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o.utr tellbrafh a*. messexser. Ten l*cr Cent. Discount The W< only ITrlrqruph d^ftesseuger JK8DAT MORNING. DE< ■ have becndiscuntiu m firot of Sove:nl>cr. of the R of criui vn. h pap. inals ronv druwnin till offeMO*. Camrousia pays jut>- Hacking for her wl conics from Scotland. $1, 00,000 a year for nut. Most of it 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. ■ ■ ■ i ii ■ ■ 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 *'