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Caltpwm &s*****. 1 Dr ft. FREEMAN. land Proprietor. Saturday, February 24 1877. EThe electoral commission hasn’t yet de cided the Oregon matter, but a decision :s expected at once. On the Oregon vote hangs Tilden’s last hope, and upon that he is rnt likely to win, as a seven spot will not take an eight. We publish this week the convention bill as adopted by the Legislature with the exception of the amendment allow ing the people to endorse on their tick ets ‘‘convention” or “no convention, when voting for delegates. r lhis with other interesting matter forces us to curtail the amount of local and editori a' m t e • usua ly publi h. and James Kelly, an old soldier under Wellington, died lately in St. Louis, at the great age of almost 101. Kelly was an Irishman. Tie enlisted in the celebrated regiment of Connaught Ran gers, and participated with them ia nearly all the bailies in the Peninsular campaign undjr Wellington against Na | oleon. He was in twelve pitched bat tles, and as sergeant of his regiment led a number of forlorn hopes,|*and only missed being at Waterloo by being ordered with a part of bis regiment to Canada. He was temperate in his hab its, and was never known to take a glass of liquor. CONDENSED NEWS. A sheep ranch of 640,000 acres has just been surveyed county Texas, for a Tennesse breeder. During 187 G the taxable value of the property of North Carolina was increas ed to the extent of $13,000,000. Miss Imogeno Reed, of Baltimore who was married to Mr, Edgeworth Bird, on Thursday last, received a check for $240,000 as a wedding gift from her father. There is to be great emigration to Africa by Southern negroes within a few years, so says the Missionary, the organ of South Carolina negro Metho dists. “Isidore Ouida Upton” is the rather fanciful name of a little girl in Ala bama. Her initials being I. O. U. it’s presumable that she s a “child of prom ise/’ — Commercial Advertiser. A Montana man lias sent Senator Ferry the feather of a black eagle, and wants him to use the quill to certify the election of President in case Hayes is counted in. Wouldn t a steal pen do / A fragment of a meteor fell in lowa, and was carried away by the man who fjund it. The owner cf the ground sued to recover the curiosity, and the case was decided in his favor. A bag of arsenic was found tied to the spout of a pump, in Albany, Ore* gon in such a way that ail the water drawn would contain some of the pois— in. Neither the author nor the motive of the deed is known. Susan B. Anthony says she hates a liar, but when an Ohio railroad conduc tor was overheard saying that Susie had the smallest feet and lovlicst mouth he ever saw the old girl was so flattered that she couldn’t sit still. A bill to prohibit banks from paying interest on deposits 13 on the way through the Pennsylvania Legislature, and several severely usury penal bills are also before it. The oldest Duke in Great |Britian is the Duko of Portland, aged 77 ; the youngest, the Duke of Montrose, aged 25. The oldest Marquis is the Mar quis of Donegal, aged 80; the young est, the Marquis of Camden aged 5. From July 1 to December 31, 1876, eigbty*nine millions of postal cards were solibin the post offices of the Uni ted States, or fifteen millions more than for the same periud of 1875. Postal cards were introduced in this country only four years ago. Italy has declared its seuenteen uni versities open to women and Switzer land. Norway, Sweden and Denmark Lave taken similar action, while France has opened the Sorbonne to women, and Russia its highest schools of medi cine and surgery. Two well diggers were at work iu Bloomington, 111., and had, after reach ing forty feet, begun to bore deeper will a drill. Suddenly there was an outburst of gas, which was lighted by the flame of a candle, and the explosion killed both of the men. Nearly 20,000 alligator skins are yoarly used by the boot and shoe man ufacturers in the United States. Oniy portions of the hides are serviceable. — These are packed iu strong brine, and shipped to the Northern tanner, who keeps them under tieatment from six to eight mouths, when they aie ready for u*e. Mrs. William A. Astor made a Christmas present of §15,000 to the Children’s Aid society of New York. — This will clothe and send to homes in the west one hundred boys. A Kentucky debating society has been discussing the question : “Which s the bottom of a buckwheat cake ?” Advices received by Colonel Brooks, Chief of <he detective .corps, mention the arrest in West Virginia of one Jer emiah Wilson, W’ho had in possession thirty-seven of the new 810 counter feits on the National Bank of Muncy, Indiana. Death carried off last year many em inent men and women at a ripe age. — Francis Deak,the Hungarian statesman, at 77 ; John Foster, at 64; Admiral Stringham, at 77, and Commodore Pope, of our navy, at 78; Reverdy Johnson, at 79 ; Horr.ce Bushnell, at 74 ; Ferdi* nand Freiligraph, the German poet, at 66; the Earl of Sheffield, at 74; Al exander T. Stewart, at 74 ; Orestes A Brownson. at 73; the Rev. Mr. Sprague at 80 ; President Stearns of Amherst College, at 71 ; George Sand, at 72 ; Dr. Petermann, the German Orientalist at 70 ; John Neal, the author, at 83 ; Gen Santa Anna, at 78 ; Harriet Mar tineau, at 75 ; Casimir Perier, the French statesman, at 65 ; and Filicien David, the French musical composer, at 66, OUR WASHINGTON TETTER. An Advocate of Assassination’— A JOURNALISTIC “ CAWBAY ” What Congress is not Doing— Another Admiral lll— Personal —New use for a Government Vessel Tile Grand Duke— Shooting of Packard—Govern* ment Printers, &c., Ac. Washington, I). 0., Feb. 19,1877. Editor Calhoun Times : The Capital, our liveliest Sunday paper, a kind of free lance in politics, controlled by Don Piatt, calls for the assassination of Hayes if ihe electoral commission shall decide him elected President. Its words are these : “If a man thus returned to power can ride in safety, fiom the Executive mansion to the Capitol, to he inaugura ted, we are fitted for the slavery that will follow the inauguration.” This is the only distinct suggestion of the kir.d that ha3 followed, in the newspapers, the announcement of the decision in the Louisiana case. That that decision was one to shock the sense of justice of the whole country — one that gave to the most stupendous frauds of the age, the sanction of those who were supposed to be our purest public men—is manifestly true; and how far this blow at our institutions may juslify the people in going, is not a question yet answered. But the Democrats of the House in caucus on Saturday night decided not to inter pose, at present, even the parliamentary obstacles which might delay if j>ot are vent the consummation of the outrage ; aDd while the party so decides, there will be little attention paid to the reck* less propositions of a few men who do not properly belong to the party. The well considered movements of a great army will not be changed to benefit the “cawbays” and “skinners” who claim its protection while plundering the enemy, and who change their alle giance as the chance foi plunder changes. There is one worse condition into which we can fall than that of be ing ruled by men, fraudulently set over us, and that condition will be reached when rulers, legitimate or oth erwise, must use'the'national forces to protect themselves from assassination. When we come to that we are one step nearer to anarchy than Mexico is. There has been no declaration by the commission, nor even bv counsel, that Ilayes fairly carried Florida or Louis iana. It has simply been decided that the votes < f these States must be rc~ ceivcd as they were declared by the undoubted villians who manipulated them, and that on such declaration Hayes can* legally demand to be inaug urated. The best legal talent of tLe country is convinced Tilden, not Hayes, i3 fairly elected, aod there may be constitutional means by’.which 49,- 009,000 of people can peacefully re verse the decision of Madison Wells.— If such'mear.s exist, they will be found and if lound, applied. Failing these peaceful means, the people can other wise protect their rights and redress their wrongs ; but they will not attempt to do so either, by the stealthy murder of individuals. It is now thought that the Louisiana matter will be setiled by both Houses to-day, and the count proceed on Tues day. The next State to go to the com mission is Oregon. Neither House nor Senate transacted any business of importance Friday or Saturday, and neither is likely to, until the Presidential question, on which the excitement is now at fever beat, is disposed of. Bear Admiral Davis died yesterday lie was on duty at the Nuval Observa tory here. Four other officers of that rank have died in the last ten days.— lion. Alex. H. Stephens and Secretary Merrill are improving. P/esident Grant, ptioi to his departure for Eu rope, is shipping his baggage at the Navy Yard. Curiously enough, none but government vessels arrive at or de part from the Navy Yard. The Grand Duke Alexis is expected here in about ten days. He will what an idea he will there get of Amer ican life ! 4 here was a determined effort made here to give political significance to the attempted shooting of Packard, drfeat td candidate for Governor cf Louisiana. It was hoped by this cause, and aided by the action of the Electoral Commis s on concerning Louisiana, to secure the “recognition” by the President of Pack ard as Governor. Confession and restitution on the part of Stinslow, who lately robbed the Treasury of a large amount, secured for him the light sentence of eighteen months id the Albany penetentiary. The employes at the Government printing office have decided not to‘strike’ against the reduction of pay decided on by Congress. As in a “strike” they would have the Government to contend with, and the wages are still higher than in any Northern cities; they have acted wisely. The Government print ing office is the largest in the world aDd its capacity and expenses are increasing yearly. Reno. OUR NEW YORK TETTER. Tiie Weather—The Fashions — The Amateurs—The Latest Sen sation —The Ruffian’s End— The Course of True Love. New York, Feb-. 19,1877. Editor Calhoun Times : Not the least remarkable thing in this remarkable season is the uninter rupted run of two weeks of glorious and bracing weather—several times in that period we have been seriously threatened vfith change —an occasional cloud or a slight twinge of frost in the early morning may have served to re mind us that it is not yet fourth of July, still the man or woman who would find fault with our present weather deserves to be deposited in a snow bank and choked to death with snowballs. Now is the time to see the firs! sprigs of the new spring fashions. There always will he a few impatient souls who, craving for notoriety, desire to he a few days in advance of the sea son. They want to take March by the forelock, and forestall their neighbors in getting out their good spring clothe3. For the benefit of the boys down your way, I got a surreptitious view of the latest Droadway spring fashion plate, and I give you privately the result for the benefit of your fashionable subscri bers, but for mercy sake don’t let my name transpire or the Bon Ton tailors would assassinate me for letting day light into their secrets. The pants are to be mostly worn in checks of four inches square, with alternate stripes of yellow and blue, they are to be thirty" six inches around the bottom of the leg, and sixteen and a half at the vaist, with moderate allowance for the size of the man. Vest* are six inches from the back of the neck, and the coattails reach to the hips, pockets in front, behind, aud at the sides, calico shirts, red neckties, blue pocket hand kerchiefs, with pea green eye-glasses ; the hair should be parted behind the ears (if the ears are not too long), and gathered in a knot on top of the head; this knot protrudes through a hole in the top of the hat, and at a little dis*- tance has a unique and striking effect. By observing these directiors closely any young gentlemen from your vicin ity who contemplate visiting the city may easily be mistaken for New York ers. The spring hats for ladies are just out ; these are turned up in front, behind, and at the sides, with a slight indentation on top, which can be con veniently made with a stove After ; a rooster’s feather in front, and an os trich feather behind, is considered very becoming. Skirts with polonaise flounces and riddengoat outriders are exceedingly graceful and much ad mired. If the skirts are worn l*ng and flowing, a piece of brown paper and a bunch of hair, or ’with a few ehipß fastened securely to the lower part, will not be considered out of place. My fashion notes aie not as full t’ is week as I desired, but the truth is that, Frank Leslie, Harper and Mad. ame Demorest, have formed a combina tion against ire to prevent me getting the earliest fashion notes, but you can see by the exhaustive synopsis of to day, that so far they have labored with only indifferent success. Brooklyn has liad another sensation. Last week an amateur performance was iriven for the benefit of a Mr, St Geoge. After the performance of the screen scene in the School for Scandal —a bri gandish looking fellow by the name of Walker, was seen to pass from a private box to the stage —the curtain was down but in an instant the audience was start led by a cry of pain, and the hissing blows of a whip, next instant a Mr. Clark who had been playing Joseph Surface, leaped from the box with his face all blood and dashed wildly across the stage in front of the astonished au dience. It appears that there was a la dy in the cose, one fellow wanted her and another fellow got her and so they fit. The affair is now in the police court and I hope the ruffiian who tried toimitate May —may besenttothe pen itent iarv where he may learn to behave likes gentlenr.n. The fine weather has put a stop tu most of what is known as out door relief. Have you ever seen a soup nouse, if you have not just step down with me to Fulton Market—aud then you will know what a soup house means—you see it to best advantage of a cold aod sloppy day. There stands the place right on the corner of the market down injthe cellar there to the right, what is that crowd—come over here and I'll tell you —just look at them it seems as if all the old bummers soak ers and rounders in New York were as sembled in that dirty villainous looking crowd. They have been standing in line for over two hours waiting for the 3oup house to open. All of them have hungry looking eyes—all of them have the same hard look of mendacity, all of them look as if soap was their bitterest enemy, and wafcei a distant relation— not one of the whole crowd looks as though he had ever done an honest day’s work, or if he did, it was'so long ago that he had done forgotten it— nearly one half of the charity of New 1 orK is observed by these miserable un worthy objects—the poor widow,the dis tressed tradesmen, the starving chil dren, are seldom seen at this precinct. There are soup houses, however, where they come with their pitchers and tin pails, and receive a quart of soup and a piece of bread Two weeks ago we had our Annua] Fashionable Charity ball, the great event of the season where for one night fashion walks handJn-hand with charity. Four hundred and sev enty leaders of the beau monde figured on the board of managers—and every, body, that is everybody, who is any body, was found on the list of subscri bers—the result is neanlv $20,000 for sweet charity sake. A couple of short haired ruffians in Brooklyn got into a fight on Saturday night and the funer al of one of them was attended yester day by a delegation of the Slaughter House Rangers—the other cannot be found. The Secretary of the Coou mandant of the late Brooklyn Navy- Yard, ran off' last week with a gill of sweet sixteen, leaving a wife a’d four small children, the charge agains* him was the abduction of the gir!—but the girl said she abducted herself- and the man told the Judge if he would only divorce him from his old wife he would marry the girl right, there. Three cheers for Br oklyn you can’t beat that in Ingeauny. Brooklyn scores one. Yours, truly, Broadrrim. The Convention Rill. The inflowing is the Convention bill as passed, with the exception of the amendment allowing voters to vote for Convention or no Convention when voting for delegates. Section 1 Be it enacted by the Sen ate and House ol Representatives of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that immediately after the passage of this bill, his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby, authorized aud re quired to issue his proclamation order ing an election to be held in each and every county in this State on the second Tuesday in June, 1877, for delegates to a Convention of the people* of Georgia, to convene a£ the Capital, in the city of Atlanta, e n the second Wednesday in July, 1877, for the purpose of revising the Constitution of said State. Sed. 2. Be it further enacted, That said election shall be held and conducts ed in the same manner and at the same places as election for members of the General Assembly are now held by the laws of this State, and the returns of said election shall be in the same man ner forwarded to the Governor, who shall issue certificates of election tos ich persons chosen as and legates to said Con vention receiving the highest number of' votes. - Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That representation in said Convention shall be based upon popu’ation, in the ratio of one delegate to ever ysix thousand in habitants ; and to this end each Sena torial District in the State, as the dis tricts are now arranged, shall consti tute an Election District, from which delegates to said Convention shall be chosen as follows, to wit : From the First Election District— Eijrht delegates. From the Second Election District— Three delegates. From the Third Election District— Two delegates. Front the Fourth Election District— Two delegates. From the Fifth Election District— Two delegates. From the Sixth Election District— Two delegates. . * From the Seventh Election District Four delegates. From the Eighth Election Distriq^— Four delegates. From the Ninth Election District— Three delegates. From the Tenth Election District— Four delegates From the Eleventh Election District —Four delegates. 'From the Twelfth Election District —Four delegates. From the Thirteenth Election Dis trict—Six delegates. From the Fourteenth Election Dis trict—Four delegates. From the Fifteenth Election Dis trict—One delegate. From the Sixteenth Election District —Three delegates. From the Seventeenth Election Dis* trict —Five delegates. From the Eighteenth Election Dis*. trict—Seven delegates. From the Nineteenth Election Dis trict —Fiv(fW#gates. From the Twentieth Election Dis trict —Six delegates. From the Twenty-first Election Dis trict — Five delegates. From the Twenty-second Election Dis trict —Eight delegates. From the Twenty third Election Dis trict—Six delegates. From the Twenty-fourth Election District —Five delegates. From the Twenty fifth Election Dis trict —Six delegates. From the Twenty-sixth Election trict —Four delegates From the Twenty-seventh Ele District —Six delegates. From i he Tweuty-eighth Election Dis trict — r ive delegates. From the Twenty ninth Election District— Five delegates. From the Thirtieth Election District —Four delegates. From the Thirty-first Election Dis rict—Three delegates. From the Thirty-second Election Dis drict—Two delegates. From the Election Dis trict—Four delegates.* From the Thirty-fourth Eleclion Dis trict —Five delegates. From the Thirty>Tif’th Election Dis trict—Nine delegates. From the Thirty-sixth Election tiict—Six delegates. From the Thirty-eighth Election Dis trict—Three delegates. From the Thirty-ninth Election Dis trict—Four delegates. From the Fortieth Election District —Two delegates. From the Election Dis trict—Three delegates. From the Fortysecond Election Dis trict—Sevtu delegates. From the Forty-third Election Dis-* trict—Four delegates. From the Forly-fouith Ele tion Dis trict—Three delegatee. Sec. **. That in said election ever} 7 persou entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be entitled to vote and eligible as delegates. Sec. 5. That the Constitution framed by said Convention shall be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection, and all persons entitled to vote for mem bers of the General Assembly shall be entitled to vote in said election. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty ..five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropria ted to pay the expenses of said Convert tion (if held), and his Excellency the Governor is heuebv authorized to draw’ his warrant on the Treasury for the same. EICiliT TO SEVEN. Press Opiuifeus oi the Final Re suit. [From the New York Tribune—Rep.J We would have beeu glad if there had been a bigger majority iu Florida and a clearer case according to Northern ideas of equity as well as law in Louisiana. But the evidence war rants us in saying that, whatever may seem to be the shadow on the title of Governor Ilayes, it is nothing to the blackness of darkness that has settled over the cl ims . of Governor Tilden.— Some body has been elected ; and it is certain that Governor Tilden has not been. The end is in sight. [From the New York Herald—lnd.] Mr. Tilden’s hopes were staked on the ability of his counsel to convince the Commission that it shoul i receive and consider evidence which goes be hind and impeaches the certificates The ruling out of such evidence in the case of Florida was the sure precusor of a similar decision in the case of Lou isiana. Nobody can be much disap pointed at the vote yesterday. No clear headed man can fail to see its necessary logical consequence. It gives the coup de grace to Mr. Tilden’s chances, which all dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, * * * Leave not a rack behind. It will be futile to contest South Car olina, from which also there is a double set of certificates, for the Democratic House Committee unuuanimuusly ad’ mitted that that State was carried for Hayes. For the Democrats to rest any hopes on Oregon would bo peepostorous especially since the publication of the scaudalous deciphered dispatches, which expose that stupendous and disgrareful trick. Certain it is that Mr. Tilden will remain a private citizen and that Mr. Hayes will be called to assume the responsibilities, trials, difficulties and anxieties which attend the administra tion of the Government. [From the New York World—Dem.] It would be idle to enter into an elab orate criticism of a decision made by the simple process of counting noses, and we are not disposed, therefore, to waste words upon the vote by \ hieh the Electoral Commission yesterday reached the conclusion that fraud and falsehood in Louisiana must be considered just as good a basis of a title to the American Presidency as fraud and falsehood in Florida. The arguments held before the Commission perhaps have not been thrown away uoon the country as com pletely , s upon the Commission. For after all, the country is the true princi* pal in the case; the Commission only an agent, accepted on the flattering the ory that it would do precisely what the principal expected it to do. The inter est of the country, therefoie, in the matter, is a continuing interest, As for the Demociatie party, since it in good faith accepted this Tribunal, we do not ee how any bad faith or incom peteney on the part of its accepted agents can release it from its obliga tions. We have litHe doubt that no calamity could befall a free country worse than the inauguration of a Presi dent’under a vitiated title. We have not the slightest doubt that there is one thing much worse for any political party than an honroable defeat—and that is a dishonorable victory. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST ! ■ - - 1 %. * ? S' ■. j C. W. LANGWOBTH T ROME, GA, Only Agent for B. SHONINGER & CO’S INSTRUMENTS For Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The attention of the pubic is invited to fheir rianos, which are meeting with rapid sales, and to give satisfaction, ow iug to its marvelous purity, sweetness of tone and durability, great brilliancy and power, not losing its quality of tone when forced to its utmost capacity ; and yet furnighed to customers at far less prices than any other first-class Piano. It possesses qualities making it equal if not superior to any other instrument manufactured. Messrs. Shoninger & Cos. have gained an enviable re rst-class Organ manufacturers, and the Shoninger Organ stands first-class Their Pinn was produced to meet the wants of their customers for a[l ument with the modebn improvements, and at prices within the range al styles taves, A to C, Square Grand Bounle Veneered Rosewood Ca e gs, Overstr Bass, Agraffe, Treble, &c., &c. The test in our climate for the last seven years proves them inferior to no Piano manulacturcd. Reliable Agents wanted to canvass for the sale of the above Instruments Liberal Commission. Orders for Instruments, Music, or Repairing. It ft at the TIMES Office, or with J. E. Pariott, Depot Agent, will receive prompt attention. EVERY INSTRUMENT FULLY WARRANTED FOR SIX YEARS. Satis Ixt cti on Guau*am tee cl - Address, C. W LANGWORTIiY, ja2oyo Sole Agent for the States of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. THE LIGHT RUNNING i( Old Reliable 99 Howe Sewing Machine! Points of Superiority. SIMPLICITY AND PERFECTION OF MECHANISM. DURABILITY—WILL LAST A LIFETIME RANGE OF WORK—WITHOUT PARALLEL. PERFECTION OF STITCH AND TENSION EASE OF OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT. SELF-ADJUSTING TAKE-UP / DJUSTIBLE HEAD. In range of work this machie canrot be equalled. Wi 11 work equally well on this or thin goods, from gauze to heaviest beaver coatings, or even leather, witheut change of needle, tension or thread. We will warrant them to do this ! Our fine work is equal to any. and our heavy work excels that of any other machine in the wor.d. The machine makes the celebrated lock stitch (the stitch inverted by Mr. Howe.) i on both sides. The tensions are positivr both upper and lower thread. The shuttl tension is u on the thread as it leaves thhuttle, aud not upon the bobbin, as in mos machines, and t is tension is invariable, whether the bobbin be full or nearly e: pty. is obtained by turning a. screw in the shutt , “, and can be changed in a moment, withou taking out the work, breaking the thread breading through holes. What we claim, in substance is, tbatthu- is an honest machine, aud if put in you family will do any and all of your work pei fecily, will last a lifetime, is a willing and ready servant, and is not subject* to FITS, Persons who have tried all machines ar unanimous in declaring this to be the easiest learned of any in the market In the c ajority of cases our customers learn from the instruction book without further aid. EVERY MACHINE WARRNTED. If you are thinking of buying, and are prejudiced in favor of any particular machine, at least examine the “ Howe” before you purchase. AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY COUNTY. • Address The Howe Sewing' Machine Cos., Oorne-. Broad and Alabama Streets, ATLANTA, GEO OR • D. C. GARRISON, Supervising Agent, nugSKS ly. CM BTER VILLE, OA.