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A* JV MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1870. No. 3. ^ jvl. O IR. ^ «Sc SON, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. s §^,03 per annum, in Advance. Persquare often lines, each ftrii r ,,<2*JSfN!■ • .— j - >, ] oil. Merchants and others forall Ij^i-uou, .J 5, t wenty-ti v e per cent. off. 11J uutsJ ve ‘ -S’ LKGAL ADVERTISING. ,,,>« —Citatiousfor lettersoi adr guardianship ,&c $3 ®"“ ,tead notice - 2 H°® e , jjU iorletters oi dism’n from adm’n ■ . • » Joniu* *■ ^— -•— — — v uw DP f u .iniitorlettersofdism’nofgaard’n 3 50 A?? . lc * iou for leave to sell Land ft 00 ApP llc ®‘ Debtors and Creditors Land, per square of ten Lines jonal, per sq., ten days ;ach levy of ten tines, or less.. sales of ten lines or Less Le of per Xi—Bach 7 i e ctor’s sales, per sq. (2 months) - ^..foreclosure ot mortgage and oth- Lrijf j|,jittr a " e 8 Iff _ K ff 'monthly’*, per square qraj 5 00 1 50 2 50 5 00 5 00 1 00 i > o i r „ * • notices, thirty days 3 00 . tes of Respect, Resolutions by Societies, r . fee..exceeding six Lines,to be charged ^transient advertisin “ k ’ irdUS i-, of Laud, by Administrators, Execu ^ guardians, are required by law, to be held ,jr3 . l "Y s t Tuesday in the mouth, between tht 3 ‘ - r tell ; u the forenoon and three iu the af boars o e Coart-house in the county in which ' ra, r U “pertV is situated. B Vf -e of these sales mustbegiven in a public * N tte 40 days previous to the day of sale ! Vnticefor the sale of personal property must be •enin like manner 10 days previous to sale day. \. debtors and creditors of. an estate ■Mtabe be published 40 days. : ',T .• . e that application will be made to the . ^Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be "aolished for two months. ,• ns f or letters of Administration, Guar- &c . m ust be published dOdays—for dis- 1,1 .‘q’ V dministratiou, monthly six. months ; “‘hsmishoulrom guardianship, 40 days. °p„1, S for foreclosure of Mortgages must be • i i . ,„thlii for four months—for establish ” r P ,;T,j’&fu -«*»- Hlingt.tlesfrom Executors or Adimms ’Vorg where bond has been given by the de- «i’the fall space of three months. Charge, quare ot t III) per an lines for eachinsertion. Pnb'h-ations will always be continued accord these, the legal requirements, unless otb .vise ordered .2.10 P M change of schedule, LVERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, ) Atlantic t Gulf, r. r. company, > Savannah, January 7, 1870. j ) » a\'D AFTER SUNDAY, the 9th instant, Passenger Trains ou this. Road will run as Hows: NIGHT EPXPRESS TRAIN. save Savannah every day at .4.30 P M rrive at Jesnp junction. M & B It K at 7.30 P M •rive at Live Oak every day ..2.20 A M rrive at Jacksonville every day 7.02 A M rrive at Tallahassee every day 7.07 A M rrive at Quincy every day 9.15 A M rrive at Bainbridge Mondays ex cepted 6.15 A M save Baiubridge, Sundays excepted.9.30 P M ■ave Quincy every day 0-25 P M eave Tallahassee every day 8.25 P M save Jacksonville everyday 8.30 P M ;sve Live Oak every day 1.28 A M ■aveJesup every day 7.50 A M rive at Savannah everyday 10.50 A M AC0N A BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. save Savannah, Sundays except ed, at rive at Jesups Sundays except ed at ft.00 P M rive at Brunswick daily at 8.20 P M iave Macon daily at 8.30 A M aveJesup daily at 6.00 P M rive at Savannah daily at 9.30 P M On Sunday this Train will leave Savannah at 13 A. M., connecting with Trains for Macon <51 unswick, and connecting with trains from Ma il and Brunswick will arrive at Savannah at ID P M. DAY TRAIN. ave Savannah, Sundays except ed at 7.15 A M rive at Jesups, Sundays except ed at 10.45 A M rive at Live Oak, Sundays ex cepted at 7.00 P M rive at Macon duly at 7 50 P M ave Live Oak, Sundays except ed at 6.00 A M ave Jesups, Sundays except- ed at.. 2.16 P M rive at Savaunah .Sundays ex cepted at 5.35 P M 3P Passengers for Macon take 7,15 A M train 'in Savannah, leaving daily. Passengers for Brunswick take 2.10 P M. train 'Ut Savannah. Passengers leaving Macon at 8.30 A M connect desup with express train for Florida and West- n Division, and with train for Savannah, arriv- X at 9.30 PM. assengers from Brunswick connect at Jesup'wifh ■in for Savannah, arriving at 5.35 F M except Sundays, when it arrives at 9 30 P. M at Jesup th Express Train for Savannah, arriving at f A M. Eonncet at Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav- r at 9.00 P M. >UTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA R. R. TRAIM. itve Thomasville Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8.00 A M rive at Pelham, Tuesdays Thursdays and Sat- irdays at 1 9.55 A M »ve Pelham, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- «ysat 3 45 P X rive at Thomasville, Tuesdays, Thursdays and ^tordays at 6.00 P M H. S. HAINES, General Superintendent, 'annuary ] 5, 1870 3 tf JOHN HARIG. SAVANNAH, GA., I . . : WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN Fine Candies FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, Chocolades, Fruitsy^ Nuts, Syrups and Cordtals.—Foreign and Domestic -Toys and Fancy Goods.— Tin and Mechanical Toys, Chi na and Wax Dolls and Dull Heads. China Vases and Ornaments, RUBBER GOODS, Accordeons and other Musical Instru aients. Cutlery, Pocket-Books, Work-Boxes, Dressing Cases, Fancy Baskets, Willow- Ware, Fire-Works, &c., &c., &c. A line TufiVs Arctic Soda Fountain with finest Fruit Syrtrps. tt? 3 Orders from the Country promptly attended to and solicited. Our motto is, FAIR DEALING and GOOD GOODS. Corner of Broughton &, Whitaker Streets, SAVANNAH, GA. April 20, 1869 16 tf liile Macon & Brunswick R. R- Jasuarv, 7th, 1670 HILAR THRO’ PASSENGER TRAINS ill commence running on this Road on Leave Macon at 8.30 A M. ■4-rrive at Brunswick at ....8.20 F M. Arrive at Savannah at .. 9.U0 P M. RETURNING; Leave Brunswick at ....8.00 A M. Leave Savannah at 7.15 A M. Arrive at Macon at 7.50 P Mi is make direct connections at Jesap, sys. with trains for Bainbridge, Tho mas king of the Atlantic and Gulf Road, nd all points on that Road, as well as with ,r Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and all sta- i the Florida Roads. to Savannah and Brunswick-- to Jacksonville to Tallahassee to Bainbridge - to New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, by steamers ...'" r recent arrangements made with the At- o Gulf Road, freights to and from Savan [New York have increased dispatch. Southern Express Company will operate on Ho Brunswick, points in Southern Geor- iu Florida, commencing on Monday, the ftant. ROBERT SCHMIDT. Master transportation. 18,1670 3 tf ..$ 8 00 .. ?2 00 .. 17 00 .. 1^ 00 -- 27 00 THE MASON & HAMLIN ORIilN CO. WINNERS OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION MEDAL, Who have uniformly been awarded - HIGHEST HONORS At Industrial Exhibitions IN THIS COUNTRY, So that their work is the acknowledged standard of excellence in its department, respectfully an nounce that, with extended and perfected facili ties, and by the exclusive use of recent improve ments, they are now producing yet more perfect Organs than ever before, in great variety as to style and price, adapted to all public and private uses; for Drawing Rooms, Libraries, Music Rooms, Concert Halls, Lodges. Churches, Schools. &.C., iu plain and elegant cases, all of which they are enabled by their unequalled facilities for man ufacture to sell at prices of inferior work. The recent improvements in these Organs have so increased their usefulness and popularity that they are unquestionably the most desirable in struments obtainable for family use, as well as Churches, Schools, &c., while the prices at which they can be afforded ($50 to $1,000) adapt them to the means and requirements of all classes.— They are equally adapted to secular and sacred music, are elegant as furniture, occupy little space, are not liable to get out of order, (uot requiring tuning once where a pianoforte is tuned twenty times) are very durable, and easy to learn to play upon. The M. & II. Organ Co. are now selling FOUR OCTAVE ORGANS for $59 each; FIVE OC TAVE ORGANS, FIVE STOPS, with two sets of VIBRATORS for $125, and other styles at proportionate rates. For testimony to the superiority of their Organs, the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co respectfully 're fer to the musical profession generally ; a majori ty of the most prominent musicians in the coun try, with many of eminence iu Europe, having given public testimony that the Mason & Hamlin Organs excel all others. A circular containing this testimony in full will be sent free to any one desiring it, also a descrip tive circular, containing full particulars respect ing these instruments, with correct drawings of the different styles and the lowest prices, which are fixed and invariable. Address THE MA80N <& HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 590 Broadway,New York; 154 Tremontst.,Boston November 30, 1869 48 X3t Ail Imporiani Letier from lion. NeUon*Tifl. THe SOth. Volume! NEW SERIES! NEW FORM!! THE PICTORIAL PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, A FIRST CLASS FAMILY MAGAZINE, Specially devoted to the “Science of Man,” his improvement, by all the means indicated by set- PhRENOLOGY. The Brain and its Functions; the Location and Natural Language of the Organs, with directions for cultivating and restraining them.; and the relations subsisting between AlinU and Body described. Phvsiognomv, with all the “Signs of Chaiacte and How to Read them,” is a special feature. Ethnology* ; or The Natural History Man. Customs. Religions and Modes of Life-in diffeien Tribes aad Nations, will be given. . Physiology and Anatomy.—The Organizat . Structure and Functions of the Human Bi y. the Laws of Life and Health-What we should Eat and Drink, How we should be clo,he< jA How to. Exercise, Sleep and Live, P.^ 86 ^. ... popular mariner, iu accordance with 1 yg 1 "portraits, Sketches and Biographies of the lead ing Men and Women of the World in all depart ments of life are special features. , (| Parents and Teahers.-As a guide >n e ^ and training Children, this Magazme has no supe ™r, » it P^t, out .11 aoter and Disposition, ant. raiders go and classification not only possible but ea y- Much general and useful Information leading topics of the day is given, and u are spared to make this'the most interes , instructive as well as the Best Pictorial family "KSKESfftS„.l b« reaped 1U6W. Volume, and with January Number, New Series is commenced. , 1 he ,f’ col ,cement changed from a Quarto to the m ma de. Octavo, and many improvements nave o 1, h« .Wulj iucre«sed in IWor d»™*f ’ “* iiy years it has beeu published, and more popular than at present. advance. Terms—Monthly, at $3 a year, m «*anc Single numbers, 30 cents. Clubs ot ten or mor $2 each, and an extra copy to 8 £ e “,* inin3 . In- We are offering the must liberal.V p ic . close 15 cents for a sample numbor, wi h Ligt torial Poster and Prospectus, aud a comp °f Premiums. WELLS, Publisher, Address Broadway, New York. December 21,1869 — — ~i300Rewa rd * COUNCIL CHAMBER, j Milledgeville. Ga., lo^ity Coun- •OURSUANT to a Resolution of T y HREE jL cil, Ordered, That a rt weby offer- 2VOT.TCE. HUNDRED DOLLARS be andgh ^ JNDERSIGNED having purchased the ed for the apprehension, wi ^ ^ g re t j, e 0 ld jest of IV’olf Barnett, solicits a contin- party or parties, w on the 6th instant. the patronage of his customers, at the MeConib’s Hovel, m >» I next to Brooks & Jeffers. / Iff. order ot Council- p FA jR. Clerk MYER JOEL. (iu 53 tt LHe, January 4,1 $70 I 3t December 28, »■ *'•» To the Legislature, the Press, and the People of Georgia : There is now but one issue of im portance in our Stale. The Governor and hi S Cv5- workers in iniquity, vs. the people of Georgia. Let us tor the time Deing, at least forget all minor differ ences, and co-operate for our mutual protection. The Act of Congress “To promote the reconstruction of the State of Geor gia,” bad as it is, was stripped of its worst features—the “Iron Clad” oath lor the Legislature—a test oath for ali Slate Officers, a provisional govern ment for the Stale, and the “militia” and “armed forces of the United StaLe,” placed at the disposal of the Governor —in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The scope and meaning of the act as finally adopted is, that the government of the United States takes violent pos session of “the Stale of Georgia,” and makes use of the Governor of the State of Georgia” as their willing instru ment : 1st. By “proclamation to summon all persons elected to the General xAs- sembly of said State, as appears by the proclamation” of General Meade, to appear on same day certain at Atlan ta : 2d. To apply for United States forc es to be employed by the President, if nec essary, to enforce and execute the pro visions of the first six sections of the Act. These are the sole duties en trusted to the Governor by the Act. The “said General Assembly” is charged with the remaining provisions of the Act—the application of a test oath to the members under pretence of enforcing the 14th Amendment of the Constitution—reorganization of the two Hou ses, and prohibition . of exclusion of colored members—these are to be “enforced.” The remaining provision —the ratification of the 15th Amend ment—is a condition precedent to rep resentation in Congress. The Act does not make the Govern ment provisional. It gives to the Gov ernor no new powers but the two I have named. It does not effect the election of Senators, or other past action, or laws, of the Legislature, except to an nul the action relative lo the expulsion of colored members. It does not add to or take from the Governor or Legis lature, any power which they hold un der the State Constitution after this Act shall have been executed, but both are remitted to their usual duties un der the Stale Constitution. The Act is not satisfactory to Gov ernor Bullock or his extreme partizans. The warning of the coming attempt at usurpation is given by Governor Bul lock in the public degradation of his office and the assumption of the title of Provisional Governor. They hope for some pretext of violence or disorder to supplement the Act of Congress with marshal law and the test oath for all State officers. But failing in this, they expect to se cure unlimited power and exemption Jrom responsibility to the people, by an unscrupulous majority of the Legis lature. Exclusions, bribery and threats will each have their allotted work.— The democrats are to be reduced to a small majority. The white republi cans are relied on as willing instru ments of corruption and tyranny, and if any shall revolt at the proposed sac rifice ot the honor and the rights of her people, they are to be whipped in or pilloried by the loyal Governor as un repentant rebels and traitors to the par- tv. The eolored members are expect ed to leave behind them ther common sense and all personal responsibility for their position, and be the unques tioning tools to do the dishonest and dirty work of the faction. With such a programme—confident of success—the slanderers of our peo ple, the plunderers of our State, the traitors to constitutional liberty, gloat over the misfortunes of those whom they deem to be already in their pow- er, and pollute the air with their rev els iu the anticipation of the consum mation ot their devilish designs. But as a just God lives and reigns over all, this scheme of. iniquity will not succeed. The Georgians, the men who will form the remnant of the Leg islature-—democrats and republicans— white and black—will remember that the fate of Georgia is temporarily in their keeping ; that the eyes of the people are upon them j and tba! the faithful discharge of their duties, be sides the reward of a good conscience, will bring upon them the approval and blessing of a generous and grateful peo ple. And they wi 11 remember too, that the betrayal of their trust, by unit ing with the enemies of the people for the destruction of their rights and lib erties, will make tbern infamous in the sight of all good men, and will bring upon them the just retribution which, sooner or later, follows tyranny, op pression and crime. My opinion of the duties of the Legislature, looking to the best in terests of' Georgia, is, that every member elect who can honestly take the oath prescribed, should do so, aid in the reorganization of the Legislature, and otherwise comply literally with the act of Congress, including the adop tion of the loth Amendment. Then, 1st, lo remove ad doubts on the subject, ratify and confirm the past action of the Legislature. o,i t Require the Governor L» order elections to fill ali vacancies in the Legislature. 3d. Appoint commissioners to take charge of the State Road, and remove all funds from the control of the Gover nor. 4th. Adjourn for one month, or until after the further action of Congress on the Georgia question. This would be a compliance with the requirements of Congress, and wxmld lest their sincerity. It would give confidence in the validity of our laws, provide full representation in our Legislature, and secure the State a- gainst further plunder. The good people of our Stale, whilst they will maintain peace and order with the firm and quiet dignity which has characterized them, will not be idle spectators of the coming crisis. They will see their representatives in the Legislature, and impress upon them the resposibiiity and importance of their present position. They will send their wise and good men to Atlanta to to hold up the hands of their faithful representatives and cheer them -on in the good work of State redemption. As my opinion on the subject of the 15th Amendment have been referred to, and perhaps misunderstood, I give them briefly and frankly. If that a- mendment of the Constitution were proposed to Georgia as a free and equal Stale in the Union, 1 would oppose it as a surrender of an important element of State sovereignty and State protec tion. But a majority of the Slates have fixed upon the Southern Slates the brand ot inferiority. They have been depiived of the control of the elective franchise, whilst the Northern and Western States retain. We are now parties to an unequal union—they are the superior, we the inferior members ; and so long as this inequality exists, whatever evils may be developed in the experiment of universal sullerage are incurable, because we cat not com mand either the sympathy or aid ot the “Free States.” The equivalent of the 15th Amendment is fixed upon us— nay, more : the 15th Amendment leaves to the State the. right to pre scribe qualifications for office. Shall the Union with our consent remain an unequal Union ? If we cannot rise to the political equality of our co-Slates, shall we not bring them to our level, so that all the States shall share the common burdens and blessings of the Government, and have a common in terest in correcting whatever evils may exist? If their are blessings in uni versal sufferage, shall tiie Southern States monopolize them ? If there are evils, shall we not adopt the only means in our power to correct them ? Shall we hereafter constitutue the only land of promise—the political heaven, to which the disfranchised and discarded populations of twenty-six States shall eventually flee ? Situated as we are,the 15th Amend ment cannot hurt us, but would better our condition by restoring the political equality of the States in the Union. Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, NELSON TIFT. Americuu Railroads. The growth of the railroad system in this country is shown by the lolluwing table : Action of Democraric Executive Committee We find the following proceedings of the Central Democratic Committee ill the Atlanta Intelligencer: Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5th ’70. The Executive Committee ot the Democratic party of Georgia met to day in pursuance of the call of the Chairman, and adoptedjthe following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, a diversity of opinion has prevailed as lo the course the Demo cratic members ot the Legislature should pursue in the present emergen cy, whether they should appear and take their seats or not. This Committee disclaiming all au thority or disposition to dictate to any member of the General Assembly what line of conduct he should pursue, respectfully advise: First, That every Democratic and Conservative member of the Legisla ture appear at the Capitol on the clay appointed for the meeting of the Gen eral Assembly, and that all who can qualify as members do so, and take their seats. Second, That no obstacle or impedi ment be thrown in the way ol a reor ganizing of the General Assembly, as required by the recent act of Congress, entitled an act to promote the recon struction of the Stale of Georgia. Third, That avoiding all bitterness, strife and personal denunciation, the Democratic members who can quality as aforesaid, remain at their posts, and on all questions and measures which may come before them, so act and so cast thoir votes as in their judgment, to preserve the rights and interest of the State, and best promote the prosperity and happiness of the people. Fourth, We i.ivite any and all pat riotic and conservative members of the opposite party, to unite with us in sav ing the State from further political trouble and uncertainty. E. G. CABANISS, Chairman. E. F. HOGE, Secretary. It is announced irom Washington, that the December report of the De partment of Agriculture will place the past season’s cotton crop at a little more than ten per cent above the yield of 1868, about 2,700,000 commercial hales, or fully 3,000,000 bales of 400 pounds each. Year. Miles. Increase. Year. Miles. Increase. 1835 1,098 1853 15,360 2,452 1636 1,273 175 1854 16,720 1.360 1837 1,497 224 1855 18,374 1,654 1838 1.913 416 1856 22,017 3,643 1839 2.302 369 1857 24.508 2.49J 1840 2,818 3,535 516 1658 2tt.!»6S 2,460 1841 717 1859. 28,789 1,821 1842 4,026 491 1860 30,635 1,846 1843 4,185 159 1861 31.256 621 1844 4.377 192 1662 32,120 864 1845 4,633 256 1863 33.170 1,050 1846 4,930 297 1864 33.908 738 1847 5.599 669 1865 35.085 1,177 1848 5,996 397 1866 36,627 1,742 1849 7,365 1,369 1607 39.276 2,449 1850 9,021 1,656 1868 42,255 2,979 1851 1852 10,982 12,906 J ,961 1,926 1869 50.000 cst. 7,745 It thus appears that the number of miles of railroad constructed in this country during the vear which closes to day is equal to all that existed up to 1849, and exceeds the total construc tion of any two former years. The 7,745 miles built in 1S69 must have cost at least three hundred mil lions of dollars, (which would not be quite $40,000 per mile; and the cost of our railroads and their equipment averages more than that sum.) Is it a wonder that we fall in debt to Europe? Of course, we need railroads, and must build them. We shall probably have one hundred thousand miles m operation before the close of this cen tury. But we cannot build all we need next year ; and there must be a pull up, or another 1S37 will be down upon us. Gentlemen who are. intent on more railroads i be good enough.not to start any till after 1S70, and let us try lo fund our national debt! [iVeu; York Tribune. A Substitute: for Tobacco.—A correspondent of a Calcutta paper makes a curious suggestion to tobacco smokers. Alluding to .the alleged dis covery, by a Parisian chemist, that watercress is a perfect antidote to nic otine. he sa}’8 : It lately entered into my head to try how some of it dried would smoke. To my great satisfac tion, I found that, when put into uy pipe, after a couple of days’ drying in the sun, it had all the flavor of .the best Cavendish without the treacle—and it was even stronger than Cavendish.— Here then, is a perfect substitute for tobacco, without the deleterious and deadly poison so freely contained in the latter ; and it is at the same lime cheaper. Watercress, with its fine ’stalks and leaves, when dried, requires no cutting to fit it for the pipe; and while a pound of cut tobacco ranges from 2rs. to 4rs., here we have an ar ticle a rupee’s worth of which when dried would weigh more than a couple of pounds.—Bombay Gazette. The Central Georgia Manufac turing and Agricultural Company. —At a meeting of the.gentleman who own the Laboratory property near Ma con, held in that city, it was agreed to establish a stock company and on Tuesday apply for a character under the name of the “Central Georgia Man ufacturing and'Agricultural Company.” The uses of the building and grounds are tor purposes ot holding a Fair in the fall, and fixing up the grounds for necessary improvements. An engi neer is to be employed at once to locate a race track, and h Committee appoin ted to arrange for races in the spring. The Telegraph says the gentlemen who control this property are deter mined lo spare neither labor nor ex pense to improve and ornament it tor the purpose intended.—-Tel. Sf Mess. TOOTHACHE. For the benefit of those who may need a little consolation, we publish the following from a correspondent of an exchange: “If any of your readers suffer from toothache, or neuralgic affections, aris ing from teeth in any state of decay, they may experience relief, instanta neous and permanent, by' saturating a small bit of clean cotton or wool with a strong solution of ammonia, and apply ing .it immediately to the affected tooth. The pleasing contrast instantaneously produced, in some cases, a Pt of laugh ter, although a moment before extreme suffering and anguish prevailed. I have used the remedy for over one year, and have obtained sufficient proof to warrant publication. A W ise and Contented King.—It is said that an interview of the following nature took place betYveen the King ot the Sandwich Islands, and a:i Ameri can who was sent there to see about purchasing them. When our embassa dor broached the project to the King, that dignity sat smoking and looking as contented with the world as it he had been one of Wadsworth’s beggars. Having listened to the proposition, he replied : “See here, I gel $40,000 a year now for being King,and if I should do what you want me to, I would not be a King any longer, but only a pri- vale citizen, and I would not get $40,- 000 per year, for your President gets only $25,000. Mow, T don’t think ii would pay lo sell out—do you ?” Our ambassador looked at ihe mass of grease and contentment; and simply remarked : “Your Majesty, your bead is level,” Whereupon the King smiled and smoked on. From the Ciucimiati Gazette. A Knife Plunged to the Hilt Through a man's Temple—It Takes the Full Strength of Ficc Men to Extract it— He Laughs and Jokes under the Opera tion. A row and remaikable case of stab bing tooR place Christmas, at 7 o’clock In the evening, on Broadway, near Eigth street in front of Blech's second hand store. Jerry Horgan was found lying with a knife buried to the hilt in his left temple. He was unable to speak, and was thought to be dying. Restora tives revived him, and he was taken to the Cincinnati Hospital. Here he was unusually facetious in his talk. “Doctor,” he said, ‘ I guess I’m a dead man.” “You’re worth two dead men,” re plied the doctor. “Well,” said he, I ain’t fit to die. I’m loo big a sinner. While the surgeons were preparing to extract the knife he kept opening and shutting the part which stuck out of his head. “I just want to see how it feels. It don’t hurt a- hit, hut seems like 1 had two heads. Well, an Irish man is hard to kill. We’re a tough set. Life sticks to us mighty close,” When the surgeons got ready for work and found it impossiole to ex tract the blade by hand, thev laid the man upon a couch upon the floor and with the left side of his head upper most. Three men with might and main he'd his head down The engin eer brought his pipe tongs in to grasp the hilt of the knife. This gave a sort of augur handle for the surgeon and engineer to pull by. All things ready, die surgeon and engineer took hold each with both hand, and lugged stead ily with all their power, against three pair of hands holding the head down ; the knife came out with a jerk, thanks to a rivet of good true steel. Horgan bore it without flinching, exclaiming when the feat was accomplished: Now my two heads have come together and it feels good. The weapon was a common two- bladed poeket-knde, the blade used well worn. It penetrated two and a half inches. Tire optic nerve is not injured. It is thought that Horgan is in no danger—that on the contrary, he will recover without difficulty. How the affair took place, why and who drove that knife through Horgan’s skull, is a secret locked in his chest, and ho refuses to surrender the keys. This much he reveals; He was drink ing and carousing all Christmas with a party. In the evening the party were in a iorensic mood. Wrath mingled in the discussion. The logic ot cold steel and mighty muscle cut short the debate, closed it, and broke up the as sembly. A Jemsh Father Murders His Son for Marrying a Christian.—An Irish jour nal has the following correspondence from Galicia: Five Jews, named Moses Schnei der, Mayor Brecher, Abraham Moses Schneider, Joseph Landau and Moses Teidmann, have just been tried for the murder of Abraham Teidmann, son of the latter, at Tarnapol, in Galicia. It appears that the deceased had made Mark Twain’s Idea of a good Letter. The mosl useful and interesting let ters we get here from home, are from children seven or eight years old. This is petrified truth. Happily they have got nothing else to talk about but home, and the neighbors, an I family—things their belters think unworthy of trans mission thousands of miles. They tell all they know and then stop. They seldom deal in abstractions or homilies. Consequently their epistles are brief, but, treating as they do of familiar scenes and persons, always entertain ing. Now, therefore, if you would learn the art of letter-writing, let a child teach you. I have preserved a let ter from a little girl eight years of age, preserved it as a curiosity, because il was the only letter I got from the States that had any information in it. It ran thus: Sr. Louis, 1869. “Uncle Mark, if you was here 1 could tell you about Moses in the bulrushes again. I know il better. Mr. Sower- by has got his leg broken off a horse.— He was riding it on Sunday. Marga ret, that’s the maid, Margaret has tak en all the spittoons and slop buckets and old jugs out of your room because, she says she don’t think you are com ing back any more, you’ve been gone so long. Sissy McElroy’s mother has got another little baby. She has them ail the time. It has got little blue eyes like Mr. Swimley that boards there, and looks just like him. I have got a new doll, but Johnny Anderson pulled one of its legs out. Miss Doosenberry was here to-day ; I give her your pic ture, but she says she didn’t want it.— My cat has got more kittens—oh ! you can’t think—twice as tnanv as Lottie Belden’s. And there’s one, such a sweet little buffi one with a short tale, and 1 named it for you. “All of them’s got names now— Gen. Grant, and Halleck, and Moses, and Margaret, and Deuteronomy, and Capt. Sitnme?, and Exodus, and Levit icus, and Horace Greely—all named but one, and I am saving it, because the s one I named for yuu’s been sick all the time since, and I reckon it’ll die. [It appesrs to have been mighty rough on the short tailed kitten, naming it for me. I wonder how the reserved vic tim will stand it.] Uncle Mark, I do believe Hattie Caldwell likes you, and I know she thinks you arc pretty, be cause I heard her say nothing could hurt your good looks—nothing at all.— She said even if you were to have the small-pox ever so bad, you would bo just as good looking as before. And my nia says she’s ever so smart.— [Very.] So no more this time, be cause General Grant and Moses is fighting. Annie.” This child treads on my toes in every other sentence with perfect looseness ; but the simplicity of her time of life sheimesn’t know it. I consider that a model letter—an eminently readible and entertaining let ter—and, as l said before, it contains more matter of interest and real infor mation than any letter I ever received from the east. I had rather hear about the cats at home, and their truly re markable names, than listen to a lot of stuff about people I am not acquainted i a [/offer of marriage to a Christian girl, with, or read “The Effects ot the In-! ant [ ffiatshe had accepted him on his toxicaling Bowl,” illustrated on the j pro mise to become a Christian also, back with the picture of a ragged seal- j Having heard of this promise the ac cused men assembled in the house of The clergy cost the United States $12,000,000 per annum ; the criminals $40,000,000 ; the lawyers, $70,000,- 000 ; and rum, $200,000,000. awag pelting away right and left in the midst of his family circle with ajunk bottle. An Arab Sermon.—One morning Eddyn Effendi ascended his pulpit to preach, and, addressing his hearers said : “O believers, know ye what 1 am going to talk about?” They re plied that they did not. “Well, then,” rejoined he, “since you do not know, do you suppose I am going to take the trouble to tell you?” Another morning he again appeared in the pulpit and said: “O believers, know ye not what I am going to tell you ? They re plied that they did. “If you know it then,” said he, “I need not tell it to you and he descended ftoin his pjilpit and went his way.” His auditors, puz zled what to do, at length agreed that, if he again made his appearance, some of them would say they did know, others that they did not. Aud again Eddyn Effendi mounted into the pul pit and said: “O Mussulmans, know ye what I am going to say to you'” To which some replied, “We know” others “We know, not.”—“Good!” re turned he, “let those who know tell those who do not. No More of Navies.—-A London correspondent of the N^ vV York Limes says: “The English Goverment, as the first naval power in the world, has- no sooner begun the construction ot the strongest war-steamers yet built, than an Austrian naval officer, with the aid of an English engineer has made a swimming torpedo which rentiers them of no irioro value than an old- fashioned frigate. This torpedo is shaped like a sword fish, is propelled with great sw fitness under water by compressed air, either in straight lines or curves, and, charged with dyna mite or nitro-glycerine, shatters every vessel with which it cornes in contact. There is a rumor of general disarma ment. A few inventions of this sort will make any effective armaments- impossible. We need oi ly a good flying machine, to destroy fortifications on shore, and all war is ended, Science conquers the world.” Moses Teidmann, and warmly upbrai ded young Teidmann for his apostacy. The latter however, remained ob stinate, and during the altercation the father threw a sling rope around his neck and pulled at it, assisted by the other men, until his son was strangled. Hannah Teidmann, the mother of the deceased, who-was absent at the time, showed much grief at the death of her son, but was soon pacified by the husband representing the murder as a religious sacrifice, and passed the rest of the evening with him in prayer The case was dearly proved against the defendants. Moses Teidmann and Mayor Brecher were sentenced to be hanged, and the other three to ten years imprisonment with hard labor. Thurman.—In the Senate a man is looming to whom that body has the best reason to be proud. Senalor Thurman’s mere physical presence is imposing, and his bearing the manliest that can be supposed. His intellect is a lantern which, whenever he speak , fairly irradiates the chamber. As a debater, lie is now confessed lo stand in the foremost rank. He never speaks without having something, nay much, to say, and that something is always driven straight to the point at issue. He invariably commands the attention of the Senate. Few have yet been bold enough to enter into battle with him, and such as have ventured a skir mish with him have retired worsted. His logic, sarcasm, and biller or play ful irony, are like the best weapons of their kind. Fearless, resolute, and scornful, yet often gentle, never dis courteous, and very rarely unjust, this Senator has already made himself feared and respected as an opponent, and is spoken of with great cordiality by those who have had the pleasure of meeting him in private life. Mr. Casserly, of California, honors the Sen ate in a degree scarcely less marked. — Washington Cor. N. Y. World. Russia has bought 200,000 Ameri can rifles and ordered 100,000.