, of the pupils are not ontirely
blind, anjlwe conld easily detect these by
their more graceful and easy movements
on jpWGrnL- Professor Qoiey, Who
has been successfully treated' tty Dr. A.
AV. Calhoun,' qf' ’Atlanta (whose great
skill as anoculUt is so well known), has
very good use of his eyes now, and is or
ganist for [several churches in Macon.
Little Jeannic Mathis, of Americns,
sang “Sweet Bye and Bye” with great
tenderness, and : the fall chorus added
much to the effect. Little Moselle Rus
sell, of Jefferson county, who has a brother
and sister in the academy, followed with
an excellent performance on the grand
piano. Charles Austin, who plays the
Tbe doctors’ Yielding.
Ever since Prof. Green wrote to the
Medical Record advising physicians every
where to use tlie Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure in their practice, it lia!s been gaining
in favor with the profession. Tlipy can
find nothing which is a.substitute.for it,
R. Caulkins, M. p., of Rochester, N. Y.,
says he would now prescribe it to all who
are afflicted with serious kidney and liver
diseases.#--:.-' - --febl8-2w
Deaooratio Love Feast. .
Tlie Herald, of last Thursday, Says the
Butler: and Abbott wings -of the ^Demo
cratic party ih Massachusetts have kissed
and made np. According to the reports
the peaoe overtures were made by the
Butler wing, of the party. For several
years past the Essex statesman, has been
in the habit of likening himself to a widow
who fully k“ew her own mind and was
not afraid to give expression to her senti
ments. Being leap year, the “AVidow”
Butler has proposed, been accepted and
now everything is lovely in the Demo
cratic family of the old Bay State.
The event is, of course, significant in
tlie politics of Massachusetts. The outride
public has not been taken into tlie confi
dence of the high contracting parties; so
that it will be necessary to wait some
time to sec how the political partnership
S its along, • Of course the great question
i has the “widow” sworn tt>‘ love, honor
and obeyj?,' And if she has, will clie-keep
her promise? If, after the traditional style
of widows generally, she insists upon ruling
the household, It is not improbable that
before next fail we shall have tlie liveliest
kind of a political Democratic divorce
suit. An interesting question in connec
tion with tlie event is, “Where are tlie
Butler Re publicans who left the fold last
fall???i\ • v ;» *.-8 * -V ;
Settlement of a • tong dispute. Phy-i
sicians have at last come to. tbe conclusion
tiiat the best‘medicine -tor teething chil
dren-is Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup.' * 1 '
London, February 27.—A private tele
gram from Japan states that a severe
earthquake occurred at Yeddo,onthe 25th
inst., but no details are given.
A Paris dispatch to the Manchester
Guardian says the official documents sub
mitted to the French Government by
Prince Orloff, Russian ambassador here,
by which it was intended to prove the
criminality of Hartmann in connection
with the Moscow explosion, arc considered
too vague to establish the guilt of the ac
cused. Public opinion here is opposed to
Hartmann's surrender, and the officials
are delaying action in the matter in order
to find ground for refusing the demand
for his extradition, without wounding
Russian susceptibilities.
Paris, February 27.—The Moniteur
announces the arrest of a Prussian officer,
while taking views of the Bessa redoubt.
He was conveyed to the Rhine.
St. Petersbubg, February 27.—The
woman Vera Sussalitcli, a famous Nihil
ist agent, who on the 5th of February,
1878, attempted to assassinate General
Trehoff, prefect of St. Petersburg, has
been arrested at the residence of one of
her friends in this city.
AVashington, February 27.—After
having transacted some miscellaneous
business, the House, at 12:30, proceeded
to tbe consideration of private tills.
In tbe Senate, Mr. Cameron, of AViscon-
sin, presented a joint resolution of tbe
Wisconsin legislature deprecating any
financial legislation by Congress, as likely
to endanger the prosperity of the country.
Mr. Jonas presented the petition of the
owners of steamboats plying on tho Mis
sissippi river, reciting that they suffer
great inconvenience and pecuniary loss
by the desertion of crews, or parts of
crews. Passengers and mails and cotton
shipments arc thus disastrously delayed,
The prosperity of a large part of tbe South
western people depends on tbe regularity
of this commerce. The only penalty now-
laid on such desertion is the forfeiture of
wages, aud even this cannot always be
enforced. Legislation to remedy ibis evil
by compelling bands to abide by their
contracts, is prayed for.
Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on
Printing, reported favorably tbe House
joint resolution authorizing the public
printer to furnish all applicants with cop
ies of bills, reports, aud-othcr documents,
hereafter printedTiy order of Congress,
and distributed from the document rooms,
on such applicants paying costs of such
printing, with ten per cent, added. The
resolution was read the tliird time and
passed.
The President sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate this aftemoou: Percy
B. S. Pincliback, of Louisiana, to be naval
officer of tlie district of New Orleans; Im
manuel Eurobacli, to be assistant a;
praiser for the district of New York. 7
be United States consuls: Frank G. Steb-
bins, of New York, at Manilla; Charles
C. Rfeliardso, of Texas, at Pass Del
Norte; Louis S. Maguire, at Muscat; Jas.
S. AVilliams, at Aden.
New York, February 27.—A company,
comprising the Public Exchange, a Trust
Department and clearing bouse, is about
to begin operations iu this city. The pro
motion of mining interests is the main ob
ject of tbe movement, and tlie list of trust
ees and officers includes tbe names of
many men of wide renown and reputa
tion, both in tbe East and West. The
capital of the company will be $5,000,000,
Loans will be made on mining sliare3, and
it is intended to give to mining interests a
position they have not before had in this
city.
Wasiington, February 27.—In the
Senate Mr. Jones, of Florida, from the
committee on Public Buildings and
Groimds, reported with amendment the
bill for the erection of public buildings at
Montgomery, Alabama. Placed on tbe
calendar.
On motion of Mr. Voorliees a bill ad
mitting free of duty clothing and other
charitable contributions from abroad for
tbe relief of colored emigrants iu Kansas
was taken up and passed.
On motion of Mr. Bailey, it jvas agreed
that on Monday next the bill to establish
an educational fund and apply a portion
of the proceeds of public lands to public
education and to provide for a more com
plete endowment and support of national
colleges for tbe advancement of scientific
and industrial education was made
special order.
Mr. Gordon entered a motion to recon
sider tlie vote by which the bill for the
relief of the city of Macon was indefinitely
postponed.
The morning hour having expired, the
Senate resumed the consideration of the
five per cent, bill, tlie question being on
Mr. Edmunds’ motion to reconsider the
vote by which tlie bill was indefinitely
postponed.
_ Mr. McDonald moved the further con
sideration of the motion be postponed
until April first next. He desired tiiat
further time be allowed for tbe investiga
tion of tlie question. After a spirited dis-
cusion; in w-hicli Mr. Edmunds, Mr.
Jones of Florida, Teller, Kirkwood, Hoar,
Thurman, Plumb and Allison participated,
Mr. Morgan said lie hoped tbe bill
w-ould be postponed until tbe next ses
sion.
Mr. Edmunds moved to lay his motion
to reconsider on the table, which was lost.
The‘question recurring to Mr. Edmunds’
motion to indefinitely postpone his motion
to reconsider, was also defeated. Yeas,
20; nays, 32.
On motion of Mr. McDonald, the mo
tion to reconsider was postponed until
next December.
Mr. Randolpn moved to take up tbe bill
for the. relief of General Fitz John Porter,
but consented to lay tlie bill aside tempo
rarily, to enable Mr. Hoar to speak on the
Geneva award bill. Adjourned till Mon
day.
In the House, at the expiration of the
morning hour, the House went into the
Committee of tlie AYliole oil the revision
of the rules. The amendment to the rale
offered by Mr. Frye, was adopted, provi
ding that it shall be in order to suspend
the rules on tlie first and third Monday
only, of every month, instead of on every
Monday, as the present rule, provides the
preference being given on the first Mon
day to individuals, and on the third Mon
day to Committees.
Mr. AVilliams, of Wisconsin, offered an
amendment to rule 29, so as to require
the House members of- the conference
committees to append to their conference
report au explanation of the points in
controversy. Adopted. - •
An amendment was adopted changing
in stouo particulars the present method of
(drawing jbr seats at tne beginning of
congress, and an amendment was also
adopted reducing the fees of witnesses be
fore committees from three to two dollars
a day.
SLNo further amendments were offered
until the last of the niie3 was disposed of,
and that stage of the proceedings was
attended with liandelapping and other
demonstrations of gratification. Several
amendments morely of a verbal character
were afterwards made and agreed to, when
the committee reported the rules to the
House, and notice was given by Mr.
Blackburn that he would ask final action
upon them next Tuesday. The House
then adjourned till Monday.
In the executive session of the Senate,
J. R. Smith was confirmed Postmaster at
Meridian, Mississippi. Rejected; Benjamin
C. AVhite, Supervisor of the Second Dis
trict of Louisiana.
The House Judiciary Committee con
fined its attention to tho private calendar,
and didnot, as was expected, take up the
case of Representative Acklen.
The! Joint Committee on the Library
to-dayjagreed to recommend the purchase
of a- painting of Martha Washington, at
a cost cf $3,000, to be placed in tho east
room of tho Executive Mansion as a com
panion-piece to Stuart’s Washington.
HouchtoJt, Mass., February 27.—A
fire this’inoming in tbe business portion
of the the town destroyed several busi
ness buildings and dwellings, involving a
toss of SWjOOO—insurance $18,000.
Npw York, February 27.—A collision
'occurred 'to-day on tbe Third Avenue ele
vated railroad, damaging several cars. No
'one was hurt.
Antojiio Seek and Vincent Strenowere
arrested in Brooklyn to-day for tbs mur
der i.i'F!a-:r;y, who obtruded himself into
Seek’S-house, and -'iil- the ■ ensuing scu ftlfe
•wus fataliyjstabbed.
San Francisco, February 27.—The
agitation among the workingmen lias ap
parently abated. No meetings, except
ward club gatherings, were held last
night. The newspapers are bare of news
and express editorially confidenco-tliat
peace will be preserved.
Boston, February 27.—The British
steamer Parahence, for West Hartlepool,
struck off Cape Sable and sunk. The
crew was saved.
Fall River, Mass., February 27
Rev. Charles E. AValker, a Methodist
preacher, was suspended from the minis
try by an ecclesiastical commission at the
instance of his wife, who chaiged him
with infidelity and a failure to support
her.
Liverpool, February 27.—This week’
circular of the Liveipool Cotton Brokers’
Association says cotton was in compara
tively limited demand throughout the
week and quotations show a slight de
cline. American was In moderate de
mand which was fully supplied but quo
tations are reduced l-16d. In Sea Island
business was small but prices were firmly
maintained. Futures opened dull and
the tone was generally quiet prices after
a slight fluctuation show a decline
1-32(8)1-10.
Valparaiso, February 27.—AVhen the
resolution broke out against Daza, be
sought refuge on board of the United
States steamer Alaska, but this was re
fused him. It is affirmed that he is at
Arezuipa. Others think he is hiding at
Arila.
The German admiral will not receive
the steamship Dupar without indemnifica
tion for the seizure.
Savannah, February 27.—John Hen
ry Johnson, a negro, was hauged in tbe
jail yard this aftemaon for the murder of
Daniel McDermott in March, 1878, a sea
man on the British bark Tillonia. John
son was perfectly calm and made an ad
dress from tlie scaflbld, expressing tlie be
lief that he would go to heaven, enjoining
those present to lead better lives. John
son confessed his guilt and said his sen
tence was just.
London, February 27.—The North
German Gazette, in justification of its re
cent articles with regard to Russia, says:
“If the efforts of the pau-slavists are suc
cessful, the dissolution of the Austro-Hun
garian minority must follow, and the pol
icy of Prince Bismarck, sanctioned by the
whole of Germany, is to intervene to pre
vent that event.” The article concludes as
follows: “Profound indignation by many
for peace does not involve the consequence
that all the leading Russian statesmen are
to be regarded as friends of Germany.
London, February 27.—The bark Mar
tha, from Galveston, Texas, which arrived
yesterday at Liverpool, landed tlie crew
of the Norwegian ship Stranger, Captain
Training, from New York, for Liverpool,
which was abandoned February 12, while
leaking.
The steamer Orator from New Orleans,
which arrived at Liverpool, on the 25th
instant, landed the crew of the ship Lloyd,
Captain Bermigcn, from Pensacola, for
Liverpool, which was last reported as
having been spoken off Fowey Rocks,
January 22d.
St. Petersburg, February 27.—The
imperial ukase issued by the Czar, nomi
nating members aud defining the power of
the commission of the supreme control, is
dated February 25th, aud is addressed to
the Senate. It says, “Being firmly deter
mined to put au end to the repeated at
tempts of criminals to undermine the or
der of the State aud society, a supreme
executive commission is established in
St. Petersburg for the protection of or
der.
General Melekoil is appointed the head
of the commission, and tbe appointment
of its other members will be made on
General MelekoiPs suggestion. By the
imperial order the head of the commission
bas moreover the right to summon before
the commission all whose presence he
may consider useful in order to give a
united character to the action of all the
authorities. The head of the commission,
setting aside the right of commander-in
chief of St. Petersburg, shall have direct
control over all political trials held in the
capital. In the military district of St.
Petersburg and throughout the empire all
local authorities of tbe government, gene
ral and town commanders are placed un
der tbe jurisdiction and control of
tbe head of tbe commission, and all
employees in tbe various departments
are bound to afford him their entire co-op
eration. The head of commissioners is
at liberty to adopt any means which may
appear to him desirable for tbe protection
of order in tbe empire, and orders he may
issue arc to be unconditionally obeyed.
Tbe office of provisional governor general
of St. Petersburg is abolished.
London, February 27.—General Mele-
koffbas issued a proclamation to tbe in
habitants of St. Petersburg iu which, after
referring to tbe indignation felt in Russia
and throughout Europe at the attempts
on the life of the Emperor, he declares
the government is compelled to adopt ef
fectual measures for the suppression of
the evil tlireatenings of the social order.
General MeJckoff says he recognizes tl^e
difficulty of liis task, and will not encour
age the exaggerated expectations of im
mediate success. He will not hesitate to
take the most stringent measures for the
muishment of criminals, while endeavor-
ng on tlie other hand to tranquilize and
protect the well intentioned portion of
society. He hopes for the co-operation of
all honest men, and begs the population
to await the future with calmness, and to
disregard all malicious and frivolous ru
mors.
St. Louis, February 27.—The Post-
Dispatch published au interview with
Albert Austin, a leading socialist of this
city and tbe editor of the Bol Destemme,
au oigan of the workingmen, in which he
says he will start next week on a three
months trip to all the principal cities East
and AVest to animate tlie labor question
before trades unions and assist in a more
thorough organization. He says it is not
to bring about a general strike of work
ingmen at present, but to prepare for the
future. He holds that the opinion is gen
eral among the intelligent workingmen
that the excessive speculation at present
so rife will produce a general crash, and
to meet this condition of things the work
ing men, by organization, will bo united
throughout the continent. Ho further
says the National AVorkingmens’ Con
vention, to be held at Chicago, in June,
will probably nominate John Swinton,
of New York, for President and Dennis
Kearney for Vice President.
AVashington, February 27.—Postmas
ter General Key bas suspended his order
stopping letters to M. A. Dauphin, secre
tary of the Louisiana State Lottery, until
the case is decided in the Supreme Court.
, Cohoes, N. Y., Februaiy 27.—The em
ployes of three mills of the Harmony
Company, numbering 1,800 persons, last
night went on a strike, and 75,000 spindles
are now idle. The strikers demand an
hour for diuncr and ten per cent, increase
in wages. They are parading the streets
with banners and transparencies. Their
wages aggregate $5,000 a day*
AVashington, February 28. — The
House Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee
was in session for several hours. Lieu
tenant Collins, ofthe United States Navy,
who served in several of the surveying ex
peditions on the Isthmus, made a state
ment as to the comparative effects of the
winds and currents by the Panama route,
and by the Nicaraguan route, demonstra
ting by means of a diagram that for sail
ing vessels the Panama canal would pre
sent great disadvantages, owing to the
prevailing calms in that region ofthe Pa
cific Ocean, while the Nicaraguan route
would be free from such objectious.
Commodore Hull, wlio commanded one
ofthe surveying expeditions, gave testi
mony to the same effect, and alse entered
into a full explanation of the proposed
plans for the construction ofthe Nicara
gua canal. Both officers favored this
route very strongly. The committee then
went into executive session.
The select committee “to inquire into
the causes of the depression in labor,”
held a meeting, and Henry B. AVriglit,
Chairman of the Committee, read an ex
haustive report upon the Chinese ques
tions. (covering 105 pages of foolscap)
which was adopted by the_ committee,
any one vessel. Copious extracts will w
given from the testimony referred
regard to the alleged demoralizing c ha^
meter of the Chinese population, andS.'
detrimental effect of Cliinase labor
the industrial interests of the white
ragmen on tlie Pacific coast, and the
munity in general. The necessity for^
mediate action on the part of Con-ri«
will ue strongly urged inthe report. ■
Atlanta, February 28
Colquitt to-day closed tbe sale of the V?
con and Brunswick railroad to a coinnart
of Georgia and New York gemteme?
backed by R. T. AVilson & Co, of^
city. There has been great difficulty
arranrinc? th* lL J ^
quires the completion of a road at nn~
from Macon to Atlanta, thus making ne»
and important line to one ofthe belt to,
bors in the State. Mar '
London, February 28.—A disrate
from St. Petersburg to the Times saVh
may be unintelligible to many nei4»2
abroad how the Nihilists succeed in the£
work in the very residence of the imnerto
family, probably no other building to s»
Petersburg to less safe. It has alwaw
^.n^S 0 / 01- numberless vagabond?
v> orkingmen, fnends of servants and otS
ere, many without passports, who would
not live with impunity anywhere else
The imperial ukase of last April gave fffii
powers to General Gourko to search tto
buildings of the palace, but even that £
vere governor-general could hardly ven-
ture, such is the Russian administration
to intrigue with special authorities of the
imperial residence. There is an old Rus-
sian law which gives the right of sanctu
ary to cnminais'taking refuge within the
buildings of the palace. As far as con.
ceras ordinary police, who have no juris-
diction in such cases. No fewer than
5,000persons have been living in the Win
ter palace and nobody lias ever known tbe
precise duties of one half of them.
“Galveston, Februaiy 28.—A dispatch
to the News from Guero, Texas, says that
three men, Holland, Martin and Coward,
were engaged in pitching half dollars fw
drinks, when Holland disputed the game,
and started for his house to get his gun to
kill Martin. His mother, seventy-five
years of age, came from the house and
caught Martin, who was trying to prevent
Holland from getting the gun, and held
his aims while Holland drew a knife and
savagely hacked Martin’s throat. Cowart
put a pistol in Martin’s baud, and the lat
ter shot Holland in the arm, shook clear
of the old lady, knocked her down and
shot her, inflicting a wound from which
she shortly died, then fired again at Hol
land, wounding him mortally. Martin's
injuries are not serious.
AVashington, February 28.—The Sen
ate Committee on Indian Affaire, at a spe
cial meeting to-day, reached au agreement
to prepare and report to the Senate for
passage on the original bill, designed to
cover the entire range of the Indian ques
tion, by tbe enactment of various nev
provisions, based upon tbe general princi
ple that the United States should in a
peat measure abandon tlie policy of treat
ing tbe Indians as children, and place
them as speedily as possible upon the foot
ing of citizens. Tlie main features of the
plan, outlined by tbe committee to-dar,
were:
First—A permanent localization of the
Indians by alloting homesteads to them
in severalty with the provision that lands
so allotted shall be absolutely inaliena
ble during a period of twenty-five years.
Second—An extension over tlie Indians
of the civil and criminal laws of tlie Uni
ted States, or of tlie respective States and
territories within whose bounds they art
located.
Third—A continuation of a certain de
gree of assistance to them by the govern
ment in the line of progress towards civ
ilization until they become self-sustain
ing by means of agricultural and pastoral
occupation.
It is not proposed by the committee to
transfer the control of tlie Indians to the
AVar Department, but tlie bill will divest
the Interior Department of discretionary
power in regard to the Indians, by placing
them individually under tlie control of the
country’s general laws. The provisions
of the bill are not to apply to the live civi
lized tribes of the Indian Territory.
Mobile, Alabama, February 28.—Tlie
Louisville and Nashville Railroad will
take charge of the Mobile and Montgom
ery Railroad March 1st. Through trains
will be run between Louisville and Mo
bile, via Nashville and Montgomery, after
that date.
Rev. J. J. Keeler, of New York, Secre
tary to Bishop Quinlan of this diocese,
died to-day.
Chicago, February 28.—The Etening
Journal to-day announces a change of
publishers, Lieutenant-Governor An
drew Shuman and J. R. AVilson having
leased the office. The former who lias
been managing editor for over twenty
years, will be editor-in-chief, and the lat
ter will assume charge of the business
department. Jn connection with this an
nouncement, Shuman requests the with
drawal of his name as a candidate for the
governorship.
New Yobk, February 28.—Herbert
Burrill and Andrew Coombs, who started
from Boston in July last, to go to the Mel
bourne Exhibition in a small decked boat
called the Golden State, were brought to
New York yesterday in the steamer City
of Para, from Bio Janeiro, after having
narrowly escaped death by shipwreck and
starvation. Their boat, about eleven and
half tons, after going out of Boston
harbor had pleasant weather, which ena-
abled them to make the port at St. Jago
in Cape Yerd Islands, in fifty-eight days.
Setting sail again on September 17th, they
encountered heavy storms, and failing to
make St. Helena, they were obliged to
steer for the coast of Brazil.
Their provisions were nearly spoiled by
salt water. For twenty-five day’s they
lived on cocoa and small rations, of wa
ter, and when their provisions were near
ly exhausted and they had almost given
up the hope of reaching land again, they
sighted a small island eighty miles from
the coast of Brazil and inhabited by fish
ermen. They landed there, and after re
maining among the fishermen for a time
to rest themselves, made Bahia. They
saved nothing except what they had on
them.
Paris, February 28.—In the debate on
M. Jules Ferry’s education bill in the Sen
ate yesterday. M. Jules Simon, Republi
can, expressed himself as favorable to the
principles of liberty, of education, con
science, and religion. He maintained
that article seven of the bill which pro
hibits members of unauthorized societies
from teaching in school, was an onslaught
on the freedom of education, and conclu
ded by saying in the name of my republi
can faith, I declare that to restrict the
liberty of parents, is to attack the princi
ples of liberty, and is a danger to tbe Re
public.
Lonon, Februyry 28.—A Brussels dis
patch says six small steamers constructeu
n England for the King of Belgium, will
he shipped in sections next month from
Liverpool for Henry M. Stanley’s use in
Congo.
Boston, February 28.—The Supreme
Court lias set aside tlie verdict of man
slaughter found in the case of Charles H.
Ilartwcll, conductor of the freight tratoi
which it is alleged caused the AValliston
disaster on the Old Colony Railroad m
October.
Danville, February 28,—At a bank
rupt’s sale to-day, 12,000 acres of Patrick
county land, containing iron and other
ores, were sold to Harry G. Blackwell for
$12,000.
New Orleans, February 28.—In the
case of Edward C. Palmer, before the Su
perior Criminal Court, application for 3
new trial was refused. Palmer’s counse*
at onee filed a motion in hrrest of judg
ment, which will be argued on Saturday
next.
New York, February’ 28.—Herrman,
furniture manufacturer, whose cabinet
makers have been on a strike for an in
crease of wages, decided to-day to elose
both factories, which will throw about iw
machinists, clerks, etc., out of work, ft®
has expressed the - detemiinat ion to give
mi the manufactory .branch of the bus 1 *
4 % vs Ztin A
ami will be reported to tb' House March {short time to aoeept tin' terms h • has c-
10th. It is understood that the report ‘ fered them, but the slrikers are deter-
deals with the Cliinese^question iu.vi.gor- mined to resist. (
ous language, recommending a modifica-j London, Februaiy 23.—A Berlin “is-
tion ofthe Burlingame treaty, and the'! patch Vnys Baron RaSidwitz
adoption of a joint, resolution limiting tlie
imrnlgraamf tofifteen persons on
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