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dkscgro Ssimtsd & M*&i$jmg*Kr» AX ECHO OF BYGCXE YEAR8. A bo of com** tack from the bygone years \Vho»e melody never grow* old. And I listen again. through my tml.ee end teen. Though the linger ley dead and cold. ’Tit a song to sweet, by a voice so rare. Far purer tftan any other, ^ . And I near It again, though trembled by care. The lnllably rang me by mother. There are times. It seems, when all alone, Tho linger la by my tide. And I kekr bar voice In a monotone. Like the rite and fallof the tide. While the days go by. till the endlot time And the struggle of life Is ended. . May the linger never forget her rhyme Till her bliss and mine are blended.* —Potter Coat** •« As* l or* JfotL • TEE GEORGIA FRES8. A Bauble lootr Exchange*. Thx Christian Church, in Valdosta, wob struck by lightning 1 tat week. Das tax continues to ship an immense amount of lumber and timber*. Thx stone foundation of the King mill, la Augusta, has been oompletod, and tho first brick laid. Atlaxta Is receiving her water works machinery. It will consist of fourteen car loads of material. Miss Es«i* Far, a Valdosta young lady, was thrown from her buggy by a runaway bone and badly injured p. i gmsnrn.r.1 Democrat: One of Sharon’s enthusiastic lovers spent two hour* hard labor on a letter to his girl and then marred ite beauty by spilling a drop of ink on it. He first swore in a very sci entific manner for a few moments, and then drew a circle around the blot and told her it was a kiss. Banner- Weekly: On Friday laat while Mrs. Phelps, who lives near the north eastern depot, was BlWHiD sw wood knot, she found imbedded therein, completely covered, a small gold ring con taining a set. In splitting the wood the axe broke the set. How this roltc came in so strange a plaoe is a deep mystery. Coffee County Gazette: Last Sunday morning Mr. David Dickinson, a respected Citizen of Clinch county, was riding a young mnle, when it became unruly, and. throwing him, broke his skull. He lived until 7 o’clock Monday morning. Mr. Dickinson leaves a family to mourn his untimely fate, and they have onr eympa- % Contzbb Examiner: Two Italians with an organ and a monkey passed through onr city last Tuesday, The musio and antics of the monkey greatly amused the children and negroes. Emigration is all right, but when it requires two able-bodied men to manage a hand-organ and a mon key, we are rather inclined to favor the veto of the Chinese bill. Augusts Evening Newt: Mr. Stephens remarked to a gentleman from this sec tion, who called on him m Washington n few date since, that “My coming back to CcDgress will depend altogether upon the people of the eighth district.” Mr. Ste phens is not ra candidate, and never was, but the people generally tnm in and set 'em np for the great commoner. Berrien County News: At Willacoochee. on Saturday last, Mr. Wash Stevens and “Babe” Lott became engage 1 in an alter cation, when the latter stabbed the former in the left aide, inflicting a serious wound. We have not ascertained the particulars, save that the parties were under the infln- enceof Berritn county whisky. The grand jury has the matter nnder consideration. Qmrrat Sun: .Col. T. C. Nolan, who is ?LgSJIlK info-ms "ns that {fie !rack will be laid to Jackson by the 1st of May, and by the 16th of the same month it will reach his plaoe. The track-layers are working night and day, and do not stop for Sunday. It is believed that the road will be finished on or Lefore the 1st of Sep tember. Augusta Evening Nines.* The in stallments of the Sibley Mill stock have all been paid in, and the stock Is now quoted regularly on the boards. At the inception of the work the quotations stand 100 to 101, and twenty shares were ao'd yesterday at par. The factory is now in operation, ana the first shipment of fifty bales was made yesterday. By a for tuitous happening this shipment leaves Savannah to-day for New York on the steamship City of Angnsta. > Banner- Watchman: A petition was in circulation yesterday asking the reappoint ment of Mr. George Ware as collector of internal revenue in Athens. Mr. Ware has made a faithful officer, and it is tho unani mous wish that he bo retained. An Atlan ta negro named Wimberly is an applicant for the place, with a strong probability of his appointment. It really seems that the white race is to have no showing at the Federzl offices in the ninth district. It is notthe casein other sections where they are afflicted with an Independent Congress man. Watcsobs Reporter: Capt. John C. Reynolds’ little boy, Hubert, was riding on a wagon which was employed in moving the household goods of Captain Reynolds to his new residence on the Waycross ex tension, when themrles took fright and ran away, throwing the little fellow out on the double tree of tho wagon, where one of nis arms became en’angled in one of the traces, which held him tight, and in that condition he was carried for a hundred yarda or more and until the wagon struck violently against a stump, which stopped mules, when they commenc ed kicking vehemently, nnd y.t tho little fellow escaped without being seriously k nr V,. B F relyGo < 1 hnsapurposo in spar ing this boy, a mission for him to fill. Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Yesterday morning Policemen Joines and Duncan arrested Charles Salisbury, colored, who is wanted In Stewart county for the mnrder of Sam Terry, another negro. The warder was committed on the plantation of Mrs. Terry, in btewart county, seven or eight years ago. Charles plead guilty to the chargo of murder at the following term of toe Superior Court, but Judge Johnson, who was presiding, thinking thit ho did not . recognize the gravity of the situation, con- fanned the caso until the next term in order to allow him a trial by jury. In the mean time Charles escaped from jail. He after- wards got into troub ! o in Alabama and served four years on tho chaingang. Ho was pointed out to Policeman Joinee yes- terday, by a negro who saw him commit the murder in Stewart county, and assisted in arresting him. Ho now lies in jail awaiting the arrival of on officer from btewart oonnty. Charles has had a bad record, and his career will doubtless end on the gallows. Asnmicus Recorder: It is hardly possi ble to realize the vast amount of canned fruit and vegetables that are used every year in the United States. La«t year near ly eleven million cans, and that is nearly double the amount put up in 1878. Though the supply is increasing so rapidlv, yet it hns hardly kept pace with tho demand. Peaches, tomatoes, English peas, string beans and corn are among the leading ar ticles, and no county on tho face of the earth can produce these things better or more cheaply than right here in Sumter county. Now, if some enterprising man wants to mako a fortune let him go to Baltimore, where more canning is done than anywhere else, nnd learn tho whole process and get all the information as to machinery, construction of building, amount of capital necessary, and every thing pertaining to n successful prosecu tion of the business, and then come home and go into it. In this way the fra'fs nnd vegetables used will be made as valuable as they ore in Baltimore, or even more so, for hundreds of car-loads of these canned goods are brought into tho Sooth and consumed. No one is compolled to go to Florida or the far West to make money. There are a plenty of chance* right here at home, if you will only open yonr eyes and see them. Memorial services for the late W. T. Bruntly, D. D-, were held in Augusta Sun day. Addres see were had from Hon. J. C . Black and Mr. D. R. Wright. SAJibKEsvit.r.*: i/Vreury.-The odd nights nnd morning* from which WO have suffered for a week past have injured the grain crop some, blit have not damaged the fruit. Blackberries look promising, though they are now green. Athens Banner: An old colored minister Sunday sent up the following petition to the throne of grace: “Sam ob dis here congregation will go to the court house, home to de jail, some to de gallows ana some to de debyil: bnt Lord bless ’em where ebe.* day are. tTHANS Banner: Ono of onr merchants who had a large lithograph of Pantine Markham hanging up in his window con ceded to have it framedandcarry it home. His wife refused to let tho picture coma in the house mi the ground tbUtPauline’s eyes wer. too large and dreamy looking. She Midlier husband ought to be selmmed oT hiin-e'f to bring such a great big oar.-ejed picture as that home. i-uuus Timet: Yesterday about noon, after tKU'se up of the Evennghem, Affhe negro boy, Eddie Perry, lMi week, was discovered by Ike Brown oa the surface of the river lost be low the government barges. It is supposed that the commotion of the water created by the passage of the boat caused it tome. Ike got it out on the bank and notified Coroner Brooks, who held an. Inquest, giv ing a verdict in accordance with the pre viously published faote. Constitution: Five new cases of small pox developed yesterday. The cases were developed almost simultaneously in d.ffisr- ent parts of the city, and can be easily traced to the case of a negro girl who was taken about three weeks ago and died to the city pest-house. The patients are all nsgroes aod have been sent to the pest- house, end all who have been exposed have been put under quarantine, These make six cases so far, and as tbe city is well vaccinated, it is hoped that the prog ress of the disease will thereby be greatly checked. Amxbiccs Recorder: On a recent trip to Leo county wo saw some novel fishing done. It was in a laka or Dona whioh abounds in sir all fish and whicn was con stantly visited by flocks of cranes for the purpose of feeding on its finny treasures. A nondescript little dsrky was engineer ing the scheme, and to an easy way ac complishing a feat otherwise difficult for a practical Nimrod to do. He did the work -in this way: putting a live roach on a hook near the enallow water, he would retire to a safe distance and await results; the birds would return and very soon ono would make for the fish and swallow it; after which it was easily taken. Wsiobtrvillx Recorder: On Wednesday last, tbe offices of the .ordinary, clerk of the Superior Cou't, and sheriff of this county, was broken open by some un known low down sneak. In tbe canary’s office they found the lrea‘urer'8 lABt, one of the most important records in tH ty, which was considerably mutilated, ap parently with an intention to destroy his ▼onohers and receipts. In the clerk's of* flee no damage was dore bnt cutting open of one of the acts of 1876. In the sheriff's office there were several warrants torn np. The intention of the party or parties, is at present, a mere matter of conjecture, but it is sincerely to be hoped that the matter may be brought to light and the offenders meet with their just deserts. And that the good name hitherto borne by tbe peo ple of Johnson county be fully vindica ted. Auousta Chronicle: The long suspense over tho appointment of a postmaster for Augusta was broken yestordav, when tho President sent to tho Senate the name of Mr. W. F. Holden. This appointment, wi believe, will give satisfaction. Mr. Hoi den was formerly a resident of Crawford- ville,where ho was a farmer and merchant, and possesses the confidence of all who know him. He will, we are assnred, make n capital officer. The preseat incumbent will not retire until bis successor is con firmed and qualified. Capt. C. H. Prince has been postmaster of Angnsta for the past twelve years, and has shown himself to be a faithful official, as hD is a popular gentleman. He has oonducted the busi ness of the service in an eminently satis factory manner, and onr people regret to part with him. We are glad, however, to know his plaoe will be worthily filled. A Butlxb man who came up to Macon to view the whale reports that it was two hundred feet long. He might get a posi tion as advance agent by applying to headquarters. Conductor Sam Millxb, of the Savan nah, Florida and Western railroad, was struck on the head by a freight car, and painfully wounded, in Savannah, on Mon- *x Savannah darky had a well to cave in upon and bury tem to tbe shoulders. His rescuers bit upon the novel Athens Banner: There is a man in town who has two thumbs cn one hand, and his children have no thumb at all on the right hand. He says as far back as he can rec ollect that his mother nor any of the fe male relatives of his family had a thumb on the right hand. Atlanta Constitution: Yesterday Ordi nary Calhoun put his cane upon the comer- post in front of James’ bank and remarked: “ During the war a shell struck this post— tore the top off as yon see; one piece struck and killed a wLite mule in the middle of Alabama street, and another piece struck a negro on the leg in front of that barber shop, producing a wound from which he bled to death.” Sparta Ishmaelite: Many years ago a woman lived in fine style in this county. She died recently at the poor house, 98 years of age. Her name was Polly Huck- abee. The vicissitudes of life are many end wonderful, but tho grave makes all things even. The clods of the valley press full as lightly on the beggar as upon the prince. The rough ways and the smooth wajs all have a common blending in tin dust. Savannah News: The Norwegian bark “ Lauget,” now at this port from Hamburg, bad a rough voyage, having been out sew enty-five days. She experienced seven weather and rough seas, and lest her main top-gallant-mast and made soma water daring tbe trip. No trouble was expe rienced from the water, however, as it was pumped out by a primitive Norwegian wind-mill which ebe hns on board. It is a curious looking structure, by the way, that recalls the invention of olden times. Columbus Sun: A day or two ago one of our real estate agents fonnd it necessary to sue but a distress warrant against one of his ten nts for rent. A bailiff went to the house to serve it, and while the tenant en gaged him in conveisation at the gate, hit wife took an axe and cut the furniture into pieces. We have heard of each instances before, but could never see where it profit ed the debtor. It would be equally as eco nomical and much more honorable to al low the property to be sold for tho settle ment of an honest debt Butlxb Herald: One of tho largest alli gators that has ever been seen on Flint river wee killed a few days ngo by Mess's. A. O. Allen and Thomas Beeland. on the Allen plantation, in this county, which wbb ten feet in length. Upon examination after being killed it was fonnd that the nlligator had swallow*d whole, with the exception of its feet and legs, a small deg belonging to Mr. Beeland, which had been missing for three days. There were also found in the entrails of the alligator a large rock, light* ood knot and several sticks. Savannah Hews: Yesterday afternoon a young man, named Charles Wise, a street car driver, who was off dnty at the time, was shot and parafolly wounded in the bar room and shooting gallery in rear of Mr. Peter May’s store, at the corner of Brood and Twelfth streets. There nre two ver sions of the affair—one of which ascribes tho shooting to accident and tho other as serts that it was intentional. A gentleman who was in the front of the store when the ehooting took place, said he paid no atten tion to it, os it was in the shooting gallery, but that a few aoments afterwards Wise and Michael Medic’s, the bar keeper, came put together. Wise 6ald Modicis had shot him, but both declared that it was acci dental. On the other hand, Wise, whom the reporter saw at tho hospital, said he had just fired a parlor rifle when Medicis declared that he shot at him, and imme diately pointed a pistol at him and fired. The ball struck him in tbe groin. There had been no ill feeling between them be fore. Wise was carried to .the hospital, where his wound was dressed. Tbe ball was not fonnd. Medicis was lodged in jail. The matter will be investigated. Savannah News: A te’egra-n from At lanta states that the case ot W. W. Gordon et. a!,, vs. the Ocean Steamship Company, better known as “The Injunction Case,” will not be beard Rt this term of tho Su preme Court* owing to the indisposition of two of tho judges, and consequently the matter will not finally be docided until September We learn that the counsel for (he company made every effort possible to get the bill of exi-eptions and record of tho case prepared in time for a hearing at tois term, and they were sent to Atlanta on Saturday last. For the reason nhove given, however, the caso has been postponed. Owing to the great interest felt In the matter in the community, this is to be regretted. Tnere is, however, really no reason that we can etc why this postpone ment should have nDy effect whatever on the value cf Central railroad stock. Sinco tbe directors of the Ocean Steamship Com pany have, severally nnd individually, sworn that they have no intention of is suing any scrip dividend or debenture which might in future prove a serious bur den upon their company or the Cent el railroad, the injunction at present against them simply restrains them from doing in the indefinite future that which they de clare they do not propose to do at all. It would seem, therefore, thnt this injunction should have no effect on the stock ot either the steamship or railroad companies. Still those interested would (loubtle - prefer to have the matter decided finally as speedily as possible. % Savannah News: Monday night the family of Mr. James E. Wiggins, who lives on the Bavanfinh road, near Rosney Chap el, were aroused by hearing some one draw ing a stick along tbe picket fence, in front of the house. Upon going out to learn the cause, Mr. Wiggins discovered his bam to be on fite. Calling to those in the house that the ban, was on fi:e they all ran out, with the exception of a neighbor who had called to see a son of Mr. Wiggins, who wa* dangerously sick at the time. They endeavored to extinguish the flames, bnt to no avail. After tho fire had done its best, and the epot where the bam had once stood was a mass of glowing coals and smoking embers, they retained to the honse end were informed by the neighbor that she had fonnd a negro tampering with the lock on the entrance, and that he was surprised when she opened the door, and mattered something indistinctly about fire and struck out across the field in the direc tion of the blazing bam. Instead, how ever, of going there he turned in another direction and soon disappeared. The sup position is that the negro first fired the bam and then made the noise to attract attention, and when the family went to the fire intended to rob the house. As some -one remained in the house he was foiled in his attempt to plunder. The bam and con- tents were valued at $600; no insurance. THE FIBER AX’S PABAVE. Tbe Twenty Seventh Asslvenary of tbe Imm Fire Deportment Those who went home late on Tuesday night and saw the inky sky overhead and felt the invisible rain drops, went to bed firm in the belief that there would be no fireman’s parade on Wednesday. And this belief was not at all dispelled when they Intake next morning. Rain drops were plentiful at 8 o’clock, and it was not nnfal about 11 o’clock did the sun manage to show himsolf warmly through the AU2 o’clock all anxiety about the weath er vanished, and thenfrom every direction came an occasional rod-shirted firemnn, some in the spick and span uniform or No. S, the frock flannel of No. 4, or the base ball toga of No. 2. About this time, too the streets began to be well nhlMftt ladies and children, for yon know that this is the grand annual street ehow of Macon. About half-past one the coocpMiies as sembled in front of the Hook and Ladder track house and began to form in position, with the Volunteers’ band in the lead. Flowers nre plentifal, and the ladies were lavish in their gifts, the reels and steamer*, with one exception, being embowered in floral gifts. The steamer and reel of No. 1 was bare of these floral deoorations, by reason of the recent death of one of their beloved friends, Mr. O. A. Nutting, after whom the steamer was named. Companies Noa. 3and 4 appearedm new uniforms. That ot No. 3 was the conven tional red shirt and black pants. The shirt was of fine material, with the word “Hose” across the breast. The hate were of the helmets now eo popular, blue with red cord. Each member wore a poker dot cravat. The uniform of No. 4 was a frock flannel coat, and broad-brimmed black hat, and black pants. The uniforms of the other companies were the same as last parade day, with the exception of No. 2, whose running squad wore an outfit of blue knee-pants, and red and white mixed undershirts. . - JuBt before the order was given by the chief to move on, the proceasion was some what disturbed by some extraordinary capers kicked up by the horses attached to the reel of No. L They had never worked together in anch harness before, nnd one, in endeavoring to get ont of the traces, fell down and the other was pulled over him. The fine harness was cut and the horses replseed by a pair of tractable mules, aud the proceasion was complete. The following is the line of march: Along Second street to Plum, down Plum to Fourth, along Fourth to Poplar, up Poplar to Third, along Third to Cherry, np Cherry s*. »roriE2be« “0 n.ird: countermarched on east aide of Mulberry* and halted with the right resting on Seoond street. Both aides of Mulberry street at this time were filled with people. Every -win dow and balcony was full of ladies, and the sidewalks were completely crowded with men, women and children. 'Ite members of the department then formed in line in front ot the Lanier House, tbe officers stepped to the front and sainted the chief and his assistants, and handed in their annual reports. A wagon was rolled np in front of the magnetic telegraph office, and upon this were seated the time-keepers. For No. 1, W. F. Anderson ; No. 2, John Valentino ; No. 3, W. H. Ross ; No. 4, A. B. Ross ; No. 5, Joe L. Bond; with Charley Dreyfus os keeper of the bullitin board. Betting now became lively. No. 3 was the favonte, and in some instances bets of five to one were made on her; No. 2 had many friends, and barring No. 3, put against the field. Nos. 4 and 6 men, were well cared for, and tome good bets were m de on them. The Volunteer’s band, nnder Prof. Gut- tenberger, added much to the interest of the occasion, nnd during the long intervals *?hich seem to bo natural to firemen's pa rades, their concerts were received with pleasure. The band was in good tone and rendered many selections with good effect. About three o’clock the running squad of No. 3, in command of Foreman Boifeuilet, filed out of their engine honse with white flannel caps, and took their place nnder the red semi-bag signal, 'ihe following i* the test: “The hose reel stationed at too intersection of Mulberry and Soiond streets, near the Confederato Monument with fifteen men to run with it, facing down Mulberry street andatagivtn sig nal, run one hundred yards to ping, attach and lay one hundred feet hose, disconnect, attach pipe and play twenty-five foet of water. The flood gate, hydrant valve and disconnection will be tightened with a le verage of twenty-four pounds each. Each reel will carry three hundred feet of hose, unless increased or diminished by tho judges to equalize the weight of reels: all connections to be the same as for fire duty.’ The sand-bag was suspended from tho arm of a gibbet erected near the monu ment. A stout cord was nttachcd to the bag, which waa hauled up to the arm, nnd the other end of the cord attached to the hose reel beneath it, eo that when tho reel was pnllcd away from it tho cord would break and the bag fall, thus giving the judges the signal of the start. As the boys pulled away tho signal did not operate, bnt they did not stop to think about it, and made a good ran. No time was taken and the run considered off. line of the rales of the contest was that no allowance would be made for accidents, bnt as this was clearly tho fault of tho signal apparatus and not an accident, the No. 3 boys were given another chance. Tney again took position, and at the word go, bounded foitb ns if they had not ran themselves out of breath a few min utes before. Tho signal worked well now, smooth run was made, and Charlio Dreyfus chalked 2934 seconds on the board. This was not considered good time, as the ran had been made in much less time by all tho companies on the practice nights. Still but few bets were made on her losing. No. 6’s squad here emerged from their hiding place nnder Foreman Woodson, with light cone-shaped hats, many of them in their stocking feet. There were some swift runners among them, nnd as they took their places at their reel tho r stock in the pcol went np. They made n good start, going off all together, and made the prettiest run of tho day, but the pipeman failed to get ihe pipo on and 00 was chalk ed against them on the board. No. 2 then esmo to the scratch in theirT, odd snite. They started off well, made a fine ran, making connections in good or der, bnt tho water was n little slow in coming, and consequently tho figures on the board were fB%. which gave No. 3 the advantage of a email fraction. The old reliable 4 here shied her castor in the ring and as tho fanning squad filed past it was evident that eho was de termined. The start was made without n bobble and tho connections nicely made, bat tho board showed 29JL which still kept 3 in tho lend. No. 1 did not intend to run, owing to the fact that eho had tto good squad, but when the boys got on the ground thq old time spirit took possession of them nnd they hastily got a squad together “just for tho fan of it,” os they said. Their time was 85 seconds, which was flrst-rato time, inas much ns the boys had never made the ran bofore. At the conclusion of these tests the fire boys were considerably enthused, nnd rent the air with many huzzas, both victor and vanquished joining in. Fireman Boifenil- let was lifted upon the shoulders of tho members of No. 8 and carried through the immense crowd amid deafening huzzas. The surprise test woe next in tho pro gramme, and was as follows: Tbe hose reel .stationed 2. > yards from ping in the di rection of Second Street, fncing down Wa'oerry Street. Ton men w>lt be allow ed to make this test who will stand at the starting point in first lest and at a given signal ran 76 yards to reel, curry same twenty-five yards to plug, attach nnd lay 50 feet of hose, disconnect, attach pipe and play 60 feet of water. Catch couplings allowed. The drag rope on reel may be rat. off be.'ore starting. The reels to carry the same amount of hose ns in first test. The first run was made by No. 8, who made it in 28 seconds. . No. 5 followed with a fine run but lost time at the plug, sooring 31. No. 2 came next but mode a bobble and no time was taken. No. 4 made the splendid time of 27, and made themselves solid for tbe prize. No. 1 was unfortunate and lost her ran. This was owing to the fact that the boys bad not praotioed with tbe plug. Much cheering was indulged in, and everybody seemed prond of the /act that Mechanics had won. Cheer after cheer went np for the gallant company from every member of the department. The foot raoe was next la o .’er. It was a go-as-you-please ran Cf ooo hundred yards to plug, uncap, couple ob section hose and play fifty fee* of water. The fol lowing is tbe time msde, and name of representative of each company: ■ George Bassford. No. 8,28 seoonds; Oscar Heckle, No. 6,2*X seconds ; John SenderHn, No. 4.32; WUl Turpin, No. 1, 80. This race No. 2 made bobble and lost. After the contest, Chief Jones mounted the judge’s stand, and when Nos. 2.3,4 and 6 had formed into line, introduced Tracey Baxter, Esq., who read the following de cision of the judges: - — . -First Test-No. 3, first prixe-tima2934-1 First Test—No. 2, second prize—time 29^ h Surprise Test—No. 4—time, 27. Foot Race—Oscar Heckle, No. 5—time |26W. After this announcement, Mr. Baxter, in a graceful manner, delivered the foilowiug appropriate and beautiful address: ■ * •“Gentlemen of the Fire Department: Al though I have had the honor to, be chosen ns the awarder of yonr prizes this evening, nnd though it will be my happy task to present to you the evidenceof your success, yet I am confident tout the most grateful tribute that I can offer is to favor yon with the fewest remarks that this occasion will admit. For, though another time and place might demand a more lengthened address, brevity will now be a rec ommendation. In the first place, be* cause the praise and admiration that have been accorded to your firemanic sporting leaves little time or attention to be wasted on oratorio displays of a similar character. And, thon again, wearied as I >ou mast bo with the labors of a contest like thi*. daz*d perhaps, with scattering spray, I know that you long for the de lights of a gentler, scene, wnere yon will be wearied only with the satiate joys of n banquet board, dazzled only by the bright flashes of wit and fancy that encircle it, nnd be drenched only with that sort of fire water, which is appropriate to the occa sion. “From such enjoyment I would not wil lingly detain yon, although this, yonr cele bration, is an occasion that might suggest I a host of varied thoughts. I might tell yon how this yearly oommingling binds you all together in closer and, more-fra ternal onion; how from this fnendly,n- valry there springs a warmer admiration for each other’s powers, a higher apprecia tion for each well-cOutesteit effort. Bat the past years have showed you this more fittingly than I could hope to. “I might also tell you how this immense array inspires confidence and security in thosi whom you protect and save. _ I might go farther ana tell yon of the daring deeds that have made your name a house hold word; of that watchful zeal that has never been known to fail; of that death less courage that has never faltered when lives or houses were perishing, bnt has plunged into danger with as ta lant a spirit as ever animated a battle-charge. But on such themes it is needless to dilate. They are enshrined forever in the hearts of a grateful people. But this much I will tell you. that so long as the high qualities of a manly courage are recognized and respected; so long as self-sacrifioe tor others and de votion to the cause of hnmanity has a name, so long will the people of fade coun try honor and cherish the memory of their firemen. “To the delivery of yonr prizes I ap proach with congratulations and yet with regret, for while it is my office to crown the victor’s brow with thelaurd of success, there are still left those unfortunate few who are doomed to-wear the willow. This is the slid part of every coute.L Wo cannot always win. There most nlwajs be a losing side. But in that fact lies the germ of hope for you who have been defeated. If yon can not always win, there is equally no reason why yon should always lose. Tho-e has been n many useful lesson Ienrned in tho dost of defeat. Many a cipher has fallen from tho luxnrie* of anoee-H and be come a man under the teaching of adver sity. Many a character has brightened into light along tho rough edges of life’s path way. Man) a hero has struggled through contending odds'by never knowing when he was beaten. And so I trust it may be with you. If you have that sort of manhood in yon, nerve yourselves for another contest and rernlve to win. Be like Antssus of old, and rise 'refreshed from every fall. Rise with tbe determina tion to succeed, with tho perseverance to carryout yonr determination, and then, in April ¥3 yon will comeback with re newed confidence, with fresher strength, and then perhaps you may wrest from yonr present victors their crown of tri umph. let yonr emblem for the present bo that historic bird, tlist yearly perished an 1 yearly roso more resplendent from the ashes of ite destruction. Remember, too, that it is better to havocome forth and show the strength and plnck that is in yon than to have submitted tamely without n struggle, better to have done tbe best yon oonla nnd rest nnder tbe prond conscious ness of a duty fulfilled. And remember also tho-e old time lines, “T.e’ better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” “To you, gentlemen, who have won theso prizes, I am well aware thnt no words of mine can add to the glory of yonr success. Yon have read it in tho glances that have sparkled on you from n thousand lovfcly eyes. You have heard it in the thunder tones of a thousand voices. Above all, you havo felt ils thrilling touch, when you knew thnt yon had won. “Yon hnve engaged to-dayqp a knightly combat. Antriedvoteramin yonr cause, you have como to show, on a peaceful arena, what experience has taught you in a scene of strife. In bright and gallant ar ray, amid flowers and music, yon hnvo met your opponents and yon have conquered. The evening breezes have boon tho heralds of your victory, and the shades of night will not dim its lustre. Beneath the eyes of lovo and beauty you have borne away tho palm. From them yon will receive your meed of praise. One speaking glance from woman's eye is worth all tho words that man can otter. To them I leave the “whispered thought of hearts alliod.the pressure of tbe thriiling band.” Beside their congratulations, mine would pale, al though I offer them with cordiality nnd sincerity. Bat bofore yon take there prizes, let mo proffer ono request. Let me entreat yon to take them with a proper apprecia tion of what they are. Take thorn not as tho guerdon of coraploto r.access, but as tho incentive for renewed endeavor. The triumph of to-day is not tbe triumph of the year to come. To Btr.nd again before this assemblage in your present character will require tho most iiersistent and earnest effort. The men wlo havo lo3t to-day I will meet yon in the coming year, re solved to win. Do not lull yonrsotves into false security. Let your nim be either to surpass yocr rtcord, or, atloast to stand by it. And though you may foil in that— may oven fail to win a prize—your labors will not have been in vain. F me is a goal that nay may bo proud to reach. YetH “Better than fame Is the wish for fame. I The constant tminln ' ‘ ‘ Tile athlete nurtured Gains strength, at least, fur life." sistant chief, Henry Faulk; Secretary, D. D. Craig; treasurer, E. P. Strong. rmsMAmo SPRAT. Each member of No. 3 yesterday wore a lovely boatonaire made by a charming Maoon young lady. The beantifol bou quets added greatly to the handsome ap pearance of the new uniforms. Foreman Boifenillet, of No. 3, yesterday wore the only solid silver trumpet, we be lieve, in the Macoa fire department. It was presented to this gallant company in 1868 by the ladies of the Macon Baptist chnrch as the most popular company in the city. A certain military captain won $1300 yesterday by No. 3 winning the first prize. Another well known gentleman won $1200 on Young America. The gallant boys of No. 4 heartily de served a prize and we are glad they bore off one. The judges did their work yesterday to tbe utmost satisfaction of all.concerned. Col. Wm. H. Ross was chairman yes terday of the time-keepers. No. 5 received a box of flowers from a young lady friend in Griffin. No. 3 also received flowers from an Augusta lady. The price presentation speech of rracy Baxter, Esq., yesterday afternoon was one of the most chaste and appropriate we have aver heard one similar oocasion. It was loudly applauded. Mr. Baxter won golden opinions on his brilliant effort. Tbe record of No. 3 yesterday was the best of any other one oompany. It was first in the main test and second in the surprise test, and second in the f.iot race. Betting was very lively yesterday on No. 2.' The boys did some fine work. No. 5 bad a handsome set of members in the parade* Though No. 1 decided at a late hour to enter tho contest they made a goo t record nnder the circumstances. Yesterday Fenny Havens ornamented himself with a horseshoe of beautiful flow- era, and gavo his company a good encour aging boost on the rap. Last night he sent around to this office a quartette of his inimitable Yonpg America punches with straws, and as the Griffin fire department was represented when the luxuries arrived, both Griffin and Maoon fire boys drank to the good health of Ponny and Yonng America. No. 1 was in command of Assistant Fore man Jnlins Msyr yesterday. The pooling office boys grow a IitUo jeal ous yesterday when the No. 3 bojrs put John Boifenillet upon their shoulders nnd took him through the crowd, not willing that anyone else should get ahead of them in showing how mnch they thought of him. 'The pooling office boys tofik him on their shoniders and carried him from No. 8’s engine house down the street to the pool ing office. This is only one evidence of the great popularity in whioh Mr. Boifeuil- let is held in Macon. i uiu wisn ror rnmo. fttfSMSSSSfci lu.LSt. for Hffv** V * On receiving tho prize awarded to No. 3, Foreman Boifenillet, in behalf of his com pany, said: “Mr. Baxter—In tho first nnd most im portant test of tho twenty-seventh anni- versary tournament of tho Macon fire de partment, tho banner of No. 3 trinmpliant- ly waves over every competitor. We retire from the Hold with victoria s eagles In onr opponents wo recognizo firemen of efficiency, endurance nnd swiftness, hence, greater tho triumph. The fruits of success are sweet. Therefore, in bobalf of Yonng America fire company, I accept this reward of our merit with a joy anil pride equaled only by the brightness of the prize itself and the glory of this occa-ion.” Calls wero thon made for Foreman Ken nedy, of No. 4, who responded by saying that bo was nothing at speech-making, bnt in behalf of his company, who were me chanics, lie.extended his heartiest thanks for the testimonial of merit awarded them. Mr. Schoneman, in the absenco of Fore man Machold, received the prize for No. 2, and returned sincere thanks. Assistant Chief Daaiels, of the Griffin fire department, received the foot-race prize in behalf of Mr. Heckle, in somo neat and appropriate remarks, which were recciv a with mnch npplanso by the boys. A collation, flanked by a bowl of punch, given by No. 3 to a few friends, wound no the pleasure and excitement of the day. Nothing occurred in a way cnlculnted to mar the pleasures, and the entire series of oontests were entered into by the boye in the frioadbmt spirit, making the twenty- seventh anniversary one of the grandest snocesses by the dopirtrnent. Chief Jones and his assistants may well be proud of the day. Onr firemen cun look back to it with mnch pleas ora and gratification. The following are the offioer* of tho de partment: Chief, Monroe Jones; flr-t as sistant chief, Loais Vanruuki; second as- KERF'S RONEY. A Tonne Mna Hee* (he SlchU and Then See* Trouble. On Tuesday evening there arrived in Macon, on the Central train, Mr. John F. Kemp, sewing machine agent at Toombs- boro, and Mr. John Worthy, of Laurens county. They stopped at* Eason’s board ing-house, on Plnm street After sapper Worthy told Kemp he had some monoy, and, as he wanted to see the sights of the town, he would like to have a place to deposit it for safe keeping. Kemp at once offered his valise as a safe place, and at his suggestion the pocket-book containing something be tween fifty and one hundred dollars was dropped into the gaping month of the valise. Worthy had occasion to go out of the room for a few minutes, and during his absenoo Kemp took ont tho pocket-book and plaoed it in his pocket. They then went ont in town and saw the sights. At one place Kemp spent two dollars out of the book and then went to i ball on Fifth street. Hero Kemp claims that a girl slipped the pocket-book from his liip-pocket and abstracted tho money, and then replaced the empty pocket-book. He discovered the loss when he went to pay for some beer. He then took the girl and placed her in n room, and sent for the police. Officers Fennell and Blake responded, bnt os there was not the least shadow of proof that the girl took the money, and as it was plainly evident that it was a tramped np charge, she was not molested. Worthy, who was in the bed room, during this trouble, was sent tor nnd the loss re ported to him. He at once ordered Kemp’s arrest, and he was taken to the barracks. Yesterday he stated to our reporter that ho took the money from the valise because he considered it unsafe, and that the money he spent was his own. Ho denies that he intended anything wrong, and is well able to make good the amount. He was sent to jail on two warrants, one for larceny aft; r trust, and the other for carrying concealed weapons. A FACTORY FUSS. They Wnuted to Bee the Fireman’s Parade. A number of the operatives in tho East Macon fautory ri solved on Tuesday not to wqrk on Wednesday, as they desired to wit ness tho fireman’s parade. Yesterday morning theso operatives gathered in front of the factory and threatened trouble to those who went to work. Nothirg of a serious naturo resul ted, but at dinner time when some of the hands were going back to work, they wero told by the *parade-strack hands that if they did go to work they would be whipped- The result of these threats ended in a personnl difficulty between Joo Dnvis and Perkins Sparks. The lie was given, and Davis made a pass at Sparks with a brick, who managed to get in somo knife work, and Davis was soon under the care of Dr. Carroll, with a slit in his arm. Sparks ran nway, going in the direction of tho woods. The officers were telephoned for, nnd soon a squad wore on their way over tho river, but they wero toa late. A man named H. W. Bnrks gave tho in formation alone, and he was summoned as a witness with others, and the officers left. Lato in the afternoon Barks got gloriously drank, and ni ho fired off his pistol saveral times, thus putting lives in danger, tho offi cers wore again telephoned for, and officers Fennell and Avant wont over and arrested him. He will appear this morning in the dual character of witness and principal. FORSYTH IjETTER. Death or Capt. Mays—Unset Kirlce, nnd Other Items. Special Correspondence Telegraph and Mes senger. Fobstth, Ga., April 19.—Capt. John W. Mays, a well known and popular citizen of Monroo county, died yosterdny, of conges tion, after a brief illness, and was buried hero to-day. Ho was a son of tho lato Jos. H. Mays, long ono ot our leading citizens. He loaves no family savo his wife. The now railroad hns about gotten be yond the limits of Monroo, and is now going rapidly forward to Jaokson, in the adjoining county. “Hazel Kirke” was givon here on Mon day night by n Now York company, and was regarded by competent critics as about tho best dramatical presentation made on our boards forsomo timo. Death «.f Sir. John D. Carver. Tho city was shocked yesterday at tho receiptof a telegram from Philadelphia,an nouncing tho death yesterday morning of Mr. John D. Carver, a well known and high ly esteemed merchant of Maoon. Mr. Car ver loft tho city on last Wednesday accom panied by his bro-.hor, Mr. J. B.'Oarver, of Romo, for the JeHrreon Medical Hospital in Philadelphia, for tho pnrposo of having an operation performed on his nock. From a letter written on the 17th, and re ceived last night, wo Ieam that tbe opera tion was successfully performed, and that the patient was resting quietly with every indication of a speedy recovery. It is sup posed that his deatli yesterday was caused from secondary hemorrhage. His remains will resah here to-morrow morning, and tbo funeral notice will ap- pear in Saturday's paper. Mr. Carver c imo to Macon in 1S7G and commenced tho grocery bnsino38 in tho store under this offioe. Ho subsequently removed to tho store next to Mr. George Boggs. Ho was well liked in Macon and had a largo cirolo of friends. Ho haves no children. PROF. OR K \S SPEECH Before tbe CouBresaloanl Committee oa Education and Labor. Air. Orr—Mr. chairman and gentlemen of the committee, the dnty assigned mo on this occasion is a very simple one. I have been laboring in this work in my State for tbe last ten years. I have been the repre sentative of the Department of Education since 1872. I do not propose to detain tbe committee by any lengthened remarks I propose to give you, gentlemen, some plain facta showing on^coDditioD, showing our necessities, showing the temper ana spirit of our people, and I feel that when I do this, when I put before you the condi tion of tho State ot Georgia, I shall have given you a type of what prevails through out the entire South. In tbe year 18G0, when one of tho honor ed senators from my State, now present, was onr chief executive, the tax returns, according to the documents in the office of the Comptroller-General, summed np $672,000,000, After I entered tho office which I now have tho honor of filling I wont to the files of that office for the pur pose of trying to ascertain the aggregate value of property at the first return made after the war. I fonnd it to be $170,000,- 000. The property of the ata’o was thus reduoed £.VX),tXX),C00 in value. This made a great change in the condition of the State, as you may well know; bnt thia does not represent fully the change. It lacks a great deal of it. I will put before you, gentlemen, n few other considerations which will show moro fn'ly the great change which was wrought. Everything that we had accumulated during the four years of the unhappy struggle in which we engnged was invested in Confederate so- curities, nnd was held in the shape either of bonds or of Confederate currency. Thus what remained of the labor of fonr years, after the devastate n of yonr army and the enpport rendered ours, was blotted out in ono hour. Hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of the best men in the State of Georgia were thus left in a condition in which, under tbe old postal laws of the United States, whep postage was paid at the place of delivery, they could not have taken a letter from the post-office. You will very readily understand, then, how wo were situated as to onr capacity to com mence life again. Not only this, bnt the whoio labor sys tem of the country was thrown into dis organization. The agricoltnrists had no means of going to work again, and we are an agricultural people, as yon well know. They had no capital to begin wilb. They had to borrow. They hail to give * lien upon tho products of tho soil in order to enable them to pay tho debts, and those who held the capita' exacted exorbitant interest. Onr farmers nnd agriculturists have been pairing from 60 to 100 per cent, for advances. Having their noses thns pat to the grindstone, they have been kept there np to the present time, for evory intelligent man knows very wall that farm ing cannot be conducted successfully when the capital used in it costs such a per cent. The lack of resources end the utter ly disorganized condition of tho labor of the conntry pat us in a very helpless con dition. Let me glance for a few moments at cer tain other facts. We had in the State of Georg-'a two kinds of citizens, those who had always been citizens, and a number of persons, very nearly equal, who had been made citizens as the result of the war. The last school enumeration, which was taken four years ago. showed that we had 198,000 colored school children in the State. The entire school population is 433,444. The difference will shew yon how many are colored—nearly half, yon will seo. Let me say a few words abont the col ored people. They were made free with out resource*. They had no capital; they had no habits that would lead men when thrown upon their own resources to accu mulate capital. Thoy have been gathering capital sradually nn il lam very glad to report that the last return of the property of the State showed that there were in the hands of the colored people of that Slate some $6,000,000 worth of property. I think the colored people of my State have done nobly; I say it hero to their credit: But tbe point I am now making is the im mense burden which was put upon ns. I do not give you an idea of that burden by telling yon the number of persons who wore suddenly made free without re sources. That does not give yon an idea at all. There is no means of getting at the num ber exactly, but I think at least one-half of the white population was in the same con dition, ut er y wrecked, rained financially by tho results of the unfortunate struggle in which we had engaged. For one, I want to see the last remains of that struggle buried forever so deep that the hand of resurrection will never bring them up again. I think it becomes us of this gen eration to begiu to think about living for the future, to forget tbe past. We have a great country, and here we must dwell; onr people want to dwell with yon in anity and harmony. I know what I say; I have visited in the course of tho administration of my office almost every county in the State of Georgia. I have made two hun dred addresses to the people- I have stated to yon now the difficulties. I know the con dition; I know the spirit of the people, their present sentiment. I know it from mingling with them in their cottages and in their cabins, for I have visited the col ored man as well ax the white man. I have mingled with all. I know their feelings. I want to say to you, gentlemen, tbst in the State of Georgia, under my adminis tration of ten years, tho entire loss of school fund w'U not foot up more than about $6,000. In an administration cover ing ten years there has not been a dollar misapplied with that exception that I know of. We try to make the money do the greatest possible amount of good. We try to manago with the greatest economy. We admit to onr schools all who want to enter them. We commenced in 1871 with a school attendance of 48,030. Wc havo gono gradually upward. My brethren here will excuse me. tor using the same illustration which I did before tho association when in session. One of the fathers, a man con tributed to us by New England, ono of onr most honored men in the early history of that State—I eltnde to Abraham Baldwin— in speaking once of centrel power, illus trated it by that wonderful power known as the screw. He stated that at every rev olution it gained a little, and it held all it gained. I quote his illustration, not making the fame npplicatisn of it; I mako a very different one. We hnve gained at every revo ntion a littlo in Georgia, and wo retain all that wo gain. We are moving steadily forwnrd. We com menced with an ntteudanco of 48,000 tho first year. The second year we had 83,000, the next yesr 136,003, tho next year 156,003. I shall not follow tho statistics along. Year bofore last (my lost year's work has not been footed np, ss tbe returns are not all in,) we went np to a school attendance of 236,000. We havo never failed to gain ns much as 9,000 in any year. We have goue over that in attendance every year, and tho colored people have proceeded pari passu with tho whites in their attendance. They commenced with G.000 and according to the lost return, to 86,000 colored children in onr schools. Thero is no discrimination made; no man can afford to do it in an office in my State. So strong is the school sentiment in favor of tho administration of exact and eqaal justice that no man can afford to do it. Wo nro straggling to do tho very best wo can with our limited ARERICVS LETTER. Bona* of tbe Prominent Feature* ot Tbat city. Special Correspondence Telegraph and Mes senger. Ameiucus, April 18.—The Baptist State convention will meet here on Thuisday and adjourn on the following Monday. A large crowd is expected. A number of store houses are in course of erection here, and all of them are to be of brick with iron fronts. This is a good indication of solidity and prosperity amongst the business men. The Bank of Americas is putting up a fine building for ite own use. Messrs. Hamii Brothers are building three brick stores, and Messrs. Sheffield Go. are at work on a large and handsome store house to meet the demands of their lorgo nnd constantly increasing business. A large number of handsome and tarty dwellings are nearing comple tion, or have just been completed here. Prominent among these are the residences of Captain A. C. Bell, Messrs. Prince Brothers, Major T. E. Burke and Captain J. B. Shaw. , Americas has moro handsome dwellings in proportion to its size than any place in Georgia with which I am acquainted. Many of these have been built within the past few years, and the houses nnd grounds are kept in splendid order. This gives tbe place a fresh and prosperous appearance which is in pleasing contrast with the di lapidated and thriftless appearance which is seen too often in Georgia towns. I am indebted to Dr. J. B. Hinkle for a pleasant ride over the city and the information given above. The Prince Brothers ot this plaoe man age their business and domestio affaire in a manner which is without example in the history of the State. They married sisters, live in the same house, own all their prop erty in common, and even the dry goods bought by any member of either family is charged to their common account. This raie plan seems to be working finely, for they have just completed a large, hand some dwelling to meet the demands of their increased families. Crops of all kinds are very fine. There is some littlo complant from a email sec tion near hoar of rust in wheat. The Superior Court is still in session bnt is transacting no business of general im- Vortanoa. The grard jury, which is one of the-beat ones ever assembled in the county, is get ting a little livelier scare among the evil doers' than the usual semi-annual one. H.O.H. PICKINGS FROR PIKE. Superior Court In BomIob—Holfarlous Kevlval la Bnrnesvlllo. Special Corretpandencs Telegraph and Meeeen- tttr. Barxestills, April 17.—Last week ard the week before Pike Superior Court was in session. An average amount o( business was transacted, both civil and criminal* In tbe case of Ferdinand DeBray vs. Cen tral railroad, the jury returned a verdict of $2,600 damages for plaintiff. The trial consumed nearly two utj i, though neither party to tho snit.wos a citizen of Pike. It h to bo regretted that both parties are moving for a now trial. DeBray is an At lanta man, whose hand was fearfully crashed last year In Barnesville by the curs. On getting off the cars while in mo tion ho fell and the wheels caught his right hand. It seems strange that he is not sat- is fled with tho verdiot. Most of the second week of oonrt was consume i with criminal cases. One case of eoine note was the conviction of a Pike lawyer of subornation of perjnry. It was charged that he procured another to swear falsely. The proof against him was not clear, but the jury brought in a verdiot of guilty. Punishment for suborn ation of perjury is confinement and labor in the penitentiary from three to ten years. A motion for a new trial is pending and it is generally thought that a new trial will be granted. The name of the lawyer is with held in justice to him. But snffioe it to say ho is a lawyer of Milner who has been get ting a great deal of law business, and the trial created much comment. Daring the pest two weeks Barnesville has been stirred up religiously. A revival in tbe Baptist church has aroused the com munity and mnch interest has been and is manifested. The meetingahave been con ducted day and night by the worthy pastor, Rov. K. J. Willingham. Between thirty and forty have joined the ohnrch already and more are expected to join. Mr. Wil lingham is rapidly building up the church and is grazing very popular. His congre gations have doubled in numbers and quadrupled in interest. He is doing a no ble work in a glorious cause. Without aid he has entered upon tho third week of a glorious revival. His sermons are very impressive and go direct to tbe hearts of tho people. They are plain but powerful and convincing. Yonr correspondent re joices in the grand cocoes* ot Mr. Willing ham’s short ministry in Barnesville. In a twelvemonth he will have worked wonders in tbo church. He has every reason to feel encouraged. Pna. LONG'S LEGIONS PERSONAL. -Ex-Mayor Charles F. Wllstach, of Cincinnati, lx dead. —The consumption of cotton in tho North l&st season was 1,713,000 bales. Hr. James Gordon Bennett arrived In New York Saturday from Liverpool in the steamer Republic. —Jumbo is not allowed to have mint In his whisky. The conscientious JJamura draws a line there. The movement In wheat sc Chicago for the past week shows a reduction of stock in store of noarijr 1,230,000 bushels. —Clara Brooks, a little girl of eleven yca-s, Jumped the rope 200 times last Monday, at Cincinnati, and Is now dead. —Prince Henry, of Prussia, Is to visit tho United States next fall. ITc Is a sailor, and son of the Prussian Crown Prince. —Leaf tobacco was sold in the Danville (Va.) tobacco market last Friday fit 8IJ0. -100, *00,186,573 and 470 per one hundred pounds. —One firm in Vicksburg has sold nearly 3,000 Kallons of gnat oil Mure the flood went down and left the country swarmlugwith these pests. —Gen. Abe Buford, who is now in Louisville, says his religious conversion will not restrain him from witnessing the Derby. That horrible sin’doesn't count in the church category; so rays tho General. —The first member of Congress to achieve the honor of a renomlnatton is Mr. S. J. Peelle, of the Capital district of Indiana, tho Republican convention having renominated him on Saturday bv acclamation. —Hurlbut, editor of tbe New York Herald, hns written asking to be heard tn the Shipherd investigation, and the committee on foreign afTstrs havo set next Thursday to hear him. 8hiplierd will be kept until Hurlbut and Blaine testify. —The Rothschilds mix their blood and fortunes by marriage, hut rarclv Is an alien admitted to their relationship, tho wedding i« now announced of the daughter of ltaron Gustave de Rothschild and JL Lambert, tho representative of the Arm of Rothschild in Bnnaels. —Dr. Vlnnedgo has been expelled from the Indiana Med ical Society. He has for many years been tho foremost physician In Tippeca noe county, and itlll remains so; bnt he com mitted the crime against professional ethics of advertising a prescription, and refused to say he was sorry. —Mr. Stanford, an English composer, whoso genius has long been recognized in Ger many, has written the music to Tennyson’s war-whoop. "All Hands Round.” tho new English marseillaUe, and done his part far more successfully than the poet. The song will become popular from the gsnlal Jingle of tho music alone. —MacLesn, the would-be regicide, since hts Imprisonment at Reading, has evinced con cern at his situation by declaring thnt ho or Delegates to Bis Secret Caucus Rapidly Rolling 1st. Already delegates and distingushed col ored men afo arriving in the city to tend the caucus to be held hero on the 27th. Among those in the city are somo who have rightful claim to being colored men of mark. Yesterday our reporter saw Professor John A. Newby, of Philadelphia, who comes to Macon to take part in the deliberations of the meeting, and advise with the colored men of Georgia. He speaks five languages; has traveled all over the continent of Europe, nnd wns en gaged at the Paris Exposition in 1867, nnd was afterward continental courier. He wns private messenger of the late Chief Joatioe Ohaae in 1871. He is also the an- wni nnt tbor of a book entitled “Frenoh Character- visible to the naked eye Treat Your Teeth Rather than ltavo them polled. Let your dentist sayo all ho can. You desire to have trouble, because you havo not used SOZO- DONT, When properly fixed, then rub on the 80Z0D0NT, and keep tuem all right for time to come. Iw rilgta and headache, reputation. It will sustain its lw I lmvo read a good deal on tin subject of tho school history of this conntry, and of the different States. In addition to that, I have been giving my attention to this groat subject of the education of tho races, for eleven cr twelve years. I havo been read ing whatever fell into my hands, and you will excuse mo when Isay that considering tho circumstances iu which wo were placed, tho great disadvantages under which wo Inborcd, the immense difficulties which we lmd to contend with—considering all these things, nnd considering tho work achieved, I do not believe the eqnol of it has befcn dono in any Stato of the Union, in any time daring tbe past If it has, it is not within my knowledge. We have wrought a marvelous work, but we are unable to do what ought to be done. We come to you nnd ask tho interposition of the strong arm of tho government the government of our fathers, for wo are one of the Old Tlrrteen. We stood shoulder to shoulder with you in that first oontest and I want to say here to-day that if another contest shall arise our people will stand by tho people of New England and the people of the Aliddlo .State-* in-npporfiiig tbe pow er and the authority of the government of tho United States. “Procrastination is the Thief of Time.”—Don’t let April *29:h come around without having a ticket for the 43rd draw ing of the Commonwealth Distribution Company. No lottery company has ever distributed so many prizes or given such universal satisfaction. No better invest ment can be made than tbe purchase of their tickets. Send your or orders to R. M. Boarduian, Courier-Journal building, Louisville, Ky. istics.” John H. Ballon, of Rhodo Island, Is anoth er distinguished colored man in tho city. Ho was tho first colored man admitted to tho-bar of the Supreme Court of Rhodo Island, and wps nlso tho first colored man admitted to practice in Providence. He edited and published the first colored man’s paper ever published in New Eng land, which was known as the “Eastern ilWitICi'* A good hall has been engaged for the oc- cauon, which will be profusely decorated wnhn ti malllazs. The following is tho programme of ex ercises: J.;F. Long will call the caucus together at ten o’clock and explain the ob ject of the meet’ng. Thoy will then go in to socrct session and remain until three o’clock. After which tho doors will be opened to the publio and the following or der of exerci-es observed: Address, sub ject, “Morality,” H. M. Turner; •’Temper ance,” Rev. J. W. Grant; “The Advance ment of tbe Negro Race,” Rev. M. W. Thomas; “Christianity," Rev. R. Kent; “Union,” Rev. R. B. Wright, “The Politi- cal Situation,” Governor Pinchback: “Ori- or even ono hair of the head of'her Mott Gra cious Majesty Queen Victoria.” He pray* that the Queen may Uye for many years and that when she Is called from this “vale of tears’’ she may And a home iu the realms of the blessed. A Chicago dispatch ttys: The Hom ing News will publish an open letter from Rev. A. 8. George, pastor cf the Centenary Metho dist Church, tn this city, to Rev. J. B. McFer- rin, publisher of tbe Nsshville Christian Advo cate, strongly counseling action at the Nash ville conference of tho Methodist Umrcb, South, in May, looking to the union of the two bianchea of the churches North and South. The letter closes with the words: “May the A>d of Wesley and Asbury grant you wisdom Tnd strength according to yonr day, and may gracious I’rovidence permit you to behold, be fore roar sun goes dowa, our ekntaed mb copal Methodism in organic un!tv tn this re public aqg mighty missionary power in all tho earth.’* The counsel for Fitz John Peter stale that they never took the position that the Pres ident had power to annul or set aside tbo Cod ing of the court-marital and approval of the sentence dismissing him from the army. They concur in this respect with the opinion of the Attorney .General, but their views wero that tho President, under the pardoning power, can remit the sentence, which, by excluding him from all offices under the government, Is now being daily executed, and Congress nan. by taw, restore him to the army, and they have supposed the President would exercise the par doning power, and would recommend Congress to pass a taw which would cany out tho recom mendations of the board of cnnnliy, composed, of Gens. Schoflcld, Terry and Getty. 1 Secretary Hunt has received a dis patch from nofTman, chargo do aflulrs at St. Petersburg, under date of March 31, inclosing a letter from ClJ|f Engineer Melville, dated Jan uary 31, and ™lten at a point on the way to the mouth of the J-ena, 333 miles l»e/ond },j akutsfc. Hoffinan writes: “Tbe governor or this post appears to have shotm much good ssjsjssrSs as Danenhancr telegraphs me trader date of Jan uary 28. from Kratmajasok, about 4,n\j versts in the letter referred to, says he lm* every rea son to hoj>c to And DeLong and bis pet.ple. Cheat Paul, the new monster bell for St. Paul's Cathedral, tn London, has been successfully rung at the foundry. Nineteen men were required to ring it, and, though shut in bywalli and houses, tbe bell’a tones wero heard seven miles away. It Is said that thia is the Ant ease of a bell of anything like tho weight of Great Paul being swung. All tho targe bells of Russia arc strack-they are never swung—while the great bell in Notre name-la worked by a treadle or some other mechanical arrangement. It is a curious fact tbat photographers, who of ollothcnaro most dependent weather for their operations, arc now to defy both fog and night—at least an their sittings are concerned. At a rerent dem onstration at the rooms of the society of arts sererel pictures were successfully taken by ar- tfflctal light; while Capt. Abney, who U now deliverings series of Cantor lecture* upon pho tography. obtained an Image on a sensitive gelatine plate by the illumination afforded by the spark from the Leyden battery. The ac tual duration of the light so obtained he esti mated at the Ave-milllonth part of n second. From corrected data, prepared by those^ in charge of the Kantieal Almanac, U is cd that the new comet’s nearest ar the earth will beta the latter part on comet will reach iu perihelion on Jud far os Movement,” Willie Hightower. Tho object of the caucus so far ns we havo been enabled to learn is to consider tho independent movement in all its bear ings, the educational privileges of the col ored people, and various ether matters of interest to the race. It is fair to pro’ume that with the presence of tho Northern men, Pinchback and othcrs t the oaucus lias a decided political complexion, and educa tion, etc., will be made secondary matters of consideration. 10th of May. large. It will Ant appear in the non,, thirty degrees above the horizon, abo. o'clock In the evening. The increase ltancy will probably bo marked from May 25th toJunc 12th,butUiecomet will probably bo lost to sight in the sunlight about Juno 10th, and wilfbc visible only in the aontliern hemis phere. During the first week of June ft should present a AneappearHiire In the northwestern sky after sunset. If present indications are to be relied upon, For the city And suburban wagering has been animated throughout the week. Tho display made by Mistake In the Newmarket In-' tcrnatlonal puts him out ot the event The ex- American. Passate, is well becked at 20' to L He carries much money, but the American prospects arc not regarded as healthy. Scobcll remains Arm at 0 to 2. Of the rest Master Wal ter, Ishmael. Whitechapel, and Wallenstein command mot support. IiJimacl has through out been the mot genuine candidate. Archer tide* Wallen'tain, who will see a reduced rate. The field will be under the average, 1 -otli In number and clans. A surprise Is not Improba ble. Nereid's running In the Newmarket Handicap did not count, as she wa* very fat. Gerald Is freely supported for the Guinea* and Derby. Several double events have Ikvii taken about his winning races. Rumor xays that Golden Gate has been iiin-d and Is equal to Foxhall at hii best, while Sachem ta well lack ed » to 1. j —Sometime ago a man calling himself T. W. Miller, a sharp, shrewd swindler, appeared io Savannah, and went around among tho liverymen in that city, solicit- iugjprders for harness, bridles, halters, currycombs, etc. He displayed samples and sold goods to a liveryman, amount- ice in valuo to upwards of $100. He also sold several large biUe to other cartie*. nnd when the goods arrived he obtained his pay and gave reoM>ta thereof. Now, tho house in Philadeliffia he claimed to represent wrote to these parties repudiat ing the npent, and claiming that he had no right to take any payment, also alleging that the claims will be placed in tbe h inds of an attorney for collection. This man Miller is traveling over the State, and it wtfruld be well for liver) men and others to watch out for him. Ho Never Told HI* Wife Catil Mr. B. L. Holt, who lives near Quitman, sent to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La., about three weeks since in a letter a dollar bill. He wns advised by mail that his tick et had drawn $lfi,(X,'0 in ihe March draw ing of The Louisiana State Lottery, and Absolutely Pure. This powder never vanes. he'd raw his money by express. He 1 strength And whoi«otf on«s3. Mora careful to say nothing about it to hiwwife economical than the ordinary kinds, and he was a lucky man. cannot bo sold in competition with tbo 1 multitude of low test, short weight 6 Wall,. nntil he found ont Nominated mid Elected. Ever quick to appreciate merit, the neeasnv inarm > — —, Americau people have nominated and $l»6UO y® Br Jr al * Peeasny “JAdO *i This is the sixth time he has invested, and elected Neuralgine as the remedy for neu- homo working for E. G. Hideout o: Co , I onoo before came within four or five num- 10 Baielay street, New York, bend to I bers of the capital. Holt’s haul ta a good their catalogue and full particulars. ly ' one —Maryville, Mo , Democrat, March itv. 1 Hew York. or phosphate powders. Rotxl BaBaraPowuB Co.. 100 ’ UUdtrttt