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MACON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1881
VOLUME LV-NO. 9.
1.ETTEH FROM MEXICO.
.... Eli Bout*—The
1 Urmiil Old CUT «* Heca ** * Geor*I»
Uxdy.
\Vc aro privileged to publish some ex
acts from n private letter written to the
family, by Mrs. Tochie WiUiams Mac-
donell, who so recently left this city as mis
sionary with her husband to the City of
Mexico. U*hile it was not written with the
least suspicion upon the part of the writer
of finding it in print, nevertheless, a great
many of our readers will enjoy it. It is
tinted City of Mexico, February 7th, 1881
I suppose you received my letter from
Vera Crux, and you aro therefore advised
onr movement, up to the very hour of our
Cvinc. Now I must give you whatl re-
member of our ride from the Gulf to this
great metroplis. How I wish Mrs. Branch
had conferred—I mean transferred, (that
mistake is owing to my gaining so much
Spanish knowledge) her descriptive pow-
rmto me, for it will toko somethmgfar
superior to my powors to enable yon to ha'
ihe least conception of the glorious country
God has given tliis people.
Our fellow passengers from the ship
consisted of an artist;, a civil en
gineer, a Swede by .birth; a com
mercial tourist, traveling m the interest of a
thrashing machino; Bishop Huey, of the
Liii.scoi«U Chqrch; u Switzerlander ( travel
ing for amusement; and Dr. Watkins and
family. Thus, you see, we had a very pleas
ant party. The trains hero are divided into
first, second, and third class cars. The
first-class coaches are like onr private car
riages at home, only wider, and m tins way
yon are .-!mt off from all disturbing passen
gers. Taking first-claw passage, Dr. V at-
Itins’ family and ours filled on© box. So
really, we traveled alone.
It being 11 o’clock at night when wo loft
Vera Graz, we soon found that Morpheas
had more charms for us than onr pleasant
surroundings and company. “The moon
was high up in heaven,” ng Jean Ingelow
expresses it, und tho air as balmy as over
was May in the dear old Georgia-land. The
earth, on every hand and everywhere, was
covered with green and lovely vegotation.
We could not discern what growth it was,
but it was beautiful and as sweet as new-
mown hay. We wore weary though, and
were so on lost in blissful dreams of “homo
and mother.”
just before sunrise wo were aroused by
the cool mountain air, and our wraps were
donned in eager baste. Soon the sky to
our left began to assume red and golden
hues, while Orizaba’s icy snow peaks
pierced the hluo on the right hand. We would
rush madly along for a few miles, when
on terra firma, and then wo would seem
ingly overhang lovely gardens of bannnas,
oranges and othor tropical fruits. What a
magnificent and transporting scene! Pic
ture to yourself the dark, dark blue moun
tain- with red and gold, jnat tingoing the
background, while nearer the well ulled,
well planned gardens of flowers and frnits,
and small serpentine streams rnnning their
way to the valley below, hundreds of feet
underneath our creeping engine. Then
turn to the other window and behold the
the blue and bronzed hills, towering one
over the other in regardless masses, while
above them all in beauteous splendor rose
tho tlcecy snow peaks hardly disoeraiblo
from the fleece of the heavens; and then
conceive just at this moment the son creep
ing up tlw horizon cheery and shy and
thiuding the whole scene with his golden
rays and making tho snow-capped moun
tains glitter like diamonds. Then yon may
have some conception of what onr eyes
have gazed upon. No, no, yon can’t have
the remotest idea of its glory from my at
tempts at describing it.
Soon Orizaba, a small town began to ap
pear. First, above all surrounding build
ings, rose tho various domes and crosses of
well-worn, time-beaten cathedrals. By
this time the sun was flushing the whole
stretch of country before us, and the pie-
ture was perfect,
Here, however, we had to say good-bye
again. When wo left New Orleans we
thought os wo parted from the good old
bishop and his wife, that we had perfected
our lesson in learning this word, which
now means so much. But there was still
more to learn, and it seemed harder every
lesson. We know it now. We bade Dr.
Watkins and his family farewell here, and
nu J wo had the box left to ourselves—“two
little people." Here we were refreshed by
a cap of coffee. Oh, that you could tasto
it. too. It was the most delicious drink I
have ever tasted. Onr best coffee at homo
does not deserve each a name. The bread
was e<|nnlly nice. All the Mexicans, it
seemed, were at tho depot with various
fruits, breads. ctc.,to tempt tho passengers.
The women wear long dresses, mostly of
calico, and short blouse waists, without
belts. Ovor their heads and shoulders
thrown very gracefully scarfs, or rebosos,
as they call them, which gavo them a very
graoefal oriental air. Their skirts trailed
about six inches on the gronnd, and were a
marvel of grace and starch. The men
wore tight pants, with very short coata just
touching the pouts’ binding. Some wore
scrapia or scarfs wound around their bodies
in some manner. Their hats wero very
broad brimmed. Tho foot of both men
and women here are iwinfully small. Most
gentlemen of tho higher station have feet
smaller than mine. This is a mark of high
breeding, I believe. Here wo had tho most
delightful atmosphere I have over known.
1 nave forgotten to tell yon that on all
trains there is a car set apart specially for
the guard. It is necessary for theso guards
to go with the train, on account of tne fre
quent robberies nnd bold nets of the high-
wavineu. At every station there wore
eight or ten horsemen, dressed in bnck-
skm suits, trimmed in-silver, and their
nomhreros of drab folt aro also elaborately
adorned with tho same. They hadgnns,
Pistols and swords fastened to their bodies,
and wore elaborate spnrs. These men cor-
vcs|>ond with our policemen at home, and
arc always at the train in time to tako
charge «f any criminals on board. They
looked like they folly felt thoir importance,
and were no more than rowdies themselves,
ihe sun was shining brightly by tho time
left Orizaba, nud the country began to
grow more and more lovely. Mountain
after mountain rearod thoir deep emerald
shades toward heaven, nnd seemed vieing
® 1, n each other as to which coaid look tho
jhost majestic, or which could reach nearer
to the land beyond tho donds. On we
**« would run from one window to the
‘N’clarlng that each view to be the
kindest, rhe track wound in among tho
nn<1 ““e moment we would be
•.nd G ns “ 7*’?’ hi «N up nbovo the world,
SSrinto utter darkness.
Ui IfcSt I Wdan* vuu wi*J» mu nftamnta ill
e J l °9Plo,praise Hi
'O, praise tho Lord
im all ye nations,”
with L, l >r ¥*>
iub- thanksgiving and understanding.
hauJt ' ,. fcci ) 0r 1 t°ld us that we would ex-
had no T„ 8 !°. c k of adjectives mid we did?
♦ffort. doubt you think I have in this
AfJ.r u
Talley FS Passed out into the
it “-re we had dust and sand almost
to blinding. At every station we had fruit
and dishes with all imaginable contents
thrust in at the windows, to which I an
swered my one Spanish word, “No.” At
breakfast we had excellent coffee, but im-
agino my disgust when at my aide eat a
Spaniard, leisurely smoking his cigarette
nnd sipping his “cafe.” These people aro
an easy-going, pleasure-seeking people,
and wo had ample means of observing this
on onr way from Vera Cruz.
We have formed some itlea of Mexican
farming, which is very dissimilar to bars.
They raise two crops of com in one year
and have it planted in rows, bnt a small
moand or heap of sand is drawn around the
roots of each stalk. Wheat is a great sta
ple: and when it is cut nnd threshed it is
heaped in a tightly pressed mound shaped
like a house, and often has the cross or
somo other design impressed, where tho
door onght to have been. They also plant
largely a plant that is called “Marguey.”
This is a species of the century plant. It
grows to be quite tall, and is not variegated
like the plant at homo. Tho oses of this
kind of aloe are quite numerons, bnt the
favorite seems to be a drink called pulque,
which is a disgusting sour stuff, I am told,
and it intoxicates when nsed to excess. It
is extracted by come means from tho plant
and kept until it ferments: then it is put in
“hog skins” and sold. When we wore on
tho train we had carious little jngs and
pitchers of this staff thrust at us with
"Qaero pulque ?”
The stations seem to be the place for tho
poor, afflicted and beggars of every descrip
tion to congregate. At last onr bright snn
lost its glory,and the “world was lost to dark
ness nnd to ns.” Wo were indeed tired, and
when wo wonnd onr last “brake” at tho
City of Mexico, wo could sing with great
gusto, “Hallelujah 1 ’tis dono 1”
When Mr. Macdonell stepped from the
box, he found onr frionds, Brother and Sis
ter Patterson, awaiting us. We went di
rectly to their home, while onr tranks had
to mn the gauntlet of the custom house.
Theso aro queer people; they examino every
trank that goes from ono State to anothor.
This house has a beautiful situation, just
in front of tho “Alameda” or park. The
houses cro planned entirely different from
those in the States, and are less convenient.
The front doors open on the street, and in
stead of being tho neatest and handsomest
door of tho houso it is the ugliest and least
thought of, of the wholo establislimcnt.
The entrance usually is paved with marble,
granite, or large brick. There aro usually
largo courts, and the dwelling portion is
bunt around the court* There are steps on
two sidos which lead to the upper story.
These rooms are attached to a veranda
which overhangs tho entrance; in the courts
are kept tho flower gardens, horses nnd
carriages. Imagine, please, all entering
the same door, for wo have only ono en
trance.
The plan of most of the houses, from
what I have been able to see, is something
like tho old hippodrome at tho fair grounds
in Macon, except they are square. This
house is a more recent building nnd is
more pleasantly planned. The door opens
in a broad hall and rooms are on each side,
and tho steps lead np into a square sur
rounded by glass doors. The doors are al
ways locked, as the front door is always
kept open. Bnt of tho houses I will write
more at another time.
One word about servants. They aro all
Indians, and seem to be good natared,
honest souls. I clean my own room except
sweeping; the house-girl doos this. I wish
yon could see the brooms and the way they
sweep. The brooms are a bunch of straw,
each straw very fine and separated from
the others by growth, tied with twines. The
longest aro about eighteen inches, and the
servant kneels to sweep. They have Amer
ican brooms here bnt tho Mexicans will not
uso them. The servants are quite different
from those at home, both in their work and
manner of living. I haven't seen a negro
sinoe wo left the ship, and I would welcome
with delight the very sight.
Wo have been here over two weeks, and,
olthongh I am a stranger in a foreign land,
_ ' oen home-sick or bine.
and wo have so much
'o-day’s train brought
us letters from home, and good Bishop
Keener and Dr. Wilson. Our joy is beyond
description. .
We found onr mission in a most flourish
ing condition, even more so than any other,
and Dr. Patterson an earnest workor Onr
Spanish teacher came to-day, and now we
are ready to begin work.
Elizabeth or Austria.
The Empress Elizabeth of Austria is
tho most beautiful crowned lady in the
world. Yet one loves to contemplate her,
not adorned with costly laces and re
splendent in hereditary jewels, but ar
rayed in the dark clotb dress of castellans
wives of the olden time, proudly am
bravely reining In a fiery horse. The re
treats of old Hungary have a great fasci
nation for her. It Is among them that she
allops with a heroine’s recklessness; now
ashing at full speed beneath the shade
of ancient trees, now leaping over hedge
and ditch.
What an apparition in this matter-of-
fact ago of ours Is this chivalrous beauty,
stately and imposing as the fairy of the
Black Forest and (uliy as benevolent.
Her horse, which flees so often from pala
ces, ever stops before the cottage door.
The Empress Is a sunbeam to the suffer
ing. Tbis woman, with a gentle heart
under an Amazon’s breast, cherishes in a
beautiful jewelled box, not a stone of
great price, but a little faded nosegay of
edelweiss—that mountain flower, white
and delicate as a snowflake, which Aus
trian peasants attach to their buttonholes
as a sign of love. The little nosegay was
given the Empress by her husbaud at the
time they were betrothed.
For the last two years Elizabeth of
Austria has gone to Ireland for her bunt
ing. This year she will take up her resi
dence at Combermere Abbey. Twenty
grooms and horses have been sent in ad
vance to tho Empress’ residence. Her
suite is composed of about forty persons
of very varied rank, from chamberlains
autl maids of honor down to cooks and
scullions. The Empress hates all noises,
with the exception of the bugle’s notes in
the forest, the rally, the tally-ho, tho
barking of tho hounds and the clattering
of the horses’ hoofs. To deafen the dif
ferent sounds in Combermere castle,
therefore, the flag stones of the courtyard
and the floors of the galleries and cor
ridors have been carpeted.
The Empress, as beautiful now as ever,
still wears a triple diadem of black tresses.
Were It not that she is dark instead of
blonde one conld compare her to Tasso’s
‘ I weary y uu with my attempts at Herminia. In spite of her sporting pro-
itiv . r *i r” ?“ at “ far beyond tha power of clivities, her womanly nature continually
tiJ, ln> ,!° do > ,et tell yon of the climax, -
thc'nf ' w Wt * ccn «* 1 believe, on this con-
2., .After winding in and out over
tur ning curves which wero
2 s * we readied the highest
Sw V. below there lay tho little
hamlets wo had passed
There were the same well
vet i i,x Ardens. looking like downy vel-
fc],’ 'f. rt were the beautiful pink peach
1., '• there were neat prickly cactus.
d ra! 1L f ,eao ®a; nnd there wore the cathe-
ovtrX'“ :ic * crosses, some of them
it,™ wrih moss; there were the low-
the winding slowly over the lea;
ran ffii moistener of this rich country
Uitrs i, ' w< * n *ho patches of green, and
road , 1 ? nr serpentine, glistening rail-
thnt kwi'k—all far below the clouds
Brand^ij* ope ^ To our left rose tho
®li nho*. mountains in their majesty, and
cfc-ili!™.’ 0 , ? whole, Orizaba’s saow peaks
and who attempted sublimity,
TM. Ilf 6 ** 10 hinrel crown with dignity,
tool t^ntinuod until my eyes and
i-td i f™ i c . nt ”\ n cod. “What can the prom-
Yoa ^ ’ * sang all the time.
s ,10w * always give vent to my
•°ngs i of glxdnaaa. I sang that
shows itself by this and that feminine pe
culiarity. Thus she daily attaches to her
waist three dark-red roses, and wherever
she may happen to be these flowers must
always be furnished her. A fan Is Inva
riably dangling from her horse’s saddle.
It is designed with the arms of Austria,
and she uses it often to sbade her weary
eyes from tho sun’s rays.
The Empress has an adventurous im
agination. She loves the poets of old and
the legends of the past. Is It perhaps be
cause slid herself Is a living poem which
has strayed away from some long-for
gotten legend ?—Le Figaro.
The Generosity of a Former Slave.
A touching Incident which shows the
kindness of mankind, is told in the New
Orleans papers in the story of Old Jack,
a former slave in a prominent Louisiana
family, who spent a dollar given him at
New Year’s in the purchase of a half
ticket in the Louisiana State Lottery, lor
which he drew $1,000 and with which he
provided for the wants of his aged par
ents, and with a portion relieved the
wants Of some poor Germans whose suf
ferings moved him. He will buy again,
as will many others, by writing to M. A.
Dauphin; No. 319 Broadway, New York
Oily, or to the same person at Now Or
leans, La., before March 8Lh, the next
drawing.
* WASH IS O TOX NEWS.
Gathered by Onr Special Correspon
dent—Carpenter's Death—Funding;
Bill, Ete.
Washington City, February 25.—
Messrs. Edmunds' and Blaine are on
the sick list at present, which Is unfor
tunate for the Radical contingent in tjjat
body. Conkling and Hoar alone, of the
leaders, aro left to bear the brant and
make the fight for model Ideas. Blaine
has had a very sharp attack of acute rheu
matism, and, though much better, is not
yet allowed to go out. I don’t kuow what
is the matter with Edmunds, but presume
It is a combination of bile and vinegar in
his stomach in excess of the usual amount
he generally carries about with him. Tho
papers this morning announce that he is
“seriously indisposed.” Poor Carpenter
is dead. Ho has seen the last of
his Senatorial service. He had been a
free liver and gone the pace for many years
without mnch let up, and has now paid
tho penalty. He started life with au ex
ceptionally strong constitution, but late
hours, intense brain work, generous eat
ing and drinking, and from fifteen to
twenty strong cigars per day will mako
themselves felt at last. When I first
came hero he seemed m the flush of a
golden meridian of physical health and
vigor, and in the Belknap trial was one
of the most noticeable figures in both re
spects that grouped tbemselves ou the
canvas ot that historic scene. Two years
ago he was attacked'by diabetes, from
which be had only partially recovered
when symptoms of Bright’s disease ap
peared, and from that date he has been
steadily progressing downward. He has
been sick most of the session, but was
jetting better, when he drovo out one
bright day last week and took cold. Now
lie is dead. When I saw him last the ebange
in his appearance absolutely shocked me.
His hair from a beautiful silver gray had
bleached into a dull white. His face was
seamed with deep wrinkles and his com'
plexion nearly colorless, while his voice
was weak and tremulous, and his ex
pression absolutely pitiable in its ex
pression of intense suffering aud hopeless
languor.
THE WAIJ NOT VET OVEB. ■
Some of the Radical hounds here,
mostly of the homo guard school, who
have been wanting to whip tho South
ever since the war ended, have been in an
awful slate of mind for several days, on
account of Gen. Sherman’s appointment
of Gen. Field, doorkeeper of the lloun 1 ,
to command one of the divisions in
the military procession on inaugura
tion day. They have been on their hind
legs now for three wholo days, and have
made such a spectacle of themselves that
all sensible people are lioroughly disgust
ed. Gen. Sherman appointed Gen. Field as
an act of courtesy .to the Southern soldiers
who had signified their intention of com
ing, and I presume bad not the remotest
thought that anybody would object. But
it seems, he did not know the lieigktli,
and length, and depth, and breadth and
thickness of the genuiue truly loyl office
holder,and they have taken the occasion to
give him a lesson. Thjy have had
meeting and resolved not to march in the
procession at all unless Sherman with
draws his invitation to Gen. Field to ac:
as his aide in charge of one of the divisions,
What Sherman will do Is not known, but
jcrliaps these patriots will be told to go
jelow. That would certainly be the right
reply to such impertinent asses audblack-
guards as they have proved themselves to
THE NATIONAL BANKS
are in a flatter over the refunding bill,
and threaten divers ugly things by way of
retaliation. They keep the wires hot
with messages from various points East
and West to Congressmen here, and some
of them are uncommonly “sassy.” Sher
man, however, does uot seem at all
alarmed by their vaporings, and by way
of answer thereto issued a call yesterday
atternoon for $25,000,000 of 5 per cent,
bonds of 1881. The call matures May 21,
and interest ceases on that day. It in
eludes the numbers of those bonds last
issued, which will stir up some of the
banks pretty smartly. Usually the calls
have gone regularly down the list, com
mencing with the bonds first issued. The
banks, by watching tho call, could tell
iretty accurately when the bonds they
leld would be called in, and just before
that time tboy would assign those bonds
to somebody else. Tills necessitated re
registry and re-numbering. By Ibis little
trick tho call for those bonds was put off,
and they thus continued to draw tbeir
high rate of interest. But this
call knocks all such schemes and
calculations on tho head. If Sherman
were so inclined be could bother the
banks which are depositing to withdraw
circulation considerably. Under the law
they can be compelled to make such de
posits in legal tender notes, but most of
them have been in gold. Suppose the de
partment refuses to take the gold, which
t is authorized to do, the banks would
have to skirmish around for notes, and in
some cases it would be very lively skir
mishing, too.
Up to 4 p. m. yesterday $20,000,000 had
been deposited by tho banks to withdraw
tlieir circulation, aud doubtless more will
roll m to-day, but it is safe to predict not
nearly so much as yesterday.
ALL SORTS.
The latest last night at Willard’s
among the generals, colonels, majois and
“judges’,’ wa3 that Foster, of Ohio, was
dead sure for Postmaster General under
Garfield; also that Folger, of New York,
would get (he Treasury. Blaine is sure
of the department of State. Then all
hands went into get a night-cap, aud tho
last man at the counter was Stt in for the
drinks.
It was told around the Senate to-day,
on the authority of Logan, that Robert
T. Lincoln, old Abe’s eldest son, would
certainly bo Secretary of War under Gar
field.
I heard tho other day a beautiful letter
Garfield wrote last summer in reply to
one of congratulation on bis nomination
from a school girl here, of my acquain
tance, and sball try and get a copy of it.
It was among the very first of the kind
he received, and was answered the day of
its reception, 'i’be Miss in question is
very pretty, very charming, decidedly
clever, aud is descended from a family
bearing a historic name in Georgia.
Logan made another iguominous fail
ure yesterday to get np liis hill In the
Senate putting Grant on tho retired list
of the army with the rank of general,
greatly to old Tecumsch’s delight,
who is bitterly hostile to, and has fought
it vigorously from the beginning. The
vote ran on party lines, except that Sena
tor Lamar voted with the Republicans.
He probably thinks it unwise policy for
the South to antagonize the measure, as
her motives will certainly be misrepre
sented and misconstrued at the North.
But wasn’t Logau hot over his failure—
the third or fourth, I believe, with tbis
measure. He chawed and spat with a
vigor, profusion and reckless disregard of
aim that was fearful.
Mr. Hayes got a good shaking up yes
terday at Alexandia by the fall of that
platform, and Senator Withers, a sprained
ankle. Strange to say none of the trooly
loyl have as yet suggested “rebel treacbe-
rv.” Had it been Grant what a howl
would have gone up. The day here was
rather tamely celebrated. A few scatter
ing militia paraded, some of them with
averaged fifteen or twenty thousand dol
lars annually.
EX-GOVEBNOR COOKE,
of this district, when she enjoyed the ex
pensive luxury of a chief magistrate, died
the same morning with Carpenter, about
one hour earlier,and from the same disease.
He had been sick many months. He was
a brother of that emiuent financier, Jay
Cooke, who demonstrated—on paper—that
a national debt was a national blessing,
and formerly was quite rich. Of late
years, however, he had been much re
duced in circumstances, and, of course,
nearly forgotten. It was his daughter to
whom Fred Grant was engaged to be
married when her father was supposed'to
be so “warm,” fittanciatlyf but the Grant
boys had been too well trained to mate
with impecunious damsels so, Fred wrig
gled out of the match. Tne other boys
also did honor to their teaching. One mated
with a California heiress ana the other
with the daughter of cx-Senator Chaffee,
of Colorado, one of the most disgustingly
opulent politicians of that State.
A. W. R.
THE TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
Argument on the Injunction Granted
the French Cable Company.
New York, February 26.—The ar-
;umeut before the United States Circuit
,'ourt, relative to the temporary injunc
tion granted iu behalf of the French
Cable Company to restrain the carrying
out of the agreement of consolidation,
was continued to-day. Several affidavits
in rebuttal of those put in evidence by
the complainant aud were produced by
the defeuse aud admitted by the judge.
Ono of the affidavits was signed ‘by
Norvin Green, who, as president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
testified that there had been no complaints
from the French Cable Company that it
did not get Us full share of
the cable business;-* that the na
ture and cxisteiico of the pooling
arrangement between the Western Union
and the Atlantic and Pacific telegraph
companies was known to the plaintiff be
fore 1878, and that he believed the com
plaint of threatened loss ot business by
the French Cable Company was only a
iretended and not the real cause of bring-
ng the suit.
Jay Gould testified tbat it was untrue
that the negotiations relative to;tho agree
ment of Dec. I860, which complainant
alleges Is detrimental to its interest, wero
made as a result of any unlawful combi
nation or confederation whatever.
Several other affidavits of a similar im
port were admitted in evidence, when
Gen. S wayne opened the argument in be
half of the defense. He argued that if
an injunction to restrain the carrying
out of tho consolidation agreement
was allowed, an execution would
be impracticable; that the agreement
of December, 1880, was of no binding
3 :
of the French Cable Company that it bad
enjoyed tbe right to send incoming mes
sages and collect outgoing messages from
everyofficeof tho Western Union Tele
graph Company.
Mr. Delatield, counsel for plaintiff, ask
ed be to allowed to produce a list of the
stockholders ot tho Western Union to
show that Gay Gould owned the principal
shares of the stock of that company as
well as that of the American Union which
he (Gay Gould) admitted that he owned.
Judge Ulatcbford stated that if it proved
material at any stage of tho case he
would admit the evidence alluded to.
LAND LEAGUE.
the very brightest scarlet'eoats imaginable,
and tbe beef-eaters all had holiday and
f ot numerously and emphatically drunk.
overheard one of them who was cv
idently from his brogue, a true blue Irish
mau, ask his compauiou “why the dlvil
the government allowed auybody to wear
thlm bloody coats In this free country.”
, MB. BLOUNT,
who has charge of the sundry civil
bill now before .the House, has cer
tainly earned tbe deep and lasting grati-
tude of Savannah. He has sncceeded in
incorporating among its provisions one
appropriating $00,000 for lighting the Sa
vannah nver from its mouth to the city,
thus doing away with any necessity for
vessels bound to that port to anchor all
night at Tybee, and wait until morning
before resuming their course up the river.
The river will be thoroughly lighted all
its course between those points, and thus
do away with the slightest necessity for
detention. A more important provision
for the benefit of our principal seaport
could scarcely have been made, and Mr.
Blount is fully recognized as dcsorvingall
the credit of having, with his acctisiomod
energy and persistent effort, carried
it through. It is certainly a
matter upon which he, and the people of
Savannah, and tho State generally, may
bo equally and warmly congratulated.
It may also bo noted in connection
with Mr. Blount’s work this winter, that
he has strong hopes ot securing an appro
priation for a library at Macon for tbe use
of the bar practicing in tbe Federal
courts at tbat place. Results, suck as
these, may not claim much space In the
newspaper and press reports, but they tell
very powerfully among the people wlio
are benefitted by them, and are sure to
bear rich fruit in tho end. It will be im
possible tills session to . do anything to
.wards getting an appropriation for a pub
lic building at Macon, but there Will. be
no Irouble'about it iu tbo next Congress
I confidently expect by tho autumn of
1SS2, at tbe latest, to see such substantial
evidences of the fact of an appropriation
hi ving been secured, as will make a liand-
sorao building only a question of tbe tlmo
necessary to complete it.
A SHINDY IN THE HOUSE,
mean a legislative one, of course,
marked and marred yesterday’s session
Itwasnot“all on aceouut of Eliza,” as
they say iu “Olivette,” the last thing in
comic opera, but as usual the outcome of
Radical “cusscdncss.” Cox succeeded in
calling up his apportionment bill, hut the
Radicals went to filibustering, and bung
it bigb and dry on tbo horns of a squab
ble that resulted iu an all-night’s session,
and the consequent waste of an entire
day. The day was also lost In the Sen
ate, by its adjournment on account of Car
penter’s death. The point at issuo in tho
House, briefly stated, is that the Radicals
want tho apportionment made on one
basis and the Democrats on another. The - - ,
former, of course, true to thoir natures force, aud that it was shown by tho raoon
and customs, are bent on cheating the ~ r ‘'- ™ »• i» i...
South out of her right to increased repre.
sentation ou account of in
creased population, and the
Democrats equally determined on giving
her the benefit thereof. It was finally
concluded to leave it to a committee of
ten, five of each side, who, of course, will
not agree aud throw the whole matter on
the House. I am open to a lively bet
there will be uo apportionment bill at all
passed tbis session. By tbrowiug it over
to the next Congress, the Jacobins hope
to make some party capital out of it
through numerous strolling committees
who will inlest the South and gather a
mass of negro and scallawag lies to be
used as a basis for such hostile legislation
as they can compass. Some of the dodgers
last night were yanked out of bed and
others captured at Mr. Hayes’ last recep
tion where they wero just about to attack
a magnificent (upper—without, however,
the usual trimmings, as it was strictly
and disgustingly a cold water affair. That
reception and supper were, by tho way,
the grandest social events of tho Hayes
usurpation. Three thousand persons were
iresent, and It was midnight before tho
jand played “Homo Swecet Home.” Mrs.
Hayes’ dress was “of silver-colored and
white satin cut square in the neck and
finished with bands of crystal passemen
terie. The npper part of tho sleeves were
of crystal embroidered crepe lisse with
arnitures of the same mingled with the
raperies. Neither flowers nor jewelry
were worn.” The supper-room and table
are described, doubtless with strict truth,
as “the great attractions” of tho evening.
“The table in the slato dining-room was
wonderfully beautiful. The mirror, in
troduced during the Grant regime, lay the
entire length. Tho most remarkable
among the floral ornaments was a magni
ficent vase of jacqueminot buds topped by
parasol of lilies of the valley. Largo
bouquets wero placed whenjvcr there was a
ace, and served to heighten tho effect of
c edible ornaments. The table was
finished at each end with simulated foun
tains, four feet high, tho water of spun
sugar, which glistened with all the fresh
ness ot the genuine article. Gondolas
four fed high, drawn by swans almost
life-size, and dolphins of delicate confec-
tionery rested upon tbe glossy surface.
Tbe bounteous profusion of cut flowers,
delicate crystal and china, tho marvelous
structures in ices, creams, croquettes,
comfits, and confectionery mingled with
fruits, both natural and in concaves of
sugar, made a s:ene of bewildering
beauty. The table in the private dining
room had the Hiawatha boat, laden with
flowers, as a centre piece.”
SENATOR CARPENTER’S DEATH
generally and sincerely mourned.
When I wrote on Wednesday, though I
knew he was very near tho border ol
shadow land, I did not dream the end was
so fearfully near, and its announcement
thrilled and chilled the publicbeart. For
14 months past,howcver.ho had known that
death was new him. Ho had consulted
many physicians, but none of them had
ever given him the least hope. More than
year ago, during a visit to his home in
Milwaukee, his family physician had told
him ho had diabetes, and immediately be
gan a death struggle with that fearful dis
ease. He conquered it, but upon consult
ing a famous Now York doctor shortly af
terwards was informed that Bright’s
disease of the kidneys, tho sequel -to tho
other disease, had doycloped Itself and
that bis days were numbered. This was
the reason ho kept out of the canvass last
year. He remained quietly here, studying
the chemical analysis sent him every week
by his doctor,which showed how much
nearer every day tho dread sapper, Death,
bad pushed its parallels. He was in his
office a little more than a week ago. ne
came down alone, and while there re
ceived the lost analysis from tho chemist.
It told a terrible story, and gave emphatic
warning that in a few days be must die.
He was locked in bis room alone for two
hours, and refused to sea any one. Then
he went borne, as he- well knew, to die.
On Tuesday night hq drank very freely of
milk, which soon soured.on his stomach,
aud produced sharp pain, accompanied by
violent vomiting and purging. Next
morning bis family physician from Mil
waukee arrived, and in response to the
Senator’s appeals, who was suffering in
tensely, gave him a hypodermic injection
of morphine. Under its effects he sank
into a stupor, from which be rallied once
only'long enough to recognize his family.
He left little or po estate except policies
of life Insurance to tbe amount of $65,-
000. This, with one of the finest law
libraries In the country, is all the estate
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Wfest the People are Doing In Albany-
Byron, FOrry end Xilledgevllle
Peuby, February 26.—-About 11 o’clock
last night, one ot our young townsmen,
while returning from a visit, observed a
white man following him. Thinking that
mischief was brewing, he passed on to his
room, waked his room-mate, and the two
determined to see the end of it. The
crash of a window directed them to tho
clothing store of Mr. A. • B. Schilling,
where in company with Sheriff Duncan
and others, they discovered the thief with
several hundred dollars worth of goods,
selected and laid on the counter ready for
removal. He was easily secured and
lodged in jail, where he awaits trial. He
wore a pair of pants which Mr. Schilling
recognized as having been in the lot of
goods stolen from the store about a year
ago. Tbe thlefs.name is' Jim Ammons,
was raised in Houston county, and is sup
posed to be oue of a class of burglars.
Correspondent.
Great .Heeling In New York Monday-
Ono of the Orators Explains tbo Ob
jects or the Movement and Why It
Should have American Sympathy.
New York, February 27.—A very
largo Land League meeting was hold iu
East Forty-fifth street this afternoon.
John Devoy was present and was loudly
applauded on entering the hall. Mr. M.
D. Gallagher explained the aims and
methods of the Laud League. There was
danger, ho said, that persons not informed
on the Irish laud question would be led to
look upon this movement as an effort to
subvert vested rights. This was not the
case; nor was it tree, as some of the
newspapers in Englabd had said, that all
or nearly all the present landed proprie
tors of Ireland had received their titles of
the land estates court. Ho mentioned
some of the largest landowners whose
fathers had received whole districts of land
stolen from the people for disreputable
services rendered the English government.
The fact was that the land of Ireland had
been stolen by force and arms from the
jcoplc, and its return to the people would
jo only a restoration of stolen property.
But the Land League did not want to
take tho land from the present possessors
without compensation. It was proposed
to givo a fair price to be paid by the ten- i
ants in installments,
Mrs. Wm. E. Smith, wife of our mem
ber of Congress, lies critically ill at her
residence.
Byron, February 28—Having had sev
eral days of fine weather, there ha3 been
a great deal of work dono by tbe farmers.
Corn planting bas begun with some.
Byron has lost one of her citizens. Yes
terday Mr. C. C. Richardson left for Spar
tanburg, South Carolina, where he ex
pects to engage in tho practira* of law.
Mr. Ricliardion U a graduate of the State
University, was admitted to the bar last
October at Houston Superior Court before
Judge Simmon3. Mr. Richardson is a na
tive of South Carolina, and in returning
to Ills native home we wish him success,
and believe a gentlemen of his culture
and capacity will certainly stand among
the first of his age.
Yesterday evening the old worn-out
freight house of this place tumbled down,
being hoavy loaded with guano. This
place ha3 long been in want of a good
freight house. Tho present accommoda
tions for storing freight are very pcor in
deed for tha quantity shipped here. We
do hope the railroad authorities will at
tend to tills matter soon. B,
Millkdgeville, Ga., February 2S.—
On Friday night last tho city was dis
graced by the appearance in her public
ball of the May’s troupe, than which a
more disgusting collection of ugliness and
stupidity would be hard to find. That
three hundred and fifty dollars’ worth of
jawelry was stolen from any ono member
of tbe company hero Is all bosb. Iler cn
tiro troupe did not haye so much, clothes
and brass band instruments thrown in.
Wo echo your comment. “May we never
bo cursed by another such visitation.”
The Atlanta “cops” did right,
In the Superior Court, Theo Bailey, po
liceman, wa3 found guilty and Sued fif
ty dollars and costs for clubbing a coun
tryman sometime last year.
The house of George Moore at Allen’s
Mill, in this county, was burned on Sat
urday and his baby burned to death with
it. The mother of the child had gone to
the spring and George lnmself- was not
very far off. but was unable to rescue the
child. This little daughter, who was in
the houso at the time, said that somebody
sot fire to the building, but she could
Ive no description of wliat
said person looked like,
and it is belfcved tbat in playing in the
fire she caused the mischief. A petition
for the relief of the unfortunate negro was
being circulated to.day.
Bishop Beckwith gave us two of his
splendid discourses on Sunday, the church
being filled both times with members not
only of his church, but of all denomina
tions, and many who were not connected
with any church. He confirmed fifteen.
D.
people of our town seem fully alive to tbe
cause of education. There are two
schools In our community—both iu suc
cessful operation. Tbe trustees of the
Marianna High School are having erected
a very handsome building for next ses
sion. The young people seem as much
interested in this undertaking as somo of
the older ones. They gave an entertain
meat last Friday evening. It was a suc
cess. The proceeds will be applied to tbe
building fund of tliis school.
R. P. G.
Albany, February 28.—Two negroes
named Davis and Golden, employes on
turpentine farm in Worth county, were
in a two horse wagon on their way home
Saturday afternoon. A game of cards
wa™ proposed, and wlieu opposite Mr. J.
W. Johnson’s, a dispute arose over the
gamo when Davis sprang np and plunged
a knife in Golden’s throat twice, nearly
severing his neck from his body. He then
stabbed him in the back killing lilm in
stantly. He then made good his escape
and is still at large. The coroner sum
moned a jury of inquest yesterday. Ver
dict, murder by knife iu tbe hands of
Davis.
Albany, February 26.—Our County
Court convened yesterday; several were
found guilty of misdemeanors and sen
tenced by liis Honor Judge James Jones,
to serve tbe chain-gang from four to six
months.
Gar Library Association gave a large
supper at Willingham’s Hall last night,
which wound up in a dance,every one tak
ing part. Tbe beauty and elite of tbe
city were out, and the whole affair was a
grand success, clearing the association one
hundred and twenty-five dollars above all
expenses.
Sacb'an^nli^'trees'are in 1 full bloom l* wer0 l )resent t0 P artako of 5 birthday din-
Perry, March 1.—Tho home of our
most estimable and venerable citizen
Gen. Eli Warren, and tbe lovely and hc-
lovod wife of bis youth, the ripe and mel
low graces of whoso character still, after
a union of more than barf a century, form
tbe crowning.char m of tbeir family circle,
was the’sceiie oi a rare and joyous social
reunion on last Sunday. All of their
children and many of their grand-children
versary.
THE ROYAL BRIDE.
give
tho
Eastman, March 1.—In a recent Issue
of your valuablo paper mention was made
of the arrival in your city, en route to
Eastman, of Mr. Henry Ivison, senior of
the large publishing house of Ivison,
Blakeman & Co., N. Y., and further men
tion of the fact that 14,000 volumes daily
were published by this enterprising estab-
•re,... lislnnent. The figures are indeed cnor-
Ttaere are tv o veiy stron e reasons why moll8 an d enough to startle the credulity
tlio American people should give their
sympathy and support to the movement.
The Irish landlords really live in luxury
in London and Paris at tbe expense of
America. Hundreds of thonsanas of dol
lars are sent to Ireland yearly by Dish
sons and daughters in America to pay ex
orbitant rents to keep a roof over their
fathers and mothers and helpless little
brothers and sisters. If-tho Irish people
owned the land this drain would not be
necessary, and tbe money would be ex
pended and invested here.
Another reason Is a patriotic one. The
Irishmen and sons of Irishmen in tbe
United States had ever proved themselves
ready to sacrifice their lives in tiie hours
of America’s need. When tbe Irish peo
ple asked American sympathy and sup
port they wero not begging—they were
only asking for some return for what
they had done for America.
A largo number of those present joined
tbe league.
STORM IN THE NORTHWEST.
of anyone. Mr. Ivison is well known at
the hotel, having spent a winter here be
fore. Their series of school books are
used in our schools and are very popular.
Iu this connection we would add that
among the guests at the Uplands is James
8. Kirk, of the firm of James 8. Kirk &
Co., (composed of his six sons) Chi
cago, manufacturers of all varieties of
soap to the extent of fifty million pounds
per year, and consuming seventy-five
thousand barrels of rosin. Tbiuk of that!
Also 150,000 barrels of cotton seed oil.
What an enormous quantity of the staple
products of our section of country I Think
of the possibilities and future of Georgia.
Every day brings fresh evidence of her re
sources.
The Uplands is nearly full of distin
guished guests from all sections. We had
a light frost this morning, but not enough
to Injure fruit or gardens.
Correspondent.
Railroad Travel Blockaded and Tele- i
Americus, March 1, 1880.—L. S.
Fowle and Miss Mamie Hnllug were
married in the M. E. church last night,
. . | Rev. Mr. Lewis, tho pastor, officiating. A
graph 1 lues Broken by Snow and . larg0 concourse or friends were present.
. The costumes of the brido and bridegroom
MtLWAUKEE, Wis-i February 28.— were very elegant, and the bride very
The rain of-Saturday changed to a heavy lovely. A reception was given at tlio res-
wind and snow storm, and tbo running of | idence of tho mother of tho bride, and tho
railroad trains on all lines centering in young couple made the recipients ot the
Milwaukee have been suspended for tbs j good wishes of many friends,
iresent. The snow blockade is tbe heav- \ special term of the Superior court
cst of tbo entire season. Water, sno w commenced yesterday for the trial of the
ff eeat,,, S comb^laed make It certain alleged murderers of Alderman Hudson,
that there will be great diificulty in clear- \ motion to continue on the ground of pop-
r0 ™ I ou u * ar excitement was overruled aud the
Chicago, icburuaiy 28—At nifie trial is progressing. The jury was corn-
o’clock 23 mails were due at the post-office,! pi ete a at 12 o’clock m. to-day.
andrbut two had arrived. The storm on ! The State is represented by
the lake yesterday, according to an old | the Solicitor-General, Ex Judge Wil-
lake captain, was the most severe expe- ; li* a. Hawains and AUcu Fort, Esq.
rienced for years. A gentleman who ar- , The prisonere, of wbsm there aro four,
rived here from Clinton, Iowa, said the are represented by G. W. Brady, E. G.
train passed through some sections of Simmons and L. J. Blalock, Esquires,
prairie where little farm houses were al- - aud these young men are making a very
most half submerged by water, and tbat _ strong fight, ff tho prisoner* are con-
miles of railway tracks were covered. ; victea it will be after every point has been
Chicago, 1 obruary 28—Tbe etorin ef j,otly contested. The trial will consume
wind aud know which began yesterday af- the entire week. The woman, Emma
ternooti still continues as far ms can be Clark, has' been placed on trial first,
learned through telegraphic reports which Many witnesses are sworn.
Her Beceptloo In Berlin.
London, February 2(1—Princess Augus
ta Victoria; * bf "Holstein-Augustenburg,
bride-elect of tbe eldest son of the Crown
Prince Frederick William i^ussia, ar
rived in Berlin and was received by the
Emperor yesterday.
To-day tbe thermometer there register
ed zero, Reaumur, which* is 32 degrees
above zero, Fahrenheit, or freezing poipt,
The weather was cloudy but cleared up
in the afternoon. The whole population
turned out and great enthusiasm was dis
played.
The bride-elect, accompanied, by the
Crown Princess Victoria, started on her
public entry into the city punctually at
2 o’clock tbis afternoon. The route from
the Thier-garteu’to'.the.royaj. castle,about
three miles Hi length, was kept by a con
tinuous double line, which, as far as the
Brandenburg Gate, consisted of members
of the various guilds; tlienoe of students
of tho -high schools and the academies;
tbe trade societies and the rifle clubs'
Tim weather was very favorable. Stands
containing 18,500 seats, erected along tho
Unter-den-LJnden, let*at an average of
15s. a seat, were crowded, as were also
tbe windows of tlie houses, some ot which
let as high as £25. The procession con
sisted of six court carriages escorted by
cavalry. Outside the Brandenburg Gate
the procession was received by tbe gov
ernor, the commandant and the prefect of
police. A salute of seventy-two guns was
fired. On tho Pariser Platz, Burgomaster
Forckenbeck welcomed the Princess
Augusta in the name of the city of Berlin.
The procession was enthusiastically re
ceived at all points. The royal castle
was reached at 3 o’clock p. m.
Tho Princess thanked the people from
the bottom of her heart for her grand re
ception, saying that In return for the love
displayed for her in such rich measure
she would seek henceforth to be regarded
by tho Berliners as entirely one of them
selves. At the Castle the Crown Prince
escorted the bride up the staircase toThe
Swiss Hall, where she was welcomed by
the royal princesses. She then proceeded
to the Brandenburg Chamber, where th 4
Emperor and Empress with their princely
guests awaited her, Tho marriage con
tract was signed in the chamber of the
Kurfurst, after which the Emperor, pre
ceded by the dignitaries, accompanied the
bride to her apartments. Illuminations
to-night are universal throughout the city,
and dense crowds paraded the streets un
til a date hour.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA.
are badly interrupted. "It has been the
severest storm of the season In Wisconsin,
Illinois a(id Michigan. Minnesota and
Western Iowa have been only slightly
visited by it. Trains on all roads center
ing here aro delayed, aud freight trains
aro not attempting, to move. Tbe tele
graph wires are coated with ice and a fow
. poles in tho city baVa gone down uuder
be leaves, though bis professional income the strain of additional weight and strong
for tbe last ten cr twolve years, mast have wind.
Byron, March 1.—Died, at her resi
dence, in Crawford county, on the 26th of
February last, Mn. James Hattoe, at tbe
see of sixty-fivo years. Mrs. Hattoe was of
a long lived family,although she passed off
as soon as she did. Her father, Mr. Mi
chael Hartley, is now in bis ninety-third
year, and apparently is in fine health.
B.
Marianna, Fla., February 28.—The
Great Saflfcrinr In Uau—lone* ol
Cbllinnsl,ln;tbe Beeent Battle*.
Iront the Guayequil Nation.
Advices from Lima or the 26tli of Jan
uary say that great distress is experienced
there, even by tho well-to-do classes.
Hundreds of beggars swarm tbo streets,
and Gen. Saavedra, civil and military head
of the department, has personally distrib
uted 3,000 soles among them. The Chil
ians cannot find any one to sign a peace
with, as Pierol> has refused to come to
Lima for that purpose, and no pronuncia-
mento bad taken place at either Lima or
Callao. Commerce Is much hampered by
the clrc tiation of the Incas and other pa
per money. A few merchants met at the
Bolsa and agreed upon" some measures,
which however, have not improved mat
ters.
On the 13th the Alcaide of Lima, at tlio
request of the Chilian authorities, convok
ed a meeting of the prominent citizens to
consider the sitiuation. They decided
thatSenorFierola’s authority was suffi
cient to establish a government at any
place, and that while accepting the situa
tion, they could not disown the national
government. In consequence of this de
claration, martial law has been proclaim
ed over the territory occupied by the Chil
ians. Two thousand eight hundred pris
oners were taken by the Chilians and
carried to the island of San Lorenzo.
Chorrillos was burned to the ground. Tbo
streets, the malecon and beach were, up
to tbe 22d, strewn with dead bodies, sup
posed -o exceed 6,000 In number.
Tbe Chilian loss iu the battle of the
I3thwas over 2,700. Tbe battle, which
was vigorously sustained by tbj corps
under command of Col. Iglesias, lasted
ten hours. The burning of Chorrillos
was provoked by she stubborn resistance
of those who were driven Into the town
and who fired on the enemy from the
streets, roofs ana balconies. In the batilo
of tbe 15th the Chilians suffereu most, as
they bad one killed to every five wounded.
It is estimated that the Chilian loss at
both battles may bavo reached from 8,000
to 10,000, and tbat of tho l’cruvlans about
the same; for, although at the battle of
the 13th there was fearful mortality in
” Feruv.an camp, In tbat on the 16th
” tne
tb
the explosion of the mines and automatic
shell caused terrible havoc in the Chilian
ranks. La Actualidad is the name of a
new paper started in Lima, edited by
Senor Errazuriz, proprietor ot La Patrice,
of Valparaiso. It is said that Fierola
has with him about 800 men.
The battle of Miraflores wassuddenand
unexpected. The Chilian commander
having ordered a thorough reconnoissance,
tiie Peruvian outposts fired on the recon
noitring parties, and a general engage
ment followed. An incident thou took
place which caused very serious complica
tions. The diplomatic corps, having re
paired to Miraflores to endeavor to medi
ate in a capitulatiou, were suddenly
alannod by tiie fire of tbe combatants,
effect tbat the British Minister and ad
miral bad bcei£killed. Tbe Shannon’s
commander ordered her Majesty’s vessels
to get ready for action; they lowered top
masts and proceeded to Callao, Intending
an imined : ate attack on tbe Cbillian fleet
if the, rumoc was, confirmed. The com
mander of tne Shannon ascertained, how
ever, that the only ground for the report
was that the British admiral, on account
of his -Wavy build, had received au injury
from a horse which had been offered him
a short distance from Lima.
MANUFACTURES IN THE SOUTH
In tbe Centre ef Hennfeetnrlnc Be-
in* Drawn Sonthaant?—Influence*
Tending to tbat Kernlt — Georgia
and the Advantage* OStored to In
dustrial Enterprise toy her Natural
Beaonree* and lucveaotn* Railroad
Facilities.
We have been so accustomed to think of
New England as the centre of our great
manufacturing industries, and the natural
place to which manufacturers of textile
labrics should look far encouragement and
stimulus for tiie employment of their
capital and skill, that it is not customary
to think of other localities as holding out
inducements tending to draw away the
supremacy in manufacturing, held for so
many years, almost undisputed, by Mas
sachusetts and her neighboring States.
But such inducements are being held out,
and entefprising projectors of railroads,
as well as far-seeing manufacturers and
producers, aro justified in studying the
question aud basing action upon the indi
cations which support the belief tbat
within tbe next ten years a great change
in the center of manufacturing is likely
to be witnessed. The tendency of this
movement in certain important depart
ments of manufacturing is undoubtedly
Southward.
New England for tliepast few years has
held its manufacturing supt-o—*cr nw so
much, from natural faculties of water
lower, climate, transportation, etc., as
I rom tho character of its population. In
the thriving New England manufacturing
towns are a class of operatives who are
ranked among the oldest residents and la
niauy cases form one ofthe most substan
tial and permament elements ef tbe busi
ness prosperity of tbe community. Infre
quent casesthey are living iu homes which
tbeir ancestors established before them,
and where they have accumulated prop
erties that are now to be found, in some
instances,invested iu the enterprises where
their labor is employed. In tbis way
strong communities ot the best kind of
operatives are permanently established.
To lead them to abandon these localities
for others, strong inducements must be
offered, and it will be found as a rule
that those operatives willing to change
their work and places of abode for new
fields and new enterprises are of the float
ing,adventuresome element—by no means
the best for employment in starting- man
ufactories in new localities. This is prob
ably the strongest force tbat bas held so
long the.center of manufacturing in New
England.
Other influences are at work now which
threaten to overbalance tliis power. Look
ed at from a broad and unprejudiced
standpoint, it must seem not a little
strange that this power of association of
skilled labor and its congregation in cer
tain localities should have so. long been
able to limit the work of tbe loom and
tho shuttle to certain sections. Colton is
transported from tbo far South to New
York, and alter passing through tbe mar
ket is resliipped, in most cases, to locali
ties from 150 to 300 miles North, there to
be worked up by machinery, the motive
]»wcr of which is furnished largely from
fuel bronght by water and rail hundreds ’
Of miles from th3 coal fields of Pennsyl
vania. Then tbe cotton, in tiie form of
manufactured fabrics, Is brought again to
this market, and from here distributed
widespread throughout the country, much
of it, however, returning to the Southern
States from which it first started.
One of the chief inducements in the
earlier days of the cotton factories it* Now
England for their location there was, of
course, found in the water privileges af
forded. But the growth of manufactur
ing bas been so rapid that to-day in but
few towns ol tbat section can the water
power be estimated as furnishing m>)[C
than a minor part ot the power required.
Very rarely can a factory be found which
relies wholly upon water,while in the ma
jority of cases the chief reliance is of ne
cessity in the use of large quantities of
coal. It is an apparent fact also that tho
flow of mountain streams of that as of
other sections where tho demands of in
creasing population aud traffic in lumber
are rapidly cutting away the f
forests, has m
been for the past few years considerably
decreased.
It is a question worthy tho st-idy and
consideration of projectors and others,
whether tho natural tendency of those
Influences will be to draw manufacturing
from tbe North toward the South, with
its cotton fields and neighboring coal
mines. Much attention has been turned
to Georgia, as promising to be a future
manufacturing locality of importance.
The State presents a remarkable variety
of surface as well as resource. From the
low and swampy lands of tbe Atlantic .
coast and Florida line, extending inland
perhaps twenty miles, tbe elevation in
creases toward the North, until at a dis
tance of 150 miles from the sea an eleva
tion of about 600 feet is reached. North
ward from the central portion of the State
the surface grows more and more rapidly,
until a billy and mountainous region is
reached, where elevations of from 1,500 to
4,000 feet are found, mncli resembling the
Blue Mountain sections of New England.
Georgia furnishes some of tbe finest
water privileges to be found in the country.
A few of them, of course, have been util
ized for many years for a variety of man
ufacturing purposes, chiefly by flouring
aud cotton mills, but never to the extent
that it would seem natural they should
have been through their favorable location.
The $3,000,000 which was found to be in
use in the manufacture of cotton goods in
twenty-five mills in Georgia, by the cen
sus of 1870, has grown into a much larger
sum of lato years, as the preaeut census
will show, but there are single New
England villages wnicli exhibit the use of
more capital in that department
of manufacture, than tbat entire State
with its splendid natural facilities. Rank
ing among the first cotton producing
States, rich in its variety of soil aua
product-, and so fortunate in being able
to present attractions to such a diversified
number of industrial enterprises, it will
not be surprising to see a rapid increase
of manufacturing at an early day in
Georgia; a prospect which seems plainly
to stimulate, aud with good reason, tlio
projectons aud managers of the railroads
aiding in tiie development of the magnifi
cent resources of tbis State.—American
Railroad Journal.
Beacon Fai-ls is a mill town in Connecti
cut. Tho inhabitants are chiefly operatives
in the mills, and own uo property. The
taxes, therefore, fail on a few persons, who
manage to keep them small by doing with
out police or police courts. The two
grand jurors, or magistrates, refuse to
grant warrants, and tho constable never
makes any arrests. Differences between
individuals are settled on the monthly pay
days, either by arbitration or flsticttffs. Of
fenders are whipped by self-appointed
committees., or driven out of the plaoe.
and barely escaped the Chilian Are. The N /y^ have ^sSd to* ripwdto^o^dS
French corvette Venus, at anchor in Mir- ; from families who have unpaid biO* more
aflores, carried a rumor to Aucen to the than tliroe mouths old.