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Newspaper Page TextA 9TH1CT CONS llll'CTION OF TUB CONST ITU I'lO.X—AE HONF.ST A.XO KCOXO.UIC A L AD .U IXISTIl ATION Off TUB UOVKRNMKNT. —— .. -./• Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors. COLUMBUS. GA., TUESDAY/SEPTEMBER 12, 1871. Volume XUd 87. The Weekly Enquirer. JOHN H. MAKTIN..~....... ..Editor. COLUMBUS: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7,1871. (i#«f to Callfferala S The Chicago Time* of the 20th ult. states that Got. Bullock, of Georgia, loft the Sherman House of that city on the previous day for California. Am it is not easy to comprehend what bnsineaa of the State of Georgia taken Got. Bullock to California at thin time, and aa the time for the meeting of the Legislature ia near at hand, and the State Road investigation is becoming qnite interesting, thin reported 4 'departure" looks very auspicious, to say the least of it. Tlio 1.11 tic Mound* 1V«( of the liNklimlppi. An esteemed Arkansas correspondent encloses his theory of the manner of the formation of the little mounds ao fre quently to he found on the prairie and other level lauds of his State and of Lou isiana, and nsks our opinion of it. As our correspondent has seen one of the tnouuds in the process of formation, that discovery would seem to preclude any theory, hut we are nevertheless willing to state the imprcMion made upon our tniud when we looked with wonder upon those innumer able little hillocks. These little mounds dot the many isola ted level prairies west of the Mississippi in Arkuusas and Louisiana, and perhaps the great prairies in Texas. There is no regularity in their linoa or distances, hut they nro so close together that to a trav eller crossing the prairio several are alwnys near at hand. They do not much differ in si/e or . appearance, being generally only u few yards in circumfereneo and four or tivc feet in height. Aa they are coverod with a vegetation somewhat di tic ring from that of the general prairie, the whole scene, taken at a “bird's eye" view, somewhat resembles, in tho spring or summer, a rich carpet, with the mounds aa spots. “Fountain Prairie," near the locality from which our correspondent writes, is about nine miles long and live miles wide, And is thickly studded with these mounds. On the prairie generally there is little else than luxuriant gross, hut these mounds have vinos growing upon them, and wo think some little aliruU>ery—perhaps sassafras among it. Tho mounds could not hnvo failed to Attract our attention and curiosity aa we rodo across this prairie, nor to excite our w*onder as to the manner of their forma tion. Tho idea that they were works of art was never entertained—their very number, as well as the regularity of their surfaces ami the unbroken appearances of their hoses, precluded it. Thoy looked to ns like bubbles rising from the mud, os bubbles rise when lime ia being slacked in a box. We imagined that they wore caused in this way when tho watera wore receding from tho face of the country— not by such violent upheavals as havo raised tho mouutains aud hills, or now produco volcanoes, but perhaps by the aauio forces, or perhaps by the action of tho lime with which tho earth abounds. The prairie*, though upjmreutly level, are nevertheless conformable to the rotundity of tho earth, as the occun is. When the trees that skirt them, or objects upon them, lirst appear to the sight, their tops are tirst visible. This, too, supports the idea that they are now as they were left by the recedenco of the water at some remote period—not having boeu violently disturbed by the volcanic forces that have elsewhere raised high hills and mountains; and that those mounds were oithor the effects of some gentle ebullition or escape of gases, such as we imagined, or some anhscquoiA action of the water in the ground os witnessed by our correspon dent. The following ia the communication enclosed to us: Th**or) of tin* MouniIn. Warrxn, Akk., July 17, 1871. (W. Win. C. Thuman, Ed. Pine Fluff Pins: Dkaii Sir I think I hate (accident ally j discovered the cause that produces the “Mounds" so common in this State ami elscwhero. Whether 1 nm correct or not, 1 wish yon to publish my theory ami in vite thereto the attention of the scientific minds of tho country. While we have unmistakable proof thut some “Monuds" have been constructed by some anterior race—no sane man be lieves thut the innumerable number in all tho Hut country of the West were pro- duoed in the same way—aud yet to prove tlmt nature prodneed them has been the trouble; but to luy mind it is now as plain as the noon-day sun. 1 hay they AUK PBOVrCEI* BY TUB MBCUASlVAl. AC TION or WATER. It is well known that these Mounds are mostly composed oi sand, and it is also known that in or near the surface in tho nectiotis where thoy abound there is a stratum of pipe or waxy clay, and be neath that is a bed of ssud, which, when it evinra in contact with water, become* “quick" and flows as readily as any liquid. Now, during the protracted wet seasons, an immense quantity of water penetrates the earth, ami, in its natural effort to flml A level, comes in contact with this bed#>r stratum of sand, and it becoming liquid, rnshes on to a level, and the pressure be comes so great that it is forced through the stratam of clay and lodged upon the surface—and thus is gradually formed the little round hillocks. A crawfish puncture through this clay or the rotting of a root wonld be sufficient to start the water and aand through. I have discovered one of these mounds in procosg of formation, which served aa an ocular demonstration of my theory. I have watched its progress closely. It is surrounded by hundreds of other mounds, some of which have large trees growing on them, while others have only small bashes and grass, and again others have graMs and weed*, thus showing the differ ent ages at which they were formed. Yours, Ac., W. T. Hollis. C0TT03I. It now appears that the stock of cotton in Liverpool on the 1st of September was not ko huge as had been predicted, and tho probability is that at the close of tho year the stock on hand will fall conoid- ably short of estimates made a few months since. This short-coming has up to this time been caused obic-fly by in creased consumption by the manufac turers ami heavier shipments to Europe. But from this time forward the shipments from the United States, as compared with those of corresponding dates of former years, and especially of last year, must bo short. Tho now crop is coming in very slowly, aud the present condition of the Helds does not promise general boi\vv pi -king. Tho stock on hand iu the Amer ican ports and interior cities is nearly exhausted. It follows as a reasonable conclusion that unless there is soon n diminution of consumption, the present price of the staple must be muiuluiued, if it does not further advance. Many planters are of the opinion that pruseut prices will hardly repay thorn, because of the shortness of their crops. They almost despair of obtaining cotton enough to rciuuiAiratu them ut present prices, and rely upon higher quotations to luuke up for the deficiency. To them tho mainte nance of tho present heavy demand tor consumption is a most important con sideration, aud we are glud that wo can us yet see no indications of uu early diminution. Debt Statement Washington, September 1.—Tho fol lowing is the public debt statement: Debt bearing coin iutorost.$1,5?**1,008,000 A•» I 1 ill? .leu 11 1 ' Accrued interest Debt bearing currency int. Iutercst Matured debt Interest Bearing no interest Unclaimed interest 114,10(5,488 4 It, .118,000 1110,407 18,52(1,101 110(1, UmH 411,2111,580 (liiim. Corea, nmi •liipuii. J [Fiom tho N San Fhaxoisco, Sup. 2.—The China The Olorioun mail steamer Alaska has arrived, thirty- six days from Hong Kong. Her cargo in- f tea, tho largest quantity ever landed from one vessel iu an American port. Chinn an l Japan arc quiet. Tho British war Men;:-1 Ling Dove has returned from Corea with two English man, captured from tho wreck of the (liusan. They hnd been kindly treated ao o-»o i~i n,ni N° indignity was offered them. A Ger- I nun, reported by the Chinese ns captured “ ’ • * | at the none time, was found to havo been Total Coin in Treasury. Currency in Titns Debt less cash in Treasur Decrease (luting August JVcre.jHo since March 1st. Decrease since March 1st, Total amount of bonds is sued to the Pacific Railroad On which tho United States has paid -O ■)*>) U0.1 *11" ' With tho ( Linev»nx>, ss oti|«j>«'n*,s4, - , * < ~ 1 ' j murdered him. ami invented the story of - s - 1 his capture l*y tho Coreau to conceal their * -mijs’j]r, I crimo - . I Shanghai papers publish authenticated uy .... ‘I’letters from the ( mean government to iimiuder of the United Staton steam- if'acIiUBctt. when that ship went up ivor in I8t!8, to inquire after the »f the ship Gen. Sherman. Tho let- frion.llv and conciliatory to tho last e, and had it been received by the f under at the time it was intended t 4(5,581), 280 251,1140, C1»H Interest transportation, m etc Leaving interest aecr but not paid to nmouut of Tho Treasury Depart purchased and dtsirn amount of 1 75,20< 478,708 in currency wu« paid. (54, tl 18.8112 22,245,833 rk Herald, Augnftt 30th.] Summer Within tin* Arctic Urrlo, Tho very interesting special despatch which we publish from St. .Johns, New foundland, of tho observations of the writer on a trip iu the United States ship Congress to Disco, Greenland, gives us some refreshing glimpses of the peculiar glories of tho short-lived su rumor within tho Arctic Circle. Tho Congress was sent up to Disco by tho Secretary of the Navy, with an amplo store oi supplies of all de scriptions lor tho subsistence of Captain Hail aud his ships crow during tho com ing wiutor, and for their grand expedition in tho spring in search of the North Polo. Wo are eueouraged in the belief, too, from our correspondent's repoit of tho pleasant summer at tho seventieth dogree of north latitude in Greenland, that, st The wheat market in this city is again cornered. A combination of two or three leading parties, assisted by some half a do/on jackals, conducted, with moderate success, u corner that matured on the 15th wist., and have extended the operation to the hist, on whut aro tecnicnlly called the options of “seller the month." They bought soino two million^ of bushels of No. 2 spring wheAt from different parties, nil of whom agreed to doliver it within the present mouth. Tho combination had already gained control of all the wheut here, and, buying up the current receipts, they hojio to bo able to make tho unwary “shorts * settle with thorn on their own terms. Tho market for that grade of wheat is already 10 cents per bushel high-. er for gruiu to be delivered this month thun lor the samo grain if the sellor reach hi mbs. qm-nt bloodshed would iho lotto de layed for n few ia while the Wa-hiiM-ti sailod without it. straights. I hardships | Jup.I.IOSe . are nbiind,. l-foko-l up, Washington, Sept. 1. -Representatives of the Spencer wing of tho Radical party in Alabama were not slow in approaching the President upon his return to Wash ington, and reiterated former statements that tho appointment of Warner to tho collectorship of Mobile will ho the death blow to the party in the State. Grant re ceives the complaints with equanimity, and it is plain to bo seen that they will have to appeal from the Executive to tho Logidative branch of the Government, whore a lively tight is certain to occur. It seems that tho idea of issuing a proc lamation declaring martial law m South ly prociauinti certain localitius S gain of several vc tricts. The questic lamution was discus llomiciita. in Now York. Since the publication of tlioso fabulous statistics of homicides, early last week, we have been noticing the criminal reports of New York city, to see how the daily oc currences of this year sustain the Census returns. It will be remembered that only 72 homicides iu the whole Stato of New York, for tho year 1870. were reported, j } nr ‘ and that the reports for tho other North- huo^lmvo ^ome cm States were equally meagre, while ! the hobgoblin stories large numbers of murders wore charged (drown broadcast iu on the South. Well, our examination . J^j| or atos shows that the homicides in New York city | n “’J alone, for tho last week, average tuoro than oue per day, or more than 305 for the •! (>no day within the past week, an old man of 01 was beaten to death by dies. Another day, two “elderly la dies" had a little unpleasantness, and one bit the other, from the effects of which she died (the biting lady being doubtless woman's rights" politician.) Another day a stalwart blacksmith pounded liis wife to death. On Friday “an uuknowu man” was murdered l»y Ed. King and Ed. Valentine. During the week, the death of a girl from malpractice for nhortion, and the attempt to ship her body in n trunk, occurred. And, to cap tho column, * on Sunday there wore probably four mur ders. Here are nine homicides reported within seven days, and these wore proba bly not more thun half that actually oc curred, as wo have not yet received tho New York papers of the lost three days.— The compiler of tho protended or inado- to-order census returns was evidently a fool as well hh a knave, for concoctiug A table that could so oauly be shown to bo false aud designedly purtial. limn tlwft of tho past y» quality, but high prices ro quiet. To ► ilk product •d pi Hi Ot Hllpt pur existence among me time. Tho oh- ulllei il backing for which have been s during tho present u is, that with a time- hiring martial law in •utb, there will bo a us iu tho rural dis- i of issuing tho prun ed in Cabinet to-day, and according to the host indications it was agreed to issuu one ns early ns possi ble. Beyond that there scums to have been nothing but routine business which hnd their attention, although some refer ence, without iiuul action, was made in regard to the Coroail war. Thu session whs qnite lengthy. It is understood that the President will return in about two weeks to hold another Cabinot mooting. may reasonably infer (and i to be, to present a sharp issue with the Northern Democrats on what is called the “now departure." On tho contrary, ho now seems willing to co-operate with them upon a platform which we bolieve will bo substantially the one that they will adopt, viz : ouo declaring that the 14th aud 15th Amendments are dr facto parts of the Federal Constitution, and must be respected and enforced hh such until regularly repealed or judicially pro nounced iuvulid. He only insists that the Democrats shall not commit them selves to tho endnrnement of those Amendments, or to their perpetuity. Ho says, “we lmii as friends all those who ac quiesce in them as dr facto, but not dc jure parts of the organic law." Agniu he says, “it is tho 3th resolution ot the l'ennsylvania Harrisburg Convention agaiust which wo war, and war to the knife.” (This is the resolution which de clared that tho Amendments had been ratified “in the niannor and by the au thority constitutionally appointed"— against which, os our readers may re member, we protested at the time.; In answer to n California correspondent, who declared (lint the Democrats of bis State only intended iu their platform to decluro the three Amendments u settle ment iu fact of ail the issues of tho wur, and not to declare thut they had been adoptod according to law or were in themselves either just or right, nor to commit themselves agaiust their repeal, Mr. Stephens suys, “this is our position exactly." Now that tho smoko has been lifted from the but tle-ficld, the spectator can ace what little cauho there was for so brisk a fusilade within our own lines. Crop*. Ac., in Arkaaxa*. Wabuen, Akk., August 21, 1871. Editor CUinnhu* Enquirer: I have waited patiently, and watched cloeely the cotton crop, and now am satisfied that the yield will be very fine in all Southeast Arkansas, and especially ao where the crop has been properly cultivated. There is no appearance of the dreaded caterpil lar, nor could they come now aod seriously injure any except very late crops. I still hold to my theory, that, when the sugar crop is restored to its legitimate and for mer condition, the cotton worm will rarely ever visit us—and perhaps never, except after a very mild winter, when the miller We have reports which go to show that °r its eggs will have survived the cold, the cotton caterpillars, that appeared some , [8®® my letter two years ago. J two weeks ago on river plantations below j The corn crop is very flue and boun- tliis city, are not extending their ravages ; tiful; pleuty to feed many emigrants, as widely or as rapidly aa was feared. We I The seasons continue good, and the health are informed that on one plantation of some five hundred acres they have as yet spread themselves over not more than twenty acres, and that their operations there appear to be confined to the leaves of the plant. What they may do hereaf ter perhaps depends greatly upta the con dition of tho weether. “Spurgeon has declined an offer of ten thousand dollars to write a life of Christ, pod recommends the New Teetameut.” Washington, September 1. Commis sioner Douglass has expressed himself in favor of Alvin B. Clarke for Assesaor of tho First District. This undoubtedly as sures Clarke’s appointment. it is said that. Boiili is responsible for W. D. Jl. Millar s present troubles, having introduced Millar to Ed. Blodgett us a proper party to furnish the State l-oad ring with lubiiculing oil and other deli cacies. llcnry Clews, of Now York, financial agent for the State of Georgia, was hero last night, trying tit explain bullock and Kimlmlls financial probhin. Clows says since the publication ot Augier s tes timony, he has laid great difliiiilty iu ne gotiating Georgia bonds. Imh efforts to I suppress furt ta r publications of tho fuels glad of i! ' fiom the tono of Hon. A. II. regarding Bullock's fraudulent issue of Stephens latest editorials, that ho is not Stato bonds proved nil outlie failure. KiilioUK, uri he recently appeared ,;1<nv " says tlmt Bullock exhibited to him ... .. a pardon, wherein lie'Bullock) had par- I IHkim U'ltll Him , ... ■ Angler of umlfeusnuco m office. 11 bo news in Georgia. Cotton Choi* a Failure.—We aro now in possession of#reliable data from the whole of Southern mid Southwestern ieorgia, relative to the condition of tho :otton crop, and it is our paint ul duly to report a disastrous failure. This is no ntional announcement, and is not based upon doubt till intoruiaiioli. Tho beat mrl 'on* of this port ion of the Statu cannot possibly roach tiro-third* of age crop, while tho poorer sections will scarcely exceed one-third. Tho acre age of the latter heiug much the largest, tho plain deduction is thut u half crop will not be rculized. Before tho recent storms and continued rains, the bettor lands promised a good yield, hut not a full crop. Now tho rust is making fearful ravages, and tho Cater pillar is Hprouding with desctructivo rapid ity. We havo direct intelligence from nearly nil the lurgo plantations in the Ookwoods belt, and the concurrent testi mony discloses disaster everywhere. \Albany Erica, \nt. A Bloody ArrMn tv Dfcatcii.—About six o'clock on Saturday evening, a man by the iiitin of Sizemore, a shoe-maker by trade, and another man mitnod Throsh- ’, n former KUenff' of DeKalb county, had an altercation in which Sizemore was stabled ho severely that hiH life is dis- paired of. After he was cut, he siczed i stick and struck Thrasher a severe blow tbo bend, inflicting an ugly wound, Thrasher has left, and our informant states tlmt Sizemore’s attending physician says there is no hope of his recovery. Both gentlemen wore citizens of Deca tur, and near neighbors, and the wive each witnessed tho affray. They both fainted at the bloody scene, and the ex citement created was terrible for that un usually quiet village. [Atlanta Fan, 4th. Hon. B. B. Hinton.—In our travels through various parts of tho State, wc hear the name of this gentleman frequent ly spoken of as a suitable candidate for the Presidency of the Senate of tho next Legislature. Mr. Hinton is a gontlemuu of fine abilities, and one of the most gift ed and cultivated men of the present day. His bold and manly conrso iu the last Legislature for the rights of the people of his native State, will ever bo remem bered by a grateful constituency. He is among the oldest in legislative experi ence of any member of the Senate, and would make an excellent presiding officer. His election to the position would be hail ed with much satisfaction by tho people of South West Georgia.—Sumter lit pub lican. ^ Getting Frightened.—The Atlanta Constitution, of Friday, says: Upon inquiry, yestorduv. we learned from C. P. McCalls, late book-kcoper of tho Western and Alantio Railroad, just beforo he was relieved by Foster Blod gett, Superintendent, that gentleman told him thut it whs said thut E. l-\ Blodgett owed the State Road something, and paid him the sum of $408. This is said to bo on account of a fine counter made ut tho State Shop for the Turf Exchange. A. L. Harris, late Master of Transporta tion of tbo Stato Road, he also informed ns, stated that bo owed tho Road for some little odds and ends, aud gave his due bill for $715, to be paid out of tbo amount coining to him ah salary as Commissioner of the road. This makes the handsome sum of $1,183. There are reports of lumber, white lead and other articles being used by officials In the erection of private residences. , Who will be the next to disgorge of the country was never better. Respectfully, W. T. Hollis. P. S.—Enclosed I send yon my theory upon the formation of the mounds so common in this Western country; and, at your convenience, I wonld like to aee your comments upon it W. T. H. Grant's retam i» fixed for ti* 14th of (Motor. ML--U hi nritativo i (iition, no Stale Superintend- i.f Kepublici i-Kl vM.hp, ing northward from that point np Baffin's agrees to deliver it in September. It was __ > >->• * estimated that the combination hud, yes terday morning, not less than 1,400,000 bushels coming to them on their options, anil thoy calculated on being aide to se cure an average of at least 10 cents per bushel ou thi*. iu settlement, or an nggre- gato of $140,000, nft**r allowing for tho usual per cetitago of failures. But tho combination is in imminent danger of loss notwithstanding. Iu order to keep control of the murkut, and securo this difference from tho short sellers, they are obliged to l»uy lip all the No. 2 spring wheat thut coiuoh iu ouch day, paying tho same urtiAcinl price for it, which will en tail u loss of at least 10 conts per bushel ou all that remains on liaudaftcrtheclo.se of this month. Tho corner was success ful two weeks ago, because tho timo was so soon after harvest that tho faruiors were not able to sentl tho wheat hero in large quantities. But that is not the case now. A total of 5i»7 car londH of wlient was inspected on-truck yesterday morning, and equally large arrivals may bo expected during tho reiuuining days thut the cornor will run. That will make not far from 8tiu,(Mit) bushels of wheat to be taken caro of this week, besides tho amount- now on huud.—Chicago Tribune, 2'Mh ult. out again, and that : ully anticipated. el ing of than is gener- Distiuot.—Tim Con- entv-Sccoiul Senatorial •rsvlli on Wednesday, •Ion.-I T. .1. Simmons candidate to fill the vil ified to Congress. the • ;llllll ■d with M >j. lok-koopei . Railroad, lie. fused to p.i inform tlio public truth iu these runiu drawing double pi salary for his uUo an additional in State Road. It t Col. Farrow be- liarles 1*. McCalls, tho Western amt use the lull nr re- Buy, even so late as tlio middle of June, Captain Hall will probably bo able to push liis steamer through to the Pole and get back to liis base of operations be- returti of the freezing season.— 1’he Captain and his men, at all events, ut Disco, were in the best of spirit*, aud in sotting sail theuco were confident of suc cess, and hope to get through even during the present season. Meanhmo our correspondent fascinates us with his chocriug description of tho summer glories of Greenland. So lute us the loth of tho present month ho says thut nt Disco the season is vuiy open, not un like May in New York ; tlmt tlio sun sinks below tlio horizon but for a short time, and that iho twilight is sufficient to read by all night. Wo conclude from this that trurn tho 18th to tho 25th of June, if not for a longer term, the sun at Disco docs nut sot at all, but makes a complete cir cuit round the horizon in full view, with fair skies all tlio time, from day to day.— Wo aro further told that the August dis plays of tho northern lights at Di*co, even in iho still lingering daylight of the short night up there, arc extremely grand, tho aurora assuming the forms ot magnificent arches, scrolls and spiral stairways. Wind must these exhibitions he, then, in tho long nights of the winter season in those vividly flaming Arctic, sides! But it 1 Bay is still shilling with it.i squmlr glittering icebergs drifting down to the ‘ main Atlantic, they havo u regular sum- I nior in Greenland, “flowers blooming, brooklets flowing, birds singing, and ba bies rollicking on the grass, and that in K“i»B » '"li ijliu-.i-r Uu- i-xpluriug piirty, of which our correspondent, was one, found it warm woik, the perspiration rol ling off them like rain drops. Best of ull, oven in the supposed intolerable Arctic climate of Disco, our adventurers worn cheered with the presence of a charming, educated lady, tho wife of tho Danish iSu- puriutondeul, whoso homo is there, and with her performance on the piono of “Home, Sweet Home," the “Star Spangled Banner," and “Yankee Doodle." And thou the Esquimaux of tlmt Danish set tlement are civilized, Ghristianizud, ull Luthuus, ami live comfortably, and their iittcuduucu ut diviuo service on the ship (’•ongroHH, includiug a sermou from tho Rev. Dr. Nowmau, wus surely not less un impressive spectacle to tho distinguished strangers in thut strange laud than to tho honest Danes and siinplo-hourtcd natives. lee p utb Rond. Tho Tr Harris.) testified that ! quite light since the le at it a lion. . i balance of salary fund. aoral owos it to tho well as to himself to A in't her thoro is any . anil if lie 1ms boon tho cliiuaeter of ser- • for the Stato he road, (I. 1\ mid Iho duties -Atlanta Con- That Hahn.—A representative of tlio Atlanta Constitution has l . on up in Cobb county, to find onl all about that barn of Bullock’s of widen \v« hoard ao much.— It stands oil u farm of I: *» acres, for which $14,<)(i0 was paid. It is throe sto ries high, 100 foot long by 50 feet wide, has 25 stalls, runt iron racks and troughs. In it are 8 2.500 woith of tlio most im proved ngrieultiunl implements. It will cost $12,000 or $15,000 when finished. — Tho reporter was informed that liis Ex cellency bad only sixteen acres iu cotton on his farm, and that the prospect for making enough provisions to do tlio place this your, was very slim. The reporter concludes hm nrliolo with the highly im pertinent intimations tlmt it is impossible to keep people from wondering how and when Governor Bullock fell heir to so much wealth V—Macon Telegraph. St t in OF .IKOHIIU—Krj.lrm. Ur -J, 1H7I.—A. C. l*nU\ Ksij., of ll.nv- kinsvillo, Ga., was admitted to this Imr. Argument of No. B> was concluded. No. 1 I was argued, Jt. is Benjamin 1). Bryan vs. (J. (!. Sims. Ej-jetnient from Dooly. Lyon, tl.-( ok, for pin By corns (). A. Houser vs. Complaint, from li daw, C.-C. Duncan plaintiff' in error. Hall »V l»oc, contra. Tw o other cases Circuit. ding tirgmuei nod ti'l 'i'ue Monday is usual.—Con at it nth, Sbit, S. Roger llun Words Fitly Spoken.—Tho Now York Commercial Advertiser (Rep.) has the ippears that while Baffin s following frank and just remarks upon ,f, ‘ *'" * 4 the proposed declaration of martial law in South Carolina : “That thoro should ho any necessity for martial law iti Louth Carolina is a most telling coudcimuitum of tlio policy of Federal interk-reuec in the internal affairs of that Stale, and of tho mnlignmit iullu- i nco of enrpet-nag government. No bet ter ovidoneo is needed to show that the tuou foisted upon the people by violence or chicanery are as ineompent as they are corrupt. South Caroliua is us much un der the heel of political demagogues as France in the days of Louis XIV. was under tho heel of political despotism. Can silo be Illumed, when patience ceases to be n virtue, for rcsortiug to unw’arran- tublo means to get rid of the vampires who tire sucking the very life-blood out of her? Wo tell you, Mr. President, if you must use bayonets, that their points should he turned against tho scoundrels who have produced this state of aff'utrR, aud not against the people. Depeud upon it, the mass of the people nro light—it is “io plundering politicians only who are rong.” Mu eh.—The i Potmen Boston lost, in commenting on the project of pulling Iho likenesses of such men nn Stanton, Burlingame ami Aiulicw upon tho now live-twenty bonds, Hays : Tho uhsurdit-y of this custom was ex posed some years ago iu a debate which arose in Congress upon a motion to forbid the use of our depreciated currency for immortalizing certain depreciated liviug men, wiici) a waggish Beuator instituted a ludioroUH comparison of tho value of the scrip iiud of the men by whose images it was adorned. Chirk, the Superintend ent of the Printing Bureau, had the mod- « sly to place his own homely visage upon tlie five cent notes, by which menus, that being most enormously circulated, lie could bo most extensively advertised : Washington, alas, was suborned to certify to the leu coul notes; Fessenden to vouch for the twenty-fives; and Spftuior to testily to the fifties; so that by the Senator's rule of estimation, live Clarks were equal to one Washington, two Wash ingtons aud one Clark to a Fessenden, and tw o Fessendens to one Spinuer. By this process, under the uew bonds, it takes two Silas Wrights to make one Htnu- tou, and two hundred to make one Bur lingame. When the four per cents shall come into the market, thoy probably will bear tho iiungi's and superscriptions of living luou. Tho griulution table may then road ns follows: two Boutwcils niuko one Sherman, live Shermans make one Morton, two Mortons make ono Blaine, live Blames ono Colfax, and two Colfaxus or two hundred Boutwells make ono Grunt. It is thus that civic honors ii.'td sordid interests go hand iu huud, and that human glory nmi filthy lucre uru in separably linked together. ad jo Russia on tub Pacific.—Tho Sun Francisco Alta California says : “The Russians havo taken complete . , possession of Haghnliun, nmi evidently 11 M Holtz- * ulou d to kuop it. As early as 1857 they N‘sbit V I cks n"l r uvcn l^ vl ^ nurtbvrn end of the is- Kiiluu A Jlurliu, i'uo, ! “ nd , i, ‘ l! “ 1 . 7 “ ’ ’ St. Petersburg, between tho Tycoon mid I the Czar, dividing the island and recog nizing tbo rights of tho two parties to ! of Xo. 1.", Iho court U ‘‘; i , r «™lf u vo portiona. Thu Huizuro j I1( . xl , it j () ! oi tho southern end was, according “* “•* consultation day us cumin on the Mar Macoh Cotton Rj/j:iptk. Thoro were received by the various warehouses iu Macon during tho hml cotton year. t»!),4 It) hulcs, Agaiust 80,121) for t|ju preceding your, showing an increase of receipts for tho cotton year just closed of r.)..‘)17 bales. On the fir.'.t of September, there had been received 7.5 bales of tHo new crop. On the first instant only 12 bales of the new crop had been received, thus show iug tho lateness of the season, or an indispo sition on the part of planters to rush their cottou to market m> they did lust ycur. Telegraph, Tdh. Those Indian Chiles.—Governor Davis, of Texas, 1ms commuted the death penalty of the two ludiuu chiefs, Santana und Big Tree, into imprisonment for life iu the State Penitentiary. These chiefs were arrest* d by order of Gen. Sherman, for participating with their tribe, tho Kiowus, in the murder of au emigrant train on tlio Texus frontier, some mouths ago. They were scut to Texas to bo tried for murder, were con victed aud sentenced to bo hanged ou tho 1st of September. In his proclamation, Gov. Davis says he thinks tlio sentence of imprisonment for life “will operate us a rest mint upon oth ers of tho tribe to which these Indians be lling," nud “tho killing for which these Indians was sentenced can hardly be con sidered, cm s just consideration of tho an imus, us coming within the technical crime of murder under tho hlntute of the State, but rather us un act of bavugo war fare.” Tbo emigrants who wore killed might or might not consider tho killiug us mur der. It will undoubtedly lesson the grief of thoso who survive to know thut their relations “went under,” as they say in Texas, not in a murdered condition, but in au act of savage warfare.” The Governor seems io forget that the Kiowas wore at peaoo with Texas aud with the United States, and left a Gov ernment reservation, where they wero supplied with Government ratioua, cloth ing and other necessaries and comforts, in order to rob, scalp and kill this peace ful emigrant train,—A. 0. Vicoynnt, * ol tho Rutilbuiu end I Gu/cllo, inudo without difficulty, und will probably bo quietly submitted to by Ja pan, bocauso there would be no prospect of success iu a war.” This island is fi t) miles long from north to south, with uu averugo width of 80 miles, and lies between latitudes 4(5 and 51 degrees, about 100 miles from and parallel with the mainland. Tho soil is tolerably fertile; but the population, mostly fishermen, is scanty. The island commands tho entraucu of tlio Amour liver, and to Russiu is therefore very val- uablo, us “a military necessity.” Tho Russians have tried to establish several colonics on tho islan«g»f Yesso, which is tho second of tho .Japanese islands iu size. It is separated from Sug- hulicu by a narrow strait, und bus the im portant port of Hukotladi. < The Russians have annexed additional provinces on the main laud, west of aud near to the penin sula of Corea, which was not long smeo part of the Chinese Empire; and they aro trying to get hold of Corea. Thu Russian Pacific const now extends from Behrings Straits, latitude (55 deg., a distance of 1(500 miles on the ineridiuu, to Corea, in latitude 42 deg., being a shore lino of over 50(H) miles. The pos session of Corea would add vastly to the value of the Czar's ulruady immense Asi atic dornuin. Such an ocean froutage is au empire of itself.—-N. 0. Picayune. Tho New York Evening Post soys: “The Democratic candidates for United States Senator in Kentucky seem to have increased in ntimbor since tho election.— Ex-Senator Thomas 0. McCreory, who was defeated for rc-clcctiou lust winter by Governor Stevenson, wishes to succeed Mr. Garrett Davis in 187)4. Mr. J. Proc tor Kuott seems to bo earnest iu pushing his claims. Ex-Govenor Bramlotte, who is ono of the leading Bourbons, is grow ing in favor. Mr. James B. Beck is tho only Oonsorvativo Democratic candidate. Governor Leslie, however, still seems to be the favorite. ” There be Richmonds in tho field, or Uichmouda ready to enter the field, whom the Post fails to catalogue.— But they will doubtless let themselves be heard from in due timo. There will cer tainly be no look of candidates, and the race will be worth going to hob.—Lou it- vilU Ofunr, » Department oi Agriculture. —The re organization of the Department of Agri culture, under Judge Watts, tho now cum in issioner, has, as far uu it bus proceeded, secured for tlio various positions gentle- mou especially udupted to tho services they will bo called on to perform, includ ing statistical, literary, botanical, Ac. Tho position of chemist has been tendered to Professor Juhusou, of Yale Collego. During tho month of August preparation wore made to distribute a large quantity of superior wheat throughout the country, and the distribution will at once tako placo. In September and October tbo wants of the Southern States will receive especial attention. The farmers and planters of that Hectiou will be largely supplied with uew and valuable varieties of seeds in nmpie time to permit of their cultivation during tho next growing sea son. The report for August aud Septem ber will bo issiiod about the 15th of Sep tember. No uuofticial statement or sur mises os to its contents need be relied upon. Mr. D. II. Craig, lata general agent of tbo New Y’ork Associated Press, is said to have perfected his new system of tele- gruphy, to tho development of which be has been dovoting his time and means for threo years past, with results thut can hardly fail to offect an entiro revolution iu telograpbv, by roducing its cost to a rate very little above the present rates of postage. It is claimod that by this uew automatic system it is perfectly practica ble to transmit with absolute accuracy, over a singlo wire, more than sixty thou sand words an hour—a speed more than sixty times greater than by any of tho sys- t oi us now iu use. Tel eg rums which un der tho Morse system now cost several dollars will, it is said, bo reduced to a compartively few cents; which, if true, will make its value almost inestimable to the press, tho mercantile community and the public at large. From the Rio (Jramie— A Kprrlt of Wa W« have received Brownsville dates of the 2!Mli of August. Thu Rauchero suys : The cattle thieves cross the Rio Grande now in lurge bauds at and near tho Zacatsl much. They are better armed thun before, carrying the fuurtoen shooter rifle mostly. The crossiug of a band is now effected in two parties of twenty each, sub-divid ing into two more as soon as they get a Ct‘w miles into the interior. These par ties of ten thou proceed to gather the cattle. Tho cattlo crossed, mostly in Hidalgo comity, sinco June 1, 1871, is estimated at nbovo 5,000 bend. Prominent ranekoros of Hidalgo intend to call n meeting of the stock raison of the county tbo present week to eff ect organization. Tho great obstacle in their way will bo to proctiro good rifles. Should the attempt ut organization be ineffectual, scirerul stock raisers intend to abandon tho frontier and drive what stock is left to Kansas, thinking it about high time to leave a territory completely at the mercy of a Mexican brigand, Cortina, who holds the rauk of Generad in the army of Mexico. Mr McAllen has counted the cattle at bis rancho, and found that he now has only about six hundred left out of more than two thousand. Let tho citizens arm themselves and punish tho thieves. AU Texas wiU be with tbo rancheros.” Great praise is given Mr. John A. Thompson, deputy inspector of hides and animals for the county of Hidalgo, for his energy and suocess in recapturing Texas cattlo from two parties of Mexican cattle thioves. The latter resisted with arms, and one of the thieves was shot. Cortina has demanded of Thompson the return of a saddle borso captured by the inspector's party, with a threat, if* not returned, to huru Mr. Thompson's ranche aud take his stock aud that of his friends.—A. 0. Picayune, 5th. Texas boys aro good horsemen. They ride exceedingly well. At least we get this impression from a Texas exchange. The Han Antonio Herald of Angovt lfith, is responsible for this item: “One of the Texas oow-boys was seen on Mondav last crossing the Military Plaza at full speed, lying at full length on the baok of hu horse, and, aa many be lieved, drunk. All at onee he mada a spring, striking the ground abreast of his horse, and In the next moment he was in the saddle again, hie hong «U the time goiny at the rate gf 2540,” Sj-R.Urntiim the IMit. Congress, on tlio 11th day of Jnly, 1870, C ussed a law authorizing the issue of new oiuis at a lower rate of interest, which the Hocrotary of tho Treasury might sell or exchange, and with the proceeds re deem the outstanding 5-20 bonds. The law provided that the new bouds should not be sold for less than par in coin, and that the old bonds should be redeemod or paid only at par. For a long time there was a contest in both houses whether any per ceutage should be allowed as commis siou for making the exchange of the two bonds, aud fiually Congress limited the expenditure under the aot to a snm not exceeding one-half of 1 per cent “to pay the expense of preptfing, issuing, adver tising and disposing of the same." This sum was tho limit of the expenditure au* tliorizod, and included all commissions. It is‘understood that the Heoretary ex pended, iu advertising alone, nearly the whole sum authorized. The law contem plated an evou exchange of the two classes of bouds. The holder of the 5-20 was to surrender that boud aud receive tho new per cent., or, in case the 5-20s were not voluntarily surrendered, the Secretary, lien he had sold any amount of the now bonds nt par in coin, was to give notice that a certain number of 5-20s, “to bo indicated aud specified by class, date find number, in tho order of their number and issue, beginning with tho first numbored aud issued," would bo paid at the end of three months, after which date interest thereon Hliould cease. The same law pro vided that tho Treasury might recoivo de posits of gold, a portion of which gold might bo employed to redeem the 5-2<) bouds, of whose redemption specific no tice had been given; and that on this gold thus deposited the Treasury might pay on interest not exceeding 2j per cont. per annum. Now, what has been done under this luw? A number of Amerioan brokers formed what they have styled a syndicate —it is olwuys well to havo a new name for a new things. It is currently believed uud understood that the syndicate entered into an arrangement with the Secretary to borrow tbo gold in tho Treasury to buy bonds with, paying no interest for tbo use tlio money, but receiving interest thereon for throe months if the scheme should prove successful in frightening (be holders of tho 5.20s, and inducing them to exchange their Bix per cents for fives. Receiving ut the Treasury checks for gold on banks whero there are no such funds, and holding the huiuo while speculators make a raid ou tho public creditors, is equivalent to lending gold out of the Treasury, and is oontrary to law, and an impeachable otfonce. \Ve do not affirm that it has been done, but iu the absenoe of any testimony to the contrary, there is a strong probability that it has been done. Lettera from Europe say that when tho syndicate unfolded their scheme in Lon don, the leading houses of England and the oontinent promptly refused to have auythiug to do with the transaction, as it was an evasion or circumvention of the law. It partook somewhat of the gift concern arruugement to evade the penal ty aginst lotteries. But the prize was a lurge one, aud the syndicate found enough of partners to go on with its houx, from which its members seem likely to pocket l)5(),0(H) of money rightfully belonging to the United States, or three months’ in terest ou $130,(KM),000 of 5-20 bonds. In other words, the new bond, which was to bo nt par, is really sold at about 1)8. It will be alleged, in extenuation of the of fence, that by this operation the govern ment will save 1 per cent, per annum iu iutercst on the whole loan, being equal to $13,000,000 per annum. The answer is two-f .Id—first, tho Secretary has no right to trunseeud the law; second, he osnnot believe that the government credit, a few months hence, uiuy not improve so that a 5 per cent, loan will sell at par. To this it might he added that he has no right to lend the government funds to one set of brokors calling themselves a syndicate, and refuse the same favor to another set who have not dignified tbemselvM with that high-sounding title. Persons in this State will recognize in this proceeding something familisr in the dsys of tho old wild-oat banking avstem. A man would then purchase $50,000 State bonds on thirty days’ credit; deposit them with the Auditor; obtain $45,000 of ourrenoy; pay for his bonds with the cur rency, and eujoy thereafter the luxury of $3,000 a year interest on his original capi tal $5,ooo. So long as the oarrenoy was afloat his income was all safe. There is, however, one danger in the way of the success of this syndicate operation. The new bonds must he got rid of. Will they sell, and at what rate ? The Secretary of tho Treasury oauuot carry the syndicate very long, unless they can get rid of their bonds. Assutuiug that they get them at an average of 08, can they sell them as fast as they aro issued for that sum, or is the whole of the job of the syndicate tie- E eudent on the current sale of the new onds, and, should the latter fail at the first issue, will the bottom be out of the whole affuir ? Tuke it whatever way it may be, the Secretary of tbe Treasury seems to bo a consenting party to the use of the money in the national treasury by a confedera tion of not over-conscientious brokers, to speculate iu and oontrol for the time tbe credit of the nation; and in evasion of tbe law to give these brokers the new bonds at when* tbe law stipulates that they shall not lie issued at less than par. We shall be happy to learn that we have misconceived, iu an essential particular, the nature of this cyndicating process, which looks to us like a donation of $1,- 1)50,0(H) to a few favored brokers. And, as Mr. Boutwell is about to take the atiunp in Ohio, we trust be will furnish the need ed explanations. N*w You, B^rT-Th. following , Of*"* interesting information in regard to the jjjjjjyj"“J* JJi, *•“ state of the cropa on the continent haa SSSiSSISk SSuftl been received by the New York Handels- Zeitung from Messrs. Thomas, Carr & Co., in Rostock, Mecklenburg: j i? n < !2Sfg2tm| 0 Gmffi B tii tint The crops of wheat and rye in Germany ^ Oonem td Dw ___ are about tbe average, probably some- *** 1 ^J wn ^ ,Ia P®** what below, but not to any considerable J?? d 5j e { ai ? 1 T. 6nu6 ** extent. The quality of the wheat will be ' ^ r * McGills venture has H&HRb* belt., tbau iu tbe apriug^ Xh* V^r of Cwtenrlll.. Filch, o( (be Qrifln Star, hm been “prospecting” thia ftourieking t<m, aod we judge from hi* account of Jib .♦frwlo U” that he haa no notion of mm*| to it, even though the “private eattj^ he kept open night and day. Have II what be anya concerning the men of the pipee: A remarkable fCetera of OartamvtHa society ia, that almoat all tho man aro preachera. Aa an IlWr.tion, taka tho CarteraviUe Kxure.a' editorial oorpa, 8am, Hniitb, tbe head of the ooooan, ia a pop ular and active preacher; Col. Watt Her. rili, second in command, la ■ preacher: Mr. Brewater ie alao a preacher, and Tommy Gibaon, local and foreman of tho offleo, ia studying for the ndniatry. In tbe other avooationa of Ufa tho preacher element in pndomlnent. In fact, moat all tho people there am prwathere; and Mr. Ilodginahaa • preachera' private en try to hie grocery. Wo eaw two man there who were not ptfodhem; one wen Judge Parrott, hot he exhort, frequently, and ia powerfully “gifted” la prayer.— The other waa Col. Orewford, more gen erally known ae-the Baron Bothohlld, of America; but ho carries (Anaaoially) eev- eral churohea npon hia broad ahonMara. Mo that, take CarteraviUe all in all,' aha baa probably more advantage, ia the way of the “incona of grace” than any othar town in tho State. Bnf.cd Actjurmu).—J. T. Sneed, who, it will bo remembered, married a Him Myrick, of Baldwin county, aome month* ago, ami who at that time had a living wife in New York, waa on a charge of bigamy arraigned for trial in MUledge. viUo, on Maturday laat, and remarkable to cay, waa acquitted iu th# face of over whelming evidence. Both of the unfor tunate wire* of the ecouadto! being ta court and (citifying agaioat him. Tha following facta wo obtain from a legal gentleman employed in tho Mae.— Tbo Htato proved that in Naw York in 18CR, J. T. Sneed, inlrodnoed td aeverai gentlemen, a lady an bia wife ; that aba habitually called at thia ofice whew tha business of the day waa over and waa ea- corted by him from the office into and through tho most prominent atraet*. In January IKiiO, he wrote her a latter from Boaton addressed, “My Bear Wife," and signed it, “Your affectionate Hubby, T. J Sneed,” counter addreaaing it to Mira. J. T. Bneod, Brooklyn. This letter waa proven to be in bis hand writing and con tained internal evidence of the exiatenoe of tbe relation of huaband and wifa, Il waa farther proven that thia rotation waa reeognixed by Sneed, in the eity of Ma con in November laat, by anawaringln re ply to the qneation, “How and wknro in Mrs. Sneed V"—that “she wan wall and In still in New York, I will see her In o few days, I leave for New York to-morrow." It waa further proven that after hia marriage in thia State laat Spring, ha in formed the witneaa that he had ““tha ni cest young wife in Georgia.” Tha wit- liss; asked, “whero is the wife yon intro duced me to in New York ?’ r “Ia aha dead?" Sneed became very much agita ted and replied, “We dont do things in Now York like you do in Georgia. ” An exemplitloation from the ncorda of Bed ford County, Virginia, showed that in May 1HU1, application waa mada fora lioanaa for (he intermarriage of “John T. Snaed and Mrs. Annie H. Bobbins'” The above is the aubstanoe and briefly tbe a videooe ou the part of the State. Tho prisoner introduced no testimony. Tho ehargoof the Court being folly with tho Stato, tho verdict of “Not guilty," startled the en tire community. The exonse for thia verdict waa a failure to identify Mrs. Sneed, who appeared in person before the Conn aa the — lady whom defendant married in 18C1, id- though bhe was identified as tbe came par- son whom he introdnoed as hia wife in Naw York fc 18(11. Thus it will be seen that by a mere quibble thia' doable dyed villisn goes for a while nnwhippad of (no- tiee.—Macon Cititen, 4M. Disputzs About On. Gmurria Out Whisux Bibbs.— [From tho Waatliaho l’ott, St. Louis, August 2G.]—Two Saint Louisians had a violent disonarion yester day in a publio place, which terminated in a somewhat novel manner. They talked polities and spoke about tbo neat Presidential oontest. Tha one, Mr. Mo- Gill, who is a man of considerable prop erty, waa quite sure Grant would bo ro- eleoted. He thought it perfectly proper for Grant to make as amah money oat ot his offloo as he oonld. Grant had snp- preased tha rebellion; Grant bad caved tbe republie; Grant had done away with slavery, and Grant had introdsoed strict party discipline. Tha other waa of qaila a different opinion. Ho thought tha President waa a wall, ws wont re peat it, oat of respect to tho trot officer of the Bepablio. In the violent lilac 1M akm the latter gentleman want ao far nt to aay that nnmerona whiakay MBs con tracted at a time whan Gnat ngalariy drove bis wagon-load of wood from the Bent ferm to the City, and f hia getting ~ “ brother S mentioning, possession of Mr. Augnat TampMa, who keeps a whiskey bar ou the aornar of hth and Carr streets, a plaoe much frequented by onr Irish citizens. Mr. MaGFlll waa indignant when he hoard this. Ha sat down and wrote as follows: “8i. Lotus, Angaattt, ltn. “Tho undersigned all billa incurred * Grant, Preaidant < whiakay and other liqoota, within tbs past twenty years, tf Mr. August Lamp- kin will present them with tha proper affi davit aa to their eomotnaan ng a situation a* porter from Us in Galana, war* stUl unpaid; ing, among ethers, some hills In pavaanp i ffiffiq Hil. St l of United 3ut 00.1 oi tbo rye will not be quit uouie partH of Southern Germany wo hear of the total destruction of the crops br inundations snd heavy bail itorma. Bel gium and Holland only have a moderately average crop, France only two-thirds, ana lesa than that in the northern aud eastern districts. In Hnngsry end Gelaois the inundations and heavy rains have placed the orops below the average. The same in the case in Turkey, while in Scandina via, Ronmania and Egypt very excellent orops are anticipated. There are contra dictory reports from Rossis, though It IS known that the wheat suffered consider- ably in tbe spriug by tbe heavy rains. Tbe potato disease hem msde its appear ance not only in Germany, bnt in Houaud and Belgium. IIjjabth or Queen Victosu.—Tbe Lon don Lancet, replying to attacks on Queen Victoria, Imsed on her absence from even ing entertainments and on bar brief rest- denoe in London, mekee the aiatement that tha Queen is not physically oapablenf bearing tbe effects of crowded or overheat ed rooms, or of prolonged residents# in London. The Lauoet eaya tha effort of entertaining in tha evening prodnoee npon the Queen great and immediate diaoum- fort, followed by eUeplesaasm or disturb ed rest and severs headache, and tho Quean rarely visits Buckingham ffalaoe, hat London reaidenoa, without suffering in a similar manner. TheLeneei reminds the publio that tha Queen ia a lady nmi fifty-three yean old, and does not poea tha remarkable physical vigor, and Ml pow*c «h» whiUtofi twaaty to have offered to of the Preaident too. |fe, C mao, one of onr boat states positively that be ( Grant again until bis Mil I lodging, incurred « dleeheiged, Ha is i oeat., having awffil effect with a 1 Grant Mr-1 possible to « does Ghent's T Fm Gen. Satin to Low At.—How would theso. words look | of President Grant ? absurd pan of Thoe written by that old ing! to fill the chair highly: adorns. «*m propirly Wper-A had in my unad. Tha pat made to believe that aa relative hr madoon the alone, nallilhnneiil

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, September 12, 1871, Image 1