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Newspaper Page TextA STRICT CONSTRUCTION OS' THI CONSTITUTION—AN HOBBIT ABO BCOROHIOAI* ADMINISTRATION OF THB QOVtEBlIBT Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors. COLUMBUS, QA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1871. Vdltune XLEU.—No. 41. The Weekly Enquirer. JOHN H. MARTIN. ..Editor. " COLUMBUS: THURSDAY OCTOBER ft, 1871. ♦2.30* Aaiul Pair mt Ik* Kart AWmm AfrtmlU- ral Nerlrt|. This Fair will be held at Opelika, com mencing on Tuesday, the 7th of Noreui- ber^tnd lasting four days. An impor tant change In the regulations respecting the entry of articles has been made. As at first published, the regulations forbade the entry of the same articles in more than one department; as amended, they allow their entry in several departments. The announcement that premiums will be paid upon the gronnd as awarded, will bo highly satisfactory to exhibitors. The indications are that the annual exhibition of the East Alabama Agricultural Society will this fall be mtioh better than ever be fore ; and some provious exhibitions have been very creditable and gratifying. Kirrow sad McCalls. Tho charge against Col. Farrow was that ho swindled the 8tate by obtaining niouey to which he woe not entitled, for legal services. Tho decision acquitting him is to tho effect that he only received wbat he had a right to claim. There was a “bit of skrimmage" between him and McCalla at the close of the examination on Friday. McCalla struck at him twice with a stick. Farrow warded off the blows with his own cono, but received a bruise on the hand. Bystanders separated them without furthor damage to either. More A boat the Claatoa llewlrid*. The Knoxville Press ah Herald of Fri day publishes an additional aeouut of the killiug of Qen. Clanton and attendant cidents. They vary but little from the report heretofore given. The following is the statement of what occurred just be fore the shootiug; When Clanton and Notion were intro, duoed, on the sidewalk, on the north side of Cumberland above Gay street, Oluntou, after the interchange of of a few pleasant greetings, reran i ked that he “had now got through hia law holiness aud was ready to suo the town." Nelson said: “I con take you where thoro is something very nice if you are not afraid." Clanton said pleasantly: “Do I look ah if I was afraid T* Nolscu ropliod: “I do not kuow wheth er von aro or not." Gon. Clanton ropliod s “I am not afraid of anything or auy man.” Nelson again repeated: “I do not kuow wnethor you are or not," in a man ner which Clanton seemed to thiuk insult ing, and he retorted: “If you think I am, try me, name your frieud, time and plaoo, auy time or any place." Nelson, very excitedly, said: “This time and place is as good as any. Take your stand." Gen. Clanton’s actions in returning Nel son's tire go to show that it was the lat ter's first shot that mortally wounded him, and that the General fired his pistol whilo in tho agonios of death. Nelson did not immediately escape on bis horse, ah first reported, but ran through stores, and in their rear, with a pistgl in his hand, until he reached his father's houso. Tho latter advised him to givo himself up. He remained at his father's house about fifteen minutes,when some one brought him a horse, and be rode out on tho Kingston road. The gun with which he ahot Gon. Clan ton was Nelson's own gun, placed previ ously in tho back room of a store in tho vicinity, lie tried to borrow a pistol be fore reaching ibis store, but it was re fused him. Persons in tho store tried to take the gun away from him, but ho of fered them violouoe aud forcibly retained it. ^ Cut tun - Comparative UiwipN. We look upon tho figures giving last week's “movement” in cotton nH promtf/ the great shortness of the incoming crop and we have a conviction that the ratio of decrease thus far exhibited iu the receipts since the first of September will closely approximate the ratio for tho year endiug September 1st, 1872. The rcoeipts of the month of September are reported at 76,- 34.1 bales, against 124,049 bales in Sep tember 1870. This shows a falling off of about two-fifths. The receipts of lost week were 34,073 bales; the receipts of the corresponding week of lost year wore 51,105 bales—still very nearly two-fifths greater than last week’s receipts. Tho weather for the last two weeksTias in most sections been very fine for pick ing, aud tho roads generally have been iu good order for hauling. Prices now are a little better than they were at this timo last year—so that the stimulant of a high er price, as compared with last year, it not now lacking to hurry the crop to mar ket as fast a i ginned. In addition to this, the cotton in the fields is not now so abundant os to require the whole force for pioking uninterruptedly, and thus a better opportunity is afforded for gin ning and hauling. The light receipts, therefore, cannot be fairly attributed to anything else than a light crop; and when we consider all the conditions of the sea son, we find that the advantages in favor of the early marketing of the crop aro better this year than last. Thero are, moreover, indication of an earlier frost this year than usual. The mornings for a week past have been quite cool, and some persona report that they aaw a light frost in this locality one morn ing last week. A dispatch reporta a frost at Jackson, Miss., (on this parallel of lati tude) on Thursday morning last. It is a very common apprehension that we may look for frost just after the next rain. The crop of last year waa about 4,300,- 000 bales. Should the crop of this year fall short two-fifths (os receipts ho for in dicate) the crop of 1871 will be about 2,£80,000 bales. At a meeting of the Bar of East Ten nessee, held in the U. 8. court-room in Knoxville on Friday laat, resolutions ex pressing deep regret for the death of Gen. Clanton by violence, beering testimony to the esteem in which he was held urbane and high-toned gentleman, an able lawyer and a generous and honorable man,” and requesting Judge Trigg to ad journ the Court, and that the resolutions be spread upon its minutes, were unani- Aaolbfr I’lttur or tho Mforhltrsmi Afttatioa. llou. Alex. H. Stephens, in an editorial of the Atlanta Sun of Monday, advises the Legislature of Goorgia to pay no re gard to tho disqualifying olanse of the 14th Amendment, in electing a Squalor to Congress. He oonteuds that the Amendment being “fraudulent and void," should not, therefore, be observed, but that the selection of a Senator should be made without any reference to it. We look upon this as another motion that can lead to no practical good result, and may be productive of much harm to n good cause. A Senator elected in this ipirit, who is barred by the 14th Amend ment, will atand no chance to have his disabilities romovod,or to obtain his Heat, at any session of Congress during the pe riod for whioh ho might bo elected. The sicnate will be Radical by a large majority for at leaRt four years to come, and no lUdicul iu it will consent thus to set aside tho 14th Amendment. Georgia would not only bo partially unrepresent ed in the Senate for that period, but such i attempt to nullify the Aimiudment by parate Suite action would strengthen the Radical party at tho North, and por- hnps lead to further Congressional or Presidential usurpation derogatory to the rights of the Kioto and people of Geor gia. Wo will not impute to Mr. Stephens (as others have imputed to liiiu) a design to promote, by hia present agitation, the election of his brother Linton, who has boon named in connection with the Sena- torship. Wo prefer to accept his own de claration that he “has no favorite candi date." But it does not need the imputa tion of interested motives to convince ua that thin scheme is a mischievous imprac ticability, and that the people of Georgia will best observe the “wisdom and mode ration" thnt they have so long cherished as their State motto,by acting in harmony with the Democrats and Conservatives of tho rest of tho Union—-by recognizing tho lute Amendments as dr facto parts of tho Constitution aud in force, aud run ning against them no miulcnp tilts that can for tho present result only in harm to onrsolvos. From tho K.Y. Journal of Oummeroo, MoIim failed toa. oat loan. The great necessity of a reform in tho character of the men who manage the politics of the country and divide the of fices among themselves, becomes more aud more apparent at the meeting of ery Slate conveulion of oither party.— many years Slate nominating con ventions have been the arenas where vio- lent-iuuipercd and foul-nionlhcd men buvu gathered to drink bad whiskey, flourish lists «upl pistols at each other, aud lei off' accumulated bile. Such men are not delegates, perhaps, but they make up the lobby ; they fill the galleries; they 'iso a powerful iullucuco on the pro- ooediugs, lor they are the ward leaders who drum up tho voles, anil must bo pro pit rated aud humored. iu the body of the conventions, while nieu of high char acter are found, who, if they could have their way, would conduct everything in decency und order, there are always a large number who are common adventu rers, with reputations known to be black. All they want is plunder, and they would Hacrificu every consideration of the pub lic welfare to get it. Three conventions meeting on the same day, widely apart, exemplify iu diff erent degrees the truth of this statement. They were Republi can conventions, but hud they beeu of the opposite polities, with national patron ago to ho fiHhcd for, and other equally disturbing elements iu their councils, they would probably have been no better conducted. The Syracuse convention was the noisiest of the three—the otherH being those at Worcester aud Richmond. The trouble at Syracuse commenced oven before the convention opened.— Rowdies gathered iu the doorway, and fought for the fun f the thiug. Nearly every man of them had a pistol or knife, w hich gleamed in tho sir as he uttered bin frightful imprecations on the heads of all who dared to differ from him. But for tho active interference of the police, blood would have been shed profusely.— The doors opeu, iu rushed this gang of ruffians und took possession of the back of the stage, as if by preconcert, but wero finally expelled from that position into the galleries, where their soarred and ugly visages lowered ominously on the con vention beneath, and made every respect able delegate feel anxious for his life and pocket-book. It seems to be the opinion of unpreju diced observers that a deadly fracas was narrowly escaped soverul times on the opening day. The crowded slate of the galleries, morn than uny other fact, con tributed to the preservation of suck peace ah was kept. While these elements of disturbance were in the galleries, and hanging al»ou\ the lobby, and reeling through the streets of Syracuse, ready for a grand explosion at any moment, the del egMtes ou the floor were engAged in most disgraceful wrangles, from which good sense aud prudence seemed to be banish ed almost by common consent. We re serve for another occasion our comments on tho action of the Convention, or rath er of the two factions into which it split, our parpoM now being to speak only of the shameful exhibitions which these po litico! gatherings mukn of themselves. Th« Worcester convention was not as bad as the Syracuse one. The galleries and lobbies had thoir share of rowdies, but they behaved no worso than to hiss and otherwise interrupt aud overawe the con olave below. At times the confusion was so great that proceedings could not go on for some minutes. One cannot read the reports of the speeches and incidents without boiug impressed more deeply than ever with a conviction of the sham and humbug of professional politics. General Butler, to his credit be it spok en, kept cool, when hia antagonsts were boiling over with rage, and did, as he jo cosely said he would, “pour oil on the troubled waters." This speech after his defeat was in good taste, and rnakea a proctiuibie ow ning for his election as Governor of Massachusetts at ( some fu ture Ume if the Republican party does not split to pieces with too much success, as other parties have done in history.— Convention No. 3 was that at Richmond, about which full reports have not been re ceived. Accounts agree that it was ex ceedingly turbulent and noisy, and oame near degenerating into a free tight in the aecrct session. It finally palled tbrongh all right and did its appointed work, in- el ndiog a renomination of President Grout. When it falls to onr lot to make mention of three such disorderly Slate Conventions on out* dnv. we think the need ol u reform iu the personnel of inch bodies will not be denied. Te the IVepl* of Alabama. At a meeting of the citir*n« of Mont gomery, held iu the theatre of said city, on Thursday the 28th inst., to give ex pression to their profound Borrow for the death of .Alabama's beloved eon, Gen. • H. Clanton, and to pay a becoming tribute to his memory, the following reso lutions, among others, were adopted, at the inatanoe of Capt. Elmore J. Fitzpat rick : “Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that in the deeth of James H. Clanton, the life of an unselfish, gener ous, fearless and noble man, haa been sacrificed for the people of this State, and that by his death his widow and children have become the wards of this people. “Resolved, That in view of this obliga tion, a committeo of fifteeu, of whom Col. Judge shall he the chairman, be ap pointed, whose duty it shall be to receive Hultscriptious from the people of the whole State, to be devoted to the discharge of the trust which has beeu imposed by his death." I deem it proper to announce to tho people of the Slate, that 1 hereby accept tho position of chairman of the committee of fifteen designated in the second reso lution of Capt. Fitzpatrick, and 1 take tho responsibility of also announcing that the distinguished citizens of Alabama, who ooustitute the other members of said com mittee, will each likewise accept tho posi tion assigned him, aud cordially co-operate in tho cousummutiou of the purpose ex pressed iu the resolutions. The following are the names of the committee appointed by ex-Gov. Watts, olraivaran of the meeting : Tuos. J. Judge, Chairman. E. J. FiTXi'ATuicK, of Montgomery. E. W. Fkttus, of Selum. J. J. Jolly, of Eutaw. T. H. Herndon, of Mobile. John Hiolky, of Mobile. Wu. M. Lowe, of iliiutsville. Ali'Ui-xh Baickii, of Eufaula. Hilary A. IIeudeut, of Greenville. W. C. Oatkh, of Henry. R. F. Liuon, of Tuskegee. W. H. Barnkk, of Opelika. Taul Bradford, of Talladega. E. A. Vanhoose, of TusoaloosA. W. 11. Forney, of Calhonu. The people of Alabnuia owed to Oou. Clanton, iu his hfe-tiuie, a debt of grati tude for his well kuowu tearless, constant und unselfish devotion to their bust inter ests ; und he lost his life iu their service. And now tkut his helplosH and dependent family have beeu so suddenly deprived of him, upon whom alono they leaned for succor und support, the people of tho Slate, whom he loved sodeurlyand served well, ure asked to aid in discharging, to some extent, the obligations they owed to him while living, by extending timely aid to those who were ho nearly allied to him. Contribution* for the purpose indicutud may be made to either member of tho committee, or forwurdod to the under signed or to Capt. E. J. Fitzpatrick, at Montgomery. Tuos. J. Judge, Chairman of Committee. Montgomery, Sept. 29, 1871. An Incident of the Clanton Homi- tde. —The Kuoxviilc Chronicle, of Fri day, sn> h : While Sheri ft' Gossett was in pursuit of Col. D. M. Nelson, Gen. Clanton's mur derer, he stopped at the houso of W. B. Smith, tho well-known liveryman, fivo miles from Knoxville, and riding up to tho fence, asked if ho hAil soon Davo Nel son pans down tho roud. Mr. Smith re* •lied that ho had, about an hour beforo. •Ir. Gossett then rode on und Smith wont into the house, ami in live minutes xvus a corpso. It is supposed ho died from ex citement, having beeu in feeble health for some time. Lands or the Texas Pacific Rail- Road.—In accordance with direetione from the Heoretary at the Interior, the Commissioner of the General Lend OAoe haa ordered the withdrawal from settle ment or ante of the odd numbered aee- tioue of land for twenty miles on i aide of the designated line of the T< Pacifio Railroad in California. The i r of the road lias been filed by the oompa- ay. This road rnna from Fort Yuma, on the Rio Grande, almost doe vast, to tho town of Sen Diego. A Trip Under the Alps.—New York, Sept. 29.—A correspondent of the Lon don Times, writing from Turin, Kept. 15, describes a ride through Mout Cenis tun nel as follows : Our curriugo was last in the line, and as the engine worked backwardH we wero cIobo to it. Both onr windowH were wide open, and wo had not the least inconveni ence from the smoke or steam. Thero was no perceptible difference between tho iiraide and outside air. One of my companions slumbered through nearly the whole di.stauce. The fact that the on- jino was in our rear was certainly in our avor, but the unanimous evidence of all who had come through in the morning, went far to establish thnt they also had experienced no unpleasant sensation, aud the difference of temperature could only be detected by Valvusser'.* gloss, which marked a few degrees of additional warmth in tho tunnel. The highest de gree attained iu to-day's journey has been 18 degrees centigrade [about 04 degrees Fahrenheit, j Grafton’s glass, in the pre vious trip, rose to 21 degreos [about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.] Our puee through out the crossing seemed fairly rapid aud even ; the time employed, both in the up of hi and down , between seven ana journey ol eight English miles, was precisely thirty- eight minutes, but the average time al lowed to trains when the line shall be in full operation, is calculated at twenty winnles. The Facts Auout the Cholera in Russia.—The Loudon Times bus received a communication from u medical corres pondent, writing from Slowuau, Govern ment of Volhyma, Russia, who tbiuks that we are taking an exaggerated view of the extent of cholera in Russian prov inces. Iu the district iu which he Iras re sided for niuro than six years, the epi demic has, upon the whole, been less du ring tho preseut year than in those pre ceding it. Home of tho larger towns iu the midland, Northwestern and South western provinces have been chiefly af fected. In the Province of Volhyma, with the exception of Kiew and Odessa, there have been but few eases. The epi demic much resembles dysentery iu a great many coses, being accompanied by hemorrhage from the bowels. Owing to the flat nature of the country, its clay sub-strata, and the heavy raina during the presold year, it is feared that the po tato crop will prove a failure. The peas ants, living as they do on field produce almost exclusively, are compelled to have recourse to other and less wholesome ar ticles of food, such as radishes, fresh cu cumbers, Ac. The insufficiency and bad character of the diet induces diurrbea, and a predisposition to cholera. The correspondent blames the use of nnripe fruits, which the natives consume in large quantities, and uncontrolled abuse of sanitary laws for very much of the ex isting disease. Although he considers the English authorities cannot be too much alive to prevent the introduction of so formidable and subtle an enemy as cholera, he avers that the aooonnta which have appeared in thia country of the aw ful epidemics of that disease in Russia give, nevertheless, a very exaggerated ex pression of the facte. In bis recent speech at Nashville, Carl Bclrars thus announced his future pro gramme : “When I the other day, in a public speech in Chicago, declared that I would not support President Grant for re-elec tion on account of the flagrant violation of the Constitution he haa committed in the Hen Domingo case, a great many of my Republican brethren were shocked be yond measure, and raised the cry of high treason against tha party, while some of the feeble in mind exolaimed that ay making such a declaration was a aura sign that I moat have been disappointed in the matter of patronage. I may assure them that I spoke with oool and mature delib eration, for it will not do to trifle with HITUKMK COURT OF 0K0RU1A. Supreme Court.— Atlanta, September 30, 1871.—Argument of No. 33—Atlanta Circuit—M. O. Markham va. 0. W. Huu- niontt—was concluded. Argument was heard in the following oases from the Rome Circuit, vix: No. 1—John Puryear va. The 8tate— Misdemeanor from Walker. W. H. Dab ney for plaintiff in error: O. D. Forsyth, by J. W. U. Underwood, oontra. No. 2—Mary A. Moaely, Administra trix, vs. Win. Hogg—Complaint from Polk. Thompson A Turner, E. N. Broy les, for plaintiff in error: no appearanoe for defendant. No. 8 was next takon up by consent.— It is Carhart A Bro. vs. M. E. Paramore. Complaiut from Floyd. Wright A Alexan der for plaintiffs in error; Underwood A Rowell, Smith A Alexander, contra. No. 3 was taken up. It is John D. Smith, ot al., vs. P. L. Turuly, Adminis tratrix—Distress warrant from Flyod.— W. D. Elam, by E. N. Broyless, for plain tiff’ in error; Underwood A- Rowell, con tra. Peuding the argument of this case, Court adjourned till Iff o'clock, a. m., Tuesday next. Monday is consultation day, as usual. CorruitiKtniU'nco Baltimore lin/.ott«>. Washington, Oot. 1, 1871. The two South Carolina factions of the Radical party are again at loggerheads, aud again the fight is nominally over the olHco of United States Marshal, the ouo faction Reeking the removal of Johnson, the Marshal, who is the son of Hon. Rev- erdy Johnson, and tho other trying to se cure his coutinuuuco in office. Already tho a rant couriers are here awaiting tho coming of Grunt, aud to be first with their showing. Senator Sawyer, ex-Congressman Bow- cu aud others, representing the inoro conservative classes of the Republicans, lire the backers of Johnson, whilst Gov. Scott, eX-Congressurau Huge, and others, representing the carpet-bag class, are for Johusou’s removal, iioge being named as his successor. This iH really u struggle thnt lias beeu for some time going on be tween two factious of Radicals iu South Carolina for tho control of Federal pat ronage, and through its instrumentality, the control of political interests iu that State. The carpet-baggers allege that Marshal Johnson is at heart a Democrat, und will endeavor to make that apparent to General Grunt, and there is a strong probability that Johnson’s official head will go off'. A well-advised Ohio politician bore to day represents that a large portion of the Democrats of that Htato, prominent among them lion. Low Campbell, Representa tive of tho Third District, aro not only in favor of the so cutied “new departure,’’ but likewise iu favor of the most advuuc- ed progress in political affairs. They are for throwing aside all poliliciaus who car ry with their iiuin'»s, wliothor rightfully or wrongfully, political odium, or uny ele ment that might bo detrimental to the party iu opposition to tho ouo now* in power. Food Medicine.—Dr. Hall relates the case of u man who wus cured of billious- noss by going without his supper and drinking freely ol' lemouado. Every lnoruiug, says the doctor, this patient rose with a wonderful sen::3 of rest and refreshment, and a feeling as though tho blood hud been literally w itshed, cleaned ntul cooled by the lemonude aud the fast. His theory is that food will ho used as a remedy for many diseases successfully.— As an example, he cures eases of spittiug blood by tho use of suit; epilepsy and yel low fever by watermelons; kidney affec tions by celery ; poison, olive of sweet oil; erysipelas, pounded cranberries applied to tho parts affected; hydrophobia, on ions, Ao. So the way to keep iu good heulth is really to kuow what to eat, not what inediciue to take. Dr. William Wells Brown (colored) tells a story of tho Ku Klux iu Kentucky, from which wo would judge that the klan iu that State is not composed exclusively of the cultured aud enlightened citizens. It appears from (lie narrative that Brown was captured by a party of them, and was his way to a convenient hanging tree, when he opportunely came across a man in delirium tremens, of course a dear friend of the Ku Kluxers. They directed that be save the life of this man, aud he iroceeded to do so, injecting morphine >y tho hypodermic process, und doing other things so wonderful and relieving the man of his puius so rapidly that the Ku Kluxers thought he was an emissary of the devil, naturally concluding that a black man who put his talents to such a use as curing iuvulid Ku Kluxers oould not be an angel, and they consequently delayed hanging him. Thus ho had time to escape, aud, taking a railroad train near at hand, at once went to Cincinnati, where black men ure safe and Ku Kluxers are unknown. It was quite a miraculous es cape ; but everybody is not required to place implicit confidence in the truth of the story. —New York Herald. CATThK BAI81.NO IN TUX AN. “Talljrlag”—Drivlag—Deafen, etc. The Harper Tragedy—Latest News Ceaeera< Inf It. Corrvnponileiire Courier-Journal.] Midway, Sept 29, 1071. Thore is still great excitement here over the Harper tragedy. Men ere grouped upon the eornera and are dies— sing the all-abeorbing topic. He most skilled fleteotivee of the East have been The Russian Army.—The army of the Czar, like many others of the great armies of Europe, has been undergoing a thor ough overhauling. The late war between Germany and Franco excited the fears of the governments of the diff erent nations of Europe, and caused them to inquire into the state of their refractive military establishments. Tho succors of Germa ny bus been a surprise all arouud. Tho sudden growth of Prussia from a second rate irasitiou to a commanding eminence, and this altogether owing to her tremend ous military strength, may be set down as the reason for the present Anxiety military affairs. The Russian govern ment, it is announced from Ht. Peters burg, is about calling in all furloughed officers and mon of its vast army for the purpose of puttiug to the test the efficacy of its mobilization. This movouiout shows that the Czar is taking time by the forelock, ia order to guard against a sur- ise similar to that which cost Napoleon »throne.—New York Herald. A Singular Suit.—Hartford, Conn., Sejtt. 2«.—The United States Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut Is now iu session in this oity, Jndges Ship- man and Woodruff on the bcuob. To day the jury in the case of Mrs. Gay vs. the Union Mutual Life Insurance Compa ny, of Maine, to recover $5000, the amount of a policy on the life of her hus band, returned a verdict for the fall amount, with interest amounting to $757.40. Sheridan Gsy, the husband of the plaintiff, shot himself on the cars be tween this city and Providenoe in 1869. The defenee was that he d- i berated sui cide in consenuence of extensive defalca tions in New York, and that as the polioy exempted suicide the widow coala not re cover anything. The plaintiff pnt in the plea of insanity, ana introduced many witnesses,showing bis previous condition. The arguments mode were among the ablest ever heard at the bar in this oity. The San Francisco Bulletin reports tlmt Utah, besides affording large quantities of silver-bearing ores of many varieties, is also turning ont much copper ore of a high grade and excellent quality. Large shipments of this ore from the Tin tic dis tricts have assayed forty per cent of metal; and as tha deposits are extensive, they will be likely to anpply a Urge traffic. General Butler onoe said to a friend of hia: “You have often heard people call me a rascal, but you never beard anybody call me a fool." That waa before he ever ran for office against one Stephenyille, Erath Co., Texas, > Sept. 18, 1871. i Editor Columbus Enquirer:—We left our herd grazing while the stock mau was having his bill of sale and “tally" record ed. But before this ia done he must “tally" them. This is usually done on the prairie by cutting off a small lot of from one to a half dozen, and getting their mark, brand aud ago, and by re peating the operation until the whole herd is “tallied." And just here is prac ticed the frand that is complained of by every person dealing in cattle—oither tho mark ot the brand is not correctly given mm no* miming. “ ,7 " “ , . \ unous opinions are expressed about —by mskiug tho figure eight lying lion- ... - zonlally, thus oc (if yon can so plau it in type), the right and left ear of the ani mal is designated, then such marks as are on it are made—a split in the right and crop off the left, or any mark the animal may have—then follows tho brand, whioh in this country is a conglomuted mass of hierogliphios, figures or lotters—and sometimes all thiee; somotimes a Span ish gourd; sometimes a hat, pot-hooks, in faot nearly evory thing that tho inge nuity of man can conceive of. To rnuke a record of these tallies, the clerk is puid at the rate of twenty cents a hundred words, every figure, mark or character representing a word being counted as a word; and when the herd ia large the recording alono is no moan item. If the herd is drivon from tho conuty whero gathered (if organized, aud if unorganized thou tho nearest organized county) with out first recording the tally, the person so driving forfeits twenty-fivo dollars for each aud every head, and as thero are in spectors who watch closoly for all herds und would bo only too glad to find au un tallied one, the cowmen aro cautious about the matter. After ho has his certified tally in his pocket, he prepares for his journey—lay ing in flour, clothiug, aud all the little comforts and conveniences that aro need ed ou a long journey; and if the herd is to be driven west to New Mexico, Colora do or California, where one-third of tho cattle here are driven, tho actual necessa ries of life are taken, as our cowman is too shrewd to rely upon gamo. All then prepared, he “rouuds up" his herd and starts on his trip. We will first follow tho herd east. If going to Kaunas, he starts for the nearest crossing of the Bra zos in that direction, and whother full or low, npon his arrival, drives his herd in. If they swim it, &r in most every instance they do, well and good; if not, they mnst drown. So it is with every atreatu on the route—which lies directly through the “Nation" (tho Indinn Territory), night they “round up" tho herd on the open prairie, and all night sonio two or three of the hands are riding round and round it to konp them from straggling feeding, and to guard as much as human prudence and foresight can against a stampede. Thus ou and on for months they arc driven. Upon arriving within a convenient dis tance of Abilene, where seems to be the most favored place in that Htato (Kansas), the herd is halted to recruit and improve on the rich grass there, while tho cow mau goes in to see what is beat to be done. If the prices suit, he sells at onoe; if not, and there is no prospect of doiug better there, ho “ships" to some other point on the rood, or sells oat at a ruinous cost, aud returns home to make up Another herd and try his fortune again. But it is seldom he loses money ; this year ho has lost heavily, as the price Qf cattle herein as much or more in gold than in the market in currency. It takes about six months to drive a herd East and return. But the herd going West has the most to encounter—the distance is greater, water scarcer, and tho danger from the numer ous bands cf roving Indians imminent. Besides, tho fatigue and incessant labor and watching in driving tho herd-all these must be met. At ono place alone thero is a stretch of niuety miles without water. Before loaving the water the herd is allowed to rest and recruit for the long forced march. After noon they are started and driven constantly, only allowing a short time for rest, day and night, nntil the space is passed over. Numbers are lost here. They usually arrive within a fow miles of the Feoos river during tho night, aud there halt the herd, as it is of the utmost importance that they should reach it in daylight, for just alongside tho river lies a lake which is the great terror of the cow man. They call it alkali, and pronounce it very clear indeed ; and as it would be the first water that the cattle would strike after their long march, it would bo a matter of impossibility to keep them out of it, and to drink of it is cer tain deAth. One man alone, from this county, lost fourteen hundred head at one time by their drinking it. There are num bers of instances given, and the men pointed out, where sudden death to their stock ensued from the effects of the water. When I first beard it I was incline J to the opinion that the destruction was caused by the cattle being so thirsty and over heated ; but as the proof is so strong from trustworthy, reliable men, I most look upon it as they do—that it ia the water, which they aey no living thing can drink with impunity; they seem to regard it as almost the double-distilled essence of the strongest lime water, or the first running of hell broth. To guard against this, the cattle are made to deviate from a direct route, so that the scent of the water will oome to them from the river, and as soon as they once samll it, there's no doing anything with them—they go headlong and pitch off the high banka into thirty feet water—crowded and jammed, swim ming and floundering, all aro in pell-mell together. The Indians, too, are* to bo guarded against all the time. But when they do get through with a herd, it ia said to pay weU. How long it takes to make thia trip I have not asked. More anon. Yoon, John M. Pniurn. here for the past week, and different par ties of men have beeu organized and em ployed to assist them. The whole coun try is aroused, but thus far it looks, to the disinterested outsider, that the guilty parties are still at large. Yesterday the man Kirk, who was arrested on suspicion, had a preliminary examination Before Justice Moore in this place. The princi pal witness, an old woman, gave a ram bling story of being employed to wash sumo blood-stained garments for Kirk the trial. One of the lawyers employed informed me thnt he foitud the witness very reticent when subjected to a severe cross-examination, yet sufficient testimo ny was elicited to warrant the justice in committing the prisoner, and at the close of the trial Kirk was forwarded to the jail at Versailles. The detectives, who ere ictively employed, are very properly ex tremely reserved regarding any facts that may have been brought to light. It will no douot take some time to bring jnstioe to bear on whoever has perpetrated this atroeious crime, but in the end it is bound to reach the guilty, for throughout the whole region every law-abiding citizen is self-constituted detective. Society has been shocked and demands that every ef fort known to this enlightened age must be used to reach the one who is guilty of this great crime. Grayson. Bnbe Gilliner, a rod of Dr. F. M. Oil er, and Willie Turly, both hoys of the ugo of about fourteen years, bad a fight at ttie depot of the M. A M. R. R. last eve ning about 6:30, iu which Turly was shot in the left side with a small pistol, and soverely, if not duugerously wounded.— Gillmer was out onee or twice on bis left shoulder, near the throat, and, as we learn, very dangerously hurt. Such affrays are always liable to occur, so long as boys are permitted to carry weapons. Wo, there fore, hope thut this unfortunate occur rence will be instrumental in toaohiug parents to cxerciso a more rigid coutrol iu such mutters over their infant children. Monttjumsry Advertiser. lini. Ilullcr’n liefest. Considering the powerful combination of the orthodox republicans, senators, governors, railway kings, “blunted bond holders" and nawspsper editors against which General Butler had to fight for the mastery iu the late Worcester Conven tion of ele von hundred and odd derogates, his vote for (*overnor—four hundred and sixty-four against six hundred and forty- three for Washburn—ia reully remarkable. And yet, in the hour of his defeat, he reminds us of that famous King of France, who, With forty thousand nw-ii, MhitIhmI up tin* hill mid then lourchm! down again. And he reminds us of that ship load of gunpowder, the explosion of whioh it was supposed would shake down the walls of Fort Fisher, hut which served only to blow up the ship. Aud, yet again, as the General was “bottled up" at Bermuda Hundreds, so, with all his flourishing of drums and trnmpets and jnarohing and countermarching to deceive the enemy, they bottled him np at Woroester. And, yet again, his proposed short ent to the Governor's chnir in Boston inav be liken ed to the short ont. of thrt Dutch Gap Canal which remained unfinished when the war was over. But worst of all is the trick played by tbc General upon Wendell Phillips and the women’s rights women and the labor reformers par exceUcnec, in leading them, first, to believe that he wonld be their champion and their standard bearer any how, and then, in quietly informing them ut the close of his Woroester engagement that he would continue to fight his fight within the republican Hues. What, now, becomes of those glowing eulogiuma of Ph ilips, in which Gen. Butler was held up to the labor reformers and women’s rights women as the man of all men for the crisis to do away with tho remains of the repnblioan party, which was dead but still resisted a lmrial and insisted upon decomposing in the sun. At any rate, Gen. Butler has shown the old Bourbons of Massachusetts what a vigorous, dash ing, popular, bold and fearless man, tin gle handed, can do in a single campaign against all the powers of n powerful party ring, and in another oampaign, from the foothold he has gained among the young men of liis State, ho will carry everything before him. It means, too, that we shall probably hear of Gen. Butler for the Vioe President Convention of 18 te Repn 72.—N. Y. Herald, »0' Householder, formerly of the Pennsylva nia senate and laterly of the Kansas City Bulletin, passed through onr oity yester day en route for the East, from the new and remarkable filter mines near George town, Colorado. He epeake glowingly and flatteringly of that far distant coun try among the Rocky Mountains. The Marshal silver mines, one and a half milea from Georgetown, are attracting much at tention. The tunnel now being dug through the mountain and silver lodes will be 3,912 feet long and 1,056 feet be low the centre of the mountain. It pae scs through about 50 silver lodes, tnre< of whioh are being successfully worked and well tested. The Square and Com pass lode yieldu $1,100 per ton of silver; the O. K. lode $1,600 per ton, end No. ft, 16 feet in circumference, $260 per ton. Immediately east of Georgetown are being developed the O’Brien raver mines, said to be exceedingly rich. Two rich lodee have boon already discovered there, aud a tunnel ie being built and untold wealth will soon be found there, it ie an ticipated. The country is full of minere, aud ail who do not fear to labor are doing well. Georgetown ie growing rapidly aud is pleasantly located between monntalna rich in silver ore. Twelve miles from Georgetown looms up Grey's peak, fourteen thousand three hundred feet above tide water, and one of the highest mountain peaks in the world, aoceeeiblo to the very summit to horsemen as well as footmen. The scen ery from here is eaid to exoeed the wild est of Alpine eeenery. Close to the base of Grey’s peak ie a mountain-locked val- of the all-pervading Weehburnee.—ixwle- be aspirated of damage to thi viUt Courier. Jcrop.— louietiUe Comer, 80M, The Ulnt Art ®f Akermaa. According to dispatchos from Washing ton, the Attorney General of the United States has added another laurel leaf to the ample crown of the same material which already adorns hia brows. Throwing his •uper-loyal nose into the air, Akerman •naffad an ex-Oonfederate soldier in the Department of the Interior, and so ar ranged matters as to have the case brought up in Cabinet Counoil, and sub milted to him for adjudication. Then Akerman had the anlueky rebel just where he wanted him, and after e very brief in vestigation of authorities, be reached the conclusion that the Fourteenth Amend ment was designed especially to cover such emergencies os this, and that if tho aforesaid rebel was retained in the em ployment of the Government, it would seriously damage the Gonstitnti and perhaps jeopardize the safety of onr glo rious Union. The Cabinet agreed with the law officer of the C.own, the necessary orders were issued, and the rebellious clerk wee summarily dismissed—going sway towards the Sunny South with his official heed under hie arm, as a warning that at the Federal boavding-bouee no reconstructed servants need apply. Thia decision ia intended, we presume, to meet the demands of the Grand Army of the Republic, whoso organ, a short time ainoe, denounced Mr. Cresweil for giving a situation ie the Postal Depart ment to a repeutant participator in the late unpleaaantneee. If an ex-Cohfederate soldier cannot serve in one drawer of tne governmental bureau, he is, of course, equally ineligible for every other; eo Mr. Oresweli had beat take the hint and sweep his quarters clean with a loyal broom. The legal acumen of our illustrious Attorney Geuoral is brilliantly displayed in the present instance. The uiau dis missed was a private nnder Gen. Long- street, and therefore incapacitated for office; yet Longstreet himself is drawing his bread and butter from the public erib, with none to molest or make him afraid. Attorney Gen'l Akerman, too, the dispen- sor of law aud the terror of Ku Klux, was a member of the Georgia Home Guard, and au officer on the staff of Gen. Tobinbs. He thinks the 14th amendment club can not hit him, because as home guard or staff officer he never did any fighting, and turned a doable somersault into the Radical party as soon as he aaw that secession was going to the walk Since Solomon reigned iu Jerusalem, and by an ingenious device deoided who was the rightful mother of the disputed child, when was there ever such ju< and noble about famous judges whose names adorn Amer ican annals, but what are any or all of them oompared with Akerman ? A farth ing oandle to the blase of the mid-day sun ? Let ua. then, salute the attorney- leral with loud aoclaim, and rejoice t we are permitted to live in an era illumined by such glory as his. firsnt Ricks ap the New Orleaas Oetrane. The unprecedented crime committed in New Orleans on the 9th of August last, when a body of United States soldiers and two hundred deputy marshals, armed to the teeth, were employed to overawe a Ropubliean State Convention, and to ex- olude from it all delegates who wonld not commit themselves to Grant’s renomina tion, has not been forgotten even amid the absorbing events whioh have ainoe occurred. In this prooeeding James F. Casey, the President® brother-in-law, and Collector of the port of New Orleans, waa the most R rominent actor. A numerous delegation rom the leading Republicans of Louisiana recently waited upon President Grant, at Long Branch, to ask that he would dis miss Casey from office for his share in this high-handed outrage. Tho President re plied that ho would take the subject into oarefnl consideration, and in due time S ’ »m answer. That answer haa now ven. It oonsiata not in the dis- rf Oasey—he ia retained in office notwithstanding hie employing troopo to overawe a Republican Convention and keep out the delegatee opposed to Grant— iui moinor oi ine aispiuea enua, was there ever such judicial wisdom toble impartiality as this ? Men talk t Marshall, Story, and the rest of the it is not Casey who ia dismissed, but thir- E two subordinate offloen of the Custom use, who have expressed their disap proval of hia military mode of running State conventions for the exclusive bene fit of his brother-in-law. When tha Loieiana delegation waa at Long Branch, General Grant denied that he had authorized or directed the use of armed men to keep out of a * State Con vention Repnblioana duly eleoted who were opposed to bis renomination. In the same way he denied that he took any part in the celebrated Flak and Gould gold conspiracy, except to brook it. But as it ia proved that Mn twenty-five thousand dollars profit from the conspiracy, so in this case tho refusal to dismiss (Jaaey and the sweeping dis missal of his opponents form a glaring commentary on Grant's denial. How oan he be believed when hia acts thus contradict bis words. ^-*-ffew York Sun. Tax Cause op tee Mischief.—The New York Commercial Advertiser, a lead ing Radical Journal, refers the defalcation of Paymaster Hodge to the bad habits of the Secretary of the Treasury, and to hia neglect of the duties of hia offioe. Wo qnote: “As the facta relative to the defalcation of paymaster Hodge appear, the oarel ness of the chiefs of his department ia made manifest. The voucher to whioh suspicion was directed wae drawn in 1865, and twice ainoe then, viz.: in 1867 and in 1871, Hodge has been newly commission ed and baa filed new bonds. On each of these occasions it waa requisite that bis accounts should be thoroughly examined and closed up. Had this been done be fore the new responsibility to the govern ment wae esaumed the existing irregular ity would have been discovered end the soundness of Gen. Brioe’s ainguler and long continued confidence in Hodge would have been brought to practical teat. It remains for the Pay Department to ex plain their obvious neglect of duty. Or dinary prudence requires an examination •eoottnU at frequent intervals. In ley, abounding in rieh grasses but too *i an elevation for timber to grow, dot- with fine eool springe and a creek SS abounding in tront. Bom. mtannMng Colorado people have aaomed that traot or ranch, end are negotiating with mat' «ra eapitaliata to ereot a mammoth hotel there to outstrip ie its attraettone and aorruandinga lioant Waahington or tha White Honntaina—the great rendeavone for tonriata in all the West.—St. Loui. HepubhituH, hittk. rirete diwateh waa remir- - jr, from Uawe.vilU.Ky., Faoar.—K •dia tha whieb aajra that the Croat ia that raeum haa bean aerara; that tha tobaooo ia kill- ad in tha vailaya and bottom landa. Froa* haa rkitad thia region for two or three nights poet, ***** additional BenniTioK Case.— For two day. De- Kalb Superior Court has been engaged in the trial of Kev. M. D. Wood on the charge of seduction. Eminent aotnael arraigned on eneh aide. The jury, after en abaenoe of one hoar, retamed a ear- diet of guilty. Notice wee glean of a mo tion tor naw trial and for an armat of judgment. Tan CanroMH m Ono.— WaMngtm, Stpt. 80.—Henator Sherman telegraph, that all the Ohio Uadical Totem and maaaa am aeedad in that Stale to rote the Be- pablican tioket in order to mre the Leg- Mature from the Doaaoemey. dll the derka am being mpidly arnamed for mon ey, end am given to retain • red ticket to. ihow that they am among the fallhft* regulation, of the office and tha rulm of military ({uwn Ytrtoria’fi U»siliu f Ti»l*gnut» 1» tin* Now York Herald.) London, Kept. 29, 1871 —Tha usual daily refcrenneR to tho condition Of the health of Her Majesty Qaaen Victoria does not nppuar in tho ohroniole of court newa thin morning. There in no butlotin from the physician iu attendanoo ou the Sovereign. Hia Royal Highneos the Prince of Waloe and tho Right Honorable the Premier Glfidatone have gone from tho city to Bal moral. The people are considerably agitated by ' the knowledge of these events. \ Thu clubs und monetary and commer cial centres aro excited. Tho opinion most generally expressed ia to the effort; that tho Qnee&’H illness has become alarming, and that the heir- apparent to the throne and the Prime Miniflter of the Kingdom have been sum moned to her bodfrido through conntitn- tional necessity, an well as by feelinga of filial reverence and loyalty and ministerial duty. Against thin In placed the popular hope that tho distinguished personages above named have been called to Balmoral in ordor that thoy may bo assured of the re alization of a hopeful convalescence in tho Queen’s health. The more nervous of Her Majesty’s subjects recall tho circumstances whioh attended tho douth of the late King Wil liam IV., immediately provious to her ac cession to the throne. Tho King was ta ken ill in tho ballroom at the palace, and the Prinrefts Victoria summoned to Court at midnight. King William died rather suddenly, of OKsiliention of the valves of the heart, and it is feared that the Queen’s life may also end at an unexpected mo ment. Tho stato of affairs prevailing at Court has intensified the political crisis. With th6 exception of tho Trinco of Wales none of tho remaining children of the Queen bnvo been specially culled to Balmoral, so that the next medical bulle tin may contain n reassuring statement from her physician. London.—Tho population of London, according to tho last census, is 3,883,092. ' This vaflt multitude is more than tho combined population of New York, Phil adelphia, Brooklyn, 3t. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Boston, New Or leans, Sau Francisco, Buffalo and Alle ghany City, Pennsylvania. Tn order to shelter this multitude 777,000 dwellings are required, and the people consume sn- uallv about 4,480,000 barrels flour, 420,- 000 bullocks, 2,975,000 sheep, 49,000 calves, 61,250 hogs. One market alone (Leadenhall) supplies 7,043,750 hoad of game. This, together with 5,250,000 sal mon, irrespective of other fish and flesh, Is washed down by 75,600,000 gallons of ale and porter, 3,500,0(K) gallons of spir its, and 113,750 pipes of wine. To fill its milk and oreaiu jugs 22,750 cows are kept. To light its stroetM at night 630,000 gas lights are required, consuming every twenty-four hours 22,970,000 cubic feet of gas. Its water system supplies the enormous quantity of 77,670,824 gallons per day, while its sewer system carries off 10,629,760 eubic feet of refuse. To warm ito people and to supply its factories a fleet oontuining upwards of 1800 sail is employed in bringing (irro.pectivfl of railroad.) annually /i,250,000 tona of oool. Tha amoko of tbia immenae quantity of ooal is aometimea ao denae aa to be plain ly aean thirty-air milea from the city. To elothe this multitude we find there ara 4.IG0 tail ora, 50,400 boot and shoemakers, nearly 70,000 millinora and dreaemakera, and 297,500 domestic servants. The atreata of thia metropolis are aboot 2000 to number, and if put together would ex tend about four thousand miles. The "principal ones aro traversed by about 1000 omnibuses and 4000 cabs, (besides private carriages and earta,) employing nearly 00,000 horses.—Chat. Courier. The Novxr. Bbadiko Disease.—Tho London Examiner, in an article on “The Koval Beading Disease," talks thus of tha young lady of tha period who haa daval- opad the laat stages of the complaint: In this stage the unhappy patient oan no more go without her novel than can a confirmed dipsomaniac without bis dram. Tha smaller circulating libraries, which lend ont very seaond hand novels indeed at a penny a volume, are pnt under con tribution, and any amount of garbage ia swallowed wholesale. It ia no unoom- *uon thing for a young lady in whom tha oomplaint haa assumed a chronic form to havo read the whole of Bcott, the whole of Thackery, the whole of Diekens, the whole of Trollope, the wholo of Annia Thomas, the whole of Mrs. Bose Ohuroh, the whole of Miss Brsddon, the whole of Lawrenoo, and, in the bargain, the whole of fonr or five hundred novela by leas lamons hands. When the diseese ia thus oonfirmod tha dropsioal habit of mind beoomes apparent. The oou vena tion of the patient becomes flabby and limp. Her interests in all ordinary anb- jecta—except, perhaps, the lateet fash ions or the more scandalous portions of evidence in the Tiohborne case or the marriage of the Princess Beatrioe—flick er. feebly in the socket and finally dies oot. The last stage—that of absolute im becility—is now, nnless very powerful remedies are exhibited, a mere matter of time. Hcktino Down a Uiluonaisx.—The following story is told by the Ban Fran cisco Cbroniclo of Mciggs, the great rail way prinoe of Peru, who ran away in debt from Ban Francisco some years ago: Mrs. Joaslyn is a washerwoman, and works hard for hor living. In the palmy days of Harry Mciggs, she deposited with him no less au amount than f2,500, and whan Meiggs and her money ware gone. the time in which a woman could ley np ao large a sum from the profits of har baainaaa was gone also. But she washed on, and kspt har bead above water. Borne two or three mouths ago aba read to tha Overland Monthly, or some other pnblL ir old 9T b banker had made in South America by building railroads, and with a beautiful faith to Iranian nature, whioh cannot be dtaeiattne required- too highly commended, she embarked on It waa omitted beoauaSof faveriam, tha Panama steamer, and waodsd her way and from the vicious system which boa to the sultry Booth, where Mciggc now prevailed in tha Pay Department, whose holds away. She sought the mUlioaaire chief Is, by hie habit, incapacitated for doing bncinam, and who lends aa easy faith to others while bs neglects the affairs of hia own office.'' PnKLntiXABT Examination or Footes Blodobtt.—Thia morning the ooanacl en gaged in the Blodgett eeae met at the City HsU. Justice w. M. Butt wae pres ent, bat owing to the fact that the May. or'a Court, the Dietriot Court, end the Ordinary's Court were in Mahon, Justice Butt, the parties, and their oouaaet wended their wey back to Jurtica Butt’s oourt room. OoL H. P. Farrow announced to tha art that upon consultation with tha oouneet for the defense, it had been agreed to oontinue the case until Saturday. Major Hargrove stated that tbs proas- ration would have nothing to do with tha Attorney General, and they ref Bled to recognise Farrow aa counsel ia thia i Counsel on both aides had agreed to ttoua tha ease unttt BUwday If it mat tha approbation of tha Court. Outsort Vanow raid ht had nothing to cay than ho had said an a prevb tcartonT^tt mm ant jpg ’ grove or any one rtac to quch fag the Attorney Pen tort- l eommieeira ex nrooth of office celt him to go he weald Minhargi Mn dtog igalml all off sndcae, “ ' —— to the goi decor! bed irgeons residence eo I to the “Overlend,” end i . assafc ed her hank .book, and told her tala. Mrtgga listened, end when she had ed, ae handed her a cbeok for the I ■ had finish. tfca amount of’th© deposit, with intinfl from Ra data to the time of payment. She departed a wealthier and a happier woman, and to- turned to Ban Fraartseo, where aha ar rived by tha last ■ bouMAim.-How beautiful tha fol lowing gam from the pen of ,tha lets Geo. D. Prenttoe, end how happy the heart that can era these beauties aa ha portals than: “Why ia it that tha rainbow and tho olood oome over ua with a beauty thnt in not of earth, and than pass away, aud leave us to mow On their faded lovelfaeae? Why la it that "tho stare which hold their •Igliliy f, . festival around no are placed above reeob of onr UmA. tad faaultias, forever mocking ua wiffT - -• glory 7 And why of human baunty and then tahen

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, October 10, 1871, Image 1