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M&fcJU-u attfr Jmmral $tt Mieisjsumgfcic, —The Great Eastern, •which ha3 lain idle at Milford for some four years, is un dergoing extensive alterations. Her pad dle engines are being taken out of her, and she will in future be driven by twin screws. She is. being fitted for the con veyance of cargoes of live cattle from America, and her passenger saloons are being redecorated. Presidential PB0PHECIE8.-The Wash ington correspondent of the Springfield Republican says the nomination of Grant at Chicago grows mpre probable; Tilden cannot be the Democratic candidate, but will dictate the nomination; in the event of Grant’s nomination enough conscientious Republicans will bolt and vote for a third candidate to insure the election of a Democratic President. Between this time and the 3rd of June it is possible that the protest against the third term, which is becoming louder every day, may convince the machine managers of the impolicy of the Grant candidature. But they are fighting for a great stake, they have a deep-seated con fidence that the ex-President can be elect ed, and they are not the class of men who are easily turned in their course. Besides it is blindness, in studying the situation, to disregard the popular demand for the man on horseback that makes Itself felt among certain classes and in certain sections. —There remains no longer any doubt in Michigan of the validity of Sunday prom ises to give money for the aid of churches and other religious institutions. The Su preme Court of the State has decided unanimously that the laws which declare all Sunday contracts void except those for works of charity and necessity, do not ap ply to a subscription made on Sunday in aid of the purchase of a church. It holds that the support oi public worship is a work of charity, and that promises made in support of it can be enforced in courts of law. —John, Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland, has just entered his ninetieth year, and is believed to be the oldest bishop in Catho lic Christendom now officiating. He is Still able to sail about the wild islands in his diocese on business pertaining to his •ffice, preaching in the native tongue, and engaging more or less in politics. His life has been an extremely active one, and he is said to have lived and participated inmore chapters of Irish history than any other man now alive. He is engaged in ar ranging his papers in such a form that when he is gone his memoirs can easily be written. —The leather hose used by the fire bri gade of London has been abandoned in favor of a new tanned canvas hese lined with India rubber, about 800,000- feet of which has been manufactured for the bri gade. The new hose was tested up to 300 pounds pressure on the square inch, and with the exception of one short length all was accepted. The new hose has the ad vantage of being water-proof, and can car ry water though a warehouse or room without damage by leakage to the goods. It is claimed for it that it is cheaper, lighter and stronger than leathern hose. —The London Globe announces that the skull of Confucius is for sale in a cu riosity shop in that city, hut that so far it has found no pnrehaser. It was found at Teking during the plunder of the summer palace of the Emperor, by the allied French and English troops in 18C0, and was then mounted with gold and orna mented with diamonds to the value of $50,000. It was brought to London in 1802, add exhibited in the Universal Ex position, where, on account of its mount ing, it attracted attention. Sixty thousand dollars were offered for it, but now that it has been stripped of its gold and jewels it cannot find a purchaser at any price. Ugly Talk crj Tchkey.—The Con stantinople correspondent of the Time* says that there are signs of a new out break of Mahommedan fanaticism in Turkey. He cites an article from a paper known to be in intimate relations with the Grand Vizier, which denounces Eu rope in bitter language as the author of outrages upon and persecutions of Mussul mans in Eastern Roumelia, and invokes a million curses upon such civilization as that of Europe. The correspondent says that such language is sure to increase the assassinations of Christians, which are already frequent and unpunished.,. The Porte has stopped the work of Baker Pasha in Asia Minor. —Giving his advice to Chicago about her pavements, General Sherman says: God Almighty made granite, porphyry and blue-stone; and man has for.'centuries argued that he could out of. sand, lime, cement aud asphalt make a harder and better stone, but he is simply an enthu siast and is mistaken. Nothing is abso lutely perfect, and nothing can stand, for ever the eternal action of the shoe hoofs of horses and wheels, but Of all known substances granite aitd porphyry are' the best for this purpose,- arc most enduring and economical. Therefore I advise the use of the Belgian granite,bIock pavement, to extend as far as the borders of the commercial city, and the Macadam the rest of the way. — ; • *• i —The improvement of noses has be come an art in this ofty,-if a correspon- 1 dent of the Cincinnati Engvirerh to be believed. “A lady of my acquaintance,” the writer says, “was given by nature a nose that was flat—a sort of pug, jvith wide nostrils. Meeting her a few days ago, I did not at first recognize her. She was immensely improved. I asked the cause. “Can’t you see?” she asked. I scrutinized her face. “Yes,” I exclaimed; “It’s your nose, and it has grown out. Well, I never! What did Jt?” Her nose stood out to a proper length, and was as shapely as could have been desired. ‘Tve got an cxtensor'ln it,” she said; “but you mustn’t tell.”, .‘‘What’s an extensor?” “A metal lining, or form, which I wear in my nose to give it a good shape. Pll show it to you when we get home.” She did show, it tome. It was simply two forms of sil ver, colored red on tbs inner surface, to be pressed up into the nostrils. They ef fectually lifted the end of the nose out from the face, and were not uncomforta ble or discoverable.” These articles are further declared to he an article of com mon manufacture by fashionable dentists. •A Hoax.—The story that a Cuban filibustering expedition from the United States Is fitting out at Lewes, Delaware, is entirely destitute of foundation. The steamer Tropic, which yrss the suspected craft, is engaged In the fruit business be tween Jamaica and Philadelphia. The Whole affair is a fabrication. ~ —A lull in the pig-iron market for the past few days is having its effect,on the Pittsburg (Pa.,) iron manufacturing inter ests, and there is some talk of closing down. The workmen claim that the talk about dullness in trade is always expected at this season, when the time for signing a new scale is approaching. The Count and the Prospects. On Tuesday last the Liberals counted 249 members against 187 in the last Par liament—the Conservatives 154 against 210, and the Home Rulers stood 20 against 20—227 districts remained to be polled, which, without chaDge, would show a House aligned as follows: Libera’s307; Conservatives 283; Home Rulers 00—leav-, ing the Home Rulera with a heavy bal- ance-of-power. It was this state of things which created the uneasiness spoken of in later dis patches, and subsequently said to be al layed by the still later returns and bright ening prospects of the Liberals. With the majority practically in the hands of the Home Rulers no reliable administra tion could be organized. The Times of the same date, however, declared that the opposition had already secured a clear working majority, leaving the Home Rulers out of the account, and proceeded in its leading editorial to lay down the policy ofthe new administration. Itwonld maintain the treaty of Berlin, according to the common undemanding. It would confederate the South African colonies so as to relieve the mother country of charges for native wais. Peace will be made in Afghanistan with the least possible disturbance of normal relations. Lord Lytton would not wait & recall from the Governor Generalship of India. In a word, according to the Times, which, by the way, has no right to speak for the Liberals in the premises, there would he a very decided tempering in the foreign policy. Under these prospects, the stock markets had not only recovered equanimity, hut were displaying an incli nation towards buoyancy. A Senior Examination at Mercer University. The writer was one of a small number of visitors, among whom were Professor Williams, Rev. E. W. Warren, D. D., and Rev. Dr. Wharton, who were invited by President Battle to attend the examina tions of the Senior class of Mercer Uni versity, in psychology and logic, on yester day. Several of tLese gentlemen ware present despite the driving rain and Arc tic atmosphere, and expressed themselves liighlv pleased with the papers read and submitted to them. The branches above mentioned are taught by the President, who is peculiarly well qualified for the task. Discarding almost entirely the usual text books of the schools, his method is to elucidate the subject of every day’s lessoH by an ex haustive lecture, combining the views and ideas perhaps of several authors, and re quiring the young men to'take notes, that they might be able to digest ana retain the truths that were presented. In this way each student is made to think for himself and learns nothing by rote. • | : The writer has ’ always been partial fo the good old fashioned text book and^he habit of “sticking to it,” basis free to ad mit, from the experience of yesterday, that in abstract subjects requiring individual thought and familiar illustrations from the professor, the lecture system, if intelli gently carried ont, may be exceedingly ef fective. In this manner, too, the student is made to think for’ himself, and there can be no “peeping” or prompting. Every tub is made to stand upon its own bpt- tom. . | •■ The young gentlemen,- seventeen in number, were supplied each with a series of written questions, covering some portion ofthe study under review. These were distributed by lot, • that no student could prepare his answers in aavan'ce. 'At nine o’clock in the morning every mem ber in the class having drawn the slip con taining his questions, in the’ presence j of Dr. Battle, and without any outside help, began the task of framing answers to them in writing. About two and a half hours were allowed for this written ex amination. At the expiration of that time, to-wit, 11:30 a. m.,'the young foeii were required to read their papers- to ilie visitors, each in tum, ‘and then they wfere handed in for their personal inspection. First, they were examined upon the operationsof the will in all its varied pha ses, including the emotions, sensibilities, imagination, conscience', fear, ambition, patriotism, etc., etc. Ty ' r <’ ' I Apposite illnslrations'’fr6m history bear ing upon particular points, were given, and.the ypung'men acquitted themsetvts handsomely." §‘Then- foflfoved - practical lessons in logic, and many were the syl logisms,,legitimate and bogus, that passed under review. These were analyzed, and theirtrath or fallacy duly exposed. ! But'we cannot dwell. .Suffice itfbjsay, that these examinations the Sen’ " class of Mercer University reflected ere not only upon the young gentlemen, but prove beyond a shadow of doubt tijat a better and more thorough literary founda tion cannot -befiound in the country, The deportment of the-young men, too,was exceptionally good, and a finer looking and more manly set .pf) youths. : we have never seen. ' The gfounds of the University, embra cing several acres, have been tastily laid out and ornamented with flowers 'and shade trees, and will soon form a most attractive addendum to the institution. _ To the credit of Mrs, Battle, the accom plished wife of the President, assisted by a number of the public spirited ladies of Macon^ue the improvements mainly due. Mercer University is an honor to our city ahdf the State of Georgia. Centrally located as it U, and possessed of a fatuity the peers of any in the South; with a mag nificent college building, a fair endow ment, and backed by the most powerful religious organization in the State, there is no reason why - this institution should not take rank with the proudest literary foundations in the Union. Let Macon aud our Baptist friends do their whole duty, and this will be the in evitable result and that very speedily. Change of Pbofbietobs.—From the Thomasville Enterprise we see that Mr. George C. Brown, - of this city, has closed out his lease and retired from the proprietorship of the Mitchell House, Thomasville, and is succeeded by Mr. C. S. Porter, who has been recently superin tending Mr. Brown’s business at that point. Mr. Porter will keep this elegant hotel open during the summer. Mr. Brown will give his entire attention to the Brown House, of this city. A Noble Institution. Macon’s Public Libraby and His torical Society. ... — The above praiseworthy Association has only been organized a few- yean, but despite the croaners, who predicted fail ure and declared that a library could not be maintained in Macon, its success has been most wonderful. :im* • From absolutely nothiDg in the way of a nucleus, a company of gentlemen, com paratively few in number, have by their untiring and unremitting' exertions built up a library, which now may boast of over 6,000 bound volumes and many pam phlets and other publications, ■ to say nothing of the paintings, pictures and in teresting cariosities of various kinds, the whole, forming a collection of inestimable value to our city, and particularly to the rising generation. Competent critics pronounce the array of books upon the shelves to include as fine a selection of choice works as can be found in any library of its size in tho country. The total membership is nqw over four hundred, andfoe semi-annual dues only two dollars. Think of enjoying the use of six thousand books, twenty or thir ty daily newspapers, the best magazines of the day, pleasant rooms of resort well lighted, and warmed In winter, with ice water to drink in summer, chess, draught tables, etc., for amusement, and all for the paltry sdm'of thirty-three cents per month! The only. wonder is that every intelligent citizen does not seek, andob- tain the privileges of membership. As an evidence of the continued prosperity of the Library Association, it may be stated that since December last, when the new board of directors were elected, ^/fy-one ordinary and fourteen life members have been received. . The provision for life membership is very liberal, and specially deserving of attention by those citizens who prefer to take no active part in the management, oil the Society 1 For $25 the dues esa- be' commuted for life. Those who become life members too, are virtually the ottners of the Library, as the ordinary members forfeit their privileges if - they ceaib to pay their annual dues. •* ,n r- As valuable accessions are constantly made to the Library from the latest and most popular publications; itwill continue to grow in Interest and importance, and may be considered a valuable investment to the life member, even in a pecuniary point of'view. The President,.Librariari and other officers of the Association are indefatigable in their efforts to please and benefit the public,' ’and their institution is deservedly the pet and pride ©four citf- ’ • 7 A Princely Wooing. - j- The woding-of the Princess Stephanie is described by a Brussels'correspondent as having' been very practical. AV^ui entertainment at the palace,' Rudolph and the Princess found themselves for a moment alone.: The Prince, seizing the opportunity, and preserving the courtly style which is nowhere more rigorously en forced than at Vienna, said: “Madame, will yon have me for your husband?” \' The reply was simplicity itself,. “Yes, Monseigneur.” “Your Highness’ answer makes me very happy,” rejoined the Prince; and she added, “and I promise you that under all circumstances I will tlo my duty.” This was all, and they went out together Io rejoin the royal family, when Prince (Rudolph said to rtlie King, “Sire, with your Majesty t s permission I have asked the Princess Stephanie to ac cept me as her husband. '1 have the pleas ure to-announce to your Majesty that my proposal has been-accepted.” ‘.‘I am hap py, Monseigueur, to receive you as my son-in-law,” answered the King. The Princess’ political education has been wholiy conducted by ber father, and, speaking of her lately to ahigh personage, His Majesty remarked,' ‘*1 have taught the Princess that the first sentiment which ought to inspire one when one is called upon to reign is respect for the will of the natiou.’V-PaH Hall Gazette. j A Disagreeable Day.—Yesterday an incessant and cold northeasterly rain—a steadily lowering temperature aud a lead en sky, formed the principal features oi one of the most unpleasant days of spring. The mercury ranged in the forties, with a strong disposition to go lower. —Cream, ivory white and pale gray are seen in nearly all the imported dresses, with the accessories of wine color, prune, peacock blue, or cardinal. ' . Mr. Gladstone.. 1 , The Herald, of Tuesday, says Mr. Gladstone is England’s great man to-ijay, such a man as scarcely any ; otJier country possesses; great in intellect, - great In character, a man of faith aud heart and a militant spirit, gloriously . despised by crowds of pigmy drivellers, aud adored to enthusiasm by a race of stolid, phlegmatic men—the common British people. He is too large inspirit to want office,for airy of llje satisfactions it can give, and. will; we believe, persistently refuse it, as a .good rifleman might xefusp tG shoot at copiers with a bow and arrow. ■ Hq formally “stepped down,”as it -were, from the leadership of his party just after the last gentrtri elections which put l the Liberals.ont ‘ r stepped down with a senti ment that the good acts of his administra tion— the abolition of purchase in the army, the disestablishment of the Irish Church and so oh—had turned the tjde against it, but that the tido would some time turn yet again, and.that when it j did lie wanted others who might care foi the rewards of office to take its share of cha grin. Lord Harrington, therefore; at j the formally chosen bead of the party, is in that breachnow. , <. . > I f Her Lovely Eyes. Ah Englishwoman" having stood' look ing at Mrs. Langtry’s portrait in company with ten other women, wrote to the Lon don Hour ns follows: ... «N I was considerably amused .by thi dif ferent, comments: “So that is Mrs. Lang try, the English beauty; well; I never! 5 ’ “Don’t think much of her; I know a thou sand prettier women.” “Slia’d better not come to America aud stand beside our girls.’! “Ah,” said a sweet voice just at my elbow, “but see the soul in her eyes.” And that is just what I was looking at. Mrs. Langtry, as she is represented to os, is not beautiful, scarcely pretty; for jonce her female critics, were right; we can do much better in America; but for myself, I feel that I have, discovered her charm. Even in her portrait, her soft, humid eyes arc fascinating; imagine them in speak ing,lighted with interest, glowing with pleasurable excitement. The remainder of her features are shapelyjscarcelymore; her figure slight; but her eyes—when you see Mrs. Langtry's portrait look at her eyes.” The Boohs.—The movements of Pres idential candidates and their friends and opponents increase in ardor and acerbity daily. Two great Republican organiza tions against the third term arc now in progress in New York and Bos ton. A general meeting of the Blaine fuglemen is called in Washington in afew days. Blaine is gaining strength, as his friends boast, with great rapidity. Ap pearances indicate that the struggle will .settle down between Grant and Blaine, Honest John makes a feeble exhibit. —Sir George Balfour lately spoke in the House of Commons to the Speaker alone, there being actually not one single other member in the House. —“My eyes have lately iailed me,” said a gentleman of three score years. “There is this difference between us,” remarked a younger man, “for it was my owes that failed me.” Playing Possum at West Point. The prank attributed to Cadet Whitta ker, at West Point, was very common in its character among the colored , race in slavery times. It was called “playing pos sum.” It was often embarrassing to the planter. Unwilling, bn the one hand, to exact any labor from a aide man, or on the other, to be the subject of a persistent imposition, all the ingenuity of the old time “massa” was often foiled by the adroit’possum player. ■ After the forcible abrogation of slavery, the trick abated among the colored farm laborers, but was not unnaturally taken up by their professed champions in the interests of “Republicanism and the bloody shirt,” so called. The blood of many an unlucky fence-comer runt was shed in the woods to be exhibited in its sanguinary stains as startling evidence of “another negro massacre.” The stories of the indefatigable carpet-bag marshals and other ministers of the law, in Alabama and Mississippi, who’ willingly sacrificed coats, hate aud shirts, in the same great cause, are familiar fo the reader. They perforated these garments with rifle balls, and then tqueihing them' up artistically and “judgmatically” with a little bull’s blood from a gourd, 1 they made as hand some cases of “bloodthirsty outrage” as figure in the two thousand pages Of ku- klux testimony. The miseries of John Sherman’s protege, Eliza Pinkston, were of. the same nature, and great'dramatic effect was added to them by the tears and sobs of the visiting statesmen, who were cfovra in Louisiana, counting hi Hayes. But possum playing i3 not so easy at West Point. It would be a good’ thing for the election, as wellasfofCadet Whit taker, who' was on the point of another failure, disgrace and expulsion, if his scheme could have passed the sternly crit ical eyes of the Post commandants and surge'oi.s, hut the facts of the situation 'were too suggestive. His person was found without a bruise or scratch. Even the condition of his nose 'disproved- the stoiy that it had bled. The situation ofthe room precluded the Idea of violence. He was sent to duty at once, though but'a, few minutes before he claimed to be half- killed. The following is the Herald’s re port: New York, April 7.—The Herald has the following story of the assault upon the colored cadet Whittaker at West Point; „ When Post Surgeon Dr. Alexander ar rived m Whittaker’s room, he asked, after untying his limbs, the fastenings compris ing strips cut from a waist belt, “what’s the matter?” Receiving np response, he gently shook him, repeating the question. He then shook him harder, renewing the inquiry. '• ,:J - “I think he is shamming.” said the doc-, ipr. r “Iam almost killed!” finally gasped Whittaker, “Where am I?” ' • - . 1 “Tell us all about it,” said the doctor, “Here are Gen. Scofield and Col. Lazelle and they want to know.” ' . . j ~ “During the night,” replied Whit taker, ‘three men came into my room, two rather tall, and one short; each wearing masks. One struck me with the Indian club (pointing to a club near by, .o.n which were blood stains). They then clipped my beard ahd cut my cabs. I was •also struck on the nose, t causing jt to bleed freely. I know, nothing more until you found me.” After hearing.the statement, Dr. Alex ander had Whittaker taken to the hospi tal, or rather had him walk there, and then, pursuant to directions, Gen. Sco field-had him stripped and thoroughly ek- amiried. The result of the examination was that not a bruise was found upon him. It was then ascertained that his nose had not bled as he stated. . ' “Y.ou are not "hurt, you can go bn duty,” said the Doctor, and' Whittaker at once retired to bis quarters, and put in an appearance at 9 o’clock recitation, .and was,last night occupying his room in the barracks.as ii nothing had happened. The reporter had' a talk with Gen. Scofield, who said that as-far as be knew, Whittaker had not an enemy among the cadets., . , ■ . , j * “Do you think no cadets had a hand in the matter?” : > ’’ rw I it “So far there is no indication -of any such fact,” replied the General. “Every cadet in the corps has been examined, and they each deny any knowledge of the affair.” • • • • , “What do you think could be- his mo tive?" ,. “He was admitted to the Academy fonr years ago last January. He was found deficient, and is how in the second class. He first roomed with Flipper, a colored cadet, who graduated, and the latter, who is much brighter, helped 'Whittaker., . It is stated that he has since run behiid a good deal in his studies. As the next ex amination is next month, and with but little hope of his passing, he might, could ho have brought it. about, have been, or dered to the hospital and, thus excused, obtained another year of grace.” ha “What has been his demeanor stnd treat ment bv the cadets?” . . Ik' “He has always behaved himself in a quiet and modest wa$-, end the cadets have always treated him with .uniform kindness.” . . r “Will there be any further examination in his case?” ' ' ‘ ' , f . “Iam Hot at liberty to state at:pres-, eat.” afq a • ua<> toll “Should there be, and It is discovered that this was his own doing, what will be the result?” - , «' • ^, “His dismissal, in disgrace, of course.’’ “Could not Whariaker have given the alarm, if what ho states is true ?” “Most certainly. One cadet occupies a room adjoining’ Hs, and two are in the room opposite'.”’ ul noo ■ “Is there any other: colored cadet in the Academy?” . “No,” sajd ,the,,G ene nri» “t should have mentioned that Whittaker showed nothing of warning against an attack of this kind.” «: - >, ■ '%■ .. “ l The colored man who waits on the officers says: “I think that there were cadets roaming hear hiin, and an officer under him, and, as he bad' a gun ih his room, if he was visited by personp in masks, and allowed them to beat az-a tfo him, lie hasn’t a particle of pluck, end is a disgrace to tlie colored raeA’hA General (Schofield states to-day that, though some evidence indicates that Ca- oet Whittaker committed the outrage on himself, the opinion thus held is mere conjecture. He says the fact that no member ofthe corps of cadets committed the crime has been fully demonstrated. The final result of the investigation has not yet been made known. ’ ! A Poughkeepsie dispatch says that- this afternoon, General Schofield, in an inter view, approved the Press dispatch sent to-day from West Point. He stated that during the afternoon he had an interview with Whittaker, in which he told him of the impressions of some that he did the job himself, and referred him toilittle dis crepancies in his statements. Whittaker expressed the greatest indignation and emphatically and persistently denied that lie did the work, and asked for a court of enquiry. General Schofield has granted the request, and the court will convene Friday momiDg. General Schofield states that although Whittaker seems quite low iu his class, he does not know that he will not graduate. The handkerchief which Whittaker says the short man handed to the other while he was being bound, is in the hands of the authorities. The corner where the name might have been is torn out. Some of the leading officers ih the post do not believe Whittaker committed the act. We second the frantic appeals of the Republican press that “General Schofield shall go to the bottom ol this business.” If it is a violence on the part of cadets or anybody else, let them be the subject of punishment and infamy. But if, as is probable, if not certain, it be a mere trick of silly and deceitful cunning, why then we sec “what the service is coming to.” A Straw for Seymour. In Oneidacouuty, N. Y., Governor Sey mour’s home, the primary elections for delegates to the State Democratic Con vention turned upon the merits of Sey mour and Tilden. Last year it was Til den and antl-Tilden, and Tilden won. This time the friends of Governor Sey mour carried the day. A dispatch . says: In one ward in Utica,- resolutions were adopted instructing the delegates to use all honorable means for securing Sey mour’s nomination. In another, the ticket was headed: “For President, Horatio Seymour,” and tilts in the district in which Horatio Seymour’s brother takes an active part in politics. It is thoughjt'here that these facte indicate that Seymour's repeated declinations are not sincere, and that with the proper encouragement he might be induced to become a candidate. It ii known that the anti-Tilden element of the'party in the State has been in ac tive consultation with Seymour’s. friends, and Seymour’s name has been mentioned in all the Tammany gatherings where there have been references to candidates. We trust that Tilden and every other New York Presidential aspirant will be left out is the cold by the Cinciimali Con vention. The Empire State, by her 1 ab surd divisions aqd assumptions, bas/fot- feited the right to the National leadership ofthe Democracy. s / ■ Torn by dissensions, and a prey to fac tion, ahe is now an element of weakness rather than strength to the Democratic party. What prospect is there either of Tilden or Seymour carrying NeW .Nqri, with the preposterous Tammany feud still in active existence ? Senator Bay ard, or any other good and true party man from outside, would r'uii better in tbeir own State than either of them. . Let New York then; say we, ih' this contest take a backseat. • Mr. Tilden will carry too much Vfpjght-i Governor Seymour is too aid, and says he does not desire office. Let u¥ bring forward a man from some State, that sets, a better example to the Democracy than divided New York. < '•> u n: —■— ' ■ ■ ■ I «■■• i n-x(T Cincinnati Merchants Coming; Booth, The Mayor of Savannah has received a dispatch from Joseph A, • Siarlet. Esq., chairman of the Cincinnati Board-of Trade, asking that hotel accommodation^ might .be secured for a large party of per; cantile excursionists who wiil wisit our ’chief seaport about the 20th Inst. The list embraces a large mfrnher of ifie most prominent firms in Cincinnati, and their sojourn in Georgia (should he made at pleasant as possible. It isrin this mannei^ by actual contact and personal acquaint ance, .that friendly business relations are formed and cemented, and geographical distances and prejudices overcome. We should be glad to 'bave'.ppr Ofjje Visitors pause for a.; day ia Macon also; and see for themselves what is the outlodc of our prosperous city. . Tlie programme ofthe excursionists, as announced in tha Savannah 2ietes, is as follows: ’ ! 'Jid s.’ii J • The party .Will IcaVe Cincinnati 1 !.!! the morning of Thesday, the 13th. They will- spend the 14th at Chattanooga.. On " morhing of the 15 th tlrey will takejthe t at an early hour and go to Atlanta, re ing that city in time for dinner. 7 will remain in Atlanta uutil. after dinm next day. At about 2 p. m. they .will take the train for Augusta, which they will reach at about 10 o’clock in.the evening. They will remain in Augusta until about 3 p. m. of the I7th, when they will take the train for Charleston, 138 miles, where they will laud abcut 8 o’cl.oQkp- in. They will remain in Charleston oyer Sunday; the 18th, leaving ’at-3 p. m. on the lptn for Sarannali--104 miles. They will reajcfr Savannah at about 8 p. in.,.and will re- main there over the 20tb. They will leave for home on the morning of . the 21st, ahd go through without stopping. The Production of Coal OiL > Happily for the good of mankind there would seem to be no limit to the amount of coal oil which courses through the bow els of the earth. At first, the area of life production was confined to a small dis trict in Pennsylvania. Now -it extends over a wide scope of territory in this country, and has- been' discovered! to Abound also in a remarkably pure state in Russia, ’'Germany and 'other’iShropean countries. For cheapness and the quality of its Illuminating powers the world can furnish nd parallelj to well refined kero sene; Every day/totf,'develops some iew use forit, and where ihel Is scarce itj iq largely employed, particularly by small families, for cooking purposes.. 'Indped, the consumption is already well high ■ in credible. But the supply not ‘ only holds out, but is constantly increasing. The Tittisvili'o Herald ’ publishes stati|tics showing that dirring the month of March, 3B8 new tolls Were added to the number in the whole oil country, averaging 19 barrels per well, while in February,7278 wells,’ Averaging- 17 ha riels - each, [and yielding 4,553 barrels were completed. At this rate there is no danger of any! rise in oil. Indeed, He freight add’ valuable ” w ,te *“ 3^39- 'O-rrV.o-I-giftoyT.*; 0L r> ."?A I w£i\\VfJ f The Beaaon Why. 1- - • It is now as dear as mud- why. the Coin* mittee of Ways and Means in the House, which Wail packed with Protectionists by Speaker Randall, are not willing; to re port any bill looking to the: modurtioty.bf the present odious tariff! There is a majority in the House against as evinced by the vote on rules-to allow the passage: of known as the Townshend .bill; 7 to' place type, printing paper, and the materials employed in the manufacture of-papdr on the free list. Though the majority was not sufficient to suspend the lules, yet it was quite pronounced in favor of a modi fication of the tariff. The vote stood 113 to 80. Fifteen Republicans aud all the Greenbackers save one, voted for suspen sion. Thirteen Democrats only voted against it. Under the new rales, the bill cannot bo reached again until the first Monday in May, but it is believed it will then go through without any difficul ty-'. - . nv ’- J»2i — ! Death, of Mr; James Reynolds. Last Sunday morning the citizens of Vineville were startled by the intelligence ofthe sudden decease of Mr. James Rey nolds in that village. He had been ailing only a day or two, and -few of his neigh bors were aware of his sickness. The im mediate cause of his taking off was hem orrhage of the bowels. So silently and gently did the spirit pass away that even his wife and those present never knew when the breath left the body. Mr. Rey nolds leaves a wife and five children, all of tender age, to mo urn his loss. His fu neral took place from the residence on Monday, morning. Rev. Mr. Twitty offi ciating. The deepest sympathy is felt for the bereaved wife and helpless.or phans. ; *. ■ • .v.7 j, " ?: The Railways and the People. Nothing can be more desirable than that rates of freight and transportation should settle down on a basis that will allow a fair return for railway invest ments and establish reasonable and impar tial charges upon the people. Tlie parties interested in this question of adjustment are not distinct and antagonistic. The people are represented on both sides—both as employes and as owners of these roads. It is not for the interest of anybody that the people, as employes and freighters, should ruin the peopls as stockholders. Ob the other hand,’it is important to all that the railways should maintain a sol vent condition.. Something more than the pecuniary welfare of the State is concern ed in this thing. The’ public safety and convenience are .vitally involved. A coun try victimized to broken-down, insolvent and disordered railway companies, is in an unfortunate condition. Nothing can well be right or safe in it. The farmers cannot rely on forwarding their crops or receiving supplies. The mc.ehant will be badly embarrassed in moving his goods, and no body will be safe in travel, either for busi ness or pleasure. - rhe roads must be kept up in effective condjtfon. A, country represented by crippled and insolvent railways presents a disgraceful aspect to the stranger, and is a nui-ance to everybody living in or passing through it. Therefore, w« say, the question of liv ing rates ought to be adjusted by both pai ties on sound business principles; and ■it can be. It is no dark and insoluble enigma io determine what rates will sus tain a business of settled and established proportions. It is easy to show the cost and the income, and we don’t believe ihere are a hundred men in Georgia un willing to allow a fair living price for the work. Indeed, the fact that the people of the body politic of Georgia have assumed to.fix prices, as fine party 10 theae tr *ns- actions, makes.:it imperative upon them that those prices shall. be fair, adequate and equal- this, reason we are glad that the commission has shown a dispo- sition to be deliberate—to consult the reads and to use great caution. Unluckily, the situation lias been much complicated by the sudden and rapid ad vance supplies ^within tlie past few months. . The advaqqe has been from forty to eighty jper cent, at least, and this advance renders any material average re duction in transportation difficult But we do not understand Georgia as having com plained so much of the average price as of inequalitiesauindiscrimination*'' in .He price. What they want is an equal aud impartial price; but they arc willing to al- lqw rates which will permit dividends to stockholders. They do not desire that widows and orphans, so large a number of whom now find their all in railway stocks, shall be cut offjfrom all income in ofderW&mftiiy rednre * ftfeiighiP^barges.' Let tis' have affair thing of 1 this'in at ter all round. *•*« '” l! J ited , More Concessions To Be Railway Senator Hill’s Case.—In the Ray mond case against Senator Hill, before the Circuit Court in Washington, on ... „, Wednesday, on a motion to strike the case We understand that the managers of fn>m the docket> Mr . Merrick) mvtwl for Asked of the Commissioners. the several railroads propose as King the Railroad Commission to give them another hearing, and to ask of them a farther in crease on the rates as published, anil we Senator Hiil, remarked: I have several affidavits in my posses sion bearing on the general matter out of which this case grows, but as they do not hope their request will be cratited, aud directly affect the merits of the question - ” as to the attorney’s authority from the plaintiff to institute it, I do uot deem it necessary to file them in support of this motion. There may be an occasion hcrc- that the Commission will accede to all tbeir reasonable demands so far as they can do so without allowing “discrimina tion” or departing from . the fundamental principle of establishing a “just aqjl rea sonable schedule of rates” for each of the railroads in the State. We further suggest to the Commission ers the propriety of suspending their-pub lished rates for a reasonable period, and that the managers of roads not satisfied with the same be allowed, to submit such schedules of- rates as they think will produce sufficient rev enue to keep their property in good ser viceable conditidn, and pay the owners a fair interest' on their investment. Of course, if those demauds are unreason able or exorbitant, they, should, and would be rejected. The .piopoeition is to keep the matter open for further adjust ment, as it is only by repeated trials that a proper and satisfactory tariff, of rates can he arrived at.*s i . , - If the Commissioners approve of this ides, we suggest that - as soon as a road presents its schedule, they shall publish it and invite all persons feeling aggrieved or injured by the new schedule, to come before them as required by their rules, and make their complaints and show cause why the rates, as offered by the said rail road shall not be established as its regular tariffofcharges, r •.. . : p j We are aware that the duties assigned to the Commissioners are of an exceeding ly difficult and complex character, and timb and practice alone can verify' their work. It is fortunate for the State.that the gentlemen who comprise that body are possessed ofthe entire confidence' off the people, and unite in themselves the rarest qualifications for ihe proper - discharge of the important traste confided to foem. Look Sharp What You Write. Two Ofthe editors of the-Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Intelligencer, who hap pened to be lawyers, and had been em ployed in a certain case, recently, after it had been decided iii court, ventured “to criticise the ruling of the court through the columns of their paper. ■ -For‘ this of fense so-called, the iritte judge, one Pat terson, without evien granting them a hear ing, had their names stricken from the roll of practicing attorneys. Bat (Messrs. Steinman (fc Hensel, the geDtlemen thus roughly dealt’with,' are not disposed'to submit'to such '-’TheJr?fe»Te' afo cordlngiy appealed their case to‘ihe 8it- Twenty-fite Thooi&nd Gone. ’A Washington dispatch says; .1 j :' Before the exodus committee to-day, j. W. Wheeler, ■ colored* of St. Louis, and manager of the Colored Relief Association at that point, stated that over 20,000 emi grants had passed through the hands of the association at St . Louis, and he thought that altogether, by aid of difl'or- •ent associations, fully 25,000 had located in Kansas from the South. At present he thought the movement was, if anything, on the increase, r.r.l— ;' ui -v,: ! We ' do hot credit , this statement aty morte than the Radical canard which., as serted roundly That 20,000 negroes had been butchered by the kuklux and. former slave-holders of Georgia. Not even were FalstafTs "nten in. buckram multiplied rdototapidly: "tr■ vdt • Interesting Religious Meeting^. J?or : quite a humbir’- or days past the pai- for of the Presbyterian 'church (colored,) Rev. Mr. McCurdy, has been conducting a series of meetings at night, w.Hh con stantly increasing- interest. There have been several conversion's, and’about a dozen souls are inquiring the way of sal vation. The meetings, which have been suspended for a night’bi i two from the in clemency oft fife toither, will nowbe re sumed. »-1j iti'AriJil . ,lir. 'Key ‘ also^still' continues ‘ fils daily services in Mulberry street Methodist church with good effect. There has been no great awa£eipRg, ,lmt the souls of tho church members have been revived, and quite si number also have been added to the church by profasaiolYoftheir .faith. May the ^wd-workgO On. v,i iq >,i- n-*:» i ' !. --••'A. '3 .'I ■V.TffHT- i-.f ■ .7/1; ' The Scale Insect which is again be- eomiugyery • .destructive to foe otango trees in Ylorida; ftp, jit k # fo,,J?y I?r. Z. H. Mason, of Apopka, be exterminated by three applications: 1, Close pruning of the most badly affected wood; 2, fer- tttizing the roots; 3, and . apply ing with a brush th« following -mixture: Soft soap, foree fjiiarts; Iforosene,. half a pint; creosote, a tablsspoonful. The birds carry this insert from tree to tree, and for a number of years it destroyed the crop in Florida, which now produces the best oranges in the worlfo II i ^ 1 ' — Editorial Change.—We see by the last Perry Home-Journal, that Mr. Ed win Martin, who has conducted this ex cellent papa successfully for several years, bath as editor and proprietor, has leased the same to Mr. John H. Hodges, late of the Iiwinton Appeal. Mr. Martin retains connection with the paper as edi torial correspondent. We wish the new management ail possible success, and trust foe good people of Houston will lib erally sustain this home enterprise. We congratulate Mr. Martin on his partial re lief from the perplexities of editorial life Colonel,Cole.—You can heat any thing you wish from Atlanta. The last sensation is the following from M. E. T. to the Auguste Sexes : I understand there » some such thing on the tapis as making Colonel Cole President of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, in which event a through line isio.be established between Brunswick and the West, via the Georgia Western, which will be ’ built only in that contin gency—or, that is, that the through line is*, made. Blaine’s Strength.—At Mr. Blaine’s headquarters In Washington, according to the World,- they count on 359 votes for Blaine. The fact is, all the Radical fac tions arc smart at counting, but the Grant stilwarts lead. They can beat the Blaine men with half their strength. Ah, what counters they are! It is reported that Mr. H. B. Plant, President of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company, is forming a company for the purchase of the Green- —The Grant men arc reported to have got the “upper holt” in the recent reor- J ville and Columbia Railroad, which will ganization of the Republican party in be told under foreclosure in Columbia on Mississippi. ' the 15th inst. premc Court of Pennsylvania?"-' — ci i * Th6 ptess awaits the final derision wifo much interest. A contemporary makes the just reniark ihat if the judiciary of'Penn sylvania—or any blherj adlci a ry—above entfeisfii, or cannot withstand the scruti ny of a free press, it-is"high time the wOrld should know it. The probability is, that Judge Patterson Will realize that he has committed a capital blunder before he is flcme wlth'his petty acf of tyranny. What a Jeffries that man would make if he only had the opportunity. Gone to Wobk Again.—The colored labor strike in St. John’s Parish, Louisi ana, whichwasTd serious as to necessitate the calling out of themiUtary, has virtually ended. The latest accounts state that the hands hacf generally resumed work at their former wagfes^ --The price paid for labor,’ the NeW Orleans: Prices Current says, is “already greater than that ofthe unskilled dr agricultural labor in the North aud West.’* Still, this emeute makes the plant-, era uneasy,'iii the negroes are a gullible and excitable race-,; easily influenced by bad men, and may give trouble again. Hence, there is a growing dispowtkfo to supplentedt" African labor with.Chinese importations. ’ Note tfaat they prefer the Chinaman, but it is thought that his pres ence will put-the daridea-oiLtheir good behavior,' anil prove that , they are not wholly indispensable in ihe cultivation of the.'soil.“H .era q 1;i : • I after to bring them forward. These affi davits establish conclusively, and to my entire satisfaction, that this is one of the manifestations of a conspiracy against the defendant, organized by a combination of some of the lowest and most de based of people, uniting with some who are not in appearance so degraded, but together they constitute a small band ofthe lowest and basest and the in famous and prominent. In my judgment this woman (the plaintiff), is their instru ment, either innocently on her part, or with guilty knowledge, I believe, in the enjoyment of present and the hope af fu ture pecuniary reward. She is, I believe, now In this city, and if she desires to re instate her case, or bring another, she can come into court aud submit her prop osition. I will add that the affidavits which I have referred Io show the object of this conspiracy is wantonly to injure the moral character of the distinguished gentleman who is the defendant, and to impair his political Influence in his Sena torial capacity in regard to matters n?w pending before the councils of the nation. The court took the case under advise ment. ... ■ Roasted to Death by the Son. Dr. Schweinfurtb, in a lecture which he recently delivered at the Berl in Geograph ical Society .on the subject of his latest explorations in Central Africa, gave his hearers a thrilling account of the mode in Which capital punishment is inflicted upon criminals by the AhQuadjis, a small trib utary off-shoot ot the great and powerful Djour people, The malefactor condemned to die is bound to a post firmly driven into the ground in some open place where no trees afford a shade, and is .-there slowly roasted to death—not by any artificial means involving a waste of fuel, but by the natural heal of the bun’s rays as they reach oiir eart h In its equatorial regions. , To protract his .suffering and to avert his speedy end by sunstroke, the ingen- genious Al-Quadjis cover theirerring com patriot’s head with fresh green leaves, whioh effectually shield his brain from Phoebus’, darta. No such protection is, however, accorded to his body, which gradually dries up, shrinks together, and ultimately becomes carbonized. One chanoe of salvation is open to the roast ing man, while as yet he is not complete ly, “done to death.” If a cloud pass be tween the suft and his place of torment, he te at once, cut loose from' his post, and becomes the object of popular reverence, as a.mlgbty magician-in whose behalf the supernatural powers have deigned direct ly to intervene. But clouds seldom in terfere with, the administration of justice ' on the days chosen for public executions by the Al-Quadji authorities; at least, that appears to be Dr. Schweiufurth’s ex- perieuce of African weather as far as it bean upon the judicial .Toasting of male factors.— ' Horrible Fate of a Ghoul. The Hagerstown (Md.) Globe has the following: Indiana' fhrnishes the most horrible case on record. Gordon Truesdale, a handsome South Bender, had a desire to procure a collection of human skulls, be ing an amateur phrenologist. He dug down into tlie grave of Sarah Platts, cut the flesh around tlie neck; and placing his foot op the breast of tbe corpse, wrenched the head off by main force. He disjointed arid threw away the lower jaw. He poi soned his nose-with some of the matter from the corpse, and:his head swelled up -until Incisions had to be made in his nose and forehead to prevent the skin from bursting. His eyes actually decayed and became sightless, and the odor was so hor- ribie that the attendants were at first obliged to flee from the house and after wards handle him with gloves. He con fessed his crime and died in awful agony. As soon ns the breath left the body it was placed in the coffin, but it swelled so as to burst off the lid, and the remains were hurried.to the cemetery in the night and bdrled. ,ur ' * :o ' *- A noble Lord, as proud and fond as a man should be of bis beautiful young wife, was just about rising to speak in a debate when a telegram was put in lus hand*. He read it, left tbe House, jump ed into a cab, drove to Charing Cross and took the train fo Dover. . Next day he re turned home, rushed Into his wife’s room and finding her there upbraided the aston ished lady in no measured terms. She protested her ignorance of having done anythlng to offend him. “Then wfijit did Vou mean by your telegram?” be asked. “Mean? What -1 said, of course. What are you talking -about?” “Bead it for • «■>' yourself,” said he. She read: “I flee with • The Cold Snap.—There was a slight - ... r ^Tnr ■.rrj. ... ir " to Dover straight. Pray for For"- a moment words would not . then after a merry , fit of laughter, tue suspected wife quietly remarked, “Ob, those dreadful telegraph people! No wonder you are out of your mind, dear. I telegraphed simply, ‘I tea with Mrs. , in Dover street. Stay for me.’ ” fell of snow in Charleston on foe 8th in stant., and a falling temperature which had reached 42 and threatened worse; In Charlotte, there was, snow arid the mer cury indieated,J[3fo A heavy snow was reported at Winnsboro, which, ft was feared, would be fetal to fruit. At So- Q r ^ XI0 N of Sex, not of Hat— ciety Hill, the temperature was 34. All ( The New York Sun says: An usher ia this Thursday nigl»t,about eleven'o'clock, «»• Nnrth-Baptiat church, in Christopher -“**-*?**«*'•'. ups. mington, at six o’clock, they were expec- - - - ting a freeze and probably got it. i Reports in Macon say the mercury Sat urday morning was as low as 38. ' Friday morning it was but little higher., Froat was noted on the lower grounds, but we think no. great injury jtras done immedi ately about this place. Probably a little higher up the country, Jack fiitj the tender vegetables. i»,( ri urok tetU legate j l*- • • ■ > . ...j ®f. I ’ a ., A Bonanza fob the Poob.—It is estimated that the recent reduction on the freight ; of coal from the mines to At lanta, will bring down the price of that ip- dispensable article from $7-50 to $4.00 or $4.50 per ton. This, the Constitution figures up, will amount to a clear saving of $300,0(K) to that community. A simi lar reduction to Macon would almost doable tbe amount of coal now consumed, and prove a great blessing to our people. Cheap coal, too, i n the absence of availa ble water power, is a great incentive to manufacturing, and perhaps the admira ble location of opr city may induce capi talist* to come hither and establish facto ries of different kinds. Those already in operation are paying handsomely. ' Orr the Subject of Bl'tteb, the New York Bulletin represents the market in a w ery unsettled condition. Oleomar garine and a new fraud of a mixture of one-third butter and two-thirds lard, fo match the new double-refined sugar made of com at a cost of three cent* a pound, and called glucose, have played havoc with the regular “gilt-edged,” which now sells from thirty-two to twenty-three cents, according to quality. Anent tbe Normal School, which ia now dodging in a most erratic manner be tween Atlanta ahd Nashville, the Amer ican of Friday gives notice of a meeting next day, at the Maxwell House, to locate the concern somewhere permanently. —Prince Bismarck's sixty-fifth birth day was celebrated on the 1st inst.. His palace was flooded with birthday offerings from all parts of Europe. The Emperor William and many other distinguished persons visited him. eveplrig.j, Brouner, entered the pulpit he was shock ed by a sudden outburst ot mirth in the choir gallery. Two young persons, wear ing ulsters and Derby hats, had been shown to seats. “ The usher was surprised when only one of them removed his list. He waited some time for the offending bead covering to be removed, and then reached over the back of a pew snd re moved_ It hlriuelf. Immediately ho dis covered, as did many Other persons, that the wrarer was a young lady, and, there fore, entitled to wear a hat in church. Above the noise of the’ organist’s volunta ry rose that of the involuntary mirth of i many ef tbe aoagregatten. A Bohemian innkeeper was bitten some weeks since by his own house-dog. ■Unwilling to kill the*animal, he consign ed it to the town grave digger, enjoining that solemn person to take care of It until ftxrther orders. Afew days later the inn keeper was attacked by hydrophobia, and died in excruciating agony. The sanitary authorities applied to the grave digger for the mad dog committed to his custody. Their astonisment may be more readily conceived than described when the sexton calmly observed: “Tbe mad dog? I have eaten him 1” “You have eaten the mad dog ?” “Better that than that he should eat me!*'rejoined the grave digger. It would appear not only that the man of strange appetites had swallowed and di gested tie rabid animal, but that ft had agrerid with him. Last year twelve persons in tbe United States and Europe gave an aggregate of ; $3,000,000 to the cause of foreign mis- ’ sions. Always keep it on hand, as delay in creases suffering. If you have woough or cold, use Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. It will cure you. Price 25 cents. The Constitution says “the Democrats j will have to mollify Mr. Tilden as well i John Kelly.” Yes; do it with a maul- briefly. Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines has ju entered into another law suit against City of New Orlears. - —If Southern Congressmen and South ern newspapers, says the Vicksburg Her aid, would have less to say in defense of State rights they would find less occasion to say anything. If it be as vital a doc trine as it is contended it is, tbe South may safely wait until self interest shall prompt its assertion and support by some other section of the country. That time is sure to come, and the South cau well af ford to abide it.