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From Washington.
Washington,December 11—In the Supreme
urt the questions involving the legal trnns-
. of indemnity bonds, was up on cross
• lUon, the object being to bring all
questions to an early settlement.
\ motion to advance Mr. Davis’s matter
a the Docket did not come np.
[la- Reconstruction Committee meets to-
m -, rr o\v to arrange for investigations regard-
,,, Texas, Virginia, Mississippi’nnd Georgia,
f.jvm-r great labor. The Committee will
ii.dilv make no report before the recess.
Washington. December 11.—House.—The
Flection Committee meets on Monday to
jisiiler a Missouri contest case, wbicb will
•, upy the session. The next in order is tbe
ijpirjia contested case, between Christy and
fllmpcy. A report on this c:tse is improbable
..f„re the recess. The Louisiana ettse will
■tlie reached.
itcneral Grant was at headquarters to-day.
.jT.ono.OOO, coin interest on the debt, will
[did out, on January 1st.
General Meade lias been ordered to Wash-
iiton by General Schofield, sometime during
it present month, when it will least inter-
iv with the public interest.
The receipts from customs from 1st to
a instant, inclusive, amounts to £*2,035,000.
General Stoncman was at army headquart-
tB to-day.
General Grant departs westward to-mor
row.
There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day.
In the Supreme Court Judge Black asked
i tv heard on a question whether the act of
:.fMs repealing the act of February 5th,
' giving the Court -jurisdiction on appeals
: Hi judgment in Circuit Courts in habeas
< eases, would have the effect to deprive
is Court of jurisdiction in the McArdle
or whether the Conrt under the
-ligtion which already attached in the
- should not proeeed to judgment He
- of opinion that the repeal did not affect
- McArdle ease, and that judgment should
pronounced. After .consultation, Chief
f t Chase announced that the Court
ahl hear the argument on the subject,
•ring the counsel to fix the time. It was
-ally settled to argue the case on the first
Miaday in February nest.
The argument in the Louisiana confiscation
has closed.
Comments of tike English Press on the
President’s Message. •
L-ndon, December 11.—-The following are
the. comments of the press of this city on the
President’s message:
The A eies (Radical) says: “President John
son’s persistent opposition to the nation’s
wishes is the cause of the partial failure of the
reconstruction measures. There is no hope
of restoration, unity or peace until General
Grant’s accession.”
The Standard (Conservative) strongly de
precates the Senate’s refusal to hear the mes
sage.
The Herald (Conservative) says: “The
message commends itself to everybody in
terested in American affairs as the warning
protest of a statesman politically dying.”
A Itlirfsin" Steamer.
New York, December 11.—The steamer
Union, from London for New York, is miss
ing. She is loaded with iron, and has pas
sengers on board.
Weather off the Capes.
Fortress Monroe, December 11.—There is
a heavy snow storm from the North, which
has lasted all day.
Death of Helen Western.
Washington, December 31.—Helen West
ern died this morning.
PROM SPAIN.
The Progress of the Second Revolution.
Madrid, December 11.—An armistice of
«hys lias been agreed on at Cadiz to bury
lead, and remove the' women and child
ren.
j A second dispatch states that the Rebels
h 1'wposed terms of capitulation which the
lj vernment is disposed to accept.
Later. — A third dispatch from Cadiz
that the insurrection is assuming
firming proportions. The dispatches an
ting the surrender of the insurgents are
Tft neous. The insurgents have some artil-
| J '7 and occupy an important position.
^Qeral Caballero DeRoda, with a conside-
I rr ^ force, marches to assault Cadiz.
^ National Guards are employed to keep
wior and protect property in Madrid.
Laere is great excitement in Malaga and other
. hut open revolts have only taken place
^ Cadiz.
Arising is momentarily expected in Ca-
Llonia.
ir ms and munitions have been landed at
L?. i or tj je j nsur gents. They are acting
I ' L great determination and will fight until
tl,last.
; **°th parties respect the American flag, and
“^dreds of citizens are seeking the protec-
| t: ,a of the American Consul. A United
ilc ' s nutn-of-war is in port, and Danish and
■ ^ncau Consul’s disposal.
,3 ing to the threatening state of affairs,
wealth}’ families are leaving Spain.
. Prim has gone to Andalusia. The
visional Government is much embarrassed
l he disordered condition of the country
finances.
From Alabama.
u
•“jstromerv, December 11.—-To-ilay has
| the coldest of the season.
' r,; A. H. Fannin, for many years a
| j '“tuient member of the Georgia Legisla-
I *' buried in this city to-day. Ho died
'“Uenly
Th,
of apoplexy.
ij Legislature is engaged principally in
, I lla ” privileges to railroads. Most of the
’Mtcd on arc purely of a local character.
au-Klnx Dill is now under discussion in
Mouse. There is but little probability of
adjournment Great dissatisfaction
■ on account of the long session. The
I -islature lias been in session over three
I altogether si:
in session
■ since July.
luiri.ti Overthrow of tile Cretans.
, December II.—Cretan advices tiia
<:ns have been received. The Turks
'- captured a strong position in Sphokia,
I Ti r *' Cretans had erected block houses.
, - u ^ so seized a quantity of provisions and
'^itious of war intended for the Cretans,
J aave seized two landings on the shore
ireiit Greece. It is reported that in con-
■4’tenee of these advantages the insurrection
“ dyini
g out.
I mi-oi-.tant to Cotton Plantees —The Cot
ton Worm.—IVe commend the following, ex
tracted from the Selma (Ala.) Times and Mes
senger, of the 5th instant, to the attention of
cotton planters in this section, and would be
pleased to receive from them any information
they may be able to give on this important
subject:
The Cotton Wobm.—This scourge seems to
increase in virulence from year to year. It
is expected with the regularity of the season.
Its early appearance in considerable numbers
is fatal to the crop. 'Its appearance at any
time cuts short to a greater or less extent the
crop. A thousand methods have been de
vised for protection against it. ’ So far, every
thing done to prevent its appearance or to
check its ravages, has been in vain. There
is danger that in a few years it will destroy
the cultivation of cotton altogether.
A few weeks ago we published a statement
from a Texas paper that the egg was deposited
iu the stalk of the plant, where it remained
until the proper season, protected against its
enemies, then to appear upon its mission of
destruction, and that to gather np closely and
burn the dry stalks iu the fall and winter
would necessarily destroy them.
Yesterday we saw, in the counting room of
Messrs. Hardee <fc Robinson, proof of the
correctness of this theory. There were the
dry stalks. On the surface was the scar left
when the eggs were deposited. Inside, in
the pith of tlie stalks, were the eggs in some
places, and in others worms already emerged
from the egg, and feeding upon the soft part
of the stalk surrounding them.
We presume any planter can have abun
dant proof of the theory in question. He
has only to look for it in tho stalks in his cot
ton field.
This matter appears to us worthy of atten
tion. If the egg is deposited in the stalk and
thus preserved and warmed into life and sus
tained through the winter, fire is the remedy
beyond question.
The Jeff. Davis Trial Humbug.—The New
York Sun protests against the Government
keeping up tho solemn farce of pretending to
try Jeff. Davis, at a heavy cost to the nation
al treasury. The editor says:
“The men in authority at Washington ap
pear to have thought it necessary to treat
the people as incompetent to comprehend the
grave reasons of State which control them in
the determination of this matter. Otherwise,
it might as well have been announced in the
beginning that Jeff. Davis was not to be
hanged: and that point having been decided,
it was quite unnecessary to try him, or to pre
tend that he was going to he tried.
“Very expensive lawyers have been em
ployed to conduct the prosecution. This is
no fault of the lawyers themselves, who, we
suppose, have merely accepted the retainers
which have been tendered to them. But it is
clearly wrong on the part of the Government
to keep up this solemn farce, and pay for it
out of the people’s money. Useless expendi
tures are particularly censurable at a time
when every poor woman is obliged to pay
double price for a box of matches on account
of the Government tax. The whole business
is a kind of charlatanry worthy of a mounte
bank.”
The Death Penalty in Pennsylvania.—A
letter from Harrisburg to the Philadelphia
Inquirer says:
“Governor Geary has explicitly informed
Hester Vaughan, convicted of infanticide,
that the death penalty will not be enforced.
The matter of pardon is, of course, still under
advisement, though the case may eventually
take a different shape. There are now several
individuals confined in Philadelphia under
sentence of death; one who has been in
prison for eighteen years, no death-warrant
having been issued. For several years past
the Legislature has been asked annually to
make some disposition of their cases; to au
thorize the Governor to commute the sen
tences to imprisonment for a term of years.
The Legislature, at its coming session, will
be asked to make some special provision
for these cases, including that of Hester
Vaughan, and, if action is taken, the pro
babilities are that Hester’s sentence will be
commuted. ”
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The Wab in Cuba.—Advices from Santiago
de Cuba, November 27th, via Key West, De
cember Cth, have been published in New
York, as follows:
The insurgents had surrounded the city
and were preparing to attack it. They had
destroyed the telegraph and railway and cut
off the water supply from the town. There
was a dearth of provisions in Santiago and
much distress. The insurgents had retaken
Villa del Cobre, whose inhabitants had all
gone to Santiago foi*refuge. The corps of
volunteers raised by Villa del Cobre for tlie
government remained unpaid; and were desti
tute as well as disarmed. Soup kitchens had
been greeted by the authorities of Santiago
to relieve the poorer classes.
Bold Stbeet Robbery.—Yesterday, Mr.
Rutherford, from the country, while standing
in front of O’Dowd A Mnlherin’s store, on
Broad street, was robbed of his pocket book
containing about $200. lie had the pocket
book in the side pocket of his coat and a ne
gro stepped up, jerked the book from his
pocket and made off with it. He was closely
pursued by the police and finally captured by
officer Welsh in the warehouse of S. Frank
lin & Co., on Reynolds street He secreted
the money between some cotton bales,where,
we learn, it was fonnd. It is supposed that
the warehouse was the place of rendezvous
for him and his accomplices, where they in
tended to divide the spoils. This is the
most audacious robbery we have heard of in
this city for a long time.—Augusta Constitu
tional 1st.
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Death of George Mixer, Esq.—The New
York Atm, of the 7th instant, says: “-The
flag at the Astor House was at half-mast on
Saturday, on account ot tlie death of Mr.
George Mixer, of South Carolina, son of
Daniel Mixer, who built the Charles
ton Hotel. Mr. Mixer and a friend
were recently compelled to pass a night in
the South Caralina swamps, and as a conse
quence were seized with miasmatic fever. His
friend died soon after at Charleston- Mr.
Mixer came North in hope of recovering his
health, but the disease had too much inroad
upon his system, and he died at the Astor
House on Saturday morning.”
FEARFUL TRAGEDY.
A Man Murders His Wire and Is Lynched
by a Mob.
[From the Macoupin (Ill.) Times, December 3.]
On Friday evening last, after dark, our
community was startled by the arrival in
town of a young man named. Moore, who
brought the report that a man named Carl
Engleman, living some eight miles southeast
of town, had murdered his wife, by cutting
her throat from ear to ear, and that he had
come to notify the Sheriff; as tho murderer
hail made his escape immediately after com
mitting the bloody deed. He stated that the
excitement was intense in the aeighborhood
of the crime, and that the entire population
in that vicinity were out in search of the
murderer. The murdered woman was a
daughter of Mr. Elijah Mitchell. She had
been twice married, the assassin by whose
hand she died being her second husband.
The murderer, Carl Engleinan, was a
German by berth, of whose previous histo
ry we can leam but little. He served in
the regular army from 1855 to 1860. About
that time he came to this county, and soon
after married Mrs. Bull. By her he had two
children, the youngest of whom is now
a babe about three months old. Their mar
ried life was not a happy one. Quarrels were
frequent, but we notice that the sympathy of
the neighborhood was all on the side of the
woman, who seems to have been highly es
teemed by all her acquaintances. On Friday
about noon be came to the house and de
manded of her the sum of $75, which he
claimed she had promised him. She refused
to give it to him, and insisted that he should
leave the place and not annoy her further.
He refused, and claimed that he should come
when he pleased, as the law gave him the
right to see his children. She then sent one
of the children for a young nephew of hers,
by the name of Moore, who was gathering
com on the farm. He came to the house,
and taking a pistol from the bureau drawer
in which it was kept, forced Engleman to
leave the house. Waiting until he was out
of sight, yonng Moore then returned to his
work. Engleman seems to have walked down
the road some distance and then concealed
himself where he could watch the premises.
This was soon after noon. Here he remained
concealed until Moore had gone back to his
work. About 4 o’clock he returned to tho
house, and fonnd his victim alone with her
little children. As an excuse for his return he
stated that he had left his pipe behind him on
his previous visit. She arose and commenced
looking for the pipe, and while so engaged he
seized her by the head from behind, and
drawing her head back drew his knife across
her neck, cutting her throat from ear to ear.
She screamed and ran out of the house, and
leaping against a tree stood a few moments,
until weakened by the loss of blood she sank
to the ground and died. The murderer im
mediately left the house and fled to the tim
ber. The neighborhood was at once aroused
and a thorough search organized for the mur
derer. About nine o’clock in the evening he
was overhauled near Macoupin Creek, about
two and a half miles from this city, by three
young men named W. Pryne, E. Pryne, and
Wm. Debley. He made no resistance, and
declared that he was on his way to town to
give himself up to the authorities. He was
by tliefn taken to tho residence of Mr. Clial-
lacomb, where they guarded him all night,
and in the morning brought him to town and
delivered him over to the sheriff. He warat
once taken to the jail. On Monday a mob
assembled and took the mufderer out of jail.
The plan seems to have been a well-ma
tured one. The leader procured a sledge
hammer, and without any previous noise or
contusion, a conple of score pistols were
drawn, as if by concert, aud a rash was made
for the jail. The sheriff was at dinner at
the time with two of his deputies, his resi
dence being in the lower story of the build
ing. A couple of well-directed blows from
the sledge forced in the front door. The
sheriff and his deputies met the mob at tlie
door, but were powerless in the face of tlie
enraged crowd. They made all possible re
sistance, but were instantly seized aud dis
armed, and, being forced into a side room,
were there held by-part of the gang. A few
citizens who had rallied to his assistance as
the fact of the attack being made was made
known, were quickly overpowered aud
forced to one side. The mob now had it all
their own way. By this time they had full
possession of the hall of the building aud of
the stairway leading to the jail above. The
lock of the door. was shivered by blows
from the sledge, which gave them ad
mission to the hall of the jail. The
prisoners being iJl locked in their cells
except the notorious Mrs. Taylor, of Spring-
field, who is here for safe keeping while the
jail of Montgomery-county is being built,
and who, being in poor health, has been al
lowed the liberty of the hall. In accor
dance with a demand from the leader of the
mob, she pointed out the cell in which was
their victim. The .sledge-hammer was at
once brought to bear upon the lock, which at
last gave way. Engleman was found stand
ing up, ready for his fate, with his coat but
toned to the chin. He spoke not a word,
and only by turning ashen pale did he show
any sign that he read his doom in the flushed
faces which met his gaze at the cell door. A
rope, which had been previously prepared,
was now brought forward and the noose
placed over his neck, anil he was hauled by a
dozen strong hands rapidly to the door. The
whole trunsasaction did not occupy more
than ten minutes, but during this time
a crowd of.perhaps two hundred persons
had collected around the jail yard. As he was
jerked out of the door by the halter around
his neck, a 1 wild yell went up, “Theyve
got him ! they’ve got him !” No one, how
ever, seemed to care to face the demoniac
crowd who had him in hand, and they at
once started at fall speed down Broad street,
towards the south part of the city, dragging
their victim after them, and followed by the
wild crowd. After running about three
blocks, they espied a large locust tree stand
ing in a back yard, with a limb projecting
over into the street, whioh seemed suitable
for their purpose. Here they halted, and
pinioning the arms of their victim, one end
of the rope was thrown over the limb, and he
was hauled up. It was immediately discov
ered that the rope was not properly placed,
the knot being directly under his chin. He
was lowered down, the rope readjusted, and
he was again swung up. His executioners
stood by until his death-struggles had ceased,
and the spirit of Carl Engleman had gone to
meet that of his victim, when they separated
for their homes, leaving them hang to the
limb.
Hon. John Mobmsey’s Seat to be Contest
ed.—Mr. James-M. McCartin, the Republi
can candidate for Congress in the Fifth Con
gressional District of New York at the
November election, has inaugurated proceed
ings looking toward tbe contesting of the
election of his successftil opponent, the Hon.
John Morrisey. Mr. McCartin bases his
action on the allegation that Mr. Morrisey is
not an American citizen. As Mr. McCartin
is evidently in earnest, the pnblic may expect
an investigation of this singular assertion.—
New York News.
Mabbiaoe of Mr. Thomas Jefferson.—This
gentleman, aged eighty-nine years, and still
enjoying good health, was married on Mon
day evening last to Miss Nancy W. Pollard,
af Fluvanna county, Virginia. Mr. Jefferson
is a nephew of the illustrious Thomas Jeffer
son, author of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. This is his third marriage; and we
trust it may prove as pleasant and agreeable
to him' os did the two former (though like
Gen. Washington, he hire never been blessed
with ohildren.)—Scottsville Register.
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Deceased. General Nathan G. Evans, of
South Carolina, who commanded the Federal
forces at the bloody battle of Ball’s Bluff,
died last week in Alabama. Ho graduated at
West Point in 1848, anil formerly belonged
to the United States Second cavalry.
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Circumstances alter cases—Particularly re-r
duccd circumstances.
How to make hats last—Make everything
els* first.
THE GREAT DISASTER.
Loss or the Ohio River Floating Faia-
cci—Terrible Destruction of Human Life.
Cincinnati, Sunday Morning, )
December 6th, 10, a. m. j
One of the most terrible calamities which
ever occurred on the Western waters happen
ed on Friday night, near AVarsaw, Kentucky,
about sixty-five miles from Cincinnati. The
United States, of the Louisville mail line,
struck the America upon her bow, and in a
moment almost both vessels were the scene
of death m its most appalling shape.
The river where the catastrophe occurred,
is nearly or quite equal in breadth to the dis
tance between Cincinnati and Covington. —•
Both boats were heavily laden and crowded
with passengers of both sexes aud all ages.
A part of the cargo of the United States con
sisted of petroleum, ranged iu barrels upon
the deck, aud immediately after the collision
the coals from the furnace reached the oil,
and the vessel was soon enveloped in flames.
The night was dark. The women and child
ren were peacefully sleeping. The cool wa
ters quietly lapped the sides of the steamers,
but iu an instant all was changed. Tongues
of fire leaped from deck to deck, and to add
to the horror, the river was covered with a
sea of flame. It seems an almost unnatural
combination of horrors, but when the gloom
of the night was dispelled the frightened pas
sengers hastily and half clad, rushing from
tho cabins saw all around them a sea of
liquid fire.
Martys have passed through fire to the
gates of Paradise confessing to their faith,
but on Frida}’ night it was not so. Unpre
pared or not, more than forty souls were hur
ried into agony to meet their Judge.
There were two bridal parties upon one of
the boats. That very morning the pledge
binding them together had been plighted.
They wore imperrilled; but by the provi
dence of God they escaped the fiery flood.
A mother, when the vessel sank, threw her
two little children into the water and then
leaped into the river to swim With them to
the land, or die with them if she could not
save them.
A husband calmly fastened a life belt
around the waste of his young wife and then
dragged her through fire and water ashore.
Captain AVade says that the boat left ’ here
with only sixty-five passengers on board,
thirteen of whom were ladies and seven of
these lady passengers are known to be saved.
Very few of the passengers on the United
States had retired. There was a wedding
party on board and the passengers tendered
them a serenade, and Captain AVade found it
necessary hut a very short time before the
collision occurred to go down from the Texas
to the cabin and repress, to some extent, the
noise of the merriment they were making.
The flames drove many of the passengers
to the after end of the United States, and
many of them took refuge in tho yawl, which
was suspended by a derrick at the stern of
the boat. So many persons crowded into the
yawl that tlie derrick broke down, and let the
yawl aud those who were in it into the river.
As many as twenty to thirty-five persons were
in the yawl wheu the derrick fell, and it is
supposed that most of them were drowned.
One of them, Captain Joe McCammott, a
well-known pilot, held on to the yawl, when
it fell, and was finally resened. He was
found to be very badly burned, aud his
strength was almost exhausted wheu assist
ance reached him.
Owing to the extraordinary exertions of
Captain Whitten end Mr. Wm. Taylor, head
clerk of the America, several lives were savSd.
Among them Miss Barton, of the Ole Bull
Concert Troupe. Miss Barton was in her state
room at the time, and Mr. Taylor warned her
of the danger that she was in, but she seemed
to pay no attention to him. Finally he burst
open the door, and by main strength carried
her aft aud down through a small hatchway.
It was not until after she had been placed on
shore that she realized the awful condition in
which, but a few minutes previous, she had
been placed. One man, name unknown,
who occupied a room in the aft part of the
America, became completely bewildered. He
was warned of the danger, but paid no atten
tion to it. Mr. Taylor, at the last moment,
endeavored to rescue him, but it was too late.
He became suffocated and fell through the
hatchway. This was the last of him, aud it is
supposed that he was suffocated to death,
and his body then burned. Another man,
name unknown, also so lost his presence of
mind as to eutirely forget the terrible pre
dicament in which he was placed, and also
perished in the flames.
A gentleman with his sister, a lovely and
aceomplffihed young lady, were passengers
on the United States. At the first shock (he
gentleman was thrown from his bed clear
out on the floor. Hastily pulling on his pan
taloons, he rushed to the state room of his
sister, burst open the door, and, seizing her in
his arms, carried her down on the main deck,
where, procuring a door-shutter, he threw it
overboard and leaped after it with his sister
iu his arms. He placed her securely on the
shutter, and was swimming behind pushing
it with its precious load toward the shore,
when, to liis horror, a big, burl}’ and able-
bodied man swam up, and pushed his sister
off the board, and climbed upon it himself.
Tbe young gii 1 sank with a scream, and if she
came to the surface it was so dark and the
confusion so great that he could not find
her. Maddened by the dastardly act, he
made after the author, and seizing him by
the throat, a struggle to the death ensued.
They rose and sunk together, still struggling,
and when last seen were grappling with each
other. AVhether either was saved or both
went down together is not known. The sis
ter sunk beneath the waves and was lost, but
she was terribly avenged by her brother.
A most touching appeal was made by
Miss Jones to a gentleman on board.
As the wood-work was becoming too
heated to bear, and the flames were forcing
their Way gradually into tho cabin, she went
to him saying, “Oh! Air. , you have
talked to me this evening, you have danced
with me, you know who I am and where I
came from. Save me ! oh, save me! oh, 6ave
me !” He told her he had a wife to save, and
he could not help her. Poor girl, she is be
yond earthly help now.
Oae of the gentlemen on board bad the
presence of mind to unhinge a door, which
he threw into the river, and, after his wife
and he had jumped in, ho placed her in a
position to reach the shore. “Now stay here,
dear,” was his request, “until I can fix myself
some way, and we can both be saved.”
Imagine the husband’s agony, just as he had
procured something that would float, to see
a man swim toward the frail support of his
wife and knock her away from it. She was
drowned.
One gentleman and wife escaped in rather a
romantic manner. Fastening life-preservers
to both of their persons, he tied her right arm
to his left, then took a shutter, over which
they placed both arms. “Now! one—two—
three—jump 1” he cried, when both jumped,
and after a little manmnvering, they arrived
safely on shore, minus, however, several arti
cles of apparel needed to make them present
able.
A lady on board of the United States re
lates that as she and her husband were mov
ing toward the shore, in the water, she saw
one of the life-boats filled with people who
had escaped. But all at once the America
begins backing toward shore, and mercilessly
the rude rudder strikes the bout, crushing and
upsetting It- None of those passengers were
saved. After escaping one danger, only to
meet death in another form!
From the shore could be seen women with
nothing bnt-thoir robes de nuit to protect them,
rnshing about in the flames screaming , for
help—mothers with their ohildren in their
arms, most of them babies, rnshing about
frantically.
One mother holding her baby in her arms
ran to the guards, but the water seemed to
her only a chilly grave; then she jumped in
the cabin again, then to the guards. The
last that was seen of her she was standing up
with her baby hugged closer to her in her
awful death, burning np.
Aliss Mary L. Johnson, whose body was re
covered at the Madison ship yard, is supposed
to have been chilled to death, as when found
her hair was perfectly dry. She was a most
beautiful and gifted yonng lady, only seven
teen years old. Her father, who had not
seen her for two or three months, idolized her,
. and was so impatient for her return home
that he prevailed upon his nephew, Mr. Lew
is Johnson, to go alter her. The two had re
tired to their staterooms but a few moments
before the' awful occurrence. Miss Johnson
had not undressed at all, but her cousin had
laid down. He was last seen in search of his
precious charge, with two life preservers iu
hand. It appears that he succeeded in find
ing her and placing a life-preserver upon her
body, but both found watery graves. The
light of life was never shut from two purer
souls.
When the people of AVarsaw discovered the
light of the burning steamers, they turned
out en masse, rang the town bells, made fires,
and assembled on the Kentucky shore, oppo
site the wrecks. In a short time they got up
steam on the towboat Reindeer, put across
the river, and picked up a large number of-
persons from the water aud from the hulks of
the destroyed steamers. The Lady Grace
reached the scene from above in time to ren
der very effective assistance to the sufferers.
She made two trips "and took every body to
AVarsaw, where the people gave themselves
np wholly to the alleviation of the distressed.
Every man, woman and cliild in the town ex
erted themselves unceasingly while there was
one poor unfortunate in need of succor.
The scene at AVarsaw beggars description.
Relatives hunting for each other; the wound
ed screaming with pain; people who at homo
were blessed with wealth, bemoaning then-
sad plight. The ladies generally had perforce
to go to bed while their linen was being
dried. Clothing was brought by the open-
handed and warm-hearted citizens of AVar
saw, and everything was done to render them
as comfortable as possible under the circum
stances.
Ki'jioit of the Secretary of tlie Treasury.
The report is an elaborate work, making
in itself, without the mass of bureau reports
and statistical tables, a document of sixty-six
pages. Mr. McCulloch proceeds to argue at
length against the wisdom of the legal-
tender acts. He says that “these acts have
tended to blunt anil deaden the public con
fidence, and are chargeable in no small degree
with tbe demoralization which so generally
prevails.” Tho United States notes, though
declared by law to ba lawful money, are,
nevertheless, the Secretary declares, “a
dishonored and disreputable currency.” He
maintains that the legal-tender acts were war
measure-!, that they were a forced loan, that
no member of Congress or public journal
advocated their issue on any otlier ground
than pnblic necessity. The Secretary thinks
then, that they should be divested of the
character which was conferred on them in a
condition of the country so different from
the present. He therefore makes the fol
lowing highly important recommendation,
aud emphasizes it in capital lettres. He says:
“The Secretary believes that they should,
and he therefore recommends, in addition to
enactments by which contracts for the pay
ment of coin can be enforced, that it be de*
dared that after the first of January, 1870,
United States notes shall cease to be a
legal-tender in payment of all private debts
subsequently contracted, and that after
the first of January, 1871, they shall
cease to be a legal tender on any
contract, or for any purpose what
ever, except the Government dues,
for which they arejfnow receivable. The
law should also authorize the conversion of
'these notes, at the pleasure of the holders,
into bonds bearing such interest as may be
authorized by Congress on the funded debt.
The period for which they would continue to
be a legal tender would be sufficient to ena
ble tlie people and tbe banks to prepare for
the contemplated change, and the privilege
of their conversion to save depreciation."
The Secretary then speaks of the large reduc
tion of internal revenue, and says that it is
attributable to inefficient collection, and to a
reduction of taxes. He estimates the inter
nal revenue receipts for the present fiscal
year at $146,209,014. If the receipts from
customs should bo diminished, even with
large redactions in expenses, “onr internal
revenue,” the Secretary says, “must be in
creased.” “The first thing to be done is to
introduce economy in every branch, and not
reduce appropriations; aud then bring in de
ficiency bills.” The average expenses for the
next ten years of the civil service ought not,
he adds, to exceed forty millions. The War
Department should be brought down to
thirty-five millions, and the Navy to twenty
millions per annum. The interest on the
public debt, -when all funded, at five por
cent, will be $125,000,000." The Secretary
then says: “When the internal revenue
and tariff laws shall be revised so as to be
made harmonious with each other, it is sup
posed that S300,000,000 can annually be
realized from these sources without burden
some taxation.” The Secretary does not
doubt that the best interests of the country
will be subserved by a redaction of the tariff
and an increase of excise duties. The
Secretary also recommends a tax on sales,
and regards this os a good time to thoroughly
revise the tariff. The report shows -that the
public debt was increased from November 1,
1867, to November I, 1868, $35,625,102 82.
Of this increase $24,152,000 is chargeable to
the Pacific railways, and $7,200,000 to the
purchase of Alaska. Within the same period
there was paid for bounties $43,787,412 18.
The Secretary does not consider this a bad
exhibit in view of the reduced taxation by
Congress aud the donations to railroads. He
then proceeds to censure the New York
national banks which have certified checks of
depositors in advance of their deposits, and
says “it is unauthorized, reckless, and in
jurious in the end to the country.” He sug
gests legislation to remedy this. The report
then concludes as follows:
“Complaint has been made that in the ad
ministration of the Treasury Department
since the war there has been too much of in
terference with the stock and money market.
This complaint, when honestly made, has
been the result of a want of reflection or of
imperfect knowledge of the financial condi
tion of the Government. The transactions of
the Treasury have from necessity been con
nected with the stock and money market of
New York. If the debt after the close of the
war had been a funded debt, witlr nothing to
be done in relation to it bnt to pay the accru
ing interest, or if business had been conduct
ed on a specie basis, and consequently been
free from the constant changes to which it
has been and most be subject as long as there
is considerable difference between the legal
and commercial standard of value, the Treas
ury could have been managed .with entire in
dependence of the stook exchange or the gold
room. Such, however, was not the fact
More fhan one-half of the national debt, ac
cording to the foregoing exhibits, consisted
of temporary obligations, which were to be
paid in lawful money or convertedintobonds;
and there was in circulation a large amount
of irredeemable promises, constantly chang
ing in their convertible value. The Secre
tary, therefore, could not be indifferent to the
condition of the marVft, nor uvoid connec
tion with it, for it was in fact with the
market he had to deal. He would haYe
been happy had it been otherwise, If bonds
were to be sold to provide the means for
paying the debts that were payable in lawful
money, it was a matter of great importance
.to the Treasury that the price of bonds should
not be depressed by artificial processes. If
the seven-thirty notes were to be converted
into five-twenty bonds, it was equally im
portant that that they Bhonld sustain such,
relations with each other in regard to prices
that conversions would be efl'ected. If bonds
were at a discount, the notes would be pre
sented for payment in legal tenders, and
these could only be obtainedj^y further issues
or the sale of some kind of securities. For
three years, therefore, the state of the market
has been a matter of deep solicitude to the
Secretary. If he had been indifferent to
it, or waited carefifily to study the influence
that controlled it, or had hesitated to exercise
the power with which Congress bad clothed
him for successfully funding the temporary
debt by conversions or sales, he would -have
been false to his trnst. The task of. convert-
ing a thousand millions of temporary obliga
tions into.a funded debt on & market con-
- stantly subject to natural and artificial fluc
tuations without depressing the prices of
bonds, and without disturbing the - busi
ness of the country, however it may be
regarded now, when the work has been
accomplished, was, while it was being per
formed, an exceedingly delicate one. It is
but simply justice to say, that its suc
cessful accomplishment is, in a great measure,
attributable to the judicious action of the As
sistant Treasurer at New York, Air. Van Dyck.
Similar complaint has also been made of the
manner in which gold and bonds have been
disposed of by what has been styled ‘secret
sales,’ aud yet precisely the same course has
been pursued in these sales that careful and
prudent men pursue who sell on their own
account. The sales have been made when
currency was needed aud prices were satis
factory. It was not considered wise "or pru
dent to advise the'ilealers precisely when and
to what amount sales were to be mads. No
sane man operating on his own account would
have done this. But all sales of gold have
keen made in the open market, and of bonds
by agents or the Assistant Treasurer in New
York in the ordinary way, with a view of ob
taining the very best prices and with the least
possible disturbance of business. In the largo
transactions of the Treasury, agents Have been
indispensable, bnt none have been employed
when the work could be done equally well by
the officers of the Department. AVhether done
by agents or officers, the Secretary has no rea
son to suppose that it has not been done skil
fully and honestly as well as economically.
He is no w gratified in being able to say that un
less a very stringent market, such os what was
produced a few weeks ago by powerful com
binations in New York, should send to the
Treasury large amounts of three per cent
certificates for redemption, no further soles of
bonds aro likely to be necessary. Until,
however, the receipts from internal revenues
are increased, the necessities of the Govern
ment will reqnire that the sales of gold shall
be continued. These ore now being made
by advertisements for sealed bids, instead of
the agencies heretofore employed. The re
sult so far has not been entirely satisfactory,
but a proper respect for what, according to
the tone of the press, appeared to be the
pnblic sentiment, seemed to reqnire it. The
new mode will be fairly tested, aud contin
ued, if it can be without a sacrifice of the
pnblic interest.”
«
Tlie Indian War—Dtetli of Bfot-k Kettle
ASkrtcli of tlie AVnrrior.
[From the St. Louis Republican. Dec. 3.]
Black Kettle, head chief of the Cheyenne
nation, reported killed by Gem Custer’s com
mand, was a man of more than ordinary nat
ural ability, and has held a distinguished po
sition for years among the tribes of the AVest.
He was more noted as a leader in council
than as a warrior, and mauy years ago re
ceived the designation of the “Orator of the
Plains.” Jlis age must have been about fifty-
six. He was the son of “High Black AVolf,”
aud forty-three years ago, at the treaty with
the latter, on the Little Alissouri, Gen. Har
ney was presented with the boy, Black Ket
tle, and adopted him as his sou. At the
council last year at Medicine Lodge creek,
the circumstance was not forgotten by either
the General or the Cheyenne chief, and a
strong friendship was renewed and a recipro
cal presentation of presents took place. Black
Kettle seemed to be in earnest in his desire
for peace, and appeared anxious to bring into
the council the treacherons “dog soldiers,”
whose tomahawks were reeking with the
blood of many innocent whites: _ He admit
ted that he had no control over his yonng
men who went on the war-path in opposition
to his advice aud wishes, aud to this cause is
doubtless owing the massacres ori the Saline
aud Solomon rivers that have led to the se
vere punishment by the military of the Chey
ennes, in which the chief lost his life.
At the battle of Sand creek, November 29,
1864, Black Kettle, who was in command of
the Indian camp, was fired upon by the sol
diers while holding the American and a white
flag in his hands. He was supposed to be
killed, but was not. Ckivington telegraphed
to General Curtis that Black Kettle, with
AVhite Antelope and Little Robe, were among
the killed. Black Kettle hail previously to
the Sand creek massacre accompanied Alajor
AVynkoop to Denver, having voluntarily de
livered liimselt np. An extract from his
speech to Governor Evans affords a favorable
specimen of his oratory. He said:
“I followed Alajor AVynkoop to Fort Lyon,
and Alajor AVynkoop proposes that we come
to see yon. AVe have come with onr eyes
shut, following his handfnl of men, like com
ing through the tire. Ail we ask is. that we
may lAve peace with tho whites. AVe want
to hold you by the hand. You are onr father:
we have been traveling throngh a cloud; tbe
sky has been dark ever since war began.
These braves who are with me are all willing
to do what I say. AA’e want to take good
tidings home to onr people, that they may
sleep in peace. I want you to give all these
chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that
we are for peace and that we have made
peace, that we may not be mistaken by them
for enemies. . I have not come here with a
little wolf bark, but have come to talk plain
with yon. AVe must live near the buffalo or
starve. AVhen we came here we came free;
and when I go home and tell my people thnt
I have taken your hand and the hands of all
the chiefs here in Denver, they will feel well,
and so will all the different tribes of Indians
on the plains after we have eaten and drank
with them.”
Heavy Robbery of Ten Thousand Dollars
in Gold.—One of the largest robberies re
corded in the annals of the State, occurred
on the 9th inst near Union Point, on the
Georgia Railroad.
About dusk on the evening of that day a
stranger, name unknown, stopped at the
residence of Mr. Jesse Dalton, a few miles
from Union Point, represented himself as be r
ing a traveller, and asked" to be allowed to
stay there all night. His request was grant
ed, and he and his host conversed together
until bed time, when they both retired, On
awaking the next morning. Air. Dalton found
that his guest had disappeared in the night,
taking off with him in his flight a box con
taining $10,000 in gold, which Air. D. had
concealed in the house. It is believed that
Borne person employed on the premises was
an accomplice of the robber, and pointed out
the treasure to him. No cine has yet been
obtained to the guilty party, though vigorous
efforts are being made for his capture.—
Augusta Chronicle.
Ftoe-Bighths Against Three-Quarters.—
A rather amusing story is told of a transac
tion on the street the other day. It is not at all
funny, however, to the seller. A former
brought in a load of cotton, and offered it for
sale. One street buyer offered 21 j; another
21|c. No one would go higher. One at last
took the planter aside and remarked that the
offer must be regarded as confidential, that
as it ’twas him he would give him 21J. Far
mer didn’t happen to think that five-eighths
was one-eighth less than the three-fourths he
had just been offered, and accepted the bid.
Mont Genis Railway.—One of the directors
of the Mont Cenis railway contradicts, in the
London Times of November 25, the statement
of its Florence correspondent of great irregu
larities caused by some storms on this rail
way, and says that it has not been shat np
for a single day since the 4th of September
last.
A few days ago two children of AVilliam
Gerrard, near the village of Lowell, AViscon-
sin, were out playing together, and as the
little boy was chopping off a small stick with
an axe, his little sister, : about eight yeare old,
reached out to get it, and hodher left hand
ont off at the joint of the wrist. . The little
sufferer is doing well.
A shooting affair, growing ont of a dispute.
about a cow, took place November 29th, at
Decatur, Alabama, between two men named
Nicholas and Lorigan. Both were mortally
wounded. . , ^",' c " ""
At the same time and place a negro stabbed
another, inflicting a mortal wound.
History always repeats itself. In Africa
it. was Grant and Speke who succeeded in
reaching the head, of the Nile. In America
it was Grant without “speak” who succeed
ed in reaching the head of the Government,.
gteUvoatte.
Change of Schedule.
« GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE,
ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD.
Savannah. December 4th, 1S68.)
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st.
Trains on this Road trill run as follows, com
mencing with 7:00 P. M. Train:
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN.
Leave Savannah (Sundaya excepted) at... 7:00 P. 3L
Arrive at Live Oak at 3:20 A. M.
Arrive at Jacksonville at. 7 :30 A. M.
Arrive at Tallahassee at. 9:27 A. M.
Arrive at Quincy at. 11:45 A. M.
Leave Quincy at.. 3:00 P. II.
Leave Tallahassee at 5:18 P. M.
Leave Jacksonville (Sundays excepted) at.. 7:15 P. M.
Leave Live Oak at 11:40 P. M.
Leave lbrinbridge at,....:.— 7:00 P. M.
Arrive at Savannah (Mondays excepted) at. 8:00 A. M.
DAY TRAIN.
Leavty Savannah (Sundays excepted) at.... 7:00 A- M.
Arrive at Bainbridge at - 10:20 P. M.
Arrive at Live Oak at 550P. M.
Leave Live Oak at. *• —0 A. M.
Arrive at Savannah (Sundays excepted)aL. 6:0OP. M.
Passengers for stations west of Lawton take Day
Train from^Saviuuah. .
Passengers from Bainbridge connect at Lawton with
Express Train for Savannah at 2:00 A. M.
Passengers from Tallahassee connect at Live Oak
with’Express Train for Savannah, at 11:40 P. M.
jSLEEPING CARS ON EXPRESS TRAIN.
NO CHANGE BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND
SAVANNAH ON EXPRESS TRAIN.
Steamers leave St. Marks for New Orleans, Apalachi
cola and Pensacola every Friday.
Leave St. Marks for Havana, Key "West, Cedar Keys
and Tampa every Wednesday.
Steamers leave Jacksonville for Palatka, Enterprise,
and all points on the St. Johns river, every Sunday
and Wednesday, at 9:00 A. M.
H. S. HAINES,
dcc5-tjanl General Snperintendent.
Change of Schedule.
NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN SA
VANNAH, AUGUSTA, AND MONT
GOMERY, ALA.
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE CENTRAL R. R.,)
Savannah, August 14,1868. )
3E2
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 16TH INST., PAS-
■ senger Trains oh the Georgia Central Railroad
will run as follows :
UP DAY TRAIN.
LKAVK- ARRIVE.
Savannah. .8:00 A. M.
Macon .6:40 P. M.
Augfsta.............. ....... ..........5:38 P. If#
Mil ledge ville 8:58 P. M.
Eatonton 11:00 P. M«
Connecting with trains that leave Augusta. .S:45 A. M.
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macon 7:00
Savannah - - S; 30 P. M.
Augusta P. M.
Connecting with train that leaves Augusta. .8:45 A. M.
UP NIGHT TRAIN.
Savannah....... ....7:20 P. M.
Macon - 6:55 A. M.
Augusta 3:13 A. M.
Connecting with train that leaves Augusta. .9:33 P. M.
DOW'N NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon 6:25 P. M.
Savannah - .5:10 A. M.
Augusta. -.3:13 A. M.
Millegeville 4:30 P. M.
Eatonton..................2:40 P. II.
Connecting with train th»*’ saves Augusta. .9:33 P- M.
A. M. trains from SavaAh and Augusta, and P. M.
tr:iin from Macon connect with MiUedgcville train
at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted.
P. M. train from Savannah connects with through
mail train on South Carolina Railroad, and P. M. train
from Savannah and Augusta with trains on South
Western aud Muscogee Railroads.
WM. ROGERS,
ang 14-tf Act’g Master of Transportation.
Christmas and Sew Years’
PRESENTS.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY OLD
CUSTOMERS, Patrons, and the public generally,
to call and examine my Stock of
“FRENCH CONFECTIONERY",
Clirysfalized and Glazed;
FRUITS, CREAM, JELLY,
Fruits and Bonbons, Chocolate, Cordials, Ac.
TOYS, FAJVCY GOODS, &c.,
Fine Wax, Bisk, China, Rubber DOLLS and DOLL
HEADS;
. Fine TEA SETS; FURNITURE, sets or single;
WORK BOXES; TOBACCO BOXES; TOILET SETS;
Fine Motto CUPS nnd SAUCERS, MUGS, VASES, Ac.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;
MECHANICAL TOYS, DRUMS,
DOLL CARRIAGES, GOAT WAGONS,
SULKIES, *c.
FIRE "WORAX-S,
Wholesale and Retail,
Together with 'the usual variety of BASKETS, RETI
CULES, and FANCY BOXES.
The whole comprises an assortment of the choicest
and most desirable GOODS to be found in the market;
well adapted to meet the wants of all who may favor
me with their patronage,
R. M. HUNT,
Cor. Whitaker and State Sts., Savannah, Ga.
nov20-l m
CLOTHING
— .A.T —
REDUCED PRICES.
HEM, JAUDON & CO.,
H aving purchased the stock of hfjdt
& LUDLOW, and JAUDON, CRAVEN k CO.,
will dispose of the same at PRICES THAT CANNOT
FAIL TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
All who wish good
WINTER CLOTHING,
At Low Prices,
Can obtain them at the old stands of
HEIDT & LUDLOW
154 Congress Street.
<7 !
AND AT
JAimojsr, ciia rmr & cos
117 Broughton. St.
JJ®* THOSE WHO PREFER
SUITS MADE TO ORDER,
Can A accommodated by leaving their measures at
HJ Broughton Street. novl9-lm
LDCY COBB INSTITUTE.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
REV. FERDHAfiD JACOBS. A. K,
TrtORlEEBLV PEIXCIPAI, OF A HIGH SCHOOL
P for voting .Lwliea, in Charleston. S-C.; sutwe-
quenUy President of the IwrencevUle Female Col
lege. S. C„ having been elected Princifaa of this Insti
tute, -twin be opened by him for the reception of
Pupils, MONDAI, January 18,1868. .
Accomplished and approved Teachers in all Sepert-
mente. have been engaged.:
For Circulars, address Jo as H. Newton, Esg., Pres
ident of the Board of Trustees. Athens, Oik; or, Bev.
Ferdinand Jacobs, (till Jon. 1) Berzelia, Ga.: After
that, at .Athens. nov24-lm
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PROGRAMMES printed at THE MORNING
NEWS JOB OFFICE, IU Bay street.