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SUNDAY. MARCH 26. 1876
CONVENTION.
Third C»n*re»«lanal District.
Tho Suito D.-mocrntic Kxscutivu Com
mittse, at their late ucctinf' in Atlanta,
recommend.■<! that tho s.-voml Congrr-a
aional Di-.ti e La of Georgia hold convcn
tions on tho 26tli of April next, at gomo
place to be delei mined Ly the Chairman
oftho Dotnoi vatic Executive Committee
of oach Ibtru t, to lake action relativoto
tho appointment of delegates to the Na
tional Democratic Convention, to ho held
in Juno next
After r mediation with man; promi
nont Demo rata, it has been determined
that tho city of Macon in tho moat con
voniuut point for holding the convention
for thia district.
The Democratic party of tho several
counties of tho Third Congressional Dis
trict is therefore requested to appoint
delegates lo meet at Brown’s Hotel, in
Macon, on Wedu> h lay, the 26th of April
next, for the purpose abovo stated.
T. M. Kcjki.ow,
CIhu'ii Ex. Com. 3d Cong’l Disk.
Amcricua, March 22. 1870. *
ConKrenHlonul Convention.
In ocoordanco with tho recommenda
tion of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, the Democratic party of the
several counties composing tho Sixth
Congressional Distriet is roquestod to
appoint di legates to a convention to l>e
held at Milledgevillo on tbo 2Cth day of
April next, to take action relative to tho
appointment of delegates to tho National
Democratic Convention to ho held in
Junonoxt. Ci.ifpord Anderson,
Chairman Ex. Com. Sixth District.
Democratic papers in this district will
pleaso copy
Tun Connecticut. State Election occurs
a week from to-morrow, 3d of April.
Tins Prince of Wales reached tho fur
ther ond of tho Shoe Canal on his way
homo yesterday. Now wo can breatho
inoro easily.
Tax Emperor of Brazil probably left
his capital for tho United Slates yester
day. He is taking a holiday and coming
to see tho Centennial.
Tuk way Prince Bismarck pursues tho
unhappy Count Von Arniui is doubtless
Intended as a caution to all Teutonic
mankind not to offend His Highness.
A citnoKKD whisky firm was yesterday,
at Jefferson City, Mi-souri, convictoil on
iifty IIvo counts in an indictment for do
frauding tho revenue, tho penalty of
which is fifty-five years in the |ienitenti-
ary and $27,500 lino. ' After this convic
tion another bill was found against them
and indictments wero also brought, in
against seventeen othor parties. Very
•erious bnsilMM this.
IIzR7.ooKsnof.cn, or Hois In-Duo, tho
capital ot North Brabant, Holland, at
the junction of tho rivers Doinmel and
Aa, a fortified town, with a population of
about 25.000, in represented in a bail way
by tho telegrams. Tho Dykes protecting
the city from an overflow of tho sen have
b. en carried away by tho recent storms,
an l the city is submerged. Hundreds of
houses have been prostrated and a fourth
01 the people are without shelter.
Tiiz other morning, says tho Knox
villo Pratt and Herald, n husband es
corted his wife to one of tho depots, that
*h • might start oh a visit to tho country,
to bo gone six weeks, and as ehe was
about ready to enter tho car, ho said i
*• Dear mo 1 bat won’t I lio lonesome,
though !’’ *• I rather think you will,"
she responded, in n dry, outting tone,
" for I’ve arranged with six women, four
policemen, and two detectives to keep an
eye on you I” Ho smiled, but it was a
sad smile.
Tiiz Cleveland, East Tennessee, Ban-
tur says all hopes for peaches in that
section sre blasted, the thermometer on
T ■ -sday indicating fifteen degrees below
t freezing point. In conversation with
a . nllcman from the vicinity of Copper
R igt>, we learn that fruit, while entirely
killed in tho valleys and around tho bnso
of the ridge, still exhibits unmistakable
sigus of vitality, with a good prospect
for a crop on the summit of tho ridge.
Thu is a little peculiar, although doubt
less true.
Thk decision of tho United States Su-
pi. me Court nullifying the Californialaw
He aim t importing immoral Chinese wo
rn, o, creates much indignation and gen-
uiiualarm on the Pacific Coast. Depn-
tut ions are organizing to go to Washing
ton and besiege Congress to meet tho
ease by enacting the necessary legisla
tion It is understood that the entire
steerage capacity of the steamship lines
has been engaged for six months by the
Chinese companies, and that many thou
sands of these heathen ovils will be pre
cipitated upon California, if preventive
measures are not at once taken.
A ri<oTooiuiMizR of Lyons, Prance, is
Credited with a discovery of immense im
portance. It is nothing less than a meth
od of photographing colors or producing
naturally colored pictures. The useful
ness of the process in science will be
vastly increased by this new application
of it, while a broad field is opened in the
region of art. The reproduction of land-
sca|>cs with their natural coloring, and of
the paintings of the old masters, instant
ly suggests itself. No more occasion for
deftly "retouching” photographic like
nesses with the artist’s brush. Those
who do not like their complexion can
paint before they sit.
Thk late-t amusement is termed the
••Printer’s Delight,’ and is performed in
the following manner : Take a sheet of
note paper, fold it un carefully and en
close a bank note sufficiently large to pay
up ull arrears and a year in advance.
And what adds immensely to the feat is
to send along the name of a new aub-
acriber, with cash to balance. Keep
your eye on the printer, and if you de
tect a smile the trick is a success. Try
it.
t'Rn’i Wee It.
It is explained by the papers which
are authority on finan- isl questions, that
the rationale of the bard times is the
non payment of debts. The list begins
wit i the Government, and runs down
even t.i the weary knife grinder. Gov
ernment refuses to redeem its promi-es
to pay, and everybody else follows euit,
and hence the block.
That theory, it strikes ns, is more spe
cie, a than sound. As to the ability of the
(juopie to pay, it cannot be in any way
aff. Cted bj the f.iluro to cash green-
ba<k- or Isrnd.i in specie, sine- every
cr- liter in Aiocr.ea would bo glad to ro-
oeive both in liquidation; and if there
be one debtor on tho continent who
thinks of cvnding his moral and legal
responsibility for debt by pleading that
the Government don’t pay specie, wc
nover saw or beard of him. ,
The truth is, that a depreciated cur
rency generally operates as un incentive
to r mcel debts, when it can bo applied
for this purpose and count aa so much
coin.
We must look for a better reason for
industrial stagnation than this, and we
think it ia more justly traceable to pe
cuniary exhanstiorf among the people,
The great bulk of tho people have little
or no money to buy or pay with The
country, what with exorbitant taxation
and personal extravagance and over er
penditnre, if. extremely poor, and what is
worse, this poverty itself is making them
poorer; for itcnfoiccs idleness and non
employment of labor, which is tho grand
source of wealth, and so makes tbo coun.
try poorer and poorer.
Now as it is a bad time tocoltect debts
when people have no money or the meanB
of earning it, it seems to us a very bad
time to coerce the people into the re
demption of the Government debts in
specio. Tho attempt looks to ns like so
plain a lack of practical sense and dis
crotion. as to be fairly explicable only on
tho ground that it is a pisce of political
hobbyism, born of mere partisanship
and ambition.
Tho peoplo must recover pecuniary
strength before they can be in condition
to exercise it; and to cnablo them to do
it tho expenses of government must be
largely curtailed—taxation reduced—Ia
bor become in renewed demand—per
sonal expenses reduced—and all tho pro
ductive forces and energies of tbo penplo
restored to health and vigor. Tho sick
man must recover health and strength
before lie can do work and earn wages,
or discharge satisfactorily the first func
tion of health and strength. Tho country
is now sick—very sick, and this obstrep
erous demand upon her for tho exercise
of energies which will tax her utmost
powers in a condition of full health, is so
ill-timed as to be, in fact, ridicnlous.
Out ot tUe Platforms.
Tho first sensible suggestion wo have
read lately on the currency question, so-
called, was a Washington dispatch that
the disposition in both parties to throw
tho currency question out of politics was
increasing. Wo need not say that if
that question wero remitted to the inde
pendent judgment of Congress untram
moiled by caucus dictation, the chances
of a wise and satisfactory adjustment
would he vastly increased.
This proposition will hardly bo dispa
ted. The representative is entitled to his
own private judgment and to consult tho.
wishes of his constituents on questions of
financial policy, which, in fact, must be
determined mainly hr the condition of
the country—such, for example as re
sumption at a given date, while tbo ex.
isting circumstances, at the arrival of
that date, may render resumption so ut
terly impossible as to make it tho act of
a lunatic; but which party drill, obsti
nacy and pride of consistency may be
enlisted to .enforce regardless of all con
sequences. Had thero beon less of arbi
trary party dictation in tho management
of the national finances, tho condition
would bo far better than it is now.
Kev. ML bee.
We are credibly informed that this in
famous tradneer of Georgia, is not con
nected with the Atlanta Negro University,
either as president, or inany other capacity.
He enjoys an inglorious obscurity down
in these parts, albeit he swears as glibly
as a native to tho enormities commit
ted against the blacks. Rev. M. Ware,
decent and courteous gentleman, de-
pi*e his associations, lias been tho pres-
lent of the University, and perhaps
continues at its head. We saw nothing
individually objectionable in him, and
so stated at the time of our visit as a
member of the examining board.
The paragraph published yesterday,
was based upon the article printed in the
New York Times in which Leo, and not
Ware was spoken of ns the presiding el
der of the Atlanta Circuit of the North
ern Mefboditl Church. Tho mistake in
confounding the two offices was made
bya brother editor. Still what has been
written concerning negro and white
equality in the University, and the
eating of the white inarms and negroes
together at the same table, is strictly
truo. Forgetting for the moment that
Mr. Ware was the president, and falling
into the error that Lee occupied that
position, caused us to aso the word
"fellow,” in connection with his name.
Wc have no uso for tho University as a
nursery for disaffected black teachers
and preachers, but would willingly do no
one an injustice.
—The Dead Line of Ftfly.
The Southern Presbyterian publishes a
long article taken from the Cunyreyation-
alist. with the above unique beading. It
is hosed upon the declaration ms.1t by
some modern churches, that after a min
ister has attained the age of fifty his use
fulness Begins to wane, and the congre
gation require a younger and more rep
resentative shepherd to lead them.
We were pleased to note that though
confessing to the existence of snch an
ab'urd idea in some instances, both of
the journals named combat it with much t
force and logic.
Such an ns=nmpti?n springs rather
from the low degree of piety which exists
in those churches, and the love of the
world which is allowed even to invade
the sacred precincts of the pulpit. We
venture the opinion that tho average
membership of these religious associa-
iona are habiiaal theatre goers, Sabbnth-
exenrsionists, lecture loving Christians,
and seek, re after something new and
sensational, even in the sacred droppings
of the sanctuary. It is the empty para
phernalia and outside show—the pomp,
eclat, and social position and morale of
those who merely wear tho livery of
Christ, that possess attractions for such.
The pastor must bo yonng and hand
some; his moustache, cravat and boots
immaculate; bis voice and delivery op
eratic and mellifluous; his conceptions of
religious duty, and definition of wbat are
and are not innocent amusements latitudi-
narian; bis demeanor Bocial and jocular;
bis style popular and elegant, and bis
tout ensemble Buch as will make all the
girls exclaim, “ isn’t he a love of a man.'
But we submit that such aro not the
qualification* prescrilied by the Saviour
of mankind far bis disciples and apostles.
Josub was meek and lowly, and went
about preaching and teaching, and doing
good. He was not ashamed even to eat
and lodge with publicans and sinners.
His throne is is the hearts of the " con
trite ones.” Never did any man more
utterly abhor and abjure the pride and
vanities of life. This desire for change,
and objection to experienced and devont
men, therefore, springs from nnything
els.' beside a genuine love for God and
spiritual progress
But lot us consider whether, in reality,
there is any truth or force in assigning
fifty yenrs of age as the "dead line”
where a minister censes to be useful.
All history and experience unite in es
tablishing the fact that the wisest states
men, the most learned jurists, tbo great
est military captains, tho majority of the
world renowned diplomats, tavatu and
celebrities, never reached the zenith of
their power and influence nnlil they hnd
crossed that “line,” and attained several
decades of years beyond. It would re
quire a volume even to enumerate
moiety of those who have flourished,
and illustrated every age and natiou
in all the -walks of life, after passing the
allotted three score years and ten. Lord
Palmerston, Brougham, the elder Pitt,
Fox, Sir Robert Peel. Lord Wellington,
Humbolt, Audubon, Thiers, MncMabon.
the larger number of the Presidents of
ihiB Ropublio^Jiidge Story, Thomas Ben
ton, Berrien, Clay, Webster, Calhoun,
Cass, Astor, A. T. Stewart, Thomas
Ritchie, Judge W. Law, and thousands
of others, could be mentioned. Indeed,
in English histoiy young politicians aro
the exceptions among those who have re
flected most glory upon the empire.
But if this be true in secular pursuits,
then, a fortiori, how much stronger the
argument when applied to the pulpit.
Christian experience nnd grace go hand
in hand together. Thero is no neutral
ground or halting place in tho career of
the believer. He must either go on
ward or backward. And this is specially
true of the faithful pastor. Constant
study, self abnegation, abstraction from
worldly pursuits, that fearful sense of
responsibility which the care of immor
tal souls engenders, familiarity with
scenes of suffering and affliction, all
unite to fit him year by year more per
fectly for'his heavenly mission on earth.
As time rolls on, therefore, so does he
ripon in holiness and faith, and brome
richer in experience, profonnder in know I
edge, nnd better qualified to learn nnd
instruct thoso whose spiritual interests
are committed to his keeping.
In proof of this, look around and com
pare the' piety ana usefulness of such
venerable divines as Chalmers, Wesley,
Whitfield, Archibald Alexander, Daniol
Baker, Joseph Stiles, George Howe,
tho elder Pierce, Doctor Fuller, nnd
thousands of others, both living and
dead, with the achievements of the
younger clergy. Not that we would
disparage or underrate the labors of
tho latter. But ceteris paribus, until
actual senility and imbecility supervene
as the consequence of extreme old nge,
it is fair to assert that the minister of
Christ continues to grow in grace and
spiritual attainments, and becomes even
better qualified for the discharge of his
grave and responsible duties.
FROM W AS It I JiUTON.
r .ill-rl.ll for re. non Erne*—Xu. 36
VTashisqton Cii-t, March 22, 1876.
THE VOTE
in the House on Monday on the resolu
tion of Mr. Atkins, (Dem.) of Tennessee,
proposing to repeal the specie resump
tion act, which is not regarded as exactly
a test, was quite a surprise to the soft
money men. They carried the pro post
tion by only one vote, though two-thirds
had been confidently claimed by them.
It is very much doubted now, whether
in a fall House they could count even on
this majority of one. It is asserted that
had all tbo seventy-five absentees been
present, or had voted, the vote would
have stood 148 against, to 144 in fr.vor
of the repeal, as of the absentees at least
forty are opposed to inflation. Only
thirteen votes for the resolution were re
corded from the Eastern and Middle
States, of which ten were from Pennsy]
vania, two from Maryland, and one from
Connecticut; Indiana gave eleven of her
thirteen votes for the resolution, Illinois
elev- n for and seven against it. Ohio
twelve fur and seven against it, Georgia
five for and four absent or not voting,
Kentucky eight for and one absent,
Mississippi was unanimously against it,
as were also Michigan and California.
The Georgia members voting for it were
Messrs. Blount. Cook, Hartridge, Smith,
nnd Harris; Messrs. Candler. Hill and
Felton were absent and did not vote.
New York cast a solid vote against tbo
resolution. Only ten Radicals votes were
recorded in its favor—all from tho West.
Perhaps, however, the Connecticut elec
tion, now near at hand, had something
to do with the result. Hard money is
the ticket up there on both sides, though
one Democrat from that State—Phelps—
voted with the repealers.
FOURTEEN TON8 OF SILVER.
The Treasury Department will receive
from California during this week tho
above amount of silver coin, in order to
prepare for patting tho lovely shiners in
circulation to the amount of $500,000.
There are in the treasury vaults at thia
time less than $30,000 in this coin. The
amount of fractional currency on hand in
the treasury vaults is about $2,000,000,
though none has been printed since the
middle of February. Since within that
time, however, orders for fractional cur
rency to the amount of $3,000,000 have
been received from banks and other quar
ters. . Several parties havo called at the
treasury lately to swap silver for notes,
bat didn’t get them, os the law of the
case is that this class of coin is neither
redeemable nor exchangeable, and is legal
tender to the extent of only five dollars.
It is all a matter of taste, I suppose, but
it seems to me that if I bad a hatful or so
of 'bright, jolly, jingling shiners, I
wouldn’t fatigue myself very much trot-
up the treasury steps to swup them
large majority of them, however, remain
just as they were when first placed in tho
chamber.
KISCZLULNZOUS.
The snow storai last Monday was not
at all creditable to the clerk of the
weather. It didn’t stay on the ground
until the next day, being, however,
greatly assisted to dissolution by one of
the coldest and wettest rains I ever saw.
Caleb and Mrs. Marsh are back again.
Arrived by early train this morning from
New York, but were not met at depot, as
usual, by Mrs. Belknap. How sad it is
to see the sex so hunger and thirst after
gore as these two I hope Caleb has his
pardon papers all right. These God and
morality loyl chaps are mighty “onsar-
tin” except on one point—the steal. My
advice to Caleb is too keep his eye
skinned.
There will be an unusual gathering ot
notorieties here this week. Old "Sub
sidy” Pomeroy. ex-Senator Doolittle, Dan
Voorhees, General Schenck, and others
"too numerous to mention ” Schenck will,
if he has time, show the boys some now
points in the noble game of which ho is
High Priest, and arrango for a second
edition of his book on the subject. And
they do tell me—these who have been
there—that he is “s rattler,’* and no mis
take. I should like to see him tackle some
folks I know down ia your neighborhood.
Florence and wife are sweeping Wash
ington pockets, clean, at the National
If they ever oomc anywhere near you be
sure and see them, even if yon hare to
violate a great principle and pay your
way like common people. It is very dis
gusting, as I havo found out, but some
times it seems a fellow can’t help him
self—more’s tho pity. R.
The Week’s Cotton Gains.
According to the New York Cotton Ex
change the re.-eipts of tb- soy-n <lir. s.
ending last Friday night, wore 64,284
bales, against 49,119 the same week of
last year—showing a gain of 15,165
bales on the week. Total receipts of the
cotton year to that date wero 3,G9G,230
hales, against 3,143.970 to same date of
last year—showing a total gain of 552,-
260 bales, which added to tho crop of last
year would make a crop of 4,435,251
bales. Wo shall get up to 4,600,000
bales if we don’t look out, and next year
overtop a round five million. Gentlemen,
let us turn from cotton and raise food
for our men, women, children, cattle and
the stranger* within our gates. Raise
tho standard of hog and hominy, and
marshal under it tho entire tram of
things consumable that Georgia soil and
climate can prodnee.
Rev. Armlntus Wright, D, D.
We regret to state that although con
valescent and slowly improving, the de
voted pastor of the Mulberry Street
Methodist Church, is still quite an in
valid, and his people ought to insist upon
a change of scone and climate for a
few weeks, ere he is permitted to resume
the deties of the pulpit.
Dr. Wright has labored diligently and
succesfully under God. for his flock, and
now that ho is weak and exhausted, they
ought, and doubtles will do all in their
power to comfort, cherish and restore
him to perfect health and usefulness
again.
Eclectic ■rgazloe.
Mr. J. Wallace Ainger, of Charleston,
South Carolina, the polite General
Southern Agent of this popular' serial,
has arrived, and wilt canvass toe city in
the interests of the Eclectic. That sterl
ing magazine needs no commendation at
our hands. Its attractive pages, filled
with the best selections from the most
celebrated writers and journals, speak
for themselves.
The April number, which lies before
us, is replete with instructive and en
tertaining reading. The Eclectic is pub
lished by E. R P,*lten, at 25 Bond street
New York. Subscription price five dole
lars per annum.
Tobacco Culture.
Knoxville Press and Herald.]
East Tennessee farmers are yearly giv
ing the cultivation of this staple more at
tention, and the area planted this year
will be greatly in exce-s of that of former
years. That Esst Tennessee is well adapt
ed for the successful raising of tobacco,
and that the crop is profitable thoso who
have tried it all hear witness. Hereto
fore the only drawback has been a home
market for the cured leaf The establish
ment of factories at Knoxville and other
convenient points, will romove this diffi
culty ; and when the crop is sufficiently
large to attract to onr city bnyers from
a distance, we may safely predict that
tobacco planting will become an impor
tant industry. The great capacity of the
West as a producer of grain, and the fa
cilities enjoyed by it for conveying its
products to the market, upon which our
farmers have heretofore depended, has
made the corn crop more or less an un
profitable one when in excess of wbat can
be utilized upon the plantation in the
feeding of stock. Tobacco will not be
similarly affected, at least to the same
extent, as its bulk is much less in propor
tion to its value than that of grain, and
the difference in freight between Knox
ville and other tobacco sections, and the
markets to which it is sent, is not suffi
cient to make any perceptible difference
in its value. There is still another reason
why we should increase the crop of to
bacco, and we think a Tery cogent one.
Tobacco never goesso low in price but
that it can be sold for export and the cash
brought bock in exchange. And this is
what East Tennessee needs. Something
to sell that will draw money to us from
other sections. This is the only way in
hich we can keep out of debt. Simply
supplying a home demand without sell
ing something to bring in fresh money,
we can never make our section rick, no
matter to what extent it is carried. There
is a constant outlay going on in the way
of taxes and for those commodities we
are compelled to buy abroad that mast
be met by a corresponding income from
exports, or we become poorer from day
, 40 day.
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ofl for tb.: fractional
THE SUPREME COUIST
yesterday made a decision that hits tho
the “ Old Dominion " a very hard lick.
The case was from Wyoming Territory,
wberu two counties had been made from
another, and the people of which two,
very naturally, desired to get rid of pay
ing any of the debts of the mother coun
ty. The court decided that the latter
was still liable for the wholo debt of the
county which had been incurred before
the division. If this principle holds
good as.to States. Virginia will be held
liable both for her own debt and that
also of West Virginia— “ that bastard
child of political rape,” as Henry A.
Wise so forcibly and felicitously phrased
it. This may be law, but it certainly
isn’t “ high jestis ” according to the
general understanding of that article.
To be dismembered by force and fraud
was bad enough, but in addition th be
made to pay the debt of the territory
thus wrenched from her is inexpressibly
hard and unjust to the people who wero
thus robbed. But law isn’t always
"jestis,” either high or low, by Iod
odds—more’s the pity—and a wise man’s
strongest suit is keeping it at a very re
spectful distance.
Since “ freedom” the north gallery of
House of Representatives ha3 been gen
erally known as the “small pox’igallery,
on account of the filthy olothes, habits,
and general appearance of tho majority
of the loyl hlacks who have usually mo
nopolized it. T.hey have been in the
habit, especially on extra cold days, of
squatting there about half-past ten in the
morning, nnd generally had full posses
sion by noon, whon tho House mot. Of
course, no white person with a nose cared
to intrude under such circumstances, and
thi consequence has been that hundreds
of that unfashionable color have been do
prived ot all opportunity of seeing the
Congressional lions. But since tho agi
tation of ventilation, a most refreshing
change has come about. The Dourkoeper,
Col. Fitzhugb, has ordered the doora to
this gallery to he closed until after the
Chaplain has closed his prayer, and with
the most gratifying resnlts as to odor and
ventilation The regular loungers made
thoir appearance, ns usual, on Monday at
an early hour, but the doors remained
olosed until theappointed time,and they
retired in disgust to seek other quarters,
much to tho nasai delectation of both
members and spectators in the other
galleries. I bavo been expecting a howl
from tho “ bloody shirt” crowd in conse
quence; but. so far, they are silent.
Perhaps they, too. have been suffering
under an embarrassment of this kind of
richness, and aro rejoiced secretly at its
suppression. Conger of Michigan, an old
biatherskito of the trooly loyl persuasion,
made a yawp about it, but nobody hacked
him, and he subsided into his normal
condition of greasy spike-tail coat and
general air of having quarreled with bis
laundress.
A JOKE ON GRANT.
Tho tattlers aro churkliug over a good
joko on his Excellency. As they tell it,
be, one day last week, invited a number
of Congressmen to meet Judge Taft, the
new War Secretary. They were all on
hand, sharp, every man in his best, the
smart things to say all duly registered,
and everything en train for a decidedly
good impression upon tho new minister.
But they were all wasted. It seems his
Excellency had forgotten to notify Judge
T. that he was expected, and so of course
he was not present. The M. C.’s, how
ever, ate and drank their fill nnd reservo
their colloquial ammunition for another
occasion.
Hl-TOBICAL SENATORIAL CHAIRS
Many of these chairs have quite inter
esting histories, but as they are known
to but few the public is not any the
better off- Mr. Bassett, the Assistant
Doorkeeper, who has been in office forty-
five years, is supposed to have each one’s
history at his longue’s end; but the old
gentleman is not at all garrulous, and
keeps his information mostly to himself.
He fears the relic hunters, and is there
fore unusually reticent. Among the his-
toral chairs are those ct Webster, Clay,
Calhoun, Benton and Douglas, which are
still in use—it being a notorious fact
that while the furniture of the House is
frequently changed, that of the Senate,
except the carpet, remains substantially
as it was fifty yeara ago, with the excep
tiou, of course, of the chairs and desks
added since that time for the use of Son
ators from new States. These, however,
are always fashioned on the old models.
Some of the latter have been repaired,
hut most of them remain just as they were
originally, aud are apparently as good as
ever. Exactly where these historical chairs
are is known only to the old veteran
Bosseit, who guards his secret very jeal
ously. Sumner's chair and desk are also
in daily use, and are well known. They
are both used by the President j>ro lem ,
Ferry. There are only three chairs of
an entirely new pattern in the Senate—
those occupied by Messrs. Gordon, Tbur
man and Eaton, v hich have cane seats,
high cane backs, and an arm of the
"tilting” pattern. Alcorn, Hitchcock,
and turkey-cock Conkling use the old
style of chair with the innovation of an
uncovered cane seat, and two or three
others have had cano bottoms pot in
C and th«o covered with hair cloth. The
Plerrepont on tbo Stand.
Attorney General Pierrepont was be
fore the Judiciary Committee, to-day, in
regard to the executive interference with'
the lato crooked whisky trials in the
West. Pierrepont’s account of his circu
lar letter to the District Attorneys is that
tho President was very much disturbed
at the constant receipt of newspapers,
slips and letters and personal statements,
giving information of attempts on tho
part of Government officials in tin-
West to compromise fraud on tho
revenue, ami the President epoko to him
on five or six different occasions, express
ing bis fear that such things, if allowed,
would bring scandal on the administra
tion. Pierrepont himself was rather dis
posed to treat these statements as
exaggerations, and did not believe
tho District Attorneys or the special
counsel ot the Government' would bo
guilty of anything improper in the
matter. He had, therefore, rather
warded off the President’s advances,
uncil finally the President suggested he
had better write to the District Attor
neys on the subject. Pierrepont had,
therefore, prepared and Forwarded a let
ter, couched, os he said, in terms that
were rather tamo. Nobody had made or
suggested a draught of this letter, and
he had not submitted it to the President.
In fact, the President knew nothing of
it for three or four days afterward, when
he asked Pierrepont whethor he had
taken any action in the matter, and then
he told him he bad written his letter, and
sent him a copy a couple of days after- ^
wards. On discovering that the letter I ;
had been published in the Chicago papers
on February 1, himself and Mr. Bristow
expressed indignation in the presence of
the President at the gross impropriety of
giving publicly to it, and then the Presi
dent, who did not manifest any feeling
whatever on the subject, remarked that
he had never read the letter.
Mr. Pierrepont further stated that
General Babcock admitted to him, on
March 3, that ho was instrumental in
giving publicity to tho letter, and do-
fended himself on the ground that they
were trying to destroy him and that he
had the right to defend himself. He
(Pierrepont) called the President’s at
tention next day t> Babcock’s admis
sion.
The committee wanted to know why
Babcock did not call for a Court oF- In
quiry to ascertain whether he had been
guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman, and whether he was
still Commissioner of Public Buildings
and Grounds, etc., but Mr. Pierrepont
was unable to give information on these
points.
The Freed men's Savings Bank
From the Wilmington Journal.]
It appears, says the New York Sun,
that in the course of the investigation
into tho affairs of the Freed men's Sav
ings Bank, now in progress, one of the
former officers of the swindling concern
acknowledged that $300,000 of the delu
ded depositors’ money wns taken for po
litical use in 1872, when Grant was run
ning for his second term. If tho whole
story of tho canvass of that year conld
be written, it would he the most shock
ing story of wholesale fraud and corrup
tion the countiy has ever known. The
whisky ring exposures have afforded some
light upon the means used by the Grant
party to swell their corruption fund,
though but a small part of the truth has
been made known. Many of the worst
facts never will be jr. oved, if the policy
adopted by Grant an 1 Pierrepont to in
timidate witnesses is -.flowed to prevail.
But about the uicanes t oart of the whole
business was that st.-a ing of the poor
freedmen’s savings to ise for the pur
pose of keeping tiie v< m.! administration
crowd in power, with continued opportu
nities for plundering and oppressing the
people.
"Winter Zephtpks un Mount Wash
ington.—The car house, a strong build
ing on the tip top of Mont Washington,
was blown over in the laio storm. The
force of the wind is dcserib.-d as a hurri
cane. The car house was the building
which the Signal Service party occupied
the first and second season of their win-
ter,'sojourn on the mountain. If the wreck
of this building has taken the course of
similar occurences with structures on
Mount Washington, the material will be
lost beyond peradvennture.and new tim
ber will have to be hauled up. When the
half-way stable at the ledges blew off
some years ago, not a timber, board or
shingle conld be seen anywhere. The
mystery was, where could it all have
one to ? The answer probably is, that
the wood kept drifting in the wind until
it reached the very bottom of the deep
ravines, where it is uncomfortable for
human feet to tread.—Boston Journal.
The Work of the Kvangellsts.
The Hyppodrome continues to be
crowded to it» utmost capacity with all
classes, sexes and ages of the community,
and the interest ia unabated. It is won
derful how an unlettered person lika Mr.
Moody con preach so constantly without
any symptom of exhaustion, either phys
ical or mental. With no stores of liter
ature to draw upon, without regular the
ological education, untrained and aln ost
uncoum iu sty le aud dictiou, he yet huids
spell bound the thousands who flock to
hesr him.
Wbat explanation can be given save
the terrible earnestness of tho man, and
the fact that he preaches in all its purity
that gospel and Saviour, which can never
grow old, or lose their power over the
hearts and consciences of a sin smitten
world.
If the work was of the earth, earthy,
then long ago would it have falien
through and been abandoned. But for
months, and even m distant lands, has
it steadily progreese '. thus evincing that
the power and influence of the Holy
Ghost is in it. We give b-low aaothor
extract from a sermon, just such as Mr.
Moody preaches every day :
THE PRICE OF A SOUL.
I heard a story of a young lady who
was deeply concerned about her soul.
Her father and mother, however, were
worldly people. They thought lightly of
her serious n ishes; they did not sympathize
with her state of mind. They made up
their minds that she should not become
a Christian, and tried every way they
could to discourage her notions about re
ligion At last thoy thought they would
get up a largo party, and thus with gaj-
ety and pleasure win her back to the
world. So they made- every preparation
for a gay time; they even sent to
neighboring towns and got all her most
worldly companions to come to tho
house; they bought her a magnificent
silk dress and jewelry, and decked her
out in oil the finery of such .on occasion.
Tho young lady thought there would be
no barm in attending the party; that it
would be a trifling affair, a simple thing,
and she could, after it was over, think
again of the welfare of her soul. She
went decked out in all her adornments,
and was the belle of the ball. Three
weeks from that night she was on her
dying bed. She asked her mother to
bring her ball dress in. She pointed her
finger nt it, and, bursting into tears,
said: “That is the price of my soul.”
She died before the dawn. Oh, my
friends, if you aro anxious about your
souls, let everything else go; let parties
and festivals pass. Seek ya first tho
kingdom of Gnd; then all these things
will be added unto you. God com mauds
you to do it. If you are lost—if you die
in your tin—whose fault is it ? God has
commanded you to repent and to seek
salvation at once.
Are any of you going to take tho re
sponsibility of putting it off ? You com
plain because Christ is urged upon yon ;
you complain because your friends are
anxiot. < about you. How can they be
otherwise than anxious? You heard what
Mr. Sankey said a little while ago about
the death or a husband of one of our
choir. This morning, while I was preach
ing, he passed away. We prayed for
him at the opening, nnd again at the
close of that service, but he was gone
before wo got through. Three of the
ushers have been taken away since I
have been preaching here. When I got
up here to preach this afternoon, I
said to myself: “ Perhaps it is my turn
next.” But thank God, I have an in
terest up yonder. I cau read my title
clear there. I have sought nnd found
Christ. But on the other hand, see how
people go on day by day and year by year
and disobey the command of God. They
say there is plenty of time. Why, you
hear every day of wills being upset be
cause the man’s mind was proved not to
be clear when ho made the will on his
death-bed. If his mind is not elear
enough when he is dying to settle his
little affairs here below, is that a time to
repent and make provision for eternity ?
Is it the time, when we are ricked with
pain and tortured with anguish, to turn
our hearts toGod? Is that a time to begin
to think of salvation ? Is it right or hon
orable to give the dregs of a wasted and
misspent life to God? I tell you I have
not much faith in death-bud repentances.
I do not limit tho power and mercy of
God, but I don’t believe in them. If there
is one out of a thousand that are saved,
there are 999 that are lost. They
think that they repent then, but they
are scared and terrified; it is not
repentance, but it is fear ; when thc-y
get better, they go right back again to
their wicked ways. We cannot scare
people into repentance; they must be
horn in, not be scared in. Let us reason
for a momunt. Suppose you ask the ad
vice of a friend on the earth as to
whether you had not better repent now.
While I am preaching, young lady, just
ask your mother sitting beside you what
you had better do. Whisper to her—I’ll
excuse you—ask her if you had not bet
ter seek the kingdom of God now. Young
lady, there is not one in the wide, wide
world who lores you as your mother,
Would she not advise you to accept
Christ. Now, just ask her. Most of
those who are not Christians will ad vise
you to seek the kingdom of God now, this
very minute. If I go upyonder and ask
them in heaven, every one there would
tell you to seek the kingdom now. Paul
for three yenrs preached upon imuiedi
ate repentance. He besought his hearers
with tears to turn from their sins and be
saved. " Behold, now is tho accepted
time.” That was what he preached.
Yes, I leave heaven and earth and go
down to the very borders of hell, and
will ask them there if it ia not better
to repent now. They would all with one
voice answer, "Yes, yes, yes.” Theonly
time we ever heard fr >m that place was
to have a young man implore that word
might be sent to his father’s house that
his brothers there might be warned
against neglecting salvation. Yes, the
lost ones would tell you to escape and
seek the kingdom of God and be saved.
Why, then, heaven, eaith aud hell all
unite in warning you to seek the king
dom of God. Why will you not do it,
then ? Why not accept Chri3t this very
day? Just think what will become oE
you if you do not.
ANOTHER ADDITION,
GEORGE STOBEAR, Jr.,
lOO CHERRY STREET,
Calls attention of all bnyers to a full line of
STOVES 11 STOVE FOHTDl!
In connection with tho
riiockFiiviiiiiu
Business, which will bo offered at a closo msnr.n on first cost mid goods gusnuiteei.
THE EXCELSIOR, HOT BLAST COOK I
AND
THE RATHBONE ACORN COOK
Will lioreatter lie considered tlio STANDARD STOVE among careful
and considers to housekeepers.
OUR CROCKERY, CHINA & GIASSWARE 8TOOK
Will lio kept up to tho demands of the trade, as hen-toforo, and COST OR NO COST, we urn tm)
will oiler as great inducements as any liouso in the trade.
mehl Leod till ap29
G-EORG-E S. OBEAR, Jr.,
100 CHERRY STREET, MACON. OA.
Telegraph and Messenger
FOR 1878.
GREAT REDUCTION!
0>
k N and after 1st January. 1870, our Mammoth
_ ’ Weekly, the Great Family Paper of Goorgia,
containing sixty-four columns, and tho largest in
the South, will bo sent to subscriber* at
S2 A YEAR.
and postage. This is lrat a small advance on cost
of blank paper. Weekly for six months, $1 and
postage. Tho postage is 20 cents a year.
The Semi-Weekly
Will be mlucod to THREE DOLLARS a year
and postage—20 cents. For six months $1 60 juid
postage.
Daily Edition
Ten Dollars a year and postage. Five Dollars for
six months. Two Dollars am Fifty Cents for
three months.
Tho stirring event* of tho Great Centennial
Year o? American History, which include the
Presidential Struggle, will render 1870 one of tho
most memorable in our annal*. Everybody in
this region will need tho Tklkgrapii, and we
havo put down tho price to accommodate their
necessities and pecuniary status.
OLISBY. JONES tt REESE.
CUBBEDGE, HAZLEHURST & CO.
Bankers and Brokers.
Uftoon, On.
HEOKTVR DEPOSITS, Lay and Sell
X hi change. Bond** an l Htocka. .
Collection* m«de on *11 accessible point».
CUBBEDGE, HAZLEHURST* Cu
SAVINUS DEPARTMENT.
Interest paid on all auma from $1 up ward i.
mar« ly
Drs. Boon & Greene
H AVING formed a partnership in the prac
tice of Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery,
offer their services to tho people of Macon and
vicinity. Can be found at their respective resi
dences at night—Dr. Boon on Poplar street be
tween First and Second, Dr. Greene on Spring
street adjoining Spring Garden.
Office over the drugstore of J. J. Finckard,
corner of Second and Poplar streets.
Office hours from 11 to 1 o’clock daily, when
one or both will certainly be present.
J. It. BOON. II. D.
WM. A. GREENE. M. D.
mh!5-d2w formerly of Americns, Ga.
CHOICE GOSHEN BUTTER !
D
TADEM HAMS.
JanSO tf
NEW YORK STATE CHEESE.
SEED POTATOES.
FLORIDA ORANGES.
Cheap as the cheapest at
FRANCIS LAKE’S,
comer of Cherry ond Second streets.
" Sot, Pop,” said John Henry’s hope
ful. the other day, " wasn’t it the prince
of whale, that swallowed Jonah ?” And
John patted his head, and gave him a
nickel, and told him he might some day
be an alderman ; and then, as he put on
his slippers ond found a small chestnut
bur in each toe, he took that boy over his
knee and wrestled with him.
A. o. bacon. jona c. kuxhebpohu.
BACON & RUTHERFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
at&iYanmdi and Atlanta, and in the Su>
perior Courts of the counties ol Bibb, Mooror,
Crawford. Twiggs. Houatou, Jones, Early and
Decatur, and elsewhere by special contract.
Special attention given to Commercial and
Bankruptcy business inch21-3m
First-Class Private Board.
MURDOCH HOUSE
No. Si Fobstth Stbebt,
JACKSONVILLE. - - FLORIDA.
A M. , T ONES. Proprietor.
TERMS-By the Day.»- ■ 'J
iebAi-tf
NATIONAL HOTEL,
Nearly opposite the Depot, Macon, Oa.
T HE present managers respectfully solicit a
share of public favors.
Rates of Board, $2 to $3 per Day, according to
locality of room.
T. RYAN.
feblS-tf L. W. HOLLINGSWORTH.
J. 0. CtJRD, President. R. F. Lawios, v
EXCHANGE BANK OF MACON
omen in Huirs New Huiliiinx.
Receives Deposits
BUYS AND SELLS EXCHANGE.
Makes Advances or. Storks, Bonds. Cotta
Store. Also on Shipments of Cotton.
COLLECTIONS PROMVTLI ATTBNDIP Ti|
Mil M y
I. 0. PLANT & SON. •
Bankers and Brokers
MACON. GEORGIA.
1 Exchange, Gold Silver,
Bonds.
Deposits f'Veceiveti
On Which Interest will he Allowed
AS AOSFBU UFOS.
1FAYABLS OSS GALL
Advances made on Cotton and Pr»
duce In Store.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTKNII8DT0
eb9 ly
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MACON
TRANSACTS A 68NRRAL RANKING M\m
Otlfce hours, 9 to 1 nnd a to *.
New York Exchange 3-10 Prem
DR. W. W. FORD,
DENTIST
(10S Cherry afreet, nv..*- pi. it. Royer, A Co.)
niy 27
MACON. OA.
tis
6001bs. LINT COTTON PER TON.
SOLUABL& SEA ISLAND
GUANO!
THE ANALYSIS OF WHICH HAS NO SUPERIOR
Time has proved it? worth. Yon have but to
try it to nro\e its worth, •i * i liou- . mis have done
before ;• «i.
For :*rti**ub»rs, ohII on
GOOD. SMCA.£>£> & CO., Agents;
•M Tmau 1STBEAT.
Ian2!) 3m MACON. GA.
W. W. WltlGLBY, Cash’r.
Innl5’75-ly.»
I. C. PLANT. Pros
TO BAKERS MB OTflfiJiS
T HE undersigned, having made arrangement*
which will require his personal attention afc
the Centennial, will dispose of hia busint** for
cash. That it will pay can be eaeily pro?«d.
The present owner started the busintNu without
a dollar, and has made money. He h*a a good
oread route—a living in itself. The store also
has a goo l run of custom. The Bakery average*
ten barrels a week. The hor^e. wagon, and all
appurtenances complete for carrying on the Ba
kery. This is a bona fide thing, seldom offered,
as can be proven to the satisfaction of any one
desiring to take adviHtHg.r of thia rare offer.
Call early, aa the owner in u*t leave at an early
late for the CentenniaL Inquire at
THE PREMIUM BAKERY,
|an25 tf Third atree*.
pok c/crALOGifjs^.
SALE 0 F VALUABLE
Building Lots.
ehool” will offer at public outcry, on the prem-
ise«. on SATURDAY, APRIL 8,187C. at 11 A. M.,
aIX (G) BEAUTIFUL BUILDING LOTS, the
same being u part of what ia Known as the Acad
emy Square.
It is believed, that all things considered, these
are the most desirable lots remaining un>>old-ic
the city.
At the same time will be »old the Academy
Building, now standing on one of the lots; the
same to be torn down and removed bv ©r before
the 1st of June next.
Terms—For tho building, cash. For the lots,
one-third cash, balance at one and two years,
with ten per cent interest; or if the purchaser
prefers, one-hslf cash, balance at ono aud two
•ars, with seven per cent, interest.
A map of the premises may be seen at the office
of Whittle A Gustin, where further information
may be obtained.
L. N. WHITTLE.
Chairman Board Trustees.
Macon, Ga., March 17,137tk
eodtaplli then dtds
Soluble Pacific Guaao
COMPOUND MID
Phosphate.
For sale for CASH, and ON TIME, with pri»*
il«*o of payment in MIDDLING COTTON* 1,
FIFTEEN CENTS PER POUND, by
janm-tf
Turpin & Ogden,
Agents Pacific Guano Com pan/-
Thrash’s OonsuniDtion Cure I
Read what Rev. Dr. LOVICK PIERCE l#
to say about it,
D24K Brother Davirs—Excuse me for vn*'
ing only when 1 am deeply interested. I®***
been voiceless about two months. Could r
read and pray in a family. Had trieoffl-jj
things. Got no benefit from any. Since Conj
cneo. some one sent me. from Amcricua, a w
of THRASH’S CONSUMPTION CUKE .JV 1
LUNG RESTORER, which 1 have been taka*
now this is the ninth day. I can talk now -
some ease. I came lien*, among other tbinx-'.
supply myself with this medicine. No oni**
here has it on sale. I must have it. * *, : n A
to go in jHjrson to Messrs. Thrash A
show them this letter, and make them ‘
to Sparta, Ga., two, three, or four bottles, v i
bill. 1 am getting on finely.
For sale by RUNT, RANKIN A LAM**
and J. J. PINCKARD A CO.. Macon, Ga.
jan2fl tu.tb.wat ly
ROB'T WAYNE. ROBT G. HTM**
ROB’T WAYNE & CO..
COTTON FAOTOK-
ASD
COilMISSION MERCHASiS
May street, Savannah. Ga
r and Iron Ties advanced at !o«
Liberal Cash Advances mad*- ^
i ol Cotton. Colton sold on
awT'-ieds returned by eipree°. when soniai
1 deductions
m lini
IODIDE OF AMMONS
Cures Neuralgia. Face Ache, Rheiis". 1 * 1 *'*
Frosted Feet. Chfllblains, Sere Thro'd- j
las. Bruises or Wounds of every kin*« *
niinal. . „ „ |V i U d<-
‘Giles’ Iopedb op Ammonia is, m
a**nt. the be*t remedy for aeurato* t hii
fore the public I havo been r nt ,i 1
for 32 y
id never.
terrible ditouc sut o-jcna.it*
fell urxm Mr. Giles* remedy,did I tird *n
ed relief, i take pleasure in sajii^ aj
much as 1 desire always to be a belief**'*^
human family. W*i. 'uL^rsion-’’
“Chairman of the Metlunlist Church ^
J. J. PINCKARD A
Sold by all druggists. Depot-*51 SixwJ
New York. Only 60 cents and $1 a bold*
I feb!5-dAwlm