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Newspaper Page Text'V'" W I. 11 II.Iip^nMPI A STRICT CORSTRCCTIOa OP TUB OOSHTITItTIOS—AN HOSBST tID BOOMOBfOAI. ADMINISTRATION OP TUB OOVBBNBBNT. Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors. COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1872. Volume XLIV,—No. 51 The Weekly Enquirer. ji.MN H. MAKTIN Editob. COLUMBUS: THURSDAY .DECEMBER 12, 1872. —Terms of RohoertpUos— One Your in ndvanco - - - - • • $2.60. 1I0W THE ELS TORS VOTER. The Electors of nil the States carried for Grant and Wilson voted on Wednes day last for the nominees of their party, so far as heard from. Ths States that chose Groolej and Brown Eleetora voted as follows, through thair Electors: Ken tucky—For President, Hendricks, of la., 8; B. Ur-tz Brown, of Mo., 4. For Vice President, B. Grata Brown 8; Bram lctte, of Ky., .1; W. B. Maehen, 1. Ma ryland—lor Hendricks and Brown. Ten- nciiee—for Heudrioks and Brown. Geor gia— Greeley, 8; Blown 6; Jenkins 2.— For Vino President, Brown 5, Colquitt A, lhmki 1. Missouri—Brown 8, Hendricks C, Duvin 1. We have as yet rsoeived no report from Texan. The Louisiana Gree- aml Brown Electors were perhaps pro vented from voting by the delay in an liouncing their election, oaosed by legal proceedings. It now appears as if two sets of Eleotors will be declared chosen, Arkaonas is claimed for Grant and Wilson, and m> the Uadioal Electors gave the vote of the tttate. But the Democrat* and Liberal* cluirn to havo fairly carried the State, and thrir electors probably cast votes luui will be ruled out as informal. Floridi, too, wnnno doubt honestly ear ned tor Greeley aud Brown, but the vote of 'he m.*te will be counted for Grant and V’iimou. The means resorted to in Arkan.<a*, Florida, and Louisiana to count the votes for Grant and Wilson, when the majority was for Greeley and Brown, would no doubt have been used in every Southern State if neoessary to re-elect Gen. Grant. The Superior Court of Chatham coun ty, on Saturday, refused to release on habeas corpus, or to turn over to the Uni- to<l statea authorities, one of the negroes arrenied for illegal voting in Savanuab. They will be tried in a State oourt, aud under a Stato law. The attempt to have the cbmm transferred to the jurisdiction of the Culled States Courts strongly sug gest* mat the counsel for the defendants hope that oourtii which so severely and arbitrarily executo the Enforcement set will deal very leniently with the light of fence of illegal voting! The opinion is expressed in England that German intervention in the present complications of Franos will end in the re-eMteb.ihbment of the Empire. It is aa.d tnai N .puieou end Bismarok have reoeuily beau in correspondence. The new bouate of Texes oonsists of 17 Democrat* and 18 Radicals. Of the Demoo. ala, 8 held over, and 9 were elect ed in November; of the Radicals, 10 held over, and ouly 3 were eleoted laat month. The Huu^e la composed of about 70 Dem ocrats aud 20 Radicals—all eleoted in No vember. The Legislature will meet on the 14tli of January. “Ogeoihoe," in his last letter from At lanta to the Savannah Ann, makes the following statement of taxable property and revenue: “The taxable property of Georgia in 1871 was •210,602,211. This year it ia $226,663,263, showing an increase of $16,061,052. The taxes the present year for general purposes will reach about $600,000. The epeoiflo taxes will amouut to about $100,000, and the tax for Public Schools will be abont the Hams.” The New Orleans ITrayvne of 7th‘inst. nays that hetweon twenty and thirty horses and mules died of the 'epizooty" in that city on the Gth; end adds; “It is a fact that while the number of new cases has diminished, the cases of mortality havo increased among those animals which were first affected by the malady. They may bo very slow in making re forms in China, but they make them thoroughly when they do undertake the job. A late report says that the govern ment having Mipprossed ell the Buddhist convents, has ordered that all the an- claimed Chinese yonng ladies in them be married off at public anotion. It is proba ble that the government would makes similar disposition of young ladies in Christian seminaries in China, were each institution* to be suppressed there. But fro do not m*ke the suggestion with a view of enoouraging emigration to China. Even the Administration organ at Wash ington—the Chronicle—btm been con strained to protest mildly against the means u«ed by its party to count a major ity iu Florida for Grant and the Radical Stato tickets ; and its protest applies with equal force to Radical proceedings in Alabama. It says* in referanoa to the Radical employment of Federal authority in Florida to compel the counting of votes in counties so as to eleot the can didates of that party t “By the lews of the State a Board of officers are charged with the dn»y of counting its vote. In advance of that official count to assume theta fraud is intended, end to obstruct the solion of the Board by the exercise of Federal power, is establishing a prece dent far from safe.” The citizens of Rome, Go., in public meeting on the 4th inst., adopted resolu tions in favor of the proposed canal to connoot the Tennessee river with tba Atlantic ocean, and appointed a committee to memorialize Congress on the eobject. A Washington letter says there ia no doubt that what is known as ths iron-dad oath, a« prescribed for public offloers, will soon bo ubnliahod. A bill repealing it has been introduced by a Radical Senator. The negroes of Maoon held a meeting on Monday night end nominated a ticket for Aldermen. They make no opposition to the re-election of Mayor Huff. A correspondent of the Waoo Examiner writing from Tyler, Texas, aaya that ia the United States Court now in session there ere no lees than fifteen hundred bills against parties from various motions of the Huts, found under the Ku-Klux lew. There are many persona oharged with the violation of the revenue lava, who hav§ reeaiptaln their poeketa signed k/ the revenue eelleater. LOUISIANA. The telegraph advises ua that the Me chanics' Institute building in New Orle ans, which has of late years been used aa the State House or Capitol, ia in posses sion of a detachment of United States soldiers ! This is virtually taking posses sion of the government of the Stato, for it was done for the purpose of forcibly in stalling and putting into power a Govern or and Legislature not recognised aa each by the proper State authorities. It was done at the instigation of the Federal oos- tom House officers of New Orleene, who have on previous occasions interfered in a similar manner to settle Stato or munic ipal political eonteaU—once by the nee of Gatlin guns to oover the approaches to the capitol and give to the Radicals the ganization of the Legislature. The cus- tom-hoiiHt) has, indeed, been tne controll ing power in Louitriana since the “recon struction” of the State—sometimes prop ping up Waruieuth and now pulling him down, but always working in the interest of the extremes Radical faction. It appears that both sets of Electors un dertook to cast the vote of the State for President and Vice President, and her# is another dispute to be settled. Each Electoral body sent its own messenger to carry its vote to Washington, end the first question to be decided is whether Congress will receive and open a vote by a body not certified by the proper Stele authorities to be the Electors chosen at the November election. The Greeley aud Brown Electors cast a full Vote for Brown for Vice President. WHAT TIIE KOIThVIwET ACCOMPLISH. Though the dolegatioua from the sever al Southern States to the next Congress are much divided in the matter of parly politic*, we trust that there are still some questions upon which they can unite and proHeut an almost uubroken front.— Promineut and highly important among these is the object of securing for the South a fair share of the favors of the Federal Government iu its appropriations. For at loost the la*t twelve years the Southern States have beeu excluded from any share in this distribution, or only al lowed a pittance that made tbeir prof ed participation a mockery. Iu the mean time the beuelioos of the North bestowed by Federal favor have am muted to hun dreds of million*. IiuiuonNe work* of in ternal improvement for the convenience or aggraudizeuiont of that section havo been constructed mainly by the means of the whole Union, and the South baa been heavily taxed thorefor. It is tirns that the Sooth was claiming not only a fair equivalent for tht*e partial bounties, but a more equal distribution in the fntnre, aud this ia a matter about which there should be uo party division among ua. It is to be hoped that every Congressman from the South—representing as he does one hundred aud twenty-five thousand of onr people—will at least have sectional pride enough to take a determined stand against the inequality and injuatioe that have for ho long a time robbed this por tion of the country of its rights. There are several projected enterprises, partaking of a national character, for which the Houthorn States now seek Fed eral aid, and they are so distributed in tbeir locations as to interest nearly all the people of this division of the Union. We may name the proposed csnsl to con nect the waters of the Tennessee river with tho Atlantic; the opening of an in land water communication along th< lagoons of the Golf from New Orleans or Mobile to tho peninsular section of Flor ida ; the Florida ship csnsl; tho comple tion of the James River and Kanawha oanal; and the leveeing of the Missis sippi river. The const motion by the Foderal Government of all these works would scarcely be a full equivalent for tho public money and lands donated and the liabilities incurred for the Northern Pacilio Railroad*. Of their great impor tance to the commerce of nearly the whole Union there can be no question. There may be nome among us who doubt the strict constitutionality of the Federal Government eogagiug iu worka of this character. Bat the praotioel question now is not whether Congress has the power, but whether it will exercise it im partially for tho intereats of all parts of the Union. The policy is one already adopted: all that the Southern Represen tatives can do is to give it such direction aa to reap for tbeir own constituents some of its advantages. We are satisfied that by onion in anpport of the enterprises named they can either obtain national aid for them from Congress, or defeat any scheme of improvement of the unfair sectional character of those lately favored by the Federal Government. Let ns so sot as either to obtain a fair participation in the benefits of the system or to over throw it altogether. A gentleman of practical experience in the manufacture of cotton, has deter mined to start a cotton factory at Chatta nooga, and expects to commonoe some time next year. The United Statea District Court dosed its fall term at Savannah on Saturday. Its next term opens in April. The United States Circuit Court will probably adjourn Saturday. Fulton Superior Coubt—Malone In disposed—J as. An EXAM DEB ON TUAL FOR Murder.—Yesterday moning the Malone esse wsa called, but was passed on ac count of the indisposition of Mr. Malone. It appears that the jailor warms the meals of tne prisoners in chafing diahes, using spirit lamps to heat them. n o has the alcohol medioated, some*. ....o with aniline, aloes and other ingredients to prevent the convicts drinking the alcohol. Malone had been suffering with diarrhea, and drank some of tho alcohol medicated with ippecac, which rendered him too much in'iispoiird to be brought out yes terday uioroing. It will be oalled as soon as the oaae now on trial ia terminatad. Ths oaae of the Bute vs. James Alexan der, oharged with killing Hamp White- head, oolored convict, was taken up. A jury wee ampen nailed. The State bed got through with their testimony in the oaae, end the defense were examining tbeir witneeeee at the hoar of adjourn ment. The Constitution gave the testi mony delivered on the premninaiy exam ination. There is quite an array of ooaneaL So licitor General Glenn end Thrasher A Thresher for the State; Hill A Candler. GertreU A Stephen, People# A Howell end W. A. Tignor for the defence. [Adenfe (Vs*., 110. THE A. A C. RAILROAD, layertaat DerUloa of Date Reporter Coert. In the Superior Court of Dade county, at the term just concluded, the oourt dis missed the bill of the State of Alabama against the A. A 0. U. R., on the ground that the road had been sold in bankrupt, cy, and the State had become the pur chaser. lo the case of the 8tate on the relation of E. D. Graham v*. A. A C. R. R., quo warranto, having for its object tho for feiture of tho charter of the A. A C. It. It. in Georgia, the conrt dismissed the peti tion, uuless within thirty days the State of Georgia make itself a party plaintiff to tho proceedings. The State had not done ho at the adjournment of the court. A rnle whb made, in an agreed ca*e, in volving the liability of a Coustable for failure to make the money on a fi fa against the A. A C. R. U. Iu his an swer to the rule the Countable relied upon the fact that the A. A 0. R. R. had be- oome bankrupt, bad been sold in bank ruptcy, that a bill had beeu iilod by the Trustees of the first mortgage bouds, be fore Judgo Bradley, At Mobile, Ala., against all the creditors, and that Judge Bradley had issuod iujuuotious against all of the creditors, aud against all others, forbidding them iu any manner to intor- fore with the possession, custody or con trol of said rood, and placing the ssruc iu the hands of Uecievers of Judge Bradley's court, aud that this injunction had beeu served upon him as Constable. Judge Harvey hold that the return was sufficient. This decision involves many oomplica- tod legal questions, upon the determina tion of which the future of the new A. A C. R. R. Company depond*. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of Georgia, aud thence it will, wo presume, be taken to the Supremo Conrt of the United States, where all the inter ests iuvolved, including the logality of the bankruptcy proceedings, aud of Jus tice Bradley'* interlocutory decree, au thorizing the issue of bonds, etc., can he finally determined.—Chattanooga Tinas, 7th. lion. U. II. Illll’a Letter. We publish to-day a private letter writ- ton by Mr. lidl some time ago to a frieud in Harris county, which ha* boon allowed to be published at the earnest Holicitation of friuuds. in that letter Mr. Hill refers to tho bitterness with which lie bus beeu assailed by the pres* and others for the hu t two years. While Mr. Hill and this paper have dis agreed iu souio respects, thou; h not as U uiatciiul principles, we havo nuvor regard- other than a true Southern man and bitterly opposed to Rutuctdisin in all i bitterly opposed to Kuinculisi forms. Wo havo ouly differed policy, and for that reatiou we hav felt it iu our heart to braud hi traitor to principle, or recreant to his record. \Ye have all tho time thought his policy for the past two years was erro neous, aud think so yet; but to say that Mr. Hill is not a true Georgian, uu un yielding Southern man, iu all his educa tion, traiuing and iuntinots, would be giving the Jiu to what we conscientiously believe, and contrary to tho facts of history. Mr. Hill hud political enemies before the war who have not forgottnu tbeir en mity since the war; and now thut his name is brought forward quito promi nently for the Uuited States Senate, the Mper*ions of the past are brought for ward iu renewed form to kill him off. This is not right; it is simply cruel and umuAiily. Should the Lcgi*laluro elect him henator, there is no man who would labor with morn zeal in dofense of the South. It would ho tho pride of his life to make all the odious inoaKiireH of Radi calism infamous iu tho eyos of the Arncr- ioan people. We know what we write. We understand Mr. Hill's feelings; ho is s personal frieud, and we have not stood by, and oanuot stand by, aud allow him to be defumod without remonstrance, though we may disagree with him iu a few things. Now ia not tho timo for the abuso of each other, among Democrats. If an other man should be adjudged more capa ble of representing Georgia in the Uuited States Senate than Mr. liill, by the Legis lature, none will yield more gracefully or patriotically to that decision than ho. Mr. Hill is for the welfare of Georgia first, last, and all the time. — Ln(J range, llep, Arkansan Vote* Twice. Little Rock, Doc. 6.— 1 Ths Greeley Electors assembled last night, aud claim ing to bo elected, oust the vote of the State for B. Gratz Brown for 1'resideut aud Gen. N. P. Bank*, of Massachusetts, for Vice President. Thoy did this after being officially informed by the Governor that on u canvass of the vote tho Grant Electors were elected. They charge that the latter result was reached through frand. They pussed appropriate resolu tions on tho death of Mr. Greeley. Both sides in this State claim the election of their tieket and will endeavor to install themselves iu office. It is believed in Washington, from cer tain significant indications, that Sponcer's credentials from the rmnp branch of the Alabama Legislature will have no weight. It is thought that the Senator to be cho sen by the regular Legislature, setting iu the State Capitol at Montgomery, will bo admitted by the Senate. Presidential Snubbing of Alabama Bcuub Politicians.—Tho President has been asked to exorcise his pow*er in be half of Senator Spencer's re-election to the United States Senate. He informed the delegation of Alabama sorub politi cians who culled upon him to-day that lie bad neither the desire nor iutontion of interfering with State matters. The Sen ate alone was the judge of whether the credentials of the person olaitning to be selected entitled him to his seat.—A. Y. JleraUl, Gth. The New York World, in considering the ootton crop, indulges the following pregnant suggestions: Do not appearan ces indioate that the Agricultural Bureau at Washington is, so far as relates to the eotton crop, “run "iu the interest of those excited patriots and self-sacrificing citi- sens, the cotton lords of New England? Membkbshif North Geoboia Metho dist Conference.—The statistical report submitted at the last session of the North Georgia Methodist Conference, exhibited the following as the white membership in the bounds of the Conference: In the Atlanta District 6,501 In the Dahioneoa District 5,780 Iu the Griffin District, in the Marietta District In the Augusta District Ie the LaGrange District In the Liberum District In the Rome Distriot In the Athena Distriot In the Dalton Distriot 5,308 4,790. , 4,496 4,829 4,137 8,719 . 3,606 , 3,601 Total.. 46,447 [Atlanta Constitution. * II has just bean decidad by the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia that an ex- eoator who paid over to the Confederate authorities under the oonflsoation acta of that government e legacy left by e North ern testator oannot now be compelled to pep the aarant of the legacy to the lega tee. The Coart aays of the executor that “ha wiesly declined a oonteet with a gov- “enuaentwhioh the whole naval and mill- “tary power of the United Statea could not cabdae under foar years," and having yielded to the duress of a da facto go^ it ie absolved from being now reepoMlble for tholegeey which it was gel in hte power |o bold. KKWMPA PRHFAtLlRM. The Rfaaoa Why There are *o Many of Then. In lit* recent excellent sddreRS before the Press Association of Tennessee, Gen. Geo. P. Jones, of the Nsahville Union and American, gave the following trnthfnl ac count of newspaper mortality: Wo do too rnnch work without compen sation. We pay too much money with out any retnrn whatever. We establish an eieewosvnary institution at oar own expense. We keep a charity school on our own hook. We conduct businens is if we owe everything to the public, and the public are uot indebted to us a far thing. Wo are preyed upon by the sharp ers and tho innooeut alike. We advertise gratuitously every week, when wo should have tho money for it. The general pub lic aro outireiy ignoraut—probably we ourselves aro not fully aware of the ex tent to which newspHjHirs are burdened by this iusiduotts drum upon their re sources. It inaiuuate* itself in every con ceivable form. It does it through report ers, through agents, through correspond ents, through editors, through business managers, through proprietors, aud gen- orally, too, with as much disadvantage to tho public as to the pro*s. There is uot a business, from tho dispenser of gingor- cako* aud oider, to tho largest manufacto ry, which will uot advertise with yon gratis—which will, if you listen to it, on- douvor to oonvinco you that it is your duty to the publio to do so. There is uot au aspirant for publio station—and whon I contemplate the number of these, 1 ex perience au overwhelming sense of com- miogled amazement aud disgust—from constable to the Senate of the Union, who duos uot conscientiously beliove it to lie the imperative duty of tho press, daily aud weekly, to speak, with a pen of tole- acopio power, of his uiioroscopio deserv ing*. Even that nuuy of stroller*, which infoHt the country and tho peoplo ns a sort of visitation of Frovidcuoo for our iniquities from the streot-oorner seller of prizo candy or magic oil to the operatic emprchsano, will oxpeot you to write an indefinite number ot editorials on a three- nquaro advertisement inserted for five days, changeable daily, without ohurge! — We ato required to write up, urge up, and put through every enterprise, great or small, that seems have a possible connec tion with the publio. But we never hear of a share of Htook, or of a dividend. The Church, the State, commerce, industry, art, %voulioii and humbug aliko seem to regard the press a* their sorvators, aud to bo run aud sustained for their advantage. There is a linn of demurkation iu all these things between publio demand, public utility, noMHpnpor duty and iudi< vidiinl gain. That lino should bo de fined, and bold, a* it in reality j*, a* tho Dead Line. Not a letter, nor u space, nor a figure, not a comma, nor a period, nothing of all tho innumerable particle* that cuter into the form and structure of a daily or weekly nowHpspor, is there that its picking tip and putting down does not coat cash money. Not a revolution of tho presN, not a square inch of paper, that docs not coHt something in cash. This should bo understood by tho publio. If it is not, its correlative should be practiced by the pres*. I do not mean that the press should abandon its position of being the foremost charitable institu tion in the world. It should hold to that, for it* munificent libcr*lity, after purg ing itself of Mine-tenths of the daily swindles practiced upon it, will exceed that of any other busiuesH. To get rid of thi* stupendous fraud of gratuitous advertising,this ouncor, canker —call it auything, provided you select an opithet that will characterize it etrougly enough. I cuu proscribe no other rule thau this : But voluntarily and without chargo any aud everything into your pa per which yon deem advantageous to it iu being beneficial to tho public. All elso exclude, being of advantage to thoso who wish to imiko money upon your capi tal and enterprise. Hold your space at its value. Fix your rates at a fair prico fur your circulation, and adhere to them. Fair dealings will accomplish more than foul, at all times und overywhero. For be it known that tho Atucricau press is not a vainpytc, to bo constantly sucking the lifo-blood of the people. It haH a vastly bighor mission—but it should also bo known that it will not longer bo made tho victim of tho thousands of vampyres that come drily to tho counters, iu every conceivable gurb, to bnvo its life-blood incontinently sucked away. Mr, Urpflry’* Mental (omJJIJon JlnrJnff III* IIIrhin. New York, Deo. 5.—[Spocinl to the Cincinnati Commercial. j—Ex-Hargoon Gon. Hammond, who attended Mr. Greo- ley’s caso, give* his opinion that during the last illness all the intellectual part of tho patient's brain was affected. There was no paralysis aud his articulation was very distinot. lle seemed to be iu antag onism to all around. Dr. Hammond says “in order to test his consciousness ho asked him if ho knew Mr. Dickon*; I know that ho did, for 1 was present at the dinner to Mr. Dickens, at which Hor ace Groeley presided. Ho exclaimed : “I never hoard the nuiuo iu my life; now mind, whon I was born 1 died, uud when I died I wus born.' I then told him that Thurlow Weed had been to my house and wan inquiring for him; he answered : 'Now mind, when I was born I died, aud when I died 1 was boru.’ “It was evident to cue that no gleam ot coRsciouancss rouisiued. Ho very rarely answered questions I asked bim, and whenever ho did the answers were wrong. He seemed to be troubled nearly all tho time with a pain in his head, lio would continually place his baud on his loro- head, as though he was suffering intense ly in that region." Dr. Hammond greatly regrets that, ow- ing to the opposition of tho family, Mr. Greeley's brain was not weighed. Thurlow Weed at tiie Bier or his Old Friend and Enemy.— Among many distinguished gentlemen in the room was Thurlow Weed, one of the oldest friends of Mr. Greeley. Tho old man sat near the head of the body, and seemed pleased to bo questioned concerning tho life and character of the dcccnRed. II» said he oonld not remember that Groeley over ferred to any youthful amusement. Thoy bad been young men together, and as such were often in each other's company. Everybody said, “Weed has hours of re laxation, but Greeley never played." I was as poor as he, and bad tho battle of life to light as ho bad, and yet I always took relaxation. You sue we were of different temperaments. Looking back over Greeley’s life, I think he showod as rnnch unHellish ambition as any man that ever lived. His whole life was given to onpoaing injustice and oppression. His character was perfectly pure, for be bad no vices that I knew of, and I was most intimate with him in all matters. He was fearless in the expression of his belief in whet was right. Ilia whole aim was to do good. When Weed approached tho casket ho loaned over tho body aud gazed long and earnestly into the faco of bis former asso ciate. lie seemed deeply affected by the scene, and after looking at the features for some time, he leaned on tho shoulder of c friond and left the room. Bsnxrr Killed.—Daniel J. Brown- well, Sheriff of Holmec county, Florida, was killed on Tbnreday laat, et Cerro Gorda, while engaged in c shooting match with one Boater, e resident of the eoanty who came there recently from Al abama. Boater was seriously if not mor tally wounded with eighteen bnckabot in the leg only e urinate before Brownwel! received the seme quantity in the brenet. It ia surprising bow carelessly buckshot ere thrown In Cerro Gorda, when there ie too mneh whiskey and e little quarrel on bend.— Marianna Courier. (CorrMpuaJtaca of the Savannah New*.) Feeler RloSfett. Atlanta, Deoember 7.—An effort has been made reoently by the securities ot Foster Blodgett, to induce the Governor to grant him a safe oonduot to come to Atlanta aud explain hie aooounta as 8u- E rintendent and Treasurer of tho State lilroad. The reader may remember that executions were issued against Blod gett and his securities from the Comp troller General's office, as follows, to-nit : Foster Blodgett, as Superintendent W. k A. Railroad, and H. I. Kimball, John Rice, 11. O. Hoyt, L. Schofield and Var- uey Gushil), sureties, for $20,000; Foster Blodgett, as Treasurer, and W. P. Rhodes, Ephraim Tweed, William Gibson, J. P. Poole, H. O. Hoyt, George P. Bunnett, M. J. Hinton aud James Mathieson, as sureties, for $25,519.44. To eaeh of these sums should be added twenty per cent, damages, for default. The fi. fas. have been levied upon the property of the sureties, and the same will be sold by the Sheriff in January. The cases were carried to the Supreme Court by the sure ties, aud each one was decided egeinst them. The sureties, while admitting a small balance against him, olaim that the amount for which executions have issued are incorrect, and that if be were preseut he could explain the discrepancy. They applied to the Governor, theretoro, for a safe conduct for Blodgett to visit Atlanta and mako the neoessary explanations, adding that the authorities of the State eanuot desire bis sureties to pay more than is justly due. They aay that Blod gett has grown prematurely old, and is a mere “ruckle of bones," to use tho lan guage of Dr. Livingstone, and that he desires to return and reside within the State, and when dead to have his body repose iu his native soil. They even bint that, if permitted to come back un molested, he may make important dis closure*, but what those disclosures ore, they carefully refrain from telling. Thoro are several indictments pending here agaiust Blodgett. During his brief administration Aoting Governor Conley grauted him a full aud unconditional par don, os the reador will reoollect, for all his past offences, known and unknown, and thore aro oome legal gentlemen who believe this pardon will staud tho test of judicial decision. Thero are other offonces, however, under what is known as the Felony act, passed last December, which were not complete at the da'e of tho pardou, aud wbioh cauuot be made couipleto aud indictable until demand is made by the Treasurer of the State for public property and moneys alleged to be iu Blodgett's possession, uud a refusal by him to deliver the same. Those offeneos aro not yet complete. Indeed, in the eye of the law, they aro not offonces at all, but inchoate orimes, so to speak, and therefore they could not have boon reach ed by Conley’s pardon. If Blodgett should be permitted to return, the Treasurer could uot in good faith make the neces sary demand upon him during the coutiu- uuuoo of the safe-oonduot; aud possibly thereby hangs a tale. For these aud other reasons, it is said, the Governor deoidod not to give thesafe- couduot. lie oonsidera Blodgett one of the greatest of the lata aoaiawag aud car pet-bag offenders, and any arrangement by wbieh be might be enabled to oome aud go at will, would, to that extent, be a fraud upon justice. It ia understood that neither Gov. Hoott nor the newly eleoted Governor of South Carolina will surrender his body upou the requisition of the Ex ecutive of this State, but still the laltor seems to see in thin no reason why so great a culprit should he permitted to havo (he freedom of the State, eithor in his own interest or in the interest of his states Henator for the term of six sureties. The Bask Note* Hill. Washington, Deo. 6.—Senator Cole, of California, introduced an important bill iu the Senate to-day, providing for the withdrawal of the notes of national banks, which will at onoe reeeive tho attention of the Finance Committee. The follow ing is the bill : It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Troasury to withdraw from circula tion all notes of the National Banks com- iug into custody of the United States, and to issue in place thereof, if neoessary, an equal amouut of the notes of the Uuited States, aud whenever aud as often as the notes of any one of snch National Banks to the amount of $900 ahall accumulate in the Troasury, and after thirty day* no tice thoreof to such bunk, iutorest shall ceaso and be suspended upon $1,000 of tho United Htates bonds deposited in tho Treasury to the credit of such bank as se curity for its circulation until such bank shall redeem said bond by the payment of $900 in current tnouey into the Treasury of the United States. Cotton in California.-—A movement for introducing tho culture and manufac ture of ootton into California, upon an extensive scale, is now apparently iu soc- eessful progress. A Cotton Growing and Manufacturing Association has boon in corporated for the purpose, under the auapioes of wbioh a selection lias been made of the valley of the Kern river as specially adapted to the objeot, possess ing a favorable soil end climate, aud am ple water power for manufaotnnng pur poses. Ten thousand acres of land, in cluding a town site with considerable im provements, have been purchased, and successful experiments in raising cotton have already been made. The town is located at the*foot of the Hiorra Nevada Mountains, and the lands are available for immediate planting ; and the proper ty is said to embrace peculiar facilities for promoting the growth of this spocial producing manufacturing iudustry.—Ag ricultural Deport. Attempt at Suicide.—We are pained to chronicle an ocoarrenoe which hap pened in onr town yesterday. Mrs. Cbas. Bone attempted suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. The lady was alive this morning, but no hopes are enter tained of her reoovery. What induced the raah sot we are not at liberty to state. Macon Enterprise, 100. Price or Leather Advanced.—A Bos- ALABAMA LEGKLATUMfi. Tuesday, 100.—A quorum appeared in both houses of the Legislature sitting at the oapitol. The following bills were in troduced in the Senate, end appropriately referred : To regnlate elections in Ala bama ; to exempt oertein property therein named from levy end sale; to repeal an cot entitled an act to relieve the disabili ties of persons against whom e divorce from the bonds of metiimony baa been decreed, approved Feb. 7th, 1870; to amend eeotion 87 of the revenue law of 1868; to repeal an a*t entitled an act to amend an tot to establish revenue lews for the State of Alabama, approved Feb. 9tb, 1870; to repeal an aot to suppress murder, lynching and assault and batte ries, approved Dec. 28tb, 1868. Read a third time and passed. (Thia bill repeals the law wbioh holds the county responsi ble for all murders committed by nn- know persons. Mr. Robinson offered a resolution pro viding for the. reception and investiga tion of the rights of persons olaitning seats in the Senate, bat not sitting with this body. Made special order for to morrow. In the House, Mr. Manning offered e resolution declaring that Gov. Lowis, by his action iu refusing to reoogniaethe lawful Legislature of the State, and iu co-operating with e revolutionary body, has assumed authority in violation of the Constitution aud laws of the Stato, is aiding to confirm insurrection against the same, and against the General Assembly; has obstructed the passage of measures required by the publio interest; has inva ded the privileges of this Hones, and is encouraging domestio violence. Ueaolved, further, That all the acts aud doings of said bodies of men falsely claiming to be the Legislature of Alaba ma, or of either of them, or of any of the Ro-oalled officers thereof, aa suoh, are unlawful and void in law, and that all the offioer* of this State and people every where are hereby warned against obedi ence to or trust in any auou acta or do ings. Resolved farther, That a committee of members of this House, be appointed by tho Chair to propose aud submit to this House articles of impeachment of the said David B. Lewis as Governor, to be preferred before the Senate for his re moval from office. The resolutions were adopted, and MeH*ra. Manning, Boyd, Anderson, Jones and Taylor appointed the oommittee. They were instructed to report by 12 m. Thursday, or sooner. A bill to protect and encourage the manufacture of iron in the State was re ferred. The two Houses met in joint conven tion to eleot a Uuited States Senator, and the several gentlemen heretofore voted for having withdrawn, Mr. Terrell plaoed in nomination the name of lion. F. W Sykes, of Lawrence county, who reoeived the unanimous vote of both houses of tho General Assembly (51 in tho House and 18 in the Senate), and was declared duly and constitutionally elected United years. of the year, and even if it should be able to do so, there ie no oortainty that Prof. Nordenakjold's Swedish expedition And the Norwegian sealera have found refuge in tho Batue place, end any party not found will scaroely have provision^ enongh to laat them till March or April, and in this oaae will be left to all tho hor- rora of starving and freezing to death iu the ice. Uodor these oircumstances the results ot the relief expedition aro looked forward to with feelings of anxious sus pense. L01T8YILLK LIBRARY LOTTERY. Louisville, Deo. 7.—The managers, trustees and many tieket holders met in Weisiger Hall at six o’clock this morning. Owing to the early hour not over one lmu- dred were present in the audience. The IT. P. BooiMjr Killed. We regret to bear reporta from Hamil ton of the death of W. Pomp. Ramsey, Esq., son of the late Jemee N. Ramsey, of this oily. According to the rather in definite reports at hand, Mr. Ramsey wee killed in Hamilton on Monday evening, and it i* supposed by Robert Swinferd, as they two wero together in the room in which tho homicide oocnrred. We have no information of any difficulty between them, bat learn that Mr. Ramsey was ahot several times. Further Concerning ths Mcbdsr or W. P. Ramsey, E*q.—Onr community was Hotnowhat startled yesterday by the re port that tho above young gentleman, a f «» ^ <*>• was abut and killed at Hamilton on Mon- The NmdUh Polar Expedition. A Copenhagen correspondent of the Loudon Times says: In my lost letter I mentioned that groat foam were entertained about the safety of the Swedish expedition, sent out uuder the command of Professor Nordeuakjold, with the intention of win tering iu the Parry Inlands, north of Hpitzbergen, aud reaching from there to the Pole, over the ioe by means of rein deer sledges. As stated by Sir Henry Rawlinsou at the meeting of the Royal Goographioul Society on Monday, Novem ber lltb, the three vessels composing the expedition (the steamers Polhein and On kul Adam, with the sailing vessel Gladan. tho first two commanded by naval offi cers,) bad reuohed Green Harbor, on the west coast of Hpitzbergen, on the 4th of August. At the end of that month the expedition was at the height of the Nor wegian Islands, north from Hpitzbergen, and as the road to the North Eastern Island was barred by the ioe, the leaders roBolVed to pass by the still open Hinlo- pen Hound to Loinme Bay. On the first of September the expedition steriedt and on tho same day the 1'olhom, with the Gladan in tow, was seen to pass Verl- egenbuk, marking the entrance to Hinlo- pon Hound, the Onkel Adam following two days later. Bnt siooe then nothing whatever baa been heard of them. The Polhem only was to winter in Parry Islands, being alone provided for the stay; the other two vessels were to re tnrn ns soon os they hod brought their comrade to his anchoring-gronnd and un loaded tbeir cargo at his wintering place. At the end of October the bead magis trate at Troinno telegraphed to the Nor wegian government that as nothing bad beon beard of the two tenders, it was feared both they and a fi et of six Nor wegian coalers were stopped somewhere by the ioe, and that they had not suffi cient provisions in store to keep them the winter over. It ia true that large depots of viotuals have been stored up on cer tain points of the desert ooast, and if the inen could reaoh them they would be pro vided for until next spring or summer, when the ice breaks op again ; but it was not to be assumed that the rood would be open from the vessel* to these refag. end reeervod stores. The Norwegian government resolved, therefore, immedi ately to send ont an Arotio steamer to seek for the lost vessels and take them assistance, and hastened to charter tho Albert, at Tonaberg. She bod just re turned from a whaling expedition. The news of tho danger meneeing the ton special says it is roughly estimated Swedish Arctic explorers had scaroely that three million sides of upper and rough leather, and calf skins were des troyed. Already prices in upper leather have advanced from ten to twenty per cent., aud it is quite likely that a corner will be mode in this staple. Of sole leather it is known that three hundred thousand sides at least were burned, but the quantity of hides destroyed was vory small, and there is no reason for advance in this material. A rise iu boots and shoes is inevitable, end people who come to buy must be prepared to pay much higher prices than formerly, and select from much smaller stocks. The boot and shoe trade is regarded as in a good oondi- tion. Dealers horned out bad, as a gen eral thing, lighter stocks than many sup posed. Destructive Fire.—Lamar Hall, tho residence of the Rev. John T. Prysc, at Montpelier, Monroe oonnty. Ga., was burned to the ground on Friday night laat. The roof oeught fire from sparks of e burning oblmney. The household furniture end exteneive library, with oostly oil peintinge, ate., were ell deetroy- ed. The library consisted of between two end three thooaand volume# of se lect end valuable book*. The ohapel of the Institute and other buildings on the S remises were in greet danger, rat, prov- entially, were caved. The flame# spread ■o rapidly that the family lost mneh of tbeir wearing apparel, and escaped al most miraculously with their lives. En tire loee about $10,000. Partially insured. [jfmoen T/yrefh. reached Copenhagen before two of our leading commercial men, Mr. Tietgeo, director of the private bank, and Mr. 8uhr, bead of the greet Arm J. P. Snhr A Hon, telegraphed to Christiania that they placed the steamer Fox, equipped and manned at tbeir own expense, at the im mediate and gratuitous service of the Norwegian government. The Fox is a steamer of historical renown. It belong ed at one time to the expedition sent out to seek for Hir John Franklin, and was then commanded by the famous Arotio explorer, Sir Leopold McCliotook, carry ing on the main top the touching motto of Lady Franklin, “Hold feat," wbieh ia as good Danish as it it English. Sinoe then the Fox hoe been employed in the service of tbe oompany working the rich mines in Greenland; it hse reoently re oeived new engines, and bod just return ed from a voyage, bo that it lay ready to start et the shortest notioa. The g enerous offer of its two owners oame, owever, e little too lets, the Albert bed already been chartered, end was in prepa ration for eeiling immediately, so the PreMdent of the Ooonet! tele- Norwegian 1 grapbad beck his end the covi warmest thanks for the aaeriflee ere had declared themselves willing to moke, bnt deolined to aooept It. The Albert, Commander Otto, of the Norwegian navy, left on Benday lest, so- oompenied by the beet hopes of ell; bit expectations as to the eooceee are not ■anguine. It is very muoh feared that tbe steamer will be nneble to penelnte through the iff HffMliUM fit fete announced that everything was ready and the blind ohildren were introduced amid the breathless silence of the audience, wbioh by this time nearly filled the *pa- cione ball and galleries. The orchestra played tbe Library Maroh, end all being ready the blind boy drew from tbe a heel No. 36,503. Another blind boy drew from the opposite wheel a cane which the gentleman ohosen from tho audience opened end held up tbe paper. It cou- tamed one whioh was printed in large tig. urea visible to all parts of the hall, $75. The first thirty-one numbers drew prizes ranging from $75 to $750. The thirty- second number drawn was 0,450, and the sensation in the audieuce was immense on the display of the prize from the opposite wheel—it was the capital prize of $75.Q:m. No. 52,157 drew $2,250; No. 56.560 drew $0,750; No. 45,311 drew $6,250; No. 99,990 drew $3,750; No. 88,411 drew $1,500; No. 74,116 drew $1,500; No. 07,- 252 drew $1,500. The following numbers drew the princi- pal prizes; No. 49,929 drew $11,250 ; No. 28,088 drew $18,750; No. 70,040 drew $15,000; No. 00,821 drew $4,500; No. 19,433 drew 3,000; No. 59,979 drew $(>,000; No. 59,111 drew $3,750; No. 73,042 drew $7,500; No. 33,489 drew $1,500. The drawiug cloned at six o'clock, Pro*, dent Durrett announcing tho next draw, ing to come off on April 8th next, and t lie scheme to comprise 10,000 gifts. A num ber of the most prominent citizens of Louisville took part in the drawiug, and were on the ntago during tho day, and several promineut meu from other Staten. Lithographic Ktonr, Nickel and Oil Iu Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., Deo. 2, 1872. Editors Advertiser in your paper of lant Saturday appearn an oditorial para graph informing your readers that a mine of Lithographic Stone ha* beeu discover ed iu Virgiuia, and that tho only other mine of thin kind known in tho world in in Bavaria—across the “big pond." Are you not awaro of the fact that mino of Lithographic Htone wan toand years ago, in thia State—iu Talladega couuty, If I am not mistaken this mine ia on or near the lands owned by Col. M H. Cruikahank. In 1862 or 1863 $lo Confederate Notea were engraved upou this Talladega Stone. There is a fortune or several ot them in thi* mino, for aenu enterprising man. It will requiro littl or no capital to start its working. Who will take hold of it. In thi* oounty a nicklo mine has beei discovered, and the fact is kept quite st oret. A few miles below here, lu*t week one of onr oitizens “struck Uo" In boring swell. Tbe oil is good and plentiful.— There ia no limit to the hidden wealth a| our beloved Alabama. Yours, cto., Progress. Can This uk True ?—The Cotton Tax in Congress. —Referring to the fact thui during this short Congress of only thre months' duration, several large lobby schemes will be pushed, the World thu» speaks of the proposed refunding cotton tax : Another subject whioh will bo pressed npon Congress this wiuter by a powerful lobby, is the refunding of the cotton4*x. We earnestly fonght that tax wben it was impoaed, for reaaonn whioh we ntill lie lieve sound. But the pretence of repay ing it covers one of tbe most gigantic uud most corrupt jobs kuown oven in thi* de generate time. If Congress could restore the money to those from whom it won really taken, it might ho very well; hut that is as impracticable as it would be to take the water from the bed of the Mis- oissippi and reoonvey it by artificial means to the thousand millions of acres of oozing soil which feed the first sources of the river. The tax came out of tho wagon of plantation hands; it camo out of the lessees or owners of eotton lands ; it came out of the great mass of the cotton grow ing community. If it were granted baok, the lion'a share would go to the colossnl ring of lobbyists and ootton dealers who are pushing thi* sobeme, and the rest to various ootton factors scattered through tbe Soatb. Tbe amouut of the tax in $70,000,000, and wo have learnt, from an authentic source, that there is a settled bargain that tbe cotton ring shall have one-half of it, or $35,000,000, if they succeed in carrying the job through Congress. — The Editorial Giants of New York. Tbe Cincinnati Commercial, in an article on the death of Mr. Greeley, gives tho following estimate of tbe leading ightn, all of whom have been queuobed by death except Mr. Bryent of the Evening Post: As e news collector end vendor, and in general newspaper management, Bennett distanced competition. As a literary man, as a poet of genius, and a gentle- man of breadth and delicacy of cultiva tion, Bryant stood alone. As a man of the world with accomplishments that fit. ted bim to adorn publio life, Raymond was without rivalry. Aae vigorous wri ter of English, dear out end meaning business, as e man of thoughtfulness up on subjects of the greatest gravity, aud of strong convictions upon queatioua of >nblio moment and of unflinching nerve n doing the immense work that his hands found to do, and above all aa one who la- bored for tbe good of bis fellow-tueo, unselfish and lovingly, Horaoe Greeley was not only Aral in bis profession, but tbe foremost man of bis timo. Special to ths Cincinnati Oasetta. A report la afloet that Harper A Broth, era ere dleoouing a project for purohae- ing the Tribune end melting Georgs W. Curtin editor-in.chief. end it ie underetood thet the/ ere reed; to offer tl,000,00:) for tho eetabliahment aa it oo» atande. Tbe laat eele of stock iu the Tribnne wee on an estimated value of *1,100,000, end aharea are still held at that figure. A new geyser region has been diaeov* end in Idaho Termory. Home of the geyners are vary remarkable, one of them ■ending up water from one orilioe and ■team from tho other. Tba whole bauk of the river, for a distance of nearly two miles, ia lined with springs and geyaera, flowing into ita current and raining tho temperature of the water many degrees. Fates or Imox Bmdvomd. —Pitttburgh, Dee. 5.—At a meeting of the Western Iron Aaeoelation held In this city yester day afternoon, tbs pries of Iren was re duced |:i per ton, end the prise of nails (which of lata bee been advancing in tbe market) wee reduced half a dollar per kag. Tbe resent decline in tbe prioee of pig eiel eoooenta for tbe rednetioe. Tbe Conodion wey of meeeoting e tree ia laid to be ae certain aa it ia grotaeqaa. Toe walk froea the tree looking at it from time to Mae between yoar kaeee. Wben men are able to aae tbe top in this way, ow diataaoe from the loot of the tree e^Bfite ftp kfl|ht. day night by a carpenter named Robert Swinford. From a gentleman who was in Hamilton at the time of the killing wo learn some further particulars than those givon in our afternoon edition of yester day. Our informant thinks it likely that one or both the parties were in liqnor. They had a quarrel Monday afternoon— the nature of which onr informer was ig norant of. This diffionlty was supposed to have been settled, but unfortunately the parties mot again between 8 and 9 o'clock in tho storo of H. R. &. R. A. Mur- phoy, where the quarrel was renewed and the bloody deed was consummated. Both parties had pistols, aud as one load was found to have been discharged from Ram sey’s weapon, it is thought likely he fired once, though of this wo are not positively iuformed. Swinford shot Ramsey threo times, ouo shot taking effect in the mouth, ouo in tho breast and one in the bowela, either of which was calculated to produoe doath. Kumar*y died in five minutoe. His remains will ho brought to thia city for intorment to-day. Wo lofiru that Mr. Ramsey's mother was so shocked ot the sad ovent that it is thought she can not long snrvive her eon. Bomb Additional Facts about thf. Killing of Ramsey.—Parties by yester day's North & South train from Hamilton brought some additional partionlars ot tho killing of W. P. Ramsey. Ramsey made the assault, ami tho killing is thought to Imvo beon in self-dofenoo. The first as sault, mado about twenty minutes beforo tho killing, wan witnessed by a number of pnrsous, but all bad left when the killing took placo. Hwinford was comparatively it strangor; ho claimed Texas as his for- mor placo of residence, but had gone to Hamilton about a month ago from Go- umbus. Daring his stay there he hod behaved in a quiet, ordorly manner. The preliminary examination in the case oame ff yoNtorday, the result of which we aboil ear this morning. Uatnsuy'* remains did not reach tbe city justerd iy by train as expected, but it was bought would bo brought by private con veyance in tho course of the day, or if not, they will certainly reaoh here by train this morning. Mu*«)?v« superior Court. Monday, December 9,1872. Court met pursuant to adjournment. His Honor, Judgo James Johnson, pre- Hiding. Tho case of tho Htato vs. Geo. Layfield for tho killing of Policeman Barrow on Christmas night last, was called and a ju ry was stricken for its trial. No evidence waH submitted for the defonse, bat the prosooution introduced a number of wit- Upon conclusion of the evidenco J udgo U. L. Penning commenced the ar- gnrneht for tho defense, after whioh Court adjourned until Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, at which time tbe argument ill be resumed. In the meantime, the Sheriff has tho jury in custody. For prosecution, 0. H. Williams; for do- fonse, Benning & Penning, Ingram and Crawford, and Grimes and Thornton. Tuesday, Deo. 10, 1872. Conrt met pursuant to adjournment. His Honor, Judge James Johnson, pre siding. The ease of tho State vs. George Lay- field, oharged with the murder of Polioe- umu Barrow last Christmas night, was re sumed, and tho argument was continued by C. H. Williams, Esq., for tbe proseou- tion, and Col. M. J. Crawford for the de fense. Both of theso gentlomen we learn mado ohlo legal arguments on their re- pootive sides of tho case. Judge John- on then charged the jury in his usual clear and impartial manner, at the oon- ulnsion of which tho jury retired, and after half an hour's absence, brought in a vordiot as follows : “We, the Jury, find the prisoner not guilty." [Our reador* will romember the main facts in tho above cane. Layfield created u disturbance at tho store of I. G. Strap per, 26th December, 1871. The door woe closod, tho police called, and e short time afterward Barrow arrested Layfield on the sidewalk, and iu attempting to convey him to tho guardhuuso a souffle ensued at Luyfield'a bakery, during which Barrow is shot and killed.] Tho next case called was that of Geo. Grimes, col'd, oharged with killing e ne gro boy near the residenoe ot A. M. . J ran nun, in Linwood, last spring. In this caso a special jury was empanueled, when the Court adjourned until the ostial hour Wednesday morning, when the trial will proceed. Wednesday, Deo. 11, 1872. Court met pursuant to adjournment. Hi* Honor, Judge James Johnson, pre siding. The following cases were up and dis posed of during the day: The case of tho State va. Geo. Grimes, colored, oharged with the murder of EUis Edmonds, oolored, in Linnwood on the 11th of August last, was oalled and put upon trial. Three colored witnesses were examined,and their evidenoe show the cose was one of justifiable homioido. The jury returned e verdict of not guilty. Solicit or Thornton forproseeution ; Benning Js Banning, M. H. Blanford end A. A. Dozier for defense. The ease of the State va. John Brown, oolored, ehared with stabbing Biley Luokey, eolorod, was next tried. Prison er was found guilty end eentenoed to nix months on rae chain gang. Solicitor Thornton for prosecution; L A. Dealer appointfor tbe defense, Oase of the State vs. Wm. Qaab,iadioted for involuntary manslaughter In the kilt ing of Jordan Redd, oolored, nefle press'd. Several oaae# continued. The Sheriff woe ordered to summon 120 telle jurors for the trial of the Oolaey ease on Monday next.. Court then adjourned to tho l Thursday morning,

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, December 17, 1872, Image 1