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Rowers at Vlonna or elsewhere to
Lottie territorial question* and
rlie control of the Dardanelles.—
Russia is not only the greatest
Lpower in Europe in material force,
put the greatest, probably, in
.crafty statesmanship, and will no
Houbt obviate all difficulty with
England, Austria and other pew
[ers, by satisfactory concessions;
but, she will get the Mon’s share
f Turkey in Europe, with a tirm
grasp upon the territory lying up
on the Black and Mediterranean
seas, if not the absolute posses
aiou of all this Turkish Asiatic
"territory. It was, at the outset, a
religious war, and may not tormi
nate without bringing the Holy
JLnnd under Christian dominion.
|We can only speculate, but as
there will be no further oompli
cations to be dreaded from the
European powers, it seems more
than probable that at no distant
day Russia will appropriate all of
Tnrke y in Asia and leave no ves
tige of the Osmauli, save iw his
Tory. We copy, elsewhere, inter
'eating items of news from the
peat of war.
b Educational Convention.
large ami respectable meet
of tin' friends of popular edu
cation was held in Atlanta during
Rat week. Delegates from near
by all the Southern States were
■iresent. Tile object of the meet
ißi was to memorialize Congress
IR appropriate the proceed* ol the
Bales of wihl lands and of patent
Hues to educational purposes. A
IBniinittee, con-i*ting of one per
|B from each Southern Slate.wa*
■pointed to prepare a memorial
B Congress on the subject. The
Bresident of the convention urged
b|m the state superintendents
several states to send to
■heir county school superinten
bent* and other subordinate offi
|MrftJ embodying the
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Whnt Is the Issue f
Senator Hill and <fov. Brown
are precisely together on the di
ver (mention —both in favor of
to gold,
IpR grain* of silver
-‘.V grains of gold,
V-‘ What are the
ft for t Is it, to have the
ir ten yr tifteen centH
dollar
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News.
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MT-,n demonetized hr a mis
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Hftlie people or congress.
J flic President *ayn that, all re
ports that he contemplated a
change in the cabinet were un
true ; also, that at present he had
no idea of changing his civil ser
vice policy, or his policy toward
the South, WestorKast. lie said,
very decidedly, that he should go
light along in the course he had
out, and which was pret-
umlerslood by the conn
SB. - So far a* lie was concerned,
matters would move
in the future a* in the past.
always to improve
protit by the lessons of cxjie
(Bnce. While perhaps all things
: Were not as satisfactory as we
| might wish, said the President,
yet if wo administer the govern
I inent to the very best advantage
with the lights before um, the poo
fpiF'wiTTgive us credit tor good
intentions at least.
t lions
'i'll k negro Joe Edwards who
struck Henry Adams on the head
with a rock, from the effects of
which be died, was arrested and
brought to the city yesterday and
lodged in jail.
Mh. J. A. Rider, a member of
the Wallaek Troupe, met with a
serious accident at Barnesville on
last Tuesday night. He was try
ing to lower the curtains, when
the iron Im mile slipped and knock
ed him senseless. He suffered
torribh all next day. hut is now
better.
A Capuchin friar in Turin has
constructed a large and compli
cated work of mechanism by
which the passion and sufferings
of the Saviour, from His condem
nation before Herod to Ilis death
on the cross, are marvelously
represented. On a constantly
receding platform the figures ap
pear and the scenes change. Not
only are the movements of the
automata life like, but the figures
and scenery are masterpieces of
art. The crowd clamoring for
His death is represented by a
very numerous group© of figures
which are wonderfully distinct
in action and appearance. The
falling beneath the weight of the
cross on the way to Calvary is
painfully graphic. To render
quite audible the lashing of the
whips of the soldiers is one of the
functions of the machinery. The
scenes at the execution and the
death of the Saviour are said to
be beyond praise, ami a writer in
a Turin paper declares that the
extraordinary mechanism has but
one imperfection-—the capacity of
making the figures articulate in
telligibly. This imperfection is
chiefly evident when the words
are exchanged between the
Redeemer and the penitent
thief. The sounds emitted from
the figures are in this instance In
dicrons; but the friar hopes to
remedy this detect, and his me
chanism will in all likelihood be j
an object of wonder at the Paris ;
Exhibition.
Chic ago failures lor 18715 t'oat up
#30,857,938, of which $8,043,(512
comes under the head *f “Real
Estate,” and $7,682,886 under
the head of “Bunks and Bankers.”
Builders aad contractors were
stuck to the amount of $1,015,639;
agricultural implement dealers,
$1,564,700; iron and hard war*
hiu. $2,123,333: eowtniesiou nm
TH E FI E LI) AND F 111 E SIJ) E.
r ~m~ e sr~
chants, ♦454,95*0 and grocery
dealers. $473,640.1 It was alto
gether a hard vear for Chicago
trade
A Cyclone Sure Enough.
KfcsOI.VIUOJ! UK At'Ol'C'lA.
Aiwsta. (i a.. February A
little i o'clock, last night, a
terriblfT'hurricane or tornado
paused overjt portion of Augusta,
leaving desolation in itsjtrack.
At about that time, the storm
which had quieted somewhat
burst with tenfold fury, and in a
minute brought with itafearfuL
tornado, rushing through the cen
tre of the city, appereutly from !
southwest to northeast. It struck
the Lower Market, which it liter- j
ly demolished. The whole of the
large structure was thrown into a
mass of ruins, timbers broken and
masonary piled in utter confusion
The building was totally destroy -
! ed, and its debris is lying in the
middle of Broad street, an inex
■ t ricable mass of wood, bricks and
i stone. The clear tones of the
J “ market bell.” so well known in
| the city, were heard for the last
| time, as it struck one, as in a few
| minutes afterwards it was lying
| beneath the wreck.
I From Ellis street to Broad, a
-1 long Centre, is one scene of ties
j elation.
The steamer Rosa, tied up to
her wharf by twostout ropes,snap
ped them at once,and was blown
down the stream.
A small wooden house on Cal
houn street, near the Central
Railroad depot, occupied by a ne
gro wood sawyer, named Cha. De
j vers, his wife,and 5 children, was
j blown down, and Hie negro and
his wife killed. The children
! were not injured.
i The man ami his wife were in
| betl, and the roof fell in upon
| them.
War News.
Const a ntinoiu.k, Feb. B.—| Bv
wav of Syria.] The Russians
have occupied Chatalpa, Silivria,
on the sea of Marmora, and Os-
-rmtiui: SiiiiemairPashaTiiis gone
to Larissa, the capitol of the pro
vince of Thessalia. There is a
cabinet crisis in consequence of
the parliamentary criticisms of
the government’s abolition of the
grand vizierate without consult
ing parliament, and of the con
tciuplated policy of Ahmed Ve
lik Effendy, the new president of
the council of ministry.
Constantinople, Feb. b.~ Even
ing.—-[By way of Bombay.]—ln
accordance with the armistice
conditions the Russians will oc
cupy Widden, Rustehuk, Silis
tria, Relgradjik and Erzeroum.—
The ambassadors of the powers
are still ignorant of the condi
tions of peace. Nedjib Pasha,
with twenty-seven hatallions,
has left for Vola. Accounts
have been received here of dep
redations committed by the Rus
sian troops in the houses of Mus
sutinen in Adrianople and neigh
boring villages.
The troubles between Greece
and Turkey have been referred
to the proposed conference.
A Berlin special to the Times
says the occupation of Constan
tinople is regarded as accomplish
ed or impending for the reason
that the Turkish and Russian di
plomats cannot deny the news
as incompatible with the terms
of the armistice.
The Post says; We may rely
upon it that the government is
now aware that the British inter
ests have been directly attacked,
and that they will adopt meas
ures for their defence.
A dispatch from Vienna says
that the British fleet is in readi
ness to leave for the Darda
nelles.
A Standard’s spceiul says that
the lines of defence at Constat*
tinople have been dismantled
and the gnus brought into the
city.
< London, 6r. m,, Feb. B.—l h the
: house of commons this afternoon
1 Sir Stafford Northcote, chancellor
|of the exchequer, communicated
j a summary of the terms of the
i armistice. He said that they dis
! close such a state of affairs that
the government. In view of pos
sible disturbances atConstantino
j pie, has ordered a portion of the
fleet there, not in a departure
i from neutrality, but as a protoc
| tioo of life and property. The
government has notified other
powers of this, askiug them
whether they will join the move
ment.
London, Feb B.—The commons
to night passed the supplemental
vote of 600,000.000 pounds *tor
ling by 328 yeas to 124 nays.
London. Feb. B. A great meet
iag is to be held at Crtmoine
Garden to-morrow to indorse the
government's foreign policy.
Official information from St.
Petersburg gives the detailed
peace basis. First : the erection
of Bulgaria into a principality ;
second: a war indemnity or ter
ritory compensation; third : in
dependence of Ronmania, Servia,
and Montenegro, with increase
of territory for each : fourth: re
forms in Bosnia an Herzegovi
na; fifth: and understanding
between the sultan and the czar
regarding the Dardanelles; sixth:
the evacuation of the Dannbian
fortresses and Erzeroum. But
according to the above official in
formation, there are only five
conditions, the evacuation of the
fortresses being part of the ar
mistice conditions, not those of
peace. The fifth condition also
provides lor tlre negotiation of a
final treaty, at either Odessa or
Sebastopol.
The Times approves the English
government’s action in sending a
portion of the fleet to Constanti
nople. It says: i * All danger of a
renewal of the war between Tur
key and Russia is now over. The
Russians are practically masters
of Constantinople. Nothing re
mains for us to be concerned a
bout but a due settlement of the
treaties of peace and the protec
tion of our immediate interests.
Russia is under an honorable
pledge not to advance further.—
Should she do so under any pre
text she would arouse the suspi
cion and excitement of this coun
try, of which the last two days
have afforded some dangerous
premonitory syniptons; but if she
will loyally restrain her forces,
even within the limits fixed by the
armistice, there is no reason why
the conditions of a permanent
peace should not be temporarily
discussed and deliberately deter
mined by a congress.”
It is stated that the Russians
have captured one hundred and
twenty thousand men, including
twenty pashas and one thousand
cannon, during the war.
—The Tinies’ Vienna correspond-'
ent, telegraphing hist evening,
says : -‘Russia, besides her excep
tion taken to Vienna as the place
for holding the con fere ace, an
nounced that she had some other
observations to make, which were
sent by special messenger, and
are expected here this evening.
It can scarcely be expected that
how', when to a certain extent
Russia lias already exercised the
right of treating alone with Tur
key, she will fully recognize the
equal rights of other signatories
to approve, reject or modify all
points of her separate agreement,
and it is more than probable that
she will insist on certain points as
not debatable bv the conference.
Death of the Pope.
London, Feb. 8, 4;20P. M.—The
following is the Pall Mall Gazette
special:
“ Rome, Feb. 7, 12.50 P. M.
The Pope’s death is hourly ex
pected. All the necessary ar
rangements in view of the event
have been made. Reports are
current that he is already dead.
London, Feb. B.— There can be
no doubt of the Pope’s death.
The morningjounals fully confirm
the previous reports from Rome.
A special from Rome states that
the news of the Pope's death has
already been olliciallyannounced,
and gives thejfellowing particlars:
The Pope, at 8 o’clock Wednesday
night, lelt a sudden suffocation.
He rallied several times lmt 'aid
to his physicians: Death wins this
time.” He was alternately lucid
ami w andering His late moments
were lucid. He said “guard the
Church I loved so well and sacred
ly ”
The immediate cause of death
was the closing of the wound in
the leg which made the humors
mount into the lungs and brains.
Cardinals Manning and Howard
and many others were present at
the death. The conclave has com
menced. Cardinal Simeoni has
demanded troops and the govern
ment has acceded to his request.
The Ambasadors accredited to the ,
Vatican have gone to view the
corpse. The Italian government
insures the independence of the
conclave and offers any service
that Cardinal Simeoni may de
mand. Other accounts say the
cause of death was the mounting i
ol'water to the heart. The Pope
swooned and was in extremes at .
3 o'clock, but death did not occur
until the time announced in the
first dispath from Rome yesterday
The aspect of the city is quiet to
indifference.strangely contrasting
with its appearance on the death
of Ring Victor Emanuel.
Bri.ix. Feb. s.~ It is safe to say ;
that Germany's policy towards
the Copdave will be one ol *b*o
lute non-interference, if 11ft indif
ference. m k m
Rome, Feb. 8. —A report is in
circulation that Cardinal Di Pietro
has been elected Pope’by accla
mation. but it is not believed.
The Cardinal i~ young and highly
thought of, liberalland yoticiliate
ry. but unlikely tp, nave many
votes.
Straw or Grass Bagging.
The following circular may be
of interest to some of our readers:
SAVANNAH COTTON KX< UANOK( tK
CTI.AR.
It having been brought under
the notice of the Savannah Cotton
Exchange that the use of straw
or grass bagging is a serious ob
jection as a covering for cotton,
as when wet*it imparts a stain to
the lint, and otherwise injures
the sightliness of the bale, it is
suggested, in the interest of the
planter and all concerned,that the
the use of bagging should bo dis
continued after this year ; other
wise, cotton so encased will suffer
disadvantage in this market, and
liability to rejection. When the
difference in price betwen this
objectionable article and that in
ordinary use is considered, it will
be apparent that the small saving
wh’ch might result is quite dis
proportionate to the possible loss
which would ensue to planters
and exporters, should its use' be
continued.
For all the reasons set forth,
therefore, planters are strongly
recommended to abandon the use
1 of said bagging in future.
In Northern China people of all
ages are dying of actual atarva
(ion by thousands.
extends over a district which in
cludes at least 5,000 viilages, and
it is said that at least 500 die daily.
Houses are pulled down in every
village to sell the timber and
thatch in order to get food.
Those who can get husks and dry
leaves, ordinarily used for fuel.
"TrTe" “considered well off. Most of
the poor young girls have been
sold; old men, middle-aged men
and young men,and children die
daily of sheer starvation and oth
ers freeze. The dead can not get
a burial; they are too many, and
none can afford the expense; so
they are cast daily into large pits.
The people at Sdansi are 'said to
be living on the corpses of their
fellow beings who die of starva
tion. And the strong are killing
the weak for the sake ot obtain
ing tlieir flesh'for Tood.
The recent suit of Ira Melemly,
of Bradford, Vt in which he re
covered $5,600 from the town for
injuries suffered on the highway,
was a singular one in same res
poets. He claimed that his acci
dent caused paralysis of his legs,
so that these were dead as far as
movement and feeling were con
corned. The defendant attempt
ed to prove that he was sham
ming. They called in medical
experts, stuck pins into his legs
made cuts and applied ammonia
and ether to them without mak
ing him wince or contract his
muscles. Some of the physicians
testified that, such a paralysis was
an impossibility, but the jury did
not believe that a man could have
sufficient nerve to stand such
tests if there was any feeling in
the members experimented upon.
He will probably have to go
through all this again, as t he case
has been appealed.
Incident of Commune of Paris:
As several Versailles were being
led away to be shot, one man in
the crowd that accompanied
them to see the shooting made
himself conspicuous by taunting
and reviling the prisoners. There
confound you,” said one of the
prisoners at last, “don’t you try
to get out of it by edging off into
the crowd and pretending von are
one of them. Como hack here ;
the game is up; let us all die to
getherand the crowd was so
persuaded thatlhe Communard's
vehemence was only assumed to
cloak his escape, that he was
marched into tile with the pris
oners and dulv shot.
The Chinese, after a campaign
of two years, have captured their
old province of Kashgar, which
the late Y Acorn Bkg wrested
from them. When the Russians
get through with the Turks, they
will advance their eastern boun
dary by annexing this country.
China is destined to be divided
between Rn**ia and England.
The latter is slowly advancing
from the southwest, and is now
engaged getting ready to sjeze
Thibet and Yunnan. Tho -tar of
the empire thus goes eastward.
'hAie hail just bee* made at
ckfon- Gil., the largest plow
afiT manufactured. It is design
ed to work in tides, and cuts a
furrow thirty-live inehes wide.
The mold board is eight feet long
from the point to the end. The
plow will be attached to’a sulky,
andjjpviil require 1 welvg *<tout
animals to pull it.
Valentines!
Bi:\TIMNT4L
AND
c’in m cv
For Sale at the Drngjaad Sta
turnery Store of
feb T 2-11 B. R. STRONG.
Garden Seeds!
iIfAVE a full assortment of FRESH
and GENUINE
GARDENi^EDS'
4. ih * i **>7*m*
Fiom SEEDS l
White and Tenow Onio* Sets!
Genuine Eastern Potatoes.
Peas ami Beans by measure.
MV Garden Seeds in papers to dealers,
at wholesale: also. Hoes, Rakes. Manure
Forks, &e.
fob 12-2 m WILLIAM ROOT.
fliWtj A v Official.
MARIETTA.
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING
or the mayor and city council, or
THE CITY OF MARIETTA.
January 21st, ISIS.
Present, his Honor, Humphrey Reid,
Mayor: and Aldermen T. J. Atkinson,
H. C. White, H. S. Anderson, Lemuel
Black and T. fj. limit, Aldermen elect
for the year 1878.
The Mayor and Aldermen having
been duly sworn, Council proceeded to
business.'
The first in order being to flx salaries
of officers for the year 1878, tire follow
ing Ordinance was offered and adopted,
to wit:
Be it ordained, by the Mayor and Cl*,
ty Council of the city of Marietta: tliat
the salaries of. the officer: of the, city of~
Marietta, for the year 1878, be and art
hereby fixed at the following rates:
Mayor, per annum. S2OO 00
Clerk, “ 125 00
Marshal, ‘* -100 00
Treasurer, “ 50 00
The Oitv Surveyor, W. R. Hunt, was
re-elected, and his pay fixed at $8,(10
per day, when actually engaged.
The election of Clerk being next tu
order, was then taken up, and C. C.
Winn, having received a majority of
the votes, was declared duly elected
Clerk for the ensuing year.
The election of City Marshal was then
In order, find John Barrett, having re
ceived a majority of the votes, was de
clared elected Marshal.
The election of Treasurer being then
in order, H. S. Anderson, having re
ceived a majority of the votes, was de
clared elected Treasurer.
The following resolution was then of
fered and adopted :
Resolved, that his Honor the Mayor
he and he is hereby empowered to em
ploy J. W. Sanges as night watchman
and policeman, at any time when he
thinks necessary, at the sum of or rate
of $250 per annum, and half of the per
quisites or costs of the marshal’* ofiic\
The Mayor was also authorized to em
ploy IX B. Parks and son at a salary of
$35 per month, for both, whenever he
thinks their services are necessary for
work in the cemetery or elsewhere.
The following Ordinance fixing the
licenses for the ensuing year, was then
offered, and adopted:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of the city of Marietta, thatthe
annual licenses for the city of Marietta,
for the year 1878, be and are hereby fix
ed at the following rates:
Retail Liquor license, per annum,
payable quarterly in advance, $l5O Of*
Billiard Tables, “ A* 25 Ot*
ltoullette Tables. “ “ 150 00
Tenpin Alleys, " “ 25 (X)
Two-horse Drays, “ *■ 23 00
One-liorsc prays, “ “ 1 3 flf)
Pity Auctioneer’s License, per
annum, payable In advance, 1008 Of*
The Mayor then appointed the follow
ing Standing Committees :
On Streets—Aldermen Black, Ander
son and White.
On Finance— Aldermen Hunt, White
and .
On Ordinances—Aldermen Atkinson
and White.
On Cemetery—Aldermen Black, At
kinson and Anderson.
On Public Square—Aldermen White
and Hunt.
Alderman Whiteoftcred the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Be it resolved, that w hereas tho for
mer Mayor and Aldermen,through their
special agent, Dr. E. J. Setze, purchas
ed of Messrs. Rnniscy & Cos., a Fire En
gine, Ilose and Cart for the city of Ma
rietta, at the price and terms agreed up
on by the said agent:
Resolved, that the same be ratified
and confirmed by this present Mayor
aml City Council, and that every effort
tie made to meet the payment for said
Fire Engine, Ilose and f'art.
His Honor the Mayor appointed the
following committee on printing—Al
dermen Atkinson and Anderson.
On motion, Messrs. Green and Rute
w ere appointed City Clock keepers, at
sl2 per quarter—conn tv to nnv half amt
city half.
Regular meeting* of Council! to he
held on the first Monday night of each
month, at 7 o’clock, until otherwise or
dered. Council adjourned,
HCMPH RE Y KEfl* Mayor.
. k. Wivx,Clerk. ' -