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I ''Knr ow’h snug home with enough
'!*■*? comfort, and be grateful lor
Iheahh. peace and competence.
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Judge Whitaker has refused to
gratt anew trial in the ease of
lien. Anderson, of the land iana
returning hoard.
’ll i- an open question wlit*!lic*r
Hayes will sign tlu‘ "ilv*r bill.
*ut it is believed it will become
law, nevertheless. It is stated
that Sherman has set the maclii
nery of the mints in preliminary
amt ion to eoin silver dollars to
their lull capacity.
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The prospects lor the passage
| the senate of Congress ol the
;ouse billfor the repeal of t he re
sumption act are very good. I’lie
only hope that the anti silverites
have is to get a mollification ol
the existing resumption law in
steml of repealing it outright, hv
strikiug out the date at which re
,u upUon is to hegin.
Jc 1 o
p A Voting man in Atlanta pro
“kissing Itees” to pay oil
u JU*eh delds, the young ladies to
> arf.kisses at ten cents apiece
<hree for a quarter.
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"IThkimk \ i'lons are being made
1 Atlanta amone the Methodists
the (ieneral t'onlerenee of
v * Al. K. Church South, which
e v fs in that city on the lu-'t
.piednesday in May.
bUov. Cot.vtt ITT Ini' revived tin*
"Host forgotten law of the State
l ||° N xrgia requiring the bank' ot
State to make returns,
tlpre are seventy five banks in
ae Slate, eleven of which are na
hetal banks, thirty live State
►inks and thirty-one private
unking houses.
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la> The Mayoralty (’oiliest.
((Judge Lester having relumed
to tle city, convened court on
jLturday last, nod opened the ver
Hfitof the jury on the Mayoralty
kand? s L On examination, it was
PpruL Utat the jury bad decided
'-‘“Woles were
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rr \|i Miituftad. I knd JUifltceiJ
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lection, witli Mr. Keid’> majority
of eight vole*.' on lir-t count, a tie*.
5- U,*oiiiim-I Inr Mr. K**iU made ;
for anew fripl Jon tl|<V
ni nowly discovered ICMi
iTr\ avTiotT fhp r I n?f"Ip •rave
r.it in until Thursday of lliis week
to serve opposite counsel with no
I ice*. tV e. anil then lixed Monday
next for hearing tin* cause for a
new trial. Ihi failttre, however,
of M r. Keid’s counsel to serve the
notice in the time specilied, the
Sheri tf \vn- instructed to execute
fclm imJM>u'M. of mister against
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Silver Hill.
StMor -"ate amendment' to the
Kt .mil] came up for action, on
"■‘i'Vlst iiist.. in the house of yep
"V'senatives.
Mr. Stephen-, of Ueorgio, wa
ri'cognizeilas having charge of the
matter and lie moved to conenr
in all the amendments. A point
of order i hat the senate amend
meats apprnpiated money and
must lie considered in the com
mittee of the whole was discussed
for two hours, and was Anally o
vevruled by the speaker, when
the previous* question w f as see
ouded. and Mr. (Stephens had. tin
Ter the iides, an hour to close
ihe discussion. This time (roserv
Rig but three minutes lo himself)
lie parceled out among the mem
her an allowance of front half a
minute to eight minutes, and
when the discussion was over a
motion to lav the hill on the table
was made hy Hewitt, of N. York,
and rejected-yeas 71. nays 202.
Then the senate amendments
were ■severally concurred in hy a
hout a like vote, and thus the hill
finally passed, and now goes to
the president for hi- approval.
(ieorghi.
A reporter oi the (,'out<tiiUoh
asked l)r. Ge<>, Little, the Slate
Geologist, what he thought now
of (ieorgia’s natural wealth.
•• Do you know,’’ he replied,
•• that yoif 4 fsTved
three years ago, when T had just
begun my examination, and had
just returned from Ihe counties
along the Marietta and North
Georgia railroad. I w'as enthnsi
a-tic then as von remember.
“ And vet I did not then know a
lithe of the truth. I did not eon
ecive a fraction of Ihe riches that
lie buried in the soil of our state.
I have now completed my survey
virtually. I have examihed all
except probably a half dozen
counties, and ! may say that 1 am
more than astonished at Ihe rich
ness of our deposits.
“I have already tohl von, and
proved to yon, that her gold re
gion was richer and better than
that of California, and that its
yield must very Soon beeome en
ormous. I tell you now that ag
rioultural,pastoral and himher re
sources are equal, if not upefiov,
to any state on the Pacific "slope,
or in the Northwest. Resides this,
she has water powers far superior
to, and more numerous than those
that have enabled New England
to dictate the financial polfey of
the government. It is almost im
possible to conceive a state hav
ing greater and more varied re
source-. We have gold equal to
California, copper equal to*Ten
ncssee. coal equal to Pennsylva
nia, iron equal to any country,
water powers equal to'Massachu
setts, pasturage equal to Kentuc
ky. soil equal to lowa, lumber su
perior to Maine, and a elhnate
better than any Of them. Onr
future is in ortrown hands."
Mr. Little say- that Georgia, to
properly develop her resources,
needs, fir-t of all. the completion !
of the Marietta ami North (Jeor
gia railroad; and -econd, the ex
tension and completion of the
Northw ostein rad road from Lula
city to Rabun Gap and bovend;
and thiol, that Meorgfn needs and 1
tmist har> the Georgia WT-lorn
railroad, piercing the rich copper
belts of Paulding, Haralson ami
t'arroll counties. and
A young lady in Wisconsin re
imed an offer of marriage recent
ly on the ground her father
wa- not attic lo support * larger
family.
T n E i’l ELI) AND FIRESIDE.
Sped<from the Seaator.
k Theflver bill t|fu'e tip-
House and our readers will pe
ruse with interest the closing re
marks of Senator Ingalls on tlm
JIA&JWTI .A3
\\ e eannn disguise the truth
fluir w*e are 1 oi? fltir*'\ <■! -- ..f ,m
impending involution. The &ld
issues are dead. The people are
arraying themselves uppn one
side or the other of a portentous
contest, tin (me side is capital,
formidably intrenched 111 privi
lege, arrogant from continued
triumph, conservative. tenacious
of old-theories, demanding new
coiicessions. enriehod by domes
tic levy and foreign commerce,
and struggling to adjust all val
ues to its own standard. On tin
other is lalua - , asking foremplov
ment, striring to develop domes
tie industries, halt ling with the
forces of nature, and subduing
the wilderness; lal*or. starving
and sullen in cities, resolutely
determined to overthrow a sys
tem under the rich arc
growing richer and the poor are
growing poorer; a system w hich
gives to a Vanderbilt the jmsses
sion of wealth beyond the dreams
ol avarice and condcums the
poor to a poverty which has no
refuge from starvation, but the
prison or the grave.
Our demands for relief, lor jus
tice. have been met with indif
ference or disdain. The laborers
nf the country asking foremplov
meat are treated like impudent
mendicants begging for bread.
The Senator from Connecticut
informs us that hundreds of tail
lions of millions ol' dollars are ly
ing idle in New York and Hart ford,
w’hich can be borrowed on good
security at t per cent., and asks
with something like a sneer how
the coiuageol a dollar wortli nine
ty cents will benefit tiie poor un
less they can give good security
for tdieir lona. *The laborers of
tin* West do hot want, to borrow ;
■they want to earn. They do not
wash to pay interest on other
1 Mien’s capitis!, but to sett their
i labor and if possible acquire
some capital of their own. The
producers/if the West want a
market in which the value of
♦ heir products will not Ik* con
turned by tlm cost of transporta
tion over railroads that pool their
earnings and combine to keep
their rates at a point where the
carrier grows rich and the farm
er )KMr.
Lhe(Senator front Wiscoh-in, in
that admirable speech which left
so lit tie for others to say, declared
that this was not a contest he
tween the Kaat and West. Lei
us see. Against, silver, as indi
eafed by the voW- on the Mat
thews roaolulion, are New York,
New Jersey, New Hampshire.
Maine. Donm-clieut, Massacku
setts. N'ermout, and Rhode Is]
and. For it are every Western
State but Michigan. California,
and Oregon and every Southern
-State but Maryland and Dela
ware, ajtd all these are divided,
ihe Senator from Wisconsin was
right. It is not the East against
the West- It is the East against
tin* West aud South combined!
It is tinacornaud wheat and beef
ami cotton of the country against
its bonds and its gold; its pro
duetive industry against its aecu
initiation-. It is the men who
ow u the public debt against
those w ho are to pay it, if it is to
Ih* puid at all. li the bonds of
this liovernment are ever paid,
they will be paid by tke labor of
the conufry, and not by lU capi
tab They are exempt from tax
ation and bear none of tin' bur
•leu- of society,
Tlie alliance between the West
and the riouth upon ail matters
affecting their material welfare
hereafter is inevitable. Their
interests are mutual and identi
cal. \\ itb the removal of the
causes of political dissension that
have so long separated them,
they must coalesce, ami united
ihev will ha invincible. The
Valleys of the Mississippi and
Missouri, with their tributaries,
term an empire that must have
a homogeneous population and
u common destiny from the Yel
lowstone to the tin If. l'liese
great romtHUHitie* have been a)i
enated by factions that have es
traaged them only to pray upon
them and to maintain political
SHpremncv by their separation.
I nfriendlv legislation has im
posed intolerable burdens upon
their energies; invidious discrim
illations have leon made against
tlu'ir products; un just tariffs have
repressed their industries. While
vast appropriation- have been
made to protect the harbors of
the Atlantic,.and to erect heu
cons upon every headland to
warn the marritupr wnth sileitt ad
npniition from %he§--iaerc|ianL
mai •riftg rocks," th * >fL'-i*i)ipi
was left choked with it- drifting
sand' till the daring geniu- of
Ead-undertook the gigantic la
bor /<*f compelling the k:toai
-tfdtfhi io flfeuge tT 6 tiw't) hhnn '
net to the sea. Ihe opening- m
iJii- avenue of conauerce marks
the epoch of the emancipation of
the West and South from their
bondage to the capital of the
East, in asking the pas-age of
this bill they are asking less than
they will ever ask again. When
1 reflect upon the burdens they
have borne, the wrongs they have
suffered, I am astonished at their
moderation.
Flection of the New l*o|ie.
Rout:, l’eb. 20.—The smoke of
the burning ballots having been
seen at 12:30 p. m. to-day, the
crowd before the Vatican, think
ing the ballot was again without
result, had almost dispersed,when
at 1:15 p. m t’ardinal Oateriniap
peared in the grand gallery of the
Vatican Basilica, and announced
in the customary formula Cardi
nal Pecei’s succession to the pa
pacy. The few bystanders cheer
ed most enthusiast leal ly, and a
large crowd soon assembled, and
densely thronged the open space
before the Vatican and the ap
proaches thereto. At 4:“!0, the
newly elected pope, surrounded
by all the cardinals, appeared in
the inner gallery of the Basilica.
The crowd vociferously shouted
“God save the pope!’’ The holy
father at length made a signal for
silence, and then intoned the ben
edicite and pronounced a bene
diction, alter which the cheering
was renewed and continued until
the pope withdrew.
The circumstances of the elec
tion are as follows; At this morn
ing’s ballot. Cardinal Pecci re
1 oeived thirty six votes, which was
| five short oi’ the requisite two
thirds majority. When the vol
1 ing was finished, and the papers
I were burned. Cardinal Franchi
; and those holding the same views
with him, then advanced and
| knelt before Cardinal Pecci. This
i example being followed by oth
1 ers. Cardinal I’ecci’s election was
| accomplished by the method
! known as “by adoration." Count
1 Segur immediately informed the
; pope that he purposed <0 present
him with 1,000,000 francs as the
1 first donation of Peter’s pence
i from the French episcopate. As
j soon as the result of the election
I became known the hells in all
' the churches of Home were rung,
awd the diplomats went to the va
tiem to congratulate the new
pope. Perfect order prevails
everywhere. The new pope ha
-1 taken the name of Leo XIII.
Joachim Pecci w as born 011 the
2d of March, 1810, at Carpinelo,
near Anagui, of an old patrician
family. The general opinion is
that for learning, tact and energy,
dignity, amiability, real moral
worth atul sincere piety, the sa
cred college could not find a more
deserving pope than Pecci.
Germany and the East.
Bismarck’s view s.
Bkri.iv, February 20—- in the
I reichstag Prince Bismarck also
j stated that the Russian official
I communication made it certain
I that ihe chief interest oftlermany
namely, freedom of water, was
j such that the straits and the Dan
, übe for commerce would be
j maintained. He believed it was
to Russia's interest to come to
!an understanding and not have
the fear of complications with
j Austria or England constantly
I impending. The supposition
; that Russia might forcibly com
; pel other powers to accept a set
tlement to which they objected
seemed entirely out of question.
He denied that the Russians had
; pushed forward their troops under
| the cloak of negotiation?.' lie
believed that all the powers lion
. orablv desired to send represent
| atives speedily to the conference.
He energetically repudiated the
: idea of Germany engaging in a
war relative to the eastern que
tion. Nothing should induce him
to hazard a rupture with any
power relative to questions in
which Germany had no direct
interest. Xo government, at
loa.-t neither of tliose principally
interested, had proposed that
Germany should enter upon any
such course.
The chancellor'- -peeMi w.i
loudly cheered.
The London Times, commenting
| on Prince Bismarck'- speech says
lit simply eliminate- Cierntanv
froiu the calculation, and the P
-lie rests betwen Russia. Austria
and England.
War News.
Lovniiv. Fep. 2d—The |Timi
amt IhWy Telffrraph botliTegtmt
the situation as very unsatisfac
tory. The Daily Telegraph say- :
••Not liing could well be darker
than the prospect.” The H'mes,
TO IT-* leading editorial article.
■ays f 1 "it -4* eott*wtered that 4be
situafipn i- very unsatisfactory.
Ft 1 ropes" -ays the avtLidle’ “is arm
ed to the teeth, and i- increasing
it- armaments day by das.
A Reuter's t'mistaminopJ.e di
patcli sav- that the (Rand Duke
Nicholas and Snivel Pasha will
meet tomorrow at San Stefano.
and the signing of the jieace con
dition will follow.
Atiikxs Feb 2'l—'fhc lurk
have retaken Platanos and en
tirely destroyed it by (ire. The
Greek insurgents, after a brave
defence, retired to Knkotos.
S - r. Pktkksbi i;u, Feb. 23—Tin*
Agenee Russo says the situation
lias improved though an under
standing between England and
Russia, whereby Russia will oecn
py Gallipoli and Fnglaml w ill not
land troops on shores of Darda
naelles. The negotiation for peace
are making progress.
Hon. Atibqpm Herbert,liberal,
formerly member of parliament
for Nottingham, will preside at
the peace demonstrations in Hyde
park tomorrow, and Charles
Bradlaugh will move the resolu
tions. The anti Russian papers
announce that a loyal and patri
otic demonstration will form at
the Marble arch at 12 o'clock to
vote down the peace resolutions
and protest against the attempt
lo embarrass the government
during the present crisis and a
gainst Russian occupat ion of Con
stautinople.
The Times’ Petersburg*Uspatch
says; “Tire conference is not
likely (o meet until Adrtanoplo
negotiations are conceded. Rus
sia does not wish a renewal of
hostilities, which would inev
it ably result in the destruction
of the Ottoman empire, but her
hesitation ought not to be con
structed as weakness or retreat.
1 have reason to believe the cor
diality between the courts of St.
Petersburg aud Berlin lias not in
creased much lately.
The official journals are very
reserved in commenting on Prince
Bismarck's late speech in the
Reichstag." The Times Paris
correspondent says; -Accord
ing to a telegram from Bhclia
rest, fresh Russian detatchment
! are arriving in Rouinania."
A Terrible Calamity
London. Febuary 19. — I The Times
in an editorial article, says: It
is stated on authority which can
not he questioned that seventy
million- of human being- are now
starving in the famine -Iricken
provinces of north China. The
imagination fails to cope with so
gigantic ti calamity. We cannot
doubt that if the Chinese have
found their wav to America from
com pa rat i v oly pros)lerouy east ern
provinces in thousands, that they
will pour forth in myriads from
the famine stril-kcn diMia'cl- of
the 1101 th as soon as a wav i
opened to them. The Chinese
difficulty may speedily become a
greater menace to the future of
the Tinted States than the negro
difficulty was at its worst, for the
immigration w r a- never voluntary
and ceased with the abolition of
slave trade, while if the Chinese
tide once begins to flow in force il
i- difficult to see where and w hen
it will stop.
The Chinese Coming Over.
1 San Francisco, Fob. 21.—bum
, Bing, a prominent Chinese met
! chant of tlii- city, connected with
official-of high rank in his native
| country, ha- recently returned
j from China, lie -(ate- that in
J three months, a Chinese war
ve-sel, with American oflieer- and
a Chinese, crew, w/11 visit litis
port, bringing a- passenger- the
, Chinese consul to tki- port and a
latge number of Chinese army of
fleers of rank, who will make a
tour of observation through the
country. Lmn Bing describe- the
j famine in northern province- ol
China as terrible. In Qiie district
, of t lie state of St an long, last year
out of a population of 9H.000, a
bout 80.000 died of starvation.
From California.
San Francisco, Fell. 21.—Sac
rameiito City i- saved from the
flood, but at the expense ol' the
i surrounding country. Many
breaks in the levee are reported
above and below the city. The
village of Wa-liington. opposite
Sacramento, i- under water. All
the islands in the delta of tlie riv
er. exiept Grand Island, are re
])rtc(|llood(fi. The vally present
ihb ajifiearance of a vast lake.
An immense body of water, pour
ing through the straits of Car
quinez into San Francisco bay.
catces the phenomenon of a cob
timiotis ebb tide on the surface oi
ih**- bay, the flood entering only
in, undercurrents. This has not
been observed si nee the great
flood of ISO 2. Travel by rail and
stage i- much impeded threught
our the crate on the main line 01
the Central *V Western Pacific.
The water has fallen -ome inehe
around the Sacramento river lev
els, in consequence of relief af
forded bv flooding the surround
ing country. The storm, which
lulled yesterday, broke out afresh
to day, with a heavy' southerly
gale and rain, and no present pro
-pect of a di-continuance. Except
in the flooded districts,.the agti
cultural prospects for the canting
season are most tlatt^^g.
lullia Protest.
In the .-late eouven
tion at Indianapolis,on the 20th 01
February, Ex-Governor Hen
flrieks was chosen permanent
chairman.
The following resolution wav
unanimously adopted :
That the national bank note
-hall be retired,and in lieu there
of-hall be issued by the govern
ment an equal amount of treasury
notes, with full legal tender notes:
that we are in favor of making
Fnited States note* commonly
called Greenbacks a full legal
tender, in paymenent of the debt
public and private, except sueli
obligations- only as are by tin
term- of the original contract tin
dor which Ihey were issued ex
pre-sly payable in coin; that the
right to issue paper money, as avc] 1
as coin, is the exclusive preroga
tive of the government, and such
money should be issued in such
amounts as the sound business
interest- of the country may from
time to time require ; that we aiv
in favor of such legislation by con
gress a- will authorize the taxa
tion by the states of the United
States notes in common with oth
er monev.
Soi tii C.vnotix.t is inclined to
abolish her penitentiary system,
and to lease the convicts to per
sons or who w T ill pro
vide quarters and guards. This
inode has already been adopted
in (ieorgia and other States of
the South, in (ieorgia the com
panics hiring convicts pay the
State sll a year for each convict,
and bear the whole expense ot"
guards. Eleven hundred convicts
are employed on these terms
on farms, on railroads and in
mines. Ex Governor Brown and
oilier contractors have entered
into a bond to pay the State of
(ieorgia s*>oo,ooo in annual in
stallments of $25,000, forthe ih?
of all convicts for twenty years
trom April, IST7. In Alabama
the penitentiary i> not only not
a burden to the State, but is a
source of considerable revenue,
many of the convicts, as in Geor
gia. Tennessee and Mississippi,
being hired out to work on farms
and in the mines.
A (iloriotis Little Woman.
Some live years since llarry
(Mgers, a miner from Truro, Corn
wall. England, arrived in this lo
ealitv. Before leaving home he
loved a certain lass, the only
daughter of an inn keeper, to
whom he proposed marriage, but
was rejected. Two years ago
Harry, who was employed at the
He law are mine, met with an acci
dent by which he lost his eye
sight. I'lie news of his terrible
misfortnne did’nt reach the ears
ot his Truro sweetheart until
quite recently. She thought ol
the man who onct told hei he
loved her and her woman's heart
-oftom and. She wrote to a friend
in Keweenaw County, and in time
got a history of his condition and
the sad plight lie was in, on the
distant shore of Lake Superior,
llio other evening a quiet little
woman arrived on the stage from
L'Anse, and before many hours
she was at the house where the
blind and maimed miner was stop-,
ping. s,| l( . ~i Ulu. t,, take* Harry"
back to England, without any fuss
or noise, and, if lie'll allow her,
she intends to care for him a his
wife the balance of his days. Mon
day's stage took Harry and his old
sweetheart on their return to
Cornwall. She doesn’t want to.
be married until she gets home.
It there is one seat better than
another in heaven, we know a lit
tie woman who will be entitled
to it when she leaves this world.
1 Michigan Gazette .