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The Weekly Enquirer. JOHN II. MARTIN Editor. COLUMBUS^ TUESDAY DECEMBER 31, 1872. —Tsr«n« or Matacrlption— One W ti.' ont Jl.\.NtFA(TlHlM( AI»VASTA(iKs. Wo alluded, the other tiny, to the effort junking in California to manufacture the Cotton raised in thnt State, and to the conditions that would scorn to require that cotton inai.ufaeturiiiK thero should keep pi rt o with its production. We appre hend that until manufacturing facilities nro Been red, the culture of cotton in Cali fornia niuut be restricted, bocauso of the cost of transportation to the mills of Eu rope or the eastern part of the United States. 'To send it overland by the Pacif ic railroads, or by steamer around (Jape Horn, or by steamers and railroad via tbe l'niintuu route, would bo bo great a tax as to neutralize any advantage in the pro duction secured by rich lauds and favor able seasons. Our Southern planters have, then, in tho present lack of cotton factories in California, their strongest as- anranco that a formidable rivalry in tho production of the staple will not at once commence on the Pacific slope; for ox. perioneo seems to have conclusively proved * tho adaptability of portions of California to tho generous production of cotton. lint vc of the South have manufactur ing advantages so much greater than those of Calfornia that we haveouly to avail *»ur- scl\* . of ih« hi to more than offsot any ad vantages derived by tho Californians from soil and climate. Ami wo believe it to bo u doubtful matter wbother we can oil set those advantages in any other way. Wo have alluded to the i 'mndanoe of water power and fuel in Die South, and to the scarcity of both in Die portions of (.'ali en cultiiio. Tho parties are practically trying the scope of the acU which ho has so persistently denonuoed as unconstitutional and illegal? Mr. .Stephens counsels submission to the abitrary action of the Federal Court in Louisiana, until it may be legally set aside, and says that if it has made an er roneous decision it is subject to revision by tho Hupr« me Court of the United •Status. lint tho Supremo Court of tho United States has already refused to take jurisdiction upon the first application, I at Itultiuioro; in f..vor of lu.nl | and if it ahunld li> rojftar roach and act upon an appeal made in another form, it will ho too lato to remedy tho political wrongs committed. 'The history of tho Court for the last six or seven years does not afford tho slightest hope that it will over substantially correct tho wrongs of tho Circuit Court in Ixjiiisiana. Relief HON. A. H. wncrilKSH-OKI. OBAAT—ASH T1IK LOtIHIAVt TUOI UM:. The reader will remember that in Dio Presidential canvass and election, just over, Hon. A. 11. Htephens refused to co operate with tho Democratic parly of the country, for tho avowed reason, mainly, that it did not distinctly continue tho fight against tho lato Constitutional Amendments and the Reconstruction leg islation of Congress. The yen mil decla rations of the Cincinnati platt nfllr self-government for the States, a strict observance of the constitution, and the largest liberty for the people, did not sat isfy him. Ho scouted Mr. Greeley's ac ceptance and definition of the platform, because it held these demands “subject to solemn constitutional obligations. Nothing would satisfy Mr. Htephens but in that form and from that quarter is fully opeless as reliof from any other opera tion of the Reconstruction acts. Tbe people of Louisiana are of course power- less under the rcstiaint of Federal bayo nets. Rut they seek at least to convince tho country that the use of those bayonets uas unconstitutional and illegal—a Fed eral usurpation accomplished by military u ! power under tho guise of enforcing a j high-handed decree of a Federal Court, to tho l*minmna trunklm I And it in ainHZing Hint Mr. HtophuliH, in a re-affirmance of “tho true Jeffersonian faith of constitutional liborty." The ces sation of active warfare Upon the Amend ments and the Reconstruction acts would not do for his uncompromising spirit. Remembering these things, wo were rather surprised at the following remarks of Mr. Stephens in his Atlanta speeeh, which we copy from tho report paper 1 now return Ua'llral Knavery In Arkaanoa. of his late ii[i»lugibiiig fo wor to subdue the the local govorninen ulapted .1 at i to bn i an il lo r consul ruble item in favor of Dio south. DounPm.s Chilioso labor would juiekly adapt itself to factory work. Rut liven Chinese labor is not so choup in Die I'nrilic States nu factory labor in the Kast- i hi. I: is a fact, to bo deplored Dial Dio labor of any portion of our population is poorly remunerated, hrt wo must deal is we find them. There aio .nds of woi I persons a. I and the reported interview between Jiidgi Campbell and President Grunt yesterday, fotin<l exculpating the Tins interview has given me light upon I Die subject which I did not have before. • c From this, it seems that General Grant j 1 has not assumed any illegal or unconstitu tional Executive power in tho internal af fairs of Louisiana. Ho asserts he lets nut homed the employment of Die milita ry forces thero only in the enforcem ol judicial process. This has greatly iiovud my mind. The trouble in Louisi ana seems to have grown out of the pow ers claimed under the Civil Rightt Kill, or some other one of the reconst ruction measures, so-called. Those measures, 1 need not assure you, J hold, and ever shall hold, to bo unconstitutional. [Grout applause. J Jitit in accordance with the views 1 have given yon, ho long as they are held to he i, they should ho obeyed, as they louts, should ho act of the President exercise of Federal people and subvert of a Southern State. COTTON Olt I’KOt ISIONS I 'J his is the season when tho preaa of the South commonly abounds with ad vice to tho plauters to prepare for larger corn and smaller cotton crops. Wo have, perhaps, been as free in giving these ad monitions as any otlior journalist; and though it may norm to have been pre sumptuous, tho fact that nouily all intel ligent planters admit the theoretical cor rectness of the policy thus urged, and many of the most successful carry it into xpoumh d by thoao clothed with judicial 1 practice, affords ii strong justification of rno of the press. i made mly th to them—they should be | oiigh Die ponceful iiistrii- | the (JoiihI it liti< ,Utl* Do the p. n< n and children hi the South to whom employment in cotton factories would furnish a mentis of independent support not iiow onjoyed. In California Mich classes are much less numerous in fact most people of all classes in Dial country can find suitable employment at good wages. The variety and profit of industry there will prevent people from engaging in factory work at rates near so low uh there paid in tho Eastern States. We have, therelore, unattainable eoiiliteibal- ance for any advantages of California us a eotton-prodiieiiig State. Rut we have to only a limited extent, us yet, availed our- selves ol those advantages ; and the ques tion of a formidable rivalry ou llm l'aetfic < oast in the production of cotton limy de pond upon tho adoption by tho South of the policy of combined production aud manufacture. At.\ nut a lion l s it ONUS. Tho mi>- .n»n of an agent from Mont gomery to the North, or to Europe, lor selling two millions of del- els of the State of Alahumn, culls f«n notice ami explanation. Tin sc bonds were ordered by the irregular Rad ical Legislature sitting in the court-house at Montgomery; tho act was passed while this body was bolding Hepurato sessions in tho court house part of tho day, and lucmhoi . •pending Die balance of Die day in session with the regular Legislature at the Capitol, engaged in tho work of carry- iug >’>H Oio “rumproiniiio" propmed by the Attuuiey General of the United States. The body Dial nulhori/.cd Dm bonds diii not eontaMi a quorum of mom- borsin both branches, was not in session at the Capitol a • required by the constitu tion, aud its members were ut Dm same time participating in another legislative body at Dm Capitol and striving to obtain and control the organization of the same. Unde r these circumstancus it is probable that tho “liimuciul agents" will have a lively time realizing money on those bonds. The municipal election in Americas on Saturday last resulted in tho choice of II. Ji. French for Mayor—ho receiving 1121 votes, aud T. M. Eurlow 297. John R. Huuiil, R. E Cobh, S. J. Smith, R. i\ Tondec, J. N. Hart and James Friokei wore elected Aldermen. Tho eleetiou was closely contested, but tho contest was not of n party character. H. D. Randall was o’oetod Clerk and Treasurer. lion. 1>. A. McCall, Judge of the Crim inal Court of bullock county, Ala., died ou Suturduy last. Morris MoElligall, a police oific Savannah, was shot while engaged in an apparently placiul scuttle with other po- lioemen, in the police barracks of that city, on Tuesday night. \V. M. Stone, policeman, was arrested as the party who fired the shot. It is feured that McKlli- gult is fatally wounded. Officer MoKlligott, of Savannah, who w as shot by u brother policeman us hereto fore reported, has died of his wound. The Coroner's jury had not rendered its ver dict up to the date of the last Savannah papers received. should h assailed nmntalit earthly power could ever make Dmt they lire either right, junt or ( portod tuliminl | Loud applause. | My mode ‘ ^ of assailing them, however, is not by vi- 1 olonee or by forcible resistance, but by appeals, first to the courts ; just where Dm appeal, it scorns in this case, has been made. My mode of assailing is in the forum of Reason and Justice, and if Gen eral Grunt shall never do anything worse thull to see to it, that the mandates and decrees of the Federal judiciary arc prop erly executed in liny part of this country, I shall have noquurrrl with him. If the Judge hi New Orleans has made an erro neous decision it is subject of reversal by the Supreme Court of the United States. In the meantime, my advice to the people of Louisiana would he to patinntly hear the ills incident to that derision, just as wi in Georgia have horno ills of u much more grievous nature, until their redemp tion, as ours has boon, shall bo effei ted by the peaceful workings of the estab lished instruiueululilicH of the Constilu- We have now, in this connection, only call the attention of cotton planters to Huy Die fact that Dm plantc of Ti he preparing for a very largo p in that Stale next year. They liperiibuiidant corn crop this most of them will have corn to , so as to allow them to apply their labor to cotton. Most ii Georgia i ml Alabama, also, re corn than usual -thanks to Table seasons—and will next year feel freer to do their Lust in the pro duction of cotton. 'Those facts are wor thy of consideration in “pilchiug the crops” of 1873. i luiido a I year, and 1 hold ovc i nearly al | I’l'Mjl®™ v«ry In* Washington, Dec. 23.—Tho revolution ary acts of Judge Durell in Louisiana have diverted public attention from a sim ilar attempt to set aside tho popular vote in Arkansas. The facts of that election are not so well kuown os those of Louis iana ; but they constitute a little more ll.igrml outrage on popular light. Sen ator Rice slates tho situation as follows : “Tho Liberals outnumber « Adminis tration party in ArkunrOM tally 2 to 1 ; but ncaiiv 30,00*) of their votes after having been registo*oil by tho present State ofti- ci ds, were arbitrarily and wi* out notice stricken off the registration books. Not withstanding this tact and a large num ber of fraudulent votes, the Liberals ear ned a clear majority of Legislature and their State aud Electoral ticket at the regular polls. In order to ovorcoruo this result the Clayton officials have stricken off entire precincts tegulurly returned and published by the county election officers, until they make up a majority for themselves. The Liberals also claim that in Arkausas, of tho districts carried by the l'o well-Clay ton party ut the regular polls, tho result w is accomplished by striking nanus fiom the registration books. These voters cast their bullets at separate polls held tor the purpose, and uttiduvits of the votes ret used were made according to the provisions of the en forcement act. Counting theso ballots, the Clayton party would have barely u fourth part of tho Lcgn-Uturo. As the Legislature will have ibo canvassing of the returns for Governor and other offi cers, tho criticul question is, who shall control this body ? The seats iu dispute will turn the ma jority one way or the other. Tho Clay ton men base their rights ou the certifi cate of the ScOietary ol State; tho Liber als say that this officer has tampered with tho returns ; that tho two Houses must j fin Young organize before 1m can furnish them with a list of uiemheis; and they rest tho right of their members to the disputed seals upon tho returns as made by tho county election officers and published by tlmiu conspicuously and according to law." All these facts were duly sot forth by Mr. Rico iu the Senate the other day, and were but feebly denied by bis col league, i'owell Clayton. So confident was Mr. Rice of his uhilily to prove these fuels that he oulrouted the Senate to send down to Arkansas a committee composed of five Senators, no matter whom, to make an luvcsug t.on and report the truth. From present appuurunces llio it 2d of Juniuiry will present a criticul il exciting occasion in Little Rock. It supposed that tho beaten parly now holding the Statu Government will ut- pt to take posHHCssioti of the Slate Capitol by the State luihtiu, and to p out Urn entrance of enough of the Liber al members of the Legislature to give their pui tizuiiH u majority. 1 his proceed- 11 not he submitted to, the Liberals A Good M«o llu Fillei.” Editor Columbu* Enquirer: Seeing a notice of “Revelations of a Pardoned Kn- Klnx Priaoner who Arrived in Washing ton City in a Dying Condition,” I am prompted to write to you. It was my fortune to know this man, REUBEN GRIFFIN YOUNG, of Youngsvillc, Ala., iutiiuutely and close- *y- First, a more perfect, unassuming gen- ; j 1H!i i Reman I never knew—kind, generous and nmnt courageous. | Second, as a father and husband, be wok all you could ask for to make a home happy and contentod—a pleasant place Ihe Arkimu Tuslf. The Liberal* Invoke the Federal Court - -lsiviniana Tactic* Turned Againut the Benin. Littlf. Rock, Dec. 24.—The lion. Woi. , M. Harrison, candidate on tho Reform ' State ticket for the position of Associate I Justice of tbe Supreme Court at tbe re- cent election, to-day filed a complaint bc- | f ro JI. C. Caldwell, United Stales Dis- I lnet Judge for the eastern district of Ar- I katisas, praying for an injunction to pre- | vent M. L. Stephenson ond E. J. Karl, tho Republican candidates whoso election announced by tne State Depart ment, from exercising the duties of the office, and a’Jio asking for a restraining order to prevent Acting Governor Radley and Secre'.aiy of Slate Johnson from al tering or changing tho original returns, a maudaruns to compel BAlLNtrS ILNAGfcUIK Bl'BNKD AGAIN ! The Montgomery, A hi., papers report tho unprovoked and malicious stabbing of a young man of that eity numod It. Stiufcd, by a parly of drunken men who met him on tho street. Mr. Htiofel did not know the parties who assaulted him, Tho Legislative Committee on Direct Trade aud Immigration In M a meeting in Macon in concert with some leading citizens, ou Friday. They udopted re port to the Legislature, which urges the necessity und connection of Direct Trodo aud Immigration, and recommends the organization of a bureau to toko charge of lhuso mailers, and tho rovival of the old Stale law of i860, giving a subsidy of $10U,(kMt to any steuiiihhip line which will establish a line of vessels betweeu this Slate And Europe. l’artics in tho Florida Legislature nro very closely divided, according to the Radical announcement of the result. The returns from Hr \ard amuty elect a Con servative Senator,and this makes tho Sen ate stand 13 Radicals to 11 Deoiooiats.-- Iu tho House tho Uadiculs have a majori ty of two. Rut the Maiinnna Couritr nays that one of the Republican Senator* is a Liberal Republican, and one of their Representatives is an “Independent" up on whose vote no puilv cau count. So tho Radicals are not sure of a working majority in cither branch. The Atlauta Constitution learns from tbe Keoper of the Penitentiary that six tee u convicts have lately boon added to tho working force of Graut, Alexander A Co., frhoae united terms of servitude amount toB4 years, and for whom, at tbe per > Rtntc wili receive $4,2W. Now, wo ask, is thero a singlo Hontciico f tho Libel al amt Democratic plat form winch counselled submission to the mendiiintilH und tho Reconstruction icasmcH, farther than thin? On the mtrary, did it not demand “rt return to Dm constitutional Imitations of power"; aud did not Horace Greeley, iu his letter ilatice, declare that *‘11)0 civil authority should ho supremo over the litary", and that “there shall ho no Federal subversion of the internal polity f tho several States and uiuiiieipulilies, hut that each shall lie left free to enforce the rights and promote the well-being of its inhabitants by such inuansastho judg ment of its own people shall prescribe"? Could Horace Greeley have possTbly chosen more comprehensive and incisive language than tins (master rhetorician uh lie was) to meet the case that afterwards occurred in Louisiana? Would not his interpretation of the platform have irre sistibly led him to n drain Federal inter vention in tho local all airs of that State and “Federal subversion of its internal polity"? Ulearly it would; and wo now find the Tribune, edited by his late Lib eral Republican associates, doiiouneiiig ami opposing Gen. Girnt's interference in the affairs of Louisiana. Rut Mr. Stephens says that “General Grant has net assumed any illegal or unconstitutional Executive power in the internal affairs of Louisiana"; that “the trouble seems to have grown out of pow ers claimed under the Civil Rights hill, or aonio other olio of the Reconstruction measures." Tho “trouble" grew out of the oxecutiou of the laws of Louisiana. The contest betweeu Gov. Warmouth and his opponents was about tho constitution of the State hoard of canvassers of tho election- a beard nppoiutod under, and subject to, State laws only. The Civil Rights hill could have had nothing to do with it, itml if any of the Reconstruction laws did, it must have been the so-called Enforcement act. The defeated Radical candidate for Governor upplied to tho Federal Court for a restraining ordo against the regular State board of can vussers from making their returns, und against tho Secretary of State from re iving any returns hut thoso made by the irregular Radical board. The Court not >uly granted this restraining process, but directed the United States Marshal to take possession of the Stuto cupitol and forbid the entrance to it (ou tho day for the assembling of the Legislature) of all per sons not certified by the Radical board to be elected members, but “to ullow ingress ami egress to aud from tho public offices in said building of persons entitled to the same." Ry this order the Federal Court virtually ehcttd a Legislature for the State of Louisiana. Ry this order Fed eral bayonets were brought iuto requisi tion to overawe aud defeat the people in any attempt to reassert or regaiu their rights. The Uresident is tho oomiuauder- in-ebief of the army of the Uuited States, and this use of liia soldiery was substan tially his act. Yet Mr. Stephens eauuot see that General Grant has “assumed any illegal or unconstitutional Executive power in the iuternal atVsirs of laniisiana"! If his act was constitutional, what pro vision is it that allows it ? If it was made legal by the Civil Rights lull, or some other Reconstruction act, how comes it that Mr. Stephens now has so much re spect for acts which he “hold-t to be utterly unconstitutional"? If unconstitu tional, cau they legalize tho President's action ? Horace Greeley would not have regarded thorn os authorizing the acts of the Federal Judge and the President. Ilia Liberal Republican friends do not con sider those acts os justifying any such proceedings, hut to a man denouuoe them. Even some of Gen. Grant's Republican supporters denounce them. Is Mr. Sto- phous determined to differ from them at all events, however inconsistent or sur prising bis antithesis may seem ? Is this tbs way to prove that be is not a “Bour bon" but a proyremonUt—“toting bis owu skillet" sgaiu while tbe opposing r give It nuvuru i in any oil id danger*. ilk sound is J cr of tho mb y horses and iu effects for tlio homo circle. Ah a father ami »■»■> I™1»« *■> court the origin.* re- , . . , ... . ... turns, statements, etc., in reference to friend, ho was indulgent “to a fault. Him ^ _ eleotioi family was ever a sourco of perfect de light to him. Third, os a business man and trades man, he wiiH ever regarded as courteous, prompt, fair, honest, and disposed to servo his friends at all tiinea. Charity to to the poor, punctuality and kindness, were his watchwords. I boarded with him nearly twelve months, and I know whereof I spook. I cannot bclievo him guilty of nuy crime ugaiusl his county. State or country know ingly. 1 knew his son, Rmgold Taylor Young, only as a boy, to bu kind at.d obedient to his parents. To the family and friends of K. G. Young, I tender my heartfelt sympathies, for truly “a good man has fall* n"; and I cannot but say, with ell his friends who knew him, that tho blood ot Reuben Giif- is upon tho heads of those pposod to good government, and I fully believe they will !«• punished. “Vongoauce is mine, auitli ihe Lord. Yours truly, JIlllAM . 'I lie Si'hool Kuml. 'The following circular has just been sent to the various county treasurers by the Stato School OoinmisHioiiors : Dkpaktmknt ok EnrcATroN, • Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 23, In72. i To 'The County Treasurer Co: Deah Sia—I tako pleasure in announc ing to you that thero is now ready for dis tribution .*100,000 of tho fund raised from tho tux authorized by “An act to provido for tbo payment <>f tho d<*bt due to teaehers and school off! ers who did ' j service under the Public School Law in The bid charges tho Governor, Socrota- j ry of State, Registrar, Clorks aud Judges of election with confederating together and fraudulently depriving thousands of citizens of the right to vote, of changing and altering the returns and preventing returns from four counties by which com- i pl.iiuant avers he was deprived of the i benefit of |f),0tH) votes, j Counsol moved for a temporary injunc tion until the motion could be heard aud argued, on the ground tho defendants would deface tho records after being ap- prised of these proceedings, uule»H re st, lined from doing so. Judge (.’aidwell refused the temporary injunction, but directed that tho parties bo served with a notice and a copy of tho complaint, ami he would bear the matter on .Monday next. School 1 swm of Alabama. The following were passed by tho Board of Education and have been signed by the Governor: One empowers the Superintendent of | Education to remove comity superintend- 1 outs of i ducation on proof of their being ! guil’y of grossly immoral conduct or drunkenness, and provides that ho shall till vacancies caused by death or removal I y i.j p.uutmeiit, on the recommendation oi both members of the board of direc tors in the county in which said vacancy may occur. *!f the board fail to recom mend or agree, he shall appoiut. A no'her act repeals tho law providing for tIk- election of a county superintend ent and two directors every two years. Another provides that county superin tend. nN shall, on receipt of uchool funds, |>;.b!i. h the u; portionim nt of each town ship in a county paper, or if thero be none, by a poster at tho county site. Another abolishes directors after its iar 1871," approved August I lislribntive part of your c —, for which a warrant i in your favor by tho Goveri WMH.ji reHulvuil uut Iu b« tbun out 1 k.Mn.nnrrtu'l"rntraMl'llon pas The Marianna (Fla.) th reports Dio death of i in tiles iu its section froi the opizooty, ami Hays that the injury to the farming interests, if tho disease contin ues, will ho fearful. 11 also learns that Ihe cattle in Jackson county are afflicted with a disease thought to he tho black tongue, that large numbers have died, ami the inulady still rages. thk nunid-NioN cm kick. This staunch and popular old paper- vigorous and flesh at the ago of tlirco scoro years and ton is offered for salo; a severance of partnership rendering such a hi 'e nocoiisary. This is a lino opportuni ty for profitable investment in the news paper business, ns the popularity and prestigo of tho Couritr could easily bo maintained by a purchaser of tho proper qualifications. Kit Culture hi Will < smlimi. ipondeut of the New uloH from Wilmington York Tribune lows: North Carolina r»co fields, com prising the richest lauds in the Stato, aud iipilblo of producing .iOui 500,(H)() to I,- 000,000 bushels oi g.ain a year, are all covered with reeds and hushes, their ditches filled with mud, lue djkes lotted away, and rice is no longer a staple pro- duet or an article o. e .port. Thirty years ago the rice fields of the ('ape Fear river produced a crop of 200,000 bushels, tho most of which was shipped to Northern cities, whore it wiih cleaned and prepared for market. Fifteen years later, just before tho breaking out of the war, the jield of the same region had increased to 500.000 bushels, and at tho time there wore sev eral mills iu \\ iliuiugton in which the ncu was cleaned before it was sent coastwiso to Now York or Bttlliuioio. or shipped di rectly to foreign ports. Ju 1S71 lice was planted ou only one or tw o farms, anutho entire crop was only 10,000 bushels—less than tho amount consumed in the Stato— and this year three plauters ouly have ventured to put iu u crop of rice, and although the yield to tho aero will be tho greatest remembered by tho oldest rice planters around Wilmington, the crop will not exceed 40,000 or 50,000 bushels. An Ol'TUAOK.—Wo learn from the Lou isville Ledger that Judge Samuel of Rome, Ga., was arrested aud placed iu tho sta tion house at Lexington, Ky. 'The Led ger denounces the act as a wanton and inexcusable indignity. Tho accouut states that upon the arrival ot the Ken tucky Central train at Loxiugtou at uoou yesterday, a detective, named Ren. Mo- Murtv, (a smart Aleck in his hue) got on boarii aud approached Judge 0. G. Sam uel, of Rome, Go., in a very rough and uugeutleuiauly manner. The following conversation ensued: Detective—“Your name is Taylor?" Judge—“No, air." 1>. “Did you got ou this train at Paris, this morning ?" J. “No, sir. 1 got on nt Enuiuga De pot, hut chunged at Pans." 1). “Von said thou, that you did not get aboard at Paris, und your tale will uot do ?’’ The detective thou advanced upon the Judge aii if to take hold of him, when tho latter retreated a few steps aud put hia hand iu his |>ocket. McMurty called for help, aud iu a moment afterwards Judge Samuel was thrown violently from tho cars aud takeu to a police stution, where he remaiued until a lute hour be fore his frieuds were notified of his con dition. He was then released without any sort of trial or explanation of the brutal treatment he had received. The uieu who urresied him drew navy revolvers and presented them at the Judge's head, but exhibited uo budges, warrants or other emblems of authority. Judge Samuel had receutly beeu to St. Louis iu attendance upon the Commer cial Convention as a delegate from hia city. He was very naturally and justly indignant at the outrageous treatment he received. A Remarkable Mutiny.—Halifax, X. .S’., Dec. 21.—William WaUdoy, colored steward of the brigantine Union Star, of Parrishoro, having had a disagreement with Cnptaiu White, at Speucer s Islaud, in tho Bay of Fundy, a few days ago, At tempted to burn the vessel and kill the officers and crow, llo stupefied all bauds while they wero sleeping with muriatic acid, and thou set fire to tbe vessel in the hold. Before he could extricate himself he suffocated iu the smoke. The captain awakened in time to arouse the crew and extinguish the fire, aud Woteley was the only person who lost his life. if their election. Whether tfioio will bo a collision or not between the two parlies, no one can predict, but it is probublu there will he two Legislatures and two Governors. 'ihe Clayton revolu ionsts, however, ill colh.etiug luxes will find that the laX'payeiH against them and others will be aide to raise twenty dollars to their olio. In view of these contingen cies the possible intervention of the Pres ident becomes an interesting question. Senator Rico haH had during the past week several interviews with the Attor ney General upon this subject, aud he is much gratified at findiug wlmt are the views of this officer. lie stated to-day that the uupresHiou he derived from the remarka of tho Attorney General to him was that he thought all the members of the Legislature ought to he seated who had the majority of tho votes actua'ly given or tendered, and that he did uot approve of the urbitrury method by whieh Votes had been stricken from the regis tration lists, aud whole precincts thrown out by tho Uluytou officials. With respect i use of tho Uuited Status troops, ply of tiro Attorney Gcuernl was, they would only bo employed to prevent a collision, uml to aid the marshal in en forcing the process of the United States Rico strougly urged upon the Attorney General to send ilowu olio of his own officials to investigate all the facts of tbiH election which are of record, and to report the same to him for his in vest igatiou; hut tho Attorney General replied that he hud no fumh out of which to pay such an agent. Senator Rico is satisfied on tho whole with the present statements und views of the Attorney Geucral, and is, moreover, confident that Gun gross will order an investigation, and says that the facts uro so dear that tho Liberals will succeed in installing their officers and securing their rightful power iu the Stuto Legislature. lie says tho people do not meau to give tho matter up, but will persist until they get their rights recognized. Mr. Rico will start in a day or two for Little Rock, and proba bly remain thero until tho present trou bles are eiulod. Four IVmotiH llronucil la Hall Count). Gainesville, December 24. —One of the saddest occurrence that we have been called on, for a long time, to record, hap pened some eight miles north of Gaines ville, Hall county, iu this Slate, on Fri day last. An old gentleman, by tho name of Litilotou I vie, w ho resides some nine miles from Gainesville, had gone down to the neighboring county of Ranks ufter his daughter, Mrs. Tapp, aud her tw o lit tle children, to carry thorn to his home to spend tho christmus holidays. Tho ruin that fell iu such torrents on Thursday night hud ruued tho water courses considerably, and us Mr. Ivio neared his home lie had to cross Little River, that was spread out on oithor side, and presented a very dangerous appear ance. Being well acquainted with the ford, ho ventured iu with las little wagon and yoke of oxeu. Mrs. Tapp und her two children uml Mr. Jouus were all that were iu tho wagon. 'Tho water was very deep, and uo person being uear to roudor them succor, they were drifted down stream, and the wagou lodged against a foot log und some brush. When the neighborhood was informed of what had happened, a considerable number of poo- plo collected to try to rescue the dead bodion. They were all found agon. Mr. Ivie was takeu out, hut it seems that the other throe bodies fiouted out of the wagon wheu ho wus lifted up, and have uot siuce been found. The ueigh- bora uro still searching for them, and hopo if not before, they will fiud thorn when tho water fulls within hauks again and becomes calm. The catastrophe robs the fireside of Mr. Tapp, who resides two miles west of Homer, Ranks county, of all ou earth uear and dear to him. Mr. 'lupp we are informed, is a very worthy, poor, hard-working mau. Mr. Ivea was some seventy-five years old—a very good, quiet citizen. We tender to tho bereaved of the two families our heartfelt sympa thies. —zltlaant Conaiit ution. legal of the ' default i i employ . 1. If there has been no r< enumeration of tho school population of your county, thero cau be no distribution under the law. 2. If the amount of tho school deb* in the county has not been report, d to this office, thero can be no distribution till that report is made by tlm proper officer. 3. If tho debt reported ia loss th in Dm pro ruta going to tlm county, only the amount of Dio debt can bo drawn. In tho first two cases the whole pro rata, and in the last excess of it over the debt will remain in tho Treasury of tho Stato to tho credit of tho county. In all other cases tho whole amount may ho druwn. For tho distribution of Dio fund aft. r * i it roaches tho county, I givo tho two fol lowing rules ns, in my opinion, are dodu- ciblo from tho provisions of tho law : 1. Each County Commissioner w ill ho entitled to receive, from tho county's pro rata, an amount which t ears the same ra tio to tho entire pro rata that his claim j boars to the cut ire school debt of tho county. 2. The remainder must he apportion'd among tho sub-districts in the propottiou of tho number of children in enrh be tween the ages of six and twenty ..no years, aud must then be paid out to law ful claimants in proportion to tho amounts of the several claims. When any County 'Treasurer cannot at tend in person to receive his warrant and draw Dio money thorcon, the same may lie done by executing to houio otic u Pow er of Attorney to represent him. Whether the warrant is applied f*»r in person or by an Attorney in fact, the County Treasurer must he identified, as such, by a certificate over the signature and boaring the seal of the Ordinary of his county. (IrsTAvt'K J. Gun, State School Commissioner. :r gives tho Superintendent of •n powi r to bring suit against all • g school officers, and authority to er toqnires that after Juno, 1873, < uiity Mipurinteti lenta shall have an •ffi e at the county aito, and that they hull, on Saturday of each week, be pro- ent at uml keep open their offices for reusin'!mg btiNiiienu with the officers aud curlier -d tho free public school. Another extends the term of offico of • row nt county superintendents of eduea- urn until after Dio next besMon of tho i iard of Education. Another provides that after tho 1st diy >f January, Is73, county superintendents iml township trustees ot tho froe public jchools Khali closo all tho free public cho'-l.s in their respective townships and •ountn-s, and shall employ uo teacher in any public school until they shall be iu- y tho Superintendent of Public Instruction that funds have been provided |.»r the prompt payment of aaid teachers, and until the said Superintendent shall uuthori/e said county superintendents und township trustees iu cuch county to open free public schools therein. pnb ic lot. ' ! of the I coll d holt.mi Unit on Top Three I'.ojs Make I w. i H»'*R i.lany An r»NH the MhniiNfcippi. 21.—Last night and is morning wore tho coldout of tho sea- n, tho mercury falling to 8 degrees be- w zero by the Signal Servico thormoin- cr, and from 12 to 1*. degrees below by o ordinary instruments. To-r'ght, jwuvcr, tho temperature is much tmld- , being several degrees above zero, lie river above tbo bridgo piers is frozen rong enough for tho passage of teams, id the Trausfcr Co.'s are laying a plank Midway on tho ico preparatory to tho ansfer of freight. Tho river below tho ridge is open for a distauco of several .ticks, and tho ferrios are doing their Douohki.tv, Doc. 10, l.-'72. Editor Albany Arm—Deau Sn:: have hoard a grout deal said about lh> hard tiinoa, uml tho bottom rail getting j on top, and I have boon bothered to ^ know whut it all moans. 1 think 1 have i stiuck it, however. Tho wooibut Loys and othurs who wont to work utter tho surrender, are tho parties that are getting ou top and solving tho vexed problem. They are tho ones that are getting the greenbacks uud greenbacks constitute tlm li ver that turns the wheel of furtuno. 1 i give one example : Throe sons of T. J. II., of Worth conn- I ty, this year, with two mules, raised 20 ! bales of cotton, aud 7*H) bushels of corn, j besides oats amt potatoes iu abundance. ! They paid out about tj*50 for labor in j chopping out aud pickiug, and after set- ; tling all expenses, including bagging, | tios, bacon, Ac., they netted over & 1,200, and are ready to begin another your s la bors. Ibis is but one of many similar exam ples iu Worth and Dooly that have fulicu j under my immediate observation this sea son, and it puts me in mind of old times, j when hoys had to work. 1 wish l had a daughter to givo to one of those young | ones when ho gets old ouougli to marry. Tho mdustrious, working faithful boys j of this couutry are going to get on top, | and no mistake. Labor and energy will . plaoo them therein spito «t destiny. . „, , They will own the lauds now growing up j l mu ' nc 8 ’ , *”' v »" ‘ ' iu sedge, and cultivate them too, for it is fact, that where the white people are orkiug aud attending to their business, the freedmeu work well also; and such plauters ore milking money. Ben and Ruck. Tin* Florida .t L* gislalure stands at present, iiii"d and declared by the Stato Senate, 13 Reputdicans, 11 ives; Assembly, 28 Kcpubli- Conservatives--giving tho Re- n majority of six on joint 1ml- ( 'oiihit vat ives elected a member > mbly in Brevard county, who Uot I. declared elected because tho is of tlm county wore not befuro the Hoard. Counting this member, the rvat ives have 25 iu the Assembly. Mild bo observed, too, that the vote evard elects u Conservative Senator tl.o Twenty first District, ho that had •turns (tom that county been in, as diotild have been, tho Conservative id ot ti..' Republican Senator would been declared elected and the Sen- ould stand twelve Republicans nnd e Conservatives. Thero can hardly ny doubt that whou tho Legislature , the Conservative Souator from the itv-first District will ho ablo to show .; tun so conclusive that ho will ho <1. whou tho Republicans will haven rity of only threo ou a joint ballot. [ Floridian. ['hai. Wealth of tue Uni- Tho following are the lead- ions of agriculture iu the Uni uud Teiritories by census of New Yohk, Deo. 24.—Baronin's mnse- u and menagt i ie, on Fourteenth street, near tbe Academy of Music, was burned this morning. The fire commenced about ' lock a. m. Iu half an hour the entiro building, though constructed of iron, was iu ruins. Tbe fiauies quickly s; read to the buildings ou either side. Grace Chapel, on the easterly side, was burned to tbe ground, and tbe Lawrence mansi. n, on the westerly side, was seri ously damaged. The fire ran through tbe tdock to I3th street, destroying the car riage factory of Nimer A Stevens aud thut of F. Grote. The loss will amount to half a million dollars. Another ac count says the loss will reach a million of dollars. The only animals saved from the menagerie are a camel aud an ele phant. Tbe cause of the fire is unknown. Tbe following are additional particulars of the burning of RArnnm's: Wios, a police officer, at 4:10 a. m., while on his patrol, noticed the fire burning through the roof of tbe circus, immediately over win re the giraffes were kept, und imme diately after tbe animals and Lirds begat scrcetcbing and howling in a terrific mau nor. Alarms were soon sounded, but tbe llnines spread with such rapidity that al most before the firemen could gel tho water ou, Barn urn's circus was a thing of tbe past. The firemen report that the roars of the animals were frightful du ring the short time that they lasted. Two elephants aud a camel were the only uui- mals saved. When these were led out by their keepers, they wero given a largo space by tho crowd witnessing the fire, although the auimuls were very docile, conh'dering the excitement on ail sides. Tbe front buildiug was two stones and composed nearly altogether of corrugated iron and wood. The structure burned, however, as though it was a tinder box. Ihe firemen and others were unable to stand within a hundred feet of the turn ing tui.ding, the heat being so intense. The wiudows of the Academy of Music wero cracked and broken with the heat, tho doors wero blistered and the bill hoards iu front of the Academy were burned ou that side toward tte circus. Nothing could be done to save tho ani mals. Grace cliApol was wholly consum ed, only tbe front walls being left stand ing. It was very much feared that tho Academy of Music which is directly op posite, would also bo consumed. It ev idently would, hud not the wind chuuged, which caused the fire to extend across to Thirteenth street, destroying ou its way the large CArnnge manufactory of Stevens A Co., aud several private dwellings. No lives are reported lost. Tho tiro next spread to the residence of 51 rs. Lawrence, consuming it, then an iron flout building occupied by F. Grote, an ivory dealer, whieh, with a rear building occupied by the same were bolh destroyed. Thence it sj read to Miucr A Stephens' carnage fact* ry, on 'Thirteenth street, the portion of which was burned, with thir ty thousand dollars worth of carriages Curlay h carriage factory, adjoining, was also slightly damaged. Baruum s lossun are variously estimated at from one t.uu tired to threo buudred thousand. Barnum is said to he in New Orleans, 'i he 1< to tho Lawrence estate is $20,000, ins *•*1. Grote's lots is $300,(810, insured $120,000. Reed *k Co., varnish den lost all their fixtures aud stock. Jackson A Co., dealers iu fringes, lost ull their stock. Kowworth, manufacturer of pi- lino-string**, lost all his stock. Thousands of people visited tho ruins duriug the day, snd a large force of po- hco was on duty to keep the firemen from being impeded ia their dnty. It is re ported that Barnaul's insurance on the animals was ouly $25,000, the two ele phants rnd camel saved covering one half of thut. LAiEB. It appears that Rai.ium's insurance on his building and its contents is in the neighborhood of $00,(88). In his report for November, fire marshal McSpodou called attention to the unsafe condition of Rarnum's .Museum, nnd the danger of the surrounding propel ty from it. The men who slept iu the museum th ew open tbo doors opening ou 14th street, and two of the performing ele phants, Jeanette and Betsy, and u camel, walked ont. Thest were the only auimais that escaped. Tho remainder, terror- stricken by the tlames sweepiug toward their cages, tho heat uud stilling smoko, dashed madly against the iron bars that confined thorn or crouched iu the cornois of their cage, ovoreuiuo with fear. Tho performing elephant, Pedro, a magnificent specimen of liis kind who ar rived hero only hut wcok from Hamburg, ns securely tastoiod by chaius on his foro feet. Unavariing efforts wore made to uudo these aud the keepers were obliged to leave him to h : s late. llis shrill trumpeting could be heard for a considerable time after the advancing ffaiiios had driven away those who had vainly tried to rescue him. Tho following is a list of tho animals burned : one elaphant; four grades, sev- six camels aud dromedsnes: two magnifi- ent Abysininn lions; three sea lions, the only ones attached to a menagerie, two white Polar boars; two Bengal tigers; one African leopard; oie Asiatic Yak; one gnu horned horse); one chacenia, the largest of tho baboon trd>«; the celebrated happy futnily, consisting of a number of uui- mals, among them a racoon, rat, dog, cat and other small animals, and a number of birds living together in tho same cage; a lurgo collection of apes, gorillas, mon keys, raccoons and small animals: peli cans, ostiiches aud other rare birds; five largo anacondas and boa constrictors iu a cage. One hundred ami fifty persons are thrown out of employment. All the per formers lost their wxrdrohes and effects. Grace Church was valued at $75,000, in sured for $00,000. Mr. UeutwcU'B Negotiation*. Washington, December 23, 1872.— When, on tho 17th inst., Secretary Boat- well gsve his statement to the committee on ways aud means concerning the nego tiation of the bonds authorized by the act of July 1870, he was asked by Mr. Dawes, the cbairmaD, to state what v.as to done in the future. He responded that the proposition before him was a verbal one, made by Jay Cooke, or by his broth er, Governor Cooke ; perhaps both bad spoken to him about the matter. As he understood them, they did not propose to change the arrangement in any way. Their proposition was to go on precisely as they went before. The proposition was to take three hundred millions of five per cent, bonds ou the same terms as the others were negotiated. Mr. Cooke in formed him thut the Rothschilds had agreed to go into the negotiations, and to strengthen it by their influence. He un derstood that they bad an idea that when they disposed of the five per cents, they could go ou and dispose of tbe four and u-balf per cents, in the same way. / Impro Lunatic Asylum.—The newly appoint ed Board of Trustees met at the Asylum last week, aud elected tho following offi cers for the ensuiug year: Superintendent—Dr. Thos. _ . Green. 1st Asst. Physioiau—Dr. T. O. Powell. 2d Asst. 1‘hvsicion—Dr. T. H. Kenan. Steward and Treasurer—E. D. Brown. Apothecary—Wiu. A. CoUiuc. Assistant steward—John A. Orme. We learn that tho offioo of Third Assis tant Physician was abolished, and that tho salaries of most of the officers were increased aud hereafter they will not be allowed to draw rations from the Institu tion.— Cnion d: Recorder. They attempted to kill a book Agent in Omaha last wcok. He was robbed,thrown iuto the river, kuockcd off tho cars, pitch ed from a high bridge iu the river again but in two hours after came rrouud with a now illustrated edition of the Rible, and tried to get the subscription of tho leader of the attacking party. In a characteristic note to the Pall Mall Gazette explaining his position on the subjeot of capital puuishiueut, Mr. Rua- kin says: “If ever I murder anybody— and, indeed, there are numbers of people I should like to murder—I won't say that I ought to be bung; for I think nobody but a bishop or a bank director can ever be rogue enough to deserve hanging; but I particularly, and with all that is left me of what I imagine to be sound mind re quest that X way b« iwmedifttely shot' Since the abovo was in type, the writer informs us that two youug girls of Worth, residing uear Gin Town, brought to mar ket yesterday the last of their crop—be ing the seventh bale. Only thiuk of it young men—two girls produce seveu bales of cotton, while you aro lying round town waiting for somebody to offer you a “situation." O, what an opening there is in agricul ture ! A ControlliUK i'aite I'mlrr tho Alabama Claim*. Tho New York Woild furnishes this clear statement of a case now pending be fore the commission raised for the ad j li ved land in farms, 188,923,01 unimproved lund, 218,825,809 cash value of farms, $9,502,150,015 ; wi ges paid duriug the year, $310,320,48. Total value of farm productions, $2,447,- Orchard products, $47,335,189; forest it, 287,735,015 bushels; rye, 10,- .; outs, 282,107,157; barley, 29,- orn, 700,944,549 bushels ; Irish 143,337,473; sweet potatoes, Indian potatoes 21,709,825. Cotton, 1,203,100,933 pounds; 100,102,587 pounds; tobacco, 202,735,341 pounds; wiue, .'5,081,200 gallons. Butter, 514,092,083 pounds; cheese, 53,492,050 pounds ; hay, 27,310,048 toLS. Cauo sugar, 87,059,000 pounds ; maple sugar, 28,44:5,045 pounds ; cane molasses, 0.593,323 gallons; maple molasses, 921,- 057 gallons ; sorghum molasses, 10,050,- 080 gallons. Live stock, $1,525,270,457; slaughtered animals, $398,950,106. Fractional Currency Not a Legal Tender.—The United States Treasurer in reply to a question from a National Rank says that 1 factional currency is not dication aud settlement of cases made by J R legal tender for any amount ia payment foreign residents against tho United States of private debt. A National Rank there- government. It says: fore has the legal right to refuse to ac- The Mixed Commission ou British 1 cept it iu payment of debts owing it, if and American claims, constituted under . the dep sit intended is a deposit to the article twelve of the Treaty of \Vashing- < credit of the depositors account for the ton, has a case before it which, if decided ' purposo of drawing against it. The re in favor of the claimants, will transfer at | ceipt or refusal of such a deposit is dis- swoop to divers Englishmen a sum of money equal to oue-tifth of the ontiie auiouut of tho Geneva award.—! The parties in question claim $3,078,784 \ The DEsri- 16 for 4,936 bales of cotton taken ta away from Savannah in General Slier- 1 man’s occupacy of that city, and absorbed in sundry loil ways. For tbo United ret ions ry with the Bank, irrespective of the kind of money tendered. Jackson.—The Chat- •aid, December 18th, says: i desperado Jackson, whose bloody ds were announced in the Herald last ^_. k, is still at large, and seta tbe city of States it 'is argued that the commission , Chattanooga and all Hamilton county at . . . . °. .... , .. ' i a T. Si. likoMl m. has already admitted that voluntary resi dence in the South duriug tbe war is priina facie evidence of hostility to the Union, and a claimant must first rebut this presumption, and may be entitled to tho net proceeds of his property, i. e., to so much as reached the treasury aftor running the gauntlet of the loyal absorb ers mentioned. For tho claimants it defiauec. It seems that the liberal re wards offered by Mayor Wright and Gov. Brown, amounting to one thousand dol lars, arc no inducements whatever for his urrest. The question is, what are we coming to ? Wo aro glad to know that his victims are now all in a fair way to recover. Messrs. Colwell and Carver ore both lel^rai'l* toll** Sew York UeralU. Knalaa«l Waralag Ituniia. St. Petersburg, Dee. 23.—The Rus sian World, a newspaper published iu this city, states in its issue this morning that His Excellency Lord A. Loft us, British Ambassador at the Court of Ills Majesty the Czar Alexander, has had audiern e of the Russian Prince Chancellor, Gorbcha- koff, and notified him in the name of Queen Victoria that, if tbe Russian troops now operating against the Khan of Khiva penetrate the countries lying between Kbiva and Afghanistan, England will be compelled to intervene iu support of Afghru iudeper deuce. Senator Saamer's Ursolatlon to remove the names of battles with fel low -citizens from tbo army register and the regimental flags excites much oom- meut iu military aud naval circles, while thero are to be found some officers in high station who ore willing to express a complimentary opinion of Mr. Sumner's motives. The prevailing sentiment seems to be that the proposed change is unnec- essaiy and uuwise. The 8 cretary of War is very strongly opposed to it, and expresses the belief that there is but one opinion in tbe army, and that unfavora ble. At the head of each regimental roster in tbe army register is given a list of the engagements of the regiment from the date of its organization. This list in some cases contains nearly as many names of battles previous to tbe war of the re bellion os those since 1861. To erase the Utter and leave the former would there fore be a mutilation of the record, so that tbe army officers would prefer that the entire list should be stricken out rather than that this should be done. As to the flags, the present army flags are nearly all new, and only a portion of them bear the names of the regiment's engagements. In this case the question of inscribing the names of battles is left to the regimental commander, and governmental interfer ence would not be relished. It will be seen that a decided feeling of opposition in the army and navy is already developed to Mr. Sumnar'a resolution.— World. A Sad and Melancholy Incident oc curred iu Christ C'iiurch on Christmas day. During the morning service, Bishop Beckwith udminiutered the right of con firmation to several candidates. Among these wns a young lady of Savannah, Miss Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Mr. William H. Spencer; und on returning to her pew after the ceremony, she leaued her head forward, with her pocket haud- kerchief to her face, and fell to a kneel ing posture. Some frieuds went to her assistance to beur her from the edifice aud to her home, hut by tbo time that the party readied the vestibule the pulse of their lovely burden had ceased its beat ings, nnd she was dead. A few months ago Miss Spencer’s moth er suddenly died under an attack of heart disease, aud the (laughter has thus fallen beneath the blight of tho same fell dis ease. —Sicanitiin Republican. IIerkchel V. Johnson.—A committee of gcutiumeu nt Louisville, Georgia, usks , Herschel V. Johnson for permission ake public a private letter addressed to them ubout two months since by him self ou the subject of the Senatorial elec tion, and he replies under date of the 7th inst. : “In that letter I stated to you that I had no desire to bo a candidate. This is still my feeliug. There are many others who I understand are candidates, and earnestly desiring to bo elected. I do D*»t wish to antagonize them, or any one of them— from whom the General Assembly can mske a selection as ablo and worthy, if not more so, than 1 aiu. Recognizing, however, the right of the State to require my services, und tho correlativo duty on uiv part to obey her behest, if theGeueral Assembly should tender mo tho Senator- ship, I should accept it." Growing Severity of Winter in Al abama.—That tho rigor of the winter in Alulmma has increased, is a fact that is attested by all the early sutlers uow on the stage of life. In tho early settlement j of the State, corn was always plnntodifl in February, and cotton was planted' March, without any apprehension of oitu* nr being nipped bv frost. Not only was\* the rigor of the winter b ss ttiau it now is, but lute frosts were unknown. In 1849 thero was a killing front during the month of May ; iu 1852 them was a severe freeze killing all tho vegetation on tho lsth of March ; in 1854 there was a frost so late as the 19th of April, and in 1857 a heavy snow fell on April 12. In February, 1852, the ground was hard frozen for over a week : in January. 1856, tho ground won frozen for ten days, and the eold was iu- teuse; in January, 18(55, the cold whm also protracted and inteuse. Knows have become much heavier, ns well ns more frequent of late yours.—Letter to the Mo bile Jiey inter. The Chattanooga Squabble.— UVrs/*- ington, Dec. 26.—Several prominent gen tlemen of Tennessee called on tho Presi dent to-day, with reference to the Chatta nooga Postumstership. They were Ac companied by Keudrick, who it was in tended should not ho superseded in thut office by Gov. Bard. Last week the nomi nation of Bard was sent to the Senate uml confirmed on tho same day. The friends of Kendrick, who is a Republican, see no reasou for his removal, aud rallied iu his behalf,aud on a full presentation of facts the President directed Bard's com mission to bo withheld. Thero is pend ing in the Executive session of the Sen ate n motion by Senator Browniow to re consider the Senate confirmation of the appointment. Tho probability is tho mo tion will prevail, uud Kendrick return his place as Postmaster. There is one private claim now before Congress that is noteworthy. It has been before previous Congresses, and is the claim of Colonol Sutter, of California, for laud taken by miners iu the beginning of the gold excitement. The saw-mill, iu the race of which gold was first found, belonged to Col. Sutter. It was on tho South Fork of the American liver, aud was still standing iu 1852. Here also stood the lurgo frame flour-mills that un derwent such a strange metamorphosis. It was never used for a flour-mill, though built for that purpose. It was, just bo- fore the gold excitement, removed to the fort erected as a protection against the Indians. At the first rush to the cities of the gold-seekers—the “Argonauts of ’49’’ —it was rouiovod to Sacramento, and be-'* camo, iu point of size and accotnmoda-/' tiou, the “St. Nocholas" of that city.- Colonel Sutter was ruined by the discov er}* of gold on his rancho. The eager minors came down ou him like harpies. His mill was ruined, his ground pit-holed, his streams diverted und his buildings ta ken for shelter.—Baltimore Gazette. New Civil Rights Bill.—A new civil rights bill, with a general amnesty hill attached, hoa been introduced by Repre sentative Morey, of Louisiana. It pro vides penalties for tho rejection of anv citizen by reason of race or color fr*** the full und equal enjoyment of tho /f vantages aud privileges furnished by/t.» keepers, common curriers, thealres.4< tii ■ni-iii cdluuila mid ntlipr irmt it lit l : 111 * insisted that they are Englishmen who ! much easier aud convalescing. Poiiee- . - •• 1 • .1 J • . I ll'Uitn n-lin n.a •ttMdOn ttlA were not domiciled in the South daring the war, end that they are entitled not to the meagre remnant, of their property bat the Kill amount, with damages for it. long detention. And the right seems ou tWBritisher* side." White, who wss .hot through the abdomen, bn. been on the streets two or three days, and ia entirely ont of danger. It doe. not now seem probable that any attempt will be made to arreat Jack. k mou schools, aud other iostituti r' 1 ”. 1 learning supported by general ta.'j,',,;,! Private schools, colleges, and con established exclusively for white i.-" 1 * 1 * ored people, and maintained by Vnm’y. contributions, are not to he — with. Provision is made for tXu ^ ment of all laws and ordiuauoes w&k. discriminations against any citixen by th</ use of the word “white." Tho amnesty section completely removes o'l political disabilities, and it would relieve Congress from numerous applications for special relief bills for the benefit of persona w hose claims may be disallowed.— H'ui/i. Chronicle. The New York correspondent of tbo Cincinnati Commercial says in the . “Tri bune Association,” as reorganized, Mr. Wbitelaw Reid is understood to own fifty shares, for which he paid Mr. Orton fifty thousand dollars. The capitalist who stands behind Mr. Reid in this transac tion is Hon. Walker Phelps, of Eo. V wood, a clever and stirring young mau much money, who has just boon elect* to Congress from that part of New Jer sey. Mr. Orton thought originally to make the Tnbuue an Administration pa per, with Mr. Colfax as chief editor, but the Credit Mobilier revelations are Le- lieved to have spoiled that plan. Mr. Orton then failing to see his way clear to success iu publishing the paper, decided to sell a controlling share to Mr. Reid, who offered hiui the handsome bonus of fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Siuclnir is expected to retire from tho publication department. Tbe case of the attempted murder of Lethy Loftin by Forbee and Boahrod, was tried by consent of oonnael some time ago. Justice Nettles fixed the bond of Forbes and Boahrod at $5,000 each. The case goes to the city oourt. Judge Cun ningham baa reduoed their booda to $4,- 000 each. The woman ti trill living, though in a deplorable eondition.—Mont gomery Journal., 254A, The German Hindrance to Emigra tion.—Beilin, December 22.— Spener Gazette explains that the partial revocr tion ot the reduced fares for emigrants t the State and private railway* in G< ny ia a question of internal admir tion, and was required of the gov by considerations of political o and of the private oompanies b/^ interest. The Amerie n pre* ii* ly exaggerated the imports ft'! 1 k t.. ed U,. eiguificenoe The Gazette calls on thjt two hnndr do all in U * factory c