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T THE ORIGINALS. THE MEN OF STATE A TALK WITH «A» ESoiJjJJ M ,U ' E , UNDER TRB NATION'S ROOK AGAIN. Ti. W.tk cfC.lI.cUi* ui Anugte* tit Sr- cat* •( tic U'4.Iul4nu tt. EUSM -Hew tit Work U. Pnttcitt -A LeW .f Lor.. hptclAl to Tin CoDilltntio.. New Y<i«, Jaousry X —On the train yesterday I met a soldieily-lotk.ng, quiet gentleman, who la doing a more Important work far the south then any man enlisted In her sendee. It war Genera! Ifareua J. Wright, who haa had chaise for tba paat year or two of the collection, compila tion and publication of the confederate archives. General Wright waa called to this work by unan imous eon sent and haa proved ao admirably fit for the task be baa undertaken that hla selection •arm* to have been little lea than an Inspiration, echo arly. able, discriminating and courageous— of »n?h nnblcablisbed character aa to command anUre confidence—be baa made a superb collec tion and has edited It with consummate discretion and skill, fie gave me the history of this vast enterprise In a frank and >et modest way that aotlUes tt to transcription here. "I suppose.'' he mid. “that shortly after the close of. the war 1 had the largest collection of confederate records to be found anywhere. I felt the importance to the south of aa early col lection of this perishable material, and Its pub lication in logical and durable shape. I knew that the records themselves would speak with more authority to posterity than any mere partisan or personal bUtory could hope to do, and I there fore spent time end money in collecting all that I could get. I had already made an arrangement to publish what f had, Sir. Davis having advised this course after expressing surprise at the eom- pk ten cm of my collection. Before this publication was commenced, how ever, the government established a bureau for tie object of collecting and publishing the re* aorda or. both side*. This obviated the ueoesrity of ray work, and I wrote to General Townsend, taming over my collection to him for publication In ibe government bnoks. Hbortly afterwards I w m to Washington on other business, and found t.e southern Congressmen dlmatbficd because |£g*e was &w confederate representative in the hieau. Thun* were f w confederate records la feasaaattoo 61 Ore government except them cap those sent on by me. Con- 8.uto> Bea Hill Declare. tkat D.mocraUo Folll.t Brought Ahoat tt. Dibit of tht PirtT— Tho Bw ioahliag of OoacroM- Jadgo Wood. Sacra la. Special dispatch to Tho Constitution. Washington, January 6.—In a conversation to-day with tho correspondent of Tn a Atlanta Constitution, Senator Ban Hi.l, of Georgia, VOL. XIII. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1881.--WITH SUPPLEMENT. NO. 31 nUms out of bis book it will be a standard au thority.” "Have you the letter of General Hardee declin ing to take Johnston's place aa commander of the army of Tennesseet" "Yes »ir; and a most admirable letter It Is. It Is a frank soldierly letter In which the promotion is declined simply because the writer felt that be was not capable of filling the j position. General Hardee’s reports are all model* • of excellence.” "Do yon have any sort of disagreement with { Colonel Soott as to the arrangement uf matter or as to what shall be printed7” “None at all. Oar agreement is perfect. There Is bat one wish, and that la to publish the records Just as they are and let the work stand on the records. As for Colonel 8cote, be la peculiarly fitted for the work he haa In charge. By educa tion, temperament and inclination, be la the very man for the task. He la the embodiment of fairness.” I take the liberty of adding that General Wright Is all that be claims for Colonel Scott. The people of the south may rely absolutely on a fair and square presentation of their case just as it stands General Wright will see that her soldiers, living and dead, are pat on the record they made for themselves—end this la all that any of us could ask. In doing this be will build a monument to hla comrades higher and whiter than any yet mthwmrn^aad “ A SOLID SHEET OF HE ALL-DEVOURING FLAKE Enacts Another Drsadfal and 8ieksmiag Tragsdj ia Haw York, la Which Sins Parsons Wert B arced to Death, and Kan y Others Wsrs Iajnrsd. HIVMMI tbe.r records to a bureau in which they had no representative, and there waa great danger that he publication would be made, with oor side of it weak and h.complee. Casey Young, of Ten nessee, complained to the secretary of war, who promptly saw the reasonableness of the complaint and agreed that a confederate should be ap pointed. General Townsend, to whom the matter was referred, suggested my name, and I agreed to accept under certsiu conditions that were at once complied with. I entered upon the work, and have been engaged at it ever since.” The Report** Current A boat the Office. Special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. Washington. D, C., December 31.—The charges against Marshal Fludmuns, of Georgia, are even more serious than was at first supposed, and, from the present temper of the commis sioner, it is nearly certain that Fitzsi mons wil rill a nRINGING VP ALL TlIK RECORD*. "With what suae** have you worked.’” "With more than 1 could have hoped for. 1 have succeeded in g-tling lour times as many records as the government had when 1 went there, and 1 may say that the chain la now nearly complete. The confederate records will be almost. If not quite, as full as the federal records, and this Is more than any one c >uid have hofKd for. I went personally to the ludlan territory and succeeded in getting the records of that de partment without the 1 ms of a paper. 1 have goue everywhere that I saw a chance of supply log a link of evidence. I surc.vded in getting copies of all the records of Ibe Rjutbcrn historical society—of Itself a most Important collection The officer* of the confederacy have fell no hcsl tallon in entrusting >heir records to us, and have helped in every possible way. I am now having copies made of all Mr. Davis's papers, and bis attest put upon earn copy.” "How will the publication bo made?” "As follows: Colonel R. h* Hcott, of the federal army, has charge of the federal records. He is audit ed by Captains Hartley and Cralgle. I have chsr.e of the confederate records, and Msj. Harvie assists me. We take the events of the war as they com 3 in order of lime, treating each battle and campaign separately. To show bow we rover a battle, I take the first Manassas. First we publish the official report of General McDowell, who manded the ftderals; then the official report of of General Johnston, commander of the confede rates. Then follows the reports of the federal con* commanders, and the confederate owl* commanders. Then come the division and regimental and company reports for each side. After this la published the field-notes Ik-in each side, and you have no idea how important and Interesting are these Hide field-notes, scratched off hastily in the heat of battle on the pommel of ■addles. They are like flashes of lightning that show up the battle vividly. After the field-notes come the correspondence of each general co maudiug with hla department or president commander in-chief. By this process we get the battle from every poMlble point of view.” •/How many books have been publishedV' "Thera are three volumes about ready. These nearly complete the history of the year IMl.covcr- log the Charloum and Fort' bumtor affair, the batUeef Manassas, and the fights in the IVnin aula. The whole series will fill from SO to 100 volume*. Th. books are printed In long primer.the 1 letters and order* being put iu smaller type. VYc shall te able to move tauch faster here after witt hop*? to conclude tho jear lHf>i by the next aMcmblimc of emigre*.” "How can these books be obtained.” '•They e»u t*e purchstoi by depositing #1 a vol ume with A. F. Childs chief clerk government printing office, Washington, D. C. The volume oovetlug any special campaign can be ordered, any part of a »et ordered. Thoms who wish any of .these book* will do well to apply at once, a New Volk booksellers are ordering heavily and will doubtless raise the price very much. The government will* at actual cost. There is out book of the series for which there will be sped* demand That i« a complete roster of every comml*aiooe-l officer of the confederate army, where he was enlisted, promoted, and what be came of blm. This will be the official record— and Will t s valuable to the families of those offi oar* who served—and especially of those who were killed.” "Wh*t developments have you noticed In the record so far?" “J find a good many mistaken opinion vanish ing uuder the tiguns of the record. I should have menlioncd, that In closing the re -cords of a bailie, we print the official returns of .the foTce iu each army. n»ucd before the ba tie Now, U has bevu generally thought thst at th« first ManswaM the title is Is vastly outnumbered ua. The records > how that they had only about 3.000 the advantage tu point of numbers, each army having about to.ift) men. I thought they had at least 70,000. 1 suppose a* wc complete the mvr Is of other bailie* we shall dtspei many popular errors ’’ " You do uot find that the same misukc exi t* as to comparative number* throughout th* war?” " Ob, no str. The records show incontestably \hal for f jttr years we waged a war with the pro porttou of .hreo to one against us. T he records show thst the loderala had. from first to last. 2.700.000 in the field. 1 can only approximate the confederate total, but U is safe to aay that It will cot exceed 800,0 0 The study of the record* on Doth aide* h*« 1 lie teased my admiration for the valor and prowess of tny people, without da precis dug my esttin itc of the bravery of the led <cral troop*." "Don’t the records show that the credit of a "oattle Is frequently misplaced* ' " Yea That 1» probably the most striking fea ture of disc-very. For Instance, at the battle of Richmond, Ky . a very brilliant xnaneuvre was executed by wht.'h General Preston Smith’s bri gade was deployed rapidly and thrown on the flank of the enemy, giving us a victory over an army double our* in number, and the capture ot thousands of prisoners. The credit of this hi* .been given to General Kirby Smith; but the re cord* »how that General Preston Smith cone elved the movement and executed it on his own re aponsibtI:>r without the orders or knowlege of < General Kirby Smith. A great many esses of this wort will be brought to tight.'’ "Whose reports art* the dearest and best from the confederate side 7” •• General Lee’s beyond comparison. HU papers are perfection. He never wrote a line or issued an order that did not have the same dig ul;y and perqUrulty that it would have had if i re par'd under the most deliberate ci cuxt- staccea The slightest scrap from him. bears the impress of gtva news. Of the cavalry generals. W .heeler’s reports aw the most admirable. In d.eo his are hardly equalled by any of our gen eral*. They are clear, complete and soldierly. Indeed. Wi.cn the records show what perfect con fidence all £wr leaders had in Wheeler, and with what precision and fidelity he performed his duty, be will be coastderod one of the first men IfbML _ ilmalof Ibis officer. The charges la general _re neglect of duty and malfeasance. General Kaum has, during that period, forwarded a num ber of very strong letters to the secretary of 'be treasury. There are on file in the office treasury department, who have examined Into the proofs. The commission charge Fiustmoos with * ring defrauded the government of between . .uooandgrt.uui. Funlmon* is also charged with having repeatedly arrested persona on fieri- ’ * “ * ‘ fees, which were „ „ w many ways either obstructed or maladministered the law. One case lustration, where a deputy mar- colored man with a small quantity of officer, aud informs the astonished negro that he has violated the law, a«.d Is under arrest Iu snen a case, the mao on trial ia acquitted, but are collected of ine government tbe same as If the case had been one of genuine Infraction i the laws. There areaiso numerous instance* n the papers on Ole like the following: A deader pay his license fee* at ibe r .. r rwarns pays both fees and a penalty of A0 per ceut, his only fault having been forgetfulness. In such **" ind formal these charges, and many more, have been the New York, January 4.—A fire occurred this morning in the rear of No. 35 Madison street—a four story tenement house, in which nine lives were lost. The victims are Ellen Sheridan, aged 43; Katie Sheridan, aged 14; Maggie Sheri dan, aged 5; Martin Sbendan, aged 3; John Walsh, aged 13; Thomas Cassiday, aged 6: Charles Cassiday, aged 8, and a girl named Eagan, aged 2, and Mrs. Sheridan, age un known. Several persons were injured, among them James Cassiday, Mary Eagan and Charles Walsh. At 8:15 a. m. the fire broke out and started at the bottom of the stairs, that famish ed the only mode of exit for the tenants of a fourstory building, barring the outside fire-escape, and in less than five minutes swept through the stairway to the roof cutting off the escape of a score of persons suddenly. The imperilled tenants made a rush for the roof, bat the scuttle was firmly hooked and would not yield. The ascending flames drove them back in their rooms and a scene of wild confusion ensued. Men and women threw their children from the windows, and jumped after them through the flames that swept across the yard and caught their c'othing. When the firemen mastered the raging element the dead bodies of nine persons who had been burned were taken out. Several were injured in making their pe, and were sent to the Chambers’ street hospital. The scene of the dreadful holocaust, the like of which haa not occurred in this city 9inc* the tenement house fire in Canon street more than a year ago and the dread (ul Turner hall calamity about the same time, is approached through a narrow alley, hardly wide enough to allow the passage of a portly man, between the two tall tene ments. Nos. 35 and 33 Madison street. In front of No. 35. is James Doyle’s liquor store. Its lack door opened directly upon the narrow hallway in*tbe rear tenement, where the start was given to this morning’s course and * more liberal policy aeut man to ahow to the front as tew movement that is certs n to math was Senator 3 own. of a Is a shrewd man, and, seeing of being a leader In that move- nptly taken advantage of it He led himself, since the Hancock oonsidereo the most liberal, and, most sensible southern man in i not without his followers. Sen ds sails to suit the wind. He is with Brown in taking ad- new departure, which they fore- ; hesitation predict In converse- b other southern member* who Identified themselv** with this ator Mahone -nd Representative rntneky. and Emory Speer, of dots not amount to much, but d frequent conferences smcecon- 1 in regard to the coarse to be have decided to cat loose from set. as they put it. for the "g od and a true regard for the real lo ath.” It is learned upon author- SENATOR BECK ON QUESTIONS OF IMPORTANCE. CoBgrtsshaal Abssm^siim tie Ban* of Democratic Party—Thera has mot Been i Quo run this 8#»riom—Qsasral Mahons t\s H*w 8phyax. questioned that they have made trim that he shall 'have support lave suggested to him that the ch they intend to lead cm be tj the appointment of federal r section with regard only for fit > suggest Majw Gibson, of Oeor- have even- n. of Geo The Mew South. Boston Herald, lad. What the new south shall be, industrially, it is hard to foretell That ic is to b« greatly prosper ous seems almost certain. And that the feeling which Senator Hoar expressed In relation to edu cation, of hearty sympathy and ansslflsh operation on the part of the north, ho ds true of onr people in respect to the material growth pie in New England. A the character of the population, *nd the imme< si advantage which northern and foreign cap.tal, ►kill and energy have in their estabUhed m&nu facturesand secured markets, will make the growth there, beyoud a certsiu point, slow and he will go at something else. _ _ hia “faculty.” nor slackened me g>ip on ai- fatn that has given him independence for the that, in rairing cotton, tobacco, sugar an I lice. the south has an advantage that cannot be taken tire. The plumbers were busy at the foot of the stair* thawing out frozen water pipes, and for this purpose used a gasoline apparatus By some means it was upset and the in flammable material ran out. There was a b.inding flash as of an explosion that blew in the door of the saloon, and in an instant the black smoke welled up the long stairway, impelled by the draught, setting towards the open windows in the top story. The fire finding vent through the open doors and windows of the untena ble ground floor of the house, had seized upon the shutters, window frames and wooden floors of the balcony outside, lick port unity are still u . _ , range of probabilities that silk, tea, and perhaps other products uot yet naturalized there, will be M . klmbsll.of the Kimball bouse, Atlanta, Gi., j ing them up like so much tissue paper, and ' large manufacturer, will be hissnccemor. Kim- j reaching upward toward the where the frightened men bill l» a northern man, having been boru In Con- I were huddled Wither .(raid t abovc “Sirs' s nbnne, one of the most relfeble pepers, n „„„ oi ed the honee. two or Tribune, one of tbe moat reliable papers, ss ( h*nn«» L° £TnS^l. , Xl ,h T^ , Si,« , e?v U en U i'n C ttS 2e£ fl ‘r. Oh STe£co..d floor the Eagan., tbnnder Sm It wu mnd ““Idoona had, at the tint alarm, es- apectal comea aa « »°°" < { er „ i f‘ l »P; “ caped through the windows. Mrs. Eagan, a understpodthst f| „i£r«,. and Ter fonr grown children. Mar wbtnd in his accounts fire thousand or sis , Kare( Thotna , t j oseph and John, reached honaand dollars, bat the statement that *- he grnund in sah ty by a .[ licit jump tell a defaulter to Ute amount of *20,000 is _, hn i. o.»r mu m. astonishing. Reporters were at ouce sent I ^l 1 ? 1 a*as^°ft^s W tor*unaTe r 8eutme ’ ''her m ascertain the .me„mm. p« My c«. It g* ‘iodchMren Anua^d'To, an" was ascertained hat Colonel AMa Johnaon , " , 7 n ,^ m the gre w SR!5‘?2. 1 55HIS A escape, but in the fall sprained or broke her Eilxdmomi.tnd that Colonel i. is at home , t c,. n „ S, H I nLl hkSwblM “* Moor above, Mr. Regan, who lived Mr H. I. K^t^l left yesterday tor W«h. | |on ^ with hls neighbors. The mgton. A telegram ln m CoinmiMoner UcKe ' n „. fl |, uily likewiw escaped by jump- wStaS&SSL* «•* J—■ 1* Hugh,agedd, aid tL i T, ,,, M^mh. l ™r5.T n i2to~\ n h.«to i ^hatiesTtbeir* eldest "brother,", 'tod of’ S with Mr. Kimball jesterdaj before_tbetrain T . moI h t r. Mrs. McKenna, was sweeoinc baby, were thrown through a window by imieu : *>|, U -I AU Alsfatc* Kr.sihor a Iasi rtf 1.S * unable to get anything defl- | The mother. Mr». McKenna, was sweeping nite from him .boot hi. plaits. He w« . I," he ^hldlo ^“ul^bnt'S'A ° n,: S.I.P.I if a loWram hm*l been sent to him to . ! ° the Stairway put WtS asked if a telcgrsm had been sent lo him to , b a ^ sbeet of Realising tbe c.mecnw Wuhincton, and he admitted ^ o( h „ children , he ^u^lhem Be i danger yondlhU^ojhingaHild be foun^ ouL i knew^f theappi^ch of the deadly visitof, "Jump, Charles! throw them down!” the Judge William Wood-* left yesterday on tbe train on the Kenne*aw route lor Wash- ton with Mr. Kimball Mr. (Tpaon, of Texas, introduced a bill author izing the president Ordon *•* * ’ ferred. agonized mother cried, and stretched ont her bands to receive them, as the three lit tle heads looked over the window-sill be side their brother. The lad measured tbe distance with his eyes. It was more than twenty feet, and he shrank from tbe venture with the dread of instant death, bat the smoke was already filling the room, and pouring through the window. Oxvoan, Q,n tonimber 30-MitonCon- ; T h "childrvnnow tried and stretched their I bsnd. toward.tbrfr mother. The baby' you the presenn.ote inst to ny'h.tm, maml „ waa heard above accredited thermometer at 5K oclock this he o{ , b lire and c i an>or i„ the morning reproledadegtoe ot cold which! t,^ molh „ crid . "CBbrlie, tor have never wttneMed in middle Ororg'a (; ,. d . a mke j un , p ” and tbe boy flur-g the Tsmthm Scnr 1 ^- — at” r”ro On ****** in, ° her * r ' M - The °^* r children .Undingvery nearly at- atovei ro On fol , owed hiinfe |, leaping last All reach- luesdayn'ght and ywierday morning »c ed the ground in safeiy On the fourth floor hadafal of scow here srx rochM d«^a[ on j tived ,f e 0 sssi Jay f .mily and the Eagans, s general level, without dnft, whichits sttll ; , Dolher |» m ily but of the same name as lying unmelted when 1 wnte. vU; at fMO , lb(Moolh e hrst flmr id in the fifth and J deck » “• topmost story Mrs E len Sheridan was at furnish m hne prospect of disintegrsttng the hriakfastwith her to-r children the soil for the next year a crop. I hope lo /. see in your columns how ycur thermome ter stood in Atlanta this morning. A. Means. “THE COLD 8ATUEDAT.” Atlanta, January 3 —Editors Constitn The met as in all the other families bad gone to their work. At the first alarm Mrs. Sheridan ran to the door and seeing the hallway effectually blocked turned to the window; the flames there met her also and in despair she rushed for tbe Beattie on tion: In your paper of the 1st instant you I ti, eroo f, it was firmly hooked and her gave some recollections of the noted cold I strength, desperate as she was. did not day in 1835, which has always been spoken ; suffice to open it. Returning to her rooms of as "the coldest weather ever known m j she closed the tbe door on the advancing Georgia,” in which the persons interviewed | tUnic* but too late. The rooms were filled poke of that day as occurring on Friday, ; w j t h smoke, growing more dense every md called it ”tbe cold Friday. This is a moment, in which the woman and Uer bated slavery, and held . the habits and customs connected with that in- But it waa really a slow process to get northern soldiery imbued with tbe de termined figbti- g spint upon which victory de- Spedal dispatch lo Cincinnati Enquirer. Lexisgtox, Ky., December 20.—Senator Beck having returned from Washington to attend to some business appertaining to the private affairs of Major John R. Viley, lately deceased, an Enquirer representative sought the honorable gentleman at the Pccenix hotel for the purpose of ascertain ing his views upon some questions that are engaging public attention. Mr. Beck expressed great fears that there would be an extra session of congress called in March, when, of course, the republicans would have it all their own way. They will not only have a quorum, but by the death of a democratic member will have a work ing majority of m*. Any one can see how r «hey caii and win t&a'their power. Mainly all the seats of southern congressmen are coo tested. A republican congress can or ganize the house, appoint committees and adjourn. These committees can spend tbe summer roaming over the south, and by the aid of pimps, spies and negroes raise a great hue and cry about the shot-gun, bulldozing disfranchisement of negroes, and. with the aid of the public press of the north, prepare the minds of the northern people for the unseating of as many democratic members as they may find necessary to give them a safe work ing majority upon all questions. The bloody shirt will he again the issue in order to hide out of sight the great issue of tbe tariff, and the democrats will be powerless to defeat the scheme. -This,” said Mr. Beck, “is largely the fault of the democrats themselves, by the police court and remanded for three ’ I? 4 XTH J 1 4 QIT 4 T W days on application of R. J. Bradley, advo- OlUlUfij AlN i) U AoU AL1 1 cate representing Mr. Kenny, of Pensacola, the owner of the stolen securities. It ap pears that $6,000 worth of these bonds were REPORTED FROM VARIOUS PARTS. stolen in New York from Mr. Kenny’s room at the United States hotel. Mr. Ken ny is expected to arrive here to-night. j A Bogus Life Ioannae* 0*s» Brongkt Oat and New Haven, Conn., January 4.—The res-; Expoied-Hoam Burn*d Dows, P*opl* idence of Eiihu Sperry was robbed on Sun-’ Frot?n to Diitb, Murders Ram- day night of_ about $45,000 in bonds ] pant, and General Lawlassauf. bjr some one who must have been familiar \ with the house, for the securities were all \ a cabinet safe. Bungling attempts were { Poetlahd, Oregon, January 3,—A singu lar case of fraud on a life insurance corn- made to deceive the police, but they have arrested one Harland, a nephew of Sperry, and held him in 20,000. THE LOW FAKES VqaeaUag” or a»klng odd*. If tbe south can tuaining away from their posts at the present session. At no time, said he, dur ing this session has there been a quorum of democrats. The republicans have been able to beat us at everything. We passed a few appropriation bills because they let us, but we had to abandon tbe electoral count bill because we were afraid lo come to a vo»e. The republicans would have out voted us. Democratic absenteeism is tne bane of t ie party at this time, and to this most be attributed an extra session if one should be called. They managed things a littla Hi(T.ranf in PrMiJ.nt. T#pVann's Garfield’* Policy Out lined. New York Tribune. Ibe time seems lit for at least one statement about the approacilug admiuUtratit betber in New York or el-ewbere. We are fully authorized to say this, and tbe w rd* are entitled to their fall significance. It is proper to say further that the incoming admtnmration will see to it that the men from New York and other states who had the courngc at Chicago to obey wishes of their districts in balloting for preside.. . and who 'has finally voted f >r Garfield, *h*U not suffer lor it nor lo»e by 1l They will not fail of honorable recogoiU--u for their independence. •aid to have been threatened with a different coarsest Washington, may reassure themselves. The administration of President Gai field is to be an admi tatratlou for the whole republican part It will foment no quarrels It will moat earnestly not permit its frieuds to be twreeeuted tor »*eii friend-hip. Whoever has been persuaded tt doubt this may as well make henceforth a declar ation of Independence from tbe di tauou of any IRC Georgia Vote fto Good Providence Journal. It would seem thst the construction of the stitution in relaiieu to the enacting of theclectorsl a little different in President Jackson time. Mr. Biair told me,” said Mr. Beck, “that when be was editor of the Congres sional Globa, in a time when it was impor tant for every member to be at his post, be published the names of the absentees, and demanded that their constituents require them fo explain their inattention to da- And How They Affect the Railroads- Oa the first of February the recent circu lar of the railroad commission which re duces railroad fare from four to three cents per mile will go into effect. There has been no action of the commission which has caused auch a sensation, and it has pressed the opponents of that authority to a point where they will fully test its power 1 he interviews recently published with ex Governor Smith and Majrr Campbell Wallace, gave a good showing for the action of the commission, while the views of lead ing railroad men have presented the other aide of the case. Yesterday a reporter of The Constitution met Major Wallace, and drawing him gently aside, a-id: “I would like to talk a while with you.” “What about?” “Well, regarding the railroads and the three cent fare for passeugers. How ia the circular accepted by the officials?” “By some very well, others quietly, and a few growling. The greatest complaint comes from the omission on the part ot tbe commission to fix a rate for fares to be col lected by conductors higher than the rate for tickets.” “Why do the railroad officials complain of this?' Major Wallace—“They say they have no check on conductors. Too much money goes into their hands, and soon.” “Do you propose to make any change to remedy that matter?” Major Wallace—“I can not say what the commission may do. For myself and with my views of the real and great evils grow ing out of passengers bosrding trains with out tickets, I am qpposed to the commission vote of Oe^rgiSk. which tbe Jonro*l insisted upon from tbe first, is likely to prevail. Senator Ed munds has taken tbe position that these votes, cast upon a day not provided lor in the funda- iuse on this account, but be persevered, nevertheless. President Jackson, hearing of what was going on. weut to the Globe office with a letter, which he published, in which he declared that be had dictated Mr Blair's course and tha he indorsed him in every step he had taken. If the same system were adopted now, it might do no harm. I do not want to abuse or scold the house,” continued the senator, “but it dors seem to me that the absence of tbe democratic nta jority in that branch is a serious hinder- ance to public business and an unmistaka ble drawback to the democratic party. "There are several very important measures that should be passed by this ses sion of congress, and we can pass them if the republicans allow us; but if they should object, and the democratic members show no more interest in them after the holidays than they have shown yet. nothing, of course, can be done. It is of great impor tance that a democratic congress should deal with the qn^stion of apportionment of representation under the last census The report of tbe census is ready, and mem bers will find it on their desks when they return If democratic congressmen go to Washington and attend to their business a bill can be pass> d which will deal fairly with every section of the country. If it is left ton republican congress the south may expect that she will be deprived of her just proportion of representation. “in addition to that, the improvement of the Mississippi river should by all means making any rule ou the subject. When we reduced fare to four cents per mile we al lowed one half cent per mile more to be collected by conductors from passengers getting on without tickets. The experi ment must be considered a failure, as the result has been abuse from both officials and passengers. The present rate fixed by circular No 11 is maximum for tickets to be purchased from agents. The penaltv for getting on trains whether in extra tare, or some other way I consider a police regulation, and I presume will be left to be regulated by the railroad officials, without interference on the part of the corn mis pany, which ended after seven years in the discomfiture of the swindlers, has just been decided in the courts. In 1S73 Jeremiah Elliott, of this state, arranged a plan for beating the Northwestern life insurance company. He took his boy, Moses Elliott, 18 years of age, to the company’s agency in Portland and got his life insured for $8,000 Then with the boy’s uncle he manufactured a case of drowning. A few months after taking out the policy Moses suddenly disappeared and was re ported drowned in the Columbia river. The father made a claim on the insurance company, but the only evi dence of'the boy’s death was the testimony of the uncle, who said Moses was on a raft with him when the boy fell overboard and sunk before he could be saved. The com panv hesitated about payment, as the case was suspicious, but Elliott threatened to bring suit and they paid the policy. The two conspirators then went to Jackson county, this state, and invested money in a sheep ranch. A few months ago a letter came to the main office of the insurance company in Milwaukee, Wis consin, asking if they would like to have Moses Elliott, on whom they had paid $3,000, produced alive. The matter was at once worked up by Portland agents, and after a long investigation and tedious trial the court gave the company the policy, with interest, amounting in all, to $13,676. The farm had been attached by the com pany and was sold to satisfy the judgment. The two Elliotts swure the young man al ieged to be Moses Elliott was another per son, and that the ranch was not bought with insurance money. mental law. are null and void. Prominent dem- oentt in Washington hold the stme v ear, and they \ery properly make a distinction between the esse of ihe snow-bound electors of Wisconsin years ago. who were acting upon the intent '•Why do you say it is a police regula tion?” Major Wallace—Because I consider the habit of our people in getting on trains without tickets is fraught with various evils and danger to life aud property.” “ ”” - —• • • idea, is it not?” God, and that ol the Georgi* electors who delib erately, knowingly and freely acted under a *tatuie. and in negligence and violation oi the federal law. This seems to be nnan-werab e reasoning; and they aim tike the ground sug gested ia them commas, that no better time could be found to insist upon and obey ih* 1 w than when such obedience aff.-cted neither tbe legal uor equitable rights of a particular state. Ins e of great hardship, therj mi*bt be some excuse for sir*iuiug the law, but the vote of Geor gia iu the present instance i* of no practical value To Kiy that because it has, or would have, no influence, it snould be illegally count ed, is to opeu a gate it migat prove difficult I Zero In Georgia. From Captain Redding, of the agricul tural department, we get the following record of thermometer for the 30th of De cember, the coldest day during the recent hard winter: Gainesville—4 degrees below zero; depth of Tbomaston—4 degrees above zero; depth of snow 2 inches. Mount Airy—1 degree below zero; depth of scow 4 inches Oxford—5 degrees below zero; depth of snow 6 Augusta—6 degrees shore z mistake, as that day was Saturday, and it 1 cuildren groped about vainly seek- is well remembered as "the cold Saturday. ’ i i n g the windows. They were My father then residea in Haoereham found dead, evidently choked county Georgia. I was quite youne, but I well remember the day and some of its fea tures. We had no thermometers in that section, that I am aware of, or if any per son in that county had one, I never heard before the flames reached them. Tbe Casui- day family bad attempted to escape by the roof, also failing hsd reached the windows and Hang themselves oat. Only two of them, Charles and Thomas, boys of six and of any record that was made of the tem , *i< ht years,were left. They were suffocated, perature. I suppose it was at that time am j when found their clothes were burned, colder there than at any timesmce—colder f of theEsgan|family all were saved. A little ven than the winter of when it was i girl of two years escaped by throwing herself tsn degrees below zero in Habersham. On ! j n t 0 the yard, but Mary Eagan was badly onesided my fathers house there were j injured in the fall and was taken to the plenty of large forest trees, many of hospital. The whole was over in less time which were frozen entirely through , by far than it has taken to tell it. The yard and bursted from the expansion of j was tilled with writhing bodies of scorched their freezing sap. I heard the sharp re- and injured women and children. The port of several trees whose trunks were thus j police and firemen quickly removed these, . **• “ I poucc auu uiciucii quicaiy reinoveu luese, cracked from tbe root to a considerable j and made heroic efforts to gain tbe upper bight—uparaongthe branches;and io after j floors, where issued the cries of those ye* years, when felling trees, 1 occasionally | impru - — ... 2% iuches. Brunswick—17 degrees above Orange and banana trees injured. depth of i •13 degrees above ; depth of snow Atlanta—2 degrees below zero; depth ol below on 31st;depth of snow 414 inches. receive attention. The Eads jetties, at New Orlta's, have added very much to the commercial prosperity of that section. What we want now is to improve tbe great water courses that barges laden with grain may go from tit Louis, Cairo and other points direct to the seaboard. This is tbe only way by which the great rail road combination can be effectually attack ed, and, by establishing competition, com pel t ie railroad companies to deal fairly with the (ooimtrce of tne country. Just think of it. Five men, Scott of the Penn sylvania Cen'ral, Garrett, of the Bzltioiore and Ohio, Huntington, of tbe Union Pa cific. Jay Gould and Vanderbilt^ ’Whyao? This is a new Major Wallace—"No, sir. A conductor „ not an agent of the road for the sale of tickets or for collecting fa-e. His business is of much graver importance and of tLe highest responsibility, and if he doe* not feel and appreciate this he is not fit to have charge of the lives of passengers and the property of the company. He must look after the comfort and safety of hia passen gers. How ia it possible fora conductor to be vigilant and watchful in the discharge of the real and important duties devolved upon him, if he is converted into a ticket agent and his time occupied from station io station in collectingfare? Knowing how closely his money returns are soutinized by his superiors, it becomes, and has be come, the absorbing care of conductors, and his real and true and important trust is virtually lost sight of from one end of his run to the other. The engineer may blow his whistle and ring his bell, but he hears neither. A high and dangerous speed, hot journals, signals on passiug trains are un noticed and unheeded; the terrible crash, condition that he tell Johnson Norris. Hardy gave tho desired pledge living beinf except r© tho desired pledge after which the spectre b — next day he Imparted the Norris, and what it is will mystery forever. This strange and mysterious case has wrought the excitement up to fever heat among the residents of Baksrsville. and it is the topic of convertaKon in every household. Tho jority U that when Mr. Norris died be had some very important advice or information to give his son, and has since c. me bsck from the spirit world to give the much needed messt&e. Great since c. w .._the mm efforts are beidg made to induce Johnson Norris to uubnrden hls mind of the greatsecret, * *^ “ f *r all attempts have proved unavailing. A wealthy German family. James Augustine and _ produced a b -ttle of whiskey which w*s drank. The whi*ky had a noticeablv bitter taste. *s had also some candy which he offered to tne children, but which they rejected. After a while they all retired When the other* we*-* Henry arose, dressed himself ewepitq h .-boo 4 and passed down stair* to hia uucie’s «»-om As he opened the door the old mau raised hlmtelf up ‘ * * seeing a revolver pointed at him l his body to avoid the si gan swaying his body to avoid the shot. Henry tired, sending the ball through tbe old man'* left lung, cansing instant dvuUu The two sons, James and Christian, aroused by the shots and cries, rushed d-iwa stairs to their parents’ Assistance, and were met by the murderer, who fired at Christian, the shot passing through hi* neck and kitling him instantly. The second son, James, was shot through the shoul der. The assassin then ran away, but in few moments returned and begged for admittance, saying he was crazy. The wounded son demand ed his pistol, and. receiving lit, crew Henry into the house and searched him. Ho then shaped out of the room to get a rope The murderer took advantage of hls absence and ran Iro n the house, closely pursued by James, who gave an alarm, and the neighbors and some officers oined tn the chsse Mr. Augustine will probst -He. Henry’s motive is supposed to have bet' jveege on account of an old family feud, aud l v. .cV hery, as his uncle had S’.OJfi in money in the bouse, which, however, he did not get. Nxw York, January 5.—Iu Brooklyn, to-night, James Walsh, agid nineteen, killed Barbara Groenthal, aged seventeen, because she ret used to marry him. He procured a dirk and went house of J«mes Carlisle, No. 502 Willoughby avenue, where the girl was living, called her to drowning, but was fished out and taken to the Long Islaud college hospital. It was not kuowi Galveston, January 4.—A dispatch to the News from .Hockley, dated Saturday, says: David Ray had a difficulty with Alfred Lawreuce, aud Thomas Kay, David’s father, attempted to separate them. George Lawrence, brother of Alfred, stepped up behind Thomas Ray and shot him through the head. McKinney, Texas, January 4.—It has been sleetiug, snowing and freezing here to day. This is the severest winter ever known here. Denison, Texas, January 4.—Snow fell here early this morniug, continuing at intervals throughout the day. The resi dence of Governor Burney, in the Indian territory was burned on the night of De cember 31. Loss, $9,000. Lockhart, Texas, January 4.—A fire on Snnday morning consumed nearly all of the south side of the square. Loss, $5,000; no insurance. Cincinnati, January 4—A special from Memphis to the Times-Star says this morn ing Henry Burton foui.d Mr. Tate, a bar ber, in nis room with his wife. He shot Tate twice and Mrs. Burton once. Tate re turned the fire, mortally wounding Bur ton. Mrs. Burton's wound is trifling. Tbe character of Tate’s wound is not stated. Galveston, January 4 — Aspecial dispatch to the News from tian Antonia says that ou Saturday night the San Antonia and Laredo stage was stopped three miles south of Medina by two marked men who, after pil laging the mail bags, proceeded to relieve the passengers ot all their valuables. It is supposed mat these men were covered by Richmond, January 3—The Jail at Loui> court-house was deNiroyed by tire yesterday. The only prisoner confined therein was a negro named James HUer, aged about 14. He set fire to tne Jill and escaped. The building was com paratively new and cost Insured iu Rich mond for 12,300. “I am preparing no speech on the tariff. I have said nothing on that suoject. This and several other statements going the rounds of the press are entirely without foundation. But this much I will say and I do not care how public yoa make the democratic defeats in 1850 were the re*ulta democratic follies snd not of republican strength. These follies muit be absndoned. the south we have local irritations hich must be healed. All forms of personalism must be repudiated. We have losi everything but the senate, by nothing but our own follies; and now we are threatened with the lore of tho ^senateby inconceivablefollita If ©republican Vnator is chosen in democratic Teuncsesee, and Kellogg is retained by a democratic senate, in a seat to which he was never elected, the senate will be republican. Why should not the democrats of the Tennes see legislature, jorget their local differences irritations. and re-elect Senator Bailey? He ia one of the very best men in the senate. Be is a clear-headed statesman and a pure hearted patriot. If such men as Bsiley can not be retained ia the public councils I can see hope for honest administration. I should re gard his defeat as a public calamity at any time, and his defeat now would be a suicidal calamity to the democratic party. The idea that such a calamity should be the result of local question and irritations is sickening to contemplate. But I shall.regard the retention of Keliogg by democratic votes, in a seat to which he was elected by a bribed mob which disbanded after going through that farce—doing nothing else— and which nobody in Louisiana, not even tho numbers of the mob, now pretend was a legis lature, as the most disgraceful of all follies ever commuted by any party. His admission without Investigation was bad enough, but hls retention after investigation will beiufinitely worse. He is moay of his own associates, snd, strange to say, there are democrats who say he must be retained because he ought not to be judged on the evidence his own associates! This is a new rale o! evi dence invented by democrats to protect this chief * republican carpet bag lepers in his seat, to give the republican party control of the senate! ‘AU the people of Louisiana, aU the courts, state aud national, and all the departments of government, from the president down, recog nize the Nicholls legislature as the only legislature of the state. But a republican senate Cor a partisan emergency admitted KeUogg, pre tending that the Packard legislature was the true To make this pretense respectable they ro sed to investigate the facts. But it is due even to the republicans tossy that even they chuckle their sleeves at those few democrat* who admit that Kellogg was not elected bj a legislature, and yet vote to retaiu him in his scat! It is astonishing how small some men are who have managed to have great name*. But just such men have brought aU our recent defeats upon the democratic party, and just such men now purpose te turn the senate over to the repub licans! “The only evidence they exhibit ism finding jw rules of evidence unknown to the law and uew powers in the senate unknown to the consti tution to cover their unqualified folly.” The following comptrative statement of re ceipts from customs, internal revenue and mis cellaneous sources during the years 1879 and 1880 has been prepared at the treasury depart- burned to day with 7 • shot p, 50 hogs and farm THE LEGISLATURES* What They are Engaged In Doing. TENNESSEE. Nashville, January 4.—The legislature met yesterday, and proceeded to ballot for speaker, the demccratic nominee beingMi Manson. who received on each ballot 35 votes; and the republican nominee being Mr. K. R Butler, who received 36 votes 37 beiug necessary to a choice. This was occasioned by the action of Mr. War ren, green backer, who voted on each ballot for Mr. Ramsey, a greenback republican. Finally, io order to prevent the election of 655; miscellaneous, 310,588,511. Total, 3i50.i85,- down, and in five minutes’ chat impose a tax of $200 000,000 upon the commeice of this country by raising the freights two cents a bu-hel, and do it according to law. The question of railroads, with which tbe government will sooner or later be called upon to deal, is surroundtd with difficul ties. The monopolies can do anything. Tney own this country. If you fight them in congress, they go to work and elect their own congressmen to do their bidding, and wake him up demolished property r You see I have decided notions about this matter and deprecate anything calculated in the least to call ofl’ the watchfulness of the conductor, in the charge of the safety of human lives, from his sacred duties The passengers themselves have responsibilities that conscientious men cannot ignore. A Jersey City, January 3 —The remains of a young woman found waudering on the meadows near Wechauken Christmas night, and who subsequently died in the couuty jail to which she had been commit ted for protection were to-day identified as those of Miss Eva Clifton, daughter of a New Orleans clergyman. Petersburg, January 3—This city was visited last uight by another heavy snow storm, which lasted until this morning, when it cleared off cold. The river is frozen for a distance of* several miles and naviga tion is completely broken up. The river he democratic nominee, the republicans were compelled to drop their nominee, and vote for Mr. Ramsey, thus giving him ibe necessary 37 voles. The state credit and low-tax democrats acted in the interest of harmony. The democratic senators of both wings had a caucus last night and r* solved to vote for a democrat for speaker of the senate. CALIFORNIA. 8an Francisco, January 5.—The republican members of the senate aud assembly in joint caucus last evening nominated oa the first ballot General John F. Miller for Uuitod States senator, the vote standii.^: Miller. t>3; Booth, 5. Tbe democratic caucu* on the fourth ballot norai uated ex Chief-Justice Wallace. NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh, January 5 —The legislature of North Carolina met to-day aud organized with Hon. W L. Dortch president of the *euate, and Charlei M. Cook speaker of the house. Both branches are largely democratic. Tne will be delivered to morrow. “Wbaip pet* are you most struck with from lb* other axle?" "Well, especially. I should say that from Me- aernand * report of dhiloE, tsCtae best Magi* of- (trial repwv perhaps read*red of a battle during the war. But the papers that fill me with amaze meat and admlrattoa. are President Lincoln's Ah. there was one of the greatest of men. Be. pcrWyv trusted lex* of hi* work to aa smanuen- ■d* thau any other leading man. Nearly aU hls older* were wr.tteu by his own hand. sad the original* were forwarded, the copies of thesa being kept. His letter to Booker removing bias from command is a . „ . . imprisoned. They were beaten back would find one with the long scar from the ' ©ach time. Officer Thomas Barrett -plit caused by the intense cold of "the cold j reached the second floor on the fire escape Saturday." j and assisted in tbe rescue of two children I do not know the degree of cold during i before he himself was compelled to jump tbe late severe snap in any part of the ' for bis life. In half an hour all was over, mountain region of Georgia. 1 notice that ' The house stood tcorchec. blackened and vou quoted it from the records of Captain i dripping from roof to cellar with the tor- Redding, of the agricultural department, as | rents of water that had flooded it. The one decree below zero. At my hou-e in damage to the house was estimated at West End it registered two degrees b*low ;$3 000 The building is the propertv of I have a thermometer that is considered Mrs. Eagan, a wealthy resident of an up- good. It cost more than those used by tbe | town street, ard was a'fair type of the hun- departmentof agriculture, and ought to be j dreds of structure- in which tbe poor are reliable. J. Henlt Smith j huddled witboi ~ ' DBATH OF A NOTED COMMUNIST* Another victim of the fire was found this A Scrap or Georgia History. Gay’s Store, Montgomery county, Ga., January 3—Editors Constitution: In your is*ue January 1st we notice in the Hon W. H. Spark’* letter that be states no monu ment marks the spot where Gov. George M. Troup is buried. He is mistaken. The son- in-law of Gov. Troup. Col. Thos. M. For man. erected a very handsome monument to his memory, likewise to the governor’s brother, Robert Lachlan Troup. It is sit uated in the upper part of our county, at a place called Rose Mount. Col. John Screven of Savannah bad a bill passed exempting from taxation forever an acre of land in each direction from the grave. The monu ment is over twenty years old. Doctor Brailsford Troup, the governor’s phew, left a son who. we believe. living. Capt. Robert Troup married Mir* Mary Nightingale and left a son who is now living. Col Sparks was mistaken in the statement that the name was extinct. H. C. Ryals. F McRae. Eating; Crew. New York, January 4.—The Truth to day publishes an open letter to General Garfield acknowledging the Morey Chinese huddled wribout sufficient means of escape | letter to|bea forgery saying: ‘Tnis acknowl edgement is due you from the journal — .in which the letter first appeared. It is i evening in the person of a babe of Mrs. Cas- 1 made voluntarily, and as an act of simple si day. Tbe little one was clasped to its ! justice, for while we believed as we aid. 1 mother's breast wrapped in a blanket. The ' thus maintain their hold upon our Indus tries. What can you do then? The only thing with which they can be success fully attacked is competition, by making i he great rivers navigable at all seasons of the 'ear, by improvirg levees, narrowing tbe channel or any other way that seems be?t.” Tbe improvement of tbe Mississip pi, Mr Beck thought, would not cost more than five or six millions. He did not want any job about it. The work should be done under the supervision of a government eb- gitieer. He may be extravagant, but the army engineer is honest. In tbe course of one hundred years’ trial of the system no ainiy engineer hss ever defaulted one d* 1 ar. In answer to a question as to what meas ures were likely to engage most of the attention of the next congress, Mr. Beck said he did not know, but he knew whet were the moat important. They were the tariff and the shipping interest. “Iu six years,”8aid he, "at.d it is a little singular, nut one bill on the question of tariff has ever come to our house from the lower house, such has been tbe constitution of Mr. Randall’s committees, Even when we bad a democratic majority of seventy in the house and could almost pass anything, not a bill on the tariff ever came up to the senate It must come however. I intend shortly,” said tbe senatoi. “to make a speech on the shipping question and ex pose what protection has done for our ship ping interests. Why, we have not ball as many ships now as we bad fif teen years ago. Our merchants who own ships are compelled to sail them under tbe E >glish ti;«g bt cause they are not al lowed to buy a ship abroad. England has i 57,000 sailors in her merchant marine; we have not one. Task of “in time of peace 1 prepa>e for war.” this is a preparation* with a vengeance In wba ever war we are here after engaged. ihe fightirg will have to be I. Hlanqnl. tbe Socialist Agitato _ Expire* at tb* Age ef 73. | mother s breast wrapped in a blanket. The j until within a few weeks past that you were carry it for $1, tbe law forbids her to c Paris, January 4.—Louis Auguste Blan* | - n ®?® n * J the author of the let e-, no bribe could j it Under tbe law no foreign vessel done at se«. Nobody is going to invade shores, and you can’t make a sailor in a day. Then there is another thing: No foreign vessels do any of our coast trade. If an American vessel charges $5 a bale to bring cotton from New Orleans to New York, aod an English vessel offers to carry ih. not»J communist *nd «oci»list >2 i m0 " d , ™ ta r V*' ion hoa! * | t?mpt nor threat intiiuia»le ns into tusk- j lost) «nd unload in America Thtaisarelic d ui, me notea comtnunm nna wci»iist»g morpBt Timothy Herrington, one of the j ngl contrary etetement. Having escer- ] of the blue lews that prevailed nere when itator, died last night at the age of «5. He p'umbers in whose carelessness it i*charged tamed however, our error it is a gratifies • America was an E iglish colony, and hss was born in Ntot tn low. Ja 1830 be took i the fire had its origin, when 1 tion to give some prominence to this sc- • never been repealed Tbe English have up arms against i oarles A , ana received questioned by Coroner Herrman, knowledgement that we gave to tbe forged , repealed it lor.g ago Amer can vessels may the decoration of July. I nder the govern- . explained that he was using 1 letter itself, and thereby make all amend? ! load in London and unload at Liverpool, ment of Louis Phillippe he kept epafu gasoline lamps to thaw out the pipes. : j n our power for a wrong of which the ! Newcastle or anywhere else. An American, silade through the press against the g>>v With h;m was a boy named McGloaa, a i Truth was an unconscious instrument.” who can do »o. may even establish a ferry eminent, and was one of the most acrive green hand, who bad worked for him only — * between Dover and "alais. In fact, the tors of the doctrines which led u. 1 since the previous day. He held a lamp, | Maralb T Jssis piti Me*wm. | freedom ol ships is acknowled by all the ” ~ *“ "* “I want,” said the shfell be fr e to buy Death or Judge Pm Brown. the revolution of 1848. H* was imprisoned * the contents of which were exceedingly in- j GaiFrix. January 3.—Judge Pitt M. | European* nrrons for a year, in 1835, and being suspected of ! flammable. He had been warned several ; Brown died here this morning at 9 o’clock, i .<. n ator, "that a mt„ complicity wrihFrescbi.be wassubwquent i times, but heedlessly tipped the lamp, and Tbe cause was Bright’s disease of tbe kid- j his ships as he does his wagons, wherever under as much obligation to duct himself on a train as not to endanger by auything he does the safety of himself and others as he is to warn an uncoti- fciitis man of aa approaching train or to get off the track himself A man that has the opportunity to buy a ticket and gels aboard of a train wilhou doing so, contributes his mite to all the other dangers consequent on railroad trav eling. and in case ol injury to himself, is entitled to neither damages nor sympathy Perhaps you understand now why 1 use tbe words “police regulation,” and why, as a commissioner, I will never interfere with a railroad company for any rule they may make to induce or compel people to buy tickets before getting on a train. The law- should protect a com pan y in the most strii - gent regulations to enforce the purchase of tickets. The idea of having no check on a conductor as to the amount of fare he col iects during each trip is a very low onsid eration compared with the safety life. Why I never had but one conductor in my railroad life that I even suspected of stealing fare money. I was not sure enough of bis thieving to dis charge, but quietly gave him another place. I’ve discharged men for excessive novel and newspaper reading while in charge of trains. I have discharged men for undue excitabil ity in an emergency. I have always sent them off when 1 suspected ihe use of whisky, whether drunk or not, I have discharged drowsy fellows, that the rocking of the train invariably puts to sleep, but never one for improper use of passenger fare.” “Well, major, I understand you fully, but don't comprehend how you would manage passengers who would buy ticket* if they .bad a chance. Some stations have no agents, and then offices are frequently not open at night.” Major Wallace—“There is no trouble about that No great number get on in the night or at flag stations. K >ads can rule their agents to be in place from 6 a. m. until 6 p. m , or any other hours they may think best, and all persons getting on before or after such .hours as may be fixed as office hours must be treated as passengers with tickets and so at flag stations, and let me say here that of all the work done by rail roads that done from or to fisg stations is tbe most annoying and unprofitable. I have no idea any flag station ever paid for the extra expense incurred in doing the work, and yet no people grumble so much as fl jg station customers.” "How about preachers and other halt fare \ a s-ngers.” “Rumor says no more half fare for them.” Major Wallace—“I have no information on the subject. Tne commiseion has noth ing to do with that matter. It is another care for “police regulation,” The chuic tea and the railroads have that in charge.” “Then major, what is to become of the free ticket men? Tbe same madam gives it out that there are to be no more such privileges. M*jor Wallace—“ I am again in the dark on that point also. It is another esse for the “ police.” “ l will give you my opin ion on that matter, and have no hesitation in saying it would be wisdom worthy of a Solomon to step ‘ dead-beads ’ ” “Once more, major, are you still confi ded circular No 11 will prove great good for the people and the roads?” Major Wull.ee—”1 do not have a doubt of that” and ponds ad jaceut to the city were crowded to-day with skaters. The trains from the north and south are several hours late. 1’omona, N. J , January 3 —Mrs. Michael Twetd aud her children,* living in a hut near Red valley, were found by neighbors Thursday night suffering from intense cold. Tuey had been without food forsev eral days. The assistance came too late to tave tbe woman’s life, and the died on Fri day night. The children were in a pitiable CONNECTICUT. Hartford, January 5—The legislature met id was organized by the republican* li ' Governor Bigelow was sworn iu. MAINE. Augusta, January 5.—-The legislature met and condition but will probably recover. Chicago, January 3—On last Friday night near Otis, Indiana, Henry Augustine, of Chicago, who was visiting his uncle, James Augustine and family, vainly tried to get them to drink from a bottle contain ing what proved to be poisoned whisky. In the night he went to Janie*’ bedroom and fired several shots, killing Mrs. Augus tine and probably wounding James. Two sons of James were aroused by the firing and name down stairs, when one was killed and the other slightly wounded by Henry, who then escaped. He will probably be lynched if captured. Considerable money was usually kept in the house, and it is sup posed that was the motive for the crime. Cincinnati, January 3—The Gazette’* New Albany. Ind., special says: Twin chil dren, three months old, of'William and Fannie Johnson, froze to death to day. The parents are very poor. Mr. Johnson left home yesterday to hunt for work, leaving his wife at home with no fuel; it grew colder in the night, and, despite the efforts of tbe mother to keep them warm with scanty clothing, one perished at 3 o’clock tbe other at 6. The destitution of the fam ily was not known to the neighbors. New York January 3 —Captain Burke injured by the explosion of tbe boiler of the tug General McClellan, on New Year’s day, at South Brooklyn, died this afternoon. Eogalls and Brecker, arrested Friday for orger.es in Italy, will be taken before the United States authorities tomorrow. A dispatch was received to-day from the American consul at Florence stating that the Italian government had positive proof of tbe guilt of the prisoners and the extra dition papers would be sent at once. The dead body of a young Irish woman, named Mrs. Severy, nearly nude and rnnti lated by fire in a terrible manner, wav found in a room at 217 Elizabeth street, last night It was evident that tbe woman’s clothing had taken fire from the coa's of an over turned stove, and that she bad been com pletely enveloped by the flames. The fire was discovered by the other occupants of “■" ** time to save the building. s organized by the republicans to-day. DOWN IN DIXIE. Florida has no residence for ter governor. Helm a, Alabama, bad a six-inch snow Monday. Paris, Texas, is using gas made from enton seed. Th* Alabama river is In magnificent boating Selma, Ala. Tax price of ceal In Charlotte, North Carolina, in Si a ton. Janauichek is playing at Tremont opera-house uA—.Hlv*, xexu, p tire taxes of tbe state. A Denton county. Texas, c i raised 850 bu-h- els ol com on ten acres. Coal Is selling In Selma, Alabama, at from 48 from D<Ul«s, Texas. Peanuts are one grown In Arkansas. Jefferson Davis’s “Memoirs” will be given 9 of the profitable crops tbe puo ic in ApnL Nashville papers aay that immorality Is the lucrease in that city. Blacx leg Is killing the cattle in the counties around Winchester, Ky. Wood brings from U0 to S12 a card—coal, $9, from Alabama to Louisiana. The sixteen southern states contain population of 5.2H.D04. There was not a car load of coal to be found in Dadtas, Texas, last Monday. West Virginia famished 32,083 soldiers to the Union army daring the w»r. The property in Kentucky i during Its existence. Hemet otaston, of Tennessee, shipped eight huudred rabbits in two days. Colonel J. Bra Dr-rd. of Florida, gathered from o ne tree ini* year 5,724 orange*. A cocking main will come off In Greeny tile, the house i Newcomers town, O., December :o.—The little village of Bakenville, Ctshocton county, miles north of this place, Is 'now ablaze witi citemem over the recent appearance, at intervals. of a genuine ghost. The fol:6wlng are the par ticulars of this most remarkable case: Two yean ago Jacob Norris, ©wealthy farmer, living Bakersrilie. died rather suddenly afteravhort illness. Among the members o: the family 1s© youugman^ named Hardy,© son of the present Ltktf liAm.etto hi* motker, it is kind and ; ^ overthrow the French yet »ev«v—and matchless. I thin* posierUj will ^titatemt assembly, and was sentence if sent t • prison for two years, bat was -ome of the oil ran out. It flashed ar once. neys. though the immediate cause was can buy them cheapest, for, after all. a amnestied. In 1839 he, in company with , in his fi ght Harrington’s hands were bam- brought on by eating a frozen apple Satar ! 9 hip is only a large wa*.on, and its highway others, attempted an insurrection, and was ed. Tbe boy McGioan disappeared. The day afiernoor. producing congestion. Hisj t besea” ai rested and sentenced to death, but re- police are looking for him, and at the order sudden dsath is much regretted by the, Mr. Beck added that he had been the re ceived a commutation to imprisonment for ' or Coroner Herrman took Harrington to ! whole community here, who sympathize . cipient of a great many abusive letters life. Released by the revolution of 1848. he the house of detention, wnere he will be with the bereaved family. from the monopolist* and their friends, held as a witness. Pending the inquiry, „. - sentenced to 1 his emplover. Mr. Hatter, was taken to the adjudge Ltneela aud Lee to be the realty greet . tenyears’ imprisonment at Belle Is’a._ s’ation bouse by a po’. iceman at 2 o’clock and * * examined by tbe coroner. Died Mt site Arne ot iu Tears. accusing him of being a Scotchman, bought olUiefmoftteiu." | He was released in 185®. but in 1862 was •Has Mr. Davis availed hlaueU freely of the | again sent to prison for four years. Heafter record* in preparation of his fouhcoaJag hi*- 1 ward became a violent agitator in favor of TtieMew Departure* ol the Sowtlk. ; the Red republic, aud in 1871. during the . Special to the 1 adlanaoolis JouraaL He ha* had thousands of conies made, I i °* com mure, be once more ; Washington January 1-That th*re Is a b-tter _ ~ ZT. became a prisoner of state. Since bis re 1 feeling la the south.* • regard » the nation with ** r .J U ! .*•* ”■ »*** i lf» fa» the chamber's ! » «£,:*•” he will hwilr *“• “fh* <Jt nionj to t»tifj hia elesiion to the legiiU t *“ ad o “ <* the dec- -htch he -U not he nedr -Uh hi. « herltj. u „ herin* thrown him •om.wh.t i JS* . wioreO *.*m!£id?ed in ChelUntuua one ol the I America, and that he ought rottobein suburbs ot this city on New Year’s day. aged 115 ! oongiess, etc. But he intended, neve-the- yeara She w ighcdjOp pounds. Mr*. Coper was ‘ less, to prosecute the work he had under- A Chance for Gras Chicago Times, ind. The advocates of a public provision for General named Hardy, a — representative *n the Onto lewlsUture from Cn*h octou county, whom Mr. Norris had adopwl when he was quite a small boy. He now »l«eos In the room iu which Mr. Norri* died, aud be In the nut positive nuaaer that for the yem L or . 60 , * certain hour every ^ Tuesday ^ night ibe ghost of Jacob Norris walked into hla room and stared wildly around for awhile and then noiselessly disappeared For a long lime young Hardy thought it was simply his imagination which bad increase of 8.OJ0 tons over lsst year. A poor prospect for farming in the canebrake region of west Alabama next year. Fca the ntonth of December bullion the Coarloit© branch mint S6.228.71. AT a special term of the Butler (Ala.) chancery age tight murders a wees in Kentucky. The Louisiana sugar crop will reach 225,000 hogsheads, the largest for twenty years. One hundred new distilleries have been erected In Kentucky daring tbe last twelve months. A stock deal r at Carli-le, Ky., has sold 400 males, at S100 a head, to be delivered In lMs3. fcixTT -one failures In the district tributary to miscellaneous, tl2.S98.1M9. Total, $ 37,86s.;>2U. miscellaneous, *12,406,631. Total, *177,311,009 For six months ending December 31, 1879— Customs, *84,910,404: internal revenue. 860,693,- For six months ending December 31. 1880— Customs, *98,517.473; lot real revenue, *77.927.- 747; miscellaneous. *15,71u,5 9. lotal, *182,165,- of December amounted to *1,K>7 431 while lor the corresi * * ‘ tl.935.92L the corresponding month in 1879 it reached In connection with his remarks on the appor tionment bill, in the house to-day, Mr. Springer submitted various tables on the subject. Uuder the bill the number ot members apportioned to "ich state ia fixed as follows: Alabama, 7; Arkansas. 5; California, 5; Colora- . ^ . Florid^ i; . —; Iowa, 10; 'I Louisiana, 5 Maine, 4; . . husetta, 10; Michigan iu. Minnesota, 5; Mississippi, 7; Missouri, 13; Ne braska, 3; Nevada, l; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 7; New York, 30; North Carolina. 8; Ohio, 19; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania. 2> Rhode Island, 2; South Carolina, 6; Tennessee, 9; Texas, 9: Ver- mont.2; West Virglula, 4; Virginia, 9; Wisconsin, Total. 293. -The following stales would lose one member each: Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Louis iana, M.ine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont and lennessee. Penn- s» lv&ula would lo-« two aud New York three members. Arkansas. California. Iowa, Michigan. Mississippi, South Carotins and West Virginia would lose one member each; Minnesota and Nebraska two each; and Kansas aud Texas three each. The president to-day sent to the senate the follow ing nominations: Benjamin K. Flaunders to be Marks, Fla.; Jonathan ; Kdward J. Davis, Gal veston, Texas: Sherman C. blade. Pass Del Norte, Texas. Postmasters—John A. Whitemore, Sumter fJourthouse, 8 C.; John D. Gardner, Troy, Ala.; Judge William Woods, the newly appointed associate justice of the United States bupremo court appeared hcie last night, and today sub scribed to the usual oaths ol office and took bis «>lnoe on the supreme bence next to J us lice Brad ley. John W. Fallaushec and Henry Allen Rucker have been appointed internal revenue storekeep ers and gaugers (or the second di*«ricto( Georgia. * * “ sanitary conference The international . ict to-di Evarta, v siding officer, and Dr. Thomas J. Tumti. S r and secretary of the National board of th, was made secretary. Iu the absenae ol certain specialifcta experts© and the lack of specific instructions from the government oi several delegates present, an ad journment was had to Wednesday next. The census effioer gives the population of Ken tucky at 1,644.699. of whom *12.616 are males, 815,963 females, 1,589,131 natives, 59,464 foreign bom, I,3<7,v77 white, and 271,522 coio.ed. Mew York Failures for 1880. riug the year 1840. in which tne aggregate liabili ties were 119,291,852, and the assets were valued at *8.146,791 Whi.e theg oss liabilities are in rouud numbers *2,900 000 greater than iu the pre- edlug year, the number of fihurcs lr-BB, and 1870, is tho large lia bilities of several firms in the coffee, cigar, gro cery. and Lon trades, eight failures In those tines having liabilities to tbe amount of *10.9 -1,751, or r-half of the total liabilities of There were four failures Iu liabilities were over *1.000.0(0 1th liabllit'e* between .... and S1.003.0jO. five with liabilities between S200.00J and * A.,000, nine with liabilities be- e lc-s than * <0,090 1 he cr.ffoc trade *5,297,219, and tho Progress In South Carolina. Augusta Evening News. South Carolina la forging ahead in the line of northern precedents. The auti-whisky bill i centiy referred to in these columns hss passed both houses of tbe legislature, and is probably now a law bv the ratification of tbe governor. The sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquors. In cluding malt iiquors and wince, ia absolutely pro hibited outside of the incorporated cities, towns and villages. When it is considered that the points thus excepted are exceedingly few in enm- paxison wi h similar municipalities at tbe n'.rth. the widespread extent and conn, quent hamhn ss II operate as a very statute is rigidly enforced I effectual blockade upon tbe rural dram drinkers' The legislature of the same suae has also passed an act to punish the carrying about the pet son of ► hots, metal knuckles and r-z^rt. The razor, as _ J1 know.], is the favorite weapon of tbe t. groes, and the News and Courier, which ought to snow, remarks that it is a more unpleasant la the Mobile agency ot Dan, for the year 1880. Governor Waeroth. of Louisiana, will pro- Grant claim that he cannot, consistently with self respect, engage in any mercantile or indus trial pursuit. If this ridiculous claim were true. it would cot h Ad as to farming. Any man. the of whom is 62 y^ars old. Her husband is 10: $j Mr. Davis cun only keep his personal anugo- I lo ^ ity fivw children, the youngest j taken, old, sad still*:ring. A Lucky Man. E,«!*di^c.»n»Con«lmaja_ Qrotc January"4 —J. H. B»rton. .c Buffalo, J*nuiry 5—L^ais Eljrniberger. a» A Nephew Arrested for Kokbisg Hia aouthuru brother was'fastened, and i street carcood actorof this cuy. hw‘falto* heir j oJ h*ving stolen a one thousand dol has been, to a coostderabl# extent, ready to j ioaa estate la Germany, Talaed at *100,009. I lar United Stales bond, was brought before i nght upon th* part of the public t not indelicate to allude to a fact well the general Is the owner of a farm near 8L Louis Un er hls supervision it might be made and if he had any of the sturdy independence •Id “By the KuxnaL,” he would work that farm spirit world, and therefore arid notblog ~ other members of the family, but the regularity with which the *p ctre mnde its nocturnal ap pearance 1< ft no room tor doubt as to the earthly visits of Mr. Norris Some time ago Haray laid duce a million of pouud* of sugar this year. Jute is now being caltirated to a co f siderab.'e extern in the eastern pert of North Carolina. Alexandria, Virginia, boasts of a negro man who has a h->rn growing out the side of hia heed. A M MBgR of Germans have landed at Mobile and whl work in the mills at Pascagoula and Stockton. The Baltimore school board haa refused to try the matter before Johnson Norri., a of the m to regular comma- frieuds on ^ arw we-k* ago last Tuesday night the young man concluded be wool address the spectre and note the result. He retired for the night, alter having, as usual deceased, who forthwith advised question tbe apparition, as hi Visits might be for the purpose of commu nicating with some of hls relatives or friends on tals mundane sphere. Accordingly, three we»-ks ghost nude its appearance, coming nearer than ever before to young Hardy, and gazed upon him with such glaring eyeball* that each particular hair of hti head stood ou ea t “tike quills upon the fretful porcupine,” and he was barely able to «asp. "What do you want?” The ghost, unlike that of Hamlet's father, was not forbidden tell the secret of its prison aaa information to Impart to him, I be taken for granted from all alum Is about to be Instituted in eouth Carolina, for it is one thing to make laws, and another and ©harder thing to enforce them. Ttio sf annua Temperance Amendment Topeka. Ks, January 5.—On the first of this month T N. hedwick, Coun'y attorney of Lyon county, tried two cases before a justice of the -HT the last election. The parties were both vlcted. and, refusing to pay the fines impeded. were committed. These cases will be carried to the supreme court, wnere the question of the legality of the amendment will be squarely brought up. Very able counsel will Ik-employed the experiment of placing public schools for col ored pupils In tbe charge oi colored teachers. A McitLENBcao(Ky ) county man found • red headed baby in one of hti sozks for a Christmas gift. A Wilnington, N. C.. woman rave birth to triplets last Monday. Each child has two front teeth. A Surrey county, Va., man, claims to have read no newspaper aud no work but the Bible lor ten years. Duriso the late cold weather the Catawba river in North Carolina haa been frjxen over. This :s the first time tn 27 years. It will take five 1 un I red years to exhaust the oral la Wise county, v'a., at the rate of 2,’ 0j tons a day. oo_onel Mcxa, of Kentucky, has sold a* auc tioneer. In 880.2,60 short-boras In ten dlffe An Italian Forger. New Yore, January 5 —Engels & Baker, re cently arrested, at the Ins auce of tbe Itallau vice-consul, charged with extensive forgeries in Itay, were to day discharged by Commissioner Osborne, who held that under the treaty the ex amination for tbe estradition bad not been au thorized by the president of the United States and **' sworn copy of any criminal proceeding commenced by the Ital.au government bad been presented. Lady DardettaCoutta London, January 5 —Truth this afternoon states that the marriage cf Barones* Burdette-Coutts with Aihmetd Bartlett will Uke place during the present month. That clause ol the witi ot the Duchess St. Albans, by which the barouem would forfeit her Interest in the bank in the event ot her marrying a foreigner will be contested m the courts. 'Aik
