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MACON, MARCH 12«.*S0.
—If women are really angels, why don’t
they fly over a fenoe instead of making
such a fearfully awkward joh of climbing.
—Vessels drawing thirty feet can pass
through the jetties to New Orleans. This
makes New Orleans as accessible as New
York.
—It has been demonstrated that when a
man pounds his thumb with jl hammer*
he is twice as mad as when he strikes his
elbow on the doorframe.
—Spain gives a minister plenipotentiary
$6,000 per year, while a favorite bull
fighter receives $30,000, but then we’d
rather plenipotensli for that country for a
dollar a day and board than fight bulls at
any price-. , . .
—Irrigation works am receiving great
attention in France. The French are
vexed at the Idea of having to depend on
foreign countries for grain, and this has
given an impetus to agricultural improve
ment. .
—It is estimated by the census supervi
sors of Nebraska, that the population of
that State will possibly foot up 550,000
this year. In 1870 it was 122,993. This
would increase her Congressional repre
sentation from one to four. ,
—At Gillingham, near Chatham, Eng
land, a singular ball was' recently held..
The party was made up of fifty-nine ^la
dies and gentlemen whose united ages
A gentleman
amounted to 4,259 years,
bora in 1790 opened the dance with a lady
only four years his junior, and it is said charm with the politicians. This’tax enters
“Tariff Tinkering.”
It Is gravely announced that there is to
be no “tariff tinkering” at this session of
Congress. The time is confessedly un-
propitious—that is to say, we are on the
eve of another general election, when no
candidate can tell how his toes may be
pinched by an alteration in protective du
ties which may effect the business of con
stituents..
It is a capital argument against this sys
tem of taxation that, under pretence of
raising a revenue for the support of gov
ernment, it raises a much larger one for
John Smith and Tom Jones in the shape
of enhancing the price of "their manufac
tured goods. Admitting that the average
tariff duty is between forty and fifty per
cent., to this must be added interest and
profits on' money advanced, and then job
bers’ and retailers’ profits on the sum to
tal, so that it is by no means easy to say
what the unprotected classes—the farm
ers and others—really pay in order to
give Smith, Jones and Brown a round
profit on their manufactures.
To raise the 100 to 150 millions annual
revenue from customs a very large addi
tional amount is necessarily taken from
ihfe pockets of consumers in the shape of
increased prices on all the protected arti
cles. This is greatly in excess of the
gross amount of tariff duties collected;
but If it were only as much more—that is
to say only double the amount that is
thought necessary for revenue purposes, it
is a grievous and unrighteous burden
Levied directly in cash it would be felt
as such; hut it oozes from the pocket m
dribbles everyday, and the insensible way
in which this tax is collected is its chief
that their waltzing was as brisk as that
at any young couple of twenty.
—The Chicago Stoats Zeitung, the lead
ing German paper in the Northwest,
argues that Washburne’s positive declina
tion to run starts a big boom for him in
case neither Grant, Blaine, nor Sherman
can be nominated. Its theory is that he
will he the second choice of the friends of
all of them, and that they will stampede
for him after a few ballots have been taken.
—The balance of trade after being in
our favor for some timehas turned against
ns. No sooner was the prospect of better
times firmly grounded than the orders for
foreign goods went abroad as fast as the
steamers could carry them. As a result
of ♦bio our imports during the month of
January exceeded the exports by ten mil
lion of dollars.
—Married women in England are agi
tating for their property rights. The
“Married Woman’s Property Committee”
held its annual meeting in London on
the 4tli of February; and resolved to use
every means to pass a law that “a mar
ried woman’s property shall he her own
after as well as before marriage, liable
for her obligations and subject to her con
trol.”
—The grain business of Chicago for
the last year was something remarkable.
The receipts of wheat, for instance, were
34,000,000 bushels, 4,000,000 more than
ever arrived in that city in any previous
year. The receipts of com were 64,wo,
000 bushels, about 1,250,000 more than
the preceding year. The shipments of
wheat were 31,000,000 and of corn B1.0QO,-
m , i I,, s-ncae ngures give some
idea of the immensity of last year’s crop,
and explain the prosperity that has come
upon the country in the large receipts of
foreign gold. It was fortunate for Europe
too, that our crop was so abundant, for
had it not been, the suffering abroad,
where the crops failed, would have been
even greater than it was.
—The Rev. Dr. Boardman of Philadel
phia, a Baptist, comes out in favor of
parochial schools. “The constitution of
the United States,” he says, “guarantees
absolute freedom of conscience; accord
ingly, to force the Bible on the non-Chris
tian, or the Protestant version on the
Romanist, or the New Testament on the
Jew, is an invasion both of the constitu
tion and also of the rights of conscience.
Right of conscience is not thus a question
of majorities or physical force. So long
as the Church abandons to the State the
work of educating the nation, the expul
sion of the Bible from our schools is only
a question of time,” therefore, he argues,
the only right way to educate the children
under religions auspices is to do it in
schools maintained by the churches.
At a Funny Lecture.—While I was
lecturing at Washington I saw a lady with
an intelligent, pretty face, and, bright, elo
quent eyes, that were rarely lilted towards
the speaker, and then only for a flash of
time. They were bent upon her husband’s
hands almost constantly. Brilliant and
accomplished, n few years ago, she had
gone down into the world of voiceless si-
lenoe, and now all the music and all the
speech that comes into her life comes
through the tender devotion of her hus
band, and as I talked, I watched him tell
ing off the lecture onJhis iJ nhpb(le fingers,
while her eager eyes glanced from them to
his sympathetic face. It was a pretty pict
ure of devotion. They were so young to
have the cloud shadow the morning skies
•f their lives, but as I glanced from the myself, and withont any regard'to my po-
1^ T sitlon in 1861,1 am in favor now of ac-
voioeless Wife to her husband, I thou e ht such an 1 sail A and mairinir t.hp
into the price of every article on the list of
merchandise, and is paid inlittl.e instal
ments everyday and sometimes many
times a day. Thus it is so easilycollected
and. so cheaply collected. Every simp-
keeper in the country is, in spite of him
self, made a tax collector, and contrary to
his own interests is compelled to act as an
efficient agent in. keeping up the price of
goods, for the benefit of so-called Ameri
can manufactures.
But this injustice of coljectingjtaxes
from some classes in order to benefit oth
ers, although a fatal defect in the system
is by no means the only one. It deranges
trade, by establishing false and arbitrary
valuations—not founded on the cost of
production. It requires large expendi
tures of public money to enforce the col
lection of arbitrary and excessive duties.
A scale of uniform and moderate duties
would he collected with little comparative
cost and expense, but under the present
system the non-protected classes have not
only to pay a high tax in order to make
the goods they buy a good deal dearerto
themselves, hut (what seems like rubbing
in the injustioe) they are put to large ex
penses to enforce this injustice. _ •
Furthermore, the whole of this business
is exceedingly demoralizing. It presents
the government in the attitude of paying
bounties to some classes out of the pock
ets of others—an attitude of favoritism.
It gives rise to those disgusting combina
tions to use the government as an instru
ment of money-making. These are seen
the moment a change in the tariff is spok
en of. The floors of the capitol swarm
with men bent on increasing their private
gains at the cost of an increased tax on
consumers, or in saving the full measure
they now enjoy. To state the case fairly,
»*-* Government contents itself to he used
as an instrument or injustice ana extor
tion, and these people want to use it as
effectively as possible.
The effect is, that as revenue is sacri
ficed more or less to protection, duties are
placed at an exhorbitant figure — a
large excess of tax is collected directly
and indirectly, great wrong and injustice
are done, business is confused, the people
are demoralized, the government dis
graced. Equality of public burdens is the
essential requisition of public justice and
integrity, and yet we see this monstrous
iniquity,in the shape of a protective-tariff
continued year after year, and every at
tempt to mitigate it, stigmatized as “tink
ering.” . /
Nothing to Extenuate.
Senator Bayard Stands by His Rec
ord—“I am in Favor of this Coun
try Keeping at Peace with It
self—I am Opposed to Interne
cine Strifes.”
A Washington special to the Philadel
phia Record says the attempt of the ene
mies of Senator Bayard to make political
capital against him by publishing the
peace speech which he made in 1801, and
by accusing him. of having been disloyal
to the Union, has fallen very fiat here.
The Senator’s steadfast and unswerving
devotion to the Union, is so well known
by all who have any acquaintance what
ever with him, that the effort to besmirch
him is rated at its true value as a political
trick. • ... i .
The only interest which attaches to it
arises from the very general belief which
exists here that Mr. TUden was the insti
gator of this attack on Mr. Bayard. Sen
ator Bayard himself is 'not troubled by
the attack. In conversation with your
corresponpent to-night on the subject, and
in reply to a question as to whether he in
tended to make any reply to the charges
which have been published, he said:
“The speech itself is my reply, aud that
has been published. I stood in 1801
where I stood in 1871, and where I stand
in 1S60. I am in favor of this coun
try keeping at peace with itself. • I am op
posed to internecine strifes. I was op
posed to it in 1861. I am opposed to it
now, and if,” he added, “they (the Repub
licans) desire to make the next fight upon
the issue of opposing fraternal feeling, the
burying of sectional strife and establish
ing lasting peace, and are determined to
re-raise the bloody shirt, I say that, for
how beautifully the sunlight «f his devo
tion was breaking through these clouds,
and tinting even their affections with a
tender radiance. This discipline of at
tending upon suffering Is a good thing for
a man. It rounds out his life; it devolops
his manlier, nobler qualities; it makes his
heart brave and tender and strong as a
woman’s.—Burdette.
When to Pray for Rain.—“Yes,”
said my clerical friend, as he helped him
self to another cigar, and adjusted his'
footstool more comfortably, “J. could give
yon even a better instance than John
Stewart Mill, of the confusion produced
in people's minds by the conflict of soar
ing faith and down-pulling rationalism.
There was ' the late Bishop Strahan, of
Toronto, now, as firm a believer as ever
endured crucifixion, anil as level-headed a
Scotchman as ever ate oatmeal. One hot
Sunday in August, during the contin
uance of a long drought, the clergyman of
the church where he was officiating re
quested him to use the prayer “for rain,”
which you will find in the English prayer
book. The Bishop promised to do so, but
did not. On being reminded of his for
getfulness after the service, “Hoot, mon!”
said he with a contemptuous snort (glan
cing at the derk blue sky and blazing sun
above), “Hoot, mon! ‘ wha’ should I ha’
used the prayer for rain? There were no
indications!”
—A Washington correspondent writes:
Sir Edward Thornton has now served here
twelve years, only one year less than his
father, who spent thirteen years in the
British diplomatic service in this country. (
Mr. Edward Thornton, pere, was first
Vice-Consul in Baltimore, and subse
quently was sent to Washington as Secre
tary of legation with Mr. Hammond, the
first minister sent to America by England.
Afterwards, Mr. Thornton became Charge
The last news from Constantinople is
doleful. The city gas bad been stopped
to enforce payment of the bills, and the
army officers and soldiers were perform-
d’ Affaires of the British Legation, prior ing any and every kind of labor to earn a
to the coming of Lord Npaier. ! little bread.
ceptmg such an issue and making the
fight upon it. I would present it to the
people as often aud as emphatically as
possible, and I believe that we would be
sustained by an overwhelming majority
of the American people.”
—According to the last statistics pub
lished by the French Minister of Agricul
ture and Commerce, the population of the
republic is 37,000,000, of whom 12,000,000
live in cities and the remainder in the
country. There are in France 210,000 In
dividuals who have no special profession,
71,300 beggars and tramps, 1,531,000 pro
fessional men, 3,837,000 persons engaged
in navigation and commerce, 9,274,000
tradesmen and workmen, 2,151,000 bond
holders, and 18,968,000 persons engaged
in agricultural pursuits. Of the latter 10,-
000,000 are landowners, about 6,000,000
tenants,while 2,000,000 are market garden-
era, viticulturists, and the like.
The work to be done on the Panama
Canal swells oat into magnificent propor
tions, according to M. de Lesseps’s esti
mates. The cubic metre is 35$ cubic feet
—a block, that is to say, which is one-
third more than a yard in length, breadth
and depth.jTbe estimate provides for the
excavation and removal of 27,350,000 cu
bic metres of earth above water, 825,000
cubic metres of rock of medium hardness,
27,734,000 cubic metrdk of hard rock, 6,-
409,000 cubic metres of rock where pump
ing is necessary, 12,005,000 cubic metres
of dredging and excavation under water,
300,000 cubic metres of bard soil capable
of being dredged, and 377,000 cubic me
tres of rock under water—a total 75,000,-
000 cubic metres. There is also to be
built a dam 130 feet high, strong enough
to restrain a pressure of one thousand
million cubic metres of water, a tide-lock
on the Pacific side and a breakwater on
the Atlantic side.
The Inter-State Railroad BilL
Tho bill which takes the place of that
of Mr. Reagan provides for the appoint
ment of a Board of Commisssonere of
Inter-State Commerce as a part of the Ins
terior Department. The commissioners
will hold office for two, four and_six years
respectively, at salaries of $5,000 and
traveling expenses. The board are to su
pervise that portion of the business of all
railroads which may extend from one
State or territory into another, or into any
foreign country. -Bat this—supervision is
limited to questions of commerce between
tho States, and compels railroad corpora
tions to operate Iheir "lines Without unjust
discriminations or rebates. The author
ity of the commissioners does not extend
to any other portion of the business of
these roads, whether carried on by one
line or by several in combination.
Incases of complaint growing out of
discriminations- in charges, if such com
plaints ate endorsed by iny incorporated
board of trade, or any State or city gov
ernment, the Investigation may be made
on the spot where the difficulty originated
or at the most convenient place,-and the
results are to be reported in writing in
their next annual report. The manner
of procedure is as follows:
Whenever it shall appear to the
board that any railroad corporation has
failed to perform its duties as a common
carrier between the States, it is to give no
tice in writing to the corporation with a
statement of such changes as are adjudged
to be propei*, and if the corporation neg
lects to comply with the recommendations,
the board is to state the facts in the next
annual report, with a statement of such
leeislation as tbfe board recommends.
Whenever it shall appear that any rail-,
road corporation has violated*any law oft
the United States, it is to give notice there
of to the corporation; and if the violation
is continued, it iff to present the facte to
the Attorney-General of the United States
who shall take such proceedings as may,
be necessary. The board, in any investi
gation, is to have power. to summon wit
nesses and direct the production of books
and papers relating to any subject matter
of complaint for the alleged violation of
this act,and in case the person shall fail to
produce such papers, in so far as they re
late to the questions referred to by this
act, he may be compelled by any Uuited
States Commissioners, as in civil cases in.
the United States courts, and such inves
tigations are to be conducted in the gener
al office of the corporation owning the
papers.
It is made the duty of the Board, also,
to see that no railriad charges more than
reasonable rates for. transportation of
goods from one State or Territory to an
other, or from any foreign country, so far as
rejates to commerce between the States,
under penalty of being proceeded against
for- extortion. Besides providing against
discriminations, the bill enacts that there
shall be no break of bulk or interruption,
nor any understanding is to be made to
prevent the carriage of any property from
being treated as one continuous carriage,
unless such interruption or contract was
made in good faith for some necessary
purpose. No person engaged in the
transportation of property, between the
States is, directly or indirectly, to allow
any rebate, drawback or other advantage
•which; under like conditions, is not al
lowed to all persons,' and tho penalties
provided arc to apply to the receiver of
such advantage, as well as to the party
paying it.
The board is required also to Investigate
the pooling system and recommend such
legislation as may he needed thereto.
Any corporation or person violating
this act is liable to the person or persons
who may he damaged for three times the
amount of the damage sustained,'to he
recovered in. the proper United States
court, and shall pay a penalty of not less
than $1,000, to be . recovered on informa
tion of the commissioners or otherwise,
one-half to go to the damaged party who
sues, provided action is brought within
one year from the alleged injury. Noth
ing in the act lo to apply to tne carriage of
property less than a car load, or wholly
within one State, or to property carried
for the United States, or to -the transpor
tation of articles free or at reduced rates
for State or municipal governments, or
for charitable, educational or scientific
purposes, or to or from public fairs. The
last section appropriates $25,000 for carry
ing the bill into effect from the date of its
enactment to June 30,1881.
This bill doubtless means well, hut to
the writer seems not a little vague and
complicated. We suppose the growing
power and exactions of various railway
combinations have called it info existence.
It is but tire beginning, in all probability,
of further and more stringent national
legislation. How far such legislation,
•comports with the letter and spirit of the
constitution, will unquestionably he thor
oughly tested in the courts. An exchange
sums up the probable benefit to be derived
from the present act as follows ;
(1) It prohibits discriminations in rates
on inter-State traffic. (2) It forbids the
charging of more than “reasonable” rates
of fare or freight; which, though vague,
“will at least” serve to bring up, at a la
ter period, the whole question of charges
for settlement. (3) It prohibits the sys
tem of rebates, by which charges are now
made unequal. (4) It compels the roads
to render such accounts as will serve to
throw more light, on their management
and condition than they now generally af
ford. (5) A ready way of appeal against
the acts of railroad corporations is provi
ded; which is a vast improvement upon
the alternatives now left to the merchant,
of6ilence or fighting, single-handed, pow
erful corporations in court. (6) A re
sponsible semi-judicial commission is cre
ated, whose business it'is to see to it that
the railroads in all respects conform to
law, and treat the public with fairness.
More About the M. &B. R. R.—The
Purchasers in the City.
From the Seaport Appeal we dip the
following:
Yesterday morning at eight ojclock a
special train left Macon, in charge of
Conductor Sharp, and bearing the new
railroad magnates, Messrs. William M.
Johnston, George H. Hazlehurst, A. J.
Lane and J. M. Coupcr. They had taken
formal possession *f the road on Monday
and came on a tour of inspection." The
train arrived here at 4:20 p. m., and the
distinguished visitors were met by a large
concourse of citizens, who received theta
with quiCt demonstrations of gratitude
and appreciation. Intelligence had pre
ceded the party that a public demonstra-
was not desired, and the general inclina
tion to serenade and demonstrate was re
strained.
Mr. Johnston became the guest of Mr.
Couper, and Messrs. Lane and Hazlehurst
were escorted by Dr. Hazlehurst to spend
the evening. Mr. Hazlehurst left last
night for Savannah, and Colonel Lane
this morning for Florida. Mr. Johnstou
will remain to-day and take a birds-eye
view of the city and harbor.
The permanent organization of the com-
pahy, we learned, will be effected at an
eatly day, aud the work of extending the
road will be commenced without un
necessary delay. Meantime, Mr. John
ston is temporary President and the pres
ent officers of the road will be retained.
Mr. Kimball is too long-headed to
bother further, and has, no doubt, aban
doned bis claim. So the. matter may be
considered as finally settled, not only as
to possession, but as to the right of posses
sion and the right to tbe property.
“The Press Association of Florida, at a
recent meeting in Jacksonville, elected
tbe following, officers for the ensuing
year:
President—H. B. MeCallnm.
Vice President—C. E. Dyke.
Secretary and Treasurer—D. H. Elliott.
Executive Committee—M. F. McCook,
George W. Pratt, J. A. Whitney, D. M.
McAIpine and W. H. Babcock.
The Convention passed a resolution
requesting the Florida delega
tion in Congress to use their infra
ence to obtain tbe speedy pas
sage ef tbe bill putting printing paper and
the chemicals used in its manufacture on
the free list. Also, to secure the abolition
of the .duty on type.
On that occasion we rode in tbe same
wagon with George and liis inamorata,
and shall never forget how hisbonhomtnie
and lively sallies amused us all. 1
At a very tender age our young friend
sought, and won the. affections of his gen
tle and confiding Wife. Long years of
waiting and probation elapsed, however,'
before the way was open for the union of
thfe loving pair. But never were affi
anced parlies more constant, tender, and
tide to each other than they. Thi3 was
the remark of the whole community. At
length kind heaven smiled, and they were
united in the holy hands of wedlock.
Then ensued a few brief years • of unbro
ken felicity, during which the birth of a.
precibusTittle daughter, a very cherub in
beauty and sweetness, filled to the brim
the cup of their earthly happiness. - .rffi<
r Time aped on joyful wings, until sud
denly ere they knew or suspected tlm
dreadful fact, an • incurable disease had:
developed in the young husband, and
death-marked him for his own.
It.was thesad fortune of the writer to
bq present soon after he was stricken down
with his last and only real illness, and
never can he cease to remember the mutec
anguish of that devoted wife. It was im
possible for jisr to realize that the manly
form which lay before her convoked with
agony, the darling husband, the father of
hercHild, the staff and joy of her-exist
ence, would never rise again from that
couch of-suffering. But the weary hours
of tearful watching, the tender ministra- ij , .,- r
•lions of affection so deftly rendered, the This lets dayligljtinfo, one ofthe great-
alternations of hope and despair, to be est works Of modern times. Ity with its
—There is no fish in the world that will
increase like a trout after it has been pull
ed from the water.
George Logan and his Grief-stricken
Widow.
It was the sad duty of the writer yester
day to attend the funeral obsequies of his
young triend and near neighbor, Mr.
George Logan. George was still in the
early prime and heyday of vigorous man
hood. A’mble young man, fulr of kindly
feelings and generous impulses, and pos
sessed of great personal worth. Beneath'
life quietnmd almost grave exterior,-too,
there lurked a rich flow of animal spirits,
and not-a littleuf blithesome humor. We
.have seen this notably evinced, once on a
little moonlight excursion with his then
resigned his seat on the bench on the 2d
inst. “In toany respects,” writes our reg
ular Georgia correspondent, “ he was the
most extraordinary judge that ever sat
upon the Supreme Bench in our State.
His decisions evince great learning and
research, and are clothed with a quaint
ness of phraseology which has made them
favorite sources or quotation everywhere.
Hew as-born iru-the -mountains of North
Georgia, and .still retains about his ap
pearance something of the backwoodsman;
mS’Kls a Cue poet and a profound" meta
physician as well as a great lawyer. In
the language of Hallam, he “scatters the
unwedded sweetheart, to- the-buminfrj-R 0 ™ 5 ”°JP° H . te -
- , r . P , ^ makes of junsprudenCE’T^On. the/mom-
bnck kiln of Mr. Anderson, several sum- - - - - -
mere smee.
succeeded, alas, by the creeping shadows
of the tomb, may not be* spoken of, and
we draw the veil o’er the closing scenes of
that brave young life.
The sorrows of the afflicted wife, too, are
sacred, and we can only commend her. to
the safe keeping of that blessed Redeemer
who himself was a man of sorrows and
acquainted with grief, and who knoweth
full well how to hind up the broken heart
and give peace to the disconsolate.
Light may the turf rest upon the bosom,
of onr departed young friend.
. ■ ... —— ! „ ti.r-
The Hill Scandal. , ,
The infamous female who had threat
ened Senator Hill wilh a law suit for se
duction, turns out tube a most notorious
and disreputable character. For the hon
or of Georgia and his own fair name, we
trust the Senator in turn will-spare no
pains to have the vixen prosecuted and
duly punished. The account of her past
peccadilloes is of such a nature as not to
bear re-production in onr columns. u -‘
Bread for Ireland—An M. P.’s Ap
■peal- 'i |
The followingextract from the speech
of Sir Edward' W. Watkin, MJP., to the
members of the Manchester and 1 Sal
ford (England) Co-operative Society, we
clip from the Dublin Freemans Journal.
Alluding to the amount of bread distribu
ted by the society among the members','
he said.- -. v
.“Were he a shareholder of the society
he should he proud to know that they
were sending out 38,600 loaves of bread,
every week. "He!trusted that they would
excuse him for making a suggestion, but
just at-present there is a very great deal of
distress existing in Ireland. He should
he very glad to put his little cheque into
the hands of the' secretary if they would
send 20,000 or80,000 of those loaves to the
west of Ireland (loud applause). From
all he had heard from different parts, es
pecially In the west of Ireland, terrible
distress existed. Oneofthose loaves would
keep half a family alive for a week. He
did not mean ■ to say it would'keep them
alive in tbe bouncing health-in which the
ladles of that society kept their husbands
(laughter) but where people were abso
lutely famishing with cold and hunger, a
single loaf might make all the difference
between life and the grave (hear, hear).
He hoped, therefore, that he might be ex
cused for having in the time of their pros-,
perity referred to the gloomy condition of
things.' ;•'
Think of a single loaf of bread as the
supply for half a family for a. week. Of
course such a thing would be impossible.
But it serves to bring home to the sympa
thizing and charitable in the strongest pos
sible light the pinchings of famine, and
how the destitute are forced to eke out
their slender subsistence so as barely, to
make it sustain life. Tlie very broken
victuals from the tables of tlie hotels and
wealthy people of all the large cities of
the United States would go far towards
stopping, the distress of the famishing
Irish. Cannot our jpeople economize
more in their personal expenses that they
may be able to send additional help to the
starving poor of the Emerald Isle ?
j The ladies'sing “in the sweet ‘buy’
and‘buy,’we will meet in that beautiful
store,” and we .certainly can raise no ob
jection. But remember the little home,
and do net leave the nurse without a bot
tle of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup.
Stand Fast
' Central Railroad stock is rallying again;
and has fully recovered from any depres
sion which may have been caused by the
transfer to its new owners of the Macon
and Brunswick. Railroad; The News
reports the market firm at 103, and 103 i
asked. The sales in Savannah reached
700 shares on Thursday. . We have had
occasion, to note several times that they
have been even larger bn given days, ris
ing as high as a thousand in a single day.
Moreover, we are- credibly informed that
the buyers live in New York, and there Is
evidently, a scheme on foot by Wall street
capitalists and other Northerners to cap
ture the old Central, which was built by
the subscriptions, and enterprise and
labor of tbe citizens of Georgia. We
trust this conspiracy will signally fail.
Let as not consent to sell oar birthright,
and barter away for money the grand and
•unaided material achievements of our
people wrought out at infinite cost and
labor.
Georgia should hold on to her broad
highways, the work of -her own hands,
w5h a jealous grasp. Let her dictate
terms to those who seek to invade her
territory and nttlize her institutions and
seaports. We command the situation aud
should never relinquish it.
The Cuthbert Appeal.
A private letter from Cuthbert an
nounces that Mr.* Tucker has sold the
press and material of the Cuthbert Mes
senger to the colored publishers of the
Journal of Progress, and removed the job
department to Eufaula. It was a risky
experiment to attempt to run two news
papers in one country town, and we are
not surprised at the result.
We wish Mr. Tucker success in his new
field, and congratulate the Appeal, which
has battled earnestly for its city and sec
tion ever since the war, at the bright pros
pects which are in store for it.
XsIne'Sem.
Judge Bleckley’i Last Decision.
Logan E. Bleckley,’■one af the Associate
The Ford Matinee.
We have a partiality for matinees under
.Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, • all circumstances. They enable the
Lla 00<v4 /\n flta KuU /'ll rtrt tVlO M ' I X _ • 1‘ill . .. 1 *.V__ V
ing he delivered his last decision on retir
ing from the bench, he read tbe following
lines. It may be added that in his letter
to'the Governor, Judge Bleckley based
hi! resignation upon the ground (dictated
by) genuine modesty) of inability to dis
charge the duties of th« office satisfacto
rily to himself, and of his failing health
Urjder the stress of the labors imposed by
hi$ position.” Tbe following are the lines
referred to:
; I In the Matter of Rest.
BLECKLEY,.J.
1. Best for-hand and brow and breast,
Fdr fingers, heart and brain!
1 Rest and peacSA 16ff£¥elease
From labor an9-fix>fnpain}*'.iSU-'.
Pain of doubt, fatigue, despair—
Pain, of darkness everywhere,
And seeking light in vain!
2. Peace and rest! Are they the best
For mortals here below ?
Is soft repose from work and woes
A Miss for men to know ? *
Bliss of time 4s bliss ^o’f toil;
No bliss but this, from sun and soil,
Does God permit to grow.
'; i They. .,were ordered to he .spread upon
.the minutes of the court. , ‘
’ * The Great Tunnel of St. Gothard..
St. Gothard. Tunnel was “completed”
on Monday, in the sense that the last sec
tion of the wall of rock between Switzer
land and Italjt was pierced, though much
wOrk remains to be done’ before. the tun
nel will be ready to be. opened for public
travel,
Hop Bitters, which are advertised in
our columns, are a sure cure for ague, bil
iousness, and kidney complaints. Those
who use them say they cannot be too
highly recommended. Those afflicted
should give them a fair trial, and will be
come thereby enthusiastic in tbe praise of
; tbeir curative qualities.—Portland Argus.
* 2w
connections, is the longestt tunnel In the
world, being about.,nipp and. a-quarter
miles in length, and at its. highest point it
is about two-thirds , of a mile" Above the
level of the sea. Mi FaVre; th&'vofiN-
tractor for ' bonfing .the-- tunnel, . died
there, very .suddenly last , July,, but
not until he had put,, the work
on the high-road to eariycdraptetibni'His
contract required "him- to^ Complete the
tunnel-before the 1st >of.October, 1SS0.
F6r every day saved-he.iwas to^eceive
$1,000, for,every day of.delay after that
tijne he Was'to forte It $I;000. These pro
visos greatly stimulated the work, and
within two or three- years the advances
have, been quite rapid, the introduction of
improved boring machines greatly facilita
ting the vast'undertaklrig. "The'tunnel is
to be nineteen feet high and twenty-four
feet widei“ Work was commenced on it
iti September, J872, TJia advance with
tl|e most improved toois.has | been at the
rqte of seven feet per day. '-• *
'A • True Stoby.—Marietta Journal:
Many years ago, a lawyer,' distinguished
alike for his kind 'dispositibh and knowl
edge of the law, had occasion to visit
.Gainesville, in Hall county, Georgia, on
business connected with his profession.
Gainesville at that time was a smalljjaok-
wjood town, its inhabitants numbering
•scarcely a “baker’s dozen,” and was
known by only a ■ .few individuals, who,
during tbe summer, sought the benefit of
the mineral water in its immediate vicini
ty. During ! the lawyer’s stay in the vil
lage, he was one day approached by a lad
who had. for sale, in one hand a bucket of
■blackberries,, and; in the other a hound
pup, with yellow spots over its eyes. The
lad. very modestly J asked tho lawyer
to be kind enough to give him some pa
pers to read. Struck with the lad’s ap
pearance and earnest manner, the lawyer,
after asking liis name and talking with
him kindly about his berries and pup,pro
ceeded to give him this sound, terse ad
vice : “Remember, my boy, that you will
be what you make yourself. Be indus
trious,' be honest, esteem luck a fool, pluck
a hero, depend upon yourself, and you will
Jje on the sure road to wealth and high
position. Be generous, read good books,
be polite, be a gentleman; save your
money, and put it to good use; love God,
truth, and virtue, and attend to your Own
business.” Encouraged by this kind ad
vice, the lad soon sought and obtained a
position on a railroad. Starting at the
bottom round of the ladder, he rose step
by step, until he now occupies a high po
sition among tho railroad magnates of the
country. He attributes his success in life
to the kind talk of the lawyer, who was
the late, lamented Judge Clncinnatus
Peeples, of Georgia. The lad is now
known as Major B. T. Wilson, of New
York,—more familiarly styled among
railroad men as “Dick” Wilson.
i '
, From • Prominent Drnr House.
! H. H. Warner & Co., Rochester,
N. Y.—Dear Sirs : It ,1s now only three
months since we received your first ship
ment of Safe Remedies. We have sold
drugs in this place for twenty years, and
we have never sold a proprietary medi
cine that gives such universal satisfaction
as yours, especially your Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, and Safe Diabetes Cure.-
We could mention many who have re
ceived great benefit in cases of kidney dif
ficulties, asthma, rheumatism, Diabetes,
Bright’s disease, etc.
Respectfully yours,
Sisson & Fox,
mar2-2w Alexandria Bay, N. Y.
Blackmail
A special to the . Indianapolis Journal
says of the Jesse Rkym'ond suit, that Sen
ator Hill was called upon this morning in
reference to the matter, and said he had
not yet received notice of the suit. He
had expected it, however, as threats of
such‘action had been made. He pro
nounced the whole affair an attempt at
blackmail, and declared his intention of.
having all the parties concerned in it ar
rested for conspiracy.
The Senator should leave no stone un
turned to unearth the diabolical report,
and bring his slanderers to grief. The
plaintiff Is represented Jo be far from at
tractive in personal appearance. We sup
pose tho she lawyer in the case, Mrs. Bel-
va A. Lockwood, will soon be heard from.
Watering Stock.
In a recent investigation before tho
New York Legislature into the condition
of the elevated railways, the most extra
ordinary achievements were disclosed in
the way of watering stock. The differ
ence between the actaal cost of the Met
ropolitan Road aud the capital stock is
sued was $11,860,000. The difference be
tween the actual and apparent cost of the
New York road was $12,780,000. The to
tal actual cost of the two roads was $18,-
358,000; the apparent cost for which
stock has been Issued is more than $43,-
000,000; the difference, most of which, the
committee says, was nothing hut prater, is
more than $24,000,000.
Stories first heard, at a mother’s knee
are never wholly forgotten. Mothers
should never forget that the sufferings of
their little ones can easily be overcome by
the use of Dr. Bull’i.Baby Syrup.
—The gross earnings of the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain ahd Southern railroads for
the last year were $5,202,611, operating
expenses $2,902,056. Increase of net earn
ings over the previous year 18| per wnt.
The gross earnings of the Cleveland, Co
lumbus and Indianapolis road were $3,-
758,967; expenses $3,284,501. . The in
crease of gross earnings was $230,254 over
those of 1878. '
mamas and their little ones, and tho aged
and the delicate who cannot venture from
home at night,to enjoy many pleasant en
tertainments which otherwise would he
denied to them. But the matinee on Satur
day had special attractions, as the dona
tion in part of a big souled philanthropist
o an object-dear to every Southern heart;
viz: the final completion of our beautiful
Confederate monument. —
Mr. Ford is an extraordinary man, and:
no citizen in Baltimore is more respected
and esteemed. To him belongs the honor
of.elevating the American drama to the
highly respectable plane it now occupies.
As a manager he is vigilant and just, but
kind and discriminating. Connected with
the stage, as he has been for twenty-six
years, no man is more thoroughly posted
as to its scope and operations. We may
add, also, that a better critic and judge of
the histrionic art cannot be found in
the country. >
... This time he is accompanied by his ac
complished daughter, Miss Lizzie Ford,
who is herself not unknown in ' dramatic
literature, and has made many friends
among ns.
Mr. Ford gave a portion of the proceeds
of twt> of his entertainments to the Ladies
Memorial Association, and this generosity
wiil ever he held in grateful remembrance
by our people.
It should not he forgotten, too, that one
of our fellow citizens,.Mr. RolandB. Hall,
h ah kindly donated one fourth of the gross
sajes of his celebrated Silver Spray co
logne during the whole of the coming
week, to the Ladies Memorial Associa-
Jion.
Such acts are worthy of all praise, and
wal not fail to be recognized by an appre
ciative community.
Mr. Ford and his admirable troupe will
aljvays receive a warm welcome In our
fair city.
' Order in Washington.
On the 1st instant, Senator Edmunds,
of Vermont, rose in his place in the Sen-
atq. and introduced a bill to increase the
police force in the Capital City, referring
it to the Committee of the District, and
implormg their earliest attention to the
subject. He wished as little delay as pos^
sible. Prompt action was needed for the
safety of life and property in that city.
Senator Edmunds wears the mantle of
the late Charles Sumner—at least if it
has not fallen upon Edmunds’ shoul
ders, the mantle has been lost.
The New York Tribune hi seconding
the motion of Mr. Edmunds, remarks that
“probably in no city in the country are
life and property so insecure as in the
National Capital.’' The reason whereof,it
assigns as follows: “There is an eleinenttn
the population *of Washington composed
oi^negro roughs,who commit'crimes o’f the
most cold-blooded character,” and these
assertions the Tribune proceeds to justify
>by a recurrence to the criminal record 6f
the past few days, which shows the most
flagrant cases of murder, rape and rob
bery, some of which have been made
the subjects of press telegrams,
but some are of a nature too revolting to
be freely reported by tbe press.
Now, we will not challenge either Sen
ator Edmunds’ or tbe Tribune's facte, or
•tbe reasons assigned by these authorities
for them. We wish merely to speak to
two points in connection with them:
First, we would mention that both these
authorities would be, perhaps, the last in
America to acknowledge that the negro
population of Washington, or any other
part of the country, are a demoralizing el
ement. That truth they would he the
last to see and the last to acknowledge..
The next point we wish to mention is"
that precisely as this population is in
Washington, so they are throughout the
entire South. There are many orderly
negroes, but there are also a great many
who will not submit to. law, but are vio
lent, passiopate, brutal, ignorant, dishon
est and self-willed. They are ready for
crime on every- opportunity, • and are the
cause of a majority of crimes and disor
ders.
And yet, after all, Southern crimes'ant)
misdemeanors are not relatively as nu
merous, perhaps, as those of the North,
it’ith all the difficulties to be encountered,
order, peace and security are, on tbe
whole, perhaps as well or better main
tained in the Southern country as they
ate in the North."
Then, we want Senator Edmunds and
the Tribune, instead of abusing the South
ern States as much as they do, to deal
•with us more justly and equitably. Both
admit that the colored population of
Washington demanded an increased po
lice force, and that a mistake had been
made in not.providing against its demor
alizing influence by an enlarged police.
The failure to do so had made life,
female virtue and property more unsafe
than anywhere else in the country.
But Washington has been under the
full aud undivided control of the Repub
lican party for many years, and yet this
confession is made. .The Southern States,
since the war, hare been under the con
trol of the white race for a few years only,
and yet we not only can truly make no
such confession, hut assert, on the con-
traiy, that they are now as orderly as the
best ordered States of the Union. Why,
in the face of these facte will not Senator
Edmunds and the Tribune deal honestly
anil candidly by us.
The Coramitte Of Ways and Means
yesterday committed the incredihle folly
of voting down every proposition to con
sider questions of tariff during the present
session. This is a strange record to go
before the country with. If, however, it
be the fact that the high tariff party rule
the chief committee of Congress, it is well
the country should thus plainly be In
formed of it.—New York Bulletin.
So away goes the effort to repeal the In
iquitous duty on paper and type, steel
rails and divers other articles of prime
importance to consumers. The truth is,
our National Legislators are sadJy neg
lecting the public business, and seem
more intent on Presidenfmaking, and an
early adjournment than' anything else.
This may he accounted for by the fact
that they have their own axes to grind at
home.
Blindness Among the Raiaian Sol
diers.
Staff surgeon Skriebitzky, a noted ocu
list, has made a report upon twenty-six
army hospitals, in which he found 2,000
soldiers who had totally lost their sight in
the campaigns of 1877. Only four of that
number were ascribable to wounds re
ceived in battle. Ninety-six out of every
hundred had gone blind for lack of sani
tary precautions,and dirt.
—The New York limes hopefully re
marks: “It would - be difficult to find
any dissensions in the Republican
party which will outlast the next Nation
al Convention.”
ITS OS THE PACttTC.
An Evening: of ftparkilng Fun and
Merriment.
We doubt if there ever was a more
thoroughly enthusiastic and delighted
audience in this city than the one as
sembled at Ralston Hall last evening, to
witness the musical extravaganza, “Fun
on the Pacific. The fairyoung authoress,
who occupied oneof the private boxes and
witnessed the perfect performance of the
piece and the ready and enthusiastic ap
preciation of the audience, could not hut
feel complimented at the success scored.
Musical extravaganzas are now the pop
ular pieces in which the aid of the speci
alty artist is invoked to take the place of
the more substantial support of dramatic
action. The “Tourists, in a Pullman
Sleeping Car,” “Fun on the Paeifip,” and
several others oflike description hare had
immense success in the North.
Fun on the Pacific is certainly the best
of the kind we have ever seen. There is
a refinement about it, a genuineness of
humor, a judicious- selection of special
features, and an • exquisite adaptation of
musical gems which cannot fail to capti
vate those who hear it. There is afforded
more genuine fun in th€ piece, more real
enjoyment and more hearty laughs than
could possibly be given in any other way.
As a medley of music and mirth it cannot
be surpassed, and the accomplished young
lady, to whose talents should be accredi
ted the praise, may feel well satisfied with
her well done work.
The ladies of the troupe, and we do
not speak Pinaforically, never looked bet
ter than on last evening. We have never
seen so laige a number of really beSutffiil
ladies in any one company in the South
before.
Last evening the honors were shared by
all alike.
The “Bell trio,” from Pinafore, was
given in a manner which carried the up
per works of the auditorium by storm.
Little Lillie Paislow sang “Hebe’s
song” most charmingly and received an
exquisite basket of flowers at its close,
The trio from Fatinitza by Miss Bockel,
Miss McKenzie and Miss Hayward, was
beautiful indeed.
Miss Bockel displayed her rare vocal
accomplishments in a staccato polka with
a pretty echo. Mis3 Bockel is as beautiful
and graceful as she is accomplished in vo
calism.
The living doll by Miss McKenzie, was
as neat a deception as has been seen
lately.
Miss Hayward Sang in a sparkling man
ner, “Little Widow Dunn.” She is a very
spirited artist.
One oT the prettiest acts of the evening
was the Tyrolese singers, Misse*‘McKen
zie, Bockel and Thompson. •
The gentlemen of the tiU -^8 -,S*ere won
derfully good in all thelr^arte, Mr.
Downing in the dramatic work and Mr.
Denham in the comedy parts, distinguish^
ing themselves. The evening 'was closed
with “The Skids are out To-day,” The
entire performance passed off with a dash
and sparkle, and it will long he remem
bered with pleasurable feelings.
At its close Mr. Ford promptly turned
over to Mr. Fort sixty-eight dollars and
twenty cents—twenty per cent, of the
gross receipts af the matinee and night
performance. This act of generosity on
the part of Mr. Ford will long he remem
bered by our people.
.bbeyTties.
—The Floyd Rifles will hold their regu
lar, monthly meeting at their armory on
Monday evening. Every member is ex
pected to be present. The meeting is an
important one.
—Ahoy wanting work,is "directedto
the advertisement of Mr. E. D. Irvine.
—No. 5 will have a practice Tuesday
evening at the cistern on Mulberry street.
—The Silver Spray Cologne on the pro
grammes used at the matinee and even
ing performance was very much admirsd
on each occasion. We hope Mr. R. B.
Hall’s generous offer of one-fourth of the
sales of the cologne for a week to the me
morial fund will be remembered by all
in need of cologne this week.
—We call attention to the wonderfhl . ...
cures of Dr. Moses & Son, published ttv the
day. The Doctor has a cloud of wit
nesses in this city who testify to the ben
efits derived from his skill. ■ Read the Ma
con certificates elsewhere.
—Miss Sisson, the returned female
missionary, will give a talk to the Mul
berry street Methodist Sunday School
this afternoon at 3 o’clock.
—In the opinion of the Philadelphia
Times the Senatorial record of Senator
Bayard is the most blameless of aHy
Democrat, now in public life, and bis pri
vate character is equally stainless.
—It may liwercst American dancers to
learn that the “Liverpool lurch” and tho
“Boston dip” are no longer the fashion,
having been replaced by the “Brighton
grip” and tbe “Southsca cuddle.”
—Coaid conjugal affection he more
strictly displayed than it is in the sub
joined? “And so, doctor, you think my
1 wife will get well?” “I am sure of it, if
you can persuade her to take this dose.”
“Doctor, take it she shall, if I have to
break every bone in her body.”
—A senior aftqr vainly trying to ex
plain some scientific theory to his fair in
amorata, said: “The question is difficult,
and I don’t see what I can do to make it
clearer!” Suppose you pop it?” whispered
the blushing damsel.
—A" lecturer was explaining to » little
girl how a lobster cast his shell when ho
had outgrown it. Said he, “What’do you do
when you have outgrown your clothes?
You cast them aside, do you not?” “Oh
no)” replied the little one, “we let out the
tucks.”
—An attempt to rob the sub-treasury at
Philadelphia, thotigh made nearly a year
ago,- has just been divulged by the offi
cials, who. mistakenly supposed that si
lence would lead to the detection of the
thieves. A wall more than two feet thick
was dug through, but the vault containing
$10,000,000 in gold resisted the attack,
and the burglars secured only a few dol
lars’ worth of pennies. Five watchmen
in the building declared that they heard
nothing.
—Conkling, in his recent Utica speech,
spoke repeatedly of the “imperial, over
topping influence of the great State of
New York.” We hope, says the Courier- '
Journal, our Republican contemporaries
can make it clear that such an utterance
is wholly consistent with the Republican
doctrine that a State can have no influ
ence; that it cannot be “imperial;” that it
is a mere geographical expression; and has
no individuality whatever.
•—Qostly.—The recent trial of the
Rev. H. H. Hayden for murder, at New
Haven, Conn., cost the State $30,000, and
even with that there was a hung jury.
It is said the third trial will he briefer and
will not embrace all sciences and arts-
—Some sanitary reforms are really be
ing effected in Memphis. All the rotten
wood pavement, which is believed to hold
the germs of yellow * fever, is being re
placed by stone;-a new system of sewer
age will be completed before hot weather,
and the Health Board possesses greater
powers than heretofore.
—Out of 305 Republican weekly news
papers canvassed by a Washington adver
tising agency, S9 wanted to see Grant
nominated at Chicago, and 216 preferred
Blaine. At the meeting of tlie Brooklyn ,
Republican General Committee, on Tues
day evening, a fulsome Grant resolution
was first hissed and then tabled, 52 to 28.
Such incidents- as these—and they are be
coming pretty frequent—do not tally with
the assumption that the Republican party
is wild with longing for a third term of
Grant.
—Mr. Barker of Brown county, HI.,
seeing his two female cousins approaching,
gaid jocularly: “I’ll give them a salute.”
Drawing a revolver, he threw his hand
back over his head and pulled the trigger.
The first shot struck Barker’s uncle in the
head, and he fell dead. The young man
didn’t see this result of his first salute
and fired again. This time* he hit a
young man, who stood near his uncle, and
he died in forty minutes. Barker was ar
rested, and will be tried for murder.
—Collette and Jeannine, Alexandre
Dumas daughters, respectively 15 and 12
years of age, were talking with a lady
visitor about marriage. “Whom do you
wish tomarry?” asked the lady of the el
der of the girls. “I wish to marry an
idiot,” she replied; “and the trouble is, I
am sure some day or other to meet a great
er idiot than he, and perceive that I have
been too hasty in my choice.” “Don’t be-
alarmed,, sister,” rejoined Jeannine; “yon
will never meet a greater imbecile-than
PERSONAL.
Rev. Dr. Benson, the Rabbi, leaves on
this evening’s train for Bainbridge, Ga.,
at which-place be lectures to-morrow
evening for the public at large, and Tues
day moming'tohis co-religionists specially
We had the plearare of a call last eve
ning from General B.'M. Thomas, of Mil-
ledge ville, one of the most gallant com
manders of the late Confederate army,
and General E.D. Thomas, of this city,
also a gallant soldier, noted alike lor his
modesty and his worth.
Mr. J. W. Rice, of the firm of J. W.
Rice & Co., of New York, and Mr.
McCloy, a prominent dry goods merchant
of Charleston, are in the city at.the La
nier House.
Accident to Hr. Boardman.
Yesterday afternoon an accident befel
Mr. J. M. Boardman, which came near
proving a serious one. As he attempted
to remove a large and heavy insurance
sign from the top of his safe to the floor,
the sign which was leaning against the
wall at a very small angle, fell forward on
Mr. Boardman, crushing him back against
a railing in the office. The back of his
head received a slight wound. Several
persons who were in the office rushed to
his assistance. Mr. Boardman is one of
the oldest residents of Macon, and a high
ly esteemed citizen..
Runaways.
Yesterday the horses of Fire Company
No. 3 ran away on Mulberry street, dam
aging the wagon to which they were at
tached, and at length, breaking loose, ran
down the street, one of them taking the
sidewalk on tbe east side, creating a stam
pede of pedestrians. One was caught near
the post-office, and the other near the en
gine house. The day before, a runaway
horse took the walk on the opposite
side of the street, clearing it of promena-
der* in the most peremptory maimer.
The Raleigh Observer announces that
Rev. H. H. Tucker, D.D., has besn elec
ted by,the Senior class to deliver tbe bac-
calaurate sermon at the next commence
ment 6l the North Carolina college at
Chapel Hill, and has consented to do so.
The youhg men have a treat in store for
them.
—English holders of the old repudiated
Mississipjrbonds which bear date of 1840
have made a proposition to forego the in
terest for forty years amounting to
about $13,000,000.. They then propose
that the State shall issue new bonds to
the amount, of $7,000,000; the amount of
the original Issue, and that the new bonds
shall hear interest for the first year, be
ginning on the 1st of January, 1879, the
first payment being in July, 1879, at the
rate of three per centum per annum, in
creasing annually after the first year at
the rate of one per centum per annum
until the original rate is reached.
—The French dressmakers in London
have come out in a strong protest against
the Irish poplin introduced by the Duch
ess of Marlborough at the. Irish court,
and partially introduced at the Queen’s
drawing room by tho advocacy of a be
nevolent Maichionoss. The great objec
tion to Irish poplin, as alleged by the
Mine. Mantalinis, resides in the narrow
width of the stuff. It is soft said lustrous
beyond all comparison with the poplin of
Lyons make. “It is exquisite in tone and
color,” says'Mme. Mantalini, “but cuts to
waste from its narrowness; and English
miiadis are not like the French—they do
not love extravagange in dress.” The
Lyons manufacturers have" been enabled
to make tbeir dull, lustreless article al
most double tbe width of the Irish poplin.
A rieasanl Occasion.
We clip the following from the Augusta
Chronicle and Constitutionalist, giving
the details of a very pleasant affair, in
which two former Maconites are inter
ested:
Last evening at the parlors of the Plan
ters’s Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Dub, under
whose care the guests of this popular
bouse have fared so handsomely during
the year, were presented by the regular
boarders of the hotel—ladies and gentle
men—with a handsome and massive silver
tilting pitcher. The gift was one of ex
quisite finish and liberal proportions, and
was accompanied with a silver cup lined
with gold. The presentation was made
in a graceful and inimitable manner by
one of tbe popular lady guests of the
house, and the pitcher was appropriately
received by Mrs. Dub. Ihe fortunate at
tendants upon this pleasant occasion then
enjoyed the hospitality of the host and
hostess until a late hour. The afikir waa
greatly enjoyed.
Central Stack.
Central stock yesterday was quiet,and few
or no transactions were made in it. Quo
tations ruled at 1J premium bid per share
and 24 asked by holders. It is thought
that the recent rates fixed and published
by the railway commission is having a
depressing influence on the Block, and is
the true explanation of its want of bouy-
ancy in the past two days.