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jjY TELEGRAPH and one for Blaine. Where no instruc tions have been given Grant delegates to the State Convention have generally been nBicin|0SD,M^h. 26-—Informal^ “^ndox, Maj£j*25.—A dispatch from vrasrcceited lastn 5, citizen of Char- Ruhlin to the Times says Charles Parnell ley. a and instantly killed and Joseph G. Biggar have decided that lotte comay, was shot and insta^^y killed with Jolm O’Connor f^VthaMl# XoJkMSyfS **ower then i S !5 aU b ? nm county d i ; fmm 5 A^tin says 'the stgns waS imprisonment for assaulting process serv- tbt! concision that the KepuUlica.is will ] March ja^Tfa, nmi^ffidal Snt^tmllioSforGrant,^buUtwifi newspaper, Pair, says the fact that Prince be a difficult task. Dr. 11. W. Harrington was fatally shot at Winnsboro, by an unknown man. Louisville, March 25.—In the Senate Orloff left Fans without taking leave of President Grevyand Premier DeFreycincl shows that he is to be only temporarily absent. —- , Km wi.id, London,March 25.—The Times this yesterday, the whipping post bill, which morn j ( ^ t j n a leading editorial on nro- passed the llouse sometime ago, jvas lain rogation, deprecated the unqualified cen- on the table and virtually defeated, Washington, March 25.—In the Sen ate Mr. Edmunds moved that when the Senate adjourn to-day, it be to meet Mon day next, to-morrow being Friday. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia—There is a good deal of business before the Senate, and unless there is some special reason, I object. Mr. White—-He gave the reason; to- morrow is Good Friday. Mr. Davis—I did not hear that. Mr. Kernan—We adjourn over a day in honor of great men of our time. Let us do as much to honor the day which the Christian world commemorates as that of lbe death of our Saviour. Mr. Davis—I withdraw my objection. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, intro duced a joint resolutiou providing for a Commission to consider and report what legislation is needed for the better regula tion of commerce among the States. Said Commission to consist of three Senators, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; three members of the House, to be appointed by the Speaker, and three Commissioners to be appointed by the Pres ident, who shall sit during the recess and inquire generally into the conditions that will most favorably affect the transporta tion of commerce among the States, car ried by land and water routes; securing thereby to the people the required facili ties at the lowest rates; giving at least cer tainty and economy in time, and that will prevent unjust discriminations, and to re port their recommendations to the next Congress. In the House, after prayer, the Speaker stated lie had yesterday submitted the question to the House whether Tuesday’s journal should be read before Monday’s journal bad been approved. He thought that it would bo just and equitable to submit a similar question to the House relative to the reading of Wednesday’s jour nal. Mr. Fernando Wood said that during his experience in this House, he had seen the House many times involved in diffi culties similar to the present one, and in each cose the struggle had been amicably adjusted. In view of the past two days, he thought the time had arrived when the members, as sensible men, desirous of continuing their legislative labors, should pause and come to some amicable adjust ment. Upon this question he had a po sition not entirely in sympathy with either side of the House. He hoped, how ever, that both sides would agree to the proposition which he wished to make, namely: That the journals of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday should be ap proved, and that immediately thereafter, without debate, the House should vote on the following resolution: llexvlred, That the committee on re vision of laws be discharged from further consideration of the bill, and that it be re ferred to the committee on ways and means. Mr. Blackburn inquired whether tlie position carried with it the right to call for a division of the proposition. Mr. Wood replied that there were two distinct propositions, but lie hoped the gentleman from Kentucky would not em barrass the matter by calling for a divis ion of the pronosition. Mr. Blackburn replied that he bad no desire to embarrass the proposition,or de lay the work of. the House. The only point for which he had struggled was to protect the integrity of the journal. If that was secured, he had no further fight to make. ne. thought that the proposi tion ol the gentlemanfromNew York was entirely fair and he was content with it. Mr. Townslicnd thought Mr. Wood’s proposition was a good one. Washington, March 25.—The Vice President laid before the Senate a com munication from the Secretary of War recommending an appropriation for the support of the Western surveys. Re ferred. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the Sixty Surgeons Bill. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Jones, of Florida, from the Com mittee on Public Lands, reported, with amendments, a bill for tbe relief of Mor- f tufts Louisiana and Texas Railroad and transship Company. Placed on the cal endar. Mr. Vest, from the Committee on Pub lic Buildings and Grounds, reported favor ably on the bill for the erection of a pub lic building at Asheville, North Carolina. Placed on the calendar. The Senate then proceeded to consider the calendar bill to incorporate the Nation al Educational Association which passed, as was also a number of bills of local and private interest. The Senate then went into executive session, and when the doors were re opened, adjourned until Monday. In the House, after considerable dis cussion, Monday’s journal was approved, and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s journal was read and approved. Further debate ensued as to discharging the Committee on the Revision of the Laws from further consideration of the Townshend bill, re sulting in a vote of 142 to 100 in favor of such discharge. The question recurred on referring the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means, and it was agreed to, yeas 142, nays 80. The preamble was then agreed to, yeas 138, nays 82, and the Speaker declared that the bill was now in possession of the Committee on Ways and Means. «■ Adjourned till to-morrow. London, March 25.—Ex-Empress Eu genie and suite embarked to-day for South Africa to visit the scene of the Prince Im perial's death. Vienna, March 25.—The Emperor of Russia has presented to Prince Alexan der, of Buigaria, a war steamer,. 40,000 rifles and several Krupp guns. Dublin, March 25.—Parnell, Biggar and O’Conner propose to run Power, re cently convicted for assaulting process servers, for the new Parliament. New York, March 25.—A London special says: “Vienna despatches an nounce that Russia is seeking an alliance with Japan against China. Hung Chang, viceroy of Ticntsen, has received $2,000,- 000 from the Pekin government to pur chase eight gunboats in England or in the United States to defend the coasts against the possible attack of Russia. Russia is meanwhile organizing tbe native tribes in the vicinity of Kuldja for defense of that place against China.” St. Petersburg, March 25.—Prepara tions for the expedition nnder the com mand of General Skobcloff, against the Turkomen of Central Asia, are in active progress. Railroads will be built simul taneously from Krasnovdsk to tbe Tchik- islar, and from the latter plnce to Cbatte. General Skobcloff will be provided with more than double tbe usual proportionof ar tillery. Correspondents will not be allow ed to accompany the expedition, and the press have been officially notified not to publish anything relating thereto. Gener al SkobcloflPs departure has been postpon ed until Friday. St. Johns, N. B., March 25.—The snow storm which begun yesterday continues. It is more severe than any last winter. Over a foot of snow has Rlleri, while there are large drifts in many places.’ Trains and steamers are delayed 'by storm. Goldsboro, N. C., March 25:—The Republican Executive Committee of the Second district, a! colored delegates sures of the Liberal leaders upon the dead Parliament, and says, “Lord Hartington contemplates without regret, what he con siders the undignified end of the assem bly, in which he played a considerable part. Mr. Gladstone ha3 been stiU more contemptuous. It does not appear to oc cur cither to him or Mr. John Bright that any contempt cast on the late Parliament or on a majority in the House of Com mons must necessarily be transferred to the electors by whom the members of that House were returned. The Parliament of 1874 had to pass through a violent storm and go to the country through great danger, and it has left it in peace and amid returning prosperity. This is no un satisfactory epitaph. Washington, March 25.—The Senate committee on Patents to-day decided to report adversely on the proposed extension of the Cook patent on sugar evaporators owned by the Blymer Manufacturing Co., of Cincinnati. The committee’s adverse action is based upon a remarkably large number of protests against the extension from the producers of all kinds of sugar, from Minnesota to Texas.. Secretary Thompson has ordered the commander of the Irish relief ship “Con stellation” to proceed to Dablin as soon as the cargo is all on board and report to the Herald Relief Committee. Washington, March 25.—Robert Pat terson, of Philadelphia, the largest owner of cotton and wooolen mills in the United States, has written a letter to Representative Kelley, of the House Ways and Means Committee, strongly opposing the proposed reduction of duties on cotton machinery. Such measures, he says, would cause great and permanent disaster to American machine works, and to cotton manufacturers them selves. The only persons benefited would be the English manufacturers of textile machinery, who, as soon as they had Gubernatorial *f Here there is always employment for The numerous reported aspirants for the deserving and industrious, and^who the Executive chair of Georgia, have had can point to a solitary case of starvation the good sense to remain very quiet tip to ever occurring in Bibb county? While the the present moment. With the exception ' rent laws, therefore, may have a close re- oi the Free Press, and two or three other ' semblance in the two countries, the ac- joumnls, the newspapers of the State, also,i tur.l surroundings of each are so totally have generally been reticent on the sub- j different that no just parallel can be insti- ject, and seem content to abide the action tuted. Still, why not pity and strive to of the people in their primary gatherings before the Convention, which is yet to be called, shall assemble. It is the Indepen dents, whose only hope is to stir up dis sensions in the ranks of the “regulars,” that arc agitating this matter. Just now their batteries are leveled against General Gordon, because of his opposition to Sim mons’ confirmation. Nor have they any particular admiration for Governor Col quitt. Well, if direct antagonism with the true blue, iron-ribbed Democracy is what they seek, no better method could have been devised to attain that object. Perhaps it is best for them thus in ad vance to come out in their true colors, that the people may know what to expect at their hands during the canvass. But if not too late, we would earnestly invoke ottr brethren of the Seventh and Ninth districts, to pause, ere they permit the local questions of their immediate section to jeopardize the unity and success of the only party that can conserve the liber ties of the country. What better machin ery can be devised for reaching the ear and hearts of the people than National and State conventions, when composed of delegates elected or appointed by the masses of the party at the ballot box, or in primary assembly? How else can the popular voice be made known in the se lection of candidates? If the tasto for office, engendered by the success of Messrs. Felton and Speer, however, can not be appeased, and General Wofford, or some other Independent, is to be placed in the field for Governor against the fairly constituted standard bearer of the Democ racy of the State, be it so. •Theirs will be the responsibility and the crime, if such an internecine conflict shall result in the triumph of the common enemy. As stated in the outs tart, there seems to be no special activity on the part of the gentlemen whoso names have been sug- relieve, not only the unfortunates of Erin, but the destitute of our own land. They both appeal alike to the sympathies of the philanthropist and Christian. more, he adds, American machinery is muck bettor than the English, which would then take its place. The reduction is advocated, he says, by Representative from Georgia, but no State in the Union is more interested than Georgia in the protection of American machinery and American industries of all kinds. Next to Georgia, come Alabama and Tennessee, with cotton, iron and coal in greatest abundance and countless water power. “The child is born,” he says “who will see these three great States competing with Pennsylvania i* manufactures and their Congressmen most ardent defenders of home industry.” The Senate in executive session to-day, after a long debate, rejected the nomina tion of James E. Jonett as Commodore. Paul Jones, of Tennessee, lias been ap pointed assistant financial clerk of the Senate, vice Mr. James A. Newsome,of the same State, who lias reigned to accept a ! i la ,f.i iearted an d demoralized. S isition under the National Board of i ealth. Galveston, Texas, March 25.—At the banquet last night, in response to the toast, “our honored guest, General Grant; greater armies than Napoleon’s have marched at his command, and greater glories than a crown have been his,” the General said, after acknowledging the cor dial reception given liim, “It was my for tune more than a third of a century ago, to visit Texas as a second lieutenant and to participate in the conflict which was far very little acrimony has been devel oped in any quarter. We ardently trust that this feeling may continue to the end. With the mighty struggle before us for. national supremacy against the thoroughly corrupt Radical party, backed up by a fraudulent President and partisan Su preme Court, all personal and minor con siderations should sink out of sight, and eveiy patriot join hands for the public weal. Cheerful acquiescence in all nom inations that are fairly made, even if in dividual preference must be surrendered, should be the shibboleth of the Democra cy in the ensuing State and national cam paigns. Without this spirit of self-abne gation, feuds and disagreements will su pervene, and we shall go into the contest These earnest suggestions are thrown out far in advance of the regular canvass, hoping that our people will give heed to them, while their heads are cool, and govern them selves accordingly hereafter. Eviction. Editors Telegraph and Messenger— The harrowing picture of Irish suffering and a landlord’s brutality presented by . . ... .o. . r you yesterday is touching enough any to settle the boundary of that State. I where; bnt why it should be more so in am glad to come back on this occasion to behold tbe territory which is an Empire larger than some of the Empires in Eu rope. I wish for the people of Texas, as I do for the people of the entire South, that they may go on developing their re sources and become more great and pow erful, and in prosperity foiget, as the the comity of Meath, in Ireland, than in the county of Bibb, in Georgia, is wliat I cannot see. Eviction is an every day occurrence here and it is so elsewhere .throughout the civilized world, for there is no place in it where any man can live without paying rent, unless he owns the property. In worthy Mayor expresses it, “that there is | the case ineu tio!ied, the tenants were al aboundary between the North and Seutli. i | owed to keep all their belongings; here [Prolonged applause]. I am sure wc will they are not onlvevicted but sold. There all be happier and much more prosperoiis they llad been a ji 0 wed to live long on the when the day comes that shall dispel all! premises; here eviction takes place every cArtinnai fool in <r i t jjj rt y davs or once a week if necessary, sectional feeling.; After referring to his recent foreign ex perience he continued: “With the dense population and worn- out soil of European countries it takes a great deal of government to enable the people to get from the soil a bare subsist ence. Here we have rich virgin soil and room enough for its expansion and devel opment with but very little government. I hope that we may long be able to get along without being too much governed.” The reception was largely attended by businass men, and was given to General Grant at tlie cotton exchange. Liverpool, March 25.—This week’s circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association says “cotton opened with good demand at higher prices, but on Tuesday and Wednesday tbe market was quieter, and an extreme advance was barely maintained. American lias been in good request, and advanced 3 1-lCd. at opening, but is now plentifully offered at £d. above last Tuesday’s rates. There lias been a moderate business in sea Ll- and at previous rates. Futures opened firm, with improving inqniiy. Trices ad vanced 1-10 and 3-82d. They became quieter on Monday, and since then have been dull at easier prices, closing at 1-32 to 1-ICd. below last Thursday’s rates. Cincinnati, March 25.— President Huntington, of the Chesapeake and -Ohio Railroad Company, Los asked the Ken tucky Legislature lor a charter for tlile road from Maysville to Walton on thel'nc of the Cincinnati Southern, with a view to getting a Cincinnati connecting line. Columbus, G.v., March 25.—The boil er of Sample’s saw mil], hi this _ county, exploded to-day,,killing two white, men and one negro. Scvqial- others were, in jured. Tlie null was demolished., Toronto, March £5. — n<5.i.. George Brown, editor aiiil proprietor df the Toronto Globe, was shot while writing in his office this afternoon, by a discharged employe, named Bennett,,. Tbe wound was serious, -but not fatal. BeuuU; w.ap arrested. ^ Samlnj tire Streets. Some action should be taken by the city authorities toy.aids putting , up the names of the various streets in theirproper places.’ Macon is pi ohnbiy the only city- of its size in the United States that has no conveniences of tpis description. Fame is a good thing in Its wav, but lei ns -be come famous for something more desira ble than tbe absence of enterprise. Onio’s Spring Election#;—'The New York Herald says Ohio is to have the luxury of two elections this year-—tlie great, contest for the Presidency in tlie fall, in which the whole country, but mainly Ohio, is interested, and tlie elec tion for city and township officers, which take place the first week of next month. The latter do not seem to be attracting much attention, except possibly among the politicians, and tlieir chief interest hi the matter arises from tlie fact that some of the officers to be elected will do the count ing for the Presidential candidates next Novembar. When it is remembered that, in several of tbe States in recent - you? the gentlemen .who did tbe copntira; were .can jsxecppvq ». .... infinitely bigger men than these who did district, afte^astrulgl.c, chose two tbe voting delegates to the ’Chicago cortven- °bio vvm be really uwomv.A Louisville.’ ^arcl, 25!-Tho Rcpul.H- eign Ministers, the cans lmve held conventions in fifty-five uiachineat WaStntfefl^wbkffi .s or iho com.tk- i iff • < ’ v teh thirtyhava most part nm by Ohio patriots, is iuvol- h . ‘.n ■ : f. riant,’ three for Sherman vcd. Happy Wisconsin. To ameliorate the sufferings of the wo men who have so long suffered for suffrage Wisconsin legislatively has decided that they are entitled to it. But, says the Bos ton Herald, the male element has put its stamp upon tlie law, seemingly the out come of a new sense of justice and gen erosity. This stamp is its condition, which after all, makes the woman’s vote depend npon the sovereign will of man. The married woman only is eligible to the new privilege. It is, of course, unde niable, that those women are the most intelligent who have basked in the enligetening influence of male companionship. We don’t see any way for the maiden women of Wisconsin, if they are absolutelyset against matrimony, than to look at this pointed reflection upon their competency and condition as capable of another interpretation. For instance, that their married sisters de serve some compensation to smooth the thorny ways of their life. Meanwhile, the triumphant recipients of the ballot must hold it nntU the State constitution has been amended so that it will be available. Now that Wisconsin has taken this step, we see no reason why women who want their “rights” should be un happy. Let them “go West” and settle in Wisconsin’s happy valleys. Brunswick Calm and Hopeful. The Seaport Appeal says : Brunswick, through ffi-r consummation with the Macon and Brunswick lease, holds her ground. Her attitude has been looked npon by latge capitalists, and her position as an outlet for the cereals of the great West has been fully recognized. The completion of tlie “missing link” between Atlanta and the Macon and ; Brunswick railroad, and the alliance of big.cousin from Canada for speaklngdis^ the interest between the Central, Western respectfully of George Washington. The and Atlantic lines, and the extension of ; young Ulysses not oulytHrashed him, but tlie Geoigia Western railroad to Decatur obliged hitn to promise -that he would ertmn nflior nfttiif. An flin r.nnuuiUn anH ; ' a i _ — TTT..L • A Mild Winter. We saw yesterday in a neighbor’s gar den a tomato plant, near two feet in height, which had been grown in the opeji air without any protection whatever. The age of this specimen must be two months at least, which would coyer what is ordi narily the severest period of the winter. When we reflect that the tomato is per haps the most tender of all garden vege tables, no stronger evidence of the ex ceeding mildness of the temperature for several months past, could be adduced. Just now, sharp northerly winds and keen atmosphere are highly suggestive of frost. But the ground is so wet and warm that tho vaporization, which must ensue, will, we trust, counteract the ef fects of the cold. We admonish garden ers, however, to have their planks and straw at hand, as it is by no means cer tain that Jack Frost will not put in anap- pearance even late in April. Tho moon fills to-night, (March 25th,) but in the opinion of the writer, her se rene Majesty has no more to do with the weather, than the vane on the pinnacle of the “palace of justice.” This fact has been established by carefully kept notes in the French Academy of Arts and Sciences reaching through a period of forty years.lt is also the opinion of that learned Satan, Professor Charles F. McCay, for merly of the University of Georgia. The Professor had made a record of his own also embracing more than ten years, which fully corrobrated the French re port. During that period, the variations in temperature and other phenomena usually ascribed to the moon’s agency, were found to happen about as often after as on the chauge, with a’slight predomi nance in favor cf the former. A Doubtful Compliment After the conclusion of Dr. Felton’s speech last Saturday on the funding bill, Mr. Frye, one of the chieftest of the Radi cal apostles, said: I congratulate the gentleman from Geor gia that he is almost though not altogether a hard money man. I congratulate Mm, too, that he is almost pemuaded to be a Republican, although not quite. That shot struck the bull’s eye. Youthful Veneration. Of General Grant, as. a boy, General Brisbin relates, that' he once thrashed a or some other point on the Louisville and Nashville lines, and the Geoigia Western, which will be used to connect the Mem phis and Brunswick system, gives to Brunswick such importance as to make never again mention Washington save with profound respect.—Ex. It is a great misfortune to the country that General Grant has not retained his her wliat her natural advantages claim for j youtliful veneration for the “Father of his her—one of the grandest outlets for our ; Country,” but instead he has violated j every precept and trampled upon every principle that was the pride and glory of Western trade, and a seaport second to none on the South Atlantic coast. Brunswick waits with impatience and fortitude licrfuture. Natural results can- ; Washington. And ha 1 now seeks a posi not be undone; unnatural ones may sue- 1 tion as dictator which Washington graced cumb. We use no tooting-homs nor j with the purest patriotism, aud left with grandiloquence in expression, In this connection we would remark, that our contemporary, Colonel C. W. Styles, and Mr. Dunn, tho representatives of Brunswick at the Cincinnati jubilation, stood up manfully for their beautiful little “city by tbe sea.” Brunswick was fully and fairly ventilated before the mercan tile guild of Ohio’s metropolis. We trust it will not be long before she the highest honor. It is time that his Canada cousin was bringing him back to first principles. TnE safest and most reliable remedy for the usual diseases of the baby Is Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. It contains nothing injuri ous. Price 25 cents a bottle. For Sam Hill’s Pardon. For tbe last few days there have been hanging at various points about town, pe- takes rank, as by geographical position tilions for the pardon of Sam Hill,recently and her superior harbor she may rightly • convicted and sentenced for the murder claim—among the chiefest of Atlantic Simmons in Atlanta. The sentence of seaports. The Inter-Oceanic CanaL Mr. Ellis has introduced a resolution in the unfortunate man is imprisonment for life. Hill has many warm friends through out the State, and there a: e hundreds who claim that he was convicted upon the XT . .. , , testimony of prostitutes, who had resolved the House calling for the abrogation of:. . „ * , *1*. r „ and is such a common occurrence tliat no constable thinks of carrying a posse to help him as in Ireland. Lands are cheap in Geoigia, and even negroes can own homes, but they must buy them, for land is not owned either here or there by paupers. Free America will do to talk about, but as in all other places the man is free here to starve if lie fails, by honest exertion, to keep the wolf from his door. If the conduct of the Irish land lord was “brutal,” there are plenty more of the same sort even in Macon, but as they don’t build houses tor charity, nothing better is expected of them; but in Ireland, it seems, the man that invests his money in houses and lands is expected to support tlie whole pauper population! Justice. REMARKS. The parallel drawn by our correspond ent between “eviction” in County Meatb, Ireland, and Bibb eounty, Georgia, though apparently correct in a legal sense, is yet very far from the truth in actual prac tice. In the first place, in Ireland the hold ings of the tenants sometimes extend from generation to generation, and the little piece of “bog” or stony ground that is leased constitutes, the only home of the occupants for long yeara. The system, in fact, is,.tbe worst form of seifdom, for the ownor is always from pecuniary consider ations, if no other, regardful of the physi cal c- sufoit of his slaves. Not so, how ever, where the connection is simply one of dollar s and cents. Then, every thought is ignored save that of self-interest, and the merciless landlord cries aloud, like Shy- lock, for his “pound of flesh.” 2. There is no comparison whatever between the rent of au American rural cottage ar.d the price charged the poor Irish for tlie meagre five acres, or mayhap half acre, from which they must eke out a precarious subsistence. Tlie rent for a single year in tlie latter instance, would suffice to buy outright, aud in fee simple, tbe same amount of laud in America. 3. Tlie landlords in Ireland are, for the most part, extravagant spendthrifts who reside in affluence abroad, and be stow not a thought upon their suffering tenantry at home. Tlie poor creatures are remanded to the tender mercies of some heartless steward who is only care ful to keep on the good side of his lord, by supplying his reckless demands for money at any cost to the tenant. Per contra, in this country wc can re call but few instances where a tenant is ejected-who tenders a partial payment of his rent, and evinces an honest desire and intention to settle the whore as soon-as possible. It Is only in cases of fraud or personal malice that eviction is resorted to as a dernier, and so great is the opprobimii attending any such act of harshness, that not many men are.disposcd to incur it for j pose. Referred tlie sake of a few dollars. Moreover in cign Affaijs. . - • . crowded and wretched Ireland there is j It may be safely affirmed that at least nothing but starvation before the evlctctl J for the present session, M. Lesseps and tenant who may have iabbred .day jn anfl : his mqjestie scheme for an inter-oceanic ,!.iv -out ip his patch, Initio seo the fruits ! canal, ai\d ail otbep projects of a like i.a- of his exertions snatched from his grasp ! turo diffibe laid over, and perhapsmvent- bv the dreaded potato rot, or mayhap the uallr consigned to the tomb of the Capu- protrarted :H:k :s of hfmsolf cr family. lets. the Clayton-Bulwer treaty of April 19, 1850, between the United States and Great Britain, under which the United States admitted Great Britain to a joint protection with itself over any canal, wa ter-way or communication to be thereaf ter established over or through any of the States of Spanish America, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and making it cease to be binding or obligatory on the United States. Referred to the Committee on Oceanic Canal by yeas 84; nays 71. Mr. Young, of Tennessee, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Congress that political complications and conflicts of National interest and jurisdic tion likely to grow out of the construction of a canal across the Isthmus which con nects the continents of North and South America are of so dangerous a character as to greatly outweigh any advantage like ly to result from such connection to tlie republics of North or South America or nations of Europe, and the interest of the people of the United States does not re quire any such work, and therefore it is the duty of this government to discourage an undertakirg so much calculated to disturb our peaceful relations with other governments, and fraught with so much peril to our future safety and well being. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested, through our diplomatic agents, to confer with the gov ernments of our sister Republics of South America upon an American policy in re gard to matters likely to bring us and them in conflict with European powers, and that he be authorized to call an inter national convention of representatives from the Governments and tne Republics of South America, to take in considera tion a policy and measures which should be adopted for mutual safety and protec tion against any political influence which the governments of Europe may in any manner attempt to exercise in the affaire of the American Governments. Payne, of Pennsylvania, also intro duced the following: ^Resolved, etc., That the project now at tracting general attention, of the construc tion of an iuter-occanic canal at Panama, Nicaragua, or some other suitable point at the Isthmus, with private capital, and for commercial purposes only, Is worthy of high commendation, and if any such project has any rival or rivals which threaten a raid upon the Treasnry of the United States in tlie interest of jobbers, neither the prosecution of the so-called Monroe doctrine nor any other false ap peal to the patrotic sentiment of the peo ple of the United States shall prevent ap probation of tlie former or condemnation of the latter Resolved, That the United States, rec ognizing the obligations of international law in its transactions with tbe weakest as well as tlie strongest nations of tbe world r fearing none and desiring to do right to all, and having peaceful relations with all, which it sincerely desires to main tain, deprecates and denounces any meas ure or scheme calculated to infringe upon or disturb suet conditions: while it will jealously gnard its rights and interests, it will regard its treaty-making power as en tirely adequate to secure these ends untU some failure shows the contrary. Resolved, That if, in the opinion of the President, it shall be necessary to take any steps to thoroughly ascertain and protect the rights and interests of the United States in regard to the proposed canal, he is requested to negotiate such Leaties as aro necessary to effect this pur- to Committee on For- Hegro Ed'ucati6n in Georgia. The New York Herald gathers from a • correspondent of the Worcester (Mass.,) Spy some interesting facts and statistics in regard to the educational facilities of the colored people in this State, and read ily concludes, ancl rightly too, that Geor gia is doing more for the elevation of the negro race than any other State in the Union. Then, with characteristic arro gance, roundly abuses us for not doing more.’ One point Is a source cf untold agony: that is, that the salaries of teach ers in the negro schools in Atlanta are not as large as those of the teachers in the white schools. The relations of po sition is never taken into account. Why does the Herald pay its managing editor more salary than it does the over-worked reporter? Both are doing tho same kind of work, and one is just as necessary in getting out the Herald as the other. The reason is simply because a dozen men arc capable of filling a reporter’s place, where there is one that lias capacity sufficient to fill the position of managing editor. The Herald claims that upward of ten millions have been contributed by the North for the education of the negro since the war, and pathetically announces that, if this enterprise is continued, the North will have to bear her part of the burden for years to come. And why not? Is not the North as much interested in the elevation and education of the colored people as the South? Their location in the South is a mere accident, for which they are not responsible. If the North carl any morejeconomieally educate them by opening their institutions to them, tlie negroes would-gladly avail themselves of the opportunity. ‘ Genuine philanthropy would never quibble over contributions to such a cause. Oleomargarine Manufacture. The artificial butter manufacturers are now contesting for position in legitimate trade. The reader will remember that m the late fair of dairy products in New York city tbe artificial butter manufac turers succeeded in puzzling experts in distinguisMng "t’other from which.” They showed oleomargarine alongside of the best, dairy butter, which experts failed to identify by either appearance, flavor or smell, and they boldly insisted that their .artificial butter was as much butter as that wMch came from the dairy—as cleanly— as wholesome—as toothful, though affor ded at half price. These pretensions be ing set up, something anent the process of this manufacture may be of interest. A number of Congressmen, representing important standing committees, visited the American Manufacturing Company’s establishment in Baltimore a few days ago, and inspected tlie process as follows: Beginning with an apartment where the “caul-fat” of beeves is received and cleansed of impurities, tbe visitors follow ed it to an upper story, where it is cut into small particles by machinery, and subjected to a beat of 120 degrees, render ing it into a liquid. This liquid is con veyed through pipes into vats located in tl • story beneath, where it is allowed to coo), and when it attains a certain con sistency it is placed in canvas sacks and submitted to hydraulic pressure, in layers. The oil extracted is of a rich straw color and tasteless. The residuum—stearine in commerce—is sold to candle-makers and others. The oil is transferred to another apart ment, in which is a large cylinder churn, the dasher or paddles being run by ma chinery. Into this chum is introduced one part of pure milk to four parts of oil, aud when tbe liquids have been agitated a specified time tbe mixture is drawn off into vats half filled with ice. While it is flowing into these vats, men stand by with forks, resembling hay-forks, mixing the fluid and ice nuriiig a cooling irocess which takes place, mien a vat s filled it is wheeled to another portion of tho room and the mass is transferred to tables and manipulated to free it from par ticles of ice and permit the water and milk to drain off. From these tables it is passed to another, where it is more thor oughly “worked” by machinery, and where a quantity of salt is added to each batch. All that remains to be done is m send the butter tbrough feeders into a room below, where it is packed for sliip- meut. Sixty bands arc employed in the fac tory. The committees seemed interested in the process, and appeared anxious to acquaint themselves, as far as possible, with all facts pertaining to the business. It was stated that there is little doubt that a large quantity of artificial butter fiuds its way into markets and is sold as a prod uct of tbe dairy. Six millions of pounds of this butter are said to be exported monthly to Europe, where there is uo no law a present against its sale as butter, while, in our markets, it must be sold as oleomargarine. beforehand to effect liis ruin. It is claim ed further that the act for which he now suffers was committed in defense of his home and wife, and that no penalty i should attach. The petitions read as fill- laws: The undersigned respectfully petition your Excellency to pardon Sam H. Hill, now confined in Fulton county jail, un der sentence of imprisonment for life in the Geoigia penitentiary, believing, as we do, that his is such a case as will justify executive clemency, and your petitioners will ever pray, etc. To Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Governor of Geoigia. The following names arc taken at ran dom from lists of signers in this city, omitting the post-office list, wMcli could not be obtained last night: ] W. A. Lofton, C. L. Bartlett, B. A. Nisbct, John L. Hardeman, Charles J. Harris, T. G. Holt, A* Broudfit, W. A. Wylie, B. F. Leonard, A.' H. Matthews-, Dr. H. Y. Johnson, Jr., E.'L. Burdick, R. J. Loyal, A. W. Gibson, J. F. Greer, U. W. R. Sanders, H. J. Peters, John In galls, E. Drcyfas, W- M. Good, E. A. Clarke, L. D. Worsham, Z. B. Wheeler, T. T. Watson, Ed L. Thomas, G.’H! Gil- lon, John T. Odom, B. F. Carroll, S. P. Wynock, T. C. Johnson, Fred. T. Cun ningham, L. C. Ricks, L. Vannucki, C. J. Wood, N. A. Megratb, A. F. Holt, H. T. Johnson, H. A. Blue, W. F. Grace, T. B. Grace, E. Ballard, R. S>. Wynn, L. W. Rasdal, A. T. Newson, T. A. Braswell, Hayne Ellis, J. T. Matthews, W. H. Ha vens, John'S: CargilL - W. P,* Carlos, Charles T. Holmes, C. - J. Williamson, J. E. Blackshear. O. N. Dana, J. W. Ader- hold, George Harris, J. P.'Simpson,’ O. G. Sparks, George J. Lumsford, C. F. Jan- ney, Felix Corput. . . ' ‘ The Kano Makers’Strike. . | A special telegram from New York an nounces that the piano makers’ lockout or strike has virtually euded and the factories will all be in operation again. This has been occomplished not by any alteration in wages, but by an agreement.to permit the proprietors to manage their own busi ness as follows! ,J { “We hereby agree that we will not com bine against any man in this shop, off the ground that he is a union or non-nnion man; that we will not hinder or interferfe with any respectable man iff good stand-' ing from pursuing his'work in this shop; that we will not, by force' or otherwise, intimidate any man or boy now employed from filling his present' position; that we are not now and will not be, controlled by any union what ever with regard to the af fairs of this shop in the future, being fully competent and able to adjust our own af fairs, and will not interfere in regard to. apprentices; that we do not desire or wish tne trade of piano making to be driven from this city; that we are satisfied with the wages paid us at present, having con fidence in our employers to do what is right in the future; that we wish to have the same good feeling and harmony pre vail between the men and bosses as here tofore, and that we will keep good faith with our employers just as long as they do the same by us.” That seems to he a sound and rational agreement—in fact, the only one compati ble with a safe and healthful business for all parties. ' '■ ’ ; ; . The XefceTta One. It is reported that application for hall in behalf of Janies Roberts, now awaiting j of about twenty-seven caudle power. Gas Mr. Townshend’s Tariff Coup d’etat Mr. Townshend, of Rlinois, denies that he surreptitiously introduced the bill for the repeal of the duty on paper, type and chemicals into the House, as the title clearly showed that it was to revise and to amend “title thirty-three of the Revised Statutes,” and claims that its reference to the Committee on the Revision of Laws was correct. In any cvent'we cannot see the propriety or justice of permitting a- committee-like that of Ways and Means, a majority of whose members - are hostile to all tariff reductions, to ignore the sen timent of the House and nation by incon tinently retiring every,- hill before Con gress which looks to tlie relief of the peo ple from-class legislation. Surely there ought to be some way to prevent this pigeon holing’ofimportahtmeasures in the committee room, of a few. members who, for ought wc know, may be interested parties. In the present instance the demand upon Congress has been singularly unanimous in al) sections of . the Union, to abate tlie iniquitous , tax imposed upon paper and printing material, which bears directly npon the intelligence and progress of the country. With a few other exceptions of articles on the list, the tariff bill has been tacitly allowed to go over under the rul ing of the Committee on Ways and Means. Now that the portion of the bill referred tohas been successfully resurrect ed through the address of Mr. Townshend, and is at length squarely before the House on its merits, we trust the people’s repre sentatives will lose no time in passing it by a majority befitting its importance. —A parlor in a private house in New York, on Tuesday evening, was lit by the Sawyer electric light. Six burners served to light up a doable parlor. When one Heavy Advance in Opium. In consequence or the reported partial failure of the poppy crop in the East, the price of opium has mouuted up from $5.25 to $8.75 per pound in New York within the past fortnight. We cannot say that this is any subject for regret. On the contrary, if it will be the means of plac ing it beyond the rcachof a solitary victim of this deadly drug, that much good will have been accomplished. For medicinal purposes, but a small modicum of the opium of commerce is needed. It is never administered save in attenuated doses to the sick. But the consumption by those who eat and smoke this infatuating gum, is simply enormous. And yet, better would it be for the hapless votaries to the liabit if they became tlie disciples of Bacchus, aud im bibed beer, rum, whisky and brandy to their hearts’ content. Both should be alike avoided. But tlie opium eater loses mind, moral sense and physical ability at one and the same time. Moreover, hi3 nerves are utterly unstrung, and he be comes a terrible, living wreck. No sad der spectacle on earth can be presented than the death-bed of an opium eater. Happily, effective cures have been discov ered for the maiadv, (for into that shape the liabit resolves itself,) and the sufferer may find relief if he lias the nerve to seek it. With these facts before us, however, who will mourn that opium is becoming dear? If the tariff could only be confined in its operations to such articles, “protec tion” would lose half of its terrors to the people. TEE QUEER CITY. Some of the Points of Interest Cincinnati, Ohio, March 22,1880. Editors Telegraph and Messenger:— A week might be pleasantly and profitably spent in Cincinnati, especially if one is under the charge of those princely enter tainers, tlie merclianst and public spirited citizens of tbe place. The city in the business portion is very compactly and beautifully built. Scarcely a vacant lot is to be seen, and the signs “for rent” are very few and far between There is ?n air of thrift and prosperity, and the street corners in tho business por tion of the city are almost destitute of loafers. Oue thing which surprises the visitor are the lofty hills which rise back of tbe business portion. Tlieso are scaled by means of wliat arc here termed inclined planes. The cars are dragged up the side of the kills on rails laid at an angle of 45 degrees, and even steeper angles, by means of triple wire cables, the whole worked by powerful steam engines, locat ed on the summit of tbe hills. The dis tance up some of them is fifteen hundred feet. The trip tip or down lias about it tbe appearance of considerable peril. But two accidents have been kuown to occur on the five plaues which are in the city, and in neither were there any casualties. On the summit, connections are made with other lines of street cars which fret work the streets of tlie city. But the ;reat attractions of the upper end of the inclined planes are several concert and dancing platforms and halls and beer sa loons. These are favorite resorts, but particularly so in summer. On account of the lofty height tbe air is much cooler than in the plains below, and out of the dust and smoke of the city, all classes re pair to enjoy their evenings. Of course he places vary in respectability. Among these places are Prize’s, Belle- view, Lookout and the Highland House. The views from these summits are grand. Far in the distance, the busy city is spread out, with its many spires of houses of worship anil smoke-stacks—tlie safety- v a! ves of throbbing enterprise. The Ohio river winds around like a huge serpent, flecked here and there with barges, sailing crafts and steamers. Licking river de bouches into the Ohio just above Coving ton, aud gives variety to the scenery. The magnificent suspension bridge, which, by the way, has tlie longest span in this country—longer, by a few feet, than the great Niagara suspension bridge,- with its slight, graceful, upward curve, “in tlie centre stands out in bold relief. On the left the Louisville Short Lino bridge spans the nver. The Cincinnati South ern’s structure is hidden from view.- On the far right is Mill Creek Valley, while in sight are no less than six or seven dis tinct corporations. No one has properly “done” the city until he has viewed it from several of these heights. Leaving them to the south, the most beautiful suburb in the world,Clifton is to be found. There are no stores in Clifton; the residences are princely in their pro portions; the lawns, groves, lakelets, skat ing ponds, all are beautiful. It is the home of the wealthy, aud none but the rich can afford to live here. Among the prominent residences several are note worthy. That of Hon. George H. Ten-, dleton is situated on a beautiful eminence and is one of the most elegant in the land. He also has a city house. The Schoon- berger residence, which cost $300,000, was the place where the Prince of Wales stopped while in this country, and pro nounced it the finest American house he had seen. On the same range of hills, surrounded by all that wealth cau add to fancy’s wish, is the Probasco mansion. Here a special re ception was given the excursionists by the hospitable proprietor. Column after column could be filled about Cincinnati’s beauties. Eden Park, Mount Auburn, Walnut hills, tlie water works, the fountain, and oilier places of interest, but wo must forbear. The city- lias, next to Washington, -the finest, public improvements I have ever seen.. The city is in debt some forty million dollars, but her citizens declare she is not only able' to owe it but the full amount will be paid when the time for payment comes. No city wits pop: a- latlon in tMs country consumes. so much beer. In tlia quarter, of the city known as “Over the Rhine,” every other shop' is a beer saloon. Jinny are o’peii im Sunday and that is a gala day w ith the foreign element. Lately, however, Mayor Jacob has been more strict, and sonic of the sa loons have been firccd to restieet the- Sunday laws. In enforcing this liwr Jje has injured not only bis own popularisy but that of his party—tlie Republican-^ with the German population, and it is feared that if lib effeits are not relaxed, the Democrats will win the 1 day on this issue at the next city election. Who knows but what • this beer question may not weigh the balance in the National election. . Cu cinniti will, as is well known, be the xnes.ing place of the Na tional Democratic Convention. -This city is certainly well provided for the accom modation of tho delegates, both in the way of halland hotels. Speaking cf hotels, it gives ns pleasure to commend the Gibson House as a first- class hotel, and Mr. J. B. Kampe,the head clerk as a thorough and accommodating gentleman. Through tbe courtesy of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad, the excur sionists were enabled to take a trip to Chicago, and many of them availed i ~ . ,, . - themselves of the opportunity afforded. > lyn > an <l spent several hours in changing, ■tw lnovo rsnoinnoti with the kindest I many points in it, and addiDg several new* clauses, He fears in spite of his many marvelous escapes from assassination he —Jay Gould’s income is now estimate at $2,000 a day. —In the United States 100,000 bushels of hemp seed are annually consumed for bird-food alone. Much of it is imported. —The Chinese government have decided on establishing a complete system of tele graphing throughout China. —Five years ago barn-wire fence was little more,than an experiment; it is stated that 50,000 miles of fence will be ret dur ing the coming season. Corporeal punishment in the British navy is now confined to twenty-five lashes, whether the punishment be awarded by the commander of the ship or sentence of court-martial. —A roan who was for a longtime great ly troubled with wakefullness was advised to obtain employment as a private watch man. He did so, and went to sleep on his heat early the first night. —“So you call it a charity ball, do you?” said the old gentleman, nodding his head towards a lady whose corsage was particularly brief. “Well, it requires a good deal of charity to excuse their style of dressing.” —The wages of the workmen employed in the sugar' refineries of Messrs. Have- meyer & Elder and the Decastro and Don- ncr Sugar Refining Company of New York have been voluntarily advanced twenty per cent, from April 1. —Italians have been indulging once more in the diversion of cutting each oth er with knives. There Is an uncomforta ble future in store for the race in America unless tais darling pasttime is abandoned. —Some of the newspaper correspon dents usually speak of Western girls as “blue-eyed beauties,” of Southern girls as “dark-eyed belles,” and they do not fail to tell about the “intelligent girls of New England.” : —The interest of the Khedive in. the defeat of the two bodies of Abyssinian in surgents by King John is due to the fact that Egypt’s turn may come next, and that the insurgents have practically been fight ing Egypt’s battles, if not in Egyptian pay. —M. Daubourg, a French engineer, claims to have devised a means of trans porting latge vessels over isthmuses, how ever steep, and an experiment is shortly to be made at Argenteuilby lifting a 2,000 ton ship from the river and taking it on rails toanother place. —A Shrewd Move—Mr. Jesse Bil lings is to be tried at Saratoga, N. Y., on the 13th oi April for the murder of his wife. He has hired the town hall, and on the evening of the 12th the Rev. Mr. Her bert H. Hayden will deliver a lecture on “Circumstantial Evidence.” 11—The Chinese appear to be leaving California faster than they are arriving. During November and December the ar rivals at San Francisco of Chinese were but 571, whilst the departures for China were 2,119. ’ During the fourteen months ending with December the arrivals were 5,GOD and the departures 10,947. —Heartrending reports come from fam ine-stricken districts of Armenia. In Van alone fifty-two persons, it is said, have al ready died of starvation. Thousands of peasants are endeavoring to emigrate to neighboring Persian provinces; but as the roads arc covered with deep snow, many perish from cold and exhaustion on the journey. —Spencer Walker, aged 16, was behind in his studies at the Newton (Mass.,) High School, in consequence of illness, and there was soon to be an examination, in which those who failed would bo sent back to tbe grammar school. Walker be came convinced that, no matter how hard he studied, he would have to suffer what he considered a disgrace. To escape this disaster he committed suicide. —The London Truth says we cannot hope to come to the reign of justice and truth pure and simple. We must go cau tiously, take what we can get, and put up with the remainder. You are brave, and you have the courage of your conviction; doubtless you are right as well, but you are unwise. Let these evils of which you complain cure themselves by time; all things do.” —The Keeley Motor, it is reported, has again’ been “perfected”—this time just one week before the first of April. The “power” has been adjusted to a “vibra- toiy engine,” unlike anything ever before seen, of course, which, However, main; ta’.ns a uniform speed of twenty-five vi brations per minute and utilizes the power effectively. Mr. Keeley is going to take out a t patent right away, and then the Keeley boom will begin again. —The price of ice to housekeepers and sHtall purchasers in New York has been advanced from forty cents to one dollar per one hundred pounds, vybilst in Phila delphia consumers have already been no tified of an advance oi forty per cent. Fifty cents per week for eight pounds dally will be charged in Philadelphia during the ’ fcomirig summer, whereas the same quantity was fhniisbcd farthirty-five cents last ye'ar. • ’ —The N. Y. Sun says Hayes walks to church on Sundays,'and Jay Gould’s Tri bune is impressed by tills illustration of Democratic simplicity. But the sermons which Hayes hears after he gets there ap pear to be thrown away on him, since a three years’ course of them has not avail ed folfiring him to repentenee. Sunday after Sunday lie marches into church a fraud, and Sunday after Sunday he marches out'of church a fraud. Is the preaching of the Foundry's rast or at fault, or is Hayes gospel hardened? A Chinese" Conundrum.—The Chin ese in San Francisco profess to be unable to understand the statements telegraphed concerning tlie great influx of Chinese at New York from San Francisco. They say the total number of departures from California registered at the Chinese Con sulate is only about 100, a portion of these •going to Havana, and others to points west of tlie Mississippi, and that not over sixty er seventy can have found their way from here to New York. ^ —It is said in St. Petersburg that since the explosion in the Winter Palace the Czar has grown entirely apathetic toward all matters relating to poitics. A few days ago he sent for his will, made in They feave Cincinnati with the kindest feelings, and best good wishes for her pros- jjerity, and for the success of Her pet and u . - , - , . - , grand enterprise, the Cincinnati Southern... - - - , . light was turned down the others did not • my nox t 1 will conclude and pr.! a ■ to fall a victim to some fresh blaze up brighter, but kept their even rate, ! period to these rambling notes. I murderous plot and is anxious to leava C --,71. ■ f . 1_. -BAM. f - *«•»«*• II trial lor murder, will be made to Judge j light is good at eighteen candles. Severe.: Simmons as sooii aS'possible. It is hardly j experts were present, but the account? Fine Sport. The party that went on a hunting trip j ikely, however, that such application will J say they found no fatal defects. The elec- ; „ ,] 10 Brunswick Road ye.stcr- ~~ ■— :r ‘ l —- •- *“ -i-uui-ifcA < generator was a quarter of a mile j —- - * be made, if there is.any probability that the case will come to trial at the next term, whiph is only a few weeks off. We learn that an effort will again be made, in j that is supplied to it. case no trial is reached at the next teim,- about a dollar and a quarter each, and the ' to have the prisoner transferred to the carbon pencils cost about forty cents a Fulton county jail. ' year. day, killed 524 birds. Ail are much in- • away. Thereto no vaciunwitb this debted to Captain Jarvis and other officers It bums in an atmosphere of nitre;"-:: t ',. e roa tl, for courteeies. ’>Konor, Manhood,’ Virtue, Pride, Let me lean on Mercy’s side; Let the noble, great and smsll Sign his pardon, one and all.” the.affairs cf.lns family in good order. —The Federal Courts do not seem to along rapidly under the recent decis ion jjj the Supreme Court. The acquittal pf a Virginia Judge, charged with dis- erimiiiation on account of race and color, because iie did not place negroes on juries, indicRtc^some difficulty in the execution of the law which, aa interpreted by the Supreme Court, gives the negro more l ights, tha i other citizens.