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CONSTITUTION.
VOLUMJC STB
\ TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1884.—-TEN PAGES
"PRICK 6 OENT-*
DURING THE WEEK.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF CITY AND
COUNTRY ARE DOING.
Resignation of fee Egyptian Mlniatey-What Con
gress Is Doing-Barrooms Closed-Atlsnta's
Poor Provided Eor-Happenings of the
Old World-Striking Workmen.
the slate railroad commission, restraining them
from revising their tariff freight charges.
ik THBcrrr.
Charles Franklin, a negro man, was arrested on
a warrant charging him with the larceny of «•
die from Mr. Charles Thompson. In the supreme
oonrt a decision was rendered which stops the do*
livery of convicts to the Marietta and North Geor
gia railroad for the present and declares the right
of the penitentiary lcseee^to sue for damages.
Basis/, Jssusry 18.
In «he Texas state serate n bill was passed that
all tho public domain, except the homestead to
actual settlers, be donated to public school*. In
the Spanish chamber' f d> puties 8enor Rul* Go
mes, minister of torcl{ n fi.fTalw, submitted lot rati
flcatlon the draft of a proposed commercial eop
ventlon with tho United State*. The Comtq *nd
Counteoe de Pail* arrived in Madrid, Severe
■hocks of earthquake were foil in tho town* of
Llogneglasio and Coatigledne, in tbh liland of
Sicily. The Egyptian government h*ugiven orders
to evacuate Khartoivn; the gun* will be spiked
and the powder destroyed. Tho flf ieth anniver
sary of the ordination of Carnal McC-oskey waa
•elebrated in New York, a general strike of the
silk weavers in Paterson, N J., is expected.
1*\HBC1YT»
A Hebrew Christian reading room will be opened
at 8JX Whitehall. Mn. Mary Gann’s residence on
Alexander street was slightly damaged by fire.
Work on tlio new Kimball houso to progressinc
finely.
THS BUSINESS SITUATION.
railareaeT Leailsg Uosms
ChlMf*.
Kxw York* January 12.—The liability of Cowman
dt Ce. t flour and grain cowmtelon merckantc, is not
known. The liabilities of J. M. Fuller <fr Co. aro
eald not to exceed <100.000.
•Chicago, January 12 —The tetiu/o of F.5I. John-
eon it Co., grain commission. merchants, is an
nounced. The firm was long-on wheat and com.
iproyhet, firigham Yeung, died in Salt Lake in the: Tho extent of the faRaie is not given, but Is thought
Tuciiir, January H.
The Egyptian ministry ho* reilgPed. The firm
of B. P. Smith <fe Co., co'.tob brokers at 13 Pearl
street. New York, failed trlila liabilities at I UO.COO.
Tho boilers in Hood & Parsons mill at Merrill, Sag*
in&w county, Mich , exploded, wrecking the mill
and killing the engineer and another man. The
Catasauqua manufacturing company of Catalan-
qua, Pa., started up all departments of its works
on fall lime. In the celebrated caso of Woodruff
vs. the North Bloomfield mining company of Cali*
fornia. Judge Sawyer,of tho United States court In
Sau Francisco, rendered a decision granting a per
petual injunction against the hydrauHo miners.
Property to the value of <10,000 was destroyed by
firo iu Salem, Ala. In congress Mr. Nieholls, of
Georgia, offered a bill appropriating a sum suffi
cient to pay the rebate ou all Kinds of tobaooo; the
bill is accompanied by a petition from tho Savan
nah tobacco mi .Ti-h-Mis. The president scut to the
senate the uunJnati m oi W. T. B. Wilson to be
postmaster at Atlanta, G,\. The convent at Belle
ville, 111., was destroyed by firs end twenty-Mven
of the inmates were burnod to death.
iKTnxctrr.
A week of prayer is being held at Trinity phnrch
every afternoon. Butler Waters, colored, died
from the effects of injuries received white attempt
ing to get on a Metropolitan street car. Thecitl-
sons of Atlanta raised several thousand dollars lot
fee benefit-xf tho suffer mg poor of the city.
Vftimostfwr, Jsnaarjr *.
Mary V. Young, seventeenth wifo of the late
JO.
u*. U»th with a in.. J^vC'. of non*uni
■111 has been cl/s-jL liace July
» stlfif. Welle j- l’c^y.tho negro w
’fortieth year of her age. Sixteen •mourning wid<
x»ws sUP. survivo Urn prophet, fesrteen of whom
■live luGalt Lake, At a meeting of the senate com
mittee on flnanoedtonator Sherman's bill to autto-
Lee Dttional banks to issue circulation up to ninety
per wnt of tho market value of tho bonds deposited
waa under discussion, but <ao coaeiuslou -was
reached. The Catholic national council if the
United Stateshaa been called to meet in Baltimore
-on tho ninth of November. Tho potslbiii lea of
• Georgia pintfiave been enlarged by tho •opening
•Of new markets in South America,where fee native
’wood is stunted. Hon. Henry B. Payne waa nomi
nated by thr. democra c or the Ohio legislature to
• succeed Serator Pendleten A commitico of cot
ton manufacturers in Manchester. England,passed
a resolution declaring that it is necessary for the
interests ol the trade totontiuue the etrnggle with
the atrlklng weavers winsure a reduction of ffve
per c<mt lu their wagoe. AH the saloons in Wichltt,
Kansas,- over thirty ‘in number—wero closed by
concerted action of their proprietors, who, it is
understood,have gone out ot tho business for good.
William J. Uadon, «v prominent insurance agent of
Wilmtngtou, N. C~, accidentally shot and klllod
himself while hurting.
W TUI CITY.
Gates aro being put up attho earshed again. Will
Cor, charged with an assault wfih intent to mur
der, was m rested and lodged la tho atatlonbouce.
Bln00 the beginning of the pipmnt year forty-one
city cases have been entered ay police headquar-
tca.
Vltwrsday, J«si
Tho rolling mill In Blrmingl
start up on th*. y>th with
men, Tho
iwcCj.mt vf iMKHfgr vVcilcj-TcdCy,tho negro who
ravished a dr ycar*old white gill at Birmingham
in November will bo buagiathat city on Friday.
The committee of the houto of delegates, which
ha* been Investigating the charges against Judge
Godwin, of Norfolk, Vo., reported them not sus
tained and the report was adopted. It is expected
that Judge Cod win will tender his resignation, now
that he hat fbcon acquitted. Charles Whitehead,
managing editor of the Los Arg-des, Cal., Evening
Bepublicas, a newly established paper, was fatal y
wounded by a discharged printer. Frank James’s
condition (c growing worse, and hit recover/is
doubtful.
IN TSUtCXTY.
Mrs. Ann.o MoWllllhmt't residence on Venable
etreet wm entered by a burglar and severalartlcles
of clothing and some money were stolen. Ills now
a settled test that Atlanta will bo represented at
the New Orleans expedtion. “The BcautifuL
Snow” hoc tamed Itaelf into the muddiest fcfcd oi
mud.
Friday,-isvmary 11,
Theanm-jaisaleof pews In Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, realized <2i,0U in premiums, which,
added to the <12,833 rentals,will make a total rental
of <35,$44, against <38.172lastyear. Wesley Tosey,
the negro sentenced tobwhung in Birmingham for
rape, has teen respited by the governor (or thirty
days, to itire bit counsel time to move for a now
trial. He Is the same negro that the military was
ordered out to protect from the mob early in De
cember. General Uaaceck arrived ta GalvocUn.
Texts, from tbe west and was received at the mil
itary headquarters with* salute of fifteen tuns.
Edward's opera house of Selma, Ala.,waa oi mutate-
]y destroyed by fire, fa tho Texu stockmmi's con
vention at Austin a resolution petitioning the kg
filature net to pass a herd law occasioned a lengthy
discussion. The Denver and Rio Grande mil way
company-Cled a mortgaged tbeoffloeof tbe clerk
of El Paso county bonding all ita Hnes, tolliw;
stock and lands to the Union Trust Company of
New York for <30,091,000 to run 3) years at fire per
cent per annum. A maskel mob took Choc. Dlt-
terli, mu Merer of Buck Bade, from the Jailcell at>
Wclsscr, Idaho, and shot and beat him. They th*n
dragg-d him half a mile to a slaughter house and
banged him Co the windlass used by tho butchers.
I» TIIKKXY.
Shattered water pipes are reported from every
•ec'ion cf the city—caused by the cold weather.
Henry Price was arreredou a warrant charging
•him with larceny. State Treasurer Speer tent to
the governor kit quarterly statement for the quar
ter ending December list.
Sftlardfty, Juurr 19.
James J. Lane, formerly of Newberry, 8. C, new
residing la Philadelphia, hu presented to Presi
dent Darker, of Roanoke coilega, Va., <10.000 to
establish a prise scholarship In the Eaglish lan
guage and literature In tnat fnstirotion. Tho an-
nnal strike of the lee men for Increase of wages
basbegnu in Hudson, N. Y., and tho Knicker
bocker company raised their rtns and stopped
work. Mrs. Carr, wife of a farmer of Boonsbor-
ongh, ledfjrdc'unty. Va., suicided by shooUng
herself throngh the bead in the preeence of her two
children. Joseph Lobnitnn, under indictment in
Texas for the Hnghe swindle, perpetrated by
means of the Texas Pacific railroad cotton way
bills. was allowed to giro new bunds in thirty one
cases pending against him of < Mia each case
In Alabama a majority of farmers have enough
corn; more meat has teen saved than ordinary, a
good acreage m oau has beta sewed, and everything
for 1184 loots promising Knoxville, Tenn , is cal*
enisling upon a new bank with an ontdde capl
tal of <300.000. Several wooden Uiepboaee have
been pnt op in Montgomery, Ala —something new
anddarsUe Cirmlt Judge John Bsxter, and DU-
trict Judges D. 3C. Key and K. 8. Hand, of Ten-,
commenced. In Hoh»U!e. tho hearing on
to be small.
The failure of J. M. Follet; di Co. teabadono.
Tho firm never recovered from their trouble about
two months ago. The fstUre 0/ C. W. Coleman de
Co. mid to fee -quite disastrous. It waa brought
about mainly by their western frlrnds fallttc to
respond ou ranrglna when called ‘.'or. Tho arm
consists of E W. Coleman, Cum*ld«r Parish and A.
W. Clark. Unlemsn has been in business for over
forty yean. Tho firm was formerly Clark ACole-
roau, but Clark rcii*od about twenty five years ago.
Parish nnd Clark, both clerks of Coleuan, weio
1(1***1*340117 Mkoji Into the firm.
Nsw York. January 12.—The weekly statement
of tho amoolated bank* show* the fol.owl eg
Changes: Loans decrease, <l,4S7.&00; rneolo 'in
crease. £).1V3.20<; leical tenders lucrease, 32*322.3 M;
deposlu Increase it 304.600: circulation docrevse,
118 40j; reserve increaso. RW.'.i;:'.. Banks now
hold f Hittl.6v5 in 6xcess l«gal ie<iutrcmen>.
LoRDoR, January 12 —'The Kcon«inlst in iu we«k.
lyflua.rCiol article says: *!%• rato of dtecount for
Jays tot moil thr, 2W«tMf
The dlsoount market Uqul-.-t. Lombard stroet is
underbidding tho bank % per cost. Heavy
losses of cotton and com speculator* have
cast a gloom upon gdJte markets at
•Liverpool On Monday thsre wasaruah to buy
Egyptian bonds but Wednesday brought a partial
r«iapt«. ’In the home ta[]wn~ •—
tho week were coaslderMf f_, -
Truuk railroad 8cctlriti^s have seen depressed,
owing to Um heavy fadin/r off In traffic receipts.
There has been some exdrcmont In Krlo shares.
Louisville and Nsshville has fallen 1>6 per Cent.
Central Pacific bits advanced.
THE CARDIMAL’S JUWILEE. ,
Tha riltleth Anniversary •fitlie Orllaatlsa or (Tara
dluH Metlo.lrjr.
KkwYoiuc, Jauuary 12 —The 60ih anniversary |
of the ordination of Cardins! McClotkey, was cole*
brated to-lay at the cathedral with all the pomp
and magntficeoco that tho most
■ festlrr.ls c( the u ''
building was thronged with clergy and lalety.|
Withlu the chancel were Archbishop CarriRsn, tho
cardinal* coadjutor,-Bishop* Looghlln, Conrqr,
Spaulding, UcUoald, Ryan, Wiggor. Odarrlel. Me*
Nlerney amt Wadbam, and about 169 priests.
In tbe tody of tho church wsro some two hundred
clergymen with rety many prominent cltlzous
Pan Oil cal high mass was celebrated by Bishop
Lmugbiln. The cardinal did not appear wlibtii
. marked algos of foeble-
ness in hla calf, but pronounced tbe buuedlctlon in
dear tones. He was attired iu tho cappa msgoa of
red silk and white ermine. *
Ltvsty, Nsw-y sal Pspalar,
From the Fort Galnu Tribune:
Thk CoKbTiTUTtoK is the liveliest, news
iest and meat popular dally publish
ed in the state, and rlehlv msrits all the praise
which la lavished upon it by tke public In general.
From the Dslton Citizen. , , , „
TiikCokstitutuk iaonewf the leading Jou^
note of tbe south. #
From tho Athens Banner-Watchman. ^
Tho south’a graudest dally a»g
weekly. Georgians all feel proud of this
paper, for it is acsedlt Indeed to the state. Every
family In the south ought to have It, If they want
all the news of tho day.
THE WORLD AtSROAD.
FEDERAL FACTS.
GEORGIA CANDIDATES FOR THiy
DISTRICT JUDOESHIP.
Am Attaolc on th® Beaord of Panl Strob^^^g Fgm
per* Concerning Qeneral Long*^ f0et _ A k 0 w
Between Two Benatora- <A>klni ^ a
Pardon—Other Nev^ of JaUr ^ t ,
Special to The
WarHiKCTyff, January tl—Mr. Goodyear, of
Brubi wick, k candidate for tho dir.ttict Judgeship,
called qi». tho president to-day In reference to his
ftPPJioellon. Other candidate* seem to bo ooncen •
iratlng their efforts egafnst Fartow, who is recog
nized ts in the lead. Book and Johntoa leavo for
Atlanta to-night ccnfideak that Farrow will bo ap
pointed.
Both the Alabama senators aro making a fight
•talnsttho oonfl/msilon of Paul Strobach as mar
shal of thu-southern district of Alabama. Mr. Mor
gan's rcrrAutlon order«ug the transfer of all teporte
ot examiners of the department of Justioe in ref
erence to irregularities of district cotrt officials,
wiUolso bring out kU the papers and letters on file
cescerning General Longstrect's office.
Senators Ere* u and Colquitt called on the pres!
•Aont to-day^ Tylih a pstitlon for tfio pitdon-fif
George Kce. convicted and sentenced to three
years in Albany, N. Y., petsltentlary, for robbing
the midi at l^bla adbut two years ago. A strong
showing is made for tke pardon.
Augustus IL Brantiyvras appointed pertnaster
at Pauthi mvulc. I-fKalb couuty, to-day, stttl W»
ren 3. Cl irkM Rocky Mount
Go«*lp 'o-t4fhi hsa It that Senators Logan and
Sewell came Iftwx harfiie a tMUtruial oollWou in tho
seoato Tx-siHUtoat to ulcht. Strvcil is a ohvmplon of
fee FHxJohu Morier bill, audJx)*»n its bitterest op
ponent Ituaser add, that Orwell ftcJtijusly mhI
to Lrgm lie hoped ke woulf make nu r.oro ot nis
'.one hiwccbcwig^tmtthe btil when U c/mu up this
scaiojou. Legan sseoroovut itsccrtain^asssgu any
way;, and Rgptcd to this J^mark^ rather a savagety.
SfS
OUR! WEAK DEFENSES.
H ttlisat a Navy ws ars Aha Drsttlate at Tsrts
VVorlSy the Name.
Special to The Constitution.
iuirotok, January 11—Judgo Holman U not
a magnetic man but he is an honest one and a very
valuable member of tho appropriations committee.
He wlllhavo moro Influence than any one excopt
Mr. Rmdaliln shaping the expenditures of the
present confirm. Ills long career in national pol
itics, the close itudy he hsj given the appropriation
of for.iflcKiiou.”
inlttcework. Upon Mr. Randall and himself has
devolved mostof the labor iu the preparation of
tho hi* bills rooa to be prevented. To day I asked
Judgo Hclnnn how hts committee was getting
al °‘0%, ray well," said he "Wo will probably havo
twebtlh i ady by Monday next."
I ' The pensions and tbe fortifications bills."
"Will there bo anything unusual iu cither of
thftto bills?"
♦T suppose not The pensions bill is always
and is often tho occasion of
nisdon, but tho fortlflcaitons tdll
■I. ,lyud I never know a bill of ibis
kiml v mako a stir In tho house. It dees not I
ufcUH-U.ufcquIremore than half a million, aud that
m c„t property and
any gvnuluo work
—MVis the condition of our cosat dtfeitscsT"
"Wo- have none worthy of the name. Wo have
not *iU* 13 (ort that could stand an attack. All I
ve dajB* 1 Uiem by theto appropriations Is to fit
theniJ^P«pammanItlon Fftfcty nml prorent them
from flK: to rack. As the coast defetmes are now i
sourttcShrl they can be little bettor than torpedo
depot***
••Wiriltny plan forasystem of real defenses be
carried out In tlr.s cougrtvsT"
’•Hnrtly. Wo will probably go along as we have
be«*u gring fora while yet." . . i
Thfv is a pretty bad showiug.brAdoubtlefs trot In
the 1 ox Agp J rated. With our loy navy and our
WHrchqbue f»:tv, wo present awibilme attitr.doof
coiirttM Oir? thotiiaudi of miles of coast Mode-
them^M
itle linger or.
WWHMPK, it will be well
umfrugte’ It sound* big aud it oo«es little. I
In-, ^brto can net help thinking
how eofLarraased we wocM havo been if Blaine
motlor.m.d, U, th. Umts.IU. .nil Nuhrlll. uid
Ik. £Ut Tnnvx, VfrtfaLiad lirorgl. nllimd
ooopaaln to mi*, , fwrpettua lojanoOua »,UMt
Bt. PcnuncBa, J.nu.rjr l£.—Ocneral tUtUUm
Anditjuwlick F.drJ.v, director of ro«d« and cv
naU, li dead, afedds. IIo waa tarn la mi. Fadl-
Jew waa educated at the artiilerr echool la 8t. F»
tenbur,. He eenred flftuco ycin la the Randan
army la the Caacaaae aid decemp to Pilooe Bara-
tlo.ky and Urand Duke Michael. Iu 1M4 hoi
became major general, aud took up hla
redd.ooe in Uokow, where he derolad hbnwUln
■tudlea upon tbe Numlan array. Uepubltaaed
"HizIMn Yeaeaot War In Caoeauia," ana "LMlera
From the Uaucaana- Ue wa. aian author el taro
work, on pantXa.idn, a/blch aunwmi
much aitenttou ihruuafc*u: Kurope, too
Drat In 1M0 ana tho aecoua
lu 1879. lu the law work be picpoMd tbe prume
u.hi of fee blew, th. paruilea <d Anuria end war
with ilirm.ny The nuntrorw tnu. paceoked
i compelled hla rttfremant (ioaa toe army, aluee
Chen be baa pubUUux! aererat warka ou reUliar,'
t ides.
Paula,/anuary 12,-A telcgrurd-om Cairo ala tea
that the Egyptian gowrnmeut hat ,lreu oedore to
«racuau Khartoum. Che guru ml'I be .plkst and
Che powder deotwyed.
IIo to Koao. Janoaty.42— 1 ThatOklota* antiiorl-
Fee bay.(careof the French entcetalolng derffne
upon iheetty of Cuium.aod tbe ua'lree are eery
aieaay . Uni FbongdaUe ol the 7:h lint, atatea
tau Ad miral ttouroat wlll.i Ivaute byou Uac Mnh
wtihout awaiting reiniorcemeuia.
Paau, January 12.—Ine.FIgtro ayrwu that direci
negoilaiieua baiweea Cain, and .France will
ibtirUy be* reaumedon the lwale of a new frontier
lu Tounuthi, and amueety tor Iho .Clack Flagn.
Chilian eleo to guarani™ tka free narlgatlon vl
the gong h oi rarer to Lm&U.
An eapt.-Niou ol flto dec, oecured today at
the Tetley eaal mine*, eavaa men rere killed,
twelve men Injured. Fire otkere perthed. It n
leered.
UUBUJI. January is —The Irla'i Tltnci Intlmatee
that the tour el Eenry Oeotxe and Michael Daritt
through Engl and and Sootland hu been aban
doned, owing t o ike hostility ol detection ol the
Irish pariy to h'n. Ueorge.
Yuurna. January.!!—A man haa been drretted
upon au.plelon of bain* eoncerned In the K-bbwy
and murdara In tha bourn nt Hew Blaert. Tea
latterU dylngand hoareluMd to Da conlaoniM
wife tne prtaoner.
Lax non, January It—Severe abccke ol aerth.
quake were felt jeau>rd*yal thelowneot Un*na>
llaaao and Coa'lgledee. til tbe Weed ol Sicily.
L.iXDjS, January 12.—Cravaa, Ee*IUhconfcl
general, la collecting evidence ol (he amount at
lower eattained by Urldth an! Jtcta at tha differed
polnta In Madagaaenr, daring Ihe reoeut bombard
'aut, and outer uUliary operaUona by the
F i*neb.
Fkzth, January 12.-Th«upptrAouMof UmHun-
garUo diet has rvjected, by a vote *>f -W to 191, Um
bill 1 galixlng marriages letween lbs Jsws god
tke sentetlowcC rovori UiatcmHigktlumscrat^ have
agrrud to bolt f**yue’t nomlLaUua '-o secure ht*uc-
fieat next Tuaeda/. _
TH-E REAl. LEGISt ATOR3.
Ail (to Kn Whs Walk a* If TArr W«r# Os««re—
•Sosfct (kiantUMd mf.Vmrk,
Spcaftlto ffbo Coxttitatfon,
WeRKUKvoK,’ January 12.—When tho houeo mot
Thursday tnornisc it found itself with thirty-threo
hunirsClHIl* before it, and 9:1th nothing to do.
To*: members *81 and smiled at each other «■]
hoar and adjeurned until Monday. This aclica
rm% netciwnry axd was a resl economy.The vast baC*
ofraworatcrlsl must go through the refiaiui: pro
cesses of tho ^ommiUecR "before it can bo-pro-
seated to fee heuso. These prxst
two days ot rooc««,«o far treat relieving
the members from work, *vvo given them tkclrl
first veil labor of (he sczslcc. Nearly all tho com!
mUtiifshkve bccn.rittlog aril laying cat tho heavy
Uu4t t'elxjro them. Too cat: work of tegHlatloa hall
liveucutngon for. it fcutouoin tho couliuvuiut:: amt
motmtony uf tho nous cal ttso room—not tn rIio>-s1aio
uf feu great fial! and under the admiring raro ».dihr
r«ll*:tua lleru it ir, feat* 'toniamaicoaloonsrienou
Oomm in. The hardest «id
wort: a x-Spresoulatl.’e docs is
unknown ex :ept to his frltew TWITOTi
Much of ft is t fort without a po»fe!!lty of
Iu reward is / itqjun gntfi hiadaphoand ‘ttio rill;
tiritictbxis of tl iu pvoplo'v.ho complain that tho'!
uoa’inearof» Ji« vtar. *i- coujtckh. gomo'chcs;'
.ita tKognepi «p*into tbs house 'when U'tomsem
ohm »n<: tins t ff tut liour of brctsilr colorvd rheii
necr. I'lajuo' a itio flfebbr strings of aAtions*. i.um
n»'iiiMlJDi tti nl diqH'iolo f«me lri an tear.'-'A*^
w.»rdtnsyus s laocn oi5e t ou tho conduct nf c4]
W i K .*eto‘' :,X
deru;:ate fro» n the valmt of oloquooco. The mtn i
I whonavu th eceDVineartlcIngwucmUyihavo othvr
goods^ualitl ta catck oltL Ihuy guoerally woihas
well as talk. The time will never coma when Mu
witchery of spoech will lose Iti power over-sren’s
mindsoror aao to away Ct^lr actlena i’atfcls trie
that some c f taomosr inflaeutlat aud utefui xr.ui
in oeogreia caaoeunakooven au ccxturtaluiar talk.
Their soun d sensu Is reecgslsed srhun an end W tar
be accomp. * * - * * •• — ■ • • ■ ■—
saJcHcounM ■
aud frame judicious .measures. 1’pen they euro
thezr. ove r to the men who can expatiate on the
oxoeUeno- » of the work. Both chows are neudetl.
fee origin atom and fn&meis. tlte expounderKac ud
orators. ButleaonoiJttlp ihtukfeg Uutourrwat
■overumt mowe«4tschief debt to tne furmarcJsss.
ofa’J tbe focnoua orators, men of tbrliliug -elo-
quince, t he zepublieJuui produced, u*ji ous save
|t;laycan be taumd who was agseet orlijlur tor.
Mauy of the men .under the cm boot men: of
whoue Mess we now live and ipiowpo “
l w*.ro
--i 1’ii‘tit
Yet thulr names nru
w. .gblaad charmirg in gailVmifPmnW
srorung lu svery eahnoJhouse in the country,and
amblUou oi youth junta** ka trig boil destiny fe go
anddoLAewtce. u: this hlun sre tho men-who
win falwifamu to Ihe directors of cvouis iu oonrrei-s
and clwiwbcre. To them these two >001x110' 1 iso
d*>ruavo been dull and fruitier*. Chey oiuld
DO»f*»tne am let .pasreste way toiu pa*ttge4htb*«y
I wocldi tmt wheo tto committee be* done all the I
worxaml fee house haaizade up Its mlud^wbsthsr
it will accept ltor nctiheonHUtunftyi/oranohnen
oomeM. Then they achieve fetlr bighmiesleu of
arousing (he giilvrkv to a gvuscsl toot statcfiug
aud delaying the futoordalc«:d vote au..'tour or so
panchall hill until her track had coti-l PHI
xho tnui SL»nt a couple o: her splendid Iron clads
robing ar >and New York. A usited (Rates navy
•ud a rati system of fortifications seem to be yot lu
the ill 1^1 hum 1
1 a rofel system
1 dhtjrit future
® THE
TCfeACCO LAW.
and for inch specimens
aua-Tthen thecoograsrlonsl .msrkot is utterly bare
of Uteui there will oe no occasion for regret.
WASHINGTON GOSS HR.
CHwssrs at 31— aad rhtsRs la asd Ahsatih* QaeLol
-Mlaw >4i!M»tiia B«r*
•special to The Constitution.
Wautkovon, January 12.—Borioa is making a
genuine effort to capture fee *demecrack«ooavar
ti^-n, butBt. Louis'Los the bulge.
A'onocf Pendleton's'fei-feds me drawingieerfuf
conclude ns from bis reoent crufelug defoatia their
teVc abac t Wafelcgton. They sgr tho demacratie
party hasiorfeited the conCdencerf tho country 4#y
giM au thor of dvll service reform. TAeao-
otv* service reform Aill has never beau ouu-1
considered in Washington or eLswl^re as aui'iAlng'
bnt a cheap fraud.
Couxrwcctau Hcales, or North eai>llno, is Arid;
hy kriooleg pollticiaes frott bis Kate, to be the
coming dectocraric tumln00 :*or gournor. Ha has
mads ag’juf rroord In watfiew.
Cotenel-Jlimmaud to dost able to drees and oft 1
«p a eonridembi* portion of every dr y. Hi* eox
told recovery.at an Mirly dsyfs probable.
Cesey Young, of Tennessee, think* the clerk ot
the supreme aw rt bo* aaough lees without chug
•lug every lawjer that beedmtu to that* ar ten dot
tors. Kto l>Ui •abolishing that fee will receive*
lame support.
Tho oldest .nan in the senate is Mr. Morrill, nl
Vermont, aged V. The oldest man in tba house to
Aaron rtwr.pt /iilaois. aged ft. The yoezgest *-n-
ator is John-Aanna, uf West Virgtsla, not salt* 35
the "boy" of the heose is George Fust, ot lounsyf-
van la who is Jan 29.
Ilsiio Cefootbiir's book, "Sarah Earnan.'* which
caused Bernhardt to cowoido bar, arrived here in a
cheap edition to-day and sold largely. Two cot tee
of tbe orlgieal were received in New York Jftue
more than a week ego. They srere wrt-.’y
rauhlatcd and rushed through the grr.e
<0 gratify a awr old uste. The thleg to wretch 1
vulgar, to adtogustlnr degree and void ot aU liter
ary merit. If anvihloR amid make (be bora*
aufeoiblpo^slffif^booJ ,Ufl * We U W(MlM U Ue
General (fiocum to in odlitlos to etey. Be hnpra
to espture (he vteApresidenifal norainatloc. 6iU •
Ingtbat hto friends wl l put him forward Joribe
governorship of New Yofe.
_ Ben Bauer, who mid the other night. In
poor mtn ought to suck to
ownt a . grtysfone man-
rion r.p l | ° l Bttt for which ho
rwselvm fit 000 a year rent, and they say ft fa a had
ssrta5%Sfcs , jdi^r ,,,k '* m “■
nS ares:
h«lBtexior Baunn,” wuCM rtply. “anil h. li.
d.aucm,wi4jM knoiv demoerav Jwv, no In
STSr S& SlaXF** 3 *-" - Yo °
a Dveritos sflln itmUnr #t the Tmssry Is He*
RS(M to fskdres Um Uf. I
Wat if rotor, January 12,—This afternoon Ihe
rccro> iry of the treasury Issued a call for <10,001,900
In throe per cent bend*. The principal and accrued
inter:*} will he paid at the treasury tho fifteenth of |
MuthSpSL
Tt.e secretary Cl tho treasury kts written a letter I
to rm collcctore-61 customs at New York, tu regard
totTic oorrectncfc of tbe formeMSocIsion relative io
th»3 provision 1n the law of March 34,1M», placing
tt» duty upoc lcaf tobacco fit for wrappers. That
»k clrioit held that, In order to he dutlsble at 76cuntn
prr pouint yften unsiemmed, nnd.<l por pound
wjcc stdmmcd, a packagecontaiulntitohaeco muv j
contain r 7 1 •-. . cut, fit for wrapper, of a^iloh morcJ
tannii 111" lred leave* are required to weigh a
exiuud. Tho dedsiou thus »makes thoapackaipj
;h< unit of the quaudty. It ha* ‘been
.•untended 'ty persons Interested »bat there aro two
•tesrr(pfl>nc of tobacco known In tho trade-one
. (•own® wrapper tobacco and »ho other aa tllcr
■ . .nr.-jZ-iiod farther, that all of thecte.aaknowua»
v :»,}»•)•loliMifo may, bowMrcr, not be fit for wrap-
v I . y t : nr.lllclcat lightness of tmnre to to]
#.• ir- •.K rethan 000 hundred leaves to weigh a]
i> .i-i*' ' that when the tobacco belonging to the
»vi; • -* ?<aas. if found not to conform to ♦bo atatd
•it - ‘■e lard in two respects. It falls • Into fee
' r tobacco not -otherwise provided for,!
thirty fivo cents, a pound.
tar7 rays that this reasoning
tho class of tobacco the teat and not
'coorained ini
thiETi wNChtf aro c.
Jeration. Mo evidence has _ .
part of Ro impotters since the case was originally
decided. As preliminary tc any futtherdeoialon Iu
the maiur. the colcoior Is directed to impend
under tfco decUion before referred to,and to claN.1-
If wnprern tobacco, which may bo;found in paeg-
ages, according to fee standard before indicated.
Irarituf t.be Importers, if dlsaatUfled, wife snob
roacco me hu mu nos
al , ,';rcn:^^r=3,:r,d t
1 buen .roaented on the
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
AU the Leading Crimea, Casualties aud Other Events
•How the Cropa Throughout the Country
Stand-Talk About Polities and Bustneaa
-Hatters of General Interest, Etc.
ployed near Black Jack mountain in quarrying
rock for a new house. While so employed J. T.
Smith and James Craven, members of a family with
whom nuckaba had a feud, camo up, apparently
on a peaceable errand. A few urinates latter John
8mitn also rode up en a how, armed with a (hot-
gun. Jumping ofr, he handed the bridle to Craven,
and oetenslbly engaged in fixing the saddle, while
Huckaba was engaged about twenty feet on the
other ride in loading a wagon. A* the Utter turned
hla back, Smith quickly took aim with tho shotgun
from under his horse, and the report was nccom-
Foriytii. Jauuary 7.—The 7 a. m. train from At
lanta Sunday morning brought Sheriff Rose, of
Bourbon county, Kcntncky, who had in custody
Charles Wright, who killed his cousin, W. J. N.
Ham, near Unlonvlilo, in this county, last July,
details of which wore at that tlmo published by
Tbb Constitution. Mr. Wright had relative! near
Lexington, Ky., to whom ho Went about October
15th last, the Interval between the homicide be
ing spent tn concealment tn this county. It la
suppoaec that Wright must have talked too much
while drinking, tbua leading some one to suspect
him guiltv ot some crime, as he la the party.alludtd
to In th«* dispatch published in The Constitution
last wi-ck from Lexington, wherfn inquiry was
made if a matt was wanted nt Atlanta for the ot
fenao of killing another on his way to church last
summer. Sheriff King caw his game os soon as he
read Tn* Constitution’* paragraph, and at onoe
telegraphed the sheriff of B rnrhon county to ar-
and bring him to Forsyth,
‘orsyth jail yesterday and
[am’i family was promptly
__e left for Atlanta last night
(•obtain the balance of the reward offered by the
governor. 8ieps will be taken at onoo by Wright’s
coitus *1 to obtain ball for him, and at the Februa
ry court onO of tbe moat exciting murder trials
ever known in the history of Monroe county will
take p'acc.
Tbe killing occurred about a mile from High
Falla. Wiiuam Ham, the deceased, and nil
brother Cape, were in a buggy and met Charles
Wright and hi* brother Will, a boy of fourteen or
fifteen, at the spot where the killing took place.
Cape Ham aald to Charles Wrlg’nt: "You said you
were going to whip mo on slgut; now here I •m."
Wright drew a pistol and g jt eu^ *
While doing thla, William H'rei Jm
buggy and started, towards V
panted by tho words:
"Take that, will you!’.*
"Give it to him John," camo In chorus from sev-
Cr Uu*k«b» realized that bo wu in the h«n«ti of
cucreloo. xml broke throngh the wood., followid by
Smith, who fired mtotxI time., bluing him twlco
end riddling him with (hot. Tho JdglBrok.ptop
1 pond to the reridenco ol Jxmoi IUruw, nearly two
mill, distant. Mill (ollowod.by hla punneri. Had
ing no one there to protect him, ho continued on
three qnxrton ot a mile further to tho residence of
June. Carter, where he found no one bntwomen.
lie then kept up hi. flight two miles further, grow
ing weaker, with 1m. of blood, when became to
tbe residence of a relative, ureen Uue.k.ba, being
a total dUtenco of nearly live mile., when his pur-
■urere gave op Ihe chiue. There are no hope, of
Thefcud^Mween th«a famllle. h.« exlilcd for
many yean, and reareely a nubile R.th.rlng «n bo
iptdout
. right Batore
ke reached him, Wright fired hi. pltlol at
Cape Ham, tho ball going between thn left
arm and the body. Thou William Ham reined
Wright and held hat aro and tho body pinioning
hi. arm. ro that he oouhl not mo them, and hy thl.
tu widen to aotenu nimreii.
It the doctor reached him.
nmiirniBW wntuswui't uuiumi uit’u.
time Cape Ham had alfugot to him aud both w* ro
holding 'aim. He called to his young brother Will
tooomu and help him, which Will did. pulling
Cspc llamaway from nim. Thl* nllowHi him the
usu of one arm, and hu fired two shots at Wm. Ham.
who waa still Irving to hold him. Tho firat ball
grazed Ham’s hea l; the second entered iris left
side, and ho fell to the ground. Wright thon
plrtccd his ylriol agaluat Capo Ham's head, and
Mid he would JrJ)1 him If Redid not surrender.
CspusrepUetf that of courao ho would surrender, as
he had nothlog, wife which to defend himself,
Tho two Wrighv" then gc* *
ofi. Ham nov tt spoke
iu a few afnut'to after tl
A meeting hod been held at FrovIdenco Congte-
national MoUiodlst church tho night before.
T A*rlght desir ed to esetethomo, in hU buggy, a
young laflj, For reasoossatisfactory to herself, she
accepted Capo Ham's-company instead. As they
drove of. * Fright tried to pass them in his bum,
which Han i prevented. In the effort of both to keep
ahead, wh’jch thrp kortmp some distance. Wright's
buggy'Oro'ie down, perhaps by reason ofrunnltig
agslnst a 1 nek. Ttito made him very angnr aud he
vented lila anger by using, vloleni Unman
agaluct II am. and even by strikingot hlm with hi-
whip; au d It Is arid also mathestruck Ham and the
lady isofe wilt tho whip, though
this fa not oo well authenticated as
the otb«r ttefnss. There were others on
thevoad at therimo.and the matter was quieted
down. Mam carried thtjrquug Udy homo, and
waaprerailed en bfker father to H*n4 tho night
there, t MuklDg thntrit hu returned he would muot
WriRt and VAfficulty would be inovitsblu. This
rentlrman also psrauaded Hum !>•» a«rco to get out
—*2—1—. n^i ... next (lay; nn<l
reU upon aih.ia
> prerent 1
Several;
_ yean ago the feud celml-
uamd'H a'bloody encounter Ig lh. upp« part.o.t
THE DEMENTED GENERAL.
M<V(w‘. e.M.wh.t H.tl«r. li.t 111.-Cqlwat. Iffr-
wmr ll.v.lrer-
WumrivoTox, January ll—Th. war department
li Informed that tho oondlllon of Scncral tie-
Kcnrlc la conilderab);-improved. Th.-report waa
mad. by on. of hU nafrafnetre, whomoDtly vlill-
edhlmat Bloomiogdalo. TheofllceraeC the My-
lnt, krwever, Hill refrain from the expreulon of
an opinion aa to hl.ch.nce. -of recovery.-It I.
generally believed that th. ptM.nt- Improvement
(a tret-tomporary, and that a -reaction will follow.
Ufa reatoruUon loeonxiand It regarded a. ImpoMi-
hie, and a vacancy will -anon eoaurln the grade of
nrlgadi.-r g-neral, General VVeaJoy Merritt, a
Intundreitof Wnt r.lufeuiadesedy, and Cn
U. 0. Stanley, 32d Infaciry, aro the oTIcera moat
prnnluiintly mentioned aa likely to receive the
promotion.
THE JONESOPRO -FtLA-ME.
Tie t»:«e hy T—Hgli IHK!«iiI1w.|.Jim«
Free tl o New. Extra.
Mr. M. Bynda'e urc brick warcheuae, with
all tu content, wasconeumcd by tiro thin Denting
ThefirewMjlritdlieaveredby Mra. Hudaog, and
D. alarm spread over town by Edward Love, one
of the-.jmployei of Ut.Ke.eofllco, -Very Boon a
crowd ntu aa*cmblc-l,and a forcible cntranco made
neb waa the ranldftyof the devouring .flemea
that nothing could be doao to aavo Ihe untenia of
the hon.2, aav. a few inaignlfleant atUclea, Tho
whole eadmatod Ioaa laaetdowntn roonddgnreaat
about IK,M0. The Ioaa a Ul fall heavy on aoma of
onr farmer., who had atorod tkefi cotton trot ha-1
nollncuar'l Wa learn that tbe warehonae waaln-
aured fonft 000. Mauy and valuable paper, were
luthcraA'. aud w.hopqhaaprcaorvcdall ft. con-
lenli,but It cannot ba opeuad probably before
evening. Wean lufo'med Ihatthe narehoua will
ha rebuilt at onee, to we may hope that the kuetnMg
will not be tnentaded I.— —■-*
Ore m,lbliu.-Uknown wl T
atilvtd at tha building lint report that rite fire
teemed Mite located lu lha tooth-veil corner of th.
building, at or nnr komocnU. a eqmtdenbla dl»
unco from the lire place. The building wu a.ub-
araolfa! fir. proof atrncture, hating a gravid roof
*n»i rett-v. hoi mnee writing the .hove we learn
Ikat theMf« haa been opened and coutentiaie.il
njoltinl Mr. Brew-
Volntabii., (jcorglH.
-Cotxxaca, Januaiy 12 -From Ma-lon county
ocaet tho aeenont of a terrible Iregtxly which oo
comd lut night. Allan Oreaham and Cbarlee
Bitrihallcr, both rirgroei, lived on Ihe planla-Jon
nfJcdgn J. II.nvDbam, near Buena VlaU, and
hare tmkerto been frl-mda. Reeomlv Burkhalter
haa nctlced agrowtag Intimacy between -Ireitium
J«'«d.y heeaou omvloced of
ihe InCrJellty of hla wife, and waa betrayed by hla
friend. JJecidlui to avenge hla wrong, ho armed
binscR wife an old musket, and storied on fee
bunt tou.itt aham, wiio bad gone to Buena Vista.
Taking a auud by tho road .Ida he awatud
hU renra. About dark Greeham
and Looli Flower, appxMched on hone back, whan
VarkhTOtw »tapped obi from coneealmcot and
• atl. •howJamytlm.5 Got out oluw way Flow-
are.” Flowao turned hla florae, and (Jroaham ill-
mMinted, when Barkhallor fired, lodging t«niy.
1*0 MikahoUit th. body of th. unfortunate man,
who fell dead.
TheBrowuaatflJ.8Mnntoy Evening NtwivntpMd-
•g I hi. ev.iilngAre.ure to. typ. fonndera wanted
th. money fur tha uutflt andullcdln ibo alduf
ihMh-vtfr-o got Ac. It la lolubopod .v.rythl.g
bo aaUa7aeurify arranged, aad.the paper r*
Auaajnr, Jrxtuary rt,—Farmer, fn Ihla aectlen
have vary gonorally Ukcn advantage of tho re
oeut tong -delayed mfna to tow down an until-
uallylavge areaof Ihelr land, tn aprlog oau. Tito
drouth eg neooalty m*Je tho lowing of faU oata
— Aaa rnla. too. the/aro far hot
‘ rurlilona and anpnllea than
la (canon nu Mter.l occaafotta
.... yean. Thu want of reiuly
money la tho m.o rerlotw. and only drawback they
have toorotmarco thu flew Year wftb, but tt-fa
ebranfo wa.iaziongpla'iteri down hero Itaa been
an-Hen tided over In the put, that It doubtlcaa
will Iw again. _ „ , , .
r.ll0HZA, Januid7 0—Sh2tlff Owen oartjtd two
nrgroea to Galoeorllle, yeatarday, foraate keeping
until our next auperior court. They bqra com
milled for (ho oBtm. with an anault with Intent
to murder.
HavaNNair, January A vahllo man, aged forty
yeara.who arrived her. from Jharlcaton on Mooday
having atoleo a rid. on the care, wu dlaoovered In'
au oolhouie ou Ocanla Rcraoton'i premtwa on
IVbcaton atrcal, Uat evening In a frozen condlilon,
till fact, handa and care were badly froat bitten
and hi. eotidl-lon generally deplorable. HI. uime
la not known. Huwat removed to a boapllal but
It ta feared hla fact will have to be amputated.
Fletcher Lowrefeabo claim, to bo otto of the eel*,
brated gang ot Norlh Carolina onUawa, la In jail In
thla city, under aeutence of death for Ihe murder
of a man In Appling ceun-y, brought hero for a '
keeping. Ulaexecution will take plac. abort!;.
Dalvom, January *0.—A fight oecnrred at Tilton
yeatciday In which a man by name of Ilgll wag
badly, probably fatally, hurt, while rcalitlug .treat
by lbs marshal.
Joxiaioao, Januaiy 10.—About two o'clock thla
lornjng th. large brick warchnuto of W. M. Ityoda
wu dlreovtred lo bo on lire. It wu aeon evident
that there would be a total lore of Ihe building and
content!-, uwe hare no Are department and no
mrana of extlncnhhlng Urea The Ioaa laeatlmated
roughly at about 138 W0 Several cltla ua who nail
cotton atorod wlihnnl luiurane. luat heavily. The
tire origin.'- -1 In the rou-lro r t corner ot the ware-
hotiM, remote Irom any flreplaee, and th. nanal
coalwteniuiolia origin .reheld. Tbe brick wall,
ue m!Ustanding, and appeu vary little damaged,
ud cut be attain replacing the building, which
will presently aoon bo done.
Faigxogjr, January IP.—Hr. Jeff an tat, who
wu bitten by a mad deg on th. flret Init., aiel
ready puhllrhed in Tnx Coxai itotioh, duvclopcd
lut ulgbt agcnuln. aud wall defined caee of hydro
phobia It waxthoegtil at the time that th. bl<«
wu oot rover, enough lo rieult aerionkly, the aim
only being brulied aud railing a blond bllkurliui
under th. ikln-thn iktn appertutly being tail
lb. »«ln apparently
unbroken But lut night Mr. (irt.ua wu ukwi
with convulali-na end eiblblled alltymploma of
the terrible dbeu*. Several doctor, being called
| 1 a ,droXbU. ,,0: Th.rad^ln^„r“° U '* CO ‘
iidropbobla. They admlnbterefi wbat rei
.!• s were al hand, but wlibont benefit, when
Tidwell, without f»lib, but wife a deslro to eg.
bsnst sli means of sltovtailDg the terrible suffer-
lug of bto pailsnt. told them to get a madsione.
bich was near by in tha country, end be would
. ... tM]bJ)rw
n It de*
Ilk and
U3IUJltXt WCtrJK.
Us Weald, ludmsd.
From th# Graphic.
Henry Villard should fesve stock to the news-
paper bnaiocas. Then be would bare known Jo*t
tow marble had.
pplylL This wss brought snd applied. It adhvr-
jg tho first Um* about half an hour. WI
riWb'STUk^op
a while ft or •oowthli-g .la.brought
apparent taae to lh.naa.Dt- I unu.r-
• Mo-.. It Mill bring ep
Mr. «rron. having been Uttsn
_ 1I..IJ It wa*.naked in
reap^t-led. tladharii
pUeri. ■
nine daya ago. th. pnlaoo man have Youth well
into bit blood and aj.Um, aud th. chancre for hla
recovery are extremely doubtful, lie la a tolerably
old man, a good cHla-m, and much liked. Th.
ooandi will ha petitioned to pu. an ordi
nance requiring all doga appearing on lb. airc.ii or
Ul.tx.ln th. town, noi ercureiy murzleil, lob.
Mltri Ilia arid that lire dug which till Mr. GrMu.
Mi acveral dnga In thla communiiv- Thla dog ro-
caped from Falrhnni, bat wu tilled lh. um. day
at Dr. Paul Favor*, plac*. lo r.yeue county.
Wtar Poixt, January 19,-An old feud ba
tmen two leading familire of Ucmrd county hu
for a aecond Um. revnlud In th. murder of one ot
th. pertlre, ov«r rh« fin. In Carrollcoonly. Kobert
llockaha, together with roveral olhera, wu cm-
apracti warrant against Wrlehi the m-xt
hafllamtaavithal-h'inml 111! l-rotlier wen- Kiting .
after tho wawont triteti they met, with Hie fatal I up «n<l vrell sisiucd
result itorraiad ibovat
JaM'Kk, JanvarrE—The dry Uckstwo* elected
torn to uue in-our lltt'e town Usti^mwlrtv • Ho wo
will lintv no licensed liquor Shops Tn rfokr
K. BinicwouH was elected mayor. Councils
Llmilnc, G. Blrket, A. Motion, J. W. Henley ami
-,V. H. A\u.en. The town council Las Control o! (lit-
•whisky quesllon witbfn theoorptcstu limit*, mi this
yraatlrcanif'Chancolora retell shop as Iho or-
•liiinry tefuiwc to grant llccnw lu the county. Tills
is auotbsrscoro for Fickens on the moral sido. liny
are /or all sclliig or none, tor wfcolesalo and nu
special privllsges to a fow.
aba. fee present victim, itaviuir been oau oi w»w
(UMlIant*. snd John Smith oneot tho dcJcmlsuu.
■ihoCravenfelldead in fee first volley on feat co
ition. Kmlih ta still at large, and a renewal o! fee
Hid islikclv at ativ time,
AMKBicca, January 11.—What threatened (0 bo a
dretruollve flro la Jnat now aubdued. The flro was
dlacovercd tn a email wooden building adjoining:
tho lino new builorea home ot If. D. Wall*. Tho
B romnt action of our lire department raved bom
Ir. Wall.', bmlncia houre and retldencc, worth
112,000. Unrah tor tho America, flro department.
LtmrxiH, January lt.-A hravy Meet hat fallen
here. It commenced on Saturday morning, bnt
■oon ctued, to commence again on Monday nlgbt
The weather li bluer cold. Tho record atood on
Saturday Ihe 6th, at 10 o'clock mm., 12° abovo zero.
day same
8hcatn, fee 13 year-old daughter ot Mrs. Thomas
W. Hhcats, of Good Hope, wa* Playing near tho fir#
and her clothe* caught, burning her totMlf. gjj
lingeied in great agony umll this morning, when
xw k Insviiae, January lO.-Ourannual election
(of mayor snd board of aldermen for tho ensuing
year resulted in tho ro election of our former mayor,
Hon. Jsme* II. Dyches. Aldermsn—9 B. Lawson,
J. T. Walton, J. BMcDufflu, J. O. McCormick, J.
Z. T. Pslu, D. W. King snd J. J. Joiner, all of^"hom
aro good men, under whose administration the;si*
fairs of our growing city cannot fail to prosper. The
election passed off quietly. Owing to inclement
weather, ^business durlug the past few days ha*
been finll.
For.tYTH, January 11.—Tho dwelling of Mr. 8, B
Head on Maine street waa destroyed hy fire *12 a.
m., lut night. Loss 11.000. The oontento were most
ly saved.. Tho loss was fully coverod by insarsneo
in fee Georgia Home and douthem Mutual Mr.
Head had Just arrived fee day before from • pro
tracted vl»H to south west
Ill-'OU no fire in the east room where the flic waa
discovered. He Males that he smelled smoko soon
after supper, and upon lnveatl<aUou found fee bed
ou flro in fee unoccupied east room and put Bout,
a* ho thought, hut feat he mast h«vo failed to ex-
tlngulrh it entirely, and It sprain up Rgsla about
midnight. Judge John T. McGIntv; In ruunlug to.
tho flro slipped upon tho lee and telling dinlocated
his loft arm attho wrist. It was promptly sethy Dr.
Alexander, who was attho fire.
SitABoN, January 11.—Mr. Marion Brown, living,
about four mile* frem this place, at Sandy Cross
came la town yost'wdoy with his arm and head tied.
«Qd well stained with blood, trod sulil feat he
_4 a rifgru iiniiird Wilton Edwards had some
ordsin his store al tai.djr Cross, when the n'gro.
•llh an oalh and drawn knife, rsnat h.m behind
..1* counter, cut him (Brough the Jiteaud msdsaV
UKl/wouod on his arm. sir. Browu shot tho negro
three times white cutting him.
horned from fee Htore. The n
CNtcrday uvunlug and lougod
J 'atiirnr, 1 *January 11.—Mr, Maono, a promlncn t
merchant of Augusta, will open a largo drygoods*
store In onr city in a few days.
A crazy negro living on Mr. Tom Brooks's place,
about eight miles from Athens, demanded of Mr.
Brooks time hundred dollars. Mr. fi. refused. ar.rL
bo camo with an old army sabor and told Mr.
Brooks that the Lord had commanded him io kilt
Mr. H. Ho then made a ru»h with hfs saber, and
Mr. Brooks got his gun, which tho negiogqt hold of
And wrenched It out of hla hand, after cutting
Uiooks severely <m tho arm with thonaber. Ho
throw Brooks down, when hla wife and daughter
cmno lo his »*orou#\ They *11 got out of the bouse,
when the neg.’o locked all thu doora and took pos-
somIom. Mr. jir.toksgot seven 1 ii< ignbora aud went
aud dislodged ht'maud put him under arrest.
CoLUMors, JanuaV 11.—Daring the past two or
three months a number ot stores have been burg
larized in this city, fei cntranco to nearly alA
beiug affected in tho samo w^Jby reaching tbrouglu
tbe.'tranaum and raising tho toT* b ?L*’ ,bCD
open tho door, amt till now Utf Pfrpetrstont.
havo eluded tho ufllcurs t, t " u
Late last ^ Olgnt the polled *m»ted
Bob A Hi ii, who cairiu ficro from Opclik C°. •' I *'
piclon. and to day found sufficient proper» v fehiS'
usual tuunt*to Uht.-n htsgijiiton him. Ad’ 1 ?;’ 1 '
of merchants Jdeutlfliwl thdr property, feona' 1 * “C
nertr made any conaldcrabto haul, lielaanug fef
Jail and good fort wen ty. years lu fee penitentiary.
The board of dir* ctora of fee public library met
tteuightaud elected the following oOlceni for fee
ensolngyoaxi Dr. Charles B Estes, president; R.
L. Wells, first vice: Professor f. If. i happen, sec-
oud vice; W.C. Puts, secretary; CHIT ti. Grimes,
treasurer, and Kd K. Caratll, librarian. Tho libra
ry a»soclaiioo I* in a MourDhlng condition and
numbois four hundred and sixty actlvo members.
Bainreidox, January 10.— A whlto man named
Isaac 8toty is in Jail charged wife brutally assault-
lag, a few day* ago, MUa Nancy P. Andersen, a re
spectable termer’s daughter of Decatur county.
Eastman, Go., January 12.—A correspondent of
tho Times gives a very interesting letter, lo reply
to a statement made by Colonel W. H. Hparkr, In
which ho said that Montgomery county had ihe
honor of befog tho resting place oi tho noted Gov
ernor Troup, bnt there was not a shaft or tomb
stone lo mark tho spot where tbe chieftain rests hi*
head In feo lap of earth. Now, fn Jastfco to tho
pairlstlo dead, and lu behalf of Montgomery coon-
a ted. It was not until recently that 1 enjoyed
•Ate pleasure myself, and MMMgAgatoaUfo
mkp:<ably surprBcd t« t
beautifully ■ ■ * |
I was agreeably surprDcd to find one aero enclosed
and DMuUfnlly shaded wife oak, hickory, black
haw etc. Thu walla cncloalng fee monnment.
which stands (■mediately over tho grave of
Ithu llluterious dead, aro built of brick, five feet
in height aud twenty fectiquaie, with but one en-
UMO^*Mc^^Mura^hyi^RMtfrnMtqo«&
f>tir
trance, which la secured hy a bea
which to generally kept locked.
hsH» ot fee monument 1* 3x3 feet, and
semblinf quarts. Upon fe'a tneru la h anow white
»oaft of ItolUti granliu tight fe-t high, teperiog
gradually fipwanl to a conoid which oontaloa fee
allowinglosaipiion: "Monument eraendbyu.
31 T.oup, fee brother, and G, M. Troop, tho
nephew, saaUlbMio of affection tn the memory of
° L Troup,who died September 23,1849, aged *Ix-
four years An honest mau wlm a good mind
and a g «oJ heart," On tho base beneath ap-
tout u-« following icnllmciu.! opluph:
, Mlohrol ..Trotro, boro 8ai.uu.iKr
Htn, died April 20-h. Ih.tj. No epitaph can tell
hto worth. Tho history of Georgia must perpetuate
lri* virtues and ccmmwrsf his potrlottem. Them
be teaches us th« argument being exhausted w
siand by our arma " The above Is a verbatim of the
luscnpUpo .on the Troup monument and fee
deteriptlon already given of fee Itosemount ceme
tery aa your bumble senrant can portray. All In ail
the whole 1* perfectly beautiful, and I can
only add In the language of Henry City
lD « -Prowtandn* hi* Silc0 on the merit*.
el Washington, "that Governor Troup needs no-
pripeely dome, mouumerttal pile, no stately pyra-
mid to rear nis lofty head to heaven to tell posteri
ty ht* fame. Ill* worthy d»eds alone have rend--
fred him Immortal, and whin oblivion shall have
swept away throne*, kingdoms and principalities,
and the uut vestsgu ot hum*u greatness and grand-
ear shall have mouldered Into fee dust and the
fri-riirei «,i thnv thnil tecome extinct, eternfiy
»l l catch tb« glow it k them»- and dwell with In
creasing rapture on hi* name."
(indistinct psinv
