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- MSB Bb SuniUW 1 ■ VOL. X. LADIES LAY SEIGE TO CONGRESS IN BEHALF OF AMERI CAN SILK PRODUCTS, They Present Both Houses With Ameri can Fings, Made of American Silk by American Women—The Grant Retirement BUI —Notes. Jafi. 24. The bill to retire Gen. Grant, which has passed the senate, ■till hangs flr« in the house, but is being care fully and judiciously worked by the general’s ardent friends. In this connection Senator Maxey, of Texas, makes public the following letter received by him from Hon. Janies Hpeed, of Kentucky, who was attorney general under Presidents Lincoln and John son: “Louisville, Ky., Jan. 15. 1885. •‘Senator Maxey, Washington, D. C: “Dear Sir: I feel constrained to address you this letter, expressive of rny thanks for your position and remarks in the senate upon the bill to place Gen. Grant on the retired list of the army. I was particularly struck with your forcible presentation of the fact that when the supreme hour came to the southern states, and they had to yield up thair most cherished hopes and abandon their struggle, no man ever acted with more magnanimity and generous sensibility than Gen. Grant. At that time, immediately following the death of Mr. Lincoln, Gen. Grant was the most conspicuous man in the country. His word was more weighty than that of any one, not excepting the President. I have often thought of the debt of gratitude the country owes to Gen. Grant, that he was just the man he was at that h<»ur, clear sighted. resolute, and imbued with f-n’i mente exactly adapted to the emergency. I wai* at that time, as you know, in the cal met of President Johnson, and in my capacity as attorney general a case came before me very soon after the surrender at Appomattox, which I will relate. “Gen. Bradley Johnson, of the confederate army, was at that surrender-, and received there a military parole. With that in his possession he was arrested and imprisoned in Baltimore. He being under an indictment for treason, he addressed a letter to Gen. Grant from the prison inclosing his parole. Upon receipt of it Gen. Grant at once wrote to the president a most positive and emphatic letter demanding the discharge and release of Gen. Johnson. The letter, while respect ful, was most determined. It tok the ground afterward fully established that mili tary paroles were not to be violated by civil arrests. President Johnson, however, was not disposed to acquiesce. He laid the mat ter before me for an opinion. “I saw the difficulty presented by the legal aspects of the case, and projiosed to the president that I would avoid it, if possible, by consultation with Gen. Grant. I found Gen. Grant in his office, and spoke of the legal difficulties, and suggested that he withdraw the letter he had addressed to the president and ask that a pardon bo issued to Gen. Johnson, which woul 1 solve the diffi culty. This he positively refused to do if he In any way yielded the position taken by him that his paroles were to be respected. He expressed his unaltered determination that they should not be violated. Said be: ‘That is the way Gen. Lee and I understood it at the time, and I will ba drawn and quartered before they shall be vioinied.’ He added he would take the same stand m every case that might arise. He agreed to write the letter I proposed asking the pardon. I said I would bend for Jit; he said, ‘No, I will write it now.’ Turning to bis table, he wrote the let ter with his own hand in a very few mo ments. It was a model in his clear state ments It expressed his fixed determination to have his pai vies observed, and from that time the law was settled that they were to be respected. I had the pardon prepared at once and signed by the president, and Gen. Johnson was discharged. “Thus the southern people, through their military leaders in the late war, have cause ro entertain the kindly feelings for Gen. Grant which you so admirably express in your speech in the senate, and not only in the particular I have mentioned, but for many others also. The other portion of our now united country can never fail to remernher him as the strong arm of its power in the great struggle. Gen. Grant left the army at the call of his country His two administra tions were in times of excitement end distraction incident to the vast iisruptions of war. He should have leen restore-! to the army years ago. He cer tainly should be now. In my judgment mili tary men who perform groat an-1 notable ser- i vice should be suitably rewarded and hon ored. Ibincerely trust the bouse will promptly ; ass the bill, and that it will become a law II seems to me but justice, and, I may add, tardy justice. I should add that President Johnson, while sustaining the legality of the parole as a civil pardon, had no hesitation in granting the executive pardon. I am, sir, most respectfully, James Speed.” Senate. rhe incident in the senate was the presenta tion of the woman’s silk association, of Phila i <4phia, of a handsome United States silk f! g, the national being spun, woven and manufactured in the United States The flag v is placed to the left of the presiding officer, o d a communication from the association v is read, slating that America was now i . ising better silk worms awl producing finer in w silk than any other country, and ail the ti ociation asked was a little encouragement from congress. A resolution, offered by .Mr. 1, ck, and strongly supported by Messrs. Horgan and Dawes, was adopted, accepting ti. « flng, and thanking the ladies of Philadel j, ia for their patriotic exertions to enlarge a: 1 diversify the means of employment for w men. dr. Morgan, from the committee on for- f ei c .n affairs, introduced an amendriient to be | ii -erted in the consular and diplome tic appro priation bill appropriating $5,000 lor the ex pt ses of examining into the resources of the Congo country. Ir. Plumb offered a substitute for Mr. V st’s resolution in the Oklahcma matter, r-guesting the president to enter into nego tiations with the Indian tribes for the surren d . of all lands held by them in excess of 160 ar* es for each head of the family. Mr. Conger denounced this Whole ihove nu nt as in the interest of sickly long-horned cat He —the pleuro-pueumoniaries of Texas —to pi vide for them new pastures in which to recuperate their impared energies. He said agitation of this aubject would only encour age new bands of boomers assembled for the pui poeeof stealing Indian lands. <hi motion of Mr. Sherman both the reso lu m and substitute wore referred to the committee on Indian affairs. House. M hen the house was called to order there ws j displayed on the right of the speaker an elegarit'silk flag bearing the stars and stripes. As as the journal was read the speaker Ini 1 before the house a letter from the •woman’s silk culture association of the United States, presenting the flag, made of American afik, rawed by American womet and children, reeled by the ladies of the asso ciation, and spun, dyed and woven by them, to the houf-H of representatives ns a memento of the success attained in silk culture in ths Untied States. Mr. Kedey (Pa.) offered a resolution ac cepting the flag and complimenting i‘s ex quisite fabric and the perfection of i's c >lors, ‘ regarding it as an evidence of the npid progress made in American silk culture and providing that the flag be hung in the hall of the bouse as a national emblem, an-1 that, it be preserved as a momento of the tact and energy of the women’s silk culture associa ( tion. The resolution was adopted with one dis senting voice—that of Mr. Hammon I (Ga ) i Mr. Hurd (O.), as a question of privtege, . offered a resolution reciting that as the edu cational bill and others appropriating money i bad originated in the senate, and were now on the speaker’s table, and as it had been as serted that these bills were in violat ion of the privileges of the house, the committee on judiciary were directed to inquire into the power of the senate to originate appropria tion bills. Mr. Hurd addressed the house, claiming that these hills came ui. l ler the first clause of the seventh section, fi"»t article of ;he constitution, which declares “All bi Is for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives.” He cited various authorities to sustain his position that the ap propriation of money was the true intent of the clause. He argued that tc raise money was one thing—taxation would do that—but “revenue,” the word substituted by the con stitutional convention, meant not only the raising of money, but its appropriation, and that the raising of revenue covered both taxation and appropriation. He denied the right of the senate to originate any appro pnation bill, whether private or general. FOR THE DARK CONTINENT. A Band of Methodist Missionaries Embark for a Long Journey. New York, Jan. 24.—A party of twenty missionaries, consisting of Rev. C. L. Daven port, Mr and Mrs. A E. Wythy, of Lynn, Mass., and four children; H. C. M■•Kinley, formerly a Texas cowboy; Miss Delia Reese, formerly a Quaker exh->rter, of In liana; \ Ratcliff, once of the salvation army; Dr. Mary R. Meyers and Bishop Taylor’s children, Rossa A., Ada E., Stewart L., William Ross, Arthur Fay and Ada Hattie Taylor sailed f >r Europeon the Inman steamer City of Mon treal to join Bishop William Taylor and pen etrate Central Africa under the direction of the Metho lUt church. On 1 'indeed Methodists came to see them off, and as the big ship pulled out Into the stream they say ing “YVe will meet on that beautifu shore.” The missionaries expect to get to the Portu guese seaport Luanda, about two hundred miles south of the Congo, in about five weeks. ' From Luanda they intend to go by boat 120 miles up the Cuanza river. They expect to travel the rest of the one thousand miles in the heart of Afri aon foot. S veral mem bers of the pirty have gone on in ad ..< co, an»l among them are Bishop Taylor an 1 Dr. Somers. Bishop Taylor expects to j-r side at < a missionary conference in Monrovia, Liberia, during the last week in this month, aud to j i/i his party in Loanda. Dr. Somers is in England collecting inf irmeti-m taut wbl be serviceable to the party during their march into the interior. MRS. MILLIONAIRE GREEN Weeps When Asked tn Pay Her Husband’s I.ittle Bill of 8800,000. New York. Jan. 24 —Mrs E. H. the la ly whose twenty-six mil’.i >n d 1 >rs us securities have reposed undisturbed in the vaults of the banking house of J. J. Cisco Sou for a long time, has spent much of her time in Wall street recently. Ir. is sai I that she looked her securities over an i found them nil right, and on Wednesday she spoke to Assignee May about taking them away \vi h her. Mr. May called her attention to the fart that her husband, E. H. Green, owed the firm SBOO,OOO which he had bor- ■ rowed on Louisville and Nashville ' railroad securities The firm loaned this sum to Mr. Green, it is alleged, upon Mrs. Green’s assurance that she would see that it was paid. The lady denies that she ever gave any such assurance. She whs informed that she might take away a l of her securities except such as were required to make good the loan to her husband. It is related that Mrs. Green was very much af fected by the refusal of the assignee to 1-t her have all of the contents of her strong box. She is said to have cried long and bit terly ill the office of the suspended banking bouse. The assignee, acting under advice of counsel, adhered to his decision, and thus the mailer stands. Sport Ahead at Montreal. Montreat., Jan. 24.—The final arrange ments have been completed for the opening of the carnival on Monday next. The official programme is as follows: In the forenoon, opening of all toboggan slides. In the after noon, skating and promenade concert at the Victoria rink and opening of the boulevard to St. Helen’s island. In the evening, un veiling of the mammoth ice lion and i display of fire-works; grand opening of the Montreal toboggan hill; opening of St. Helen's island tobogganing hill; hockey match at the Victoria skating rink and electric illuminations of the ice palace and Condora. It is expected that at least twenty four snowshoe clubs will participate In the proc<ssion and subsequent attack on the cas He on Wednesday night. The turnout on Tms lay ev ning will only boos a part al chaiact r, but the following night at L ast 2,500 snowshoes will be found in line fully equipped for sport. Among the outside clubs will be the Sorel, Cowansville, ( ’ nu ii enne,-Ottawa. Huron, Lion, Auro a, Union, (‘ommercial, St. Hyacinthe, Beauharnois, of Toronto; St. Georges, Toronto; Lachiue, Sherbrooke, and Young Men's Amusement j Club of Ottawi. How Muc’» Did Lorillard Contribute? Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan 24 -Pierre Lorillard Las been traveling through the south in the beautiful boudoir car “Thu Ade lina Patti,” which he leases for SIOO per day. His wife and a party of friends accompany him. bi coming up the Alabama Great Southern railway, he had his rar attached to the engine to escape ths smoke. As the train neared a sharp curve in the road, going at the rate of forty miles an hour, two little buys were seen on the track franticaLy wav ing their hats. They succeeded in stopping the train at the brink of an awful chasm, the bridge over which hud been floated off by a torrent. Thu boys hud stood there for four hours in a temperature nearly zero to save the train from certain destruction, for had it gone thirty yards further every car would have dashed into the deep abyss A collec tion was taken up for the little heroes. Starving Out the Boomers. ! Arkansas City, Kas, Jan. 24—Gen. Hatch has surrounded the boomers at Still water, with The intention of starving them out. He allows no one to approach them, but lets any one leave who desires. A courier just in reports several leaving already, as tbs provisions are running sh >rt. The Okla homites have been trying to raise nionej here for their relief, but without succeuu COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25. 1885. IS STEWART ENTRAPPED? CLOUDS OF REBELS SAID TO HAVE CUT OFF HIS RETREAT. And that He is Hemmed in an Entrenched Camp in the Desert —Intense Excite ment in London —The French Av .danches Destroy a Church. London, Jan. 24.—The city is in a perfect fever of excitement awaiting news from Stewart’s advance column, which up to last accounts was following up the victory of Metemneh. The latest dispatches, though ;hey are unofficial and received by private parties, have created the wildest sensation ui i the streets are thronged with surging crowds of people who besiege the guvern tnent offices and newspaper bulletins for lews. No such scenes ha e occurred in Lon ion since the bombardr. ant of Alexandria. The dispatches which hara caused all the ex 'ibinu nt are bulletined at the newspaper >fflces an 1 purj ort to com') from KortL lLuy contain the startling information that Jen. Stewart, after having made a brave in I courageous advance on the enemy after Saturday's battle, has been forced to retreat from Metemneh. The rebels came to the rescue of their countrymen in myriads, and poured down from the hills in masses that defied computa tion. It is said that Stewart seeing the hope lessness of an attack, in view of the numbers )f the enemy and his own comparatively imall force, retreated and now occupies an intrenched camp in the desert, where he is completely hemmed in and all chance of fun her retreat so effectually cut off that nothing but a speedy relief will save his force from 'loci nation or total annihilation. The government officials place no reliance whatever on the d spatches, and point to all lhe circumstances as going to show that the report is highly improbable. Old army men, however, are loth to dis yredit the news, knowing as they do the tac ;ics heretofore pursued by the Mahdi's forces uid the fate of former commands. Nothing can allay the excitement except an official iispatch from Cairo or KortL No News From Stewart. London, Jan. 24.—The war office has re ceived no news concerning Gen. Stewart's ad rance since the account of the battle Satur day. The absence of news causes much anxiety. Hea is of the war department met with Earl Marley, under secretary for war, presiding, to consider the situation. The Times, Telegraph and Standard have lot yet received reports of the battle at Abu Klea, although they had special correspond mts in the field. This fact increases the mxiety concerning the fate of Stewart. The belief is becoming prevalent that the battle xt the welis is more severe than the govein nent is willn.g to admit. The Deadly Avalanches. Faris, Jan. 24. —An avalanche has oc •urre l at Metoules, in the department of Hau: AJpess, and crushed a church in which i number us persons were worshipping. All are buried under the snow; also twenty nen working in a marble quarry near by. volunteer force is engaged digging out the rictiniß of the disaster. Kaiser Wilhelm’s Recovery. Berlin, Jan. 24 —Emperor William’s Tioiii d attendants state that he has entirely recovered from his recent indisposition. Victoria Will Warble in Cincinnati. CiN' innati,Jan.24 —Manager Fen e sy has ?losed an engagement with Madam Victoria Morisini Ilulskamptosing at Heuck's Sunday b< t ■ een acts during the performance of “Nor ie< k,’ and Cin< innatians will have an oppor tunity to hear the woman who left a palatial Pome at Yonkers, N. Y., to follow her heart, and call her coachman husband. She Las been singing in concert in the northwest, j The wide notoriety that her elopement with 3oa liman Hulskamp gave her has awakened curiosity to s»-e the plucky little ex-heiress. Her voice is a clear sweet soprano, and she has just relinquished the flattering offer of K>oo a week in order to put henelf in re hearsal for appearance in opera. Signor Agramonte, the noted maestro of New York, predicts a brilliant future for her on the operatic stage. He Came from Edwardsville, 111. Baltimore, Jan. 24.—Charles W. Dim mock, aged about forty five, was arrested charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. He waived examination. Dim mock's plan was to reply to advertisements in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other papers for employment as nurses, governesses, teachers, companions, etc,, stating that for a $2 fee he could obtain a position for the ad vertiser. In many cases the money was for warded by the dupes, and that would be the last that would be heard from Dimmock. He came originally from Edwardsville, 11l Brutal Husband and Father. Bellville, Ont., Jan. 24. —A man named Ban in, who lives near Lime Lake, township of Ilungeri'ord, two of whose daughters were ill with scarlet fever, sold bis last cow a few days ago, got drunk, and quarreled with his wile. He raised a heavy chair against her, when the eldest of the sick girls sprang out of bed, threw open the door, and allowed her mother and sister to escape. The man then struck the girl with the chair, and she died from the effects K of the blow. The mother, who fled in her night c’othes, also died from tft ■ effects of the exposure, and both were Juried the same day. Why the Pennsylvania Didn’t Come In. New York, Jan. ‘24. —It is announced that the Pennsylvania railroad has leased a large tract of land on Staten Island opposite Perth Amboy, and is about to establish there an immense station for supplying coal to the city and harbor of New York and the cities adjacent. The Pennsylvania has determined to corn 3 into this field as a permanent com petitor for a share of the coal trade, and this is taken as a partial explanation of its refusal to enter the coal combination. Good News for the Men. Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 24. —A large order for locomotives has been received by the Schenectady locomotive works from the Chicago an<i Northwestern railroad, and an additional force of men will be put to work next week. Edward Ellis, treasurer of the company, says the order is sufficiently large ' to keep a big force employed until next sum mer. • Both Loved the Same Girl. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 24.—James Kearns and John Kennedy, friends of long standing, re cently became enamored of the same young lady. On Thursday night they quarreled, and during the fight Kearns attempted to demolish bis rival with a club. Kennedy Stabbed Kearns in the back. The wounded man was taken to the hospital. Ha will die. His assailant surrendered. Aylesford*s Remains. New York, Jan. 24.—The remains of Lord Aylesioid, who died at Big Springs, Tex, arrived in this city on Wednesday, and were shipped to England on the steamship Britan* Bio. JUDGE M’KAY SET FREE. The PorsiMtent Georgian Makes a Pennsyl vania <lu.spit.al Weaken. Prtn.ADELPHiA, Jan. 24.—Failing from want of jurisiii tion to obtain his liberty at the hands of th United States circuit court, Judge McKay, < / Georgia, sought the aid of the court con.mon pleas in his endeavor to Lh released from the Pennsylvania hospital for the insfc.e. He retained Rufus E. Shajw ley to plea:, hi cau*v, pud on application to Judge Finlettor i writ habeas corpus was issued. Subsequently It Shapley was in fornuxl that the u< t>pUia authorities had granted Judge McKay the privilege to go and come as be pleased. Os this fact the lawyer had an ocaiar demonstration soon after, when he found his client at bis office with a pass-k y to the hospital in his.pocket. The judge told Mr. Shapley the story of bis prostration from overwork. Though he sd mitte 1 that he hud done many eccentric things, he claimed to be perfectly sane. He had suffered much physical pain, and on one occasion he did immerse his feet in water while upon the bench, as that gave him re lief fiom a sensation of pain which extended over his entire body. This incident of his failing strength, like many others, had been greatly exaggerated by the press of the coun try, but the hospital authorities were now satisfied that he was not a proper subject for restraint. Judge McKay added that he wan willing to remain at the hospital under exist ing terms, until his health was restored, and he left his attorneys with the understanding that the writ of habeas corpus would be with drawn. Results of the Jam stown Bank Failure. i Jame.-town, Pa., J.\n. 24.—The failure of tho Jamestown bank has caused a panic in business circles. Already five assignments have be- n made by persons who had connec- i tion with the institution. Martin, it ap- ■ pears, took every available cent and left nothing out worthless notes. The liabilities will amount to more than $50,000. The Mer cer bank loses SIU,OOO and the Kinsman, 0., national bank a large amount also. There is consi ieraLue indignation against the bank’s officers since it has leaked out that they at tempted to suppress the facts of the defalca tion. They borrowed $15,000 an I put it in , the bank to bridge over the alf or but discov- ; j ery came too soon. Nelson Martin, brother I ot the absconder, who is security for him on notes amounting to $15,(K)0 will be forced to the wall if compelled to make good the amount. Nothing is known of the where abouts of the missing cashier. Cotton Men to the Rescue. ( New Orleans, Jan. 24. -Alex. McClure, I of the Philadelphia Times, took entire charge >■ of the ceremonies of “Pennsylvania day.” | In response to an urgent personal appeal from Maj. Burke to the cotton exchange for $60,000, with which to meet the present needs \ of the i xu. sition, the greater part of that sum has been subscribed. This, Maj. Burke a- wT .ide over until the gate receipts are ■ suliic -nt to pay out. Maj. Bui ke says the deficit has accrued since January 1, and that the receipts since that time have been applied soluly to the pay ment of urrent expenses. For several days , past the Tra-Mpts have been only S4C‘U or SSOO a day short of expenses. Was Col. Payne Forced Out? . Cleveland, 0., Jan. <24—Col. Oliver H. . Pay.it, for many years vice president and I treasur r of the Standard Oil Company, has ' i reel ned those two offices, Horace A. Hutch- i ins, who has been connected with the com- ; party for some time, being his successor. Col. Payne will r 'main a director. The reason as- ! signed for his action is that he is in need of rest. Senator-M ct Fayne declared that his son’s action had no connection with any po litica M-h me. Col. P. yae has a f rtune of not less'than $2,00i>.000. It is stated that he was forced out of tue company by the repub lican s‘ -kb Tiers, who disliked his activity in the democratic campaign. The “Old Guard” Ball. New York, Jan. 24—The “old Guard” ball and reception at the Metropolitan opera I i house was one of the finest affiairsof the kind : ; ever witnessed in this city, lhe attendance was larger than on any previous occasion, and the arrangements for the comfort of guests w< re perfect. The decorations were of tne most elaborate and costly description. Among the military guests present were dele gates from the Philadelphia City Troops, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Corps, the Albany Bergess Corps, the Governor’s Foot Guard, of Hartford, the Continentals, of Wor cester, the Washington Light Infantry, of Charleston, S. C., and the United Train, of Providence, R. I. A Millionaire’s Two Wills. New York, Jan. 24. —Mr. Thomas Bar bour. the millionaire, of Paterson, N. J., who died on Monday last, left two wills—one made in Paters-in about two years ago and another in Ireland last year. The former left the great bulk of his property to his only son, after providing for his wife. The later will left about half his estate to his sisters in Ire land. It is thought that some complications may arise from the fact of there being twe wills, made in different countries under dif ferent Jaws. Mr. Barbour estimated his es tate at about $1,000,0u0, though some ol bis friends think it is worth much more. Using Sharon’s Funds to Speculate. VictolUA, B. C., Jan 24.—John McLaugh lin, tne law clerk who ran away with $25,00C from San Francisco about two weeks ago, has been seen here He obtained the money from Gen. Barnes, the seni-r counsel for ex- Senator Sharon, for a spurious agreement. McLaughlin proposes to remain in British Columbia until the all-rail route to Winnipeg, Montreal and Halifax is open next year. Meanwhile he is speculating in real estate, in anticipation of the boom expected to occur when the cars come through Wanted for Robbing Kanucks. Montreal, Quebec, Jan. 24 —Theconfiden tial clerk of the standard clothing company, who came here from Chicago about a year ago, forged the name o 2 the manager of the company on drafts coming from customers outside, drew the money at the bank and de cani,■'•<i. His as far as known, are but it is thought there is more still to come. The absconder has been traced . to Chicago and detectives sent after him tc i bring him back under the extradition treaty TI e Light Weight Ahead. i New York, Jan 24 —Jack Dempsey. 1 weighing 142 pounds, put on soft gloves with I Jim Fell, chan pion middle weight of Can adft, who weighed ’76 p< un is Four rattling I rounds we. e fought, in which Fell was se ’ verely punished. Dempsey did not show any signs of the blows d«alt by Fell. Venom from a Black Spider. Bayside, L. 1., Jan. 24.—The case ol Johnny White, an eight-year-old boy, who was bitten by a black spider seven weeks ago, is attracting much attention among medical men. His symptoms resemble those of hydrophobia. The la i l>egan to feel the effects of the bite a week ago, aud is now ap parently in a dying condition. Body of a man found at Lambert’s Point, near Norfolk, Va., Mun lay, identified as th< body of bis brother by S. D. Shilling. Livi brother saludied dead one was murdered. 1 I TEXAX INSURANCE. i NEW YORK COMPANIES RESENT A l JUDICIAL DECISION. , By Instructing Their Agents to Take No I More Risks in the ixuie Star State — Death of Col. Williams—Con flict of Authority. I Galveston, Tex.. Jan. 24.—The Home and 1 other fire insurance companies of New York ‘ have instructed their agents in Texas not to > insure buildings in thift state after February i 1. This policy is due to a decision of Judge Pardee, of the United State" circuit court, i that the face of a policy expresses the value ■ of the property insured in case of its de -5 struction by fire. This decision upholds what ’ is known as the valu 'd policy law which is in ' force in this and some other states. The agent of the Home in this city being asked ■ the reason of his company’s opposition to the 1 enactment sail: 1 i “It will tend to increase the crime 1 of arson; to encourage the perpetra tion of frauds; to gieatly and improp erly enhance the amou it of losses to be paid by insurance companies, and lead 1 not only to a depredation of public morals, but also to an increase of the burdens of honest citizens, by iuvol zing their property more frequently in destruction by fires caused by incendiaries and by making ‘it necessary to pay such greatlv increased rates of premium for insurance as will be required under such circumstances, to pay the increased losses. Moreover, the law offers a direct inducement Ito dishonest property holders to insure their property for more than its real value, aud ' promises them the solemn sanction of law in enforcing the collection of claims, however ' unjust or exorbitant, provided only that the j claim be not tainted with actual fraud, a thing well nigh impossible to prove in almost i avery case. ” I “It is the old story of friction,” said the 1 agent, “and that is the oldest insurance story i there is in existence. It runs as follows: A j farmer whose house had been insured tor | $5,000 and was worth $2,500, was telling the I insurance agent that he couldn’t account for I the fire. ‘Oh, it's the old story, of friction,’ I said the agent. ‘But there couldn’t have been any friction,’ said the farmer. ‘Where iocs the friction come in?’ ‘lt is caused by rubbing a $5,000 policy against a $2,u00 house,’ replied the agent ” A Conflict of Authority. Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 24. Judge Fitzgerald jn Thursday ordered the sheriff to put Ber ger, who was ejected from his ranch on the Papago reservation by Indian Agent Wheeler, in repusession of bis premises. Sub- Agent Hart and Lieut. Mason, in charge of i the troops on Berger’s ranch, treated the or i ier with contempt. The court then issued , m order to bring Hart and Lieut. Mason ( j and his command before the court. A con , ' flict is expected, as it is believed the soldiers , ' will not submit to arrest. Death of Col. Williams. San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 24. —Col. Thomas Williams died Thursday of paralysis. He was a graduate of West Point, ami on the outbreak ot the rebellion was commissary at this point. He resigned his commission in the United States army and entered the con federate service, ami was commissioned as sistant commissary general of the coufeder | acy. At the close of the war he removed to San Antonio. Eight Coal Barges Lost. Evansville, Ind., Jan ‘24. —The tow boat Harry Brown, which passed this city at noon Thursday on her way down the river, col lided with piers Nog. 6 and 7 of the new Louis ville and Nashville railroad bridge which is being erected at Henderson, Ky , and sank seven of the twenty-eight barges she had in tow, each containing 12,000 uushels of Pitts burg coal. The steamer herself, with the ' rest of the barges, escaped btfing a total loss by a miracle. The barges sank in thirty-five feet of water, out of the channel of the river and will not obstruct navigation when the river recedes. This is the first serioss acci dent occurring at the bridge since the piers have raised their heads above water. The Bell’s Journey Begun. Philadelphia, Jan 24.—Farrell’s gas * wagon, with its six horses decurated with red, white and blue ribbons, drove up in front of Independence hall, and the old liberty bell was soon transferred to it, and the line of march, headed by McClurg’s band and S(X) policemen, was then taken up for the Penn sylvania railroad depot at West Philadelphia. All along the route the old revolutionary relic was cheered by the crowds who gain cred to witness its departure. The special train bearing the bell ami a delegation of the city council left for New Orleans at 10 o’clock. Sister Theresa’s Obsequies. WILKESRARRE, Fa., Jan. 24.—The funerai of Sister Theresa, niece of James G. Baine, took place from St. Mary’s church. None of Mr. Blaine’s family were present The sacred edifice was crowded to overflow iug, and fifty priests were in attendance. A high requiem mass was celebrated b Father O'Hara, and Father Kelly, of Towimda, spoke feelingly of the deceased, and at the conclusion of his re marks the congregation began to sob loudly. The remains were followed to the depot by live thousand people. The interment takes place at Pittsburg. Will Inaugurate Sunday Races. New Orleans, Jan 24.—Messrs. Lamothe & Co., lessees and mana gel’s of the winter racing sea-on at the Louisiana track, have decided to inaugurate Sunday racing, and will begin on Sunday when the programme originally announced for Saturday will be given. Death from Epilepsy. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 24.—Wiley Fryar, living near this city, was crossing a little stream on Thursday when be fed face downward in an epileptic fit. The water was scarcely three inches deep, but he lay there unconscious, aud when discovered was dead. And Ho a Millionaire’s Nephew. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 24.—Albert Sage, a nephew of Russell Sage, the millionaire, was convicted in the police court here on a charge ; of failing to provide for his three motherless children and was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in the .Albany penitentiary for . six months. Won on the Nineteenth Ballot. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 24—George Hearst received the joint democratic caucus 1 nomination fur United States senator Thurs day evening, receiving seventeen votes on ths nineteenth ballot Henley got eleven and 1 Sumner two. A Boom in Coffee. New York, Jan. 24 —The business at the j coffee exchange Thursday was the largest of any day for six months. Fully 70,000 bags were sold, and prices fell on unfavorable i jmwb f»oin Rio de Jauario and Mavra, i ' THE CONDENSER. Fresh, Pithy Now. Items Boiled Down foi the Hurried Reader. The Indian appropriation bill has posse the bouse Mrs Stamey Matthews died in Washii gt- i Thursday afternoon. An exteiirinn has been granted Oliver Bros & IT lips, ol Pittsburg. ; Avalaiicb < are devastating Pidmont and ■ swallowing whole villages. Victoria Morosini-Shelling-Hulskamp wll warble in Cincinnati Sunday night. Capt. Jam.*B Phelan is able to walk about the wards of Bellevue hospital, New York The presidential election returns from al states ore now in, both by mail aud mes senger. Bismarot has gobbled up another slice o: W< st Africa and England and France an wroth. The cor test in the Gaines will case has be gun in New Orleans, and tho lawyers an ■ happy. John Myers, of Williamstown, 0., killed by a Cincinnati Northern train a ! Ivanhoe. The thermometer on Mt Washington i Thursday morning registered fifty degree i below zero. The auditing committee of the whisky poo say that all claims against the pool will Lx paid in full. Freneh refiorters refusing to tell the souren of their information about some anarchta art icles were fined $25. The Western Nail Association has advanced the card rate of nails to $2.15 per keg, an ad vance of about 5 per cent. A portable engine on a farm near Ithaca, N. Y., exploded, instantly killing two mer ad fataliy injuring a third. Alien Danvers, American manager of th» Lisbon Telephone Company, has beex • kmgnted by the king of Portugal. The president and clerk of council at Mas ‘ i sillon, 0., are charged with malieasaace lx 1 office ana falsification of records. The six-year-old daughter of Isaac Brown of Lancaster, 0., was burned to death by hei clothes catching fire from the stove. The young &on of Rees R. Jones, living near Newark, 0.. was shot by some unknowx man, as he entered his father’s stable. Isaac Trescott, of Salem, 0., who wai struck by a tram on the Cleveland and Pitts burg railroad, near Alliance, 0., died us th< injuries received. The Hamilton county grand jury are about to indict all the gamblers and houses of ill repute and the owners of houses in>ed for sue! purpo .es in Cincinnati. The house of the Indiana legislature adopted the senate concurrent resolutiox favoring an investigation of the affairs ol the state treasurer’s office. Cakey Hall, ex-mayor of New York, wil take Lord MaudeviLe’s testimony in England in a suit fur su),Uuo instituted in New Yuri by Miss Hiram, a former servant of his lord ship. The home secretary tells the London mu nicipal uuLborities that the guvt?rnmeut h not in favor us offering a reward fur tin discovery of the persons who caused th< dynamite explosion under London bridge. The Ohio river was gorged with ice anc navigation suspended at Parkersburg ihur» day night A number of steamers have laid up in the Little and Big Kanawha until th< ice runs out. The United States cavalry captured twelv< Mexican Landlieend brought them to Yuma Arizona. Tht re was a severe tight before tne capture and so ir of the bandit gang wen leit upon the field dead. The senate of the Kansas legislature passed the hom>e bill re atiug to Oklahoma lundi after so amending as to favor opening iui settlement ail lands in Indian territory uul occupied by Inuian tribes. A passenger train on the Wabash road, near Ottumwa, la., struct a broken rail, ana four coaches rolled over a high embankment, lauding bottom up. Some fifty pussengen w ere in the coaches, many of whom were in jured, though none seriously. Tne coaches are badly wrecked. A letter issued by the plenary council that met in Baltimore recently, and adare.->sed u their Catholic brethren, tne German clergy, by the Roman Catholic arctibishops aud bishops of America, has been given to the public. It was kept secret until it had reacned the hands for which it was in tended, to prevent Bismarck fruiu suppress ing it. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Latest Quotations of the Stock, Produoa and Cattle Market*. New York, Jan. 23.—Money per cent Ex change firm and higher at GuveruineuU dull. Alt. & Terre Haute. 17 Morris & Essex ... Bur. & Quincy ... Missouri Pacific. U3!4 Canada i’auilic. . 41 N. Y. A Erie 13>'| Canada Southern . 3u N. Y. Central Central Pacific . 31J4 NorthweM-era .... by > Chicago A Alton 130 Pacific Mail .... 56 C.. C.. C A 1 31 Ruck Island W7i4 Del. cu Hudson .. 66 ; 4 bl. Pam. .3 4 Del. La< <». A W... b 5 St. P. & C 24)4 Illinois Central. du preferred. ... b 6 Jersey Central ... 33 2 Texas x Paciiia... 12% Kansas A Texas. 13 3 U. Pacific Lake rinore 61 4 West. Union.. ... 36 Louisville A Nash.. 24'/ a Musa. <k Chat. ... 34 General. Cincinnati, Jan. 23.—FLOUR—Fancy, $4.<54.45; family, a 4.00. WHEAT No. 2 red, 87c: No. 3, 89% CORN —No. 2 mixed, 42 2 e; No. 3, 41 3 c; ear, 43c. OATS—No. 2 mixed,. 32 3>33c; No. 2 white, 34 @3sc. RYE—No. 2,70 c. BARLEY Spring, fall, 72575 c. POKE.—Family, regular, 12.50. BACON—Shoulders, short clear sides, ?y 2 j.; .. . Lard—Kettle, < 4 ‘tl CHEESE Pri ne to choice O lio. 10#He; Nev York, 12 2<!H3‘ 3 c; Northwestern, naiUc. POULTRY—Fair chickens, prime, ducks, $3.23; geese, $3.0 J 4)5.(X) per doz.; five turkeys. 8/ dressed, 12 I>l2 per lb. HAY—No. 1 timothy, $12.50 dfi13.03; No. 2, $11.50 @12.00; mixed, wheat and rye straw, $6 oats straw, $i .00 ytS.O). I New York. Jan. 28.—WHEAT—No. I white, 94c; No. 2 red, Jan., Feb., OSQ CORN—Mixed western, 51 fuiuree, 54 @ssc. Oats—Western, 36@30c. New Orleans, Jan. 23.—SUGAR—Refining, com mon, 4.(4 jc; inferior, choice white, 6c; oil white, 7 8 c; cho. ■ i yellow, MOLASSES—Good fair, 3<‘ prime, 33 <3uc; choice, 44c; centrifugal, prune, fair 10c. I Detroit, Jan. 23.—WHEAT—No. 1 wince, tflto; No. 3 red, 77 2 c; Michigan soft red, 88c. Toledo, Jan. 23.—WHEAT—Na 2, b2c, Na 2 soft, b7y a <g>bb ic. Live Stock. Cincinnati, Jan, 23.—CATTLE—Good to choioe 1 butchers’, $4.2355; fair. $4.23>.25; common, s2js 2.75; stockers and feeders, $3.7 ; yearlings and calves, HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.75@5 00; fair to good packing, $4.30 q}4.80; fair to good light, $4.34 @4.50; con ion, $3.75@4.33; culls. SHEEP—Common to fair, $2.50iJ>3.2j; good to choice, $-i.-0 4,4-25; weathers, Lambs, common, good, s4<<jri.7s. Chicago, Jan. 23.—HOGS—Fair to good, $4.35 4.65; mixed packing, choice heavy, $4 05@4.76. CATTLE—Exports, $5.7Y<56.25; good to choice shipping, $5.00 95.80; common to fair, SU/cxei and Lecders, NO. 284 oOhs 8s fi row ACK dSV fitters HoFtettpr’n Bitter* ia the artlola for »ou. ‘t miii ulmps t 1- facing eber>Pe>i, tl ebo y*" 1 beers the mind. It en»bl*« tie mt threw <ff the debiLtvtnir efl et« of uvd e f.t‘gu», viv»-8 r*n< w ed vt»or to tha on a b ot c u > tion. arouaca the liv-r when In active re • w- appetPe tui et cour •v» b h> alth’u: t-ep It-ingredient art rafa v aud Its c eceutu. w uoh < «>dbl-i in the beartv en iortn ment o* p n*on» of every c a«e ot tuoi* ety, ar moat oouviucP «. F»r fa e by a'l Dm. ipata and Daa'era r enrral’f. . ; •. .. i-.mi ft 1 Li-.bin Sure cure’ 1 B.u.d, Bieeaiug ana Itch ing PUhb, One bus ftas cured the worst ■aeei- ot 20 yeaie’ staudlrg. No one need stiff' i Uvr minutes after u-lng William’s Ibdlau PH- Oluti; eut. It abeorbe tutuoig, uUye lu hlng, acts ae poultice, glees tn 'ts.iit reliet. Prroared only tot Pllea, tthing ot the oilvafe parte, nothing else, 'i a. J. M. tj'fff-nbury, ot ci>-velanil, eaye: 1 have ueed n't tee ot PIK- cure?, and It ff ide u;e pleasure to esy that 1 have over foi.nd anything which gives euch !•- .if-dt-te anst [a raiment nilet ue Dr. *i.;iatn's iridian Pile Olntotr nt.” Bold by augglste a'jd mallwa on receipt ot price, it. Fot eats by Brann'n A Careen, B, t-rter, John P. Turner and Geo. A. Brad ford, Columbus, Ga. Dr. Frasier's I<HOt Bitter Frazier’s Boot Blttere ate not a dram hop beverage, but are strictly medicinal n i-very set.ee. They act. Strongly upon hr Liver and Kidneys, kerp the ta.weis •pen and regular, make the weak strong, tieai the lungs, bulla up the nerves, «nd l"ai>se the blood anil -j su m ot ever y im ’itrfty. Sold bv diuggtete. Jt.OO. Foi sale by Brannon A Carson and Jno, ■' Turner, Columbus, Ga. Dr Frester'r Maeir Ointment A sure cine tot Little Grihe tn the Skin, liough Skin, ete. It wlli remove that ouehness num the ttai ds and tace and nake you beautiful. Price 60c. Sent by mail. For sale t v Brannon <t Carson end John P. Turner, Columbus, Ga. Mrs Dr Walton*, Periodica) Tea. Mother Wnitor bae prescribed trisvaj. i ‘blemsdlceit e tor a great many years bet private practice. It has proved an infalling specific In the treatment ottre Tinny disorders to which the ternate ccn tftution Is subject. It Is a sure cure lor he monthls troubles that eomany women 'iffcr. Mailed on receipt ot price. sfe. For s ale by Fret non 4 Carson and Jno ?. Turner, Columbus, Ga. Hnrstoga High Boek Spring Water for isle hv all drpggtpts. mh92eodAw OH. JOHN NOhWOOO. OF-FIC-E AT BRIEDLIM & JuHhSOh’S Drug Store, Bandolph btreet. Beefdeuce with B. L. WOODBUFF, Crawlord, beiueen Ire up ird F<i*?U Hriet i* x: t - md ii. E. ( BIGGS, Physician sutl Surgeon. OFFICIC: T. H. EVAN> <t CO. B Drug Store. Residence, Jackson fir.. La at Goart Bouib . janß-)y W.'A.TICNER. Jr? Attorney At l aw. OFFICE IN GAKBABD BUILDING COLUMBUS - - ■ GEORGIA Mar AhD female agadFml CUSSETA, OEOBCU. The wr> k ot this Ntjnoo' will begin again JANUABV 6, 18851 firs' Monday). Tnl'ion SO, *2 50 and «3 se. According to grad . Board never more TI iuisS. Prr fflonth MUSIC lSi«. PEK MONTH, LO A.JlolS HtAI.TH Pi. W.E. MUHPBEY, tsrtrrl-.pm'wS PtlPCtpal. Import ant TO Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners. —o — will furnish on boatd the Cars at Flora, Alßbama, a vety Rich Marl %T IX >»OELA ,S Pel t€ MOV CZtSIT 1 And a Very Low Rate of Freight Is t fferrd by the Ali bile 4 Giratd B. B By analysts of 'he Stale G. ologtet this MABL contains hi m 5 to 8 per e nt. of Phosphate with oth- r lettlliztog qualities. For compost!) g and brosdcasiltg for gralt tl ids, otcnaids and lawns it will be found A Valuable Stimulator. Tnis is hot a Guar o, but a RICH Ml ABL o Arycrders torwioded to 11. J. OHB, Agent, Flora, Ala , Mobile 4 Girard liailroad, will wen with prompt attention. dtvli-tt Orrai B.rgaii.a At Phillips’New bhoe Store, 48 Broad st., I Columbus, Ga. Stock all nt w, fine and I nesp. <le7*Awtf NOTICE I CIFORGI4 Mr»OQGBF —I Jacob J| hn<*baijd ot B e» Brods, <1 >»id i out ts uid Bt’te. beiely e'ver<tP» to the publ rof try cm i f nt tleimytsd wife, obb pro a, fL* te bi d Pom ard after thia dt’e a public or fre« trader wth all of the r’ghtt acd j r'vileiP» nndsr the Mat Id an ch i at bo aiade ai d provided. JaCCB BhOT A* I », MH. tuM-ia