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MILLEDGEVI LLE:
Some time ago tbe (yoVfirnmetU of
England proposed to settle tbe Alabama
claims. She proffered to make full in
demnification to the United States for
all damages inflicted by the privateer
Alabama upon the U. S. Navy. In or
der to estimate the indemnity to be made,
a Joint Board of Commissioners was ap
pointed and the whole proceeding ap
peared to be entirely satisfactory to both
parties. But Lefore these commission
ers have met to adjust the matter, tbe
rumor prevails that tbe U. S. Govern
ment Las a '‘hankering” after British
possessions in America. Earl Granville
thinks the bare mention ot the matter
unfortunate at this juncture, feariDg,
doubtless, that the slightest agitation of
this question will prevent a peaceful ad
justment of the Alabama claims. Poor
England ! it looks as if she were shorn
of her strength. The attitude in Euro
pean affairs is such, that Bbe dare not of
fend the United States. How unfortu
nate for her that she did not stand by
her ally in the Crimea. She is power
less now except in her own defense. But
woe be to that people who dare put foot
upon her rock bound isle. The arbitia
riness of the Uuited States in the mat-
ter is contemptible. England Bhows a
disposition to settle all differences amica
bly, and international courtesy requires
the United States to meet her on half
way ground.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
The French National Assembly have
elected Thiers Chief of tbe Provisional
Government. Thiers has been for ma
ny years a s'cadv adherentof theOtleaus
family, and the fact of his almost unani
mous election to the head of the govern
ment augurs favorably for the restora
tiou of the Orleans dynasty. Thiers
has shown more of the qualities of a far
seeing statesman than any of the politi
cal leaders of France. He opposed the
is ycur chance to show whether you have I rvar strenuously, and for this brought
been “blowing” Bullock fur pay, or try- j upon himself the odium of tbe people,
iug really to prevent theft and crime. | It seem?, however, that he is now restored
■ j 10 favor and popularity.
Tbe following article from the Sa- j Tbc AsfJembly wi il shortly accede to
Aannab R<publican meets our hearty 1
Tuesday, February 28, 187]
Keep ihe Figures Before the People!
Will the Atlanta Era which for some
time past kept a display of figures be
fore the people, be pleased to put in its
columns tho report of Treasurer Angier/
We are afraiu not. Figures do not lie,
so says the Era—tLough the makers
of said figures do some times misrepre
sent facts. Will the Era kindly en«,
lighten the people by publishing this
report verbatim that it may be known
wbere the money has goue, who spent
it, who is the waster of public funds,
the underminer of public security, the
great living swindle?
Now to show that you Lave only the
welfare of the people at heart, give
publicity to this document, irrespective
of part}-or party politics. The people
for whose good you are striving, will
support you if his Bovinity attempts to
gore. We all know that } our motto is
“salus populi prima Itx.” You don't
care a fig about Radicalism, or Bullock,
when the interests of tbc people are at
stake.
You would not chat Georgia out of a
red, if it could be prevented: and this
approval, and we commend its good ad
vice to those who are interested. The
interests of both Milledgeville and Sa
vaunah will be furthered by tbe build
ing of tbe road from Tenille to this place
and as the Central Road cannot be dam
aged by losing the Gordon branch,
when a much more profitable route is
tbe demand of Prussia—not willingly
i but from necessity. In the South of
} Fiance the war ppirit seems not yet to be
! extinct. Ill's section has not yet expe-
i rienced the devastation and ravages of
war.
The Germans seem to be restless at
j the delay in concluding tbe terms of
! peace and have stopped the transporta
; tion of supplies to Paris.
| as they are, they propose
| conquered as they please.
Conquerors
to treat the
The State Debt.
Under Radical rule the government
of the several Southern States have accu-
taken, we doubt not that the wise sug j
gestions of the Republican wil be taken j
into consideration.
A Usele>s Railroad.—This journal !
has uniformly opposed the construction j
of railroads not actually needed by the j
public as a waste of money that might j
be profitably invested. And we would j
apply tbe same rule to roads that were I mulated an immense public debt. Lou-
built under a demand f rom public con- j isiana, Arkansas and South Carolina are
venieuce and afterwards, from a charge literally groaning beneath an incubus of
of circumstances and tho direction of j . , . -j
,. , i . i i debt, and the progpect for its liquidation
freights and travel, become unnecessary auu V F .. . . M
and in a good measure unprofitable. j gloomy indeed. Virginia and North
In this latter category stands, in our j Carolina were only saved from utter
judgment, or will soon stand, the lranch | bankruptcy by tbe timely wresting of
road from Gordon to Milledgeville Tbe j their governn , cn t 8 from Radical manipu-
completion of the Augusta and Macon .
railroad will effectually cut off its pat- j atl0n '
ronage from the west, or in the direc- Georgia l as been drifting in the same
tion of Macon, as a shorter and direct j direction as is evident from the recent
line will supplant it that portion of its j rC port of the State Treasurer. The ac-
business, which, we apprehend, is great- ! ^ debt of , he gtat „ 8ta(ed b the
er than its patronage from all other .
sources. But then, provision must he i Usurer was, on the first of January,
made for the freight and travel in this ! 1871, 86,544,•'300 principal, and 8427,375
direction, for which purpose a road will j interest, and <£15,000 sterling bonds
be necessary. ibis can be supplied, j and ,.£3,000 interest on tbe same. If we
and with far greater convenience to the
public, at the simple expense, for the
Our Traveling Correspondence
Globe Hotel, Augusta, Ga 1
Feb. 22, 1S71. )
Messrs. Editors:—To day there is
quite a stir among the citizens of this
usually quiet old city. The Fire Com
panies in uniform attended with bauds
of music, are formiDg the processiou in-
augerated for the ceremonies of laying
the Corner Stone of the ‘'Orphan Asy
lum” which building is now in process of
construction. The ceremonies will be
doubtless very imposing, but as tbey do
not come off till tbis afternoon. I will
not be able to write you in detaih To
day being tbe anniversary of Washing
ton’s birth, is observed as a holiday by
the printers and some business men, but
most of the latter class are engaged at
their desks and counters as on any other
days. Perhaps business may be suspen
ded this afternoon.
THE ELECTION SQUABBLE.
The case of Beard, vs Corker in the
election matter has closed as jou are
aware, and the records have been sent
on to Washington. Bryant and several
other carpet-baggers and Ecal wags,
have gone on to Washington; doubtless
to misrepresent fact?, and if possible
influence tbe vote of Congress against
Corker and DuBose.
It is the opinion of every sensible man
that tbe negro Beard made no case at
all, but as Congress can do as they please
in the matter, it is not known whether
our representatives will be seated.
BUSINESS. COTTON, A NEW PRESS AND
GUANO.
Business seems moderate, though there
is some complaint of fcarcitv of money,
lack of spirit &c., iu the trade. Cottou
is steady at 14£, for a tair article, and
more for fine, and the latest fiom Liver
pjol indicate an advance on these figures
—14J cents.
It has been our pleasure to examine a
new cotton presp, which we think is des
tined to take a leading place in the
catalogue of late inventions. For cheap
ness, durability, convenience, and pow
er tLis press stands unrivalled. An or
dinary hand can pack a bale of 600 or
700 pounds with ease.
It is ou exhibition at tbe warerooms
of Messrs. Wbeeless & Co., of tbis city.
Mr. Wbeeless was kind enough to ex
hibit the modus operandi to your cor
respondent, and will take pleasure in
showing to aoy planter visiting Augusta.
The press was invented by a Geor
gian, and is a thing of great merit.
The false impression created by the
publication of tbe joke on the “eleven
Guano agents” in tbe Times Sc Plan
ter is about contradicted by the artirle
in tbe last number of that paper, and
published communication relative there
to, in this morning’s Chtoniclc Sf Senti
nel. It would be well enough to joke
no more, or else like the artist that
with the commerce of the Mississippi | and it would le’ O >ve an honrHt execu-
river snd its tributaries and with the | l j vc to e *P 0 *« 8 « cl1 fraud against ^he
railroads of the central and eastern
States, concei.trat.ng «t Chicago. '1 hese
two arms will unite in western Minnsota.
From the point of junction a third
branch will extend, to Pembina on the
British border, aod the trunk line will
traverse central Dakota, and follow tbe
how famous Yellowstone valley through
Montana. Near ihe boundary of Idaho
tbe road will again branch—oue arm
following down the valley of the Col
umbia to tide-water at Portland, Oregon?
the other striking directly across the
Cascade range to the main terminus on
Puget Sound. A North and South
branch will also connect the Puget
Sound terminus with that at Portland
At the latter point connection is made
with the coast lines of load now build-
ing southward through Oregon and Cali
fornia. Both at Portland and Puget
Sound the road will tap the coastwise
and foreign trade of the Pacific Ocean.
The chief advantages peculiar to the
Noithern Pacific route are believed to
be these: 1. It reduces the distance be
tween the Lakes and Pacific Ocean some
600 miles. 2. It lessens the distance be
tween New York and the Pacific by wa
ter and rail to the same extent. 3. It
lesseus the distance between London and
Chinese ports by the trans continental
route at least 1400 miles. 4. It traver
ses a belt of States and Territories ad
mirably adapted by fertility of soil,
mildness of temperature, and equal dis
tribution of moisture, to profitable agri.
culture. 5. Its elevation in the moun
tain region is 3000 feet less than that of
other lines, resulting in a diminished
snow-fill, a mild climate, and far easier
gradients. 6. At convenient intervals
it intersects numerous navigable streams,
such as the Columbia, the Cowlitz, the
Yellowstone, the Missouri, the Red, and
the Mississippi—which drain a vast re
gion, and will serve as feeders to the
road. 7. It will partake of the charac
ter of an international route permanently
controlling the carrying trade of British
Ameiica, d rendering the important
colonies north of the boundry, and wes^
of Lake Superior, commercia’ly tributa
ry to our Northwestern States.
Already it is stated that settlers are
rapidly crowding to the line of tue North
ern Pacific Road in the New Northeast
and judging from what is known of the
plans adopted for promoting the settle
ment and development, tbiough emigra
tion and colonization of tbe belt of
States aud Territories tributary to the
line—there would seem to be no doubt
that the corporation upon which the
Government has conferred this great
trust, is determined to make the enter
prise not only financially sound, but
greatly and permanently beneficial to
tbe whole country. With it- munificent
endowment of fertile lands, with tne
State.
In addition tp the. foregoing, bills
weie passod granting State aid to the
following named railroads:
Albany & Col.mbu* R R...p«r mils,$12,000
Albany Mobile N. Orlsana.A * ]2,«00
Amerieu. & Flqrenee ..JT
Ameiiotis * HaWkingVille,.'.
Amerieus & Isabella
Athens * Clayton......
•*v
HUM#
At no previous period this season
was our city so crowded with stran
gers than just now, and this number
•is Still swelled by the arrival of
every train and steamboat. We are
told that ihe several hotels are al
ready overcrowded, and that the
same state of affairs prevails in
boarding houses. Proprietors of
public places of resort are, under
GUANO for COTTON.
PRICES REDUCED.
Attain* & Blue Ridge * 15,000- these circumstances, doing a thriv
Atlanta & Lookout per 8 miles, 15,000 ®
Augusta* Hartwell........per mile, 15,000
Brunswick & Albany additional permiT .8.00*
Camilla & Cnthbert per mile, 12,000
Chattahoochee ..." •* 12,001
Columbus & Atlanta Air Line.,../' 12,000
l)*lt«n & Morganton ,....“ 15,000
Fort Valley & Hawkinsville “ 12.000
greater portion of the line at least, of
grading and laying down the superstruc
ture. Let the road from Gordon to Mil
ledgeville be switched around from Ten
nille to Milledgeville. This would give
almost a straight line from Savannah
to Milledgeville and Eatouton, and ma
terially shorten the distance, thus sa
ving both time anil money. The dis
tance from Tennille to Milledgeville via
Gordon, iB about sixty miles, while a
line of road from Term He to Milledge
ville by the most direct practicable
route would be less than half that dis- I
tance. The shortening of the line
would enable the Central to compete '
more successfully with the Augusta and
Macon road for tho freights of Baldwin j
and other counties througn which the '
new road would pass.
There are other considerations in fa- ;
vor of the change indicated which it
add to this the pledge of the State to
give aid to \a ious Railroads to the mm
of our thiity millions of dollars, it will
make tbe giand total nearly forty mil
lions of dollais, or about one-fifth of the
taxable property of the State, exclusive
of railioad, banking and insurance com
panies. Let the public think soberly.
painted tbe man and umbrella, wiito | na tural advantages this route undoubted-
over the jokes. “Tbis is tbe man” aud
over, other matter “this the umbrella ”
I shall leave this city to night for At
lanta. I have enjoyed myself hugely
here at the Globe. This spleudid hotel
is kept in real luxurious first class style,
though but three dollars per day is char
ged the guests. The “Globe” is cen
trally located, convenient to ail the bus
iness houseg.
Air. Hewitt, the urbane and genial
proprietor, makes the comfort and wel
fare of his guests his constant study,
and under bis extraordinary management
the “Globe must ever prove a success.
It is reported that tbe Hon. B. H. Hill
is preparing an elaborate reply to that
portion of Judge Linton Stephens’
speech, delivered at Macon, referring to
himself. It is true that there are ttrange
things in UeaveD and Earth, but the at
titude of Mr. Ilill in this matter is the
most remarkab’c occurrence of the kind
in modern times. He now proposes to
employ the tame intellect with the same
were uunece&sory to detail at this time, zeal in combatting ideas which, .two
They will readily occur to all who are - yesrs ago, he employed to propagate,
in the habit of taking a comprehensive j Does bistory tell of a more wonderful
view of the railroad system of the! , ' , • , w „ . ... ,
St.to. With a full kno.lclg. and jo>t! » Woopioo th.tki. ..ord
appreciation of the sagacity that di j harmless upon his opponents
recta the affairs of the Central Compa- shield.
nT. we feel great reluctance iu making ( ,, .*
■ . P Une ot the Atlanta papers copies an
any suggestions on matters in which r v "
they are interested; but the public is j ar f* cte > which speaks of a gentleman
here concerned as uell as the company, of Washington county, fatally injuring
and these remarks are offered in the his hand by a pistol shot; and credits it
spirit of a zealous regard for .the inter-1 to thj| RtcQT( j er .
ests of both. ! rr
L>ou t give us too much credit, neigb-
THE TENNESSEE. bor, we never published any such arti-
Tbe news comes at last that the Ten- cle; we never heard of it until we were
nessee and crew have reached their des
tination. Tbey report that (hey were
received cordially by the people of San
Domingo, and that the inhabitants are
anxious that their island should be an
ncxed to the United States. Old Ben
Wade commands tho expedition and is
doubtless luxuriating in the palace of
Baez. The annexation of San Domingo
kindly imformed that we were the au
thor of it.
Will our contemporary please make
the correction?
There has heen au immense confla
gration in Savannah, a great numbor of
business houses have been destroyed.
. „ , , . . , , , . Some curious definition of book
“ Grant a danng scheme, and doubtless ] fanc ; e „ are , e j b D j srae |; from
his heart .ejoiees over these favorable ! . he Abbe nive . A bibliognosle, he
tidings.
Hon. B. H. Hill stares that there is
no truth wbatevers is the statement that
he will succeed Akermau as Attorney
Goneral. That it is a rumor that has
no fonndation in anything that he has
said, or that has been said to him.
says, is one knowing in mechanical
rninuticE; a bibliographe, adescriber
of books and libraries; a bibliomane,
an indiscriminate accumulator; a
bibliophile, one wbo reads books for
his own pleasure; a bibliotaphe, one
who “buries bis books in glass ca
ses,”
TDK NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
This second highway across the conti
nent i? now in full process of construc
tion. Last July, contracts were let for
the building of the Eastern division,
reaching across the State of Minnesota
from Duloth, at the head of Lake Su»
pernr, 240 miles to tbe crossing of lied
River of the North. With several thou
sand men employed, tbe grading of this
section is fast approaching completion,
and the iron is being l*id at tbe rate of
one or two miles a day.
In the meantime engineers are loca
ting tho line westward through central
Dacota; preparations are completed for
the commencement of work at the Pa
cific end next spring, and thereafter the
work of construction will be prosecuted
from both extremities toward the centre.
In addition to this, the Northern Pa
cific Company have recently purchased
and practically consolidated with their
own line the St. Paul and Paeific Rail
road, embracing some 3C0 miles of fin
ished road in Minnesota, on which a
prosperous business is already doing
This purchase removes all rivalry be
tween conflicting interests, and practis
tically makes St. Paul one terminus of
the great Northern road. The Northern
Pacific Railroad system is assuming a
business-like form, and comprcbensjye.
proportions. t !
Obviously its projectors do not intend
to build a simple trunk road from East
to West and then wait for profitable
traffic to come to it. Ou the contrary,
they arc at the outset securing such con
nections and alliances with the chief
lines of water communications, and with
the railroad system of the Atlantic and
Pacific States, as canuot fail to bring to
it, in addition to its local business, a
large and increasing share of the carry
ing trade between ocean and ocean. At
.Duluth one arm meets the commerce
of the Lakes and the St. Lawrence; at
St. Paul the other eastern arm connects
i ly enj r >js, and with the far-sighted poli
cy already inaugurated, a great commer
cial project could hardly 6tart under bet
ter auspices or with greater assurance of
success.—Journal.
TIIK ITATjTTREASURY.
Annual Report of the Treasury.
Treasurer’s OrvicE, )
State of Georgia, >
Atlanta, January 10, 1S71. )
To His Excellency, Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor of Georgia:
Sir—In conformity with the rcqire-
ments of tho Code of Georgia, I herewith
transmit a report of the financial trans
actions of the State fot the year 1870.
Tatlc A shows the balance ou hand at
date of last report, the total receipts and
payments in each month, and the bal
ance on hand January 1st, 1871.
Table B shows the balance on hand at
date of last report, the total receipts
from each separate source of taxation,
the total payments from each special
fund, and tha balauco on hand January
1st, 1871.
Table C shows the bonded indebted
ness of the State of Georgia on the 1 t
day of January, 1871, exclusive of the
bonds issued in 1870. [This debt is
$6,544,500. Annual interest on the
same $427,375. There fell due in 186S
about $72 000 in Sterling Bonds, ».ll held
in Europe; none of which have been
paid. Three thousand Pounds in inter
est on the same is also still unpaid.J
Besides the bonded indebtedness, as
shown in table C, a large amount of new
State bonds have been issued, greatly in
excess of tbe honest demands agiin»t
the State, and under circumstances ihat
lead to tbe belief that these bonds have
been used for private purposes, and to
further the ends of certain individuals.
Paragraph 10 of section S6 of the
Code makes it the duty of the Treasurer
to “anually report to the Governor the
amount of State debt bearing interest
for each year, distinguishing between the
sterling bonds, if any, and Federal; the
rate per cent, paid on each kind of
bonds, the amount upon each rat4*paid,
also the exchange, if any, and the ag
grrgatc amount of interest paid in each
year, and the amount due and unpaid
at each semiannual payment, and the
reasons for such non-payment.”
These bonds, so far as the coupons are
concerned, not being executed according
to law, and not registered in the Treas
utcr'a office as the law requires; I have
no data by which I can ariive at the
exact amount of new bonds issued. I
have made several attempts to learn the
amount and disposition made of the
bonds, but the financial agent, who has
them in charge in New York, has been
iustructed by the Governor to withhold
all information concerning them. E
nough, however, has been learned to
•uthorizo the statement that nearly five
millions have been issued and sent to
New York. This attempt to cooceaL
meat leaves ground for grave suspicions
Georgia Seaboard * North western.' 1 12,000
Grand Trunk “ 12.000
Great Southern “ IS,000
Griffin, Monticello-* Madison *' 15,000
Loskout Mountain •' 15,000
Maeon & Brunswick addtional per mile 3,000
Marietta. Canton * Ellijay..per mile 15,000
McDonough Wes'ern “ 12,000
Mempkis Branch 15,00#
Newnan * Amerieus ...“ 12,000
North* South • “ 12,000
North Georgia * North Carolina.." 12,000
Ocmulgea * North Georgia “ 15,000
Polk Slate Qnary “ 15,000
Savannah, Griffin & North Alabama" 12,000
South Georgia * Florida •' 12,000
St. Mary* * Western............" 15,000
Making in all thirty-two railroads to
which one indorsement of the State i*
pledged, covering a distance of over two
thousand mi!e9. and in amount aboul
thiity millions of dollars; which the
State piospectively guaranteed. This,
added to the old bonded indebtedness
and new hoods issued, will make some-
thii g over foriy millions of dollars,
being one fifth of tLe tsz returned value
of all tho property in the State, exclu
sive of railroads, banking, express, and
insutance companies.
In my last annual report, to January
1st, 1870, the estimate for the usual and
necessary disbursements for that year,
exclusive of the interest on the public
debt, was fee hundred thousand dollars
(500.000 ) This was ample for all hon
est and practical purposes; but reckless,
p llagiug hsnds have run them up to
i,early twice that amount, namely: Nine
hundred and seventy Jive thousand do/
lars (8975;000.) besides a large debt in
curred agaiust the “State Road.”
The same report estimated the annual
net earning of the Western and Atlan
tic Itailrord (the properly of the State,
of which the Governor was President)
at three hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars. Only forty five thousand dollars
was paid int> the State Treasury, while
this road is reported to have accumula
ted a floating debt of over seven hundred
thousand d/Alars, part due connec ing
roads, balance for supplies and monthly
pay rclls, miking a difference against
the State of one million and fifteen
thousand dollars (1,015,000) Tbis is a
subject that calls lor thorougo iuvestiga
tiou, as it is a matter of great wonder
that a maiu trunk road, besides a heavy
way freight, receiving at one end the
stock, produce and manufactures of the
North and the great West, poured in ly
river and rail connection; and at the
other, distributed by three different rail
roads iu immediate conection, ail of
which arc paying fine dividends to the
stockholders—the people are amazed
that this great receiver aud distributor,
one hundred and thirty eight miles
long, fully equipped, should be so badly
managed as not to pay expenses, but
saddle a large debt upon the State. Ths
inquiry is, What has become of the
money]”
Said last lepoit further shows, after
paying all the oruinary expense?, inclu
ding the matured interest, a surplus of
four hundred and seventy-one thousand
four hundred and sixty-one dollars to be
used as a sinking fund to aid iu curtail
ing the State’s bonded indebtedness
With a wise and honest administration
these estimates would havo been easily
and fully realized; but with an excess
ively prodigal, unscrupulous Chief Exec,
utive iu tbe use of the public funds,
throwing them broadcast, with the hope
of buy ing influence, and usurping pow
er for corrupt purposes, with a venal
crowd to respond t) his mercenary, sor
did ends, over four and a half millions
if new State bonds have been issued,
which the Goveror, in his anxiety to
keep tbc matter concealed from the
Treasury Depart merit.to have ex.
ecutrd and. registered as the law requires.
Ut-der these circumstances the Treas
urer asks to be excused from venturing
on an estimate of the expenses for
1S71.
Our final hope is in a great improve
ment in the Legislative Department, 60
as to correct the abuses of the Execu
tive.
Respectfully submitted,
N. L. ANGIER, Treasurer.
Trooblein Arkansas.
The Arkansas Senate first refused
to receive the impeachment mana
gers, and finally, after much wrag-
ling, adjourned; thus defeating the
official announcement of Governor
Clayton’s impeachment. A mes
sage from C fay ton was read in the
House announcing that upon the ad
vice of the best talent that he could
not be suspended, he was determin
ed to retain charge of the State by
force until the articles of impeach
ment were regularly presented to the
Senate and officially communicated
to him, when he would readily sur
render. ‘1 he message was rejected
by 42 to 32. The Governor has the
approaches to the executive mansion
guarded, and will declare martial
law if necessary. It is understood
that Lieut. Governor Johnson is pre
paring to call out the military and
proclaim himself Governor.
A New Projectile.—Captain
Ericsson announces that he has per
fected a system of submarine attack
by which he can destroy the largest
iron clads ever built. His projectile
is an elongated shell, charged with
300 lbs. of dynamite, and shot from
a fifteen-inch gun at such an eleva
tion as to enter the water near the
hostile vessel, and strike the hull
anywhere below the water. He
challenges the new British iron-clad,
Devastation, to come out and be
sunk.
ing business, and will, no doubt,
cherish a fond memory for the gay
carnival season, which attracted so
many strangers to « ur city. Weil
as the visitors of New Orleans have
amused themselves so tar, they will
feel themselves more than compensa
ted next Tuesday, when witnessing
the gay scenes incident to Madri
Gras, and the gaudy pageant of the
My Stic Krewe, which as knowing
ones assert, will eclipse all previous
turn-outs of this mysterious organi
zation.—N O Picayune.
Destructive Hurricare in Red River
Valley.—The Natchitoches Times, oi
Feb. 11, says:
One night last weeks a terrific
young tornado swept across the
Bed River Valley just above Grand
Ecore. On this side of the river
it threw down two or three cotton
sheds on Mr. Omer Fonteneau’s
place, carrying the roofs, debris and
some of the* cotton into the river.
On the east bank it passed between
Mr. Joseph Henry’s plantation and
the place above, tearing down fences,
etc., and slrinking the residence ol
Madame Hypolite Bordelon, which
was leveled to the ground, and eve
rylhing in it destroyed or carried
off. The inmates Mrs. Bordelon,
Dr. Staley and his daughter, nar
rowly escaped with their lives—the
former being buried beneath the
ruins of her house, but afterwards
extricated. This is a serious loss to
Mrs. Bordelon, and we sincerely
sympathize with her in her misior
tune.
Heavy Burglary.—The establish
ment of Mr. J. Henry Happoldt, at
the corner of Meeting street and
Horibeck’s Alley, w T a3 entered Fri
day night, by prizing open the rear
and a number of valuable wea
pons carried off. They consisted ot
a dueling pistol, made by J. H.
Happoldt, silver mounted; dueling
pistol, same make, stock repaired;
one Smith & Wesson, No. 1 pistol;
one Whitney pistol, revolver; ont
Peacemaker, revolver; one pair
Ballar’s derringers; one Bacon er-
peater; one Colt’s army repealer;
one Remington single breech-load
ing repeater; one Bacon’s best pis
tol; one Manhattan, and a number
of second hand pistols. This is the
third lime Mr. Happoldt has been
robbed in the past year. The build
ing seems fated; w'hile it was being
built, the contractor, Mr. Trumbo,
was robbed on several occasions ot
stuff, once of 1,200 feet of flooring
boards. It w r as reported yesterday
that arrests had been made of colo t-
ed men supposed to be the burglars.
Charleston Courier.
Vinnie Ream.—The editor of the
Meridional, published at Abbeville,
Vermillion parish, professes to know-
something of this very lucky,
rather indifferent sculptor. He
suysi
She is a graduate of Christian
College, Columbia, Mo., one of the
best—perhaps the very best—of fe
male institutions in the West, and we
know her to be one of the most ac
complished and fascinating, but at
the same time artful intriguing wo
men of her age in America.
Her stock iu trade consists in
downright impudence. When the
secret history of the impeachment
trial is written it will appear that
this young girl, who owned Senator
Ross’ heart, and controlled his vote,
turned the scale in favor of Andrew
Johnson, and actually saved his ba
con.
Religious Gambling.—In open
ing the Supreme Judicial Court at
Newport, Chief Justice Bellows re
ferred to the practice of the essen
tial principles of gambling at church
and other gatherings, by means of
lotteries, grab-bags, guess-cakes,
&c., with the intent to raise funds
for disseminating the gospel. Judge
B. said that all these ve recognised
in law as indictable offenses, and
the proper officers fail to do their du
ty were they suffered to pass unno
ticed. He might have added that
most of these devices are sw indles
on person attending the fair, since
much money is extorted by impor
tunity from persons who can ill af
ford it.
Robbery near Columbia.—A man
named Griffin, employed by a
watchmaker, living near Columbia,
recently absconded, carrying off
aboul three thousand dollars worth
ofstock. A dispatch was sent to
Captain Hendricks, of the Police
Force, Saturday requesting him to
look out for Griffin, as it was sup
posed he would come this way.
But he look another route and went
to Savannah, from where he left for
Jacksonville, Florida. Captain Hen
dricks immediately sent a telegram
to that city, and the fugitive w-as
taken and lodged in jail. He will
he brought back as soon as requisi
tion from Governor Scott, can be
forwarded.
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