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MACON, MARCH 5, iSSO.
—All the leading theatrical managers, of
New York city have determined to give
matinees on St. Patrick’s Day for the
benefit of the Irish Famine Fund.
—Anna Dickinson says she has not yet
passed her thirtieth year. “Perhaps she
ordered it up,” observes an exchange.
—The Kansas City Times tells the story
of a Western man who walked twenty
miles expecting to hear Queen Victoria
sing in Her Majesty's Opera Troupe,
—Charles O’Conor is a great pedestrian,
and attributes the extraordinary preserva
tion of his physical and mental powers to
the long walks taken by him daily.
—■A Maine paper speaks of a prayer re
cently offered before the Legislature of
that State as “spicy and full of practical
suggestions.” ; ..
—The Book Committee of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church report that in 1879
the New York publishing house cleared
$71,000 and the Cincinnati house $27,807,
This is a smaller profit than in 1878, owing
to the rivalry In the publication of hymn
books.
—Oil at Oilper, Oberg, and Oils-
bnrg, In Hanover, and oil at Hoelle near
Heide, in Holsteine, are announcements
in the London papers. The Hanover
wells near Linden and Linmer, and many
other places are already known to be rich,
nnd Germany sees herself in anticipation
supplying her own oil, and perhaps com
peting with Pennsylvania in supplying
other European countries.
Against the Third Term.—Forney
Pluladelpliia Press says in Pennsylvania
everybody knows that the movement for
General Orant’s nomination is hollowness
itself. In New York tills is also demon
strated. The intelligence of both States
is against it. The sober judgment of
the party revolts against it, and the com
mon sense of the country presents an in
flexible hostility to it.
—Charles A. Dana, of the New York
Sun, began on the Tribune as foreign edi
tor, on a salary of $12 per week. He now
receives $12,000 a year from the Sun and
enough more in the way of dividends from
the paper and from the American Cyclo
pedia to bring his income *up to $70,000.
Mr. Dana has just bought a home in New
York for $03,000.
—A negro at Wallace, Tennessee, told
his wife that he must kill somebody be
fore he went to bed. She begged him not
to select her, and' he obligingly said that
he wouid go down to a ball in the village
for a victim. He loaded a pistol, went to
the ball, and shot a young negro girl whom
he did not even know; but he failed of
bis object after all, for she was only slight
ly wounded.
—The shortest tariff bill ever introduced
has been brought forward by Mr. Morri-
son, of Illinois, which proposes a reduc
tion of one-half of the present duties on
nearly every item in the list. This meas
ure has the merit of brevity and simplic
ity, and is probably as positive an advance
as can be made in the line of free trade
without the intervention of a special com
mission of experts.
Gloom Cast Over the Grant
Boom.—A Washington dispatch to the
New York Herald, says the Utica Conven
tion casts a gloom over the Republicans
here many of whom say this afternoon
and evening that, while it is evident that
Messrs. Conkling and Cameron are de
termined to nominate the ex-President, it
is more and more certain that this ac
tion will be fatal to the party and will
bring it a disastrous defeat.
—Chauncey Slater, a foreman at the
shop of the Elastic Frog Company, in
Mansfield, Conn., has fallen heir to $100,-
000. A few days ago he received a check
for nearly the whole amount. He put it
in his pocket, and kept on at his work.
He tells his fellow workmen that he in-
intends to remain at his work, wearing
his working clothes, and not imitating in
any way the behavior of Coal Oil Johnny
and the great caravan of which he was
the type.
—Some of the Republicans in the Vir
ginia Senate have broken with the Read
justers on the question of the State finan
ces, and after conference with representa
tives of the bondholders they have pre
sented a new bill for settlement of the
State debt. It provides for a uniform rate
of interest at three per centum for forty
years, instead of as in the former bill
three per centum for ten-years, four per
centum for twenty years, and five per cen
tum for ten years. The most objection
able feature of the tax receivable coupons
is also got rid of by exempting the school
tax from the tax payable in coupons.
Mr. Jefferson Davis Explains.—
In a letter to Governor Stone, of Missis
sippi, Mr. Jefferson Davis writes as fol
lows: “The late Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, a
few days before her decease, instructed
me to present to her native State, Missis
sippi, the crayon portrait which accompa
nies this letter. It was made after a pho
tographic likeness of myself, which was
taken in the identical clothes worn when
I was captured. Every article I then had
on appears in this portraiture, except a
pair of large spurs, which were stolen
from me after my capture. I had a water
proof “raglan” and a shawl about my
head and shoulders when I left the tent,
but on being hailed by a cavalryman, who
rode a considerable distance before his
comrades, I dropped both the raglan and
. shawl while advancing on my challenger,
and thus appeared before my captors in
the exact costume represented in the por
trait.”
Masonry and the Obelisk.—Seve
ral distinguished Free Masons give their
opinions in the New York Herald upon
the relation to Masonry of the discoveries
recently made in Egypt by Commander
Gorringe. Authorities are divided on the
main point. Many do not believe that
the emblems found arc Masonic, nor that
the stones and implements described are
in any way whatever significant of the
mysteries of this order. Others insist
that these discoveries at once establish for
the order a veiy great antiquity; for, al
though the obelisk was not placed on its
recent site in extremely ancient times, it
is to be observed that those who assume
that the stoues found beneath it are Ma
sonic at once leap further and cany the
date of their order to the foundation of
the pyramids for no perceptible reason.
Mr. Singleton, of Washington, is the most
intelligent of the objectors to the theory
of the Masonic relations of the emblems.
Hq not only does not assent that some an
cient order of Masons demolishes the anti
quity of Hiram, but he does not even admit
that Hiram needed demolition, and hold
that this ancient friend of the working
man had no more historical relation to
Masonry than an allegory on the banks of
IbaNlle.
The Grant Boom
Is just now “sicklied o’er with the pale
cast of thought” and disquietude. The
public in general see in the results of the
grand stalwart third term demonstrations
In Pennsylvania and New York, any
thing but that imperative popular de
mand for Grant and a third term, the ex
istence of which they were gotten up with
much labor and machinery to prove. On
the contrary, they have shown that there
is no imperative demand for Grant and a
third term in either State. In both, the
only point of surprise is the unexpected
feebleness of the third term boom. In
both, it is confidently affirmed that
Blaine would have laid the third term
out as cold as a wedge had it been known
beforehand to have been so feeble.
But assuming that the third term was
bound to be carried by a very large ma
jority, and that the numbers, influence
and machinery were all in favor of it, the
opposition, in point of fact, made no sys
tematic effort to vindicate their own side
of the question. The unexpected strength
they displayed was simply a spontaneous
outburst of public opinion; while the ma
jority, after being actively in the field for
months with all the appliances of party
drill and discipline, only escaped "defeat.
Even Forney’s Press, as quoted yesterday,
says that the result in Pennsylvania is re
cognized by everybody as demonstrating
that the Grant movement in that State is
hollowness itself. The Philadelphia
Times of the 28th ult. says the result in
Utica is the town talk. in New York City
as proving that Grant is not the choice of
tl^e Republicans of that State.
Assuming, then, that the Gran j boom is
on the ebb, and that its revival is hardly
probable, the stalwarts have now to meet
the question whether they will hazard
the risk of running "him, and whether
Grant will risk the hazard of the race.
We do not doubt that Grant’s friends can
secure his re-nomination. In fact, they
have it already. The vote of New York
and Pennsylvania with the “solid South”
settles that point. Some'affect to believe
that the Southern vote will be cast for
Sherman; but the Southern Republican
negroes are unanimous for Grant, and any
vote for Sherman from this section will be
an outrage upon their feelings.
The question cf Giant’s ncmitatkn
therefore, practically settled, if he and his
friends are content with the support of
New York, Pennsylvania and the South,
and willing to go into convention as eager
contestants. But the idea of a gushing,
spontaneous popular demand for Grant
and a third term must be given up, and
dismissed forever. It is now clearly im
possible. If Graut is a candidate he must
first come down to the level of a squabble
for the nomination, to be followed by an
eager and doubtful struggle in the race,
He must take the risk of harmony in his
own party on a proposition abhorrent to a
majority of them. He must accept a nom
ination mainly from the Southern States,
who will hardly back it by a single elec
toral vote. This will be very humiliat
ing. It is totally at war with the original
programme. It opens a wide possibility
of defeat; for although the vast majority
Of the party would support him with en
thusiasm, there are thousands to whom
the third term objection would be insup
erable. The question is, are the friends
of Grant prepared to accept the risk ?
for the
Educational Qualification
Ballot.
Some of the New England papers have
been making a great pother over the pro
posal made some time since in South
Carolina, to confine the suffrage to those
only who are able to read and write. Of
course, it was intended that the law should
be general in its application and include
both races. But these hypercritical and
slanderous Down Easters, could see noth
ing in it but a subtle scheme to disfran
chise the negroes by the wholesale, and
then keep them in perpetual ignorance,
This, too, despite the liberal provision
which has been made for the support of
colored public schools, and the fact that
in Carolina, as well as every other
Southern State, the whites pay more than
three-fourths of the school tax.
But see the insincerity of these pseudo
philanthropists, who attack others for
seeking to attempt what they in reality
have been doing themselves for many
years. Both in Massachusetts and Con
necticut a stringent law is in force which
prohibits the ballot to all persons who
cannot read and write, and Rhode Island
goes so far as to make the possession of a
certain amount of property a prerequisite
to voting. We would suggest that our
Yankee brethren look a little more close
ly at home before traveling a thousand
miles to attack their Southern country
men.
We favor the education and advance
ment in every way possible of our colored
citizens, and cheerfully accept the present
situation with all its drawbacks and res
ponsibilities. Still, the opinion of the
whole civilized world and the verdict of
history will bear us out in saying that a
fouler, inore tyrannical and injurious
wrong was never inflicted upon a high-
toned and intelligent people than that oj
placing the ballot in the hands of four mil
lions of illiterate and recently manumit
ted slaves.
That anarchy, bloodshed and misrule
were not the immediate consequences all
over the South to a far greater extentthan
was exhibited, is due solely to the wisdom
and forbearance of the whites. Where
negro domination did obtain under the
operation of universal suffrage, dismal in
deed was the fate of those States until the
intelligence of the country was able once
more to assert its rights and regain politi
cal ascendancy.
Ireland’s Destitution General. ‘
We acknowledge the reception ef sever-
files of Dublin papers, from a friend
now travelling abroad, and from one of
them, the Freeman's Journal, we clip the
following paragraph to remove the im
pression that obtains with some, that the
famine is confined only to certain dis-.
tricis of the Island: > I
The Government believe that the' ca
lamity which has overtaken this country
is confined to a certain specified'number
of districts, and that it can be kept within!
these as within a ring fence. No greater
mistake could possibly be made. There
must be a portion of every county in Ire
land affected by it, and proofe of the accu
racy of this supposition are coming in up
on us every day. We may point to! the
letter of Father Nolan, P. P., Kildare,’
which appears in our columns to-day,
in support of it. Kildare, it
need hardly be said, ordinarily is one of
the richest and most thriving parts of the
country, yet the fact that unusual distress
prevails throughout the country, has be
gun to make itself undeniable. It is a
skeleton that will not be hidden away.
The Naas Union has felt it long ago, and
have endeavored to meet it, but the guar
dians are dealing with a Government who
desire to shunt the question as much as
(possible.
A Suggestion Worthy of Considera
tion.
Yesterday one of our most enterprising
business men in discussing the ’ probable
route of the Macon and Brunswick rail
road, threw out an idea which is not only
original but eminently worthy of consid
eration. Briefly stated, he suggests that
the new owners of the road, in making
the required extension, keep on the west
side of the Ocmulgee some six or eight
miles before crossing that river, with a
•view to utilizing the grading as far as
possible to promote the project of supply
ing the city with water and manufactur
ing power.
The suggestion is,that the company un
dertake the water-works in conjunction
with their read,as an additional and profit
able investment.
The plan proposed is to make the grad
ing of the roadbed sufficiently wide to In
clude the canal. The excavation of the
latter would be thus, much facili
tated, and once completed, the intro
duction of water into the city, alone
would pay handsome dividends
the outlay. But a canal that wpuid give
the city of Macon the benefit of the great
fall in the Ocmulgee which could be util
ized for the establishment of numerous
cotton mills and factories, would prove the
greatest of all temporal blessings to the
community. Experience is showing that
there is nothing that builds up a place
more substantially in wealth and popula
tion than the manufacturing business.
Witness Augusta and Columbus in Geor
gia, and the cities of Lowell and Fall
River in Massachusetts.
With her central situation and com
manding advantages, it is all that our
beautiful town lacks to make her take
rank with any Southern city. As stated,
it is thought that the new owners of the
M. & B. R. R., might profitably combine
this project with the contemplated exten
sion of their road. At least it is worthy
of consideration, and we respectfully com
mend it to their notice.
Will the Boll Never Be Complete.
A Washington special states that new
applications for pensions are pouring into
the department at the rajt^ of 7,000 per
month; and besides the 250,000 now on
tlie rolls, 200,000 additional claims are
pending. It seems evident, if these, fig
ures are correct, that nearly 1 one-half of
the men enlisted in the Union army were
either killed, wounded or disabled by dis
ease while in the sbrvice. It is certainly
an extraordinary fact that, after the lapse
of fifteen years, some 233 persons should
daily discover that they are entitled to re
lief from the government. This vast
standing army of pensioners the poor,
maimed Confederate soldiers are taxed to
support, while their dead are not even al
lowed sepulture in the national cemeteries
of the country.
The Macon and Brunswick Boad
Title.
In the published report of the transfer
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad to
the purchasers, yesterday morning, the
warranty portion only of the title was
printed for lack of space. As it has been
suggested, however, that unless the provi
sos and qualifications that follow are also
given to the public, the Governor will he
placed in an inconsistent attitude, to
avoid doing him the least injustice, to
morrow both the warranty and accom
panying qualifications will appear in our
columns.
Sewer gas, says the Philadelphia
Times, is one of the wickedest things on
earth or under the earth. It steals into
our houses through treacherous valves and
murders our helpless children before our
eyes. It is so sly that it can neither be
seen, felt nor tasted til! it has done much
of its mischief. When we try to keep it
out of the house and push it down into
the sewer where it belongs, it asserts its
right to be something and somebody, and
bursts its bonds wuh giant power and
malevolent effect. Smashing iron cast
ings, lifting horses into the air, breaking
windows, - spattering- Itouses with mud,
and scaring half out of its wits aspddeniy
bewildered public, it tramples on all re
spectable precedent, and makes a nui
sance of itself in the highway. Tliere is
nothing phenomenal in the bursting of a
sewer, which excited so many people yes
terday.
It may not be possible to escape sewer
gas with the present system of drain
age, which prevails in the laige cities. It
probably will remain for years as the in
sidious and destructive foe to health, mul
tiplying indefinitely the cases of diphthe
ria, pneumonia and typhoid and' other
fevers.
But surely there is no need of or apol
ogy for introducing similar drainage into
country towns of the South or elsewhere,
where space i3 ample and population
.comparatively thin; and yet it is done
greatly to the prejudice of health. The
old-fashioned way of getting rid of wast
age from the house is far safer.
Ram H. Hill’s ‘Memoirs.
♦ The unfortunate slayer of Simmons has
written a book which coutpihs all the
circumstances of the homicide, the inci
dents of the trial and all. the testimony
submitted, the comments of the press, his
own defense, the decision pf the Supreme
Court, ipd the pictures Of himself and
wife.
“For Life—For My Wife,” is the title
of the work,which is addressed to the men
and women of the South. He styles it
“an appeal from a living tomb.”
The publishers will be James P. Harri
son & Co., State Printers.
Russia.—To-day is the day named by
the Nihilists for those incendiary flames
in Russia which are destined to throw
Nero into the shade. Let us see what
comes of their threats. Of all develop
ments of Radicalism Nihilism is the wildest
and most unreasonable. The leading ex
ponents of this fanaticism, in authoritative
expositions of the views and policy of the
party gravely lay down, that the first thing
in order is universal destruction and disor
der. The whole structure, ecclesiastical;
social, political and industrial, is so total
ly wrong, that everything must be laid
lout before a reconstruction and reform
can begin. .Therefore they proclaim uni
versal annihilation and overthrow of
Church, State and family, and the entire
industrial fabric, and take their- name
from this dogma. * ‘
Tin; Weather.—March comes in ‘“like
lamb." The two days of it have been
balmy spring, with a temperature not far (
below 70. Gardners and farmers.are husyj
seeding. It remains to be seen whether,
the month, according to the old saw, “will,
go out like a lion.” ■ q
- TbeAxeHtaSlaln Him- I
The axe handle which'was whittled nut
with a pocket-knife by.a^nan sqventy-five
years of £g6 at Fort Mitchell, Alabama,
and sent to Mr. Matt O’Brien, of our city,
to be sold for the Irish sufferers, lias been
sent to Macon. Mr. J. T. Boifeuillet, jr.,
has it, and is at work getting up chances
among the aconites. It will be ramed
there and then sent to New York, raffled
again, and the proceeds placed with the
i Irish relieffuhd.—Enquirer-Sun. ; I
■ 1 - ' A Model Parliament
The following sketch : of the Bulgarian
Parliament reminds one pf the first car
pet bag negro gatherings after the war,
and more especially of the South Carolina
House of Representatives, at the period
when Grant’s bayonets held possession of
the State house at Columbia. H any
thing, however, Sambo beats his brother
Bulgarian parliamentarians:-
In recent numbers of the Augsburg rtf f-
yemeine Zeitung some interesting details
are gived of the present position of Bulga
ria, which shows on’ce'ippre liow Impessi
ble it is for a people„io.deyelop suddenly
into phases which other people li'ave slow
ly lived through—to acquire in months
what in other nations has been the slow
work of centuries. What uses, for. exam
ple, could a people .like the Bulgarians,
so recently under, oppression, and quite
without culture, make of a Parliament,
with responsible Ministers, and such like
institutions?- The details given by the
journal referred to on the sessions of the
Butgarian Parliament for. November and
December, are almost disheartening: “The
Assembly at Sofia contains very • few
Intelligent heads; even from among
thi - mass of half educated, there
ar£ ■ scarcely twelve persons who
are the least capable of expressing an
opinion on a bill, or, indeed, on any se
rious subject, which requires some intelli
gence and ripe judgment. All the rest
were boors, who, iu the sitting, partly
gave utterance to wretched nonsense, (as
the Voivode Debo Zeko), partly slept;
and outside the Assembly saved fourteen
out of the fifteen franys daily allowance
for onions. and hread, In order to add to
their household weaitu *> y ti, e purchase
of oxen, etc. Besides there are micon
Turkish deputies from the east of the
country, whodo not understand ’ Bulga
rian,and who sit like statues,unconcerned
with what is going bn. These Turks also
make a fine thing out of their allowance,
One of these (Osman Effendi, ofTosluk)
attends his colleagues as sen-ant, and
earns daily a few piastres in addition to
life fifteen francs. Every morning and
evening this bright specimen of a Parlia
mentarian could be seen with large water
cans and bundles of wood, in white turban
and dirty burnoose, wandering merrily
through the streets of the Bulgarian capital,
a “representative of the people.” There was
nothing like a regular debate. Each spoke
as often as he wished, sometimes thirty
times in a sitting. Unpopular speakers
were simply howled down, and the wishes
6f the ministers and other disliked indi
viduals summarily annulled. By a bare
majority of voices were certain of the chief
opposition sliouters, who had not attained
the regulation thirty years of age, declared
to be of that age, and thus the Chamber
was in a position, 'unconcerned before the
whole of Europe to decree the greatest
nonsense by a simple majority of voices.
After the foolish and thoroughly fruitless
session had cost the impoverished' country
120,000 francs the Assembly was dissolved
and “many of the country deputies were
compelled to wander home on foot, since
ttyey had lost all their allowance at cards,
and they had all too surely counted on
the continuation of the golden time till
Christmas.”
MACOXITBMC LIBRARY.
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An important Basines. change. The Railroad Commission Schedule.
e Rochester Daily Union and Ad- . • ' n . . ,
M _ __ _ • . . • ?~rti*pr savs • ( I lie btate Railway Commissioners bare
life Memberships - Entertainments, zriuier says. r n L __ *,*.. V si... t . ,
J /Negotiations Lave for a considerable pe- permitted tlie Constitution to print in ad-
The Macon Public Library is deservedly t b if 0 e “^ ; d l ns 1 vance of0ie re S? Jar publication and ad-
one of the prominent institutions of our ner ; s Safe Remedies, of Rochester, and the i ofl,assen S er
city and its importance to the education an,i - consolidated Fire Extinguisher Company,' lares > freight per buntired pounds on dis-
general moral cultivation of the commr of Chicago, Illinois. For the benefit of tances from 10 to 350 miles, for all classes
tne central city. That it is steadily j above named Company now owns and
tag the appreciation of all is evidenced by controls all the interests heretofore held
the large donations of books, roiner?s and by Babcock, Connelly, Champion, and
curM.,.,
sible value. The factory will remain at
•Chicago, where it is now located; the bus
iness office will be in Rochester, where all
correspondence in relation to the affairs
i .uu 3t0 mmiue es ,p re5 emeu 0 f the company will be received and an-
rnght at the regular monthly meeting of SK - e red.
— ‘ ■’ The whole will be under the manage-
addition of names to the roll of member
ship. ' - l
The reports of the Librarian and va
rious committees, presented hst Monday
The Texas and Pacific Extension.
•The Atlantic and Pacific’s Terminus.-
The Marshall (Texas) Messenger, in re
ferring to the extension of the Texas and
Pacific, says: “There are now three sur
veying corps in the field. One is proba-
bly 100 tniles-west of Weathurford; the
second has recently started from that
place, and the third left in charge of Mr.
P. Law. The contract of the Texas and
Pacific with the construction company
requires that the road he completed
El Paso by January 1, 1883, and their
contract will be fully complied with. They
movements indicate that the terms of the
have already purchased 10,000 tons
rails and fastenings, have contracted for
all bridging for the first 100 miles, and for
500,000 ties, which will tie about 190 miles
of road. They have also contracted for
20 engines and 350 cars, which will be
supplied as soon as manufactured. The
Texas and Pacific lays out and locates its
own line, selects stations, &c., and has di
recti in as to character of road to be
built.”
President Nickerson, of the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company, Ja few
days ago sent a letter to the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce, in which he an
nounces the immediate construction of the
road from the Rio Grande to the Colorado,
fiver, and adds: “The Pacific terminus
is as yet undecided, although strong in
ducements are offered at various points.
If your citizens will secure for us conven
ient and ample terminal facilities in Sau
Francisco, with the necessary right of way
thereto, we will at once take steps to ex
amine the matter with a view of com
mencing work at your end,” Ac. A dis
patch was received at New York Thurs
day announcing that the chamber had ap
pointed a committee to give effect to tlie
propositon.
—The ravages of what is commonly
known as “rot” or “bane” are assuming
most appalling proportions ix the midland
and western countries of England, in con
sequence, it is generally supposed, of the
excessive and long-continued-wet weather
last year. Tens of thousands of sheep,
principally ewes, are dead and dying. In
some parishes in Gloucester, Oxon and
Warwck there are, comparatively spoak-
ing, very few sheep left, and in Somerset
there are only 5,000 left in one district
which usually winters 50,000. Hundreds,
if mot thousands, of sheep haTe been sold
ff in the Bristol district at from 3s. Gd. to
10s. ahead.
— 1 The additional duty imposed on to
bacco far Germany has had the not unex
pected effect of greatly stimulating the
smuggling of foreign tobacco. This con
traband traffic is described as having as
sumed most extensive proportions across
the frontiers of Holland. It is an open
secret that gangs of ten, twenty, and thir
ty men, chiefly Dutchmen, are regularly
engaged in taking large quantities over
the borders; and it is asserted that the to.
bacco manufactories in Nymwegen are
unable to- keep pace with the demand
which has sprung up from this cause. The
Custom House guards on tlie frontier do
their utmost to prevent the traffic, but
they are “far too few in number, compared
with the extent of frontier, to produce
much Effect, and the smugglers manage
constantly to escape detection.
—It is stated that the editors of Scrib
ner's Magazine have on hand manuscripts
for which $15,172.55 have been paid, and
the editors of St. Nicholas manuscripts
for which $8,545 have been paid.
—Miss Blanche Davenport says.there
were two hundred and twenty-five Ameri
can girls studying singing in Milan when
she was there, and that of this number
only six have been heard of since.
—It is reported that when Senator Bay
ard was in Richmond recently he was in
vited to pay a visit to the Virginia Legis
lature, in which the Readjusters have a
majority, where it was proposed to tender
him a formal reception. His reply was
that he did not care to visit people who
refused to pay their honorable debts.
Us of the Chaldees.—The town of
,Urfa,in Asiatic Turkey, situated on the
supposed site of the scriptural city “Ur of
the Chaldees,” has been nearly destroyed
by fire.
the Directors, showed avert satisfactory
state of affairs, and repres/nt-rd the Asso
ciation as in a prosperous ^od advancing
condition. •• • /.
During the month o/February two hun
dred and seventy-fVe new books were
added to the slieJrcs of the Library,
and eleven hundred and fifty circulated
therefrom
The following seventeen persons were
elected regular inembers of tbe society:
Messrs. D. Cromeline, Joseph 1
Napier,John M. Walker, F. H. Stone,
William' Ludwig, Herbert L. Manson,
Hugh M. Oliver, William H. Chichester,
Sydney C, Bronson, W. E. Wrye, H. D,
R. Hembre, Jacob N. Heard, J. A. Foster,
W- H. Ross, J. L. Adams, Mrs. B. H.
Wrigley and Mrs. R. S. Wynn.
The accompanying list of eight were
elected life membeis: Messrs. John S,
Baxter, I. J. Traywick, R. E,
Park, Lee A. Jordan, L. N,
Whittle, L. Riplej, Herbert R. Brown
and Mrs. T. D. Tinsley. The feature of
“Life Membership’’ is becoming very
popular. Only tweaty-five dollars is re
quired to secure this privilege, which en
titles one to all the privileges of the Li
brary and relieves the member from all
dues. The following was adopted :
Resolved,, That, from and after this
date, the proceeds arising ’from life mem
berships shall be used exclusively for
“Book and Endowment Fund.”
The thanks of the Association were
voted for the following persons: Mrs. H.
T. Johnson, two volumes, presented; Hon,
J. H. Blount, fifteen volumes; Harry Chi
chester, one volume; General John B,
Gordon, Official Gazette, Patent Office,
1880; Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, one vol
ume; Charlie H. Hall, one volume; Rob
ert Faulkner, glass fish tank; Eagle and
Phenix Mills, lot of samples; C. H. Med-
iock, Sylvania Telephone, and Marcellus
E. Thornton, Crawfordsville Democrat.
The liberal deposit of two hundred and
fifty volumes of books by Mrs. Hutton, of
Savannah, was justly deemed by the Li
brary Committee and the Directors as
worthy the following resolution:
Resolved, That the thanks of the Macon
Public Library and the Board of Direc
tors are hereby tendered to Mrs. H. T.
M. Hutton, of Savannah, for her generous
deposit in our Association of two hundred
and fifty choice volumes, and such action
on her part evidences a lively interest in
the welfare of the Library. She can rest
assured that the value of the books is
only equaled by the deep appreciation of
her liberality as felt by the members and
Directors of the Macon Public Library
and Historical Society.
The foregoing resolution will be beauti
fully drawn off by Mr. August Warlike,
and handsomely framed by Mr. L. W.
Smith, and presented, with the compli
ments of the Library, to Mrs. Hutton.
An appropriation was made by the Di
rectors for the Library Committee, to pur
chase new hooks. Hence, in a short
while, an array of literature will be pre
sented fo the citizens of Macon to select
from, that cannot be suipassed by that on
the shelves of any library in Georgia,
The Lecture Committee have in con
templation a series of lectures on scientific
subjects by some of the most learned
gentlemen of the city. This and other en
tertainments will, doubtless, be given at
an early day.
Success; crowns the Macon Public
Library, and we hope its prosperity may
continue. ..
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Tbe Triennial Grand Conclave at Chi
cago.
The triennial grand conclave of the
Grand Cominanderyof Knights Templar in
(he United States will be held in August
next in the city of Chicago. All the pre
vious meetings of this body have been
memorable gatherings, but the one this
year promises to surpass its predecessors.
Accommodations have been arranged for
twenty thousand Sir Knights and their
families, and such is the perfection of the
an-angements of the committee that they
say that this immense concourse, and
all who visit the' city to witness
it, will be comfortably provided for.
M. E. Sir Knight W. J*. Pollard, “Grand
Representative of the Grand Master of
Knights Templar in the United States of
America,” for the Southern District, has,
under Special orders, been making ar
rangements for the Commanderies in this
section, and writes that he has arranged
a rate of fare for round trip frqm this, city
to Chicago at reduced figures. Georgia
Commandery, of Augusta, Cceurde Leon,
of Atlanta, and Palestine, of Savannah,
will go in a body, and also delegations
from the other Commanderies. It is also
expected that there will be large delega
tions from North and South Carolina and
Florida to accompany the Sir Knights of
Georgia. Sleepers will be provided, and
if possible, a special train, which will go
through from Augusta to Chicago without
change. From this it will be seen that as
far as the Empire State of the South is
concerned, there will be a large represen
tation of Southern Templars. All who
have been on previous pilgrimages know
that they are of the most enjoyable char
acter, and it is not to be wondered at that
they are looked forrtrafd to by those who
are to participate in them with so great
an interest.
St. Omer Commandery is preparing to-
go on the grand excursion, and it is prob
able it will attend in a body. Prepara
tions are being steadily made towards
that end. In Chicago several prizes will
he offered for the best drilled commande-
ries and other tilings. We hope the com
mandery of this city will enter the lists
with the determination of bringing one or
more of them home as a trophy of victory
for the South and her Templars.
He thought he heard “the angels sing”
hut it proved to he a chorus of yells from
the uext door children. He grew desper
ate, procured a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Baby
Syrup and sent it to Mrs. S. with his com
pliments. He was a batclielor.
•The whole object of the premeditated
attempt to reelect Grant to a place for
which he is confessedly unfit by education,
instinct, and habit,, says the New York
Mercury, is to revolutionize our form of
government and make the people the sub
jects of a one-man power at Washington.
ment of the enterprising gentleman, H. H.
Warner, who is the one that has made so
popular, the world over, Warner’s Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, Warner’s Safe
Diabetes Cure, Warner’s Safe Bitters, and
others of the Warner Safe Remedies.
There cannot be found in our country a
man possessing greater energy and pluck
than does the one named or one that can
more successfully conduct the business of
this “Fire Extinguisher Co.” Mr. Warner
has as well a high estimate of the value
of “printers’ ink” as an accessory to an in
crease of business; the same excellent
lever will doubtless be used to further the
interest of the company. It was certainly
a wise and judicious move on the part of
the stockholders of- the Extinguisher
Company in making H. H. Warner their
President, Treasurer and Manager. This
one act alone is sufficient to prophesy for
tlie company an unbounded success.
Electricity as a Motive Power.
The Berlin ' Volks Zeitung announces
the probable introduction of electricity as
a motive power in the German capital.
Only one difficulty is said to staud be
tween the promoters and success—that of
completely insulating the axles of the car
riages, which must be entirely free from
communication with any metallic body.
The new machines will, it is said, be
much cheaper than horse or steam power.
The firm which has acquired the owner
ship of the invention is in treaty with the
municipality of Berlin to take over the
omnibus traffic of the City and it is said
that that body is almost convinced by the
demonstration offered to it. It is further
proposed to construct a net work of mid-
air railways on the same system. In this
case the rails would run above the foot
ways, being supported on one side by the
lamp posts, and on the other by iron pil
lars close to the walls of. tbe bouses. By
a contrivance consisting of hooks projec
ting from the bottom of the wagons, and
so disposed as to catch tbe rails should a
lateral jolt occur, the danger of oversetting
is provided against.
The working of the new machines is
said to be almost noiseless. In the case
of the mid-air railways it is proposed to
run at a time only one carriage, which
will be in itself engine and wagon, with
separate compartments for ladies and gen
tlemen. If the “one difficulty” does not
prove an insuperable obstacle, tlie Prus
sians will be able to say that for once
their boasted intellectual superiority lias
produced something more valuable than
improvements in tlie art of slaughtering
their fellow creatures.
Management of tbe Macon and Brnns-
wick Road.
The public just now is very much inter
ested in all things connected with the Ma
con and Brunswick road, and all wish to
know into whose hands its direct manage
ment Will be placed. The old officers
have been continued in their positions
and from all we can learn will probably
be permanently retained.
They are certainly familiar with the
road in all of its details, understand the
wants of the people along the line, have
proven themselves able and efficient in
the discharge of their duties, and are pre
pared to render up a good account of
their stewardship to the State. The im
portance of having experienced gentle
men in the important executive posi
tions of the road, is a matter which will
not be overlooked by tbe new company.
Colonel George IV. Adams and Colonel
H. M. Drane have for the best part of their
lives been connected with railroads, and
thoroughly understand the business. Both
have won for themselves the reputation of
being two of the most reliable rail
road men in the South. We think thatthis
reputation is well earned by the gentleman
the faithful service done the State, and in
according them the praise we have, yte
feel it is as deserved as unsolicited. The
new Company has again shown its wis
dom by their retention.
Tbe Carriers.
The carriers of the mail have, during
the month just ended, had a much larger
amount of mail to deliver than during the
month of January. The free delivery
system is working like a charm, and all
are becoming more and more pleased
with it. It has proven of immense bene
fit to parties residing In parts of the city
removed from the post-office, whose facili
ties for sending for the mails are limited.
They can now, with difficulty, see how
they have beeu able to do without the
delivery system so long.
The following is the official report of
the carrier’s business for February:
•i Carrier No. 1 delivered-c-registeied let
ters, 341; mail letters, 5,7SC; mail postal
cards, 2,828; local letters, 383; local pos
tal cards, 5; newspapers, 4,347. Collected
letters, 7,076; postal cards, 8,317; news
papers, 1,510; local letters and cards,
230.
Carrier No. 2 delivered—registered Jlet-
ters, 44; mail letters, 2,907; mail postal
cards, 910; local lesters, 208; local postal
cards, 80; newspapers, 2,045. Collected—
Letteis, 2,842; postal cards, 1,393; news
papers, 586; local letters and postal cards
155.
Carrier No. 3 delivered—registered let
ters, 9; mail letters, 1,408; mail postal
cards, 323; local letters, 120; local postal
cards, 21; newspapers, 1,035. Collected—
letters, 1,539; postal cards, 585; newspa
pers, 73; local postal card3 and letters,
44.
Carrier, No. 4 delivered—registered let
ters, 114; mail letters, 3,656; mail postal
cards, 1,26S; local letters, 419; local postal
cards, 279; newspapers, 2,740. Collec
ted—letters, 904; postal cards, 303; news
papers, 20S; local letters and postal cards,
11.
Carrier No. 5, delivered—registered let
ters, 45; mail letters, 1,685; mail postal
cards, 660; local letteis,. 175; local postal
cards, 19; newspapers, 1,281. 'Collected—
letters, 1,518; postal cards, 566; newspa
pers, 377 >’ local letters and postal cards 4.
The tolalfor the monthare, of delivered
matter—registered letters, 562; mail let
ters, 15,442; mail postal cards, 5,989; local
letters, 1,305; local postal cards, 404; news
papers, 11,448. Matter collected—letters,
13,879; postal cards, 0,254; newspapers,
!,S14; local letters and postal cards, 444.
A OARD.|
TotU who ore lafienng from the error* «nd
indiscretion* of jroath. nervous weedenew, e«lj
decay,lo*« of manhood, etc, I will send a recipe
that will cure you, F&SK OF OHALGH. Toe
Croat remedy waa discovered by a missionary in
leeth America. Send a self-addressed enveoie
to Ah* Bei Joamh T Inman, Staikn D, New
Tut
of goods, and car load rates for live stock,
grain, merchandise, brick, ores, etc., for
the same distance.
To the eye, the scale seems to have been
adjusted upon the most equitable princi
ples. Short distances, of course, are high
er than long, but the graduation is uni
form, and the whole table is so clearly ar
ranged that any farmer, or ’ shop keeper,
may almost at a glance calculate his own
freight bill.
How these rates compare with existing
tarifls, we are unable to say, or whether
they will be made universally applicable,
remains to be seen. It is not likely, how
ever, that there will be any material devi
ations from them, and in every instance
the Commissioners will have the right of
passing npon-all deviations.
The work of tho commission bears the
Impress of much care and pat ient labor.
Practical sense, legal acumen and long
railroad experience were utilized in its
preparation, and before reaching any con
clusion, it was necessary to call for and
closely scrutinize the schedules of every
railroad in the State, that all the light
and information possible might be had in
advance upon the subject. This has been
faithfully done, and now it only remains
to see how the system will operate in ac
tual practice. Perhaps some modifications
may be deemed necessary hereafter, and
it should be remembered that the com
missioners themselves will supervise the
work, and be in readiness to make them
There is one feature in the schedule
which our readers will find spread forth
in extenso elsewhere, that must commend
it warmly to the masses of the people.
We allude to the utter elimination of
everything that savors of discrimination
in any form or shape. An individual or
merchant will pay for his goods according
to the distance they have been transported
and no advantage can be taken of any one
in the premises. Of course, when the
Commission are ready to report, they will
go into details and explanations upon all
the subjects upon which they hare taken
action. The community will await the
final result of their labors and investiga
tions with the deepest interest.
Terrible Weather in the Northwest—
A Snow Blockade.
A dispatch dated February 28, from
Fargo, Dakota Territory, gives an aston
ishing account of the cold weather in that
region. Only a half dozen trains were
able to reach that point during the whole
month of February. All the railroad cuts
are filled with snow and the rail3 covered
with ice. Five or six locomotives have been
used in hanking up the snow. Two oth
ers are lying at the foot of a high em
bankment and will probably remain there
until spring. The account states that the
railroad company refused to pay their
bills at the farmhouses on tlie prairie, and
permitted newsboys to sell poor biscuits
for twenty cents a piece. There has been
no suffering, but considerable roughing it.
The contractors on the extension are idle
with several hundred teams, because of
the non-arrival of supplies. They have
seventy cars in the blockade. The unpre
cedented weather continues.
Governor Colquitt’s Qualification of
the Warranty of the Macon and
Brunswick Bailroad Sale.
We promised yesterday to publish all
that related to the sale and transfer of the
Macon and Brunswick railroad to Messrs,
Couper, nazlehurst, Lane & Co., and ac
tually had a copy made of the voluminous
title deed now on file in the Clerk’s office
at the court house. But upon examining
tbe document we found that it failed to
contain the information wanted and its
publication would therefore he of no
special interest. Subsequently, however,
we had the good fortune to obtain ac
cess to the original from one of the par
ties to the transaction who chanced to be
on a visit to Macon. It reads thus:
“Referring to a deed of sale this day ex
ecuted conveying to us the Macon and
Brunswick railroad, we make this state
ment:
1. The condition upon which we pur
chase tlie property is, that the State is le
gally entitled to sell and convey, and sells
and conveys the same to us absolutely
and in fee simple, upon tbe terms ex
pressed.
2. It is understood by tbe parties re
ceiving the conveyance that by the cove
nants and warranty contained therein, it
is not intended by the executive te com
mit the State beyond the power conferred
under the act and amendatory act, au
thorizing the sale of thefMacon and Bruns
wick railroad, and the general laws of this
State.”
It will be seen, therefore, that the Gov
ernor only guaranteed such title as the
Act enabled him to make, and nothing
more. He assumed no individual respon
sibility, and only pledged the faith of the
Slate so far as the late Legislature empow
ered him to do so. This at first was not
satisfactory to the present owners, but af
terwards when the negotiations were re
newed, they assented to it, and really no
better title could be asked for.
Governor Colquitt also afterwards ad
dressed the following letter to the new
President of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad, W. M. Johnston, Esq., which
effectually disposes of the claim of the
$000,000 second mortgage bondholders :
“Referring to a letter this day received
from you, respecting a deed of convey
ance to the Macon and Brunswick road
made by me as Governor of the State of
Georgia, I have to say that by requiring
such a statement I have uot meant to cast
any doubt upon the validity of the title.
I here state that in case the title is active
ly impeached by the holders of the $600,-
000 so-called indorsed bonds, that I will,
upon your request at either a regular or
called session of the Legislature, recom
mend the adoption of such measures as
will protect your title and save you from
any damage that may come to you by rea
son of the claims of the holders of the
said bonds of the Macon and Brunswick
road.”
The above triumphantly relieves the
Governor from any inconsistency what
ever in the premises, and shows that he
only acted with that prudence which be
came his responsible position.
—A woman who is a close observer of
round dancing iu Washington writes to
the Springfield Republican as follows: “It
has become the fashion for girls to wear
a bunch of Jacqueminot roses low in the
corsage. Many of these roses shed their
dye when touched or rubbed, and so upon
the snow-white shirt-bosoms, encased in
low-cut vests of dancing men, is often to
bo seen a delicate blush which gives a
touch of color to their sweetly 'simple
costume. In this way there are' some
girls at least who imprint themselves not
only upon the bosom of their lovers, but
upon those of many other men. Is it not
charming idea?”
One cf our most estimable citizens may
be thankful for the introduction of Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup, for its timely use has
saved his life.
uticura
Blood and Skin Humors
THB SCOURGE OF MANKIND-OLD MEIH
OD3 OP TREATMENT AND REM
EDIES A FAILURE.
Cutieura Bejclvent, the Great Eked
infl Liver Stimulant, it tto most sewchin?
Cit-a-cauur and purifring agent cf this center?’
It may te detected intheiahva. sweat milk’
blotd and urine in forty minute* slier takine th»
fliM drse, showing that it has entered t ne cirin
Ution and been carried to every part of the n>
Urn. It forever eradicates tbe virus ot ^jrhilnf
Scrofula. Canoer and Canker, those ternbleblooi
pusons that rot out the m-u-hiaery of life fln££
the body with foul corruptions. Taken inter
nsdiy in corjuncttcn with the external annliS’
non of Cnricura, the Great Skin Cure, it speedilv
cures Scrofulous Ulcers and Old Sores, Sait Rha
um. Psoriasis, Tetter. Ringworm, Beall w«S~
Dandruff, and all Itching, anl Bcaly Disessas o’s
the Skin and Scalp. 91 oi
Eczema on the Scalp.
BREAST AND LIMBj CURED.
Msssss. WbxesA Porraa: Gentlemen-Ican.
rot I el rain fiom adding rny debt of gratitude to
you for having placed within my Ttacn tte won
deriul Cuticuia Remedies, which hare rendered
unnecessary all iurther exptriment cf physicians
and in a remarkably short space ot time Lave rid
me of a loathsome di- ea 1 e. I dispensed with all
physicians two yearc ago, believing the; cid me
no gcoil. The Cuticura has stopped this uniatis
fse cry exponse—even it it were necessary and I
had the com aee sny longer to lollow their advice
and brought the long-looked-tor cure and haDbi-
ness.
I have been afU-ctcd with Eczema cr Salt Rhe
um on my *c-lp, broasi, and limbs for five years
darn g wuich time 1 have been under the treat
ment of phj sicians. or at mineral springs, or tak
ing some kind of medicine. I have been treated
by Dis. — of —, Dr. — of —•, aid viiited
8utp_hw,spriDgs and taking numbers of patent
meoicrais. aU without the faintest approach toa
cure
April 1st last, I began the nee cf Cuticura,
which was immediately successful in mj case,
entirely curing me. I have not had a clean scalp
for 15 years until the use of the Cuticura entirely
healed it and left it clean and healthy. The oth
er parts of my body w ere sff ctedina mcreag-
aravated form, but are now completely healed.
1 believe myee f completely cured. I shall con
tinue the Cuticura Besolvent as directed,for its
wonderful action on the stomach and bowels and
cooling influence on the blood. It will afford me
pleasnre. as I base done in manv cases, to urge
iheeffi ctrd to use these wonderful remed'es.
Tours, etc.. STEPHEN CROWELL.
New Bedlord, Sept. 80,18?8.
A Running Sore.
CURED IN ONB WEEK.
Me'srs. Weeks Potter.- Seme three or four
Weeks ago I ordered a box of Cuticura for a bad
ca.-e of Salt Rh-um. The back of one of my
aife’a hands was a running sore- In one week
from the day it arrived her hand a as well and
h-ts remained soup to to day.
B. P. DAG GBIT,
Milford, Me., June 10, 1878.
boTB—Reader, don’t you thick these cures re
markable?
Cuticura Soap,
MEDICINAL AND TOILET.
Is prepared from Cuticura in a modified form,
and is positively indispensable in the treatment
of bkinandflcalp Diseases. We recommend it
for the preservation of the skins.of infants, for
gentlemej who shave *nd are trouMed with ten
der faces.for those who desire a clean and whole*
some Skin ani Scalp, and for all purposes ot the
toilet, bath and nursery. Its delightful ai d re-
f rr-Ling fragrance equals cr sure asses the finest
Pansitn Soaps.
THE CUTIOUR1 REMEDIES
are prepared by Weel a A Potter, Chemists and
Druggists. 860 Washington street. Bosun, Msss,
and tor sale by all Druegiits and Dealers. Price
of Cntinira. small bores, to cents: Isrge botes,
containing two and one halt times tbe quantity
ofsmafLSl. Resolvent, SI per bottle. Cuticu
ra Soap. 25 anti per cake; by mail, 30 cents;
three cakes. 75 cents.
COLLIN no^isWe^hTvSS
voltaic BSawmSSShoPSd
PiiercRS Weak and Pointul Parts;
1cure Chronic Ailments
and Di*eue9 of the Liver and Kidneys; ab-oib
Poisons from the Blood, and thus prevent Fever
and Asue, Malarial and Contagious Diseases;
stimulate tbe Mjma-h and Dize.tive Organs
when plsoed over the pit of the stomach, and
srevent Dyspepsia, Bilious Colic, Cramps and
fains. ieb2fl
OUTICUHA REMEDIES
can be bad at ELLIS’ DRUG STORE, Triangc*
lar block. uovii
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA:
BY ALFRED H. COLQUITT, Governor of said
Elate.
Whebsis. official information has been re
ceived at tbs Department tint a murder » as
committed in the conntv of Twirgs, on the sixth
day of December last, upon the body of Washieg-
iiigton Wilton by Tarter Bryant, at is alleged,
and that sail Bryant fled from justice:
I have thought proper, therefore, to ivsne this
my Proclamation hereby offering a reward ok
One Hundred and Filty Dol.a s lor the appre
hension and delivery of said Tarter Bryant to
the sheriff ot said courtyard State.
And I do ncreiver charxe ard require aU offi
cers in this State, civil and military, to be vigi
lant in endeavoring to apprehend the said Tar
ter Bryant in order that he may be brought to-
trisl for tbe offense with which be stands charg
ed.
Given under my hand and the great set! oi the
State, at the capivolin Atlanta, this the second
day o! March.in ihe year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty, and of the in-
doperdenee of the United States of America
the one hundred and fonrfb.
ALFEBD H. CJIQUITT, Governor.
By the Governor:
N. G. Babbitt, Secretary of State, mr* wSt
A Good Man in Israel Fallen-
Death of Rev. Samuel Anthony.
The painful intelligence has reached us
of the decease at 3 a. m. yesterday at
Americus, of Rev. Samuel Anthony, one
of the most widely known and venerated
ministers in the Methodist church of
Georgia. It was the privilege of the
writer to know him well, and it may he
truthfully affirmed of this devout man of
God that his life and character were the
true reflex of the blameless Christian and
exemplary citizen.
Gentle as a child in his manners, yet
possessed of the courage of a lion, no hu
man obstacle ever deterred him from the
discharge of his duty.
On one occasion, when in the act of
performing a marriage ceremony, he was
shot and grievously wounded by an en
raged relative of the bride. But nothing
daunted, despite liis sufferings, he pro
ceeded with the wedding service and did
not desist until tbe nuptial knot had been
securely tied. Indeed, it was impossible
fa look upon the noble countenance of the
deceased,where gentleness was so happily
blended with the unmistakable lines of
Roman firmness, without feeling that he
was a true specimen of the Christian gen
tleman.
In the pulpit, Mr. Anthony was a clear
and forcible reasoner and possessed a won
derful knowledge of the holy Scriptures.
Sincerity was stamped upon every word
that fell from his lips, and few men of his
church wielded a greater influence or
have achieved more good in their day than
he.
"We have but few particulars of the closing
scenes in our excellent friend’s career,
and the task of sketching his useful life
and manifold virtues and labors will de
volve upon abler hands. In conclusion,
we would simply say that the subject of
this brief notice was born in Gwinnett
county, Georgia, entered the Christian
ministry in 1832—near a half centuiy ago
-and was about seventy years of age.
He was attacked suddenly on Monday .
of the present week, when in ordinary
health, with acute pneumonia, and
after an illness of two short days, tran
quilly breathed his last at 1 p. m. yester
day. His funeral obsequies will be per
formed to-day.
—Mr. Gladstone wants Englishmen
still to be punished for breach of promise
to marry. He is opposed to the abroga
tion of the present law on the subject.
“I am unwilling,” he says in a recent let
ter, “to part with the imperfect check
upon misconduct supplied by the present
law until I shall see that better ones have
been provided.”