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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TIT^OAY JANUARY 19, 1866.—TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS IN THE STATES.
A WATER FAMINE THREATENED AT
CLEVELAND.
All the Pomps Stopped by lee—A Passen
ger Train Shaken Up—The llaltl-
more Failure —The Lom to
Orange Growers, Etc.
Cleveland, O., January 14.—There is
imminent danger of a water famine here.
For two or three cays larflo qunntitien
of reedle ice haa been drawn into the
tunnel leading from the Lake crib to the
pumping station. There ore four pumpa
with a combined daily capacity of 40,000,.
0U0 gallon. Last night one pump stopped,
and another stopped this morning because
of “the ice. The two remaining pumps
wero kept at work at intervals during the
afternoon, but wero shat down this even
ing, the supply of water having been cut
off entirely.
The cause of stoppage, as given by the
water works officials, is that the stand pipe,
which leads into the tunnel out at crib,
and not the tunnel itself, is choked with ice.
The top of this stand pipe is several feet be
low the surface of the lake, and is covered
with a grate to prevent the entrance of
driftwood and other obstructions. Fine ice
is, however, sucked through the grate, and
has been solidly packed into the pipe by the
force of the water.
Five men have been at work all day try
ing to dislodge the obstruction, but, thus
far, without avail. The task is a difficult
one, for the reason that it requires the ser
vices of divers. Thero is but a small
amount of water in the reservoirs, and the
supply is practically exhausted. The west
and south sides are without water, and this
is the case with the east side, except on tho
streets along the direct mains from tho
Tcservoir.
People who have wells nro using water
therefrom, and thoso who are fortunate
enough to possess a cistern drink rain water.
Others are compelled to melt snow. Manu
facturing establishments that depended on
city water for their boilers were shutdown,
and to-night water is being hauled from the
river and lake to supply establishments
that must run at night.
The city is in a perilous position should
a fire break out. In the business part of
the city the department could do nothing
with it. They could get no water and the
only apparatus that could be called into
service would be two or three chemical en
gines.
At 11 o’clock to-night the water works
officials had given up all hone of removing
tho ice from the stand pipe before to-mor
row. Tho pipe is ninety feet in height land
nine feet in diameter and is packed full of
toe. It may be necessary to wait until the
weather becomes warmer and ice thaws, for
it seems almost an impossibility io remove
the obstructions.
ITS EFFECT IN FLORIDA.
The Damage to the Orange Crop Estimated
at 91,000.000.
Jacksonville, Fla., January 14.-The
weather moderated considerable during the
day and has now returned almost to its
normal temperature. The riae of the tem
perature hna been very gradual for two
days past, with a cloudy sky, which is very
favorable, aa minimizing the damage in
dicted by the cold upon the orange trees.
Dispatches from all porta of the State con
firm the belief that the cold wave carried
frost to almost the extreme south
ern end of tho peninsula and thero
hi but little doubt that substan
tiates the entire orange crop remaining
on trees is frozen and spoiled. The precise
effect of the freeze upon orange trees can
not be determined until warm weather aets
in. Probably overy tree in tho State will
loae its leaves, and tho belief of the best
observers is that most of the young trees,
exoept where protected, are killed.
A gradual thaw under cloudy skies
is very fortunate, however, and the opinion
now prevails that old and matured trees
which have been relied on for producing a
marketable crop of oranges are not serious
ly hurt, and will not be unless exposed to
warm sunshino within the next few days.
Ita estimated that 600,000 boxes of oranges
worth $1,0110,000 were destroyed by the
freeze.
NEARLY A DISASTER.
A rauengcr Train Has a Narrow Escape
From Wreck.
New Yobk, January 14.—The north
bound accommodation express on tho New
York and Long branch railway, male up of
can from Long branch and the Lake road
winter resort of Now Jersey, was thrown
from the track by a broken switch 2,000
Turds south of Mntteuwan, n few minutes
before 2 o'clock this morning. Tho cars
were filled with New York business men
coming to theii city offices, and Monmouth
county lawyers and jury men who wero on
their wap to Freehold, the county seat. No
one was seriously injured, though many
were bruised and many excited with
fright. A few yards from the point
whero the switch waa broken a trestle
bridge 50U yards long stretches across
a deep gully. The baggage car of tho Long
Drench section was first <1 railed but jump
ed buck again on the truck. The other curs,
after dropping down on the track, ran across
the bridge, snapping the steel rails into hits
and tearing ttio wooden structure into
splinters. The rear coach lost a truck nnd
waa drawn a long distance on ita door
beams. The engineer heard and saw the
accident, and realizing that tho only way to
keep the cars from toppling over the tres-
tlework waa to keep them moving, threw
the throttle open and dragged the train
across. Tho last cur nnd tho track and
bridge are a total wreck.
Queer State of Affairs In Kansas.
Kansas Crrr, January 14.—A special dis
patch from Leavenworth says: It has been
teamed here that Attorney-Oeneml llrad-
ford has begun quo irnmuiln proceedings
in the State Supreme Court against the
county attorney, mayor and other city offi
cers, charging them with being in collusion
with the whisky sellers. He will endeavor,
it ia said, to oust and disqualify them from
bolding any office of trust or profit lie
confidently expects a speedy bearing in the
Supreme Court Two hundred aoloonaare
running in Leavenworth, wide open, and
in defiant e of the prohibitory law. They
pav the city S10 per month, and have n sal
aried attorney to tight their battles in the
£tate courts.
A Steamer Wrecked.
Naw Yonx, January 12.—Ten thip
wrecked sailors from the ateamcr Hylton
Castle arrived here today. The vessel was
a tramp steamer, loaded with com for Ra
vens. She carried twenty-two people, all
told. Twelve of these, including Capt.
Calvin, are missing. The Teasel
■wan caught in Friday night's
gale when about fifty miles east of Sandy
Hook, the captain endeavored to return,
but the ship was so badly crippled that she
foundered in sight of Fire Island light
The crew left the vessel in two boats, and,
under command of the mate, with nino
companions reached shore by the aid of the
life-saving crew. The other boat has not
been heard from.
A SENSATION AT JOLIET.
Arrival of a Nomberof Cowboy and Indian
Cnnvlcts from Wyoming.
Joliet, Illh., Jarury 13.—The sheriff of
Johnson county, Wyoming, arrived here
last evening with a gang of Territorial con
victs, consisting of cowboys and Indians.
The party had been on the road for a week,
and was delayed by snow storms on the
Union Pacific. The convicts were heavily
ironed, and had worn their shackles con
stantly since starting for Joliet a week ago.
Their arrival created quite a sensation.
They stepped from the cars headed l>y two
powerful looking Arapoho Indiana bound
together by log chains and heavy
leg shackles. The Indians were
both yonng men and excellent
specimens of their tribe, fully six feet in
height and with raven hair that hong half
way down their backs. The sheriff ex
plained that the Indians were convicted of
killing beef in the Monntnna buffalo
agency,the penalty for which ia from one to
ten ycarc in the penitentiary. It is said
that the Indiats at the Arapoho
agency are in a starving condition owing
to the small amount of supplies
furnished by the government, and that
these two wero actually suffering for food
when they killed the beef. Although they
bnd the sympathy of every ono at the
agency, they were given one year for their
crime, Their nninei arc beaver and Samuel,
the former being the son of the bead chief
of tho Arapahocs,
AN UNFORTUNATE TOWN.
Amatillan, Central America, Ilrstroycd by
an Earthquake.
Panama, January 6.—At 2 o'clock on the
morning of the 18th uit., the inhabitants of
the quiet little Spanish city of Amatillan,
four miles south by rail from Guatemala
city, about 500 souls in all, wore awakened
by slight but frequent shocks of
earthquake, which continued ail day
until 5:22 p. m., when a very heavy shock
wns felt which so alarmed tho people that
they began to think of leaving their houses.
At 5:36 p. m., the heaviest shock came,
throwing down many walls end bruises
already issuTed by earlier shocks.
People wero thrown down, nnd the air
was filled with dust from tho fallen above
houses. Shock followed upon shock. The
frightened people rushed to the largo plaza
in front of the’ church of San Joan and
dragged the image of their gnnrdinn saint,
"Le Virgin do Rosairo,” outside the trem
bling walls of the church and crossed them
selves.
No one thought of sleeping in what re
mained of the houses that night, but re
sorted to the square or open places where
the houses had keen thrown down.
Tho town of Amakitlan lias been very un
fortunate. It was destroyed by earth
quakes in 1830, which lasted from
April 21 to May 30. In
1846 it was overflowed by the
rising of the lake, and again, in
October, 1852, when water gushed up
iu the middle of tho streets, and on the
24th of tho month, when tho water sub
sided. dead fish were foun I everywhere, the
water became unfit to drink and many per
sons perished of fever. Then again,
it was destroyed by earthquakes in 1862.
Lake Amatitlan is supposed to be tho crater
of an extinct volcano.
TWO TRAINS ON A SINGLE TRACK.
Three Locomotives Wrecked and Four Men
Kills,!,
Michigan City, Ind., January 13.—A ter
rible collision occurred on the bnltimore
nnd Ohio railway near Coburg, a small sta
tion two and one-half miles west of Alida,
yesterday, whereby ono engineer nnd three
firemen were killed outright. The trains
colliding were both heavily loaded freights,
the west bound ono being a double header,
whilb the westward one was in tow of a mon
ster locomotivo known ns n “camel-back.”
The train in charge of the engine should
have stopped at Alida for orders, but the
engineer and flremuu, it is alleged, were
both asleep, nnd they ran to the crossing at
a high rate of speed and continued on a
down grade to tho dreadful calamity wiiieh
nwaited them. Roth trains were on a down
grade and rounded a curve at the same
time, going twenty-five miles an hour. The
result waa three engines and twenty enrs of
merchandise and live stock were' heaped
into one unrecognizable mass. This
caught fire and burned fiercely for
some time. The engineer of the west hound
train wss found with his Iicnd split open
from crown to neck, and his face fell for
ward upon his breast, while his brains were
scattered around the locality. One fireman
became pinnod in botweon pieces of the
wreck, and was suspended by his head nn
til he was literally roasted to deutb. A
second fireman was cut completely in too
and tho dismembered parts of his body
were found some distance apart. Tho
third was badly injured and died after a few
hours of suffering. The other two engi
neers escaped by jumping,
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES
Unseated In the House and lt.nul.Uran.
Heated.
Columbus, O., January 12.—The com
mittee on privileges and elections in the
House of Hepresentatives this morning re
ported a resolution to unseat the nine
Democratic members from Hamilton county.
The resolution wns amended so as to pro
vide that a hearing be Accorded the unseated
members. Tire resolution was adopted un-
dor tlio previous question, and the sent*
were then declurerl vacant amid the greatest
confusion. The nine Republican numbers
came forward nnd were sworn in by the
Speaker. They wero cheered by the Repub
licans and jeered ut by the Democrats. The
Speaker ordered the unseated Demoeiatic
members to turn over the keys of their
desks. Tho action to-day is un ample as.
suranee of the election of Sherman. Ho
will have twenty-oue majority on joint bal
lot in the convention of the two branches
to-morrow.
A ISHAVK FARMER.
Little Rock, January 14.—Some time
ago a number of convicts employed in the
mines nt Cos! Hill escaped by tunneling.
An old fanner made his nnpeumneo ut the
camp yesterday and callcrl for tho captain.
He gave his name as James Johnson, and
hail six of the fugitives sll in a row with
their hands on each other's shoulders.
He heard of the escape and believed, on
account of tbe intensely cold weather, the
man men would seek shelter instead of
traveling. He located nine cf them, and
last night, when they were sleeping in a
hay-Btack, and captured their guard and
five others. The remainder escaped. He
believes he knows their location, and told
the officer that he would soon return with
more prisoners and claim the reward.
Return of the KJyilreptiobta Patients.
New Y'obk, January 1L—Dr. Killings and
his patients arrived this morning in the
French steamer Canada. On boardinr tho
ship the Newark boys were all found on
deck looking the picture of health sad
speaking enthusiastically of their trip to
Faria, lit. Billings state* that his mission
haa been highly successful. Tbe voyage
to New York waa a very pisaaant one, the
weather being remarkably fine for this
season of the year. On January 6th Mrs.
Regan gave birth to a son, both mother and
chihl doing well.
FLORIDA NOT SO HOT.
A Hacon Man's Trip to tbe Land of
Oranges.
Oblando, January 13.—The general im
pression abroad is that Florida ia a land
where there is no suffering from cold, but
your correspondent has found it quite to
tne contrary. I left Macon last Monday
night on the East Tennessee, Virginia anil
Georgia railroad. Had a pleasant tnp in
one of Mann's boudoir cars as fgr as Calla
han. Here I left the Savannah, Florida
Western railroad on Tuesday morning at 8
o'clock to await n train on the Florida Rail
road and Navigation Company for the west.
Had a fair breakfast at the Central Ho lei,
where 1 remained till 12 m. Heard tho
nsnal amount of talk about the advantages
of the section as a conntry for oranges.
Wns taken out by a land agent to see a tree
that had withstood all the events of twenty-
eight years, and from which oranges had
been taken bv the thonsand. At 12thetrain
came and 1 got aboard. We traveled on
till we reached Baldwin, where we were
detained one hour for some reason not
known. I could have had a good dinner at
this place, but was told that the regular
dinner bouse was at Starke's, and that we
were dne thero at 1:30 p. tn.. fcui, alas, it
was 3 when the negro brakemnn sung out:
“Starke -fifteen minutes for dinner." I
said to him, “You ought to give U3 more
than fifteen minutes for dinner, you’ve kept
ns waiting so long.” “Well, boss, you'll
find thnt long enough to eat all you'll find
at Starke." The darkey was right. We
had a meagre dinner, for which we wero
asked to pay seventy-five cents. Wo were
delayed all along, and arrived at Tavares
several hours iwhind time. Then it was
an honr before we got off for Orlando, at
which point we arnvedat 1 o'clock at night;
went to the Magituliu House, found every
room filled, asked for and obtained the
privilege of sleeping on a settee in the par-
lt was awfully cold, and, having no cover
ing hut an overcoat, we worried out the
balance of that night in great dislmp.
Morning came and we found good quar
ters, but it was terribly cold. Tho oldest
inhabitant never saw such weather in this
country. Tho oranges nro frozen in tho
trees, and iMs feared that many of the
trees are killed. It has caused great suffer
ing here, because the peoplo are not used
to cold weather. Many of the houses have
only one fireplace; the bed-rooms are open
nnd cold. The real estate agents are great
ly worried: they deal chiefly in lands—not
because they are rich or productive, but be
cause of the lovely climate. But that
dream has faded. The frost line has been
moved down, nobody knows where. I find
many people hero from the North and West
who say they have suffered more here than
at their homes,
Urlnndo is a beautiful place nud quite
thriving, and it is a pity they have had this
blizzard among them, as it is feared it will
cause n sod decline in the price of orange
groves. A gentleman told me he had over
300,000 oranges on the trees which he feared
would be ruined. He said that owing to
the low price of oranges tho largest part of
the immense crop in Orange county was
still on the trees.
I suppose you must have it cold in Ma
con, hut certainly you caunot have suffered
more than we have here.
I shall start home, but cannot tell when
I’ll get there. J.
GLOOMY REPORTS FROM TEXAS.
The Loss to the Cattle Interests In that
State Enormous,
Waco, Tex., January 13.—Tho storm
which swept over Texas last Thursday and
continued with but little abatement up to
the present date is without parallel in the
history of Texas in the extent of its severity
and duration. Intelligence from cattle re
gions of tho State are of the gloomiest and
most depressing character. The loss in
cattle will he great and cannot he approxi
mated or estimated until the full extent of
ilnmngo inflicted by the intense cold upon
tho stock intorest is fully known. From
Southwestern nnd Western Texas news is
received that eattlo are driven against tho
fences nnd are rapidly dying from cold. The
loss will bo unusually heavy. From Bates-
ville.inNorthwcsternTexas,news comes that
great prairie fires have occurred iu that sec
tion of the conntry, and that cattle are dy
ing by tho hundreds from cold. Carcasses,
it is stated, can be seen far and near, strew
ing the barren prairies, and that tho loss
will ho enormous, no provision having been
made for the enre of cattle in those bleak
districts, which are devoid of e-m.ything
except grass. Tho loss to the cnttle indus
try iu the Fiinhandlo will be very great, al
though no reliable reports have been re
ceived from thnt remote district. Ail wa
ter pools and streams throughout the heavy
cattle-growing distri ts of the States arc
frozen over hard, nnd, adding to the gravi
ty of the situation, a very heavy snow
storm set in on Sunday night, uml| Texas,
from tho Sabine to the Rio
Grande nnd from the Red river
to tho Gulf, ia covered to a depth from two
inehes to one foot in snow. Indications
this morning point to another full equally
as heavy os that of last night. This will
completely cover the grazing range, and na
no proviaions have keen made for feeding,
the death rate among stock from cold, will
reacli a frightful proportion, nud entail a
loss of millions.
THE ORANGE CROP.
Jacksonville, Fl\., Janaary 13.—The
weather is much milder to-day. The low
est temperature received nt the signal
office last night was 22 degrees aiiovo zero.
During the afternoon it rose to 43 degrees
above, but slowly fell toward evening, nnd
the probabilities are that it will go slightly
below the freezing point to-night. This
gradual rise in temperature will materially
diminish the damages of the excessive cold
of Sunday and Monday, and tho belief
now is that beyond the loss of (ruit on the
trees nnd blighting of the leaves and young
branches, the orange trees have suffered
no material damage. The cold wave
made itself felt even at
Key West, though there was no frost there.
Throughout the orange region the fruit on
tho trees wns frozen. Re|>ortB on this point
are nniformly the same from every quarter.
Tho gradual thaw will sura all trees except
young ones.
Death of the South's Wealthiest Man.
New Orleans, January 13.—Colonel Ed
mund Rirbanlson, a lending cotton mer
chant of New Orleans, the richest man in
the South and the largest cotton planter in
the world, was stricken with apoplexy at
Jackson, Miss., Monday nt midnight, and
died before assistance could reach him. He
was a native of North Carolina, and was
worth from *10,000,000 to $15,000,000. He
was the owner of nineteen cotton planta
tions in Louisiana, Arkansaa and Miaaiisip-
pi, covering over fifty thonaand acres of
Die* In a Hlelffh,
Rkadino, Pa., January 12.—While Cyrua
P. Miller, a leading lawyer of Lebanon, was
driving in a sleigh through the streets of
that city today, bis hone drew up at the
bank at which Miller waa accustomed to
stop. It wss then found that Miller was
dead, though the corpse sat upright in tbe
sleigh. The decceeed wae '35 years old, and
it ia thought hit death was due to hear} die-
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUgCES8ION.
Majority Report of the Elections Commit
tee on the Hoar Bill,
Washington, January 12.—In reporting
the Hoar bill to regulate the Presidential
succession to the House, a majority of the
committee on election of the President and
Vice-President Bay it is absolutely neeessory
to provide for succession under circum
stances now existing, leaving further and
more satisfactory provisions tor contingen
cies which mny possibly arise to other
measures hereafter to be proposed. As to
tbe question of the advisability of changing
the present law, the majority say that
they oro confronted by many difficul
ties that arise in nn endeavor to
ascertain the constitutionality of the
pr< sent system. There are grave doubts
ns to whether the President pro tern, of the
Senate or the Speaker of the House are
such officers of the United States as in Un
meaning and intent of the constitation could
succeed to the Presidential office, the stat
utes providing therefor to the contrary not
withstanding. These doubts would disturb
succession under the present statutes, and
would, in all probability, lead to a contest
that would disquiet the nation, unsettle
business and disturb the peace of the
conntry. After long quotations from Mad
ison papers and early stat
utes, the majority say it is
shown that the propreity of this the prescut
measure nt succession was charged by the
father of the constitution, not only in the
Federal convention, hut in Congress. It
is true that no trouble lias arisen under it.
but it is also true there has fortunately been
no occasion to apply it to the settlement of
tbe presidential succession, and it is per
haps warrantable to say that if occasion hod
arisen for it’s use, trouble would have
probably ensued. A grave objection to
the present system, in the opinion
of the majority, is the fact that
it merges the executive branch
into the legislative branch of the govern
ment, and annexes the powers and duties
of the Chief Executive officer to the posi
tion of President pro tem. of the Senate or
Speaker of the House. As President of the
Senate he would preside over proceedings
in confirmation of his own nominations,
and as Speaker of the House he could vote
to sustain his own vetoes. Either House
of Congress may expel ono of its members;
hence tbe acting President might be ex
pelled. After further discussing the sub-
jeot, the majority concluded that the Presi
dent pro tem. of the Senate and Speaker of
the House are in no sense officers of the
United States on whom Presidential suc
cession can devolve. The majority of the
committee think that Cabinet officers se
lected by the chosen President of the peo
ple, by and with consent of the Seunte,
the representative body of the sovereign
Statos, is certainly proper the succession
to the administration of tho government for
the remainder of tho term. In conclusion
the report says: “The passage of this act
will -meet tho just expectations of the people
to provide for on evil that may befall us.
And whetherit is porfect in all respects to
meet the difficulties that confront us or not,
it is much better than the present system
governing the presidential succession nnd
will at best put tbe question in its present
shape at rest until it way be definitely set
tled by a constitutional amendment or such
other means as Congress may determine.”
A Batch of Confirmations.
Washington, January 12. -In executive
session to-day tho senate confirmed tbe fol
lowing nominations; Postmasters—Eugene
L. Brown, at Eufulo, Ala., Major M. Force,
at Selma; William II. Wilds, at Tuscaloosa;
Rueben A. Mitchell, at Opelika; John W.
McAllister, at Florence; Daniel Liddell, at
Gadsden; J. B. Cook, at Marion; George
C. Clishy, at Montgomery; Benjn-
man Harrisson, at Palutka, Fla., W. H.
Whitfield, at Ilawkinsville, Ga.,
Y. T. Bust, at Albany, Ga.; Benjamin E.
Russell, at Bainbridge; William Milner, at
Cartcrsville; Thomas Hardeman, at Macon;
Mrs. O. A. Hastings, nt Fort Gibson, Miss.,
James C. Reid, atCorith; G. W. Thomas, nt
Canton; T. J. Stakes, at Macon;
J. W. McMaster, at Hazlelivrst; Samuel
A. Asher, at Raleigh, North Carolina;
Win. G. Lewis, at Statesville; Ken. F.
Huger,at Charleston. 8. C.; Daniel Knkley,
ut Camden, Samnel W. Shields, at Moores-
town, Tenn.; Frank White, at Murfrees
boro; Wm. L. Norton, at Tullahoma; Hen
ry C. McLnureni, at Pulaski; Thos.J. Lane,
nt Greenville; Jus. 51. King, at Knoxville;
K. F. Cheatham, atNasliville;Mary Edward,
at Cleveland; Jno. Slack, at Bristol.
George A. Jcnks, assistant secretary of the
interior; Henry L. Mnldrow, first assistant
secretary of the interior; Wm. E. JIoLenn,
first deputy commissioner of pensions; Jo
seph J. Bartlett, second deputy commis
sioner of pensions; Robert B. Vance, assist
ant commissioner of patents; James W.
Whelpley, of New York, assistant treasurer
of tho United States; Wm. E. Smith, of
New York, assistant secretary of tho treas
ury; Conrad N. Jordan, of New Jersey,
treasurer of the United States.
Yesterday's Cnuflrmatlons.
Washington, January 13.—The Senate in
executive session to-day confirmed the fol
lowing nominations; Jabez L. 51. Curry, of
Richmond, Virginia, to be United States
minister to Spam; Charles L. Scott, of Ala
bama, minister resident and consul-general
to Venezuela; FredH. Winston, of Illinois,
minister resident nnd conaol-gc-nr ral to
Persia; Pierce 51. B. Young, of Georgia,
United States consul-general nt St. Peters
burg; William C. Jordon, receiver of pub
lic moneys ut Montgomery, Alabama; John
W. Nelms, United 8tates mnishal for
the northern district of Georgia;
James D. Stewart register "I the land offleo
ut Jackson, 5Iiss. To be United States
ministers: George V. N. Lathrop, of
51icbigan, to .ltnasia; John B. Stallo, of
Ohio, to-Italy; Charles Denhy, of Indiana,
to China; James G. Cbcnowitk, of Texas,
First Auditor of the Treasury.
To be minister resident and consul-
generals: 5Iosos A. Hopkins, of North
Carolina, to Liberia; John E. w. Thomp
son, of New York, to Hnyti; William A. Zuy
of Louisiana, to Bolivia.
To be secretaries of legation: Joseph
L. Morgan, of South Carolina, to 51exico;
Walker Foam, of Louisiana, to be minister
resident and consul-general to Boumelin,
Servia nnd Greene: John K. Bacon, of South
Carolina, ehnrje d'qfairt to Paraguay and
Uruguay, and several hundred promotions
and appointments in the navy, postmaster
and other minor officials in the civil service
of the government.
Another Anil-Lottery Scheme.
Washington, January 13.—A Dill was in
troduced in the Senate to-dny by 5Ir. Wil
son, of Iowa, to prevent the publication of
lottery advertisements. It makes unlawful
the publishing, printing or circulating of
any advertisement or notice cf a lottery or
agency thereof, or any notice, report or
statement of any drawing of a lottery in
any district, Territory, reservation, or other
place over which Congress haa exclusive
power of legislation, and pnnishes the vio
lators of ita provisions by a fine of not lea*
than *50, nor more than *500, or by an im
prisonment of not leas than mx months nor
more than five years, or both.
Memorial from the “Colored North Ameri
ca ns."
Washinotos, Janrury 13.—The President
pro tem. laid before the Senate to-day a
memorial of “Colored North Americans, ’
•Asking the establishment of a national in
dustrial school in the States and Territo
ries, so as to give the colored yonth a com
mon school education and trades. It also asks
for an appropriation for the establishment
of the Garfield Colony in lower Conifornia.
To Test the Validity of a Patent.'
Washington. January 14.—Secretary La
mar has sent the Attorney-General a oom-
muniaction expressing his opinion that suit
should be brought SI the nnme of the Uni
ted States to test the validity of Bell’s orig
inal telephone patent
MR. BRADLAUGH SWORN IN.
The Oath Administered Without Begnlar
Protest.
London, January 13.—Mr, Peel, the
speaker, before the swear ingin of members
began iu the House of Commons to-day,
said it was bis duty to inform the House that
he hud received a letter from Sir Slicbael
Hieks-Bench, chancellor of excheqer nnd
tlie Conservative leader in the House of
Commons, regarding 5Ir. Brndlnngh and
giving a historical retrospect of the
latter's esse, wiiieh 5Ir. Peel said
need not be read. The latter also said
that Sir Michael Hicks-llnaeh thought that
Mr. Brad laugh r.lioul I not be allowed to
take oath without the Housa living afforded
a chance of expressing an opinion on tho
subject. He believed that tne House,when
fully constituted, would decline to sanction
the administering of the oath to 5Ir. Bran-
laugh. Sir. Pell said that he was unable to
recognize anythin" done by a pre
vious Parliament in regard to the case
of 5!r. Brndlnngh and he (the speaker) was
powerless to prevent him from taking the
oath. He could take the oath and take the
risks of the law if any were attached. Mr.
Brodlangh stalked the floor of tho house
in n defiant manner, kissed the bible
nnetuousiy, shook hands with tho speaker
smilingly, and drew away directly after be
ing sworn in. He was heartily cheered as
be departed from the building by a large
crowd of his supporters gathered outside.
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.
Awakens at Last—Her Condition—What
She Savs.
Coi.rMr.rs, Neb., January 12.—News has
just reached hero frpra a farm house sev
eral miles north, that 5Iinnie Disinter, the
Nebraska sleeping beauty, recovered con
sciousness Sunday, January 3rd, the sev
entieth day of her liystero-cntaleptio trance
sleep. Tbe roads have been impassible un
til tho present time and the newsof herre-
covery could not be received before. The
girl fell into a trance on October 26th lost.
During Hint long interval she has been to
nil appearance a lifeless being, with the
exception of respiration and pulsation.
When 5Iiss Dishnor awoke her mind was
perfectly clear and unimpaired, her appetite
and general feelings good hut her arms and
legs were paralyzed. She says she was con
scious during the whole time of her pro
tracted trance, but though she exerted her
utmost power to evince her consciousness,
she could not move a single muscle. She
says she had no physical pain until the
fourth day of her sleep, when an electric
battery was applied. Since then she has
suffered a thousand agonies of the body,
and at times it seems as if her mind would
give way under the strain, nnd she now
complains of trouble, physical sufferings,
in consequence of the shock to her system.
The physician in attendance says, however,
that she will recover in a short time, and
will also regain full use of her limbs.
A Horrible Death.
Easton, Pa., January 13.--MnthiosBecker
met with a horrible death last night at
Bethlehem Iron Works, where he was em
ployed. Shortly after 11 o'clock he began
to lower the belt of tho fumree at the top
of the stack. While doing this, he was
overcome with gas and fell head foremost
into tho furnaco. His body wns burned to
a crisp before his fellow workmen, who
saw him foil, succeeded in palling him out,
He was alive when rescued, bnt died after
midnight.
Killed by a Train.
Hazleton, Fa., January 13.—John Nun-
gesser and Edwnrd Bollock, two carpen
ters, while walking on the Lehigh Valley
railway track about 5tauch Chunk this
morning, were struck by a passenger train
nnd both instantly killed, the bodies be
ing horribly mangled. They hail their enrs
covered ou account of the intense cold,
and did not hear tho train nnproaching.
Both were married nnd leave large fami
lies.
Tlie Ohio HenatorAhlii.
Coi.T'MBi's, 0., January 12.—Each branch
of the Legislature voted separately to-day
on a candidate for United States Senator.
Iu tbe Senate 5Ir. Thnrman received twen
ty votes and 5Ir. Sherman seventeen —a
Democratic majority of three. In the
House Thurman received forty-one votea
and sherman sixty-seven—a Republican ma
jority of twenty-six. At noon to-morrow
the Legislature will vote in joint conven
tion for a Senator.
Tbe Emperor's Speech.
Berlin, January 14.—The Emperor Wil
liam opened the Prussian diet to-dny. In
his speech he said: “I am grateful for the
lovo and fidelity of my peoplo nnd the be
nevolent sympathy which has been extend
ed to mo from foreign countries. Oar for
eign relations are friendly nnd sup
port fully our belief* that the
pence of Europe is sure to continue
Berlin, January 14.—The finances of
Prussia are somewhat improved, but it will
again he necessary to effect a loan;. this
loan, however, will be smaller than that is
sued in 1880. The Emperor concluded by
ascribing the depression in trade to over
production, which he said it was impossible
to prevent bv legal measures Hi an-
nmmeed that bills would be introduced for
the construction of railways and canals, os
well as other measures that would lie de
signed to assnro the development of the
German people and prevent tho Polish ele
ment from pressing the Germans back.
President Gravy's Message,
Paris, January 14.—President Gravy's
messngo was sent to the Senate ami Cham
ber Deputies to-day. He thaukal Congress
for his rcclcction, which, ho says, proves
that the country desires a stable govern
ment. A Republic, he savs, is the form of
government necessary for France. In view
of tho impotence and divisions of its oppo
nent, it is essential but the left should unite
in order to realize important and necessary
reforms. The liepnblio enjoys highest re
spect of Europe. France has helped in no
small degree to maintain the pence of Eu
rope President Gravy concluded iiy paying
warn homage to the army and navy.
The Know storm in Hungary.
Froth, January 13.—Tho snow storm
continues. All efforts to clear the streets
have proved fruitless. When the snow
thaws there will be a great flood. Traffic is
at a standstill.
that the
anarchists will fie
Paris, January 13. —LTcmps to-day Ays
ist the degree granting an amnesty to the
l to-morrow.
A Cabinet to Resign.
Mi-nick, January 14.—The King of Ba.
varia has forbidden the cabinet to interfere
with his exchequer. The members of the
cabinet will, therefore, all reaign Tbe
debts of the King amount to 16,0110,0U0
marks.
Consumption Cared.
An old physic:an, retired tr»m practice, hat s
had placed in his hands by an East India mission \\
ry tbe formula of a simple vegetable remedy f r -»
speedy and permanent cure of consumption, bn ,
chitis, catarrh, asthma and all throat and long asi
lions; also a positive and radical cure fur iiem*
debility and aU nervous complaints, after Lavra
tested its wonderful curative powers in thousand*,
cases, has felt it his duty to make it known tok
fellow sufferers. Actuated by this motive and a a
sire to relievo human suffering, I will send frc e ,
charge, to all who desire it this receipe, in OermJ ‘
French and English, with full direction* for preru
ing and using. Sent by mail by addressing *,,1
stamp, naming this paper, W. A. Noyes, 149 Power
Block, Rochester, N. Y.
DR COL'QHSsaCSSil? USE
TAYLOR’S
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REMEDY
SWEET SUM
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(rawing iki| tba imaU atfnanu to tka Boithtrn Statu,
aontaiaa s atlaoUtiag nipftonat prlscipla that Isoaasa
lb* phlegm producing tba early oorsiog eongh, and ulna-
Utee tne ehlld la threw off the fnlee membrane is creep u4
whooping eongh. Wher jomblned with the healing mod.
Ugtnoui prlM. r ls is the mullein plsat ef ike eld flelda, pre-
eeaiala T.Canons Rsunv as Bwm Ouw iw»
Mullbi* Ike 3Met knows remedy for Cengbf. Croup,
▼keeping Cough nnd Counmptien; nnd m palatable, aay
child le pleaeed to lake It. Aak year draggle! for It. Prlea,
tSc.*«m. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Oa.
Fee D*. BIOOSRS 1 mJCEMBBRST CORDIAL for
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all dragglaU.
DR. DIGGERS HUCKLEBERRY CORDIAL.
FOBTn
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It Is tho great Southern remedy forthe bowels.
It is ono of the most pleasant and efficacious
remedies for sll Summer complaints. At a set*
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The wearied mother, losing sleep in nursing
lor, Atlanta, Qa., for Riddle Book.
THE FAIR,
No, ft Mulberry Street,
I have tho largest stock of Notions,*Toys,
Novelties and Housekeepers’ Goods in
Macon, and 1 am prepared to sell them at
prices which cannot be duplicated in the
South. Do not foil to see me before you
buy.
It. F. SMITH, Proprietor.
decSlwtf
GEORGIA, Crawford connty.—Henry D.
shall has applied for exemption of realty and
sonalty, and setting apart and valuation of home
■teod, and 1 will pass upon tho same at 10 o'clock
a. m., on the lGth day of January, 1880, at my
December 21,1885.
doc22 wdt GEO. L. SAWYER, rdlnwjr
NOTICE.
Haddock's Rtattox, Jokes County:
All parties indebted to the estate of MilbreyJ.
Haddock are hereby notifled to come forward and
settle at once. Ab o, parties having clalma against
the estate will present in proper form.
J.M. MIDDLEBROW KH.
dec8-4w Executor.
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sore. Terms mailed free. Txux k Co.,.Augusta,
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T H K
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Chops 8 seres a day with one mnle. Pays for Itself
in s few days. I*KICK ONLY 930. bend for
descriptive circular. Address
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