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the;fiki,ii ami firrmwk. Marietta, Feb. 19, l7*>. WTn>-M:iri ttM Paper X 1 ; o>U|^jßf|S§ to. ■ •$,! loii. Sam HHBimdilc. ■ lII.i •• . 1.1 IK i ■Rr, . implor& jßjE'd lollows Ee conference < ’.ne European 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 m ’ • f - 4lgi^^Bß^^BHi tat 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 BR ' i- *i <■ News. 1 " <’; in *bf '■ s 11.-!.. a rg- IM-' I till > ‘ ' 11 ’l’*' thou 6 Hhw |R ' ■ Wr aml attvi . * t*t St ale- lioii! lie- ..eda wBHJ I I ml<p-M<ttii-(- until si! MT-,n demonetized hr a mis " B and without the knowletlge 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. ' -