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A Hairs in IJrorg’ia.
11,, local editor of the Augusta Constitu-
! .„alist announces with some degree of
bitterness that he is not only able but will-
inf/ to defend his jokes. This shows the
right sort of spirit. A man who won’t
-ilaud by a pet joke ought to be takon out
and tickled with a currycomb.
The Masouic hall iu Darien recently was
quite a success—so Grubb says.
The Fort Valley Mirt'or says that Tom
Butner has a negro on his place who refuses
to take her pay at the end of the year. She
lias money which she made year before
list.
Thomson is gloating over the presence of
several successful burglars.
The office of the Chronicle J* Sentinel has
been removed.
They have already begun with leap year
parties iu Houston county. What the re
sult will he time can only tell.
Bev. James D. Anthony has associated
himself with Mr. Medlock iu the publication
,.f the Saudersvillo Georgian. The Geor
gia/ was already a good paper, and now we
suppose it will be better.
The recent spell of hot weather has been
a marvel lo Middle Georgia editors, as well
as disastrous to pork.
Mr. Joe Bridges, a popular young citizen
of Atlanta, died in Texas the other day.
Bruit trees of all kinds are blooming iu
Middle Georgia.
Buenmouia is prevalent near Fort Valley.
The Fort Valley Mirror says that Mr. W.
A. H. Royal, of Cedar Creek district, in
Taylor couuty, had last year a cotton patch
which made two thousand pounds of seed
cotton to the acre. Ho used lioyd’s im
proved prolific sued From a half acre in
sugar cane ho made ninety-eight gallons of
syrup, and put up four thousand stalks for
seed. He challenges any farmer in that
section to heat it.
Japonica thieves are worrying the
Augusta people.
We regret to hear that Col. Hancock, of
the Sumter Republican, was taken suddenly
ill the other <1 ay.
Judge Stephen S. Boone, of Sumter coun
ty, is dead.
Potash Farrow has se it out an absurd cir
cular to his supposed party friends, asking
them to sign a petition for his reappoint
ment. This is melancholy.
The Coviugton Star says that on Monday
night, December 27th. the large and elegant
residence of Mr. .Tohu M. Alleu, about ten
miles south of Covington, was entirely de
stroyed by tire. The house contained nine
large rooms, besides a number of closets,
and originally cost about $3,000. It was in
sured for $2,300. The house was entirely
destroyed, together with a large amouut of
the household goods. Mr. Allen is sure it
was the Work of an incendiary. When the
tire was first discovered he ran to his trunk,
in which ho had $1,060 iu currency, aud
found the trunk had been opened and the
money gone. He thinks he was robbed aud
his house fired to cover the robbery. His
loss, over aud above the insurance, will
probably reach $3,000 or $3,300.
The same paper says that the recent warm
spell, which has been tbe most remarkable
we have ever known in this climate, has
beeu a serious calamity to the country.
Most ot the meat which was killed immedi
ately before Christmas has nearly all spoilt.
From every section of the country comes
this unfortuuate tale of woe. Some persona
have lust their entire killing, while almost
every oue has lost some. This is a seri
ous matter with the country, aud our people
should take lesBon of this misfor
tune, and rely more upon their own
resources, aud raise their own
supplies. Pork was already too high for
our people to buy, and now that mauy of
them have lost their scanty supply, we fear
that absolute suffering must be the result.
While the loss of meat in this section may
not a fleet the market, still it must affect
the country, as many persons had invested
all the money they bad for that purpose in
meat, and now they must buy more. Seri-
"ualy, we « annot but regard the late warm
weather as a sad misfortune to the country.
Sandersvilie Georgian: The Greenville
1 u Ucator says W. B. Low, a merchant of
Atlanta, l- a candidate for State Treasurer.
It says he lived many years in New York,
made a good sold er iu the Confederate
army, ana is worth a fortune of one hun
dred thousand dollars. Now, it may be very
nice to live in Now York, and must make a
man feel very comfortable to have a hun
dred thousand dollars, and is certainly com
mendable to be a good soldier, but bow
tness things qualify a man for State Treas
urer we are unable to see. The present in-
Capt. J. W. Reufroe, *lias never
lived in New York, neither is he worth a
hundred thousand dollars, but as a soldier
there was not a b-aver oue, nor better
e mmauder than he. The battle scars
1 at he wears from wounds
me veil in Virginia aud Pennsylvania while
lo'...wing the beloved It. E. Lee, are suffi
ce it evidences of that fact. But we do not
1 : i i!<i> as a reason why he should be
* 1 cti-1 State Treasurer—we have something
'’tier. He is a gentleman of strict integ-
1 ! > "l untarnished character aud of the
• finest business capacity. He has
oiteu held positions of public trust, and has
always discharged the duties thereof to the
vntin satisfaction of all. While he had
' -h of the tax department <>f the Comp
troller General’s office (the books of which
are hut a reflex of the books
•d the Tieasury, or of what they ought
t ' b.\) he displayed such efficiency that
j 1 " - legislative committee who examined
h s b*».-ks pay him a very high compliment.
pupppose that it was while occopvin
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
year. It showed that not one dollar had
boen added to tbe debt of tbe city, but that
over fifty thousand dollars had* beeu paid
on the floating debt, and that the' city
owes that much less now than she did one
year ago. We donbt if there is another
city in Georgia that can show like results.
Atlanta wisely saw the trouble ahead,
and reefed her sails. She determined
first, that the debt should not be increased
one dollar; second, that it should be reduced
every year. This schedule agreed upon,
she was sound. The first blow has been
struck at the mountain of debt. And, bet
ter than this, we shall have no resting in the
good work. Next year must repeat, and im
prove upon, what this year has been—and
tbe next must do still better. The experi
ment of the year is especiallv valuable in
this : we have shown that without any fur
ther growth in the value of our property we
can. by a tax of one and a half per cent.effi
ciently carry on tbe city administration,
pay its bills upon presentation, keep up our
public schools and pay at least $50,U00 per
annum upon our debt. It is next to impos
sible, under tbe strict regulations of the
charter, to increase the debt bv the issue of
bonds; and indeod there is 'no probable
necessity for the issue of our bonds. We
have a capital railroad system, a fine svstern
of water works, our schools all built, our
public buildings in good shape, and
there is no necessity for doing more.
It is impossible to increase the floating
debt. The charter makes the Councilmen
personally liable for any balance they may
find against tbe city on expense account
at the end of the year. It appears to us,
then, that no city can offer better induce
ments to those wanting city homes than At
lanta. Already a metropolis in size and
importance—teeming with industry, and
alive with energy—with all needed*public
improvements already built—with a tax rate
fixed at one and a half per cent, or less—
with a debt that, uot inordinately large, is
decreasing every year—with & climate that
is unsurpassed—wo do not well see what
more anyone could want iu a home.
Murder at Fort Meade, Florida.
Babtow, Polk Co., Fla., Dec. 1C.
Editor Morning News:
On the Cth a sad occurrence took place
at Fort Meade, twelve miles south of this
place. There had been some misunder
standing between the parties for some
time, and on the day above mentioned
both became a little overjoyful, aud with
out demonstrations of any kind on the
part of Mr. Jones Mr. J. C. Rockner
placed his pistol near the former's face
and tired. Mr. Jones’s face was horribly
burned. The ball taking an upward direc
tion caused bis death in a few moments.
Mr. Rockner is yet at large, and reports
say the sheriff will not arrest him.
Fort Mf.ade.
Cuba and the Democratic Party.
[New York Herald.]
It is pretty well known that at least two
Democratic members of the House in
tended to introduce resolutions demand
ing the recognition of Cuban indepen
dence, or, at tbe least, the granting of
belligerent rights, as soon as Congress
assembled. By a piece of good luck they
were prevented from doing so, greatly to
the disappointment of certain third term
ers in Washington and elsewhere, who
hoped the Democrats would once more
play into their hands. We trust the
Democrats will remember that a war with
almost anybody—Spain or Mexico would
do—would be a godsend to the third
term plotters just now. Congress be
ing in session, war depends upon that
body ; but it would be a pretty thing for
the Democrats to fling the game into the
hands of their opponents by any impru
dence of this kind. With a Presidential
election impending, the mass of patron
age, contracts, promotions and expendi
tures which a war would bring on, and
which would all fall into the hands of the
administration, would help the Republi
cans amazingly. A war would save them
from inconvenient investigations; it
would put off necessary reforms ; it would
cover up or condone past offenses; in
short, it would save the Republican party
and put an end to tbe hopes of the Dem
ocrats.
There is a story out iu Kentucky of a
Union quartermaster who was captured
by the rebel General Morgan during the
lute unpleasantness. Morgan, being an
old friend of his, treated him extremely
well for a week, aud then announced to
him that he might go North; he had been
exchanged. The quartermaster was not
overjoyed; he had a good home, but he
looked as though he still needed some
thing to make him happy. *‘Can I do
anything more for yon?” asked Morgan,
aud the Quartermaster replied: “Well,
yes, John; couldn’t you just bum up my
vouchers?” That is what a war would do
for the Republican administration.
BY TELEGRAPH
-TO—
TliE MORNING NEWS-
Noon Telegrams.
AMERICAN INTERVENTION
IN CUBA.
A Car Company About to Suspend.
w
that his qualification for Treas
urer became generally known, and pointed
11111 out as the man for the place. He has
scarcely been iu the office a month, yet he
fiaa organized such a thorough system in
ltri management that one cannot but be
struck with it the moment he enters. Gov
ernor Smith displaced great wisdom iu
making this selection, and has giveu general
satisfaction throughout the entire State.
■ a P taiu Reafroe is certainly the “right man
in the right place,” and in our opinion the
' •els atuio will go declare by a vote that
"ill be almost unanimous.
ljTt Valloy Mirror: Last Wednesday,
ailsou Davis, colored, went to the resi-
euce of Rev. S. E. Bassett, aud finding
one of the family at home but Miss Ellen
uuott, who was sitting iu the front portico
.lil' 1 ” sonie crochet work. As soon as he
that the young l»dy was unpro-
\ . i i went t0 her aud lapped heron the
L , with a stick, ordering her, with oaths
hi™ reats of taking her life, to prepare
‘in limner. She went to tUe dining room
u p aced some cold victuals on the table,
ben informed her in an impudent
♦ .? ner 1 bat he didn’t eat on a naked
! . a “u must have a cloth, which she
h ea i i, )r him, he telling her during all
1, ' , i *l ,8uof .'ime that he intended to kill
tun c linisbing his meal. There were no
* uitr, on the table, aud he ordered her to
ami r H ut ^ Q1 «onie. She left the room
1,ur riediy towards the house of Mr.
Tli.- n 8cr ° a ming for help aud protection.
l* sconudrel heard the noise and
.v “ouse in short order. Ho was iden-
renu.i? *b e >oung lady, aud forthwith ar-
bef,,r r *) ie °fficer. He was tried Friday
riefM.ii* U8 * :;c ? Maddox, and sent to jail in
l . ot ^ .^200 bond. We wonder if the
tlipL i " * 118 section will he forced to teach
AtUn* &C V. ,evi s another lesson?
einri* j institution: It is impossible ti
tlib B ,-L 0Ur beatification at the success o
lirnt ® ,ni8 t r ation of the city during the
closH.i ?, r t b® uew charter. The year
w&a nnku a 8°» aDd the balance sheet
tut C-e J eaterd »J- it »howe.l
thousand rtJIn Ue “ * »«»o* ot ninety-nine
UDd boll&ra in U*e expeuM of tbe
The Strength of Parties.—An elec
toral table has been prepared for the
Albany Argus Almanac, in which the
States giving Democratic majorities are
included iu the Democratic column, the
States giving Republican majorities in
the Republican column, and the States iu
which the Independents and Prohibition
ists held tbe balance of power in tbe In
dependent column. A table thus pre
pared has the merit of being based on
exact science. That table is given below:
DEMOCRAT.
State.
A nbama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware 3
Georgia 11
Indiana 15
Kentucky 12
Louisiana
Maryland
M ississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey....
New York
North Carolina
Tennessee ....
Texas
Virginia. 11
West Virginia. 5
Total
Dem. maj. over all..
REPUBLICAN.
State.
Vote.
! Florida
.. 4
1 Iowa
.. 11
Kansas
.. 5
| Maine
.. 7
Michigan
.. 11
Minnesota
.. 5
I Nebraska
.. 3
| Ohio
22
South Carolina....
.. 7
Vermont
.. 5
j Total
.. SO
INDEPENDENT.
1 state.
Vote.
1 California.
.. 0
| Illinois
.. 21
j Massachusetts
.. 13
| New Hampshire...
.. 5
.. 3
| Pennsylvania
.. 20
[ Rhode Island
. 4
Wisconsin
. 10
Total
. 91
Total Ind.and Rep
171
Dividends in Boston.—The dividends
payable in Boston in January aggregate
£9,936,30.3. Manufacturing dividends
show’ a reduction in Androscoggin from
four to three per cent., Contoocook four
to three and a half, and Douglas Ax five
to four per cent. The Atluutic, Bates,
Cabot, 1)wight, Franklin, Great Falls,
HiJl. Naumkeag. Newmarket and Salis
bury pass. The Middlesex increase from
four to live per cent., and Waumbeck
three to four per cent. The Chicopee
resumes after passing one dividend, aud
pays on a capital increased from £420,000
(by stock dividend) to $1,000,000. The
Washington pays a dividend of four per
cent., the first since July, 1872. The
Pacific holds firmly to its ten per cent,
semi annual. Cocheco paid five per cent.
December ICtb, a reduction from ten per
cent., and the Salmon Falls passed at the
same time.
A Horse Thief Killed.—On Sunday
night a farmer living in Schoharie coun
ty, New York, was awakened by voices in
the vicinity of his barn. Looking
out he saw three men busily en
gaged in bitching up his team to
his carriage. He took a gnn and
managed to get near the men without
being seen or heard. Selecting one of
the party he took a:m at him and fired.
The man fell to the ground. The wound
ed man was picked up by his companions,
who made off with him. The next day
the dead body of a man was found in the
barn of a neighboring farmer. He bad
been shot through and through, and was
beyond doubt the thief shot by the
farmer. He was an entire stranger in the
neighborhood.
The Petersburg (Ya.) Index has this
story : “About three months ago, an old
and respected citizen of Petersburg died,
leaving, it was supposed, a small estate to
be divided between a wife and several
children. Among his effects was an old
desk that he alone had had access to for
the past twenty or twenty-five years. The
family were very much surprised, on
opening the said desk recently, to find
that it contained bonds with coupons at
tached, amounting to between $40,000
or $50,000, which had been purchased by
him years ago. The interest coupons are
still on them, none having been collected
during that long period.”
GERMANY AVD THE ULTRAMONTANES
CONGRESSIONAL AND CAPITAL NEWS
AND NOTES.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES.
Washington, January 6.—The Committee
on Privileges and Elections report that the
Senate has power to elect & President of the
Senate, but make no recommendation. The
Democrats voted nay. There were no im
portant Southern nominations.
Iu the House, a bill was introduced ap
propriating a million and a half dollars to
the Centennial exhibition. It was made
the special order for Monday.
In the Senate, Key, of Tennessee, intro
duced a bill authorizing a topographical
survey of the cnannel, bayous and passages
aloug the Mississippi river. Referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
New York, January 6.—At the meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce of the State of
Now York, Francis B. Thurber offered a
preamble and resolution : That as seven
hundred aud fifty thousand dollars had
been exacted from Japan for damages
amounting only to fifty thousand dollars,
aud that, with the interest, a million aud a
quarter still remained, Congress be asked
to investigate the matter, and if it fonnd
tbe exaction unjust, to refund tbe money.
Tbe resolution, after discussion, was re
ferred to tho Committee on Foreign Com
merce aud Revision of the Laws.
THE ULTRAMONTANES.
London, January 6.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette hasa special from Berlin saying that
the semi-official journals having expressed
the opinion that the Ultramontane opposi
tion to the government is abating, the Ger
mania, the Ultramontane organ, declares
that the assumption is unfounded ; the sub
mission to the State in tbe seuso demanded
by Prussia is coutrary to the fundamental
principles of the Church, aud can never be
accorded.
EXTENSION ASKED FOB.
New York, January C.—John Stephenson
& Co., the well known car manufacturers,
have asked their creditors for an extension
of time. Their liabilities amount to about
$180,000. The principal portion of their as
sets, which amount to about $700,000, con
sists of real estate which, they say, if dis
posed of now at a forced sale, would be sac
rificed for less than halt its value.
fish’s note.
London, JauuaryG.—The Cologne Gazette
remarks that the American attempt at in
tervention in Cuba is singularly .ill-timed.
Tbe European governments will not coun
tenance it, because they wish, iu the inter
est of order, to see Kiug Alfonso’s authority
more firmly established.
RAILROAD TROUBLES.
Trenton, N. J., January 6.—The Delaware
and Bound Brook Railroad claims the right
to cross the track of the Pennsylvania Road
near Hopewell, Del., and the Bonnd Brook
men had taken possession of the crossing,
aud, at last accounts, held it.
THOMAS’S MACHINE.
Berlin, January G.—The Prussian War
Office has a machine similar to that used by
Thomas. It was offered them by a mau
from New York in 1870 for the destruction
of the French fleet. Tho offer was declined.
LAMAR.
Memphis, January 6.—Tho Appeals Jack-
son special says that combinations are form
ing against Lamar which threaten to defeat
lmu. General Lowrey withdrew, leaving
the contest between Lamar and George.
TURKISH REFORMS.
London, January G.—It is stated that
Franco concurs, without reserve, in the pro
posals for Turkish reforms. All the powers
have been notified of the action of France.
REPAIRED.
Lisbon, January G.—The cable connecting
Portugal and Brazil has already been re
paired. The break occurred near the Island
of Madeira, and was occasioned by a violent
storm.
HIGHWAYMEN HANGED.
Pittsburg, January G.—The execution of
Murray aud Myers, highwaymen, took place
to-day.
SUICIDE.
Cincinnati, January G.—Oliver A. Moore
who accidentally shot* and killed a mau a
few days ago, committed suicide in prison,
arattan.
Dublin, January 6.—Th3 colossal bronze
statue of Grattan was unveiled to-day iu
frout of the old Parliament House.
canrobert.
Paris, January 6.—La Liberte asserts that
Marshal Canrobert persists in bis refusal to
accept a Senatorial candidature.
RETURNED.
Buffalo, January G.—Bork returned and
gave himself up. He was bailed in the sum
of $30,000.
ELECTED.
Sr. Louis, January G.—Nathan Cole is
elected President of the Merchants’ Ex
change.
MINE EXPLOSION.
London, January G.—A mine explosion
occurred in Staffordshire, aud five were
killed.
Evening Telegrams.
CONGRESSIONAL, NOTES.
Blaine as a Pleader for Amnesty.
A Characteristic Substitute by a Radi
cal Blatherskite.
THE CURRENCY QUESTION IN THE
SENATE.
HEALTH OF THE SAGE OF LIBERTY
HALL.
IIow the Democrats Intend to Beat
the Republicans —Correspondent: How
are you going to get over the school
question pitfall which the Republicans
are digging in your path ?
Prominent Democratic Congressman :
We shall undermine them by putting the
Blaine amendment through the House
right after the recess. The Senate will
then be in a dilemma. If it votes the
amendment, it goes before the State Leg
islatures this winter for ratification, and
the question is thus taken out of politics.
If the Senate rejects the amendments,
then it goes to the country in the canvass
with the Democratic branch of Congress
on record in favor of it and the Republi
can branch opposed to it. So, you see,
we are not to be tripped by the false issue
our enemies are trying industriously to
raise. We intend to pass Mr. Randall’s
one-term amendment, too, and let the
Senate defeat it if it dare. Beaten by
Republican votes, it becomes a leading
issue in the campaign; adopted, it is a
tall feather in our caps. Nobody can say
that the Democratic House has done
nothing if it accomplishes the great re
form of restricting the President to a
single term of six years.—N. T. Tri
bune's Interviewer.
They are not waiting for the Keely
motor in Paris. An engineer of Mans,
M. Amedee Rollee, has patented a self-
propelling carriage which goes simply by
steam. He recently drove from Mans to
Paris, u distance of two hundred and
forty miles, in eighteen hours, his carri
age weighing four tons, and carrying
twelve men. He whizzed through Paris
in daylight, attracting the attention of
everybody except the horses, who seemed
to regard the carriage with no suspicion
whatever. Indeed, the horses probably
wondered in their hearts why such a ma
chine had not been invented before. M.
Rollee guides his carriage as he would a
horse—sitting in front. The boiler is
placed at the back, and there are four
cylinders placed trwo-by two between the
four wheels. The Parisians, who go
crazy over every new sensation, expect to
see their streets full of steam carriages
soon of all sorts, and we hope that their
expectations will be realized. The horse
has done his duty’ long and faithfully, and
he is entitled to sit down and take a rest
for a while.—Chicago Times.
“ Here we are, within a quarter of a
mile of land,” was the joyful announce
ment made by the Captain of an ocean
steamer to his grumbling passengers.
“ Where ?” “ Which way is it ?” were
the eager exclamations which followed.
“Anywhere down below there,” said the
Captain, pointing towards the bottom of
the sea: “ the lead gives us just two
hundred and twenty fathoms of water,
and th% land comes slap up against the
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES AND NEWS.
Washington, January 6.—In the House,
ltandail, from the Committee otf Appropri
ations, reported a resolution authorizing
the Committee on Military Affairs to take
into immediate consideration the nay and
allowances of all officers of the army, and
report whether in any, aud if so in what,
cases such pay aud allowances should be re
duced. Adojited.
New, of Indiana, offered a resolution de
claring that the fraternal feeling and good
will now existing in all sections of the coun
try, and the manifest disposition and pur
pose of men who battled against each other
iu the late civil war to join hands as one
people in future, is a most auspicious usher
ing in of centennial year, and that while the
people are thus making an honest effort to
live together m peace and to uphold the
same flag of an undivided country, their
representatives in Congress should do no
act which would necessarily disturb the
patriotic concord now existing and increas
ing, nor wont only to revive the bitter
memories of the past. He insisted on hav
ing the vote taken by yeas and upys, and it
was accordingly so taken and resulted in
the resolution being unanimously adopted-
yeas 198; nays 0.
The bill taxing sales of bonds and stocks,
and reducing the tax on tobacco for the re
lief of tobacco growers, and defiuiug the
tax on malt liquors, was referred.
A resolution calling on the Secretary of
the Treasury for a statement of names aud
residences of all shareholders in national
banking associations, and the number of
shares held by each on tho first Monday of
Julv last, was adopted.
'Fne Committee on Civil Service Reform
was requested to inquire into the fact of the
presentation of a silver tea-set to the late
Commissioner of Patents, Leggett, by con
tribution from bis subordinates.
0B v Iiea,of Missouri,. A resolution declaring
it the opinion of the House that contractiou
of the currency in the manner and to the
extent that it has been dene has been detri
mental to the business of the country, and
that in tho present financial condition of the
country no further contractiou of the cur
rency ought to be had.
Cox suggested that the resolution should
be referred to either of two committees
having charge of the subject, but ltea de
manded the previous question on tho adop
tion of the resolution. The House refused
to second the previous question by 54 to 122.
The resolution was referred to the Commit
tee of Ways aud Menus.
A resolution was introduced to purchase
the Freedman’s rank building at Jackson
ville, Fla., for a custom house, and extend
ing limits of Florida railroads, aud the im
provement of the St. John’s river.
A resolution for a select committee to in
quire into the inroads, robberies and mur
ders along the Mexican border in Texas
was adopted.
Blame asked RaDdall whether he desired
to bring the House to a vote on his amnesty
bill on Monday next.
Randall replied that he did.
Blaine said then that he had a substitnte
to offer to it, which he asked to nave read,
and ordered printed. The substitute read
as follows:
That all persons now under the disabili
ties imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
with the exception of Jefferson Davis, late
President of the so-called Confederate
States, shall bo relieved of such disabilities
upon their appearing before any Judge of
an United States Court, and taking and sub
scribing in open court the following oath,
to be duly attested and recorded, viz: “I, A
B, do "solemnly swear or affirm tnat
I will support and defend the Constitution
of the United States against all euemies,
foreign and domestic. That I will bear true
faith and allegiance to tho same. That I
take this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation or purpose of evasion,
and that to the best of my knowledge and
ability I will well aud faithfully discharge
the duties of a citizen of the United States.”
Tho House then adjourned to Monday.
In tho Senate, a bill was introduced au
thorizing the sale of tho Arkansas Hot
Springs,
^Juries, of Florida, introduced a bill to ex
tend tbe provisions of an act for the adjust
ment of private land claims in tho States of
Florida, Louisiana and Missouri, and for
other purposes, approved June 22d, 1861;
also, a bill to authorize settlers on public
lands in the States of Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Flor
id i, to acquire titles thereto.
Gordon, of Georgia, introduced a bill to
authorize the Secretary of War to adjust
and settle the claims of the State of Georgia
against the government on account of tne
\\ estern and Atlantic Railroad.
Morrill called up his bill and made an
elaborate speech. A long debate ensued.
Bogy asked a postponement, as he wished
to speak on the bill. He (Bogy) said the
bill proposed by the Senator from Vermont,
which was intended to lead to specie re
sumption, iu his judgment did not resume
at all. Its effect would bo to cancel and
destroy all the legal tender notes now
in existence, and substitute bonds for them.
The bill did not provide for the accumula
tion of gold for a return to specie payments.
The President in his recent message said
lue resumption bill of last session would not
efiect its purpose unless it be modified, and
the Secretary of the Treasury said so, and
now tbe Senator from Vermont says so.
Morrill said he hoped tbe Senator (Bogy)
would not misrepresent him. Ho (Morrill)
believed the power given by the legislation
of last session tibandant, but the passage ot
the bill introduced by him would make re
sumption easier.
Bogy said he was in favor of specie re
sumption. He was not an inflationist, but
would continue to oppose any attempt at
resumption which could, in the remotest
degree, bring about contraction in the paper
money we now have. He was not in love
with paper money, bat the business of the
country would not suffer contraction. He
looked upon the bill of the Senator (Mornll)
as one of contraction. He (Bogy) looked
upon it as something terribly bad. He
moved that the subject be postponed until
the first Tuesday of February.
Morrill said he hoped the Senator would
not ask for postponement to that time. A
Senator so ready as he (Bogy) to leap into
debate and acquit himself so handsomely on
any subject, would not need a long time to
prepare himself. He moved to amend the
motion so that fnrther consideration of the
subject be postponed until next Monday.
Thurman, of Ohio, said the mat
ter had better go over till February.
He did not think it would be a very
wise thing for the Senate to
enter upon this financial debate before Feb
ruary. Some timo would be required to
study the reports of the Secretary of the
Treasury ana the Comptroller of the Cur
rency. and the suggestions of the President
of the Uuit6d States,as well as the suggestions
from the Finance Committee. Two years
ago, three months of the time of the Senate
was taken up in speech-making. He hoped
such exhibition would be witnessed
again.
The bill, against the wishes of Bogy and
Thurman, was referred to tbe|Committee on
Finance, which ends it for the present. Ad
journed.
Nominations : Carpenter, Second Comp
troller; Newcome, Fostmaster at Greenville,
Ala.; Wilson, at Milledgeville, Ga.; Tonrgee,
Pension Agent at Raleigh, N. C.
R. F. Lyon, of Macon, was admitted to
practice in the Supreme Court.
Ths resolution of Mr. Goode, of Virginia,
ordering investigation into the marine corps
and the manner of expending appropriation
for the ten sloops-of-war and the conduct of
navy yards generally, causes great excite
ment m naval circles.
THE MOSEL EXPLOSION.
The Dynamite ('rime
Previous Plans for
• f Shipp.
Foreshadowed—
the Destruction
We may observe with reference to the
dynamite crime at Bremerhaven, says the
London Times of December 18, that,
atrocious as such a crime appears, it is
by no means a new expedient in principle
at all events. In 1873 Admiral Pothuau,
French Minister of Marine, Issued a cir
cular warning insurance agents that an
American was trying to sell a small tor
pedo for destroying over-insured ships
with impunity. It looked like a block of
coal, of about six inches by three inches,
and * could be put into the coal bunkers
without exciting suspicion. Once there
it would, when thrown into the furnace,
explode after a fixed time, thus enabling
the Captain and crew to get away, or it
might be exploded as it lay. The story
was denounced as “a sensation intended
to help Plimsoll,” but the Post, of
Birmingham, received one of these
machines, which it declared
would perform the duties required. Soon
after we had extracted a paragraph to
this effect from the Spectator, we publish
ed a letter from Mr. H. F. Hemming,
Consul for Venezuela, {The Time*, June
13, 1873,) in which bj confirmed the pre
vious account, and added that Venezuela
had been fixed on as the scene of one of
the earliest acts in this hellish plot, as he
justly characterized the attempt. A gen
tleman called on Mr. Hemming on the
16th of April, 1873, saying that he had
some information to impart which was of
great importance to Venezuela, and then
made, upon request, a written statement.
Mr. Hemming in communicating to us
the aubstance of this statement, thought
it prudent to suppress the names, but it
was to the effect that a sailing vessel had
then left or was on the eve of leaving
a port in France for one of the principal
ports of Venezuela. A native of France,
who had for some years previous to the
last fifteen or eighteen months resided in
Venezuela, was said to have sailed in this
vessel, taking with him a supply of these
“infernal machines,” expressly adapted
to the secret destruction of steamships.
Fortunately, when this information came
to the Venezuelan Consul, tho West Iu-
dian mail steamer was on the point of
sailing, and Mr. Hemming lost no time
in sending full particulars direct to the
authorities at the Venezuelan port in
question, and to the government at Cara
cas. Subsequently one of the machines
themselves was Rhown to Mr. Hemming.
It was six inches by four inches, and ap
peared exactly like a piece of coal. He
was told that others were made larger,
even to the size of a man’s head, but
always to resemble coal. Nearly a month
later Mr. Hemming had another visit
from the same person, who said he had
recently heard that there were some per
sons in the Venezuelan port who were
interested in some merchant steamers,
and who were preparing a gigantic fraud.
The plan proposed was to load one of
these steamers with goods of no value,
to put some of these machines on
board and send her to sea very heavily
insured, in the hope that she might
be lost and that they would gain a
very large sum. On the second occasion
Mr. Hemming’s informant showed him a
note received by him from tue secretary
of one of the departments of Her Majes
ty’s Government, which proved that our
government had not thought the matter
unworthy of their attention. Mr. Hem
ming had no doubt the plot had very wide
ramifications, and therefore thought it
his duty to make the intended villainy as
widely known as possible. After some
other correspondence, we published a
letter on June 17 from the gentleman
who gave Mr. Hemming his information.
This ex-yachtsman had learned, he wrote,
the startling fact that several persons
from different parts had obtained some of
the machines, and he had informed each
Consul and legation interested. All he had
done had been communicated to the
police and the authorities, and his name
and address were well known to all con
cerned. He added that there was no
“mystery.” “For many years,” he con
tinued, “we have heard of ships aban
doned at sea: always the same story—‘a
trenail had been left out or got loose;’
the insurance was paid; that was a mys
tery. But I can show you the most
minute particulars of another small in
vention called a ‘rat,’ well known among
a certain class. This is placed on board,
and in a certain nuihber of days there is
a hole in the ship. * * * *
Another machine, (strange to say,
more simple.) is used for ships
constructed of iron. I could name
many more. * * * I know I have
done wrong, for I have dared to attack a
powerful gang, and entered on a game
which I now find to be ‘heads they win,
tails I lose.’ ” This gentleman appeared
to regret the publicity given to the in
formation, for he thought that would
render the investigation by detectives
more difficult. Perhaps when insurance
agents were put on their guard, and
merchant vessels were liable to be
suspected, it became safer to attempt to
deceive ship-owners and to make pas
senger vessels crowded with helpless
emigrants the medium of fraud. But it
would be quite premature to conclude
that anything of this kind has occurred
on board the Mosel.
THE WILD BEASTS’ FIGHT.
The Prince of Wales’* Entertainment at
Baroda.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, January 6.—Probabilities:
For New Eugland and’ the Middle States
during Friday, clear or partly cloudy
weather and stationary or slowly rising tem
perature with northwest winds, backing to
west and southerly, and rising barometer on
the coast.
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee,
slightly warmer and partly cloudy weather,
with southeast to southwest wind’s and fall
ing barometer.
For the South Atlantic States, clear or
fair weather and northerly to easterly winds,
with slight changes in temperature and
slowly rising barometer.
For the Gulf States, clear or partly cloudy
and slightly warmer weather with east to
south winds and high but slowly falling
barometer daring Friday.
Cautionary signals continue at Eastport
and Portland, and are ordered for Boston,
Wood’s Hole, Newport, New Loudon, New
Hayen and New York.
MR. STEPHENS’S HEALTH.
Augusta, Ga., January 6.—Hon. A. H.
Stephens continues in a very feeble state
from disease iu one of his lungs. Though
he eats and sleeps well, he does not regain
his strength. It is feared he will not be
able to take bis seat in Congress daring tbe
present session.
The New York Tribune thus attempts
to forecast the Presidential election :
“ Democrats cannot elect the next
President without New York. Republi
cans can. Those two facts supply the
key of the next election. The Democrats
must nominate a candidate and frame a
platform, and put their party into a posi
tion that can secure New York. Other
wise they are whipped before the fight
begins. But the Republicans can still
make a desperate struggle, with a possi
bility of success, even though the proba
bilities in this State should be against
them. * * * The Democrats can
count with almost absolute certainty
upon the votes of fifteen former slave
States, and the Republicans, if they nom
inate a candidate who unites the party,
can count with equal certainty upon the
vote of South Carolina and all the former
non-slaveholding States, except New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Indiana,
California and Oregon. The Democrats
then need 54 more electoral votes out of
the 74 considered debatable. The Repub
licans, however, need only 21, and can
lose New York, New Jersey and Connecti
cut, or New York, Indiana and Oregon,
and still elect the President. The Demo
crats cannot possibly get 54 out of the 74
debatable votes, without the 35 of New
York, and must, therefore, carry this
State or be beaten. ”
The War Cloud i r Europe.—It can
not be‘ denied that the present indica
tions of the year 18 7G being a peaceful
one are not very strong. Prophets of
evil always abound, but no one can con
sider the present condition of affairs in
Europe without seeing reason to believe
that serious troubles are impending. The
great nations are all preparing for war,
not for peace. England has at len^jth
taken a stand which will render it almost
impossible for her to preserve neutrality
in the event of a collision between the
continental powers. Her new interest in
Egypt, whatever may be said in its favor,
undoubtedly exposes her to some new
dangers. Honor will oblige her to defend
the interest which she has acquired in the
Suez Canal. Sometimes the general an -
ticipation of war has the effect of pre
venting it, and we hope it will so turn
out in the present instance. But it is not
the less certain that the political atmos
phere of Europe is at this moment heavy
with black clouds.—N. Y. Times.
A little five-year old was told by his
grandmother that all such terms as “by
golly,” “by jingo,” “by thunder," Ac.,
were only minced oaths, and but little
better than any other profanity. In fact,
she said, he could tell a profane oath by
the prefix “by.” All such were oaths.
“Well, then, grandmother,” said the lit
tle hopeful, “there’s a big oath in the
newsgapers ‘By telegraph.’ ” The old
lady gw it up.
[Indian Correspondence of the London Daily
News.]
The chains are loosed from the legs of
the two “fighting elephants,” and these
slowly advance to meet each other,
goaded by men with javelins, onticed by
picadors dangling red scarfs before each.
Some of the latter appear recklessly
bold, and run, or seem to run, narrow
escapes, as the huge beast with raised
trunk, comes charging at them. Now
the two elephants closely confront each
other, and their tusks clash together with
a mighty bicker. Their trunks interlace
into a twisted knot, their loins strain as
they push against each other for the
mastery, their flanks heave, and the
muscles stand out under the thick hides.
Weight tells at first, and the bigger,
lighter-colored brute bears back the less
massive, darker-hued elephant, but the
smaller one has greater gameness, and
constantly confronts his weightier an
tagonist. The latter ignobly “cuts it,’’
and, turning his pachydermatous
back round, seems in a supine,
languid fashion to bid his opponent
•‘take his change out of that.” The com
bat now degenerates into a farce: the
smaller animals keep butting fitfully into
the great rump of the other, who slug
gishly declines the fray, and sustains
phlegmatically a good deal of punching
against the barricade and walls from the
blunt tusks of the animal which, for
form's sake, must, I suppose, be called
his antagonist. It is obvious that the
fight is a sham, and so the fuse-bearers
advance and flare up. The elephants
clearly understand and act with alacrity
on this signal that they need sham to
fight no more. The big fellow stands
fast among the smoke, for he is already
at his own end of the arena; the smaller
chap scuttles off in ludicrously clumsy
haste to his own corner. Again, however,
they are induced to renew the semblage
of a struggle, and there is some aimless
butting with foreheads, clashing of tusks,
and intertwining of trunks. But it is so
evident that the brutes understand each
other that, in the language of the prize
ring, the fight is a “cross,” that the farce
grows tedious, and is ended by the at
tachment first of clamps and then of
ropes round the hind legs of the lazy
combatants, the blazing and smoke of the
fuses, aud the final tying up of the un
scathed impostors.
A NEW ELEPHANT APPEARS.
These removed, a third elephant, a
huge dun-hided rogue, is brought in at
one portal, while through the other there
caracoles gayly a smart horseman, on a
handsome gray horse, powerfully bitted,
and well backed on his haunches. The
horseman rides very short, and his style
of equitation reminds one forcibly of the
French manege, although his seat is freer
and suppler than obtains there. He,
circling and capering, approaches the ele
phant, which, after facing him for a time,
makes a sudden rush, and his trunk is on
the horse's croup, and all but clutches
the rider, before the speed of the Arab
tells and carries horse and man out of
reach. Quick as lightning the horseman
is round again, capering teasingly around
the elephant, whose rushes in quick suc
cession, and what certainly seems a suc
cession of hairbreadth escapes on the
part of the rider, keep on the strain the
interest of the spectators. The courage
of both rider and horse are undeniable:
the former is a finished horseman, both
as to hand and seat, and the latter obeys
with beautiful.alacrity of dexterity the
slightest hint from wrist or leg. Over
and over again the rider’s life seems not
worth a second’s purchase, as the ele
phant's trunk brushes his shoulder, but
supple dexterity pulls him through, and
the foiled elephaut at length lapses into
s-illen apathy.
THE RHINOCEROSES REFUSE TO FIGHT.
Way there for the rhinoceros, his thick
hide lying on his back in flaccid folds—
that hide of which it is written that “the
sword of him that layeth at him cannot
hold the spear, the dart nor the haber
geon.” The patriarch asks: “Canst thou
bind the unicorn with his band in the
furrow? * * * Canst thou put an
hook into his nose, or bore his jaws
through with a thorn ? A modern Job
visiting Baroda could scarcely venture to
ask these questions as illustrations of im
possibilities, for the rhinoceros, as we see
him brought into the arena here, has a
great bit into the mouth of him and mas
sive chains round his throat and legs.
The huge ugly monster comes forward
hobbling, and as he comes he routs along
the ground with that vicious, soli
tary horn on his snout. Another
rhinocerous follows, scarcely so big,
but rather uglier, moving with
a curious high action. and
routing with a longer horn. The two
are loosened, save for the chain hobbles
on their fore legs, and they sluggishly
approach each other, and begin to butt
and bore at each other with their horns.
There is much fierce grunting and great
straining. Neither has much stomach
for the fray, and the short struggle ends
in the incontinent aud cowardly bolting
of the larger, shorter-horned brute, with
clumsy bounds and frisks, obvious
“funk," and profuse gruntings. A second
time the two are brought to the scratch;
a second time does the imposter shun the
prolongation of the duel. Water
thrown on the thick hides of the brutes,
apparently to encourage them to fight,
but with the grotesque result that both
clumsily but precipitately bolt in opposite
directions. The “pigs” won’t fight, and
no amount of jobbing with spears will
make them take kindly to the fray. After
much grotesque floundering all about the
arena they are ordered off in disgrace.
THE BUFFALOES STRUGGLE FIERCELY.
Buffaloes succeed behemoth—genuine
wild buffaloes of the swampy jungle—
brutes that, among their native bul
rushes, will fearlessly face the tiger him
self. One is black and sleek, the other
dun and rough. There is no question
about their ardor for the battle; with
straining sinew they rush to the encoun
ter. At the first clash the dun loses a
horn, close to the scalp. The agony
must be horrible: the blood streams from
the raw pith on to the sand, but the
fighting demon is rampant in the dun,
and he battles madly on. But he cannot
sustain the unequal contest long, and it
is a relief from the sickening spectacle
when he wheels and, dashing blindly
against the barricade, half staggers, half
crouches under it, and is lost sight of
as, mad with pain and terror, he rushes
out into the open space, the acared popu
lace flying wildly from his infuriated
track. A fresh pair take the field, and
crash together, head against head, with a
terrible impetus. They lock together,
they struggle and strain.’amid a whirlwind
of sand, till at length, with a mighty
heave, the smaller one throws the latter
clean on to his back, and strives hard to
rip open with his horn the stomach of
his prostrate antagonist. But that they
are parted, straining fiercely at each other
as they are dragged away, this struggle
would have been unto the death. A senes
of combats with rams ensue. These dash
furiously against each other, forehead
crashing on forehead, till the arena rings
again with the sound of the impacts.
The spectacle, which was perhaps unduly
prolonged, and Which was barbarous in
so far as the combats were serious, and
somewhat childish as well as barbarous
in so far as they were make belief, con
cluded with a promenade of black bucks
and nhil-ghaies harnessed into cars, and
a trumpery show of parrots and cockatoos
displayed in cages by bearers ranged in a
semi-circle in front of the royal balcony.
AX INSANE ATTACK.
A Prominent Citizen Shot in the West
minster Hotel — Probably n Fatal
Woaid.
The Westminster Hotel, corner of Ir
ving Place and Sixteenth street, was yes
terday evening the scene of a probably
fatal shooting affray between two promi
nent citizens. Mr. John R. Dillaber, the
well-known wholesale liquor merchant of
No. 49 Beaver street, was shot by Mr.
Romaine Dillon, brother of ex-Park Com
missioner Robert G. Dillon. Owing to
the lateness of the hour and the confu
sion consequent on such an unexpected
occurrence, the details of the affair could
only be gathered with great difficulty.
It appears that Mr. Dillon, who
is fifty years old and a bachelor,
has been boarding at the Westminster
for nearly three years past. Mr. Dillaber
became a guest of the hotel above five
months ago. He is forty years old, and
is unmarried, lor some months past
Mr. Dillon’s conduct in the hotel has
been regarded as somewhat eccentric,
but he was considered perfectly harmless
by the attaches of the house. Yesterday
evening, about half-past seven o’clock,
Mr. Dillon was sitting on a lounge in the
hall of the hotel, when Mr. Dillaber, who
was smoking a cigar, came in and began
to walk up and down the hall. Suddenly
Mr. Dillon sprang up from his seat, and
approaching Mr. Dillaber entered into a
conversation with him. John K. Trapp,
the hall boy, who noticed that an
altercation was going on between the
two men, ran into the private office of
Mr. C. B. Ferrin, the proprietor of the
hotel, and notified him. Mr. Ferrin
reached the hall just in time to see Mr.
Dillon draw a Derringer pistol from his
trousers pocket and fired at Mr. Dillaber,
American
Brokerage
Diplomatic
Abroad.
The English Court of Appeal on the
11th ultimo heard an appeal in the case
of Sickles vs. Norris, from an interlocu
tory order of the Common Pleas Division
setting aside an order for a commission that a thing so fearful is possible “at"In.
to take evidence on the part of the de
fendant at Madrid. The case is thus re
ported by the London Times of the 13th
December :
Even party spirit should shrink fro-
such an extreme, for if the mind oL.d
masses could familiarize itself to
picture of utter moral degredat : * i ' Bg ^«
terrible consequences would
The action was by General Sickles incalculable. Indeed, is it pos
the Prflsidflnt. wrml.1 Imvo 5
(who was Minister of the United States
at Madrid) against the agent in this
country of Messrs. Remington A Co., the
rifle manufacturers of New Y’ork, to re
cover a large sum of nearly £20,000
claimed as doe on an alleged,, con tract be
tween the parties to pay General Sickles,
in consideration of certain services said
to have been rendered by him in procur
ing them a certain contract with the
Spanish Government for tho supply of
rifles, all bejond a certain sum of four
teen dollars iu gold received for each arm.
Tho alleged contract was denied, and.
moreover, it was set up as a defense that
General Sickles had not rendered the al
leged services, and further, that the con
tract was not to pay all beyond the price
stated, but all that was received be
yond the price plus certain pay
ments to certain other parties,
and particulars having been ordered of
these parties, the name of one of them —
a Colonel Cauterack at Madrid, was given
as having received more than £10,000,
and others were stated as having received
other sums, amounting altogether to
£13,000 and upwards, whereas tho whole
sum received above the stipulated price
was only about £12,000, so that no sur
plus would remain to be paid to Generul
who fell to the floor. An alarm was at Sickles. Iu short, the defense set up was,
' • - first, a denial of the contract as alleged,
and next, that nothing was due under the
contract as it was made: that being so, of
course evidence of the real terms of tho
contract was required, and also evidence
of the alleged payments. That being so,
the defendant obtained ail order from the
Master for a commission to take evidence
at Madrid on the ground that the evi
dence of the terms of the contract, as he
alleged it to be, was contained in a letter
from him to Colonel Canteraek and could
only be proved or produced by the Col
onel, and that he alone could prove the
payment to himself, which absorbed tho
largest portion of tho supposed surplus,
and or, appeal to a Judge at Chambers,
Baron Cleasby, the order was upheld.
But the Court of Common Pleas set aside
the order, and from that decision the de
fendant appealed.
The report goes on to state that by
agreement of counsel a copy of the letter
to the Colonel was agreed to be admitted
in evidence, and the defendant waived
his application for a commission.
This little incident only affords another
key to the chat acter of Dan Sickles. It
is by the appointment of such men as
Sickles, Schenck aud Butler to diplomatic
position, that the American Government
is being disgraced in the eyes of the civi
lized world. And yet they are worthy
representatives of the administration
whose credentials they bear.
once given, and Dillon, who made no
effort to escape, was promptly arrested
by an officer of the Eighteenth Precinct.
He refused to make any statement what
ever, and simply gave his name and
said he was a gentleman by occu
pation. Captain Garland ordered him to
be locked up, and refused to allow any
one to see him. In the meantime
Mr. Dillaber had been conveyed to
his room in the hotel and Prof. J. R.
Wood called in. He found that the large
ball from the pistol had entered Mr. Dil-
laber's left side, four inches below the
heart, inflicting a probably fatal wound.
Stimulants were immediately adminis
tered to Mr. Dillaber, and on Coroner
Eickhoff calling at the hotel he was suffi
ciently strong to make an informal state
ment regarding the affair. Mr. Dillaber
said that DiJlon on approaching him said.
“ you, are you watching me?” Mr.
Dillaber said, “No, sir,” when Dillon re
plied, “You are a liar,” and drawing
the pistol shot him. Dillon will be ar
raigned at the Yorkville Police Court.—
N. Y. Times.
“Pa, are you in favor of the Bible in
the public schools ?” asked a West side
youngster at the breakfast table the
other morning. “Why, of course I am,”
responded the father, pleased that such
an important subject should engage the
attention of his youthful offspring.
“What makes you ask such a question,
my son ?” “O, nothing,” rejoined young
hopeful; “only I thought maybe you
wasn’t, as you never have had one at
home.” -The urchin dodged, but he
wasn’t q^k enough.
Awakening ail Uneasy SI n m be re r at
an Unlucky Moment—A Hot Struggle.
[From the San Jose ((_'*].) Patriot.]
Last evening a robust and gentlemaniy-
looking stranger arrived at the New York
Exchauge. His life has been an eventful
oue, including many passages at arms
with border ruffians, his business for
many years being that of a thief taKer.
Previous to entering the Exchang§ he took
a couple of drinks. Soon after seating
himself near the stove he dropped off in
to a troubled sleep. One by one the
guests retired, and yet he slumbered. It
being near midnight, the watchman of
the hotel concluded to awaken the sleep
er and show him up to his room. He
stole to the stranger's side, grasped him
by the shoulders, and announced that it
was time to go to bed. In a moment tho
slumberer awoke and bounded upon him,
with the exclamation : “I will run
this ranch!” Fortunately officer Fer-
rington entered at that instant,
and joined iu the struggle,
which for some minutes was terrific.
They had great difficulty in preventing the
stranger from securing a pistol which was
in his belt. Ferrington finally got a
chance to sound bis whistle, bringing
Officer Pritchard to the scene.- About
this time a change came over the stran
ger, and looking up, he exclaimed, as if
puzzled: “Is it possible that I am druuk
or dreaming? Where am I ?” Then
seeming to take it all in at a glance, he
asked if those around him were officers.
Being answered in the affirmative, he ac
companied them without further resist
ance. Upon arriving at the City Hall he
gave a brief synopsis of his life, and said
that at the time he was clapped on the
shoulder by the watchman of the hotel
he was in the midst of a terrible night
mare, in which he fancied himself sur
rounded and attacked in a Kansas bar
room; that he was not really awake until
after the second policeman arrived. All
hands were satisfied with the truth of the
story, and congratulated themselves that
the consequences were not more serious.
She was His Darling.—A Louisville
drummer stopped not long since at one
of our Green river hotels, and the next
morning a chambermaid came in to ar
range his room. He approached her, and
gently putting his arm around her waist,
said: “Y'ou are my darling,” and then
stole a kiss from her red, pouting lips.
What did she do ? Why, she seized the
foot-tub where he had just washel his
feet, and bathed his head with the con
tents; then she shampooed his hair with
the coal grabs, perfumed him with the
water in the slop bucket; washed his hair
amFwhiskers with a blacking-brush; rub
bed him down with a brush that had been
used the day before painting tho hearth,
and knocked the dust out of his clothes
with the poker. Then doubling up her
fists and shaking them at him, she said
“This (the right one) is certain death,
but as I’m not the fool-killer, I'll not use
that on you; this (the left one) is six
months in the hospital.” Then she hit
him a blow that sent him through the
window. He alighted on the roof of a
shed-room, and rolled off into a pig sty
in the back yard. This disturbed the
big dog, and the dander “riz,” and he
fastened on to the drummer quick, which
brought him to a halt, and the servants
hastened to his relief. He was taken to
jail as a supposed insane tramp or show
man, and the local paper in its next issue
gave a long account of the mysterious
disappearance of a Louisville drummer
from the House, who left without
taking his baggage or paying his hotel
bill.—Hartford (Ky.) Herald. *
“f. , Sc l bnr ?-. whose geoma u oniy
equalled by his singleness of purpose
and punty of character, deprecates^. !
attempt to connect President Grant with
the infamous frauds lately developed in
hL™aH“t 6 "' here H ® “**> *itli
assure you it is a very bitter thing for a
person who is really attached to this coun
try to see that almost all mention of the
l nited States in newspapers is devoted
to stones of fraud and swindle, and from
questions and observations to be forced to
the conclusion that they there consider our
public service as a great hot-house of infa
mous corruption, from which hdhorahle
conduct is banished. What, then, would he
the effect if we gave public opinion of Eu
rope to understand that we here consider
the President of the United States, the head
of the entire government, the member of
an infamous band of robbers ? No mor
should our own people be made to belie.?*
Judge Lynch on the Rampage.—A dis
patch to tho Richmond Dispatch, dated
Thursday night, says: “An armed mob of
about three hundred masked men, partly
mounted, came into town avowedly for
the purpose of lynching Dawson and
Eastept, the murderers of Lee, a man
who was assassinated a few days ago.
They took possession of tbe jail and
thoroughly searched it, but as the Sheriff
had taken the prisoners out about eight
o'clock the mob did not find them. They
then arrested the jailor and threatened to
hang him if he did not give them the
whereabouts of the prisoners. The
cavalry left a few minutes ago, and it is
thought that the Sheriff has told them
where to find the prisoners, as the
infantry was ordered to keep their posi
tion until they returned, which they said
would be in about an hod* and a half.”
A Strange Freak of a Divorced Wife.
Not long ago a once prominent civil law
yer residing up town obtained a divorce
from his handsome but dissipated wife.
The divorcee, after a variety of adven
tures, partly from necessity and partly
from a spirit of recklessness, became a
figurante at the Theatre Comiqufe, and is
nightly the central figure of the tableau
of the Deluge. Last Tuesday night the
divorced husband was among the audi
ence at the Theatre Comique, and recog
nized his wife in her new role and her
scant costume. The once wife also re
cognized the husband as he sat in the
third row from the stage. Both the man
and the woman preserved their outward
equanimity, but the meeting was one of
the hourly occurring proofs that the ro-
manoe of real life is stranger than fie-
tion.—fitoo York
A Cruel Dilemma—The Election of a
Democratic President Next Year Al
most Inevitable.
[Springfield (Mass.) Republican.]
The recent crushing Republican reverse
in Mississippi and this suicidal Republi
can folly in South Carolina only make
more probable what was painfully
probable before—that as against any
“straight Republican” nominated under
administration auspices, the Democratic
candidate next year will scoop in the
electoral votes of every Southern State.
Aggregate number of votes cast by these
States (not including Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri), 88:
plus the votes of the five ex-border and
slave States, 137; whole number of elec
toral votes (including Colorado), 369;
necessary to elect, 185; 137 from 185
leave 48—the number of votes from the
former free States needed, in the sup
posed aud probable case, to elect a Demo
cratic President. But the two States of
New York and Indiana alone cast 50
votes—and both these States have Demo
cratic Governors to day. No wonder
that distinguished Republican politicians
are exhibiting unmistakable symptoms of
uneasiness—not to say alarm. As Pat
remarked, they have raison.
But it is not clear what they can do
about it. The dilemma is a growing one
whichever horn is selected. To do noth
ing, to let events take their course, is to
dnf t with folded arms over the falls. That
might do for Turkish politicians, brought
up from infancy on tbe Koran; our
American sort are hardly equal to it. But
to resume the reconstruction, force bill
business now would be to hazard and to
lose more at the North than possibly
could be gained at the South— let alone
the fact that there is a Democratic House
in the way.
Tile Bravest Girl of the Century.—
Miss Annie Petzold, the young lady who
was committed to my charge in Bremen
says Adolph Hermann, in his narrative of
the loss of the Deutschland, courageously
climbed into the rigging, with my assist
ance, first climbing through the rafters
and on to the skylight. She did not lose
heart during the whole of that awful
night, although subjected to perils under
which ordinary women would have given
up all hope. While I held her by the
waist, the paymaster, who was above us,
lost his footing, and falling against Miss
Petzold, rebounded from her shoulder
into the dark water and was seen no more,
although a gallant effort was made to ar
rest his fall by one of the stewards. Dur
ing our ascent through the rafters Miss
Petzold was nearly choked. She cheerily
held to the rigging and to myself, never
yielding to the despair which paralyzed
the efforts and caused the death of so
many other unfortunate ladies. While
aloft an unknown person handed me a
flask of whisky; not being able to draw
the cork with my teeth, I broke the neck
against a spar, and having revived Miss
Petzold with a draught, I took one my
self, and passed the bottle to the nearest
man. Dr. Petzold, of Fifty-third street,
New Y'ork, is to be congratulated upon
his daughter. In my opinion she is the
bravest girl of the century. Many of the
other women stayed in the saloon and
were drowned by a sudden deluge of
waves.
The Way to Treat a Would-be Duel
ist.—A Culpepper (Va. correspondent of
the Richmond Whig states that a young
man named Johnston, a son of the recent
President of the bank at that place, sent
ajchallenge to Major Jas. W. Green, a
prominent lawyer and citizen of Culpeper
Court House, and one of the directors of
the bank, for reflections made upon his
father in a report of the directors, of
which Major Green was the supposed au
thor. The Major refused to accept the
challenge, and soon after caused a peace
warrant to be issued, and Johnston was
arrested, who appeared before an officer
and gave bond for $500 to keep the peace
for one year. It is now understood that
Major Green has determined to make
another step, ana Johnston has again
been arrested and will have to answer be
fore the next grand jury fora violation of
the law and peace and dignity of the
commonwealth.
the President would have per^ tta
investigation to go on which thr^^saW.
the exposure of the whole fraud, aiV
the participants in it. if he himself w
belonged to them ? Surely not; and it is
certain that he could have throttled the
investigation in its incipiency if he had
so desired. With such powers as his
one who feels guilty could have soon
found tho means to do so, and would not
have failed to avail himself of them.
Every suspicion of such participation,
therefore, I hold to be unfounded ami
unjust.”
Now, while it is true that the reported
short-comings of our officials, made
throughout Europe, are exceedingly
humiliating to a patriotic American, it
does not follow that we should shrink
from exposing a bail President any more
than a corrupt assessor or Congressman.
Tho error here consists in Carl Sohurz
failing to comprehend the nature of our
government. The fathers of the consti
tution labored to make a distinction be
tween the offico and the office-holder our
eminent friend fails to understand.
While they clad tho office itself, as legis
latures do the law. with power and
diguity, they left tho office holder a
citizen, subject to all ihe responsibilities
of the subject. The President himself,
while in office, is no better than any
other citizen, and gaining that high posi
tion adds no exclusive privilege to his
person, any more than he carries from
the place an accession of dignity that he
does not possess as a man.
“We have observed, since the late war,
and observed with pain, that a different
doctrine prevails, to which Mr. Schurz,
unintentionally, of course, gives a sup
port. About the President is growing up
that divinity that hedges in a king. One
is called uj>on to speak of him with bated
breath. For example, one may say of a
member of the House that he gets drunk
in public, and it is considered all right if
proved to be true. Wheu one reaches a
Senator or member of the Cabinet ad
dicted to intoxicating drinks the language
has to be more choice, and one deplores
the intemperate habits of the high official.
But if the President disgraces his high
position and shames his neighbors by
excess that is written all over his person,
it is considered scandalous for one to
refer to the offense at all.
Again, in line with this, we have had
all sorts of projects to pension off the re
tiring Presidents or to make them Sena
tors fer life, as if the man carried from
his place certain royal or aristocratic attri
butes that lifted him above the level of
the citizen.
This is all wrong and fatal to the system
of self-government given to us, and
through which we eau only maintain a
true republican organization. The mo
ment we grant to the official more than
he holds as the agent, and clothe him in
dividually with privileges that are to at
tach to his person, we create ar aristo
cracy fatal to our well being as a true
Democracy.
Nor do we see the evil referred to by
Mr. Schurz as likely to accrue if we
detect the President in the perpetration
of a crime. Instead of demoralizing the
people it would arouse the moral seuse of
the nation and make hereafter such offi
cial iniquity impossible. Our curse is to
be found in the fact that elections are
turned over to a low order of politicians
who make politics a trade—a trade with
money in it. The caucus, a process by
which mean men are elevated to high
places, would be greatly strengthened
were we to listen to Mr. Schurz’s advice
and cover, from a sense of shame, the
vile work the caucus knowingly perpe
trates.
No, let the President be held responsi
ble for his acts, as we hold the common
citizen, and we shall have fear, and not
cool insolence, at the White House.
We do not know that General Grant is
implicated in these frauds. We do
kuow that they were perpetrated for his
benefit, in the collection of an election
fund, and there are certain circumstances
of a suspicious character, such as the re
moval of General Henderson, which call
for explanation. But we wait patiently
for the legal investigation that, under
Mr. Bristow, we are likely to have, and
when the finding implicates beyond doubt,
we purpose attacking the official, let him
be high or low.
Bcechcr and his Accusers.
General Pryor has withdrawn from his
position as Mrs. Moulton’s counsel in the
case of the mutual council to be called
by Plymouth Church and Mrs. Moulton.
He said Wednesday that the reasons for
doing so were that he was not a member
of any Congregational church; that he
thought it better for Mrs. Moulton to be
represented by a lawyer who could* ^ain
admission or be a delegate to the*couif r '*
if necessary: and that he was counsel i x '
Mr. Moulton in an entirely different
cause. Joshua M. Van Cott, who is a *
member of Dr. Storr's church, has been
selected as Mrs. Moulton’s counsel in
place of General Pryor. He said that 1
had accepted the position and give *
notice to Mr. Shearman that he would
make the preparations on Mri. Moul
ton’s part for the mutual council.
No action was taken Wednesday by Mr.
Beecher's counsel in the suit against him
by Mr. Moulton. Friends of Mr. Beecher
said that Mr. Shearman and Gen. Tracy
had beeu retained for him, and that no
other lawyers had yet been engaged.
Gen. Tracy said that evening that he had*
not been asked to act as counsel for Mr.
Beecher, and he knew nothing about the
suit except what he had seen in the news
papers. It is denied that Gen. Butler
will be Mr. Moulton’s senior counsel.
Gen. Pryor has acted as Mr. Moulton s
legal adviser ever since the scandal trial,
and the new suit will be entirely under
his management. Gen. Butler may be
associated with him, Gen. Pryor says,
but he had not been retained up to
Wednesday. Gen. Pryor was still averse
to speaking about the suit, and said he
could give no information.—New York
Tribune, December :)0.
A Bride Killed by Slander.—On last
Saturday the wife of Thomas Oliver, of
Lynnville. Indiana, committed suicide by
taking morphine. Her maiden name was
Melissa Kelley, and she had been married
but a few weeks. On account of infamous
rumors concerning her character the
husband abandoned her, which was the
direct cause of the act.
Nice Work for Prisoners.—The dis
covery has just been made that the pris
oners in the Ohio penitentiary have for
some time past been making counterfeit
nickels, which were pat oat by a little
The Way a Patron was Lost.
Lowell (Mas* 1 .) Journal.
A German subscriber to the Journal
recently called to advertise a lost cow.
and, according to the long-established
custom of this well-regulated print shop,
we immediately wrote up a notice and fig
ured up the cost of publication.
“ Vat ish dat ?” asked our friend, plac
ing the butt end of his whip on our little
sum of multiplication.
We informed him that it would cost
him so much for advertising his lost cow
three weeks.
j* You make me pay for dat ?
‘Certainly: we always take pay for ad
vertising. ”
“Y'ou takes pay. eh ? Veil, dat ish von
tam svhindle. I shcribe mit dat Shournal
baperdese tree years, und now you sharge
me yoost for von leetle advertise un mine
gow.”
“But we „
“Y’ou sthop my iShoumal bapers.
“But you ” .
••You sthop my Shoumal bapers, un<i
I got some offers, py shiminy, und y
gome little end dat horn oud.”
“But, see here, friend
“1 go right away und dond got sheated
mit you, py kraxhus. Tink you got some
sleep mit a veasal, dond you.' charge
me yoost for advertise von gow. It va«
better uv you dond got me mad ven
gome here, und I sebnbe mit dat S/iour^
nal more as tree year, but you makes me
mad, und you sthop mine bapers before 1.
got it next dime. Bat ish vat mau X amt
kind UT, py shiminy.” . ’
We tried to explain; we toed in ram
ve lost him and a three weeks advertn*.