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% Itslsgiofipt? <sm& .;$« 31l*j»gjettg£K< by telegraph London, March 4.—The Russian brig Loitlo, Captain Toulime, from Pensecola, jjeo'mher 27, for Hoardling, is asliore at tlio latter port, full of water and masts cut away. The crew were saved and a steamer has gone to her assistance. Toronto, Ontario, March 4.—Hanlan says if Trickett goes to England as he an nounces his intention of doiv.g, he, Han lan, will certainly make the trip to meet him in English waters. London, March 4.—A Berlin dispatch announces that the electoral districts of Glauclmn and Meanaul in Saxony, re turned Herr Aner, the well known Social ist, to the Reichstag. The Socialists poll ed more votes than on previous occa sions. Boyd has recently shown wonderful improvement in form, and has issued a challenge to row any man in the world over a straight three-mile course over the Tees. A Paris dispatch says Hohcnlolie will return to Berlin next week, after the arri- vall of Herr Von Rodowitz in Paris, as Charge 1)'Affairs, Prince Reass having declined the ambassadorship. Count Von Hatzfehlt, German Ambassador to Tur key, has been directed to start for Con stantinople, and to hold himself in readi ness for a recall and appointment to the Paris embassy as soon as Hohenloe per manently accepts the new post. St. Lolls, March 4.—The National Convention of the Union Greenback La bor party, known as the Brick Pomeroy faction, will be held here to-day. A se cret meeting was held last night, at which S. L. Chesly, of New Hampshire, was se lected to be chairman of the convention. There is an element in favor of adjoin ing the convention and forming an alli ance with the National Greenback party, which meets at Chicago on the 9th of June, and another element is favorable to adjournment after a declaration of princi ples, but Hugo Pryer and other leaders sav these elements arc not strong enough to'carry out their schemes. They have cotne to nominate a ticket, and arc going to do it. Washington, March 4.—In the Senate Mr. Mel’herson presented the petition of many shoe manufacturers of New Jersey against tire extension of the McKay sew ing machine patent. Mr. Conkliiig presented the petition of ship owners, representing several millions of dollars invested in the shipping inter est, remonstrating against the passage of any bill to introduce foreign built vessels and give them American registries, deem ing such introduction unjust to our own interests. Also, a memorial of 1,158 leading repiesentatives of the foreign com merce of the country residing abroad, asking an amendment of the statutes be signed to remove the onerous burdens im posed on American commerce by the law requiring the payment of three months’ wages to seamen discharged abroad. In the House, the Speaker announced the regular order to be the consideration of the bill regulating the removal ot cases from State to Federal Courts. The question was on the amendment of fered by Mr. Culberson, of Texas, and it was agreed to without divisiqn. It awards section two of the act to determine the ju risdiction of United States circuit courts, so as to read as follows: “Section 2. That any suit of a civil na ture at law or in equity, arising under the constitutional laws of the United States, or tieaties made or which shall be made under their authority, of which the circuit courts of the United Stats are given origi nal jurisdiction by the preceding section, which may now lie pending or may here after lie brought in any State court, may be removed by defendant or defendants to the circuit courts ot the United States for the proper district, whenever it was made to appear from tlie application of such de fendant or defendants, that bis or their de fense depends in whole or in part on a correct construction of some provision of the constitution or laws of the United States, or treaty made by their authority, and any oilier suit at law or in equity, in which the circuit courts of the United States arc given jurisdiction by the pre ceding section, which are now pending, or may hereafter be brought in any State court, may be removed to the circuit court of the United States for the proper dis trict, by the defendant or defendants therein! provided such defendant or de fendants aie non-residents of the State in which suits are pending.” The amendment offered by the minori ty of the Committee on the Judiciary, making the minimum amount involved in a suit live hundred dollars, in order that United States Circuit Courts may have original jurisdiction, instead of two thou sand dollars, as proposed by the bill, was rejected. The amendment offered by tlie minority, allowing United States Circuit Courts to lake original cognizance of suits of civil nature, arising under patent and copy right laws between corporations and citizens of State, in which the corporation was cai rying on its business, was agreed to without division. The minority amendment striking out tlie clause pro hibiting United States Circuit Courts from taking original cognizance of any suit between a corporation and a citizen of a State, except in cases arising under patent and copyright laws, and in like ca-' res in which said courts are authorized to take original cognizance of suits between citizens of same State, was rejected—yeas (iS, nays 107. The minority amendment was adopted, providing that this act shall not affect jurisdiction over or disposition of any suit removed from the court of any State, or suit commenced in any United States before passage thereof. Washington, March 4.—In the Sen ate, Mr. Hereford, from the Committee on Commerce, reported with an amend ment, a bill making Tampa, Florida, a port of entry. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Morgan introduced a joint resolu tion reciting the Fourteenth Amendment, and declaring that the Indians in tlie United States are persons within the meaning of that amendment and citizens of the United States wligreln they reside. The object of the resolution, Mr. Morgan said, was to determine and fix the rela tion of tlie Indians to the government of the United States. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Jones of Florida, from • the Com mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported favorably on the bill for tlie erection of public linildings atCharlestown, West Virginia. Tlaced on the calendar. The morning hour having expired, tlio Senate resumed tlie consideration of the bill lor the relief of Fitz John Porter. Mr. Logan continued Ills speech in op position to tlie bill, reviewing at great length the evidence presented to the court martial by wliieh Porter was tried, and endeavoring to show that Porter in tentionally disregarded General Pope’s orders on account of personal ill feeling toward liim. * At 4:30 p. m., pending the conclusion of Mr. Logan’s remarks, the Senate went Into exeentive session, and when the doors were re-opened, adjourned. In the House the bill regulating the removal of cases from State to Federal Courts passed; yeas 103, nays The S|icaker then proceeded to call on committees for reports. A large number of bills were reported from tlie Committee on War Claims, and laid on the table. Mr. Muldrow, of Mississippi, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, re ported a bill confirming to J. Hepling and others the title to certain lands on the right bank of the Mississippi river, oppo site New Orleans. Passed. Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported a bill making the Department of Agriculture an Executive Department of the govern ment. Pending action thereon, the morn ing hour expired. The House then, by a vote of 127 to 102, refused to take up the special order, which was a political assessment bill, and went into tlie committee of the whole on the public calendar. Mr. Wood, of New York, then proceed ed to address the Committee on tlie fund ing bill. At the conclusion of his remarks the Committee rose. Mr. Gillette, of Iowa, asked and obtain ed leave to have printed a hill to provide for the payment of the public debt, which he said he would offer as a substitute for the Wood funding bill. The House then took a recess until; 7:30 o’clock. Washington, March 4.—The Senate 1 of Commerce met this afternoon and apn was the cause of the death. The coro- . contemplated work. .The dam 1st the in executive session to-day rejected almost j pointed a special committee to co-operate neris jury found a verdict to the effect that ' * ‘ ‘ - -- - unanimously the nomination of John , with the Boston Board of Trade in draft-jhe came to his death by some unknown McNeil as United States marshal for the ing a national bankrupt law. ' Washington, March 4.—M. De Les- sep3 arrived here from New York to-day, and will call unofficially upon the Presi dent and Secretary of State to-morrow. Eastern district of Missouri. The reason for this rejection was that during the late war McNiel,while in command of Federal troops near Palmica, Missouri, in 1862, ordered the execution of seven private He intends to remain in the city about citizens of that neighborhood and did exe cute six of them without trial on account of the disappearance of a certain Union man who McNiel asserted had been made way with by local bushwhackers. Danville, Va., March 4.—Judge Ri vers lias ordered writs for the arrest of county Judges Coles, Parish and others, for trial at his court in Lynchburg at the March term, in accordance with the deci sion of the United States Supreme Court. St. Petersburg, March 4.—The man who fired upon General Melikoff yester day, is a converted Jew named Modelsky, from Linsk, a town 430 miles southwest of St. Petersburg. He has been tried and sentenced to-day, and will be hanged to morrow. He maintains a defiant de meanor. London, March 4.—A Vienna dispatch to the daily Telegraph says General Meli koff has been ordered by the revolutiona ry committee to abandon his post as Chief of the Supreme Executive Com mission within a week. The person who attempted to assassi- I week and will then go to San Francisco. GEORGIA PRESS. The German Reading club of Tliomas- vill is eight years old. rnoMASviLLE wants a new depot for the accommodation of passengers, and calls on the city council to look atfer it. Improvement in this respect would be good thing. The premium list for the spring fair at Thomasville will soon be issued. Spring poetry is ripening under the in fluence of the pleasant weather. This is one of the dis advantages of the season. An engineer in Columbus started his engine suddenly while a colored man was under it and cut off a section of one of his digits. An old and highly respected gentleman nate General Melikoff yesterday is a small j ®f Meriwether county, about eighty- insignificant looking man, with Jewish ' five years of age, quarreled and separated to better toanliis from his w5fe a few days since . The daily mails to Sylvania will be personal appearance, which is altogether peculiar. He is of a different type from the assassins SaiovielT and Mirski, and looks more like a stupid tool than a des perate character. His vacant, semi-idi otic laugh when spoken to, gave the im- iression that he bad been made typsy and >ribed or persuaded to shoot General Melikoff. Great Moskaia street is the fashionable promenade at the time of the day when the shooting occurred, so that the assassin was able to approach within a yard of General Melikoff without causing suspi cion. The bullet passed through the Gen eral’s cloak and coat over the right thigh and out at the back without touching his body. The man was immediately placed in a carriage and driven to the fortress. Modelskey said at his trial that Gen eral Melikoff would be killed by some of his comrades; that although his own at tempt had failed, the second, and if neces sary, the third attempt would be made. l’Aias, March 4—The statement of the Bank of France shows an increase of spe cie for the week of 0,802,000 francs. Richmond, March 4.—Hon. Robert L. Montague died suddenly at his home in Middlesex county, aged 63 years. He was Lieutenant Governor of the State with Governor Letcher, during the early part of the late war, and was subsequent ly elected a member of the Confederate Congress. He served in the State Legis lature before and after the war, and four years ago was elected Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, which position he held when he died. He was widely known aa a lawyer of marked ability, and was held in tire highest esteem by the people of Virginia. The James River and Kanawha Canal Company this afternoon closed a contract with the Richmond and Alleghany Rail road Company for the purchase by the latter of all works and franchises of the Canal Company. The Railroad Company proposes to construct a railroad along the entire line of the canal from Richmond to Buchanan, about two hundred miles and from thence about forty miles, to Clifton Forge on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail road. The capitalists of the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company are chiefly hankers of New York. Paris, March 4.—The Cologne Gazette asserts, on what it considers good authori ty, that the Pope has at last, though very reiectantly, yielded to Prussia on the question of Culturkaowf, and has directed tlie cletgy to submit to the May laws with as good grace as they can. The Irish Relief Committee has finally been formed here, and eighty thousand francs collected. The Archbishop of Paris has already forwarded fifty thousand francs to Ireland. Paris, March 4—The Lantern and Mot D'Ordre to-day publish a proclama tion of the Russian revolutionary execu tive committee calling upon the French nation not to surrender Hartman to the Russian authorities. The Temps says Emperor William on arriving at the French embassy in Berlin on Monday last, expressed to Count dc Vallier his great pleasure at being there, and enquired particularly after President Grevy, saying: “I esteem him highly.” The Emperor added: “Convey to Premier DeFrecinct the assurance of my heartiest respect for his ability and firmness. It is homage in which the whole of Germany will share. I much regret that Prince Bismarck is not here to say so with me. He is still a great sufferer.” The Emper or said that there was not a word of truth in the rumors of a disagreement between himself and Prince Bismarck, and added that the latter, like himself, wished for peace and nothing but peace, especially with France. The Berlin correspondent of the Temps writes that Bismarck is anxious to retire from the Chancellorship provisionally for three or four months, and if affairs are conducted satisfactorily, to retire alto gether. Washington, March 4.—Tlie Senate committee on appropriations,to-day agreed to recommend the passage of a bill to re peal all the laws which provide for per manent and indefinite appropriations ex cept so far as they relate to a sinking fund, and to the payment of the interest on principal of the public debtor of bonds issued to the Pacific railroad company, and to certain other specified objects, such as the support of the Marine Hospital ser vice. The bill also proposes a number of important changes in the laws concerning “lapsed appropriations.” The House committee on Appropria tions voted to-day to press the immediate passage of several appropriation bills in the following order: Deficiencies in the pay of marshals, diplomatic and consular, and Indians. ’ . The Senate to-day confirmed the nomi nation of James W. Lee as postmaster at Aberdeen, Mississippi. The evening session of tlie House was mainly devoted to the discussion in the Committee of the Whole, of the pension laws, and to the consideration of private pension'bills. The committee rose at 10:15, and reported fourteen pension bills to the House. The bills were passed, and the House adjourned. Pittston, Pa., March 4.—Waring Scliooley, a boy of fourteen, and son of a prominent citizen of this city, was shot and fatally wounded by some unknown person on tlie outskirts of tlie town last evening. When the boy was brought home unconscious, his mother dropped dead. The affair has created much ex citement. Augusta, Ga., March 4.—On Tuesday last it was reported that a duel had taken place at Sandbar Ferry, on the Georgia side of the river. The affair however was conducted so secretly that the names of the principals were not ascertained until to-day. A. C. Applebly slapped a one- armed man, Arthur O’Brien, and was challenged. After an interchange of shots the affair was settled. Neither combat- taut was wounded. The parties belong in Colleton, South Carolina. London, March 4.—The Times states that since spring set in, considerable stir is apparent in emigration^at Queenstown. The people of the rural classes and of both sexes are flocking thither and depart ing for America. The recent revival of trade in America and the arrival of large remittances from American friends, are attracting people thither. It is anticipated that after Eas ter, there will be an unusual rush of emi grants to America. New Orleans, March 4.—This was a le"al holiday,and the fire department cele brated its forty-third anniversary by a grand procession. Charleston, South Caroline,March 4. The trial of Jerry Moore, Aiken Moore and Riley Moore at Wallialla, for the murder if Alex Bryce, Jr., last summer «nded to-day, the jury acquitting the de fendants'. The case attracted considera ble attention, as it bad been charged that political feeling caused the crime. For .continued. Two darkies, Green Ellis and George Brown, messengers of the Western Union Telegraph Company, in Albahy, in a per sonal altercation inflicted very serious ounds upon each other. A young man named David Neel, ac cidentally shot himself in the face a day or two since, near Dealing. The load carried away his upper lip and lodged under his eye. Brother Shivers, of the Warrenton Clipper, gives a minute description of the fashionable slipper. Fie, fie, Brother Shivers, we did not think you ever looked at such things—and a married man, too! The Wire grass Watchman has just reached us. It is well gotten up, and is edited by Mr. R. S. Burton, late of the McVille South Georgian. The Watch man is published at Hazlehurst on the Macon and Brunswick road. Mb. John T. Walton’s house in Bax ley was entered by a burglar a night or two since, and a number of valuable arti cles taken therefrom. There is a great deal of sickness in Gwinnett county. The Savannah Irish Relief Fund has reached the sum of $3,730.21. The steamer Carrie, which runs be tween Augusta and Savannah on the Sa vannah river, struck a snag and sunk. She will probably be saved. Charles Stewart Parnell will soon visit his brother, who resides inWest Point. Hancock has no candidate for Govern, or. This is the next best thing to being out of debt. The Decatur County Fair Association is now prepared to pay sixty cents on the dollar to all parties having claims against it. Warrenton Clipper: A negro boy living on Mr. B. H. Ivey’s place was thrown from a mule one day last week, and falling against a projecting rail in a fence near by had a small sized hole knocked in his head. He lost a small amount of brains, but was doing well at last accounts. The shad season has commenced, on the Altamaha, and according to the signs of old fishermen,promises to.be a good one. Vindicator: An encounter occurred on the streets of Greenville, Meriwether counter, on Tuesday afternoon of last week, between two negro boys, Jolinie Cline and Howard Russell, each about fourteen years old, in which the latter was seriously stabbed. The difficulty arose over Howard accusing Johnie of having struck him with a shot from an Alabama sling. The wounded boy will recover. Sylvania Telephone: A couple were married in this county a few days since in a most romantic manner. The mother of the bride endeavored to carry ber off in a buggy, but'after- going a short distance, the bride jumped out, ran back to the house and was united in marriage to the object of her affections before her mother couU return in tlie buggy. The Turpentine Business in Geor gia.—Wiregrass Watchman; The turpen tine business in this portion of the coun try has grown to an enormous extent within the past few years, and gives no little work to a large number of laborers, at very remunerative prices. It is, there fore, utterly out of place for this cry of the laboring classes of this portion of the country, that there is no work for them to do. Why, right here in Hazlehurst, there is work for quite a number of men and boys that will work, besides all along the line of the Macon and Brunswick road. IIinesville Gazelle: Mr. John M. Darsey three years ago planted two grains of rice, which attracted his attention by their unusual size. He saved all the rice produced from them, and planted it the third year, and the third crop yielded thirty-five bushels. Mr. Darsey, besides planting all his crop of rice this season from that seed, has sold the remainder at one dollar and seventy-five cents per bush el. It is said to be a very superior article of upland rice. The Uenry County Weekly says that an enthusiastic youngsportsman ofHamp- ton, while out hunting one day last week, became greatly excited over his sport, and rammed a $5 bill into his gun for wad ding. He did not discover his mistake until it was too late. The gun had been discharged, the bill was hopelessly ruined, and what Is worse, the rabbit at which the charge was fired, escaped scot free. Found Murdered.—Chronicle and Constitutionalist: We learn that Sunday evening, near Washington, Ga., the body of a while man named Turner was found in a gully. As he had been missing since Tuesday, it was supposed he had been dead several days. Some time since lie bad a difficulty with a man named Cox- well, in Wilkes county, by whpm Turner was severely shot. He was recovering from his wounds when he was killed. We have not heard of suspicions or arrests. Meriwether Vindicator: The mill and gin of Hon. Frank J. Williams on Warms Springs creek, near tlie springs, were burned to the ground last Monday night. The origin of the fire is unknown. The flames were first discovered about ten o’clock, at which time the building was nearly ready to fall in. No fire had been used in the house during the.day and only a lamp at night, which was extinguished when work for the evening was over. About two thousand bushels of cotton seed, seventy bushels of corn, two gins, and a bale of seed cotton were consumed. Nothing was saved from the house or of the machinery.' The loss is fully two thousand dollars. No insurance. The machinery was propelled by water power and the burning lias an incendiary look. Yesterday morning, says the La- Grange Reporter, Coroner Davis was summoned to bold an inquest over the body of an old negro man named Silas oi Cyrus Chisolm. The old man was en gaged in cutting and cording wood for Mr. A. E. Cox, on the Heard place, two or three miles from LaGrange, and was found late Tuesday afternoon, lying dead behind his unfinished task. His wedge was in a partly split log, his maul was ly ing by his side, and one hand was bent as if it had just slipped off the handle of the maul. There was no sigu of any violence on him. One who had been working with him said that Chisolm had drank ause. The Bainbridge Democrat contains the fob wing: Tie Thomasville Enterprise remarks thatsome of the sticks of timber in the load are “mighty small.” Some Con gressional timber for the second district to choosefrom next time: Brooks county— Turner, Kingsbury, Harden; Lowndes county—"Whittle, Smith, Davis; Thomas county—iammond, Seward, Hansell, McIntyre, Hardaway, Mitchell, McLen don; Mitchjl county—Davis, Spence, Ly on, Gee, Bish, Twitty, Collins, Calla way; Douglerty county—Lockett, Pope, Wright, Wan\n, Davis, Tift, Morgan ani others; Worth county—Harris; Terrell county—Wootcj, Parks, Simmons, Hoyl Randolph countj—Clark, Hood, Fielder, Tumlin, Flewellm, Keunon, etc. To be continued. Wiregrass Waldiman: We note that the Macon and Brunswick railroad Is re constructing the long iressle on either side of the bridge crossing at Ocmulgee and making some repairs at Ocmulgee depot, an important distributing station a mile below Lumber City. Captain John L. Day, one of the most popular steamboat- men in the State is makhg about three trips a week up the Ocmulgee, Oconee and Altamaha from this station. He has en tered into an arrangement with the Macon and Brunswick railroad, by which the people living on these rivers enjoy superior advantages in shipping their productions and in receiving the large amount of goods they consume. We are glad to hear that the country up and down our rivers is in a prosperous condition. We are told it would surprise any one not interested to know the large amount of guano these people are buying this year. They are certainly preparing to plant large crops. We hope the investment may prove a good one. Of one thing we feel confident; if eneigy, fair dealing and promptness on the part of Captain Day and the Macon and Brunswick road c*n avail anything our river friends should feel independent. We have no hesitation whatever In re commending Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup for children teething, or suffering from wind colic, diarrhoea or dysentery. this charge, however, there is no founds- considerable water in the afternoon anil b ’ i . • -- j then worked very hard; and his theory New York, March 4.—The Chamber was that the overwork after the drinking The Cost of Government. The “world is governed too much,” used to be a fundamental Democratic proposition in a time when the cost of government was a good deal less than one-half what it is now. There was a time within the memory of men not very old now, when the government of the United States used to cost a sum total of twenty-five to twenty-six millions; but if we turn over the musty political records of those days, strange to say,we shall find ten pages of malediction over Federal ex travagance, to one at the present time. The last close administration of the government (that of John Quincy Adams) was driven from power in utter disgrace on account of its extravagance in spend ing twenty-six millions a year—while now we plume ourselves on an economy which includes the ordinary expenses of government within ono hundred and fifty millions. We have got used to big expenditures as eels are to being skinned. But it should be remembered, in exten uation, that within fifteen years the ag gregate governmental expenses of the Eu ropean powers have swelled in nearly the same proportion. A table prepared by Consul General Lee, at Frankfort, shows an increase from 1865 to 1879 from §1, 89^288,000 to $2,768,645,000. Even such steady-going little power as Switzerland shows au increase from $3,570,000 to $8,- 092,000, and as for the great powers they are great in their excesses. Now, when we consider the object of government in its last analysis—to protect the people in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness—we may well hold up both hands in astonishment at the cost of that simple operation. The powers of Europe expend upon it yearly $20,585,- 096,000 against S12,503,330,000 in 1805— enough, one would think, to make the people all rich and keep them In order, too. Twenty thousand, five hundred and eiglity-five millions oi dollars is an incon ceivable sum of money. But little of it is spent for the benefit of the people. It is squandered on foolish quarrels growing out of dynastic ambition. The fourth part of it would maintain order, justice and public tranquillity but for so-called national rivalry and the pride of powers. Compared with this European exhibit, the expenses of the United States are more reasonable; and we have the pros pect before us of a rapid reduction. It will be the fault of the people themselves if it is not effected. The great obstacle is the practice of internal improvements by the general government, which is liable lead to illimitable expenditure and cor ruption. There are some (such, for ex ample, as tlie improvement of the Missis sippi river) which must be carried on by the Federal government; but even this might be well placed on a basis which should return to the treasury, every cent expended, with interest, witliin a reason- ble time. But a system of local expenditures is bound to reach beyond all reason, and cre ate a big debt and keep up taxation. Ev ery one made is itself authority and pre cedent for another, until the reins are lost out of hand entirely. Not one of them should, in our opinion, be undertaken" without security for interest on expendi ture, and an annual sinking fund which in time would extinguish the debt with care, in the management of the finances—■ with a steady and prudent policy in the prosecution of internal improvements— with a rigid adherence to the policy of peace, in a short time the people will cease to feel the public debt. Taxes will be light, and the whole business of the country, unburdened by the set-hacks which harrass European trade, will move with an elasticity and vigor which will distance, all competition. Proposed New Cotton Mills in Colum bia- The Columbia, South Carolina, Register says a gentleman just returned from the New England States informs us that he called on Messrs. Thompson & Nagle at Providence, Bhode Island, and made the acquaintance of the energetic Thompson’s partner. Our friend, who is an extensive manufacturer of this city, says Messrs. Thompson & Nagle are working enthusi astically and assiduously on their grand scheme lor developing the water power of the Congaree river ani erecting cotton manufactories commensurate with the grand river at their service and the splendid country adjacent capable of feeding any demand of the spindles. BHe was shown-through their business establishment, which he describes in glowing terms as filled with drawings models, etc., of fine mills, manufacturing establishments, machinery, dams, and an endless variety of designs connected with mill engineering, all displaying great re sources and the highest order of talent. Our friend was shown into a green-carpet ed room lighted by gas, anil there beheld on a magnificent scale the plaster models, In colors, of the canal and river as at present, and alongside of these the same as they will be after the completion of the 1 style of construction decided upon its thrown across the river, and everything has been done to give evidence of the magnitude of the scheme in hand, A corps of engravers were at work pre paring illustrations for the prospectus of the enterprise, and some of the engravers’ proofs have already been dispatched to Manchester, England, where Mr. Thomp son anticipates receiving substantial co operation. The indomitable New Eng lander expressed himself as thoroughly confident of the speedy realization of his project as soon as he is prepared to put it suitably before the public. The Alignment The Goldsboro (North Carolina) Mes senger has made a careful collation of the opinions of the press of the State relative to the proposed sale of the Western North Carolina railroad, Jt says: We present the opinions and views of forty-seven State papers—forty-six Demo cratic and one Republican. It will be seen that the State press is very much di vided on the railroad question. A sum mary shows that of the number eighteen favor the acceptance of the Best proposi tion, eight are undecided, and (including this paper) twenty-one are either opposed to the sale or deplore the hasty action in the call of the extra session. Of the pa pers named thirty-six are published east of Greensboro, including that city, and of this number seventeen are for selling the road; thirteen are opposed to the present proposition, and six are non-committal. The Difference. IBS WEST AND ira OOUTH. No suoR dismal prospect ever dawned on a people as threatened the Southern States in the spring of 1861. Their whole social structure and condition—all their civilization aud internal wealth were based on slavery, and yet it was not doubtful that if they failed to save it by a move ment for political independence, its days were numbered and few. In a desperate effort to save themselves, they seceded; and emerged from a desperate defensive struggle ruined and at the mercy of their enemies, who could find no language of opprobium and malediction too severe to apply to their alleged crime. To-day the States of the Northwest openly threaten revolt against the author ity of the Federal Government, not be cause it is going to strip them of all they have, but because it will not disgrace it self by suffering them to violate plain treaty stipulations. They want to dig gold in lands solemnly guaranteed to the Indians, and in order to do it, they will array themselves in arms against “the best government the world ever saw,” and drive its troops out of the countiy at the point of the bayonet. If, therefore, the Southern people were rebels and traitors for defending themselves from spoliation. What are these loyalists, who take up arms against the authority of the govern ment in order to drive the Indians out of their own territory and steal their gold ? This is a proposition which we hope the Northwest will consider in their debating societies. Is there Never to he Perfect Am' nesty, Peace and Equality for the South? No person who has served in any ca pacity in the military, naval or civil ser vice of the so-called Confederate States, or of either of the States in insurrection during the late rebellion, shall be appoint ed to any position in the army of the Uni ted States. Thus reads section 1218 of the revised statutes, which gave rise to the recent hot ly contested fight in the United States Senate upon the removal of the political disabilities of a citizen of Baltimore, who had fought on tlie Confederate side, and was an applicant for the position of pay master in the army. Senator Edmunds denounced the bill; and said if the Senate relieved this rebel, it might as well repeal the whole of section 1218. Senator Gar land forthwith offered an amendment to that effect. The amendment was agreed to, and the bill, by a strict party vote, or dered to a third reading and passed after a most acrimonious debate, Mr. Thurman spoke ably and exhaus tively in favor of tlie repeal, as did other Senators. Senator Logan uttered a raging protest against placingthe men who sought to de stroy the Union on the same level with those who imperilled their lives in its de fense. The discussion has worked much angry discussion on the part of the Badical press of the North and West. Hear what that malignant sheet, the St. Louis Glole-fiem- ocrat, has to say on the subject: Senator Logan was right. If this kind of talk is apt to fan the embers of discord, by all means let the embers be fanned. The South has no right to object to sec tion 1218, and the North has every right to insist that it shall remain in the statute book. Through tlie magnanimity of the? Republican party, all the men who took part in the rebellion have been permitted to reassume all the rights of citizenship in civil life; only those whj .bore arms against the Union arc debarred from ap pointment in the army. Can any honest man say that the distinction thus made between loyalty and armed treason is un-. necessarily severe? -Shall the men who doffed, the blue to dou the gray in 1861, now be permitted to re enter tlie army and to assume command of the gallant troops who vanquished them on the field of battle? Shall they be placed on tlie retired list, with the rank and pay which they once traitorously re-' signed in the time of their country’s great est need? That the bill will pass both Houses unless the brigadiers become frightened by the angry dissent of public opinion in tlie North, cannot be doubted. Of course it will be vetoed, if passed, but its supporters hope to elect a President who will prove more accommodating, next November. In that event how long would it take them to pension the crippled Con federates aud to pay the Southern war claims? So, the old bloody shirt ensign is to be raised again, and the South denounced as traitors, rebels and murderers. But the gory rag, which, when flaunted in the breeze, was wont to excite to frenzy the gullable masses of the North, has lost, in great measure, its talismanic power. The people of the whole country have mingled too freely together not to esti mate at its true value this wretched ex pedient to keep agape and bleeding the wounds which peace and the annealing hand of time have cicatrised. But how contemptible the role of those Who thus seek to engender discord and kindle anew the fires of sectional hate? , • Another Indian War. Dispatches from Bismark, Detotah Ter-; ritory, announce the massacre of John 'Brien and A. D. Parshall, by Indians, onRedwater. Black Bull says he will] kill everybody If he don’t get “heap bread.” Blade Catfish, with 150 lodges,! with him. Sitting Bull and the whole Teton Sioux camp are on this side of the line. Deputy Morris, from Buford, passed through the Milk river country! He re ports swarms of Indians through the val ley. No mail has reached Bismark since the 15tli of February, and there are no prospects of any save via Deadwood. All the signs betoken another general in the hands of parties in Augusta. Indian uprising. What can be done to ■avert it? Nothing, we fear. The In dians have been so often deceived, wronged and cheated, that they have an invincible distrust of tbeir white brethren. Savages as they are, they have a strong lpve for their hunting grounds and homes, and when once forcibly removed to any so-called reservation, are never satisfied. Some of the districts appropriated to them are barren tracts almost destitute of game, where the poor creatures mast be supported by the government or starve, But the greatest cause of exasperation to the red men is the shameful manner in which they are stripped of the money and supplies doled out to them by government agents. Immense fortunes have been made by these fraudulent officials, war of extermination would seem to be the only alternative. But upon whom will the sin of such a bloody solution of the question rest? Certainly, not solcy upon the, heads of the unfortunate Indians, The Next State Pair. As yet we have heard no responso to the suggestion which lias been made to our citizens in regard to taking some action respecting the location at Macon of the usual annual State Fair for 1880. If such au exhibition is still an open question, it does not become tbe people of this section to oloop upon their rights. They have the most beautiful and complete exposition grounds and buildings in the Common wealth, occupying, too, almost its geo graphical centre, Tlie several fairs which have been held here, without exception, were largely at tended, and inured greatly to the honor of the State and the pecuniary advantage of our city. Why then hesitate to offer the proper inducements to the sub-committee of the State Agricultural Society,if it is the desire of onr citizens to have the fair loca ted in Macop next fall ? Some definite action should certainly be "taken on tbe subject, and that very soon. If by general consent, however, of the Society and people, it be decided to have no fair the present year, in order that the State and district expositions may receive the greater encouragement, most cheer fully do we acquiesce in that arrange ment. But let the question be settled,and that without any further delay. The Cincinnati Southern. The Chattanooga Times is authorized by President Clement and other officers of the Cincinnati Southern Road to say that if nothing Unforeseen occurs, the reg ular passenger trains will be put on the road, beginning Monday, March 8th. The time table has as yet not been made, but will be in a few days. For the first week only one train a day Will be run each way. The Rockwood accommodation, which was ordered off, will be put on at the same time. Mr. Clement said that by tbe first day of June they hope to make tlie run from Cincin nati to Chattanooga—338 miles—in ten hours afid thirty minutes. The freight trains ard now running regularly. A caboose is attached to the trains and passengers can be accommoda ted for short distances. The Adams Ex press Company have a car in the train and have arranged it so that they are enabled to deliver their freight from Chattanooga to Cincinnati in twenty-four hours. Beet sugar is destined to become an.im- portant article of production in the North, The only difficulty in tlie way is the rais ing of the tubers, which require a very deep and rich soil. Still, a single factory in Maine, the past year, manufactured 9,000 tons of beets, which yielded 1,440,- 000 pounds of sugar, equal to eight per cent, of the weight of beets. This done in seventy days, and the product was only suspended for lack of beets. Other facto ries will be started in New York if the farmers who own rich alluvial bottom lands can be induced to go into tbe culti vation of t^je beet. A blessing to humanity is what Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup can well be named, for it has done more good already than any other medicine. THE MACON * AUGUSTA BOAD. Its Sale la Anguta. The Macon and Augusta Road, as has been already announced, was sold in Au gusta on the 2d instant by Judge TV. M. Reese, of Washington, trustee of the road, under the second mortgage bonds. General E. P. Alexander, president of the Georgia road, was the purchaser for his road at the nominal price of $50,000. There was hut one bid. The Macon and Augusta, though nomi nally a separate organization, has really 'been under the management and control Of the Geoigia road since it has been in operation. The Macon and Augusta has no rolling stock of any kind, the entire property consisting of the; road bed and track. The bonds of tlie road' amounted to $770,000, of which $400,000 were first mortgage bonds, due January 1st, 1887— $300,000 endorsed^by the Georgia railroad and $100,000 unendorsed. The : second mortgage bonds, amounting to $370,000, and endorsed by the Geoigia railroad, fell due some time ago, and were all takenup by that road.. The Geoigia road has also 'paid out in interest on account of the Ma con and Augusta, $320,000. The paid up capital stock of the Macon and Augusta amounted to nearly two millions of dol lars, and between fifty and sixty thousand dollars of unpaid subscriptions are in judgment. The road . is eighty miles in length, extending fromlhis city toCamak. It connects at Catnak with the Geoigia railroad. The sale of the' road and its franchises was made by Judge ReeseJas trustee under a deed of trust, exe cuted July 1st, 1860, by the Macon and Augusta" Railroad Company, to se cure certain bonds therein named, and the endorser and guarantor of the same (the Geoigia" Railroad and Bank ing Company being said endorser and guarantor) being properly called upon by the Geoigia Railroad and Banking Com pany, the endorser and guarantor, to take possession and sell the Macon anil Au gusta Railroad, and all its property of ev ery sort, and its franchises, to indemnify and secure payment for the Georgia Rail road and Banking Company, as endorser and guarantor, of the coupons of the Ma con and Augusta Railroad Company, ta ken up by the Geoigia Railroad and Banking Company, androf which re-pay- ment has been properly demanded of the Macon and Angnsta Company, and pay ment refused. ) The hid of fifty thousand dollars, un der the circamstances, is merely nominal. The road, we understand, will have to be sold again when the first mortgage bonds becomfe due, in January, 1887, in order to give the Geoigia Railroad a perfect title. The first mortgage bonds are held by dif ferent parties throughout the country. Quite a sum of them are in the hands of citizens , of Macon; although they are pretty well distributed front this city to Camak, and a number of tlie bonds are THE P. O. B. PONIES. I TV- ' . .71 •* An Exciting Baflie. Last evening, at the drug store of Mr. Theo. W. Ellis, one of the most exciting raffles that has taken place in the city in a long while, occurred over the ownership of the two ponies of Mr. Whit Collier. The raffling of two horses was rather a nov el idea in Macon, and the two elegant po nies which were put up, attracted at once many persons who wished to take the chances on them. The number was fixed at ninety at three dollars each, and little difficulty was experienced in disposing of them all. In fact in such demand were they that two chances were added to the list, mak ing ninety-two in all. Shortly after eight o’clock the raffle began in the presence of a large crowd. The throwing went on without any incident worthy of note until Mr. A. R. Freeman threw forty-two for Mr. Milo S. Freeman. This began to make things lively and several parties be gan to negotiate for tlie chance. The as pect of affairs was changed, however, by a throw of forty-three, made for Mr. Newt. Seymour, of Griffin. Several parties began at once. to make large bids for tke throw, and • it wa3 sold for one hundred and ten dollars. As the money was being counted out, andminety- five dollars had been counted, Mr. A. R Freeman again threw, the dice scoring forty-five. This was tbe highest throw and took the prize. It was made for Mr. C. A. Sindall, secretary of the Southern Railway and Steamship Association. The result caused much rejoicing on the part of the pooling office boys, as the own ership of the ponies is retained in the of fice. They were jubilant over it, and were congratulated on their good fortune on all sides by their many friends. Death of Mr. Georue Logan. Yesterday morning, at about seven o’clock, Mr. George Logan died at his residence in Yineville, aged twenty-three and a half years. The announcement of his death caused great sadness throughout the city, among his large circle of friends and acquaintances. His recent illness has caused much solicitude among his friends, and the regret at his death is general and wide-spread. He was conscious to the end, and real ized that his dissolution was approaching, and met death with calmness and fortitude. While the malady which had attacked him was incurable, and his friends had realized that death was merely a question of days, the end was not anticipated so soon, and all were in hopes that his life might have been prolonged. The deceased was one of the first young business men of the city. He has for ten years been connected with the firm of C. H. Rogers & Co. and their predecessors, and in that time lias won for himself the esteem of his employers and the respect of all who knew him. His unswerving in tegrity, natural generous and noble in stincts, combined with a clear judgment and thoughtful business acumen, gave rich promise of a useful and successful ca reer. , j He was the son of Mr. George Logan, at one time Mayor of this city, and a very prominent citizen. Mr. Logan. leaves a wife and one child. Our deepest sympa thies are extended to the family,of the deceased. The funeral services will take place from St. Paul’s Church this .morn ing. '•••» r The Land of Flowers. Febnandina, Florida, March 2, 1880. ON THE AV .A-VE . The good ship Florence brought ns safe to this port to-day, after a most delightful voyage, under the management of Cap tain Brock, to whom and his gentlemanly .officers all the passengers are indebted for many courtesies. IMPORTANT QUESTION. The most important and absorbing question of these parts is the recent change in the ownership and control of the Macon and Brunswick railroad. The recent sale by the Governor has met with the Wannest and most enthusi astic approval on the part of the good people of the section traversed by the road. The impression most prevalent is that the extension of the road from Macon to At lanta as provided for by the statute, will result in the development of tbe whole country between the city of Macon and the seaports, that what this country and its seaport require is only a fair showing in bidding for the trade of the West and Northwest so as to enable them to com- >ete withdlie city of Savannah and Port loyal and Charleston, South Carolina. This, it is contended, can be done by connecting this section directly with the great Western marts, so as to enable it to control the trade with the West unhamp ered by the interference in favbr of Savan nah, by the Central road. CONDITION, ETC. Perhaps it would be well to tell your readers something of the condition of the Macon and Brunswick railroad and the resources of the country though which it passes. The condition of the rolling stock is su perior, ' foui teen large engines being in constant and daily use over the line, two of those being recent additions. Tlie road bed is in a fine condition, judging from the smoothness of the run ning of the coaches, a large section of the track being laid with fish bar iron! The road is locally fed with the pro ducts of four large saw mills, each of which turns off daily from twenty-five to thirty thousand feet of lumber. Tire trade, too, ini turpentine, is very imj or'.ant, there being at least thirty laige difctiHe ies along the right of way, the an nual yield of which amounts jointly to more than fifteen thousand barrels per annum, and about four times as much ro sin. These three articles alone constitute a veiy linge per cent, of the freights of the road. • . ; The intome derived from the local pas-, senger travel is also of important consid eration, while the through travel is most remunerative, particularly during the winter months. There is no doubt that the future of this important feeder of the world’s com merce is assured.| No one knows certainly at what time tbe work on the extension will be com menced, but the general impression is well established that ground will be broken at no distant day, probably within tbe next six months. The interests of the new company de mand early decision and accomplisment of this important work, for every week of trade diverted on the rails of tlie Central and its new combination will be so many months of effort to recover it. The Central is a powerful corporation with unlimited resources at it command, and engineered by men of undoubted nerve and courage, men who will fight hard before defeat. However, there is no reason why these two roads should be an tagonistic. The owners are popular with tlie people along the road; and they say if the same fairness aud impartiality in the matter of freight charges is continued tlie success of the company is beyond question. In my next 1 will endeavor to give a short description of the old Spanish town ofFernandina, and some account of its shipping, timber trade and possible fu ture. Carolynn. SMASH-UP ON THE CENTRA! 1 Another. Broken Axle and Some Damaged Cars. The post-office placards of “no North ern and Western mail received,” yester day morning revealed the fact that some- thing'out oirthe ordinary ran had oc*' curred on the Central road. between Ma con and Atlanta. Inquiry developed the following condition of affairs, as nearly aa could be ascertained. The down freight train of section No., 2, ■ when near Morrow’s station about Id miles from Atlanta, was brought to & standstill by the breaking of one of the axles under the tender of the engine. Several ears were wrecked and piled pro miscuously about the track. Among them were several stock cars ia which were horses and mules. These were killed in the smash. The wreck was piled up on the track, and although a large force was put to work upon it, the track was not cleared until 10 o'clock and the night passenger train did not arrive until about half past one o’clock. One report was that the number of horses and mules killed amounted to between twenty-five and thirty. The extreme reticence of the officials of the road and indisposition and refusal to speak of the accident, gives indication that it was a much more serious nature than they were willing to say, and that the loss to the company was larger than it was wished to be known. y 1 Schedules were resumed yesterday, and the evening train came in on time. Central stock. 1 Yesterday Central stock recovered its tone and stood firm and quiet at 101J to 102 bid, but holders asking 103 and 104. The little fluctuation of Wednesday some what disturbed the equanimity of some of the holders of the stock, showing a little feverish feeling in regard to it at its pres ent figures. The dealers however*insist * that it is all right and that the tendency will still be upward over the present ruling prices instead of downward. The Macon brokers havc^ handled immense quantities of the stock during the fluctua tions of the past month, and in legitimate commissions, alone, have realized laige sums of money. It has, from what was regarded a very indifferent security, which " went begging for purchasers a couple of ‘ years since at thirty-eight and forty cents pn the dollar, now become a favorite with the public once more. The speculators in the [stock have made a good thing from the recent rise, and have by no means despaired of further profits from it. The New Bailroa«l Company. The members of the new Railroad Com pany, who left the city on Tuesday morn ing by a special train, on a tour of inspec tion along the line of the road, reached Brunswick about half past four o’clock in the afternoon. The trip was a pleasant and satisfactory one. Pauses were made, at the various points of the road. Memorial Service. On Sunday morning, at half past nine o’clock, a service will be held at the Syn agogue in honor of the late French Life- . Senator, Adolph Cremieux, who died la Paris on tbe 3rd of January. He was & distinguished man in the Jewish faith, a philanthropist and a statesman, and the . entire Jewish world will, on Sunday morning, bold services to bis. memory. r* CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physic! in. retire I from practice, hav* .is? hud placed m his hands by an East India missionary tbe formula of a simple rent table remedy for the speely and permanent curetc - Consumption. Brunctrtas,Catarrh.Asthma, ard all Threat and Lira* Afflictions, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility ana all * Nervous Complaints, after having ttated the . wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to all . suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it. this recipe, with full directors for preparing and using, in German. French or English. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W.W. baiRiE 1*9 Powers’ Klock. Rochester. N. 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There is gen- , crally a considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. 3A slight, dry cough is sometimes an attendant, i The patient complains of weariness . and debility; he is easily startled, his ■cet are cold or burning, and he com plains of a prickly sensation of toe ikin; his spirits are low; and although he is satisfied that exercise would be beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every remedy. Several of toe above symptoms attend die disease, but cases have occurred sliere few of them existed, yet exam ination of the body, after death, has shown the liver to have been extea- . sively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dff, C. McLane’s Liver Pills, in cases of Ague and Fever, when taken with Quinine, are productive of toe most happy results. No better cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. 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