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t'0Binil««I for Mnrdor Tlic Stale vs*.
Jamca Roberts. •
Yesterday in the Superior Court room,
Ijtfore Justices M. R. Freeman and Ben
jamin Sawyer, the Roberts case was re
sumed.
Mr. Frank S. Johnson having returned
to the city and being subpoenaed, was put
upon the stand. The State’s representa
tive had announced the day before, that
by this witness it was expected to be
proved that the pistol used in the homi
cide was bought by the prisoner from John
son's store,skortly before the shooting. No
such evidence, however, was brought
forth. It is now generally understood
that the pistol was purchased several
weeks before the homicide occurred.
Mr. Johnson’s testimony did not throw
any new light upon the case; its principal
efTect was to counterbalance the testimo
ny of Mr. James Whitehurst. Mr. John’
son testified that he witnessed the difficul
ty from across the street, and saw no pis
tol in the hand of deceased.
Argument upon the case began at half
pastelevcn in the morning and continued—
with an intermission for dinner—until
about six o’clock in the afternoon. Mr.
Y. E. Harris opened for the defense, and
in a speeeb of an lionr and a half thor
oughly reviewed the case, and made a
most powerful effort In behalf of the pris
oner.
Mr. Washington Dessau followed
in behalf of the State. Stripping
the case of its difficulties, he laid it bare
before the court, and applied the law as
he construed it, in a most critical and
comprehensive manner. Following Mr.
Dessau, came Col. C. J. Harris for the
defense, in one of the finest efforts of his
life. He reviewed the case thoroughly,
and brought the law of self-defense in all
its intricacies to bear in the prisoner’s ac
tions. The case ended with a close argu
ment from Judge George T. Bartlett.
The decision of the court was that the
prisoner be committed for murder, until
the convening of the Superior Court a de
cision that deprives him of liberty, there
being no bail iu such cases.
It is the verdict of all who witnessed this
trial, that never before had a - case been
so well handled on both sides'.* The
State’s officers were prompt and earnest
in the discharge of their duties, while the
prisoner’s interests were most faithfully
guarded by as efficient counsel as could
’have been procured in the State. The
decision of the court is not a subject for
discussion here, hut both sides,we believe,
will admit that it was expressed from, and
founded upon honest convictions.
The Vnlture, or My Shadow and I.
DESCRIPTIVE SONG.
The Blind Wood-Sawyer’* Daughter.
Yesterday, in passing it yard up town,
we heard the busy workings of a saw, and
glancing in beheld there at work, the poor,
old blind negro wood-entter and his little
daughter, a couple familiar to hundreds
throughout the city. He was busily bend
ing'over his labor, pausing now and then
while she measured the sticks and placed
the saw in position. They were very poor,
as might be seen from the faded and
patched up clothing of the man, and the
1 altered little calico frock and forlorn hat
of the girl. Poverty was written upon
every garment, nay, in their labor itself.
Above tts, the skies were blue, and from
the street happy voices of children return
ing from school, were weaving..;.a
summer idyl into the day. Well
dressed men and women passed- to
anil fro, and the quiet content of pleasant
homes seemed shadowed in their presence
But for these two, all was different; the
outer life was as far from them as heaven
from earth. For him, there were no blue
skies and mellow sunlight, and blind
tbouglihe be,theie were mouths for him to
feed, bodies to clothe; so must he labor.
For her,childhood had no pleasures; there
was the blind to tend and guide, so must
she watch. There, side by side, as we
have seen them for many months, they la
bored—Youth and Age—only once, as a
burst of childish laughter came floating
in, merrier than the rest, she .raised her
little pinched face and gazed patiently in
to the street, then turned again unto her
task in silence. But the little face was
not forgotten. Perhaps its stoiy of want,
told so quietly, may not have been told in
vain. We shall see.
Hnwbinsvllle Items.
The recent fire in Hawkinsville is de
scribed as having been most rapid in its
progress. From the point of its original
breaking out, to the comer, were seven
stores, yet the space was swept over in
about fifteen minutes, giving merchants
but little time to remove goods.
The city, warned by this and recent
fires, has at last purchased a fire engine,
the mounted Extinguisher having been
found utterly powerless in the presence of
a conflagration.
A steamer similar to No. 5’s of this place
has been contracted for, and will arrive
at its destination this or next week. With
a good engine and the Ocmulgee near at
hand, Hawkinsville will hereafter he pre
pared to battle successfully with the fieiy
element. ; .* '
The hall to be given at Lewis’ Hall,
upon the 31st of March, will be a most
complete affair. Every preparation lias
been made to entertain the guests, who
will be on hand from all along the line.
Five hundred invitations have been is
sued, and one of the managers is now in
Macon, to arrange for rates and transpor
tation for such as will attend from this,
city.
To such as have received invitations
and will accept, we can promise "a most
enjoyable occasion. If a sufficient num
ber of passengers can be obtained, a spe
cial train will leave Macon at about 6 p.
tn., to return in the morning; otherwise,
the regular trains will afford the usual
connection, arriving in Hawkinsville at
10:30 p. m. and returning at 0:45 a. m.
Slate vs. John B. Cummins:.
Yesterday morning, in Justice Gran-
niss’ Court, the case of the State vs. John
fi. Curaming, charged with “as
sault with intent to murder,” was re
sumed. Mr. J. H. Bruning, the prose
cutor, was cross-examined with great
strictness, hut no new facts were elicited.
The defense then attempted, by several
witnesses to impeach the testimony of the
State’s witnesses but failed, and the case
was further postponed.
In the afternoon, Colonel Lofton made
a forcible argument In the defendant’s be
half, and was followed by Mr. R. W.
Patterson for the State, In his usual effec
tive style. The decision of the court was
that the prisoner be bound over in the
sum of one hundred aud fifty dollars, for
ftMault and baUery.
There were cross warrants in this case,
each party charging the other with Intent
to munler. The ease against Hr, Burn
ing will bo heard to-morrow.
All day long we roam, we roam,
My shadow dark and I;
One searches all the land and sea,
And one the trackless sky.
But when the taint of death ascends
My airy flight to greet,
As friends around the festal board,
We meet! we meet! we meet!
chorus.
Sweeping in circles my shadow and I,
Leaving no mark on land or sky;
The double circles are all complete
At the bedside of death we meet, we meet.
Ah, no one can read the signs we read,
No eye can fathom the gales,
And one can whisper our secret deed,
For dead men tell no tales.
The spot on tire plain is miles away,
But our wrongs are broad and fleet;
The wave-tossed speck in the eye of the
day
Is far, but we meet; we meet.
Chorus.
The voice of the battle is haste, oh haste,
And up the wind we speed.
The voice of the wreck mourns up from
the waste,
And we search the rank sea-weed.
The lassie waits all the livelong day
For the sound of her laddie’s feet;
She trembles to see us speeding by,
She would shudder to see us meet.
Chorus.
Man on the Monument, Asm In.
Readers of the Telegraph and Mes
senger will remember a month or two
since, a fetter written by a correspondent
of the paper, describing the feeling and
appearance of the statue upon the Augusta
monument during the late Grant excite
ment in that city. The piece seems to
have canght, us on the rebound. It wa3
produced in the Virginia Free Press On
the 14tli of February, and a month later
published as a poem by. the same - paper,
which erroneously supposes the the scene
to have occurred in Macon. The poem is
headed, “The Legend of Macon,” and the
last division is as follows:
But who will keep the legend now
Of where we rebels died—and how?
Our camp-fires bum too dim and low
On memory’s heights to cast a glow
Upon our deeds this sheeny night; •
And tears -have washed our blood from
' sight, “ J '■ ’ ■ - *1 -Ui;
In years that long since took their flight.’-’
Despair and grief impressed his face;
And far across the yale of space : >
His stony gaze seemed fixedat last
On scenes that filled the bloody past.
The night re-echoed loud and clear,
The noise of wheels approaching near;
And, from a carriage window flashed
A woman’s hand with jewels dashed;
And pointing to the statue there
She told with deferential air
Unto her fair-haired boy within
Of days that shook with battle’s din;
When those who fought for Southern
rights
Rekindled freedom’s altar lights,
And made the aisles of Heaven ring,
And angels pause npou tlio wing
To note their noble, sacred deed
Whose glory was their only meed.
Postal Sews.
Tire free delivery system works like a
charm and the number of packages deliv
ered is constantly on the' increase. To
such of our citizens whose houses are in
• East Macon, Vineville or upon the sub
urbs, the convenience is especially wel
come. Hitherto, they have been forced to
go or to dispatch messengers to the gen
eral delivery office, and have been subject
to many delays and annoyances. With
boxes for receiving the outgoing mails,
stationed about the community, and mes
sengers provided by the government to de
liver the incoming, the average Maconite
is prepared to lay back during the hot
days near at hand, and enjoy the arrange
ment to its fullest extent. There is to be
no more of the old pocket searching pro
cess at night, nor of.|£jl reproaches in the
morning. Husbands, sons and fathers,
have found a Lethe at last.
The business of the Macon office is very
heavy at this season, and still increasing;
next to Atlanta, there is a larger amount
of mail matter handled here than any of
fice of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The
weight of mail matter handled iu our of
fice is fourteen times as great as that of
Montgomery. Among the conveniences
which we enjoy over most of onr neigh
bore, is the foreign money order system
recently perfected. Money can be sent
from this point, under the new system, di
rect to all parts of the German Empire,
Switzerland, Great Britain, Canada,
France, and Algiers. Formerly it was
necessary to send through a general of
fice located in New York. Now, howev
er, the order is drawn upon the foreign of
fice itself, and at a very small cost. This
of course, adds largely to the duties of
the officers here. Our office has for its
territory all Central, Southern, and South
west Georgia, including Columbus, and
has to transact the business thereof. The
orders are drawn upon the foreign
offices themselves, and the amounts
must be expressed in the language
and figure of whatever country they are
directed to. This necessity of calculating
the value of American money in foreign
currencies is not the only difficulty; one ol
the post-office clerks had his jaw in a sling
yesterday for simply trying to spell an
Irish name off-hand; think of a man,
speaking broken English,coming in to send
money to Ballymacarrett, Craigellacbie,
Auchtermucky, Drummondrochie, Car-
rickfergus, Magherafelt, or Kittycloglier,
and of a clerk wrestling with such
names on $900 a year; yet these towns
are popular among the money senders. If
the spelling does not sicken the clerk, the
applicant lays down seventeen trade dol
lars, worth 80J cents each, tells him to
fnt-P out the fee, give him a money order
for two pounds, seven shillings and four
pence, and hand back thechange. That
generally completes the business. This
is for Ireland only. Algiers has yet to be
heard from, and a revolver that shoots
nine times and throws a shell,awaits the
man who trades with Algiers.
This foreign system, however, is really
a wonderful convenience and saving to
those who have occasion to use it, and the
business is increasing every day.
Xax Valuations City Property.
We learn from one of the Assessors
that the total tax valuations just comple
ted, exceed those ofjast year by about
$000,000, and that the new digest is as
near perfect as any that can be made.
The assessors have given the entire busi
ness a personal supervision, the valuation
of each piece of real estate being agreed
upon only after a personal inspection of
the premises. They have recovered for
the city considerable property that had
been lost from other digests, and had re
mained untaxed. They have also found
property that is subject to tax executions
now on file and unlevied.
The Assessors, Messrs. M. R. Rogers,
M. R. Freeman and J. C. Wheeler, have
done all in their power to provide a relia
ble digest.
Death and Funeral of George law-
' The many friends of Mr. George Law
rence were pained, Sunday, to hear of his
death, which occurred early that morn
ing. He has suffered lately frqjn an at
tack of erysipelas, Which terminated fa
tally, assisted, on Sunday.
His funeral took place yesterday morn
ing at 10 o’clock, a large detachment from
each fire company escorting the remains
to the grave.
The deceased was identified with the
city for a long term of years, having held
several important offices. He was at one
time assistant chief of the fire department,
filling the position with great honor to
himself.
A Xagnlllceut Wholesale House.
No one can have an adequate idea of
the immense wholesale trade of Macon
unless they pass through some of our ex
tensive business houses in this depart
ment. On yesterday we were attracted
by*tlie display of dry goods in the magnifi
cent store of Messrs. Nusshanm & Dann-
enberg, on the comer of Third and Cherry
streets.
The building itself is one of the most
imposing edifices in the South, it being
four stories high above the basement.
The interior is complete in all of its ap
pointments. There is no house south of
Baltimore that compares with it in ele
gance and convenience.
THE BASEMENT.
This is a large room, extending
the whole length and breadth of
the building. It is the ship^ng and
storage departments. Here we found
three or four parties busily engaged in
filling and boxing the merchandise which
had been sold the day before. The steam
elevator was going and coming continu
ally, bringing goods from the various de
partments above, and returning boxes
ready for shipment to the drays which
were waiting on the street.
THE FIRST FLOOR.
Here tve found dry goods in all lines,
from the coarsest to the finest, piles upon
piles extending on every hand, and to the
remotest portion of this magnificent store
room. Seemingly a stock of goods for
any market might he . selected without
any trouble, everything is so systemati
cally arranged. The goods are all gra
ded, and each particular line is placed so
that a man can lay his hand upon what
ever-he may want.
SECOND FLOOR.
Here we found the notion department,
embracing everything in that line that
i be conceived. As the Senior
remarked that they had everything from a
pin to an elephant, so we found it. The
largest collection that has ever been
brought to the eity of spool thread, of
laces, of buttons, of parasols, of umbrel
las and fans, were here displayed. Cufis
and collars, without end; linen and white
goods, seemingly enough to meet the
wants of the entire section of the State.
One whole side of this long hnilding was
lined with hosiery and handkerchiefs.
Then there were shirts of endless varieties
and toilet soap and stationery enough to
meet all demands.
THIRD FLOOR.
Here we found one of the most exten
sive stocks of ready made clothing in the
State. Everything was neatly and orderly
arranged. Here also was the hat depart
ment, embracing every variety as to cost,
shape or color.
FOURTH FLOOR.
This room was devoted to the shoe
trade; a large and well selected stock was
being examined by some customers. The
supply in this line is equal to any de
mand.
The steam engine that runs the eleva
tor is located iu this room also. Without
it they could not transact their immense
business with anything like dispatch or
satisfaction.
Many of our own citizens have never
seen this elegant building. A half-hour
spent in looking through it would give
them better ideas about Macon’s trade
and her possible future. It is worth an
investigation by every one.
Bric-a-Urae.
Artists about town generally are amus
ing themselves with ornamental designs
and paintings on pottery and china-ware
The view from the intersection of New
and Poplar streets, looking towards the
northeast, with the large oak to the left in
the foreground, and the hills across as the
background^ would serve as a fine subject
for a landscape painter.
We do not recollect ever having seen a
drawing of any portion of the cemetery,
There are several beautiful views to be
had there, one from the Central Avenue
straight down; another from tho aisle be
low Lovers Leap, where little patches of
sky and water flash through-the trees, and
still another in the same aisle, beyond the
Bond monument, where ivy covers the
ancient trees, and Rembrandt lights and
shadows are perfect.
Bric-a-brac, or dainty scraps of art, es
pecially if historical interest attaches, are
more sought after than studies. At a safe
of collections in Florence recently a silver
drinking cup, with Russian imperial
eagle, 17th century, sold for $800; cup of
honor, English, 1654, for $580; silver cof
fee pot, repousse, and chased, reign of
Louis XIV., for $1,580, and silver sugar
dish, repousse and chased, for $4,000.
Excellent clay for modelling, may be
obtained from the Central Railroad cut
across the river. It is white, free from
grit, and capable of .easy manipulation.
Moulded into vases, urns or flower pots,
and baked in an ordinary stove, very
pretty yard and house ornaments may be
obtained. A few skillful touches from a
paint brush, will supply all the orna
mentation necessary.
Several ladies of the city are engaged in
painting China dinner sets. Some use for
designs, rosebuds and lilies; some, dainty
bits of scenery, and others various kinds
of birds, those of brilliant plumage taking
precedence. After ornamenting, it is nec
essary to bake the ware, in order to fix the
colors. Furnaces for this purpose are
now being prepared by two of our enter
prising merchants. A China service, of
a hundred pieces well ornamented, soils
for from four-to six hundred dollars. The
original cost need not exceed forty, and
can he made much ley.
“Salvation Army.”—As to the Salva
tion Army, now operating in New York
City, with an alleged force of one “Gen
eral,” four young women—classed as
“Captains”—and no privates, they report
that Satan is too stroDgly entrenched in
Gotham, and they mean to retreat in
good order. Their tactics are very bold
and decisive. They accost men they
meet with the demand, “do you belong to
Christ?” and meeting with an unsatisfac
tory response, they drop on their knees
around him and uplift the “voice of suppli
cation.”
BY TELEGRAPH
Havana, March 23.—San Domingo
advices say peace is restored and busiress
is brisk. **In Venezuela city, Bolivia,
which was in revolt, has surrendered, and
President Blanco again had pacific con
trol of the whole republic.
San Francisco, March 23 The su
per visors have passed an order increasing
the police force, over the mayor’s veto.
Philadelphia, March 23 The Un
ion passenger railway depot at Thompson
and Ash streets, witli its stable, was en
tirely burned, and several dwellings dam
aged tins morning. The horses were all
saved.
Harrisburg, March 23.—The Green
back State Convention met in the House
of Representatives to-day, and was called
to order by Hon. Mr. Hines, of Lucerne.
Mr. Plummer, of Crawford county, was
elected temporary Secretary. The Com
mittee ^on Permanent Organization was
appointed, and the convention took a re
cess.
Washington, March 22.—In the
House, after the routine morning business
was concluded, the bill incorporating a
number of persons known as educators,
residing in various States, into the “Na-.
tional Educational Association,” to make
a report on educational affairs to Con
gress, was taken up and discussed. It
was opposed by Cockrell, Hereford, and
Ingalis, as outside the jurisdiction of Con
gress, and advocated by Baily and Hoar,
as constitutional, and in the interest of
national education. Pending debate the
morning hour expired, and the Geneva
award bill was taken up. Mr. Garland
addressed the Senate.
Washington, March 23. — In the
House, Mr. Conger said, in examining the
Record this morning, he found that the
bill relating to the whole question of ta
riff, amending thirty sections of the revised
statutes, had been referred, in violation of
the rules, to the committee on revision of
laws instead of to committee on ways and
means. He alluded to the danger which
arose from the hill not clearly stating in
its title its subject matter.
Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, said that
he had introduced the bill whose title
clearly showed to what it referred when
it stated that it was to revise and to
amend title thirty-three of the revised
statutes,and that the committee on revis
ion of 1. w* was the proper committee to
which it should go.
Washington, March 22.—In the Sen
ate Mr. Garland spoke at length in sup
port of the Geneva award bill, and was
followed by Mr. Dawes in opposition
thereto. At the conclusion of the speech,
Mr. Keman obtained the floor, but with
out further debate the Senate went into
executive session, and when the doors
were re-opefled, adjourned. ? ,i
In the House a short debate ensued, in
the course of which Mr. Reed, of Maine,
insinuated that Mr. Townsend had smug
gled the tariff bill into the House without
stating that it was a tariff bill, and had it
referred to the Committee on Revision of
Laws, instead of to the Ways and Means
Committee, where it should and would
have gone had the House been aware of
its nature.
Me. Garfield moved to amend the joui-
nal so as to make it appear that the bill
was referred yesterday, as it should have
been by the rules ot tlxe House, to gtlie
committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Nicholls, ot Georgia, moved to lay
this motion on the table.
A long, confused and excited debate en
sued. - i. i.
Mr. Garfield and other Republican
members asserted that Mr.' Townsend,
under cover of an indefinite title, had in
troduced a bill making sweeping changes
and reductions in the existing tariff, and
bad moved its reference to the committee
on revision of laws, where he knew it would
be favorably acted upon instead of to the
committee on ways and means, where
the rules of the House prescribed that it
should go, and where he (Townsend)
knew that it would not lie favorably
acted upon. The House, in ignorance of
the true nature of the bill (which was not
read) and in reliance upon Townsend’s
good faith, had agreed to refer it as lie
suggested. It is now proposed to correct,
by an amendment of the journal, an error
which it had committed. An excited per
sonal colloquy took place between Gar
field and Townsend, the former charging
the latter with practicing deception on
the House, while the latter declared Gar
field’s charge to be a wilful and deliber
ate falsehood.
Mr. Towasend defended his action in
having the bill referred to the committee
on revision of laws, upon the ground 'that
the protectionists in the Ways and Means
Committee smothered all bills looking to
a reduction of tariff, and he wanted this
bill to bo reported to the House, so that
the people’s representatives might have a
vote on it.
The whole afternoon was consumed in
an animated, and often, excited debate,
upon the question of the best means of
correcting the error made by the House
yesterday in allowing the reference of a
tariffbill to the committee on revision of
laws. Without final action upon this sub
ject, the House, at 6:10, adjourned.
Washington, March 23.—The Senate
to-day confirmed the following nomina
tions: Wm. J. Phillips io be United
States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Texas; George Tay to be collector of Cus
toms for the district of Cherrystone, Vir
ginia. The nominations of three census
supervisors for Ohio were rejected.
The House military committee agreed
to-day to report the hill of Mr. Ellis, of
Ljnisiana, prescribing the mode of pur
chasing tobacco for the army and navy.
It provides that the Secretary of War
shall cause all contracts for tobacco for
army use to be made iu Washington; that
proposals for furnishing tobacco bo invi-
ed in the cities of New York, Baltimore,
Richmond, St. Louis, Chicago, Louis
ville, Petersburg, Lynchburg, Danville,
and Quincy, and that proposals be acted
on by the officers of the subsistence de
partment, under the supervision of the
Commissary General.
Mempihs, March 23.—At a meeting of
the Directors of tho Barataria Ship .Canal
Company, Captain Thomas : -P. Teatliers,
of New Orleans, was elected President.
Richmond, Va., March 23.—A tele
gram from Chatham, Pittsylvania county,
Virginia, reports that a fire broke out
there between twelve and one o’clock last
night, which destroyed about a dozen
houses In the business portion of the
town. The total loss is estimated at $22,-
000. Insurance $15,000. The fire was
incendiary, originating in the house own
ed by W. R. Fitzgerald. This is the sec
ond fire in Chatham within the past few
days.
Montgomery, Ala., March 23.—The
Supreme Court of Alabama to-day ren
dered a decision in the case involving the
Selma, Rome and Dalton railroad, the
amount at issue being several millions.
The court decidedthat the first trust deed
of 1852 had a first lien on the whole main
line of the road in Alabama, but not on
the government land grant, and also upon
the corresponding portion of the rolling
stock, and the other portion thereof per
taining to the road m Georgia. A decree
will be rendered for the sale of the prop
erty and franchises, including the
grants of land of the road in this Stale.
The Alabama portion of the road is 150
miles long. The court also rendered an
opinion in the case of the appeal of Gus
Wynn, for murder, and ordered thathe be
executed on April 30tb.
New Orleans, March 23.—In refer
ence to the order in the matter of Morgan
and Raynoy, receivers, vs. the New Or
leans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Com
pany, no authority has been given, as pre
viously reported, to the American Union
Telegraph Company, to build their lines
on the Mobile road. The order actually
granted by Judge Billings merely gives
permission to the AmericanUnion Compa
ny to institute suits or other legal proceed
ings necessary for the ex-propriation of
lands or right of way. This order was
required because the receivers were offi
cers of the Circuit Court, and nothing was
granted except permission to proceed
against them, as the American Union
Telegraph Company have the right to
proceed against ordinary persons.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means were unable to reach a conclusion
to-day upon any of the -tariff questions
under discussion.
The Senate committee on pensions to-
measure commonly known as “sixty sur
geons bill.’!. The substitute^proyidesTor
the examination and adjudication of the
pension claims in such a manner as to do
away with the present exparte system.:
Galveston, Texas, March 3.—The
City of Mexico has arrived here, with
Gen. Grant onboard.
Dennison, Texas, March 23.—Yester
day as George Allison was- going home
from Tishomingo; Indian territory, where
he had purchasad a, new pistol, lie met
James Chisholm and a man named
Mosher with whom he was familiarly ac
quainted. Chisholm asked to'see his pistol,
and upon receivings cocked it and shot
Allison dead. .
Two parties of Indians had a regular
battle near Atoka, Blue Rivet county, In
dian Territory, yesterday. Several were
killed and wounded on each Side. A dis
patch from La Messila, New Mexico, re-
5 orts the killing cf Fred Nicholls, a mail
river, near Oleman Mail Station, yester
day, by a body of Indians, who robbed
the mail sack—some of the contents were
scattered along the road.
Washington, March' 23.—Affidavits
were filed yesterday with the United
States District Attorney for this District,
by Senator Hill and Samuel W. Small,-of
Georgia, touching certain, charges. and
threats made against the former by Jessie
Raymond.. The affidavits 1 w;cre referred
to-,lay by the District Attorney to tlie po
lice court, for such action as it may deem
necessary. Senator Hill’s affidavit sets
forth the annoyance to which'he has been
subjected by the visits of the. womqft Ray
mond to his house in his absence/ denies
the truth of her charge that ho is the fa
ther of her child; dentes having ever given
her money, or having ever seen her ex
cept once iu Atlanta, in the presence of
witnesses, and asserts that she is a wo
man of abandoned character,-and a black
mailer who has threatened to have “mon
ey or his life.”
- He fifes this affidavit in order that the
conservators of the peace may take sudr
action as they may think their official duty
requires. The affidavit of Mr. Small cor
roborates Senator Hill’s statement, as to
the threat made by the woman Raymond,
and declares that the latter, in a conver
sation with him (Small)' made use'of tlife
following expressions: “I must have
money. I want. $500, and I will have it
from him (Senator Hill J or I will have
his life. I am in dead earnest, and I do
not care if I hang for it. I will do what I
say.” The affidavit further states Msfeo-
lief that said Jessie Raymond will carry
Frank R. Sherwin aud his counsel, j New York, March 24.—News was re-
Judge Birdseye, of New York, bid the en- reived here to day of the destruction by
tire property in at one million dollars, un- fire of the entire business nnrtlnn nf s„.
der the first mortgage, and one hundred
thousand dollars under the second mort-
r Nashville, March 24'.—After corres-
out her threats by making an attempt 1-pbndehce with the Governors ofNorth aud
linnn SonotGr 1-1 illllfYk CamIK /1.,«sltnn nnJ Vlaalalk
upon Senator Hill’s life.
St. Petersburg, March 23.—At din
ner yesterday,' in honor of the Emperor
William’s birthday, the Czar said: Oh jibe
anniversary of my accession to the throhb
the Emperor of Germany’ gave me renewed!
day decided to report a substitute for the east to the Territory.
cial fetter, which was immediately pub
lished, and also by private letter, both'df
which deeply- .moved me. I.-reciprbqatje
the sentiments and wishes expressed in
them, and count upon the' maintenance
,and consolidation of the relations which
have-existed for more than a: century be
tween the two peples, - I. drink (o tlie
health of the Emperor, my best frietid. ,
Liverpool, March 23,—The steamer
Montreal arrived from New Orleans with
the mail and two passengers of the steam
er D. Sleinmanii, disabled at sea, and pro
ceeding under sail.
Paris, March 23.—It is stated that de
crees dealing with unauthorized, religious
bodies were signed at tlie Cabinet council
held to-day, but will not appear officially
till after Easter. They will be preceded
by a report drawn up by M. Leperej min
ister or the interior, which was unani
mously approved by the ministers. |
Admiral De Keijegu, Senator from
Cotes-nd-Nord, is'dean.
St. Petersburg, March 23.—Sen
tences of death passed on political.prison-
ers at Kieff, have been commuted in the
cases of two prisoners to hard labor, and
two others are to be executed.
London, March 23.—At a Conservative
meeting held in Hackeney to-day, Sir
Stafford Northcote severely condemned
Mr. Gladstone for using offensive language
toward Austria. He read a dispatch from
Sir H. G. Elliott, British Ambassador at
Vienna, dated yesterday, stating that Bar
on Von Haymerle, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, desires to disavow the language
attributed to the Emperor by Mr. Glad
stone.
Mr. Gladstone, in a recent speech, said
the Emperor had called him a pestilent
fellow. The meeting was very uproari
ous, owing to the presence of a number of
Liberals, aud Sir Stafford was obliged to
bring his speech to a speedy close, on ac
count of the disturbance.
London, March 23.—The Times this
morning says Mr. Parnell’s determination
that the advanced Home Rulers shall put
forward new candidates in a number of
constituencies to oppose the moderate
Home Eulers or Liberals, who decline
Home Rule pledges, lias thrown Irish
politics into a state of confusion, which
may benefit the Conservatives. This i is
in strikiug contrast with the discipline and
method of the contest in Scotland, where
the Liberals, avoiding the jealousies and
schisms which lost them rnauy scats in
1874, are attacking their opponents boldly
and at every point. The organization of
the Conservatives is even more complete
than that of the Liberals, but their spirits
evidently are not by any means so high.
London, March 23.—A dispatch from
Paris to the Times says the recent extra
ordinarily cold weather has greatly in
jured the vines throughout the country,
especially in Bergunuy, and this year’s
crops will again be very poor.
The Admiralty divi ion of the High
Court of Justice has ordered that the cer
tificate. of Captain Jones, who was in
command of the steamer Arizona at the
time she run on an iceberg, he returned
to him. ., , '
Galveston, March 23.—The city this
afternoon was gay with bunting, and the
streets were crowded with people in honor
of the arrival of General Grant and party,
who were brought in from the steamer by
the revenue cutter McLean. As the cut
ter approached the city of Galveston the
artillery fired a salute of twenty-fire gods'.
At the landing the party was met by a
committee and escorted to the Tremoht
Hotel, followed by a long procession
composed of the local military companies,
benevolent societies .and fire department
ol the city, After reviewing the proces
sion from the rotunda of the hotel, Gen
eral Grant returned to tho parlor and
held an Informal reception which was -at
tended by a large number of ladies and
gentlemen. The banquet which was to
have been given to-night has been post
poned until to-morrow evening at eight
o’clock on account of the lateness of
General Grant’s arrival.
Washington, March 2S.—The bill
which it is alleged was surreptitiously in
troduced in the House by Representative
Townsend yesterday, aud referred by the
House, in ignorance of its nature, to the.
committee on revision of laws, was, it is
said, a bill to admit free of doty, salt, pa
per, printing machinery, types, and all
chemicals entering into the composition
of paper. It is understood . that the
committee on revision of laws -will report
the bill favorably to the House at once, if
the House does not take the hill out of its
custody, and refer it, as according to the
rules of the House, it should yesterday
have referred it to the Committe on ways
and means. The latter committee at its
meeting to-day instructed Mr. Garfield to
use every parliamentary means to get the
bill from tlie committee on revision of
laws, and have it referred to the ways and
means committee, where all tariff hills
properly belong.
St. Paul Minn., Mjrch 23.—The
Democratic State Committee met here to
day, and called the State Convention to
be held May 20, in this city, for the pur
pose of electing delegates to Cincinnati.
Albany, N. Y., March 23.—Thomas
W. Olcott/Presiednt of the Mechanics’ and
Farmers’Bank, and of the Dudley Ob
servatory, died to-day, aged 85. . . ( 111
Chicago, III., March 23.—Informa
tion has been received here that the long
litigation over the eelebrated Maxwell
Grant, in New Mexico, was yesterday
terminated by a foreclosure safe of the
entire property, under a decree.of Chief
Justice Prince. This finally sets at rest
the title to nearly three millions acres of
most valuable mineral and grazing lands
in New Mexico, including Rattan Pass,
which is the natural inlet from the north-
gage. The aggregate of the mortgages and
interest held by Dutch bondholders was
eight million dollars. A United States
patent has been secured, and arrange
ments are to be perfected for the reorgani
zation of the company, for the develop
ment of the territory under the control of
a board of four American and four Dutch
Directors. The franchises are said to be
the most valuable ever granted in one
patent. The property is situated in the
northeast comer of New Mexico, with
twe hundred thousand acres across the
line in Colorado.
Harrisburg, March 24.—The Green
back Convention reassembled last even-
ing at 7 o’clock. A resolution to provide
for the selection by the convention of del
egates at large to the National Conven
tion was adopted. Also the usual Green
back platform. The convention then se
lected the delegates at large, and F. P.
Dewees, of Schuylkill county, was nomi
nated for the Supreme Court, and A. S.
Roberts, of Crawford county, for Auditor.
The. convention endorsed Hon. Hendrick
13. Wright for the nomination for Presi
dent, and adjourned sine die,
San Francisco, March 24.—The troub
les here have broken out afresh. The.
Sand Lot resumed its' fulmination3, the
newspaper war has broken out again, and
apparently all the recent pacific plans be
tween the'committee^ and leaders of the
Citizens’ Union party and Workingmen’s
party, have been thrown aside by both,
This state of affairs results from disagree
ments between the Conference Commit
tee, and is aggravated by the recent sen
tences imposed upon the Sand Lots ora
tors for using incendiary language, and
is complicated With the coming local elec
tion. The election of a State Senate, and
combinations afoot respecting the United
Senatorship are more unsatisfactory than
eve*.- ....
:Parkersburg,West Virginia, March
24.—During a high wind yesterday, a fire
broke out in Harry Thomas’ oil store, in
Kanawha street, -and threatened the de
struction of a large part of the eity. The
building, with six small frame dwellings
aridN.D. Coie&Bro.’s machine shop
were destroyed. Loss, $15,000, of which
Cote *& Bro.s, lose* $10,000. Insurance
$700; Thomas loses $1,000, no insurance.
R.:Logan, $1,000. Insured-
South Carolina and Virginia, Governor
Marks has appointed commissioners to ar
range in connection with commissioners
appointed by -the States ; named- for the
.ceqfemrial celebration of the battle of
King’ Mountain in October.
bite AJuijroivu kjs viuiuiauj . a . — — T, « j
proof of his constant friendship by an offl-j ^Madrid, March 24.—Strong efforts are
■ * - - • - • - ' " - - making, based on the traditions of Holy
Week, to obtain-royal plemency for Fran
cisco Otero Gonzales, who attempted, to
'assassinate the King, ^fhe efforts will
probably prove successful.
Washington, March 23.—In. die Sen
ate the resolution reported by Mr. Hill, of
Georgia, from the committee of Contin
gent Expenses, for the appointment of an
assistant librarian for the Senate, was dis
cussed.
Mr. Edmunds opposed it, saying the li
brary bad been satisfactorily administered
by one librarian up to March 4,1879, and
the present inconvenience was the-result
of the policy of turning out tried and effi
cient officers and replacing them by politi
cal favorites.
Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, and Mr.
Hill, of Georgia, spoke of the need for the
present increase. After discussion, the
resolution passed.
The National educational association
was then again taken up. : '
In die House, after prayer by the Chap
lain, the Speaker declared the first busi
ness in order was the question whether the
proposition submitted yesterday by Mr.
McLane, providing that the bill introduc
ed by Townshend last Monday, and referr
ed to the committee on Revision of Rules,
shall be taken from that committee ami
referred to the committee on Ways and
Means. Presented as a question of privi
lege.
Mr. Blackburn raised the point of order
that under the first clause of rule one, de
fining the duties of the Speaker, the jour
nal of yesterday would have to be exam
ined and approved by the Speaker before
the unfinished business relating to Mon
day’s journal would come before the
House.
The Speaker replied that the journal of
Monday had not been disposed of, and it
would be inconsistent to take Tuesday’s
journal before Monday’s for considera
tion.
Mr. Blackburn argued that it was not
demanded by the rules that the House
should approve the journal, but it was im
perative that the journal of one day should
re read at the desk immediately after the
assembling of the House on the follow
ing day.
Mr. Reed contended that Tuesday’s
Journal liad been approved, and he of
fered as his authority rule 24, which
declares the order of business: “After the
journal has been r- ad and approved.”
Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, quoted in sup
port of Mr. Reed’s position, section five of
the constitution, which provides that'each
House shall keep a journal, not that the
clerk shall keep it.
Mr. Blackburn quoted from “Cushing’s
Manual,” in support of his position.
After a short hut confused debate upon
Mr. Blackburn’s point of order,participated
in by Messrs. Blackburn, Hutchins Reed,
Fernando Wood and Newberry, the
Speaker stated it was competent for and
obligatory -upon the House to approve its
journal. 'The Chair would, however, sub
mit the question to the House whether
the journal of yesterday must be read bi-
fore the journal of : Monday must he ap
proved; .. - ..
Mr. Conger, of Michigan, objected to
any proceeding, except the submission of
the privileged question to the House, j t
Washington, March 24.—In the Sen
ate, after some debate thereon, the morn
ing hour expired and the Senate resumed
consideration of the Geneva awar^ bill,in
support of which'Mr. Kerhan spoke’at con
siderable lefigtiL-' - ''- *’ 1 * “• " ! 1 r
■ 1 Mr. Carpenter submitted a resolution
calling on the President for the unpub
lished correspondence between the United
States and Spain, with reference to article
nine of the Spanish-American treaty iof
1810. Adopted. - <15 '
After-a short executive sesion, ;the Sen
ate adjourned.
In the House,after some further debate,
the question whether yesterday’s journal
shbtud be read, was submitted to the
House’anddeclded in the negative by 127
to 115.* Much confusion ensued,points of
order of all sorts were raised and motiobs
to adjourn and to take a recess were suc
cessively voted down. The Speaker finally
ordered the. reading of the resolution of
Mr. McLean, of Maryland; setting‘forth
that Mr. Townshend’s hill had been im
properly referred, and directing that the
committee on revision of laws be dis
charged from its consideration, and that
it he referred to the committee on ways
and means.
This resolution Mr, Garfield agreed to
accept as a substitute for his motion to
amend the journal} made by him, but not
finally acted on yesterday. The Speaker
saidjthe pending question was whether Mr.
McLean’s resolution, presented a question
of privilege under House rule nine. After
muchiWrangling and confusion the House
decided by a vote of 135 to 08 that it did
present such a question and was admissi
ble.
Mr. McLean then demanded the previ
ous question thereon.
The supporters of Mr. Townshend re
sorted to tillibusteringto prevent action on
Mr. McLean’s resolution. At this hour,
9 p. m., the House is still in session, and
fillibastenng continues.
The House Agricultural Committee to
day considered a memoriaVof the Nation
al Oottbn. Exchange, praying for a Com
mission-of Entomologists to investigate
and report on the' snhject of the ravages of
the cotton worm and other noxious in
sects. No action was taken.
Petersburg, Ya., March 24.—At this
morning’s session of the annual confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of America, held here, at Union Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop W.
H. Mills, of Louisville, Ky., presiding, a
large number, of delegates were in at
tendance from various sections of the
United States.
fire of the entire business portion of Sa-
mana,Santo Domingo,on Tuesday tire 9th
inst. The fire covered a space of about
six acres. As there was not a dollar of
insurance nearly all the merchants are
ruined and the poor would be on the verge
of starvation were it not, that tlie country
around Samana abounds in fruit on which
all are subsisting. The most disgraceful
scenes of pillage followed the fire. The
loss is estimated at $150,000.
London, March 24.—The Times this
morning, in a leading editorial article on
tlie general election, says “it is tolerably
clear that tlie strength of the ministry will
be reduced.”
The Queen in her speech, to-day, in the
House of Lords, proroguing Parliament,
says she is induced by considerations of
public policy and convenience to select
this period of the session for releasin:
Parliament from its duties with a view to
its immediate dissolution and the issue of
writs fer a general election. She tenders
her warm acknowledgments to Parlia
ment for the zeal, and ability displayed,
and especially for the manner in which
the policy of the government has been up
held. Her majesty says her foreign rela
tions are favorable to the maintenance of
peace in Europe and expresses confidence
in the speedy settlement of affairs in Af
ghanistan.
Referring to the measures for the re
lief of distress in Ireland she says . she
trusts they will be accepted by her Irish
subjects as proof of ready sympathy on
the part of the Imperial Parliament.
Concerning the commercial and indus
trial depression her Majesty rejoices in
the present signs of general improvement.
Her Majesty pays tribute to tlie ligli
spirit with which the agricultural classes
have contended against disasters, and
concludes by invoking divine guidance in
the approaching election. The speech
was read by Lord Cairns, Lord High
Chamberlain. There were present only
twenty-five members of the House of
Commons, fourteen peers and eleven la
dies. < : ;
Louisville, Ky.* March 24.—At tlie
board meeting of the Louisville ami Nash
ville Railroad Company, held this morn
ing, E. D. Stamford tendered his resigna
tion in consequence of ill health. H.
Victor Newcomb, Vice President, was
elected as President; E. H. Green, second
Vice President, as Vice President, and
Messrs.. C. C. Baldwin, of Now York,
Clarence H. Clark, of E. IV. Clark & Co.,
of Philadelphia, and Logan C. Murray, of
this city, were elected Directors. All dif
ferences between the Nashville and Chat
tanooga, and Louisville and Nashville
Company, have, been adjusted. F. De-
Fuuiak was appointed general, manager
of the Nashville Railroad Company; also
general manager of the. Nashville and'
Chattanooga system.
Petersburg, Va., .March 24.—J. jf.'
Foote, white, Dick Long and Plummer
Willianytofolored, who have been on trial
in Halifax, North Carolina, County Court,
for the past ten days, charged with being
accessory to the, murder ofE. M. Hicks,
at Weldon, last November, were acquit
ted to-day.
Washington, March 24.—The sub-
Judiciary Committee of the Senate report
ed to the full committee to-day, in favor
of the passage of the bill to give the Attor
ney General authority to sue for forfeiture
of land grants of all railroad companies
which have not complied with the require
ments of their charters, and which are do-'
ing nothing in the way of construction.
The bill contains a proviso, however, that
railroad companies now prosecuting the
construction of their roads shall he ex
empted from the operation of the bill.
This is intended to protect the Northern
Pacific and other companies now actively
at work. No action was taken by the full
committee on the sub-committee’s report.
The President sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate this afternoon: Jas.
B. Angell, of Michigan, to be minister to
China, vice George F. Seward, recalled;
John T. Swift, of California, and William
H. Prcscot, of South Carolina, to be com
missioners to China to negotiate a treaty
with that country.
Washington, March 24,10:30 p. it*—
Filibustering still continues in the House.
About 7:30 a call of the House was made,
the doors closed and warrants issued for
the arrest of members absent without
leave. Tlie Sergeant-at-Arms - soon ap
peared with a number of delinquents, and
the usual amusing scenes were enacted as
these gentlemen made their excuses for
absence.
Mr. Steele, of North Carolina, in pre
senting his excuse, ascended to the Clerk’s
desk, and, amid great laughter and storms
of humorous criticisms and sarcastic re
marks, recited portions of Burn’s “Tom
O’Slianter,” prefacing his recitations with
the observation that what lie was about
to quote would be as good as the House
was likely to hear on this solemn tc asion.
At 10 o’clock Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, mov
ed to adjourn.
Mr. Garfield asked if in case of adjourn
ment his (Ewing’s) associates would con
sent to vote on McLean’s resolution to
morrow.
Mr. Blackburn said no agreement can
he had without unanimous conseut, and
that would not be given in the next twelve
months. The motion to adjourn was de
feated. Yeas 67, nays 72.
London, March 24.—A despatch from
Berlin to the Times says the Czar’s speech
at the dinner in honor ot Emperor
William's birthday, lias produced a
very favorable impression here. It is,
nevertheless, firmly believed in well in
formed circles that such alarming articles
as that winch recently appeared in tlie
North German Gazette, will be repeated
from to time, until Prince Gortscbakoff
and Count Miluhine are removed from
Russian chancellory and ministry of wart
- London, March 24.—A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to the Globe' says the Czar
has sent costly presents and an autograph
letter to the Emperor of Bokhara', thank
ing him for his offer to co-operate with
General Kauffman in the event of the Chi
nese investing Kuldja.
London. March 24.—The Journal de
St. Petersburg, commenting on the Hart-
riian affair, says: “H!theFrenCh govern
ment wishes to renounce all established
precedents of extradition aud create a new
procedure, it 6 certainly in the absence pf
a'tty treaty, master of the situation, but it
would ■ only have been just to advise the
government with yfhich it was in ne
gotiation, of that fact.”
St. Petersburg, March 24.—The Go-
los says reports have been received from
Central Asia, which excite grave appre
hensions for the safety of the celebrated
Russian explorer,: Fryheveloki, who was
making an attempt to penetrate Thibet to
the city of L’Hassa. It is feared that he
and his companions have perished.
London, March 24.—The St. Peters
burg Herald reports a new arrangement
made for the safety of the Winter Palace.
Five officers of the imperial guard are to
be stationed on each floor. They must
know every servant on each story, and are
instructed to hand over to the police all
strangers entering the Palace whose busi
ness is unknown.
London, March 24.—Concerning the
reports from Turkistan that Afghanistan
regiments have thrown off the authority
of the governor, a dispatch from Lahore
says the troops at Jellalabad were ordered
to advance on Gundamuk by forced
marches in consequence of the report of
the hostile attitude of the Southern Ghil-
lais. A deserter reports that Gholam
Hyder, Governor of Afghan Turkestan,
sent three regiments with six guns tow
ards Balkh to oppose Abdul Rahman
Khan. But they went over bodily to the
latter, and Gholam Hyder has fled, it is
not- known whither.
It is formally announced that writs of
the new election liave been issued to-day.
Galveston, March 24.—General Grant
took a stroll this morning through the
city, accompanied by Mayor Leonard.
Afterwards the whole party, with a num
ber of friends from Galveston, took a
drive on the beach. From three to five
this afternoon a ladies reception was held
the Tremont Hotel, and was largely at
tended. General Grant this morning for
mally accepted an invitation to visit San
Antonio, aDd the party will leave Friday
morning. They will probably take a spe
cial train of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe Railroad to Rosenberg junction.
General Sheridan and Colonel Fred
Grant, with their wives, will leave for
Chicago direct Friday morning.
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New Orleans, March 24.—A dispatch
from General Grant, dated Galveston to
day, says:
I will visit San Antonio, and not reach
New Orleans until Wednesday, March
31st.
Vicksbuko, Miss.* March 24.—Steam
boat Little P. was burned in sight of this
city while coming from Yazoo river. The
boat and cargo, of over one hundred bales
of cotton, is a total loss. No lives were
lost.
Wheeling, West Virginia, March
24.—The contest between the Western
Union and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Companies, and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad and American Union companies,
for the possession of certain poles and
wires claimed by both, terminated to-day
in a verdict for the Western Union and
Atlantic and Pacific companies.
Atchison, Kansas, March 24.—Tho
Chcmpion has advices from fifty counties
in this State, showing the election of 148
Blaine and 94 Grant delegates to tho State
Convention. Blaine will have about 60
majority in the Convention.
Cincinnati, March 24.—In the suit of
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com
pany against tlie Balti*>iore and Ohio
Railroad Company, and the American
Union Telegraph Company, tho Superior
Court refused to set aside the injunction
and put tlie former in. possession of the
lines. .
Washington, March 24.—At midnight
the House is still in session, with no
prospect of adjournment.
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physician, is also a member of tlie French
Legislature. He is a brisk and busy man,
keenly cognizant of the fact that “time is
money,” and, the other day, while wa3 in
attendance at his Montmartre consulting
room, two men simultaneously solicited an
interview with him, for the purpose of
taking liis advice. One of them, admitted
to his presence, and asked, “what was the
matter with him,” complained of a pain
in the chest; whereupon he was ordered
to take off his shirt, and Dr. Clemenceau
subjected 1dm to a careful examination.
Before the doctor, however, sat down
to write his prescription, he rang
the bell and ordered his servant
to show the other patient into the
consulting room. As the latter entered
the doorway, Dr. Clemenceau, without
looking up from the desk at which he was
writing, said to him: “Just undress yonr-
seif, too, if yon will be so good. We
shall save time by your doing so.” With
out a moment’s hesitatiori, the second pa
tient proceeded to take off his clothes,
and by the time the doctor liad finished
writing his recipe, taken his fee and dis
missed the preceding patient, was strip
ped to the waist ready for inspection.
Taming toward him, the doctor observed:
“Yon are also suffering from pain in the
chest, are you not?” “Well, no, doc
tor,” the man replied, “I have called
upon yon to beg that you will recommend
me to the government for a place in th»
post-office.”
. The Christiancy Scandal
Tlie domestic history of the Christiancy
family, as it is beginning to bo told in the
newspapers and probably will be more
fully told in the courts, is dismal enough;
blit it is in no way surprising. An old
man of seventy who marries a girl scarce
out of her teens, is likely to get a fool for
a wife, and the is tolerably sure to have a
fool for a husband. The circumstances
ot this particular marriage arc still fresh
in the public memory, and no one can be
surprised to learn that the result lias been
even more unhappy than the mo t cynical
could have predicted. It is not necessary
to weigh the accusations which
husband and wife make against
each other, for it is likely
enough that there is tmtli upon each side.
He charges her with frivolous conduct, as
though he had expected to find in her a
wife suited to his own ago; while she, on
the other hand, accuses him of harshness,
meanness and cruelty, as though she had
married him with any expectation of loye.
It is likely that both exaggerate their fan
cied wrongs, for there is no evidence at all
against the woman’s character and the
stories of personal brutality that she tells
are of a kind commonly taken with some
allowance in the divorce courts; but no*
effort is required to believe—it would
rather require an effort to doubt—that
both parties to this unequal and altogeth
er foolish unionhave found that they made
a terrible mistake.—Philadelphia Time*.
Gould and Iron Mountain-
There has been an unlimited amount
of discussion concerning Gould’S, relation
t> the St. Louis,Iron Moi a'a in and Soothi
cm road. That the great consolidator wiV
build an extension of the M. K. aud T
to Minola in Texas, to connect with tin
Iron Mountain, is an indisputable fact. S<
far as Gonld having purchased Iron Moun
tain stock, the rumor is entirely ground
less, and the recent boom in Iron Moun
tain is accounted for by the fact that the
financial difficulties of the company he o
all been adjusted, and tlie meeting on
April 27th will be held without a speck oS"
discordant feeling. President Alien, of
the Iron Mountain, admits that Mr.
Gould and himself have a verbal arrange
ment concerning rates to Texas points
reached by the Iron Mountain and the-
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Farther
than this, Gould has no connection with
the Iron Mountain whatever.
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