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Newspaper Page TextDAILY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER Is p*U*sludovary m-yminy (Ifon ldy$cAMptfdJ in fXt Tdigraph Bwiirftng, ccrmtf of Qksrry and Second streets. Subscripting Jen Dollars per pear. Pits JkJUts far six-months, 7Vo Dsftp rs and /W Cents for throe months. an3( One Dollar per month far s a shoHer period. Transient Advertisements One Dollar per square often fRw or less for the first inter- Horn, and P\fty Cents for all subsequent in sertions. r Jjiberal* rates'tfcontractors. Tttk TtLRfflunr a»t> Xmior represents thrmefths uldost msmspapsrs isstkissection qfGeorgia, a nd for manp years has furnished fiats. As an advertising medium in that range nf country it has no equal. ICtltgraph&gftssmgtr TUESDAY. MAY 4. 1875 Mark Twaxx ha* a two-year-old boy mining one hundred pounds* - Th«y cxll him the greet innocent. Two United Sts tee Judges in North Carolina hare pronounced the civil rights ... t unconstitutional. The thing will be completely nddled if matters go on this »*/• Witt caQ him the "groom” as eight oet of ten people do? A groom’s busi ness is to look often horses. ..A bride groom’s business is to look af ter hu wife’s mother.—Keio Fork Tub late North Carolina Legislature passed a funding bill and ordered its publication for three months in the Lon don Tima, which has jnst rendered its bill, charging $5,000 for the publication. Tbr muoh-talked-of marriage of Earl Bosebony to a daughter of r William But ler Duncan, the wetl-known New York banker, will take ~plass ~ next month hr London.- It 1s repectod toi* azrRqu8nal“ ly grand wedding. ■i V. Bbeckimridob, the New York ruffian, who knocked down and robbed a lady on the pnblio highway on Monday of last Our Government, it seems to us, should w ““ v ♦*“» oar —n Europe and Ainet- week, was tried and convicted on -Wed nesday, and sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary. Is the great Are in Oshkosh, Wia., the other day, sixty-nino business houses and abunt fire hundred dwelling houses were destroyed. The total loss is put down at $2,500,000, and the insurance will amount to from $800,000 to $1,000,000. A rklioious weekly of high standing girts this advice: ** Kiss but never tell.” It is very excellent advice, too, it often happened that a man who has taken a kiss feels so good after it, that, like the boy who .finds a jack-knife, he must cither tell or burst. ‘ 1 '* ' Tan big clock and bell which will strike the dinner hour from the belfry of Independence Hall on Stiff dt.'WS', Cost $20,000, and are inicribod with the words: ~ Presented to the City of Philadelphia for the Belfry of Independence Hall, in the names of Adam and Moriah Sarah Sey- bert, and Caroline, their daughter, by their son and brother, Henry Seybert.” Wasn't it a little curious that the re cent fire in tho Union League Club house at New York while it spared such inno cent paintings as "Duck Pond” and "Bockaway Beach,” and a marble bust of Daniel Webster, it remorselessly con sumed Nast’s picture of "Abraham Lin coln Entering Bichmond” and Cropsey’s “Battle of Gettysburg” and "a block of wood supporting a shell from Fort Sum ter,” presented by Mr. G. V. Fox ? Gamumno is still the most doArly cher- ishod of Spanish vices. A complete ap paratus for playing roulette or trente-et- quarante is to be found in every honse- hold, and between midnight and 4 in the morning in Madrid, or between 3 and 6 in the afternoon in Seville, is the _favonte^ period for staking your |gold ounces, or — orange grove, or a'corlfferesA or a '< little vineyard, or next year’s olive crop, or any little handy trifle of that sort. A musical genius in an Evansville (la.) paper says, in an elaborate notice of a concert < "We will have to criticise Miss Bryant’s respiration. Her qarefin enun ciation is a breach of the rhetoric of mu sic. as it gives her terminals a disagreea ble sound.” We can understand why a fellow should object to a young lady’s "breach of rhetoric.” but to condemn her respiration and her termjinaR la) enongh to invoke the apparition of a big brother with a shot-gun. Spanish Wsrs-The Difficulty, The difficulty about the wars now going An, seems to be As BisbBu in of toe •takie. .When a brittle is tort cfc won, it amo«o*B to nothing aitiiar way. In Spain, about fifteen) hundred men,'on either side', nave Been fighting. One side runs, a “great victory ensues ; but 03 Spain contains twenty millions of people it is clear that when only fifteen hundred do not sharq materially jn the calamity. imht concerned, it don’t matter much which-, whips. In short, it is very much like a game between Johnson and Nutting at ten cents onto—(we believe that is the way they phrase it.) The parties may play forever before either is exhausted; Tho civilized world should insist that the parties fight by champion and abide, tfip result, or bring out their yipaand up tieir ehtire'piles‘on - the single issue, so that tho quarrel in either case may be settled agreeably to the usages of humanity and reason, and the interests ef-civilization. . It is a burning shame, an the one hand, for 8pain to pretend to dominate in Cuba, when she can bring no irfqre than a sher iff's posse into the field to assert and maintain , her authority!'. Such a war is entitled to no more respect than a paper blockade. ..And .onthe other hand, it js an offence against civilization, eommon sense and human’,interests .generally for the so-called Cuban patriots—who seem to bo little better than-a piebald gang of runaway niggers and yellow; cutthroats— to be prowling around that island in little squads of thirty or forty banditti- robbing, burning, murdering and devas-" taring indiscriminately. . They are no more than highway robbers. business has .been going on-now iven or fright, yhara, and the police -tion ongfttLtl interfere^ They will bo compelled to interfere at lost, and there is no good reason for farther delay. ica, to tho notice of friendly powers, aqd insist that the nuisance should be abated. In Spain wo read to-day of great Car- list successes, but we suppose they amount to nothing in tho way of deciding that mischievous controversy. The Storm In Southwestern Georgia. Wa I earn from a gentleman arrived from Fait'yallejjtHatfthe storm of Sat urday night was fttj severe and destruc tive in parts of that section. 'At Fort Valley hail came with the wind, and without any rain,. j Tho hailstones were driven with'greit'fur^, send some of them were as large as the egg of a Guinea fowl, though tho average were smaller. It W43 reported in Fort Valley that a house was blown down some four or five miles below, and two ladies were severely hurt —one of them fatally. The whole Tal bot valley is said to have suffered severe ly by the storm, which blew down fences, destroyed crops, damaged d veilings and inflicted great destruction generally. We presume we shall get later and more au thentic and particular accounts before going to press. , t ;j as well as editor, the "Atlanta New* As sociation" having transferred all its busi ness to him. Thz Atlanta Herald has become a joint stock company, with Mr. James Barns as business manager, Messrs. Alston and Grady retaining editorial control. Mr. Barns' l5Sffl“ftrS thousand dollars worth' of stock. Ha was with H. I. Kimball a 'year or two, and was afterwards Superin tendent of the Brunswick and Albany ,<*L He- is now in the service tot the Western and Atlantic railway. , Ta* Atlanta,- gapers announce that J. J. Findley (Radical) .Has withdrawn from the CongiMMtaPafcrwetotoe Ninth dis trict. He charges that Farrow and Price are “in. cahoot,” the former having prom deed Price the “Radical vote of the. dis -, * .. j i. I* trier. -- The Atlanta Constitution has the fol lowing : The grand jury yesterday found a true bill against John Bard for assault with intent to murder. Dr. Johnson testified before them that Spencer’s condition was still as critical as the first day he was arrested. . A bench warrant was issued against Bard, and we learn that Judge Hopkins fixed his bond at $5,000. Up to a late hour yesterday afternoon he had not succeeded in giving it,'and was still in jail. A true hul, for the same offense was also found against Mr. Tom Magill. His bond was fixedat $2,500, which he has.given. The Augusta Constitutionalist learns .that on Friday upon the - application of John S. Davidson, of that city, as a stockholder, Judge Wm. Gibson granted an injunction against the Georgia rail road, restraining it from paying the in terest dOo on $500,000 of bonds of the Eort "Royal railroad, endorsed by the Georgia road; also restraining the road from permitting any of the rolling stock of the Georgia railroad to be carried into South Carolina, and \ praying for the appointment of a recOirer for' the Port Royal railroad in Georgia We learn that the- bill' oharges that a-New York firm, and the parties most interested in the road, have failed to comply with the terms of their contract with the Georgia road.iu nqt haying paid the floating debt pf the company,'furnished proper equip ment for the road and a line of steamers from Port Eoyal-to northern ports; that the Port Royal road owes the Georgia road^lprgeaums otraoney/pr freight, use ofxais aridiepairs, and li unable to pay the same. We are informed that the bill does not affect the rights of bona fide holders of PorTlSd^aT railroad bonds en dorsed by the Georgia road, but attempts toprersot -the-paymeat of the prii ' | hr* interest* oh them -field' by the New York firm, on the ground that they are largely indebted to. the Georgia, railroad and have ’ failed to comply with their agreement, and that in.consequence of these complications the stock of the Geor gia railroad has been depreciated in val ue. The case has excited much interest patch!s pnaaed between parties on yeBter- been set for a The New The Chicago Times says of the new Attorney General: "He is a man of wealth, and would not use the office for his own per sonal benefit, but there is reason to bet lieve that he will use it for political pur poses almost as unscrupulously as his predecessor has done. Personally and intellectually, however, he is a consider able improvement over Williams, and we may expect that his decisions will at least agree with each ether.” The largest sailing vessel on the great lakes was launched at Toledo on Wednes day last. She is 235 feet in length on her keel, and bean four masts, each over 100 feet high. One of the prettiest incidents of the ceremonies must have been when, "at a signal frpm the foreman, the great black hnll started water ward, and almost in a twinkling kissed the -water* of the Maumee and received its baptismal bless ing amid the screech of tug and railroad whistles, the waving of banting, and the plaudits of the multitude assembled.” Accordino to the Washington corre spondence of tho Baltimore Son, the fed eral treasury cannot be raid to be in a very prosperous condition. The currency balance in the treasury, which was over $10,000,000 two months, ago, has ran down to about $1,71X1000. It looks as if in ’a very short time this would be en tirely exhausted unless it is replenished by the sale of gold. Bat the drain on the treasury gold will be heavy during the rest of the fiscal year, and it may be questioned whether, should the secretary wish to resume his gold sales, he will find any considerable sum available in bis vaults. Ohio the Battle-Ground.—The Cin cinnati Enquirer attempted to interview Yioe President Wilson, while in that city, -with the following result: "Mr. Wilson refused to talk on the third term policy for personal and political reasons. He •would say, however, that the great bat tle-field of the next national campaign would be in Ohio. It was here that the battle would be lost or won to the Repub lican party. This fact was, he said, rec ognised by the party Isadora at Washing ton. and great efforts weald be made on both sides to carry the election of Ohio between this time and November of next year." A lady traveling from New York to Boston, a short time ago, took her seat in a drawing-room car, the only occupants of which were two gentlemen. One was smoking; the other held -a fresh and un lighted cigar just ready to apply the match. The fair-traveler did not like the odor of sinok^ and calmly remarked aloud that thia.wasLthe drawing-room car, and they would please find the smoking-car forward, for the smoke was Terypffensive toher. The gentlemen re moved the obnoxious weeds, but looked extremely serious about it, and had a word or two with the, conductor when that functionary entered. He mildly re quited tjoljjdy to i|tep into another car, butshe was comfortably seated and de clined to move. By and by other gentle men appeared and addressed the ^ould- be smoker as “Mr^Prerident,”! hud when at last some one let drop the mystic word "Grant” the, obtuse .but well-meaning dame recognized hercomiiahy, aid, sum moning the conductor, sought another car. All this is picturesquely told by The Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. The tendency to restrict the power of the majority to vote away the property of the minority is every day manifesting' itself. In Massachusetts the general railroad law. has hitherto permitted towns and cities of less than thirty thousand inhabitants to subscribe,' by 1 a popular vote, to the stock of any roads passing within their boundaries. This law hay ing been in many instances greatly abused the matter has been brought to -the attention of the Legislature and the House has passed a bill repealing the law altogether and permitting no corporate subscriptions to such enterprises.—Chron icle and Sentinel. We hail the growth of such tendencies with unmixed satisfaction. Massachu setts in this matter has set an example that we hope to see followed all over the country—at the South and in Georgia, especially. There never will be any gen uine prosperity and Bafety fez property until tho 'owners thereof, who pay the taxes and support the Government, are allowed to control, exclusively, the deter mination of such matters. In no other way can the deviltry of universal suf frage be deprived of it> sharpest sting. The model hous es for Chicago, for the plans of which a prize of $1,000 was of fered by the Merchahts’, Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Saving Fund, are now being built in that city. In about one month they will be completed, with temporary doors, windows and stairs made of rough boards and protected with fire-proof print. Fires will then be bnilton the slate! rooty add Oy the ^interior of the houses to find the amount of damage that may possibly arise from an acciden tal fire. It is not expected that the buildings will be wholly fire-proof. Sev eral acres of land between the parks and. thahusmees parts of the city have been purchased on which to build the "model cottages,” costing from $1,000 to $4,000 each. The money far the enterprise is to be supplied by Eastern capitalists. .30) At present there is a rage in England for old china,- and the most extravagant prices are paid for a rase or an antique set. At a recent sale in London a set of three vases, seven and a half inches high, fetched $600, and a pair of deep blue vases, with Watteau figures, three and a half inches high, a few dollars more. A tiny Britannia enamel patch box, bearing a miniature of Peg Woffington, sold for $70, two small vases in Chelsea ware $1,000, and so on. At a previous sale a lord gave $35,000 tor two rases of Sevres china, while a particularly fine set brought $50,000. V THE GEORGIA PRESS. hearing before Judge Gibson, on the 11th. JThk Augusta' Chronicle and .Sentinel says the telegraph operator at • Rutledge on the Georgia, railroad nine miles above Madison, telegraphed Saturday afternoon that a terrific tornado struck that place that afternoon, ami that sot "a house was then standing eioept the building where the telegraph -office is located. Before any farther particulars Cpuld be given, however, the line stopped working. Rutledge is a place of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, and 'before the storm contained nearly fifty houses, all of : which, with one or two exceptions, were one story frame structures. They were occupiedjirincipally by employees of the Georgia railroad and their families. Every effort was'made last evening to obtain full particulars of the disaster but as the telegraph line was blown down this aids'of Rutledge, cutting off all communication between -Augusta and that place, by that means, but little could be heard. A telegram received from At lanta states that the storm struck the up passenger train on the Georgia rail road as if jvaa leaving Rutledge at forty minutes paiftwo o'clock. . Trees were blown acrosa the track, and the train was delayed a half honr, removing them. Dr. Montgomery’s - house,- a short distance beyond Rutledge, was blown down, and his son, four years old, blown away.' He bad not been found, when the train left. John Norton’s wife and child were badly hurt at Covington,” The :-Georgia. Railroad.—The same paper, under the above head, has the fol lowing : Some weeks ago we published a rumor to the effect that a movement was on foot to have the headquarters of the Gecrgia Railrood and Banking Company transferred from Augusta to Atlanta. This report' was piromptly contradicted,' but not by any person, so far as we re member, who was' authorized to make the contradiction. Yesterday we reoeived • letter from a gentleman-living, on-the line of the road, from which we make the following extracts: ~*‘I cannot forbear the ear really was. It VX been so long since-they had seen anything «f come. The corn came tern the plan to- tion of Mr. Kyle, of this city-* Os last Tuesday, 'says the Cnthbert Appeal, John W. Hart, one of our mer chants, received the following through the postoffice: "Mrs and Mr. John Hart, Cnthbert, Ga.: Tsend you by express’ $100. Rleaae for- give a poor wretch like I have been* Singleton Raher. 1 The note, as seen by the postoffice mark on ihe envelope, was mailed in Au gusta, G&- Mr. Hartthought but little of the contents of so mysterious and un expected a message, believing that some one was attempting to perpetrate an April joke on him. He finally concluded to test the matter, when he called at. the express office, and to his surprise received a package containing an hundred dollar bill without, a word or pine of explana tion. Who "Singleton Hazier” is, no one in these parts can tell. -The most satis factory solution we have hettfd to . the mystery is, that the “poor wretch” Is one of the party who entered Hart’s store in January, 1874, and knocking him down with a huge stick, robbed his money drawer of about $300 and fled. The Brunswick Appeal is "authorized to state officially that the two magnifi cent steamers—having superior passen ger accommodations—the Montgomery and Huntsville, have been secured by Herm. Gelpcke, the New York agent, to make weekly tnp3 from New York to Fernandma, and to touch at our port eaih Wednesday on their way to New York.' Among -other inducements-to settie in Rome the papers of that place offer a one thousand dollar hearse, jnst received from New York, and which is described with an unctuousneBS truly frightful. The Rome Courier says a "meeting of the purchasers pf that, part.pf v the Sel ma, Rome and Dalton Railroad in the State of Georgia was held in’this city on Thursday last for the purpose o£. el Act ing a board of directors. A large pro portion of the proprietors were 'present either by proxy or personally—Judge T. A. Walker, chairman, and Mr. Jno. Tuck er, secretary. The follpTriqg gentlemen were elected as directors, namely: Dan’l Tyler, Richard T. Wilson, ’William H. Fogg, James P- Wallace,-Wm‘. Allen But- ler. Daniel S. Printnp, Alfred L. Tyler. After adopting a code, of by-laws, the meeting adjourned. , The officers of the road will be elected in New York.' We agree with the Chronicle and Senti nel in the conclusions reached in the fol lowing orticlet Georgia and Tennessee.—From the telegraphic dispatches it would appear that the-Governors of Georgia andTen- nessee have gotten into a veiy pretty squabble. Gov. Porter has refused to recognize a requisition from GoV; Smith, Georgia, for a man named A. J. Saunders, incarcerated at Shelbyvilie, because Gov. Smith had two months ago refused to re cognize one from him for a man named Knight. Gov. Porter says he will recog nize Smith’s requisition as soon as Smith recognizes his.,.Thus the matter rests. Sannder's has been released from confine ment and criminals go at large unpun ished because of a misunderstanding be tween the Governors. It seems to ua that Gov. Smith did wrong if he refused to honor the legal requisition of the Goy. ernor of Tennessee and that'Gov. Porter is acting very childishly to resort to such a method of revenge. Tlie Storm of Saturday. The old black belt of Georgia has again suffered severely, at least in Mor gan county, from the fury of the ele ments. Some of the details appear in Sunday’s telegrams. The bridge blown away by the same storm, in Knoxville, East Tennesse, the Press and Herald says was a Howe truss wooden structure, uncovered, and cost the county of Knox $165,000, for which bonds were issned and readily purchased at par. The superstructure cost about $70,000. It was erected in 1872-73, be ing completed in the Summer of the latter year. The bridge, with its ap proaches, was 1,980 feet in length, and was 104 feet abote low tide. iThe piers were solidly built of massive blocks of scone. The superstructure of the bridge was anchored to each pier by four huge bolts' of-two and one-quarter inch thickness, driven deep into the. masonry. The..su perstructure was strongly and-firmly, built. It. was weather-boarded-, on - each side, and it3 sixteen feet of. weather boarding, two thousand feet in length^ and one hundred feet above the river, presented a fair target to the terrible winds which so often sweep the river. Grant’s New Attorney General The Baltimore Sun says : Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, who succeeds Mr. Williams in the attorney generalship, was born at New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, in 1817, educate# at the Old Grammar School” of that city, and entered Yale in 1833. Gradhiting in 1837, in the same class with Mr. Evarts and Chief Justice Waite, taking high honors. Ho studied law, and in 1840 was admitted to practice, removing to Columbus, Ohio, where during' fh'e ensu ing five years enjoyed a most successful iSd^fvS^tan^^thrcIti In I consider of vast importance to the clti-T zens of Augusta. I am satisfied that it is the intentien of the stockholders of the Georgia railroad to remora the head quarters of the oompany from Augusta to Atlanta. If this scheme is success ful, it will certainly be a severe blow to your city. My opinion is that the future officering of the road is a serious matter: for Augusta.” * * * The friends of Atlanta and many stock holders fit. the road speak of tins change as confidently as if it was already accom plished. I toid some of them opposed to electing any Augusta man as officer in the .company. The treason for. this, is clear.” IWe sinoerely hope, that our Cor respondent is. mistaken, but at the same time his. statements are made so specific ity and follow so close upon the reports hich obtained circulation a few weeks since that, ws feel warranted in making this letter public. It is already apparent that the determination of Judge King to resign the Presidency of the company will be productive of much trouble, pos sibly of much mischief. There are sev eral candidates in the field, each of them with a strong following, and the race will be exciting and closely contested. The Savannah Advertiser, of Sunday, announces the death, on Saturday morn ing, of 3- M. B. Lovell, Esq., a i promin ent lawyer of thatfeify. The Savannah Hews says “Tom Saffold, of Madison, says he has never' fdrgiven Ben Hill for his ‘Notes on the) Situa tion.’ They were composed-of meat en tirely too strong for compromise babes.” The same paper says one hundred and three men who have “been engaged in getting out live oak timber in Florida since October last; will leave this port by steamer' for New York -to-day, the season being over. We are • informed by one of tbe cutters that since they started work last fall they hare cut, dressed and sent to Brooklyn about throe hundred thou sand feet, to be used for ship-building purposes.” The Columbus Times, of Sunday, an nounces the death at Albany, oh Satur day, of Mr. Peter McLaren, for many years a prominent grooer of Columbus. The Enguirer-Sun, same date, has these items: ~ Havt Frost.—Yesterday last year there was«-heavy'frost in this section. Potatoes covered with pine straw were nipped, and nearly all the cotton was de stroyed. - ria . _ 1 Wagon Loads or Corn in the Shuck. The town was sensationalized Thursday by the arrival of three wagons heavily loaded with corn in the shuck, each drawn by six sleek, fat, active moles. The corn was a market cariosity, and-many-gath ered around just to recall what corn in New York, where he has since resided. In 1857 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the Superior Court, a position which he held for three years, then resigning. When the war broke out he arrayed him self on the side of Mr. Lincoln, nominally as a war Democrat; was a member of the Union defence committee of Now York; a member, in 1862, of the commis sion for examining into the cases Of pris oners of state, and one of the counsel for the government in the Surratt trial.. Shortly after the nomination of Mr. Sey mour he declared for Grant, and on the election of the latter he was made dis trict attorney, holding'the office .some what over a year. In 1873*he was entered and declined the Russian mission. Mr. Pierrepont was a member of the constitu tional convention of 1867, when he served on the jndiciaty committee. The Sun leaves out Piorrepont’a strong est recommendation for office # tmder' Grant. In 1868 he contributed $20,000 towards securing his patron’s ainction. An experienced farmer told us that one of the best wheat crops he ever saw,was made in the year 1845, when the blade was killed to the ground by the cold in May, and put up again.—Danville Register. People’s memories are very short, says the Richmond Dispateh. In 1857 the com in a great part of Virginia was de stroyed by frost on the 5th of June. The fields were replanted, and a good . crop of corn was the farmers’ reward; RIOT IN DARIEN. Beware op the Bones.—The Balti more Sun of Friday says jL i V s William Steele, a carpenter, who lived near BrooklandviUe, Green Springyalley, Baltimore county, whilst eating pearch for breakfast, on the 16th nit., swallowed a piece of bone, from the effects of which he died on the 2Ut ult. Dr. H. L. Nay lor attended him and after death, assisted by Dr. Councilman, held a post mortem, and found the bone had passed out of the stomach into the bowels, wounding them, producing inflammation, with the above results. The Third Partt.—In his speech at the Schurz banquet the other evening, Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Com mercial, said there are only two parties in Ohio, "for the third party is gohe. There is only one man left in Cincinnati who belongs to it." He doubtless meant himself, and yet he confessed: “We have all preached reform; and. the result has been that in the ejection held a fe weeks ago every town - in the State ic over 2,500 inhabitants, with a single exception, were largely carried by the Democratic party.” -lit - toe brave Mu- rat continue to-preach reform; the peo ple know where the article is to be hid. Tania Again on tho Rampage. Savannah, May 2.—On Friday night, about dusk, a negro riot occurred at Da- . rien, in which the sheriff, two whites and one negro were slightly wounded. It was caused by‘the arrest of Tunis G. Campbell, negro magistrate, on a bench warrant of Jndge Tompkins, and failing to give bond, he was ordered to be kept in confinement at the Court-house until he could be removed to a place of safety. The negroes,; armed with guns and sticks, gathered at the Court-house threatening to rescue him. The Marshal of Darien attempted to disperse the crowd and was knocked down and badly bruised. The Sheriff, with Judge Tomp kins, went to the steps of the building when firing commenced. Fifteen shots were fired with the above result—the Judge narrowly escaping. A posse was organized and guarded the Court-house the remainder of the night, but there was no farther trouble. Campbell was brought to this city by steamer and is now in jail. Arrest of Thieves. Memphis, May 2.—Bud Montgomery, Bea Hale, and one Jackson were arrested at Carney, Arkansas, charged with rob bing the Southern Express agent at that place in January last of his watch and three hundred dollars. Hale confessed, stating that Jackson was the leader in this and many other robberies. While the prisoners were being taken to jail by a guard of five men, Jackson threw his overcoat over the head of the nearest guard and ran. He was fired at several times but effected an escape. The other two are in jail. Jackson is said to be the chief of the Gads Hill rob bers. .^not^ec Storm In Morgan. Augusta, May 2.—The storm struck the up passenger train, on the Georgia Railroad as it was leaving Rutledge. Trees were blown across the track. Dir. Montgomery’s house, near Rutledge was blown, down and his son, four years old, was blown away. John Morton’s wife and child were badly hart at Covington. Treasury Operations for May. , Washington, . May 2.—The Govern, ment sells a million and a half of gold on the first and third'Thursdays, and a mil lion on-the second and fourth Thursdays of May—five millions in all. Saw Mills Burned. Jacksonville, May 2.—The extensive steam saw lumber mills of Espingdr, Russell ,& Co. were destroyed by fire last night. The, loss. is estimated at $100,- OOCVand is only partially insured. IiOnialana—Defaalt and Bribery. New* Orlej^ns, May 2.- j -Both city and -tjie Louisiana lovee company have de faulted on interest due yesterday. Fire persons have been indicted for bribing members of the Legislature with the in tention of influencing their votes. Ice and Snonr in Nebraska, i Omaha, -May 2.—Ice formed half an inch in thickness in this section last night. A lightsnow, mingled with rain, fell all the afternoon. It is very cold still -and raining. . , Drowned. - Chicago, May 2.—Three persons were lost in the lake to-day by the capsizing of a fishing boat. Short Work In Lowell. Lowell, Mass., May 2.—The produc tion of the cotton mills has been decreas ed 25 to 40 per oent. since the strike. In mule spinning the decrease is 50 per cento m<- - Sodden Death of an Actor. .. Toledo, O., May 2.—J. J. Pryor, play ing with the Lotta troupe, fell dead of heart disease in tho dressing room at the opera house, during the performance of Little Nell last night. Mr. Pryor was a resident of New York. Germany and Belgium. Berlin, May 2.—The answer of Bel gium to the last German note has been received. It is courteous in tone. It merely takes notice of Germany’s action in regard to the revision of tho penal laws and in no way returns to the sub jects of the first reply. It reserves, for a future time, the adoDtion of a resolution in accordance with the friendly declara tions contained in that reply. German News. An address to the Emperor William, praying for his sanction and patronage for an imperial German exhibition to be held in 1878, is in circulation in this city. Henry Albert Zachariae, the eminent German jurist, is dead. Fire In Liverpool. London, May 2.—St. James Hall in Liverpool has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $150,000. ./Lectures on Ireland. Mr. John O’Conner Pouw, member of Parliament for Mayo county, has been engaged for a six months’ tour in the United States to deliver lectures on the present condition of Ireland. ' Spanish War. Madrid, May 2.—The blockade around the provinces occupied by the Carliats has been re-established. Dispatches received here announce that Don Alfonso remains at Gratz. FROM MEXICO. Letter From C. A. N.—No. 4. .Mexico, April 14th, 1875. THE AZTEO CALENDAR STONE. Having pretty well exhausted the church interest, our attention was now turned to more material things; and in starting ont on our explorations this morning,Vre made the celebrated Aztec Calendar Stone instrumental in gratify ing an enlarged cariosity. It is imbedded in solid, heavy masonry outside, but adjoining the Cathedral wall near its northwest frontal corner. It is of a species of coarse brown sandstone, circular, about nine feet in diameter, and thirty inches thick. The whole surface and ’ part way down its edge is closely covered with rade hieroglyphics, while in the centre is a large hideous carrica- ture of the human face. The stone is said to have occupied an elevated posi tion in the Aztec temple, but for what purpose, object or use, has never been satisfactorily explained. MEXICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM. Next comes the National Mnseum. On entering we are ushered into a large in ner court, where the first object lying prominently before yon is the old AZTEC SACRIFICIAL STONE. Stripped of its horrible, bloody and dam nable traditions mid records, it looks quite harmless, and would be regarded as the work of a rade and primitive race. The stone is circular, nearly ten feet in diameter, and three feet thick, with a convexity of abont six inches on its up per surface, in the center of which is sunk a hole fifteen inches in diameter and fonr deop. To drain this sink is cut a channel to the circumference. The whole upper surface and circumference is covered with rude carricaturea of men and beasts. Polling back a short distance, and giving wings to the imagination, we are carried back to the remote ages of Aztec rule, and see gathered around this eescj stone an immense concourse to witness the sacrifice. The victims—young, hale, hearty, and of fine, manly form—are brought forward—thrown on their backs over the convex surface, and with a dex terous blow the breast is opened—the palpitating heart torn from the body and given to the gods,to appease their wrath. It is authentically stated, that six -thousand hove thus been sacrificed in a single year. . In close proximity are hideous -WAR;G0b3 rude images ofmen, -beasts and rep tiles Bfre huddled into the smairopen AiclosOre. ' Winding our Way up a broad stone staircase we enter into the museum. ’Immense piles of Aztec relics are here in „__ile confusion, hut excite very interest, after the surfeit, in the A !mineral collection is exhaustive, and show* the nation’s Intent wealth. There are some few antediluvian skele tons, stuffed animals, birds, fishes and reptiles. Winding up at an alcove there, in glass cases are two Indian women and their infants, taken from the cells of the Inquisition- They are horrible, agoniz ing witnesses of “Man’s inhumanity to man” in the name of religion, whose banner should be love. THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY came next, and is a magnificent collection of paintings. It would be difficult to dis criminate where all were so valuable and attractive. Among the immense collec tion are Sampson reposing in tho lap of Delilah, sin inside view of the Ark on the return of the dove with tho olive branch, and Dante’s Inferno challenged criticism. HaviAg been advised to visit THE GOVERNMENT PAWN OFFICE, we made it the next point of interest, but not having full confidence in gaining ad mission. Ourfair and accomplished guide and interpreter was however equal to the emergency. ' Passing into the office, we were met by on old, solemn, staid direct or, and, after a little formality, was beck oned to follow. The old gentleman, ac companied by three or four clerks (suffi cient in number to keep sharp eyes on the party), proceeded to an immense vault about 100 feet long by 20 in width and height. This is literally packed with valuables of every conceivable form and variety. Tons of silver plate, pre cious stones and jewelry of immense value, heir looms of every imaginable kind are deposited as security for loans made by the Government. A magnificent case of diamonds being opened I asked, through our interpreter, their value, and method of business. The conversation run as follows: “What is the value of this casket?” “The government appraiser’s value is $6,000.” “Is this a fair market price ?” "Probably considerable less.” “How mu(i have you loaned on it?” ‘‘Thirty- five hundred dollars on eight months time.” "If the property is not redeemed at the expiration of the time what pro cedure ?” “It is put up at auction to the highest bidder at or above the appraise ment.” ^“Should it not bring the ap praisement what then ?” “ Reappraised and probably the limit reduced and then offered for sale again.” “Should the reduced limit not bo reached, what is your next move ?” “ It is then left discretionary for the directors to re alize at private sale.” Sach are the average proceedings throughout all their transactions. Leaving the vault we passed into large rooms filled with pianos, stationery, paintings and every conceivable article of value, even to carriages and furniture. It appears the government has in vitw more the interest of the unfortunate, who resort to this method of obtaining loans, than the profit arising from the business. It would scarcely be excusable not to visit a MEXICAN CONGRESS, and thither we bent our way. The buil ding was formerly a theatre—the floor was leveled and that and the first tier are occupied by members. The old stage is neatly fitted for the presiding officer and clerks. They have but one House. There is no Senate, but the constitution authorizes the election of one this fall. GENERAL IMPRESSIONS. The climate is Buperb, fascinating, mag nificent—and were it in one’s power to ar range it to suit his whims he would scar cely suggest an improvement. The coun try is rich in minerals and precious met als beyond computation. Its agricultural resources ore unlim ited. Every conceivable kind of earth's products can be cultivated in some part of the republic. ' It is an Empire of itself, and in the production of all the necessa ries, comforts and luxuries of life, could be rendered independent of tbe rest of the world. The necessities of the coun try are to vitalize and energize the peo ple by sufficient admixture of the Anglo Saxon race to lead in the great reform— divorce of church and state. A religion that cannot be sustained on its inherent merit is a poor reliance here or hereafter. Give employment and proper direction to the labor of the masses. Create among them an ambition for a higher social life and intelligence, and instruct them in the way to attain it. The country would be materially im proved by more railroads and fewer cath edrals and churches—more steam en gines and less donkies— improved agri cultural implements, mowing, reaping and threshing machinery, comfortable rural residences—cutting up tho vast es tates and encouraging the laborer to be come an owner of the soil. C. A. N. Tbe Alabama Outrages. The headquarters of the Alabama dele gation was one of the strongholds of the Administration last fall and winter, first manufacturing outrages, and when that failed, concocting force bills. Recently this coterie has been unfortunate, and the development of postal fiaud3 threatens to deprive them of what fat offices and contracts they have enjoyed. A special to the New York Tribune informs us that a special meeting of the Alabama leaders wag held two or three days ago, at which the gravity of the situation was fully dis cussed, and it was unanimously resolved: First, that Messrs. Jewell and Assistant Postmaster Tyner, by the course they were pursuing, were destroying the Re publican party; and, secondly, that the good of the party required their instant removal. It has not been ascertained who was entrusted with the important duty of reporting to the President the result of the meeting, bnt it is probable that he has learned it before this from the lips of Senator Spencer. Cols and Gaskets A LL the best and handsomest patterns (or sale at the lowest prices ever offered in Macon. Sheet. Cast and Wrought Iren, Rosewood, Walnut and all Woods. WE CANN0T~iT UNDERSOLD. Might and Sunday calls answered at the La nier House. THOMAS WOOD, aprS eod2m Next to Lanier Homo Jo. S. WELCH. W. E. MITCHELL WELCH & MITCHELL, WHOLESALE AJTD RETAIL BOOKSELLERS and STATIONERS FINK GOLD JEWELRY. WATCHES, CLOCKS. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. FINE CUTLERY, ETC. JOB PRINTING * In all its branches. Albany) Georgia. aprlT-till aprSO THE ROCK HULL Having leased the well-known Rock Mill, near tne Central Railroad rw. and put it in first-rate order, I am now prepared tofurnish CORN MEAL. PLAIN OR BOLTED, CORN AND WHEAT BRAN -AND- In any deslreti quantity, and at lowest Cash Prices My Meal is made of good Corn and well ground. Throw away your old sieves, and save the labor of sifting by baying Meal. It is best, cheapest and most convenient. The Rock Mill makes nothing but Premium Meal. Buy it and try H, you’ll never deny it. , W. J- WILLINGHAM, Proprietor. apr7 lm ATLANTA, GA, c men for business. The best mc»lo of imuartioampr I S AN INSTITUTION for educating young in adopted in this or any other country. The course of study comprises every variety of HHHH and Finance, from retail to banking operations, by tho great system of actual bu»m. — iintrartaa Bookkeeping in all its various methods, business forms, terms and usages business wnUaa. an. siKiiidence. commercial arithmetic, commercial law, partnership settlements, detecting a money, business biography, thoroughly taught at tbe Kastman Atlanta Kusim-es Oollrge. Um aalf school in tbeSouth conducted on the Actual Business Plan. No vacations. Students canesMraai time. Totalexpcnso need not exceed fll'J SO. For College Journal, specimens of peiuaan.kip.ctr. address. Box S»8. Comer Peachtree and Line streets. Atlanta Ga. GKEAT Southern Freight M Passenger Li VIA CHARLESTON, S. C, —TO AND FROM— p, New M and AND ALL THE NEW ENGLAND MANUFACTURING CITIES. THREE TIMES A WEEK FBOffl NEW YOKE, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS. ELEGANT STATE-ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS—SEA VOYAGE 10 TO «* HOURS SHORTER VIA CHARLESTON. THE SOUTH CAROLINA feAILROAD CO, And connecting Roads West, In alliance with the Fleet of Thirteen Plr^-Claas Stramxh l" above ports, invite attention to the Quick Time and Regular Dispatch afforded to tho bui.iics. put in the Cotton States at the PORT OF CHARLESTON, i Offering facilities of Rail and Sea Transportation for Freight and Passeng«» n<< exceeded in excellence and capacity at any other Port. The following spU-a-i-- 1 Ocean Steamers are regularly on the Line: MANHATTAN CHAMPION CHARLESTON JAMES ADGER GEORGIA SOUTH CAROLINA EQUATOR.,, ASHLAND.,, CO NEW YORK. , M. S. Woodhull, Commander K. W. Lockwood, Commander Janas Bbkkt, Coaunander T. J. Lockwood, Commander S. Crgwill, Commander T. 3. Beckktt, Commander JAMES ADGER A CO., Agents, Charleston, S. C. TO PHILADELPHIA. IRON STEAMSHIPS. „„...C. Hincklxt, i Alxxzndkk Human, < SAILING DAYS—FRIDAYS. „ _ WM. A. COURTENAY. Agent, Charleston, S. C. TOTAL CAPACITY 40,000 BALES MONTHLY. SEA GULL Dottoit, SAILING DAYS—EVERY FIFTH DAY. _ _ PAUL C. TRENHOLM, Agent. Charleston. AU TO BOSTON. STEAMSHIPS MERCEDITA AND FLAG Stn Evdt SiWJ** JAMES ADGER A CO. Charleston, A Rates guaranteed as low as those of competing lines. Marine Insurant v- 1 half of one per cent. Through Bills of Lading and Through Tickets Can be had at the principal railroad offices in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee a- • Mississippi* ^ ^ - Staterooms may be secured in advance, without extra charge, roihoml Agents of the Steamships in Charleston, at whose offices, in all ~ tickets should be exchanged and berths assigned* The Through Tickets . y route include transfers, meals and stateroom while on shipboard. . r nr . The South Carolina Railroad, Georgia Bailroad, and their «»necti®£ i^ have largely increased their facilities for the rapid movement of rrognt sengera between the Northern cities and the South and West. Fustic * Saloon at Branchville. On the Georgia and South Carolina railroads Sleeping Cars. . _ . j Freight promptly transferred from steamers to day and night , South Carolina railroad. Close connection mad* with other trams, „ v , v freights at distant points with great promptness. The managers wiU “ exertion to satisfy their patrons that the line via Charleston cannot I in dispatch and the safe delivery of goods. »iUata.G»^ For further information, apply to J. J. GRIFFIN, Weeteni Agent, „ -, 1 B. B. D. HASSELL, General Agent, P. O. Box 4979, office S17 BroedwajL^ ^ PICKENS, General Passenger and Ticket Ageat. South ' Superintendent Great Sonthern nova eodtf J. M. SELKUP* Freight and Paree^or Lias. Ctartotoo. A Cl

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Macon telegraph and messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1873-188?, May 04, 1875, Image 2