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aiul Commercial. >ATED ^ 0 F SUBSCRIPTIONS. D f f -— foR TIIE WEEKLY * ~$2 00 » roin c. CO. , tiik t^i-WEEKLY. 1 04 00 ; 2 00 100 ]& *'. <tr |rtly In advance, toe price of Verier viH be S2 50 a year, and the more, one copy will bo fur- “the imprepnable,” has fallen. , he erected in Bombay tl of the Prince of ijStatue ^orati-n , ,he Presidency repres- ,iforro of Field Mar* ^ yjait to t ' in bis im li d on his Triple with bis left. the telegraphic I ’.:-n &i be eeen by . Washington, Mr. Fastis * admitted t<» his sent asSena- md no« the roll of ; Louisians. iiiplete as to members, who are not STTSI ferior ti Btc^ iy otfeirl rtm«nt,| HS. I'U- EUptir i Geer-1 : *f*. ii Jlasa 'senate is Jill eoroe arc l ' lere tly there- ^ fiXJS£SOtu$t, *Iw tani'e«i***i°n oUghttS^' r hr thes>/*er nien. Why rot I lie national debt with it?—IV. Y. the silver men'Arfe' 1 wilting [paragraphist of the Herald to pay debt in irnny. ■■ .’-'..vo-i , ghofford, the Congressional li JDi his been seeking for a.'king for a complete set-of “Peter Par Tales" for the library of Congress. as the circumstance may" £j$-. Research has thus far brought •ot no ene who has kept together of one:of the bestkriowfl <f authors. VOLUME XXXII. ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY M i, DECEMBER 19, 1877. NEW SERIES-NO. 16 Ighr li-.'/it- o:'J "ahr.’fl £ni ni he London Times’ staff, , the l0 the lowest, wished, .to unite," Itfstiuioi.ial to be present to Mr. _J his retirement.'- 7 But the in ly recipient declined the : proffered . and not even the suggestion tKif juke the form of his portrait, .to ■cQDg in the editorial room, will in i to consent -i /i JpcLCsthe kind ot a dollar the Cin- i Commercial wants: “We do [ ra ,t a Wall street silver dollar |ard, hut a people’s silver dollar—a sisippi valley dollar—a dollaT with ; on ir, whose right wing shall lfcbingto-’ City,.’ while - bis''left - F , 6 , -tr.i i.nfVol ebttn f it dust aloog ; the , co, and his mil ftpsewf^ffidfegg-t ? , buv, while his beak ia-dredgi lethe mud islands from the stream seen the jetties at South Pass.” IS According to the correspondence of iViibiugton Capital the wife of a t York banker appeared the other ling at a party as Capital. The dress mr.red on the skirt, so as to make it wr on; piece, with o-e hundred and is d illar bills. The waist and sleeves Sl.'MO bonds sewed in.and her s and eun hlazetf^nn tfiarnon! tiara was said to have been Worth W.C00, and total value of the notes and aunts mi her person was 8260,000* |opace«car.ied her train, and watched 8ilir jewels and greenbacks should fall I ‘.it floor. I In the House of Representatives at Jiihincton, on the 5th inst., Mr. Har- (Demncrat), of Illinois, intro- pi a bill th.it proposes to levy upon tincomes of all United Stales citi- 3 which may be over SI,000 and uu- sK.OOO annually, a tax of one per •: over S'2,000 and under S3.000, one I'-: a quarter per cent.; and a gradu al scale up to and including S25, t over S25,(-00 and under 835,000, a tof three per cent.; over S35.000 and 550,000, four per cent., and five iceut. on all incomes in excess 01 Mw. This was referred to the Ways M Means Committee. n. . Gordon’s terra expires, and the ufolMUre-ele'Oted last week Will have Co cBooeetfew successor, and then * ijaijtiih aa a T>ig majority aq th e capital, iud-uf 'Atlanta’s- -friends, can begot, t 'hiin tbetexciteafeht ia. rap, to swear! etigeaD'Ce against Gordon, it will''per haps help some one else. , ,, JL - However, 'bbi inference *njmV wrong, and if may be that it was a friend! of Senatoif Gordon that wreto it for the purpose of sbttwing his mag nanimity ^ in keeping silent whiie'he lived a}, Atlanta and bad a vast interest'; in her success. And ibis, reminds, us df a little joke. that wgs rtold .-in iEust’ ’ennessee years ago..' A flatboatman bad carried hiB flour, apples, 'whisky, : (id^r,,eta,toN^w:0rlMhiA‘pbcl.bavin^ < &*«&»»» kmv&tn wwirediaa 1 fit - Height intnis 4ukrafliltMidkganB shop where there' were a-'dazen or ir ore city roughs around, and his antagonist drew his long knife and told him to “git,” and he “got,” with the other men in full pursuit. In telling the story.' our East Tennesseean said he had bnt one friend in the whole crowd; “for,” said he, “after I had got nearly a hun dred yards from the grocery, my friend —I knew he was my friend from the ftejjLymark jlfti mwidr SMy^firiwad^elled tfcT out, v | ika. Benjamin Huger died in ChuiliS- C, Dec. 7ih. He was the grand tyhew of Line I. Huger, an American tomtionary General, born at Limer- t plantation, South Carolina, in 1742. Sunnily has always been one of ftalthaud iuQuenceiu South Carolina, r* ma L members serving with dis- ptlion in many departments of the >ternment, State and national. Get-., •tit was burn in Charleston in 1S0G. ^graduate > at West Point in 1825; fis commander of Fortress Monroe •°tn 1841 to 1816; figured conspicu- plv in the United States army until I;frtL ISGl, when he entered the Con- ='n-. r ate service and became Major- ’toeral. Pvrlev, the Boston Journal’s Wash- ■itoncorrespondent, says: L Tt * sad news from Springfield cre- I" 1 a sensation here, for almost every 3 putdic life knew Mr. Sam '■ and many have winced under l-^uc hits. "That he could aot at- - til age, after such active brain- 13 not strange. Swift once re- wh 11 those about him were I °1 '> line old man : “Ttiere is no It 1 v* 1 ”"!?' H his head ‘or his heart |p. 11 ' Vu,lh anything they would | ' e *"U) him out long ago.” This is |i ‘‘tally especially so far as it reljwto journalists. An editor who 1Vts to he an old man with accu- ~-ated honors and unimpaired facul ' Can t l;u .e suff-red from no strong I. no wearing sensibility, no in- mse of right and wrong, no I ^ u *'- v ’’ allt ^ 110 ‘ soorn °f foals.’ 17 “uwles furnished a sinking exam- L personal journilism; and after * cynicism has been buried in his j, ,"' generous impulses, self-sac- , ::‘2 wruestness, and hal.edof shams " ' ,c a Uectionaiely remembered.” s believe Swift’s remark to be true, • ^ ied either to Mr. Bowles or any °Uier '-’tapatbi, ■uan or woman whose heart and ^“isvilh es are in journalism, says the *ro ni! 1 and e Courier-Journal. Earnest- sensitiveness and hatred of a u ° are spiritual fires' which burp lUe frail limits of the body ' T «ld &n nCVer Ttrcuched in this tsis wron S> this pageant of selfish* GEN. GORDON AND TIIE CAPITAL. Somebody goes to the trouble of pub lishing a two-column article in the At lanta Constitution of Tuesday last, to let the people know that Gen. John B. Gordon favored Atlanta for the capital o f the State, but did not make any speeches to try to influence others to vote for Atlanta. Well, what if he did not make any speeches in the interest of Atlanta ? Every one supposed that, as he lived in Atlanta, or in itssuberbs, that he was a friend of Atlanta. He made no speeches either for or against the Constitution of 1877, or the home stead of 1877, and these were questions {y&EgxaytetiiinfKfBnoe.to. thtecitisete [f«fe8rgi*>llfl& mgtiwtrifthhfeaP^ diking ?; a ,! ©6ttAb3#iS!8 1 Vi«F%f' r "*'' lr itter, it really seems As, ns that Gen. lou/gouli ts^fsUed qa/to, take Bides tTlteily-fiveihnndrhd/daaMl.egga were in the question afithttiemiml or loca-i ’ ‘ ion of the court house in; any with just:as. much show: of rem bu required to gtilpitumuing^e'State upon the questjflp .qfj. removing of lo cating the capital. ^ This, was a matter for the peopld (3" tEfi_Staie to decide, dud Gen. Gordon was/ .the representa tive of-the Stat^.'in r 'thefienate’Bf the Tjj out, ‘Go it bob-tail, he is gaining on you!’” , r, . . . SENATOR PATTEKSO * »S C SE. Judge Humphreys, of the District of Columbia, before whom the habeas corpus case of Senator Patterson, ot South Carolina, was heard, has decided that Patterson’s privilege as a United States Senator is a sufficient plea to discharge him from arrest even on a charge of felony properly set forth in a requisition by the Governor of the State of South Carolina. He does not base his opinion upon any error or informal ity in the proceedings, but takes the buld ground that when u State has- once sent a man to Washington as a Senator, tnat, however heinous a crime he may have committed, or may there after commit in the State, his right to continue in the - * Senate for the full term for which he was elected is per fect and complete, and the authorities of the State are powerless to prevent him from appearing as the represent* tive of the State, or to get possession of his person for the purpose of pun ishing him. The decision of the Judge is certain ly the most unique that it nas ever fallen to our lot to read. It touche; upon almost all subjects within th- range ot literature. He draws upon the Bible, upon history,-romance and poetry—in fact, upon everything; but in reading the decision it is impossible to see what connection with or whai bearing upon the case at bar all these matters can possibly have. The main point to be reached was the discharge of the defendant, as his vote was neces sary to keeping a Radical majority in the Senate, and that was reached, and the prisoner discharged after the ren dering of such a decision as to make one who has veneration for the courts and laws of the country regret that such a Judge as this was ever honored with a place in our country. The read ing of one of -Esop’6 fables, or of the spelling book Btory of the lawyer and the farmer would have been as appli cable to the case as Judge Humphrey’s opinion, and the decision he rendered would have been as well fort- fied and strengthened by either of them os by the facts of hiB opinion. At a fire in the convent at Limoges, France, on November 19th, 1838, it was suddenly discovered—that one of the children of the girls’ school there had not been rescued.. She w«b in' a dip : taut room, and doubts were expressed of the ability ti save her. A young lady said, “I wiU try,” and rushed be tween tbe flames on each side of the entrance. She, wasTregaraed as lost, but finally appeared with the child in her arms: King Louis Philippe sent her a gold medal, and a young Captain in'tbeiirmy, 1 *who witneteed her act, married her. The Captain is now Pro- dent of the Punk- Bepahlic, and the lady is Mme. MacMahon. 7 -‘ ... i. ,-J-u ■ Girls in Georgia - wear bats made' of natural leaves and flb*WA‘' ( " ,M " ; i .-/rtoaliJ-rM sut to blow a GEORGIA GLIMPSES. ' The State Grange met at Macon yester- 4ay. Land sold at good prices at the De cember sales in Monroe county. A fifteen years’ suit over a yoke of steers in Campbell has cost 81,500. There’s a Hawkins county spring which ebbs and flows every two hours. The Georgia Railroad paid one hun dred and twenty thousand dollars for steel rails last summer. Geo. W. Blanton, of Dalton, has been elected valedictorian of the graduating ilass of .Atlanta Medical College,. a 833'ydiing^ men 1 left Monroe county Mbrv’Taxaa. ! Th8y< were «tnis • 7,_. ... f and, although the President declined td recommend the ameDdment as reqiie by Mrs. Sargent rad Spencer in bis message, his sympathy fbrths movent " also claimed from admissions hfriak at the WhiteHodaoa^ ".■gftodip:: > • . • a;-!.!.-. . ■ ... louse it appears that war with lotry is .regarded as almost inevitable. j(Did .letters. froth Gefls. ind SbeiWsn. were!read befsro the ite Military Committee yesterday on Same subject '; and Maxey WaA; iaStrasted Miffed bill appropriating f"*™ 1 ^ establish-four additional military' post* deed, he was not the one to seek .'Dalton Citizen:" Our farmers are 1 ibout through, sowing, their fall wheat, i§a t, the., area , so im ,1s said jt4 bo v^ry. .. I.vlai 7 «' •' I r.oV(b ; :: : : The Ellijay Cqnriw, wants the next legislature of Georgia 'td pass a law naking it an offense to give tobgcco to. ntnors, :U 7 - . . ;» siftiol ( ; ;) . , rt i -r.■ J A small negro_child, at Mr. Sol Mar- ihall’s, of Talbot county,-was recently mrned to death while the mother was jutvisiting.,;*j c?.T—.-.JLJ ;'. !7V iir.-^4ciing G. Williams, of: t^eA.rm. if Pierce. Biutord . A.Qo.j of Colunibus, lied last Sdndayi He was about' forty- eight yean,old. - D .1 ^ *. aS^ph^kti^ts Horn rary commissioner-fi^in Georgia ^q4pei noriD A Mt Stewart, ini Tronp.oonnty; was -lleditbithedq'orof'hiB h’ouse'the'oth-' rnightbya negro tenant,'wio .'dipt “ !4<Lrf, -^ : liim.w^Ui r agnn f . Monday night two passenger dam asfedf.pp the State Road packed, fnll f emigrimtai 1 They .were from the iciwer pkrl-’of the ■'States and were en route for Arkansas and Texas. Mr. Paul Bleckley, son of Judge Bleckley of the Supreme Court, has determined to go upon the stage. He will go to Baltimore to make his debut under the patronage of Mr. John J. Ford. ' '' • The proposition to send Gen. Gordon to Paris as the representative of the South meets with hearty approval. He is overwhelmed with letters from every portion of the South urging him to consent. Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, was invited to lecture at Atlanta. He re plies he cannot leave the State to lec ture without resigning his office, and he seems rather to prefer being Govern or than to deliver a lecture in Atlanta. Col. C. C. Jones, jr., of Augusta, is engaged upon a historical work. The Atlanta Constitution says it will be a history of the “Dead Towns of Geor gia.” We do not presume this has any reference to the present, but alto gether to the “dead past.” Mr. D. C. Dunlap, of Rocky Mount, Meriwether county, had his steam gin- house and machinery, together with about seventeen bales of cotton of his lwn and eighteen bales belonging to his customer? entirely destroyed by fire one night last week. It is thought to be the work of an incendiary, as there had been no ginning done there new l oan was indefinitely post How Joe Weakened. height for the crop or tree to be pro tected. Everybody knows the prone ness of insects to “go for” a light It is one of the curious fact, connected^ In that great horse-shoe bend of the with insect life that their eggs are al ways deposited at night The miller species never fly by day. On a warm, dark night, when there is no rain or wind, they are, in reason, almost num berless, and can readily be destroyed by this device. The Commissioner says: “The moths being attracted by tbe light, dart against it and fall into the pan, and are destroyed before de positing their eggs upon the tender little Bear Paw Mountain which catch es a great flood of sunshine at noon day, we had a village. Sixty strong and sturdy men were digging into the base of tbe black-topped mountain in ^earch of silver. ; We were not in luck, and though $ach man was gloomy and discouraged, there was no excuse for mnrder. We had banded together to share and share Uike, aud if Firlune smiled on one all would receive benefits. Oue night when the day’s toil of fif- leaves of the growing plants.” The ty-seven men yielded an estimate of patentees, I learn, on inquiry, have just started a factory at RosselltU}* rad are manufacturing the lamptfeta, in great quantities, and selling rights Washington, Pea 12, i8 .Yesterday was a field day for tbe wo-,, mer in the Senate. Petiroos signed bj ten. of thousands of them were presents) by many Senators, praying for, ^pjnSljl tional amendment enfranchiriDg v ^osieh.L and many kind things were retd of them and their object that would have excitea only ridicaleimd derision a few years ago. Mrs. Hayes is counted as a sympathizer!twoTware on good terms, but while Ar BT U. QUAD. only six dollars, tbe miuers cursed and swore and feklike striking each other. l -. -We were short of provisions, new tools - were needed, and the men turned in for tbe night with a determination to strike ,/or some other locality if the next day’s work should exhibit like; barren re- sulis. ann t At there was a great out cry not an Indian attack, ae eac^nr5Pr anticipated when he rushed out, but a horrible murder had been committed, and tb« murderer captured by one of the sentinels. A miner named Joseph Swain, hut hardly known in camp by any other name than - “Joe,” occupied a tent in compam - I ith an old man vained Arnold. The nuld hud about 8300 in gold coin, ac quired in other speculations, Swain hadn’t a dcllar outside of the common fandt Tbe gold was buried in tbe earth under the bed on which tbe two slept, and Swain could not get at it by nigbi without arousing his companion. Had ho secured it during the day and mide off he would have been overhauled very quickly, and his punishment nothing iiTherairambe no further doubt of thu less than hanging. It could be m. raritvof oiirrelations'with'iferioo; mad more if be added murder to the rob- r«ni iWp iniip-nf lavAriil "latpftfinenKefliiitiiir ’l >er J'. an d that night, when we all fel llHonse committee has already taken ^<0 had done the most for him. H. ip-tm> l )laatter, evidentlv determiiWl r «J Was getting away with the gold when !ty“ . “ eeo ° _ ore lt _ *? vera ^ foot within five minutes after the first -.arm.' • Arnold was dead, stabbed in threi •“Jour places, and the gold was foumi ia,r j!e’s belt. There was no show foi murderer. He could not evei on the Rio Grande. The silver bill hag been earnestly discussed in the Sam and it is now the almo~t unanimous bel that it would have sufficient strength pare'over a Presidential veto. The fall of Plevna is regarded in pa? lit'cal circles as fatal to Turkey unit England promptly goes to the rescue’^ but no one appears to harbor the thougLt that she will s.ek to interfere except peace maker. We also find time to read Tip pretty game men He had fought Mexicans, for several days previous to the burn ing. Washington Correspondence. Washington, Dec. 10,1877. Tbe an 1 ual report of the Commis sioner of Agriculture, just issued and ready for distribution, contains many things of interest to the general reader. Tne volume is unusually compact and well arranged, and there are several new subjects treated. In looking through the book I notice an article concerning a successful insect destroy er, accompanied with a drawing or cut of the invention. It is a new thing, patented during the year, and promises to be a great benefit to the farming and fruit growing community. The annual destruction of. crops of fruit, cotton, ,corn, tobacco, and vegetables by the curculio, cotton boll, army, cut and tobacco worm amounts to millions of dollars. Of all the numerous remedies tried none have so far proved success ful. The “Little Turk," as the curculio is called, has almost driven plum cul ture from the country, while the rav ages of the other species named are im mense. The worms are all hatched from eggs laid by miller and beetle in 'sects that fly at night, and are easily caught by a properly arranged light, ilt.is estimated that these insects, depos it from 10,000 to. 1,000,000 eggs each, according to .the species, in 'the. seven- then .days of their. Average life. If, therefore, tbe insects can be destroyed before appearing "!i the worm stege'of existence, this. wi}l prove'tbe .most suc cessful; point of attack. The. device re ferred to by the Commissioner was patented by a firm in Russellville,'Are kaesas, Patton'A Duke, T believe, and consists of a pymyar^y constructed lamp which is to be lighted (Bxgl^eejt.fp a pan filled with,water/ the hottom of \yhtch-receives a stick or other isuppori, closely on the French situation ; and the opinion L .hat MacMahon has only two ways onen to him; one, and one the most likely to be adopted, that of submission by the formal ion of a Cabinet approved by the Republican House, or an attempt to sustain himself by a coup d'et'it, rely ing on the adhesion of the army to his interests. December weather here was never more beactiful and the streets never presented a more animated specta cle, crowded by hundreds of gaily dressed women and children, seeking bar gains in the shops filled from cellar to attic with holliday goods. Knox. Richmond, Va., Dec. 10.—In the Sen ate a joint resolution was introduced providing for a joint committee of both houses to report such measures as will best secure a speedy conference between tbe commonwealth and its bondholders, with a view of securing such adjust ment of the public aebt as will bring the payment of the entire debt within the resources of the State, derived from the present rate of taxation, and do equal justice to all classes of houdhold- poned, and the consideration of the res olution unanimously voted down. A resolution covering a series of res> lutions, was then introduced opposing increased taxation and favoring the de velopment and protection ol the present system of public education; the reduc tion of expenses of the State Govern ment ami the readjustment of tbe State debt, and payment of interest thereoi on terms not dictatury by the creditors of the S'ate, but in accordance with the will of the :undiu t ; act of 1871, express ing a determination to pay the creditors all that the diminished re-ources of the Slate will justify, aud repeiliug the idea of repudiation. Both propositions were table and ordered to be printed. Washington, Dec. 10.—In the Sen ate, during the morning hour, a resolu tion was reported hy Dorsey, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, instructing that committee to inquire into aud report, by bill or otherwise, a proper form of government for the District of Columbia. Agreed to. ' THE EUSTIS CABE. At the expiration of the hour, Mr. Wadleigh, of New Hampshire, chair man of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, called up 'he resolution reported from that committee last week declaring J. B. Euatis entitled to bis seat as Senator from Louisiana from January 12th, 1876. for the term end ing March 3d, 1879, and Ingalls, of Kansas, who signed the minoritv re port, spoke in oppoaitioa-to the resolu tion, olaiming that tl e papers present ed by Mr. Eustis wSre defective. 1 I.77 THE VOTE ON EUSTIS. Euatis was seated by a vote 49 to 8 The negative votes were Allison. Cam eron, of Wisconsin; Hamlin, Howe, Ingalls, McMillan, Morrill and San- dera. - Among those voting aye was Brace, of Mississippi. London, Dec. 10.—The Rueter Tel egram Company has the following; “Bucharest, Monday; 10th.—After a severe engagement yesterday, before Plevna, Osman Pasha, who was wound ed, riurendered unconditionally. :The .. - Turks in Plevna are dying with hunger H^ht to tbe^deSiKil-^andcold.”. ur ,r * «[;Ii:7oaod root odt L war I.-77 1,001'’ - i i:i : so bitter against luck, aud when part ners felt so much like striking each other, Joe Swain murdered the man plead impulse or heat of passion. In avpid consequences. He made a state njent to the effect that he had deli her ately. murdered and robbed the good old man, and added: * Now, boys, there’s no use in a gree t fuss ever this matter. Put a guard ove. tne, And the rest of you go back to you sleep. 'You’ll hang me, of course, am when morning comes I shall have a re quest to make. I shan’t try toge’ ■jnw^y, and I’m not going to play th« ~ht2i* the last hour comes.” wain was known among us as s 'railed ladians anil killed three or four white ruffians who bad made them selves a terror to certain localities. Armed with his bowie-kuife he would have been a match for any four of us, and it was owing to bis presence more than that of any one else that our vil lage was not troubled with the roughs and gamblers who attached themselves to other camps like leeches. Murder was a crime that could not be palliated in a mining camp. Had it been anything else a majority of the men would have been in favor of let ■ing Joe jump the diggings and go un- puoished. But when they looked in un the white faced and blood-stained corpse of the good old man who had been like a father to all of them, each heart hardened against the murderer, and each mac said tu tbe other: “Joe Swain must hang for this!” There was no need of a trial. When he was brought out after breakfast he iaid: I “Bovs, I don’t want any fu3s over this thing. I killed the old man, and II is your duty to swing me up to » limb. I knew what I was up to. aud" 1 knew I’d have to sirelch a rope if I couldn’t get away. I don’t d-ssrve a kind word, and I shan’t look for an\ sympathy. The req ’eat I want to mak* is that you wou’t hang me till sunset. I know it’s bad to have one of th*s. afftirs banging around camp all d*\. hilt yet it won’t make no grea' diff-r- ence to you as long as you are work ing for almost nothing. Now, then, ab in favor of wailing till sunset to ha: l n,t- Pay me 1” “Ay e!” shouted every man around him. “Those opposed will say no!” Not a voice was heard. “The ayes have it, and I am to 1" hung at sundown,”continued Joe. “I want to write hall a dnz-n letters, sleep for two or three hours, and I hope you won’t crowd in on me. Select your tree, get your rope ready, and when the time comes I’ll be on hand.” If Joe .had been a captive in the hands of the Indians, and was to be burned at the stake at sundown, every miuer would have wagered his outfit that Swain would have died game. In this case, where he was to meet a dis graceful death at the hands of men who bad wi rked and fought beside him for months, most of tbe miners thought be’a take tbe noose without the quiver of a muscle, but there were two or three who 6aid: “He is a brave man, but when he takes his last look around he will weaken.” Before tbe day was four hours old there was a strange wager between two of our men. It was rifle against rifle that Joe Swain wonld show a woman’s heart before he swung off. The doomed man was left to him self all day long. A strong guard was placed around his tent, but no one en tered it to interrupt the work of his last hours. The corpse of bis victim was buned at the foot of the lone tree on which Joe was to swing, and as the six round borrowing. Have you got the rope and the barrel ready?” “Yee, everything is all ready,” replied a voice. “That’s right,” said Joe. “Now, then, form in procession, give me a conspicu ous place, and we’ll march along.” The man wasn’t smiling. His face was pale, his eyes had an anxious look, and it was plain enough that be real ized the primness of his last hour on earth. The procession was formed, and Joe marched away for the tree as steadily as a soldier on parade. His hands and feet were free, hut as he halted beside the old barrel, with the noose dangling above his head, he said: “Bovs, tie my arms behind my back, and after you lift me np to tie my fret together. If you make a bungle of this vuu’ll get a bad name all through the digeings.” When Joe stood on tbe barrel, the noose around his neck, tbe men fell hack a little. - He looked from man to man with steady eve, glanced np at the limb, and then looked over tbe heads of the men out upon the green prairie. The sinking sun had filled the grass with millions of sparklirg jewels. A score of antelope were trotting along a mile away; great birds Were sailing to ward tbe Rockies with lazy wing; the flowers never seemtAl so thick and beautiful as then. For a mioute we all looked south ward, and there was something in (he visiou that softened every heart. When we looked up at Joe again, we hardly kuew him. All tbe hard lines had melted out of his face, his eyes were full of tears, and there was a sob in his throat as he turned and whisp ered : “Don’t blame me. boys—it is my last look on earth! Now doyonr duty I” Not a man moved—not a man could move. Taking a swift glance over the prairie aud another up the mountaid-side, Joe softly said: “God lorgive me that I was not a better man !’’ He fell forward off the barrel, his own executioner, and no man dared look up until the body hung limp and lifeless. Joe had weakened, and those who had bet on bis “game” had lost. Yet, when we talked it over in low voices it the camp-fire we agreed that brave ■lue’s bravest act rf a life-time was shown when the tenderness was allow 'd to creep into his heart, aud bis eyes o fill with tears—when he proved to ur Imt he bad a soul. t Political Almanac of the Sen ate. Albany Evening Journal.] Now that the struggle for the politi- al cor.trol of the Senate is concluded for the prefeut.it is time to make up the -ffiuial returns and see how the Senate -rands. The Republicans have galDed Kellogg, the Democrats Butler, and Eustis is still Knocking at tbe door. Counting Conver and Patterson, the Republicans have 39 Senators, and the Democrats, including Davis, of Illinois, 36. But oue of tbe Republicans. Sharou, L habitually absent without a pair, so that the Republican side is praciisally reduced to 33. It is probahle. also, that Eustis will soon be admitted, increasing the Democratic side to 37. Or, to pat the whole iu tabular form : Republicans with Sharon 39 Republicans without Sharon 38 Democrats with Davis and without Eustis. 36 Democrats when Eustis gets in and Davis stays in. 37 Democrats when Eustis gets in end Davis gets out 36 Republicans majority (without Shar ou) when Davis is a Democrats. 1 Repuol.can majority when Davis is a Republican. 3 Republican majority when Davis is an Independent and artful dodger.. 2 Democratic majority, if Patterson should do so again, with Davis as an Independent dodger, making a tie, to be decided by Vice Presi dent’s casting vote. Democratic majority, if Patterson ami Conover stiould both do so again, with b.ivis us a Democrat, but his position in that case not changing the result no matter wh -t he might lo. The War in the East. Constantinople. Dec. 10.—It is re ported that the Council of State ha- determined that Christians shall here- .fter he eligible to Gnveifiorships and n.*ier administrative functions of the Turkish provinces. It is believed the ‘peech from the throne opeuing P r- lunnent will annou ice this resolution. Suleiman Pa«ha has returned to Ab- tnedli. on the Tiruova road. The report that the Servians had crossed the frontier into Turkey origi nated from a confusion of tbe bounda ry, which was caused by the destruc tion of the landmarks, after theTurko- Servian war in 1876. The Egyptian contingent in theTurk- ish army will be increase^ by 12.000 itifantry, 1,000 cavalry, and four bat teries. Londos, Dec. i0.—A Reuter tele gram has the following from Bucharest dated the 10th: “After a severe engage ment yesterday before Plevna Osman Pasha, who was wounded, surrendered uncondi tonally. The Turks in Plevna are dying of hanger and cold. Judicial- United Slates vs. Gillis, administra trix, appeal from the Court of Claims: The Court in this case reversed a re- covet y against the United States for the proceedings of 108 bales of cotton, on the grounds that the olaimant was not tbe “owuer” of the cotton, repre senting only the interest of an assignee, and the assignment being unlawful un der the act of 1S53, and generally with out the aid of statutory enactment. Tberecanbeno valid assignment of a men carrying the body passed neat his claim against the United States, it is tent tbe murderer came out aud stood with uncovered bead to show his respect fortbe dead. He wrote five letters, drew up a brief will, ate a full meal about mid-after noon, 1 and half an hour before sundown be'-was ready. Before starting for the tree he said: “After £ am-' gone you. will find my will: > Tbe letters in there are to be for- yarded asiseca aft convenient; This is a shabby'old suit of clotbfts" to be bang In, bui lt's all I had, and I couldn’t go said, without the consent of tbe Gov ernment by the action of CoDgress, Re versed. Mr. Justice Strong delivered tbe opinion, Justices Field and Brad ley dissenting as to the invalidity of an assignment when not forbidden by. positive law. London. Dec. 10.—Operations against Erzeronm are postponed for a fortnight on account of the weather. No at tempt will be made to ebtablish a com plete blockade. / Ebon Mites. Tne Colored Babies of Gotham to Hold a Levee at Gilmore’s Garden New York Herald. Sullivan, Thompson and Wooster streets were in a state of excitement yesterday. On inquiring of one of tin- aged “aunties” in Thompson street the cause of all this commotion, the report er was answered thus: “Why, de Lor’ bress ye! Haven’t ye heerddenews? Tbe colled folks am gwine to have a baby show in Gilmore’i Garden, shore’s yer born, honey, and I know de gal wats goto’ to take de prize for twins,” and the old lady gave, with her left hand, a tip to her bandanna turban and pointed with her right to a handsome; taffy colored brunette, with nearly straight hair, leaning on the sill of an opposite window. The desire to talk to the young moth er and see the twin brunettes led the reporter into the boose, where he was followed by a crowd of colored folks, old and young. Tbe mother sbhwed the way into a rear apartmet t, ’he front room being used as a laundry, and pointed to a huge cradle in the corner, near a bed. Taking off a light outer covering a view was presented of two habies with faces of the Egyptian shade. They were asleep, and the “shish ish” of the mother quieted the “ya, ya’s” of tbe party in the rear. Their heads were thickly covered with coarse black hair, not yet sufficiently long to get into the curl of all wool, and their faces were really handsome. “How old are thespchildren?" the reporter asked the mother. “Six months and eight days,” was the answer. “Are you going to exhibit them at the baby show ?’’ “Yes, sir, de boss said I might “Who is your husband ?” “Poindexter Adame; he’s a kalsnmi- ner, he is.” “And she’s my darter, sir.” broke in the old “auntie” aUuded to, with pride, “an’ we’re Sruth Car’lina folks, we are, and Marsa Poindexter, our ole marsa ’fore de war, he done gone send Marier two silver mugs fur de pickaninnies.” Then confidentially, “Now, don’t yon make no mistake, Sopbronia Jane Jackson am got twins in No. 19, an’ she's a braggin’s on dem over de whole ward, hut Lor" bress ye, dere de brack- est, ugliest, squint-eyed, bandy-legged, hald-headed, squeaky-voiced, common little nig—” Here the reporter escaped amid the titter of the crowd, just as the lovely iwins of Mrs Potodexter Adams awoke from slumber, and “split the ears of the groundlings” with cries that at least showed a good amount of tem per, and two healthy paiiB of longs. It was soon apparent that in the col ored baby show New York was to have a genuine sensation in addition to the cat exhibition, and in every locality where the colored population live the reporter found tbe utmost interest manifested. In order to seek farther information he proceeded to the office •>f Gilmore’s Garden, at the comer of Twenty-seventh street and Fourteenth avenue, and had a talk with the busi ness manager of the enterprise. THE PRIZES FOR COLOR ED CHERUBS. “We intend,” said the gentleman, “to make this a national colored baby show; fat and lean, black as Erebus or saffron-tinted as the Malay, straight legs and crooked ones, all will have a chance for the priz-s. We have only advertised for 2,000, but I have no doubt they will come 5,000—strong. Yes, sir, we expect consignments from the South—in fact, we will have a strong representation from the cotton States, to judge from our correspon dence. We will have balloting on the fairest principle for the handsomest and the ugliest, the blackest and the whitest, the cross-eyed and tbe crooked legged; babes born with teeth, bald- headed or fully wigged; but it will be forbidden for visitors to pull tbe wool over any baby’s eyes. The one kissed most often bv white ladies to have a pecial prize, as well as tbe sweet- scented baby, barring patchouli. It will be forbidden for the moiherto use musk as a perfume, hut all other scents are open to them. There is to be special prize for tbe baudsomest moth er, and one for the best dressed; so you see there will beau amusing but good natured rivalry between them. The manner in which babies ana their mothers will be brought from a dis tance should be made known. The management furnish transportation t>oth ways, to and from .the show, and will pay the expenses o: parties bring ing children during the show. DEUCES AND TRAYS OF SPADES. “We have promises already of sever al interesting pairs of colored twins, three sets of triplets, and several sec tions to hear from. We expect great things from the Black Belt in Southern Georgia. Tnere, we have it on good autnarity, a man loses caste and a wo man is turned out of meeting if they don’t produce twins two years after marriage and a set of triplets in five years, not counting the time either par ty is laid up with the swamp fever. In regard to the time the exhibition will last, one week is the term proposed, the show to be open day and evening, and on Saturday night it is to wind np with a grand ‘cake walk,’ for which prizes will be specially given. We have a competent physician engaged, who is to look after the health and welfare of tbe babies. It is not true that the cat show will combine with this one. I hardly think the public would stand that.” The Fall of Plevna. London, Dec. 11.—The latest advices from Bucharest pat tbe number of Turkish prisoners at 40,000. Osman Pasha ordered a sortie in tbe direction of WiJden. His valor, which is de scribed as desperate, is every where the theme of conversation. After five boors’ severe fighting the Turks were defeated. The suffering of the Turks in the besieged town was awful. Cold, disease and famine decimated tbe ranks and reduced the soldiers to living skeletons. To aggravate the sufferings, no doctor and medicine could be ob tained. Four thousand guns fell into the bands of the Russians. The ground which was tbe scene of the sortie was literally strewn with dead and, dying Qsmari Pasha himself ■ was severely wonnded before he would consent to a surrender. CONTRACT RATES OF ADVERTISING. One square one month — One square three months One square six months. — One square twelve months ......— One-fonrth column one month One-fourth column three months One-fourth column six mouths One-fourth column twelve months — One-half column one month One-half column three "months • me-haif column six i • >ne-half column twelve: One column one month . One column three months J One column six months One column twelve months The forego Ir Trl-Wcekly. \ per cent, additional upon table rates. 400 800 12 00 20 00 10 00 20 00 as 00 00 00 20 00 32 00 00 00 The Mexican Berder. As -tu he seen by the following dig- pitch of the •».}, instant, from San An tonio, Texas, to tu. New York Herald, 'hey are having live),, times along the Rio Grande, and if Mexico bad as much as strength as audacity we might ex pect & war before many weeks: At length Lieut Young’s detachment of the Eighth cavalry has been heard from. It will be remembered that about three weeks ago Young started un a scout into Mexico with the view of tracing a party of cattle thieves and marauders which had been preying upon the Texans. Some anxiety was felt here lest the intrepid scout had met with an overpowering force and been driven westward. CAPTURE OF AN INDIAN CAMP. After his command had been out ten days they came upon a band of mes- caleroe, or dietillers of mescal, en camped, having their chief, Alasti, with them. The order was given to attack the camp at once. Tbe cavalry dashed in and were masters of the sit uation, after a brief and feeble resis tance cn tbe part of the distillers. SUMMARY DISPOSAL OP THE BAND. - Two of the band were killed and three wonoded. Tbe remainder of the party were then disarmed, all their trinkets and clothing taken from them and turned adrift to go where they chose. BURNING THE SPOILS. All the tents, with their contents and tne atnfi taken from the men, were then collected in a heap by the soldiers and burned, so that not a vestage of the camp was left It is not stated if the mescaleroe had any stock at the time they were captured. SEVERE WEATHER^ ENCOUNTERED. Lieut. Young returned to his camp at Point Rock Springs yesterday morn ing. He says tbe weather has been very severe in that portion of Mexico over which be has scouted, and that his command suffered very much from tbe cold. One morning when the men arose they found the water in their can teens frozen. Newark, Dec. 12—The Newark Savings Institution, the largest and old est in this city, chartered thirty years ago, has beeu taken charge of by tbe Chancellor, on petition of its managers, so as to insore an equal distribution of assets among the depositors, and pre vent unfairness from a possible run. It has about 812,000,000 assets, including depreciated securities, and 82,000,000 Government bonds. The deposits are 811,000,000. The Chancellor orders them to pay 18 per cent, of Jhe. princi pal to depositors who apply for it, with 3 percent, iuterest on Jannary2d, and ' no more till farther orders; mean while he will order a full investigation of the effkirs of the institution. Mon eys heteaftfer" deposited are~fo he kept separate and invested in United States, New Jersey and New York bonds, tree from risk of former investments. Bucharest, Dec. 12.—The sortie was solely prompted by the entire failure of provisions. Osman crossed the river Vid, attacked and took fort Dolny Elro- polje. The Russians and Roumanians were hurried np from Tusarla and Bu kova, and after a tembl e carnage Osman attempted to re-enter Plevna, hat it had in tbe mean-while been occupied by the Roumanians and Russians from Grivitzar Osman, on finding himself thu3 surrounded, although wounded in the foot, personally conducted the nego tiations for the surrender. He express ly announced that he surrendered un conditionally, to the Emperor. St. Petersburg, Evening, Dec 11.— The news of the fall of Plevna occasions great rejoicing here. The theatres are celebrating the victory by special addi tions to the usual programmes. Enthu siastic popular demonstrations in honor of the imperial family and the army are made in the streets and public places. Great crowds assembled, cheering and singing the national anthem. The city is partially illuminated. Bucharest. Dec. 11.—The Te Dcum was sung here to day to celebrate the Russian success at Plevna. Prince Gortscbakoff and -the Russian and Roumanian au'hnrities were present. The Czir and Prince Gnrtschakoff will return to St Petersburg in a week. The Czar, after the surrender at Plevna, placed hi° own carriage and escort at the service of Osm.-in Pasha. WilkesBarre. Pa., Dec. 10.—A ten per cent, reduction in wages of miners goes into effect lo-day at the mines of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com pany, operated by Charles Parrish & Co. The men have accepted the situ ation, and will remain at work upon condition that the old wages will be restored when the price of coal w.ir- rantsit. London, Dec, 10.—The Times’ corres pondent at Rome teleii tohs that althongb newspaper report concerning the Pope’s health are mor- favorable, private advices indicate his eprdltinn growing worse. He lies helpless alia«ugh his mind is clear. He endures great suffering from which he is expecting and even hoping speedy release. ,-rl-f London, Dec. 11.—The Times urges that the moment has now arrived when, mediation between Russia and Turkey is possible, rad it is to be hoped the British government will use all efforts to ttfat effect. New York, Dec. 10.—A Washington dispatch says tbe position of Bishop of Richmond has been conferred upon Mgr. Silas Chatard, of Baltimore, form erly President of the American College at Rome. , ! - Washington, Dec. 10.—The .Presi dent made one nomination to-day, George Fisher, Surveyor of Customs at Cairo, Illinois. No Executive ses- tioh to-day. Parts, Dec. 12.—The new Ministry held a oouncil but failed to agree on a programme. The troop3 in Pari3 and V-rsailles are confined to their bar racks. t _ Lowell, Mass., Dec. 10.—Wm. H. Devlin was arrested for the murder of