The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 25, 1893, Image 3

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REV. DR TALMAGR Sema PmcM is \k First Presby terM M, Atlai?a, Ga. - SUBJECT: "God of The Girc?." ^Wtoye*p?op?ethoaghtth?t th?irorM wu .Bat, and.thousands of yeais.befbre. thef found St fia* lt was. jtound, Isa^ahi in my. text . inc? ited toe shane of it, God sitting upon rhecir ?ec* dearth.. The inoit.beantiful figure io ali geometry is the circle. God made the uni ?e^eci^hotolaiiof a. circle. There aire in the natural world straight i ine?, angles, parallelo? grams, diagonals, quadrangle*; but tioese, evi? dently .an not God s favorites. Almost every wh^ where youfind Him geometrizing yon wid ?nd the circle dominant, aijd if not the circle, then the curre,, which is., a circle that died young? If it had lived long enough it -would hare been a full orb? * periphery. . An elipse is..acircle pressed only a little too hard at the sicks. - Giant Causeway in Ireland shows What God thinks of mathematica. There over thirty-five thousand columns. of roots-O^?? ago? nal, hexagonal, pentagonal. These rocks seem 16 have been made by roland compass. Every artist has his molding room w?ere he may make fifty shapes, hut he chooses one shape as preferable to all others. I will not say that the Giant's Causeway was the world's molding room, but I do say, out of a'great i??ny figures, God seen? to hare selected the circle the best uIt is He that sitteth on the circle of the earttu** The stan in a circle, the moon in a circle, the sun in a circle, the universe in a circle, throne ot God the centre of that circle. . When, men build churches they ought to an? tr?te the idea of the Great Architect, and put the audience m & circle, knowing that the tides ojf emotion roil more easily that way than in straight linee. Six thousand years* ago God Song this world out of Mis right hand, tm* He did sot throw it out in a straight li ne, but cur? vilinear, with a leash of love holding- it so as to bring it back again. The world started from His hand pure and Edenic, lt has been rolling on through regions of moral ice and distemper. How iotog it wm roil God only knows; but it wll in one time make complet? circuit and come badk to the place where it started-the hand of God, pure and Edenic.. The history of the world go.s in a circle. Why is it that the shipping in our day is im? proving eo rapidly? It is because men are imi? tating tim oki model of Noah's ark. A ship carpenter gives that .as his - opinion. Al hough so much derided by small wits, that (-hip of Koah's time beat the Majestic and the Etruria, and the City of Paris, of which we toast so mach? Where is the shin on the sea today that could outride a deluge in which beaven and earth were wracked, landing all the passengers m. safely?--two of each kind of living crea*ures, thousands of species. Pomology will go on with ifs achievements and until after many centuries the world will have plums and pears equal to the paradisaical. The alt of gardening will gow for centuries, and after the Downings and Mitchells of the World have done their b?st, in the fer future the art of gardening will come np to the arborescence of the year one.. If the makers of colored glass go on improving, they may in some centuries be able to make some? thing equal to the east windows of York Min? ster, which was built in 1390. We are six cent uries b. hind those artists, but the world must keep ott toiling until it shall make.the com? plete circuit and come up to the skill of those very men. If the world continues to improve m masonry, we shall after awhile, perhaps after the advance af centuries, mortar equal to that which I saw last summer in thc wall of an faxhnroed Enghsh ci ty. built in the time of the Romans, sixteen hundred years ago-that mor? tar today aa good as the day iu which it was made, having outlasted the brick and the stone. I say, after hundreds of years, masonry may advance to that point. If the world stands long enough, we may have a city as large as they had in old times. Babylon, five times the fia? of London. Ton go into the potteries in England, and yon find them making- cups and vases after the style of the cups and vases - ex? humed from Pompeii. The world is not going back.- Oh, BO! but it is swinging in a circle, and will come back to the s'y les of. pottery known co kng ago as the days of Pompeii. The world most keep on progressing until it makes the. complete circuit. The curve ia in the right direction, tibe curve will keep co until it becomes the circle- ' - well row, my friends, what is true in the materiel universe is true in God's moral gov? ernment and spiritual arrangement.' That is the meaning of Ezekiel's wheel. AH comment? ators agree in saying that the wheel means Ged? providence. But a wheel is of no use un lesa it torn, and if ii turn, it turns around, and if it turn around it moves in a circle. What then? - Are 'we parts of a great iron machine whirled around whether we will or not, the vic? tims of inexhorab'e fate? Sb! So far from that, I shall show you that we ourselves start the circle of good or bad actions, and that it will-surely come around again to us unless by divine intervention it be hindered. Those bad or good actions may make the. circuit of many years; bat crme pack to us,.they will as certainly as that God shs oh the circle of the earth. Jezebel, the worst woman of the Bible, slew Nabot h because she wanted his vineyard. WM?e the dogs were eating the body of Na both, "Krisha, the prophet, pat down his com? pass, and marked a circle from those dogs clear around io the dogs that should eat the body of Jezebel, the murderess. "Impossible!" the people sard; "that will never happen." Who is that being flung ont of the palace window? Jezebel. A few hours after, they caine around, hoping to bary her. They find only the palms of her hands and the skull. I he dogs that dev voa* d'Jezebel and the dogs that devoured Haboth. Ob, what a swift, what an awful cir? cuit: But it is sometimes the case that this circle sweeps through a century, .or- through many cw i curtes, xne WOT: a granea Wiin a mecer? cy for. government; that is. God was president and emperor of the world. People got tired of a theocracy. They said: "We don't-want God directly interfering with the affairs of the world; give us a monarchy." The world had a monarchy. From a monarchy it is going to have a limited monarchy. After a while, the limited monarchy will be given up. and the re? publican form of government will be every? where dominant and recognized. Then the world will get tired of republican form of gov? ernment, and it will have an enarchy, which is ap government at a IL And then all nations finding oui that man is not capable of right? eously governing man, will cry ont aga>n for a theocracy, and say, "Let God come back and conduct tibe affairs of the world. ** Every step -monarchy, limited monarchy, republicanism, anarchy, only different steps between tba first . theocracy and the last theocracy, or segments of the great circle of the earth on which God si's. But do not become impatient because you cannot see the curve of. events, and there? fore conclude that God's government is going to break down. History tells ns that in the making of the pyramids it took 2,000 men two years to drag one great stone from the quarrv and put it into the pyramids. Well cow, if men short lived can afford to work so slowly as that, cannot God in the building of the eterni? ties afford to wait? What though God should fake 10,000 years to draw a circle? Shall we take oar little watch, which we have to wind up every night lest it nm down, and hold it np be? side the clock of eternal ages? If, accoraing to the Bible, a thousand years are in God's sight as one day, then according to that calcu? lation, the 6,000 years of the world's existence nave been only to G d as from Monday to Sat? urday. Eut it is often th? sase that the rebound is the quicker, and the circle is sooner completed. Yon ; esoive that you will do what good y? n c n. Tn ene week you put a word of counsel in the heart of a Sabbath school child. Dur n; the same week you g ive a lc ter of introduction toa young man t-truggling in business D?rrns the same week yon make an exhortation in a prayer meeting, lt is all gen : you w.H never bear of it perhaps, yt.n think. A few year-* ar ter a man cemrs np 'o you. ai.d navs, "Yon elon't know me, do tour" You say. "No, I don't jemtznber ever to bav-- reen you." "Why.'" 1 e Says.'"I was in the Sabbath .-cheri rigs?'VT which you was the teacher: one Sunday >ou in? vited me to Christ;I accepted the offer: yon se that church with two towers yonder?" "Yog." you say. He says, "That is where I preach," cr "Doyou see that governor'* house? That ia Where I live.** One dav a man comes to you. sad says, "Good morning.'' You look at the man aid say. "Why, y< ti have the advantage of me; I cannot place you." He sajs, "Don't \ou remember thirty yea's ago giving a letter of iu troduction to a young man--a letter of intro? duction to Mewes H. Ginneli?"* - Yes, yes I <to." He says, "Jam the Kian: that was my first step toward a forUme. hut I have retiral from business now. end s m giving my time to philanthropies and public interests. Come np and see me.** Or a man <*omes to you, and says, "I want to introduce myse'f to you. ? went into a prayer meeting in Atiania some years ago; I * at back by the door: you arose to make an exhortation; that Talk changed the course of my l.fe, and if ever I get to heaven, under God I will o^e my sa vation to you." I" OBly ten, twenty or thirty yearr the circle swept out and swept back ar in to your own graetful heart. pat sometimes it is a wider eircle, and docs not leturn for a great while. I saw a bill of expanses for buming Laiinier and Rid.ey. The bul of-expenses says: Oro load firs fagots...,.4d -' Cartage for four loads of wood.2s. Item, a post.la. 44 Item, 2 chains.3* 4d. Item, 2 staples. .:. *d. Item, 4 laborers.2s. 8d. That was a cheap fite, considering all the circumstances'; but it kindled a hght that shone all around the- world and aroused the martyr spirit, and out of that burning of Latiner and "Jodiey rolled a circle wider and wider, starting other" circles, ccnvoluting, overrunning, circumscribing, overarching ?ll heaven - a circfes - N .. But what is true of the good is Just ss true of tb? bad. You utter a slander against your neighbor, lt li*! ?one forth fro? you? teeth; [ . tt wilf never come tack you think, lou hate dona the maa all the mischief you can. ; You re? joice to see him .wince. Ton sa v. "Didn't I S've it tb him!" TH H wold has gone obi-thai mde.ous word, on its poisonous .and blasted way. Yon think it will never do you auy harm. Bat I am watching that word, and I see ir be? ginning to curve, and it curves around^ and it is aiming at your heart. You had better dodge it. You cannot dodge it. lt hotia into your bosom, and after ii roils in a / .-?rd of an old book which says,- "With what measure ye meet ii shall be in ea sui ed to YOU again." You maltreat an . sgt d parent. You be? grudged him the rooih in tout hotise. You are impatient of. his whimsicalities and garrulity. It, makes . yon. mad to hear :him.tell the same story twice. You, givo him food he^annot mas? ticate. You wish he was away. You wonder if he is going: to live fo?tv?r. pe will be gone very soon. Iiis steps(are shorter and shorter. He is gojng to stop. But God baa an account to settle with you on that subject. After awhile, your eye will be dim,and your gait will halt, and the scuud of the grinding will be tow, an " yen will te&the same story twice, and your chi Iii rea wjU wonder if .you are gping io live forever, ard Wonder if voa will never be taken away. They called you "father" once; now they call you the "old man." If you live a few years longer they 'will call you the "old chap!" What are those rough words with which your children 'are accosting you? They are the echo of the very words .you, used in the ear of your cid father fortv year? ago. What is that you are trying to chew, but find ifcunmasticable, and TOUT iaws ache, and you surrender the attempt? Perhaps it may be thc gristle which yob gate to your father for his Breakfast forty years;ago? " A gent h man pass? ing along the street saw a son dragging his father into the street by the hair Of his head. The gentleman, outraged at this brutal con? duct, was about to punish the off-nder, when the old man ar cse and said : "Don't burt him ; it's, all light; forty years ago this morning, I dragged out my ?ather by the hair of bis head!" It is a circle. My fatberuved into the eighties, and he had a very widb experience, and he said that m?ltreatment of pnrents was always pun? ished in this World. Other sins may be ad? journed to the next world, but maltreatment of parents is punished in this world. : The circle turns quickly, very quickly. Oh, what a stupendous thought that the good and the evil we Start come back to us. Bo yon. know that the judgment day will Bb only the points at which the cire!es join, the good and the bad we have done coming back to us, unless divine inter? vention hinder-coming back to us wi;h wel? come of delight or corse of condemnation. Oh, I.would like to pee Paul, the invalid missionary, at the moment when his influence comes to full . orb-his influence rollins out through Antioch, thiough Cyprus, through Lys tra, through Corinth, through Athens, through Asia, through Europe, through Ameri? ca, through the first century, through five cen? turies, through twenty centuries, throngh all the succeeding centuries, through earth, through heaven; and at lest, the wave of influ? ence having made full circuit, etrtkes his great 80uL Oh, then I would like to see him. No one can tell the wide sweep of the circle of his in finen ce, save the one who is seated on the circle of the earth, I should not want to see the countenance of Voltaire when his influence comes to full orb. When the fa'al hemorrhage seised him at eighty-three years of age his iuflu en ce did not cease. The most brilliant man of his century, he had used all his faculties for assaulting" Christianity; his bad influence, widening through France, widening out throngh Germany, widening throngh all Ea rope, widening throngh America, widening through tile out hundred and fifteen years that have gone by since he died, widening throngh earth, widening through hell; until at last the accumulated influence of his bad life in fiery serge of omnipotent wrath Viii beat against bis destroyed spirit, and at that moment it will be enough to make the black hair of eternal dark ness tarn white with the horror. No one can tell how that bad man's influence girdled the earth 3ave the one who is seated on the circle ot the earth-thc Lord Almighty. ;"Well, now," say the people in this audience, "this in some respects is a very glad theory, and in others a very sad one; we wonld like to have ill the good we have ever done come back to us, but the thought that all the sins we have ever committed will comeback to us, fills us with affright." My brother, I have to tell you God can break that circle, and will do so at your palL I can bring twenty passages of scripture to prove that when God for Christ's sake for gives a man, the sins of his past life may never come back. The wheel may roll on and roll on. but you take your position behind the cross and the wheel strikes the cross and is shattered for? ever. The sins fly off from the circle into the perpendicular, falling right angles with com p?ete obl?7?on. Forgivtn! Forgiven! The meanest thing a man can do is. after some dif Sculfcy has been setttled, to bring it up again; ind God will not be so mean as that. God's memory is mighty enough to hold all the events >f the ages, but there is one thing that is sure :o slip his memory, one thing he is sure to for get and that is pardoned transgression. How 161 know it? 1 will prove it. "Their sins aud their iniquities will I remember no more." Come into that state this morning, my dear brother, my ?ear sister. "Blessed is tne one whose transgressions are forgiven." But do not make the mistake of thinking that this doctrine of the circle stops with ibi life; it rolls on through heaven. You might quote in opposition to me what St. John says ibout the city of heaven. He says it "beth four square." That does seem to militate against thia idr a; bai you know there is many a square house that has a family circle facing euch other, and in a circle moving, and I eau prove that this is so in regard to heaven. St. John says: "I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the el ders." Again he says: "There was a rainbow round about the throne" The two former in? stances a circle; the last, either a circle or a semi-circle. The seats facing each other, the angels facing each other, the men facing each other. Heaven an amphitheatre of glory. Circumference of patriarch and prophet and apostle. Circumference of Scotch Covenanters and Theban legion and Albigenses. Circum? ference of the good of all ages. Peripheiy of splendor unimagined and indescribable. A cir? cle! A circle! But every circumference must have a center, and whit is the center of this heavenly circum? ference? Chrst. His all the glory. His all the praise. His all the crown. All heaven wreathed into a garland round abont him. Take off the imperial sandal from his foot, and behold the scar of the spike. Lift the coronet of dominion from his brow, and see where was the laceration of the briar?-. Come closer all heaven. Narrow the circle around his great heart O. Christ, the Savior! Oh. Christ, the man! Oh, Chris*, the God! Keep thy throne fprvrer, seated on the circle of the earth ; seated on the circle of the heaven. On Christ, the solid rock I stand; All other cround is sinkinc sand. GROWTH OF TBE SOUTH. The Industrial Development Daring the Past Week. , Th? review of the industrial situation in the South for the past week shows thatch*- ex? tremely cold weather which has prevailed* throng hont the Southern States, has had some effect on the volume of business, especially in places dependent on river navigation. "The need of larger railway equipment is shown by the demand for coal, iron and lumber cars which exceeds the supply. The markets are steady, with no likelihood of lower prices. The textile industry shows continued activity, and Beveral new mills are reported for the week. An encouraging feature of tno situation is the great variety of new industries reported, almost every branch of manufacture and mechanics being represented in the list of industries, spe? cially to be noted being a $100,000 brewery at Augusta, G?.; a $100.000 coal company at Lynchburg, Ya., and one with $125,000 capital at Knoxville, Tenn. ; $50,000 development com? panies at Atlanta, Ga., and Charleston, 3. C.; a $100,000 fuel gas company at New Orleans, La. ; oil mills at Bryan, Texas, and a gas and oil company at Nashville, Tenn. Fortv-eight new industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with .even enlargements of manufactories and twen? ty-three important new buildings. Among the moat important new industries are a button factory at Dayton, Tenn., canning factories at Riverside, Ala., and Charleston, W. Va., car works at Greensboro, N. C., chemical works at Saltville, Va., and a steam cotton gin at New Orleans, La, A $50,000 distillery has ,>een or? ganized at Louisville, Ky., an electric lighting plant at Martinaburg. W. Va-, and flour and grist mills at Mountain Home, Ark., and Rossville, Ga. An ice factory is re? ported aa established at Hammonds, La., a corrugating plant at Wheeling. W. Va., and a plow factory at J ckdon, Tenn., a $100,000 mining company at Hot Springs, Ark., a $25,000 quarry at Lexington, Ga., and an oil and gas company at Nashville, Teni?. A bagging fac? tory will be built at Anniston, A a., cotton mills at Columbus City, Ala., and Raleigh, N. C., and Spaxtanburg, S. C., a knitting mill at Meridian, Miss., and a rope iactory ar KeidsviJle, N. C, Tobacco faetones will be built at Louisville, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn. Among the w;>od-working plants reported are a furniture iactory at Fort Smith, Ark., a car? riage factory at Huntsville, Ala., saw and plan 1 ing mills at Benfr-., Ala., Manatee, Fia., Roa? noke, Ya., ard Kanawha City, W. Va., spoke factories at Meridian, Miss., and stave works at Fiucastle, La., and Madison, Aik. Water works are to be budt at Van Buren, Ark-, and Burlington, N. C. Among the en? largements of the week are flouring mills nt Cat Fish, Ey., phosphate works at Fort Mead, Fla-, cotton nii.'ls at Goldbbore, N. C., and Cbariottgvilie, Vs., woolen mills at Cedar Bluff .and Wytbevjlle, Va., and a furniture factory at Loudon, Tenn. The E-W buddings of the week include bank buildings at Elberton. Ga , and Crockett, Texas, business houses at Car tersvflle, Ga.. Knoxville and Nashville, Tenn., and Scotts boro, Ala., a court hou<e? at Harrodtburg, Ky., an office building at Norfolk, and warehouses "at Memphis. Tenn,, and Nor; fo?t, Ts.-Tradeswtn, (Chattanooga, Tenn?) IN CONGRESSIONAL HALLS. Daily Ronie o? EM Souses tit ile fiity-SecoM Congress. Measures Discussed and Bilis Passed Bj Our National Law-Makers. THE 8EK?TE. ..?q thc senate,' Tuesday, after the pass? age .of several: unimportant bills anet., af? ter the second installmeni of 3??r.: Pt "fifer's argument in favor pf . constitutional amendment limiting presidsntial office to one term, the McGarahan bill was taken up an? an argement made by Wilson (re? publican, Iowa.) The bill was defeated by a vote of 29 affirmative to 18 nega? tives; The senate has gassed the bill au? thorizing paymeut to the state of Virginia pf tHe appropriation uncier the direct tax refunding act, up till the adjournment of the next legislature: ,The anti-option bill was taken up; Hr. Ho?r resumed argu? ment against it on the ground of its un? constitutionality, further arguments against the unconstitutionality of the anti-option bill, were made b? Messrs. Gray; Vest and flatt; the last named de? claring that he had not heretofore taken any part in the discussion because be had not believed it possib'e for the senate to entertain the principles which underly the bill Mt. Platt yielded to so many interruptions that he w?s unable to finn? ish his argument. 'the senate; at 5:10 o'clock p. m.; weht into executive ses? sion and soon afterwards adjourned. in the senate, Wednesday, on motion of Mr. Sherman, after some remarks in e?logy of ex-President Hayes, the body in respect to the memory of the deceased, adjourned. In the senate, Thursday, Senator Wol? cott gave notice of the amendment to the Sherman silver purchase repeal bill. The amendment requires the coinage of all silver bullion now in the treasury or hereafter to be pnrchased. Th? speech began by Pfeffer (populist, of Kansas) last Monday and continued Tuesdiy was finished by him, the matter is now before the senate. It is in sup? port of the constitutional amendment to limit the presidential office to one term. THE HOUSE. In the house, Tuesday, Mr. Catchings, from the committee on rules, reported to the house a resolution making the fol? lowing assignments of business: Wed? nesday, measures from the committee on immigrations ; Thursday and Saturday, measures from the committee on inter? state and foreign commerce; Saturday and Wednesday of next week, the bank? ruptcy bill. Adopted. The resolution agreed to making provision for a joiot meeting of the two houses of congress oa Wednesday, February 8th, to count the electoral vote. A bill was pas? sed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cab aba river in Tuscaloosa county, Ala. The floor was then accorded to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Oates called up the senate bill to provide for the punish? ment of offenders on the high seas. The bill was passed. The next bill called up was one amending the states so as to re? quire United States district attorneys, marshals and clerks in their semi-annual returns to the attorney general, to in? clude the return of all equalization fees. Passed. The unanimous report of the special committee of the house which investiga? ted tbe Reading anthracite coal combina? tion was submitted to the house Wed? nesday by Mr. Coombs, of Brooklyn, chairman of the subcommittee. It rec ommends as a means of protecting inde? pendent coal operators against discrimi? nation on the part of coal producing and transportation companies, that the inter? state commerce law ba amended to meet the effect of the Gresham and CouDsel man decisions and that the long and short haul be made applicable to rail? roads which form connecting lines. After transacting routine business the house adjourned. In the house, Thursday, objection was made to the consideration of the New York and New Jersey bridge bill, and the hoti?e engaged in the consideration of miscellaneous buiiness of no public importance. CAPITAL GOSSIP. The senate floance committee, on Tues? day, reported a bill to repeal the Sher? man act. The senate committee on inter-state commerce, Wednesday, began consider? ation of the Collom bill, intended to meet judicial rulings, in the application of thc iuter-state commerce law. Although no. positive agreement had been reached it is possible a vote on the anti-option bill in thc senate will not be taken before Tnesday. Several senators have signified their desire to make speeches. The hou'e naval committee, on Tues? day, ordered that a favorable report be made on the bill providing for the pur? chase of additional land adjoining the naval station at Port Royal, S. C., cost not to exceed $10,000. The president, on Thursday, sent to the senate the following nominations: Elijah W. Halford, of Indiana, to be paymas? ter, with the rank of major. Postmas? ters: Leroy L. Brinkley, of Edenton, N. 0. ; Seth W. Collins, McCombs, Miss. . Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, objects to th? wholcsa'e licking required by the Calumnia blanket stamps. He has intro? duced a resolution instructing the post? man rs to keep on sale the old style st imps and not to deliver the Columbian stamp except when they arc asked for. i An old bill under a new name occupied considerable attention in the house Mon? day. Formerly it was known a* the Ar? kansas swamp lauds bill; now it is inti tled "a bill to finally adjust and settle thc claims of Arkansas and other states under the swamp land grant and for other purposes." The appropriation committee has not yet settled thc pension problem that con? fronts it. Commissioner Rsum and As f-istant Secretary Busey have been exam? ined, and tho commission is nearly con? vinced that it will have to appropriate the full amount estimated for next year 1178,000,000. Among the many important measures now pending before congress, but few, if any, have greater merit than that con? cerning the claims of laborers and me chanics, arising under ihe national ci^ht hour law. These claimant* are numerous in cities where government works are lo? oted. Representative Fellow?, of New York, has introduced a red hot. r?solution rail? ing for an investigation ;>f the American end of thc Panama ran d trouble. Two nr.d a half million dollars is said to havi Ix en sneot in securing the acquiescence of the'United Slues in the canal pro* ec*. Ti.e chief purpose of the investi* i tion is to fl?c^r?Ain who cot it. The failure of the MoGarrahan bill to receive the necessary two-thirds vote in the senate to pass it over the president's veto was a source of surprise to a larg-; number of people aud of disappointment to a yet larger number. The bill re? ceived the vote of the majority of th-: senators, but liked several of the in? stitutional two-thirds. The diplomatic and consular appro? priation bill has beeo completed and is ready to be submitted to the house. Tho bill carries an appropriation of $1,528, 045 being $209,034 lesa than th<- esti? mates nud a reduction of ?0?,2G7 from tbe bili of laet year.- Tbs general item* ia I the bill are the same as those of last ear, a few reductions and increases only eiog made. Thc military academy ap? propriation bill is also practically com? pleted, ?t aggregates about $20,000 less than the appropri?t ion for the current ye?r. ^ ill departments Will Be Closed; A special meeting of th? cabinet was held Wednesday afternoon, ?t which an executive order was drafted ?nd adopted annoucing the death ot ex-president Hayes and ordering that the executive mansion and excutive departments at Washington be draped in mourning and the nags thereon be placed at half stall for thirty days, and that on the day of th? fdn?ral all public bii-ine,ss in ?he de? partments b? suspended and that suitable military and naval hon? ors rrinder orders ?f t(ie Secreta? ries of war and of the navy be rendered on tb?at day. The pr?sident expressed his regret that he Woiild not be able to attend the funeral ia person, but ex . pressed a wish that he should be repre? sented by some of his official associates. It was, thereupon determined that Secre? tar^ Charles Foster, of the treasury, Secretary ?foble, Secretary Rtisk and Postmaster General Wanamaker should ptoceed to Fremont as representatives of inc president. The Sundry Civil Bil]: The sundry civil appropriation bill re? ported to the house Wednesday, carries an aggregate appropriation of $39,828, 834. This includes $16,115,750 appro? priated for river and harbor improve? ments in comformity with the statutory requirements ; ana when these items are excluded from both billSj the present bill is less by $3j 137,902 than the act of last fe&T. Estimates exclusive of river and harbor contracts called for $38,521, 349. Among the items in the bill is one ft r the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Na? tional parks $100,000, a reduction of $50, 000 from the estimate ; prevention of epi? demic?, $350,000, an increase of $250,000 made because of fear of cholera. Among j the river and harbor items are the fol- j lowing: Improving St. Johns river, Fla., $2&?,500; improving Charleston, S. C., harbor including Sullivan island and Mt. Pleasant shore,$750,000; improvement of ? Savannah, Ga., harbor, $1,000,000; im? provement of Mobile, Ala., harbor, $1, 000,000. In the sundry civil bill, as re? ported, nothing was given to the Worlds fair for the reason that its appropriations have already exceeded the $1,500,000 j limit allowed under the existing law, and any new appropriations would be subject to the point of order from a single mem? ber. It will bc necessary for the senate, whose rules are different, lo put the fair items in the bill. DOWN BELOW ZERO. Tie Host EiMei Cold Spell Eyer El selim is Hie SontiL The Mercury Freezes in Wisconsin-Re? ports from Tarions Points. A Knoxville,Tenn., special says: Mon? day morning was the coldest since Janu? ary, 1885. The thermometer went to 10 j degrees below zero. Private thermome tera registered much lower. They showed j from 13 to ld degrees below zero, though i the lowest were in the suburbs. There j were nine inches of snow on the ground, j The river opposite the southern part of ! the city was frozen over solid. . A special from Memphis, Tenn., say?: j Never iu the history of the central south | has there been so much suffering from cold weather as at present. All the rivers are blocked with ice and snow, rendering passage over them impossible. Many trains are late and some have been abandoned by their suffering crews. The most intense suffering is prevalent among the mountaineers. The snow is from ten inches to three feet deep in eastern Ten? nessee, western North Carolina and east? ern Kentucky and all kinds of labor is suspended. ICE SIX FEET THICK. Dispatches from 8t. Paul, Minn., state that after three winters that scarcely de? served the name, the north west is now experiencing one of the old-fashioned kind. The present January has beaten the record for intense and sustained cold weather and there is no prospect of a change. The mercury went below zero in November and has been above that mark only at rare intervals since. On Christmas day lt. was 20 degrees be? low; about thia same on New Years, and has maintained a steady gait ever since. At St. Vincent and Minne? sota 40 degrees below has been reached and the cold has been nearly as severe all over the western and northwestern part of the state. A cube of ice six feet thick was cut from Vadnais lake, just outside the city, and it is the heaviest ice seen since the famous block which formed the corner stone of the ice palace in 1886. The cold has, however, been entirely without the blizzard feature, and not only has there been an entire absence of fatalities, but not a case of suffering has been reported. MERCURY FREEZES. Dispatches from all parts of the state of Wisconsin report the coldest weather for years. In Milwaukee it was 14 de? grees below Monday. At Sparta the mercury froze solid at 40 below. At Whitehall it was 45 below; Lacrosse, 36; Medford, 42; Neenah, 28; Watertown, 80; Kaukaun, 35. The Winnebago In? dians on their reservation, near Black river fnlls, ore suffering terribly. A special from Hot Springs, N. C., says that snow to thc depth of six inches has fallen there and ice has formed in French Broad river for the distance of a mile and half. An ice gorge is pilled up in the river to the height of fourteen feet at Hotel bridge and is twenty feet high at the Western North Carolina railroad bridge. It is reported that at Point Rock, on the line between North Carolina and Tennessee, snow is nine inches deep and that the thermometer dropped to fourteen degrees below zero Monday. At Stiuoton, Va., the mercury regis fered ten degrees below zero Monday. tb? ci Heit weather there for fortv vo?r-. j POPULISTS ON TOP. _ i They Make Tirings Lively for Rctmb- j licaus in the Kansas Legislature. A Top. ka. Knn., >pi\hl suys : Hepub j lican Senators aud representatives met io ! joint >es>K>n Thursday morning and bil- ! !otcd for st.. e printer. None of the ? democrats -.vre present, and alth ugh a \ St) id vete wai c 1*1 for Crane, the repub- ! ?icfn nominee, he did nr>t receive a ron- I stitu iona! majority. The rcpublicnn hors; then adjourned until 2 oViork. j aud the populists began the un S'siting process. 'Ibo populist elections committee reported in favor of unseat- ? ?ug K;ine. republican from Jickson bounty, and scating Sheilcnbarger. p p ??ist. lu Reno county. Dix, repub lican, va? <.us*ed and Mitchel', pop M List, seated. The grouu-'s were the ; ?.me in bo rh CASOS. In Jackson county ! the towo nf Holton, and in Reno, the ' town of DicKer^oc were uot mentioned | in th> ??-?>lativc appoitionmeut t >vo years j ?gV?. ad a thoush they are in the center of :h ir Ifgiilative district, tbs populi t s committee held-that their votes rhould j !?- i. !>c counted. Ii tie tenat? similar : tactics "ill be followed, an I by this j means th:* populists will have a ctaar ma j -ri y on j int ba lot without (he nid ai \ ijie democrats IX?IMT HAYES DEAS. He Dies Snd?enly from an AM ol Rheumatism of tte Heart Which Wai & Surprise to the Public Snort Sketch of His life? Ex-President Rutherford B. ?ayea died nt his home in Fremont, Ohio, Tuesday night at ll o'clock. The cause of his death was rheumatism of the heart, and was quite unexpected. It was the second attack of the kind he had suffered within two weeks,, and although his condition was Regarded as somewhat serious, and excited the alarm1 o*f his family, the en-* courogement given them by i)r~. H?best, the family physician, led th?m t? believe that the patient would soon recover. For this reason all knowledge pf the et-pres? ident's illness was kept from the public, SHORT SKETCH 07 HIS CAREER. Rutherford Birchard Hays was born in Delaware, October 14, 1822. In the autumn of 1838 he entered Kenyon col? l?ge, at Gambir, Ohio. On his gradua* tiooj in August, 1842, he was awarded the Valedictory oration, with which he won much praise. Soon afterward he began the study of law at Columbus, Ohio, and then attended a course of leo tures at Harvard, entering the law school August 2>, 1843, add finishing the studies there in January, 1845. On May J, 1845, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio, as attorney. On December 3, 1853, he married Lucy W. Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of Chillicothe, O. In 1856 he was nominated for the of? fice of common pleas judge, but de? clined. In 1856 he was elected city so? licitor of Cincinnati. Mr. Hayes had acted with the whig party, voting for Henry Clay in 1844, General Taylor in 1848, and for General Scott 1852. He joined the republican party as soon as it was organised and advocated the elec? tion of Freemon t in 1856, and of Abra? ham Lincoln in 1861. IN THE ABMT. He was Major of the Twenty-third Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. On Sep? tember 19, 1861, he was appointed by General Rosecrans, judge advocate of the department of Ohio. In October, 1861, he was promoted to the rank of lieuten? ant colonel. Oa September 14, 1862. he distinguished himself by gallant conduct in leading a charge in and holding his position at the head of his men after being severely wounded in the left arm, until he was carried from the field. On October 24, 1863, he was appointed col? onel of the same regiment. He distin? guished himself in a number of battles during the war. General Grant in his memoirs spoke in high praise of General Hayes' services. After the war General Hayes returned to civil life and took his seat in congress December 4 1865. On reconstruction he voted with his party. He was re-elected io 1866 and supported the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. In the house of representative he won a reputation of a working legislator and a man of sound judgement. GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT. In June, 1867, he was nominated for governor of Ohio by the republican con? vention. He was opposed by Judge Al? len G. Thurman, whom he defeated. In June, 1869, Governor Hayes was renom? inated for governor and re-ejected. In July, 1872, he was nominated for cong? ress and was defeated. In 1875 be was again nominated for governor of the state. He at first de? clined the unsought honor, but after? ward accepted. He was elected after a canvass which attracted the attention of the country by reason of the national questions involved. The national republican convention met at cincinnati, on June 14, 1876, and Mr. Hayes was nominated for president of the United States. The principal candidates before the convention were James G. Blaine, Oliver P. Morton, Ben? jamin H. Bristow, Roscoe Cmklin and John F. Hartraft. Mr. Hayes was nom? inated on the seventh ballot. The result of the election and the acri? monious dispute engendered is a matter of too recent history to recall. The can? vassing boards of the statt s in . question declared the republican electors chosen, which gave Mr. Hayes a majority of one in the electoral college, and. the cirtifi cates of these -results were sent to Wash ington by the governor of the states. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. But the democrats charged fraud, and other sets of certificates, certifying the democratic electors to have been elected, arrived at Washington. To avoid a deadlock, which might have happened if the canvass of the electoral votes had been left to both houses of congress, tbe senate having a republic in and the house of representatives a democratic majority, an act advocated by members of both parties was passed to refer ?li contested cases to a eommis;don composed of five senators, five republicans and five judges of the supreme court. The decision of this commission io be final unless set aside by a concurrent vote cf the two houses of congress. The commission refusing to go behind the certificates of thc governors, decided in each contested case by a vote of eight to seven in favor of the republican electors, beginning with Florida on February 7th, Rutherford B. Hayes was, at last, on March 2d, rfec'ared duly elected presi? dent of the United States. This ended the long and painful suspense, and the decision was generally acquiesced in, and the popular excitement subsided quickly. THIS INAUGURATION. President Hayes was inaugurated March 5th, 1877. In his inaugural ad? dress he substantially restated the prin? ciples and views of the policy set forth in his letter of acceptance, adding that, while the president uf necessity owes his election to suffrage and zealous labors of a party, he should bc always mindful that "he serves his party best who serves his country best," and declaring, also, referring to the contested election, that the general acceptance of the settlement by the two great parties of a dispute in regard to which good men difTer as to the fact and thc law. no less than as to the proper course to be pursued in solv? ing the question iu controversy, was "an occasion for general rejoicing." The cabinet that he appointed consist? ed of William M. Evarts, secretary of state; John Sherman, secretary of the treasury ; George W. McCreary, secretary of war; Richard W. Thompson, secre? tary of the navy ; David M. Key. post? master general ; Charles Dcvens, attorney general, and Carl Schurz, secretary of tbs interior. CLOSE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. On March 1, 18?9, President Hayes vetoed the bill to restrict the immigra? tion of Chinese to the United States. President Hayes on March 4, 1879, call? ed an extra session of congress to meet on March 18tb. This was done because the last congress had failed to pass the necessary appropriation bills. In his annual message in December, 1879, President Hayes found occasion to congratulate the country on the "re? sumption of specie payments'' and rec? ommended important changes in the financial system but without effect. The administration of President Hayes, though attacked by the politician* of both parties, was satisfactory to the peo? ple at krge. On the expiration of his term, er-President Hayes retired to his home at Fremont, 0. >fnch of his time was devoted to be? nevolent and useful enterprises, He waa commander of the military order of the Loyal Legion," pr?sident of the National Prison Reform Association ??d a trastee of the Peabody fund. The d??tn of hi* wife not long since was a severe blow to him and he never fully recovered from it. THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH lies of Her Progress ana Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And Important Happenings trow Btf to Day Tersely Told. The Novelty theatre, at Chesapeake City, Va., and three saloons "adjoining, were burned down Wednesday night, the loss U about $50,000.. .Excursions to .Jamaica have been ar? ranged by the P"lant Steamship com? pany. The first vessel will sail from Tampa, Fla., on the 16th of February. The Port Royal Company, at Augusta, Ga., has received a letter from Earnest Bigland, at London, stating that he had given orders for two steamers to be de? livered to that corporation early in July and August, and that the first would sail from Port Royal in September for Lon? don and Antwerp. Two other ships will be built at an early day. The University of Virginia, at Char: lottesVille, bas just received a donation of $60,000 from Mrs. Linden Kent, of Washington, D. C., for the establish? ment of a new chair to be known as the Linden Kent memorial chair of English literature. The board of visitors ordered the establishment of the new chair and appointed Prof. Charles W. Kent, of the University of Tennessee, to fill it. A Nashville special of Tuesday says: The new supreme judge, Hon. John S. Wilkes, of Pulaski, appointed to fill the vacancy caused on the bench by tho elec? tion of judge Turney as governor, was sworn in and thereupon the court elected Hon. Horace H. Luston as chief justice. Judge John A. Fite, the newly appointed adjutant-general, was also sworn in and assumed charge of the office. A Memphis, Tenn., dispatch of Wed? nesday says: The steamer Guiding Star, of the Cincinnati, Memphis and New Or? leans line, is aground at Harris', landing, a few miles from New Madrid, Mo., and will prove a total loss. The ice has knocked a hole ten feet long and four feet wide in her hull, and she is rapidly going to pieces. The crew deserted her yesterday. The boat was valued at $80, 000; cargo, $50,000, A Louisville dispatch of Tuesday says: The Kentucky distillers aided by New Y-rk and Boston capitalists, have ar? ranged to start a big spirits distillery in opposition to the trust. The distillery of the J. G. Mattingly Company with twenty-five acres of ground in that city, has been bought at a cost of $300,000, and will soon be running. It will be one of the largest plants in the world, and is now the second largest in Kentucky. An appeal has been issued by the La? dies' Memorial Association, and the con? federate camps of Richmond, Va., in behaif of the monument to the private soldiers and sailors. There will shortly be held in this city a memorial bazaar. In it there will be a table or tent for each state bearing its name, shield, colors and motto, and it is earnestly desired that each state shall assist its own table with contributions of all kinds. A Louisvale, Ky., special says: John G. Carlisle has sent in his resignation as United States senator from Kentucky to Governor Brown. A later telegram skates that Governor Brown has with? drawn from the senatorial race to succeed Carlisle. This leaves the fight to Con? gressman W. J. Stone, and James B. McCreary, and Judge William Lindsay, Kentucky's world's fair commissioner. Carlisle's resignation was received by Governor Brown Thursday night, and the fight promises to be a lively one. A Florence, Ala., dispatch of Tuesday says: Ice is gorged in the Tennessee river at the foot of Muscle Shoals cinal for the first time on record. The gov? ernment steamer Colbert was forced to re'urn on account of the gorge, and her captain reported the gorge as piled up to the height of twenty feet, and in*a solid wall from bank to tauk. The river has been filled with floating ice for a week, but it was not thought possible for it. to gorge. The Muscle shoals are partly froz n, and the ice has formed in beauti? ful and unique figures. Information was received at Richmond, Va., Wednesday night of the burning of the old Howlett house located on the south bank of the Jam's river, opposite Dutch gap, and famous in war annals. There was a confederate battery of artil? lery stationed at this house during the war, and while General Butler was cut? ting his canal through Dutch gap, his troops were constantly fired upon from this point. It was occupied by a family from Michigan, who lost all their per? sonal (ff: cts. The los3 is $1,500, with no insurance. CONDITION OF TRADE, Tho Business Outlook as Reported by R. G. Dun & Co, Dun &Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The pause in business incident to the holidays seems to last longer this year than usual, but the severe weather has given a powerful stimulus to trade in heavy boots and shoes and woolens, and preparations for the spring business are going on actively with the utmost confi? dence. In spite of reports that more gold will go abroad, and in spite of uncertain? ties regarding legislation on the money question, the business world seems in? clined to believe that there will be no serious financial embarrasment, especially as the average of commercial indebted? ness is remarkably low and failures have been comparatively unimportant. No interruption of industrial activity is seen, though it is somewhat more depressed, butin other important branches a distinct improvement is noticed in preparations for the spring trade. THE COTTON MARKET. Speculation io cotton has been liqui? dating, the price declining a quarter, al? though receipts this week are 40,000 bales less and exports 40,000 more than a year ago. Larger estimates of the crop are now sent out. The treasury has been disbursing free? ly since January 1st and very large re? turns of money from the interior have caused lower rates here, but loreign ex? change advances and exports of gold are expected. Merchandise imports con? tinue fully up to last year's figures, while exports from New York for two weeks have declined $5,900,000, or over 30 per cent. It is evident that no larger ship? ments of securities or withdrawal of foreign capital will be needed during the coming months to cause some outgo of gold. Business failures during the past week number for the United States 286 and Canada twenty.__ " Sense "of Direction. P. E. Allis, a wealthy American gen tlemau at present living near Dieppe, France, is devoting much time aad money to the iuvestigation of a sixth sense-of direction-with which he be? lieves the finny tribes are endowed. He is. trying to establish a new classification of fish. Instead of the species being ar? ranged according to their outward form, Mr, Allis would classify them according to the differences in the nerve anauge ment of their eyes --^fenr. Franciaq Chronicle, i TILIGBAPflIC GLMM faim al Aie WorM Con?enss?Mo Pitty ami hm ?mm& Interesting and Instraettve to IB Classes of Beaders? A German immigrant named Hoog died at St Paul, Minn., Tuesday, of Asi? atic cholera. The Delaware legislature in a Joint session, Wednesday, formally re-elected Sesater Gray to the United States sen? ate. The Ilkeston la<5e factory, situated at Ilkeston, Debcrshire, England, was dam? aged by fire Thursday to the extent of ?40,000. ? The joint session of the Connecticutt legislature, Wednesday, confirmed the election of Joseph R. Hawley to the United States senate. Thc New York legislature in joint ses? sion, Wednesday, declared the election of Edward Murphy, Jr,, as United States senator to succeed Hiscock. The Pennsylvania legislature met in joint session at noon Wednesday and formally ratified the election of Senator Quay to succeed himself from March 4th next. A Harrisburg, Pa., special says: The republican caucus Tuesday morning nom? inated Matthew S. Quay for United States senator. The vote waa Quav, 146, Dalzell, 18; Gobin, 1. At Evansville, Ind., Wednesday night, while running to a fire, a hook and lad? der truck was overturned and an engine and street carfcollided, injuring five fire? men, two of them fatally. At Richmond, Va., Tuesday morning, the cigarette factory of Allen & Ginter, branch of * the Ameriean Tobacco com? pany, and the Valentine Meat Juice works, were destroyed by fire. The loss is about $25,000; insured. Two firemen were badly frozen. Fire broke out Tuesday morning in the lower station of the Central Railway company at Peoria, III., dtstoying the power station. The loss is complete. The road has substituted horses for the electric cars. The loss is $104,000 with insurance of $90,000. A special of Tuesday from Mun ice, Ind., says: The Lake Erie switchmen's strike is growing worse, and no cars are being handled, and the business interests of the city are being materially inter? fered with, while fully 1,000 factory men are out of work as a result. Judge R, R. Nelson, of the United States court, at Duluth, Minn., has de? clared the Chinese exclusion act uncon? stitutional, in a case brought before him Wednesday on habeas corpus, in the pro? ceedings of the arrest of Chinese of seven years residence in the United States. The Massachusetts legislature met in joint convention at noon, Wednesday, and the election of Henry Cabot Lodge, as United States senator, was formally proclaimed. The election of Eugene Hale to the United States senate was con? firmed in the joint session of the Maine legislature. A special of Wednesday from St.Louis, Mo., say s: Teams and wagons are now crossing the Mississippi river on ice bridges. The ice is so thick that it will support teams and wagons of several tons in weight. This is the first time in sev? eral years that teams could cross the river on the ice. Fire at Baltimore, Thursday night, in the large warehouse of the American Phosphate and Chemical Company caused a loss estimated at $200,000 which, it is thought, will be covered by insurance. The firemen had great diffi? culty in getting to work by reason of frozen fire plugs. A Chicago dispatch of Tuesday says: Every trade engaged in the building line in Chicago will make a demand for increased pay on April 1st. In the dec? laration to the demand for an increase in wages all the unions will insist on an .agreement with the contracto? to em {)loy only union men in their respective ines of work. Fulmer, Thornton <fe Co., of Memphis, Teen., made a partial assignment, Tues? day. Asset s nominally $350,00;. liabili? ties unknown. The assignment is not in the nature of a failure, but is merely a forming of trusteeship to wind up the business. The assets are much in ex? cess of the liabilities so far as the firm's indebtedness has yet developed. A cablegram, of Thursday, from Par? is, says: It is semi-officially announced that Great Britain has exchanged ex? planations with France on . the subject of the action taken by Great Britain in requiring the Khedive to dismiss his ministry. France accepts the ap? pointment of Riaz PaJba as a compro? mise. The National Woman's Suffrage Asso? ciation, in session at Washington, D. C., Wednesday, elected the following offi? cers: President, Susan B. Anthony; vice-president at large, Rev. Anna H. Shaw; corresponding secretary, Rachel Foster Aviry ; recording secretary, Alice Stone Blackwell; auditor, Ellen B. Dietrick and May Wright Sewall. A cablegram of Thursday from Rome, Italy, says : Signor Taulongo, governor, and Signor Larezoni,cashier of the Banco Romana, concerning tie standing of which grave rumors are afloat, have been arrested. This has cauaed renewed ex? citement among depositors, who fear that an examination of the bank's affairs will show that tb/jy have lost everything. A New York special says: The street was surprised Thursday afternoon by the announcement thai coupons on the bonds of the Ocean Steamship Company wo uld bc paid on presentation to the New York Security and Trust Comp my. These coupons were due January 1st, aid the fact that default was allowed, notwith? standing the known handsome earnings of the steamship company, give rise to much criticism. The company is con? trolled by the Central RuTway and Rank? ing Company, of Georgia. A St. Petersburg, Russia, cablegram of Tuesday says: A train filled with recruits was tunning from Slatousk to Samara when flame? burst from the fcromo t cars. The trr'n was goin?? at full cpeed. a-d in a few minutes all the cars were blazing. The engineer, for some unaccountable reason, did not stop the car until it had tun a considerable distance. Many re? cruits jump d frc m the windows and doors. Some landed uninjured in the snow banks and seme were killed. Those unable to get out were burned to death, as thc train wes entirely coi sumed Forty nine lost their Uvea ar?i? twenty wer?, badlv iniure L SENATOR KENNA BURIED. His Remains Escorted from Washing? ton to Charleston? West Virginia? The remains of the late Senator Kenna were removed from his mother's resi? dence at 8:80 o'clock Friday afternoon by the legislative committee which es? corted them from Washington, and con? veyed to the senate chamber of the state capitol, where they lay in state until 9:80 o'clock Saturday, When they were escort? ed by the congressional, legislative, citiz? ens and bar association committees to St. Joseph's chapel, where the funeral serv? ice was conducted at 10 o'clock by Rev. Father Stenger and his assistants. At the conclusion of these exercises the re nuins were taken to the Catholic ceme? tery for interment. The entire congrega? tional committee left for Washington st 9 sy afternoon, PLAN OF REORGANIZATION Of tiie Central Railroad of Georgia Officially Promulgated. A New York special of Wednesday says : The Hollims committee has at last announced the plan for the reorgnization of the Georgia Central railroad. The plan has been carefully investigated by all parties interested in the Georgia Cen tral railroad, and it is understood thai it is approved by ail except the holding of the Bichmond Terminal. It is not definitely known whether the Richmond Terminal people ever examined carefully the pian, out it is known that they are opposed to any plan of reorganization, and thc fact that they interposed suit about the time the committee agreed on the report is evi? dence that they are opposed to the plan submitted. The committee issued the following: The undersigned committee appointed for the purpose of readjusting the affairs of the Central Bailroad and Banking company of Georgia and of its allied properties, have, un? der advice of counsel, formed a plan of reor? ganization which haa received the approval ef the receiver and of the board of directors, and of many of the important creditors and securi? ty holders of the company. The Mercantile Trust company, of New York, bas been appointed the depository of the secu? rities under the proposed plan, and will shortly give notice of ita readiness to receive the secu? rities embraced in the reorganization. The Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah, Ga., will likewise be prepared to receive deposit of said securities, and to issue certificates for the account of the Mercantile Trust company. Copies of the plan maybe bsd at the office of the Trust company, or from the chairman of the committee, 15 Wall street,!few York, and ti the Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, Savannah, Ga. SECURITIES PROPOSED TO BK ISSUED. Forty million dollars first mortgage, 4 per cent, one-hundred-year gold bonds, . with'right to increase by $5,000,000, not more than $1,000,000 per year, during next five years. Twenty-five million dollars preferred stocks, preference 8 per cent. Twenty-five million dollars common stock, to receive 3 per cent and divida excess with preferred stock. _* IRON AND STEEL. ? Balletin Report on the Mineral Re? sources of the Southern States? A Bulletin report on the iron and teel industries of the southern states, was issued by the census office at Wash? ington, Thursday. There are twelve states now engaged in developing their mineral resources by the establishment of rolling mills and steel works-Ala? bama, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The capital invested in blast furnaces in these states increased from about $17,000,000 in 1800, to over $33,000,000 in 1890; in rolling mills and steel works, from over $11,000,000 in 1880, to $17,000,000 in 1890, and the pro? ducts of these works increased from 290,000 tons to 515,000, the increase be? ing exclusively in steel. There has been a marked decrease in the forge and bloom branch of the iron industry, resulting from improved processes in rolling mills and the extension of transportation facil? ities. Hence, the manufacture cf bar iron from ore by direct process has be? come practically an extinct industry in. the south. The total number of estab? lishments has diminished as a result of concentration, but there has been an in? crease in the output. The total number of hands employed has diminished from 20,596 in 1880, to IS, 688 in 1890, but the aggregate wages have increased from $6,261,000 to $7.628.000. TURNEY INAUGURATED. The Oath of Office Administered to Him at His Home. A Nashville special sajs: At his res? idence, Wolfs Craig, Tenn., near Win? chester, Governor-elect Peter Torney took the oath of office at noon Monday. The state of bis health and the weather prevented the Governor-elect from being inducted into office at the state capitol. The ceremonies were impressive, but un? ostentatious and of short duration. The legislative committees, the supreme judge?, state offices and press representa? tives were present. The supreme court dined with Gov? ernor Turney, who announced that ha had appointed John S. Wilkes, of Pul? aski, to be justice of the sopremecourt to succeed bim and John A. Pite, of Car? thage, to be adjutant general. In an in? terview Governor Turney declared that he expected to be able to go to Nashville to assume the duties of office within ten days. He appears t J be able to fulfill his expectations. Governor Turney Improving. A special of Wcdnesd ty from Win? chester, Tenn., says: Governor Turney continues to improve physicially and will soon be aole to go to Nashville. Owing to the large number of applicants for office now seeking the governor's ear, his physicians consider it best to save him from worry, and has refused admis? sion to all "caller?. Governor Turney himself likes to have company but for the present visitors will n^t be'received. ATLANTA MARKETS CORRECTED WEEEXY. Groceries. Coffee-Roasted-Arbuckle's 23.60 $ 100 m. cases, Lion 23.60c; Levering's 23-60c, Greer-Ei? tra choice 21c; choice good 20c; fair 19%c; com? mon 18al83<c Sugar-Granulated 5%c; off granulated -c; powdered 6c; cut loaf 6; white extra C tc; New Orleans yellow clarified ?H'a4&c; yellow extra C 4c Syrup-New Orleans choice 45; prime 35@40c; common 30@35a Molasses-Genuine Cuba 35 @38c imi? tation 22(325. Teas-Black 35@55c; green 40@60c. Nutmegs 65@70c. Cloves 25@30c Cinnamon 10<S> 12%c. Auspice 10(3Ile Jamai? ca ginger 18a Singapore pepper ISc; Mace $1.00. Bice, fair 7%c; good 6%c; common 5M@6c; imported Japan 6@7c 8alt-Hawley's dairy $1.50; Virginia 75c. Cheese-Full cream, Cheddars 12c; flats 12}?c; White fish, half bbls.$4 00; pails 60c.. Soap-Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs $3.00a 3.75;.' turpentine. 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50 ;i Candles-Parafine ll%c; star lOJ^c. Matches 400s $4 00;SOOs $3 00a3 75; 200s $2 00a2 75;60a,; 5 groes $3 75. Soda-Kegs, bulk 3c; do 1 lb pkg* 5&c; cases, 1 lb 5%ado 1 and %lbs 8c, do^lb* 6^0. Crackers-XXX soda 6%c; XXX butter, 6%c; XXX pearl oysters 6c: shell and excelsior 7c;lemon cream 9c; XXXginge?: snaps 9c; corn hills dc Candy-Assorted stick 6%a French j mixed 12%c. Canned goods-Condensed milk $6 00a800; imitation mackerel $395a4 00: sal-. mon $6 00a7 50: F. W. oveters $1 75a-; L.W. $125; corn $250aS50; tomatoes $160. BallDOtash $3 20. Starch-Pearl 4>?c; lump 5c; nickel packages $3 00; celluloid $5 00-j Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 OOal 40; quarts $1 SOal 80. Powder-Rifle, kegs $3-75; # kegs' $215;^ kegs $120. Shot $160 per sack. Floor. Ii rain and .Heal. Flour-First patent $5 00; second patent $4.50; extra fancv $3.70 ; fancv S3 55; family $3 00@$3 50. Corn-Na 1 white 58 x mixed, 56a Oats, Mixed 45c ; white 46c; Texas rust proof 47a Hav-Choice timothy, large bales, 9ua No. 1 timothy, large bales, 95o; choice timothy, small bales, 95c;No. 1 timothy, small bales, 90c; No. 2 timc'hv, small bales, 80o. Meal-Plain 55c : bolted 50c. Wheat bran Large sacke 86c, small sacks 88a Cotton seed meal~$l 10 per cwt Steam feed-$L85 per cwt Grits-Pearl $3.S5. Countrv Produce. Eggs 23K&25a Butter-Western creamery 28a35c choice Tennessee 20a22%e; other grades 10al2%a Live poultry-Turkeys 10@12V^c per lb; hens 25 and 27#a young chickens Ursre 15&20c; small spring 10al2%a Dressed poultry-Turkeys 14al5c; ducks 12%al5c; chick? ens 10aU% Irish potatoes, 2.50<S>3.00 per bbl sweet potatoes new-50a60 per bu. Honey Strained 8al0c:inthecomb 10al2i<a Onions $S-00aS.50perbbL Provisions. Cloar rib sides, boxgd 10%; ice-cured belliss HJ?a Sugar-cured hams 13&al5c, according to brand and average; California, 10a break? fast bacon 18a? 8%a Lard-Pure leaf 12c. Carton.