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MACON, MARCH 12, 38SO.
GEORGIA PRESS.
A petition for the pardon of a colored
man by the name of Small, one of the
McDermott murderers, one of whom was
Imng a few days since, has b'een made up
and forwarded to Governor Colquitt by the
Savannah darkies.
The Savannah amateurs will soon pre
sent the cantata of Ether in that city.
Real estate in Brunswick has advanced
in price since the perfection of the sale of
the Macon and Brunswick road.
Columbus has not yet been supplied
with the telephones she so much desired.
Athens has more fire alarms and fewer
fires to the square inch than any other
place in the State.
Niles, of the News, to his editorial ac
complishments adds that of being one of
the most talented tooth extractors in Mid
dle Geoigia.
The sand pear is being extensively
planted in Berrien county.
Cholera is sweeping the Alapaha
hogs.
The oat crop of Laurens county looks
better than it has in several seasons.
Base ball is popular in Fort Valley.
Rev. Db. Teasdale, the Baptist revi
valist, after conducting successfully sever
al meetings in South Carolina, is now in
Augusta.
The duelists who recently had a blood
less meeting at Sand Bar Ferry, have
promised a detailed account of their little
affair in a few days to the Evening Neics,
of Augusta.
McVille nearly had an affair of honor
a day or two since.
A considerable degree of chaos must
reign in Augusta. The Neics says the
streets are dor Is of dust and seas of dirt.
The Savannah Irish relief fund has
readied $1,043.81.
The cotton factory in Atlanta is going
night and day, and still cannot keep up
with its orders. Mr. Kimball wants
more hands.
Quite a number of new and beautiful
houses for residences are being built out
on llawkinsville street and Magnolia
Hill in Dublin.
Dr. W. L. Hitchcock, of Madison,
has been elected one of the Vice Presi
dents of the Georgia Eclectic Medical As
sociation. He has also had conferred
upon him the honorary degree of M. D
by the Atlanta Eclectic Medical College,
It is stated that the Senate will not con
firm General Greene as Collector of Cus
toms at St. Mary’s, on the ground that he
does not reside in Georgia, it being al
leged that precedent for this action was
established by the Republicans when they
reftised to confirm one Morton, who was
nominated to the Collectorship of San
Francisco.
Recent developments show that the
recent devenue raid through North Geor
gia committed numerous outrages on the
rights of unoffending people, and sent
home glowing accounts of dangers through
which they never passed. A revenue
raid is as bad as a returning board, when
it comes to mutilating the truth.
Berrien county News: Macon is
having her houses numbered. It is our
belief that she will some day be a great
city.
Dublin Gazette: Mr. Blount is work
ing like a Trojan for his constituents. He
is gaing ground, we believe."
Five Wild Turkeys all in a Row.
Berrien County News: Mr. William Fus-
sell, of Irwin county, recently killed five
wild turkeys at one shot. Irwin must be
swarming with that kind of game, as these
extraordinary shots have been of frequent
occurrence of late. Either that, or they
must have good marksmen up there.
Augusta News: Sharpers are traveling
along the Alabama, Geoigia and Florida
border, pretending to sell machinery.
They get a man to sign a blank ordering
certain kinds of machinery. The next
thing the farmer hears of the machinery is
st note presented to him, for say one hun
dred and fifty dollars, written on the
blank above his signature. This traud
seems to be popular with sharpers all over
the country.
Griffin Sun: James Coleman, of
this county, has a mule which is thirty-six
yean old, Colonel J. D. Stewart ha3 a
buggy horse known to be thirty-two years
old/and Captain Jeff McDowell says that
there is a colored man near Hampton that
owns a horse which he bought at Bowers’
Point, Mich., before the war, and he’s now
young enough to jump a ten rail fence.
LaGrange Reporter: There is not
an occupant in Troupe county jail; there
is only one piece of property levied on for
tax; the county is out of debt; has bought
and paid for a $3,000 bridge within the
last twelve months, and has over $3,000
in the treasury. If Troupe isn’t the best
county in the State let us hear from the
next.
The Enquirer-Sun gives the following
account of an attempted assassination on
the Montgomery and Girard Railroad:
A day or two ago an attempt was made
to assassinate Mr. G. W. Brittenham, sec
tion masterontlie Montgomery and Girard
Railroad. As he was coming in on a
crank some person unknown dealt him a
blow on the head with a billet of wood,
which came near killing liim, leaving a
severe gash on the forehead. The vil
lainous attempt occurred in Redd’s woods,
near Chimnenuggee. No clue to the per
petrator. Wc congratulate Mr. B. on his
eseape with his life, and trust the villain
may be caugbt and punished.
Americus Recorder: Mr. H. S. Eber-
liart, of Webster county, the father of Su
san Ebcrimrt, whose sad fate is still fresh
in the minds of our readers, died on the
3d instant, aged about . sixty-five years,
lie lived a long and honorable life. No
word of suspicion against his integrity as
a good and useful citizen, was ever
breathed against him. His remains were
taken to Preston and buried by the side
of his daughter Susan. He leaves benind
an aged wife aud a number of children
and grandchildren.
We are informed by the Columbus En
quirer that on Tuesday last two negroes
on the place of Mr. Seales Askew, near
White3ville, quarreled about a guinea
fowl, which the mother of one had sold to
the other. The purchaser kept the fowl,
aud a fight ensued. The former owner,
named Joe, secured a shot-gun and chased
the purchaser, Anthony, about a mile be
fore being able to use tbe weapon. The
latter ran into a house and locked the
door, hut the former, determined not to
be foiled, climbed upon a fence and fired
through a crack in the house, the load of
bird shot taking effect in Anthony’s face,
producing a painful but not serious wound.
Joe made good his escape, and has not
since been seen.
The Brunswick Advertiser gives an
outline of what is to be done in the way
of i lie improvement of the harbor at that
p .-i!,- as follows: “FromBrandy Point, or
t. -above a jetty is to he run in a
ioviV-asteriy direction several hundred
t- into the river, aud another is to run
p* railed (6 tbe shore some distance up,
^ling on to that from Brandy Point.
; r i ir jetties are to be put into the main
it Buzzard Roost, thus throwing the
. .it,, e of the ebb tide by our wharves.
. i is additional volume of water alongour
front,” says the Advertiser, “with
a-ain narrowed opposite iiraady
will give us, it is claimed, nineteen
i -d over at that point. The present
. , . priatfon, as a matter of course, is
: v the lieginning. Having begun the
good work, Congress will cany it on to
completion.” • „ . „
ANew Steamship.—Savannah Acics:
A new steamship, now being built in Eng
land for the Inman Line, to be called the
City of Borne, will be the largest and fin
est merchant vessel in the world. The
dimensions are 590 feet in length over all,
52 feet breadth of beam, 38 feet 9 inches
depth of hold; engines of 8,500 horse
power; maximum speed 18} knots an
hour. She is to be built of steel, with a
double bottom, and eleven bulkheads.
Her measurement will be 8,300 tons, over
four-fifths the Great Eastern, and all the
latest improvements are to be added.
There will be 275 revolving chairs at the
saloon tables, and the state-rooms wii
easily accommodate 300 first-class passen
gers. A drawing-room, which can be oc
cupied by one hundred ladies comfortably
will be placed on the deck immediately
over the saloon. The smoking-room will
be above the drawing-room, and will ac
commodate one hundred smokers at the
same time without crowding. Two lon
gitudinal bulkheads are to run through
the engine and boiler spaces. These will
greatly decrease the danger of sinking in
case of a collision. The Inman people
expect that, so far as the transportation of
passengers and freight goes, the City of
Rome will prove the monarch of the seas.
The meeting of the Atlanta Board of
Trade was held last Friday, at which it
was announced that one hundred tickets
for the approaching excursion over the
Cincinnati Southern railroad would be
placed at the disposal of the board. The
Constitution learns that “the excursion
train will leave Atlanta on the night of
the ICth at 11 o’clock, reach Chattanooga
about daylight, and arrive in Cincinnati
on the 17th at 6 o’clock, p. m. It will be
a heavily loaded train, carrying all the ex
cursionists from Geoigia. The number
will probably by from six hundred to a
thousand. Tbe all day ride from Chatta
nooga to Cincinnati will be taken over a
road upon which regular eating houses
have not yet been established. Excursion
ists will therefore,do well to provide them
selves with at least a mild lunch. The
banquett o be given the excursionists at
the Academy of Music in Cincinnati will
be the largest ever given in this country.
There will be seats for fifteen hundred,and
if necessary a few more chairs will be ar
ranged. It must be borne in mind that
excursion tickets do not admit to
this banquet. Banquet tickets will be is
sued to the excursionists in' Cincinnati.”
It is understood that the excursion train
will Le without sleeping cars,
Charles Burke,colored, shot at Jake
Chamberlain and Jerry Bogan in Monte
zuma last week, wounding the former in
the leg. A bullet which struck a silver
dollar in Jake’s pocket, glanced around
his body and thus saving his life. This will
used by Mr. Sherman as another argu
ment in favor of resumption as a preser
ver of tbe life of the black Republican
party.
Tiie social club of Montezuma will
have a hop on the 12th instant-.
A warrant is out in Americus for Mary
Purvis, charging her with procuring the
premature death oflier child.
The game of fifteen has stricken Au
gusta, and even the beauties of the surg
ing canal are forgotten in the wild hunt
after the solution of the puzzle.
On the 10th inst. the citizens of Augusta
will vote on the question of the subscrip
tion of fifty thousand dollars to the Au
gusta aud Knoxville Railroad.
Mr. Fred W. Morse and Miss Mary
Drake were married in Milledgeville last
week.
The Baptists of Milledgeville will not
build a new church but will repair their
present building.
The Rome Daily Tribune has failed to
put in its appearance for .many days.
Why, we are unable to ‘divine.
There are eight hundred patients at
the State Lunatic Asylum and over two
hundred officers, attendants, servants,
laborers, etc.
We learn the planters of Baldwin
county are getting their lands in good con
dition. Very little com has been planted
yet, but the present week will probably
find that work going on very briskly.
In the southwest part of the fourth dis
trict of Troup county there reside four
families in which are twenty-two chil
dren, all boys. Three of these boast of
five boys each, and the other of seven. A
girl has never been bom in any of said
families.
Rynie Byrd, colored, of Eastman
publishes in the Times a card asking for
information of her son, George Cher^
who left her in Savannah in 1873, and has
not been heard of since.
Mr. J. E. Smith, of Quitman county,
had the misfortune to have his gin house
blown down, with four bales of seed cot
ton and all his planting seed in it.' The
cotton and seed were badly damaged. Af
terward, the house, with gin and gin gear,
was destroyed by fire.
Columbus Times: We leam that
Deary, a little daughter of Mrs. D’Antig-
nac, while out in the yard at play last
Sunday evening, was bitten ou the toe by
a spreading adder. No serious results
will probably arise from it.
The Valdosta Times is of the opinion
that there is going to be a big crop or
big failure in Georgia this year, judging
from the amount of guano shipped into
the country. It says train loads "have
been passing over the - Savannah, Florida
and Western railway nearly every night
for two or three weeks, besides numbers
of car loads by every freight train.
The Quitman Free Press announces
the death on the 20th ultimo of Mrs. John
Groover, aged eighty-one, at her residence
near Grooverville, Brooks county. It says
that Mrs. Groover and her husband were
among tbe oldest settlers in that section,
and were respected by the entire commii-
nity. She leaves a large family connec
tion to mourn her death.
Savannah News: Mr. J. H. Estill,
President oftheGeorgia Press Association,
has received a Ietter'from the members of
the well-known comet band of Conyers,
Georgia, tendering their services at the
approaching meeting of the editors and
jublishers of. the State at Cuthbert. This
rand is one of the best in the country, and
is composed of the cleverest young men
of Rockdale county. This will be the
third or fourth time the hand have accom
panied the “Fourth Estate” in their an
nual excursion.
Monroe Advertiser: Mr. Scott Davis,
of this county, served as a member of the
Grand Jury during the first week of court,
but at the end of the week, when at home,
became a raving maniac. He would have
killed his children had he not been re
strained by the neighbors. He has been
adjudged a lunatic, and sent to the asy
lum. He was a good citizen, and we
deeply deplore Ills misfortune. Insanity
is hereditary in his family; * - * - * - —
Rome Tribune: We leam from Colo
nel J. R. Towers, that a Mrs. York, who
lives between. Van Wert and Cedartown,
mysteriously disappeared some two weeks
since, and up to date no account oflier or
her whereabouts can be given, either by
her husband or any of her neighbors.
Her disappearance is wrapped in deep and
dark mystery, and foul play, It is feared,
has been done.
Lttmfkin Independent: 'Lumpkincan
boast of an old veteran Indian fighter who
is conscientiously opposed to the pension
bill for various reasons. First, that they
were paid for their services when they did
the fighting, and that they drew land war
rants afterward, and .that the country is
too heavily burdened-novy with taxes to
liink of increasing it any more. He says,
however, if Congress Insists on paying
them, that they can put his name in
the pot, an .l he’ll try to be at the draw-
Madis- -v Mn ilsoni' i: Since the scrap
ron trade commenced in Georgia, people
in this region of coun’iy are compelled to
nail staples over their gate hinges to pre
vent them from being stolen by negroes
and sold. We leam that one man in Mor
gan county has shipped about two hun
dred thousand pounds of old iron from
Madison to Atlanta within the past few
months, and the demand still continues.
Quite a snug little amount of money has
been paid for old scrap iron sold here.
Columbus Times: We leam that a ne
gro, whose name we did not hear, while
engaged at work at Samples’ steam saw
mill, about tea miles from the city, met
with an accident last Saturday that cost
him his life. He was caught in the gear
ing and carried round the belt wheel sev
eral times until he was mashed to death.
He was a good negro, and his untimely
death is universally regretted by those
who know him. . „,
Rome Tribune: The contract for build
ing the Lookout Mountain Railroad, from
Rome to Chattanooga, has been perfected
and signed by the parties who are to un
dertake to build it. The road is to he
completed in twelve months from date
of the contract. Rome has reason to can-
gratulate herself on the energy and vim
that have brought about so favorable a
prospect for the furtherance of her future
prosperity and enterprise.
Death of Mrs. Henninosen.—Au
gusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
The cfeath of this lady is announced this
morning, and her funeral will take place
from her late residence on upper Broad
street this forenoon at nine o’clock. She
was highly esteemed among her friends
and acquaintances, and was noted during
the late war for her kindness and tender
ness to the wounded and afflicted soldiers
of the South. She was the widow of the
late General Charles Frederick Henning-
sen, the distinguished English scholar and
soldier, who fought i» Spain, in Nicara
gua, and served with gallantry also in
the Confederate army.
Sermon Through a Telephone.—
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: As previously
announced, Mr. O. C. Harrel had a tele
phone placed in the Presbyterian church,
connected with his residence, for the ben
efit of Mrs. H., who is unable to leave the
house. On Sunday, Rev. G. W. Maxson
preached, and Mrs. Harrel sitting in her
room at home, heard not only every word
of the sermon and prayers, hut the music.
She could also distinctly‘hear the congre
gation when entering and leaving the
church. It is said the telephones we are
to have are superior to this one. This we
can tell more about when they come; if
they ever do.
Rome Courier: We are indebted to
Major W. R. King, United States Engineer,
for a copy of reports of the survey of the
Chattahoochee, Etowali and Duck river?.
These surveys were made in pursuance to
orders from the War Department to as
certain the cost of making said rivers
navigable for steam crafts. In regard to
the Etowah river, Lieutenant W. L. Mar
shall, who superintended the survey, con
cludes his report to Major King as fol
lows: Until the population becomes
many times increased, and the products
so amplified by diversified industries as to
make it the policy of the government to
develop every possible' means of inland
transportation, there does not seem to me
to be any occasion or need to improve the
Etowah river. No part of it at present is
more than eight miles from railroad
transportation. ■
After the death of tbe lamented Rev.
Samnel Anthony, it became known that a
debt of $480 was hanging over liis home.
A plan was suggested among the friends
of the family by which the indebtedness
could be raised. Mayor Fielder and Al
derman Burkaltcr took the matter in
hand and carried around a subscription
list in order to give all an opportunity of
contributing something toward this truly
charitable object. Mr. C. M. Wheatly
headed the list with the generous dona
tion of $50, and many other citizens sub
scribed handsomely, irrespective of creed
or calling. The list was - rapidly filled,
almost every one approached giving read
ily to the good case. We are glad to state
that late yesterday afternoon the entire
amount had been raised.
A correspondent of the Griffin News
writes from Forsyth as follows, giving the
Congressional probabilities in that end of
the Fifth district:
The people are beginning to look
around slyly to find the most available
candidate for the coming congressional
race. It is pretty certain that the choice
will fall-upon one or the other of the fol
lowing gentlemen; Judges A. M. Speer,
John I. Hall,Robert Trippe, Colonel J. D.
Stewart, Colonel James S. Boynton, Col
onel E. W. Beck, Colonel A. D. Ham
mond, or Colonel Clint Duncan. Here
are eight of the most distinguished gen
tlemen in the State, either one of whom
would make a capital Congressman. The
people of this part of the district are de
termined to have a showing this time, and
many will holt the party if they are again
ignored. The upper end of the district
may as well settle down upon this pro
gramme, for it is this or nothing.
Failure of the Fruit Crop.—The
Americus Recorder says: It has been re
marked in and about the city for a week
or more that peach trees this spring are
ver^ late in blooming. A thought is sug
gested by. two facts—one that they arc
usually at this season of the year in full
bloom; the other the advauccd state of all
other kinds' of vegetation. Upon an ex
amination yesterday it appears that the
buds are dead. So, very few peaches may
be expected in our section this year. It is
a little strange that in a winter as mild 8S
the past ha3 proved the buds of fruit trees
should be killed, but such is the fact.
This is owing to the exceedingly mild
weather which preceded Christmas, which
caused the buds to swell and begin open
ing early in January. At this time most
of these were killed by the cold snap
which followed it.
It is known to pomologists that it re
quires a year’s time to mature a fruit bud
whereas a leaf bud will mature in a few
weeks; hence, if the former is killed, all
hope of a crop is gone until the succeed
ing season; if the latter, a new leaf bud
will soon come.
Valdosta Times: If Mr. Elias Walt
den and his wife live to see the 16th of
June next they will have been married
fifty years. They live in Bed Oak Island,
in the Okefenokcc swamp, and have spent
a life-time in or near that place. They
were each twenty years and a few days
old when they married, and strange, at
die age of seventy, there is not a gray hair
on Mr. Walden's head.
He lias been for years a large stock
raiser on the swamp, and he has now the
first bedstead that was made for liim when
be married, and on that bedstead, is the
liide of the first cow he ever owned—both
in a good state of preservation.
On the fiftieth anniversary of his mar
riage, he expects to have to dine with him
all-of his. children, grand children, and
great grand children, and a large number,
of friends. He promises a feast of honey,
vension and fish—native products of the
swamp. The editor of the Times is num
bered among the friends and expects, if
the old pair and himself lives, to be
present on that rare and interesting occa
sion. __ _ _
Tilden not in a Condition to Train.
The New York correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier says:
I had occasion to address a few words
to Mr. &. J. Tilden to-day on a matter not
related to politics, and was surprised to
see how infirm the old man has become
since the campaign of 1876. I had a good
deal of business which often brought me
into contact with him in the fall or-1876,
so that I know pretty well wbat-his condi
tion was then. From a hale old man he
has dranged so that he apparently belongs
more properly in the ranks of those who
have finished this life’s work than among
the contestants, for political honors. He
apjfcared to-day to be as weak and infirm
as a man eighty years old; his hands
shook as if with palsy; his eyes wandered
about in the vacant manner peculiar to
very old men near their last end. I also
noticed what appeared to be a strange ef
fort on his part to conceal the tremor of
his iiands; as if in the hopes of steadying
them he made several eflorts -to grasp his
watch chain, always failing because his
old fingers would not close lightly around
it. He walks slowly. with an amble sug-
g stive of great age or infirmity. He may
be a cunning old fox, as bis enemies sug
gest, but he is a very feeble old fox who
can scarcely hope to live much longer, and
* Flowery Florida.
March 5, 3880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger—
In my last, I promised your readers to tell
them something of the ancient fart of
Fernandina. This city is situated on the
northern extremity of Amelia Island,
and opposite to it is seen the long low line
of the‘Cumberland coast with its dark
green outline broken by the stately ruins
of old Dungeness, rising up above the
embosoming trees like an ancient feudal
castle.
After depositing my impedimenta, con
sisting of two guns and a valice, I wander
ed in company with an intelligent mer
chant, a Mr. William Marian, from Mich
igan, through the quaint streets of the old
town, lined with strange old fashioned
houses, the general contiguity of which
was relieved by a fair sprinkling of mod
ern structures,looking almost out of place
beside their more ancient brethren.
A walk of half a mile took us aoross a
marsh over a plank way to the older part
the of city, where the remains of the old
fort, erected by the Spanish settlers, are
still to be seen.
Beyond, we reach the Fernandina beach
—said to be the finest in the world. This
beach is one of the finest drives in the
world, extending its shining silver sand
for twenty miles. Beautiful, hard and
tempting, we almost forgot . that the soft
waves, fretting and foaming along the
white sand, like the froth of. ebampagne,
could in a few hours roar and rage like
demons, breaking the strong skips like
C °The" Sl dilapidated fortification, Fort
Clinch, pretends to frown on the incom
ing ships, hut really a more harmless old
nun never existed.
JACKSONVILLE'
is a new town, a town of hotels and
strangers. The weather has been very
hot here, though for the last few days a
keen wind from the South has been dash
ing the water against the wharfs and chaf
fing the sides of the ships against each
other. The city is full of Northern peo
ple, unmistakable as to the men from
their vivid complections, and undoubted
as to the women from the size of their
feet.
BUSINESS.
The business outlook seems to be good
there being vast deal of bustle and con
fusion.
The fort is a large structure, commenc
ed by the United States Government
in 1846, and never finished. The Confed
erate Government occupied it for some
time, but the work is still incomplete, a
shameful evidence of the inefficient sys
tem of coast defense adopted by our rul
ers at Washington. We found the fort in
charge of an eminent sergeant, the sole
garrison, ably assisted and supported by a
stalwart wife and “nine small children
and one at the breast,” as the old cate
chism hath it.
PROSPERITY.
The timber business of Fernandina is
increasing largely and bids soon to grow
into a very important and lucrative busi
ness. There are eigiit saw mills in con
stant operation, turning out large quanti
ties of timber daily, running full handed
aud with more than they could do.
Direct communication with Liverpool
has been established from steamers plying
constantly during the winter months and
jailing vessels during the summer trade.
THE A. G. * W. J. T. B. R.
Tire business over this line between
Fernandina and Jacksonville has largely
increased during the last year, and will
continue to increase as the spring ad
vances, no less than twelve boxes of
vegetables passing over the road daily,
ail bound for the North. The passenger
travel lias bee i very fine also, in spite of
the mild winler.
In this city we were most highly com
plimented by all the merchants with
whom we dealt in being taken to he a con
nection of the Rothschilds family, or at
least of the Astois, judging from the prices
charged for all kinds of goods displayed
for sale. I forgave them, however, the
innocent mistake, but took good care to
do nothing to disabuse their mind3 of the
flattering impression. — ••
No one can appreciate the beauty of
this city by a mere description in a news
paper. One must see the stately hotels,
sweet shady streets, and romantic private
mansions, to fully realize the charms of
this semi-tropic city, with its strange in
congruity of life and population, to know it
personally. I must say that the city ap
peared to me to be composed of one-tenth
city, and nine-tenths boom.
Cabolynn.
Brunswick Catholic Church.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:-
At last Brunswick.is about to have a brick
building. Our Catholic friends, with their
energetic pastor, Rev. P. J. McCabe, are
using their utmost endeavors to build a
new brick church, as their present one is
not only unfit for divine service, hut alto
gether too small, owing to tbe rapid in
crease of the Catnolic community. To
friends, Catholic and non-Catliolic, we ap
peal in behalf of their worthy pastor, who
lias worked and is working as none other
worked before him, for the welfare of
Brunswick and liis.parishioners.
Donations, large or small, will be
thankfully received arid gratefully ac
knowledged by A. M. Haygood,
M. Minehan,
Collectors.
Brunswick, Ga., March 0,1880.
The Silver Question.
The following is from a recent letter
from M. Henri Comuschi to a correspond
ent in the United States:
The last word of Bismarck transmitted
to Mr. Walker through Mr. White was
that it was useless for the agents of the
United States to return' to. Berlin without
formal propositions, and useless to discuss
the question academically. When the
United States shall send forward proposi
tions for a treaty, they will be taken into
serious consideration. A very brief treaty
stipulating only free coinage of the two
metals at fifteen and a half to one is need
ed. If the United States, France and
Germany agree, it will be almost imposs J
ble for England not to agree. But her ad
herence would not be. necessary. If the
French bi-metallic law was sufficient dur
ing a century (1785 to 1874)to maintain in
the world the relative value at fifteen amd
a half, when the United States used only
silver or only gold, when Germany used
only silver, when Holland coined only
gold (until 1850) and only silver - (until
1874) it is evident.that a compact between
France, the United States aud Germany
and the certain concurrence of Holland
will insure a stable and indefeasible value
between gold and silver. .
Should the eflorts to get such , a treaty
bring no conclusion,it is^safe to say thattlic
United States cannot persist in coining
Iver according to the Bland bill. After
>ur years of an instructive experience,
France was obliged to.renounce the re
stricted, unscientific coinage, and the
United States will do the same, so jthat I
agree entirely with your plan, You can
coin some dozen of dollars yearly in or
der to maintain the silver tradition and
then wait the magic of patience. “The
magic of patience” was the phrase used by
Beaconsfield touching, at Guildhall, the
silver question. “Suves has risen,” he
said, “said wilt rise again.” That is true,
hut in this question rises and Jails are
equally bad. Mankind wanted.fixity, be
tween the two metals which constitute to,,
rether the universal monetary material.
Patience is a good virtue, a necessary vir
tue when in presence of the inevitable, or
when time alone can adduce the remedy.
Here time alone can do nothing. Legis
lation and a thorough international legis
lation is necessary. Patience is not here,
but obstinacy. Nor can simple patriotism
be brought to the task. The best is the
Quadruple treaty,, then the triple. If no
reaty comes, then, dclenda Carthago by
itoppiDg silver • coinage in the United
States. When your mint stops London
ivill receive all the Nevada silver,and Lord
Beaconsfield will .hear, from his own
words:-“The magic of patience.”'
The St, Gothard hospice lodged 11,10-
travelers from October 1:1878, W Septeml
ber 31^ 1S79, and * distributed - 45,960
rations. Many travelers .were supplied
with shoes, linen or clothing-. Finally,
132 sick persons, or those partially frozen,
lock up their plows aud trace chains, and i certainly not to do any active work.
TZV TTTITVFKTR, A "PTT i in tIie 0336 of J- D. Coles, County Judge
XX of the State, indicted in tl>4 United Stares
Court, Judge Rivers, for failing to put ne
groes on juries.
The preamble recites in effect that the
decision threatens the very existence of
the State governments as distinct sover
eignties, places the Judiciary of the State
completely under the control of the Uni
ted States, and if followed to its logical
results, will enable the United States Con
gress to coerce the State Judiciary, as
well as the State Executive and Legisla
tive Departments in . all matters, thus de
stroying every vestige of State sovereignty,
a most alarming doctrine to all who value
the blessings of liberty, for the security-of
which the United" States Constitution it
self was established and ordained.
The resolutions urge Virginia's Sena
tors and Representatives in- Congress to
procure a repeal of all the laws of Con
gress which tend to the exercise of powers
not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, not prohibited by it to the
States, and especially of that act under
which the decision mentioned was ren
dered, and request the Governor to com
municate copies of the resolutions to the
Governors of the several States, with a
view to having the Legislatures thereof
take similar action. The General As
sembly, in accordance with the joint res
olution agreed to last night, will adjourn
at 11 p. m., and it is improbable that the
foregoing action of the Senate will be con
curred in by the House.
Washington, March 9.—Before the
House Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee
Friday, M. DeLesseps concluded his ex
planation of the advantages of the Panama
route. He expresses gratification at the
tone of the President’s message of yester
day, and said he had telegraphed his son
in Paris that the message assured the
safety of the canal. Captain Eads read a
paper before the committee advocating
his ship railway plan. He ^claimed such
a railway would cost only a quarter to
a half as much as the canal; could be
built sooner, would transport moreves
sels aud do it faster, was cheaper to main
tain and could be constructed hr localities
where the canal could not. Ships would
float from the harbor into a large cradle
which would run up a gradual incline on
a railway with twelve rails over which it
would be drawn by steam power. Any
seaworthy vessel would stand any strain
that it could be subjected to on this rail
way.
M. DeLesseps highly complimented Hr.
Eads on his engineering achievements.
He did not wish to discuss the plan of a
railway. It was not in his line. Many
such plans had been proposed but none
yet executed. The committee then ad
journed. M. DeLesseps immediately left
for San Francisco.
Washington, March 9.—Among the
documents sent-to the Senate by the Presi
dent relative to the Inter-Oceanic Canal
is a report from Secretary Evarts, setting
forth the entire diplomatic history of the
were taken care of in the hospital. The
expense of the estabishment amounted to
13,298 francs;' the receipts were' 12,65S
francs. 1 : . .* « r >< »
This charity' foundation is the admira-
iion of all Christendom.
Topeka, March 9.—-The insane asy
lum at Ossawatomie, containing two hun
dred inmates, was burned last night. All
the inmates escaped. Loss $40,000.
Cheyenne, March 9. — An active
volcano is reported near Brown’s Park;
Richmond, Va., March 9.—-The Senate
last night by a Vote of 24 to 14, adopted a
joint resolution providing that. the Read
justers’ debt hill vetoed, and the bill
known as the{Ross-Hamilton substitute,be
submitted to the people in November for
a vote, thereon. Hamilton’s substitute
fixed tiie rate of interest at three per cent,
and the principal at about $34,000,000.
Cincinnati, March 9.—There were
regular through trains on the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad to the entire length of
the road, North and South, yesterday.
Cairo, March 9.—Elijah Mason, a ne
gro living on a farm six miles from here,
yesterday, in a fit of jealousy, fatally shot
his wife, a white woman, and then killed
himself.
London, March 9.—-In the House of
Commons last night a vote of £5,000,000
on account oi the civil service was grant
ed, and the vote 46,000 officers and men
for the nayy was agreed to.
The St. Petersburg Golos says the pain
full impression produced by the release of
Hartmann can only be removed by the
French Cabinet showing that the proofs
furnished from St. Petersburg of his iden
tity were insufficient. *
Washington, March 9.—In the House
Mr. Morton, of New York, presented a
memorial ofE. D. Morgan & Co., Moses
Taylor & Co., and other importers and re
finers of sugar, praying for the retention
of the present graduated scale of duties,
with the addition of a clause to the .pres
ent Jaw obliging all sugars-below No. 10,
in color, testing above ninety-two degrees,
to pay a rate of duty, as if between num
bers 10 and 18. Referred.
Also a memorial of tne Commercial Ad
vertiser and New York Zeitung, praying
for the abolition of the duty upon print
ing type. Referred.
The Speaker proceeded to call commit
tees for reports.
The bill coming over from the morning
hour, to establish a department of
agriculture, was referred to the Commit
tee of the . Whole on the Public Calen
dar.
The Vice President laid before the Sen
ate a message from the President of the
United States yesterday, in response to
the Senate resolution calling for the cor
respondence between this and other gov
ernments concerning the inter-oceanic ca
nal. It was read, and, with accompany
ing documents, referred to the CommUtee
on Foreign Relations.
Sir. Thurman presented a memorial of
delegates of the Indian tribes in the In
dian Territory, remonstrating against the
passage of a bill to establish a. United
States Court in that Territory. In view
of the important legal questions involved
in the subject, he moved the reference of
the memorial to tiie Committee on the Ju
diciary.
Mr. Garland opposed the motion. The
bill was before the Senate, and its legal
effect could be discussed in the Senate
If'this memorial and various resolutions
heretofore offered were referred to the Ju
diciary Committee he would move the
reference of the bill itself to that commit
ted. As a member of the Committee on
Territories he could " say the committee
would be glad to be relieved from further
responsibility in this important matter,
though he was also a member of the Ju
diciary Committee. Thurman stated he
had desigued to express no opinion as to
the merits of the bill. In the absence of
Senator West, who reported tbe bill, the
motion to refer was laid over until to
morrow,
Mr. Edmunds stated that hereafter he
will object to reading memorials. It was
against the rules of the Senate, and re
sulted in great expense for printing, and
made the Record inconveniently bulky,
The rules require the Senator presenting
the petition or memorial to briefly state
its substance.
Washington, March 0.—In the Senate
Mr, Bailey submitted a resolution direc
ting the Judiciary committee to enquire
into the truth of the report that the Pacific
railroads have entered into- a contract with
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
which is prejudicial to the public inter
ests. Agreed to,
Mr. Morgan introduced a joint resolu
tion, providing for the printing of the
eulogies on the late Senator Houston,
Referred.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the calendar."-
A bill to provide for the settlement of
accounts with certain Southern railway
companies was objected to by Mr.-Ed
munds and laid aside,.. _
Mr. Maxcy, .who reported tire bill, re
ferred to the fact that it liadlong been be
fore Congress and had often - been favora
bly reported. •
He hoped it would soon be finally dis
posed of and he would try to call it up
next Tuesday.
•Tiie morning hour having expired the
Senate resumed the consideration of the
bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter.
Mr. McDonald spoke in support of tire
bill, and pending the conclusion of his
argument the Senate adjourned.
In the House Mr. Evert submitted the
minority report of the Committee on Ag
riculture, which was'similarly referred.
Mr. Hooker, of North Carolina, from
the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported
a bill to reimburse the Creek Indian fund,
Referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Wellborn, of Texas, from tiie same
committee, reported a hill to prevent the
Indians on the reservations from' going
into the State of Texa3. Placed on the
House calendar.
Mr. Upson, of Texas, from the same
committee, reported a bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain and
report the amount of money expended and
the indebtedness assumed by the State of
Texas in repelling invasions and suppress
ing the Indian hostilities. Placed on tiie
Heuse caleudar. i |
Mr. Wbitthorue, of Tennessee, Chair
man of the Committee on Naval Affairs,
reported hack a bill to authorize and
equip an expedition to the Arctic Seas.
Referred to the Committee of tho Whole.
The morning hour having expired, tiie
House proceeded to take up the political
assessment bill, upon which Mr. Hostctter
gave notice that he wcfllld call the previ
ous question at fouro’eltfck'to-inorrow.
Mr. Home, of Tennessee, spoke at
length in favor of tho bill, reciting the
professions.- of desire for civil service
reform made by the Republican party and
this administration, ana showing how, in
spite of them, Mr. Hayes had been seated
by fraud and had rewarded with money
4nd offices men in Florida and Louisiana,
who had committed that "fraud. He
thought the bill would remedy a great
evil and eradicate a tangible abuse. It
would enable the feeblest mau in the em
ploy of the government to paralyze the
arm of the campaign collector who should
endeavor to filch from him a portion of
his hard earned wages. At the conclu
sion of bis remarks the House adjourned.
The President to-day nominated John
R. Smith for postmaster at Gadsbdrough,
North Carolina.
London, Mareh 9.—An announcement
of a proposed dissolution of Parliament
In the House of Commons yesterday was
a complete surprise. The Liberal lead
ers will meet to-day to deside upon the
course to be adopted. Writs will be is
sued on the 24tll instant, and it is believed
that many of the elections will be over by
the 1st of April.
Sir Stafford Northcote’s address to the
electors ofNorth Devon will be issued
immediately on the 24th instant, in favor
of a manifesto relative to ’ the policy of
the Government.. Lieutenant Harrington
and Mr. Gladstone will issue a formal
manifesto to Northeast Lancashire and
Midlothian respectively. Each will deal
at leugth.with the polity of the ministers
from an opposition point of view. Right
Hon. R. AshetorwCross’ address to the
electors of Southwest Lancashire is also
expected to be of the character-of a man
ifesto, while those of Hon. John Bright
and Right Hon. William E. Forrester will
be exceedingly brief. All arc expected
to appear within the next thine days.
Richmond, Va., March 9.—In the Sen
ate, to-day, a preamble and resolutions
were adopted relative iu ■
ion of the United States. Sil
canal. The main point brought out there
in is that our treaty with New Grenada
guarantees the ind'ependance of that re
public and the neutrality of any line of
transit that may be constructed through
it between the two oceans, and that this
treaty was made not for the peculiar ben
efit of the United States but for the ad
vantage of all nations. . Secretary Evarts
concludes that it may be assumed that no
regulations will he had between private
projectors and the Columbian government
without duly regarding the inevitable ac
tion of the United States under this treaty.
San Francisco, March 9.—The Call
to-morrow morning will contain a mani
festo of tiie Citizens Protective Union, de
claring the object of that organization to
be the preservation of* tbe public peace,
protection of life and property, restoration
of confidence in the public security and
the revival of business. by lawful and
peaceful measures. The agitation against
the Chinese emigration, which it says,
when confined to lawful measures met
the approval of the people of California
hut has degenerated into a carnival of
blasphemous threatenings against life and
property and brought scandal and dis
honor on American civilization. Law-
abiding citizens have determined to en
force order. They appeal to the reason
of- men beguiled by vicious leaders and
remind them that neither the Chinese nor
any other question can be'settled immedi
ately.
London, March 0.—LordBeaconsfield’s
letter to the Duke of Marlborough, Lord
Lieutenaut of Ireland, furnished the key
note of the Conservative campaign, which
is in opposition to Home Rule and tho
maintenance of English influence in for
eign affairs.
motion of the State,evidence was granted
Gully electing to be tried first, while next
Thursday was set for the trial of Virgil
Only two jurymen have thus far been obi
tained,both negros. It will be a difficult
matter to get a jury, as nearly every man
in the county has formed or expressed an
opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the
accused. District Attorney Ford repre
sents the State without any assistant
counsel. The defence is conducted bv
Thom is H. Wood and S. M. Meek.
San Francisco, March 10.—Mayor
Kalkxhhas issued the following mani
festo : - 3
“I deem it my duty to the city over
whose welfare I have been called to pre
side, and to the public at large, which is
being, infamously deceived by incendiary
misrepresentations, as to our situation, to
declare in a more emphatic and public
manner, that there is not, and never has
been, the slightest reason to apprehend
any disturbance, riot or lawlessness what
ever, from the working classes of San
Francisco. If trouble comes to us, it will
not come from them. Most inexcusable
and outrageous means are being used by
designing men to goad them into riotous
demonstrations, but they will fail. They
are, as they have proved themselves to be
under trying provocations, the law abi
ding and peace preserving portion of our
population. I vouch to the world for
them that they will so continue, and I
further declare, however that people
abroad may be imposed upon, that people
of this city see through all the transparent
humbuggery of military interference, po
lice increase, and inflammatory circulars,
and will wait their constitutional day of
judgment to peaceably but effectively con
sign their authors to political infamy and
oblivion, which they most richly deserve.
[Signed] L S. Kalloch,' Mayor.
Paris, March 10.—Before the Senate
adjourned yesterday, three articles of
Ferry’s education bill were adopted. The
debate for its second reading is fixed for
Monday next. The Courier De ■ Soir
says: “In consequence of the defeat of ar
ticle seven of the education bill, in the
Senate, M. Ferry has resigned the minis
try of public worship.”
London, March 10.—A Vienna dis
patch reports that on the Austro-Russian
frontier, near Zitkew, the river broke
through the dike and flooded thirty vil
lages, some of which are completely de
stroyed. Thousands are without food or
shelter, and many cattle lost.
Cincinnati, March 10.—A Washing
ton Court House, Ohio, special, dated
midnight, says James F. Ely’s large eleva
tor and pork packing establishment caught
fire at 11:30, aud is a total loss. Other
valuable buildings are in danger as the
fire is not under control. Ely’s loss is
$35,000. Insurance $17,000.
St. Louis, March 10.—The boiler of
the grist mill of Solomon Zeigler, at
Brotherton, opposite St. Charles, Missouri,
on the Missouri river, exploded with ter
rific force yesterday, and tore the mill to
atoms. Simon Zeigler, the proprietor’s
son, who acted as engineer, was killed
outright, and a colored boy, the fireman,
so badly injured that he died an hour af
ter the accident.
Washington, March 10.—The Vice
President laid before the Senate a message
received yesterday from the President,
transmitting a copy of the agreement be
tween the Secretary of the Interior and
the Ute Indians, and recommended its
ratification. Referred to the Committee
on Indian Affairs,
Mr. Kemau presented the petitition of
Roger A. Pryor for the removal of politi
cal disabilities. Referred to the Commit
tee on Judiciary.
Mr. Thurman, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reportedly adversely the Senate
bill to reimburse several States for interest
paid on "war loans and for other purposes.
Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Davis, if Illinois, stated that there
was a minority report on the bill.
-Mr. Vance, from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported favorably the
House bill to amend tbe public marine
school act.
Bills were introduced and referred, by
Mr. Bansom, to provide for the settlement
of the accounts of the North Corolina
Railroad Company; by Mr. Conkling, to
amend section 4,472of the revised statutes,
concerning commerce and navigation and
the regulation of steam vessels. Mr.
Conkling also presented a memorial from
a large number of merchants from New
York city engaged in the transportationof
cotton from southern to northern and eas
tern ports, praying the passage of such a
bill as that above named.
In the House Mr. Reagan, of Texas,
asked and obtained leave to hare printed
the following resolution, which he stated
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The Times says that the language of j he would olilr as a substitute for the reso-
tlie letter is occasionally a little start- lution ot the committee on the inter-
ling, but since Lord Beaconsfield’s most
startling utterances in the past have al
ways been found to be animated by seri-
Oceanic canal:
Resolved, That while we recognize the
general Interest of the whole commercial
ous purposes, and to have realities behind j world in the use of the shiD canal or rail-
them, the important declarations made at load across the isthmus connecting North first named in the lead,
the close ol the letter must carry all the and South America, and while we will re- _IJublin, March 10.—The
weight which belongs to the utterances of specttliat interest, if such line of inter-
one of the most responsible statesmen in
Europe.”
“Rarely,” Lord Beaconsfield says, “in
this country has there been an occasion
more critical. Her Majesty’s ministers
have hitherto been able to preserve peace.
But this ineffable blessing cannot be ob
tained by passive principles of non-inter
vention. Peace rests ou the presence, not
to say ascendency, of England in the coun
cils of Europe.” These, the limes says,
are strong expressions, perhaps impru
dently strong, but the country will not
fail to be impressed with the importance
of the facts which must be assumed to
have prompted them. .They are a plain
declaration that there are dangers in the
present position of affair's in Europe, and
that in the judgment of the Premier, they
can only be successfully arrested by the
due exercise of the English influence.
The Times then says: If the great po
litical questions are before Europe, it is
a matter of vital importance to know
whether the ministry of the day has the
confidence of the country and whether its
policy therefore can be relied upon. This
is the issue raised by tho dissolution of
Parliament and Lord Beaconsfield con
cludes by . expressing the hope that
whatover may be the consequences to her
Majesty’s present advisers of tljp appeal he
makes, the country will return to West
minster a Parliament not unworthy of the
power of England and resolved to main
tain it.
Atlanta, Ga., March 9.—The Su
preme Court to-day refused a new trial to
Sam Hill, convicted of the murder of Jno.
Simmons, the alleged seducer of Hill’s
wife. Hill was sentenced to hard labor
for life.
Charleston, March 9.—Hon. Isaac
Hayne, for twenty, years preceding, recon
struction, the attorrey general of Sout^j
Carolina, and .grandson of Isaac Hayne,
who was executed here by the British
during their occupation of Charleston,
died yesterday, aged seventy.
Little Rock, March 9.—Burglars
broke open the safe of Johnson, Rogers &
Co., of Sjariana, Phillipe county, last
night and carried off $10,000 in currency
and State and county warrants.
Washington, March 9.—The Repub
lican members of tbe Senate iu caucus to
day, agreed that debate on'the Porter bill
promotes party interests, and decided not
to favor the rumored intention of the ma
jority to postpone the bill till next ses
sion.
Washington, March 9.—Tb'o House
Judiciary Committee has agreed to report
favorably Mr. Thompson’s bill relative to
the supervisors of election providing that
only one deputy marshal shall be appoint
ed in any voting precinct; that supervisors
and deputy marshals shall receive only
$1.50 dailyand have no other fees; that no
fees shall.be paid except by special appro
priations, and that no arrests shall be
made on election day, hut that warrants
may be executed at any time after its
close. • , .
The House Ways and Means committee
report lavorably Morton’s hill changing
the duty on malt from 25 per cent, adca-
lorein to 25 cents per bushel. They will
on Thursday hear advocates of the reten
tion of duty on salt and abolition of the
duty on paper. The sugar ■ question has
been referred to a sub-committee consisting
of Carlisle, Tucker, Frye, Gibson and
Garfield.
DeKalb, Miss., March 9.—The case of
Henry, Yirgil and Houston Gully, indict
ed for the murder of John P, Gilmer, was
i taken up in the Circuit court of Kemper
cut deiai- J county yesterday. Virgil and Gully were
i»3 Court J indicted together for this offence, but on
Oceanic communication, shall bo estab
lished, we declare that as the establish
ment of such line of communication
would practically connect the Atlan
tic and Mexican Gulf and Pacific
coast lines of the United States, and as
the United States would have great local
as well as general interest in the work, in
common with other commercial powers
of the earth, and as political control of
such line of communication would he vi
tally necessary to her commercial interests
and to the preservation of her territorial
integrity and political indepenence; she
will insist, whenever aud by whomsoever
such project shall be commenced, on such
political control of it as will give security
to our commercial and poilical interests.
The Speaker then proceeded to call
committees for reports, the Hohse having
refused to dispense with the morning
hour.
Washington, March 10.—In the Sen
ate, Mr. Bayard introduced a bill amend
ing section 2022 of the Revised Statutes.
Considsrable debate then ensued upon
the motion of Mr. Thurman, to refer to
the Judiciary Committee the memorial of
the Indian chiefs, protesting against the
passage of the hill to establish a United
States Court in the Indian Territory.
Pending the discussion the morning
hour expired, and Mr. McDonald resum
ed liis speech, favoring the bill for tha re
lief of Fitz John Porter.
After a somewhat animated debate, in
which Messrs. Conkling, Logan and Ran
dolph participated, Mr. Jones,- of Florida,
took the floor to speak on the bill, but
yielded to Mr. Garland, who moved in
consideration of the legal aud constitu
tional questions involved, that the hill be
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Without action on the motion, the Senate
adjourned.
' Mr. Cox, of New York, chairman of
the committee on foreign affairs, reported
a bill appropriating $300,000 for the relief
of the suffering people of Ireland. Re
ferred to the committee of the whole.
Mr. Dibrell, of Tennessee, from the'in
valid pension committee, reported back a
bill to prevent withholding of pensions
from pensioners under the act 1871. He
asked to have the bill put on its passage.
. Mr. Conger—Is it to restore Jeff Davis
to the roll ?
Mr. Dibrell—Jeff Davis is not a pension-
er.
Mr. Conger—I object! I object.
Mr. Dibrell—If the gentleman wants to
show his malice to the Southern people
so badly, he can object.
Mr. Conger—That remark is unworthy
the gentleman aud the occasion.
Mr. Dibrell—I am responsible for all I
say here and elsewhere.
Mr. Conger—Elsewhere is good.
The bill was placed on the calendar.
Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, from the edu
cation and labor committee, -reported
back a bill restricting Chinese immigra
tion into the United States.’".:Placed on
the calendar.
Mr. Van Amain of New York, from the
same committee, reported back a bill en
forcing the eight hour law. Placed on the
calendar.
The House then resumed the consider
ation of the political assessment bill.
Air. Young of Ohio, spoke in opposition
to the bill, and in reply to tbe speech of
Mr. House of Tennessee, yesterday, which
he said was. evidently a Tilden boom, in
tended to revive the idea that Tilden hall
been, and might again lie elected.
After further debate Mr.' Hosteter de
manded the previous question, pending
which the House took a recess until 7:30
p. m., the evening session to be for the
consideration of pension bilLs.
The Resident sent to the Senate to-day
the following nominations: To be Su
pervisors of the Census, David A. Perry
man, for the Second distriek of Alabama;
William W. Hicks, for the district of
Florida; James S. Burton, for the First,
district of Mississippi; to be collector of
customs, John L. Haynes, for the district
of Brazos, De Santiago, Texai; to be
postmaster, Samuel G. Brdwell at Yazoo
City, Mississippi.
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomi
nation of Charles E. Daily, of Virginia, to
be recejver of public money at Florence,
Arizona.
Mr. Vance ofNorth Carolina, from the
Senate Naval Committee, reported to the
Senate to-day the House bill relative to
marine schools, and provides for the ex
tension of all the provisions of the aot of
June 20th, 1874, regarding that subject, to
the ports of Wilmington, Charleston, Sa
vannah, Mobile, New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and Galveston. The bill was
placed on the calendar.
New Orleans, March 10.—Milton
Benner, cashier of the late Citizen’s Sav- '
ings Bank, who was indicted last Novem
ber charged with the embezzlement of $2,-
900 of the deposits of the bank, has been
on trial here since Monday. After hear
ing the testimony District Attorney Fin
ney to-day abandoned the prosecution.
Benner is still under indictment, charged
with the willful concealment of facts.
Montgomery, Ala., March 10.—The
Republican Executive Committee to-day
selected Selma as the place, and May 20th
as the time for holding the State Conven
tion. There were Grant, Blaine and
Sherman men in the Committee, with the
“But
lie said, “the day
will
Mansion
HoiiseJSelief Committee say that munifi
cent contributions continue to come In.
Fifty-four hundred pounds were received
yesterday, from Australia and New Zea
land. Among the other contributions ac
knowledged is one of £190 from Wil
mington, North Carolina. *
The fund now amounts to £109,000, of
which £54 ; 0C0 are on hand. The Com
mittee anticipate tbe greatest distress in
May, June and July, when it fears all its
powers will be taxed to the uttermost:
Had it not been for the Australian contri
butions, the operations of the Committee
would long since have ceased.
Washington, March 10.—The sub
committee of the House ways and
means committee to-day heard represen
tatives of the distillery interests who de
sire certain changes in the Internal Reve
nue laws. Commissioner Raum was
present and said the department would
make no objections to many features of
the proposed bill, but the changes contem
plated i» the assessment of taxes on spir
its placed in bonded warehouses, would
cause about two and a quarter millions
loss of revenue. The bill affects the ad
ministration of the law rather than the"
reduction of the tax, and will probably be
reported favorably to the House. Com
missioner Raum remarked that licensed
distilleries generally pay taxes honestly,
and the only loss of revenue is due to il
licit distilleries.
Washington, March 10.—Before the
Senate Exodus Committee ti>day George
Q. Ruby, colored, editor of the New Or
leans Observer, testified that the colored
people’s convention of 1S79 found that the
exodus movement originated among the
plantation laborers and resulted from the
persecutions by the political mobs of,
1874 and ’75, organizing as a colonization
council in August, 1874. It spread rap
idly until it enrolled 92,800 names in
Louisiana, Northeastern Texas, Arkansas
and Alabama, 69,000 of these being in
Louisiana. He said it is a denial of po
litical rights rather than physical- condi
tion, lamentable as the latter Is, which
causes discontent among the negroes.
San Francisco, March 10.—The Call
this morning, without any direct reference
to the proclamation of the vigilance com
mittee, dissuades the community from vi
olent measures, as unnecessary to either
party. The Chronicle strongly recom
mends vigilance organizations, and inti
mates that the blow should be struck at
the leaders of the agitation and not at the
rank and file. The Alta scouts the neces
sity for concentrating troops here, holding
that the vigilance committee is amply
able to cope with the Sand Lot crowd,and
concludes as follows: “Let us have peace!
And we mean to have it—iuside the law;
if we can; outside of it, if we must.” It
also denounces the Mayor’s proclamation
as an insult to the people.
London, March 10.—Right Honorable
William E. Foster, one of the Liberal
leaders, has issued an address to the elec
tors of Bradford in-reply to Lord Beacons-
field's manifesto. He denies-the cbaige
that the political opponents of the Premier
seek to disintegrate the United Kingdom,
and intimates that tbe charge is made
■with the hope of diverting attention from
the mischievous foreign and Indian policy
of the government, lie agrees with Lord
Beaconsfield that the strength of the na
tion depends on its unity.
Cheyenne, March 10.—A bold and
successful robery ot gold bullion occurred
at Sydney, Nebraska, to-day, while the
Union Pacific Express Agent Snyder was
at dinner. The amount taken was be-
never come when such an effete specimen j tween one and
two hundred thousand
of moral depravity as Tilden will be elec- • dollars. An entrance was effected
tea President.” [Laughter.] [ through the floor of the express office.