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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
The Temperance Reform.

The infection of the temperance re-
vival still spreads unabated throughout
the country In its features and modes.
the warfare changes to adapt itself to
new fields, but there is no lessening Of
the moral energy at the bottom. The
women's war" it remains, on its origi.
nal battle-grounds in Ohio, and to
great extent in the neighboring state of
Indiana, where alone as yet does the
spirit work from town to town till next
door communities are all aname with
one vigorous purpose, and encouraging
each other by mutual reports Of prayer
and labor and triumph. The license
laws are turned into an effective weapon
against the dealers in Indiana, and
many of them are finding themselves
prescribed by legal means, instead of
the moral force they had expected. The
movement, in one form or another, has
foothold in the western states of Hi
nois, Wisconsin, Mic Iigan, Missouri,
Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa, though
merely ans an isolated as s9]Bae9p 9Bae9p s@YergeEhaps
feature was the work OF the women in
carrying the recent town election of At
lantic by personal labors before and at
the polls. In Tennessee everybody is
waiting to see how the Greenville cam
paign turns out. Eastward, except in
some of the small towns Of Long Is
land, there las been no success in the
genuine Ohio movement. The Phila.
delphians have first attempted to get
the law enforced against keeping bars
open on Sunday, and meanwhile, the
quiet house-to.house prayer-meeting
and personal appeals to dealers, with
out any street demonstrations, are re-
ported to result i'll several conversj jons.
Little but mass-meetings of prayer
addresses and hymns marks the work in
New York. The most interesting man
Hesitation in the east is in the capital of
Vermont, where, the "rum" clement
supposed they had the select men in
their hands, and found themselves
greatly disappointed. Dio Lewis is the
apostle in Montpelier, as in the other
Vermont towns of st. Abans and Rut.
land. 1t remains to notc that the coun-
t rspirt of opposition is being mani.
tested in its rud.st forms of insult and
actual violence in some Indiana and |
Ohio towns, while the Germans Of the
west are in extreme excitement on the |
subject, their ministers generally de-
nouncing the crusade and its participa.
tors strenuously.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
CONGRESSIONAL,

In the house, on the 18th, bills were
introduced. For commission in relation to
the preservation of forests to give land war
rants 10 soldiers in the late ar...A bill was
passed. aparopriating $50 200 to be expended
In the course OF the current fiscal year in i'm
proving the mouth of the Mississippi The
house took recess till IA O'Clock, the evening
session to be exclusively for tho discussion of
the transportation question.
In tho senate, on the 18th, vari-
ous petitions we're presented for and against
currency increase. The bill compensating
the Louisville and Bardstown turnpike compa-
nv for certain bridges destroyed during the
war was passed. The remainder OF the ses-
sion was given to the discussion of the cur
rency question, Mr.. Logan, OF Illinois, speak
ing at length in favor OF increased circulation.
In the house, on the 18th, q bill for
the relief Of Willard Dawes, late internalrev-
enue collectorof Kentucky was taken up and
passed alsoa bill exempting Kansas and Mis-
souri, from the operation of the act OF May IL,
1879. which forbids the pre- emption OF iron
and coal mines. The military committee re-
norte bill to provide for the gradual reduc--
lion of tho army, whhh was made the special
order for the first Tuesday in April. The
Loure went into committee of the whole on
the legislative executive and judicial appro-
nrations. There being a difficulty in getting
quorum 10 vote, the committed arose after
having got through only two and half pages
Of the bill. The house then took recess
uutil 1880 p. M, the evening session to be for
debate on tho transportation bill.
In the senate, on the 18Th, after vari-
GUS unimportant memorials and petitions were
disposed of, tho bill to equalize the distribu-
tion of currency was taken up, and, after
some discussion, was laid over The army
hill was considered, aud the amendments re-
rorted by the committee were concurred in.
Tho rost important of ihecommittee . amend
ments reduces tho house appropriations, for
nav Of the army travelling expenses, ETC., from
SMii. M 45O, 600 to si1, 100000. 1t strikes out the
y A. 4 tIn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
The Wear and Tear of Currency.

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post discusses an interesting
point in the currency question, which,
though it has not been touched upon in
the congressional debates, is not new
one, as the Posts correspondent as.
sumes. Something over year ago we
estimated the entire loss of legalte ten.
ders and bank notes from wear and
tear, destruction in fires, and by the
sinking of vessels end steamboats, at
about S25, 100000. The Posts corres-
pondent, however, prints an elaborate
table to show that the average loss has
been over l per cent. per annum on the
entire volume of paper currency, and so
figures up total loss of S75, 900, 600 in
the twelve years since 1861, and to sus-
tain this position, refers to Treasurer
Spinner's annual report for 1873, i'll
which, after stating the amount of
United States currency outstanding at
the close of the fiscal year, Nov, l,
1888, Ala, ,649. 90, he says "From this
amount there should be allowed large
margin for notes of all kinds that may
have been destroyed and lost, and that
will never be presented forredemption.
On page II, referring to the loss on the
issue of "postal currency" he states:
"These facts would seem TO indicate
that nearly the whole of this issue,
originally amounting to $20,215,635,
that still exists, has been redeemed,
aud that probably about 81, 900, 600 has
been destroyed, and can be fairly de-
Quoted from the actual circulation of
the fractional currency, and that the
fractional indebtedness is reduced by
that amount"
The loss on this $4,000, 900 OF frac-
tional currency is over 5l1 per cent. of
the amount issued.
But the position of the Posts cores
pondent is not sustained by what Treas
user Spinner says about the old demand
legal tender notes, the entire loss on
which in ten years has been only about
one and one-third per cent. The de-
struction of fractional currency is un-
loubtedly very large, but on the legal
lenders and national bank notes, even
siter making an allowance Of, say a
s2, ,000, 900 for the amount destroyeiY Is n
The Chicago and Boston fires, we al every
not estimate the entire destrrso dlminii
pokau al auop coz 0O0 OO0 N,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28

Well, one day I st rted on my home
trip, full Of that go ID fellowship you
was imbbin' awhile ago. Made the en-.
gine whizz We was awful Jolly, the
fireman and me. Never was drunk
when | got Oh my engine before, or the
company would have shipped me.
Warn't no such time made on that road
before nor since. / had inst sense
enough to know what / was about, but
not enough to handl1 an emergency.
We fairly roarel down on the tres
tie that stood at the entrance of our
town.
had tipsy eye out, and, George,
as we was flynn through the suburbs,
| see my little girl on The track ahead,
wayin' a red flag and s.anliu' stock
still
The air seemed full Of Katies.
could have stopped the engine, if I'd
only had sense enough to know what to
take hold Of to reverse her But | was
too drunk And that grand little an
gel stood up to it, tryin' TO warn US in
time, and We just rushed along into o
pile Of ties some wretch had placed on
the track right over my baby oh!
my baby Go away, George.
There! And do you want me to tell
you how that maugled little ma killed
her mother? And do you want me to
tell you walk live muderer of my
own child who stood up to save me {?
And do you want me to tell you the
good'fellowship you were drinkin' awhile
ago brought all this on me?
You'll let this pass by, maxim mp your
mind to be moderate. Hope you will.
[ was a moderate 'un.
%, God ! Oh my baby >
| can'knock down any man twice my
size for good reason, George Burks,
but my heart just melts to water for
that little girl.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
The Hudson Bay Company.

This company, one of the Oldest of
stock corporations, will shortly surren-
der its title to land and vested powers,
all the arrangements for Tie transfer
having been made. 1t will still retain,
however, $4,000 acres of the best land
in British America, besides claims upon
one-twentieth of the remainder. In re-
turn for its surrender of its other prop
erty and rights it will receive 81 500, 600
in gold from the Dominion of Canada.
This company was organized more than
two hundred years ago, and in 1873 de.
clared its first dividend. It's charter
gave the company the exclusive privi-
lege of establishing trading factories
Grading posts on the Hudson Bay and
its tributary rivers. A new charter gave
it the exclusive right to trade in nearly
the whole of British America from 1888
to 1859.
The company also leased large part
of Russian America. The capital of the
company in 1888 was about S2,0O0,000
and was held by about two hundred and
fifty stockholders.
The stock has been sold for 400 per
cent. premium, and has always paid
large dividends. The parliament OF
England made the company the judicial
authority of the section in which its
traders operated, and criminals were
confined in the company's forts, or else
transferred to the jails of Canada. The
exclusive privileges expired by limita-
tion in 1859, but the company had OBJ.
tanned such a foothold that the business
was maintained, Notwithstanding the
loss OF its powers. Negotiations were
almost Immediately commenced between
the Grown, the Dominion of Canada
and the company for the sale of the
latter's lands to Canada for 81, 500, 600,
the companyto have he right to reserve
not more than 1000 acres around each
of the forts or stations, the whole
amount reserved not to exceed $4,000
acres. The deed of surrender was made
in 1869, and duling the last two years
surveyors have been at work making
maps of the property transferred and
reserved. The twenty-five maps have
been completed, and as soon as the sur
veyor's reports have been accepted, the
final work of surrender will take place
Some OF tho land reserved by the COM
pany is extremely valuable, as is shown
by the fact that thirteen acres of one
near Lake Winnepeg, were
sold last month for 100000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
Protecting southern SeapOrts From
Yellow Fever.

Representative Bromberg's bill to es-
tablish national quarantine system is
opposed by many of the New York
members on the ground that it would
interfere with the state quarantine es.
tablishment. Mr. Bromberg replied to
this objection that this would not nee
essarily be the case, for the state off
cials could enforce any local regulations
after the government officers had exam
ined vessel. In reply to the objection
that it is not legitimate function of
the general government to look after the
health of the people, the author of the
bill refers to the fact that in 1865, when
the rinderpest prevailed in Canada, con
gress prohibited the transportation OF
cattle except under such regulations as
the president might prescribe If it is
competent for congress to legislate for
the health of the cattle of the country,
he thinks there can be no question as to
its power to mako regulations to guard
the health of citizens The chief OBJ
ject of the bill is to protect the south
ern seaports from the introduction of
yellow fever. Local quarantines have
been found to be insufficient They are
almost always enforced too late, because
the local authorities hesitate to admit
the danger that exists for fear of iniur-
ing business by creating alarm among
the people, and when they are enforced
they do not protect southern cities from
the introduction of the disease by per-
sons who have landed on other parts of
the coast and enter them by rail.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF SLEEP.

The Beautiful Gate OF Sleep is barred
Oh, Angel within!-
The panels Of pearl, with diamonds starred,
Give back no sound to my feeble knock
have no key that will turn the lock
low long must | wait?
Oh, eyermOre and fOrevermore
Must stand at the Beautiful Gate?
My garments are thin-my sandals worn
Sweet Angel within -
How piercing the blast--hOw sharp the thorn
The night is Chsrrlegs. the wind is Wild
Ny bruised heart sob- like pitiful child
How long must | wait?
Oh, evermOrc aud fOreyCrmOre
Must stand at the Beautiful Gate7
If were a queen Ia give my crown,
Oh Angel within =
Or famed, / would lay my laurels down:
Or rich, ia yield thee my treasured gold,
For thy sweet shelter from rain and cold
How long must wait?
Oh, eyetmore and fprevermOre
Would pass through the Beautiful Gate!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
In Praise of Georgia.

A Georgian gives his state high praise,
and it is not far from being Just. He
says if wall could be raised aroundt the
commonwealth so high as to shut out
the rest of the world, Georgia would be
an empire in herself. In the southern
part they can produce vast quantities of
cotton, so fine that it will sell quickly
at eighty cents a pound and peaches
without rot or disease, and with no fear
of frost, can be grown red ripe by the
first of June. A days journey to the
north is the finest corn and cotton.
growing region in the whole south /;
there, too, all vegetables thrive, and
the apple, peach, cherry, p um, grape
and pear. The state, too, possesses
fabulous wealth in marble, iron, lime
and coal aud that precious metal, gold,
is not absent. But the author berates the
people because they do not develop
their resources. They might export
large quantities of sugar they might
produce wool enough to run many fac
tories, giving employment to thousands
tis urged that the way to unbounded
prosperity is to establish tho small farm
system, by which the laborer owns the
land in fee; then, as in France, produc-
tions will be multiplied ten-fold, educa-
tional advantages will be enjoyed, and
all the social privileges secured. AT
present conditions seem to be unfortu.
nate, for we read that in a recent public
address CIV. Smith conveyed tho mel
information that "last year
only 1000 immigrants came to Georgia,
while 10000 Of her citizens left the
state"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
6OUTlL.

T'Be over Red river at Fulton
ll'Ooon finished.
~le' H. Stephens is now in a
Uncover his health.
. ,a~, ,gau' OF the colored people
l,ro', ,,'' '''a Georgia continues to excite
.,' ..n, D'1'er, of Arkansas, de.
},,, 'u''ner state bonds for the Ar
n"F5 governor of Florida,
',o, g,"S Illness, died at lbs residence
willie on the 18th inst.
a''oa News special says a fire
,uO zOIh, consumed ten stores.
~. @''aated at $4,000; fully insured.
~,. ~laoll Of the wine and spirits
sS.!y ! e OF the United States have
sr'a, a, 'Aey favored the present tenn
eT'n.n Trv'nlng of the 14th, the hang
m." ,I'e' at Clakkesville, Arkansas,
sr,, 'iy' except that Sid gave a few
\ US appointed Gen. McLaws.
iG,',e ''yeau0 collector for the first
IN, 'Ss' Gen. McLaws is a demo-
Ss,',,' S confederate officer.
d ,,s a"lian, a noted Kentucky
laSu :, Iusitive from Justice, was
b u Ills mountain recess a few
party of officers attempting
ls,,' Ia u river has overflowed its
;, c,.,a paces, and all the creeks and
h iD,. i1S1'V swollen. The freshet il
&5ssou,,' &5su,' p aers, as very little of
IN. ''n planted.
s~,. ny Wife of VIM. Vance. a far.
sNsn' n''eorsotown, Ky, cut her own
h,. O''n OF two of her cbildren
Rpp r' A., "a and the other nine years.
lpn, "' ! likely to recover.
p5 a lynch, of Atlanta, Geor-
h ,S %o 10. Georgia Central railroad
Al,o5 S,o0O " damages for the killing
Nboo'o'al oa the Macon and Western
P,cloo,,,.' o,,'''d by the Georgia Central
qIrons Of the Memphis and
d@sa at so,,y nayo refused to accept tho
Sla,o' 'oa,horn 'us Security company,
eossa,o ao and restore control OF tho
SA tIo to'asr', sI on tho payment of
4b U U.. Security company claim
Iunnino -.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
WEST

Eliio hurricane, accompanied by
ind rain, passed over Cairo, His,
d ns,, causing great destruction.
aorHroAt Nlcnlgaihc, IL Is i"'i, being in
nI.ysoccossfulint the smaller towns.
|Dl'ch received from Gen. Ter
quarters says no trouble is appre-
on the Indians atLeech lake. This
leaols reports semitic Washington.
F'a from Sslalia, No, reports
'.''oa' Younger brothers, who were
10 nave been engaged in the Iowa
.'i' robbery some months ago, were
l NonagawSprings, St. Clair county,
'MFot detectives, in which one Of
OIo.hers and two detectives were
y'.Iionia senate has passed a
e4' alton bill The governor has
'-' oIIIproyidng for a training ship
a4a Francisco harbor. Application
we 10 the federal government for a
ea'eL lie also approvad tba iii
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
THE OLD STORY.

7.
The sails are set, and the breeze ia up,
And the prov is turned for a northern sea
KISS my check and vow me a vow
That you will ever be true to mel"
81 kiss you cheek, and ! kies your lips,
Never a change this heart shall know,
Whatever beside, come life, come death
love you so ! ah, l love you 30"
H.
0, but the northern nights are keen!
The sailor Cings to the frozen shrouds-
A kiss burns hot through his dream Of home
And his heart goes south with the flying clouds
The maiden laughs by the garden gate.
Dreams Of love are the soonest DER
Eise4 fall on her lips and hair
And the world goes on as it went before.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
0P THE WEEK,
EA6T

EAST.
,,orel men of Massachusetts,
,aofcction of Wendell Philips az
|.s..a.oi Mr.. Sumner.
| Sylvester, n trapeze performer
.r,a house, New York, VIII 10 per
-.sel the rope and fell, striking his
,n and d0cda short time afto'-
i, Brady has granted the motion
.m.slo' VIM NJ. Tweed to make the
.rjof his sentence conform to the
| I.reiby Judge Davis, thus substitu-
',nr Ia.l for "pcniten,iary."
|yr England Freedman's society
IJ to wind mp its affairs. Since
tleaoc.cty has received and ex-
mf :35O O000. and has supported Hey-
esamong the colored people OF the
5e breaking of the rope of a
ascoIlicry at Phmuix Park, Pa, ten
e uccipih,ol to tho bottom OF the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
FOREIGM.

The loss by the wreck of tine steamer :
Queen Elizabeth, off Tariffa, is estimated "'
G5S5, ,00O ,o,1
The emperor of Japan has ordered ,,,.l
.n,a, Lis avn income shall pay taxes equally
Wv. - IL. ,..ill nnv about tNonty-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28

The report of the growth of the Pat
rons of Husbandry shows ;hat 1,5G6
oranges have been organized since the
middle Of December. The whole num-
Der OF oranges is now 11,0OO. The
largest sSrease took place in the former
slave states, where 565 new oranges
were formed, against 459 in the Western
states. Tho national memhershiu OF
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28

"PATRIoK, dear, come, in and go to
bed, iist," said the wife of Jolly son
OF Erin, who had just returned from
the fair in a decidedly "how-come-you-
so state" "You must be dreadful
tired, wild yer long walk" "Arrah !
git away wild yer nonsense" said Pat
I" 1t wasn't the length av tho way that
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28

IT is stated that a lamp chimney put
ln yyater aud allowed to. ramaip iill
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14
TOBACCO ANDFARMERS' INTEREST

MEssRs. EDITORS: 1t is quite inter-
esting to an outsider to see with what
zeal certain tobacco buyers, who chance
to belong to the grange, rush forward
as the special champions of the farm
ers interest. We refer particularly to
an article in your last issue, signed by
w. 81. Crouch and others, Mr.. Crouch
being a lifetime tobacco speculator
and, we are informed, most of the 9TH
er gentlemen signing said article are
also spectators.
In the article referred to, these gen.
tlemen urge the Patrons of Husbandry
to ship all their tobacco coming to the
GAINESVILLE market to Turnkey, Ely &
Co., and all for the Louisville market
to Glover, White & Co. These special
champions of the farmers interest
wish to take the matter from the hands
of the Council, which, at their meeting
at Guthrie, on the Sd inst, abrogated
all former proceedings on the ground,
as we are informed, of irregularities,
or in other words, frauds practiced on
the Council. Now, what adds to the
interest of this article of these special
champions of the farmers, is the fact
that Mr.. W. HI. Crouch "a Granger
though he be) has suggested the pro-
priety of all the buyers forming a ring
to regulate the price of loose tobacco,
and if loose, then why not priced also?
Mr.. C. will not offer to deny that he
did make this proposition to buyer
of loose tobacco, who had offered 81
round in Mr.. C's neighborhood, which
was 81 per hundred over Mr.. Cs price.
This excited his wrath and indignation
to such an extent that he hauled said
buyer over the Goals, and assured him
that it was too much; that the losses
of the buyers last year should be o
warning to them this, and that if they
would all act in concert, they could get
what they wanted at their own prices.
1t will be seen that Mr.. Crouch is the
champion of the farmers interest
though he wants to form a ring to keep
down prices. He is also the champion
of the Elephant House. Also of the
buyers.
Patrons of Husbandry, put these
things all together, and see whether
they are intended to promote the in
terest OF the farmer or that of the buy,
err and the Elephant House. We have
no quarrel to pick with any warehouse,
but only point to things as they exist.
If the farmers are willing to leave
their interests in the hands of Mr..
Crouch and other buyers, to the exclu-
sion of their friends, all right, but we
have yet to be convinced that they are
not capable of thinking and acting for
themselves.
Very Respectfully,
OPEN COMPETITION AND FREE FIGHT.
Feb. 8, 1874.