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A , one copy will be fur- VOLUME XXXII. ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNINLf, DECEMBER 5, IS77. NEW SERIES-NO. 14 ftirt«' or Lufidington, of Wisconsin, the R"pnWican victoiy in that undoubtedly a triumph for ■A money. y'olio. of McD mough, recently ^ Mi - 9 Le,, : 0D ;, The lovely young reaeury Department Therrinv*ntiou at Chattanooga on the ; Oei cnih-r, to he held for the purpo; ■ ur-’ing the necessity of the imorove- , a : of the T. ntiessee River, promisee > be aitended. The fact that th 1 .areiiti-.u wid he held on the day of -eelection iu :tiis State will, uo doubt, w p frcai being present who would it to be there. Tfc- Gnv -riair lit Guutemala has re •Ellv cnncedeil to two American gi rule a a large tract of arable laud at :i vainai price, i n nnidiiion that the' jil cultivate it in the highest style »• merioati as;-•■■■.' oral art, as reganS stht'ils. Iiiei s If anil crops, in order n :vethe naiiv-s a 111...I. I for the better in itrW ilevi 1 pint ill of the country. for die lire! bine ill six’e ti year i Democrat- i'i the Ui.i'ed State- -Eate have tin,t.. 1 nf that bi dy, ai t .is bapper.ril by lie votes ot Messis i:ti-rsjr, and Cnimver being cast will itDciuncrats in the contested electiol Tins is one real ground o anksrivii.g which Mr. Hayes did no letdown" Thanksgiving Prods Punsters will forbear, says the Chronicle & ttinel Of course they will—its none ■ their business. woman in the ,t whom Sena'or IcDonaltl is said to be about to marry ' y re Sue Ti'lt-v.— O‘ ron & Cun - Mistaken. 1- i* Sue Tilley Wins. II V Redfidd, the well-known corre , ndent of the Cincim.atti Commercial ,as just roceived the compliment of an 'lection as alderman in Chattanooga - nn on the Republican ticket, though ‘ war ,l j !;;S hitherto been Demo- jtic. _ "..j., g.ptiinere American asserts that. ere j- a crusade against dancing in society, and nearly all the „ i„,|Ug who helong to the church jeluTiog that amusement from hir pirti-s ’■ .-•sure also 1 season. The German uiiirly patronized thi: Major-General Hancock has been beat- in a suit the result of which is of gen importance to hotel keepers. Tin ,2 was brought to recover the valu- ilree th- u-aod dollars’ worth of jew ry stolen while he was living at a hotel Sew Y.,rk. Having made a contrae board it is held that he was not s o: im: a hoarder, which released th' - priei.ir from all responsibility. T.e three Republican convicts ii> ■'hi Cirnlitia—Cardozo, ex-Treasur- :.Small-, memher of Congress, and -is Carpenter, late editor of Cham- —ill's organ at Columbia—received -irrespective sentences last Monday tkz) was s-utenetd to jail for two s, and tiued S4.000; Smalls was •'-ti'i'l to the penitentiary for three "- ar.'l Ctirp-nt-r was sent to jail for Mars and fined SI,(TOO. Cardozo ■ 'a:Mis appealed, and were admit- 11 in $1(1.000. Such proceed- s«s v-ry w.ll calculated to stimu- falters .1: s virtue. gri ir lamtall in Maryland, Vir- 1:3 aim N i;h Canihua last week ha? ■ very niia damage aloug the ■ a t - - aies. The James and -a ;i>. r- mni their tributaries are : a. a „ j n the; memorable ! 1 t'l'i wtiieh was so disastrous at !t '’i | l aiel min r points in Virginia -- e.ia.-s i.i the railroads is very ex -'-VI will seriously affect us in thi ... a,; ,r-,. v . ra I days to come. Freight.- jWCfe-irily h,. delayed. OurEaStem l-.s bey..;,.| [j !lre uow 1I1 r i. t ; day, - ai ii i,.,, .. leeraph lines are not ie- ' :■ \ . ,i :t . The road from Biie- •«Xvn.ik I as si ff, red innn-tjsely. =peti.»l iron, U iistiington says ti t Huron has created pun fuJ ru " ■Jc.tujt i : , „ lV circles. On almo t ltr? hji ut 11.,- osi m o knew ot ttie un- .i Hi- vs-el there is bit ui of - x Secretary Rot t- — itiai.agt nient the hoai - was one of seven wai by contract, and buil } c single to make money than with any spicial re- : dug qualities, Safety 01 hardly a naval office! .n-eu the vessel who will no' -•'—at .[ was , 1( j to pj e setll t(J ‘'V rt aulL Ui the sad loss will be J ' J, W ai d vigorous investigation n 'd Committee of ex-St-cret -vnunci vi Then i 8 - X1 ;! >ar< -''"••er.it ^-“iWii: at 29 Republicans and voted for the repeal 01 act, while 92 Republi- S’l ug T) emoorat 8 voted against England voted solid against i i, ScL| ’ 1 Ecu Butler, who dodged, Democrat, of Connecticut. . JrK - New Jersey, Michigan, Cal if' Jr -g'>n, Nevada and Nebraska, re g irvi to party, voted solid- fi .‘ ilL6 ’- repeal. North Carolina, ;st a ' Alabama, Mississipni, Ken- • • Arkaiisas, Kansas and '.Vest Vir- . v bully j n favor of repeal. [v 1=1 vast iourteen for repeal and ■ity •" 1 a t’ aiust . The West cast is e llle i ,,r to forty-one against. Ui .' . ’ ■'iveiity-nine for and thir- ett n 5 '" USI ; Gf these thirletn, nine tRe' lJU . c<l uS) being all but one of Wolicang from the South. co.iiNU limit: 10 K009T. The votes of Patterson, of South Car olina, and Conover, of Florida, in the contested election cases in the Senate, having aroused some interest and en quiry, we reproduce an article from the Charleston News and Courier upon that subject. That paper says: Tne conduct of Senators Conover and Patterson in voting with the Democrats on Thursday, and their declaration of an intention to vote in favor of the ad mission of Gen. Butler, are gall and wormwood to the Republican politi cians. They do not take their beating gracefully, and scold like fish-tag3. No name is too bad for the “deserters” and “renegades” who have come over to the Democratic side, and, for once in their political lives, have done a decent thing. The Democrats can stand it, Senators Conover and Paiterson have been considered respectable enough to sit in the Senate, year after year. Their votes haye made and rep»aled laws. The Democrats accept them at the val uation the Republican Senators placed upon them, and find that Patterson and Conover’s votes are fully as weighty as those of Conkling and Edmunds There is poetical justice in it. Conover and Patterson are the products of the usurpation and tyranny of the Repub lican party. It is only just that they should signalize, by their votes, the col lapse of Republicanism in the State which was plundered most and pitied least. The common report is, that Conover abandoned the Republicans because bis recommendations fi>r office, in Flor ida, have not beeu treat! d with suffi cient respect, and that P.itteison votes for Gen. Butler as one of tne conditions of a bargain made by him with th State authorities. Of Conover we know inthiug; but We do know that there is in agreement or bargain with Patterson Long before he was indicted, long be ore tt e charges against him had been .ut in shape, Mr. Patterson announced ipeuly that he should Vote for Gen. But- -er. Why should be not? Mr. Corbin is Patterson’s bitt-r enemy. There is no political iuture for Patterson iu -South Carolina. It was natural that tie should desire to make a favorable impression upon the people of South Carolina, and give them something to hank him for. Mr. Patterson is heavi ly in debt to South Carolina. The debt is larger than he can ever pay in full. This is no reason be should not give the State a dividend upon going into polit- cal bankruptcy. The support he gave was voluntarily given. And the Dem icratic Senators were only too glad ti iccept it! There is no liing more dis ousting in Am-rican politics than the icrtaiuly that an unexpected act or un locked for vote is instantly set down as the result of some agreement cr cor rupt combination. A SOTAIlLE WI'.DDINU. The marriage of the Duke of Norfolk to Lady Flora Hastings, says the Chron icle & Constitutionalist, is the special event of the day in high life. The pres ent Duke is the fifteenth of the line and head of the illustrious family of Howard. After royalty, he stands at the head of the English nobility, being Premier Duke and Hereditary Earl Marshal. He is 30 years cf age and more conspicuous for a blameless lile and religious prominence than for worldly ambition or great talents. His fts are eruinernly practical, and a large part of his $1,500,000 annual in come is devoted to the improvement of his tenantry. The Duke and his wife ire Roman Catholics, the one born so ind the other by recent adoption. The Earldom of the Duke dates from 1135 n the familv of B god, and the Duke- lom from 1183 in t ie family of How- -ard.the latt-r title having been granted >y Richard III to the Lord High Ad- niral of England in d France, who was lied at Bosworih Full. The second Duke was the f minus victor of Floddeii Field. The third Duke repeatedly in- -aded Sen land at the head of English ml presid'd over the tribunal hat condemned Anne Boleyn. Ilis iec-■ was the third Queen of Henry VIII. The poet of the family, Henry Howard. Enl of Surrey, aspired to the land ot Princess Mary and was be headed. His sun became fourth Duke, ntrigued for the hand of the Queen of Scots, Mary, and also lost his life. The title has been often attainted, but al ways restored. The most celebrated member of the family was probably Lore Howard, of Effingham, who de frayed the Spanish Armada. General Sherman has issued a gener al order in relation to dismissals from the army in pursuance of sentences ol courts-martial for violations of the ar mies of war relating to intemperance. I, says the President desires it to be made known to the army that he can not be led to uuderrate the magnitude of the evil which the crime alluded to to is likely to pro-tu -e in the public service. No person addicted to it can expect to be entrusted with any re sponsible duty, and a person that cannot be trusted had better not be continued in office. It must there fore be understood tnat any clemency heretofore extended by mitigation or commutation of sentence cannot in future be relied upon, and after this warning a vigorous execution or sen tences by courts-martial may be expec ted. _ Cobb county, after paying off her cur rent indebtedness, has eight dollars in the treasury. GEORGIA GLIMPSES. Mrs. Burney, of Rome, Mrs. N. L. Redd, of Columbus, and Miss Porter, of Atlanta, are said to have books now ready for the press. Mrs. Addie Hodge, in Jones county, was shot and killed the other night at the residence of her brother, by some one outside of the house. The hog prospects in DeKalb and the adjuining counties is very fine this season—more and larger grunters than any year since the war. The State Grange will meet in Macon on the 12th of December. A large gath ering is anticipated. They will hold their session in the Masonic Temple. The bonded debt of Columbus is five hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred dollars, and the total interest during the year is thirty-eight thousand four hundred and forty-six dollars. Mr. Joseph Boyd and his wife, citi zens of Troup county, the one near one hundred and the other ninety years of age, have lived together setenty five years. The former can easily read fine print without the aid of glasses. Hamp Giddens killed Jeff Ragland in Talbotton Saturday night. Hamp walked up behind Jeff, who was sitting in his chair, and struck him in the bead wit a an axe and fled. ’They were both colored men. General Longstreet’s residence at Gainesville took fire last week and came very near being ffeatoryed. The fire originated in the dining room, 'and in his efforts to put out the fire. General Longstreet received some severe injuries. A Mr. Lockhart, of LaGrange, and MissMcLeod, of Columbus, were riding out the other afternoon, near Cusseta. The gentleman bantered the young lady to marry him upon reaching the town. She consented, and stopping at the hotel the twain were united. For a day or two last week Swains- boro was on short rations; not a pound of bacon was to be hud at a store in the place, and most of the people were out of meat, and the Swainsboro Herald hungrily remarks: “ These smoke houses so far away from home are very inconvenient.” Knowing that your paper is a friend to justice and truth I send you for {>ix& lication this brief statement of facts collected from observation and“reli/i>.. ble information first obtained.” I repeat, the public buildiDgs hi are ample and iu good condition, ai The South in the Senate. That the Seriate will be Democratic on the 4th of Marcb,1879, is settled almost beyond the reach of accident. The few remaining carpet-bag Senators will be succeeded by Democratic Sena- & of approved ability and character, this statement is made by one wbc wno will adequately’represent in the , . . , ,, , Senate the wants, interests, and sympa- loves the mountains, and would r ° morjuff^ 0 f their people. The present rep- say anything against the interest ofthc resentatives of the South in .he Senate, up-country, where he was raised am? so far as the Democratic Senators are expects to spend the remainder pf hi£ concerned, with few exceptions, can j ' hardly be improved upon. I ' , ,, ' ' 4 Particularly noticeable for public in- I see by the Summerville Gazette: fl„ enCB are the Southern Senators who that the name9 of several of my old belong to the class against whom it was friends are announced for the Legisla? the fashion of the Republican organs a ture. I wish them all well, Kit hoie> few months ago to invoke suspicion e 1. I. ,, -d and 1 distrust at the North—the soldier that the voice of my old fa«,aCap% Wnt .« the South. The “Confed- A. T. Irvine, will be heard iu brigadiers/* witb a dignity arid “Halls of our Fathers.” ^fWmposnre that won them iufiuite fta’cditand confidence with the whole country, met the taunts of their non- ... j combatant accusers with the sufficient ot ou 1 ig . r answer of a faithful performance of - 0 duty and the display of a broad pa Yours truly, T. S. SMiTkq Washington Corresnondence. Washington, Nov. 26, 1877. iriutism that guar led the interests of all classes and sections. Of the ex Oontederate soldiers'in the The rain has fallen here almost coutin- [Senate nearly all are filling terms ex uouslv since last Wednesday, the wholes river from U submerged to a depth of after a terv i ce 0 f five years, was re The negroes of the county of Monroe held a convention on Saturday last at Forsyth, and endorsed James G. Phin- izee, one of the Democratic nominees for the Legislature, and nominated one of their own color, Adam Palmer, for the Legislature. They also agreed to support T. B. Cabaniss for the Senate, mil they now have their tickets regu larly in the field. An Up-Countryman in Mil- ledgeville. Mit-ledgeville, Nov. 2S. 1S77. To the Editor of The Courier: I arrived in this city yesterday, and as this place is a point of general inter est, not only on account of its past his tory, but because it seems destined to become again the capital of Georgia, a few dots made by an up-countryman will not be displeasing to your many readers. I have been traveling extern sively through the State by private conveyance on private business, and had ample opportunity to learn the sentiment of the people, and I am ful ly satisfied that the vote on the 5th of December will be in favor of Milledge- ville by 8,000 to 10,000 majority. Iu deed, I regard this much more certain than the ratification of the new Consti tution. I learn the negroes are almost solid against the new Constitution, and this is due mainly to instructions sent out from Atlanta. Almost every vote in South and Southwest Georgia that will be polled for Atlanta will be also against the Constitution. They are more interested in defeating the Con stitution than they are in the capital, and if it i3 defeated the odium will he due to the center of radicalism—At lanta. But I intended only to give your readers a brief description of this place. This city is laid off regularly in squares of four acres, with broad streets cross ing each other, and presents a quiet, substantial appearance. The Slate House is located on an eminence, sur rounded by a beautiful grove now rich in autumnal tints. The building is used as a court-house, is well cared for, and guarded at night at the expense of the county. It is in a good state of preservation, and with a few unimpor tant repairs will be ready for occupa tion, if the people order the Govern ment to be returned to this city. The Executive Mansion, so far as I can see is in perfect condition, and far superior to the James house in Atlanta. It is occupied by Judge DuBignon. The buildings are far superior to what one would suppose by reading the Atlanta papers, whose object is to deceive tile people in this matter. Their true con dition ought to be known so that the people can vote intelligently on tne 5th of December. If they were good enough when the people were rich will they not answer now ? The Lunatic Asylum, one of the largest and most magnificent institu tions for the insane in tne Union, is lo cated in one mile of the city, in plain several feet, and the Lung bridge S' retch ing one tulle across th Poiomac into Vir ginia, to a depth of three feet. Over it several railroads have communication with ihe South, and travel by it and iu other directions has been wholly suspend ed or greatly impeded. The water was last night reported in the Potomac as twelve feet above high-water mark and the present flood bids fair to outrival, iu the destruction of property here and far- tending beyond the 4th of March, 1879 Senator Rinsom, of North Carolina, lected bv acclamation, to the gratifies 'ton of the Democracy of tbe whole country. Senators Morgan, of Alabama. Coke, of Texas, and Lamar, of Missis sippi, are also filling terms beginning with the 4th of March of the present year. Senator Withers, of Virgiuia. a id Cuckerill, of Missouri, have four ■ years of service before them. All ol these Senators were Confederate soldiers nf distinction. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, whose fame as a soldier has been so remarka tfcer South, the great one of 1870 AIM My supplemented by a distinguished day long yesterday the mad waters, rush- 3 £\v>c Career in the Senate, will complete J 6 3 J ' f f, rot t erl n with the expiration ot the _ seaward at the rate of ten miles an hour, were watched by thousands of spec tators ; it being estimated lhalS 1)00 were hie room to doubt his re-election unde; 1 . • .1 . i jr.i.TYiirniiin-tiiiippfl nf a (’hflrucf.HP [term of the Forty-Fifth Congress. (tone of the Georgia press leaves us lit- congregated one time in the immediatJ vicinity of Long bridge, expecting eviry hour to see some portion of it yield to the- terrible force exerted against it. Every cellar in the lower section of the city is filled, the basements of about every avenue hotel being in the conditou and all the fire enginesare at work pump ing them out. The wharves here and at Georgetown were covered with wood, coal, lumber and other articles of mer chandise and much of it must, inevitably^ be lost. The surface of the river is cov ered with everything that will float, and scores of men and boys find- profitable occupations in removing goods for the merchants or gathering prizes from the surging waters. Affairs at Richmond are even worse than here, and every every hour some new disaster is telegraphed. The wind is still blowing freshly from the East and there is no sign of clearing weather. The gas company’s supply of coal is uear- y exhausted and the city may be left iu darkness after to-night unless we resort to the “light of other days.” Amidst all the political turmoil and the excitement from the flood, we turn aside to sympa thize with many residents of Washington who have been made mourners by tbe awful disaster to the U.S. steamei Huron which went ashore near Cape Hatura- at 1:30 a. M. Saturday in a Southeast gale. Of the 135on board 101 are supposed to have perished, and of those several of the (fHcers leave families in this city. Excitement still runs high in political circles aver the dead-lock ir the Senate Though there is an (finrt on the part ot veteran Republican Senators to muiutaili thi ir self-poise and an unruffled exterior, the anxiety consuming them cannot he holly hid. 4 lolcauic-erupiinn against C mover and Patterson in only delayed, apparenily, with the hope thatlht ir vole may he secured iu favor of the admission of Kellogg before anion is had on ihe oa-t-.- of Butler and Eustis. Boh of the recreates still claim to be R. puhlnans and Patterson participated in the Repub- ican caucus Saturday. He says he i- ready to meet either Conkling or Ed mund;on their vote in the Pinchback case, aad besides that to consistently sup port the conciliation policy requires that he and Conover should vote for boib Eustis and Butler; and it is given out that the President, iu a conversation with the latter, rather approved his course An exciting session is expected to-day in the Senate, and judging from the general movement in that direction at au early hour this A. M., packed gallaries will witness the contest of the gladiators on the floor of the Senate. The report telegraphed hence, to the effect that the President had expressed his intention of vetoing the silver bill should it reach him, has been thoroughly exploded. It is said to have been a job “put up” at tbe instance of Wall street. However, that may be the anti silver men strive to extract some comfort from Sherman’s known hostility and hisallcged influence with the President. Adjourn ment appears to have been entirely lost sight of during the four eventful and ex citing days just passed. Ksox. Ttie Flood. Richmond, Nov. 27.—The following dii-patcli was received here to-day, from Buchanan, Nov. 26, via Liberty, Nov 27: “The river is six feet higher than Uie great freshet in 1842. Twenty col ored people were drowned in trie neigh borhood. The destruction of property in town and county is unprecedented. A bridge and thirty dwellings were swept away. Many people are lefi without property, food or clothing. The railroad store with provisions and mate- view. The property belonging to the r j a j wa g washed awav.” State in this city is as follows: Tbe capitol and 20 acres; Executive Man sion and 2 acres; Penitentiary and 20 acres; reservation near depot, 20 acres; spring lots, 6 acres; Lunatic Asylum and 3,000 acres. Columbus, O., Nov. 29.—Mrs. J. R. Stially, proprietress of a boarding house, attempted 10 urge along a slow fire by pouring coal oil on it, with the usual result. The lady was seriously and probably fatally burned. circumstances of a character flattering to the Senator himself, and significai Of the enlightened appreciation by hi constituents of his valuable services h themsel res and to the Democracy 01 the nation. Gordon came to the Bet ate heralded simply as one of th knightliest of the leaders of Lee’s arm- —that “array of tattered uniforms an fright muskets which, invincible 1 life, surrendered only with its anmh lalion,” to use the characterization ru Northern historian. Four years of ser vice io Congress gives him a nation distinction ab a ‘ tati-sman, and offe-s 1 Georgia the opportunity to exhibit h. Warm attestation of the value of serv ill-,, inspire.! by moderation and m.ig. i. nitnity and wisdom in the highe.- sense. For it is in the moderation ■ his course here, a moderation whin has never smacktd of acquiescence n wrong to his section, (for none hav. been more valiant iu asserting the sen timents of his people) that Genera Gordon has been of essential value t. tile Democratic party. When he e> tered the Senate, four years ago, th. task of a Southern Senator was filleu with obstacles that the moderate cuursi of Gordon and others h .s visibly re uoved. He helped, by the eloquent plea of his wise and temperate action, to blaze the way for ttie untrammeled utterance in Congress by tbe South ol views and aspirations which now offend no one save partisans who will see m good in the people of that section 01 th-ir representatives. A leading Republican organ pro nounces Senator Gordon “ttie. ablest man in Congress from the South,” and quoting f r om a speech of tbe Senator, in which strong national views are ex pressed, pretends to doubt the sincerity f the Senator. We shall not quarrel with this Republican conception o General (Jordon’s ability, for the Repub Itcan party assuredly has nothing ti thank Gordon for in the way of mis takes hurting the Democracy and help ng their opponents; but we witb conti lence point to his whole Senatorial career as giving ample proof of broad latiouol and patriotic views ably ami l.iquently expressed. The Democracy if the country endorses Gordon, anu hopes to secure its title to public con fidence by continuing just such men in nigh place. The Cou.ederate soldier, like his late antagonist—his presem comrade— t h e Union soldier, usuahy proves himself a useful man in Con gress. He does not, like the old polui cian of his section, get his inspiratioi in the extimt thought of twenty yea» ago; he is of the present, and sees be fore his people a great future of mat.- rial progress and political influence n he achieved by devotion and energy Gordon exemplifies the best traits o the old South in union with the grow mg energy of the new South, He is r careful student, and it is often said -d nim by habitues of the Capitol that h- is the “Dusieot mau in Congress.” H is right upon the leading questions which will engage public attention, now that the era of sectional agitation am> sentimental politics is gone forever. Hi is in sympathy with the great laboring and producing interests of tne country iu their fight for existence against th* despotism of the monopolists of th* money power. In short, he is a leading exponent of the growing aspiration o! the American peoule. North and South, for release from the thraldom of evils and prejudices and sorrows that have followed the civil war, a release that shall open to them achie 'ements in new fields o endeavor beyond the reach ot the baleful and blighting touch of sec tional hate, grasping monopoly, and official dishonesty and extravagance. The Democracy- of the country will respond with enthusiasm 10 tbe prom iEe which Georgia gives to return to the Senate her able, eloquent, arid devoted soldier-statesman.— Washington Herald. Lon.Ion, Nov. 28.—Lord Derby, Sec retary of State for Foreign Affairs, to day received a deputation representing ihe Society for the Protection of. British Interests, headed by Lord StratDeden Campbell, who presented a memorial urging active interference in favor of Turkey. Derby replied that the Gov ernment saw no reason to depart from its neutrality. He did not think Cun- stoutinople or the Suez- Canal in dan ger. ' When tbe Government, he said, saw a reasonable opportunity it would do what it could to bring about peace. New York, Nov. 28.—The steamer Scythia, arrived from Liverpool, brought $590,(100 in gold coin. A Tale of To-day. It was night. It might haye been summer time, or early candle-light, had it uot been in a romance. It . was also a drag-store, and a clerk. ■ He was ; known as Paul Plump. Which was his neme. It was not P. H. Plump. Heroes never have initials. The scene of this story is laid out.in November—well on into tne center of it So Paul went to the door, and looked out upon the bleak November sky. Which is to say, be wonTd have look ed-upon it, had it not been too dark. He looked up that way anyhow. Tnen he drew a long breath. He also drew out a lengthy sigh, and exclaimed: “ “I'll do it!”* s • If yon could have heard tbe voicA in which those words were uttered, you would not have required him to intro duce further evidence that he would do it. He went back into the store, and locked the doors and windows. Tnen he deliberately took down from the shelf a bottle filled with a certain dark liquid. After wnich he climbed the stairs to ids little bedroom. He went and lit mm a light, and stood before tbe mirror and looked wietfully upon tbe image which it reflected. His features were very pallid, but they were resolutely and firmly set es pecially tbe bottom part of them. The light of a fixed purpose burned steadily in his eyes (blue). He said once more: “I’ll do it!’’ Then, with steady hand, he raised the bottle of dark liquid. He emptied a portion of its contents into his hands, rubbed them together, and applied the palms thereof to the capillary covering of his head (hair). Alter which he did various ether things, and exclaimed once more: I'll doit!” ****** * It was also night. The same one. j.This is an inside ] Two parlies, male and female, were -citing ou one sofa. Tliis s ha was designed for that num- ocr of p.nto-s; but to-night there are. iccidei.tly, 011 one end of it, nine vol umes ot patent office reports. Consequently ttie repoits are some what crowded tor sitting-room. The neejpants of the other end of -sofa nr* Paul Plump and Miss Mora MoMinny Wink. Paul is s.c. mu: “Miss Mora, pardon ■-> boldness, hut, I must speak. Long 10 nave uu-ssed the great In u- which —which I feel for you. • ! can inn \mi r.tnrn them—some nt -in, at li-ssi ? 1—1 love you—I do!” “Paul.” she answered softly, hut firm “Paul, you must not tain sol Forg*t , I play you ! \W are both poor, and ave no fine house, nor sweet carriages: or good things to eat, and—and—all oat Forgive me, Paul, hut I mast ;ave ail those when I marry; and you ;an not furnish them.” “Yes, I forgive you! Fact was, I— I was under a false impression. I—ev —thought vou could supply all them ’ere things!” 3on Fiatt and Madame Le Vert The old lady got, after a time, to have that most terrible of all things—a griev nice. She would hold us by the hour on that inexhaustible subject. Oue light, at a charming party given by- Mrs. Carlisle, we found ourstlves witb Vladatne Ls Vert on our arm, being made acquainted with that grievance. We happened to pass the Spanish Min ister—then Admiral Polo—who was leaning gracefully against the wall. “Is not that the Spanish Minister? ’ isked my companion. “It is.” “Do you know him well enough to present me?” “Know him? Do I look like a man who did not known the Spauish Min ister? Ot course I will piesentyou.” Now, we had never exchanged a word with this diplomatic gentleman ; out we were desperate. And so, march ing up, we said: “Admiral Polo, permit me to intro- luc- you to my dear Iriend, Madame L- Vert.” “It gratifies me, Madame to make vour acquaintance ” And then after a -light pause, in which he eyed us, be d.led: “And now, Madame, will you oe so good as to introduce your es •;ort ?” This was such a cool piece of diplo- »<ic impudence that, before Madame L • V-rt could answer, we said : “Why, Admiral, Jon’t you remem ber ine ? I am Col. Casey, brother-in- •aw to th.s Government ” Poor M idame Le Vert gazed at us •nth iu mute astonishment; but she diiu was cnatting with bis diplomatic xcelleiicy iu Spanish. Washington. SENATE. Washington, Nov. 27.—Prior to 12 o’clock noon* to-day, the usual hour ol meeting, Wheeler pat Hour in the chair and went home at 12 o’clock. Hoar an nounced that tbe seesson of L Monday would continue until an adjournment and business ran accordingly. No dissent ing voice was heard from this view. The Kellogg case is now the^ question of highest privilege at the next calendar Session, and will displace Thurman’s reso lution, or even if the Senate should adopt it under die rales, it would be over on that day. The consequence is that tbe Democrats are compelled to continue in session nndl Bader is oat of the com mittee, or let Thorman’s resolution come in’behind the Kellogg case, aod then out of the Committee. One objection wilh| keep it off one day before a vote can be had on his admission, bnt after one day it will be in the power of tbe majority to advance Bader over Kellogg, because both are then quesdons of the highest privilege. Confif motions—Stern, Assistant Treas urer at Ciucinnau; Marat, Collector of Customs at Apalachicola; Boyers, Post masters at Gallatin, Teno. The Cabinet to-day decided apon ex- Congressman Jno. B. Hawley to suc ceed Gov. McCommick as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Judge Humphreys is giving grave consideration to the Patterson habeas corpus. A decision is not expected this week. The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the decision of the Su preme Court of Tennesee, deciding that the court has ao jurisdiction to render a judgment againet the State for the Torbett issue of notes of the State Bank of Tennessee, amounting to more than a million of dollars. One square six months- One square twelve months One-fourth column one month One-fourth column three months One-fourth column six months One-fourth column twelve months — One-half column one month One-half column three months One-half column six mo Onc-half column twelve One column one month «. One column three months One column twelve months—.. The Trl-Wi percent. Immigration to Alabama- Coarier-Jourr aL Messrs. John Loen, William Temple, Fred Wolz, F.Speilman and William Johnson, members of the Chicago Col onization and Agricultural Industry Company, and Louis Ballinger, Esq., J amisaioner of the State of Al- inspection of the State of Ala- While in that State they se- d*y on their way to tonrofiasp " bariut"___ lected and- purchased from and North Alabama R R. Company or:u hundred thousand acres of land inCaTl- man county, upon which they propose to locate- a colony of emigrants from the Northwestern States. This com- Stanley’s Discove ies, The New York Herald prints a large map, illustrating Stanley's discovery ot the Congo river. The secret of the great explorer’s success is illustrated in his fol lowing the. course of what he calls the Luiodi or Lukuga river from Lake Tan zauiko to its confluence with theUgazowa, hich is the main stream that, with its branches, subsequently develops into the great Congo. The peculiarity of the Luiudi-Lukuga led Cameron to suppose it tbe outlet of Lake Tanganyika; but the careful exploration made of it by Stanley shows it to flow into the lake from a marshy pass iu a mountain range, on tbe west side of which it flows to the Lttalaba, with wnich and another stream tailed the Kamalondo, it forms the Ugazowa, the three coming together near the same point. Down the Ugazowa Mr. Stanley proceeded, amid untold difficul ties, five boodred miles, across tbe equator, to the Great Bend, where tbe river whips around toward the southwest. Thence, past cataracts, through Well nigh impen etrable forests, disease-breediug marshes and savage tribes, he nude his nay to civilization ou ‘he west coast of Africa, performing the greatest feat of intrepidi ty and discovery that the world has known since tbe eyes of DeSoto looked first on the broad expanse of theMississ- river. Stanley is the truly great discov erer of his time. HOUSE. A bill passed removing the political disabilities of Albert M. Lee, of Texas. The Jetty bills were introduced and ref-rred. By Singleton, of Mississippi—Re moving tbe political disabilities of Ed win DeLeon, of South Carolina, and Beverly H. Robertson, of Virginia. By Muldrow, of Mississippi—By re quest, a petition of colored citizens of Mississippi, asking for an appropriation of $100,000 to enable them to move to Liberia. By Robertson, of Louisiana—To re fund tbe cotton tax. By Riddle, of Tannessee—Restoring to the pension rolls tbe names of all sol diers stricken therefrom on account of disloyalty: also repealing the act pro hibiting the payment by any officer to any person not known to be opposed to the.rebellion. Adjourned until Friday^ The Silver Dollar. As the remonetization of tbe silver dol lar in some form is attracting so large a share of public attention, it will be of in terest to know just what tbe silver coin age of the country hat been and now is. Tne first silver dollar under the law of 1792 weighed 416 grains S92 4 10 fine, uud parts in same proportion. Weight of $1000, 8665 ounces. In January, 1837, the law was so changed that tbe silver dollar weighed 413} grains 900 fine, and parts in same proportion. Weight of $1000, 8501 ounces. This is the dollar that was dropped from our coinage in 1863, be cause it had practically been out of cir culation for twenty years or more and is the dollar which it i9 now proposed to adopt, both as to weight and fineupss. Iu March, 1853, a law was passed which did not touch the silver dollar it self, but reduced the weight of the half- dollar and smaller silver to proportionate parts of 384 grains 900 fine to the dol lar; $1000 of these coins weighed 800 ounces. The law of February 12, 1873, estab lished the weight of the halr-dollar. quarter, dimes and half-dimes at 385 8 grains 900 fine; $1000 of these coins weigh 803} ounces. These are the coins uow issued, and are in general circula tion. They are a legal tender to tbe amount of $5 in any one payment. Tbe trade dollai was authorized in 1873, to weigh 420grain 900 fine, and this a legal tender to the amount of $5 only in one payment; $1000 of these coins weigh 875 ounces. A Sacred Old Relic. LaFayette, Ind., Nov. 29.—The Sec ond National Bank has suspended on account of the defalcation of the cash ier. The assets are ample, but not im mediately available. Detroit Free Preas. A colored man yesterday turned auc tioneer to work off two old stoves for a dealer on Gratiot avenue. One was sold without trouble, but as tbe other held over” on him, he mounted a bar rel and began: “Gem’len and women, dis yere stove was once de property of George Wash ington.” A laugh of derision greeted his state ment Singling out the biggest man in the crowd, tbe auctioneer asked: “Doan’ you believe dat George Wash ington once owned dis yere stove?” “No, sir.” “Dat’s de same as callin’ me a liab, sah, and you’ll hev to chaw dem words, sah.” He jumped down and waltzed over to the stranger, but was knocked down in a York minute. That was plenty for him, and after feeling of his head to see how much of it was left, he mounted the barrel and called out: •‘How much do I heah for dis stove —once de property of Gin’ral Grant! De stove dat Washington owned was busted up doorin’ de war!” Poetic Justice in the Senate. New York Evening Poet.} The scandalous-mismanagement of the business of contested seats has justified the Democrats in taking steps to compel a settlement of the question, and would justify individual Republicans before the country in uniting with the Democrats to that end. If Conover and Patterson are the meanest of men, if instead of trying to promote the public interests they are simply and selfishly looking after their own, the inexcusable conduct of the ma jority of the Republicans has furnished them with a cover for their treachery so that they may seem to be only doing their duty in a manly and independent way. If the Republican party is to be betrayed,it is entirely fitting that it should be betrayed by members of -the rascally gang of vul gar aod plundering Southern carpet-bag gers, whose alliance with tbe party has driven from it many respectable Repub licans and brought humiliation upon those who hare remained within it their plan is to aid worthy settlers by supplying _ them with lands, stock, seeds and implements on credit until one or more crops are made. They have reserved seventy acres in the cor porate limits of the town of Cullman, the county Beat - of Cullman county, on which they propose to erect a watering place and grape cure, alter the plan of European establishments, a fine hotel with all modern improvements and comforts. On this place is a spring the waters of which are said by prominent chemists to possess the same curative properties of the famous “Scbwalbach spring” in Germany. The establish- - ment will be open for visitors next' summer. Twenty-five families will settle on the lands of this company in two weeks, to be followed by a similar number every two weeks until all the lands are occupied. The Chicago Colonization Company, which consists at present of 160 mem bers, recently selected 30,000 acres in the same county, which will be occu pied by them during this winter. A stock of company to manufacture cast-iron pipe on an entirely new prin ciple is being formed in Chicago, the works be located at Oxmoor, Ala., and their engineer, Mi. Hansman, is now at that place for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements. The many advantages of the South over the bleak orairies of the West are fast being brought to the notice of emi grants, and the tide of emigration seems to be turning in that direction. The gentlemen named above speak in the highest terms of the liberality and courtesy of Dr. Standiford and CoL Sloss, President uf the South and 'North Alabama railroad, who did eve rything in their power to aid them in their enterprise. Senator Conover’s Grievance- Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.] Washington, Nov. 23.—Senator Con over’s grievance against the President and Republicans is stated to rest upon the following facts: The Postmaster of Pensacola was lately found to be short in bis money order accounts, and, after consultation with the Democratic Sena tor, Jones, the Postmaster General agreed to allow tbe Postmaster to retain his place if be obtained new bondsmen. These be could net obtain, and it became necessary to appoint a new mau. Sena- ator Jones, who lives at Pensacola, claim ed tbe right to nominate a man, and chose a Democrat Darned Lee. Conover wanted this place for George E. Went worth, a Republican, once President of theState Senate, then United States Min ister, and later Postmaster also at Pensa cola. He is a large property holder in Escambia county. Conover has threat ened to make the party smart for this in dignity as he calls it. The nomination of Lee is now pending before the Post- office Committee of tbe Senate, and Con over has renewed his threats in that quar ter. If he can defeat Lee, and control the patronage himself, it is thought by some that be can be redeemed. Most of the leading Republicans, however, have no such hops. In tbe Senate it is gener ally regarded by all parties that he will vote to seat Butler, though it is acknowl edged as in doubt of his opposing Kel logg- j . , Plevna. A German paper remarks that it is probably not generally known that Plevna has long borne, both among the Turks and Bulgarians, the epithet_of “the impregnable” in tbe same way that Genoa is distinguished by the Ital ians as “the superb,” Florence as “the beautiful,” etc. In the case of Plevna the addition of the adjective dates back to the time of Bajazid the Great. When this mon arch overran and subdued Bulgaria and drove tbe Bulgarian Emperor from his throne, the garrison of Plevna, un der the command of Michael, made such an obstinate and determined re sistance that tbe invaders were unable to possess themselves of the town. For six and sixty vears—so runs the legend, as related by the county folk—every ef fort made by the Turks to reduce Plevna was ineffectual; the town and its gal lant garrison, although at times hard pressed, still held out. Syphon Draining. Greenup (Ky.) Independent. The large ravine at Riverton, which daring high water is filled by the “back water” of the Ohio river and continues a large stagnant pool, breed ing malaria and other diseases, is being drained by Vice-President Bates in a very ingenious manner. Its Dearest 1 joint to tbe Ohio river is 200 feet distant from the latter; this distance is tran sected with a 2-inch pipe, with an 18- feet perpendicular extension into the ravine, and a 48-feet elbow down the river bank. The pipes, were filled with water Friday, and ever since has the work been going on, on the well-known syphon principle. It’s ingenious, easy and cheap. Washington, Nov. 28.—Gen. Ord is expected here Friday, for consultation on the border troubles. * The Treasury sells a million gold Sat urday. Senator Sargent was in his seat to-day, after a few days absence in consequence of the suicide of his sister. There will be a court of inquiry over the loss of the Huron. The Departments closed at neon for Thanksgiving. ■ * -v * Columbia, Nov. 28.—Roper, alias McGhee, for an unsuccessful indecent assault on M1S3 Bettie Templeton, was lynched in the presence of two thou sand people.