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DAltr TELEGRAPH ASD MESSES GER
rvwrm morning. (ererpt Monda,)
Z^s^rS^tS's^T.p^ T. SSZl; bllity.of the private citizen and the aver-
OoOaTt fartix month,. Two ^ j )Tl Ui e journalist to express in ade-
’ ' _ emotions
|«dtedby the fraud in Maine, has been
' * during the past fortnight a general and
5wCi end JV»» Cent, for three month,. f iy *' _ ~
mmdOi» Ihtitmr per mmwfh for m tkorUrtumc <inatC hflthttC to0 tumultuous
I «d«d by the fraud in Maine,
nmmrrt.rm mod rt/tg OmU for nil nlwfmt during the past fortnight a ger
ta«rrt ■ # £itrr*i fiit/f BPgjifWfltfi. { ** - , ♦ „
TJT/:.. legKJPIT A\D messesger rm> distressing grievance.”
. j That, no doubt, is the truth of the situa-
f.nH<b4 rv rrriint mow, to tint wop, of t | on f ar as concerns Republican ina-
Gnrpnn Mnlnmm and Honda trading at
The Maine Count I marie, the law becomes a fraud and injos-
The New York Tribune says the “ina- j ties. According to the Herald's report the
’ H" most inflammatory element In Maine is
the clergy, and most of them are ready to
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tTVDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 1KJ*.
Qsieii Victoria has been seriously ill,
having taken a severe odd while walking
to the funeral of her. old family servant,
Mr. Grant, laic head-keeper at Balmoral.
It wn hard with her, as she lias never
hodaaerinof cold before in her life.
—A Uale more than forty yean ago all
the table cutlery used in the United States
nwr from England. At present, out of
an annual oonsurapjion of nearly $1,000,-
M worth. England supplies bat 8 per
mt, and this country not only manufac
tures nearly all that is needed at home,
hot ships large quantities to South Ameri
ca. and Europe.
—Justice Miller n quoted l>y the Troy
7lmes as saying tliat to listeu to an argu
ment front Judge Jeremiali Black u the
richest of treats to liiin—better titan a
chapter of Macaulay. “I think,” said the
Judge one day to the Troy correspondent,
«I think you are one of a very Sw Repnb-
Beant who will be saved. But (lit good
world wont he crowded with them.” lie
added grimly, “it won’t be crowded.”
A Queer Ccb rou Dii-htiiekia.—A
child in Auluira, ill of diphtheria, whose
life was despaired of, was cured by slak
ing lime. Small lumps of lime were kept
ooBttantly slaking near its mouth for
more titan a day and a half until more
than a barrel of lime was thus slacked.
The child was thought to be dying before
this remedy was employed. U breathed
the fumes of the lime constantly until
enred. - _ ’ ,
—tVenera! Grant passed several houm
on tVcdiM-sdav with his motlier—who is
nowei^ity-two years old—at tier residence,
No. X!2 I’avonia avenue, near the Court-
llottsr. in Jersey City, lie caine on from
ritila<|.H|iiiia very quietly during tin;
morning in comjuny with Colonel and
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, with whom
in the afternoon he as quietly returned to
Philadelphia, where to-day lie will dine
with Mr. George \V. Childs, and on Friday
both gentlemen will dine with ex-Minis-
tcr Welsh at his Ihhisc to meet President
Hayes.
—Another glowing example of liow
mooey is made and lost on tlic lxianl hap
pened last week. A man from tlir coun
try rare liere with $40 in his iwckcts and
forested k on ’(’liangc in wheat, and won,
and again invested. Nothing lmt good
fortune seemed to follow him and he soon
became tlie iiubby owner of $48,000 in
cash, lie Imanled at tlic Tremont House
and visions of millions dawned upon him.
Ills friends front the country' came in and
advised him to withdraw ere his good for
tune forsook him. lie stayed on and
K—an losing. As lie would lose one day
hr would think to win it back next day
by going in heavier. I-ast week his friends
had to buy him a ticket to get home on,
be having lost all.
—It lain:-, says the I’ll iladclphia Timea,
b the most popular of all tlie great Re
publican leaders. He lias more ofthe
aflerthmsof the party than any half-
doarn of his Fresidential competitors:
ha* he is just now the worst cheated
man of our history. Tlic Democrats
have reddici him of Maine; Cameron has
robbed him of tlic control ofthe National
Committer, and Pennsylvania is about to
be wrvst<*d from him in a whirl and given
oerr to Grant. Perhaps Presidential
candidates get used to such 'things as the
old woman's eels got used to being skin
ned : but it does look as if more than a
fair share of political piracy lias been
practiced upon Blaine within tlie last few
days. What is lie going to do about it?
—Bob Pharr, a South Carolina fiegro,
held that no white man liad a right to
arrest him nnder any circumstances. lie
was a thief, aud tliat was tlic manner in
which lie construed the meaning of the
fNlernth Amendment. Three police
men surrounded his house, and lie jumped
finks a window, shooting one of them as
he nacaped. He got out of jail by snatch
ing a pistol from tlie Sheriff and shooting
hhn with it. He killed a constable who
was endeavoring to recapture him. lie
nmrelrredhis wife because he suspected
her of intending to deliver liitn up. At
Npi a party of police invaded his hiding
place at Charlotte. They had not search-
red long before his head and a pistol were
protruded from behind a bed. Officer Hill
unhesitatingly sent a lmllet tliroiigh his
Wain, killing him instantly.
Ancnc Wk.vtkkkk Minnesota.—
St. Pm, Minncssota, December 24.—
The severest weather experienced for
pears prevails to-day throughout the State.
At St- Vincent, near the British line, tlie
spirit therm weter stands 53. degrees
below aero. .U Crookston the thermome
ter stands 3d below aero, at Grand Forks
jft, and at Breckinridge 38. These places
arwiaSed River Valley, and (he cold
wave scents to hare come from the British
pamesssnas. In the eastern and southern
portions of the Stale the weather is milder.
In St- Paid the tbevmomoter did not fall
lamer than l.~> degrees below zero. An
amount of snow lias delayed the
all the roads, some trains on the
Southern Minnesota and Northern Pacific
being abandoned last night. All the trains
Am the west are late to-nigbt.
Tn National Democratic Con
vention.—a Washington special to the
fWcmnati Commercial says, Representa
tive McMahon, of Ohio, in conversation
Wfeh your correspondent, expressed the
opinion that in the event of Grant's nomi-
nataooby the Republicans, Ohio would be
taken oat of the list of doubtful States,
■nd would be sure to cast its vote for the
Democratic nominee. McMahon thinks
the National Democratic Covention will
ha held in Cincinnati, and says tliat the
(het efhs sitting there will do much to in-
« the enthusiasm oftlie Democrats
Ohio and Indiana. The places
i of tor the meeting of the Conren-
i are Baltimore, Saratoga, St. Louis,
ti and Louisville. The general
I that the Convention will be
I (Vest, and it b quite likely that Mr.
i to Cincinnati being
■win be Verified, although it is
here that Mr. Til.ten's friends
want it held at some point in the East,
Saralqp. for Inst.inee. Tlie National
Democratic O'iamitt.-e meet- here' in
F-br-.sir to make tlie selection, and"there
i- ..ah- ivIt- to fire effect tliat cx-Senator
Barnaul, fire chairman ofthe committee,
a$ that time oflferHb mfiremtion.
WTRy to relieve themselves. Oaths and
curses, however elaborate, are powerless
as adequate expressions of rage. As Bob
Toombs would say their indignation lias
been fatigued—has been outrun and re
duced to breathlessness.
The Herald of Thursday makes a better
moral. That paper says, it is the Louisi
ana of 1810 repeated, with this important
variation—that this time the Republican
ox b gored. But in its wont aspect, it is
not comparable with tlie great Louisiana
fraud. Tlie Herald of Christmas contains
a report of a correspondent sent down to
Maine to investigate. Here is tlie mate
rial part of that correspondent's interview
with Governor Gracclon, by which it will
be seen tliat this canvass of the election
had nothing of haste or violence about it,
but was conducted with extraordinary
caution:
.Seated at his desk sat Alonzo Garco-
lon, Governor, a tall, thin man, with white
hair and no whiskers. He looks more like
the old school of statesmen than any Gov
ernor that Maine has had since Hannibal
Hamlin went out of the State house. A
cheerful fire blazed in the. fireplace, the
burning logs crackled merrily, and tlie gas
jets emitted their blazes of light in the
tastefully furnished room where tlie laws
of Maine receive their binding force.
■Tlie Governor looked up from bis mass
of papers and pile of law books, and re
ceived his visitor cordially. Getting up
out of the executive chair, lie seated him
self in a rocking chair near to the fire, and
pleasantly chatted about tlie great excite •
merit which had so rapidly spread over
the State. After some preliminary talk I
asked him what he thought would be the
result of all the incendiary talk which had
recently been made by the Republicans.
Ilis reply was:
“1 think it will lie detrimental to
tbc commercial, social and religious
relations and interests of our people. It
will interrupt business and it will break
hp family ties, so that they can never be
again cemented.” Here lie instanced tlie
fact that two of liis Council had been pub
licly insulted in places of business in their
own towns. “The Republican leaders,”
he said, “want to inaugurate a system of
social ostracism against tlic Executive
Department, but,” be added, with a smile,
“we can stand it.”
“Governor, are you sorry for anything
you have done or any step you have taken
in this matter so far ?” I asked.
“Not in tlie least,” lie replied, emphati
cally, “I have done nothing that I am
ashamed of, nothing that 1 regret in the
slightest,nothing that I would not do over
again to-morrow, under tlie same circum
stances, even with my knowledge of tlic
effect produced ou tlie community. Every
thing 1 have done has been according to
tlie lust construction I could find of our
laws and of tlie Constitution, and I am
willing to leave it to the calm judgment of
every loyal and disinterested man in
Maine.”
The Governor said this with an empha
sis and a vehemence of utterance which
could not fail to convince even the most
skeptical that, however he might have
been misled,ill-informed orbadly advised,
lie was not willfully or knowingly dis
honest.
“You see,” lie continued, “when these
returns came in we were between a Scylla
and a Charybd is. On the one hand was
tlie Republican party, watching every
move and crying ‘Fraud ! ’ as early as a
week after tlie election, and on the other,
our oaths of office, tlie law and tlie con
stitution. About the middle of Septem
ber, several Repub'ican papers charged
that a conspiracy had been concerted for
tlic counting out of tlie Republican candi
dates and the counting in of tlieir oppo
nents. Now, as a matter of fact, tlie
counting of votes was never mentioned to
me by any member of tlie Council or by
me to any member until tlie regular meet
ing held October 2l>,Jwlien a Committee on
Elections was appointed. To tliat com
mittee all the returns in tlic possession of
the Secretary of State were banded, every
package except one being scaled, just as
they came front the several town and city
clerks of the State. The one that was no:
scaled was that of Soarsport, in Waldo
county, which had come to the Secretary
unsealed. While the returns were in the
custody oftlie committee I have the best
of evidence that they were never seen by
any living person .excepting the members
ofthe committee. The chairman held
one-half of the key of the State House and
tlie Secretary of State the other, and no
body else knew the combination. It was
therefore impossible that any person could
tamper with the returns, as is charged,
and I am prepared to say that no altera
tion, erasure or emendation was made in
any one return by tlie Council or anybody
else during that time
“Since November 17, when the Council
met to determine the result, you know tlie
history of events. The best legal talent
iu tlic'State, both Democratic aud Repub
lican, lias been consulted on every doubt
ful case, anil we have written opinions on
file to prove this.”
“I sec it stated that you declared the
law of 1877 unconstitutional for the pur
pose of changing the results. Is that
true?'’
“No, sir; it is not,” the Governor re
plied. “We are willing to have our ac
tions tested by that law as well as by pre
vious statutes and precedents and the con
stitution. Tlie law of 1877 provides tliat
tlie record of tlie election shall be made in
open town meeting as soon after the close
of polls as convenient, and that from this
record shall be made up the return for the
Secretary of State. If any errors occur
in transcribingtho lawfurthar provides that
they may be corrected so as to correspond
with the record, but there is no law and
no power by which tlie record can be
amended. Wien, therefore, delegations
came here asking to correct the re
turns by amended records, wc declined to
allow it. Wherever a clerical error was
shown in transcribing from the record we
were willing to comply strictly with the
law and allowed tlie change to be made.”
“What was yonr method of procedure?”
“We adopted a uniform course of ac
tion to cover all cases. Our chart was the
constitution. We asked not what a man's
politics were when considering the vote
cast by a town; we did not stop to calcu
late the result; we took the return and
examined it according to the laws which
we were swoni to execute and let the re
sult take care of itself.”
The whole of the Governor's talk dis
played a conscious rectitude of conduct
and purpose, and an invincible determin
ation.
The last movement of the Republicans
is a letter to the Governor from ex-Sena-
tor Lott M. Morrill, as chairman of the
Republican Executive Committee, propos
ing that the Governor convene the Su
preme Court of the State in extra session
to adjudicate the 'matter. This letter is
dated the 24th instant, and the Governor’s
decision has not yet been made known. The
proposition is the old High Commission
renewed. It wonld be optional with the
Court whether they wonld entertain the
case. It is not a court of original juris
diction, and it is, no doubt, a purely Re
publican body, which the Congressional
High Commission wonld rule with the
party. __
We are inclined to believe that Garce-
lon and his council in this case, have can
vassed these return^ strictly according to
law, but the law is the great grievance.
The election has been conducted without
regard to law, and in many years of un
disputed possession of power by the
Maine Republicans the law has never
been enforced, except against their politi
cal adversaries. Consequently when now,
after a thoroughly fraudulent election,
march to the battle field before they have
provided themselves with broadsword and
pistols. Let us have peace.
Kellogg's Successor.
The Louisiana Legislature, soon
to meet, (January 12), will be called upon
to elect a Senator, vice Kellogg, who
ought to have been kicked out long ago.
They will do it with 37,000 Democratic
majority at their backs. Query: won’t
Hayes and his Radical henchmen and
strikers count the regularly chosen Dem
ocrat “out,” just as they sent Tilden to
“Coventry” with his ten thousand? AVe
should not be surprised, unless the Garce-
lon flank movement disconcerts and in
timidates tlie precious villians. Wonder
if they will realize the adage that what
is “sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander?”
Major Wade Hampton, whose death
has been recently announced, was the
eldest son of the Senator by his first wife,
Miss Preston. He served through the
whole war, for the most part on the staff
of General Joseph E. Johnston, and was
wounded at the battle of Burgess’ Mill in
18C4. In the same action, liis brother
Preston was killed.
The News and Courier says: “At the
close ofthe war, Major Hampton settled
in Mississippi and devoted himself to agri
cultural pursuits. ne was, however,
elected a member of the State Legislature.
Last fall he married Miss Feelan, an ac
complished lady of Memphis. In war he
was, like his father, a lion; in peace, a
modest, kind hearted, cultivated gentle
man. His sudden taking off on tho very
threshold of a bright and happy manhood
will cause a pang of regret to all who
honor virtue and worth.
The Truth Coming to light.
The Philadelphia Press says:
The plantation negroes are beginning
to see beyond bare floors, “nigger” shoes
and gaudy head ’kerchiefs. Neat caipets,
good Lynn shoes, and tasteful millinery
begin to find a market in the South. Even
the corset trade finds a developing outlet.
A11 this is a sign that the colored people
ofthe South are acquiring those tastes
which encourage the better sort of manu
facturers, and so benefit the skilled artisan
class.
But just listen to this centre shot from
tlie J Courier-Journal, by way of rejoin
der:
But where, pray, do your stories of
“general massacres of negroes,” cutting off
their arms and legs, driving them to the
swamps, burning tlieir houses, cheating
them of every dollar of their wages, etc.,
come in, after that tale of prosperity ?
Just own up, now, that you have been de
liberately manufacturing tlie outrage
yams. Whoever heard of people who are
food for shot guns and the victims of dead
ly massacre developing a fine taste for cor
sets, head-handkerchiefs and “the bettor
sort of manufactures,” and buying them
and enjoying them? You Republican
slanderers don’t make your stories con
sistent.
Tlie Press, for the nonce, forgot its
“bloody shirt” waving and training.
House 'Warming.
The proprietors and editorial stall' of
the Telegraph gratefully acknow
ledge the reception of an invitation
from Messrs. Nussbaum & Dannenburg
to attend a grand House Wanning enter
tainment, which will be given in their
magnificent new building on the northeast
corner of Third and Cherry streets,on New
Year’s day, at 8 o’clock p. m.
This edifice is one of the most imposing
iu the South, and it is said will afford
more space for a wholesale dry goods bus
iness than any other single establishment
in Gcoigia. Including the basement, it
rises to the height of five lofty stories, and
each apartment covers one entire floor of
the structure. No expense has been
spared in its erection, nor has any mod
em improvement been omitted.
We leant that this palatial store has
been built and paid for out of tlie net
profits of tlie firm within the last ten
years. It is an ornament to our city, and
affords the most solid and tangible evi
dence of Macon’s growth and prosperity.
We doubt not that tho entertainment in
question will he a brilliant affair, and that
it will be graced by the presence of our
entire mercantile guild.
We trust the proprietors may reap
rich reward for their enterprise, and in
another decade be able to “colonize”
again aud on the same magnificent scale.
In advance,we wish them a happy New
Year, in their elegant quarters.
Tho Week’s Trade.
From every branch of business in onr
city, during Christmas week, the report is
favorable, and it, is conceded that Macon
never sold so many goods for the cash In
the same length of time. Indeed, for a
month past, both wholesale and retail
merchants have had their hands- full, and
the Connor, in many instances, have been
unable to fill orders as fast as they were
received. Cotton continues to be
sold as soon as- it arrives,
and the fanners spend tlieir money
freely for the comforts and plantation
supplies they need. It is estimated that
several thousand dollars were burnt up or
exploded in the shape offireworks of every
kind.
This looks like a useless expenditure,
but then the money went into the tills of
our merchants and will pass into circula
tion again, and doubtless the sport was
considered ample compensation to those
who so heartily indulged in it. On the
whole, Macon had a most enjoyable Christ
mas,and there were no fires or serious cas
ualties to mar the happiness of the season.
Grant’s Boom.
The AYashington correspondent of the
N. Y. Sun says: All the costly and or
ganized ovations to Grant, from San
Francisco to Philadelphia, which form a
part of the preconcerted third term move
ment that was .started with his tour
round the world, have failed to make any
impression on the political circles of eith
er side at Washington. The whole cxlii-
bition is perfectly understood as intended
for popular effect, and as a means of cap
turing the national convention in advance
of the nomination.
And that it will most assuredly accom
plish. But the opinion is gaining ground
that when it comes toplacing Grant ahead
of Washington by electing him for a third
term, and the people begin to recall the
many unpopular and scandalous acts of
his administration, a reaction will follow
which many believe will result in his do-
feat before the country. Thus tho editor
of the Cincinnati Gazette, Mr. Richard
Smith, who has been in AYashington for
some time, says emphatically that the
hostility to a third term among the Ger
man Republicans of Ohio is so strong that
if he is nominated they will leave the
party in a body, and the Democrats will
carry the State. Mr. Smith reports that
the Republican editors who have not yet
pronounced for any candidate are almost
unanimously opposed to the idea of
Grant’s nomination, hut they are generally
disposed to wait about declaring them
selves, in the hope tliat'the ex-President
may withdraw his name from the canvass.
Boss Keyes, of AVisconsin, and Enos, the
member of the Republican National
Committee from that State, regard the
noinination of Grant as a hazardous ex
periment, and say that the German Re
publicans of their State, who have proved
tlie decisive element in more than one
election, are as stoutly opposed to a third
term as those of Ohio.
AVe only hope these predictions will
prove correct.
“See, the Conquering: Hdro Conies.”
We clip from the Madison Star the fol
lowing bit of sensational reading. When
it is considered that this emanates from a
Republican source it will appear all the
more significant:
The Grant movement is booming! Al
ready may the “Man on Horeeback” be ~atyred from the flames. It is greatly to
distinguished m the distance, approaching ^ llope(1 tllat if heavv m5s f 0 rtune is
m a swinging gallop. The cavalcade of of inr-omtiirv flint. tTif» onflt.Tr
The Baffling Season-
As there is quite a mania just now for
raffling, and almost every merchant has
something pretty he wishes to dispose of
in that popular way, it may be of interest
to “chance takers” to reproduce a scene
copied from a New York letter, which
actually occurred at the late great fair of
the New York Seventh Regiment :
I heard of one man who spent $2,500 on
raffles alone. The spirit of rivalry runs
high when there is a prize offered for the
table of the lady who takes in the most
money. On tlie last night of the fair an
illustration of this feeling occurred. Dun
lap sent up a case of hats as a present to
the fair and two order books. The idea
ofthe order books was that any one could
buy an order on Dunlap for a hat, redeem
able at any time. The fair sold them for
the regular price, and tlie maker allowed
the trade discount.
To make the game more exciting, he
offered a prize of a handsome lady’s hat
to the lady who should get the most
orders. Two were found, to take hold at
once. One backed out after she had taken
two orders, and handed her book over to
another young lady, transferring the two
orders she had taken with it. This made
the other lady very angry, and she called
tlie proceeding “cheating,” and told her
husband all about it. Like a good husband
he sided with his wife, and vowed that she
slionld not be euchred in that way, so
he bought two orders of her himself. This
incensed the young man of the young
lady, who held the other book, and he
immediately bought four orders. Then
the husband flew into a passion, and swore
that his wife should win tliat hat. The
young man, who could ill afford it, did the
same. The husband lost liis head at this,
and, jumping upon the counter of his
wife's booth,' began to denounce the
other side. His friends dragged him
down. Then he seized a 'pen and
ink and wrote off a check for $1S4, and
handed it to the cashier, which, being a
rich man, he could well afford. The
young man was almost in despair. His
young lady begged him to stop; said she
didn't want the hat; but his blood was up.
He rushed into the supper-room, and
found fifteen men whom he knew eating
and drinking, particularly the latter. He
dragged them all out, and they gave their
orders to the young lady. Tlie husband
became livid. “You might just as well
give this game up at once/’ said he, “for I
am determined to have that hat if it takes
my entire fortune.” The young man
didn't want to give up the fight, and the
fifteen men from the supper-room cheered
him on. By this time it was nearly three
o’clock in the morning, and the authori
ties interfered and locked the order books
up in the safe.
the other side is brought up to toe the
One lap (its mother's) for the well
baby in day time. About 700 laps ofthe
bedroom floor at night for tlie happy (?)
father carrying tlie sick baby to quiet it.
Prize—a bottle of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup,
which allows him to rest on his laurels
and his bed.
Ireland’s Prospects no Better—Great
Distress Among the Peasantry,
It is really harrowing and heartrending
to read of the sad destitution and terrible
distress which prevail at this time among
the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle.
AVithout food and fuel, or the money to
purchase these .necessaries, threatened
with higher reqts, or “eviction” for past
dues, forlorn and miserable, it is not sur
prising that the starving multitudes, hav
ing grown desperate, in some instances
are disposed to' resist the cruel processes
of their landlords.
This is most unfortunate, and, if con
tinued, must result in increased calamity
to the sufferers. But still it is human na
ture; and the English government ifoulcl
do well to spare no pains to abate the
grievances and relieve the wants of this
portion of the United Kingdom. A writer
in tlie Fortnightly Review, an English
journal of standing, says that there is in
Ireland a race of small tenant-farmers
with holdings of from thirty to ten acres,
who have no resources, save in the land and
who are “absolutely overwhelmed with
debt”—with debt due to the banks, to the
shopkeepers, and to each other. The pe
cuniary position of a considerable majori
ty of the Irish cultivators is, says the re
viewer, lamentably, nay, to an English
man, “inconceivably bad.” “There is, f
he adds, “no more resemblance” between
Irish and English agricultural distress
than there is between “the destitution of
the beggar in the street and the impecuni-
osity of the luxurious spendthrift, who, if
he has no balance at his bankers, always
contrives to dine in comfort, and is sel
dom at a loss for ready money.” Then
the writer, in a passage lit up by a clear
knowledge of Insh history, shows how
material suffering is aggravated and infla
med by the idea of moral wrong and tra
ditional grievance; how in the old Celtic
times the Irish kern had an interest as
real, a share as genuine, in the land as
the proudest chief; how tho Irish Land
Question can never be fairly dealt with
till due account is taken of tho traditions,
the beliefs, and even the passions which
the Irish people have inherited from the
history of their race.
Germain to the above, an Irish member
of Parliament writes to a French paper,
the Republique Francaise, that the peo
ple of Ireland are beginning to learn and
appreciate the advantages of seeking their
rights inside of tho constitution. He
says “a majority of the Irish members are
for the first time Nationalists; Irish votes
turn the scales in forty English and Scotch
towns; millions of English rural serfs,
crushed by psoudo-feudalism, are awak
ing; sympathizing millions of Irishmen
inhabit self-governing colonies and the
United States; 290 million Hindoos look
to Ireland as the vanguard of autonomy
and municipal freedom, and Europe’s eyes
are fixed on Ireland’s hypocritical oppres-
>r.” .
The Honorable M. P. thinks, however,
thefe is no real danger of insurrection or
confiscation. The government had simply
to encourage selfish landlords, sent police
and soldiers through the country and made
arrests. As to insurrection, the Irish
member says that “till an army of libera
tors of at least 100,000 men^with arms
and munitions for 200,000 insurgents, has
landed on our shores, there can be no
chance of a successful insurrection.”
AYe trust no such terrific arbitrament of
the question will be even attempted. Nor
do we believe that so formidable an inva
ding force can ever be organized. Better
try the virtue of the ballot box and by a
close union, seek to obtain the balance of
power in the kingdom, which would go
very far towards procuring the reforms so
much needed and desired. AYar is
dreadful and sickening alternative.
A Mine of Wesltli,
There is a mine of wealth for the peo.
pie in AYamer's Safe Pills; for health is
wealth, and nothing so contributes to the
health of a large class of people as these
fills. As a laxative and regulator ofthe
jowels and a cure for bilious troubles and
malaria they surpass aU other remedies.
dec23-2w
Bitter Times.
The business revival and new era
jrosperity which has commenced are in
Deeping with the increased health and
liappicess all over the land,' resulting
from the introduction of AYamer's Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure. “The changes
wrought by this remedy,” says Bev. Dr.
Harvey, “seems but little less than mirac
ulous.” dec23-2w
—Henry M. Stanley is now ascending
the Congo, bound once more for the heart
of Africa, by a different route. He is
acting for the International Association,
of which the King of Belgium is president.
inging gallop.
epauletted officers raise a dust in the sun
light, and the -jangling of sabers makes a
noise. But the silent, determined little
man—with hand of iron, nerve of steel
and brain of fire—is the distinctive figure.
All the rest are but grouping to the pict
ure to bring out in bold relief the coming
man. On he comes over every obstacle,
swerving neither to the right nor left. And
he’ll get there! Those of us who won and
wore swords in the rebellion can win and
wear decorations in tbe Empire! That’s
what it will be! But the poor frogs!
When they get their King? Oh, let them
take care of themselves. They clamored
for him; now that they have him let them
do as the rest of us,' make the most of
him. It will be a fine free-for-all! Every
man for himself, and the. devil
take the hindmost- Dashing Reb
and gallant Yank will wear swords to
gether in tbe new order of things. The
Empire is peace! Yive'l Empereur.
Grant will be nominated. Grant will
be eleeted, and a Republican form of gov
ernment will be at an end In this country.
There are those who' will live to see tliis
prediction fulfilled. Grant’s re-election
will be a necessity, so-caUed; at least they
willmake it one. It wiU be accomplished
by a ruthless trampling under foot of all
constitutional barriers and the overriding
of all law. It will be a menace, a punish
ment to the South. They will so take it,
and make peace with Grant. Look out
for that peace! It will be the accomplish
ment of all rnin. The South will say to
Grant: Give us peace, protection, law
and order, and we will give you a life ten
ure of office. Grant will make the bar
gain, and a million aimed men will be at
his back to bind it. But the Frogs, the
Frogs! The loyal and patriotic North!
Ah, why didn’t you think of that before?!
GE0BGIA PEESS,
The Ciuthbert Appeal begins its thir
teenth volume with the new year. The
Appeal stands upon a firm basis and prom
ises its patrons a greater amount of read
ing matter in the future.
The Rome Tribune reports the finding
of the body of a murdered man near the
six mile station on the S. D. & R. B. R.
Tho head was battered and crushed by
stones.
Columbus hoys pile up dry goods
boxes, saturate them with kerosene and
touch them off. AYhen from a neighbor
ing fence, they behold excited and corpu
lent citizens struggling breathlessly to
reach the terrible conflagration, they real
ize with quiet content, that there are some
evils worse than a cross in love.
Dawson has a 350 pound fire alarm
boll.
Appling county will send delegates to
the Railroad Convention in this city.
“Uncle Resius” is winning golden
praise with his quaint rabbit and fox sto
ries.
The blue ribbon flaunts upon the bosom
of 322 of tlie whilom merry tipplers of Sa
vannah.
Judge Peter J. Strozier, of Albany,
a prominent lawyer and jurist, died last
Monday morning at liis residence in that
place.
A small Senegambian set fire to seven
bales of cotton in Columbus, on Christmas
day, and called it his bonfire. The flame
was extinguished and the incendiary
“boosed.”
Columbus contains a thief who is de
termined to keep warm. He appropriated
four over coats from the residence of Mr.
X. J_ Pearce of that city. t -
The gin house belonging to Mr. M. G.
Stratham, near Americus, was destroyed
by fire a few days since. Ten bales of
cotton were also consumed.
Columbus Enquirer: Thursday night
it was rumored that a man had been kill
ed in Brownville. On investigation it
was ascertained that this report was not
altogether correct. At the Baptist church
in Brownville two men began to quarrel,
and it resulted in a fight. One was dan
gerously wounded, while the other was
not hurt. The principals were Jim Mc
Bride and Jim Fussel. The latter was se
riously, if not dangerously cut by the
former. Fussel was cut in five places.
He wa3 brought to the city, and Drs.
George Grimes and S. N. Jordan were
called and dressed the wounds. The phy
sicians are of the opinion that tho wound
ed man will recover. Both men, it is said,
were drinking, which was tho main cause
of tlio difficulty.
Colusibus Times: The best shot on
record is that made by Mr, Lindsay a few
days ago in Russell oounty. He was out
hunting and found a partridge which he
attempted to shoot, but the gun hung fire
and was not discharged. He threw the
gun over his shoulder and started home,
and as he turned around the gun fired and
killed the bird, which was then behind
him. The above is told us for the truth
by a responsible gentleman, and if any
one has a good shot that can beat it, Mr.
Lindsay will step down and out.
Distressing Accident.—The Dawson
Journal says: The water gin and mill
belonging to the late Washington
Woolbright, deceased, near Chickasaw-
hatchie, was tbe scene of two very sad and
unfortunate occurrences on last Tuesday
afternoon. Mr. D. A. Woolbright, who is
in charge of the property, was accidentally
caught in some part ofthe machinery, (we
did not learn what), and was seriously
wounded and bruised about the head, and
had one of his arms broken. In a short
while after tills accident hqd happened,
Mr. Thomas A, Coleman, son-m-Jaw of
Mr. D. A. Woolbright, and who is inter
ested in a lease of the property this year,
was attempting to pull some motes out of
the gin, or off of the saws, while the ma
chinery was in motion, and his right hand
was caught in the gin and one of his fin
gers out off and his hand split open. These
gentlemen both have the sympathies of
the entire community in their sudden and
untimely afflictions.
Murderous Assault. —The Heme
Journal has tho following; Monday
night at Houston Factory, William
George, a boy about seventeen years old,
and a son of Mr. Frank George, was as
saulted with a stick by a man named
James AValker, Young Geoige was
knocked down, the blow being a terrible
one as it was unexpected and not warded
off, Mr, Geoige Potter and others inter
fered and probably prevented • a murder.
Tuesday Judge Nottingham issued a war
rant against Walker for assault with In
tent to murder, but we learn he has fled
to parts unknown. It is stated that he
lives in Columbus, and had left that place j
to escape punishment for a similar difli- |
cnlty. Our information is that George’s j
injvries are severe, but not fatal.
Albany Hews: On Monday night Mr.
had two large cribs and some 1500 bushels
of com consumed. It was with great dif
ficulty that other buildings in-the lot were
•a ved,and with them thirteen head of mules
and horses, and several fattening hogs.
The hogs were turned out. and the horses
were driven out of the stalls and thus they
were rescued. Perhaps 100 bushels of
com in a badly'damaged condition were
the act of an incendiary, that the guilty
wllj soon be discovered and brought to
condign punishment.
Seaport Appeal: Constable Leavy had
a fierce straggle with a negro burglar on
Thursday last. He was on tho lookout
for the negro who had stolen $400 from
Mr. Enoch, of Camden county, and spot
ting him at Solomon’s comer proceeded to
arrest him. He started with his prisoner
to jail, and when within twenty steps of
liis destination, the negro jeiked loose
from him and drew a pistol. Leavy
boldly confronted the danger, seized the
pistol and the negro and had a regular
‘‘tug of war” with him. The negro bit
his hands hadlv but could not make him
let go the pistol. Finally Mr. Leavy was
assisted and tlie negro was lodged in jail.
Ten dollars was found on his person which
Mr. Leavy kept with the pistol. On Tues
day Mr. Enoch came upjidentified the ne
gro and took him to the Camden jail. Mr.
Leavy acted bravely in the arrest and he
roically in the fight—richly earning the
handsome reward offered for the appre
hension of the burglar.
W. A. HUFF & CO.,
managers
pills
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
1.033 of Appetite, Bowels costive, Pain in
thoHoad, with a dull sonsationin tho back
part, Pain under tho 3houldorblado, flill-
noss after eating, witn a disinclination to
exertion of body or mind, Irritability of
ziness. Pfutterinx at tho Heart, Dots be
fore tho eyes, Yellow Skin, Headacho
eenerally over tho right eye, Restlessness
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TEJTT’S PILLS arc especially adapted to
such ca9es» ono doso effects such a chanifo
oficcling as to astonish the sufferer.-
CONSTIPATION..
Only with regularity of the bowels can perfect
health be enjoyed. If the constipation is
of recent date, a single dose of TUTT’S PILLS
will suffice, but if it has become habitual, ono
pill should be taken every nfght,gradnally lessen
ing the frcqncncy of the dose until areguiar daily
movement Is obtained, which wiU soon follow.
Dr. I. Guy Lewis, Fulton, Ark., Bayst
^ After a practice of |5 years, I pronounce
TUTT S PILLS the best anti-bilious medicine
ever made,*’
Rev. Ft U« Osgood, New York, snys s
have bad Dyspepsia, Weak Stomach and
NcrYQUsnesa. I never had any medicine to do
mo so much good as TUTT’S PILLS. They are
as good as represented."
Office 35 Murray Street, New York.
TUTT’S HAIR DYE,
on nututieaa ua BIU IIIK water. 001(1 J1V JLiruiTClStS. OT
•antbyeipreM on receipt of St. ,
Office 35 Murray st., New York,
THOEBtTRF’S
FEES a GARDEN SEEDS.
U PON receipt ofthe amount we willma to
applicants thj following seasonable pure
seeds:
per doa. per lb
Jersey Wakefield Cabbage....,, SSc $ 3 GO
Superior Flat Dutcb„.^.„...... 20c 2 00
Ultra Early E-typtisn Beet IGo 75
Early Forcing C»rrot..._ lOc 125
Long Or rge Carrot I0e 75
No tpariel Cauliflower..,.. 8Co 10 00
Georgia Collards 20# a00
Scotch Kaio 10o 100
Large Flag L-ok..._„ 25o 860
American Gathering Lettuce... 25o a 50
White Cabbage U ttnco..,„_„... 20c a 00
White Portugal Onion I5e 160
Curled Parsley lOo 100
French Breakfast Hedi-1)ISO 75
Bound San y S til rack,.., 10c 60
Salmfy SOc 2 00
Dencrlrtl*’c t riced catalogues upon application
to J M THOEBUEN & CO,
octi, 6m IS John street. New Tor Jc.
45 Years Befot-e the Public.
THE GENUINE
DB.O.MeLANE’S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
OVSrEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
Macon Cotton and Produce Exchange.
MACON, DECEMBER 23,1879.
The market opened iu New York this morniag with an advance of
five to fifteen points, then suddenly fell off and continued to decline
through the day till a loss of about twenty-five points had been reached
closing a shade higher and steady.
MACON COTTON MARKET.
The Macon market has been firm with a good demand notwithstanding
the weakness in New York futures, and middling remains steadv if not
strong, at 11 3-8 to II l-2c. J
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Spot Cotton in New York to-day was quiet and steady at 121-2 cents.
Liverpool closed dull but steady.
COTTON FUTURES.
The following table shows the fluctuations of cotton in New York to
day:
New York, December 24, 1879.
lime
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
ADril.
May.
June.
July.
August.
Kept.
Oct.
18:20
12.61
12.70
12.99
13.23
13.43
13-62
13.75
13.87
13.96
10:40
12.64
12.67
12.99
13.24
13.43
13.62
13.77
13.87
13.07
11:28
12.80
12.66
12.9S
13.26
13.45
11:85
12.57
12.65
12.t6
13.22
13.41
13.60
13.76
13.89
13.96-
1:37
12.66
12.07
13.23
13.41
2:45
12.60
12.6S
12.98
13.26
13.46
13.66
13.81
13.96
14.02
3:30
12.59
13.67
12.97
13.24
13.41
13.64
13.79 !
13.91
14.01
—
Sales, 87,000 bales,
Macon Meat and Grain Market.
Bulk meats were firmer to-day under tbe advancing tendency of the
west, and sellers less anxious about their stock. Bulk sides, 7 to 7 1-4;
bams, 11 1-4 ; bulk shoulders, 5 1-4 to 5 1-2; tierce lard, 9 1-2; corn, 68
to 70]; rust proof oats, 85; mixed oats, 60 to 62.
WESTERN MARKETS.
CHICAGO FUTURES.
Chicago, December 24, 1879.
The following table shows tbe fluctuations in wheat, corn, clear rib
sides, mess pork and lard, in tbe Chicago market to-day:
-fo ; W11BAT. .
- o.
PQ2JL
UKD. L COR If •
rPTarn :
1 Dec.
Jau. IFeb’y
Dec.
! Jan.
! Fob’y.
Jan. ;February
Jan.
Feb. ;
9.30 =
132%: VAV,
640
6.67
76.80
13.60 ll3.82
7.62
7 .75 i
9:8* :
133^: 134H
6.40
6.67
:6.80
18.60 :1SSS
7.«
7.75 •
1S3V<: 134)5
6.40
6.67
•6.E0
13.66 113.82
7.62
7.75 :
10:80
1SJ)# 134
6.40
6.67
•6.82*
13.70 ilS.SS
7.62
7.30 :
10:37
333 : 13*#
6.41
6.67
: 6.82)5
13.70 j 13.82
7.62
7.80 :
10 5*
333 : 13*
C.40
6.67
•6.82*
13.70 :13.32
7.00
7.77
12 20 ;
333 •' 334
3.40
6.60
•6.70
13.45 :13 67
7.775*:
2:17 s
132%: 734
6.40
0.57
:6.72 V
13.62 jl8.7S
7.67H
787S:
Market closed dull and weak.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
fJAIN in the right side, under the
1 edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure ; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain
is felt under the shoulder blade, and
it frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The stom
ach is affected with loss of appetite
and sickness; the bowels in general
are costive, sometimes alternative with
lax; the head is troubled with pain,
accompanied with a dull, heavy sen
sation in the back part. There is gen
erally a considerable loss of memory,
accompanied with a painful sensation
of having left undone something which
ought to have been done. 3A slight,
dry cough is sometimes an attendant.
The patient complains of weariness
and debility; he is easily startled, his
feet are cold or burning, and he com
plains of a prickly sensation of the
kin; his spirits are low; and although
he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try it.
In fact, he distrusts every remedy.
Several of the above symptoms attend
’he disease, but cases have occurred
vhcre few of them existed, yet exam
ination of the body, after death, has
shown the uver to have been exten
sively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, in
cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
Advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
For all bilious derangements, and
as a simple purgative, they are un
equaled.
BE WAKE OF MUTATIONS.
Factory Stock.
Augusta Factory Stock. ,120@1251
Graniteville Factory Block 115®1201
Langley Factory 8tock..._„..„„
Enterprise Factory Stock..
,.118$120
Macon Bank fctock.
National Bank Stock...,,,
Central Georgia Bank Stock.
Exchange Bank Stock,.,.,,
Capital Bank 8tock
(■Bank
Macon Savings ]
Stock -
...100$ none ottering
_ 75980
... 48»50
.... 78980
....ICO and none oOeiing
Municipal Bonds,
City of Savannah sew 5 per cent. Bonds... 72 to 781
City of Auguita 7 per cent. Bends ........100 to 1011
City of Rome new Bonds — 80 to 85 1
City of Columbna Bonds..,. - - 75 to 801
City of Macon 7 per cent- Bonds-. 75 to 77)4
Cty of Atlanta new 0s—. - — 99 to 100
•• “ old 7s.„ 102 to 105
“ “ “ 8s —lOBto lit
State of Georgia Bonds.
Geotgir.8 percent, long dates-—..
“ 8 “ short “ .............
“ 7 “ Bonds,-——.—
“ «s old——— ——
“ 6s new. -—-•••—•
Georgia Baby Bonds 4s.———.—.
us tales
mto 115
.if o tom
—-ISO to no
— «Mtw
Railway Stocks and Bonds.
The genuine are never sngar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the
hd, with the impression Dr. McLane’s
Geoige S. Sumner, deputy sheriff ofWortli j Liver Pills.
county, and Mr. H. Jeff Davis, bailiff, The genuine McLane’s Liver Pills
brought to the Albany jail for safe keep- bear the signatures of C. McLanb and
ing, one I, J, Yong, one of a gang of al- j Fleming Bros, on the wrappers,
legal horse thieves and counterfeiters f Wkt -non t-no -
Whom they arrested near Peckville. They j c
captured sixof the number, but four gave j F j emi ^ Bros .JV Piusburgh^P^the
2fS5rSS«%tf«a? 52 "T oMoontr
Pitts, Daniel Bourne, Malcom Brock are ~ - ~ "
among the number. 1 1 HMlY? HO? !
Central Railroad 8took.. ——
Georria “ “
Macsrt and Augusta Bailroa t Stock.-
Port Bojal “ “ —
Southwestern ....
Augus’a and Savannah “
At Bait a and West Foins “ " —
Georgia Railroad 7 per cent. Bonds—
Macon and Auguita first mortgage Bonds..
108 to 104
- 107 to 108
..... — 109 tOlU
- 105
101’,'
75 to 80
endorsed by Georgia and t oatl Carolina £. B— 100 to 102
A quantity of counterfeit United States ;
coins, in tlie denomination of trade dol- j
lars were found in the possession of the i
party. They were roughly constructed |
and could not have been passed among in- f
telligent people, but we understand a con
siderable number were scattered through
the counties below. The whole matter
will be fully investigated.
Sandebsville Herald: We have to
record a disastrous conflagration, all the
circumstances of which point to wanton
incendiarism. On Thursday night last
Mr. K. J. N. Walden, residing but little
more than a mile north of Sandersville,
Un :er tbe auspices e( tl&
Mitchel Light Guardis,
on New Years Ere, .December 31at,lS73»ab
Ayres’ Hall,
Ticket, St. admitting gent’emen and ladies.
C JHtttTTFB OF AR.RANGBKBNT3:
J.O, McMillan, 1st Lieu’t; G. W. Crawford,
2nd Li-a’t ; J. P.English, 1stSerc’t.; H. Smith,
2nd tera’a.: James Lynch, 2nd Lieu't..
dec!* 2!-23 30-11. Chairman..
3250G
A YK4U Agesa ‘W’SDtea. *£ns»>
I legitimate. ParUr ailar^free.
Beal Estate Wanted.
We have sb order for a small farm of 100 to 200 acres, anywhere
within four miles of Macon. Any person having such property for sale
can find . buyer by calling on ^ A _ Hmpp
READ ESTATE FORISA E.
We have now on our * sale book 'seven good houses and lots,
ranging in price from SI,000 to $1,800. Some very cheap ana desirable
property. Those wanting to purchase a cheap house can get a bargain
UycaJliDgoD VV.A.HUFF 4cOO.
dects