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»u An epidemic of measles seems to be
prevailing all over the country. For
tunately it is of a mild form.
The Moffett bell punch system is
becoming quite popular in many parts
of the country.
Ex-Governor Moses, of South
Carolina, lias been arrested in New
York on the charge of forgery.
General Charles W. Field, formerly
of Kentucky, hut more recently of
Georgia, has been elected Doorkeeper
ot the House of Representatives.
The new Blue Book recently issued
shows the total number of Federal
office holders of all kinds and degrees,
to he 85,880.
The insane building of the Stenhen,
New York, poor house was set on
fire by a lunatic, who with fourteen
others, was burned to death.
An amicable adjustment of Euro
pean disagreements is now confidently
expected, but the Georgia Railroad
war still continues.
Hon. Montgomery Blair is at
Washington urging his measure for
ousting Ilayes from the Presidency.
Ife is confident ns to his final success.
Hon. E. P. Howell, of the Atlanta
Constitution is exercising his facile
pen in writing up the Georgia Con
gressmen, in a Washington corres
pondence to his paper.
The prospects for a peaeible solu
tion of European troubles are daily
becoming much more favorable, and
it is now pretty generally believed
that war will he averted.
Major Gen. Phil. Sheridan is sued
for half a million dollars—being the
plunder of a Louisiana plantation,
stock and crops, which lie is charged
with having seized and converted to
his own use, during the late unpleas
antness. Phil., per contra, says the
bill is exorbitant; and, besides, lie
was doing that stealing on behalf of
the United Slates Government, and
not on his own aecount.
The Georgia Railroad Directory
will be enabled to make quite a
creditable showing to the annual
convention of Stockholders which
meet9 in May. The total receipts of
Hie road for the past twelve months
was $1,203,022,52. The expenses
for the same time were $898,468,48,
leaving a net profit to the road ot
$304,554,04. A good showing this.
The Savannah News remarks,
Whether England goes to war or
not she will have to bear a pretty
heavy burden of taxation for the
mere cost of preparation. Instead of
going into the next fiscal year with a
surplus of four million three hundred
thousand dollars, as she would have
done but for the war excitement, she
has a deficit of eleven million three
hundred thousand dollars at the
present moment, and the prospect at
the close of the year of one of twenty*,
nine million dollars. This will be
raised by-itt increase of "two pence
in the pound on the income tax, four
pence the pound on tobacco, and of
five hundred thousand dollars in the
dog tax. The increased taxation
comes, too, at a time of painful busi-
ness depression in England.
As usual the annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
is being pveceeded by an animated
discussion, over the succeeding mana
gement of the road. This is one of
the wealthiest and strongest corpora
tions in our State, and without pre
suming to dictate to.lhc Stockholders
as to what they should do, yet from
the experience of the road for the
past few years, its falling off, if not
entire failure, in the matter of divi
dends, the depreciation in the stock
etc, it appears to us that the best and
truest policy would be to make a
new deal. Dissensions and disagree*
ments have arisen in the present
management, which have and must
necessarily continue to militate against
the true interest and success of the
road, and which can only be removed
by an entire change in both the direct
and general management. The in
terest of the Stockholders, many of
whom have a large amount boosted
in this company as well as the interest
of those more directly concerned in
the control of its business, it seems to
us would imperatively demand a
change. It is then to he hoped, that
should such a policy be deemed
wisest and best at the approaching
annual convention, it will be adopted
with harmony and the best of feel
ings, that the interest of the individu
al stockholders may lx.* subserved and
the road fully restored to its wanted
and former prosperity.
SOUTHERN
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BANNER:! AMIL 46, 1878.
Mr. Stephens Bill.
Mr. Stephens bill fpr the improve
ment of the navagation of the Savan
nah river above Augusta has been
favorable reported on by the commit
tee on Commerce of the House, and a
provision made in their general hill au
thorizing and directing the Secretary
of War to have a survey of the rivei
made with the estimated cost of the
improvement desired. There is hut
little doubt hut that Mr. Stephens
hill will pass. The Augusta Chroni
cle and Constitutionalist comment
ing on this measure, says: “The
improvement of the navigation of the
upper Savannah is an enterprise that
will affect beneficially not only the
city of Augusta but also the planting,
commercial, manufacturing and min
ing interests of a large and rich sec
tion of the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina and Ten
nessee. By the expenditure of a very
trifling sum of money, the waters
oft he upper Savannah can he speed
ily rendered navigable from Augusta
to Anderson Court House, South
Carolina, and for some distance be
yond. This will give uninterrupted
navigation from the mountains to
Savannah and the Atlantic ocean—a
distance of over four huadred miles.
The country tributary to this great
water artery comprises the counties
of Chatham, Effingham, Screven,
Burke, Richmond, Columbia, Lin
coln, Hart, Franklin, IlaLersham and
Rabun in Georgia; Beaufort, Barn
well, Aiken, Edgefield, Abbeville,
Anderson, Pickens and Oconee in
South Carolina; and a considerable
portion of Western North Carolina
and Eastern Tennessee.”
The Danger Ahead.
. W ip^ynen-
tmg upon the danger which threatens
the character Hud composition of the
next House of Representatives lias
this to say: '*• • ’ ■» - *'
“ The great danger that threatens
the political character of the next
house of representatives is from the
soutli, where the cry of the. shajm
independent and the bogns reformer
is already heard. The sonth, after
the ravages of a long war^is naturally
disorganized. Her" men of ,\yealth
were reduced to .penury ; her raep of
authority and culture found them,
selves subjected to the rule of the
most ignorant and depraved. Their
occupation aqd property departed
hand in hartd. For a time,-when the
possibility ot L relief dawned upon
them, they handed together in.Uie
name of the democracy againstthroi*
tened negro aijff ejltpe^-bjig suprema
cy, and with hut little effort threw it
off. The danger being removed the
incentive seems also to have been
removed, and with it a good deal of
the sound sense for which the south
was famous. Democrats are begin
ning to plot against their fellow-dem
ocrats, not for the good of their
respective commonwealth, but im
personal greed and personal aggran
dizement. The result will be that in
scores of congressional districts,
where the democratic vote is three to
one, the certainty of a democratic
representative may he seriously
threatened. In the mean time the
radical party in the north and west
lose no chance of scoring a member
| in the hope of being able to offset the
| inevitable loss of the senate by again
of the house organization. We do
not need to waste words with our
friends in support of a proposition so
startlingly plain as this. The salva
tion of party depends upon the insli-
j tulion of a strict party discipline in
the southern slate and the subordina
tion of individual ambition.
An Independent Congressional
candidate in the South is at$*nlly of
the Radical p.vty in the North. He
inay not mean it, and possibly may
not think he means it, hut his efforts
are as surely auxiliary to those of the
Chandlers, Howe, Conkling, Blaine
and Butler as though he were sub
sidized by them for the exact purfose
he has in view.”
A Card of Thanks.
Athens, Ga., April 11th, 1878.
Editor Southern Banner—Please
permit me through your columns to
return my profound thanks and most
grateful appreciation to the good
citizens of Athens, of every denomina
tion, for their kind and generous
subscriptions to Bethany Church
(Methodist) of Jackson county. Com
ing among the good people of Athens
with whom I so long lived, in the
interest of this church, the kind man
ner in whioh I was received and the
liberal consideration which they gave
to my appeals, touched a tender and
appreciative chord in my heart, and
wanting In words to express my thanks
and - gratitude, I can only add, may
the Good Lord bless and reward them
for their noble and generous aid in
behalf of His canse.
Truly and grateful,
James S. England.
Secretary Sherman has been hold
ing a conference with the New York
Bankers. While nothing definite is
known, it is rumored that the Secre
tary proposed to sell to the bankers
one hundred millions of bonds, the
proceeds to go towards the resumption
of specie payment, they to contract to
take another hundred millians of
bonds at the same figures should the
occasion require. It is stated that a
long discussion took place over the
figures which the Secretary demanded
for the bonds, aud that the bankers
want them at two per cent, below liis
valuation. It is further rumored that
the bankers had agreed to take a por
tion of the new four per cent, loan on
condition that the Secretary would not
remove the gold from the sub treas
ury.
Senator Thurman’s bill requiring
the Union and Central Pacific Rail
road Companies to set apart such a
share of their annual earnings as will
pay the interest on the $55,000,000
subsidy bonds granted to them and
extinguish the principal by the time it
falls due, has passed the Senate. Of
course the House will pass the l|ill as
a wise measure or be held responsible
to the country for gross neglect of
Our Exchequer.
The payments made from the
Treasury by warrants during the
irionthTof- Man*. £78^;*
lows: On account of civil and
miscellaneous, $3,021,186,11; war,
$1,743,258 03 ; navy, $1,180,771 56 ;r
Interior, Indians, and pension, $5,-
699,172 68 ; total, $11,044,388 38.
The public debt statement for
March, shows a decrease in the debt,
for the month of $2,313,614 77, and
the following balances in theTreasury;
Currency, $751,851 35; special fund
for the redemption of fractional cur
rency, $10,000*000; special deposit
o6 .legal tenders for this Redemption
of certificates of deposits, $25,215,-
000; coin, $138,358,608 14^ including
coin certificates, $58,883, 400; out>
standing legal tenders $347,848,712.
Boss Tweed the chief Mogul of the
Tammany Plunder Ring, died in
Ludlow street jail on the 12tli inst.
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Col. J. E. Owens, proprietor of the
Markham House, died in Atlanta last
Friday night. By his death, Atlanta
loses one of her best, most useful and
enterprising citizens. This announce
ment will bring sorrow to many
throughout the country at large, who
have been the recipients of the mani
fold courtesies and kindnesses ot the
deceased. To the afflicted family we
extend our deepest sympathy.
A Third GeorgiaTFlag.
a photograph of rr given to the
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Major A. A. Winn presented to
the Georgia Historical Society at its
last meeting a beautiful photograph
of the battle flag of the iatfe Third
Gergia Regiment. Ilis letter to the
President of the Society, tendering
the memento, speaks for itself in
language both eloquent and graceful.
General Henry R. Jackson, President Georgia
Historical Society, Savannah, Ga:
Deap. Sir—I beg, through you,
to present to the Georgia Historical
Society a photoaraph of the battle
flag of the late Third Georgia Regi
ment of Volunteers, copied from the
original battle scared and honored
relic, which was borne in triumph by
that brave Georgia command from
Malvern Hill to Appomattox; and
“ was never desecrated by the hand
of the enemy.” At Appomattox
Court House it was taken from its
staff by Col. Claiborne Snead, of
Augusta, Ga., the last gallant com
mander of the regiment, and con
cealed by being wrapped around his
body, was rescued from the hands of
the enemy and returned to its native
State, whence it was sent, sacred with
the prayers and blessings of noble moth
ers and sisters, and it now remains
in the possession of Colonel Snead.
It is well to treasure these memen
toes of the times that “ tried men’s
souls,” and to keep green in our
memories the noble deeds of the
thousands of young men—the
joy of darkened homes—the hope of
our mourning, crushed but yet lovely
and glorious South. I therefore
take pleasure in committing this
photograph to the keeping of your
excellent Society, and doubt not that
in after years it will he looked on, it
may be with moistened eyes, hut with
hearts of pride, by the descendants of
these martyred heroes.
With profound respect, I am, very
truly yours, A. A. Winn.
!|r-Jiap;t!t(rtes.
J. G. RUSSELL, EDITOR.
The Phi Kappas considered, last ‘ !
Saturday, the expediency of annexiug
Cuba to the United States.
Prof. White delivered before his
class^n physics an interesting lecture
on the telephone last Friday.
hiMany of our students are taking ad-
van tage of the cheapness of auction
prices to lay in a supply of books. The
poems of Moore, of course, bringing
the highest bids from them.
Messrs. Calloway, Walton and
Huguley made themselves unrecogniz
able to their many friends on last
Sunday by their beavers. If they are
as becoming to others as to the above
mentioned we advise each Senior to
purchase.
Dr. Mell has finished his able course
5f lectures on parliamentary law. The
Phi Kappas have granted the use of
their debating hall to the Moot Parlia
ment. This body will organize next
Wednesday. The Parliament will
offer a fine field lor gaining informa
tion upon the subject we have been
pursuing, and for improvement in
dialectic skill.
Mixed.
“ Wliat’s the matter, Bob?”
“ Sam, who am I ?”
“ Why you are yourself, Boh Har
rison, ain’t you ?”
“ No, far from it.”
“ Why, what’s the matter ?”
“ Well, sir I am so mixed up I
don’t know who I am.’’
“ Well, sir, what’s the matter?’’
“ Why, Pm married.’’
“ Mjyried ? Ha! ha! 1m! Why,
sir, you should be happy.’’
“ Yes, but I ain’t.’’
“ Why, all married men are sup
posed to he lmppy.”
“ Well, Sam, I’ll tell you how it is.
You see I married a widder, and this
widder had a daughter.’’
“ Oh, yes, I see how it is. You
have been making love to this daugh
ter.’’
“No. Worse than that. Yon see
my father was a widower, and he
married this daughter, so tnat makes
my father my son-in-law, don’t it ?
Well, don’t you see how I am mixed
up?”
“ Well, is that all?”
m No, I only wish it was. Don’t
you see my step-daughter Is my step
mother, ain’t she ? Well, then, her
mother is my grandmother, ain’t she?
Well, I’m married to her ain’t I ?
So that makes me my own grand
father don’t it.”
Fashion.
IIow broad is the empire of fash
ion, how numerous and how submis
sive are her subjects. Seated on her
gorgeous throne in the same capital
where the Bonnpartes veigneil, she
issues her edicts and millions, em
bracing rich and poor, young and
old, male and female, listen with pro
found attention aud enter obsequious
ly on the execution of her commands.
Like Pope Innocent, the Third, she
places her foot on the neck ot Kings
and exercises supreme domin’on alike
over monarchies, aristocracies and
repnblics. Wherever civilization has
set his mark, in all ciimes from the
Arciic Circle to the line, her authori
ty is regarded; and though more
despotic in her sway than Henry the
Eighth or the Roman Caligula, she
is not more obeyed than deified by
the idolatrous devoters who worship
hourly at her shrine. With the
severity of the famous Procrustees,
she adjusts all on whom she lays her
hands to her own capricious standard
of measnre, yet strange to say, her
victims show no disposition to escape
her power, even when conscious of
their fate. No one selfishly opposes
his own choice or convenience as a
reason for disregarding her expressed
wish however whimsical or unreason
able it may appear without at once
losing caste or suffering the painful
ban of social examination. This pen
alty, of course, very few have the
hardihood to incur, most even of those
who set the highest value on liberty
in the abstract prefering in this case
practical servitude as the less evil.
How wouderous and how complete is
the control of fashion ; s'ie has but
to poiut out the wish with her magic
wand and lo! as if instinct and ob
servant of the motion the inanimate
fabrics, which envelops our persons
adjust themselves in accordance with
her indicated will’; the hat brim ex
pands to a size altogether unnecessary
or contracts until of no service what
ever to the wearer. Fashion speaks
and the Senior adorns his head with
a heaver and lengthens the tail of his
coat with surplus cloth enough to
make a twelve year old boy a full
suit. The boot elongates itself ’till a
forestay is required from the knee in
order to keep the anterior extremity
recurved, and thus facilitate the labor
of walking or retreats until its trun
cated ramps crowds the foot into
most uucomfortable quarters. Again
the bonnet receeds so as to scarcely
screen the oceiput or advances till
with overgrown and hideous propor
tions it hides alike the features of
beauty and ugliness. Skirts swell to
the dimensions of a balloon with
enough waste material to rig a Brit
ish seventy-four, or contract to the
narrowness of a flower-bag. Nothing
probably demonstrates more clearly
the theory that men are only improved
apes than their manifest tendency to
ape each other in matters of the toilet.
Because, lorsooth, some city exquisite
with deep conceits and shallow brains
has thought it becoming to load liis
fingers with cheap alloy, flourish an
ivory headed caffe and “ sport a
moustache others whose countenances
if shown, of all’redundant appendages
would indicate they had been on-
dowed by nature with better sense
seem to think themselves soletr.nlr
bonnd'to fbflowW thff suit of oro
they would scoftt to acknowledge
their eqdal in ftffy respect except as a
fashion guage. Oh! itay countrymen,
why do we, whose ancestors have
ever shown a readiness to make r.nv
sacrifice in the defense of their liber-
ties, passively ! acknowledge the
sway of this most imperious of des
pots.
We sec no reason why we should
consult the taste and judgement of
another on determining how wo should
array ourselves. Why should we not
make our own sense of propriety and
convenience the standard for ourselves,
leaving others to mimic us if they
chose But if,' like the Israelites,
we will he content with nothing but
the yoke of bondage, if we will have
an arbiter, in the name of common sense
let us have one of Southern or at leaH
Columbian extract’on. Unite upon
our American platform and show the
world we have made a new declaration
of rights and have burst the c hain by
which we have been so contentedly,
yet ignominiouriy bound.
Perseverance.
Tt has been long admitted, and truly
upon reasons too sound to be denied,
that the most forcible method of
instilling great truths into the minds
of the youth, is by reference te exam
pies. Following this admitted truth,
we shall attempt to give an illustration
of perseverance that will strike thj
minds of all who may perchance rea 1
this piece.
About a half century ago there cam j
nto the wilds of Mississippi an obscure
young man, without any means ami
itterly dependent. Being crippled in
one of his legs he could not engage in
manunl labor. With no acquaintan
ces, no recommendation, nothing
scarcely upon which he could rely, he
commenced & life in that dreary coun
try. He expressed his desire to teach
school, and on applying to a widow
was received as an instructor for her
sons; here he remained for about a
year, during which time he formed
many acquaintances, not of that class
whose friendship stops short at personal
favor and close upon separation, but
of such a nature ns clung to him
through all the vicissitudes of life. A
firmer perceiving the talent of this
young stranger, advised him to study
law under Robert Walker, then a very
prominent lawyer of the same State,
and offered to furnish the means ta
enable him to prosecute his profession.
His advice was taken, soon the stranger
was admitted to the bar—the scene is
changed—a brighter prospect appears,
the thick mist that seemed to settle
u pon his course soon was di.-spated, and
the future appeared luminous with
hope. A new star had appeared in the
galaxy of the legal corps, that was des
tined to rival the brightest of its most
brilliant members. Its appearance
above the horizon had been heialded to
the mostdiatant portions of the coun
try, and ere he was aware of the fact,
his fame had been lisped among the
leading men of the nation.
After many successes at the bar it
was reported that he was to deliver an
address in Fanueil hall. Many crowded
to bear the orator from the wilds of
Mississippi. Au old man of the same
place declared shat he had never heard
any man that could arrest his attention;
but having gotton as near as possible,
he took out his watch to time the
speaker, and some word arrested his
attention and he knew nothing, saw
nothing, heard nothing save the burn
ing words and fiery expression of the
orator. When the orator fell back
exnusted, the old man found that his
hand was in the same position holding
his watch, which showed an elapse of
over three hours, he uo longer doubted
the force of oratory.
To-day he is regarded as “ the ora
tor” of America. It is useless in
conclusion to say that thin was none
other than S. S. Prentess. Pete.