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li’whij) gjLew <$*a. Official Journal of the United States. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE. GENERAL GRANT, The Pilot who us ahd will odds ihe Shit or State safely theoush eyes? store. THE NEW ERA Will Vindicate the Principles and the Policy or the Expdblican Party, and Sup port its Nominees, State and National. THURSDAY MOUSING, MARCH3, 1870. Poor Human nature I Tho Savage all lie publican iwwimt^iii ad miration by its sodden conversion to the caose of retrenchment! When the Governor’s Pro- clsmetions were pokiished in that paper, and were sptead oat to fill space, vs heard little or nothing of Executive extravagance. Bot now that the boot is on tbs other foot, it bowls about economy, and lectures the executive in a spirit that is highly commendable for its self-abnegation! Sam Slick vaa right when he declared: “ There’s a heap o’ human nater in man! A Sage Opinion! Tbs opinion of “Argus” alias "J. P. H. the Constitution, that, "the election Blodgett will be declared iUegaT by the Senate Judiciary Committee, will be accepted as a rare specimen of legal lore; especially when we remember that the term for which Mr. B. was elected, does not begin with the present session of Congress, and consequently that ha will .not bo an applicant for his sest unta next year, and that the pretent Judiciary Committee will then have no existenoe! Is It IVhtie or Mixed I The following, from ibe Mobile Register, is rather a savage hit at Ihe Bryant Democracy of this 8tate: Whosoever by any means, direct or indirect, contributes to divide the Democratic party of the country, which is the only organized whits party having its ramifications in every Stats from the Atlantic to the Pacific oeeens. does thereby contribute to the perpetuation of Radical rule end ruin at Washington, and of Radical despotism over the Stales of tho South. •'The only organized while party” may bo a matter of opinion, since in Iowa and Illinois the Democracy gave a tender-footed endorser ment of the XVth Amendment; and in Missis sippi they actually nominated a colored man for a county oflSoe I Whilst in Georgia, the Bryant Democracy made a lusty bid for a col ored United States Senator I Senator Lewi, on Georgia. In a letter to a Georgian, Senator Lewis, of Virginia says : “The only information I have is gleaned from the newspapers, and if their statements be correct, I fear Georgia has aeled badly—that is, she has not acted in entire good faith with the country. This is the opinion of Ibe President, who hss certainly acted very leniently, and who ardently desires peace and harmony throughout the entire country. Bot for the troubles in your State, Virginia would have bean admitted, without oonditior-, during the first days of the session.’ Piehmemd Enquirer, 3d. Mr. Lewis is the trooly toil Virginia gentle man who voted to seat the Choctaw Bevels ss • Senator from Mississippi. Wa deny that Georgia hss acted in bad faith, the great Lewis to theoountrary notwithstanding.—Au gusta Constilutionaliet Von did not fail however, when Mr. Lewis was elected, to announce it as “another Democratic victory 1” The letter above referred to was addressed to J. O. Harris,Esq.,of this city, and waa pub- i ishedin tba Era three weeks ago. Political Trading. Tbs expulsion of Wbiltemore must be ac cepted as one of those spasmodic efforts at righteousness that occasionally sprouts out in publie assemblies. Thera bare not been within the last thirty years scarcely twenty members of Congress who have not made ca det appointments on tbe ground of political service rendered by the father or tbe friends of tbe youth appointed. Speaking of this subject the New York Herald says: “Looking over the appointments that we remember to have been made in this State daring the last twenty-five years, we confidently believe there are not five instances where boys obtained their appointments for any other reason than becanss of political services rendered. Jones waa instrumental in nominating Brown for Congress. Jonea subscribed $250 to Brown's election. How can Brown “go back” on Jonea 7 ' Of eourso Jones' boy is appointed to a cadetship at West Point. This may not be looked upon ss selling tbe office, bat it is as near it as anything can be. Congressman sell themselves every year in this way.” These things have been done for years, by both political patties; sod whilst the practice can not be justified by tbe rule of strict mor ality—such ss thst set up by Cicero sod the Roman Senators—tbe expulsion of Whitte- mora becomes somewhat farcical, unless it is to precede the abolition of all political trading, and thereby prepare tbe public mind for the miUeuium I The Alabama “ Democracy," y.iLo the party of tbe same name in Georgia, has two wings or factious, but they both agree in the following propositions, to-wit: First, Thst negro eoffiage ie an inexorable fact, and moat be so faced and treated. Second, Tbst it would not remain a tact for five minutes, if we hid tbe power to change it; and , ,, Third, That, if tbe time should ever come when it would be in our power to extirpate this great crime against liberty, freo govern ment and tba purity and intelligence of tbe ballot, we should be under no obligations, moral or legal, to refrain from tbe use of the power. This is the declaration of principles by tbe Alabama Democracy, and which, according to the Mobile Register, “all Democrats” can besrtily endorse. And yet, a little farther ou tbe same paper says: This statement of the case leaves nothing bat tba question of policy as to tho methods of utilizing the negro vote. No practical man will deny tbe right and the expediency of eve ry honorable effort to control, for onr own pro tection, this negro suffrage club which onr enemiee have seized to break our heads with al. We ars in favor of doing this, and intend, by every proper means, to do it. Hare is, indeed, a most ridiculous attitude for any well informed politician to taka. They tell the negro plainly, that they would deprive him of tbe ballot if they could; and then, in the next breath,-asks the negro to vote with them, in order to insure bis own disfranchise ment! The Bryant Demoeraoy of this State, though lass honest, is more snbtile; for they pretend to faTor not only negro suffrage, bat negro office-holding; upon Ihe condition, how ever, that their aelf-constitnted leaders ate provided fori Immigrants In Tennessee. The McMinnville New Era of the 2Cthr>f February says: Quite a number of immigrants are arriving at this poiu', in teareh of new homes, from Northern States. There are, at this writing, as many as nine families at tbe Warren House. And they report a heavy prospective immigra tion the coming season. All are delighted with our floe climate. The editors of Ohio country newspapers, in State Convention assembled at Springfield, adopted the following: "Besotted. That we condemn the practice of printers and publishers paying commia- siona to county officers for orders for pqblio printing.'' TIic Djuiboti vs. Che TXushtoan Dtmtky racy—‘‘The Bailor*: Government, Said a Democrat of tbo t school, a few days ago: “Tlure (s one thing connected with tbe history of lie contraction in Georgia which I cannot qoite understand.” “And what is that''" asked a bystander. “It is the fast that the present leaders (or assumed leaders) of the party in Georgia, ac quiesced in and supported tbe illegal govern ment established in virtue of Andy Johnson’, bold and shameless violation of tbe Uonstitn lion; and yet they never weary of fighting the Government act up in virtue of the Congres sional enactments." "I suppose," qooth ibe other, that it is be cause the Jenkins government represented Democratic principles, whereas tbe Bullock government represents Radical principles.’ “ That does not aeem to effect tbe legal sta tus of tbe two governments,” responded onr Democratic friend. “The fact that Congress, by a two-thirds vote, imposed negro suffrage and tba XlYth Amendment as conditions to restoration, does not legalize the action of Mr. Johnson in assuming dictatorial powers, and in forcing a government upon the people of Georgia, which waa sanction ad as little by the Constitution and laws of the United States, as it waa bv tbe approval of the National Leg islature, or even by tba people themselves, who were the victims of his usurpation.” “Then you think the Johnson-Jenkins government was as informal and illegal aa is the present Radical government ?" even more so,” replied our Bourbon friend; “because Congress, if it correctly represented tbe conqueror, certainly bad the odor of right to dietate terms to the conquered.’’ “Hod not Mr. Johnson some such right, as the Executive bend of tbe nation V “That is theissneifi controversy," quoth the Bourbon.” The Constitution of the United States vesta the treaty-making power in Con gress; and, under the plain provisions of that Constitution, Mr. Johnson violated his oath of offiee ss an executive officer,when heonder took the work of legislation, and when he assayed to make treaties with the conquered provinces of the Sooth.” “And what did Congress do when it under took to make treaties, and establish govern ments against the protest of the President 7” “It simply exereised its prerogative aa the lawing-makinf power, under that provieiom ot the Oomtitntion which makes a two-thirds vote of Congress the law of tba land, even against the President's veto.” “Then do you, as a Democrat, presume to say that the Bullock Government is legal?" “I was not discussing tbe legality of tbe present State Government. Ormnt, for the cake of argument, that it is wholly illegal; tbst fact does not make Ihe government of 1865 sod 1866 legal; and, until the Democ racy ore prepared to defend the Johnson gov ernment on the plain issue of the law, I am at much loss to comprehend their partisan de fense of a measure which certainly never met the approval of the Southern people.' “Neither did negro suffrage and tbe XlYth Amendment meet the approval of the true men of the Sooth,” pat in a young diaeipieof the “unterrified.” “Certainly not” responded the Bourbon, opposed both; and it waa because I thought this a white man’s government, that I fought four years in the Confederate army. We how ever lost the fight; and in sarrooderiug our arms, we practically surrendered the politi. cal issue which led to the conflict. Had wa bean in n condition to dictate terms, ve would never have surrendered- We gave up only because we were fairly beaten; and tbs act of surrender waa bat a formal nition of the right of the Federal government, under tho precedent and practice of nations, io impose its own terms. The question at issue in 1865 6 was, Who was authorised ty tbe conqueror to dietate terms 7 The Constitution delegates that power to Con greos; and, by a two-thirds vote of that body, we were placed under ihe necessity of accept ing negro suffrage. The present Constitution and Government of Georgia ia not anch as I would like to see established; and yet 1 cannot deny the fact that, by tba law of uatiana, whereby the conqueror alone is competent to dictate terms; and by tbe Constitution of tbe United States, whereby Congress alone is competent to make treaties and perform other legialative functions neetssury to tbe admis sion of States to the Uuion, the present as a legally organ-x d Government,” “Bot, granting your premises, why do yon assume that Congress oorraetly represents the will of the conqueror?" “Simply beeanso the question of Recon struction, as indicated ia the 'Sherman bill,” was mods tbe leading iacua of tba Prosiden tial election in 1868; and tbe American people ratified the action of Congress, and tasks its policy of reconstraction the policy of tbe Gov- eminent, by a majority unparalleled in the an nals of popular elections.” “Then you support the Bullock govern ment?" “I do; but only because it is tbe govevem- meut, legally established—a government op m accordance with the law of nations and tbe Federal Constitution—and not because I approve the policy or endorse the theory upon which it originated. Asacitizen, I owe it my unqualified allcgance; whilst as respects political theories, and qnestions of public pol icy, I am still a Democrat; and as 1 yielded my opinions to necessity in 1865, so I yield by politics to law in 1870." Thus coded tbe interview; and what can did man will say that the old Boorbon was not consistent and sinoere in bis Democracy, or that be does not correctly represent tbe intel ligent and substantial men of bis party in Georgia? Near York Thieves en the Rampage. The following « 'striefiy confidential” lett r was received by a business mac jn Chattanoo ga a few days since: [SXSICtLY CONFIDENTIAL. ] V New Yob* Cm, My Dear Sr: We have a business to pre sent to you in which yon can engage and clear $10,000 a year, be you professional man, far mer or mechanic, without any risk. We bare a stock of exact imitations of U. S. Treasury notes, executed by most skillfal engravers. We will sell them to you at the following low prices, giving yon a chance never before of fered. They are from 25 eta upward ; One packagers presenting $ 600. $ 30 00 “ “ <• 1,000, 60 00 “ “ “ 2,000, 120 00 We will send you any of tbe above on re ceipt of price; or, if yoa are afraid to trust us with tbe full amount, yon may send ns one- third the price, and we will trust yon the two- thirds until yon dispaaa of them. If yon are afraid to trust os with this small amount we will send them safe ahd secret by Express O. O. D. one-third the price. If you want them sent in this way by Express, enclose in yonr order $1 merely as a guarantee of yonr sincerity, as we are compelled to move very carefully in this matter; Mill it is better to have them sent by mail, aa it saves extra expense of Express charges. We do not, under any consideration, sell in any less quan tities, nor send samples, and no notice will be taken of letters staking anch requests, ter you hare received the package, we will be glad to give you any information you may If yon will avail yourself of this oppor tunity, address at ones in confidence, J. H. Bhith, & Co.; 39 Naeeaa St, New York. The Last Preposition. Mr. J. A. Stewart, of Rome Georgia, writes to the Constitnlion ot this city proposing the organization of “A Douglass Democracy” in this State! ' Mr. Stewart wants a State Con vention called for this purpose, to meet in Atlanta on tbe 15th of May next. As squatter sovereignty was the distinctive feature ot the “Douglass Democracy,” wa presume Mr. Stew art favors its first cousin in Georgia, known as “Carpet-bag Sovereignty!’ Mr. Doaplsas was also in favor of allowing every man a voice in the local governmanb irrespective of who his grandfather might be; and as this is a feature of Republicanism, per baps Mr. Stewart can indnoe bis followers to adopt the entire Republican platform trader the euphoniona name of Democracy! We do not remember at wbat particular period Mr. Stewart become enamored of the baptismal name bepropo.es; bat aa arose by another name would smell as sweet, there shoald be no serious objection to the adoption of Republican principles and platforms under aneb names as tbe fastideons may designate! The Administration and Economy, Speaker Blaine has written a letter, showing that the expenditures under Gen. Grant's ad ministration so far have actually been leas by sixty millions than tor tbe same length of iimo under Mr. Johnson, and timber, that the revenue has been more faithfully collected by twenty-six million dollars, from fewer source* oi taxation, than nnder Johnson. Nevertbless, in view of all the facts—which they cannot dispute—the rotton Democracy is ever prating about tbe “extravagance of Radical rule” and the “economy of a Demo cratic Administration.” They seem to act upon tba old Looofoco idea Ufat “a lie well slack Io, is as good as the troth!” THE DETECTIVES ABSENT. f" Pilin’ OP THE GEORGIA THE ATLANTA INTELLIGENCE!! (I EM. ) Speaking or the admission of Bevels.to his scat in the U. S. Senate says: - Believing that the patty in power was not sincere,' the. election of negroes from the -- South has often been urged hy Democrats and Demoerattopnpersin every Southern State. We bare steadily declined every proposition, and will, to the end continue to do so. This, we shall ever contend, is a white man’s gov ernment—so constituted in its begining, and nothwitbstanding the present innovation, will it become again, if tho white race inhabiting tho country will be true to itself, and contend for that supremacy over all other races which it waa endowed by its Creator? But the Re publican party, all will now see, is in earnest in its declarations to maintain the doctrine of negro eligibility to offioe, and even go further, to maintain his social equal ity. Events, as they have trans pired, prove this to be so. The election of negroes, therefore, to the national council from the South, “-to spite that party” will sig nally foil of the intent, and we hope to hear no more such counsel, ■ or folly, as coming from Southern Democrats. As in all else of a political character regarding the South, we long since became convinced that the Repub lican party was terribly and unscrupulously in earnest in wbat they proposed to do with the Southern States. Democratic leaders, however, did not, or would not, realize the “situation,” and democratic papers in many quarters Mill persevere in efforts that prove them to be in the same condition. The Intelligencer continues its] remarks as follows: Narrow Escape, On Thursday of last weak, as the ears on the Cincinnati, Cumberland (Tenn.) Gap and Charleston Railroad approached Ibe deep cm between Morristown and Lead rule, a man waa observed running excitedly toward the read, waving his hat The engineer whistled “down brakes,” and stopped as soou as be could, for the train was on a down grade and going at a frigbtful speed. He found that an immense slate rode bad slidden on to tbe track, and must inevitably have wrecked the whole train hot for the timely warning. The name of the gentleman who signalled the train was Mr. Wise, and he deserves, at least, a free pass the rest of bis life over tbe road. The unitary Academy and Cadetships, The recent cadet sales have provoked a measure ia Congress (introuced by Senator Spencer, of Alabama.) enquiring into the ex pediency of abolishing the West Point Mili tary Academy. Tbe Senator waaonoo an officer of the volunteers, and ha appears to cherish all the envy and hatred of that institution, common to so many who wore epaulettes with 1 out having the benefits of a military edueation. It ia scarcely charitable to affect to despise in others tba privileges which wa fail to eojoy ourselves, and the hostility which is founded upon prejudice can never oommaud itself to the judgment of dispassionate men. A Cariosity la Washington. A Washington letter, of the 21th, says: "They have got a curiosity is the Navy Yard ward, of this city. It is a ;man who, when brought before a Justice of the Peace, this morning, for violating the city ordinance, pot in a plea ihat he is not amenable to tbe laws of the Unity] States, tor the reason that he is a paroled soldier of the Confederate States, and does not wish to be considered a citizen of tbe United States. The Jnstice couldn’t see tbe thing in this light, and fined ths fel low five dollars, which some of his friends paid.” “Court*,y." The negroes working on the Georgia Road are forced to take the Atlanta Eha, nnder penalty of losing their situations. This is one of lbs ■'courteous” paragraphs started by our “courteous” neighbor, the Can- Miration; a paper which, although it assays to lecture upon “courtesy,” is itself as destitute of “oourtesy” as the above paragraph ia desti tute of truth. The idea ol such a paper talking'about “courtesy'' and “fairness!” Impudence hath no greater pretensions. Fate or the CoJIeu B1IL The defeat of the House bill to prevent and punish polygamy is not- improbable. In that event, it will be a felony still for a man to have tiro or more wives, exoept in tbe territory of Utah; in that plaoa ha may violate the law with impunity. Encouraged by this, we ajronld not be surprised if some “religious' society did not ehampion Kleptomanico and render petit larceny an article of their re ligious faith. The “New” Democracy. The Democratic State Convention of Con- nectieut have just past a aeries of denoncia- lory resolutions against tbe fifteenth amend ment — declaring, among other preadamite opinions, that it ia tbe deadliest blow ever struck at our American liberties. Tbe fossils of t>~t defunct party are still weeping over the ruins of Carthage, and refuse to be comforted 1 Democracy and Drinking. It is related aa a very “big thing” that the members of both branches of the California Legialature, on the 10th instant, took eogni zones of numerous cases of native ebampagne brandy and other liquors, produced in Natoma Talley, and “thoroughly tested the same.” The Legislature of California being Demo- cratic, there ia certainly nothing very new or interesting in this transaction! The Ohio Editorial Convention effected a permanent State organization on the 25th and elected the following officers : President, Emile Rotbe, Cincinnati; Vice Presidents, John Hopley, Bneyrns, and C. M. Nichols, Springfield; Secrets!y, John M. Myers. An Executive Committee was appointed and au thorized to draft a constitution and by-laws. Ths editors of Ohio were requested to reqoire advance payment after the 1st of January next. The guests were taken to Yellow Springe; Lagonda,’and;other points of interest, sad received a sapper at the Lagoeda House last night More At>oat tbe Cadet Business. Washington special of the 25th, to ihe Cincinnati Gazette, soys: Tbe House Military Committee was in ses sion till adjournment, to-day. Tbe case ot Col. Asper, of Mo., and a member of tbe com mittee, is exactly this: Butler and Wbittte- more both charged, yesterday, that one of the witnesses had been discharged, when tbe committee knew he had papers in his pocket implicating one of his own members Tbe moment the debate closed, Butler and Whit- temore found it necessary to visit the commit tee room, and explain. Whittetnore knew nothing, but bad heard somethiug. Butler said the eharge related to letters which had passed between London and Colonel Asper. Thereupon the papers were shown Butler, and after examination he professed himself per fectly satisfied that the charges be bad made were unfounded. The facta were these ; It seemed London was at Annapolis duriog the examination last year, in bis capacity of broker, and that be wrote to Cplonel Asper, whom he bad never met, raying that the cadet be had appointed had failed, and asking that a fine lad be had might receive a nomination. Asper replied that he had some other young men in mind, but if they failed he would con- -I J T . n al:ool..« 'Pk.O rara. . 1 - A aider London's application. Then came a let ter from London offering money for tbe nomi nation. Tho letter Colonel Asper had in- dorsad at Ihe time of its reception. No < nine , and no further notice Was taken of the insalt. There have been new developments m tbe ease of Butler, of Tennessee, now reported that bo stands in abou position at t ns Whittomoro did. Georgia will be reconstructed as Mississippi and Virginia bas been. What then? flo far as Georgia is concerned, let her people see tbe “situation” as it is, and refuse longer to baled by men or a press, who have ttiny far failed in their lead to accomplish any practical good for tbe State. Lot them look now tm their material interests, and when opportunity offers to promote them let them do so regsrd- of all baneful influences to tbe oontnry. And clonclcdes with tbe prediction that tbe time will eorne when Democrats who stand opposed to negro suffrage may again enter the political arena, as citizens of a State eqjoying rights co-equal with all other States Ac. VHX ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (B. D.) Is still battling against the organization of tbe Legialature, aa effected under the -pro visions. .of tbe act of Dec. 22d; and insists that “military inteferance with the Legislature before any Legislature existed, is sufficient ground upon which to move a reconsideration -before Congress 1 Congrewyat one time, was denied the right to interfere at all; but now. it iaimportuned to set aside the organization of a Legislature, which according to President Grant and General Sherman, ia the first legal ly organized body of tfie kind that has existed in Georgia since the war 1 THE SAVANNAH NEWS, (UEU.) Has a lenghty article upon the “Irregularity and unreliability of tbe Mail Service" in Geor gia, and we regret Io aay that it has too much foundation for its strictures, as some of the Ena's subscribers can testify. THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN (DEAL) Hopes that Congress will we to it that all avennes to future trouble and delay on the reconstruction matter are closed up and the work completed and done with. And then, as if in contradiction of its own words, tfi* same paper proceeds to say: Bullock's idea is, we learn, that tho terms of both have just begun—that he is to serve four years longer and the Legislature two, while he is retired trader the law ia 1872, and tbe Leg islature at the close of the present session. The whole object of tbe game is to prevent the people of Georgia from hiving any voice in their own government, the Radicals know ing well that they would, in a fair election, be defeated in nearly every county in the State. And what may have been the object of the Democratic leaders in seeking, first, to prevenf interference by Congress looking to the per fection of reconstruction; and,'secondly, their efforts to defeat the will of Congress in ths orf_ eanis*tioa of the House ? Was it not to kw themselves in power. “Only this, and nothing more. TIIX GRIFFIN STAB, (DIM.) Is disgusted with s name which is now neither tbe embodiment of principles,nor the represen tative of ths people. It wants a third party —a “youog man’s party.” It has become weary with seeking amid the fossils of a post decade for material with which to ooustrnct a political platform. “New men and new measures” seems to be the will of tbe man of tbe Star. STATE MEWS. SAVANNAH. A shooting affair occurred on the wharf of the Charleston and Florida line of steamers yesterdsy, just previous to the departure of the (learner Dictator for Charleston, in which Mr. Jas. Gleason, the clerk in the warehouse, received a severe wound in the left leg from s pistol, shot from the bends of the freight clerk on board the steamer, Mr. A. N. MeNeity. The only facts we could ascertain in relation to Ute matter from disinterested parties are. that a dispute arose between the two gentlemen in relation to some private matter, when bard words were bandied, which resalted in Mr. McNelty drawing his pistol. Mr. Gleason rushed at him and seized the pistol hand, en deavoring to get it away, and in thesonffle the pistol was discharged, inflicting a wound aa above stated. The wound, though severe and of a serious nature, is not necessarily danger ous—yeas, 28. This distinguished leader of the patriot army of Cubs, arrived in this city Saturday morning from Florida. In an interview with the General be spoke encouragingly of the prospect in the ever faithful Isle, and repre sents the Cuhau army to bo sufficiently strong in numbers, but lacking tbe necessary arms and amtraitian. He stated that the winter campaign of the Spaniards was over, and that the home authorities were much chagrined, because of its evident failure. General Gucsada is in excellent health, and left on the 7.30 train for New York, where he will hold an important meeting with the Ca ban Junta—Ibid, A haudsome thing came to onr knowledge yesterday. Tbe President of the Union So ciety received Irom one of his oldest living members, one who has worked io tbe cause for forty-five years, a check for five hundred dollars, to aid in the erection of tho new buildings at Bctbesda. Tbe donation is most timely, and we hope many will be found to follow his example,—Republican.—27. We had a visit some days ago from a repre sentative of a large and wealthy Irish dry goods house in Philadelphia, who came South to examine into the practicability of transfer ring one-half their business to-Savannah. He remained here several days, contracted for n fine farm on the coeat near the eity, and re turned tally impressed that the change wbuld be a highly advantageous one—Ibid. MACON. The wife of Mr. J. L. Schaub, formerly Miss Geraldine Goolsby of Macon, died at Eatonton, ou Friday morning, of mennigitis. She was only sick twenty-four hours, most of tbe time unconscious. — Telegraph and Hessen- ger. Suicide.—About twenty minutes to nine 'el/ralr to.* Uw V ITowror.ll A o(»i o’clock la»t night, Mr. T. N. Maxwell, a citi zen of Memphis, Tenn., .who has been- here about eight months, committed suicide by shooting himself in the tight temple, tbe ball coming oat the left side ol his head. This Is the second or third time he had tried to kill himself. Money could not hare been the cause for fee had-jus*', received, or was about to receive a large sum. The following is the note ho wrote before •booting himself: “Deab Cabbie: Have me buried by my mother. Good-bye, darling: yea are the only woman I ever loved, I die (or yon, Te He 1ft" — Telegraph and Messenger. GAINESVILLE. We past last week along the lino of tho Air* Line road, and was exctodingly gratifi-J to note the rapid progress being made in the work of construction. We learned that tho heavy rock-cots near Peachtreo Creek, which have been for sometime impeding Iho work on tl o first.section, have been fiuisLe.l, an laying of the track pushed forward nmil I * Conti ergy, an n to thi| Friday >to the | ing on tho bank and precipitated tho hack in to tbe river, and the beat, hack,and team com* msncedAuremffjD-w** iftiHUes *om Hie hack an: conveying them to the bank. On next day Ihe back was recovered, and fortunately, but little damage was sustained.—Ibid. e Washington Ladles. Correspondence Kaw York World.] MINNIE SHXBMAir. Miss Minnie Sherman enjoys society very >ueb, indeed, albeit she bus the credit of be ing somewhat impassive. She. is pleasing in her appearance, and is more of the blonde than of the brunette order. Her face is by some called “coldly intellectual, by others, “statuesque.” But her quiet manner is more to bo attributed to her hiving been an inva lid for some time than to any intentional rc- Sho was so unfortunate as to be thrown from her horse, while riding, some two or three yean ago, end she was so seriously in. jured that for a long timo there was no hope '. It is not quite a year since for her recovery, she was first ublo to go into society; and she foand it so pleasant then thst at tho first of this winter she declared her intention to ac- cept every invitation sent, even at the rate of four or five every evening. A story has gone the rounds that she de clined dancing with tbe Prince, on the score of a previous engagement, but that is not true, for she did dance with him. With re- gard to the locket Prince Arthur sent her, it wss sent as a delicate mode of returning Gener al Sherman's generosity in presenting H. R. U. with a very handsome rifle. It contains his own pietnre bot not his mother’s. There is never any dancing at the Sherman receptions. Mrs. Sherman disapproves very decidedly of the round dances, and nover permits her daughter to dance them. MBS. SPRAGUE. Two or three years ago, no sketch oi Wash ington society would nave been complete without giving to Mrs. Sprague n prominent place in tl e foreground. For several winters her Saturday rooeptions, which were always matinees dansantes, were the handsomest as well as the most eharming of the weekly at tractions. Of late she baa passed very little ot her Time in Wasningttra, ard when here has entertained bnt seldom, having given her self np in great measure to her maternal du ties. Thus far this season an elegant dinner shff a musical e, to which last a very few were invited, have been theonly occasions on which her house has been open to her friends. Much has been said of tba beanty of this lady, her grace, and her superb dressing, and what bus been said has been but little exaggerated. Mrs. Sprague has flue eyes, a well shaped bead, aud a graceful figure, though perhaps she is a trifle too slander. All these advantages show better as belonging to Mrs. Sprague, arrayed ia costly costumes, than they ever did when Miss Kate Chase appeared in very ordinary TBU in dress of this lady has materia#, ly unproved of late years. She no longer wears a huge diamond ornament on the top of her bonuet, as the did in.the winter of 1865. Indeed her dress is more noted now for the sake of the well-known taste of the wearer then the wearer ia commented upon for the display made by her dress. Mrs. Sprague has a bright intellect and a good deal of dip- lomatio capacity. She is a devoted daughter and a careful wife. A story is told of her at a state dinner at the White House in the early part of Mr. Johnson's admioistrstiou, which shows her disposition to exercise a wliolo- sorao influence over the husband of whom she has never appeared proud. Senator Sprague's seat at this diunar was between Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Dixon. His wife's waa on tbe same side of tbo table, a few seats beyond. At that time Mr Spra gue was not, by any means a temperate man, and he partook so freely of wine that one of bis neighbors, seeing him streteb out his bend to replenish his glass ouoe more, raid gently, “I would not take any more if I were you;” while the other said, “There are a pair of brigbteyes looking at you." “D— them!” exclaimed the excited man, “they can't see me!” and refilled bis glass as he spoke. Bat instantly tbe own er of the bright eyes in question, radiant in pink and satin, point lace, diamonds, leaning forward and fixing the keen eyes on her hus band, add earnestly: “Yes they can see yoa, and they ere heartily ashamed of you.” Miss Chase. j § ~ Miss Nettie Chase is, jrataH^more univer sally liked than her mors tuyigat) roster. She is not only a young lady^BBBed for her stylish'appearance and e&^Wtmw, bat more for her mental acquirements. She hss great taste and ability as an artist, and ot her drawings a gentleman who is permitted the privileges of her portefeuiUe ssya : “Some of her productions are really miracles of their kind, bringing up blatantly and vividly both Cruiksbank and Hogarth, of neither of whom is she a copyist.” The Chief Justice has taken a bouse this winter, and no longer shares that of his eldest daughter. Miss Chase does the honors of her father's house with much grace, and fills her position with tbe esse usually acquired only by long experience. Another of the beauties of whom much has been said and written is Miss Blanche Butler. This young lady is one who has the rare ad vantage of appearing lovelier in her own home, and when dressed simply, than she ever does witli'brilliant surroundings. She is a blonde of a peculiar type, that so seldom seen, where hazel eyes, made dark by black lashes, are accompanied by a skin dazzling in whiteness and purity, a briiliaut color, and hair which is of tbe famous golden hue, with a tinge of red joat sufficient to make it glitter. Miss Butler’s amiability and loveable disposition are subjects of as much remark os is her beauty. In particular her friends speak me that his of what bad ut in which for years. Mormons la sections no longer rare, and Salt Lake evinces by a constant though moderato increase of her volume of waters. That the equilibrium of rain-fall with evaporation in the Great Basin has [been fnlly talin re 1h6°Dii ther * * hat ' ‘ t0/ain ' fa11 U D0W I have a firm faith that all the great deserts of the Temperate and Torrid Zones will yet be reclaimed by irrigation and tree planting. Tbe bill which Congress did not pass, nor really consider, whereby it was proposed, some years since, to give a section of the woodless. Public lands remote from settlement to every one, who, in a separate township, would plant and cherish a quarter-section of choice forest trees, onght to have been passed—with modi fications. perhaps, bot preserving the central idea. Had ten thousand quarter-sections, in so many different townships of the Plains, been thus planted to timber ten to twenty years ago, and protected from fire and devas tation till now, the value of those plains for settlement wonld have been neerly or quite doubled. A capital mistake, it seems to me, is being made by some of the dairy farmers of onr own State. One who has a hundred, sores of good soil, whereof twenty or thirty are wood ed, cuts off his timber entirely, calculating that tbe additional grass that he may grow in its stead will pay for all the ooal he needs for fnel, so that he will make a net gain cf the time he has hitherto devoted each winter to catting and bunting wood. He does not consider how meeh his soil will lose in summer moist ure, how his springs and innncts will be dried up, nur how tho sweep of harsh winds will be intensified, by baring his hilltops and ravines to sun and breeze so ntterly. In my delib erate judgment, a farm of one hundred acres will yield more feed with far greater uniformity of product from year to year, if twenty acres of its ridge-crests, tavino-sides and rocky places, are thiekly covered with timber, than if it be swept clean of trees and all devoted to grass. Hence, I insist that the farmer who sweeps off his wood and resolves to depend on coal for fuel, hoping to increase permanently tbe prod act of his dairy, makes a sad miscalculation. Spain, Italy, and portions of France, are now suffering from the improvidence that de voured their forests, leaving the future to take care of itself, I presume that the greet em pires of antiquity suffered from the same fol ly, though to a much greater extent. Tbe remains of cow extinct races who formerly peopled and tilled tho central valleys of this continent, and especially the territory of Ari zona' probably bear witness to a similar reck lessness, which is paralleled by onr fathers, and our own extermination of the magnificent forests oi wbite pine which, barely a century ago, covered so large a portion of the soil _ of our Northern States. Vermont sold white pine abundantly to England through Canada with in my dry ; she is now supplying her own wants from Canada at a.ooat of not less than five times tbo price she sold for; and she will be paying still higher rates before the elose of this century. I entreat our farmers not to preserve every.tree, good, bad or indiferont, that may happen to be growing on their lands —but, outside of tbe limited districts wherein the primitive forests mast still bo ent away in order that laud may be obtained for onltiva. tion, to plant and rear at least two better trees for every one they may be impelled to cut down. How this may, in the average, be most judicionsly done, I will try to indioate in my next. of the relation which exists between her nod ber father, just wbat it should be between father aud daughter, bnt wbat it rarely ia in our day. KARHER GREELEY. He Urges trie Planting or Tree. Btraue ItWlUPr- From the N. Y. Tribune. 1 lam not at all sentimental—much loss spooney—regarding the destruction of trees. Descended from several generations of timber cutters (for my paternal ancestors came to America in 1610) and myself engaged for three years in land-clearing, I realise that trees exist for use rather than for ornament, and have no scrapie as to ontting timber in a forest as to cutting grate in a meadow. Util ity is the reason and end of alt vegetable growth—of a hickory's no less than a earn- stalk’s I have always considered “Woodman, Spare that Tree,” just about tbe most mawkish bit of badly versified prose in oar language, aud never could guess how it should touch the sensibilities of any one. Understand, then, that I urge the planting of trees mainly be- cease I believe it will pay, and tbe preserva tion, improvement, and extension of forests for precisely that reason. Yet I am not insensible to the beanty and grace lent by woods and groves, and clamps, or raws of trees, to the landscape they di versify. I feel the force of Emerson’s aver ment, that “Beauty is its own exease for be ing, "and know thmts homestead embowered in. belted by, atqtely, graceful elms, maples, and evergreens,is really worth more end will sell for more than if it were naked field and meadow. I consider it one positive advantage (to balance many disadvantages) of onr rocky, hilly, ragged Eastern country, that it will never, in all prob ability, be so denuded of forests as tba rich, facile prairies and swalei of the great Valley maybe. Our winds are lea pienuog, onr tor nadoes less deatraetive ihan thoae cf eha Great Weal. I doubt whether there ia another equal area of the earth’s surface whereon so many kinds of valuable trees grow spontaneously and rapidiy. defyiog eradication, as through . paenffieOw out New England and on either slope of Alleghenies, and this profusion of timber and foliage may well atone for, or may be fairly weighed against many deficiencies and draw- backs. The Yankee who bas been accustomed to see trees spring up spontaneously wherever they were not kept down by ex. or plow, or scytbe, and to cross running water every bap uule of a summer day's journey, may well bo made home-sick by two thousand mites of na ked, dusty, wind-swept plains, whereon be .t here none now exist. A prominent citizen ward from ect high is affixed, by means of a univer sal joint, another polo 50 feet long, run ning {ffirallel with' the ground. A grad uated scale with weight is at one end, and at the othet'tbwdlyer who is to be induct ed into the mistery of the art stands. The polo swings around, undulating np and down, the weigh' having been ad- jnsted to the weight ot the learner, and ns the learner gains mure confidence, tho weight is gradually lessened, until at length no counterbalancing weight exists. ThisjaAhw preparatory stage to the use Ilouaeliuld Economy. Mrs. E. A. Call contributes to the Country Gentleman the following vain- able suggestions in regard to bread-mak ing: Watkb-Kisino Bread.'—In tho after noon, after tea, I take a quart bowl and spoon; after they have been well scalded, one pint of hot water is poured into the bowl from the tea-ketllo. Then add one teaspoonfnl of white sugar, three-fourths of salt, and a piece of batter os big as a walnut—tho butter mast be good. Thicken with floar; stir as thick as for pancakes; beat well. I now do np the bowl in a table-cloth, and set it on the table in the cook room; throw over it any thing that comes handy; for instance, the ironing Bheet, a flannel sheet or two, a pillow, cushion—anything that will keep the warmth in. In the morning, if not light, worm them up and add a little soda fua<2 more HOUr, it neooaauty. It trill rioo in a short time. So much for the emptyings. Now for the bread. In order to make three com mon sized loaves, pare and wash and boil six good sized potatoes. When done, mosn them well, and sift them through a seivo or calendar into a large tin-pan Now add three pints of boiling water and one pint of cold water. Stir in immedi ately sifted flour to make a sponge, cover the top with dry flour, and set it in a warm place, ana let it rise until quite light. Knead the flour until yon have a stiff dough; mould it well, form it into loaves, set them in a warm place, and again let them rise. When sufficiently light, have the oven hot enough to bake the bread without. scorching in the least, in thirty-five or forty minutes. Graham Bread.—In tho first place, have the wheat gro'und and not bolted, and make the bread in the following way: Take 1 quart of sour or buttermilk; 1 tea spoonful of soda; 1 tablespoonful of su gar, and stir in Graham flour to make a batter as thick as pound cake. A little salt should be added; sfit' well and bake in small tins or a loaf a3 best suits the convenience. It should be baked in a quick oven; if in a loaf, forty minutes, but great care should be taken not to scorch or bnrn, as this kind of bread burns sooner than bread made of bolted floor. Graham Pudding.—Into boiling water, with a trifle of salt, stir Graham flonr until as thick ss hasty pudding; stir con stantly, and let it boil five minutes. Serve with syrup, batter aud sugar, sweetened cream, or anything to suit the- taste. When, cold, cut in slices and fry a nice brown, on a griddle or in the spider, with a little batter, and serve os above. It is a quick and palatable dessert for dinner or breakfast. AERIAL NAVIGATION. A Weir Machine—The Laiur or m Poor Man’s Life-Uotv It W orkK-What ft Is ICxpectcd to JDo. Front Ute New York World, y In a basement oyster saloon, at the corner of Sixth avenue and Ninth street, an old man, named Robert Hardley, last nigh! explained to about a dozen auditors a system of aerial navigation by manual labor, which he claims ia the only practi cal one. Mr, Hardley left England in 1848, and has sinoe continued his experi ments with regard to aerial navigation. In 1845 he published a pamphlet on the subject, in London, which created some exoitement in aoientifle circles at the time. Mr. Hardley’s idea corresponds slightly with that of Mr. Henson, which was exploded in London about 184G. - It consists of a pair of wings framed of silk nnd whalebone, which are affixo . to the shonlders and arms of the wearer by stays. Levers connect both feet with the wings at the back of the body, and the elbows by the arms. Thus, when one fopt is moved, the lever at the back raises the wiugs, and tho lever attached to the elbow draws them, down again, gaining power froni the double action of legs nnd amis. A parachute, moveable and con trollable bv the head, is affixed to the shoulders. ‘ Mr. Hardley contends that tho great principle in aerial navigation is not the mero fact of flying through tho aii, but the proper way ot beginning to do so. “Balloons are exploded,” to use his own words, “for they cannot sail againstthe wind.” He hopes to sail with Bods no water for fifty’ to* a hundred miee, lor against , the wind with his machine, aud knows it impossible to ent an ax-helve. The medium of starting he propores to much more #n axle-tree, in the conns- of a have is an inclined plane. The fly or wearying jonruey. No Eastern farmer ever, start from this inclined plane imitates the realized the blessedness of abundant and ex- action of a sheet of paper, which, undu- celient wood and water until be had wandered latmi, up a nd down in the air, travels f« from hU boyhood’s home. -. v -.: through a great.space of air beforo it No ona may yet be able to fully explain tbe reacU ^ u, e ground. Anew leaturo con- '’il^orer “the b &nected with® Mr. Hardley’s idea is the is evidence that treea grew aud flourished preliminary stago or what ho designates where none are now found, and that springs as the ‘Aerial Iustrootor, or Endltssln- ttud Btreims were then frequent and abiding clmod Plano. To an upright post 20 of the flying machine proper, the cost of which, Mr. Hardley states, wonld bo about 8500. Mr. Hardley expects, with the aid of some capitalists, to bring his invention to a practical trial in a short space of time. Supreme Court ot tbe State ol Georgia Joseph E. Brown, Chief Jnstice. H. K. McCat, I Asgociate Justices. Hiram Warner, December Ter Southern Circuit Southwestern Circait..... Pataula Circuit Chattahoochee Circuit.... Macon Circuit Flint Circuit Tallapoosa Circuit Atlanta Circuit 5 cases 23 “ 23 “ 31 “ 13 “ 10 " 22 “ 6 “ Cherokee Circuit 22 “ Blue Ridge Circuit 12 “ Western Circuit 6 “ Northern Circuit 8 •• Middle Circuit 11 Ocmolgee Circuit 10 “ Eastern Circuit i “ Brunswick Circuit 0 “ DAILY PROCEEDINGS. Tuesday. March 1, 1870. The following judgments were rendered: Wm. Jennings ts. W. G. Rudd, petition, &c. t from Fulton. Judgment of the Court below af firmed. P. & G. T. Dodd rs. Thos. C. Majson— certiorari from Fulton. Judgment^ Court be- TELEGRAPHIC ASSOCIATED PRKSS DJ. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Revenue $500,000. The Cuba Question Again Con sidered. Confirmation of Judge Strong. The Status of the Whisky Question. Resignation of John W. De wees. Corruption Investigations. Further from the Oneida Calamity. . Fifty-Six Officers and Men Saved. Mardi Gras in Paris. Valuable Silver Mines Discovered in Kentucky, Petticoats Triumphant in Wyoming. Eleven Women Drawn as Jurors. tow reversed, because the Court erred in dis- missing tbe certiorari, which should have been sustained, and n new trie! granted, on the gronnd that tbe Jnstice of the Peace erred in refusing to permit the blotter to go in evi dence to the jury. Campbell Wallace, Superintendent W. & A. It. It., vs. Joseph R. Mathews—Assumpsit from Fulton. Jadgment reversed on the ground that the defendant had the right to withdraw the udmission made os set forth in the record, if sufficient time was allowed his adversary to prepare his case ; provided tbe other party did not show that be was injured thereby, aa by the death of o witness, whose testimony he would otherwise have procured, or the like. And on the further ground that the testimony in this case shows that the re ceipt contained aa express contract entered into by the road and the shipper, to limit the liability oi the road, the terms of which both parties had a fair opportunity to onderstand, and by which they are bound. Perkins and Littlefield rs. John H. Trippe and George Hillyer—Equity, from Fulton. Jadgment of the Coart below reversed on the ground that the Coart erred in not dis posing of the case on the coming in of the an swers, on the motion ot complainant, which the Conrt directs to be done, on tbe following terms: That Ihe complainant pay the money to the partner with whom he made the con tract, on his filing in the Clerk's office of the Superior Conrt of Fnlton county, a bond, with good security, approved by the Clerk, in donble the sum on hand, conditioned to ao- count to the other partners for the same, leav ing to tbe partners to litigate their rights us they may see fit, in the proper Conrt haring jurisdiction of the matter, according to the evidence of the parties. John W. Lewis. Superintendent W. end A R. R.. vs. Then. H. Tamer—case from Ful ton. Judgment affirmed. Campbell Wallace, Superintendent W. and A. R. U., vs. Nathan Rosenthsll—case from Fnlton. Jadgment affirmed. James K. Redd, proponnder, vs. Sophia W. Hargroves, et. aL Caveators. Judgment of the Conrt below revereed on the ground “that the Conrt erred in eharging the jnry that every part of the will was void and of no t fleet, ex oept thst dense which nominated and ap pointed the Executors, and that part contain ing a bequest to Mrs, Howard, and the balance of said willthey mnstfiodagainst," being the jadgment of this Conrt tbst no part of said will was revoked by the testimony in his lifetime either by operation of law or other wise. Wm. Alien rs. James O. Harris, jailor, ha beas corpus from Fnlton. Judgment affirmed. Lewis Tnmlin, plaintiff in error, vs. Jerry W. Goldsmith, trustee, defendant in error. Judgment affrmed. Henry Davis and Anna Davis, plaintffs in error,vs.theState,defcndant in error,simple lar ceny from Fnlton. Jadgment of the Court be low reversed on the ground that the Conrt erred in not arresting the judgment, there be ing no allegation in the indictment that tho hog alleged to have been stolen was of any value. Argument in No. 18, Atlanta Circait,Thom as vs. Tbe Georgia Bail road and Banking Corn- General News From Washington, Virginia, Ken tucky, Ohio, Wyoming, Eng land, and Russia. WASHINGTON. pany, was resumed and concluded. Hill & Can dli er for plaintiff in error, L. J. Glenn A Son for defendants in error. No. 19 Atlanta Circuit, having been trana (erred to tbe heel of this Circuit, was passed. Pending argument in No. 20, the Court ad journed. PLAYING HANGING. Fatal Practical Jokt by a Negro lloy. From the Baltimare Ouette, Feb. IA) About eleven o'clock yesterday morn ing a negro boy named William Cook, about eleven years of age, employed as a driver by Mr. Cox, on Carey street, near Platt, while playing with two boys younger than himself in the loft over Mr. Cox’s stable, proposed to “play hanging,” and, getting upon a pile of hay, put one end of a rope around Iris neck and at tached the other to a rafter. The two boys, one of whom was a negro, remained a short time interested spectators, but unfortunately one of them proposed to go out oh the street and play, which they did, leaving Cook in the stable loft. Some time afterwards the boys returned to the loft and found Cook still hanging, and on an examination he was found to be lifeless The negro boy had the pres enoe of mind to cut down the body at once, and the other gave the alarm. As sistance soon arrivod, bnt no aid could bo rendered. It is supposed that while engaged in his dangerous game the boy’s feet slipped off the hay, and he was im mediately strangled. Sir. R. Wilson Carr, City Coroner, held an inquest on tbe ' ’ and a verdict of death from occi- body, denial hanging waa returned in accord- anco with the facts given above. Saandat In England. TBS PRINCE OF WALES IMPLICATED. Loudon Correspondence of the New York Herald) This day weak the famous divorce case of Mordaunt vs. Uoidaunt will commence. The plaintiff ia a baronet. Sir Charles Mordahnt, who seeks a divorce from his wife on the plea of adoltiy. The outline of the story is that, when Lady Mordannt was oonfined of her first child, she confessed to the wife of a clergyman who wss with her that she had broken the Seventh Commandment, not only with one, bnt with about Six different individuals. Her friends say that Lady Mordannt was insane when she made that confession; ber enemies say aha was not. Whether aa a needful pro- osai jon, or whether to give a coloring to her defense, ( know not, but she has ceijainly for some months been ths inmate of a private luuatio asylum. Sir Charles, although sent for and urged by Her Majesty, the Queen, not to bring about that great scandal, presists in carrying the matter through, even to the bit ter end, and tbe trial is to go on. It will oost, no matter which will carry ths day, a not very small fortune. To very many Americans it anil be interesting on aooount of the evi dence, vary much of whioh will be taken from the manager, waiters, chambermaids, and others of ths Laugham Hotel, where so many Americans put up when they come to Somebody his revived this aneodote about John Fhenix: He once hailed a German who was driving a baker’s wagon on Montgomeiy street, San Francisco, with “Hullo I Pll take one.” “Vat you takes?” said tho Teuton, pulling up. “A baked eagle,” said Fhenix, pointing to “ Eagle Bakory” painted on the wagon. (riRST DIf PATCH.) Washington. Moreli 1.—London dispatches jost received announce that fifiy-six lives were saved at the sinking cf the Oneida. Secretary Boutwell directs the sale of two - million dollars in gold to purchase fonr mil lion in bonds during March. President Grant nnd Secretary Bontwell re buked Mr. 1 Sutler for his nttsck on newspa per men of Washington by their presence ut the wedding of W. Scot l Smith this morning. Nothing was clone in the Senate. In the House the whisky question was np. It wili be allowed to remain in bond at an ad dition of one cent ou the gallon to the tax p. r month. [second DinrATcn.] Washington, Match 1.—Revenue to-d»y was over £500,000. The fcenate Committee ou Foreign Affairs again considered Cuba, but without action. Tho debt statement shows a decrease of $G,- 500.000. The Senate, in Executive Session, finally confirmed Judge Strong aud discussed Brad ley, but fiua'ly adjourned with the understand ing that the vote wili be taken to-morrow. Senator Wilson introduced a bill for the better observance of Sundays in military and naval institutions. The bill granting lands to railroads aud tbo Funding bill wt*ic discussed until adjourn ment. In tho Hohsc the Senate amendment:: io th<» Postal Route biil were concurred in The joint resolution introduced yesterday by Mr. Beck, extending to three years tint time lor keeping distilled spirits in bond., came up. The question being ou Mr.. Marshal’s amendment to Mr. Ho.>per\s substitute reducing the amount to be paid after tbe first year, from one cent agallou p* r month, to ouc-half a cent. Mr Marshall's amendment was rejected by yias 84, nays 86. Mr. Hooper’s subi-tiiate was agreed to with out division, requiring the payment of one cent a gallon per month, after the first year. Mr. Wtiribbrnn, of Wisconsin, moved to lay tho bill on tho table, it being a bill to refund the collection of the revenue ou whisky fir the remainder of this administration. The motion wa^lost hy yeas 63, nays 101. The bill ai amended was then passed without di vision, Mr. John W. Dewces, having rtsigned, was disposed ot like Whitttmore. There was a prolonged discussion in regard! to corruption investigations in regard to putt. Congresses. No action. Callis, past member from Alabama, seems U > be implicated. The Committee on Banking and Currettv.'y made majority aud minority reports, vhicti were not rend. VIRGINIA. KENTUCKY. I ROM OHIO. WYOMING TERRITORY. ENGLAND. Oneida were subsequently pUircd: up by the small boats of 'the Bombay. It is thought that others who were missing at last accounts, will ultimately bo proved V> have escaped. The names cf the saved or Idsi Lav© not yet been received, nor is it known precisely how many persons were on board the ill-fated ves sel at the time of the calamity. FRANCE. 1‘akim, March 1.—Notwithstanding the an nouncement that the Mardi Gras festival would be suppressed by the police, at this hour of one o’clock, tbo Bouff Gras procession has just entered the court yard of the TuiHc- ries. Great crowds of people gathered on tho line of mur^h, but no disturbance of auy kind occurred. RUSSIA. St. Fctsbs&u&o, March I.—It is reported that J. McLearly Brown, Secretary to the Chinese Legation, succeeds Mr. Burligame. HOLLAND. IxsrcBDAX, March 1.—Tho Bank of Hol land has reduced interest to -1 per cent. Ladies will fiud relief from their Headache, Costiveness, Swimmiug iu the Head, Colic, Sour Stomach, Ccstiveueu, etc., etc., by tak ing Simmons' Liver Regulator. Persons living in unhealthy localities may avoid ail bilious attacks by taking a dose of Simmon.V Liver Regulator occasionally, to keep the Liver in healthy action. It should be used by all persons, old and young. It not iiupli-asant, is a purely vegetable com pound, ia not injurious to the most delicato constitution, and will keep Iho Liver in. healthy action. Richmond, Mutch 1.—The Senate bas passed the Euabling bill. Ik goes to the Governor, when the offices now held by military ap pointees, will be filled hy the Governor. Louisville, March 1.- -Silver mines have been discovered in Grayson county,Kentucky. The ore is found to contain a larger per centage of silver than any heretofore discovered. The mines are almost ioexaustable and will be de veloped in tho spring. Cincinnati, March 1.—Tbe Southern Rail road bill waa defeated iu tbe Kentucky Senate- to-day by 22 to 13. Labamie City, March 1 —Among the drawn tor tbe March Term of the Albany county, tWyoming) Court, were eleven ladies, some of them, tbo wives of tbe most promi nent citizens. Tbe excitement caused by tbi-- proceeding is immense. London, March 1.—Later and taor^ifivor.i- ble dispatches have been received leom the British authorities of Vokaboma, relative te tbe collision between tbe stesm^tta. Bombay and Oneida. Details, however, still mea ger. Fifty-six of the officers aadcrcuv of :ke - —rarora nivf,,l . * V- .1. 1