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Newspaper Page Text" i ■_ — »■ j 11 1 1 ■■■■■" c ■■■" T-iy-nnMrtiTrn ^Delegunplj «ro& Snoactmi & MsssumgsKv tarn— iw axd Hnmgn is published Wjirr d»7, magi Monday, and weekly every BoDior toidlwri by eurtm In ttaelty er maUedpeeug* frea to nhaeribtrs at SI per Mith. KM lor three months, 16. for six aoada, CM • yoar. TO WmiY to maned to eobaerlbet*. peetage flea, at tola year and d for six months. Transient edVectieement* will be taken, for the Daily, at o<le dollar per square of ten line*, or lam. for the dm insertion, and fifty cent* for each subsequent Insertion; and for the Weekly at an* dollar per square for each in- aertfoa. Liberal rate* to contractor*. Only dnato column advertisements wanted for" tbaWeekly. - AH communications. Intended for publication, must be accompanied by the writer's name and address. not for publication, but a* an erideue* of rood fa: th. Selected communication* will not be ft turned. Correspondence rontalnlnr Important new*, end dbciuslous of lirlnr topic*, is solicited, but must be oriel and be written upon but one edeof the paper, to hare attention. Bea’.asnra* shnuM he made by Epreas, Money Otdet. Or Registered Letter. • All coamuLicalions should be addressed to A. r. Hllsex. Masaysr. Macon. Georgia, FRIDAY, APBIL 28. Passaic, formerly of Ur. Lorillard's sta ble, has scored another victory on the Eng lish turf. It took an English jury only five minutes to find McLean insane. An American twelro labored nine weeks to keep from a similar rordiot fn Gjjiteau'a oase. Tint colored Singham, a echoolmaiUT in Columbia, South Carolina, who was dis missed for debauching his female pnpils, _ and who ia ^icwiur't leading wlbei* In j \he betiding election trials, has been se verely caned by Captain Carwlli also oredj lot lying and slindefdtm remarks about Carroll, it ia iupportA that Judge Bond will hold that this felpreeked con tempt Of the witness ia contempt of the court. It would be quite in keeping with judge Bond's rulings. A Richmond, Va., special says: “Senator Mahone ia still here, and closeted with him are Cameron, Riddleberger & Co., and Jay Hubbell, of the Republican Congressional executive committee, their object being to break the “solid five" by fair means or fouL Failing to make any impresticn on Senator Hale, they are now concentrating their energies on 8enator Williams, of Nottoway, and it is said he has been offered $20,000 for his vote. He is os firm as a rock and incapable of purchase.” Mr. Hubbell, the political Michigander, is in a country now and engaged in a busi ness that behooves him to look with jeal ous care after the object of his greatest solicitude, his “gut fat.” The rural roosters of the Kentucky press, having criticised Mr. Watterson’a conduct of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Mr. Watterson very happily and conclusively responds aa follows: Such persons will do well to bear in mind that we belong to nobody and no body belongs to ns, and to believe that at leaattwo thirds of what they hear .said as to our motives are without foundation in fact We have no concealments from our lord and master, the public. All thst we blow appean in these columns, our busi ness being that of a public informer. All that we want we shall ask for in specific terms and plain English. There is noth ing in reserve; no tricks nor juggles, traps or plots, plans or schemes, secrets or what not. A newspaper cannot afford to be se- cretive. It must be transparent, for K is nothing if not a disseminator of light.” The Bamesville Oazette makes bold to rise and remark that in a tariff discussion with the Savannah Hominy Sews some weeks since, we applied the term “fool'' to the late Col. William T. Thompson. We cannot permit so strong and unfounded an assertion to pass without notice. At the time of the discussion referred to CoL Thompson was confined to his house by illness, and we have been assured by an intimate friend of his who visited him fre quently, that bis judgment did not indorse the position assumed in the iscnssdon by the writer who represented the Nines. The whole tone of the article of the Barnesville Gazelle, from which we take that portion npon which we have com mented, is calculated to raise the suspicion that editor McMichael has permitted some one to usurp his place, whose discontented spirit has not been soothed by the outpour ing of awakening grace which has recently been showered upon Barnesville. In mak ing positive assertions it is just as well to be cautious about facts. To the bora and trained journalists who aro dissatisfied with the conduct of this journal, the management would reply that, in going into the enterprise, it may have committed an egregious error in not seek ing their advice and endorsement. Regrets on this point are now useless, and any attempt at reform would be without result, ns no two of the bora and trained journal ists seem to concur m conclusions. To the management, the balance on the books ia the only criterion from which it seeks information aa to the acceptability of this journal to its readers and patrons. So long a* that balance remains on the right side, the management will be under the painfal bnt inexorable necessity of run ning the Tzr.roKirn and Messenger upon the line marked out for it, and which will be rigidly adhered to. If the bom and trained journalists can get together in convention and submit a plan which promises to be more feasible and profitable, the management will be pleased to give it earnoet and respectful attention. In tbe meantime the Tele OBiFn ixo Messenger will be conducted as a newspaper, without change as to its sub scription and advertising prices. It may bo that this course will strike tbe bom and trained journalists as obstinate and un reasonable, bat cash rcctipu outweigh mire words of advice. The colored people of Washington City celebrated the anniversary of the emanci pation proclamation with great pomp and parade on Monday last. There was an immense procession of societies with va- ried and wonderful titles, and a grenl deal or oratory. Arthur, the cabinet, and Con gress, were not conspicuous, a Mr. Draer, a Republican member of Congress from Maryland, being the most prominent white man on the occasion. Of course the thing wound up with a balL A colored jubilee always closes with a bail. This, according to the local reports, was a toney affair, and was given at the Galilean Fish erman’s Hall. The Republican says: “The company was distinguished and select, and fan waged fast and furious until about eleven o'clock, when at that hour Henry Jackson wanted to participate in the gay revels and 'on with tbe dance.’ But the floor mana ger wanted Henry to wait for another Bet, whicli so enraged him that he pulled out Lis little pop and began to blaze away. The shooting was pretty wild, but Annie Bingold, a rather pronounced brunette, was hit in the fleshy part of the leg just above the knee joint. The wonnd is not serious, the bell being very small. Officers Miller and Middltton and Detective Coomes arrested Jackson and George Nokea, the latter for .carrying concealed weapons, and looked them up at police j headquarters. Dr. Smith Townsbeud at- j tended to Annie Ringold’a wound. Jackson . is just oat of the penitentiary, having beta j sent there for an assault on Sergeant ^ Brook Amis* some four years ago.” TMHsaaa OMMty lamtiaa. People who are accustomed to note closely the development of events through out thb State have bad reason of late to become enthused over the rapid bounds with which our civilisation bss sdvsnced to its present enviable position. Aside from tbe LeCont* pear, which Thomas county la so Jubilant over, and, whleb Mr. Varaadoe tells Grady originated from a bee spreading pollen, very much as an Atlanta darky spreads small-pox, we have more recently been called upon to hurrah over A patent car couple, which a Griffin man claims will render future Invention In that line impossible, but which impossibility, by the wsy, a Macon manhaajnst overcome. In tbe midst of this excitement we are further celled upon to ■bske hands with Albany over a plentiful supply of artesian water, to be obtained in any quantity witbont tbe effort of pumping. Those who have, lived in the section blessed, say that the easiness with which this water is obtained, adds, In the estimation or tbe people, fifty per cent, to its valae in winter, and 100 per cent. In summer time. We have hut brlellly to surggY this ar ray ot events to see that th^Ueccings hare been varied and well muanced. Following the invention to ISVC life come tbe laxary of fruit perfected, end the glo ry of port limped water, Standing out somewhat isolated from these Is the new* ly secured seed oil, and viewing its Isola tion we are tempted to wonder why,in the economy of n&ltue and the livtahness of fbttUhfe) time this element just at this particular time, and why also, fortune having favored us with inventions, luxu ry and cooling drafts, the more material side of our appetite was slighted. It would not do to wave the wand, and roll before our eyes the States green fields of grain, hill upon hill, and valleys between. Man should not live by bread alone. In the silence of our watchfulness we awaited the finale all unsatisfied. It has come and the array of blessings is complete. Few notic’d it, because few have watched the course of eveAs and mapped out tbe departments to be improved; bat in the columns of oar Montezuma con temporary, on Wednesday, It was an nounced that Mr. John H. Robinson had succeeded in developing a four-legged chicken. The announcement was brier, but as will be seen later, we are justified in giving prominence to tbe gentleman who wrought out the success. Wo are even sorry that we are unable to give his mid dle name, and the coarse of his experi ments. These, however, will doubtless appear tn due time, and until then it Is sufficient to try and contemplate the fhll force and probable effect bis skill. If there Is anything tbe nineteenth cen tury has lacked, it was a four-legged chick en. The Imagination faints in the effort to grasp the subject in all its ramifications. Here, at one blow, is solved the vexed question of seml-annna! sesssions of the Methodist conference, hitherto rendered impractical by the scarcity of chickens. Without an increase of poultry, provi dence, bss paradoxical as It may seem, doubled tbe sapplj. Here is solved tbe difficulty in large families of supplying all tbe children simultaneously with “drum sticks," leaving the tender breasts and mellow backs to the self-sacrificing paters and maters. Here is solved tbe great drawback to successful poultry raising, the expensiveness of feeding the fowls; for as a ogical result, a chicken with four legs is at lib erty to travel twice as far as a chicken with two, and do twice as much scratch ing. Above all floats the possibility of double-barrelled eggs for breakfast and twin yolks for supper. Nor yet does fancy balk. If four-legged chickens can be developed, wby not six, eight, ten leg ged chickens? Wby not chickens with a perfect trestlework of legs? And why not tnrkeys, ducks and geese? Truly, the luture is bright with promise, and the days of the western hog wem drawing to a roseate close. In building monu menu to our country’s benefactors, let us not forget to raise a shaft to tbe Macon county man. A Bilious CoaleaaporaiT, We feel thoroughly convinced that the editor of the Albany Xetce and Advertiser bas refused to give the medicinal waters of tbe new well a chance to correct the biliousness of his relaxing constitution. We have been led to this conclusion much against oar will, by several outbreak which have of late made themselves con spicuous in our neighbor’s columns, the most violent of which occurred in his Wednesday’s issue. Upon this particular occasion the News assaulted us in the rear after the smoke of a recent battle had Just rolled away, and we were leisurely engaged in repairing the few breaches which had been effected. As near as we can judge from hts vi le ■ t gestures, our contemporary is pro voked because, when he commented upon the Emory Speer correspond ence, we did not crowd into our already groaning columns bis construction of journalistic ethics. It seems the article we clipped was divided Into two parts, one addressed evidently to us,and the other apparently to the Independent division of of the press. Acting under the Impression that such was the case, we simply added to other press comments Iho opinion of the Xetes, leaving out his expressed un derstanding of journalistic ethics, which the Pout-Appeal has produced alone, un- rebnked by ils author. In pursu ing this course, the News charges that we have put him in a false light before the public, i. e., as having endorsed the utterances of the Telegraph. There is a trace of humor about tho charge, but we meet it in all seriousness and with all the formality possible. The portion clip ped read as fillows; " Editor Lamar, of the Macon Telegraph, answers Emory Speer's letter In hts paper of yesterday, and handles the young Independent without gloves. Tbe artlclo Is manly, and is a complete answer to Mr. Speer." The poit'on omitted as irrelevant—was tho opinion that our effort was unworthy as a leading editorial and should have been signed by the author. Under the circumstances we cannot believe that the public has viewed onr contemporary's course in a false light. Tho public gen erally have as much hard common sense as editors, and are apt to know that nn opinion upon a subject cannot qualify an opinion npon a totally different subject, or to apply it more closely, the opinion of tbe News as to tho mode adopted in putting onr answer to Hr. Speer before the public, cannot qual ify a previously expressed opinion as to the completeness of the answer. But our contemporary does Dot psuse here. As though to prove that he In advertently used words endorsing the j editorial under discussion—and we are willing t j allow him to withdraw them— 1 he makes a distinct assault npon our edi torial course. He even assarts that tbe Txlmbapk bas been doing tome “bull dozing.” This Is a new issue, and we most have an exact definition of this term from the News before we can allow ourself to discuss iu It wss but re cently that he assaulted a Dougherty oonnty jury and was forced to expend a column of his space in apologising—for which, he being In tbe wrong, we com mend him—and it may be that this comes under his idea of “bulldozing.” If so, and be means by tbe term that we have en gaged upon s course which will yet call for a withdrawal, we tain pleasure in certifying that we ate not bulldozing. As to onr coarse being “unwise” and “Im politic,” we hardly foel called upon to combat the opinions of our neighbor. It is enough that we have to combat bis lan guage. Am owe His Friaada, *i%e Washington Republican ot tbe lfllh Inst., the organ of the administration and the most intense Republican journal of tbe United States, attempts to give Mr. Emory Speer and his position some na tional significance by reproducing hlr let ter to the Atlanta Constitution In full, with editorial comment. It bss been the policy of Mr. Speer’s, adherents In bis district and elsewhere In Geor|lS| tp claim that he wasa.Democrat a reformer, who WM out on a high and unselfish mission to Correct open and glaring abases, while in fact be • a small, selfish, ambitious and unprin cipled demagogue, who seeks notoriety and power, no matter at what cost to the decent and honorable portion of the com munity. Under the disguise alluded to above, he has cooled some respectable people Into hts support, and this element, backed by the Radical vote and re-In- forcedbythe negroes and tbe ignorant and worthless elements ot bis district, bas twice united in bis election. But Mr. Speer’s public career as Con gressman from Georgia is drawing to a close. The Democrats of tbe ninth dis trict are awakening to a proper sense of tfaelr duty, and to a knowledge of wbat Georgia expects of tbem. Tho able and fearless press of that district promises to strip Mr. Speer of his disguises, and to scourge him from the position which should and will be filled by a better man. It is almost needless to aay, that in this good work, this journal will join with zeal and Industry, whenever occasion may offer. We have referred to this matter Just now to show where Mr. Speer has gone for fitment for his lacerated back and kind and soothing words for Ills mortified vanity. He is preparing lor the future. A paragraph published by tbe Augusta Chronicle and- Constitutional^ a few days since Indicated that when the people of the ninth district had gotten through with him, the Republican party would see to it that he was provided for in con sideration of past services. Th>s is tbe account that the Republican organ, Mr. Speer's frail champion and defender, gives to the public ofihe difficulty. Some weeks ago tiro young men In the town of Athens. Ga., got Into a dispute as (o which onght to hare given the sidewalk to the other. The dispute culminated in a quarrel and la a hitter feud between two othCT young men friends respectively of the first two, nnd this feud finally ended in thoVHling of one by the other. The slayer was promptly arrested, lodged in Jail, and now awaits his trial for murder. The slayer was a negro, the slain a Whiteman, a student of tho university, well and respec tably connected. It occurred, too, at a time when political excitement was Tunning high, though politics had nothing whatever to do with it. Nevertheless there are seldom want ing partisan ghouls to seize npon and endeavor to use such unfortunate occurrences for mere partisan purposes, and in the ease of the Bour bon press of Georgia have made btdeccnt haste to put the corpse of poor Mr. Rountree on exhi billon as a political martyr and to charge the crime of bis murder to the Independent move ment. Our people are familiar with the cir cumstances surrounding tho erirae, and are f ally aware that the statement of the Republican that it occurred when polit- cal excitement was running high, fs with out foundation. It occurred in an intenor town, noted for its refined and quiet hab its, before Mr. Speer appeared in the po litical arena, and at a time when the po litical compaign in Georgia had not sufll- deutiy opened up to become warm. But it was the legitimate fruit of seed industriously sowed sometime before, by the harangues of Mr. Speer to the negroes, and neither he, by dexterously dodging this Issue, and throwing dirt on others, or his friend, the Republican, by referring to ‘‘ghouls,” can blind sensible pcoplo to plain facts. It matters but little what the Republi can or its readers may think ot this affair, The indications are plenty, manifest and unmistakable, thst the best people ot Georgia, have located the cause in tho right place and have fixed the responsi bility where it properly belongs. The Republican and its party are quite welcome to Mr. Speer the Democracy of Georgia will have none ofJjlnii Guiteau and tbe Preachers. We have bad occasion to comment here tofore at the apparent cowardice of the le gal fraternity of the North In relation to Gniteau. With the exception of Mr. Reed, of Chicago, who came to the aid of Scovljle, no lawyer bas raised his voice or offered Ills services to this utterly helpless and friendless man in his great peril. Tho mob seeqjs to have made a profession which should be brave, cower In fear and* silence. But the preachers seem to havo parta ken of tbe panic. The law has done with Guiteau and demands his life. For weeks he has walked his ceil In sight of tbe gibbet, and no man of God, save one, bas gone to offer to him the consolation of religion. And this man, be ft said to his great and enduring credit, is a negro. The wsrdcnof the jail being questioned by a visitor on this point, replied: One only, and he a colored preacher. He came in one day in company with another col ored man, and asked me If hccould ace Gui- tcau, and said he was a preacher. Isold, “Certainly,” and took him to the cell and cold: “Here, Guiteau, is a colored minister corao to sco you.” Guiteau looked pleased, and the preacher was ushered into tho cell and said: “Mr. Guiteau, I have come to pray with you.” Ho then kneeled, and Guiteau, without saying a word, knelt by his side. Tho colored man, for ten minutes, offered up a most pathetic prayer for pardon and mercy for tho wretched assassin at hts side. At its conclusion Guiteau heartily sold “Amen,” and thanked the colored preacher. The poor forsaken wretch could kneel and pray with a negro preacher, and thank him for his kind attention. Where were the white preachers of Washington, the Capital City of a Christian nation ? Ha man made a code of morals, which can bar any man from the benefit of clergy ? Have ihe preachers of tbe land, like the polit'tians, come to fear the mob ? It must be, or these men one and all believe Guiteau to be so lnm* as to be Incapable of realizing the effect! of their ministrations ? Guiteau was a disciple of Beecher, and in bis tabernacle set under the drippings of the sanctuary. He Is ln’dlstreas, nigh unto death. Mr. Beecher has for yean braved public opinion. Is he, too, afraid to minister to a soul drifting on the verge ef eternity, or does he believe that his man has been to afflicted by his Maker that he has not reason to comprehend tbe plan of salvation offered to all sinners ? Is another column we give place to the card of Messrs. Mynatt and Howell, In relation to their connection as attor neys with tbe Railroad Commission. We fall to see how, when or where we have done these gentlemen any injustice, for we agree as to the main facts save ene, viz: that the Attorney-General has ruled* them. It Is more than likely thst onr In formant means to convey to us, that tbe Attorney-General would take this action at a convenient season. Nor can We permit, without objection, any person Whose name it may be neces sary to mention not In a laudatory or complimentary way to assame that be has been “violently assaulted.” As to the question of the power of tbe commission to employ counsel we do not propose to enter into discussion. If It has that power the people did not iDtendto* give it, and the sooner onr legislators with draw it tbe belter. Mr. Howell, in a note, asks us for the name of our Informant. The nofeefe with Which this Is done Is pledge of his entire sincerity and ignorance of the ethics of journalism. The law unto newspapers Is rigid to the effect that the Fame of an In formant or correspondent cannot be dis closed, save upon a demand In writing, stating that the party making the demand is aggrieved, and desires tbe information for the purpose of seeking personal or legal satisfaction, one or the other. The rule Is a safe and a wise one, and without this protection newspapers would be deprived, and the public through them, oi important Infor mation. Whenever Mr. Howell or Mr. Mynatt may make a demand under tbe rule, the name of our informant will be at their disposal. Act ns Look To Oar Own. Judge Jeremiah Black, Mbssrs Robin, son and Cox, of New York, and Senator Jones, of Fla., and others of less note, are raising a hue and cry over the im prisonment of Parnell and some American suspects in Irish jails, and at tbe wrongs generally that England is perpetrating upon the Irish people under the color of law. ' This is right and proper. Tyranny anywhere should be rebuked by all free men In every portion of the world. Gov ernments like individuals can lie arraign ed at the bar of public opinion, and com pelled to do even handed justice. When these eloquent, able and patriotic gentle men have twisted the tall of the British lion sufficiently to makehl m quit his hold of the poor Irishmen, we would invite their special attention to the-cases of their own countrymen, who are being subjected to* persecution as heartless and cruel, as any Fngllsh courts are now perpetrating in Ireland. If a sound public opinion is not aroused and enforced acainct tbe meihods-of the present Federal administration, then the boosted fairness and freedom of our courts will become a by word ar/fi a re proach. It-were difficult for an cdxcated lawyer to understand how a judge could more tliorougtfy-demean the posilioa an<l defy all rules of established law and prece dent .than Judge Bond has done in the South Carolina election trials. Theguck- ing of juries to con riel and the reception and recording of a verdict over tho pro tests of two jurymen, would serve to carry us back to tho days of the bloody assizes under Jeffries aud Northrop. But Judge Bruce is a worthy coadjutor of Judge Bond. In tbe election cases now on trial at Huntsville, Air., be has ordered tbe following quistions to be put to persons under oath: 4. Do you bold any opinion upon the subject of the Federal election laws, so called, upon the subject of prosecution thereunder, which would induce you to refuse to convict a person Indicted undersold laws, if tbe facta set forth in the Indictment are proven acaiust him, or It tho court directs that upon the facts proven It la your duty to convict 5. Do you hold any opinion npon the consti tutional power of Congress to punish Kioto elec tion officers for acts of omission or commis sion, at elections for members of Congress, which woald Induce you to refuse to convict such officers when Indicted under the laws of tho United States for such acts of omis sion and commission, if the acts set forth in the Indictment ore proven against them, or if tho court directs you that upon tho facts proven it is your duty to convict? 6. Aro you sensibla of any bios or prejudice of any character which will prevent you from rendering a verdict of guilty against tho de fendants, If tho court should chargo you that Upoq the fact* proven it Is your duty to con vict? & Will you, in tho trial of this cause, render your verdict on tho law a* given you in churgo by tho court, aud convict, if tho evidence shows you that defendants aro guilty of tho acts charged in tho indictment beyond a rcaq, tumble doubt? When it is remembered that the oath of a juryman is to return a verdict according to tho evidence, aud that in these courts of Judges Bruce and Bond the accused has no right of appeal from their rulings, it is plain to the humblest understanding how the machinery has been fixed to se cure conviction for partisan purposes. We do not desire to Interfere with the twisting of the British llon’stail, but when this is satisfactorily completed we would bo pleased to see Judge Black take a twist on the immaculate necktie of Mr. Attor ney-General Brewster. The Confederate flag. In another column of our issue of this morning, may be found an Interesting history of the flag of the late Son them Confederacy, kindly furnished by Mr. J. C. Butler. Tho reference therein to tbe unimportant part borne to ono of the flags by the editor of this journal, offers opportunity to make the incident entirely accurate. At the close of tho session of the Con federate Congress, in tbe spring or 1803, we were Instructed to have a flag made after the design then just adopted, to be hoisted on the House end of tbe capitol at Richmond, and to pay for tbe same out of the contingent fund. In obedience to tho resolution we applied to Major McLellan, the proper officer In charge at Richmond, to have a flog made. He informed ns that wo would have to get authority by requisition, In orderto warrant him in hav'ng the flag! made. The Confederate departments had } already learned the use of red tape, and ' seeing our disappointment, Major Me- 1 Lellau offend to lend us a flag, the first made and Just then completed, and known in military parlance aa a garrison flag. We were to return it when tbe flag or dered by tbe Coogreas was completed, and in event of Its Iocs agreed to make it good to him. We had made arrangements with Major George Dess, - of the adjutaut-gaa- eral’i department, to have the flog saluted Open hoisting With a salvo of artillery, and enthusiastic friends 1 had agreed to honor tbe occasion by the. rare and addi tional salute of bunting champagne corks. Before tbe arrangements were completed tbe battle of Chaneellonfille was joined, tbe artillery was needed for more serious work and our thoughts took any direction save a hilarious one. The flag was raised In silence and flew to the breeze but a short time when the tidings of the death of Stonewall Jackson caused it to be low ered to half-mast. It there hung until the day of his fu neral, when Col. Mnmford, secretary of the commonwealth, and one of the com mittee of arrangements for the funeral ceremonies, ssked us for tbe flag to fold around the coffin of the dead soldier. We explained to him our possession, and he promised to return it on the following day. It shrouded the coffiu of Stonewall Jackson. Upon demand for its return Col. Mumford expressed deep regrets, and informed us that Mrs- Jackson had asked for tho flag and Mr. Davis bad given it to her. We presume It is still in her pos session. Events crowded and thickehed the one upon the other to rapidly, and the action of Mi\ Davis so confused the matter of requisitions, vouchers and the* .details necessary to make matters plain to the military mind, that tbe flag gnd tbe Con federacy went down together, leaving the accounts between the Congress and M^jor McLellan, still unsettled. Portions of the bunting from which this flag was made were sent to Baltimore, Maryland. These are the main incidents connected with the particular flag, which we are en abled to recall from tbe memories of those stirring times. A Deni* . After a wait of some time, the Atlanta Constitutional Saturday moralDgboth admits and denies for Governor Colquitt. It admits that be offered Mr. Stephens the governorship, but denies that he has of fered it to Judge Simmons. Both the ad mittance and denial are explicit and should be accepted as satisfactory. The admission of tbe tender to Mr. Stepheus is qualiUe. by the statement that Governor Colquitt did this as a private citizen. Wecauoot exactly see how Gov. Colquitt, who Is by reason ot his position ex officio leader of the Democratic party, cau be a private citizen duihtg his gubernatorial term. A private citizen may do many things which it b not quite proper for a Governor to do. For instance, Col. Marceiius E. Thorn ton, in orderto avoid a show of strength of his party, or for any other reason, may insist upon running Mr. Stephens far Governor. For Governor Colquitt to do this thing at the preseut Juncture of political affairs in Geocgia, would be highly improper. The denial entered, by the Constitution is what we have been trjjng to get in order to silence rumors and suspicions that were calcu lated to produce inharmonious resalts, aud, having gotten It, we aro not disposed to be critical about it. The denial is nothing like so fall as the one we were permitted to put in be half of Senator Brown, but still It wilt-do. Our contemporary errs wo think in ascrib ing to us an Hzsparity” of sentiment or language on this subject. Wo have <eit none. Our sob object has been to aid in clearing the political atmosphere so when the Democracy of the State shall assem ble in convention, it may not be torn and distracted by tbe wrangling* of factions, cliques, or combinations. We desire har mony and unity, and are prepared to make sacrifices with the next ono to at tain these results. We are not “engineering” auy move ments, but cau see no reason wby alter ibis denial Gov. Colquitt’s name should be used in connection with that of Messrs. Crawford and Blouut. Judge Crawford tong s ues announced that he should go into no canvass for tbs governorship. Mr- Blount’s friends iu this section say Lis ambition is to retain his present position, and we havo not seen his name used in any ether way, save in an occasional sally, sortie or re- connoisarxe iu the columus of the Consti tution. The Constitution calls for the authorities upon which we havo ba-ed edit, ial observations upon the topics un der discussion- T|w managers aud ed itors of that journal need not be told that a public journal, iu tbe absenco of a de mand under the rule, is bound to protect its sources of information. We can only repeat now what was said at tho time, that our information came from such reputable and respectable sources as warranted Its usd. As to that written contract. It is not within our reach, but if the Constitution Is athirst for farther knowledge on that point, if it will start ifo’Hjei^i ambMil- .'<or out on a search for It, when he returns from Ids Congressional cauvass among the strawbeny beds and turpentine stills, wo think lie may gain some information, without using a special train or even a phaeton in the endeavor. J. J. Moxbob, n railroad tolegraph opera tor, died under singularly sad circum stances at Clyde, Texas, a few days einoe. A few moments before bo died ho felt that ho was sinking, and telegraphed tho train dispatcher as follows: “I am going up tho hill. Send a doctor with tho switch on- gino.” Tho dispatcher inquired, “What’s the matter?” Tho answer came back, “I am dying. Send a doctor.” The switch engine was sent at once with the doctor, but Monroo was deed before* it arrived, with his hand resting on tho telegraph in strument. He died tho noblest of deaths— at his post and in tbe discharge of bis duty. The colored bishops aro bidding just now for much of public attention. Bishops Payne and Cain have had rackets with rail roads in Texas and Florida. It would ap pear that these bishops are only militant in United States Courts for moneyed dam ages, but they havo a brother and coadju tor who goes for railroads in rather different and more summary style. At c colored meeting in Philadelphia a few nights since, Bishop Canreron was one of the speakers, and he put forth the sage advice that no oolored man should have so much religion that be could not defend himself. Ho, himself, was a fight ing man, and on one occasion had a des perate struggle with a conductor on a Flor ida railroad. The conductor ordered him to leave the ladies’ car; he refused, and they hit, and pelted, and batted each other while the train ran twenty miles. It Bishop Cameron’s account ia correct- ly given it wonld seem that the condnctor batted all the religion ont of him, bnt left him loaded with lies. a Lust Gantt still holds his own in Ath ena. He has not retired from the Banner- Watekman, bnt will oontinue, with hia associates, to nphold tho honor ot the ninth district, Iho coarse of the Banner has certainly been open and fearless, and indication* are that as long as a single oopy of th* paper is issued, those who handle it will find it loaded. Th* Banner reports a stirring scene en acted a day or two since in the neighbor hood of Athens. One hundred and fifty armed men came to the city's suburbs and tendered their services to the Athenians to lynch tbe negro murderers, and rid tbe plsos of the rioton* characters. These men reported that six hundred recruits were behind, them, some of whom had oome fifty miles, and that at ahort notice, If desired, they wonld piaoe a thousand men at the disposal of the city. A com- prjtt*® met the “delegation” outside and told them of the situation within, and suc ceeded in getting them to withdraw. The lynobyrs were undisguised and came to avenge the murdered Rountree. The Athena Guards havo reorganized with seventy odd members, and are armed with needle guns. The Democrats of Marion oonnty will meet at Buena Vista on the 27th insL, to organize an executive committee. The American brig Mary Celeste, from Havana for Delaware Breakwater, with a cargo of molasses, put into Tybee yester day in distress, leaking nnd with her rud der damaged. Her captain arrived in the city yesterday evening for the purposo of securing workmen to havo the necessary repairs made, when she will proceed to her destination after a survey is held and the vossel is pronounced seaworthy. * Savannah Netc*.* The coroner yesler. . y « h . eI ,? aa toffoestupon the body of Rob- .ert Wylly. a oolored child, at the home of his parents on Hall, comer of West Broad street. The child got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid, which had basn carelessly left in the honse, and took a copious draught. His cries brought some of the inmate’ of the honBo to bis assistance, bnt their efforts to relieve him were unavailing, and he died shortly after in great agony. The jury rendered a vordiot of death from swallowing a poisonous compound. l*c Onght to Hnve ■ Brau Hednl. Indianapolis Journal. It would mute a refrigeratorpttspiro to think of the amount of check it must have required to play the “bunko' gome on Charles Francis Adams. Tbe SI*s Whom Chandler Succeed*. Denver Tribune, Sep. Sir. Hunt made an excellent Secretary of tho Navy. During hts term ot office not a naval battle was lost and the old flag was Insulted in but seven foreign porta. Costumes for n KnrderTrlal. KeteBritain Herald. The Mallcy hoys are to be dressed In clothes of an olive gTcen color at their approaching trial. They say when they are released they will never go among people in the same clothes worn while being tried for the murder of Jennie Cramer. The Organ Hakes a Confession Kithmond TVhta. Tho Virginia Republicans who joined Ma hone last year have assumed so threatening an attitude that a breaking up of the coalition Is to be feared unless something shall be done for them.and the something that Is demanded is the appointment of a Southern Republican to a cabinet position. How Xaraaj Bill Loat Hts Boole Salt Late Tribune. President Arthur was burned tn effigy Satur day morning on the public plaza atNorthSan Juan. "Mormon 11111,” who made up the model, put on it a pair of -H boot*, and while eating breakfast at the Plaza Hotel the gamins fired It, much to the disgust of Bill, owing to the loss of hts boots. the independent movement In Georgia but 111 dependence of Democratic organ ixation and coalitiou with tho Republican party afmply to gratify the personal ambition of a few men and bolster in this part of the Union a weak and accidental Federal administration ? For this party to succeed at this time in Georgia every one knows must be by negro suffrage. Our past experience with tho negro as a voter is that the moment be becomes impressed with the fact that he is an essential factor in the so lution of any political problem, just so soon does he become unduly self-important, and It Is a self importance which he neither has tho discretion or prudence to direct to the wisest ends. Nor do we mean by the statement to say that the white man ia not bis friend. This he has been and will continue to be, but we do mean to say that the preseut so-called inde pendent movement In Georgia must take the Athens trouble os a natural. If not a logical l Bssaters Exrtltd Stoat Silver. Washington Letter to Baltimore Bun. A few days ago a bill passed the Senate pro viding for the repeal of all laws which covered a permanent or an indefinite appropriation. This bill wag prepared by the Treasury De partment when John Sherman waa secretary, and the original copy was sent to the Senate on the paper of the department. In the forty- sixth Congress Senator Davis, of West Virginia, who was chairmen of the commistee on ap propriations, submitted an elaborate report, which has every indication of iMkvtne been prepared in the Treasury Department, and which gives a list of the bills wherein perma nent and Indefinite appropriations are made. The first item on this list relates to the coinage of the silver dollar, and. If tho bill passes the House the coinage of thlb metal will cease for laekof funds. When It was discovered to-day that such would be Its effect, certain Senators from the Western States hur ried over to the House to consult with the friends of silver in that body. The history of this legislation was carefully hunted up. It was found to have emanated from the treasury and is believed to have been inspired directly by Mr. Sherman. The title of the bill 1* so de ceptive that tho friends of silver in tbe Senate overlooked its effect, and had it pessea the House without Investigation tho Western mem bers claim that they would have had a greater fraud perpetrated npon them than when the act demonetizing sliver was passed. In 1873. Messrs. Springer, Buckner and Bclford have their eyes upon this bill and propose, if possi ble, to nsevent Its passage, unless the act relat ing to the coinage of the silver dollar, pessea tn 1878. nnd which provides for a permanent and indefinite appropriation, is excepted from its provisions. They say that If silver coinage is to cease, it shall oe effected in an open and manly way, and not through the agency of a fraud, for the practice of which “ ■ ‘ fids dant room th t i bill. i there is sbun- Governor Colquitt susst Also Baeeee sion. Atlanta Constitution. Tho Macon Telegraph has been with more asperity than the occasion seems to warrant, denouncing an imaginary ring of which Gov ernor Colquitt Is the suppositious centre. It has had that worthy gentleman in the attitude of “tendering tho governorship” to several persons more or less prominent, and gives no tice that there are several other deveiopmenta that will be made later. If they amount to no more than those already furnished they are hardly worth uncoverinjr. To the charge of having “tendered” tho office to Mr. Stephens, Governor Colquitt replied that he simply expressed to that gentleman the gratification with which be would see him elected governor. Just as thousands of other Georgiaas had done. To the charge of having “bartered tho succession” to Judge Simmons, the Governor replies that ho has never spoken to or written to Judge Simmons about it, nor to Governor Brown or General Gordon on the subject. This is a plain, square answer. The gentlemen who aro engineering theso developments will now produce another man to whom they will charge that the Gov ernor has sold the rights of the people. It may be Blount, It may be Crawford, It will be some one. Since the Governor has specifically de nied that he ever tendered the office to any one, or that ho ever bartered with any one for - - - ' ft a — Mop It. Philadelphia Times. The Jeannette expedition at the expense of Mr. Bennett will cost the government in any event from -225,000 to - 300.000, even if the last relief ship gets back to San Franclso unharmed, nnd while no one begrudges the money given tv save the brave fellows who undertook the original voyage, it should be understood hence forward that people who wish to fool around in the Arctic ocean most do so not only at their own expense, but at their own risk. Spent Thunder. N. K Herald. Gall Hamilton, in an article entitled “The 8pcnt Bullet." rumbles an<l flashes a great deal over the Garfield tragedy. It is difficult to see with what aim or to wbat purpose. It is only easy to see that she is dreadfully unhappy about it. She accuse* science as worse than worthless; she contemplates religion as an alto gether unsatisfactory tiling. Neither one nor the other meets her views. The only thing that was perfect woa Garfield, and be Is gone; and therefore Blaine is out In the cold. There are apparently some facts In the Garfield case as to which she is not well Informed. She lias a great deal to say about aeleucc poking holes into Garfield's body. Now It woa not science that subbed Garfield with ruthless drainage tubes. It was a person named Bliss. There It a great difference between the two, though Miss Hamilton maj not know iu Much learning Hade Hltn Had. Darius S. Fisher, twenty six years of age, waa taken to the County tnaanc Asylum to day. lie waa a theological student, and in hit attempt completely to memorize the Bible hh mind gave way. Six yean ago hebegno the study of the Old Testament, and. having a wonderful memory, he made rapid headway. Hi* ability to quote chapter after chapter and took after book was astonishing. In all the Six years he applied himself assiduously near ly fifteen horns a day. He fitted up a chapel fa the attic of his father's house, and there pur sued hts studies alone. The most remat kable stories are told of bln accomplishments, and fl- natty, when he imagined he wax about master- tngebe great task, his mind was wrecked, nnd he become m violent thst it was necessary to remove him to a place of safety tVithin the past fear days he preached tn imaginary con gregations aud led in singing and praying. The Blch Man's Boues. "Gath." The stealing of a human t>ody la not solitary, though not common, but tbe stealing of a rich man's body never was commenced till Stew art's was taken from the grave, and while a reward was perhaps the motire. It has been said that a kind rich man never would have had his bones so profaned. This rich man had no friend*. His bone* were held as irrelevant to any heavenly or earthly sympathies. They never have beeu rest wed. and tho best under standing 1 havo is that Judge Hilton adrlaod the widow that if she should pay robbers for those bones no man's grave would be safe. In thst case the advice was sound. So tho monu ment went up with the ernes of Christ on tho summit, hut the bones which ought to have been in the crypt below were held as wholly mercantile. No odor of tho Mint invested them, no Christian sect hat dcrired to have them to cure any diseases with them. The very detective seemed paralyzed lu bunting for such unpopular bones. It is Such a Hnmbns. Commercial Bulletin. lllfoUlfll me IjoUStiVlm ?d ijwer. apparent uua- mraity.Js evidently irtlt tided .simply as a tub to the Pacific bdast hoodlum whale. It is a Very different bill from the one which the Presi dent vetoed, and even if it becomes a law It trill have as little effect in keeping the ubiquit ous Chinaman out of the United States, it he choose to come In by “the overland route,” via British Columbia, Mexico, Central America, etc . as It will In keeping the tides from rising and falling. The registration clause, which was requisite iu order to somehow prove that the Chinaman was a Chinaman, is omitted: so Is the so-called penalty clause; while the time of cxetuslon Is cut down to ten yean. Possi bly the Senate may have the moral courage to throw the bill out; but, even if it concur, the President will have another opportunity to ad minister these Congressmen another homily upon foolish and mischievous legislation; which, we beg leave to add, they richly deserve. Uncle Davys Drop Washington letter to Baltimore Sun. President Pro Tem. Davis, of the Senate, had this afternoon his third breakdown sinco he became a member of that body. The trouble with the Illinois Senator is that he forgets an ordinary chair cannot sustain the four hun dred-pound mass of flesh which belongs to him- neourhtto follow the example of the late Senator Dixon II. Lewis, and onlv use chain specially constructed to stand the strain. Judge Davis, who had put another 8cnator in tile big, strongly-braced rjrair which he occu pies as presiding officer ortheSenate. hnd been strolling arouml the chamber to stretch hts legs, and passing the chair belonging toScna- atorBrowu. of Georgia, and is abundantly able to hold his weight of one hundred and twenty- five pounds, be took a notion to rest himself. Ho sank into the chair, and tho chair sank to tho floor In broken pieces, which were slrctved all over the Judge as he lay sprawling. As lie scrambled to his feet with a sense of Injured dignity fresh upon hlm.hcsaw that Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, who occupied the next seat, was smiling broadly, and his car caught the whisperof some one on the other side styling him tho “Jumbo” of tho Senate. He was so In dignant that ho stalked around tho Senate chamber several times, and then, becoming a little more composed, he selected another chair after a critical inspection and deposited himself In tL Senator Butler went over to him for mollifying purposes, but the Judge waved him off and declined to listen to him. On tlie last occasion that he bunted through a chair. Mr. Conkllng. who was then in the Sen ate. chuckled audibly, and he would not take any notice of him for a week after. ft. hadn't the Telegraph better submit a bit of the proot that it so darkly intimatca is held In reserve? For example, let it print the “written contract" that it says on "authentic informa tion," istn the “bands of a prominent politi cian.” If it can’t get the “contracts." let it give the name of the "prominent poUtician so that he cau be called upon to say whether or -not he has any such “contract” After to many charges and Insinuations—which have been met by prompt denial—let us havo at least some proof. It will serve as ballast to tho ru mors, if nothing better. Right here Governor Colquitt's position may be just as well defined. Ho has tho same right to express his preference for a can didate that the humblest citizen has, and no more. He could not "tender the succession” to any man, and if he did he could not make his tender good. The next Governor of Georgia will be nominated by a representative conven tion. The delegates to this convention will be elected by the people, and will voto as their constituents order them. No ono man can dic tate to these delegates anymore than he can dictate to the people who* aro behind them. 8tIU.it will be interesting to see the Telegraph back, villi some sort of proof, the brood of ru mors ho bas sobusiiy loosed. So let us have It. PBRSOXAJb. —It is said that ex-Secretary Kirkwood wfll be a candidate for Congreo. —New York merchants estimated thst the business of A. T. Stewart & Co. amounted to abont 870,000,000 a year. —Kossuth has completed tho story of his life, and in it hazards the prediction that Hungary will before long cut herself dear away from Austria. —George M. Carpenter, of Rhode Is land, has been elected associate-justice of the Supreme Court, to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of Judge Potter. —Married, at Simsbury, Conn., Joseph R. Toy, aged 72, a widower since last Septem ber. to Mary Toy, his daughter-in-law, aged 30, a widow since March. —General Grant breaks silenco Ion? enough to characterize Whitelaw Reid, editor or the New York Tribune, as “a young man with long hair and Immense shirt-cuffs." —At a banquet at Versailles nn his seventy-seventh birthday, DeLcsscps said that the Panama canal would bo opened in 1888. and he cvpceted to live to witness the opening. —Mrs. Teller, the wife of the new sec retary, Is tall and slender, with black hair and the blackest of black eyes, and is the possessor of an nnnsnally gentle and attractive manner. —It is said that the Canadian custom authorities refused to allow General Tom Thumb’s carriages and hones Into Canada without the payment of • 800 duty. The Gen eral said he would take it afoot, and loft them behind. —Rear Admiral Spotts, who died on the flag ship Brooklyn, at Falkland Island, a few weeks ago. tent an odd dispatch to the Navy Department at Washington Just l*eforc his death. The dispatch, whih outlined tho course of the Brooklyn, was addressed to “non. George 8. Boutwcll, Secretary of tho Navy.” —Leo XIII. has sent the palm which he carried on Palm Sunday to Cardinal Mc Cabe, the archbishop of Dublin. This gift Is always considered a very special mark of the K tiffs favor. Tho palm is one of nnosnal nty. and has as Its central ornament a por trait of Leo. the Great. —Oscar Wilde fell ill upon his arrival In Leadvtlio. tho change from a low to a high altitude being too mnrh for him. Ur. Wilde says that ho doesn't like Denver, because the young men in tho streets called out as he was ridingbv: “Oscar! Oscar! deabt putoutyour head and let us see you.” —Mr. Arthur took his ” napoli* —' * _ wuiinren to Ail* HRKTITIK9. Comb to toy heart, my own little bird, Como while the sweet flowers are springing, Come while the voice ot the turtle U head, Come while the Uly bell's ringing. While roses and jasmine perfume the air. While robin his true love U telling Come to my heart snd rest you there,; In your old, familiar dwelling. Minnie C. Ballard. The New Orleans Times-Democrat reckons the loss by the flood at 850,000,000. Th* printers and cigar makers of Nor folk, Va., are on a strike, ono for higher wages and the other for lr« apprentices. The treaty under which the Sioux are furnished rations will expire on tho rxiih of June, and aa outbreak is anticipated. Nine jurors have been obtained in tbe Motley case, two panels exhausted and one hundred and one additional jurors summoned. Boston Transcript:—“ ‘Its no use to feel of one wrist, docther,* said Pat, when the physician begau taking bis pulse: ‘the pain It not there, suit; its in me hid entirely.' “ A mah who eloped with a Wisconsin wife left a note for the husband: "I have looked your woman: but yon ar welcum to my 'ast week's wage* wlchl didn't draw; and I hoap that squares things." The receiver of the North American Life Insurance Company testified before the New York Legislature committee that the ex penses of settling Its affairs had been ‘34,378, and that there are <282,703 on deposit to the - credit of polfcy-bolders. The cause of woman snffrage has as&In oorse to griefin the lower House of theMasra- chusetla Legislature by a vote of 67 to 107. Its - support continues to grow smaller and beauti fully less each year, so that ono of these yean it will be entirely dead. Thebe are some notable dogs at tbe New York bench show. One of tbem, a terrier pup, waa born on the day the late President waa shot, audit called “Jag,” from tho Presi dent's Initials. His father, “Sam," was bora. on Washington's birthday. A waterspout flooded Garner, Miss., Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Tho rain fell' in torrents for twenty minutes, and cattle were • carried by the washing waters down under neath tho railroad bridge. Several persons were prostrated by the power of the water andv washed Into gulleya No lives were lost. The London Lancet is so well satisfied of tho great danger of injection of morphine- under theskin.it warns the public against It: and says: “It Is a practice of extreme hazard,. and we are of opinion that surgical instrument, makers should refuse to sell tho requisite appa ratus to lay persons, and that medioal men, should forbid their use." A meeting of tbe colored citizens of Boston waa held to give cxsprcsslon to -their In dignation at tho recent ejection of Blahop- Payne from a railroad car In Florida, A reso lution was adopted calling on th© Massachu setts Representatives in Congress to make an effort to secure such legislation as- will protect colored citizens in their rights. That was certainly a remarkable storm in Missouri Tuesday. It tookn. child across* Gencraj^Kwenty-ocre field, lodging it uninjured in an apple tree, lifted two men over-a ten foot hedge, brought down hailstones big as goose- eggs, and wiped up the-carth with several small towns. A number of persons were killed and alargeamountofpropertydestroyed. Browns ville, Montrore. Appleton City and Holden are the villages that suffered most. Over nine thousand immigrants arrived• at New York Tuesday, and the commissioner- of Immigrants estimates that tho arrivals dar ing April will aggregntc over 100,000. Among - the arrivals Tuesday were a number of German • ciganuakers who have found employment hero at from M3 u><M per week, as against about ‘5 - at home. A numerous party of umbrella mak ers. From Bbssig. France, come a number of locomotive builders. The Italian element Is coming to be more and more conspicuous. It is estimated by tbe London Times that from the 2,033 shipwrecks reported during the year 18S1 there was a total loss of not less- than -1,400,000,000. The loss of the British Em- ^ ro alone was not lew than 1800X00.000, This said to be a record of marine disasters never S equaled. Compared with the record of 1 the lnss£- S00.000.000 greater. The loss tn human life Hone U put down at 4,100. For tho- timid these figures do not make travel or com.- y attractive. The Vicksburg Herald of tbe lSifi, speaking-of the overflow along the Mississippi and tributaries, sav*: “The water is steadily foiling, and'there Is sufficient ground out of water for tBe-laborers to pet employment on nearly every plantation. From Greenville to this point all energetic managers are at work. Deer Creek, planUng-operatton* are progressing favorably. The gnats have disappeared. anS stock well cared for Is getting over the effect of being so long housed up.” In a paper read before tbe Tari* So- clete do Hedednc, M. Chcrvfn- paints out that, while up to the census of 1800 tbe-colored pop ulation of our Southern States numbered 4,- SCO,000, In that of 1880 It had increased to 6,557.- 151. an augmentation of ZS per cent He re gard* this as an important feet, because-, “ilhas always been hitherto admitted that when an interior race cornea In contact with a superior one, it must disappear sooner or later, or “ count of tbe excess of deaths over births.’ 1 Chervin regards liberty and agriculti prosperity as the underlying causes of the I py results above mentioned. Domestic life in Texas s ‘-R wasn’k that!” exclaimed Mr. Sandera, Indignantly. “You see, I didn’t say a word at *1L” “How'S she find out, then rttasked ono of tbe party. “Why. I went homo and aho asked if it was mev I told her It was. Took tho chances on that, you know. Then she asked me If I’d been drinking. I told her no. And there I stopped. Never said another word.” -But you say shew caught on somewhere How wss it?" blunder I made. When I tol-1 her drank anything she was satisfied, ooete to go to bed I pot on my ovei ™ of my night shirt. Thai excited tut? Taras Siftings. It appears that Mr. Slater, the fund of 81,000.030 for educating- L era negro, is not to havo the entire cffidlt ot tho act. A Malden, Maas., paper charges hia cotton factories have been notorious for pre senting some of the worst feature* of Ionjr ho '}" r Poor P«F and thriving “track” stores, SjJII adds* with something of sarcastic de light: -The cotton opacatlVDi of Connecticut mission for revision cos*. Where the Beapoualblllty Beets, Early County .Veter. That the lata independent movement Is ehargenWo with fostering the spirit which made this thing tKissible, we have no doubt. Not that true Independence of thought or of action is blood-thirsty In polities or Rnv other department of thought or action. But tvhut Is Command of the Central America when that ship mnk 111 the Pacific ocean and four hun dred and eighty other sailors shared his fate. —Mr. Cannon is a tnan fifty-five years old, with white tmir and a round Lu*c. smooth shaven except for a white chin whisker. He t* of middle height, and his figure-and face denoteaman with a good appetite and diges tion . and an easy conscience. He ts generally regarded and described in Utah, since the death of Brigham Young, as “the brains of the Mormon Church.” —John Skae, or “Johnnie," as he used to be called at champagne suppers, manipu lated Sierre Nevada stock so successfully six year* ago that he became* millionaire to whom San Francisco paid "obeisance. Then ho slip ped. loat every dollar, became a vagabond, and last year was committed to prison for drunken ness. Now he la out again in broadcloth and brew, and persons say that he recently clear cd -2.jO.000 In mining speculations. 1—A rewnfl ofWOhtt been offered for j is de feet 10 with gray, weight173 poundsT am! has a siIght limpin hit walk. It Is signed by Marshal Hen ry, and tho cards on which It is printed are cm- l>ellis!iea with n photograph of tho fngitivo. Ce.pt. Hnwgstc’s daughter is seriously ill at tho lato residence of her father. —Tho l’rlncess Jeanne Bonaparte, who was married tho other day to the Marquis do VUIeneuve, look* strikingly Bko her great- uncle. Napoleon I. She has the curious com bination of chestnut hair and bright black eyes, and if it were not fora certain Eoydenish expression she would bo beautiful. On the day of her marriage the bridal veil sortened tnw expression nnd *he looked n shy and quiet >»fL Her white satin dress was embroidered with orange blossoms, and she wore no jewels. Cspt. John P. Walker, of the Third cavalry, is again in trouble, no has been or dered for trial before a court-martial, which" meets at Fort Fred Steele. Wyoming, to dav, upou whnt ehHrges the War Department has not yet been Informed. Capt. Walker will bo remembered as the officer who was fora timo confined in tho insane asylum. Ho was after wards released tin a writ of habou eorpu*. The idea prevails in army circles that Capt. Walker will either be dismissed from tho servico or placed on the retired list at an early day. What is beauty’s chieVst charm— Melting eyes or roabud lips. Flawing tre-se«, form of grace ? • No: line teeth these ch*rms ec’iyae, And there -ure pre-erver ia SOZODONT. b*«t dentifrice. “■••WtB 8w.UcVi.ijL j*dit Mail Gairtlt, An ihcldehl hits just bCCUrred at Berao, which iQ bume of its features resembled the Celebrated abduction case of Chailio Hess, that eause-1 so great n sensation in tiro United States a few ye->rs ago, but which, happily, hna had a morceaUsinctory termination. HerrBruki Marcuard, a gen tleman of position at Berne, had n little boy, about seven years old, who attended ono of tho public schools of the Federal corst-d. On Friday afternoon last, a wo man Went to the school urd slated thatafiei had Ix-eu requested by Mine. .Mr.ronaxd to- bnug her sen to her in the Waisenkons' plalz, where she was waiting with s car riage to tako him oat for a 'drive. Tho- master of the class, suspecting no ill, g-ivo little Marcnard into the woman’s chargo, and tho two wen; swny together. They have not been sceh sited, h Few hoars later llerr Mnvaard received a !n<-. r ra Which lie Was informed that Lis son' ’was’ 12 custody, and that if ho deposited fiO’OOOf in1 a certain place before a *.ivon timo tho boy would be returned to him ; it not, ho would bo murdered Herr Mar- onard handed thir- Ietier to tho police. The Geneva conespund-nt of »ho Standard tel egraphs lastnigUt; ‘Thank* to tho infor mation given by an aecom.-dirc, tho child who was kidnapped Iasi Friday at Be no has been ft nnd in an i«oliled 'honse naar’ the city, where he had been hidden byia’ family of three person?, all of whorp ben. a very bad repotntiou. The criwina.s have , been arrested. The afFnir has c-inAprI,thf>,- excitement throughout !Q-.-un- . 5o Sod a Wafer on Thanking the largo nun-t. r or person* t who call at tey store on Suodaja p, r r -,odj» water and save them a -id others the walk aud disappointment, L myko (hia public announcement that I do ne*, .rita my soda fountain ox Sunday. 'In answ.r to.repeat ed inquiries to why I did not rml requests to do s->, I wit! stole that ipy ci-.-rk nnd ray- self work hard t.hrOugh tbe weok, aud hu man nature demands oqv day v! rest from the toil atuf confinement of a drug store I would not stand all' day qu Sunday bj hied a sod* CohnfAin nftpr a week’s iabo- and I do not require of my clerks that which f would decline to do. If the publio will call - between Monday morning six o clock and Saturday night ten o’clock, wo will refre h them with thel>e<t soda water we know to make af;er twenty-eiaht . years experience in thejsasiness. On San- day^ tht? water oooler Atmuis ounKtnientif on the "counter, and ils ioe-oold contents For Ladies Only _ __ ^ ^ .wr-ooiu ImIl If you are troubled with disease? peculiar are "dispensed to the hot and thiratv^rae^i? to yonr sex. oonsuit Ur. Clark at tbe Na- ‘ charge. y ree of tional Hotel. He will cure yon. 1 | lt« Rolaxd B. Hall, Druggist.