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Newspaper Page TextTHE I'lKLI! IM! PIBESIBE. fc*!u;S * " '"J-vIJ •a-51 tnunl- are oiii- :! '’TiJ l>,,M . i Vl ®ur,.i.. K ~ .'^dm H^ u ’ +- . Jj| ■. ■hS™ '"’'Mil #!(• TV M"*l I! :-<i I•< ■ i 57t Wffhjar B-r. ill ! ' ■ Hkii !’••( ''•.in-iiii'.i i- !x.J®pv*it. ■ - , ‘ 1 1 • W j l * - mliNt Vmr •'■-[i! | -t: hiW • 'I li- lx* it. ,|,<, ® ,<l l :i * bin- "'ll* WW ! ' l< ■ |j^*jjSLuxi ' i" : ■ • V >■-■■: - v vT i ii HrMn-'''. imriw in w iixii i . A ot’ grain 1 . '"'mi!*) jpf: iiiiii-e that at V< iForgia farming ®Vwesfuti! to I . . J/>lole iuile|tt*ixlelict‘ fJitoo IIIAK. jfy -^farmers. LMIfO" Y*i The Election. As far a- heard from, ftfo I**l ... jowinwis life result of llx* elec lion lately held in the Stale. There art*yet some lour or live counties lo hear from. Majorities for Atlanta. (5,21s •• M illedgev i I It*. 22,1 I!> Mujorily for AI laxta. t ‘t. I I!• For ratification, 72,(MH Against ratification. 3,1 IT Majority lot rat ili<;,U (is,HI 7 Homestead of 1 5 77, PUHti Homestead of Lst*B. *,501 Majority lor 1*77. 30,515 ** ' * We do not Love Extremes. We long not for tlu* unvaried heats of Hu* tropica, nor yet for the chilling winds and ice clad re gions of northern climes. Give us rallier the land w here the lent pered sim makes genial alike spring, summer and ant mini, and ,blends all together in winter's glorious “Indian summer." Such days as we have latch had give joy to lilt* cheating the little birds from their -nug retreats to ing the songs of spring. You may sit or ride, or walk in tlx* Boft, delicious sun light, and, w rap ped in luxury art can e'er supply, you feel content to let those who ,w ill. follow Proserpina to hyper bureau region*, w hile you bask in the cheerful rays of tlx* smiling land of Geres. What though, at times, we feel Hie wintry blast old Boreas sends from tlx* frigid zone. It is expended nearly as it reaches ns. and only serves tort* uiind us of tlx* terrible ordeal of life from whence it came, just as our strongest rays of suiumer sun remind its of tlie intolerable heat I from which malarial jungles af 1 lord no refuge in more soul hern climes. The Uottou Tax. I lie t'ongrt—ional Hill to re fund the cot lon tax. which was jhgfemxl io Hie committee on Way ■pal Means, li u - been refer red tara sub-committee, of which ■lou. H. R. Harris, of Georgia, i ■k | There i- supposed to tlx tax due I tilt* .stale of Georgia. This quest -'.will Ik* thoroughly examined L i „4"" ii,i, ' , \ He a Duel. BTf,. / M a li in gt on was' [ f>np xcil rd oil ia -I s a Ik ;li' ■lie- ( BjLg-**-*— f pr % Try,-.*. life, 'Cnwrc I neeessi % -\ HOJi*..*' *• I ’lly * iir-i ogcM o wiumi pewna '"•‘<l people 1 1a r -‘ , ; <Vl ! ~r in t ienrgiu, i amt- jii/fT . . ,i,i tcr il I •t-'* 11 - •onlou interrupted 1 lie I j ( , Jof bii-int— In moving that 1 tt'oJoiiiiinaiion of Smith a- eol > Jed nr iii customs at Mobile In* ta- Pt.*ii up. when < onklin,!', in his amidictatorial way. in isi.ip"l' !, ‘ l <; '* , ‘* I •"> e k, tilfe'i Irom t itii’tlon a sharp reply. Conit- fins words passed until they fM.*d to setilt* it -here or *lsi* ■Him* ;*' lut t h roil all tin* inter- K ment ul t*-x*nds t*n Sat unlay *x* difficulty was amicably -ottled wit limit **pisto]s for t wo." Emigres*. In tin* House, tin* efforts on tlie I tart of tin* democrat- to seetire action on a resolution fora whole sale in vc t igat ion of tic pari incuts, was stubbornly n*sistci| on tin* part of tin- republicans, until half past I luce o'clock on I In* 1 5t li iiisf. lw hen, on motion ol Mills, ol IVx Pas, tin* iilijccl was postpoiictl un I til the lOtl l of January next. I I .cave was given to the com in it -.Jr* o*ll foreign a Hairs, and re In soil fo the committee on military at' airs, to coiitiunc the investigation til the Mexican herder Iroiiltlts during the recess. < 'nngress then adjourned to the loth ofJanuary. MarncTh l'lmr-day evening, Decern her, til h, at I In* residence of t he bride's fat her, I >r. K. M. A Hen, by Ihe Rev. D 1.. Hnttolph, assisted by Hev. W. I . ( ilellll, W. I*. :\lc t'lalchy, Esq., and Mi-s Julia li. Allen, hot li of I his city. At tin* residence of the bride's parents, oil Monday evening, December 10lh, h\ the Rev. S. ,1. rinkertoii, Mr. \. I!. Merryman, of Halt iniore, Md., to Miss W illie Norton Met '|e key,second daiigli ter of < ieorgt* A. Met -leskev, Esq., of Sayanuah. (ia. (11l lUe |2l h ills!,, by He\. W. 1). Anderson, Hev. John M. I.ow rey to Miss Ella Latimer. Hied. In Marietta, on Saturday morn in.!* last, Mrs. I.akxwi i.i.. wife of Hev. S. E. Harnwell. Hector of St. James' Church of this city.* j <>n yesterday.. the bereaved family of Dr. K. M. Allen receiv ed tlie body (l his son. Dr. (Mi vs. ('. A i i.i:\, who died in I‘enwsylva nia. Both funerals took place on yesterday. A u (txford. A lahama. man is so close* listetl that he w ill not ad vertise in the papers, and tit's his card to a pig's tail and turns the griinler loose in lhe streel. The Columbus Knquirer says : Our farmers are taking more in terest in stock raising this season than for many years. They have been buying more line stock than over before; and are determined to raise as much oftheir supplies as possible at home the coming year. There is a growing demand for working stock, such as mules. The wife of Mr. 11. I*. Thump sow. of Clark county, Kentucky, whose failure has been the sub jeet of much talk and newspaper comment , has declared her inten tion of •'giving up her potential right of dower in his land.” 'flu's is the til-si instance we have ever heard of in Kentucky w here the wile of a bankrupt gave up her right of dower in her husband's landed (‘state without being paid for it. Where such a high sense of honor and integrity prevail, fortune is sure to smile again. and they will lind friends in the dark est hours of adversity. If a mail can preserve his honor and his character, all is not h>s| when he lnss his estate. A Ballard county. Kentucky, man. claim to have raised this TANARUS! I K F IKU) AND F I H FS I I) E . year ItiO hii'lielsof potatoes from one bushel planted. rilK WAIT cAFTCHi: OF PLEVNA. D* ct*inher 1!. -At 7;-J0 oMl|:-c k Osman Fa Worfan#(t f * :,n “.V attacked Ihe tlhl he r' v nadier eorp . hohling which- '(d’investment on the left the river \ ill. endeavor Jng to force a pas-age. I h<* at " -aek was made with desperate en [orgy, and a portion of the Turk - *lsh troops* dnL in fact, penetrate l the line of enlrcnchmcnt' and Tnift cries, hut all attempts to break through the jiositions of t lie grenadiers were ineffectual. After five hours I ,severe light ing the* Turks were defeated. Osman Pasha surrounded on all sides and compelled to surrender with his whole army. Ip to the present time it is impossible to estimate the number of Turkish prisoners, or the quantity of war material taken. We only know that everything in Plevna has fall en into oiishands. The Hussian losses are inconsiderable as com pared with the results- obtainsd. London'— The latest advinees from Bucharest put the number of Turkish prisoner- at 40.000. Osman Pasha ordered a sortie in the direct ion of Ardden. 11 is va lor, w hich is described a- desjier. ate. is everywhere the theme of conversation. The siilferiug of the lurks in the heleguored town was awful. Cold, disease and famine decimated their ranks and reduced tin* soldiers to living skeletons. To aggravate their sulferings, no doctor and no med icine could Ik* obtained. Four hundred guns fell into the hands of the Russians. The grounds which was the scene of the* sortie is literally strewn with dead and dying. Osman Pasha himself was severely wounded before he would consent !o surrender. There lots been an important rise in all classes of Hussian securities in the London Mock exchanges, TiTut maintain great lirmness, not w ithstanding the facts that large realizing sales have throw n upon the market. Tin* general lone ol the London press, commenting on tlie* fall of Plevna, is to urge the government to seize the pres cut opportunity for mediation, and while it may yet not he too late. I’lie (• lobe says it isthedu t v of minister Layard to impress upon the mind ul I lie sultans tin* urgent expediency of giving weight to pacific counsel before the reseourees of the empire are utterly exhausted. I!i < n \i:i>t. December 11. A To Demn was snug to celebrate tlx* Hussian success at Plevna Prince (ioteliakoll’ and the Rus sian and Hoiunanian autliorties were present. The Czar and Prince (JoteliakolV w ill return to St. Petersburg in a week. The Czar alter the surrender of Plev na, placed his own carriage and escort at tin* disposal of U-inan Pasha. St. IT:ti-:i;sih ixi, December I L- The news of the fall of Plevna oc casions great rejoicing here. The theatres are celebrating tlie vic tory by special addition to their usual programmes, and enthuas ti<* popular demonstrations in honor of the royal family and army are made in the streets and public places. Croat crowds have assembled, cheering and singing the national anthem. The city is partially illuminated. V ii:nn \, 1 tecemher 11. The Political Correspondence has in telligenee from Bucharest, ac cording to rumors that the porte intends to take immediate step* for bringing about an armistice or peace negotiation-* are founded on someUiing more than mere conjectures. London, December 11. The Times urges that tju* moment ha now arrived when the immedia tion between Russia and Turkey is possible and it i- to he hoped the British government w ill use all eHurts to that ert'ect. Pkra, Dee. 15.—The circular of the Porte says the Porte desires to stop the effusion of blood ; therefore, it is ready to come to terms, and appeals totlu* feelings of justice of tin* great powers, hut is not yet at the end of its re sources, and i- ready to sacrifice all for the independent integrity of tlx* fatherland. London. Dot*. 15. The Post, in it- leading editorial this morning, says: It i- understood that the British cabinet yestertlav had be fore it a circular from tlx* Porto, intimating it- willingness to ae eept the mediation of Europe. The Porte asserts that the guar an tees for good government I'm nished hv the constitution are far more advantageous than the e tablishmeni ofautonomon states, which can only lead to tlx* li-iii tegration of the empire. Thf* Post, however, considers that there are no present pro per! s of the acceptance ol medi al ion,as (lerniany is hostile t here to, and any oil* r on tlx* part ol England is not likely i<* Ik* well received by Kus-ia. Tite Statesman's London corres pondent. writing from London, says; To-morrow Lord Derby will have to announce to hi- col leagues the important fa<• 1 that both Russia and Turkey are anx ious to make peace. London, Dec. 15. liie Picvna correspondent of the limes tele graphs that lx* believes the Hit sians will not advance, but wait the effect- of the fall ol that place, ll.gfrr guns which wore on the Sofia road between Plevna and the river Vid, have been haul jed hack, which would have been a waste of labor if a speedy ad vance on the Balkan- was inten i ded. KI.KNV KYA< I IT lit). Booot. Dec'her 15.—The Turks burned and evacuated Elena on Friday. The Russians have reoe | eupiod it. BecHAKiiST. Dec. 15.—The Czar goes lo St. Petersburg on Monday 1 next. ■* Constant!xoim.k, Dec. 15.—The chambet of deputies elected a Christian as its president. Bren AiiiisT, Dee. 15.—Osman Pasha has sent a short telegram [ to the porte. staling that he had received neither reinforcements nor provisions, but nevertheless resisted as long as possible. Fi nally, hv made an attempt to force a passage through the Hus sian lines of investment, in which the Turkish troops, despite their valor, were unsuccessful, and he himself taken prisoner. A Times correspondent with the Grand Duke Veadmir, shows that the Metehka affair was confined to skirmishes and cavalry, Avitli some field artillery practice. ILe thinks ihe Lurks may have lost a thousand men altogether, as they were much exposed, hut tlx* Hus sian loss was insignificant, l'he Russian force on the field was three brigades, and llx* Turks wen*driven across tlx* river Loin, fliteir ent renohmenls on tlx* west hank are now in possession of t lx* Russians. London, Dec. 15.—The Dailey News' correspondent at Pltfjhia telegraphs the following concern ing Osman Pasha's reception by the Russians; The Grand Duke Nicholas rode up to Osman's ear riage and for some seconds the two chiefs gazed into each other's faces wit bout tlx* utterance of a word. Then tlx* grand duke stretched out hi- hand, shook the baud of Osman l’a-lia heartily, and said : ••I compliment you on your de fense of Plevna. It is one of tlx* most splendid military feat- in history." Osman smiled sadly, rose pain fully to his reet in spilt* of his wound, and said something which 1 could not hear. He then re seated himself. The Russian of ficers all cried, •* Bravo, bravo!" repeatedly, and all saluted grace fully. There was not one among them who did not gaze on the he roof Plevna with the greatest admiration and sympathy. Prince Charles.of Roumania, who had arrived, rode up and repeated un wittingly almost every word of the grand duke, and likewise shook hands with Osmaw. who a gain rose and bowed, this time in grim silence. Fighting on Ihe Border. Washinoton, Dec. 15. Repre sentative Mills, of Texas, is in re eeipt of a telegram from the gov ernor of that state.conveying Hit* information that a company com posed of about twenty State and United States troops, have been surrounded on the Texan -idt* of the Rio Grande by -ome 300 of Mexican depredators, and that ai tlie time of writing, six of the State troops and one af tlu* I ni ted States troop- have fallen, and the fighting was -till in progress. The governor appeals to tlie pres ident through Mr. Mills a- secre tary of the Texan delegation for immediate assistance. l'he new- of troubles in El Paso county. J’exas, and the telegram of Governor lluhhanl to the Pre sident. calling for assistance from the United States troops, lor tlie purpose of expelling an invasion of Texan territory by the Mexican forces, caused some excitement in Washington.hut advices in pos session of our government do not warrant the impression that auy difficulties other than merely lo al trouble have presented thew selvt . There i- no idea whate ver that tlx* Mexican government i< making any possible demon -tration. hut. so far a- can he learned, the unlriendly move ments of ilx* -aHe nature a- those made the subject <>t attention from tlx' war department ome months ago. when tlx* question of proprietorship ol ci*rtain salt piis in El Paso county caused much di-order in that section. The government doe- not con -ider that the trouble** reported to-day are in any degree interna tional. The dispatclx*.- were how ever prompt ly referred to tlx* sec retary of war, who, after consul tation with Gen. Sherman gave direction-for tlx* mustering ol our forces in Texas in such posi tions as to give whatever aid may he necessary to prevent assaults upon American citizens or their property. Lieutenant linllis's Haiti. notaTng iikakd kkom if is command —KK POUTS OK A FT OUT. W ASiiiNoToN, Dec. 7.—The anx iety which has been manifested as to tlx* safety of Lieutenant Bi His and Colonel Young, with the troops under their command, who left Ringgold Barracks, on the Rio Grande, over two weeks ago in pursuit of a hand of Mex ican raider-, will lx* somewhat allayed by a telegram just re ceived by General Ord. It will he remembered that secret infor mation of the raid was received by the United States outhorities, and Lieutenant Bullis, one of the most vigilant officers in the ser vice, was sent after tlx* maraud ers. a hand of Mexican Indians. He struck tlx* trail of one of the parties of raiders and followed them across tlx* river, hut, com ing upon them, lx* found that the force of Mexican- was too large for his small detachment of troops to cope with, and he re -1 rented for reinforcements. Col onels Davis and Young were al despatched; wtftT sTiltiofent troops for any ordinary emergen cy, in quest of other hands of raiders, which had committed several murders and had stolen several hundred horses. It ap pears from the slight ad.viees re edived here that Lieutenant Bnl lis with his force immediately crossed the Rio Grande, and went as rapidly as possible totlu* point where lie was compelled to retreat by tlx* superior numbers of the raiders. Whether he found fpem at tlx* same place or has pet-evt*i ingly follow ed tlx* trail into tlx* unexplored mountain fastnesses of Northern Chilian him is not known. The latter seems most likely, as had lit* fa! len in with the raiders and es caped total annihilation some definite information of tlx* re suit s of his pursuit would proha hly have appeared before this. In the event of attempting to follow the trail of the Indians into Hie country comparatively unknown except by the robbers and mur derers who dwell there, liis task might occupy a month. Colonels Davis and Y oung went along tlie river seeking after tlie trail of the raiders, endeavoring to find the point at which they crossed the river. To gain this information they crossed and recrossed the river at such points as they deemed most likely to discover some tra ces of the fugitives. The upper part of the Rio Grande flows through deep canons, and in de filing through the narrow trail along the river the troops were fired upon by a party of Mexi cans probably lying in ambush. No information has been receiv ed whether or not any of our troops were killed, or even wheth er the fire of the .Mexicans was returned. Neither i- ii known whether ii was the command of Bullis or that of Davis or of Young which was attacked by tlie Indians. General Ord i- of the opinion that an engagement of some description lias taken place between the Mexican In dians and our troops in the can ons of the Rio Grande, hut he -ays that the United States troops are of sufficient strength to protect themselves. The statements that a demon stration ha- taken place in -Mex ieo against the Diaz Government hv tlx* friends of Lerdo i- gener ally believed here by persons well posted in relation to Mexi can atiairs. as ii i- known that emissaries of Lerdo have been actively working in the north of Mexico, along the Rio Grande border, for some time past. .Many clergymen do not yet know where their winter over coat; are to come from, but thev feel a sweet and solemn faith that they will get seventeen pairs of slipper- about Christmas time, and that none of them will fit. Honest Talk, l'he New Orleans Times urges the representatives of Louisiana to oppose Mr. Stephens" Pacific railroad hill, because' it make no provision for a branch to New Orleans, and because it provides for guaranteeing more bonds Hum are necessary for the con struct ion of the road. The Times adds: It provides for bonds to the a mount of .1(25,000 per mile, and ••for difficult or mountainous sec tions," 150.000 per mile. Rail road building i- immensely cheap er than it was ten years ago.— W it It 110,000 per mile in guarau teed bonds, tlie Now Orleans l'a cilic would lie completed easily in an incredibly short time. No more is needed the greater part of the Texas , per and 125,000 “for difficult mountainous sec tions," would command all the capital that could he used in the construction of the road. Even that lavish swindle, the Union Pacific, constructed in the most extravagant times, made a great profit on its subsidy of 120,000 per mile. The people, outside of Mr. Scott's company want the Texas Pacific as a great southern transcontinental highway be tween the two oceans, hut they don't want any stealage voted by congress for the benefit of Mr. .Scott or any other individual or for any corporation. Every dol lar over ami above the amount necessary to construct the road is so much stealage. We ask con gress to aid tliis road as a great national improvement which our section is entitled to,but w ; e don't want this sentiment perverted to the use and benefit of a few rail road speculators. l’he Kentucky I'onnnnnwealth says the A minor's report will show that 110,047 was paid out by the State for wolf, fox ami wild cat scalps the past year. A Charleston, South Carolina, paper speaks of a sale of farming lands in that vicinity, only two miles from tlie Northeast railroad and Webdin river, and of excel lent soil. Six limxlred anti t wen ty eight acres w en* sold for 1205, eight hundred acres for $220, and out* hundred acres for 138, all hail ••ash, ami the rest in one year. l lx* man who predicted a mild winter froze to death in Kentucky on last Thursday night week, so says llx* Mayfield Monitor. l'he Bowling Green Pantagraph says -Mrs. Morgan lias a pair of -heels that have been in use tor ty six years and are as good as new. Curious; War with Mexico would produce a buoyancy simi lar to inflation on the business of the country, yet the gold stand ard journals generally favor war while the inflation journals favor peace. This may he due to the fact that opinion is not crvstal ized with reference to Mexico, hut nothing is more certain than that Hie issue must be decided very soon. It is nearly as certain that the Hayes administration, whatever may he said In the eon trary is in favor of war and the annexation of Mexico.—iVcir Or Iriihx Times, dem. I'lie English say corn when they mean wheat, and we say or at or when we mean one-horse congressman.- Detroit Free Press dem. , Hie extra session of the Ten lit—ee Legislature can draw pay tor only twenty days, but can re main in session a- long as it pleases. We learn that the farmers of North Alabama find great ditficul ty in procuring hands for field work, in consequence of which half the cotton crop remains in tlx* field, and will necessitate a good deal of financial embarrass ment. The Dallas (Texasj Herald says that those of their farmers who are best informed estimate that there will he at lea-t a third lar ger crop of w heat sow n in Texas this season than last. The wheat crops of Dallas and adjacent counties have ever yielded abun dantly. in many instances produc ing a-much a-thirty five and for ty bushels to the acre.