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&MBQIA lOirill Ml CL13BY, JONGS k REESE, Pbopbixtobs. Tax PiaitT JonsnAii.—N*ws—Politics— Litkraturb—A«*icultub'z—Domksti: GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING Established 1826. MACON. TUBS OAT. MARCH 16. 1880. — —u i : Volume JUV—KO I2 FIFTEEN. The Simple Came Which no One Can Do, Except when Alone. For just forty-nine days tlie New York papers have been full of the new ‘game of Fifteen.’ The game has traveled South slowly, and lias at length reached Macon and will soon take possession of all. The few sets of the game now in the city have been for the past few days in active demand, and the little blocks contained in them have hardly Von idle a moment. The game is ex ceedingly simple to all except the person engaged in solving the problem, and it looks simple enough to him also. Two sets were in full operation on Sunday af ternoon. Two young gentlemen, who had started on a tour of calls, acciden tally came across one. Old yes, simple enough.; they could get it in a moment. Co on; they would join the party in a moment. The rest of the party wandered up-tlie Hill” made one or two calls, al ways keeping watch for their companions, but they came not in sight. Late in the evening they were discov ered in an earnest search after the solu tion of the puzzle, seated oil an accom modating curbstone. Another young man was up until nearly four o’clock Saturday night shoving the blocks desperately around, trying to get the last three num bers in proper position. Fascination is no suitable expression for the hold the game lias on all who give themselves over to it. It resembles the severe attack of the simple rhymes “Punch with care,” which took possession of tlie unfortunate Mark Twain. Tlie puzzle consists of a square box into which are iitted fifteen woollen squares, numbered consecutively from 1 to 1 There is room for four rows of four in row. The absence of the sixteenth block in the box affords room for tlie movement of ilie others. The game is to disarrange the blocks and then to bring the numbers into consecutive order by shifting them into place without lifting one off the bot tom of tlie box. The intricacies of this apparently simple exercise are startling. A mathematician who reported the result cf !:i< calculations in the New York Sun wrote that the number of possible move ments is 1,:107,074,30s,000. There are said to lie a number of combinations that are either very difficult of solution, or, as some believe, impossible. Tlie game is taking the country by storm. Everybody nearly in New York have their little puzzle boxes. Lawyers, bankers, merchants, pleasure men, even news boys all have them. The demand lias Increased so that the trade can with difficulty be supplied by several firms, who are now devoting themselves to the manufacture of the wonderful puz zle. It was formerly considered reprehensible to come to bust ness in the morning with dishevelled lucks, iinkempt'bcard, bloodshot eyes and general untidy appearance, hut the expla nation is found in tlie fact that the person so presenting himself is one of the unfor tunate victims of the “game of fifteen” it is said that while many claim to have worked it, that they cannot go over tlielr Work again and explain it, and although many lay emphatic claim to the distinc tion of being one of the solvers of the puz zle. no one has been looking on while it was done. The puzzle was invented in Boston about two years ago and the inventor passed a few of them around to his friends, They received slight notice and then passed out of sight. About three months ago, Messrs. E. G. Selchow & Co., of New York, who handle them now about as extensively as any dealers in the North, and who claim to hold the right of man ufacture, ordered out from Boston some thirty or forty dozens of the puzzle from the old stock of the manufacturer of the inventor. They could, however, do noth ing with them and turned them over to the pedlers of the city. They were soon dis- lmsed of and orders came in for more. The fever for them began. One hundred dozen were ordered out, followed by an- onler for a thousand dozen. Nine hun dred dozen were disposed of in one day. Tlie orders now ranged up in the thou sands, and the supply could not equal the demaud. The Northern papers have been full of the puzzle, the Herald of New York de voting from one to four columns daily. An offer of $100 for a solution of the puz zle for certain difficult positions has been offered by the Herald. Other parties have made standing offers of the same re ward. Tlie puzzle is very simple until the last three figures 13,14 and 15 are reached. The arrangement of tlie other numbers are comparatively simple and easy. The rub comes in just when it looks as if the vnd is reached. The order in which the hot two figures usually stand, is 14. 15, 1-: !•*>, 14, 13, or 13,15, 14, and when ‘be blocks assume those relations, the soiu- lution seems well nigh impossible. Only a few of the games have up to this time readied this city. In a few days, however, the city will be fully supplied through one of its popular firms, and then a 'l wifi be able to show their skill or suf- ll 'r defeat at tlie hands of the “Game of Fifteen.” A New Opera House. I’lans ibr tlie building of a new opera 10Us *-' have been developing for some time l'-vt. They seem at last to have taken so,1 ‘- ^finite shape. Mr. T. Guernsey 8,1,1 “‘her parties have perfected plans for a buil.iing to be located at the comer of Cherry street and Cotton Avenue, to be *wup!'.-ted above tlie first floor for an’opc- ** luuise. 1 lie building is expected to cost a num- xr “f thousand dollars, and will be an ornament and handsome improvement to jh»: part of the city. Tlie lot now owned Mr. Guernsey is too small for the lo- ta, ' ou “f the opera house as it new stands *iid Council ' has been peti- •°ned for a permanent encroachment “ twenty-five feet !u addition to twenty *'•'* granted by the last Council to Mr. Wolffe extending down Cherry street into First street. The building would certain ly improve that part of Macon very much indeed. The question will come up in Council this evening. YVe hope all the encroachment that the body can give will be given to the scheme of improvement. May Day-Preparations for the An nual Celebration. It is probable the Sunday School cele brations this year throughout the State will be more extensive and general than ever known before. The late State Sun day School Convention which met in this city last summer unanimously agreed to a resolution introduced by Governor Col quitt, who was a delegate, to set apart and designate a day to he known as the chil dren’s day which it was proposed be de voted to a general celebration throughout the whole State. The exact date was left to the decision of a committee and the 1st of May was selected. The whole State is becoming interested, and on that day the children belonging to nearly every Protes tant church will join in the celebration. The idea is a good one, and is finding great favor with the Sunday School workers in the State. The custom of hav ing union Sunday School celebrations is well established in this city, and steps are already being taken to keep up the fine old custom. The day, on account of the recent action of the Sunday School Convention, will he even more generally observed than usual here. Yesterday, in response to the call made on Sunday morning, a number of the Sunday School workers were at the office of Messrs. Cobb & Clancey, on Second street. The First Baptist Church was repre sented by Messrs. H. M. YVillet and S. A. Torrence; Mulberry Street Methodist, by Mr. W. YV. Dellaven; Yineville, Isaac Hardeman; First Street Methodist, J. A. Rogers andH. L. Jewett ; Presbyterian, G. B. Dcttre, Dr. P. II. YVriglit and Dr. J. P. Stevens; South Macon Baptist Church, Rev. B. H. Ivey; Mission Chap el, C. C. Smith. The meeting was very harmonious. No definite action was taken, and the meeting adjourned over to assemble on next Monday afternoon. It is thought there will be no doubt about the union celebra tion taking place, as usual, at the Park. Entertainment of tlie Hebrew Eiter- arr Association. On Sunday evening, at the hall of the Hebrew Young Men's Literary Asso ciation, an entertainment was held, which for general excellence, was equal if not ahead of any ever given by the Associa tion. The music mid recitations were all good, and fully appreciated by the large audience ssembled. Miss Lizzie Merkel played an instru mental piece very nicely. Mr. Dave Bar nett gave a burlesque lecture; Comic Vo calisms found apt expression from Mr. L. Lowentlial; a recitation, “Asking for a Wife,” was well done by Air. D. Einstein; “Fairy Tales Waltz,” Faust, was played quite prettily by Miss Mary H. Loll. Miss Miss Belle and Master A. Harris played “The Jolly Brothers” in good style. The entertainment was closed with “Our Honeymoon,or MyMot'ier-in-law,”by Mr. John Ilartz. The best was certainly sav ed for tlie last and Mr. Hartz was inimita ble in his rendition of the selection. I11 it he assumes three characters, Mr. Walter Fitzsummons, Mrs. A Valter Fitzsummous and Airs. Skinflint. The hill for the eve ning announced that the piece was “pre sented for the first time in Macon by Mr. nartz as performed by him one thousand consecutive nights at tlie Dooly county opera house.” He displayed great versa tility and fairly took the house by storm. The farewell entertainment of the sea son will take place on the 4tli of April, when extraordinary efforts will be made to have it the best that has ever been given by tlie Association. The names of the committee on enter tainments are Messrs. John Hartz, YVil- liam Landsberg, M. Skalowski, D. Bar nette and S. S. Einstein. Fafnam Ki.lcc Election. Tlie following were the officers chosen at an election of the Pntnam Rifles, one of the companies of the Second Georgia Battalion, held at Eatonton on the eve ning of the 4th instant: Captain—I. H. Adams. 1st Lieutenant—C. M. Davis. 2d Lieutenant—W. L. Turner. Jr. 2d Lieutenant—A. I. Branham. 1st Sergeant—J. S. Turner. 2d Sergeant—C. D. Pearson. 3d Sergeant—F. R. Pelot. 4th Sergeant—R. A. Gibson. 5tli Sergeant—J. R. Webster. 1st Corporal—W. II. Pelot. 2d Corporal—J. T. Spivey. 3d Corporal—C. N. McDade. 4th Corporal—B. F. Adams, Jr. Chaplain—Rev. Dr. I. R. Branham. Surgeon—Dr. D. B. Nisbet. Lesseps and Eads Trying Conclusions before the Special Committee of the House. Our noon dispatches announce that Count De Lesseps has been granted a full hearing before the special committee of the House of Representatives, and pledges himseif to answer satisfactorily any ques tions that may be propounded financially, politically, or otherwise concerning his great Panama Inter-oceanic Canal. The discussion had not terminated, but it was understood that the Count would remain over in the Capital another day to complete his statements and argument. Captain Eads is a quiet and inter ested spectator of what is going on, and in due time he also will be heard before the Committee. The Nicaraguan route likewise has several zealous advocates on hand, ready to present its superior claims, and on the whole the inter oceanic canal question just now is decidedly interesting. Our night, or midnight dispatches, may throw further light upon the subject. Last Week’s Cotton Figures. The New York Chronicle reports the receipts of the seven days, ending Friday- night last, at 78,451 bales, against 83,266 for the same week of last year. Total since 1st September last, 4,280,271 against 3,010,830 for the corresponding pe riod of the previous cotton year, showing an increase of 360,441 hales. The Cotton Exchange statement for tlje same time was as follows: Receipts, 78,- 688 against 84,505 for tlie same week of last year. Total since 1st September, 4,280,061 against 3,870,023, showing an in crease of 410,018. The Chronicle's interior port table shows 30,611 receipts during the week ending Friday, against 51,223 bales for the corresponding week of last year, Shipments 53,304 against 56,042 last year. Stocks, 303,270 against 165,610 last year. The Chronicle's visible supply table showed on Friday 2,5S0,33S bales of cot ton in sight, against 2,5S5,OO0 last year at same date, 2,814,614 the year before at same date, and 3,210,388 in 1S77 at same date. These figures show a decrease of 4,671 hales on the supply of last year; 234,276 on the supply of 1S78, and 630,- 050 on the supply of 1877 at same date, Cotton was quoted last Friday in Liver pool at 7| for middling upland. A year ago the quotation was 5 5-16; in 1878 at same date it was 6], and in 1877 at same date 6 0-1C. We note the following among the points of interest In the Chronicle's weather tel egrams for last Friday: There have been rains in Texas—light at some points but heavy at others. At Galveston there was 0.23 of rain during the week. In the whole month of February 1.02 was the total rainfall. At Indianola 1.76 fell alto gether, in February, and 0.09 during the week. At Corsicana 1.49 fell during the week and 4.98 during February'. At Dal las 2.30 fell during the week and 1.1 during all February. Ice formed during one night of the week, but did no damage, At Brenham there was rain on five days during the week, hut only 0.40 in Februa ry. The weather has been generally showery in the Southwest. At New Or leans 4.62 was the measure of rainfall in the month of February. At Columbus, Mississippi, tlie rainfall in February was 4.83/ At Little Rock, Arkansas, it was very wet. The rainfall during the week, on four days, was 7.01, and in tlie month of February 7.75. Nashville had rain on five days during the week, during which the fall amounted to 3.13. The rainfall at Mobile, in February, was 5.73; at Montgomery 6.25. There was none in Columbus or Macon during the week. In Columbus 2.30 fell during February. In Augusta the rainfall of the mouth was 3.57. The Chronicle remarks as follows upon Us weekly table of receipts from planta tions: 1. That the total receipts from tlie plantations since September 1 in 1879-80 were 4,570,249 hales; in 1S78-79 were 4,- 079,797 bales; in 1877-78 were 3,845,9S4 bales. 2. That although the receipts at tlie out ports tlie past week were 78,451 hales, the actual movement from plantations was only 04,758 hales, the balance being drawn from stocks at the interior ports, Last year tlie receipts from the plantations for the same week were 78,447 bales, and for 1878 they were 72,477 hales. “A friend in need, is a friend indeed.” Such a friend is Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, which should be in every family, it costs only 25 cents a bottle and may save many doctor bill. Give it a trial. The Hainfall and the Weather. Tlie Nashville American prints a table of rainfall at that point since 1873, show ing an average of 52 inches a year, and adds that the fall in the past two months (January and February, 1880,) has amounted to 10.11 inches, while, as we know, the fall in Macon for the same two months amounted to only 4.14. Nothing seems to be more irregular and uncertain than the rains of late years in this lati tude. For while we seem to be fairly en titled to about sixty inches a year, of late we have fallen far below forty. The Amer ican's table is as follows: Year. In. Year. In. 1873 49.47 1877 49.04 1874 58.14 1878 48.50 1575 53.49 1S79 57.09 1576 40.01 According to the Montreal TFitness, the Canadian weather prophet, Ventnor, pre dicts a cold term ending in heavy snows on the 15tli, 16th and 17th days of March, although these snows may be represented by cold rains as far south as Boston April, he also says, will enter cold and stormy, with snows up to the 4th or 5th day. The weather question is how an ex ceedingly interesting one, particularly to farmers and gardeners. We are reminded that ten years ago, on the 27th day of March, 1870, there was snow in this part of Georgia, which slaughtered young crops almost totally. On the night of the 9th day of April, 1853, the writer being in Florida at the time, there came a freeze which killed all tlie young com and cot ton. Coni, in that region at the time, was a foot and upward high, and cotton was four to six inches. It was the day before that frost, that we met the planter who had not dropped a seed, and vet claimed to be ahead of all his neighbors— for, says he, I am ready to plant, and they who have their crops up have yet to get ready, for they must all plant again. He was the man who never planted cotton until he saw tumble-bugs. There is, of course, a possibility of frost and ice yet—just enough of it, we repeat, to make the weather question inter esting; but we hope to escape all such set backs. Hew Rules of the House. The new rales of the House of Repre sentatives were finally adopted last Tues day and went into operation yesterday. It is generally conceded that they will simplifyjmsiness and put the brakes upon interminable debate. The “morning hour,” so-called, is abolished. Commit tees have simply leave to report bills when called without discussing them. There are three calendars for three gen eral classes of bills, that of the committee of the whole, that ot general legislation, and the private calendar, precedence be ing given to them in the order Ramed. Motions to suspend the rules may he made cmly on the first and third Monday in each month, tho previous question is regulated and restricted, and .'“riders” to appropriation hills are prohibited unless germane to the subject and reported by a committee. The c'hief effect of the new rales will be to restrict speech-making and add to the business powers of the House. Farmers, Take Heed. One of Georgia’s most prominent agri culturists, who resides in Macon county, informed tlie writer on Saturday, that he had finished planting his entire com crop and farmers are more advanced in their preparations the present season than in any previous year within his recollection. As was to be feared, however, regardless of consequences, they are bending every ef fort to increase their cotton production, ani many a broad acre that should be de voted to bread and home comforts will be planted with the seed of the delusive sta ple. This, of course, is due to the present inflated prices. But no ignis fatiius was ever more alluring and illusive to those who would pursue it. An incident that came under the writer’s personal observa tion will form a fitting illustration. An opulent Sea Island planter in Liberty county sent a lot of 45 bales of cotton to his Savannah factors with directions to sell at 50 cents per pound. The commission merchants, Messrs. R. & W. King, wrote back that they could only obtain 48 cents. The planter replied, saying, take the offer. Again the fact oft wrote, “the market has receded, and we can only get 44 cents for your cotton.” The farmer answered by return mail, and ordered tlie sale at that figure. Before the lot could be closed out, how ever, there was another decline, and final ly lit! le or no demand for Sea Islands. Matters remained thus until July, when, to quote tlie words of the owner, “I went to Savannah in person, and begged a sale of my cotton at eighteen cents per pound.” This same story may be repeated next fall to the ruin of thousands. • Under the stimulus of enlarged acreage, unpreceden ted guano sales and high prices, with or dinary' seasons, such a crop of cotton will be produced the present year as the world never saw. YVe should not be surprised to see it reach six and a half millions of bales, or even more. This increase, too, will be at the cost of diminished bread stulls, meat supplies, and the 3mal! crops which contribute so much to the real in dependence and comfort of the fanner. Nor will his profit, granting that a full crop is gathered, by any means come up to his expectation. In the first place, taking Marshal!ville, as a guide, over one-fourth of the cotton raised must he handed over to the guano dealers, even if the crop is an average one. If the worm,drought,storms or early frosts, contract the yield, so much the worse off will the farmer be. Labor, mules and plantation imple ments arc from twenty-five to thirty per cent, higher than last year. 3. Com, (of which immense supplies must be purchased), and bacon, have ad vanced twenty-five per cent; and 4th. It is evident from tlie tremendous over two hundred mules purchased by their customers. The season has not yet closed and there will be a good demand for stock until late in the spring. YVe heard a-drover remark yesterday that he was confident there would be a good trade in stock until late in the season. Since October there have been brought to our city and sold one thousand and seventy- six mules and horses. Of this number there were probably not more than two hundred horses. There is now on hand eighty mules and thirty-seven horses The trade is rapidly increasing, and Co lumbus is a favorite market with the dro vers, Douglasville Star: There died in this county, on tlie 25th instant, quite notorious character. YVe refer to YV. B, Smitbj more generally known as Doctor Smith. He lived to the ripe old age of severity-three. In, his youth he was large portion of his time among the Creek Indians, and quite intimate with their great medicine men. From these, like Edwin Eastman, he claimed to have learned the secret ingredients of many valuable remedies, and especially one for the cure of cancers. Although he was very illiterate man, many people had im plicit faith in his powers as a physician and as a conjurer, in the capacity of both of which he frequently' practised. Many people from all portions of Georgia and of East Alabama, have come to this coun ty to he treated by him. Of hjs cures we know nothing. He liad been gradual!" failing for tlie last year,'''anil finally die from the effects of old ; ages During Ws last illness he would take:mo medi cine except that of his owfl, manufacture, The Louisville 1 Courier I Isays:: > 1 “YVe learn that M. YV., A. Kotjprson came very near being bitten by a mad dog a few days ago. He saw 1 the dog arid_ rock at him, which enfagSd the crazy ^ca nine so that it m4deo frantic efforts to get to Mr. R. to bite hjm, but he made liis es cape by jumping a fence, and afterwards cape by jumping a fence,,^d afterwards he and Mr. .CalawfeU followed tho dog out of town aim killed ^im,, ,,,,. /*/ YV Alton County Vidette:, On Friday morning lastj about ten O’clock, twOnd- groes, George Thompson and Jeff Patrick, both living on Dr. Barrett’s plantation, near Centerville, engaged in a difficulty in relation to some opprobrious words used by tlie latter 'tto the mother of the former. On.. Friday -morning it-seems Thompson attacked Patrick with a knife, wielding it with ferocious effect, stabbing him fatally iu the left: sifflfOf the abdo men and cutting him severely in the left arm, hand, etc. Patrick 1 hacked and de fended himself as best he could for ten paces or more, and then fell weltering in his blood. The murderer fled at once, and Mr. Willie Barrett took his gu and pursued him some distance, bi failed to overtake him. Ho then called on Simon Baker, Dawes Baker and Bill Ivey, three worthy colored men living on tlie place to pursue and capture the mur derer. This, to their credit, be it said, they did with alacrity, and soon they brought him to bay in a swamp, where knife in hand, he warned them that he would kill the first one that attempted to approach him. One of the pursuing party, however, brought him to his senses by firing one barrel of the gun in close prox imity to liis carcass. This at once caused him to throw down his arms and surren der, and they marched him hack to the scene of the murder. Mr. Barrett at once procured a warrant, arraigned him under tlie cliargo of assault with intent to mur der, before Justice Evans, who committed him to jail, where he now is. The woun ded man lingered until Saturday after noon and died, hence, Geoige Thompson’s trial will be for a graver offense. Mr. Barrett and the three negro men named above, all deserve much credit for tlieir prompt and manly action in bringing to such justice, tho murderer.” The Stonewall fire company of Griffin has received its new steamer. Oun wishes for the prosperity of the . . . . . : " Griffin Hews are credited to another paper ' , l ! v " ! No matter, we meant what we said, all the same. our fanners have had tlieir heads turned by the rise in cotton, and are disposed to go hack to their old habits of extrava gance, YVliile it is still time, therefore, we call upon them to look out for “breakers ahead,” reef sails, cast out how and stern anchors and resolve to ride out the coming storm under “bare poles.” YVhile the season will permit, too, let them add 30 per cent, to their com crops and plant largely in the early varieties of peas, not neglecting cliufas, ground peas, sweet potatoes, highland rice and German millet. Pursuing this course, the millet and peas will come in early in July and eke out their scanty com supply until harvest, and the root crops will furnish food for their swine. The rice, too, they will find to he their most profitable mar ket crop. YVe are aware that many of our farm ers are accustomed to regard these ap peals as stereotyped. But the prudent and knowing ones will give heed never theless, and be able to hold tlieir own whatever may betide in the luture. Surely the sad experience of the past Should be a sufficient monitor to them. GEORGIA PRESS. Captain Boynton, the celebrated swimmer, is exhibiting his skill in Sa vannah. The scrap iron gatherers are having a boom in Cartersville, and all the old wells and out of the way places are being searched for old shot and shell. Cakteesville has a Philomathean Society. Mu. R. R. Blockek is a correspondent of the Arlington Advance, as well as the Early county Hews. Db. S. D. Rambo, of Blakeley, is at home from Rio de Janeiro, where he' is engaged in business. The papers of the State are urging Congress to exempt tlie chemicals used in the manufacture of paper from duty. The Crawfordsville Democrat says that petition of three hundred names has been forwarded to the proper authorities for the establishment of a post-office at Powelton. It is likely to he granted, as such an office is much needed. The Louisville Hews and Farmer says that its town has had a sensation in the : >erson of a son of one of the best families n the State, who has been there under the name of Professor Gillipool, picking his banjo, singing comic songs, and selling >ong hooks and a grease lotion. Colonel Fobeacre, general manager of the Air-Line railroad, is very active in encouraging the cultivation of tobacco throughout the section of country tributa ry to his road, and is gratuitously distrib uting packages of tobacco seed among tlie farmers. Says the Enquirer-Sun: During the iresent season the mule trade in our city las been far greater than for many years. The revenue to the city is quite an item. One of our warehouse firms alone paid for Some of the citizens are expecting forty thousand hags of cotton for Albany this season. Colonel Nelson Tift, of Albany, will plant a laige crop of rice this season. The Oglethorpe Echo says next to its old bachelors, Lexington is noted for its army of useless curs. Lexington is iu dread of an almost certain water famine the coming season. A white girl, by the name of Ella Jane Smith, was fatally burned last week near Lexington, and died the next day. Govebnor J. E. Brown, while in Al bany on liis way to Florida, in company with liis family and brother, was sere naded at the Barnes House,and responded in a speech to the young men in'which there was no admixture of politics. On Tuesday night the train on the Al bany and Gulf railroad ran over a negro man at Tebeauville, cutting off an arm and a leg. Colonel Christy, of the Athens Watchman, had a beautiful little daugh. ter bom to him on the 20th of February. More attention is being paid to the opening and development of the gold mines of Dawson connty at this present time, than at any period heretofore. The Cusscta correspondent of tho Co lumbus Times says: Israel Gordon, a colored max of this county, and a former slave of General John B. Gordon, lias accumulated since tlie war four hundred acres of land and four or five good mules. He is out of debt and is making money. He takes pride in telling that lie used to belong to “Mars John.” Darien Timber Gazette: Our city lias been visited during the past week by sev eral prominent timber merchants of the North, who succeeded in placing a num ber of laige orders with our dealers for coastwise shipment. The importance of Darien, as a timber market, is becoming more manifest every year, notwithstanding the prediction of old fogies that she has seen her best days. Dahlonega Signal: A huge rattle snake took possession of a thunnel on a mine in Dawson county, belonging to Bev. A. Martin, Esq., sometime last sum mer, and to-day holds it undisputed. All efforts to get him out proving unavailing, Bev. is now taxing his legal lore and searching all thc~authorities to make out a case against liis tenant and oust his snake- ship. Oglethorpe Echo: Last week while a young lady near Mount Pleasant was getting some sand from a branch, she dis covered several particles of gold. An in spection ot the gravel proved it to be rich in the precious metal. Our entire county is beyond doubt underlined with valuable minerals. The same paper says: YVe notice that caterpillars are yearly increasing in this county. They have destroyed the per simmon trees and are now taking the fruit. In the spring their nets festoon our woods. It is said these are only the videttes of the mg in army, now in Missis sippi, and which advances twenty miles each season. It will take just fifteen years at this rate for them to land in our county—when the Echo will exodust. Dublin Gazette: Hon. Charles C. Kibhee, oi Hawkinsville, would make an excellent Governor. He is a young man, but one of the most intelligent in the South. He made a good State Senator, and knows more about the State’s affairs than one half of the men who are now holding public positions in Georgia. Col onel Kibbee is very popular in Georgia, and if he would only make a fight, he could secure most any office iu the gift of the people. To prevent distemper m norsc and cat tle, when it prevails in tlie neighborhood, use Foutz’s Celebrated Horse and Cattle Powders. They are a safe and certain remedy.marO-lw BY TELEGRAPH Mr. Jonas presented a concurrent rcso-; Jutionof the Louisiana Legislature, ask ing ah appropriation for the improvement of the mouth of the Calcalsier^ river. Re ferred. . , Mr. Kirkwood submitted a resolution instructing the Secretary of the Treasury to communicate to the Senate a statement of the amount of money expended,by the United States for all purposes necessarily growing out of the late war, specifying separately amounts paid on principal of the public debt thereby incurred; tlie amount of interest paid on such for the year; amount paid for pensions including arrears; and amount paid soldiers auu sailors of the war, such information to be brought down to January 1st, 1SS0. Adopted. The Senate proceeded to consider the calendar bill to amend the law relative to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels for breach of revenue. Passed. ..It is inten ded co prevent such forfeiture when smug gling is carried on without the knowledge or priority of officers or owners Of the.ves- 3Cl. In tlie House the Speaker announced that the new rules would he operative to day, and in accordance with those .rules, proceeded to call States for hills, etc., be ginning with the Stale of Alabama. The first hill introduced waNone by.;2)Ir. San ford, of Alabama, to reduce the tariff on certain articles wliich.no .desired to have referred to the Committee m, ^vision of The hill provides that hq xftiiyJn.excess of fifty per cent," of the present rate of du ties, Shall, after July 1st, be collected op imported merchandise.niadet principally of cotton, Iiemp, metal, wood j* leather, Tfie Speaker ruled that unaer'.the new rules tlie bill should be referred to the YVaysandMeans Committee. .,, ' . Mr. Morrison, of Illinois,' moved its reference to the Committee of the YVhole. After debate, in, which Messrs. Fernando YVood and Robeson.held it was the Speak er's duty to indicate the reference of tho -bill* i which reference could onfy be chanted by a suspension of the rules, and Messrs. Cox of Nqw York, Haskell of Kansas,and Morrison held that a. major ity of the House had the right to send a bill to any committee it chose. A vote was taken and the bill was sent to the YVays ami Means Committee—yeas, 144; nays, Washington, March 7.—The follow ing Is the reply of Hon. Fernando YVood, chairman of the YVaya and Means Com mittee of the House, to the second dis patch from C. YV". Purant, in which he asked whether the merchants and -impor ters who have memorialized Congress are to understand that Mr.-Wood favored im mediate action b)t ryinoye file difficulties that sugar refiners" and impor ters complain of: : /. Ci W. Durantj Here York:—I am iti favor of a just a nil.equitable tariff <m su gar, 'which shall impose the duties eqnita-; biy upon all grades and not iu the interest of any 1 clasi 6f 'Miners, merchants or for-' eign makers,-aVid- am ’ opposed to the un just discriminations attempted to be made between the several grades, for the pur pose of favoring particular interests, and am also opposed to the continuance of the colo( standard,-by which so much loss td the treasury has ensued, unless it is ac companied. by some other test of value. Such a bill as I indicate I will cheerfully support at once. ! : Fernando Wood. ’in!conversation this evening Mr. YVood stated that the sugar question- would come up again iu committee, the , vote by which its consideration was postponed last week not being intended as a final determina tion pf the matter. PAiits, March 7.—A semi-official state ment; ha? been issued correcting newspa per accounts of the Hartmann affair. It .declares that the’ decision not to surren der Hartman ad a prisoner was adopt, ed unanimously. No perplexity ever ex isted, The whole matter was settled in the ordinary way. ' ... . New York,. March 7.—Delegates from various Irish societies and Hibernian or ganizations in Brooklyn root this after noon and decided not to parade on St. Patrick’s day, but to send the money usu ally appropriated for such occasions to the suffering poor of Ireland. ■ YVashington, March 7.—De Lesseps attended early mass to-day, and called on friends during the day. To-morrow he will appear by invitation before tlie inter- oceanic canal committee. Cincinnati, March 7.—A fast passen ger train on the Cincinnati Southern rail road through to Chattanooga, will leave here to-morrow morning at 8:20 o’clock, and will rim through in twelve hours and fifteen minutes. The schedule time North is twelve hours between Chattonooga and Cincinnati. Leadville, March 7—The celebrated Iron mine was sold Saturday to New York parties for three million dollars. St. Paul, March 8.—A fire broke out yesterday in the wholesale house of Aur- bacli, Finch Culberton & Co., the largest building and occupied by tlie heaviest firm in the city, and it is a total loss. The building was tlirce years old, cost $90,000 and was insured for $45,000. It wa3 filled with goods in anticipation of the spring trade. Tlie value of the goods was $850,000; insurance $492,000. San Francisco, March 8.—The Call publishes the result of inquiries regarding the recent movements in military circles, from which it appears that all the arms of the second regiment of the National Guard have been removed to the old City Hall or central police station, and a guard of a lieutenant and ten men of company F kept over them. Companies B and C of the first regiment, are concentrated at the armory of the latler, and the arms of company G, of the second regiment, placed iu their charge. An officer and guard is mounted nightly at the armory of tlie third regiment, which is allowed to retain its arms. The armoiy of tlie first regiment is closely guarded, and no one allowed to enter. The arms of the three cavalry companies have been removed—locality not known. Camp regulations have been established, and “grand rounds” visit various posts nightly: General McDowell was tele- jraplied yesterday from-YVashington to wing all available troops in his division to San Francisco, and companies, amount ing in all to five hundred men, are al ready en route, with more to follow, probably fifteen hundred altogether. London, March 8. — Twenty-three deaths have occurred from the boiler ex plosion at Glasgow Friday. A Paris dispatch says it is announced that Prince Orloff intends to quit Paris on a prolonged leave of absence. This is be lieved to be in consequence of the Hart mann affair, as Orloff confidently expec ted to obtain his extradition. Another Paris dispatch says the ware houses of the Mcssageries Nationel (the great carrying company), have been des troyed by fire. The merchandise, valued at two million francs, was destroyed. Six thousand square yards of earth are cov ered with the debris. Yokohoma, February 10.—Another fire has ocurred at the capital. Twenty- five hundred houses were destroyed. Washington, March .8.—The select committee of tlie House on the inter- oceanic canal, gave audience this morning to Count Ferdinand De Lesseps. Besides the chairman and members of the com mittee, several members of the House, no tably Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia, called and paid their respects to the great leveller. Captain Eads chatted familiarly with M. DeLesseps, and there were also present Commodore Sullivan, Lieutenant Collins and Mr. Menocal of the United States navy, who are zealous advocates of tho Nicarauga route ibr a canal in prefer ence to the Panama route. The Appro priations committee courteously yielded ts room for the holding of the reception, but after a time tlie gallery recently open ed at tlie hack of the Speaker’s chair, was put in requisition, only to be again aban doned for tho Appropriations committee room on account of the pressure of specta tors auxious to see M. Dc Lesseps. He gave liis views at much length. Mr. Appleton, acting as interpreter. He had not completed liis statement at the hour of adjournment, but at his own sugges tion, and in compliance with tlie wishes of the committee, he postponed his intend- j i° r l e S al tender silver doll ars, at par. The ed departure from the city and will come ■ trade dollars to he recoined into legal again to-morrow before* the committee, ! tender dollars, as now provided by law, when Captain Eads is also to have a hear- | the further coinage of trade dollars so rc- ing. -Count De Lesseps requested the ! deemed and coined into legal tender dol- committee to submitt to him in writing ! l ars is n °t to interfere with the minimum any question affecting the Panama scheme, amount of legal tender dollars now au- Mr. Sanford also introduced a bill abol ishing the tariff on printing' type and blank paper, or tlife material uscd.in their manttfacture. Referred to the same com mittee. By Mr. Nichols of Georgia, abolishing the duty op paper, and reducing tlie duty on upsized paper to five per cent, ad valorem. By Mr. Speer of Georgia, forbidding military dress parades on Sundays. By Mr. Gillett of Iowa, appropriating $50,000 for the encouragement of the manufacture ot sugar from corn stalks and sorghum. By Air. King, of Louisiana, abolishing the tariff on tlie materials used in making paper an l printing inks, and on paper for books and newspapers. By Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, aholisliing the tariff on salt. Mr. King, of Louisiana, Chairman of the Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee, of fered, by the unanimous instruction of that Committee, a resolution re-affirming the Monroe doctrine, declaring that any canal constructed must be subject to the control by this Government, and author izing the abrogation of any treaties incon sistent herewith. Ordered to be prin ted. They will be called up hereaiter. Tlie Committee on Elections reports that Mr. Slemons was entitled to the scat from the Second Arkansas District Mr. Weaver submitted a minority re port declaring the seat vacant. Both were laid on the table. A message was received from the Presi dent, transmitting correspondence rela tive to the inter-oceanic canal, and de claring the right and duty of the United States to exercise such authority over any such canal as will protect our national interests. Printed and referred to the In ter-Oceanic Canal Committee. Ad journed. Washington, March 8.—In the Senate a message was received fiom the Presi dent regarding a correspondence with for eign governments about the inter-oceanic canal. A bill for the relief of homestead set tlers was passed. It gives such settlers the same privileges as to filing applica tions and perfecting an entry as now en joyed by pre-emption settlers, and in other respects equalizes the homestead and pre emption laws. Mr. Bayard advocated Mr. Randolph’s substitute for the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter. It authorizes Porter’s appointment as Colonel, with pay from Sir. Bayard regretted that the Senator from YViscousin, (Carpenter) had intro duced an appeal to partisan feeling into his able speech on Saturday. There was no reason for making this a party ques tion. It was purely a matter of public justice. He denied that the jurisdiction of courts martial is co-equal with that of civil tribunals. Military power must, in all respects, be subordinated to civil power. Civil courts have authority to in terfere in case of irregularity in courts martial, but military courts have no such authority concerning civil courts. This fact alone would prove the subordination of courts martial. They are creatures of Congress and under its control. YVhereas, the civil tribunals are permanent and in dependent and always open to repair the wrongs done by courts martial or otherwise. Congress cannot be debarred by the sentence of a court martial from re moving political disabilities. He cited cases of Surgeon-General Hammond and Captain George A. Anns to show that Congress has before annulled tlie findings of courts marshal. He said the testimony in the case showed that Porter’s action was wise and soldierly, that he obeyed the spirit if not letter of tlie orders, and that his gallantly on the thirtieth, caused Stonewall Jackson, who was a good judge of bravery, to make special mention in his reports of the previous assault* of the Federal 'force under General Porter which nearly broke Jackson's line. It had been said that Congress would hear from the country if it pas&d this bill. He hoped so, and wanted the coun try to hear from him first. He would be an unworthy representative of an intelli gent people if he did not dare to vote on his own conviction of right, and he be lieved justice demanded Porter's re-in statement. After some remarks by Mr. Logan, reiterating his views of the evi dence, Mr. McDonald took the floor, but gave way for the executive session, after which the Senate adjourned. YVashington, March 8.—The House Committee on Coinage, to-day, agreed to provide for the exchange of trade dollars dMT explosion in the Winter Palace. Since that tune 5;000 persons have been arrest ed*. The authorities learning that suspi cious persons lived at a certain house, or dered twenty policemen, under five offi cers, to search the house. Nothing suspi cious was discovered,'but three men being seen to hastily leave a neighboring shed, fiye policemen rushed into it. Instantly a terrible explosion of dynamite occurred, blowing up the policemen and the shed. Hardly had this explosion become known when a great fire broke out on the street called Balsbaba. Three police buildings and a private house were burned, and several policemen perished in endeavoring to save the papers from the police station. San Francisco, March a—It is im possible to ascertain who orders the mili tary movements, but it is conjectured they result from the representations to the Washington authorities by Colonel Bee, Vice Consul for China, regarding the sup posed danger to the Chinese. It is un derstood that the present precautions will continue until the United States Court de cides the constitutionality of the law pro hibiting the employment ot Chinese by corporations, and until the question of the condemnation of Chinatown is settled. The workingmen are much excited over these movemehts.- Londgn, March 8.—The news from Vienna of the. betrothal of the Arch Duke Rudplph, Prince Imperial of Austria, to Princess Sleptame Cfothilde, of Belgium, is official. ■ • 1 • t:*;!—». Jtllius Beery proprietor of the London Sunday Observer, is dead. . r . • . A dispatch from Capetown, dated Feb- niart-lfpd*y» that at* ; a meeting, of the Boer party, Paul K. Ruger, President of tho.ibrmer republic of Transvaal,proposed that,the Boer committee, when it met on. the dighth of March, should discuss means for establishing friendly relations with the Britfeh government authorities there. . London, Much &—In the House of Campions to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer slated that the Queen had been advised to-dissolve Parliament at Easter. In regard to the election in the depart ment of Dordogne which resulted in the return ofM. M. De Fourton and Bosredon, Conservatives, to the French Senate, the Paris correspondent of the Times says: “M. Fourton is the fkmous ex-Minister of the Interior, He was strenuously op posed by the Bonapartists on account of his share in the crisis of 1877, but M. De- Fourtoil’s local influence over tho Con servative Senatorial electors enabled him to triumph. . . The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph days lie has reason to know with certainty that the Government has taken elabpratc measures in case of the defeat of article seven of Gerry’s educa tion bill, which prohibits members of un authorized-societies from teaching in the schools, that should tho article not be voted in the Senate, all the laws now ex isting against the Jesuits are to be put in force with tlie utmost possible rigor. Harrisburg, Pa., March 8.—The riot bribery cases came up for trial to day. Salter, Ruuiberger, Kembler and Crawford pleaded guilty of corrupt solici tation. Long’s case was continued until to-morrow. Washington, March 8.—The follow ing is the substance of the President’s message to the Senate accompanying copies of the correspondence touching tlie rnter-Oceanic Canal: The policy of this country is a canal under American control. The United States cannot consent to surrender their control to any European power or powers; treaties .'contrary to their view should he amended. 1 Capital invested by citizens of other countries cannot be protected by the intervention of those countries without the adoption of measures on this continent, which the United States would deem in admissible. If our protection is relied on, we must have such control as will enable us to protect the national interests and rights of private capital. The canal will be virtually a part of our coast line—our commercial interest in it surpasses that of any other nation, while its relations to our power of prosperity are a paramount con cern to us. No other great'power would under similar circumstances fail to assert tlie right to a full control over a work so vitally affecting its interest and welfare. St. Louis, March S.—Hon. Henry F. Scharrett, planter of Pass Christian, Miss is now here and says that in view of the negro exodus from the South and the dis turbed condition of things in his section, the planters have considered the question to some extent of attempting to obtain Chinese laborers. Correspondence lias already been had with one of the Chinese companies, and probably some Chinamen will be set at work in Southern Missis sippi in a few days. San Francisco, March 8.—Placards arc being posted in prominent places about tlie city, warning employers not to continue to employ Chinese labor, and vaguely hinting at terrible consequences if they persist in so doing. A pointed ref erence Is also made to the condition of tho unemployed. The placards aro signed “Council of 13.” A company from the First Cavalry regiment and Company G, Eighth Infantry, arrived this morning from Camp Halleck, Nevada. Strikes not Usually Successful. The New York Bulletin says out of 250 strikes embracing a long scries of years, (since 1830) occurring in Massachusetts, 109 were unsuccessful, 18 successful, com promised 16, partly successful 6, result unknown 9, still pending 1. The report of tho British Iron Traders’ Association for 1878 furnishes a list of 277 strikes which are classified as follows: Coal miners 58; iron ship builders 0; boiler makers 4; builders 77; miscellaneous 112. Out of the entire number only four were successful, while seventeen were settled by compromise. But who can calculate the amount of hardship and suffering which have been the result of these com binations? How much better if tho mas ter manufacturers of the country would seek to follow the example of the Lowelf mill owners, who have, without solicita tion, made a general advance in wages within the past few weeks. The iron makers especially, it would seem, could afford to do so. either politically, financially or otherwise, they might desire to propose, that he might be prepared to-morrow to accord to them the fnllest information at his command. thorized by law. YVashington, March 8.—Postmaster- General Key to-day rescinded liis order stopping letters addressed to R. C. YVin YVashington, March 8.—The Vice ( tersmith, Supervisor of the Frankfort President laid before the Senate a memo- , School Fund lottery, on the ground that rial of the trustees of the Peabody educa- it was inadvertently given, tional fund, recommending legislation to “London, March 8.—A St. Petersburg aid in the education of colored children, special says the rigor of the despotism in Referred. Russia has much increased since the Poisonous Drugs in Bread The Baltimore Sun sounds the alarm that a large proportion of the baking powders now on the market are composed largely of alum. The action of alum on the hu man stomach is precisely the same as on the mouth; it draws and puckers it all up, producing all sorts of dangerous disorders. In Germany, England and France, any one found selling alom powders is subject to fine and imprisonment. Pure baking powder should he made of grape cream of tartar, which is worth from forty to forty-five cents per pound. Alum costs only three c*nts per .pound. There is nothing more harrowing to the sympathetic mind than to hear a err ing baby. Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup will give instant relief to tlie little sufferer. For sale at all drug stores.