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SWfe £ inion VOL. 6.—NO. 3. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. LATEST EVENTS OF CURRENT INTEREST. Bread Riot in Turkey—dominations S-n’ in To-Day by the President—Terrib e Duel in the Dark Between Colored Lotharios—The Markets and Va rious Matters of General Interef 1 * Constantinople, April I.—Lack of f:nds in the public treasury is causing much dissatisfaction among the people in the em pl-.yof the government, to whom it is 1 irgely in arrears of payment. This morn ing the first public outbreak in a long time occurred. The wives of the soldiers aS sembled in lirge numbers in front of the office of the Minister of Finance, clamoring for vengeance upon that unfortunate official, and calling down execrations on the beads of members of the government from the Sultan down, for keeping their husbands out of their pay. GEN. J. E. JOHNSTON. Virginians Object to His Being Credited to Their Stata. Washington, March 30.—Virginia poli ticians object to the accrediting of General Joseph E. Johnston to their State. He does not live there, they say, and is not in the strictest sense a citizen of the State. Gen. Johnston secured his appointment through outside influences, and chiefly through the good offices of Gov. McLean, of Maryland, his brother-in-law, although such of the Vir ginians as were appealed to, indorsed him for the place he has secured. The Virgin ians are not inimical to Gen. Johnston, but having a hot campaign before them this fall they are anxious that such patronage as may be apportioned the State shall be distributed so as to benefit the party as well as indh Id uals. The appointment of Gen. Johnston as Railroad Commissioneris of no practical value to the Democratic party of Virginia what ever. DUEL IN THE DARK. Two Colored Lothario’s Fight Over a White Woman. Dayton, 0., April I.—A duel in the dark in a stable was fought here at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, between William Turner and Charles Doniphan, colored. The men commenced firing at each other and never ceased until every chamber of both revol vers were emptied. The police entered just afterward and arrested the men and a white woman, who was the cause of the trouble. Turner was hit in the breast and his pistol hand, while Doniphan escaped, though three balls went through his clothes. JAIL DELIVERY. Three Murderers Make Their Escape. Mount Sterling, Ky., April I.—Yes terday three of the greatest criminals in Eastern Kentucky effected their escape from the county jail. The names are Montre osello Fairfield, Floyd Williams and Wm. F. Caskey. They are charged with murder- New York Produce Maket. New York, April I.—Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat—No. 2. red winter for April 88} bid; do for May 90; do for June 91}. Corn—No. 2, mixed for April 48$; do for May 49?* Oats—No. 2, mixed for April 365; do for May; 37 bid. Il aan I b.rley nominal. Pork quiet, mess sl3 25 Lard $7 07 f< r April; $7.14a715 fir May and $7 28 for June.Mol isses dull.. R sin dull, strained to good $1 17}a1.20. Butter quiet. Cheese dull, Ohio Flat, prime to choice, 10al0}c. Eggs easier; State, 15c; Western stock, 14}al5c. Tallow quiet; prime city, 5Jc. Rice firm. Sugar dul 1 ; refined and cut loaf, 6}c; granulated, 515-16 c. Freights dull; grain to Glasgow sd. Coffee dull and steady; fair cargoes, 8 ■<:. Hay nominal. Probabilities. Washington, April I.—For the South Atlantic States fair weather, slight rise in temperature, and variable winds, gener-l.y shifting to northeast and southeast. The New Fremill Cabinet, Pari?, April L—M. De Freycffiet has acceded to President Grevy’s request, and Will at once undertake the formation of a new ministry. Suspension of a Bank. Crestline, 0., April 1.-The dofifs cf the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bink remtin ed unopened for business yesterday. The i institution lias made an assignment to S G. : Heimmuns, of Mayefield. Chicago Change. Chicago, April I.—Wheat lowe- and dull, 79J for May; 81} for June. Corn steady and unchanged, 37$ for April; 41} May; 43} for Julv. Oats steady and firm, 34} for May; 31} lor June. Nominations by the President Washington, April I.—The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day: A. Leo Knot, of Maryland, to be Second Assistant Postmaster General; Macon Bonner, Postmaster at Washington, N. C. A New Reading. Smith keeps a savage dog on his premi ses, and near its kennel a board is displayed with the warning in large letters, ‘‘Beware of the dog.” “I suppose,” said Jones pointing to the warning, “you have painted that sign in large letters so that ‘the who runs may read ’ ” “No,” said Smith, “but that he who reads may run.” SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1885. GENERAL GRANT. Lost the Power ot Speech—Slowly but Steadily Sinking. Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. New York, April I,—General Grant has lost all power of speech and is reported at his house to be in a very low condition. [BY UNITED PRESS.] A f j w minutes after 4 o’clock this morn ing the white servant who has been in at tendance on Gen. Grant was let out the base ment door of the Grant residence ai d hur ried away on a run. He ran to the stables on | Sixty-third street and ordered a carriage to drive to Dr. Shrady’s residence. There the physician was aroused and driven back to Grant’s house with al Iposs ble speed. The servant also went to the St. Cloud Hotel, and aroused the wife of U. e . Grant, Jr., and her lather, ex-Senator Chaffee. He then went to Dr. J. Newman’s resi dence and called him. As the clergyman and ex-Senator ascended the steps of Gen. Grant’s house they were asked if there was s-rious change. Mr. Chaff, e did not reply bit Dr. Newman nodded his head very sl>wly and he was very grave. Ab >ut7 o’clock Senator Chaffee left the house. He was questioned by thosewho had been watch ing all night, and in reply said he believed General Grant was dying, and that he seemed conscious that such was the case. Mr. Chaffee said the General had been sinking rapidly, and the doctors extend no hopes except that he may live through the day. The patient complained of pain, but no opiates had been administered. I At 10 o’clock Dr. Newman left. He said: “The Geneva! solemnly realizes the fact that his prolonged sufferings must soon end, but the strength of his intellect and the serenity of his mind are wonderful. General Grant rolled somewhat during the morning, but was almost exhausted. He seem to be slowly but surely sinking.” FLASHES FROM ATLANTA. I The Grand Arcade of the Kimball—Re ception to Judge Speer. Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. i Atlanta, April I—To-day the Kimball House began using the grand arcade on the Pryor street side. The arcade is the most magnificent thing of the kind imcgnable It is ’n the same place as that occupied by ‘be old-arcade, btff. unlike the old one ex leuds through the entire seven st lies of the building 'o the skylight on the roof. It is exae j.. hjgha-nd is. finished in tfn- pairii'»-l - oak and Lghted by numberless chard 1 ers. The c-ff-ci is fi:> • and the new hotel w 11 be a big advert! irnent for Atlan ta. The Kirnba 1 air adv has -*! the busi ness it can attend to. The r ormal opening of the ho el as not ta .t n p ace, but wiL occur s- on. Invi atiot.s are 'Ut to a brill ant recep tion which will be given at the residence of D N. Speer next Tues lay night, compli mentary to Judge Emory .'-peer and Mrs - Speer. The occasion will b« a notable soci ety event. The residence of Major Speer is one of the handsomest on Peachtree street. It is generally expected that on Sunday next the Atlanta preachers will handle the coming charity ball without gloves. New York Stock Market. New York, April I.—At 1:30 p. m. to day quotations were : Union Pacific 43 Missouri Pacific 90% Western Union Telegraph Co 57 Pacific Mail 52 Lake Shore 60% Louisville and Nashville 31% Texas Pacific 11 Denver and Rio Grande 7% Michigan Central 61 " Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 107% Northwestern 94% St. Pau 1 70% Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 122 Oregon Transcontinental 12% Northern Pacific 39% Rock Island 113 Jersey Central 32% Memphis and Charleston 37' East Tennessee, Va. <S Ga (com) 23 East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 6% Philadelphia and Reading 13% Omaha (com) 25% Omaha (pfd) 85% New York Central 89% Kansas and Texas 17% Erie 12% What He Died Os. “I don’t know what to make bf my hus band,” said a young wife tearfully; “he begs me not to Cook anything for him, but to allow our trained cook to prepare the meals-, and I should be so glad to make nice little dishes for him.” “My husband was different,” said a young widow; “we had no trained cook and I pre pared the meals myself.” “And vour husband is dead ?” said the young wife compassionately. “Yes, poor fellow,” was the widow’s re sponse ; “he died of dyspepsia.” Ruination Prices. We offer the remains of our Winter Boys’ Suits, from 4 to 9 rears old, your choice, at he io’’ price of $3 50 per suit. There are suits in the lot of which the original price is $7, and not a suit in the lot that you can any anywhere for less than $5 We have de cided they must go to make room for spring goods. Single boys’ knee pants by the hun dreds, and also very cheap, at the “Famous’ New Y’ork Clothing House, 140 Congress itreet. Money, Money, Money. No need for worrying; those who want it can get it at the New Pawnbroker’s, 120 Broughton street, Uncle Joe, Manager. Go and see for yourself. There is no place to find a better stock of pistols, guns, watches, jew elry and knives than you will find at 120 Broughton street.; MOTHERS. If you are failing; broken, worn out and nervous use “Wells’s Health Renewer.” $1 Druggists. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL REVIIW OF THE FIRST MONTH OF THE ADMINISTRATION. rhe Machinery of Government Quie ly Working Business Intere-ts of the Count y Not Affected—More Sur prises Yet in Sto-e—The R - forms of the New AthnlnL traiion How Th<y Will Probably Work—Worth Trying at all Events Special Dispatch to the Da’ly Times. Washington, April 1 —The first month of the new Democratic administration has passed into history aud, after the excite ment attendant upon the change, the ma j chinery of the Government is quietly work ing into the old grooves again pretty much as it has for the past ten or twelve years. The business interests of the country have been less affected by the official rev< lation than was anticipated, the wonderful facility of the people of the United States to adapt themselves to circumstances being more and more evident with every decade. The Republicans yiel 1 gracefully to the new order of things and an era of good feeling has been inaugurated which greatly strength ens the moral f< rce of the Government. The new a Iministration has furnished some surprises to the public and has many more in store, and the adverse criti'isms, which are made against the Chief Execu live, come almost exclusively from the ul tra Democratic partizans who have been disappointed. A well known ex-Senator tin ha- the run of the White House, re marked tc-day that outside of the Cabinet, President Cleveland hai absolutely not dictated a single appointment. That every one of the new chiefs and assistants thus far haye been selected by the members of the Cabinet for their respective departments, and that this rule will be ob-erved for a year yet The intent of the new administration is to lesson the cle* i al o ces in all the Je art ments and generally curtail expensesou every hand. The investigations now pro gressing in the different bureaus are ad vanced to such a state that it is easy to de termine that this intent will be realized to a certain extent, but that the saving to the government will be comparatively insignifi cant in dollars and cents. The sale of the Inter or Departme: t horse-, the reduction of the number of White House clerks, the discharge of a number of postoffice inspec tors and various other reforms accomplished and contemplated, will aggregate a saving of about $175,000 a year, which is a very commendable action. The motive in sub stituting these reforms is unquestionably good, but the results are not al ways satis factory. For instance, the Interior Depart ment who used the l.orses to some extent, will noy require car and express wagons will be needed in the transporta tion of books and documents. Then again the White House e'erks are simply traos ferred to some of the departments and their pay goes on just the same. Then the mail depredations all over the country must be looked after, and the cost of apprehending thieves is greater when fees are paid to county sheriffs aud private detectives than when inspectors are engaged by the year Still these reforms are worth trying, and everybody praises Mr. Cleveland for steps in the right direction. Mr. Cleveland has, however, lost sight of the fact that the gradual increase of the working force of the various departments for the past twenty years has scarcely more than kept pace with the enormous growth of the country and the great increase in the labor necessary to transact the business of the government. Look at the Pension Bureau, which has sprung up into enor mous proportions within that p riod. The Pot Toe Department, the Railway Mail Service, the General Land .Office and the Treasury are increasing every day. Then, new bureaus are being established from time to time, and they all require consider able sums of money to run. The Bureau of Navigation, the Signal Service, the Life Saving Service, the Fish Commission, ’he Civil Service Commission, the Bureau of Labor, the Railroad Commission, the Edu cational Commission, the Bureau of Agri culture, the Geological Survey, the Utah B >ard, the National Parks Supervision and the Bureau of Annual Industry have prac tically sprung up within a few years, and require quite a little army of chiefs and cl rk« ard no end of cash. Next year we are threatened with a River and Harbor Board, and in the near future We may expect a Government Postal Tele graph Bureau, an Inter State Commerce Commission, a Public Health and Epidemic Disease Supervision, a Canadian Annexation Commission, an Electrical Lighting, Heating and Motive Power Protective Board, an Inter-Oceanic Telephone Exchange, a Na tional Pneumatic Tube Regulating Commis sion, a Petroleum Pipe Line Bureau, a Nia gara Falls Motive Power Leasing Board, a National Planting and Preservation of Forests Commission, an Anti-Polygamy and Public Morals Supervision, a Bureau of Re ligious Statistics and many others. Hence the early rising President must bestir hi m self pretty lively to cut down expenses and keep up the revenues. Hood Have Thought It? Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. “Take her up tenderly, “Lift her with care” - “Ah, that is a beautiful thing, sir,” said the pensive stranger. “Wot is?” asked the man • with a cast in his eye. “Hood’s ‘Bridge of Sighs,’ that I just heard you quoting,” replied the pensive stranger. “That ain’t no ‘Bridge of Sighs,’ ” replied the man with a cast in his eye. “That’s the commencement of an ode to a rotier rink!” The Americans are to the front again; this time they report 115 suicides; just 36 more than Germany; but they still continue to use Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, the best of all reme dies for coughs and colds. Ask your grocer for Mayer's Magic Soap mntrefactured b William Hone & Co d MACON NEWS. A Ldcky Find—Monument to a Georgia Ftoct—Notorious Wife Beater—Death of aa Editor’a W Ife. Special Correspondence Savannah Times. M}con, Ga., March 31 —Mr. E. S. Kim brew found among the pebbles on the side walk in front of his residence, on Calhoun street, last Sun Jay, a rough diamond. The stone was subjected to tests by Macon jewel ers to-day, and declared to be very pure, and worth from eight hundred to one thou sand dollars. Mr. Kimbrew is the bailiff of Justice Cherry’s court and is much rejoiced at his good luck. Other diamonds have been found in Macon heretofore. The movement to build a monument to the memory of Sidney Lanier, the poet, will probably be taken in hand by a Lanier monumental association. Macon people are much interested in the proposed monument, and it will doubtless be erected. A subscrip tion list will be opened in a few days. Tw‘o cases of wife beating by brutal negro husbands have come to light to-day. One was that of Mac Holland. He is a negro drayffian. He whipped his wife, and was arrested and carried before Justice Cherry for trial. His wife relented, and upon her petition,Holland was released upon paying the |ci st. Henry Hudson, a negro carpenter, of East Macon, figured in the other case. He | thrashed bis wife, and then threatened to . burn her ami her children up in her house. I He was arrested, but was released on bond, Joshua Eppings being his surety. To-day i Eppipgs turned Hudson over to Bailiff Henderson for trying towhip his wife again, aud Ee was put in jail. Captain Herman, of Sandersville, died to i day, god will oe buried here with Masonic honors to-morrow. The wife of Bridges Smith, night man aging editor of the Telegraph and Mes senger, died at her husband’s residence on , Bmd street, to-day at noon. Mr. Smith | has' the sympathy of a large number of , friends. Harold. ANECDOTES OF GRANT. How He Entered the Union Army—Bis Acquaintance With E. B. Washburne. i Correspondence of the Salem (Mass.) Gazette. 1 have thought that a few anredutes of General Grant which have from time to I lime been related to me during a long res j idence in Galena might not be uninteresting to your readers. A friend of mine once told me that he walked home with General i Grant at the ,1 >se of the first war meeting which was held in Galena, aud at which | the General presided, and then he said to j him: “I am going into this thing. lam going to begin at the foot of the ladder. I |am acquainted with the Governor of i Ohm and lam going towrite to him and i ask him to give me a commission ” My ' friend asked him why he did not «-■■> ly to j Governor Yates. He replied that he knew I Ohio’s Governor, and shoull write to him. ; Before his application was answered E B. Washburne was down | at Springfield, and Governer Yat.es said to j him: “We have got men enough and money I enough, but we have no one here to organ ize; we need a military man here.” Mr. i Washburne said. “We have got just the very man up at Galena that you want.” “Who is he?” “Captain Grant.” “Who is Captain Grant?” Mr. Washburne exclaimed that he was a graduate of West Point and had seen service in the Mexican war. “Send Captain Grant down here,” was the reply. While Grant was at work at the duty assigned him the Colonel of a regiment came in one day and said that he could do nothing with his men, and offered to resign in Grant’s favor if he would take command of it. Grant went out to see the regiment, and, being satisfied that the men were full of fight and would make good soldiers, accepted the command. Instead of taking his soldiers from Spring field to Quincy by rail, he marched them on foot, and by the time they reached their des tination they knew they had no militia Colonel to deal with. Then followed Belmont, Donelson, Shiloh, and those other victories which have placed Grant’s name with the highest of the world’s heroes. Gen Grant became acquainted with Mr. Washburne in this wise: Some gentlemen were one evening discussing in one of the stores of Galena a subject relating to the Mexican war, and Mr. Washburne coming ii they appealed to him fora decision. He replied that he was in doubt with regard to it, and would like to have some information about it. A gen leman remarked, “Mr. Washburne, there is a gentleman back hire who will be glad to answer that question for you,” and took him back and itroduced him to Capt. Grant. Af.er having gained the information he sought, upon retiring he asked the friend who introduced him, “Who is this Capt. Gram? ’ Upon being told that he was a brother to Orville Grant, he said, he is a very smart man, sir.” Before the war in conversing with a friend, he one day expressed himself pretty strongly wi h le gaid to the arrogance of some ot the South ern officers of the army whom he h d met in the Mexican war, and said, “There is one of them whom I would like to get even with, and that is Bishop Polk.” After the war had closed he remarked to his friend that when those fellows were running away from him be used to think how he talked about them when he was in Galena. When standing near his headquarters while at the South, one day, one of the natives came up and asked him to point out General Grant to him. He pointed to Dr. Kitto, of Galena, | who was a long time upon his staff. His j visitor surveyed the doctor and remarked, | “He’s a d d ornery-looking old cuss, I ain’t he?” Upon visiting Galena, he good | humoredly jokes the doctor about the com ment that was then made upon him. Upon his last visit to Galena a friend asked him how his boys were getting along. He re plied, “I think the boys are doing well. 1 think they are making money. If they fail it will bankrupt me, for they have all that I own.” We know the result. ‘•ROUGH ON Instant r elief for Neuralgia, Toothache Faceache. Ask for “Rough on Toothache.: 16 and 25c. FROM NEW ORLEANS. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AT THE EXPOSITION. Machin* ry of Various Kinds Exhibited for the Benefit of the Farmer—Labor-Sav ing; Inventions—lmprovements in the Colton Gin—How the Various Stats are Advertising; Their Resources—House-keeping Inventions—lncreas ed Attendance. Special Correspondence Daily Times. New Orleans, La., March 31. —No men should derive greater benefit from personal study of this exhibition than the agricul tural <1 ss. Probably as much as two thirds ol the machinery exhibit, including implements, are directly devoted to the va rious operations of the farm, saying nothing of the many useful helps for the house keeper and her work. There are great blocks of space occupied wholly with plows, cultivators, planters, reapers, threshers and farm mills, shellers, grinders and feed pre parators, ail more or less useful in the multi form labors of the farm. There is a recently patented potatoe planter, which takes the entire tuber, cuts it into suitable sizes and plants eight acres per day, dropping and covering the seeds without any other aid than a horse and his driver, and its inventor claims that it will more than repay its cost in one season’s saving of time and laoor, and of corn and wheat machinery there is so much and s.ich variety as would seem to almost make the labor of the husbandman a luxury instead of drudgery . In the patent office exhibit, taken in comparison with the more modern devices exhibited outside, one can seethe wonder ful strides that have been made, not only in the improved farm, but in all other classes of machinery. There is seen the original model of the reaping machine, quaint and odd in construction ind appearance, but which finally revolutionized wheat culture, and without which it would seem impossi ble now to supply the world with bread. Here also the cotton planter may see tae model of the original gin which led to the development of this great industry and is believed by some people, curious in Such speculations, to have exercised no little in fluence in shaping political and social ques tions, affecting the country. This original gin was patented by Eli Wnitcey, March 4, 1794, nearly a century ago, aud was the invention of his leisure hours while engaged as school teacher in the South. Compared with the many improvements now exhibited in gins of the present day, it is much in the category as the old wooden mould board of antiquity. But, if there had been no Whit ney, there would have been no Bratt, with i his rapid manipulator, as without a Robert Ful’on with his slow, awkward boat. th*re would have been no palace steamers, pbw ing river, lake and ocean. How little does the busy rushing throng think of.their obli gations to the patient, anxious pioneers of: art and invention! It is of interest to note | here, that a fire destroyed the patent office ! Dec. 26, 1836, when 7,000 molds were burned; another similar disaster Sept. 24, 1877, destroyed 87,000 models on which let ters had been granted, and 27,000 models of applications pending. The total of m dels lost foots up to 121,000, and there are now in the office 148,500 mode's, occupying a space of 63,508 superficial leer, a striking evidence of the activity of the American brain. Two large excursion parties from Boston I have at different times been here. They i left the Hub and proceeded straight to St. I Louis, where they chartered one of the An chor Line’s magnificent boats, came down the father of waters to New Orleans, stayed one week and lived on their boat. Few peo pie appreciate the fact that such a magnifi cent line of steamers as the Anchor Line now ply on the Mississippi. The States are vieing with each other not j only in the extent and magnificence of ex hibits, but otherwise attracting public attei tion to their respec ive merits. Honorabl- Robert W. Furnas, of Nebraska, Com- ; missioner for his State, not satisfied with making one of the greatest exhibits I on the grounds, has called to his aid the art preservative, and in a handsome little I book portrays the vast resources, advantages j and promises of that great commonwealth. ; From his little book we learn that since its I first settlement in 1855, the increase in popu- , lation, as compared with neighboring States is in the ratio of 310 per cent; she has a school fund valued at $50,000,000; she has nearly 3,000 miles of railroad lines and nearly 5,000 miles of telegraph; she raised in 1884, of corn 169,000,000, and of wheat 48,- i 000,000 bushels; and her live stock are val ued at over $78,000,000, and thousands of intelligent and enterprising people are flock ing to and finding rich and cheap homes among a genial and progressive people, with all the social advantages of our older com munities. It would not be fair to omit some men tion, in this connection of the exhibits of various kinds in the interest of the house- j keeper, for she has by no means been for gotten by the inventor. There are churns I very cheap, which reduce the Hbors of but tor making to a matter of a few minutes, notejc eding ter; parers which take the ' “bide” off an apple, or potato quicker than i you can say “Jack Robin* on,” and remove the core from the former, leaving the apjle whole for baking; irons, which dress up the washed clothes 1 without heating; cheap and sma’l refrigerators that can be used on the table, as well as larger ones; handy little bath cabinets, which can be moved into any loom, and every house should have one; there are lightning needle threaders for blind people, or others, and a thousand and one things to lessen the labor of housekeeping which every woman would appreciate—a little outlay now and then can double the conveniences and comforts of any home. It is very greatly to the credit of this Exposition that, while it falls behind some of its great predecessors in extent of ornamental exhibits, it excels all of them in every department of utility, simply being unsurpassed in this respect. The attendance now averages daily about ten thousand people, and the fine weather, coupled with railroad rates reduced to one cent a mile, is filling the buildings with crowds of people. Howard. S6OO A YE IB OUR NE V MINISTERS. Comments ot the oq ths Appoint* meuts of General Lawton aud General Jackson. We present beljw comments of a few of our exchanges upon the sebetion by Pres idem Cleveland of two of our distinguished fell iw citizens fjr important foreign mis -lions : Atlanta Constitution. President I leveland coull not have made an appointment which woull have been more heartily appreciated by Georgia, than that yesterday in which he designated Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Savannah, as minister to Russia. This is one of the most important missions of our diplomatic service, and under present circumstances, with complica tions of so serious a nature as now exist be tween Russia and England, ii rendered par ticulaily prominent. President Cleveland could have named no one more capable in every way to discharge with credit to the United States the duties incumbent on the position, than Gen. Lawton. His record as a soldier, and since his conduct as a citizen, entitles him to a degree of popularity and respect which the whole State has gladly accorded. Augusta Chronicle. Gen. Henry K. Jackson, recently appoint ed Minister to Mexico, has commenced put ting his bu iness in shape preparatory to assuming the duties of his office, but he is not able to say yet when he will leave Sa vannah. He has not received a personal notification of his appointment, and it is probable one is not considered necessary by the State Department regarding his mission. Gen Jackson declines as yet to discuss the pending Mexican treaties. Augusta Chronlce. The selection of General Lawton, of Sa vannah, for the Russian Mission brings back the better days of the Republic, when such men as Pickens and Stiles were sent to foreign stations. General Lawton is admira bly fitted by nature and by education for such work. A well trained 1 iwyer, a thorough business man, a broad scholar and polished gentleman, he will exemplify American civibzation and uphold American dignity at St. Petersburg. This is the sec ond conspicuous recognition of Georgia ability fir high diplomatic station. Hinesville Gazette. The appointment of Generd Jackson, of Savannah, to the responsible position of Minister to Mexico is eminently fit and proper. General Jackson knows something of the country of Mexico, and the character f its [tople. In the Mexican war he bore a conspicuous part. He is dis inguished for his attainments in law, literature and sci ence. Io increasing the friendly relations with that country, General Jacksou can and will do an immense amount of good. Jackso . viile (Fla) Herald. It only remains for us to congratulate Gen. Lawton and the country upon the se lection. In the splendid capital of the argest empire in Euroee the American people need have no fear that their interests and their honor will not be guarded with .vigilance, firmness and high ability. Amid the difficulties, the temptations and the splendors of the Russian court, it is gratify ing to know that the new minister will bear aimsell with manly courtesy,w ; th dignity and With unblemished integrity. It ssems to us that the South’s day of glory has come back In the first hour that she is readmitted to ihe Executive and Diplomatic Departments of the government she comes forward in the persons of her best, safest, and wisest men, and pledges her faith for good government and faithful representation in Lamar and Lawton, and Garland and Jacks n, and men tike these. Os course the future holds for us no shame as a section while these men are at the fore. RATHEB SERIOUS FUN. Inexcusable License for Even April the First. Mr. Frank J. Garvey, who is employed in the bindery of Mr. Geo. N. Nichols on the bay, is the victim of a lame April fool joke which he does not re Ish himself nor do any of his friends or the friends of a certain young lady whose name has been also used by the wouldbe wag. The follow ing, which appeared in the Morning News, e.x[ Lins itself: “Garvey— Hazzard—Mar ried, on Tuesday, March 31, by tl e Rev. L. J. Stoddard, at the residence of he bride’s mother, Frank J. Garvey, of this city, and Josephine L. Hazzard, of Charleston, 8. C. No cards-” Mr. Garvey says he was not aware of anything of the kind until he started to his work, when a friend hailed him with “Hello, Frank. Accept my congratulations. Glad to see yon have decided to lead a sensible life, and wish you much joy.” Mr. Garvey did not know what he meant, 1 but when he learned the cause of the matter, I justly became much enraged, not so much I for himself as for the sake of > he young lady,. | who, although her exact name is not given and her home incorrectly stated, is well I known in Savannah. The family of the j young lady are also very much outraged that anyone should have the temerity to so boldly and publicly make i use of her name to further a picayunish I joke. They are justly indignant, and both I they and Mr. Gar vey will take steps to ascertain the name of the perpetrator of the i joke. Mr. Garvey says he does not know any sucli minister as above named. He is a very quiet gentleman, and feels much hurt that he should be so rudely thrust before the public by so miserable a method. Selling Whisky C. O. D. Yesterday afternoon Commissioner R D. Locke had before him Mr. S. A. Edwards, a prominent young merchant of Chauncey, Dodge county, charge d with selling liquor C. O- D. to a “dry county.” The facts were | submitted, after which Commissioner Locke discharged the prisoner on his own recog nizance to appear at court when summoned. * The case will be submitted to the Court of Internal Revenue at Washington City, and the matter will remain in abeyance until his opinion is received. Deputy Marshal W, D Wall made the arrest. John F. De Lacy, Esq, of Eastman, represented the prisoner, who is very prominent in that section and highly respected by ill.