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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 AM P-dif I injafrif ~if ■ tkmf vrfKwi tlTtlrgropb & TOtsstngtr. 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