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MACON, FEBUUARY 27,1SSO
GEORGIA PRESS.
Yery little cotton is coming into
Thomaston.
Eatoxton lias received to date, 6,056
bales ofjeotton, a falling off of about 2,000
balec on last season.
A little son of Mr. Jolin Yaugli, of Put
nam county, cut his knee badly with a
drawing knife last week.
A neyv depot and two stores are to bo
built in Eatonton soon.
Mr. Lewis Binder, of Greenville, has
bought the Amoss place in LaGrange for
83,000 and will reside there.
Some of tlie fanners in Schley, mention
the appearance of nist in the wheat, and
are fearful of the consequences.
Southwestern Georgia planters fear
a scarcity of cotton seed on account of
the rainy, cloudy weather during the pick
ing season.
Blount county indebtedness is to be
funded in six per cent, bonds.
Four hundred mortgages were filed in
Crenshaw county during the month of
January.
TiioM.usvn.EE Times: Let Colonel
Wadley—and the moneyed men of Savan
nah—go to work and erect grain elevators
and make every possible improvement
which add to the terminal facilities of the
great through line. By thus taking the
initiative step, Savannah will get a run of
the business which will be hard to divert,
if indeed it can be. The people of that
city should be up and doing.
Police Record fob the Year.—Sa
vannah Sews: The report of General R.
H. Auderson, Chief of Police, for the year
ending the 31st of December, 1879, shows
that there were 1,074 arrests, being 263
less than the year previous. Of this num
ber (Kill were white, and 1,013 colored.
The largest numlier of arrests were for
disorderly conduct, there being a total of
306, of which 115 were white and 281 col
ored. There were 354 arrests of drunken
ness, 208 whites, 82 colored. There were
141 vagrants arrested, 44 whites, 97 col
ored; 178 persons lodged for sale keeping,
of which 49 were whites, 129 colored.
For lighting in the streets 150 were arres
ted, 50 whites, 104 colored. Ninety-four
were arrested for larceny, 4 whites and
90 colored.
There were 229 animals impounded;
65 stores and dwellings found open; 400
while lodgers and 37 colored.
Amkr.cus Recorder: Demoralized.
—Owing to the presence of the lightning
sign painter and a double supply”of the
inimitable monkey and organ grinders,
the trade of Americas lias been greatly
demoralised during the past week. Ac
tive merchants and grave bankers incon
tinently quit their counters and desks to
make common causo with the graceless
street urchins in the enjoyment of the
cheap, hut fascinating shows.
Killing of ax Octraw.—-Augusta
Sews: Some weeks ago the Sews printed
the account of a posse of South Carolini
ans, in their attempt to arrest a well
known desperado and escaped convict at
a house near Wedgefield, South Carolina,
and the magnificent failure of the attempt.'
On last Friday night, however, a party,
led by Charles S. Wilson, of Wedgefield,
surrounded the house and demanded his
surrender. Frierson rushed out, waving a
revolver, and was fired on. He ran about
two hundred yards, and wa3 caught while
climbing the "fence. He died in twenty
minutes, having ten buckshot in him. He
endeavored, apparently, before be died, to
tell something of the murder of an old
while man in the neighborhood that has.
been a mystery tor several years, but
death ensued in the midst of his confes
sion. lie liad frequently sworn that lie
v,,mid die before he would be recaptured.
He s a desperate character, and was a
terror to the neighborhood. A general
feeling of relief is felt by all citizens,
while and colored, at bis death. He was
tried for his lire, several years since, for
the a. ;; der of an old and inoffensive col
on -i man for his money, but succeeded in
evading tlie penalty of the Jaw by implica
tion a" negro, Taylor Wilson, who was
h«..g< d. He is charged with having com-
miiicu other murders.
in hi.ix OamUe: Last Wednesday we
took a lide overthe western part of this
county in what is known as the “Ashley
S^-.; foment.” Wo were forcibly struck
w i. u t lio improvements of the farms along
;h. v, hole way—new grounds by the liun-
div J acres, new fences and many new
<!-idlings. We were glad to see the quan
tity of small grain planted, for no doubt
cola will be scarce, and doubtless small
g...-,. may enable our farmers to complete
tiiilir crops.
.' m sii.ix Gazette: We understand that
171 'Vonee river steamboat company is
) v 'ialing the sale of their steamer, the
. UJe, to a party of gentlemen engaged
i ho naval store business on the Alta-
i .aha and tlie company will build and
i i - ady by tlie time they are to deliver
i:,e Colville, anew first-class steamer,
?:.! 0 >, but of light draught, every way
* to the exigencies of the carrying
! <•’•> on the Oconee river.
.'our Gaines Tribune: Mr. Lee Sut-
r.-.i brought to this ofiice yesterday a
• . iiplo of rust proof oats, taken from a
f-M of one hundred acres, on his father’s
; ’nutation in Early, that measures twen-
v -v. ieu inches in height. This is decid-
o -be finest specimen of that growing
• ,ip we have seen or heard of tills season.
Tb-v are green and luxuriant, andpre-
«•’ no appearance of blight—will be
i !y for the reaper by the 1st of May.
Another Crack Farmer.—Americus
Recorder: Mr. H. L. Calhoun, of Dooly,
on ..Uu Deimard place, mftde last year,
v.fiUi sixteen mules, two hnndred bales of
co. ton, and corn, rye, oats, peas, and po-
ir. oes enough to do his place, besides a
•..plus of each for sale. This is ahead
anything we have yet heard. Who
can neat it:'
T;ii: Constitution publishes Colonel
*T,.. .fo.nan’s speech at King’s Mountain in
--, accompanied by the following re-
smallest loss of the year, $165, witii
$1,200 insurance.
Augusta Evening Sews: Death of
a Young and Prominent Georgia
Journalist.—After an illness of some
weeks, Mr. H. G. Wright died last even
ing of congestion of the brain, at the resi
dence of his uncle, Governor ncrschcl Y.
Johnson, in Jefferson county. Mr.
Wright was the second son of General A.
R. Wright, and was twenty-nine years old
at the time of his death, lie began active
life as a member of the Augusta bar
having entered the profession with bril
liant prospects, and under the fine
legal training of his distinguished
father. His peculiar talents, however,
tended toward journalism, and he con
nected himself, when quite a young
man with the Chronicle and Sentinel
as its local editor. He filled this place
with great credit, and upon 'the death
of his father, who was then editor-in-chief
of the Chronicle, and when Mr. Henry
Moore decided to sell, he, together with
Hon. Patrick Walsh, bought the _ paper
and took his father’s place as editor-in-
chief. He, though a very young man to
fill so responsible a position, at once gave
evidence, not only of his ability as a wri
ter, but as a political writer of great force
and sagacity. He continued to exercise a
commanding influence in the councils of
the Democratic party, and made his paper
a most potent instrument for the advance
ment of its interests.
In 1S77 ho was elected a member of tlie
Lower House of the General Assembly,
without opposition, and at once took high
place as a strong and conservative legisla
tor. He was, if we remember, a member
of the Committee on Rules, and Chair
man of the Committee on Railroads,
which bad much to do with the present
statutes of the State on railroad subjects
Mr. Wright was a trenchant, vigorous
and independent writer, and his place in
Georgia journalism will be hard to fill.
As an editor bis influence was great, and
liis many friends and admirers through
the State will be deeply touched when
they learn that one so gifted and so prom
ising is cut, off in the flower of young
manhood.
Mr. Wright married a daughter ofHon.
Henry F. Russell, of Augusta, and leaves
a devoted wife and children to mourn Ins
sad death.
Tatnale county wants a poor house.
Bets are made in Savannah that Cen
tral stock will go above par.
From Bamesville comes a complaint of
the scarcity of labor.
It is said Judge Trippe will run for
Congress in the Atlanta District this
fall.
A saw mill is much needed in Monte-
_!ue of tlie happiest and most cloqneut
aliu s in a State famous for great orators,
•l. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., always
k .i a brilliant speech. Certain efforts
" ’ : is stand pre-eminent among tlie class-
ii, heroic orations with which our histo
fo filled. It is doubtful if lie ever
. k- a speech to equal the one that we
k .h tills morning. Prepared for a
. occasion, delivered on historic
ils in the presence of a vast crowd
.. vould havs inspired the dullest logi
;• it glows and sparkles with luminous
; lofty sentiments from beginning
I. It is needless to say that rich
•merous as it appears in the Consli-
' a of to-day the cold type cannot con-
.18 splendid fire and coloring that
id when delivered. Those who
it describe it as a great speech in
re and incidental, and it made an
ssion on the immense andience that
«: lasting. Colonel Hardeman is one
most popular of Georgia's sons, and
fluence is always turned in the di-
n of the State’s best interests. We
tend the King’s Mountain speech to
tention of our readers, as the inter
ion of a great occasion—the illumin-
.f a grand piece of history—full of
sm and chivalry and thoughts that
de men and fill the public heart with
avor of high endeavor.
/ANN-in News: Fire Record.—
iliate the followilig interesting facts
the annual report of Mr. George
o, Secretary of the Savannah Fire
.rtmenl, tlie Chief Engineer, Captain
t Blair. During the year 1879, there
thirty-seven fires and four false
os, with aggregate losses amounting
i7,050.C9, Ansnrauce $48,075. The
est Iftiscw were in August, when
were four fires, attended with a loss
1,125, and insurance to the amount
.109. October recorded tlie greatest
>er of fires, six, and June the least,
one. May had two fires and the
I. N. Davis was elected mayor of Val
dosta on last Wednesday.
The grand jury of Baldwin county found
twenty-nine true bills last week.
Severar cases of typhoid fever have
occurred at the Beach Institute, Savan
nah.
Ox last Saturday, in Barnesville, there
was cock fighting going on all day. A
party came from Griffin with chickens to
whip out the Bamesville chickens. It is
not stat^jB&hich city was victorious.
Mr. William Sims, of Stewart coun
ty, who went to Texas about a year ago,
has returned home and says that he is
satisfied with his experience in the West
We notice in the Dawson Journal, that
Miss Mary Clark, daughter of the late
Judge James M. Cl3rk, was married on
the 11th instant to Colonel Leigh, of
Montgomery county, Alabama.
W. E. Mumfoisd has sold the Talbot-
ton Standard to J. W. Hall. Mr. Mum-
ford will, however, continue to assist Mr.
nail in the editorial conduct of the paper.
Mirredgeviere Recorder: The new
extension of tlie Central railroad depot in
this city, is completed. It is not only
well built with a view to comfort,conven
ience and business, but is admirably ar
ranged and well furnished. There is a
capacious ware-room—office rooms for
agents and two apartments for the con
venience of travelers. A wide passage
separates the business offices from tlie sa
loons. It is the best depot belonging to a
single companytbc State. President
Wadley in tills great improvement recog
nizes tlie very large business done here by
his agents, and lie has shown his liberality
by furnishing them and the public with
every facility for transacting their busi
ness pleasantly and being made comforta
ble. Besides this, it is an addition to the
appearance of the city in that direction,
which is no little consideration in itself.
We congratulate all concerned on the
consummation of an object so desirable.
Judge Simmoxs is presiding over die
Monroe Superior Court this week, in place
of Judge Speer. The Monroe Advertiser
says he delivered a plain practical charge
to the grand jury, giving them a clear in
sight into their general dirties and ex
plaining tlie special statutes required by
law to be given to the jury. He enjoined
upon them the most available secrecy con
cerning the deliberations of the body, not
only during court, but for all time to
come. • ' ’ i
Judge Simmons farther directed tlie at
tention of the jury to their duty in making
careful inspection of tlie records of the va
rious officers of the county and its .finan
cial condition. His charge was so practi
cal that there caxK.be no misunderstand
ing of the jury and as it is composed of
intelligent citizens, we expect a good
week’s work. The other juries were or
ganized and the trial of cases commenced
at once.
Jair Derivery.— Union and Recor
der; On Wednesday night last three pris
oners escaped from the jail in this city—
— „ n Anil tti'A nn/niAnir 'I’! ill
the bears of martial turn donned their
toggery, and for n time forgot the “ ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain,"
and marched gaily to the music of the fife
and drum, excepting the older animals,
who from age or other infirmities were un
able or unwilling to participate in the ac
tivities of the day, but nursed tlieir
strength for the festivities of the evening,
in order to keep up with ttaase of younger
years at the closing of the “day we cele
brate.” Thus the market was quiet, but
strong, with a slight advance, sales of four
hundred shares being made at 100$ and
101; so Central may be quoted at those
figures.
The presence of several railroad gentle
men in town, and the giving out of the
contract for the building of the mammoth
steamship “ City of Augusta,” may -upply
the material for a boom to-day. We
merely suggest this, however.
The Steamer H. B. Praxt.—Savan
nah Sews: The new steamer H.B. Plant,
Captain J. W. Fitzgerald, arrived here
yesterday from Washington, Deleware,
bound for Jacksonville. She will be run
on the St. John’s riverain connection with
the Savann ill, Florida, and Western
Railway, and is admirably adapted lor
the trade. Her saloon is neatly furnished
and commodious, and her cabin accom
modations excellent. -She is very attrac
tive in appearance, and we have no doubt
will prove a great favorite With the trav
elling public. Mr. Pratt is first engineer,
and Mr. John Sullivan second engineer.
The steamer has powerful engines, and.
we understand, is very fast.
Says the Camilla Dispatch: “Rice
culture is growing in interest witii the
farmers of Eastern and Southern Georgia.
On the ordinary pine lands of this coun
try, where they are too low, perhaps, for
almost any other crop, most profitable
crops of rice could be grown. Who among
our farmers wtli make a move in this di
rection ? It pays better than cotton in al
most every instance where the two have
been tested comparatively. We hope to
chronicle the taking of the premium for
the best rice by a Mitchell county fanner
at the next fall fair.”
Athens Banner: “A witness at the
Walton court would not put his hand on
the Bible when the Solicitor wanted to
swear him. He said he did not believe in
the Bible, did not believe that there was
any God, heaven or hell. The Solicitor
General concluded that such a man was
not entitled to be believed on oath him
self.”
one white man and two negroes. The
white man had that day been convicted
of forging or altering a note for a trifling
amount and sentenced to the penitentiary
for six years. Many expressed satisfac
tion that the young man had escaped, as
they tlionglit the sentence out of all pro
portion to the crime committed. We can
not so look at it, and must believe that
Judge Lawson acted with due regard to
the requirements of tlie law, though we
may bo mistaken. It certainly was a tre
mendous punislunent for a few dollars—
only $6 we hear. We have not heard how
tlie prisoners got out.
The Greatest Wonder of pnE
Age.—Athens Banner: On yesterday we
were assured by Messrs. Autry and Ed
wards, well borers, that tlie day before,
while boring a well on the farm of Mr.
Sherwood Wise, some fonr or five miles
from Athens, and just beyond Middle
Ocoucc River, they took out from the
middle of as hard a bine granite rock as
they had ever encountered, forty-six feet
under tlie ground, a complete iron wedge,
such as is generally used in-spiitting rails
of wood. The iron wedge is in the pos
session of the gentlemen who took it from
tlie iock, and is apparently but little
worn.
For President.—Montezuma Weekly:
Yesterday morning, while passing up
Dooly street, wo dropped into the busi
ness houses and, upon investigation, found
the following to be the vote of tlie busi
ness men on that street: For Hendricks,
13; Thurman, 4; Bayard, 7; Tilden, 7;
Seymour, 4; Nominee, 11.
Correspondents of the Constitution
have been interviewing people about
presidential candidates in Atlanta, New-
nan, Washington, Cartorsville, Griffin,
Marietta, Forsyth, Dalton, Carrolton,
Greensboro, Rome, West Point, Hawkins-
ville, Madison and LaGrange, and find
the total to fut up as follows from the six
teen towns: Tilden, 236; Thurman, 124;
Hendricks, 73; Seymour, 67; Hancock,
47 f Bayard 43; Ewing, 4; David Davis,
4; Gordon, 3; Grant, 3; Brown, 2; Ran
dall, 2; Hill, 1; Church, 1; Jewett, 1;
Pendleton, 1; English, of Connecticut, 1;
Palmer, of Illinois, 1; for nominee, 45—
total 658. We would really like to know
how Tilden is .to carry New York, the
pivotal State, with Tammany bitterly
against 1dm, or how Tliurinan can carry
Ohio by which States both Jiavc lately
been defeated.
The Stock Market.—Savannah
News: The holiday yesterday gave the
stock market “ a restd 1 The bulls and
Washington Correspondence.
Washington City, Feb. 22,1880.
THE DEMOCRATS,
after a field day yesterday, finally suc
ceeded in whipping the allied forces of
the Radicals, Greenbackers and so-called
Independents in the House notwithstand
ing Speer’s activity and energy, and a ten
minute speech from the member from the
Eighth Georgia district who made pretty
much that same old speech about “Jef
fersonian Democracy,” etc. At first the
day seemed going against us but the Dem
ocrats came In beautifully on the home
stretch. Of course the Radicals heartily
applauded Mr. Stephens assaults on tlie
Democratic line. That, somehow, goes
without saying these latter days. So, also,
does the prediction frequently heard now
from members of that party that if Grant
is nominated by them, Mr. Stephens will
support him against the candidate of tlie
“corrupt secession Democracy,” as his
friend Simmons phrases it. And speakii’g
of Simmons, I learned last night from our
friend Randall, of tlie Augusta Chronicle,
wlio seems particularly well posted as to
that worthy’s chances, that he will be tri-
umpliatly confirmed. This is not my in
formation from Democratic Senators,
but then I may not have Randall's
opportunities of information from other
sources. I think Randall is mistaken, but
lie is such an enthusiastic believer in
whatever he hears from certain quarters,
that it is almost unkind, yea, heartless, to
differ with him.
Felton seemed disposed yesterday to
take a back seat in tlie fight against tlie
Democrats. He must be under tlie weath-
someliow. Probably that dose oj
Simmons has made him too sick for ac
tive work. Speer has pushed him aside,
apparently, and now does most of the
heavy business for the so-called Indepen
dents. He is much quicker than Felton,and
like Hale, of Maine, isn’t afraid to come
to the scratch, no matter how often he is
beaten. If he would quit his foolishness,
and come back into ranks, he might make
a future for himself worth having.
stirr DURR.
I liavemever known a duller session of
Congress. There may be plenty of fun
and lire ahead, but so far there hove not
been any surface indications. The new
rules have blocked the way and bottled up
Congressional .oratory. When the rules
are disposed or then there may be music
in the air, and a lively shakiug up
of old bones; I believe that both par
ties rather dread tlie first step, which
is always the one that costs. But
•party exigencies and, political necessi
ties must force the fight after a while and
then things will fairly hum, This may
be bad for the country but is good for the
newspapers, and is bound to come. If tlie
Democrats bad made, or rather bad stuck
to the “fraud ” issue, matters might have
been greatly simplified and our position
greatly strengthened. That was a plat
form on which all could have stood, and
it would have put the enemy on the de
fensive and kept him there. , It was a
healthy and hefty grievance to present to
the people, and could have carried ns
through the campaign swimmingly. Why
our leaders didu’t so jlccice seems an evi
dence to me either of a gross lack of judg
ment or; the I existence of petty, jealousy
and selfishness as contemptible as it was
stupid. I have as 1 ttlc liking for Mr.
Tfilaen,- as a leader, as anybody, but I
sometimes think he could, with a united
party at his back, and his unrivalled skill
and fneigy in organizing and directing a
campaign, make the landing in Novem
ber. I have always held that in fighting
the devil or the Radicals it made very lit
tle difference which or what was the
weapon or methods employed. The fraud
issue would, it is true, have been rather a
narrow one for a great party to go to the
cquntry on, and Mr. Tilden is far from
tlie most admirable exponent of that poli
cy, but we can’t have political matters to
our liking always. We must figbt with
one hand and hold our noses with the
other sometimes, especially when the in
famously rotten and odorous thing called
Radicalism was the adversary. , '
OUT opt THE MOUTHS
of babes and sucklings comes wisdom—
or words to that effect—we are tQlfl some
where in the Good Book. {This is apropos
of something that was norated to me a day
oy. two since by a lady who is tlie
very fond mother'of a bright little girl,
aged ten or thereabouts. They had been
in the House gallery, one listening and
tlie other looking at what was going on
below, when , the sharp young person es
■pied Mr. Stephens seated, as usual, in liis
rolling chair, and moving restlessly about
in the area in front of tlie Speaker’s desk,
and in the main aisle separating the two
parties. She looked earnestly at him a
moment, and then turning to her mother,
said: “Mama, just look at Mr. Steph
ens. He rolls his chair first on the Demo
cratic, and then on the Republican side.
Does he belong to both sides?” I Jo not
know what her mother’s reply was, except
a hearty laugh, but I am of the opinion
that she thinks the young person aforesaid
unconsciously propounded a somewhat
significant query. A veiy distinguished
Senator, to whom it was told in my
presence, insisted that it was too
good to be lost, and that I should have
it embalmed in print.
A BRIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
seems to exist between Simmons’ oppo
nents and bis admirers as to his prospects
of confirmation. The former say bp will
be incontinently floored, and that only
Mr. Ilill, and possibly Mr. Eaton, of Con-,
necticut, of tlie Democrats, will vote for
him. Tlie latter claim that he will go
through by two to one, and that a dozen
Democrats will vote for him. I have
heard these divers claims made within
the last twenty-four hours. All lean say
is that tlie Southern Senators who vote
for this odious old Tory had best make
up their minds for warm times when they
come before the “corrupt secession trait
ors” asking re-election. Some men don’t
fancy being thus branded, and as they
can’t get at Simmons they may give those
who endorse him a sharp lesson. Of
course I have no means of knowing how
the matter is likely to end, but it does
seem to me that so deserving a creature
as Simmons, of a symmetrical and sum
mary mashing, so to speak, will be sure
to get it.
SOME MORE WINTER
came along this morning in the shape of
respectable snowstorm, which fell heavily
for two or three hours, but has now van
ished under the persuasion of a bright
sun. The temperature, however, is still
more than seasonable, and a howling wind
cuts like a knife. I had some thought of
buying an ulster cheap under the idea
that as winter was gone they could be
captured at a heavy discount, but found
them marked up again. The man tip in
Canada, who has been playing the role of
“Old Prob,” and foretelling plenty of
cold weather, lias evidently been getting
some inside points.
Governor Colquitt and Colonel Avery,
liis private Secretary, are both here, or
were yesterday, and I learn were to be
in the city several days. Messrs. Ed. Sa
lisbury and E. Winsbip were here last
Sunday, and I had the pleasure of
“pumping” both on all those bits of per
sonal and home news that don’t get into
the papers. What oases for people absent
from home are these meetings. The only
trouble about them is that you forget to
ask until too late about half the questions
you wanted answers to. A. W. It.
Nashville, Chattanooga and Central
Georgia Through Line.
The New York Tribune, of the 23d.
reports at length an interview between its
Nashville correspondent and Superintend
ent Newcomb, of the Louisville and Nash
ville road, in reference to the arrange
ments and prospects of the new through
line. We copy so much of this interview
as follows:
Your correspondent called on Mr. New
comb—from whom ail currents of infor
mation or surmise seemed to come—and
asked him if it were tme that he had es
tablished the close relations reported with
Mr. Wadley.
He replied: it is true. The proposition
of a lease of the Georgia Central, made to
Colonel Cole and bought by us, was with
drawn at my request. I called on Mr.
Wadley, and we very soon arranged an
alliance of the very closest character.
We then agreed that this alliance was
jnst as effective as a lease could be and
much more satisfactory. I therefore sug
gested that the proposition be withdrawn,
and he agreed to withdraw it.”
“This, then, gives you control of every
line from the West to the South Atlantic
seaboard?”
“It gives us all that we want and all
that we have aimed at. We have been
greatly misunderstood in the South, and
have been subjected to unjust abuse. It
was said that we bought control of the
Nashville anil Chattanooga for the pur
pose of breaking up the through line
rom St. Louis to Savannah, and it was
credited to Mr. Stephens that ourpurchase
had destroyed tlie grandest enterprise the
South ever had. I remained quiet under
these assaults, knowing that when onr
plans were developed it would be shown
that, instead of breaking up this line, we
bad taken the only course that could make
it efficient or permanent. For years I
have appreciated tlie importance of a
through line in the South. I have known
that capital, immigration, enterprise fol
low the great currents of trade, and that
cities, towns and villages grow along their
sjdes, jnst as harvests grow by tlie banks
of rivers. But I have never yielded my
conviction that two great lines could not
prosper in a section that would support
only one. It lias been clear for a long
time that our road and the Nashville ani
Chattanooga must be brought under one
control in some one. For a long time we
have been on the point of flying at each
other’s throats, and in lact tlie building
of parallel lines, through thinly-settled
sections of country, had already .begun
when we bought the Nashville and Chat
tanooga stock, and put a stop to a policy
which must have crippled us both if per
sisted in. As it is now, we have a fine
field, and there is no fear of our being
driven into desperate measures. We
shall be able to give tlie South a better
line than it could have bad otherwise.”
“ Is it your intention to demand of tlie
pool commissioner of tbc trunk lines a
share of tlie Western freights?”
“ I do not think we will do so at pres
ent. We are fairly entitled to a part of
tliis carrying trade, and will get it, I ap-
8 rebend, without a demand. We have a
ne from St. Louis to New York, via Sa
vannah, seventy miles shorter—counting
tlie water at three miles for one of land
transportation— than that from St. Louis
to New York by the Pennsylvania Cen
tral. Our line is open every day of the
year, while the Northern lines arc fre
quently blocked by snow and ice at the
busiest season. And then our line has
no watered stock on which to pay divi
dends, but stands with steel rails and full
equipment at about $20,000 per mile, not
oue-tbird of the capital cost of tho North
ern lines. We are therefore fairly enti
tled to a part, of tliis trade, and could
do it, if necessary, cheaper than the com
peting trunk lines; but 1 do not anticipate
any trouble in getting all we want. At
iresent wc arc not prepared to do any of
t if it was offered. Onr local freights are
so enormous that wo are from 150 to 400
cars a day behind right now. We have
several thousand men at work building
cars, and we are getting about 200 new
'cars a month. We will get 400 cars from
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad,
that Were bought for the proposed Evans
ville extension. We need more than a
tliousahd cars before we open for through
business. Colonel Wadley is now in New
York, hurrying the completion of several
new steamships to add to our New York
and Savannah line. i ■
CONSUMPTION CURED
An old physician. retire l from practice, bar-
ok bad placed In bis handi by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple Ted*-table-
remedy for the s pee iv and permanent cure tc
Consumption, Branch ta»,Catarrh. Asibma, aid
all Threat and Luna Affections, also a positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility ana all
Nervous Complaints, after laving listed the
vonderlul curative powers in thousands of cases,
has felt it his duty to make it known to all
suffering (ellows. Actuated b.v this motive and
a desire to relieve human suffering. 1 will send
tree of charge to all whu'da-dra it, this recipe,
with full direct ona for preparing and using, in
German, french or English. SeRt by mail by
add raising with stamp, naming this paper, w.w.
.. ...... —;trr, N. T. I-
OHISAB 149 I’ow-w*’ Kioctr. Koohw.tr r, .
Summerville Gazette: A. L. Dalton
brought to'' our office last Saturday two
heads of a kind of wheat which we> think
it will be to the advantage'of our farmers
to try. Ho bad about fifty grains, sowed
it in March, and obtained about a gallon
of wheat. Each.! grain produced twenty
or twenty-live stalks, and from each side
-of jtlic head came five or six smaller heads
—so that each stalk, produced about one
hundred grains., Even allowing twenty
stalks to the grain, and live hundred
jrains to the stalk, this Would he much
letter than tho ordinary kinds yield. As
we said before, we think it is worth try
ing. It it called the Eldorado.
A Correction Cheerfully Hade.
We have received a note from Colonel
Thomas Hardeman, Jr., the President 'of
tho State Agricultural Society, in which
hesays: J 1
“In your issue this morning you state I
had informed you Atlanta had made a
formal proposition, to have mo hold the
next State Fair in that city. I did not in
tend to convey such an impression, for I
have no propositions from the city author
ities In reference to the next fair. I only
wished to impart to you the information
that some steps were being taken in a pri
vate way looking t6 that result;”
.Out interview with President'Harde
man took place on the street, ami was ex
ceedingly, brief. We understood-him to
say that Atlanta would put in an applica
tion for the.Fair, anil;therefore penned
the paragraph to.whjcklie alludes,"sup
posing he had-reference to the city au
thorises’
Gladly do we print his explanation, and
would not knowingly misrepresent either
the corporation of Atlanta or the esteemed
President of the Georgia Agricultural So
ciety. ‘ 1 ■
An Appeal to the Baptists of Georgia. offensive or party'sense, yet we believe in,
The Georgia Baptist Mission is extend- ? n d earnestly recommend the full and
ing its operations and accomplishing much
good. But the efforts of tho managers are
cramped for lack of funds. When it
is considered that within the limits of
the State there are this day one thousand
five hundred and fifty-three ministers, two
thousand six hundred and sixty-three
churches, and two hundred and nineteen
thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight
church members, (by far the largest show
ing of any other denomination), it
would seem that this meritorious enter
prise, and Mercer University, too, should
be munificently supported. We append
the circular by request, as follows:
To the Baptists of Georgia:—We avail
ourselves of the courtesies of the religious
and secular press, to state a few facts
which we consider needful and proper to
the cause of Missions. Since last May
we have had no agents among you to col
lect funds—by this retrenchment we have
made a large saving. We have depended
solely upon the pastors, and we arc grati
fied at tlie promptness with which a great
many of them have responded. We have
urged the importance of securing small
contributions from the many, and that
collections. be taken regularly and fre
quently. The number of contributions
has been largely increased, and the
amount received is in excess of what it
was at this date last year—being in the
aggregate about thirteen thousand dol
lars. For this we feel grateful to God
and to the brethren, and are encouraged
to expect results still more farorabie.
Out confidence in the spirit of Missions
among the brethren has been strengthened,
We believe they will give readily to the
support of this cause if they are properly
approached upon the subject. We believe
the pastors would promptly bring the sub
ject before their churches if they did not
forget it. We believe if the brethren bad
a proper appreciation of “littles,” the num
ber and aggregate value of their gifts
would be much greater. We do not ex
pect pounds from individual givers, hut
pennies from the multitudes. Do not de
spise the day of small things. Remember
the widow’s mite, and forget not that
the Lord commended her gift above
the munificent donations of tlie rich.
It is proper, also, that we should state
to you that we are enlarging our works;
going to regions beyond; placiiig more la
borers in the field; and that there are
many good and true men and women anx
ious to go forth and bear the everlasting
gospel to people wlio sit in darkness and
tlie regions of death. More funds arc
needed, and we appeal to the Baptists of
Georgia to contribute their proportion,
We appeal to yon, brethren, in the name
of our Master, who said: “Go
and teacli all nations.” We ap
peal to you in the name of tlie mil
lions whose daily cry is ringing upon our
ears, “Come over and help ns.” We
entreat you by the prosperity with which
God has blessed your labors, by the hope
of immortal blessedness which he has
kindled within your bosoms, by the joys
you experience in seeing the triumphs of
His kingdom; by the gladness of the na
tions brought to the Redeemer’s feet. We
entreat you to make some small contribu
tion to those who are preaching Jesus in
heathen lands.
It is only about two months before our
convention meets. Will'not the pastors
all over the State take one or more col
lections before that time ? It the pastor
forgets it, will not some deacon or brother
or sister remind hint of tlie work? And
if it prove wholly impracticable to take a
general collection, will not eacli one who
reads this circular send his own contribu
tion—lot it be ever so small, Let all
funds be sent as soon as collected to Dr.
J. H. DeVotie, Cor. Sec., Gedrgia Bap
tist Miss., Board, Atlanta, Ga.
Yours in Christ,
A. T. Spalding,
J. G. Ryars,
F. M. Daniel,
Virgil Nobckoss,
R. B. Headen,
D. W. Gwinn,
D. E. Butler,
J. S. Lawton,
J. H. DeVotie,
G. A. Nunnalry,
Georgia Baptist Mission Board,
Oconee, (Central Kailroad),
February—, 1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—We
tliank you for your notice of the meeting
of the State Grange in your city On the
ninth. Having adopted as tlie organ of
the State Grange of Georgia th# Batron of
Husbandry, of Columbus, Mississippi—a
strictly Grange journal, and tlie organ of
most of tlie Southern State Granges—the
full proceedings of, said meeting have
been forwarded to that paper,, and ten
thousand, copies of the, issue with pro
ceedings will be disseminated among tlie
membership of tlie Grange in Georgia,
when, no doubt, the press of our State in
sympathy with progressive ^ agricul
ture will notice tne 'same.,, The
Grange is clearly a national organ
ization, and is earnestly at work
iposing all sectional feelings and strife
id in this
should be endorsed by every
Conservative paper in tliis nation. The
last meeting of the National Grange man
ifested in its earnest actions, much inter
est towards correcting this , strife and, ill
bjood that has been engendered by parti-
san’misreprestnlation. To sliuh this, the
National Grange passed by a rising vote
the following conservative sentiment, in
troduced by Mr. King, Master of the Na
tional Grange of Maine:
■ ' Whereas, Our true interest as rf'iia-
tion, our real and permanent prosperity
aiid happiness as a people, imperatively
demand that we should “dwell together in
unity,” that while jealously guarding our
own rights, we should be careful to accord
tp others the privileges which be;
Icing to every citizen, - Uius : practically,
illustrating that charity which is tbc
great distinguishing characteristic of our
fraternity,and ■ • > -o .* .!
Whereas, onr future advancement will
depend largely upon the full and practi
cal recognition of the fact that Uie several
States of this Union, , in their social, in
dustrial and political interests,, are mutu
ally dependent npon'eacli other, that when
harm cbmes to one, all must - softer,
and that what is for thp r-eai, good of ope,
miist result iii ce.iferal good to all, and
Whereas,theiiiflnenceof political par-
tips as at present' Constituted, and as tlieir
interests are. 'administered, and . also of
patty papers and^ty,speakers, tends tp,
a very great degree to incite rather than
allay sectional fteclirijp and' local jealous
ies,." to > provoke enmity-'between those
whose' political interests . and social'
relations demand that they should .culti
vate and maintain the jhost friendly re
lations, to engender a bitterness Pi' party
8trjfo and an -unhealthy rivalry - among
those who are really members of the same
great family: and, ( ,
Whereas, Agriculture is at the foun
dation of all real prosperity atul material
development, and as we believe tliis de
velopment, can only be realized through
the intelligent, cordial, unselfish organi
zation and co-operati6a of agriculturists,
and,.'.' ■ ■ I- I--: ••••
Whereas, Until tlie advent of this -Or
der, no organization composed wholly of
that class and administered in Its especial
interests had existed, through and by
which farmers could so Concentrate • their
efforts and unite their forces as tb make
tbepr strength and importance apparent,
and their influence felt and appreciated;
therefore, .*
Resolted, By the National Grange' of
thd Patrons of Husbandry 'of • the United
States, convened in anqual session at the
village. of Qanandaigua, State of New
York, oii'the 19th ofNovefhber, 1879, that
the 1 Order of Patrons of Husbandry in the
United States is a National Oiganization,
that we recognize tlie rights, .civil, politi
cal and industrial, of each citizen of tliis
Union; that we have no sympathy with
wholly uninfluenced, save by that intelli
gence, which is, and in the very nature of
things must be, the hope and strength of
republican institutions, and which is so
essential to national progress, and the de
velopment of a higher civilization;
that wo recognize the fact that
the issues of the late civil war
were settled by the war, and are issues
of the past, while we as a nation and a
people have to do with the living issues of
the present, and that the revival of those
issues North or South, no matter by
whom, or by what party, while it'serves to
keep alive and intensify sectional feelings
and bitterness, can result in no possible
good and should be discountenanced and
frowned upon by good citizens every
where.
Resolved, That we extend to all mem
bers of our Order, no matter where their
dwelling place, or however humble their
circumstances, our cordial and fraternal
greeting, and assure them of our contined
interest in their welfare and our desire
for their social and educational advance
ment, and material prosperity; and we
hereby pledge ourselves anew,’to labor to
the extent of our ability for the realiza
tion of our wishes. •
Resolved, That we cordially invite all
fanners and farmers’ wives, and farmers’
sons and daughters) throughout this broad
land, to join our ranks and unite with us
in one grand effort t» give to the agricul
turists of America the intellectual and so
cial standing which they have so richly
earned, and to agriculture the political
recognition and pecuniary results which
its vast importance demands, and we
promise to labor faithfully with them to
accomplish these results.
Does this not ring like true conserva
tism, Which was breathed, and was from
the heart of every member from thirty
States, in National Convention assembled,
and each State is at work earnestly iii
carrying out in good faith this action of
the National Grange? Will not Georgia
contribute liberally to this good end?
am, most respectfully, T. J. Smith,
Master Georgia State Grange.
You are wasting corn when you try to
fatten hogs whose intestines arc filled
with worms. Foutz’s Horse and Cattle
Powders will destroy the worms and put
the animal in a condition to fatten.
BY TELEGRAPH
London, February 24—The Standard
states that rumors were freely circulated
last night on both sides of the lobby that
the immediate dissolution of Parliament
is contemplated.
The Standard -adds, these reports are
at present premature, but if the business
of the House continues to be so systemat
ically obstmeted, the government will
have no alteniative but to dissolve Par
liament at an early day. The Home
Rulers meet to-day to consider Sir Stafford
Northcote’s motion to check obstruction
A St. -Petersburg dispatch announces
that Baron Yon Schell, Privy Chancellor,
has committed suicide, his mind being af
fected by the explosion in the Winter
palace.
General Trelioff has been appointed
Military Governor, of the Winter palace,
vice General DeTsrlle, who became par-
alized.
Madrid, February 24.—Intelligence
lias been received from Tripoli that 1,500
houses have been destroyed there by
Hi iods.
Paris, February 24.—The Right ab
stained from voting in tbs election of M.
Leinaine.
London, February 24 A Berlin dis
patch reports that Herr Hasenclever’s mo
tion for a suspension of proceedings
against the two Socialist deputies was car
ried by a large majority, which included
all of tlie Left and part of the Clerical
Centre.
The British bark, Jessie Boyle, which
arrived in the British Channel on the
22d, from Pensacola, experienced heavy
weather during tlie passage. She lost her
bulwarks, to\ir boats and one man.
New York, February 24.—An Atlanta
special says Governor Colquitt confirms
tlie rumor that lie has arranged tlie sale of
tlie Macon and Brunswick railroad to R.
T. Wilson, receiver, of New York, wife
has given bonds to complete it at once
from Macon to Atlanta, thus making ano
ther line to the Sea, and effecting North
ern and Western connections.
New York, February 24.—A Jackson,
Mississippi, special states that tlie joint
Select committee of the Senate to consider
and report upon the report ot the com-
.uiasioners appointed by the Governor to
feam whether the Mobile and Ohio rail
road is subject to taxation under its char
ter, and to consider the proposition from
'•aid railroad for a compromise of the dif
ference between it and the State, lias sub
mitted majority and minority reports.
Tlie former in favor of accepting the offer
qf the company to compromise with the
State by payment to the State of two hun
dred and folly thousand dollars in fifteen
njnnual instalments. The amount due
with interest now aggregates more than
c hundred and twenty-live thousand
dollars.
Washington, February 24.—In the
3 mate Messrs. Kernan, Platt, Baldwin
ul others, presented petitions for tlie re
duction of dhty on chemicals used in the
manufacture of paper.
! Mr. Jones presented a joint resolution
opbe Legislature of Louisiana, requesting
'an appropriation for the improvement of
the mouth of the Red river.
[Mr. Vest presented a - petition signed by
yer 5,000 citizens of Missouri, Kansas,
Arkansas, and Texas, praying such legis
lation as may be necessary to open the
‘ dial! Territory for settlement, in terms
st io tlie Indian tribes, aiuj honorable to
e Government. Also, a memorial of
Virions Chiefs and heads of families, of
c^ufoderatcd Plooria and Miami tribes,
aying Such legislation as may ‘ abolish
die ill common, and to give tlie Indians
File in severalty in Indian Territory.
Mr. Vest, in presenting these petitions,
_hda some remarks in which lie pronounc-
d false the statement that Jay Gould and
others were lobbying to secure the open
ing of the Indian Territory to settlement.
H(. knew of no such lobby, but tlie man
must be a lunatic who thought the Indian
Territory could remain much longer a
blank on the map of civilization. He bc-
p6ke favorable action on tho bill, which
le, would shortly report from the com
mittee on territories.
Mr. Eaton, 1 from the Cbntnuttee on
Foriegn Relations, reported back tlie bill
;>rovidiiig for. a reciprocity treaty with
France, and it was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Butler of South. Carolina, intro
duced a joint resolution to famish the
bronze for a statute of . General Daniel
Morgan. Referred.. Also, a bill for the
relief of persons whose claims were not
prdsenteil in time to the.court of Alabama
Oolmnissioners. Referred. Also, from
tho Committee on Civil' Service Reform
and Retrenchment, a bill prohibiting
contributions of money for political pur
poses by officers aud employes of the
Government corporations, created or aided
by tlie United States. Placed oii calen
dar.
Tlie Senate then took up tlie House
resolutions relative to tlie death of tlie
late Hon. A. M. Lay, of Missouri, and
after memorial addresses had been deliv
ered by Messrs. Cockrell, Kirkwood and
Vest, adjourned, •
WaSihngton, February 24.—In the
House, Mr. Reagan, of Texas, rising to a
question of personal privileges, had -read
an article in the New York Sun of the
lltli instant, stating that he, as chairman
of the cununitce on commerce, had in
volved himself in trouble in regard to the
Inter-State commerce bill, anil that he
liad chaiged that improper influences had
been used to defeat his bill, and that the
Speaker had stocked the committee so as
to secure its defeat. He declared that
the statement was a gross perversion of
trntli, which showed a desire to heap
sectional feelings ahd jekloiisics, With.
iarty animosities, with tlie revival of past! odium upon him
ssue for party or personal aggrandizement, It was not true, as stated, that the
with that'narrow, selfish, unstafostnan- Commerce Committee had rebuked him;
like statesmanship, which will result In it was not true that the speaker had
creating a solid North or a solid South; J called upon him to retract any assertion
with bribery, corruption, intimidation, j which lie had made, and it was not true
hallot-hgx stuffug, or bull-dozing, eitliar | that the committee had deliberated whetli-
North or South; that while we utterly j er.or not it should censure him. _ Anef-
ilisolaini all intention or desire’ to,make iort, he said, was apparently being made
ourselves a political organization iii any ’ to bring odium upon him in order to de-. i
'•R*hue -i-j v.u'i-.riftj v.-vv?< ‘jfvbuti - tv.* t'UiMk wnom#
feat the great' measure with which his
name had been coupled, but he should
continue-in spite of these false and infa
mous attacks to fight out faithfully to the
end the battle of the people against the
great corporations of the country.
After some further remarks from
Speaker Randall and Messrs. McLane,
Waite and Kenna, public business was
resumed’
Mr. Blount of Georgia, from the Com
mittee on Appropriations, reported a bill
to meet the deficiencies in the star postal
service. Ordered printed and recommit
ted.
It appropriates as much as may be nec
essary to meet the expenses of the inland
mail transportation on the star routes
during tho present fiscal year at or within
the existing contract prices where the lat
ter have not been increased during the
year more than five thousand dollars. It
also appropriates one hundred thousand
dollars for new service, and the same
amount to increase the service on existing
routes.
The Speaker laid before the House
message from the President, transmitting
a communication from the Attorney Gen
eral asking for an appropriation for the
payment of United States Marshals. Or
dered printed and referred.
The House then went into the commit
tee of tlie whole ,on revision of the rules.
The only amendment adopted was one by
Mr. Dunneli, of Minnesota, providing that
it shall require a two-thirds vote to sus
pend private business on Friday. The
committee then rose. '
Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, introduced
bill repealing discriminating duty on me
dicinal bark. Referred, alter which the
House adjourned.
London, February 24.—Dean Stanley
to-day received a deputation of citizens,
who presented an address, with thirty-two
hundred signatures, protesting against the
proposed erection in Westminster Abbey
of a monument to the memory of the late
Prince Imperial. Dean Stanley, howev
er, adhered to liis previous decision, and
said if he should yield in this instance,
the door would be opened for complaints
from every party which disapproved of the
honors conferred upon persons with whom
it was not in sympathy. Relative to the
supposed feeling in America with regard
to the proposed monument, the Dean
said:
“If the Orleans Princes bad fallen in
the war for the Union, their graves would
doubtless have been heaped with all the
lienor the United States could bestow.”
Berlin, February 24.—The North Ger
man Gazette,in a leading article comment
ing on the proposed erection iir Russia of
extensive fortifications at tlie frontier posts
of Roano, Baily, Stok aud Grodas, says,
Russia’s purpose probably is to impress
her people with the belief that there is
danger of an attack from Germany, and
thus stir up popular excitement hostile to
the latter power. If it be true that Rus
sian designs against Germany, of which
General Giliontine, Russian Minister of
Was, is said, to be chief promoter, arc
only postponed until France is ready, then
these fortifications against a peaceful
neighbor may be rcgaided as preparation
for future aggressive war, neither France
nor Russia’ has ever been attacked by
Germany, and the collossal armaments of
these two States, which, by compulsion,
weigh upon tlie rest of Europe, can there
fore be based upon an aggressive policy.
Calcutta, February 24.—The Indian
budget shows a surplus of j£119,000 for
1879-80, and tlie estimate for 1881 shows
a surplus of .£417,000. The above results
are reached after paring from tlie ordinary
revenue all charges on account of famine.
Afghan war and frontier railways. The
war expenditure in 1879-80 was £3,216,-
000, total war expenditure to end of 1881,
including 1879 and 1S80, is estimated at
£575,000.
New York, February 24.—M. De Les-
seps and family arrived here to-day in tlie
steamship Colon, from Panama. He will
go in a few days to Washington and
thence to Saa Francisco. A special
meeting of the Society of American En
gineers will be held at the Union League
Club Theatre Thursday evening at which
M. Do Lcsseps and the engineers accom
panying him will take part in the inter-
oceanic canal project.
Washington, February 24.—The Sub
nouse Committee on elections made a re
port to a full committee to-day upon the
contested election case of Bradley vs,
Slemmons from Arkansas.' The report is
in favor of Slemmons, the sittingmeinber.
The National Democratic" Executive
Committee to-day issued the following
call: “Tlie National Democratic Com
mittee having met in tlie city of Wash
ington on the 23d day of February, 18S0,
5 as appointed Tuesday, tlie 22d day of
une next as the tune, and chosen tlie
city of Cincinnati as the place of holding
tlie National Democratic Convention.
Eacli State is entitled to representation
equal to double the number of its Sena
tors and Representatives in the United
States Congress, All Democratic, Con
servative citizens Of the United States,
irrespective of {fast political associations
or dittercnees, who can unite with us in
an efiort for a pure, economical and con
stitutional government, are cordially in
vited to join in sending delegates to the
Convention. At the last National Demo
cratic Convention,, held in the city of St.
Louis tlie following resolution was adop-.
ted : ‘Resolved, That the States be re
quested tc instruct their delegates to tlie
National Democratic Convention to be
held in 1880, whether it be desirable to
continue the two-tliird rule longer in
force in National Conventions, and that
the National Committee insert such re
quest in their call for the next Conven
tion.’ ” William H. Babnum,
Chairman.
W. O. Prince, Secretary.
The committee then adjourned, to
meet at tlie Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, on
Thursday, June 17th.
Washington, February 24.—A meet
ing of the committee of nine, appointed by
the National Democratic Committee yes
terday, held a meeting at Arlington Hotel
to-day, and organized by the selection of
John G. Thompson, of Ohio, Chairman,
and Frederick O. Prince, of Boston, Sec
retary. All members were present. The
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That Cologel A. Harris, Gen
eral H. B. Banning, Benjamin Robinson,
Colonel C. W. Wolley, Jno. F. Fallett,
Alexander Long and P. E. Roach, be and
afe hereby constituted a resident Commit
tee of the City of Cincinnati, under the
National Executive Committee, and arc
authorized to make all heedful local pro
visions and such necessary arrangements
as shall be required for the convenience
of the Cofftentfbn, to he held in that city
onithe 22d of June.
Tlie Committee then adjourned to meet
at the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, Thursday,
'une 17th.
Senator'Butler, of South Carolina, pre
sented a majority .report today on tlie in-
Tertigations made by the Senate commits
tee; on Civil Service and Retrenchment'
summer. The committee was in
structed to investigate the alleged dis
charge from civil dflices of certain ex-sdl-
iliers of Rhode Island inj violation of tlie
revised statutes,which direct that wounded
soldiers and sailors shall he given prefer
ence in making appointment to - civil of
fice. The report states that the testimony
shows beyond dispute that the statutes in
question liad been violated, and that dis
charged Union soldiers were supplanted
wholly without cause. The majority say
the civil service of this government will
never be reformed and purified so long as
those chaiged with its administration vio
late its plainest principles in appoint
ments. Mere promulgation of civil sei>
vice rules, orders and regulations is farce,
while the officials upon whom they are
Intended tb operate are incapable or wil
fully and contemptuously ignore them.
The euro of the evil rests with'Congress
and the.appointing power, and the respon
sibility for the condition of affairs as .dis
closed by the witness, fastens itself there
also. The report is accompanied by a
bill which provides that no employe,
government contractor nor person holding
any office under the government shall con
tribute money Of any other valuable
thing for political purposes. Third, that
no head of department, or any superior
officer shall collect or allow any one. to
collect mpney or valuable thing from any
government' employe. 1
It also provides that no national bank
which is a United . States depository, no
railroad or steamboat company which has
received land grants, bonds or subsidies,
TAKE
SIMMONS’
LIVE!!
REGULATOR!
It Will Positively cure
BAD BEE1TH.
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JATJNDj.CE.
Simmon!.’ hirer Bexulator soon eiadictM a-
disease from the system, bavin*
and tree lrom all impuriliri. 5 0 “•elm
SICK HEADiCHB.
Tbe stomach imperfectly digertin*it,
mses severe pain in the head. aNiaravi? 1 ; 1
is a. For the relief and cure ol thi«iu«l?
affliction take Simmons’ Liver
MALARIA.
causes
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a B
Persona living in unhealthy Wliti M «...
avoid ali miiou, attacks b.v o- casionaliy un?**
dose of Simmons* Liver Regulator toWZ.*.**
liver in healthy aition. t0 ^
CONSTIPATION
Should not be regarded as a triflhg litem,,
ture demands the utn os- regularity n f thl iL,
els. Therefore assist nature b? taking 8ua«SS
Liver Pegulator. it is ao mild *nd effectual
PILES.
Relief i« at hand for those w’-o coffer iW.,
day with piles. Simmons’ Liver krguhlMfe
cared hundreds and it will eire you.
ALCOHOLIC POISONING.
—. will countencitv.
effect of alcoholic poisoning. By its use tbet V
pid liver t>around, the netvoa qui*tid.
trie disturbance corrected and intemptnieear!!
vented.
YELLOW FBVBB.
The Regulator has proven l-.apreatsa'seu.
remedial agent during tbe prevalence of Units
rible scourge. Simmons Liver Regulatort-hi
fails to do all that la da ! mt d for it.
COLIC.
Children suffering with colic soon experiest,
lelief» hen Simmons Liver eau’ator is adziy
tered according to d rectinns. Adults asv»]] u
children derive great benefit from this Bedim*
CHILLS AND FBVBTt.
There it no need of suffering any longer via
hills and fever—Simmons’ Liver
chills and fever-Simmons’ Liver Regulator ■
brals tbe chill and carries tbe fever outdo,
system It cures wLen all other reinediei(til
DYSPEPSIA.
This medicine will positively cure you oltli
terrible disease. It is no vain boast but we u
sort emrh.tic »lly what we know to be try.
Simmons’ River Regulator will cure you.
The cr'ginal ann genuine Simmons Liver Sit-
nlator or Medicine pr-pared only by
J. H. ZHILIN A CO,
Philadelphia ft,
8old by a’l druggists. jitil'J
shall pay or contribute directly or im£.
rectiy anything of value for political pug
poses. Severe penalties for violation cf
tbe act, viz: imprisonment and disqiulii-
cation from bolding public positions of
honor and trust for citizens in civil life,
and abrogation of charter for railnei
steamboat and other corporations.
Montgomery, February 24.—Tie
Democratic State Committee met toJir,
and called the State Convention to dm
on tbe 2nd of Jane.
San Francisco, February 24.—At He
sand lots yesterday, Gatmon, leader ofthe
unemployed workmen, intimated tint
they would finish tlieir rounds amoug He
employers of Chinese this week, after
which there would be less noise made,
but more meeting would be secret and
dangerous to those wlio liad refused to
comply with their demand. Tlie board
of supervisors, chief of police, and a lum
ber of prominent citizens, held a pri
vate consultation yesterday, which is be
lieved to have had reference to the threat
made by Kearney Sunday, to erect a gad-
lows on the sand lots. This week amoiif
the business classes, there are expression
heard in favor of reviving the committe
of safety.
New Orleans, February 24.—Tbe jv
ry in the case of Major George TV. Cam,
chaiged with foigery, brought in a verdi#
of “not guilty.”
A dispatch from Bastroy, Louisiana, t«
tlie Times, says an incendiary fire then
to-day destroyed nine frame building,
including Northworth’s Hall, and the
Whitehurst building. Tbe loss is estima
ted at $15,000.
Charleston, February 24.—Theo.D.
Wagner, prominent merchant of this city,
Who during the war had been, as member
of the firm of John Frayer & Co., largely
interested and very successful in the or
ganization of blockade running ventures,
died today.
Washington, February 24.—The fol
lowing letter explains itself: War Depot-
meat, February 24.—H. V. Boynton—Sir.
I am directed by the Secretary of TVarto
furnish you with the following copy of the
endorsement upon the charges preferred
by yon against General W. T. Shenntn,
viz: The President directs that court msr-
tial in this case be not: allowed, inasmuch
as the civil courts afford ample remedy
foe tlie acts complained of.
[Signed] Thomas F. Barr,
Judge Advocate.
Panama, February 24.—The Intern-
tional Commission on the Inler-ocewic
Canal lias made a long statement with re
gard to the future plans and work based
upon recent explorations and borings
They estimate the total.cost of the canal,
excavations, dams, tide locks, breakwater
ahd all contingent work, at 843,000,00)
francs. " !
London, February 24.—In tbe House
of Lords today tbe Irish relief bill on
read the first time, and the second read
ing was fixed for Monday next.
Paris, February 24.—In tbe Senate to
day, during the debate on the Ferry edu
cation bill, M. Pelettan vehemently at
tacked the Jesuits.
M. Cunin Gribaine, Republican Sena
tor for the department of Ardennes, u
dead. :!•:
Constantinople, February 24.—TW
English squadron has arrived at Salorna
to see what tan be done for the release «
Colonel Shuge. .
London, February 24.—A dispata
from Vienna to the Times says the de
bate on the budget has begun in
UdlC UU llic VUUjjCb 1UU Utjjua* — .t
Hungarian diet. The opposition of
shades will seize the opportunity to mat*
a combined attack on tlie Tiszam mur
istry. They have .presented a motioniie
ejaring a want of confidence in the g 0 ' -
eminent.
London*, February 24.—A Berlin wj*
respondent of tbe Times says be belies
that the article in the Sorlh German w
zettc on Russia’s intention to erect n.
fortifications on her frontier, is nttiy J
part of the extra parliamentary
to secure the passage of the German an»;
bill.
Berlin, February 24.—The Colog^
Gazette, says: “We learn that the iff '
ations between Germany and the
can are at a complete standstill,
rcet agreement i3 not allowable. 1™^
on the basis of the knowledge thus sv
quired, proposes therefor to order her
clcsiastical affairs in an iudepenau*
manner, and the Vatican assumes ^
the Ministry will lay the bill W*®'
Chambers for this purpose at a
hicntary session nest summer."
DBS J RAW. «. HOL***
DENTISTS. _
No 54 Mulberry Sti-ftet, Macon,
Tjeth extracted without min, boautifuj
Txsth inserted, Abscessed Teeth and Due*”
Sams cured. , „ . -td
Dtalera in *11 kinds ot Dental Material .
Instrument*. Constantly on hind a larat ^
full assortment ol Teeth of all Mods. Goaf jj ,u
kinds, Amalgams ot ali kinds,
nope°
—General Hancock keeps
bouse” at Governor’s Island in New 0
harbor. Wilh anl Henry Hulbert P
nounces tbe Gener&i's .terrapin soup
finest dish eyer set before gods or men-
A GA tit t
To all who are suffor.ra
indiscretions of youth, nervous
decay, 1 cat o! manhood, eta 1 •»}* J®! 1 J g W
that will cure yon. PdB t OF CHAfiP*,,,,.
great remedy waa diicori-red b? » jgPSrwcp
South America, Sen 1 a .df-audrruea Se ,
the Bev Jowdt T Inman. > n » t ^