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Complete returns of the lata election
in Pennsylvania shuw that tho majority
for tho nt-xr constitution is 145,150.
"lln was a k'.od loan,” says on fowa
paper of a dacva c l citizen, “but then he
sometimes bet on the i/rrrmg horse, tho
samo ns tho rest of ns.”
ltsnsLT, if ever before in tho history of
Illinois, has tho growing wheat crop pre
sented so promising an appearance in
December as at the present time.
A Duduque man hired a policeman at
$3 a night to watch his wife, and alio was
at tho same time paying tho same man
$4 per night to watch her husband.
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Siiip/iuildinu is becoming an import
ant interest of the Pacific coast. Twenty-
flvo sea-going voasels, with a total ca
pacity of 5000 tons, have boon built at
Coos Day, Oregon.
The Republican party claims to bo tho
party of progress. Government livery
stables for Cabinet and bureau officers is
ono of tho features inaugurated by the
Grant administration.
Tuis is a remarkably open winter. The
oldest inhabitant dooa not remember a
winter in tho past twenty-five years wbon
loafers eon Id stand on tho corners in tho
middle of Decorator, as they do now.—
Arntniry Newt.
It isn't worth while, under all circum
stances, to express your sentiments free
ly, unloss you hanker after martyrdom.
While Lydia Thompson was capering in
a Memphis theatre tho oilier night, a fel
low in tho nmlienco shouted, “Bully for
you, old tow-top! Good Lordy, look nt
her hick!" and they put him out.
A roLCEKit man recently sued a phy
sician at Chenango, Now York, for cm-
ploying him to whitewash a building in
fected with sinall-pox. The negro took
the disease. Ho therefore asked $1,000
damages, on the ground that his health
was permanently injured and his face
disfigured. The court decided that tho
pits made his face look rather better than
nUimrariwi and lint, t.ho disease hadn't
hurt him much. Tho suit was accord
ingly dismissed.
ng locomotive engineers ii
* endeavoring to compel »h
: uil*..y- ‘oreo-J. from a reduction
| cents la t:.i doU.ii on wage- . and
I compli-h til i object they liar-: »i-
I rofu -t-1 to work at the reduced rates,
! (whi- h they have a perfect right to do.)
but tbsy are actually wrecking trains—
i fortunately with the loss of only one life,
| ao far; lmt at the imminent risk of de-
i troying hundreds of inoffensive people—
i num. woman and children—who have no
, .-on era in the quarrel whatever,
i A great express train yesterday, trav-
I oiling nt the rate of twenty-fix* miles an
hour, escaped destruction by the merely
ac. Mental discovery of a misplaced switch
a moment before it thundered by, and
then, having run that hazard, found the
nils and the tank water beyond looped,
for another chance of destruction. One
engineer on duty lias been shot—two
ether trains run off by misplacement of
switches, and another ditched. It ia won
derful that so much villainy should have
prov< d so little efficacious for the destruC'
tun of human life.
If one were to undertake an analysis
of that typo of human character which is
willing to murder hundreds of men,
women and children, on a question of ex
torting ten cents more in the dollar from
a railway company, he would hardly know
how to begin. There seems to bo noth
ing like it anywhere else—in any scale of
human existence.
Thero was n boy in New York, the
other day, who shot a woman for twenty
cents; but this was ten cents more—
the woman was a party to the quarrel
and the boy was a half-witted negro.
These are white men—grown men, and
they go ia for killing independently of
parties not concerned in tho quarrel, and
at something less than ten cents a head.
Some may attempt to compare it to a
mod Fakir running a muck. Bat the
Fakir has maddened himself for tho pur
pose, and is killing on somo religions
idea, we know not what; while those fel
lows are duly sober and kill for ten cents.
Some would compare them to Coman-
ches. Arrapohocs and Modocs—but the
Indians kill their enemies for revenge,
and for tho scalps, which represent glory
and repuiation to the savage, while these
striking engineers kill, it may be, their
parents — (whoever may happen to bo on
tho train) to force tho railways to pay
them ten cents more in the dollar 1
Some might resort to the poets, and go
dowii into hell with Milton or Dante, to
find a parallel to such stupid, sottish and
irredeemable depravity; hut thero is
nothing in tho poets out of which to con'
struct a similitude. No development
of moral degradation that we ever heard
or read of compares with it. Its enor
mity cannot bo described, arid neither
can it bo fairly conceived.
And yet if we may crodit the telegrams
printed to-day, the scheme of using force
to prevent the running of trains, which
includes tlicso and ether murderous de
vices was solemnly proclaimed in a reso
lution passed at a large meeting of en
gineers in ono of tho western cities yes
terday. Such an experience os this do-
vclopc3 the awful peril of those combina
tions to tho public.
Health aud Education.
Attention i- called to the advertise
| ment of Mr. B. M. Polhill in this edition
? tig 1 ] of onr paper. Mr. Polhill, having pnr-
I chased the grounds and buildings
j Monroe county, about isL-en miles from
I Mi on. widely known as “Montpelier
Institute,” is about removing his school
to that place. Wo beliere there is not a
more healthful spot in the world than
Montpelier, and to its natural salubrity
is added the advantages of fine mineral
water and spacious and well ventilated
buildings for r.isidence and instruction.
Tim site for the purposes of a boarding-
school could not be improved.
Ah to Mr. Polhill, he has been a suc
cessful teacher in Macon for the past
nineteen years; his school has always
been fo.ll of the best class of pupils, and
he bears the highest reputation for fidel
ity ami ability in tho work of practical
education. It has never been, nor will
ever be a fancy school; bnt a place of
good, honest, downright instruction,
where pupils ore thoroughly rooted and
grounded in all the elements of classical
and scientific learning—where surface-
skimming, had lessons, and loose habits
of study will never he tolerated, and
order and goo-1 government are always
well maintained. In all that pertains to
teaching—to government, and to awa
kening the ambition and energy of youth,
Mr. Polhill's reputation has been almost
unrivaled in this section of Georgia. We
■inccrely hope that with this important
change, ho will enter at once on a new
and wider career of usefulness, and can
confidently assure every reader who may
send a pupil to Montpelier, that snch
pupil will receive a thorough and ener
getic literary training, and no humbug
about it.
Tue New Orleam Picayune, recently
sold at shcrilTd sale for only $20,000, an
nounces its change of management. For
the past two years, says tho Memphis
Avalanche, tho Picayune has been blest
with two hundred ;unl fifty editors. To
be plainor, it was necessary to plcaso
that number of men who owned the
stock and kid their littlo axes to grind.
This was impossible, and in tho midst of
the grand muddle the sheriff took pos-
A usuARKAnLE instance of tho influ
ence of discipline in tho Russian army is
said to have occurred recently at a fire in
tho small town of Bnrdosok, where 102
houses were burned. A sentinel who was
on duty, having been forgotten, remained
at his post. Hij watch box was consumed,
nnd his clothes were already on fire, when
a corporal arrived to relievo him. Tho
Kmperor, upon hearing of the circum
stance, sent the man fifty roubles, deco
rated him with the Order of St. Anne,
nnd gave instructions for him to be made
a non-commissioned officer.
Rismakck Oct done.—Prince Bismarck
has just mot with n check. Ho had »in-
dertaken, says Galignani, to obtain the
adoption by foreign powers of German os
the language of negotiations. Ho had
not hitherto endeavored to iinposo it of
ficially, but had confined himself to semi
official propositions by liis agents. He
has just himself commenced the struggle.
Ho sent a note in Gorman to Frinoe
Gortscknkoff. who replied in Russian.
As the Emperor William's primo minis
ter does not understand that language,
ho had to scud for a translator, and tho
opposition journals of Berlin state that
he was much irritated nt the result of
llis experiment.
Gov’. McExkut of Louisiana, denies
tho truth of Senator Morton’s assertion
that tlio “Legislature had twice can
vassed the election returns and declared
Mr. Kellogg Governor.” ne says the
Senate has been grossly imposed upon,
and adds: "The original and only
authenticated election returns of the
election in Louisiana in November, 1S72,
are in u.y possession. They were never
in the possession of Mr. Kellogg or his
Legislature, and they are the returns
upon which I was declared elected
Governor.” These facts would have
considerable influence with a fair-minded
man. but they will make no difference
with Morton. He does not know what
right ..r.J justice mean when opposed to
his party.
CanaT1 No Anns.—The City Council of
Nashville has just passed an ordinance
provi ling that every person found carry
ing a pistol, bowie-knife, dirk-knife, slung
shot, ! r:: - knueks, or other deadly weap
on, shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, :.ml open convietiinof such first
offence shall he lined from ten to fifty
dollars at the discretion of the court, but
x:pon conviction snail he fined fifty dol
lars for every such subsequent offence;
provided, however, that ordinary pocket-
knives on.l common walking canes are
not construod to be deadly weapons..
The other sections of tho act make it
the duty of the polico t» arrest every per
son cnrrying arms, and making dismissa
from the service the penalty of neglect or
ailure to mako the arrest.
Hmv tho Trooly Loyl Hats Arc
Eating: the Cheese.
The trooly loyl officials at "Washington
must bo a rough lot—especially on water
coolers, towels and wheelbarrows. In 1871
tho Treasury Department used up $527 75
worth of water coolers, and had to buy
$G1G 37 worth tho next year. In 1872
they vrorc out $1,410 worth of towels, tho
hemming of which, alone, cost $330. As
for carpets nnd matting, they just tramp
out about $12,000 worth every year. But
they are harder on wheelbarrows than
anything else. McDermott Jc Bro. re
ceived $33 70 for repairs on one wheel
barrow during ono month in 1872. This
famous wheelbarrow reminds us of the
ono nt Gibraltar that was used to trans
port tho drunken British naval officers
down to tho boats, though doubtless the
usage tlio latter received was much more
vere. Perhaps, though, tho Treasury
barrow was used for a similar purpose,
aud the echoes of the Treasury building
often waked up by the watchmen
crying i “Pass Treasury official drunk on
a wheelbarrow.”
In the matter of horses, carriages and
wagons, also, tho trooly loyl arc very
free handed. In 1872 they used up only
$7,503 for having themselves and their
goods and chattels hauled about Wash
ington. There is a rt^lar contract with
tho express company for doing the de
partment hauling, but over $1,200 were
paid for hnuiing which was done by
neither express nor Treasury wagons.
The trooly loyl claim that all this ex
pense was incurred to transact tho de
partment business, but the purchase of
street car tickets for the same year
amounted to $43,000. Yerily the rats
are having a gorgeous time, but at this
rate how long will the cheese la9t ?
A Cargo of Silk Worn Eggs Worth
$2,000,000—How They are Travel
ing from Japan to France.
One of the most valuable consignments
that ever passed across the continent ar
rived at Chicago on the 24th instant, from
San Francisco. One freight car carried
the consignment, which was Talued at
$2,000,000, and which consisted of silk
worm eggs purchased at Yokohama Japan,
by the French government, and which
landed in San Francisco on the 15th inst.
These eggs are about one-fourth the size
of a common pin's head, and of the num
ber in this cargo some idea may be gained
when it is learned that on this one car
thero were nine and a half tons of eggs.
The cargo was carried to New York and
thence will be shipped per steamer to
Liverpool. Four Frenchmen accompany
the precious freights and will not lose
sight of it until delivered to the French
officials in Pari*. The eggs are packed
in leaves, layer upon layer, and placed in
air-tight tin boxes, which are in turn
covered with matting. The car is kept
at a temperature below the freezing point,
and no light is admitted. The matting-
covered boxes are piled on either side.
There is nothing to be seen there but
matting, and the appearance of the boxes,
says the Tribune, is certainly not indica
tive of the value of their contents. This
is the first attempt yet made to import
silk worms via the United States.
A church fair device in Troy rather
knocks the mock-marriage chip off Tal-
mago’s shoulder. A ragged colored man
and woman entered the crowded rooms
and pleaded for alms. They said they
wore starving, and their plight tonchod
the hearts and wallets of the crowd. Af
ter collecting a good sum of money, the
colored couple wiped the burnt cork from
their faces, and two of tho pillars of the
church were revealed.
Great Britain’s Asliantec War.
Onr venerable mother has an under
taking on her hands very like the Sem
inole war of Florida. The same jungles,
everglades and impenetrable morasses
cover every inch of the Ashantec country,
while the horrors of a deadly malaria and
innumerable rcaomous insects and rep
tiles do not make the situation more in
viting. The Ashantees, like their red
brethren, fight under cover of tho hush,
and are equally treacherous and san
guinary. In addition, they number
100,000 braves, and havo ever been noted
for their warliko propensities. "When
their king dies 10,000 slaves are immo
lated to do honor to his obsequies, and
lesser numbers perish for magnates
of inferior degree.
A special correspondent of tho New
York Tribune says the " Ashantees
are frantically brave.”
If either a general or a soldier runs
away, he is pnt to death, and the coarse
of an Asliantee general, when things are
going definitely against him in a battle,
is to sit upon a powder barrel and flash
his gun into it.
This would bo drawing itrather stron
ly, even for tho Spartans of old, and in
tho caso of a black skin, whether savage
or domesticated, must be received cum
grano satis. But still there is no doubt
that tho 1,500 British red coats and their
4,000 native allies will havo their hands
full in subduing these blood-thirsty reb
els in tho bnsh. Already the climate is
tolling upon tho ranks of tho former. It
is stated that the average life of a Euro
pean thero is tiro ycr.rs. To afford somo
idea of the sanitary condition of things
in the Cape Coast country, we copy a
paragraph from tin army correspondent:
The springs and littlo streams are
fouled with every kind of animal and veg
etable matter. The wells are poisoned
from the water percolating through a
soil soaked with impurities. The dead
arc all buried under tho floors of the
houses, and add their share to tho general
poison; aud, lastly, the tanks in the earth
from which tho troops drew their supply
were a3 foul, as fetid, and as poisonous as
tho general supply. Such a condition of
things would generate fever in a week in
any city in a temperato climate. Can we
wonder, then, that Cape Coast was deadly
to the whito man ?
Such a record is sufficient to daunt the
stoutest heart, as there is nothing the
soldier dreads more than sickness and dis
case in camp. On the whole wo may
safely conclude therefore, that the Em
glish have a Herculean task before them,
as their negro allies so far, havo given
tho most distinguished proofs of arrant
cowardice, running away in every action,
and leaving the handful of regulars to
do the brunt of tho fighting. "We con
clude these remarks on the Ashantee
struggle with a brief extract from the
correspondent before mentioned, showing
some of the customs and characteristics
of that people:
A rumor was current that fighting was
going on at Fort Napiheo (an English
fortification) “and all the women in tho
town whoso husbands were out there
made their appearance in the streets with
great daubs of white paint upon their
cheeks, shoulders, and bosoms, and with
white handkerchiefs around their heads.
This is supposed to constitute a great
fetish and to preserve their bus hands
from harm. The women here assist
greatly in getting the men out to fight.
When tho chiefs have once gone out fol
lowed by the bulk of the fighting men the
women hunt up the Btragglers, heap
abuse upon them, strike them, tear off
their clothes, and drive them from the
town. I have seen several very singular
scenes of this kind. A great fuss, too, is
mode when the chiefs go out, preceded
by a flag and tom-toms. The men sing
a monotonous chorus, the women crowd
round waving their hands, singing and
dancing, and the whole scene would make
the fortune of a theater which conld
represent it accurately. Both men
and women here wear a somewhat
scanty attire; but it must be owned that
the men wear their attire far more grace
ful! y than the women, draping their
clothes over one shoulder and letting
them fall in natural folds. The women
alter the whole outline of their figure by
wearing a bustle as big as a pillow. Upon
this a child is generally perched, and the
cloth is worn tightly wrapped round the
figure, just leaving the child's head free
to dangle about on one side or the other.
The men wear their hair quite short;
the women dress theirs in the most elab
orate fashion; some do it in one spike
sticking stiffly up from the top of the
head: some do it in two spikes, some in
four. Some divide the whole of the head
into regular shapes, giving it the appear
ance of a skull prepared for a phrenolog
ical lecture, but with a little fanciful
plait in tho centre of each division. Al
together their ways of doing their hair
are endless, and the rnort accomplished
Broadway hair-dresser would be surprised
to see how much is to be made out of the
slightest materials ; for the most favored
of these ladies cannot boast of a length
of hair surpassing eight inches.
After this, who will say there is any
thing new under the sun? Our sweet
hearts and wives, at last in their recherche
head gear, have been mere copyists of
wild Ashantee Africans.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Fraxk H. D'ANTToxic, who was
wounded in a street fight with E. W.
Hack, at Augusta, on Wednesday after
noon, died Saturday morning. The cor
oner’s verdict was that Hack acted in
self-defense, nock, who was also wound
ed at the same time, will, it is thought,
recover.
Newtcox Stock, negro, who was run
over on the Muscogee road by the Ma
con train last Friday morning, died in
Colnmbus on Saturday.
The Sun reports the sale of the Wool-
folk plantation, on the river below Co-
Iambus, to Mr. John Kyi J, of that city,
for $14,400—probably not a third of its
value before the war.
At a sale in Early county last Satur
day, mules sold at from $43 to $150 each,
and com at seventy-five and eighty cents
per bushel.
Me. House Jeter, son of Dr. H. M.
Jeter, of Columbus, in which city he was
born and reared, died last Saturday of
rheumatism of the heart, nt Opelika,
Alabama.
The Early County News makes these
sensible remarks on the subject of a Con
stitntional Convention:
The question of calling a convention
for the purpose of forming a new consti
tution is being discussed by our State ex
changes generally. The argument as to
tho necessity of a convention is a very
one-sided affair. The only opposition we
have noticed comes from the Atlanta
papers and from Whitely, of the Bain-
bridge Sun, (Rad.) That the press and
people of Atlanta should bo opposed to
constitutional convention is veiy natural,
for they know full well that ono of
the results of that convention would
inevitably bo the return of the Capi
tol to Milledgcville. "17111161/8 oppo
sition to a convention can bo accounted
for from the fact that with the doing
away of tho present constitution and the
consequent return of the capital to Mil-
ledgevillo, there would scarcely remain
enough of the infamous work of Radical
ism in the State to remind coming gen
erations that Georgia was ever cursed by
the unhallowed presence of the thieving
carpet-bagger or the still more infamous
scalawag. That the general sentiment
of the State is in favor of a new consti
tution thero can be no doubt, and the
controlling consideration with the Legis
lature in regard to calling a conven
tion will no doubt be, can wo
afford the expense in the present con
dition of onr finances? On this point
thero will be a diversity of opinion. Those
most anxious to have the convention will
be full of expedients to raise the neces
sary funds, while those who are less anx
ious will be doubtful, and those opposed
to a convention will seo in it ruinous tax
ation. Senators and Representatives
should mature the matter in their minds
before the meeting of tho Legislature,
that they may not spend almost money
enough in its discussion to pay tho ex
penses of a convention. Let there be
convention, say we, just so soon as we can
afford it; and that wo can afford it at any
timo better than we can afford to erect
public buildings at Atlanta, wo have not
a doubt.
Three Burglaries in One Night.—
The Chronicle and Sentinel reports three
burglaries on Christmas eve night in that
city. The stores of Messrs. T. P. Rou-
lett & Co., on Broad street, near the
Planter’s Hotel, of Dozier & "Walton, and
tho residence of Mr. E. V. Sharpe, Cal
houn street, were all entered. The rob
bers carried off $000 from the first named
store, bnt made a water haul in the sec
ond. At Mr. Sharpe’s house, the burg
lar, a negro, was discovered by his daugh
ter who called for her father, causing
tho burglar to jump from tho window of
the room he had entered. Mr. Sharpo
followed him, when the negro threw a
brick at him, which struck and cut a deep
gash in his head.
Miss Sarah McMahon, a young lady
from Atlanta who entered the Convent
of Mercy, at Savannah, as a postulant a
short time since, died quito suddenly on
Friday, of hemorrhage from the lungs.
We find tho following in the Savannah
News of Saturday:
A Bold Rodbery and a Plucky
Wosian.—On Christmas night a negro
named Frederick Walburg entered a little
store kept by Mia. Frederica Krieter, in
the southwestern section of tho city, and.
seizing Mrs. Krieter by the throat, shoved
her back to tho counter, whero he man
aged to reach tho till. Thrusting his
hand into this, ho secured about five dol
lars in change, nnd then pushing the
lady over immcciato’v darted out. Mrs.
K. quickly recox ered, and seizing a pis
tol from the shelf pursued the retreating
scoundrel. Sho got two shots at him,
both of which had effect, one in the neck,
the other in the shoulder, but he escaped.
-sterday morning lis was seen in the
vicinity, when Mrs. K. had him arrested.
He was taken before Magistrate Elsingor
and committed to jail.
The Recent Wholesale DrowninO.
■Mention was first made in the Morning
News of the drowning of a large party of
negroes who left this city on Monday last
in a boat, for their homes. We now learn
that instead of twenty negroes, there
were thirty in the party, all but one, who
floated ashore on an oar, being drowned.
The sloop was known as the Elizabeth
Miller, and belonged to the Farmers’ So
ciety of Hilton Head. Sho was swamped
on Terrapin Bank, near Fort Pulaski, y
Death op a Prominent Ladt.—Mis.
E. A. Booker, a sister of the late Princess
Achille Murat, of Florida, died yesterday
in this city, at the residence of her cousin,
Mr. J. L. Putnam, in the 00th year of her
age. Mia. Booker was a remarkable wo
man, and occupied at one time a promi
nent position in tho fashionable world.
She was a Miss Willis, of Westmoreland
county, Virginia, a family connected by
marriage with many prominent names in
the history of the country. She was mar
ried in early life to Samuel Duval, of
Florida. Her second husband was Mr.
Brockenboreugh, at one time a member
of Congress and a prominent public biiui
in that State. At the death of her sister,
the Princess Murat, the Emperor Napo
leon continued the pension given her to
Mrs. Booker, and it only ceased on the
downfall of his dynasty, in 1871, Mrs. B
was the possessor of many relics of the first
Napoleon, some of which were noticed in
these columns some time since.
A Christmas Row at Aiken, S. C.—
South Carolina Niggers on the Ram
page.—The Chronicle and Sentinel of
Sunday prints the following communi
cation :
Aiken, S. C., December 2G.—Yester
day, like most Christmas days, was a
cold, wet day, and the young men of
Aiken sought to amuse themselves as
best they could. According to time hon
ored custom—which, however, would be
more honored in the breach than the ob
servance—they diligently applied them
selves to the popping of fire-crackers and
other pyrotechnic displays. The two
marshals of Aiken (both negroes) were on
hand, and one of them, Randolph by
name, who is particularly obnoxious from
the fart that it is a matter of impossi
bility for him to be otherwise than inso
lent to white people, was so harsh in his
language and measures that he brought
on a disturbance with two of the young
men, which resulted in his getting
blow
from town—had it not been for the cool
an-! determined conduct of a young Irish
man by the name of Francis McGensie,
wL > was boarding in the house, and who
su. ceded, by the aid of several shots
from his pistol, in keeping the mob at
b u until the sheriff of the county came
to nls relief and dispersed the rioters,
am -orry to add that the brave younj_
fell re received a gun-shot wound in the
side.
The Newnan Herald has these statis
tic: :
Thirty-five planters of Coweta are
worth, each, over $10,000; thirteen are
worth, each, over $20,000; seven are
worth, each, over $30,000; four are
worth, each, over $40,000; and one over
$70.000.
Tho President and the Chief
Justice.
Under thi3 head the New York Herald
pays its respects to the man upon whom
in days not very long since gone by, it
lavished so much glowing eulogy. Times
change and men with them, bnt not
Grant. He is the same now as he was
when the Herald was his staunch sup
porter :
The determination of President Grant
to leave the name of Attomoy General
Will" >ms for the Chief Justiceship before
the Senate until the nominee shall be re
jected or confirmed is repeated from
Washington. It is natural enough that
tho President should take this position.
He probably regards Mr. "Williams as a
lawyer of respectablo ability; he certainly
knows him to be a serviceable political
friend. Looking upon the Supremo Court
of the United States only as one of the
most valuable sources of reward at his
command, the President does not under
stand why he should be proscribed from
bestowing its richest position upon one of
his most faithful servitors. Bat Senators
of tho United States at present owe alle-
gianco to the people, not to the President.
It is their duty to reject all improper
nominees for public offices. Especially is
it their duty to prevent the degradation
of the Supremo Court. While they may
excuse the obstinacy with which the sol
dier President adheres to his unfortunate
selection, they could not justify their
own confirmation of a Chief Justice whose
elevation to the important office would
bo a disgrace and a peril to the nation.
CLOTHING
100 CASSIMERE SUITS AT $8.50.
A Philadelphia correspondent says
ho recently discovered in the dissecting
room of a medical college in that city
the body of ono of his acquaintances, on
accomplished aud lovely lady, who had
died suddenly fix days before.
in the mouth and the woond-
of a negro in the arm. The
two young white men were also
more or less injured. Immediately after
this occurrence an infuriated negro mob
^assembled to the number of one hundred
or more, and attacked the dwelling of
Mr. A. S. Courtney, a quiet and estima
ble citizen, where it was supposed the
two young men had taken refuge. They
fired fifteen or twenty shots into the
house, hrokd in the door, and would have
murdered his defenceless wife and young
children—Mr. Courtney being absent
What “CItII Bights” Will Do for tho
Free School System In Virginia
The Richmond correspondent of tho
Cincinnati Commercial says the free
schools of Virginia have only been in op-
ertion three years, but that last year
100,000 children were taught in them,
nearly half of whom were negroes.
“But the civil rights bill, which seems
likely to pass Congress after the Christ
mas recess, menances it with absolute de
struction. If that bill passes, mixed
schools are considered almost inevitable;
those who think, that tho negroes will
not seek admittance to the white schools,
do not know the race as we do. The
whites of Virginia pay nine-tenths of
the taxes, and for years to come will not
consent to mixed schools, or to give up
the schools they are paying taxes to sup
port, to the sole use of the negroes. The
consequence may be, after that bill
passes, not one dollar more will bo appro
priated by the State, by the cities or by
the counties, for their maintenance. The
Constitution of the State sets apart one-
fifth of the property tax and all tho poll
tax for this object, but, as I understand,
the money cannot bo drawn from the
treasury without Legislative enactment.
I am satisfied that tlie actual creation of
mixed schools will break up the public
free school system in Virginia, and in all
the other Southern States where the
whites control.
How Lincoln’s Body Was Tricked
Ont for Public Show.
Maunsell B. Field in his book, “Mem
ories of Many Men and Some Women,”
recently published by the Harpers, tells
the following. It is eminently character
istic of the party to which tho dead man
belonged, and of their palicy of making
every edge cut for party or personal pur
poses :
As I saw Mr. Lincoln lying in state in
the east room of the Executive Mansion,
his appearance xvas quite unlike what it
liadbeenimmediately after his death. Tho
black had gone from his eyes and his face,
which had resumed a natural color. This,
I xvas informed, was tho work of an artist.
The pencil had been employed to produce
tho change. While his corpse was bcin^
carried in procession through tho cities
of tho land, before it was exposed to pub
lic gaze, the coffin was opened, the dust
was brushed from the face, and the dis
colored parts were retouched. And so ho
went to his rest!
Tn* Nexv Tribune Building.—Tho
now Tribune building now in progress of
■ection in Now York, will be the largest
newspaper office in tho world, as well as
tho highest building in Nexv York. It is
nine stories, and one hundred and fifty
feet in height, and on tho top of that
there is a huge tower upward of ahundred
feet more- The building fronts on Nas
sau street ninety-one feet, on Spruce
street ono hundred feet, and on Frank
fort street txvcnty-nine feet. Depth of
main building one hundred and sixty-
eight feet; height of tower above foun
dation two hundred and eighty-five feet.
Tho materials are stone, brick and iron,
and tho building will be fire proof. • Its
cost, exclusive of the site, is $1,000,000.
A Prosecuting League.—At themeet-
ing of the Nexv England Society in
Charleston, on tho 22d—“Forefathers'
Day”—Col. Richard Luthers addressed
the society at length on tho condition of
South Carolina and proposed the organi
sation of a tax-payers’ leaguo to pursue
the rascals who are now rioting on thefts
of the public revenue. Col. Luthers, in
the course of his speech made the follow
ing among other exhibits of the condi
tion:
The taxable property of the State be
fore the war. $190,(00,000
The taxable property of theState now 170,000,000
The highest tax ever levied before tho
war did not average over
The tax now levied
Legislative expenaea before the war...
Legislative expenses this year
Publicprinting before the war (under)
Public printing this year.
300 BLACK SATTINET COATS, from $3 to $5.
250 pairs BLACK SATTINET PANTS, from $2 to $3.
100 BLACK SATTINET SUITS at $5 to $6.
150 JEANS PANTS at $1.
100 JEANS PANTS at $1 25.
50 OVERCOATS at $5, worth $6 50.
Tho above ia surplus stock from our wholesale apartment. Tho prices are so low
that we must have the cash for them.
A suit of the above or a good suit of Boys’ Clothes, will make a sensible Christ
mas present.
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY.
dec24tf
North British & Mercantile
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH.
CAPITAL—BOLD
$10,000.00
Insures Stores, Merchandise. Dwelling. Fun.i
ture and all other property at unu
LOWEST RATES!
I. C. PLANT A SON, Agents,
Macon. Ga.
STONEWALL
JOHNSON & SMITH,
FERTILIZER.
For sale by
TURPIN & OGDEN,
SOLE AGENTS, MACON. GA.
0Ct7tf
WHOLESALE
G00,000
,720.000
40,000
291.339
3,000
331,943
The Eccentricities op Coal Creek.
"We are pained to see, from late numbers
of the Knoxville Press and Herald, that
the eccentricities of the Coal Creek mi
ners continue. Last week they appear
to have kept up a lively row all the time
—shooting—stabbing—throwing rocks at
trains, etc., with some trifling interludes
in the way of incendiarism. John Bar
leycorn was at the bottom of the trouble.
But the Herald says there is a feud
among the miners—the Irish and Eng
lish miners being very quarrelsome with
the negroes, and the "Welshmen taking
part with the latter.
W. ESPENNER,
Up hoi sterer
We havo a large and varied stock of GROCERIES and LIQUORS in store,
which wo offer at low prices. We will continue to sell to
PROMPT CUSTOMERS
On 30 days, but those of our friends who have not paid up their accounts within
that timo must not expect us to accommodate them with further credit. Wo desire
to approximate as nearly to cash as tho condition of trade will admit, and necessity
compels us to require hereafter the very best security from those who wish to buy
on 30 days.
JOHNSON & SMITH,
MASONIC TEMPLE, MULBERRY STREET,
dec3tf Macon, Georgia.
J. J. ABRAMS,
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE
—AND—
NOTARY PUBLIC.
I.. B. ENDUES, CONSTABLE,
CHATHAM COUNTY.
Office No. C Bull street, SAVANNAH. CA
P. O. Box, 3S7.
Special attention given to tho collection of claims
Warrants issued and promptly served. Office
hours 7 A. M. to 7 P. it. nov2 flea
HOWARD House.
BROAD STREET,
Nearly opposite Montgomery ami Eufaula Rail
road Depot.
EUFAULA, ALABAMA
J. W. HOWARD, - - PcOI-ItlKTOEB.
Only a short xvalk to and from tho Southwest
ern Railroad. Seventy-five cents saved in omni
bus fare. mints fin.
C. J. GAMBLE.
A. BECK.
A. W. GIBSON.
THE FOUR LEADING
PIANOS
Noxv manufactured are the
Knabe,
Hallett, Davis & Co,,
Haines Bros.,
And Southern Gem.
And tho best and
Cheapest Place to Buy One
Is at
LUDDEN & BATES’
MUSIC HOUSE
SAVANNAH. GA.
From 25 to 50 different prices and styles always
on band.
Every purchaser guarantee la good instrument.
Largest piano trade in the South and lowest
prices.
Every one thinking of buying a piano isrinvited
to write us for terms and prices.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES FREE.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Until times are better, we shall sell pianos at
wholesale prices for cash or on short time.
We guarantee lirst-rate Pianos for $205, $275.
$200 and $300. Superior Pianos, $325, $350 and $375.
Tho very best Pianos, $400. $-440, $i50, $475, $500.
$550 and $G00. Pianos never have been sold so
cheap before. These prices are only for tho pres
ent, Do not let the chance go by.
Piano? delivered, freight paid, to rash buyers in
tbe South. Pianos sold on long time.
COTTON
long t
FOR PIANOS.
GAMBLE, BECK & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PROVISION AND LIQUOR DEALERS.
We will take cotton at Savannah market price,
delivered at any point on tho railroad,in exchange
for Pianos or Organs, at cash prices.
LUDDEN & BATES,
novPtf Sarannah. Ga.
W. W. WOODRUFF,
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY,
C O TV,
iVf
O A.
LOWEST MARKET PRICES GUARANTEED.
01 THITRID STREET.
WM. B. JOHNSTON,
(Successor to-.THOMAS U. CONNER,)
DEALER IN
JR.
Cherry St- Next Door to Isaacs House.
short notice, and done well. Either new work
or repairing promptly attended to.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
nov29 lm
LOW FOR CASH.
A LL of tbe stock, lire and otherwise, of the
Geonria Mills, consisting of Flour, Flour
Sacks, Horses, Mules, Hogs, Wagons, Buggies,
Harness, Tools, Iron Safe*. Ollice Furniture, etc,
MILO S. FREEMAN,
dec21tf Receiver.
HATS,
FURS,
GENTS’
FURNISHING
EMBEACING
CAPS,
TRUNKS,
GOODS!
CRAYATS, SCARFS, COLLARS, SHAWLS, THE “DIAMOND
SHIRT,” and Every Article of GENTS' UNDERWEAR.
dec4eodly
UMBRELLAS, CANES, SATCHELS.
Cotton Avenne, next to Mix &. Kirtland, Macon, Ga.
USTETVEiR. SO AS NOW1
ENGLISH BRUSSELS, at *11Z, $1 23 and *1 40.
HEAVY WOOL CARPETS, 73 cents, »100 and *1 25.
RUGS. HATS, STAIR CARPETS, etc.
OIL CLOTHS, 30 conta aquare yard—up. . .
LACE CURTAINS, a largo stock, «3 60 each pair, 0045 00,98 00. $700, ** 00, $10 00 and any price.
N.B.—Bond jour plan, and buy Bargains. __
IaATHROP 4a CO
Savannah, Ga.
Every stylo of Carriages, Buggies or Wagons fnr-
nishod at the lowest possible price at
this Expository-
The Woodruff Concord Buggy,
Celebrated for light draft and durability, is
the leading Buggy, and a specialty.
The Whitewater and Woodruff
Wagons,
And other Western Wagons, at low Pn«
Descriptive Circulars furnished to tliaso w
will write for them.
All work warranted. ort g»ii-.
METROPOLITAN
IRON & BRASS WORKS,
Canal Street, from fitli to 7 t!l '
RICHMOND, - - - VA *
WM. E. TANNER & 00.,
EMIREERS, MACHINISTS AND FOUNDERS.
engines of all kinds.
Send for Circular. rlT
H. R. BROWN,
ianUU A * en *'