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I-lABLISHED 1850. happenings at home. itHF REI> FROM OUR LATE | exchanges. ,j.. nS Municipal Elections in At ' ;<n ,| Augusta—The Flames in ** l L, r viUe— Attempted Suicide— Dave. \ '. . Mineral Wealth— A Convict's j ,' l.Ver K ■scape. ■ f the municipal election at Au- ] ~,*n definitely settled, by the full -lietl in the < onstitutionalist yes- | riisnM- R- H. May. for Mayor, re- ; ~rity in every ballot-l)o\ in the j -till majority was 1.919 votes— I l.r,ir> colored. The whole May I te l. and the members of Couu- Fir-t ward, C. E. Coffin, M. ltrelenburjt: Second ward. E. ,li.hn Doeeher, .1. K. Evans; \Vm. Bennett. .Joseph Myers, C. rth ward. M. K. Hill, tVm. E. ! i_. It. Lombard. The new Mayor ■ I were inaugurated in office at , J k ~-ierday. : the mnnieipal election in At _ from the tone of the press of .neat surprise. All llieout i- |s>int to the election of John - Mayor. Ir. E. J. Itoacli and . 11. -cals lx*ing defeated. The , I are as follows: Alderman— II M a-lin. < •uuicilmen—J. A.,ray. ji , '. H . I>ay, B. K. Tangle} and . r , w -a large sale of real estate in Co -11 I'a,— <|ay of the realty of the late I Thom.i-. located on Rose .a city, consisting of forty . I lioinac residence. The prop *r the aggregate -11111 of $13,895; lc.nl cash, the balance in one and .1-. at 9 per cent, interest. \| l:t-l the tiin house of Mr. 1. I>. • . 1 \ f*>nl. and the contents, were de tin-. The gtn was a public one aud twenty-six liale- of cotton. • cghi of last week the gin house M l :.I. >. near Box springs. Tails,t .. . i.iirncl. containing four bales of ■ urge amount of cotton -red. It . , mim-ler of the M. K. < liurcli Ki i* lucky -cut to the mission rooms \ . I • tin., a cheek for 12.00 U. to lie the * ectral Me\iean Mi—ion,where | Mtu liotiell and his excellent wife. ■1 1 ' lii* Williams, .>r Macon, arc lo \ 1; mm in the bound-of the Wc-t --i< ..iiferenee also-ent for the - on. Tills is gratifying news to Mr. •I ■ M.o l).oieirs friend- in Mticon and Ii .itlor county Democrat- have a uoroi m.ity election for county officers on Ittli mst. r . ..|..rcd Methiwlist- of Tallsdton have .1 1.1 nice organ for their church at that :.-:dcnc of Mr. W. Scott Brown at the s| n-on place, in Tallwit valley, was ■'•■-! toyed by lire. With his residence - liiuv. 11 also Inst Litio m money, all his ind the product or twenty hog- in 1 spin receipts at Tnllsitton np to IV . : u ere bales, and it iseslimatcd t :-:al receipt' this sea-011 \\ ill lie over q , 15. I 00k. of Tallmt county, had .11.3 ml -i\ Itumlred |>oiinds cotton seed I by tire Wednesday night last. • 1 |hi ..lay la-l one of the liolde-t conceived - <Ol record was clVcctcd at the Hade ■-. in Cob* l dy. •!■** Muore had lM*en * 1 in 1 atoo~a county for horse steal• i>. ii\,. vear- lulsir in the |ienilentiary. A .1 s o'clock Tuexlay morning last super i.ient Keno took Moore about a mile from mine to tix a di-ordered pi]ic. They cd the spot, ami the convict wa-busily . _ ,g,d at work and at a moment when K attention was diverted, the convict 1 rii a pi-tol from iiie latsoin and ordered the si '. rmtenden. to throw up his hand-, point _ the pistol at lii- head. I p lliehand- went. Ccno was superbly armed, around him wa ickleil a Wit containing a navy eix-sliontcr. .nil Moon -aid w i|h great mna-halaii**)*. ■—out the. licit:” Bern* did as commanded, awl the •It and jii-tol fell to the ground. The next *mmain! of the'convict to lfono vva- **strip k!'* and in le—than three -eeond- Betio was a Ins shirt sleeves and drawers. Tlte convict w now complete master of the situation, and ■I the . *.*t .-iii.l breeches of the Superm ini, and picking li|i the navy -:\ -hooter, Ito his disrobed antagonist: “I’d kill you an a\ if yon wu-n'l an o!*l man. l.umlbyv. 1 may go hack and pul your hound- after t you call never take me alive." With • 1 remarks lie strode oft armed with two !-• i- and vva- emm lost to sight in the wofid.-. Mr. If.-mu tlit'ii went to a might-'ring Imust 1 . I \\ f i Mlllip lllll'ilr- ami -1">1I li:nl till l 1 Mix nl ix mi ilii* track of :l- fugitive. lint at ... •11l ,100, hail io-r Ihe .1 cat of Hu- Imlil hi-, i t iii the laurel bn-lies. * T. . - ru|> iinxliiet of Ihxilv I'ininli *. imi’ ivi hi-*tu i* ,ai'l to lie iiiimen-e. There x; ii .. oarrel. enough in tin- eouiit.' to hold I-: “H heard a gen . remark a few <lay. since that he would I\ have 111 pour a |iart of hi, >x rup on -i ml. a. he had ,ent to tiaiikiiinville i M .Mte/imia. ami lieen over the riKßlv i after harivl.. liut could find isom*.'* I liman denning-, an old and highly e-- 1 eiti/.i II of the seventeenth ili~triet of ' i . iiinty. having for some time ,ho wed mi of'mental alienation a, to alarm :r nd,. attempted on laid Saturday to a-un-ide bv cutting hi-throat. The in t w :.~ either too dull or the watefcf;il • . of hi- friend, prevented tin- fatal deed. H -ed. 'l. however, in inflicting a wound not 'ngerou-. ! m i t ode of Georgia i- now running ntiet of eritici.iu. One of the mo.t t resolution,of tin- session *H in - . | in the -cmite on " ednt-.lai hy , Imltnmon. Jt wa, for the appoint .. minitlee id three frnin the scuale trotn tin- Ifmot) to examine the new i -•.• what emus it iwalaitt'. amt - ting the Governor to jiay a*i more i rlu pulli,her- on the state', tu.i --" ’ I't'iciii for the pre-ent. 1 n ntlemetiof the reliringlioard of ( om\- • ■ f Montezuma take their places haek . -t of the people witli the indor-c --o . ■ tin hisnl h.i, iin titlii , in(i,lsui're,'- ’ii I. i i.nomieal in it, administration that ha, ever had.. It ha, eolieelwi more .lid off more del it,, and ha, more mine jn the treasury than any ' - t ounetl. and. •i-idc-.’it compro eh* w hich had been hanging over the Tlie Curfew Law. M. Lnn Xi jiHhlimn. W mi i, known as the ‘•Curfew*’ section • ! ’ ' i ptvMtjjfin aet lias just iieen pro i-ii and in Dublin in consequence of a iihK-.ii i ami one t*r two murderous as ' !'. which were held to indicate the ex *-rirauized hatuls of assassins. 1 '• timi provide, that in a proclaimed '’net it a pt*rson is out of his place of -!• It any time after one hour later ’> - mm ! and liefore stiurisi> under sus -1 i, ireimistauees any const aide may ii ihtsoii and bring hint forth fnre u justice of the jieace, and ' ,ti.-e. after in|iiiry into the cir - ii is of the case, may either dis iiim nr take the upeessary steps by !; iag him to prison or taking hail, to in before a court of siiinuiarv juris- I -ting under this aet. and if stteji ■.ii appearing liefore a court of ■ > jurisdiction, acting under this ’• I, tii satisfy the court that he was , place of hlnhlc ujHtn some lawful ' t. nr Inisim ~. he shall la- guiltjrof '■ ~ against this act. The severity • ■ i provision and the injustice and that max !*- wrought under it to - ni any ineaiitinus person caught " from home during the forbidden " ggi-.f that the government must l; '.n : the situation a very grave one. the shotgun as a Consoler. '*c York t' nrtilnQ Pont. \;.r pos of the shot-gun as a consoler, 1 ' '*,• in that eliaraeter seems to lie . n. to the North, for the news came : 1 MiU. aukee yesterday that the mother - < -j in that city who had been dis* ; - r < ■■! ■••.•..i, insane with grief, and that • hfiv r was going around with a shot •oiparentlv without any definite ol>- ; ml the comfort derived from the ; • '•! Th, weapon. If h should ever come j ’hat. in the dark and tfrpary days , life which so often overtake all ' ' wing a shotgun across one’s knee. ; ’ .‘"ing the stock or barrel, will send ' h "J* and courage through the weary 'a. and take the mockery out of the •soin,-. we sliall undouldetily owe this •| at alteviatiou to the South, it is there : ' alue of the shot gun as a soother in ! .’ r V sorrow, as the mourner’s lest ( ! ’ ‘b "as first discovered, or at least pro ,*■ * t - * 1 - Asa comforter. too, a single j ; r ! 'dl suttiee, so that the efcanner is • llh teach of the humblest home. r i' ! <1 Blueher. of the Second I'nited p, , " Artillery and l*ost schoolmaster at " ,I'Tli nry. Baltimore, has accepted : lVi ' a . Position on the staff of Baker p' 1 '' 1 : to aid in the reorganization of the , lin .*'i ,lan arm > - t'orporal Blueher is a ,i* tv of the Marshal Blueher thr ,- at .‘ r, °f tame. He graduated from I L niversittea of Bonn and Heidelberg, i "as formerly a military attache of 1 s.-ni i rT “ a " legation in Eg) pt. where he tr. a the Arabic language. He came Ui," s^ rica tw ° vean * *g°' an d enlisted in Artillery as schoolmaster six, ' ' '-5 i api 1 im■ ■■■Maapsinr - CONFEDERATE CRUISERS. A I-etter from an Officer of the Shenan doah—Statements In Vindication of Commander Waddell. Corresjstndencf Boston Sunday Glob *. In the Globe of December 3d appeared an article—copied from the Detroit Free Presfg —with the caption “-Confederate Cruisers," the writer of which, in refer ring to the Shenandoah, has evidently drawn too copiously from the well-springs of imagination. The misstatements con tained in the article referred to would not have been deemed worthy of notice were it not for the imputation of dishonorable conduct on the part of her commander in taking the ship into an English port, in stead of making for the nearest United State navy yard. As an officer of the Shenandoah, during the whole of her eventful cruise. I claim the knowledge of a little more of her history than has I**- cotne known to the facile w riter in the Detroit Free Pres*. In the article in question the Shenan doah is styled a “Confederate privateer.” she was a regularly commissioned ship of war under orders from an acknowledged uHligerf'iit power, and no more a privateer than any ship in the United States 11 aw. This laet applies as well to the Alabama, the Florida, the Tallahassee, the Chicka tnauga and the Georgia. If these ships were privateers, why was not the Merri niac ever mentioned as a Confederate privateer> In the tlrst year of the war then- were two privateers, the .left' Davis and the Nashville, both fitted out bv pri vate enterprise, but the Confederate Gov ernment, realizing the objections of the nations of Europe to privateering, granted no more letters of marque. In the article of the Fr Press the She nandoah is accredited with or accused of capturing five whalers “inside of three hours, four of which were burned and the fifth bonded that she might be loaded with the prisoners.” This is well enough as lar as it goes, but the fact is that on the day referred to she captured eleven ships within twelve hours, burning nine and bonding two; this was accomplished at the cutranee to Behring Straits. Ido not wish to lie considered as exulting in this fact, but merely give it as a matter of history. The destruction of these unarmed whalers was distasteful alike to officers and men. but the orders of the government under which we were acting were imperative as to the destruction of the whaling fleet, as it was con sidered the nursery of the Federal navy. The writer referred to again asserts that "the Shenandoah was twice disabled at sea and in great jieril, and on one occa sion some captured whalers set tire to her in two plaees at once, and came near caus ing her destruction.” The only time site was seriously disabled was some twelve hours after ieaving the island of Tristan d’Acunha, where we had landed a num !>er of prisoners. This was an accident to her machinery—a breakdown. We were then someone hundred and twenty miles south of the island, and within six hours after the departure of the Shenandoah, a Federal ironclad < the Iroquois. I believe) touched at the island, took off the prison ers and started under full steam for Cape town. Cape of Good Hope, in search of the Shenandoah, while the object of her vigilance was heading towards Australia. As to the statement of whalers having set lire to her—this is too absurd for even the marines to sw allow. With sentries con stantly pacing the deck it would have lieen worse than madness to ha\ e attempt ed anything half so des|>erute. Now as to the charge of conduct not in accordance with honor on the part of the commander of the Shenandoah. The Free Press says; "While the war closed in April the Shenandoah received no tidings of it until midsummer. Her commander should then have laid his course for the nearest United States navy yard and surrendered everything, but he did not do so, much to liis discredit as an honorable commander. He beaded for England, and the Shenan doah ran into Liverpool with the Con federate flag flying and surrendered to the English authorities. Of course the fra ft was at once transferred to the Federal Government.” August J. 1865, the Shenandoah over hauled the British hark Barrucoutu. of Liverpool from san Francisco, hound for London, from the Captain of w hich was received the lirst intelligence 011 hoard the cruiser of the assassination of Lincoln, the surrender of Lee and the termination of tlie war. Immediately on the receipt of this news Captain Waddell summoned liis officers in council to express their views as to the l*est course to lie pursued under these —to us—unforeseen circum stances. Some were in favor of making for an English colonial port in Australia or New Zealand, hut it was finally de cided to steer direct for England, and. after dismounting her guns and disguising the ship as much as possible, her course wtis laid for Liverpool. From newspapers received from the master of the Barraeouta. we learned sufficient to justify Captain Waddell in liis deeision, for in the excited state of public feeling throughout the North a spirit of vindictiveness amounting almost to frousy wen among leading men, making no allowance for the position of the ship 011 the high seco, oj;t of the track of vessels recently from eiviiued ports, tiii other course was open to liiih. It would have been suicidal in him to at toiupt to rub into any United States naval station, and. fully aware of his status, liis course in this rcs|H*ci ;,tts heoii com mended by the l*est men North ami South. When the pilot came alongside of the ship olf Holyhead he refused to take the ship into ]Krt unless she showed her flag. She wa-dot then an English ship, as she had been sold by her former English ow n ers to the Confederacy, thereby forfeiting her English register. ’ She had no United states register, of course could not use the stars and stripes, 901] the pilot persist ing in Ids refusal to take the ship into i>ort without showing her colors nothing was left but to hoist the flag under which site was commissioned. a s soon 3 s the ship’s anchor was dropped in the Mersey, the Captain of the Shenan doah mailed a communication to the Eng lish Government t through Kuyj Bussell, then Prime Minister , in which he an nounced the arrival of ’he ship in the har imr of Liverpool, and detail!”? the cii cum -tai.<-i.t under which he sought rei”?e jn an English pojg. and concluded by craving the English Government to be the medium bv which lie might surrender to the United states Government the ship and all its ap purtenances which by tlte fortunes of war reverted to the victor. And now. .Mr. Editor, begging your in dulgence for trespassing so far upon your valuable space—my sole object being the vindication of as ehivalrie and honorable a gentleman as ever trod a quarter-deck. I am. sir. respectfully, your oliedient ser vant. Frederick *T. McNulty, M. I>. Jf'iston, Dee. 2, 18**2. t UKPSE IX A (’OTTIIX Bai.k. —On Xovetti la*r 20 dames Bradley, a negro, living at Bell's Ferry, Pitt county. X,t’., disappear ed, and all search for him proved fruitless. He w as about to marry a woman of that section when two women came from Hyde county, each of whom declared she was Bradley’s wife, and each exhibited a child of which he was alleged to be the father. These developments broke otf the mar riage and tfaKb*v Jlradley into a tit of rage and despair. He’ went to the cotton gin house w hile the laliori r xxete at dinner, it is thought, and threw himself into the half-tilled box in which the cotton was packed into bales. When the laborers returned the box was tilled and the bale pressed, bagsred and sold. In a few days it was shipped to Greenville. There a graJer. cutting into it, found a shoe. This, to his uorro;-. he found to contain a foot. The bale was then *yi a #part by the eager crowd, when the body of lirajk) was exposed, presseil fiat and with the head crushed to a jelly. The evidence showed that the negro, deflating lie would end his lije took several drinks and then threw himself in the press. The case excites unusual and widespread excitement. It was at tirst stated that Bradley had been thrown into the press, tait this w as proved to have lieen false, although the laborers were all discharged. A Serie, of Collisions. (ij'BiCCSK, Mo., Dec. 7.—During a storm this periling a stock train bound east broke asunder .when near Memphis, on the Central Railway. And a dairy train and another stock train following ijasueu into the general heap. The St. Louis. ex piess train, going west, also dashed into the wrtad. No person was injured, but considerable l*t stock was killed and heavy damage was tjout to the rolling st<K‘k. 7*o the youngster who lias a sprain, as well as tig, l old gentleman who suffers from rheumatism, or tame back, or neuralgia, Cousseus’ Lightning Linimoj affords re lief which such sufferers can appreciate, Owners of valuable horses also rej’oice to know there is such a remedy as this lini ment for spavin, ring-bone, galls and scratches, etc.' Price 50 cents a bottle. For sale by G. M. Heidt A Cos,, Druggists. The profits at the Imperial Theatre, London, during the six nights Mrs. Lang try plaved “As You Like It,” averaged 4 teti * iiight; or SW) lor the Week. FLASHES FROM ATLANTA. YESTERDAY'S WORK IN THE LEGISLATURE. Another Batch of New Measures—The Savannah Registration Bill Passed— The Ses(|Ul-Centennial Celebration- Sale of the Atlanta Cotton Factory—A Murderer Respited. Atlanta, Dec. 7.—The House to-dav considered the Senate amendments to the general tax hill. No important changes w ere made. The sulseommittee was authorized to visit and insjiect the Insane Asylum dur ing the recess. Mr. Owens, of Chatham, was in liis seat. A joint committee was authorized to examine the new Code and report and correct any omissions. I lider a call of counties new hills were introduced as follows; By Mr. Smith, of Wilkinson —Making wire fences lawful in Georgia, if six strands high. By Mr. Spingler, of Thomas—Prohibit ing hunting and fishing on the lands of another. By Mr. Watts, of Stewart —Allowing public and private schools to eo-oporaie in certain eases. By Mr. Drewrev.ofSpalding—Amending the Railroad Commission act as to adver tising rates; also, amending the charter of Griffin. By Mr. Humlier, of Putnam—Requiring the owners of live stock in that countv to keep them up. By Mr. Bush, of Miller—Requiring the Superior Court Judge of that county to send to the County Court misdemeanor cases. By Johnson, colored, of Lee—A hill for compulsory education. By Mr. Mason, of Johnson—Amending the road laws so far as that county is con cerned. By Air. Key. of Jasper Amending sec tion ltisi of the new Code. By Mr. Redwine, of Hall Prescribing the manner of returning wild lands for taxation. By Air. Logue. of Glasscock—Regula ting the liquor license in that county. By Air. Hulsey, of Fulton—Exempting the AlePherson memorial plat of ground front taxation. By Air. Osborne, of Franklin—Providing for witnesses in certain eases. By Mr. Rice, of Fulton —A memorial for an amendment to section 2560 of the new Code. By Air. Chaney, of Earlv —Providing for the payment of costs to the Sheriff of that county; also, regulating juries in Early. By Air. Mclntosh, of Dougherty—Regu lating feiioes and inclosures in Dougherty: also, providing for bonds for a bridge lit Albany; also, incorporating the Georgia Real and Personal Estate Company. By Air. DeLacy, of Dodge—Providing for all supreme Court reports for that county. By Mr. Ray. of Coweta—Creating coun ty administrators for all the counties in the State. By 31r. .Morris, of Clayton —Amending sections 301, .‘lO2 and 303 of the Code. By Air. Russell, of Clarke— Furnishing City Courts with Supreme Court reports and tlie Code. By Air. Harris, of Bibb—Prohibiting live stock from running at large in that county: also, prescribing how the Rail road Commission shall apply tariffs. By All . Bartlett, of Bibb - Requiring Su perior Court Judges to state in 11 charge the principles ot law applicable to the case on trial. By Mr. Pike, of Bartow—Repealing sec tion 3023 of the Code of 1873; also, for re districting the State: also, amending sec tion 1,553 letter B of the new Code as to guarantees of fertilizers, making it more stringent. By Air, Johnson, of Baldwin—Amend ing the fence law so as to apply to militia districts. By Air. Carter, of Appling Fixing the liquor license of that county at ton thou sand dollars; also, preventing hunting 011 certain lands in Appling. By Air. Sutton, of Aleriwether— Making binding contracts between landlords and tenants as to crons. By Mr. Tate, of Pickens—Paying tally jurors whether or not they do "actual ser vice. By Air, Wilson, of Smuter—Amending the act furnishing limbs to maimed sol diers. AFTEUXOOX SESSION. The House resumed the debate on the Wilson-I’roetor contest. Mr. AVatson, of McDuffie, contended that Wilson had not shown that he was elected. Mr. Watts, of Stewart, said lie was still in doqbt, and moved to table both reports and have the evidence printed. Mr. ltankiu, of Gordon, unwed to amend by making the matter a special order for the tirst Friday of the duly session, and print three hundred copies'of the report and evidence. Adopted. The House killed the Senate bill for revising the Superior Court calendar of the Brunswick circuit: also, the Senate bill prohibiting betting on elections, but on motion of AJ r Harris, of Bibb, recon sideration was granted, and the bill goes | over to the July session for further action. The House passed the Senate bill, changing the time of holding the Macon Superior C.ourt: also, the Senate resolu tion in favor of material aid for education; , also, the resolution asking for anew mail i route in Charlton county; also, the reso i liition that the Penitentiary Committee impure whether the lessees have sub-let to other parties. The resolution for the establishment of technology, was tabled; also, the resolu tion to authorize the Governor to have an exhibit of the mineral and agricultural products prepared for Hie Boston Exposi tion : also, the resolution £6r a .committee on redistrletiug tb<* stafe. to meo’t'during the recess. There will be no sessions except of com mittees to-night. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. The JMJiimc c/meurred in the House reso lution for an exhiiiipajion of the new • Code: also, in the resolution 10 oyr rep i resentntives in Congress favor Mr. Rea gan’s bill in reference to shipment of cot ton from the South; also, the Savannah registration bill. The House resolution for the sale of I'nited States bonds in the jjtate Treasury \\ as jmsseil. In executive session the Senate con firmed G. J. Orr as Nlf ate School C'ommis ! sioner, The following is the committee of the Senate to attend Ihe Sesqui-Cen | tennial at Savannah' President Boynton 1 and senators Dubignon. Parks. Peeples, Jones, Smith. Tutt, George. Hoyt, Mc- Afee. Thompson, Mandeville. Greer. AVil eox and Oliver. 11. H. Cabaniss, Esq., Assistant Secretary of the Senate, will accompany the committee. As there is renewed interest in the celebration, and matj v Senators and Representatives wish to a'tteiid. senator Parks to-day intro duced a resolution to increase the visiting committee at the discretion of the Presi dent of the Senate anil Sjieaker of the House. One hundred and thirteen Senators and Representatives have signed the petition for the pardon of Captain Edward Cox. The Atlanta cotton factory was sold at auejion to-day for $150,000. ii. B. Plant and others vvefe the purchasers. Governor Stephens tO-da> commuted the sentence of win. 11. Hodges, of Effing ham countv, sentenced to be hanged on the 15th instant, to imprisonment for life. BENNETT SUED FOR LIBEL. A Suutq Curopiilaii Seeking IVamages. New York. Dec,' 7.—The trial of the libel suit brought by James Travers Mal loy, a citizen of Edgefield, S, C„ against James Gordon Bennett, was ltegun to-day in the United states Circuit Court for the recovery of |30,000 damages. The libel coiii|>Uiut4 the publication of an article in the Humid recording the de struction of a large portion of the town of Edgefield. S. C., by fire, on the 30th of Oc tober. 18S1. and stating that Malloy, who was a property owner and insured, and whose store was burned, was suspected oflieing an incendiary. A motion to dis miss tile ca m on the part of the defendant was denied^and fite trial is still going on. DARIEN. Two Murder Trials—A Conviction and a Disagreement. Darien, Ga., Dec. 7,—'Toney James, j colored, was convicted to-night of the ! murder of Prince Anderson in August last, and sentenced by Judge Adams to lie La'iged on the Bth day of January next. •fhe jury iu t>:e murder ease of Bob An- ■ derson has disagreed. Weather Indications. Office Chief Signal Observer, Washington, D. C., Dec. 6.—lndica iiohs tor Friday: In the South Atlantic States, colder, partly cloudy weather, northeast to north west winds and higher barometer. SAVANNAH. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1882. THE STAR ROUTE GANG. Decidedly Cheeky Tactics—The Second Trial to Proceed. Washington, Dec. 7.—ln the Supreme Court of the District to-day. District At torney Corkhill announced that the gov ernment was ready to proceed in the star route eases. District Attorney Corkhill and Messrs. Bliss aud Alerrick represented the govern ment. The array of counsel for the de fendants is nearly the same as in the for mer trial, with the addition of Walter Davidge, who assisted in the prosecution of Guiteau, Air. Ingersoll submitted a motion for a continuance of the case, and road an affi davit of Stephen W. Dorsey that his at tendance at court is impossible, as he is suffering from a disease of the eyes which keeps him confined in a dark room with his eyes baudaged; that be cannot attend without risk of permanent blindness, and that lie intends to offer himself as a wit ness in his own behalf and in behalf of the other defendants. The affidavit is sustained by affidavits of Drs. Bliss, Alarmion and Sowers, and by AJessrs. Carpenter, Ingersoll and Davidge. his counsel. Mr. Merrick opposed the motion, and asked to have put on file Dorsey's card to the public, published on Friday, in order that the court might see that Dorsey pos sessed abundant vigor to make a public attack upon the government. He argued that a man equal to tlie preparation of such a document on Friday, ought to be able to appear in court on Monday, the day when these affidavits appeared to have been made. Judge Wylie refused to admit this paper, but decided that tlie trial could proceed without Dorsey's actual presence, as he wii*, under bond aud represented by coun sel. and the motion for a continuance was overruled. Air. Ingersoll. after a passage with J udge Wylie, asked time to go to his client's room to procure liis signature to another paper. A recess for this purpose was granted. When the court reassembled, Mr. Wilson, of counsel for tlie defendants, read a long affidavit sworn to by all tlie defendants, setting forth that they cannot safely go to trial because of the acts of officers" of the government in endeavoring to influence public opinion against the defendants, and to intimidate and coerce witnesses, jurors and the officers of the court, who have the selection of jurors. Among the acts of intimidation so alleged, were the arrest of Dickson, tlie foreman of the last star route jury, who uaJ resisted the ef forts to corrupt him made by agents of the Department of Justice, delaying his trial until a lew days since, their refusal to arrest ami prosecute the person whom Dickson charged with the attempt to corrupt him. the removal from office ef Alarshal Henry, Postmaster Ainger, Assistant Postmaster Parker. Helm, the foreman of the Congressional Record , and Norton, tin* post office clerk, for the avow r ed reason that they were in sympathy with the defendants,and the publication or the letters of .Messrs. Brewster, Bliss and McVeagh for the purpose of preventing a fair and impartial trial. Tlte affidavit also expresses the belief that in the selec tion of tallesmen for the jury, influences prejudicial to tfie defendants would lie set on foot, and that the appointment of Clay ton AlcAliohael as .Marshal is part of that scheme. They also charge -fudge Wylie with bias and prejudice so that he cannot fairly administer tin* law. Thev therefore ask that the case go over until the next term, when another Judge will hold court. At the conclusion of tlie reading Judge Wylie saitl tin: only question in his mind was w hether he would permit such a pa per to go on record, Air. Alerrick asked that the paper lie im pounded, because it was false, imperti nent aud scandalous. ’ Judge Wylie said the paper was an in sult to the court. Air. Ingersoll disclaimed all intention to offer an insult in alleging bias and preju dice on Ihe part of the court, and said that nearly ;dl the States had laws providing for a "change of venue in such cases. Judge Wylie said there was no such law in the Federal statutes, Jfe, howoyer, permitted the paper to go on file. Mr. Wilson then read another affidavit from Brady, in support of a motion for a separate trial for himself. This motion was overruled, as was also another call ing for a bill of particulars. While this was going on Attorney General Brewster came into court and "joined the govern ment counsel. The ease then reached the stage of selecting the jury. Adjourned. MASSACRED ItY INDIANS, Thirty Alexieans anil Five Americans Killed. Denver. Col., Dee. 7.— Details have b-vn received of the slaughter of thirty Mexicans and five Americans by -lull's band of Indians in Chihuahua: The Politico of Caliano had raised a party of thirty, with whom he started to punish -lull for stealing stock. Juh ambushed this party and corraled them in an arroyo. One man succeeded in getting out, and returned with a party ot seventy men, The latter was unable to break through -lull’s line, and were compelled to witness the slaughter of Politico’s entire party. -Full’s band numbered two hundred. After the butchery was complete the Indians escaped. The Mexicans who sought the remains of their friends found near by the bodies of five Americans, two of whom were recognized as -Jos. Jjiggs and W. AJcpowell. of Grant county.; New Afexieo. who had been in ohifniainta purchasing cattle. A POLAR WAVE. Intense Cold at the North—A Fierce Storm in Great Britain. Washington, Dec. 7.—lntense cold prevails all over the northern United Slates and Canada and Great Britain. In the Northwest this morun;jC the ther mometer ranged from five to fifteen de grees lndow zero. In the Hudson river valley the thermometer has fallen twenty five degrees in twenty-four hours and is still falling. All over (treat Britain a fierce gform rages. Telegraphic com munication between London and Glasgow is interrupted and also in other sections Many wrecks are reported along the British coast. At midnight the thermometer stood 9 degieeg above zero, and was falling 1 de gree in every fom-ux e minutes BASE BALL. Meeting f?f tl*© National League. Providence, R. 1.. ier. T.—fn ffie Na tional Base Ball League today the schedule scries was changed from twelve to four teen games. The playing rules were amended so that the pitcher’s hand in delivering the ball must pass below the shoulder instead of the waist. Provision was made for the appointment of four league umpires at an annual salary of SI,OOO, anil the rules for their government were adopted. Ten players, whose names were on the black list Hoitck, Pike, Ijorga;}, Gross, f ox, Dickerson. Crowley. Brow n and Caskius were reinstated to full mem bership. THE FLAMES IN LONDON. A Serious Conflagration Threatened. LgndqJj, I;ei‘ 7, Midnight.—The premi ses of Foster, Porter A Cos„ wholesale hosiers, on Wood street, extending back to Philip lane, are now on fire, and the conflagration threatens to become most serious. Several houses on Philip lane have caught lire, and. the street being very narrow, it is difficult for the firemen to approach the burning buildings. The flames have extended on PhNip lane south as far as Addle street. Tlie Itelmont-Devoy Libel Suit Ended. New York, Doc. 7.— The Belmont-De voy liliel case ended to-day in the Court of General Sessions by the disagreement of the jury and their 'discharge. The jury stood eight for conviction and lour for ae. quittal. Judge Cowing granted a motion vacating the order committing Devoy for contempt. The riiiladclphia Grave Robberies. Philadelphia, Dec. 7.—At Lebanon cemetery thirty graves wen* opened to day, Bodies from about half of them had been stolen. The Health Department will not allow any more graves to be opened until it shall have ascertained whether the jierson interred died from contagious disease or not. An Alabama Court House Burned. Montgomery, Dec. 7.—A special dis patch from Evergreen announces the burning of the court house of Conecuh county. All the county records were de stroyed. Loss $50,000; insurance $20,000. The fire is supposed to have lieen incen diary. “Rough on Rats.” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, go phers. 15, Druggists. THE .NATIONAL CAPITAL. ZEALOUS CIVIL SERVICE RE FORMERS. The Next Speakership—Oratorical Fire works in Store—The Tax ou Tobacco— Cheaper Cotton Ties—Dorsey’s Latest Dodge—The New Georgia Senator’s Seat—Economy Abroad. Washington, Dec. 7.— Alembere of Congress, both Democrats and Republi cans, are fairly tumbling over each other in the effort to do something to reform the civil service. A few short months ago the man who got up and urged reform in the civil service was considered a nuis ance, and, to a certain extent, a crank. It must be said that very few Republicans were ever considered nuisances and 1 cranks on this account. Senator Pendle ton was laughed at for his bill of th<* last session, the object of which was to fortify and make stable the civil service, Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, was voted a bore for his hammering away iu the House on the same subject, ft seems, however, that the country has, in some way or other, spoken in favor of reform, and its voice is being heeded in haste. The number of reformers in Republican ranks is to-day so great that it must eause a na tional smile. These gentlemen are not. however, so disinterested in motive as it would appear. They want the tenure of public offices made a fixity. There may lie a Democratic President iq 18*4. aud it would be a very good thing for Republi cans now in if they could hold on. The Democrats are fearfully in earnest. Between the two " there is an almost certainty of some civil service reform bill becoming a law at the present session. There is a desire, too, on tlte part of Democrats—which Re publicans do not share—that there shall be a little investigating about political as sessments. Senator Beck lias introduced in tlte Senate, and Jlr. Willis in the House, resolutions requiring an inquiry iqfp Jay Hubbellism and the blackmailing of gov ernment employes for political purposes. Senator Beck specifies in his resolution that the Jay Hubbell and Mahone combi nation in the robbery of scrub-women, widows apd orphans shall be particularly inquired into. Suefi investigation's would deduce much information that could be easily digested by voters, and would do much to purify the civil service. It is understood that the civil service re form measure which will soon be reported to the House from the committee on re form in the civil service will have among its provisions one prohibiting the levying of political assessments, and one making it a penal offense for any member of Con gress to recommend unsolicited by a head of department any one for appointment. THE RIVALS. It is already pretty well simmered down that Carlisle and Randall vyiil be the only Democrats who will go before the caucus which will nominate the Speaker of the next (louse, Sam Cox and Springer may keep up their fight, even through the cau cus, but it will be more for the purpose of getting chairmanships of permanent committees than any real hope of success. Carlisle and Randall being the two men to be pitted against each other, naturally attract ii good .teal of attention o*l the floor. They sit near each other. They are on the fiest of terms. They frequently hold short consultations about the pend ing business, and are almost always found to agree to a nicety on any point in debate. One would never think that they were trying to defeat each other in a lofty ambition Tlie excellent terms up on which they are could be imitated- with great good by their adherents. But more or less bitterness will creep into the con test. Randall is personally the more striking mat. of the two. Ife'ifi larger and has a better voice. But there are a tie. termination and frankness about Carlisle’s face, and a perfect self-control, that weighs greatly in tiis favor, when lie is looked uiiou by even the most casual ob server. ABOUT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP. It is not at all among the improbabili ties that Emory spe'Ar pill succeed Iligby as District Attorney at Atlanta. Air. James Atkins, who has more influence with Arthur than any Republican in Georgia, is supposed to tie the moving cause against Bigby. Mr. Atkins would like very much to see Bigby go, and would not be verse to taking the office of Assistant District Attorney. Air. Bigby did not act on the square with Air. Atkin’s in regard to tlte Judgeship. If he had he pTiUtfi noyv have judge MeCay’s place. When the question of lilting the new Judgeship was pending here last winter Bigby came on, ostensibly to help Atkins, but really to look out for himself, as he had tin ambition for the Judgeship himself. Atkins did not forget this. When it be came evident that Atkins could not be confirmed as the new Judge the President told hint that he would nmpinate any one that At kins would name. The latter thought that lie" would say, “Give the place to Bigby,” but remembering how tlie latter had gone back on hits, he recom mended the appointment o( the present incumbent. Now. Mr. Atkins would doubtless like lo see Rigby go, and as he and Emory Sneer are on the best of forms, would also like to see Bpeer get the place. THEIR SEATS. Senator Pope Barrow Iras been given a seat on the right of President Davis’ desk. It is iu the second row from tlie front. It is a good location, but not a choice one. The new Georgia member of the House has got a desk near All*. Blount. He is on Keifer.’s right, and in the third row from the From. "His iuuuediufo neighbor is Tucker, of'Virginia. Air. Reese has been introduced around by Blount and Turner. Senator Brown in the Senate has done the honors for his new colleague, Mr. Barrow. POLITICAL DEBATE. There will be political debate this session. It would be an unusual session if there were not. The first political bout that we are promised will have for a hinge the ques -1 iori Of oiytl sen ice reform It will proba bly be first brought to a head in the senate on the consideration of Reek’s resolution to investigate the matter of political assessments and Mahone methods. There will be a very lively time of it. Several Senators, among them Voorhees, of Indiana, are already preparing speeches to lie thrown into the public ear. It will lie a very lively controversy in the Senate and one just a’s lively In the House when the AVillis resolution. Similar to that of Beck’s, is brought up. JfJF. TOBACCO TAX. The bill'reported from the Ways and Means Committee to remove the tax on to bacco in all its forms, will not become a law fjfe general sentiment is against the removal of tax on either whisky or tobacco. The outcome of the tobacco bill will probably be that the tax will be re duced to six cents a pound. The tax on tobacco and whisky are more easily col lected than any other source of revenue. They constitute a revenue that is not at all burdensome, and one which is willing ly paid by the consumers Of those arti-i-- ; .5 felnbVe the taxes on articles the bur den of which is not, complained of, strikes eyej; the average Congressman as some thing slightly incongruous. The whisky men do not want a reduction on their pro duction. They want the time that whisky can be held in bond without paving tax extended. They have receded from'their position of the last session, that such ex tension shall la? indefinite, and will com promise on a time of live vears. They will very likelv get this, HOOP IRON. Bessemer steel rails and hoop iron are the articles most likely to have the duties on them reduced this session. Even Re publican protectionists have to admit that these duties should lie reduced. That they will vote in accordance with their convictions, is entirely another thing. GEORGIA MATTERS. There is nothing of special Georgia in terest now on the Congressional dockets. None of the memlxers have new bills to nut in relating to Georgia affairs. Mr. Reese will try to forward a number of bills introduced by his predecessor. Gov ernor Stephens. A DODGE. Stephen W. Dorsey, one of the star route defendants, is very sick—so reports from his sick chamber say. Every day dole ful tales are told of how low Mr. Dorsev is. People have commenced to sympathize with Dorsey. But there seems to be a dodge under it all. The star routers are working for a postponement of their trial. If the case of one defendant is postponed all of them must be postponed. There can bo no severance. And if the star route trials should go over to the next term of court there would be anew Judge to pre side. The system of assigning Judges of this District to the several courts w ould make Wylie the presiding Judge of the Equity instead of the Criminal Court. The star routers have no good blood for Wylie. The first trial sick ened them. The government is informed of the scheme for securing a postponement, and will fight it to the end. There will probably be doctors upon doctors who will look into Dorsev’s sup posed dangerous illness, CUT DOWN. All appropriation bills will be cut down this session, and special objects urged for a portion of the public monev will have to take rear seats in the circus". The spirit of economy is abroad in the capitol. Potomac. FOREMAN DIXON’S TRIAL. The Testimony Continued—Bowen on the Stand. ashixgton, Dec. 7. —The examina tiou of witnesses iu the ease against Wnt. | Dixon, of the star route jury, is still on. The remainder of the jury have all testi , fled. One reporter of the National Repub lican, who published an interview with Dixon the day after the conclusion ot the trial, testified to the correctness of his published statement, that Dixon said he had been ottered $25,000 to vote for the government. Henry A. Bow en, the man who Dickson said tried to brilie him, was then placed on the stand. He was asked if he had told Dickson he was authorized by the Attorney General to make a proposition of any kind. This question was objected to by the defense, aud another was put, whether lie (Bowen) hail been authorized bv tlie Department of Justice to make any propo sition or do anything in relation to the star route trials. He replied. “None whatever.” He added that he had not re ceived such authority from Brewster Cameron and had uot made any proposi tion to Dickson. The defense then took Bowen in h and for cross-examination and directed their efforts to estaolish a disreputable charac ter for him, Bowen was still on the stand when the court adjourned, SOCIALISM IN GERMANY. The Repressive Measures to be Con tinued. London, Dec. 7.—A Berlin dispatch says: “The annual report to the Reich stag on the extension of the Socialist law’ states that the condition of the Socialist party does not warrant the conclusion that it is being extinguished or even worn out. Tlie moderates have been outvoiced by the extremists. The Freiheit , Social Democrat and other revolutionary papers are being smuggled into the empire on as large a scale as ever, Thirteen thousand copies of tlie Social Democrat have been confiscated during the last three months. The followers of Herr Alost are rapidlv increasing. The report concludes as fol lows: “Theconviction is irresistible forced on the government that the repressive measures must lie continued.” GRIME IN IRELAND. Tfie Huildy Murderers on Trial. Dublin, Dec. 7.—The trial of Patrick Higgins, Thomas Higgins and Michael Flynn, charged with the murder of the two Huddys, was begun to-day. The court room was crowded. It is reported that it w ill depend on the results of this trial whether the murderers of Detective Uox will be tried bv jury ra lly a commission of three Judges". Much surprise was manifested yesterday at the disagreement of the jury ip tfie ease of a prisoner >vho clearly guilty of arson. BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY. Navigation was suspended yesterday on the upper Ohio and Alississippi rivers'. It is stated that efforts are being made to establish a ontfoil exchange in Boston. It has been decided that the funeral of Louis Blanc shall be at the expense of the State. The Piedmont House at Spartanburg, S. was burned yesterday, Tlie loss is covered by $17,000 insurance, The loss by the burning of the Alham bra Theatre, in London, aggregated £150,- 000. The insurance is trifling. Cicero Collins, who was sentenced to be hanged at Kinston, N. C., on December 8, has been respited by the Governor until January 19 The Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad shops at Kingsland, X, J., were burned yesterday. Loss $70,000. Insured rat a rtoHtiug policy, A dispatch from Berlin savs: “A young lady, lately banished to Siberia for com plicity in the Nihilist conspiracy, has kill ed the Governor of tlie Fransbaikal terri tory. The river Seine continues to rise. The Freneli Government has asked tl}e Cham bers for p gran; Of 1,000,000 franca for the relief of tlie sufferers in the Inundated districts. A fire broke out on Wednesday at Lead ville, Co]., in the Texas House, the largest gambling establishment in the West, which was entirely destroyed, with other neigboring buildings. The extensive emigration from the mountain districts of Hungary to Ameri ca has caused the Hungarian Government to request Austria to stop emigrants not provided with passports. A Huntsville, Ala., special says: “General Joseph Wheeler was vesterday nominated by the Democrats to nil the vacancy in the Fort\ -seventh Congress, caused by the death of Mr. Lowe.” Two capitalists of Wisconsin have bought 6,000 acres of land in Lanzlade county, in that State, for $210,000. It is said that the tract contains about 700,000,- 000 feet of the best pine timber in the State. A fire at Covington, Tent; , yesterday morning destroyed the ryeslivterian j Church, Masonic "Hall, a newspaper office and a number of' business houses. The I loss is estimated at $56,000, The iusur- I ance is small. The President yesterday nominated the following to be Postmasters: George S. Krouse at Culpeper, Va.; Robert \V. P. Morris at Lynchburg, Va,; Maria T. Sul livan at Starkville, Miss.; John A.Mahone at Holly Springs, Miss. In the case, ot the United clues against Oppenheimer, ldrtin’an and AVbite,' one of the Halifax county, N. election cases, the evidence for the government was so insufficient that the District Attorney withdrew the ease and the matter drops, the defendants lieing released. Frank Holt, of Chattanooga, Wm. Frei tus. aged sixteen, and Sarah Young (col ored ), who were badly scalded by the ex plosion on the “Morning; Star” on the Mississippi, have since died. OftwerttV one persons on board at the time of the ac cident, but five are now living, ft is stat ed that the Morning Star Was racing with the Sunbeam when the explosion oc curred. Some scoundrels a few nights ago raised six paddles in a loch of the Erie canal * Brighton, near Rochester, and let the water Into the lower lock, the paddles of which were closed. The water overflowed the banks and washed out part of the tow path, carried away two small bridges and destroyed culverts on the Central Rail £& 11,80 washing ftway the tracks. . ,’Cn cars ot a freight train tumbled into the chasm, but no person was injured, j The Captalu of the ship Joseph E, Shin, nev, which arrived at San Francisco re cently from Havre, reports that an attempt was made to sink the vessel in mid-ocean. When she was four weeks out it was dis covered that there was nearly four feet of water in the hold, and on examination three auger holes were found bored through the bottom, just to the right of the keelson, below the breast hook hole in the inner sheathing. The holes “had been plugged and covered with loose dirt to conceal the source of the leak, and the w-ater had filtered in between the inner and outer planking.” A close watch was kept on the crew, but nothing was dis covered to warrant an arrest. During the trial of a woman named fturla, in Chicago, a few days ago, for the murder of a man with whom she had lived, a startling scene occurred. The wretched woman was placed on the stand and told the story of her relations with the man she had killed, occupying nearly hve hours in a recital of the abuse and brutality she had suffered at his hands. As she approached the date of the tragedy she grew nervous and incoherent. While describing a walk in the rain the night before the murder “she suddenly threw up her hands and fell forward from the witness chair in hysteric convulsions which it required half a dozen men to re strain. With her shrieks ringing through the room she was removed, and the court adjourned.” Eminent Men. It may be observed that no attempt is made to hunt up out of the way or un known places to find names to endorse Simmons Liver Regulator: Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, John W. Beckwith, Bishop of Georgia Gen. John B. Gordon, U. n. Senator Hon. John Gill Shorter, ex-Governo’r of Alabama, Rev. David Wills, D, D., President Ogle thorpe College, 6 Bishop Pierce, of Georgia, Judge Jas. Jackson, Supreme Court, Ga„ And did space and time permit we could fill a volume with the highest testimonials. GOTHAM GLEANINGS. LANGTRY FLOWN WITH HER DUCATS. Is It an Advertising Dodge ?—Another Famed Englishwoman—The Clergy and the i’assion Play—Set a Fraud to Catch a Fraud—The Sunday Law Re vival. ork, Dec. G. —The Knglish beautv has left us. The towu is duller without 1 her, aud in saying this I do not refer to the i gilded youth who just now wears a high ! collar and a top coat with a split tail that ; strikes his heels; but to prosaic people as well. Even her last week was not with- I °ut its sensation. She destroyed her re. : putation somewhat for amiability, so the | ! *tory goes, by engaging in a quarrel with j [ her bosom friend, Mrs. Labonehere, in I w hich the scene took on the air of high i tragedy. This must not be aoceptrai with ' too much credulity, as it has since lieen i stated to be utterly without foundation, t Yet there is reason to believe I that Airs. Langtry did lose her temper, ! and that Mrs. Laboucfiere lost hers too, and that they had sharp words back and forth between them, tit-for-tat and tat-for tit. What has given a color of truth to the report is that Airs. Labouchere, instead of accompanying Airs. Langtry to Boston, I has gone in an opposite direction on a I visit—she says to friends in Virginia, (t is easy to imagine that any trouble lie- ! tween the two would make this journey, although in contemplation before, at this I time convenient. The peculiar social honors to Airs. Langtry—l refer to baoli-elors’ j dinners given in compliment to her—were | kept up to the very last, and the determi- ! nation of society not to recognize her was kept up to the very last, too. An incident i in connection w ith one of these bachelor j dinners was a good illustration of the i pride that enters into her composition, ily Lord Alandeville was invited as one of the : guests; my Lady Mandeville was not. On ! hearing that Aiilor’ was to be present at i e- -- " zv. j/n.nuiu (li the dinner, }lrs. Langtry peremptorily re insert to go if he were to he there. The reason she assigned was that the Lady Mandeville had been for some days in the city and had not called at the Albemarle to pay her respects. Mi lor’ stayed away, and the dinner party weut uu merrily. There is another member ol'the La'ngtrv party that has attracted attention within the last week hv her appearance as a lec turer on the ever-recurring subject of “Women.” Many will remember Emily Faithful! as having visited t’.iU coun try some years atm, This is the person. She came this time as chaiieron for Miss Kate I’attison, of Mrs. Langtrv's troupe. She is a rather stout lady, with a ruddy English complexion an/.f a kindly face TUtte different, in met. inker ap pearance, from Ule typical female reform er, who is usually angular ami stern of asj>eet. Miss Faithfully latest ,dam to distinction is liey achievement in the di rection of securing work In printing of fices _ m England for women. She has a printing office of her own in which women alone are employed, and which is commended by the Queen and receives her patronage and en couragement ijey lecture the other night, h°Aever, was quite trite and com monplace, ns our friend Oscar would say, you know. Her subject was the “Changed Condition of Women.” She gave a history of the changes through which women have caused in re spect to the wort: they may perform, all of which .va good' in its way, but one was all the time wishing that she would strike at the evils existing in society and the fashionable world and make the young women in the audience w!,(ihc buuies were compressed to airy nothingness squirm uneasil) in their seats—blush for shame, I would say, were it not for the fact that tight lacing makes blushing a matter of some difficulty. The clergy of New York arc very strongly opposed to the production of the “Passion Play” here during fhe holidays. The preparations for producing this piece, of which i wrote you some time ago, are now actively going forward, and it is not likely that they will by any amount of public opinion. ,\s far as f have been able to leant the views of prominent clergy men, and f have talked with several of them within the past week, they look upou such a performance with abhorernce. They say that it cannot possibly be pro ductive of any good, but, on the contrary, will lie attended with bad moral result's; As the performances wifi be attended mainly by flm irreligious, it is thought that it will bo nothing more than an Idle show. The Catholic priests are also op posed to the undertaking—even the Car dinal himself. The Jews too look upon it with disfavor. One of the leading Rabhia said to mein conversation he other ’day that any spectacle ui plaj' ihat encroach ed on the religious sentiments of any class i or people should be vigorously opposed by every one, whatever hi*-; religion. \\ hen it is seen that the performance is actually to fake place,' there will be a great cry raised in tlie pulpit against it. Spiritualism and kindred delusions are always coining up in some jhrnp and they scarcely etep Go <’Qine up without having something ludicrous about them. Re, cently the Rev. l)r. Newman, who enjoys tlie distinction of iieiug the favorite of Gen. Grant, startled hits friends by preach ing a sermon in which his views on the subject were very closely allied to the doctrines of the spiritualists. It is giving him no end of annoyance. He has re ceived letters troni all eye* the .country,' and it ha®, he oS<ys,jput him hud his friends on the deferisitei tie asserts that the re port to the efteet that lie attended seunpes and believed in what is cqntmuhly known as spiritualism, to‘he entirely'without foundation, ft must be said, however, that it is very difficult to draw the line between his line spun theory of the communication qf spirits "With the heirs of the messages from the other world, which come through so-called mediums while in a trancf eepdition Hut it is of a 6till later reappearance or the subject that I wfsh to spfeak. The ludicrous side of this arose from the fact that a man who claims that he is possessed of a remarkable gift of mind-reading got up a conspiracy the other night to expose a spiritualistic medium—Mrs. Fox-Kane, the widow of the celebrated Dr. Kane, the Arctic ex plorer. The mind-reader invited a circle of friends, and, in order to gain distinc tion for himself, also invited several newspaper reporters to attend the seance. He himself went in disguise in order that the medium might not suspect who he l<* it not very comical to Hud <**•* humbug in conspiracy to h-*- humbug into ridim*-.- * “ t V“ g w a h n ß °* th l i. H t* * licit 18 W hut W 0 had uerc_ IJf , lore Mrß Fox-Kane, who is huite a sedate, matronlv-looking woman of easy manners, came into the room, the mind-reader (whose name is Stuart Cum berland ,) entertained the company with an exhibition of his peculiar gifts'. While absent he had one of the persons present touch t vVo objects in different parts of the room; then coming in blindfolded he took the hand of the person and designated the objects touched. He performed other ex periments of a similar character, much to the wonder of the company. The seance held by Mrs. F’ox-Kane was of the usual description. The spirits were asked ques tions, and made their answers in the orthodox fashion, by giving so many raps for yes and so for no. When this had gone on for some time one humbug (the mind-reader j said to the other humbug (the medium) that it was not a spirit that was rapping at all. but that she was making the raps herself by dislocating the joints of her lingers. This operation, lie said, with the calmness and precision of a scientist, could be performed with a motion so slight that it could not lie detected. The widow of the celebrated explorer w as covered with cuhfusion. and left tig' room precipitately, declaring that the mind-reader was unquestionable a medium. The company broke up with a feeling of admiration for the mind-reader and unconscious that he himself was as much of a humbug as the other. The fact is. there is no more in mind-reading than there is in the communication of spirits. If there is any difference it is in favor of the medium". There are certain people of nervous dispositions who * J e K G that . tho >' rt ‘ oeive communications and hear voices, and who are thoroughly honest m their belief. They are simply delusionists dependent on certain abnor inal conditions; whereas, the mind-reader in most eases practices deliberate decep* tion. He makes his discoveries by means .of involuntary muscqlar contractions on the part of the person Who lias designated objects, and w'th whom he has when mak ing his experiments muscular contact. For those who were acquainted with the secrets of mind-reading it was a very queer show. One of the sensations of the week was the enforcement of the new penal eode last Sunday. The ore act comedy of a long legged iKilicemau pouncing upon a diminu tive bootblack and dragging him off to a police justice’s office, put the new regula tions in a ludicrous light. The street gamins invariably wriggled and declared Ip tears that they would not do it any more. There were also a number of bar bers who defied the law to test it, as thev said. So far the police justices have tlon t 0 P ut a liberal con struction on the regulations of the code .ilSra V<?n ! at,on thr <* or four of ,he leading clergymen of the citv to-dav 1 j foarneathat the clergy are for the moft part opposed to the enforcement of the code. I Some of them say that the laws rigorouslv i enforced would result in benefit to the poor | er classes who do not get a day of relaxation ! trom labor during the week, but thev also | say that the enforcement of trivial law : s will J in the end react strongly against religion and make Sunday more like a week dnv | than it has ever been. Asa mat tot of fact, j Suudnv in New York has been for years a ; remarkably quiet day for so large a citv * and one with sueh a mixed population". ! The rum shops have not been kept open— ; to all apiiearanees, but really to be got I } nto through a side door—and there has been no trade to speak of except at cigar ; shops and news stands. The origin of the ; new code is to be attributed to a founder | rather than to a spasm of virtue. Scarcely a week goes by that an attempt is not made to create a sensation in one of the New York museums, which are of till grades, from the very pretentious one in Broadway, winch is covered all over w ith pictures ot heroic dimensions of livin'* wonders with some of the originals really inside, down to the scarcely less preten tious Bowery museum, w ith glarin'* nic tures outside, an unearthly din issuin'* from the doors and almost nothing inside. Going down the Bowery yesterday I was attracted by the picture of a shapely voung lady seated on a high chair, with her unstockinged feet resting on the key board. Here were feet which without doubt surpassed in loveliness those of Airs. Langtry, whose feet, by the way, the whole town lias lieen finding fault with for beite* so big. Here was a “limb” show of an unusual character, and I was swept to the door by an eager crowd. Where was the lovely girl with the unusual accomplish meat of playing a piano with her loesF “Is she out?” I inquired of a short man w’ltfi a drooping black moustache, who bad the appearance of being vested w ith authority. “This fs the lady right hero* allow me-” He pointed at an elderly woman with a scrawny neck and false hair old enough to lie the grandmother of the girl on the canvas, who, indeed, in the bloom of youth as depicted, was most alluring. The legs and aukles of the elderlv w oman were clad in brown stockings, with hel loes protruding. This was at first disan pointing, but in reality fortunate }.r tno ! siiectators. Let no young oma n aspire • to play the niaifo with her tots When this tpuique creature brought her feet < l ‘ e the crowd of * *’<’- tatois made a violent rush for the. Root. If all-Haynes. A Xgro Murderer Shut, Charlotte, X. C„ Dec, 7.-Joe Ross, tlie negro w;ho murdered F. AI. McDowell I l *,.Camden on Thanksgiving dav. was killed on Wednesday night, at Ivey’s mill on the Catawba river, in Lancaster coun ty, S. €., by a ferryman named Alongo Huntley. The pursuing party were close behind. Ross asked the ferryman to take him across. The ferryman identified him uiHi tried to uriH*et him. Ross resisted and the ferryman shot him. Before dvin*'* the negro confessed murdering AleDowelf and also murdering Bob Hennegau in Mecklenburg county, two year, ago, A Cotton Cargo tin Fire. Xe\\ Orleans, Dec. 7.—The Times. Democrat's Galveston special savs: “This morning the work of breaking out the cot ton in the forward hold of the steamship Ardencarrah was commenced n,ud the fire, that was supposed tu U* subdued last night, was dieeuwrod smouldering in the cotton tt the bottom of tho hold. When* about 300 bales had lieen taken out the flames again burst forth and a general alarm was sounded. The fire department soon had the flames under control. The entire cargo will l>e taken uv.t.” AJuwicr in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Dec. 7.—A quarrel arose among some hack drivers and some iier sons going home front a bgll at a o'clock this morning. When policemen appeared to s>fo peace one of tlto drivers, >Y Ilham Patterson, a notorious character, drew; a revolver and tired at a policeman, lhe ball missed the policeman, but struck Joseph Cocke, another driver, in the head, killing him instantly. Patterson escaped. A Valuable Cargn. Nev, UItLEANa, nee. 7.—The steamship w;>K , ra*ii, < i e f‘ Hi r to-day for Liverpool W ith 10,381 bales of cotton. 12,000 bushels of wheat and 2.(550 staves. This is he largest cargo of cotton ever carried by an v l' e a se *’ The tf >tal eigb( g the cargo is •* H4 O'OOO pounds, and the total value $642,- 000 tho v anuoua will go to sea Friday of Saturday through the jetties. More Egyptians fo Ue'ExHeil. Cairo, Dec 7.—Moiraud Sami Alslella! 1 astm, Ali Felony and Toulba Pasha w-ere arraigned this morning and pleaded gtuity to the charge pf rebellion. Thev were all sentenced to death, but their sen tences W’ere commuted to exile for life bv tne Khedive. It is rumored that a Euro, pean inob in Alexandria will attempt to lynch the prisoners. THE TITLE TO ARLINGTON’. j Tbc Supreme Court Decision—The Title Still in the Heirs of the Lh(s j ate General Lee. ire:;/, Special to Xeir York World, i -i yhP.Supreme Court in deciding vagainst i thd dissent of Chief Justice Waite and | Justices Gray, Bradley and Woods , that j General Lee’s heirs still own the 1,100 ! Ayres on Arlington Heights, which, under i special act of Congress, the government ! bought for $26,800 at a tax sale for a tax of | only SO2 0", have paid ex-Judge Willie’* I). Shipman, the counsel for the !La, estate, ! the distinguished and very unusual com- I pliment of adopting into the opinion of the court r,curly all the language of his very elaborate brief of fom-six printed j pages, which he filed ‘*l addition to i making an oral argument, General Lee took the property through his wife, a daughter of George Washington Parke Custis, who owned the Arlington estate for many years. Judge Shipman began the suit in ejectment against the Suo&fiw tendent of the cemetery as nominal de | fendant, but the government interpleaded I and defended The tee heirs recovered ; possession below and the United Stales appealed -setting up the right of sov ereignty. To this idea Judge Shipman answered; Q “The notion that public officers w ! *** created and governed by i aid shut out all judiciui inquire in", to the character of their acts by invoking the mystic but omnjiotent power of sov ereign prerogative, and interims ing that between them and their victims, had not, at that jioriod, taken root or even germinated, It is due to the character of the illustrious ju rists and lawyers who took part in most of the cages which I have cited, and to the age in which they lived, to sav that the atmosphere in which their lives had been spent was not one in which this idea of sovereign prerogative could sprout and grow to the portentous dimensions now claimed for it. Some of them had periled their lives and estates to found a govern | ment which would secure the person and ( property of the citizen against arbitrary power, and the rest had been cradled and nursed by the spirit which rejects its yoke. And disguise this question as we may, robe it in any drapery of official and professional language" we may select, the doctrine contended for bv the Attorney General here is a plea for the extension of executive and the con traction of judicial power by exempt ing executive acts from judicial scrutiny where those acts touch the property of a. private eltisen. Such a doctrine is in deadly hostility to the declared object of the Federal Constitution to ‘establish justice * * * and secure the blessings of liberty’ to the people of the United States and their posterity. It is a doc trine in conflict with the fundamental principles of liberty; and the whole lite rature w hich records the st niggles of peo ples against the domination of arbitrary executive power glows with the spirit which repudiates it with scorn.” These principles Justice Miller, for the court, apply to the facts established by i the verdict that the law of Virginia as ti> taxes made no payment of tax valid un less paid personally by the owner, and that when the time for payment came I General Lee was beyond hostile lines. Much of intendment as to the relations of secession with the government and as to the status of citizens in the Confederacy i towards the continuing .state laws may 1 possibly lie behind this decision—which may be the reason whv the strong Re publican element of the" court dissented from Judge Shipman's views as accepted I by a majority of the court. The United i States will no\y endeavor to acquire a valid title to the Arlington estate, either by direct purchase from the Lee heirs, or by instituting condemnation proceedings dSu the relating to eminent Coughs and Colds. Those who are suffering from Coughs. Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, cm.. Tko- I CSKS. 6okl only iq boxes. \ PRICE 10 A YEAR, i i ® CENTS A COPY. } CONGRESS YESTERDAY. THE POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS INQUIRY. Tlie Bankrupt 8111-The Indian Appro priation Bill—The Tariff to be Tackled— Georgia’s Revolutionary Claims Complexion of the Next House of Representatives. " asiiington, Dec. 7. —In the Senate Messrs. \ oorhees, Sherman, Me Dill, Vest, Ingalls, Chilcott and Miller (N. Y.jpre *ented petitions for the passage of a hill to increase pensions of one armed and one legged soldiers. Referred to the Commit tee on Pensions. Bills were introduced and referred as follows: Bj Mr. Johnston—To authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to extend it* road to a point on United States lands at Fortress Monroe. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a Dill giving the approval of Con gress to an agreement made in l,s7i and 1872 between the Secretary of War and Joseph Segar and C. C. Willard. Same reference. A bill was introduced by Mr. Brown to repeal the internal revenue act of lsfit <iud all law* and parts of laws enlargin'*' extending or amending the same. Re terred to the Finance Committee. At the Close of the morning hour Mr. U P 1,18 j’olitieal assessment v,\ t , i.i , .V on and asked that a 'ote be taken. wfl'ered a substitute, setting (Vrth the names ot the members of the iJ?M frreS t‘ OUa k'Neoutive Committees of both parties, reciting the allegation that the Democratic committee had levied con tributions on liquor dealers, brewers and other associations, and directing the Com niittee on the Judiciary to investi-mie tiiese charges, as well as those made against the Republican party. Mr. Beck said the substitute prointsed to investigate matters over which Con gress had no control, and was evidently intended to einba.w'ass the legitimate in vestigation, proposed in the original reso lutiou, After a brief discussion the substitute was Ordered printed, and the matter went Over till to-morrow. Mr, Jonas offered a resolution, which was adopted, directing the Secretary of War to furnish to the Senate the estimates of the Mississippi ltiver Commission for the work of improving the river during the next fiscal year. At 2 o’clock tlie Senate resumed con sideration of the bankruptcy bill. Messrs. Garland, Jonas and Vest were the principal participants in the debate. Mr. Vest moved to strike out the pro vision ihat a man who fails for twenty days to discharge an attachment against his property in a civil suit shall he deem ed a bankrupt. Agreed to. The hill being still pending the Senate, at 4:o0 p. m., adjourned. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. In the House, Mr. Kelley, of l\?nnsvl vania, Chairman of the Committee of \\ ays and Means, reported a concurrent resolution for printing “0,000 copies oi the report of the Tariff Commission. Passed. Mr. Kelley also rejsirtod a resolution setting apart Wednesday, the lath of December, for the consideration of certain hiils on the calendar previously reported from the Committee of Ways and Means. He stated that the bills referred to related exclusively to the administration of law. Adopted. The House went into committee of the Whole on the Indian appropriation bill, the total amount of tlie appropriation provided tor in the Dill is $5,208,955, being $2i,400 less than the appropriations for the current year ami $1,510,770 less than the estimates. Mr. Rvan, of Kansas, who has charge ol the hill, explained that the reductions vvere principally on appropriation* for sub sistence. An amendment was adopted for the In sertion in patents authorized to be issued *?• V 1 ‘hdiv idua] Indians by the treaty of fOE-i with the Sioux Indians a provision mat lands obtained under that treaty shall remain forever inalienable aud not subjeei to taxation, i eommifteo rose anil reported the i • House* and it was passed. Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, offered a resolu tion calling on the Secretary of State for information as t<> the distribution of the v lrginms indemnity fund balance, whieli remained undistributed, and whether fur thei legislation is necessary to authorize the final distribution of that balance. Re ferred. The House again went into committee o{ the whole. The first bill on the calen dar was one looking to the establishment of a soldiers’home at Erie, l*a. The dis cussion ot this bill occupied the remainder of the day. The enacting clause was linallv stricken out and the committee rose, and the House adjourned. Mr. McPherson’s estimate is as follows Democrats 191, Republicans 121, Read justers 0, Indel\on<tent Democrats .‘5, Iu dependent Republicans 2. There fire tw< • vacancies caused by the death of Mr perron, of Louisiana, and Mr. Upde gratt, of Ohio, but as one of these was a Democrat und the other a Republican and their successors will be ot like faith’ the complexion of the House Will not be changed by another election. THE TARIFF TO BE TACKLED, I lie House W ays and Means Committee at its meeting this morning, unanimous] adopted a resolution to proceed at once to the couuideration of the Tariff Commis report anti to frame a tariff bill ihe clerk ot the committee was directed to prepare schedules ot the rates now exist - ing and of those proposed by the com mission, GEORGIA’S REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. Ihe bill to refund $.‘15,555 to the State of Georgia, which passed the House vester day, was reported ro the Senate 'to-da\ and referred to its-Committee on Revolu tionary Claims. 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