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Newspaper Page Textw : " |LBOi>0 T<JtLl»D6 XVI. TUESDAY, JAmTARY 1MS84.—TEN PAGES. PRICE 5 CELTS DURING THE WEEK. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF ClW AMD COUNTRY ARE tfOlNO. 4 Tripla Harder la Narth C*roHn»-AdJonrnmeiit •f (ha South Corollas Isc.tUUturc-Tfco Soakt County Prisoners Loots for Albany. K. Y.-Bwfinoea Troubles. Etc., Etc. ~ - ■ Toe*doy, Pe««n»hor US, • f» ▲ triple lahrdor was commuted nt Cr.fctham church, ilx miles froigafoncure, North Carolina. The victim* were Mr*, ClWe Center, 8S /cart old, and her daughter and granddaughter. E*ch wa? struck eeteralblowe with an ax. No dee to the murderer ahd tho community ia greatly excited. A denae Tog bes prevailed at Charleston, 8. C., (or •ereral'daya, r'nlchta* obstructed the movement of veeeeU by ful« coarse. The South Carolina leg* Ulatjxtt ad Jot. rood elnodle after a session of tweu- tyefgfct days. Two hundred and eighty five acts were passef.. Boh Youngor. one cfjhe Younger brothers and a companion of Jeeee / Jtne*. was ar rested not: Warrior, A hi., on a requisition from Xoromor hi Mte*ourl. While a cage containing twenty ccuTiri.l&bortn wta descending tho. aba fi Sr the m , mines at JJlrr.inghatr, Ala., the on* t?iue berime uumesagcablo and the cage fell to % tho boitom, a distance of 204 feet; one manjrae -billed* nd>* Irteen wounded^ national f Attorney-General Brewster, for the gownment. Judge Pardee took the suit under advisement. A fire in Orangebnrg, 8. C , destroyed six stores and jlsveral other buildings. The trial of George W. Leviox, chief cf the Louisville (Ire department, charged with defrauding % the city of Us revenue* while in the tax department, has terminated in his oonvletlonaud sentenced to three years lu the penitentiary. IK THK CITY. Two Central railroad freight trains collided at the Nelson street bridge, hut no damage of any CotfsequenTO was done. 8arah Haynes, ■% negro woman, was given a serious knife wornd in the right side of the abdomjn by a negro boy. The weather during the pasi week has beon exceedlngly pleasant. B««d«r, *o. General Hancock and rarty reached Los Angeles, Cal. R. A. Wydeman was ran over by a freight train at BiHntughl*r, Ala., and both his legs were cutoff. Oxford, A1 a, had a 82b. OOC fire. Chark* Ituft&n, banker and merchant of Liverpool, failed and bis liabilities arc AS®,Wd. Theteulgnriau min- ist^ have tendered their resignations ‘o Pritnre A^lcxdcr. Lieutenant Colonel Svdelkec.chief "f tire department iu the military govemwshf^ - - m, TeSrrxtmrg f or tto department ia the *«£&**** W cammed. , isTurcm. . S' P. K. Snook's furntturattiouce waa dunuwKrt sp iral thousand dollars byWru . Tb* Banka county York, tot.dor a corp? itli W.fttllg'oaMdsned fcff ' TliE MURDERED ORANGEMEN, cider in cbkgf ot tho arms-. ■■ - The Pvaev Saveostlatlj Mslalaloed-Th* -vary of the day COAT-Usion a. The prcslden' 4« Differed# ti,e^Pwb!jrhmeiit of -office* through too irputjUc for the redemption ot - the ulokel in rilvt-r. Nrrohvits receive the »W cl Jrecly. Eitrent' , coHwc«thorprev»llcdthi*?h- out New JKngl-iro), too toencraipter raurtng dram 12to30d»g:i - lolow zero. There li an Jam lng . "rmlesin e( dlpkfcerU In-eastern Canada. iumtcrtr. The supremo court adjourned until the 7th of - January. Thweleetrio light wu turned on by the new coup.ny.nd attracted much ettentten* The annual report c! BUto Treasurer Speer 1m been iisned from thc-prCAs. The money orderbutleur et the Atlanta r°*lofllc«9aco Inspector Oemp took charge, Angus;77 tb, agrregates, to December Si J, 11,081,901,18. ” Wrtil|li|, Pmetir *0. * WUllen McVodfrey. a prominent poktlctacand amtitant •nperlntendsrt of the market, in New Orleans, wushov andmortally wound0d.tu.a3am- bllng ratoon at No. 4 Royal itrect, by Sad K.nand, onn ot tkaproprletoieof thp eatabllAment, War rants areeutin Tuu air the arrest ot Toas-Tohn- •on. Id Wright and Curb Bledaop, charged with the attempted murder of W, P. Fiction at 'Arling ton, Tima. tin. Christian, wMo wueometmeago charged by several newipapen In Texu with hav- - lng pefeosad Coolfceugh, a prominent-attache ot tho Rio (7rondo railway, It being mid at the time that Coelbongh wacher aeveuth victim, hu been arre ted InSau Antonio on the eksrqe 0! canting the deatt-* lew day. ago, ol Louis Brunner. She wailhitncet’4 mlrceea. Four hondrod thousand dollar, worth cf property wu deafened4:y Are In at. Louie. Thu Rnnlan General h'.ntaku iln ht> burn appdnted mlnlitei of war at Bulgarhl. • m Tga'-iTY. A small white toy by '^e game of'{now waa •erio'Mly lo)tmd In the «),*.; r.rtd by the bnratlug unhand Chaduv 1 n un. fob through hife mu, »:M -'olin Kimball, a nrgre, Kimball was etabbed thirteen Uriel. Chtlctnat aervlcea were held In the churche,. Nearly all the boy, and thodracracken were on a big burl. Tkm<u> llMfmWr AT. A man named Soott waa shot and killed In an affray at Van Clue, 8, C. J. 4 B. Lambert, deatcia In dry gooda, • Iluniavllle, Ala., hare teen cioaed out by ttelr oredlton. During a general fight In Ellemlale, 8. C„ two young men named Stange and another named Hewlett were killed and aer enlathetawounded. Proceedings were IntUtutcd In Petemburg, Va., by the eommenwealth'a atlor ney against the Dismal Swamp canal lottery com pany by the nominal arrest of the oontracy'a sgent. The trial of the lottery mall case fa proceeding In the Coiled States circuit court In New Orleans, fire ceoerred In the firc story tenement house at 28 Suffolk street. New York, occupied by ten fam< illee, causing a panic among the iumatec. CbatM- bel, a Choctaw Indian who had violated the inter- eonrae law, waa killed while rcstattec arrest at Double Springs, Indian territory, by Charles Yarby, a member of the Choctaw Light Bono Smallpox has broken out In tho county Jail nt Now Castle, Del. A family named Rom, oomlstlng of husband wife sutd-aeven children, waa drowned daring a freshet in Indiana. . lr THE CITY. The social event of the season waa the nuak party gtren at the reatdence of Major Livingston Mima last nliht. fames Ganmer, a small vrhito boy, toll from a fence and brake hts left arm. duties Perry, the white msn who wtaamstod M.ndS7 atght on the chugo of robbing Bnckholii' money drawer, wuuken before Justice Pltchford, and after an Investigation of the ease he wu sesttojaiiinde- (suit of a 1600 bond. frilsr, Eember IS. TheeaMofRer. Wllllun Mitchell, of Beaten, the deigyman who wu arraeted for stealing c book tram a store, wu dlamliaefl from the court. It ap pearing that he wu. Insane. Herr Yon fouler, Prussian minister of ecchsfastlc.1 affaf n.foiwarded tothebtahopef Jlnlm IK dispensations for. priests In the dioceses of Breilan, who have hitherto been debarred by the Mey laws from exerclalnc their functions. The oactsla et the local miners otean Hatton deny the report of an Intended strike cc the first of the year of 90,000 mhiere In Westmoreland, Blair, Clafnfield, Bedford and Huntingdon coun ties. Pennsylvania. By the will ot George Cokes Clark, of Milton, Mass., htacatata valued atghOO,- 4001s Ieftln trust for the benefit of hts family, and after their decease and that of all hts relations, the saute b bequeathed to Harvard college. Property to the value of 1150,005 wu destroyed by fire ia Saranac, Mick. The American fire insurance com- f*ny of Chicago, which sru oigcnbed In US5, bu decided to retire from bxtineeecn January 1, leaf. General Grant ft routined toils bed from the effects of a fall which have grown serious, and he can:ot leave bb ked (or several weeks.. A freight train on the Cheater and Lenoir narrow gauge rail road of North Carolina fell througL abridge over Long oreek. and Joe Henderson, tbs fireman, wu scalded todeatb, and William Simmons, a brake- man, wen killed br a ear falling on him. nr rna cmr. It Is more than probable that Atlanta will make a collective exhibit of her manufactures at the New Orleans exposition in Mil. J. c. King, a machlnbt, attempted to commit suicide by taking gum opium. The preliminary work of oi.ranuing the Commerefal dab b progressing finely. SsUerdar, DmaSu It. W. L. Marshall, United States engineer in ijiarge of Ihewctks at Wilson’s Point, near Vicksburg, Mbs,left lor that place to bring the work there in a doee. the appropriation being exhausted. There are now connected with the work about UOOmea. who wtu be discharged to the next stz or eight days. Libel salts for FJO.OOO Suwgf have been instituted agsbrat the Pall Elver (Mass.j Herald by 'Alderman Harley and Patrick aillam, for siate- aeata made by that papa In connection with the graveyard Insurance cases. The closing arguments ta the lottery bank mail roll la New Orleans were *sdg by Boo. Thome J.Semmes for the bank and the De»4 M«a. *r. Johks, N.F. t December 2T.-A dirpatefc «•«* woived Ear® at noon to day from Harbor Gra/x*. It that *lx more prisoners wore arreted to dHy, making twelve in all. Mews. Winter and McKuIlly, Orange cbiofa from 8L Johns, have been moot mo-. com fill lq their uisiion of peace among tbo'Craugo- men. AUhoiigh a good deal of excitement prevail* amonut the { eopie they respect the wise-counAelg of the chief*, aud have already recof ulrud the wi**. dom of their nttoiancc*. They addrttced lalgo mecUnn of lodge* at Harbor Grace, vesterdav after* aence on the exited peopdc in that to oality. A dispatch received at 2 p. m. say*, sixteen people have - been orre*ted up; to thie ’‘••ttme. Everything I* quiet, A dispatch received at 4 p in eoyc venr, •: Cal- and l MeHeny,1k»Oen tial Orange ieadrhw have dooo much tc pacify th- Orangemen. No disturbance It at preseuf apprehended. The funeral of Jonea took pbceat8o'clock. BuslnembsdUsuspended. No further dearhshavo taken place. The authori ties are vigorously and ffflclenlly proraouUug pre liminary Tin nlries. A later dispatch cays that the funeral proceselqu of French wu acooeupanled by nine dtnndredi' Orangemen from ibrbor Once,passed through the latter place (ram Cour age's brack. Everything passed off quietly. The mall sleemer Lady Olova wu prevented lending her malb and passengers at Caiboncar, as the Or< augtmcn had determined that no business should He done nor any arrivals ol atrangera be permluud until after Jones’s funeral. A suit lata dispatch uys l.xn Orangemen with Bags and banners and lu full regalia attended Jones’s funeral at Oar- bjnesr. ^ , THE KIRK .MURBERBRS. 'Pm-mir. iNt|rg,CMfrMfi *H lap'IntM « YnMMjf UtrnHi OrttsiKSiATi, DoccnlM f ?%—WiUlaai . .... rcTt^.; im-Astt .tTs-.v forthc-auidcr of William Kirk. Both have confcscd tbdagallL Bchrman waa the first-aneated. and told the story, saying Palmer struck the feta! blow. Palmer said the murder was dono on Msnday night In Kirk’s stable, and the body haded away the same night. William Nelu, who was arrested on /Thursday will be discharged. Many promlnoul business -men yest rdsy before Behrman’s arrest, spoke of his buair.em in tegrlty. Palmer, in bis confeodon, sayc It war agreed between himself and Bebnnan*to bill Kirk (oc his money, the one striking the tint blow to hsvo fifty In excees to the other. Palmer adds that Behnnan struck the first blow, and that both then pounded Kirk's head with a hammer and club. Palmer is a light mulatto aged 19. William Behr man isa German aged 19. TK8XXTHB0MK TXOCXDY. E/jKovtut, December??.—Colonel Rathbcno, Al bany, N. Y., who killed his wife and then r '.temp ted to kill himself, has recovered suCofcutly to eemlt hty friends to take him to the hospital. HtagulUmate recovery from his self Inflicted wounds ispowibfs. A Judicial examination ou the body of Mrs. fiathboue showc that she rxelved several shot and dagger wounds. One bullet psased through her breastend came out at the beekbono. Tho dagger throat peost rated ene o! her «4b« to tho heart. Both tho dagger and revolver u*ed by were new. Colonel Rathbouo i jealous of hit wt®), though th.._ — whatever for any wch ftjellnc on hts part. At the THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. THE PRESIDENT'S NEW Y EAR’S PROGRAMME. The tvattoa to Fas. by in Sind* FUe-onasIila ItMpil. OsshlerU-FostolBoo.' FtalseU to Iks rrstlUsottal Cists -Ooorcls Mstsdrs-Au- .w4r ot tS. Soararary .f War. Wasi'.-niiton, December 27. -SpJ»ker Car lisle, during tfcc past five weeks "is keen under constant mental and pbya!c*\itra!n, and be will occupy himself during tl\btrik days reading between 600 nsd 700 lett be baa beet unable to open durii past month. The apeakcKeela satisfied w] hie arrangenents of the oruimittecs. Hess; he ban ne doubt that many members m cfeappoi.it'-'d at places •assigned them, and 1 in some easts, poaibly, injustice nifsyhnvt teen done, but bo feehi tlmt be has diteharge-i the duty to the bent ot bis ability, arid he If sure that no pains were spared to arrange rep5 resentation for the,beat interests of flie countr;- and the jiarfy. ”Tb'. first thing that I did in the forma :ion of theOpmihittere," said Mr. Carlisle, sagas to learn, ul| that f cockl about the 177 nictlbers of tht bouse, to ascertain the aatecedenls of each of the new men, bis age, Occupation, previous legisle.tive experience, eto. I had to ec;l upon the old, members of each delega tion. I put the names of every new member upon the JHMrglr. of a wide sheet of paper and opnoui* the name I tilled in al! tsi.7 t cot.ld leam nk-jut thetn. Then I blocked out the committees, in it uiajorihy of instances choosing the chairmen -drat and liliing in the membership afte.werd.eltjiougti l’Olten had the list of members,o: -u, com mittee written out before the cbairmim w«3 selected. WeU, I had hi go over tliceo lists tcoree of time:, bofore reaching n Ihonl de cision. Oftentimes 1 would find tbat. thegco- cr.ipicc.l arrrngement of a commil,tc6 was ■M bud when <‘.he peraonnJI seemed perfect, had been trade guaranteeing Sat everything Again, whqp tbe geographical’rqpre- leutation Should para without disturbance. W*ater,aadMa- wseca— - - — ■ - — Cvlisle. He has come to WashingtonS whither, it i, aaid, he waa called for consulta tion with hia friend over the committees. "What about tbe Ohio aenatorahlp?" ‘1 cannot give you certain information, as th. eituation is too much mixed tb decide definitely. Numerically. I jtbink Pendleton will be la the lead, with Payne a strong sec- oriel Ward, Convene, Crudes and Seney briorierg up the rear. As to who will hold tfia balance of power, and how it will be ex oicliel, I cannot with certainty answer. Bat ’n case there should be an irreconcilable division in the aaucus, tbe chances would be in.f.Vor of taking itp a uew man. It that should be done, the euly possible choice is ex S inator Thurman. 1 ' Whom will the democrats nominate for tr etna feoni the present outlook that lemocrutic candidate for president will ited from tbe west, probably front one states north ot the Ohio, and east of lissippl. Should Mr. Morrison develop tly recognized strength through tho . that will be presented from the ways means committee, be .would be a very hicnt candidate before the convention, ‘d Thurman be mr.desenator by a cdui- 'ie, he would be an exponent of the retie situation, which might bring him ini'ifthately to the front. correct the personal unfitnera of the ar rangement seemed manifest. Often tho change of-one man involved u much as three hours'labor in symmetrically filling the vacancies caused by tho transfer. At the outset I saw that there were fifty-six' democratu who could only-be g iven pine s on ono committee, and twenty-fc mr republi cans who must fare In like mai iner. The minority representatloe of the r tpubllcetie, of ooune, made it easier forme I'n dlsorinrl-, nate there. v wc r tri CRAnaaaisikne Yairr sotrni. "There la a custom he.», dvlile h, by 1cug' neege. has almost beroiVilt.Hfwf Y patftiamam-. kers shall be given the ■ Chair (uanahlpe. I have no doubt that loBtoof thi s flow scem- bers would have made more', e fttciept chair men than several of the older ousel selected; •till, had I broken tbe rule In o ne inatanfc, X should have beyn obliged to do’ it in others, apd,'beyond appointing Lfr. N rece, of Illi nois,chairman of the connniUe b on- enrclted, bills, a place which fa of no im portanod eavo as giving-him a clerk, no new mem ber received a chsum^tuship. There Was another difficult; w ith whinh 1 had to contend, n com! uecl the •(b-nlts tiler ^■Donald, of coaree, has strength. Should ‘ he found in the east a gentleman who chii e-ury New York, with certainty, ho aho wi' , have a chance. As to the eld ticket, it • ti 'oubtcdly has strength, and if Mr. Til- dtn -ould conaent -.o ran, it might herenom- tna-ej. It aeernc to me that the democratic lAtr- • aliorld look to the sections where-.hoy ci’ most likely obtain votes, andinnkea till-'Lupin principles rather than men. 11 tfc> if done, I believe they will be sncotesfiil, ut" fatter from what part of tbe couar.-y the cat .ihdatrs are taken." thi Nenniam's lEcarroa. V" tallowing U the official programme for~the gTOSl.teaUal reccy tloa on New Year 1 # Day- At'lla. an. th. president will receive tbe members ol lbs , i and thedplomaUe corps: at It:Iff a. m.,tho Chief A’stlce anf. associate juillces ol lire supreme eatub-at 11:10a.m., senators and reprewnuilvei npremeoourtof tho Plvtrlctof S : District ol Golambta, ex mi itirt o •* ml ulsters ol the US led mates. m_ tho olllaara of tho arar r. A'. 12:80 p. m.. tho secretary of the Ian tnstltule, the cnmnlMlonr-r ol agricul- aaririanl secretaries of the'{apartments, aaslv: at patmailcrsceatrel, -uilPltorgeaeraL aw ■ t ■ .it attornoja-Keucral, sutieilatcndciiUi el eon ti survey, heads of bureaus of tho several de- paxmimu.'we national board of health sad the olvfU irvloccommMaa. At 12:45^. m., Uutaeo-: “ — ' ol 1817, the areocitted nrinste It: p.m. CarriageswUI approach thecrecul Uvwbsansinn hr the casuinvgato and leave t>T tho woaie a. -71 b, expected that the following Mlw will a rlet the prwdileut In- reoeivf oi: Mrs. Frol, tnghtnwa.tho Mlracs VreUnthureen, Mm Lin-, min. Mia; Chandler, Mia. ami .'Mrs Gresham, Mrs 1 Frews ur, Mrs. Toller. Mn. Carlltle, Mrs. Logan. Mr |««, Mn. I'midloton, ora Warner Mlilar.| .. .... . ..... . f irescmilrae an official inquiry Into the tr seedy !i mporelble, owing to ihecouditionof Colowo. Rath- bone. HbmlndlssUlIsffsctodaud hlautisranoM ONS OF r.UTLER’E.BEST. HctJIvts tin IiMrlwm Wtw llart.a wit.', blah terse Misfire—tu UssUssica.: Ksw Yout, DeoemLer 20.—Governor UutLcr Las writlen a letter to explain the substitution cf the name; of Btlekney for that of Paul, in the recent comir.unlcatirn to bbcounael, refui.'uq pardrri for Hathaway now In the ctatc prison. The governor isya the reaaon that the mistake did net strihr. his stteutlon was that he never conridercd that 8:lck- rwupardi irty days . — thought had earned br good conduct. Jfe furUwr sayi: "I admit the Kbtake. It was a Upw of Memory. . have only one psIUatton to olio.-lor It. There have been •• many reput 11- can senators who are treasurers ol mills and nth .u- wise ptomiuentcouvlcblo the state prison.nr wbo Would Lave beer, there If caught, that I get (hem a little mixed sometlmec, when / thins about them. f cannot alwayl dbrininbh -Ue ■pedal inddecu of the crime ef Winslow, the HemM's friend and tb; controlling proprietor of the Post, bom that. of Pond, thofrlend of the Woreeataropr, or £Uokney. who waa convicted, from the treasurer who ran away toCanada. who was not. Nor does It aid me when I attempt to CbUngulih the one se a (ribbath Cullou, Mre, 'Hrtwloy, Mrs. Wads . Now York: .Mrs. Dorrhcimer, of New t-V suele. of fwllsus; Mrs. Uklnaor, of . -. w 1 uriti Mm Sheridan, Mrs.Totter, Mn. Waite. SltaJ- haDavb,Mre. Ulolno.-Mes. Uobceon, Mrs. and Mhs Mrs. Kinsley, Miss Stout, Mn. Craig .VaJs.strth, Mrs. McMlcnael, Hts. Ituekwel! TLo I: iro ■ Ions will ho rendu hy thushnl McMteliar: at • 4 reyl Rockwell. vir••;,:> L-^’xzz.^ douotalwaysknow.-vblch was v one wasoue and tha other wan the other. If , will luform tbe public of the difficulties under which 1 labor, when 1 am daaUag with convicts ol tbb high grade, for wLom psrdsas are very reach srught for by very respectable men, you w!U st least give them an opportunity to sympathise with BLOODY DEEDS IN AFRICA. PTSe u—k OSIrih Carryles Uloo4 riStrswr Tkor as. Con four CASTut, Africa, December 29.—Affaire In Aihsntee are quiet People sre overawed by the slaughter of the family of ex-KIng Koffee Kal- ealll and the dally massacre of hb adherents, hun dreds cf whom heve been executed. Hlxty elgh of his seventy children have also been killed. One of Koffee Kaicallhs adherents, hearing that the ta king's life waa U danger, seat 90 men to guard him. They remained several days with the ea king with the consent of the chief now telgnlnr. They were then suddenly sttacred and afi killed. Previous advices from Asha riles stale that Quakoe Duah, grand nephew of an ex hlng of tho —me name, had captured If;. ^Kcffe-Kaleslll. c*-Klng Menial and use queen motner Kffuet CebUl, L-i tbe huierpert °4 Ocwber Quakoe Duah procbtaed himself king of Ashantee, and confined the king and hb mother with King Koffee KaicaUtand Men- ■mi in strict seclusion at the village of AkotsrLi. three miles fro•n f.ojtcsrele. One ot the old chfeb of Kleg.Kofiee Ke'celH named You Pompenie. "oras four thousand me* shoot the fit of November, and endeavored “> "*u* King Kcffee K.lralll, b “"52 repulsed. There was a report that the new king kad ordered thedecaplrailonM tire eoeen mother. After hb capture King Koffee KalcsLIsent emereenger to etr hem u el Rowe British governor of the bold Coeit r22y! reqnrev log the tetter to demend hb iSStStiimIrn^H do evidence that th* request lor civit:;; the sooth tweely-e Ight of tho lift; five cimirmanahtne. If Mr. Uritic will pause to' compere the prepor tion of -demo cratic representatives from the south ern ' state* with tboto of tbe demo crats from all the other sections of tbo country, l think he wil l find that tho south has by no means been favored. Taka, hr example, the state of Alabama. It has eight representatives ali of whom excepting Pryor were old member; of tbe liotue, and be is an ex-member ol the senate. Uowemfcar that tbe repreeentativci having previooaly served in the honee -were those from whom the list of chairmen bad to be made. "Now, let ns take the state of New York. Of it* twenty-one democratic representatives all bat nine were uew fnemborc, and I gave the state •even cbainnancblpa,..Alabama received two, Terniessoe hoe three chdrmanehlpe, Pennsyl vania four, and tbo. proportion of old mem' ben in the Pennsylvania delegation is much lees than those from Tennessee; ao It Is inal most every case. 1 ' n'jTArsit S-l-’J 111. AND. "I see that you are criticised for havinr cade Baekaer-chairman of the banking ant currency committee and Bland chairtiian of oolnoge, weight: and measures, tbe Dupres- e on being that .Buckner is hostile to tbe national backs and DUmd in favor of contin a!ng tbe coinage of tho buuatd dollar.” "I do not think tbe country need be alarm ed by tbe assignment of those gentlemen to the positions they bold,’' answered Mr.-Car- Xirle. "X talked-with both ot them before they were appointed, and I know bow they feel on financial cabjeota. Neither Mr. Buck- ntrnor Bland will do anything hostile to tbe financial interests of the country. Mr. Buckner was first made chairman of tho banking and ourrency committee by Mr. ihandall in the forty-fifth congress, when the greenback crate wu at lb height, and l do not remember that the "business interests" cor plained. He waa reappointed by Mr. BsxuaU In Use forty-sixth congress, and it wocld hafe been very poor teate on my part to refute to follow tbe precedent thus estab- listxd. "I feet quite cure that no legislation hostile to tbe national banklogaystem will he reported from tbe committee cn banking and currency. Before I made op this committee I read in tbe New York G'aia&tercial Bulle tin iclerviewe with many of the moat promi nent hankers and financiers of that city in relation to tbe beat means of -relieving tbe national banka. I waa surprised to find that the widest difference of opinion prevailed, end X-imagine that the-memben of tbe bank ing and currency committee will not re commend any IcgiaUtion on this cubject un til they learn from the best source* what is the wiseit course to follow. Mr. eland’s ap pointment does not neceiwarily nran the < on tinued coinage of silver, either. 1 think that both Mr. Buckner and Mr. Blind will ct conserralively. MAHOMK onsirut}, The Virginia senators already realise bow greatly they blundered in going in with the republican!;. They have lost timir identity in the venal* and forfeited their leadership at home. Reports from Virginia say that Jfa- hone s followers in large numbers refuse to go wttn him intc (he rank* of the republican*. On Riddleberger, who refused lu po Into the republican circus, they now look with mere favor. Matron*'a aubmiaaiort to Hear'a lash ing baa loat him casta with bia own people. He ia accused of want of spirit and lacking aagacity. if not faithfulness, hi* trust. Hard ttunga are being said and harder still are only fur the moment sup pressed. Recently Mahone, in hi* forlorn- nets, said that be would Ire willing to aopport any republican—even Mr. Blaine, to which the Maine statesman ia aaid to have replied that be wu .quite iudifferent whether Ua- bone supported him or not; be waa paying llt’.la attention now to those who bail been admitted at the aide door and given seats on tbe back row. One thing, however, he would say, tbe Virginia senators should keep silent and behave as became wanderers wbo had mercifully been given shelter. f»* OHIO SXJMTflXSHlF. ■ ;r* Lieu'euantGuvenorJohn C. UnJTrVooT of Kentucky, is editorwf tbeCincinanU News journal, and as Intimate friend of Hpeaker mandamus ■ that when Street accepioa a clerical position in uki adjutant goneral'a office, he forfeited all right In reinstatement. The earn wUI he tried In the oenrt In a few weeks General orders bare keen-Issued to tbe officers of tbo army and navy, now -In Washington to SMca- ble at the war and navy dopartmonu respectively st lire o'clock January bl next. In full Uniterm for die purpose id pa/lug Usolr rospecia to thepne- Ideut of the United Hiattn. Tb* following postofflees of the 4th class hue beenadded to the Ibt cf fretldorillsl poeteAces, and the salaries of the postirastors fixed at Iho fig- u res below stated: Kutaw, Ala.. 81100: Bsrres- vUlo, Gs., 11100; Houma, La., 11100: Uendeison N. 0., 11900; High Point, H. t\, 81,000; Kingston uiely In excesa ol tbo number changed in any reeedlog quarter. James H. Crawford, of Mary, .tnd, chief clerk of the foreign malls bureau of tbo po.(office department, bu been promoted In be superintendent of that bureau, vIco James Black- tnnii, dcccmsdr Tha president bu approved tho action of tbo court martial In tbe case ol Chaplain Tuusraot Husple, U- 8. A , convicted cf having duplicated bis pay scoounte, and sentenced lo oe dismissed from the service, lie has also approved Ibv sen tence u! tbe court martial in tbo case of Captain Chambers IfcKlbbon, U. H. /.., convicted ofastm- liar offense, but who- In view of mitigating ciracm ■lances, wu only sente need to oo reduced ten num bers In the relative rank of the captain* ol Infao **ln aoaoedance with Instractlonv from Ibo secretary of the treasury, tho solicitor of the tiouary hu notified tbo United Statu district attorney at Pun aacols to have tbe oncroachmonl of It ft. Pitu'i brick building, ou tho site of tho now Peosaocla customhouse, removed, u tho silo la needed for tbo construction of a building which b lo bo built u soon u possible. TRADE AND BUSINESS. NEWS OF GEORGIA. WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND DOING. All the leading Crimes, Casualties and Other Bvenle -new the Crope Throughout the Oountry Stead—Telk Abouk'Fotmoesnd Buslneto -Malteae of Uenerel Intereet, Xto. ItslSeeese ot Depreeetee—olesl aleweeftleWaeb testae Mill. La wains. Mux, Peoembcr 29. -The condition ol affaire al -the Washington mills b assuming serious aspect. One hundred and forty looms em ployed In tbe manufacture cf gcnt’ffouUlng will bo ■topped, u the warps al present on band will bo uoeu.up, thus throwing 2M bands ont of emptay- -Already neatly 150 have been discharged s neiwoa conversant with affairs al the mills i Inst be would not ho surprised If pne-lblrd of Um production ceased within two weeks HhouM tbb oomer, 07er aoo persona will be unem- Pl pmwvkfl, beaemher 29.—fn accordance with a resolution adopsedat tbe lut meeting of the West eruNail eaeodstlon, all factories In the west will close down lenient for a period ol six weeks Mennheuiren hope to Improve she trade by re stricting ike production. The suspension (brows over 5.0/1 men ont al employment. cixcuntsTt, Deneotber 29 — Ret* Brothers A Co -holewlo dealers lu foreign fruits, fancy goad and canned goods, bare made aa isstgnmeat Th; Bradslrteu report the lUnflllles will closed 8109, DM.ol wblnk 871,084 eroiecured. Iisec Keb,whole sale efger dealer. also made an aaslgnmenl. lie reeently filoffa chattel mortgage lo secure certain creditors. A USE FOR THE SURPLUS. thea'rgrese Would Like leu. t Held of fit fke Fere jeers ef fdeeetleo. hr. ben, December 13.—The oonvcaUon of colored school teachers which has been In wmion tbe post three days at Jefferson Gty, effected a permeu-ut organisation as ihe Htato Colored 'teacher's smkcUUoo with Icman E. i’agc, cf Lincoln InstUata, ss president Resolutions were adopted declaring that facilities for hlfbereduca- tlon foroolurrd youthrought to he onividwl. grid that Industrial schools ought to be established as a iiepertmeat of Lincoln IniUtata, and that the elate ousht to pul a premium on chancier and mah sons! morality superior to a mere inleU' lest In the exambsiloa of appilcas ta fur school certificates, and that the earpms revenue of the national treasury should t»employ-! ia dimlubn log tho enormous peroeatag* of Illiteracy In ins south and wash Crwvfol Msseevfc Is L'stberete. Loi Avaxun, CM., Dccemlicr 28.-General Ifan- oock aud party arrived hare ymtarday morning. A large crowd was at Urn depot to welcome him. To-day by TlsSfed 8an Gabriel, and on Monday will go u> Wilmington, whore ho dlnto with Uen enl ffencocgka* entirely recovered hb health. Specials to Tho constitutions. Usoon. December 29.—II has been rumored for several days that there would be a change In the management of tho Telegraph and Messenger on January 1st: and that with tho change Colonel A. It. Lamar would retlrefrom tho editorial staff. The rumor elicited considerable dlsctssalon from tho people In thb section. Tho conjecture of many b that tho change b due to tbo fact that tho paper wu not paying a sufficient dividend, and could nor : that Ihestockholden were not satbfled with Us finaucbl stains: that tho policy pursued by tbe pr.pcr has damaged It to a considerable extent, b-Jilneu dropping qff. In rcfereooe to the retiro- meut of Colonel Lamar, It is mid that for some timebe baa been antagonistic to tho policy of tho paper, and certain Impoaltlou* been mado against film. He rebelled rather thou submit, and withdrew. Ou tho other haud It b said tho ps|«r Is on a firm financial bull, making money and in- creasing business dally tud paying a good divi dend. Ol iho retircmenl of Colonel Lamar It b spoken of as compulsory, not an act ol hla own accord. Tux CovsviTvnoN'a representative called on Mr. U. C. Hanson, business manager, and asked him lu regard to the rumored change. Ue waa reticent aud would net bo Interviewed. In coil- vernation ho said there would bo change*, but Ihe management waa not prepared to disclose thorn to the public. When asked about Lamar's retiring ho aaid It was probable, but ho did not waul to bu quoted. »/hcn asked II Colonel P. W. Alex ander would succeed him he said lust such arrangements have boon made. Coloael Lamar was called on. Ho seems In the best of spirits ana goad humor, but declined an lulerriew. When asked If he would sever his anaoxcilon, ha (ullmalcd that be would. Ho did not want to be! quoted on the subject Ho said fiber* would be ■notorial changes ou tho drat of January. It b ro- 5 srdc4s hero as authentic that Lamar b off sad lexeudor succeeds. Rumors of every nature aro all oat to-night. The subject Is *n every tongue. It is evident (bat a change will bo mado. Major lleucon is in Cavauuah on buclueia, presumed to lottsnncctcd with Ibo paper. It waa rumored to night that tha style, mauuor -and. got up «f the payer would- .to changed. J. 8. Rogers, of Waynes boro, boa accepted a position <n tho looal depart ment. Mr. C.W. Smith has soverod his connection wtth the editorial staff to-night. Yesterday morning nkout auurbc John Napper, a negro, -cad his two eons, JobnnyanJ Uudson.weroeimlug lo (he city walh> lng on the East Tenneovw, Virginia and'Georgia railroad from Prank Urler-i plarra In Jasper connly. Tho two koys were In (rent, playing as thej went •along, Ata trestle about seven miles from thr city tho boy fobnny fell through ’tie wood work, down about fifty feet, life fatbor called him-cod ashod It be wag butt He reoilvcd no answer and went down for him. llewaaphkorl up loan uncoofeiouf state, and before ho was taken twenty store be died, lib body was brought tc the city and waa prepared for burial at a house near the gas works. When he was being prepared a numb-ir of brnbeg ot aprou- Uar character were obr-cveflon hts Damn. Word was sen: to Coroner Jfoduetl and he went down. Altera thorough cxsmliiatiansf bin fsthurand brother ho decided Ibat there was no need for an Inqaeat. Chrleimasday two boys, Oscar Dinkier and Willie McCaffurty. were playing v vhen young Hinkler shot hlscoacpanlon In tbe lace, -tbebsIloutUngll badly, He wo-.arraigued before Hecordor 1 attenon and bound over in the arm ollgtOufor his appoaranoo. — — waa call ed he did not appear’" and pat np 850 cmateral I or kts v McCafihrtyappeared In < lie Is only sis years old. WainuraioN, Dotamb-ir 98.—Tbb community still greatty cxefled over the dbcovery by Mra John Trank, a few- lays ago, of a large quantity of confederate laid axd treasure. All the lucldenta of Iho robb ery of tho treasury train mo revived,and many sped ilallono ire mods regarding thb partic ular abcov ery. It .’swell kaown that toe retreating parly, conslkungof Jefforaou Uavb r.ad hb cabinet, passed alon 8 thb read In search «f a.y lace of safety. a ebon distance Item ibo place where I fir. Frank found tbe for tune, unde ta reol of an oak troo, there lived In IMS, a wld sw, Mn. Mom. Una afternoon about ( o’clock o pa rty ofstrangtre called at ber residence and took pc roomier of her parlor room (or Ibt pur pose ol hoi ling a prints conference. After tha party had b mu In oooittlteliou about one hour, Mra. Horn w si called In and a military looking gentleman althsAufo moustacko holding In hfe bond a box • It unique design,handed- It lo ber with a request tna tsbashould secrete. It until some ono showing pr-t sarsutnorily should c«l! for It. The party lmm<; UaAal: arose, felt the house and pro- csedsd-sn lu hMiruoy. TbbwiaJs rersou Davband kbcMInet,and this wu Ihe last ( solus: masting of tho expiring eon fsdsrocy, Tin i routlomsn from whoso hands Mra Mum received lira box waa Gsnorsl John O. Wreck eurldae, of Xc stocky. After the pony wars out o sight sirs. Morn >spaced tho box and waa astonlabeC ro sso such a. I or.blblilnu of rare Jawelry and precious stoues so her eyre had novsr feasiod on before. Dtf— L """ ‘ ' * thoniands bar KSM mra nine wore In abundanoe. Realising Ibo danger which lo Itewed Iho robbery of Urn oonfed. crate treasury t Hint, the country being full ol haudlta who -were seeking Iho wreekago. Mrs. Mote careMUy bid the box and usvor men- Honed tea ocarrrrnes to nor near est frbed. Olio dark night several weeks tster the la 4y heard tee clatter of h*ofs, Tho rider alighted si Ike gato aud obtaining admla slun, with a Alton of great toe racy, de clared to Mrs. Morn .list ho was tbo authorised ‘ th* box. Convinced by hla lent truibfulutas, tec treasure, only to MS ciarca ro acre, sioia ust no wi •gout for tec custody ef tbo box. ( plausible manner sod apparent lady delivered to him the treasi feet a r that she had been cruelly Imposed Just mads by Mr. Frank, Iks uni a umber of rare and precious stones, lends ooior to tho theory tealthsy aru lUc contents of Mrs. Mom’s mysterious box, and Ihe probability teat tea mid night rider, feariwg tho lorn of bis 111 gotten gains, ksd secreted than under tee roots of ibo Irco, in tending to mure and secure his prim when tee public esclimvm hid pssswl away, life enbus- qceot death roryJIaely prevented tee unearthing ol ten treasure. UOLCNOVS, December 24.—At ont o'clock this morning tho drug and confectionery store of Claud# L. Heard, ol Uatcheehubbec, war consumed by fire, Lem II,209. Ineared for 1750. Tho origin cf Iho Irele unknown. ATKjfve, December*.—A drauken negro lumped off of tee train between Harmony Grove end Mays* vllloand waabad^y Injured. Maaitm, December M.-Last Balurday night Dr. Key, aud Marshal James Winn, arrested Mr, Jos Wallfa lot disorderly conduct, flit brother, Will Wallis, cams to the rescue sad look him from custody. Joo Wallis tew drew a knife end ol- tempted to use U upon Wlnu. Winn stepped back ward and drew a revolver. Will Wallis rushed be tween end received tho ball In his Ihlgh. The wound was pronounced aa not dangerous by at- about fi p. m„ Major A. L renowned actor. Flournoy killed Lem. Smite at« bourn of bad repute In tblscttv. It was a brutal murder. Flournoy waa rich and bad plenty of rich blonds. Colonel Augustus Kenan baa told us repeatedly, teat be was pen one thousand dollars In gold for defending Flournoy In Baldwin superior court. Do waa dev red by a Jury of tblioounty. Sometlmeafterteetrial Flour- nay met Sol Smith In Celambue, Gs , and "begged him to kill him, for ho bad nover aeon a happy m* montsince ho killed hie brother Lem.” Sol left him wlteouta word. Shortly afterwards, Flournoy was going from Columbus to Montgomery, Ala., In o stage. The Creek Indians attacked the stags and Flournoy was butchered and burnt by them- . Savannah. December 96.—James A. O. Hymons, cashier at G, Eckstein & Co.’s, wu found lying dead on the sidewalk ot Drayton near State attest, at half put four o'clock, toll morning. Ha wu removed to his residence where an inqaut wu held, ltwu ascertained that about teres o'clock Symons, whohad been drinking heavily all day, was Ins saloon with olbeiv, and created a distur bance. Ho wu cjrctod. Nothing more wu heard mull he wu found In tho street. A vcrdlctof death from natural causes wu rendered, rha do- cessed wuanatlreof Augusta, thirty years of ago, married, and leaves several children, lie was a sergeant of company B, Guards. Mies Hamilton, aged fourteen, white sitting on ber mother’s plaits on Granville street, wu very tevert ly Injured by a large Chinese popper, which waa lighted by a negro passing, wno threw Jtdlrcnt- ly at tier bead It exploded fn her hoc, scarring It terribly andserlously Injuring tbs sight of one cyo. Tho negroeresped. tlCOLVHRi'S, December 27.—Monday night Mr. Wm. Reed, of Fort Valloy, white enranto to hla camps, took tee wrowg path and fell Into a well eighty-four feet deep. Aaslstanoecame-'o him at ouecbutuhewubelagdrawuout near tee top the rope broke and he ww again precipitated Into tee bottom of too well. When he wu finally res cued bo wu almost In a lifeless condition. HU sbouldcr was broken and his body urlously bruised lu many plaou. Ufa this afternoon ho wu In a precarious condi tion and U not expected to live through the r ’ &uauN, December 27.—Mr. W. J. Ferdbam a few days ago, killed ala hogs teat weighed 2,018 pounds pork, and hu seven others that will lure ont u much more, thus getting from thirteen kegs over 4,000 pounds of pork. Ur. Fordhun Is a success u a farmer, tud a knowledge ol hU methods wold benefit any man. Ho alwtya hu meat, lard and corn to ull, and cash a plenty on hand. Villa Rica, December?!.—In a drunken row at Lovell's store seven miles west of kero. Marvel Uncuter, shot at Madison Lovell, and hit Wm. T. Colo In tho leg. Lancuter Is under arrest, Cote U not thought to bo fatally shoL BavaNHAH.Decembcr’Jg.—John Robinson, coV orod, while working ou a now building on India* street, ft bU leg. BhooUnL _ r .— Urge! glancing off and hit a colon d boy aundlng near In tbo bead, Inflicting a painful wound. OXAWronn, December 2S.-At a justico coart held to- day at Crawturd, by Judge J A Jewell, tee coart after rendering lu decision In acue, wu broken up In a floe good old fuhlouod flat cuff fight No pU- tels or knives were seen or used, but a free wool pulling. 111s honor commanded toejraace built did no good till all tbo portios were satisfied. Roms, December 28.—The trial of the young men Chanted wltb shooting irecmcken and with dis orderly conduct on Chrlsjmu day, wu oondnded to-day. One wu flnid twenty dolUra and oust and twoflfty dollare and cost each. A number were discharged and others rrprtmsuded. Those lined will appeal to the council. Lxxiiuton, December2S.—Lexington bu been considerably excited to-day ewer the runaway and marriage of Joseph A, Btowsrl, of I to 1.1s nvluff, Mb, Boult 2 A* soon u the the ceremony wu over they luft lor Jackson minty. The bride la a daughter of Mr. (Jus Stewart, who U one of our beet milieu, and tec groom Ua brother nf hi*. Tbe father of tbe gtrllsvery much mortified and Is In borpnranll with su officer. This Is tee aoeond Ume onreonn- ly bu had luck a marriage In Ha borders. Borne thirty yearssgo a Mr. Farmer, of toll county, mar ried hb aunt, and tbe ratrrlago wu IcgxtUod by t special act of tee IvgisUture. CoLvueus, December 28.-Tbe store houses of Thoz* u P. Riley, William Green and the vacant store be longing to lion, LouU F. Garrard, ol thU place, at Box Springs, were destroyed by Are lut nlgbh Riley’s lossls 85,000 and Green’s 88,000. No tun* •net OaaxNsioao, Deocmber29.—On Thursday, white handling a pistol, Jos Broome, eon ol Mr, Lndns C. Broome, aecfdtnully shot himself In the call of day Young Barmhxrt, aon ol Riley BarmharL l wounded lu tho lege by young Bruee In shooting at a rabbit teat ran between them, liu wonnda -ra not dangerous, toongh bote legs are well pep- C redwltn small ahoL Tbo cuoaTtiea about town ve been Hitting. ItuTLxa, December 29.—Mr. D, J, Feed, a dtlaca ol tola place, wbo bu been looking after toecrou- Ue burineu In Houston county, while preparing to come heme Chritmu Eve, bad oocarioo to call by Mra Mnrkenon's near Fort Valley aud pasafnx through tee yard, fell In an old well covered with rotten ralU*4 feet deep. Calling loudly for hcln teey procured a rope and drawing blm within xj feetoi tee top fell back again, finally wu drawn out with much Injury- Hopes are entertained that he received no lutemal injury. He u trailer to day. LawaxMcoviLU, December 29.—A few nlghuago some scoundrel broke Into the depot at al Suwahee and stole therefrom tee mill destined to thU place, JJacATva, December 29 —Thad Ravage, colored, wu arrested yesterday and lodged In Jail upon a warrant .charging him with assault and battery with luimst to murder a white boy named Proatou Uraeewell, at Edge wood postoBoe last November A preliminary trial wu had before Justice J, w. Kirkpatrick tela uornlug. Tue evidence showed that Bavage and Uraoewall had a dispute about rrteedUpnta j-—-t-.--i.i- -i » rock and knocked Mm down. There wu no positive evi dence test Hangs terew tee rock, hnt Justice Kirkpatrick thought there wu auffictenl to send too prisoner to jell. Bmoewell tern requested Justice Kirkpatrick to dlanlra tee warrant which he agreed to do upon payment of all cost Teams, December 29.—The event of the week Is the arrest of three darkeys, for breaking Into cam of Ihe Air-Line railroad. It is tee opinion oi rome that there lived In or near Toecoa a num ber of persons who bad confederated together for Um purpou of robbing tee can whenever their tending physicians Yesterday evening abou llsunob while atieualnjc la teu A , ■till waiin. He wu subject to hurt disease sod It Is supposed teal it caused his death. PaLMftTo, December 24.—Died lut ntehl and will be burled to-morrow at th* family bnrial grounds, Mr. Zack T. Crawford. On tee 8th ef this monte Mr. Crawford had a difficulty with * negro, Peter Hell, fn tbe difficulty tee negro cut Mr. Crawford with a knife on the ride of tee neck. Th* wnuod apparently healed. Afterwards an emission .... .’' —-yresulted from " became neceeasr _ Mf Ijpf If pO«l! owomm performed on Ihe94te Inst, hr Dr. Thid JohososT of Atlanta, amlatad by Dm. Lunglno and Milan of this place- Everythin* wu done In to* power of medical skin to aare Mr. Crawford's life, hnt u fli'44* Th* accidental discharge of*gun on yesterday wusuffieie.t to same th* amputation of tee arm of • Ut'lesonof Dennis Bmlte, colored. Millsoosyillx. December 84.-Dr, Mark John- on, accompanied by Brill Myrlck, hla brother-in- law. left tote afternoon for SrnAntooio,Texasj>n a short baslnere trip. Tbs doctor visits to* sheep reach* evetioo wltn a view to parduring, w* on- VSV neccrelUea called for II Tblewu toe opinion of L. T. William*, division muter. This optblon Ms itreugtbenod hy a rohbery from tee cars abortions monte ego. Captain Williams determined to fern l oat tee matter and al once tramen operations. He did hie work quietly and sklllniiy. The suspected parties were at length arrested and carried zSif&Sni ■troo* one and their ultimate conviction leahncat a certainty. The.credit of Use arrest U due entire ly to the efforts of tbe ladcfattgabto Um Williams, who. In this case as In mhan. hu shown hlmilf poasrssel of teat shrewdures and •agaefty which stakes tee true defective. While he would doubt fere be eminently snrouMnl In toedetectire k2- vie*, he bu no eiplretique In that line: blsonlv ambition Mug to Jallhftjly and eoSci*ctIi»2y discharge hta official duties He can not fall to receive, from tee Richmond and Danville railroad, teat high appreciation whleh.be deserve*. FoarGanru, December 29 -W. B. Hatiaway, a p.-pmleent dtiaen of Blnfftoa, wu-stricken with apoplexy lut Sunday, and his condition la ro- hopoltflC. A fourteen-ytar-oldaen of Dr. P. F. Geer, of Cal houn county, wu In town yesterday making some purebuts. Amoog other srtlclM ten pounds pow der and a lot of (re crockets. On ramming home, While only a short distance from town, fn posDinK mint lire cnckert. th« powder exploded, and yonng Gear and two freedmeo who were I* Ihe wagnn with hla were pew lonely burned-one of too freedmen per haps (sully, hTocgaatoax, December 29-W. J. Kit’s home al Hollywood farm, in* homed lut night Noth- ilderabte fiiml’ura. clothing, et*. Parties have been numerous at which bo:b the young and toe old enjoyed themselves hugely.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884, January 01, 1884, Image 1