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A STRICT OOHSTHUOTIOM OW THR.COItlTITCTIO.V—AW HOWRST AMO BCOtftlMICAb ADMINISTRATION Off THN GOVERNMENT.
Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors.
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1871.
Volume xm-to ik
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. SaKTIN ..... .7.........Editor.
COLUMBUS:
THURSDAY OCTOBER 2« t 1871.
Hi* Ttaantff m4 Atlantic UumI*
The project of cooneetiog the water*
of the Tonnoazeo river with the Atlantic
ocean, by means of a canal from Guntera-
ville on the Tennessee to Gadsden on the
Coosa, and another from a point on the
Etowah a short distance above Rome to
.be Ocmnlgee about Maoon, Is just now
attracting considerable attention in some
parts of Georgia. Major Trabel is enlist
ing the interest of the people in the enter
prise by addresses at various places in
the upper part of the State. Congress,
at its last session, made an appropriation
for a survey pt the ronte, which United
Htates engineers are now making. The
distance to be oanalled is said to be about
160 miles, besides whioh there would have
to be some money expended in improving
the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa,
Etowah and Ocmnlgee rivers.
We are apprehensive that this is an nn*
dortaking that will require more money
than Congress in its present temper will
bo willing to appropriate for improve-
monte at the South, and that the South
ern peoplo themselves are unable to ac
complish it. But of its great importance
and the vast 'benefits to oommeroe that
would be secured by U, there can be no
doubt.
The canal would no doubt cross the
Chattahoochee river in the neighborhood
of Atlanta. If the improvement of the
Coosa river is practicable, so as to admit
of steamboat navigation from Gadsden to
Wetuiupka, is not tbo improvement of the
Chattahoochee so ss to afford navigation
above Colnmbus also practicable? And
who can estimate the immense advantages
and bonetits to us of an unbroken inland
water communication between this part
of tbo country and the great cities on *he
Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers?—
The early promise of it is not a very as
suring one, but the scheme is one of al
most incalculable importance.
The llritah Medical Journal of the 7th
instant says; “Her Majesty has been
suffering quite recently from a sharp
rheumatic attack in tha foot and hand,
and the brief notices of indisposition in
the Court Journal have caused some anx
ious misgivings; but we are happy to
state upon tho best authority that the
Queen is doing very well, and that there
ih no cause for anxiety,*'
On tho other hand, the London corres
pondent of the New York World writes
under the same date: “It is well under
stood that tho bulletins concerning her
health, vague and unastisfaotory as they
are, carefully conceal the truth, and that
her condition continually becomes more
and moro alarming. Her death at almost
any moment would not at all surprise
those who know best what her real condi
tion is.”
Col. Tho*. A. Scott, ef Pa. i lore Aboit the WUrosals lire*.
Wo have before ns the number of the ' Milw ai ree, Octobor lit.— 1 The Dover
Pittsburgh Pont in which it nominated Couuty Advocate contains a full aooount
«■ ■-2-“ *• *»• *-*•*-—' property by u “
tioued by telegraph. The Pont extols , Up to Sunday night, the 8lh Inst., the
Col. Scott’s superior executive ability, aa fires had been raging through the towns
shown by bis brilliant rail ro.d in ana in-1 of Mrnmels, Uuion, Gardner, Forestville,
r t and liia official career as A-Utimt | ^SSS^SSSt.no- 6 'Zi ?£
Bee rotary of War under Lincoln; but it , ber, but leaving houses uninjured. At 0
seems to urge bis nomtnstion on tbo o’clock Sondsy night the dory tornado
score of acaiUilulitj/, claiming that ha
can certainly carry the great States of
Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio against
Grant It says that he can overcome a
Radical majority of twenty thousand iu
Pennsylvania “beyoud the remotest
shadow of s doubt.”
We must say that we are skeptical as to
auy man's carrying a Presidential elec
tion by force of his local personal popu
larity. But if Col. Boott can certainly
carry Pennsylvania, though strongly
Radical, and if his political views and as
sociations are such as to promise a re
form in the Government such as is most
ueeded, his personal popularity onght to
have great weight in the consideration of
his fitness aa the Democratic candidate.
Lot us find and nominate a man who can
win, if possible.
Col. Thwcatt.
Wo copy from the Augusta Constitu
tionalist a communication recommending
the election of this gentleman to the po
sition which he so long and so acceptably
filled before *‘reconst ruction"—that of
Comptroller General. It is hardly neces
sary for us to say that all that this corres
pondent writes of Col. ThweaU's eminent
fitness for the station, end of his services
iu tho past, is strictly true. The people
of Georgia are cognizant of the facts, and
will endorse the whole of it. The rev
enues nud finances of the ttlate are now
in a complicated and disorganized condi
tion, and we know of no man in Georgia
bo well fitted to bring order out of chaos,
and to engineer tho reform that is ex
pected at the hands of a Democratic
legislature, as Col. Thwestt in the posi
tion of Comptroller General.
Tne Rome Courier of the 21st inst.
says that there is likely to be some diffi
culty in soonriug the right of way for
the North and Houth Railroad over lands
in Home parts of Floyd eounty, but that
the delay thus caused will not be long,
and that as soon as the right of way ia se
cured the work will commence.
A call is made for a meeting of tbo i
viving members of Evans' Brigade (for
merly Gordon's and Lawton's Brigade) at
Maoon, on Wednesday night next. The
object of the meeting in to form a be-
lovolont in institution, and to take steps
; preservo the records and incidents of
ae late war. The following Georgin
Regiments constituted the Brigade: 13th,
26tL, .‘list, 38th, <iOib, (list, and the 12th
Georgia Battalion.
The Washington correspondence of the
Charleston Courier says it ia supposed
that Grant's martial law, initiated iu
South Carolina, “will soon be extended
to a portion of the State of Mississippi,
and, thence, to every refractory State.—
Texas will certainly, as is supposed, be
’ taken in band, for she has rsvolted from
Grant, and elected a fall Congressional
representation of Democrats.'' The wri
ter expresses the confident opinion that
tbo Supremo Court of the United States,
on a case made up, would declare the
Kn-Klux or Enforcement act unconstitu
tional. But how can a ease be “made
up?". Can an appeal be taken from a
oonrt-msrtial to the Supreme Court?—
Can martial law be superseded by process
from a civil court ? And even if (be Su
preme Court should feel constrained (bp
the precedent of the Milligan case; to de
clare the act unconstitutional, when
would it do it ? After the next Presiden
tial election ? The letter concludes:
“This subjoct will be taken in the Uni
ted States Senate by snob men as Behan
and Cafuiurly and Trumbull and Thnrman.
It is hoped that Georgia will send some
prominent citizen who can be received,
and yet be able to co-operate with the
eminent men of both parties above
“The Radicals lie in wait for the chance
to refuse s seat to any Senator elect from
theSonth. Some words from ex-Vice-
Preeident Stephens on the subject of the
next ttenstorsuip from Georgia, have ex
cited the Radicals to an opposition to any
Senator elect fro:** Georgia. Thus it is
that politic*' cowplications are prodnoed
or multiplied."
Thero are reports from portions of up
per Georgia that tho farmers are prepar
ing to plant Urge wheat fieldh this fall.
The legality of the sale of the Camden
and Amboy (New Jersey; Railroad to the
Pennsylvania Central, has been judicially
affirmed.
The folowing oro tho premiums sward
ed at tbo Atlauta Fair, in the department
of “Manufactured Articles.” The
ceen of Columbns fabrics in this depart
ment is grstifying:
Best bale of shirting* bronze medal
Mmcogee Manufacturing Company, Co
lumbus.
Rest bale of sheeting, brense medsl ;
Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Co-
Iambus.
Boat ooil of plow lino*, Southern made,
brotxe medal; Muscogee Manufacturing
Company, Colombo*.
bast Me of cotton yarn, comprising all
numbers, broom modal; Xfl.HI.
fllnf
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Rights In Kejpt-Tfaf Tlmw'i From the Hie Grande—The Mexican Revolution.
Reformi. |
That Itnn.il l’aoba, the present ruler of We Brownsville paper* to the 14th
Egypt, is a bold man very few persons i M tant
will rare to gainmy. By his very daring . Tin, iunctaro, of the 18th, rays the 4th
h* ettroote attention, game repeat, ana Hegiment Mexican cavalry, at Uatamoroe,
*» el«v»to the country he rale* over i blK f tll0ught o( “pronouncing" against
in t he eras of the world. For an Oriental j„. rez , b * t vere panted by Col. Bala-
bo is really • live man, in tbe fullest sense cio*. Kumars of revolution in all Mexioo
of the tarm a* it ia nndaratotrf ln jhl. | thick. Telegraph wirea were out
“ “ *” between Matatnoroa and Monterey.
Tho Savannah Unra of Monday pub
lishes currout reports that threa gentle-
wen of its city had Ih en killed in Smith
Carolina by negroes. According to these
reports, Mr. Louin 1L DeMontmollin, of
Savannah, had disi barged from his rice
plantation, near the Savannah A Charles
ton railroad bridge, in South Carolina, s
lessee who had sub-let portions of it to
uegruos, sgniunt Mr. DeM.'s directions,
as veil ah the negroes he had settled on
the plnoo. The negroes afterwards re
turned, with tho design of driving off
from tho plantation tlioae of their race
retained by Mr. DeM. Hearing of this,
Mr. DeM., accompanied by Mr. W. A.
Kent and Mr. Henry Slyer, repaired to
the plantation and took position iu nu old
rifle-pit (thero being no bunas in the
neighborhood.) Iu this position they waro
attacked at night by a large force of
negroes, who fired about a hundred mus
ket shots, killed Mr. Slyer and badly
wounded tbs other two gentlemen, whom
they then took off to hosts on tbo river.
Tho report was brought to Savannah by s
uegio who was one of Mr. DeMontmol-
lin's party, but who was down at the river
shore when the attack was made; and it
is to be hoped that in bis fright he exag
gerated tho facts of the affair.
Tho Memphis Appeal loams, from tho
best aouroca of information, that “tbs
Democracy of MiMtinsipi>i srs sanguine
of electing a majority to the next Legisla
ture, and ho wrcsMug tbo gallant State of
Prentiss and Davis from Radicalism.”
Untimely Discussion.—We are glad to
he able to quote the following from that
leading Democratic journal, the Mobile
Register, a strong opponent of the *New
Departure,' in unison with the position of
the Constitution against the untimely agi
tation in the South over the “ao-csUed"
New Departure:
“We accept the so-enlled amendments
as < aoeomplished facts.’ That is the very
thing we olaim them to be—facts—noth
ing more. As has been again and again
declared, we recognize them es de facto
in oporation, and as sneh are to be
obeyed.
“Moreover, we do not insist upon
fighting to ropeal them at this time.’ On
the contrary, we do 'deem the diecuorion
of their rtjual at thin time inexpedient
and fraught with coil.' The ohief ob
jection to the course pursued by tbe De
partments is, that they have so unwisely,
unuoceasarily and recklessly forced this
discussion upon ns.”
The italics are ours. One or two of our
good Demoo ratio papers are still harping
on this matter. Let us have a spell of
qniet.—Atlanta C'onntitution.
Railroad War in Florida.—A report
was in circulation in Tallahassee on last
Saturday morning, that an order had been
isaned by tho President of the J., P. Jr
M. li. It., to have aa much of the iron ta
ken np on the Tallahassee Railroad, lead
ing from thia oity to St. Marks, as would
be necessary to oomplete the road to the
Chattahoochee river, and that a train
would be started on Saturday night for
that purpose. A citizen of Wakulla eoun
ty having heard this news, circulated tbe
report among tbe nifizena of Waknlla
oonaty.
Between forty and fifty armed men eol-
leeted and rendezvoused at Hodgson's
Still on Batimlay night, (a place equully
distant between Tallahassee and Saint
Marks,) and avowed their intention to re
sist by force any attempt on the part of
the employees of tbe road to carry out
the order. Pickets were thrown out, and
tbe main body of men kept guard uutil
Sunday morning. Railroad ties were also
pi'ed unoa the track to tbe height of
twelve /oet.
On Saturday afternoon, a telegram was
sent to General Littlefield, notifying him
of the slate of things, and tbe probability
of serious trouble if the proposed plan
were carried out. General Littlefield
thereupon countermanded tbs order to
take up the iron.
Tbe reason alleged as an excuse for tbe
proposed forcible re*i*tanoe to tbe taking
up of the iron is, that a mortgage exists
on lbs road in favor of tbe bondhol dera,
and that an application for an injunction
estopping tho officers of tbe road from
taking up the ‘iron was {tending before
Judge While. It U claimod that forcible
reaistance was proper, if action were
taken before Judge White could be heard
from.—TaJlahanue Sentinel.
Tn Franco-Gxrman Trxaxt.—By tha
terms of tbe new Franoo-Garman treat*
tbe six departments to be evacuated by
the Germane are deolarednsntral territory
4a a miiitary point of view. They are to
be oooopied by neither French nor Ger
man troops until the indemnify is paid,
bnt in the event of failure in the faiil-
ment of tbe terms of the treaty they may
be veoecupied by tbe Germans. The de
partments will not be completely evaou-
aiedj>jjr Urn Germans until the 97th of
swept down from the south end west, be
ginuiug at the Belgian settlement in
Brussels, sweeping through the towns of
Union, Uurduer, the western pert of Se
vastopol, down tbe east shore of tbe Bsy.
Every building was oonsnmed. At Wil
liamson's shingle mill every thiug was
burned, and a most awful destruction of
human life ensued. Out of 80 persons at
the mill, 7ft were burnod to death. The
few Burvivors tell a horrible tale of the
scene at this terrible holocaust. After the
fire, 47* bodies were fouud in s potato
patch iu the centre of the cleariug ; other
bodies were fouud scattered about, and
some iu wells ; many of them were disfig
ured in a terrible luunner, and in some
cases beyoud recognition. This great de-
struotiou was but the work of fifteen
minutes, and was by tho same tornado
that burned Pcshtigo and 1,200 human
beings.
A number of other losses of life aro
reported in other places ; twenty-two per
sons in tho towu of Brussels suffered a
like fato. There is scarcely a house left
standing in the Hue of this storm of fire.
Arrival of the Congressional Ku-
Klux Committee.—Yesterday tho follow
ing distinguished geutlemon, composing
the Congressional Sub-Ku Klux Commit
tee, arrived in this city, and are stopping
at the 11. I. Kimball House:
Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee,
Chairiuuu ; lion. Glenn Schofield, of
Penus^Ivsnia ; lion. W. B. Lansing, of
New York ; Senator Bayard, of Delaware;
Hou. Daniel W. Voorhoos, of Indiana;
A. J. Picks, of tho Knoxville (Tonncssco)
Chronicle, Secretary; M»j. Morgan, of
Washington, Scrgeant-at-Arius; Messrs.
Lord A Priuco, of Washington, Stenog
raphers.
The Committee hold a sossion yesterday
at tbo United States District Court Room,
and examined several witnossos*—Atlanta
Nan Jiru t ' Vint.
Supreme Court of Georgia, October
21, 1871.—Argument of No. 6, Northern
Circuit, Executor of L. J. Dupree vs.
Lacy T. Dupree ot al., was concluded.
No. 0, Tallapoosa Circnit, Injunction
cause heretofore put to tho heel of the
Northern Circuit, was argued. It is A. O.
A A. A. Trammel vs. It. H. «U. E. Marks.
Injunction, from Meriwether. W. D.
Trammel, Bigham A Whitaker, for plain,
tiffs; E. U. Worriil, George L. Peavey,
contra.
The Court then passed to tho Augusta
Circuit.
No. 1 was argued. It is Jacob II.
Lowery vs. Julia E. Davidson ot al.,
executors. Trover, from ltichmoud. J.
C. A Claiboru Hueud, Montgomery, for
plaintiff ; McLhhh »V Guuuhl ooutra. «
Tho Court udjourued till 10 o’clock a.
m. Tuesday.
Mouday is consultation day as usual.
(Atlanta Conetitution.
The Brazilian Emancipation Law.—
AYifl York, Oet. Iff.— Late files of Bra
zilian journals contain the following
faulM concerning recent legislative action
in Brazil on emancipation. One of tho
bills which met with the greatest opposi
tion appropriated eight million dollars to
be used to free about a million and a half
of slaves. Tho ground of opposition
was the fact that this sum was too small.
One of tbe Senators saying that by ibis
bill ouly ton t housand slaves per annum
could be freed. Tho bill finally passed
appropriates a much larger sum, while
tho pay for each slave is put at a very
low figure. Tbe plan of emancipation
will be gradual, only tho children born af
ter the passage of tho act on the 27th of
last month are to be at onco liberated.—
It is thought that the whole number of
slaves in the Empire will not exceed a
million and a half. The majority of these
are in the Southern part of the couutry.
The sugar interest will not suffer from
the change. It is doubtful about the re
salts in the coffee regions, where the
slaves are more numerous. The Emperor
favors emancipation. The passage of the
bill by the legislative branch of the Gov
ernment practically delivers Brazil from
the evils of slavery.
Putting on Airs.—Wo learn that Gov.
Bollock, since his return, has not only
caused a suit to be commenced against
Dr. Angier, because the Doctor refused
to pay illegal warrants, bnt that he de
clines to draw any warrants on the Treas
ury for any purpose. Persons to whom
the money is justly dne, and to whom tbe
money could as well be paid as not, can
not prevail on the Governor to draw his
warrant for the same. Wo havo heard
that he says he wants the question tested,
as to whether he or Angier is Governor.
II« has, we are told, refused to issue war
rants in favor of the Insane and the Deaf
and Dam b Asylums—both of •which are
entitled to money, and ought to be paid.
Atlanta Sun, 21 at.
The United States Court.—Tho ad-
jonrned term of the United States District
Court, Judge Erskine presiding, commen
ces to-morrow nt ten o'clock a. m. There
are on the docket to bo disposed of seven
common law and bankrupt cases; three
post office caseH; twelve crimiual cases;
six seizure esses; fourteen admiralty ca
ses and five equity cases.
The United States Circuit Conrt, Judge
Woods and Erskine presiding, meets on
tbe tttb November nit., and the following
business appears on tbe docket:
Two hundred and fourteeu miscellane
ous cases, thirty slave cases, four suits on
official bonds, ninety-nine custom anits
on bonds and penalties, two f/uo irarran-
ton, eleven criminal cases, nine removal
ossee, one appeal, one ne.ire faeia» % eighty
nine caeca in equity, ninety-seven miscel
laneous cases, seventeen United States
cases and appearances, and two hundred
and twenty nix bank cshcs.
[Savannah Republican, 22d.
Removal of the Capital.—The grand
jury ot Franklin conuty, at tbe last term
of the Hnjurior Court, in their genets)
presentments, expressed themselves as
“We heartily endorse the views and re
solutions adopted by a recent public meet
ing of tbe citizens of McDuffie oonaty,
Ga., in reference to the removal of tne
Capital from Atlauta'back to Milledgeville,
and request our representatives and Sen-
a!** to advocate that measure before the
next session of the Legislature.”
It is indeed au ill wind that blows no-
body good. It is said that there is not a
single indictment left agsiust suy accused
persous in Cook eonuty, Illinois, whioh is
certainly a piece of good fortune for some
rogues. Bnt, on the other hand, the law*
J era have suffered severely. Hardly a
iw library or law offioc is left; not a pa
per to show that there is a suit pending in
any of the six oonrts of tbe oonoty; not a
judgment, not a petition in bankruptcy in
tbe Federal oonrts. And worse vet, so
far as ia known, all the records of deeds
and mortgages are destroyed.
It it a noteworthy fact that every Ger
man nominated by the Republicans in
Hamilton oonaty, Ohio, was defeated at
tha lata election, notwithstanding all tha
eloquent Republican professions of sym
pathy for the Germans recently so lavishly
bestowed. Every German nominated by
country. Since the opening of the Snez
Canal ho has been more than ordinarily
active in poshing forward impovementa,
correcting abuses and abolishing the nu
merous evils existing throughout Egypt.
A11 these, however, are small in compari
son with a movement now under way, by
direction of the irrepressible Viceroy.—
His latest scheme is nothing lees than the
establishment of sohools for the educa
tion of females. The veil is to be dis
pensed with, and European customs, so
far as they relate to the improvement and
development of the yonng females of his
dominions, are to be introduoed. Of
course thore will bo an awfnl row in the
Egyptian camp when this other innova
tion of the Khedive comes to be put into
force. It is not to bn supposed for a mo
ment that the customs of centuries are to
bo overthrown because of the desire of
one man. Wo feel that most of the old
fogy Mussulmans will regard the action
of their ohief with holy horror. Thin,
howover, will not influence Ismail Psohs
to abandon what ia really a grand under
taking, aud a movement worthy of the age
in which we live. The employment of
American officers in the Egyptian army
was a matter of surprise to the Orientals.
The Sultan of Turkey partook of the ex-
citeiueut, and tho actiou of tho go-ahoad
Viceroy Rome what alarmed him. Sinoe
then tbe rnler of Egypt has been intro
ducing other modem improvements, and
uuder his wise and vigorous government
the country is rapidly advancing. This
lust scheme, relative to the education of
women, is certainly one of tbe boldest
oouteuiplated, and eannot be too highly
ooiuinended. We see in tho recent
moves of tho Khedive, by giving greater
liberty to his people, by improving
tbo oondition of Egyptian women,
by the encouragement he lends to all
scientific enterprises, by stimnlsting
commercial schemes aud helping to de-
velope tho resources of tho nation, a de
sire to elevato Egypt to a position of im
portance umoug the countries of tho
earth. The Suoz Canal brings Egypt in
close counectiou with the nations of
Southern Europe, and the raihoad pro
jects and coast improvements now going
on under tbe direction of the Khedive’s
government will help to draw the East
still closer to the West. Ismail Paoha is
au observant and wise ruler, and pos
sessed of daring sufficient to carry into
effect innovations which would cause less
oourageous men to hesitate aud stand still.
LA’eio York Herald.
[I'roiu tin- Au£ii»t* Conutitiitiimiilitft.]
KiUtorn ConetitutioniMel: Allow me,
through your columns, to suggest to the
Legislature the propriety ot eluetiug to tbe
office of Comptroller General, Col. Peter-
son Thwcatt, the former efficient Comp
troller. When ho first wont iuto that of
fice, in lSi/H, although, from its first es
tablishment its dutiss were manifold, it
was considered au office of little or no im
portance ; but upon being elected Comp
troller, Col. Thwcatt fouud a large uiuouut
of old tax and other claims beiougiug to
tho State thnt hud boon passed over by
former officers and given up us lost. By
his industry aud investigations most if not
all of these claims wero settled, and a
large amount, some $20,000 or $.‘10,000,
was soon brought iuto the State Treas
ury. The tax system was rather loose
and undigested, and many things
that were liable to taxation were not re
turned, and taxes were principally
thrown upon the laud and slaves
aud other agricultural interests.—
Tho taxes wero then 0 or 10 cents on
tho $100, but Mr. Thwestt was not in
office more than two or three yours before,
through his efforts in smondiug the tax
laws, tbe taxes went down to cents on
the $100. Beforo his going into offioe
the people of Georgia knew but little or
nothing of the resources of their State.
There were no statistics provided for or
required by law, showing a consolidated
statement of the amounts of the differ
ent objects of taxation in the several
counties ot the State. But shortly after
goiug iuto office he voluntarily undertook
tho task of enlightening the people of
Georgia upon these thiugs, aud those
tables showing the vast resources of
Georgia first appeared in the Constitu
tionalist in 18oG.
Before Mr. Thwealt’s going into office,
such was the meagre rnauner and style of
all reports made from the Comptroller’s
office, the people lekrned or could under
stand but Httlo of tbe operations of tbe
State government—its financial oondition,
its debt, assets, Ac. But from year to
year, such a succinct and dear exposition
of these things, and suoh were ^heir im
portance and interest, from tbe manner
in whioh they weep presented, that they
were generally copied in the New York
and other Northern papers, and from no
other source did Georgia credit derive
greater support and enhancement, than
from these reports of Mr. Thwestt.
If in better and honest days Mr. T.’s
services were of so much benefit to the
State, is it not reasonable to suppose that
at thia time, after Radicalism has had fall
sway for several vests, his services will
hereaftor be doubly valuable to the State.
That Bullock has used tho State's money
most extravagantly and villainously, no
one doubts. If by elose investigation any
of hia raaeally expenditures can be re
covered, who so well calculated to detect
(ham, and expose and recover them, aa
Mr. Thwestt?
If there was ever a time when the peo
ple of Georgia needed their mdat intelli
gent, tried, experienced and honest men
in suoh offices ss this, now is the time
they want them, and I propose Colonel
Thwestt aa the man ror Comptroller
General. Baldwin.
Reported Failure or Mb. Kimball.—
Tbe city ia rifa with minors, which have
prevailed ever since Saturday, that H. I.
Kimball has failed. It is said that his lia
bilities are about a million of dollars;
that several days ago ha made an assign
ment of tbe Brunswick and Albany Rail
road to tha “Georgia Contracting Com
pany,” or to Lyon A McLendon, contrac
tors—transferring tha whole road and
equipments to aeoure what he was owing
them ; that thia assign meat ia mads with
an understanding that he be allowed to
K y op sad take beck the road in thirty
ya | that the Chicago fire is the imme
diate cense of this failure, he hniag
rotdt wMBgtmont* ia Htutpa to fca»•
*178,000 Kir month pUeod to b* oradit in
N.w Yon, for tha atlo in London of th*
bond* b* own*, bnt Urn burning of that
city prodnoed • panic in tbo money mar.
ket, and * teflon to ooniply with lb* oon-
traot; that hi* pap*, baa gone to protaat
aevaral time* of lata—baring failed to
mast aooepted draft*; that be ia now in
Now York for Urn purposeof making n
final aKort to tell th. State nod city bonds
which be bolds or controls, in oidor to n.
•lit* and meat hia prawn* demand*—
failing in which ha will maap aa
meat of all hia effaote; that tha Kimball
Hooaa baa long ainoa paamd oat of hia
'ZLZZ'
The Sentinel says:
The Mexicans are nguin engaged in a
revolution. Geronimo Trevino and Gen.
Martinez are in possession of Monterey.
Nine hundred men have been sent to tske
the town of Mier, on this river. The
same number sre on tho march for Saltil
lo. By this time Gon. Diaz is in poHses-
sion of tbe oity of Faebls. Gen. Trevino
has issued orders that all goods ooiuing
from this frontier must puss by way of
Monterey and pay duties. Any goods
found passing by any other route w ill be
confiscated. From all nppusrances there
sre none of the old geuerals sustaining
Jnsrez, excepting Corrona and Esoobedo.
It is rumored that the cavalry thut went
out from Mataiuoros havo pronounced,
excepting the ooiuuiander, who is still for
Juarez.
Further on, tho Sentinel says:
From all accounts, the revolution in
Mexico is gaining ground. Mataiuoros,
opposite this oity, is said to have pro
nounced on Wednesday night. The oue
hundred and fifty cavalry belonging to
Gon. Palacios’ command are en ronte to
Mutamoros. They had been sent up to
join the command of Gen. Cortina, but
received orders to return.
What is to become of Gen. Cortina in
this revolution timo will tell. Gen. Tro-
viuo is at Monterey, Canales at Victoria,
and Gen. Palacios in Mataiuoros.
The telegraph polos to hold the wires
between Brownsville and Corpus Christi
are up to within twenty miles of the for
mer place. A large amount of wire hns
been received at Brownsville to complete
tho line to Houston.
The ltio Grande has fallen again.
[AT. O. Picnyuuc, 2414.
Henry Uerrjr Lower)—Civility or an Outlaw.
We learn that ou Monday morning last,
Mr. Oakloy McNeill, residing near Huiif-
tletowu, in this county, wuh out before
day coon-bnnting. About daylight his
dog “treed,” and Mr. MoNeill was pro
ceeding to tho spot for the purposo of se
curing tbe game, whou he heard some
one walking through the durkneHs in the
same direction. Suspecting this person
to be one of the outlaws, Mr. McNeill
became alarmed aud retired.
Having occasion, soon aftor breakfast,
to go to Moss Neck depot, Mr. McNeill
was sitting on the platform at the depot,
conversing with one or two gentlemen
who were present, when suddenly the no
torious outlaw, lleniy Berry Lowery,
made his appearanoe, hearing in his hsml
a dead coon, which Jio presented to Mr.
McNeill, saying that, ss it was treed by
his dog, tlio gume rightfully belonged to
him.
The outlaw then asked Mr. McNeill to
lend the dog to him for a short time, oh
he wished himself to engage in tbe sport
of ooon huutiug. Mr. MoNeill declined
to lend the dog, as he expected to uae
him himself for the same purpose, but
informed the outlaw that he hnd another
dog at home equally good for coon, whioh
he thought would follow him, and whioh
he would bo willing to lend. After some
further conversation the outlaw liudo Mr.
MoNeill and his friend a good morning,
aud Bantered leisurely away.—Lumber ton
(N. C.) Iiobcnonian.
The Market for Hoc* Products.—Tho
8t. Louis Repnblioan carefully reviews
the prospects ot the coming hog crop in
the light of tbe Cniaago oaUintropho. It
says that the atocks of meats ou hand in
tbe West would be placed by an uotual
oonnt below l/>,000,(M)r pounds, and con
cludes “that while extreme high prices
r.re not probable at any timo in the season,
farmers ean to a large extent control the
value of their produet; and if not fright
ened by a sudden closeness of tbe money
market, can obtain a fairly reronnerative
value for every hog thev raise—better
prices in December than November.”
Wa know not what foundation that* is
for tha Unth of thorn report* bnt they
are in evagybodf’s zsowlk an tha rtty, and
a general oredenoe given to tho foot thnt
Mr. JL hae faitod*-Jffonfo Hm, Ud.
. ..
lr*
The Coolie Question in Europe.—
The ooolie question has invaded Europe,
and Belgium is tbe first kingdom oalled
upon to confront the Mongolian problem.
It seems that some of tbe thrifty manu
facturers of that thrifty country have
beeu examining the workings of Asiatic
labor, which is even cheaper than that of
Europe, whereupon tbe “Liberie," a so
cialist organ of Brussels, announces that
tbe introduction of Chinese workmen in
Europe “will produce a war to the knife,
not figuratively, bat in a moat literal
sense of the word.”
New York, October 2«1.—A body fonnd
East river this morning has been iden
tified as that of young Pryor, son of
Roger A. Pryor. U is not known in what
manner he came to his death, and perhaps
the mystenr may never be cleared np.
Peculiar sadness attaches to this severe
domestic affliction, in the bright promise
and loveable character of this young man.
He had bnt a little more than a year ago
been graduated at Princeton with higher
honors than had ever before been won in
that institution by tbe most distinguished
of its alnmui. The intervening period
has been spent by him in grout part at
Cambridge, England, where no won prizee
iu mathematics. A few months ago he
returned to tbe United States, and has
sinoe devoted himself to the study of law
in the office of his father.
Bays the Chicago Tribune of Wednes
day, the way in whioh the commerce of
Chioego is rising up from the ashes of its
former greetneas is shown in the fact
that tbe grain abipmenta of Mouday ag
gregated 880,383 bushels, and tbe freight
room wes taken yesterday for 312,000
bushels more* The same activity ia
displayed in moat other brandies of
Tha New York World has the follow-
lira D. T. F.ttanon,.,wife of ex-Hena-
tor F*ttat*on, of T*an*M*e, dtnghter of
•x-Prwideot Johnson, tbe einUblo and
•cootnpluhed lad, who prMided over tbe
*fi*in of th* Whit* Howe doting her
father'* Administration, took tbe firrt
premium for tbe beet batter *t tbe re
cent Bradley ooanty Fair iu Teononee.—
No lady, tino* tbe d*ye of Mertha Wash'
ingtoo, h*a ofllatatad a* th* first lady *t
the drawing room raoaptioos at th* fraab
dential nmaaioa with more baeoming
grao* and dignity, or was aver more re-
apaotad for bar aostat qwlitia* and great
worth tha* lira Fattanon.
One clergyman at least reooguinea in
railway aootdeote not “tha mysterious
prorideno* of God,” but the reckUaa oan-
ieeenaee of man. Ha la right.
*■ — J • —w —-
A clergymen relate*, in th* National
Bapttat, th* following inoident: A par
rot belonging to aom* friend* of mine wa*
generally taken out of th* room when the
family amambled for prayare, for tear be
might take it Into hia Mad to join irrever
ently in Urn rmpr*er«- One evening,
however, hi* praeanoe happened to be on-
noticed, and b* wa* antirely foxgotten.—
For *om* time be maintained a daeorow
ail*no*, ba| at length, inataad of “aaaea,’
owl ha oam* with r ‘obe*r, boy*, cheer. "—
On tMe tha botiaevr*. directed to remove
aa far a* - th* door with
t overpowering effect on
fmrywg^to Kten eaaUy 1 —
From the Maron Telegraph, 44th.
OPKNIKti 01* Tlk MTATK PA Ik.
The 2Gth Georgia Annual Stale Fair,
and the third since the war, opened Mon
day morning, 23d October, 1871, under
bright auspicee. The skies are clear, the
temporaturo somewhere in the seventiee,
the ground a little dry and dusty—the
crowd not yet (12 u.) large, bnt it will
tako a crowd somewhere about the size of
tho Grand German Army to make much
of e show on theee grounds. There are
something over 160 scree here laid in
grove, tracks and avenues, or covered
with tho various structures. The tout en-
sent Me is fine. Everybody is struck with
tbe greet beauty and convenience of the
whole arrangement and marvel st the
taste of architectural skill displayed by
tbe Georgia Crackers in these remote re
gions. 1 may say seriously that the Park j
and buildings sre a pleasant surprise to '
all vinitora. Mr. Waring, Secretary of the
Maryland Agricultural Society, who is
among tho visitors, says that the Fair
Gronuds are more beautiful than those
near Baltimore, while probably the outfit
has not oost a tenth ss much.
Entries are still crowding in, and it is
evident the show will he exteusive. The
Muchinery Hall is a busy scene. A great
deal of operating machinery is in place
and much is still in course of arrangement,
both inside and outside the buildiug.—
The Floral Hall presents a beautiful spec
tacle. The hIkiw of plants, flowers, pic
tures, musical instruments, embroideries,
etc., i n fine.
The main exhibition room is being rap
idly filled up. Tho lower floor is already
Ailed. In the way of carriages, Deiunrest,
Woodruff A Co., of New York and Macon,
DoLoache, Collins A Little and Valentino
& Freeman preHont a collection which will
charm the beholder. The former say
they havo the finest collection of carria
ges they have ever shown in the Southern
couutry. Valentino and Freedman, in
dustrious mechanics, have s couple of
buggios of their owu manufacture m Ma
con, which wo hope visitors will exam-
llut wo do not mean, iu this article, to
muko speciui mention of articles on exhi
bition. Wo shull repeat the whole seria
tim hereafter, os soon as we havo time
uud tho arrangements are complete.
The horse entries ure numerous—some-
hero about a hundred. Other stock
couies iu moro slowly. Everybody is busy
as a bee—and the nrruugeiueuts will be
uearly complete by to-iuorrow morning.
Wo learn thut there are forty odd carloads
outsido still to come iu, uud probably
many moro ou tbo way. There is every
probability that the Exhibition will be
more extensive than any ever yet made
iu Georgia, and by to-morrow we antici
pate an immense thruug of people..
As it is, the acouo is verv beautiful end
exhiliratiug. Countless banners wave—
among them the old star-spangled. The
air is filled with the strains of martial ma
fic from two bands. The United States
Infantry baud ou the ground ia a fine one.
Iu a word, there is every promise of e
lively week.
The exhibition of sgrioultafad imple
ments and machinery ia large and ex
ceedingly interesting. Mauy steam en
gines of various kinds of construction
are m operation, and so of several varie
ties of saw mills. Iu the way of plows,
reapers, and every kind ot improved far
ming implements, there is a great varie
ty. The reader will find, too, in this de
partment a splendid lot of Georgia made
uxe helves, hubs, spokes, etc., turned out
by machinery in Columbus, which shows
that wo are not goiug to buy much more
of that stuff from the North.
OLOHINQ SCENES OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE
FAZE.
When we left the Grounda lost sight,
quite s large crowd still lingered in the
spsoiona hulls of the exhibition, and the
effect under the nrilllant gas light of Mr.
liowe, formed a coup tfoeil both unique
and beautiful. The Floral Hall presen
ted a fairy scene with its variegated fancy
work, gems of j*rt, Inscions fruits, end
blushing flowers, shining amid the tracery
of green which festooned the walls. A
steady rain dreuched the earth, but every
one eubmitted to the incouvoqiende with
out murmuring, satisfied that a quietus
hnd been given to the clouds of dost
which had been almost stifling in the early
part of the day.
In the afternoon Weston, tbe “Ameri
can deer,” walked five miles and six hun
dred feet in 68 minutes aud 2G seconds.—
The rain prevented soy furtbor exorcise
upon tho race track.
The arrivals by ell the trains last night
wore very numerona, and the attendance
to-day will donbtlees realize the expecta
tions of the most sanguine.
pojiinw oaueu in. naawnuvea «
applied, and la a abort time he was lea
log and chatting pleasantly with
friends. It wee thought by tbe mala
The Mile Mare.
[From tlio Ban Antonio Herald.]
There were three entries made for the
one hundred mile raoe, bnt two of tbe par
ties oould not secure horses enough to
start with, therefore Mr* Ed. Knignt had
it all lb himself. He started at a quarter
before one o’clock in fine spirits, feeling
sound in body and mind, and surrounded
and encouraged by hie friends. Tbe
horses were generally small, and he was
there* ore compelled to ehange ovary half
mile. When he had made thirty-Ave
railos cheer after cheer went up, ana peo-
E le began to think for the first >tiino that
e would make it. When ha had mode
sixty-live miles be wee nine minutes ahead
of time, and hia friends insisted on his
stopping to rest, which he did for nine
urinates. He said he wasn't tired, bnt bis
appearanoe told » different story. He,
however, got off again in good style and
kept it np until he bad made tbe oeventy-
seond mile when be fainted, and was
borne from tho ring to the boose, and a
phyaiaian oalled m. Restoratives ware
leogb-
* his
_ M majority
of tho peoplo present that be should re
ceive the $100 pores, bnt a majority of
tho directors of the association wore op
posed toil A vote was oarried to give
him $60, and a oolleotion was taken np
among tho audience whioh swelled the
amount to $210. Wo saw tbo young men
on tho streets on Sunday morning, and
ha complained only of a pain in Ida aide,
bnt wa fear ha will yat feel that bis ride
was a “ride for life.”
GewesAL Btamd Wattie.—The death
of thia distinguished Indian chieftain
robs the Oherokee nation ef its greatest
ornament and blearing. It will be remem
bered that at tha outbreak ef our late war
tbe Oherokee Indians upownd the sense
of the Booth, and it was mainly dne to
Gen. Bland Wattie s position In, and in
fluence with, hie tribe that thia remit was
Acoomptisbed. For this service, as well
as in recognition of hie greet abilities
and bravery in the Held, foe Bon of tbo
Foreet wee made Brigadier General in tbe
provisional army os the Confederate
states.
Bat th* General «*• not dtrtingatafeed
by hi* feet* of aria* alone. He wee * man
of greet intelligence ud of much ability
es * reedy waiter. On* of tbe m**t beau
tiful ttibute* ever paid to tbe memora of
Stonewall Jackaoo was tbs prodnot of Me
pen. In person bo wee said to be** been
abort eqd .tent, while hie eneplexion wee
that peculiar to his tee*. Iftt other Ie-
dians, he wee caution*, wary end raUoeat;
bnt amid the inspiring roar of battle Us
eoantaaaaoe waent with th* glow and aA
do* of the bora soldier. He was th* balt-
brotbsr of Hsj. E. a Baedfau*, th* dtrn
ttngaUM rapruratattn *f this psopl*
is the OontedsraU Oocgram, whom many
of on* reedera will ramemb**. Inhte
doth the Cberakw Nation hae ket ea* of
its noblest eons, who** derarien to th*
Booth norite nrn. .* terie^‘
jKfliil JUllftfirT ■ ■'
t*rem tlic New Vurk Jonre.1 oC Commerre.}
The Fwni Bawl*.
Tbo approach of the Grand Dak* Alexia
to the magnificent, heartfelt welcome
which awaita him hen, make, a bmabing
np of oar know ledge of Uaesin timely and
acceptable. The old map* nod old gaaet-
teen (and many of them, while pretend,
ing to be new. are really old) do not suffice
to give a fair idea of th* Rnnia of to
day. Tbo nation ia on* of tho fastest-
growing in the world, lta poopte aro pro.
lific; they do not emigrate, and tbe an-
nexution of new Asian territory la a con.
tinnona process. No census and no land
measurer e*n keep np with the active
growth of lioeaia. Tbo latest antbentio
returns aro thoa* of 1864. Her territory
was then distributed as follows: In Eu
rope 1,088,481 sqnar* miles; in Finland
148,817; in the Uaoeasaa 188,811; ih Si
beria and Central Asia 8,888,811—total
8,088,070 square miles—a region more
than twioe ae large aa tbe United States.
Tifb population of thia enormous traot in
tbe same year was 78,831,038, or over
double that of the United State* at the
last census. Should this rapublio annex
nil tbe rant of tbe continent to tho Arctic
Sea and down to Darien, she would then
have a territory no larger than Bosnia,
and ber population would still bo far be.
bind (in numbers) tbst of the Northern
Empire. Well m*y Europe tremble at tha
proBpeot of a gigantic nation like linaaia
becoming civilised np to tho highest stand
ard, mastering all the arts of peace and
those of war, and pome day overwhelming
the continent as by an nvatanebe. It only
remains for ber to educate herself folly,
in order to make the present vague ap
prehension of Enrope a serious fear, and
one which may b* realised.
We bear ao much about the composite
ipulation of Husain, about Germane,
rlos, Tartars, Cossacks, Ae., that we are
apt to think the ltnasians a heterogeneous
nation—something like Anatria, or tho
Iiritisb Empire. Hat the foot is, tbe Ham
siane proper constitute an immense ma
jority of tbe people, and no one of tbe
other races rises numerically to signifi
cance. The Kasai sue an 88,470,000; the
Pole* only 4,800,000; tbe Tartars 4,780,-
000; tbe Fiona 4,(180,000; tbe Germans
830.000. Coaaacka, some people suppose,
make a large proportion of the Kneel an
subjects, bnt their number is only about
878.000. Th* religion of Hoaata hi »lso
pretty mneh *11 on* way. Tha Orthodox
Greek Chnreb claims 81,117,871 adher
ents, while the Homan Catholics have
only 2,840,708; the Protestant* 2,088,182;
and the Muhammadan* 2,081,881. In re
ligion, as well as in people, Busaia is
distinctively Uneaten, and these two great
conditions make her formidable.
The old aathorittes an nariqa*, too, tn
giving any Men of the military and nnval
strength, and of the materia], poliUoal
and Rue 1*1 program of Unaate. The Cri
mean defeat started her into n new life.—
Sinoe then her army baa been improved
greatly, and is one of tbs most powerful
m Europe, though no teat has been afford
ed of its actual potency. It numbers, all
told, 1,138,843 own, and 1,804 gnna.
Military service is now obligatory on tho
whole skle-budied male population, oer-
tain privileged classes alone exoepted.—
The Russian fleet has recovered from tho
Uebaetopol dimeter, and now consist* of
280 steamers (sit iron) with 2,808 vgnns,
and 2!) sailing vsmela with 88 gnna,
manned by 00,230 milors and marines,
commanded by 3,701 officers. Before tho
Crimean war, Haute had but 1,487 mile*
of railroad; now she has nearly 0,000
miles, and plans railroad oonneotioh with
avery populated part of tha Empire.
Over SIX) miles of ‘'strategical- rand* an
built every year, by imperial dears*.—
About 28,188 mite* of telegraph lines
were in operation In 1868, lint it la by
the abolition of serfdom that Hernia hm
taken her greatest step of program. Tha
brilliant experiment has worked admira
bly. Over two-tbirda of tha ono* 10,000,.
000 serfs have become landed proprietors,
and there are no Bosnians more devoted
to tbe Czar. The ono* nnwilliqg boo da
rn an now toils industriously for himself,
and adds to tha oommon wealth of tho
empire, and to tbo strength of tha gov
ernment. Another lata improvement of
i importance is th* abolition of
the hereditary teritieal character of Bos-
eo-Greek priesthood. Those reforms aro
bnt tbe precursor* of others, in res peel
of religion, tew and aooiety, which will
renovate Bnaste thoroughly, rod define
the shadow of hsr eomlng European
greatness in still clearer ootiinee.
is Ksgltsk Ceedeessd Mister J ef Mstsi.
We olip the following from an English
exchange:
It wia about two hondrad and eighty
yean B. C., that Hiee, of Alexandria,
formed a toy whiah exhibited lotus of the
powen of steam, and wa* moved by its
power. A. D. 480, Atfcemtua, an archi
tect, arranged several eeaMrons of water,
eaab covered with a wide bottom of Ibr
leather tab*, whioh rose to n narrow tro,
with pipe* extending to tbe rafter* of the
adjoining buililibg.
A flr« ws» kindled barestb the oaui-
dront, aud Urs nosee au* t-Uaksn
•Sorts 01 tbesla.uu aai'vudlug th* tabs*.
This is the Ural uutiou of tha power of
•team recorded. Iu l648, Jan* 17, Blm-
go D. Usvro triad a snambmt of 200
tons, with tolerable sueoaaa, at Banriona,
in Hpain. It oonriated of a oaoldton of
boiling water nnder a movable wheel on
each Ate of the ship. It writ bid arid*
aa impnatioabte. A present, however,
was made to Uayro. In 1(8)0, tha first
railroad was oonstrooted at Newoaatte on
"Th. first idea of the
the Msrqni* of Winobsetor's •?
Inventions,” A. D. 1088. In 1710,
eomer unde lta first steam engine In En
gland. In 17M patent* tar* granted to
Ssvsty for the fiat snulirotion of Ih*
steam'engine. In 1784 Jutes Writ made
the (rat perfect eteem engine that was
made ia England, ha 1788 Torothu Hail
sets froth tha idaa *f Sterna a*
In 1773 Thomas Paine Aral prop
application in America. In 1781
Jouffroy Constructed n steam vassal on
th* Haona. In 1788 two Am arte* aa pub
lished works about it. -
In 178!) William Bymingto
> Forth of <
In 1882 this experiment wm
«L
is in
toy uge on one in the Forth of Clyde <
nil In 1882 this experiment was
In 1781 Bamaey pritaaUid nj
m to Now York. Tn 1788.
Fitch, of Hdlailalphte, navigated a bom
by a stew angina on tha Delaware. In
171)3 Hobert Fatten Aral began.;# *- ‘
hia attention an ataate
Evans, a native of
•truetad a hMomotive
travel on a turnpike road.
Bsusnnmw or Faeoraowax Oinuwr.
Tbe tteantary of lb* Tnaanry pmpaaaa
ever the portion presented ta teas thro
half the original sis* of the nota, lta
whole be forfeited to the Govern mewl.—
(ion. Bpinnor favors thia proposition if
the half or more of a note prang '
entirety, or, in other words, be i
with fragment* of tritar Beta*,
rotary ha* ateo at ‘
th* Govarumert . .. _
tending tho smitero of as ana
m gloS in mnttteita fractional t
Nodaririrohi
fngtenNtan _
* m
The Moamtrr ptaersua In a n*M Item.
Ptvciiil to tint New York ff«nil«i.]
Washington, Oot. 12, 1871*—
Treasury Department Was to day thn the
atre on which the Uloncmtor fishararon
played their interesting little gems. Th*
CuUootor of Customs at Gloucester odt-
eislly notified the .Secretary of the Tnaa
nry of the seiznre of the eobbocsr Edward
A. Horton on tbe 1st of September, 1871,
by the Dominion enttar Sweepstakes, fro
an alleged violation of the Canadian ht-
ery laws, flho was taken into Gnysboro,
N. S. Abont a week ago the owner pant
to Gnysboro to look titer bis veasel, and
found bar lying at s wharf. Hs quietly
rod peaceably took possession of his ves
sel rod sailed fro Gloucester, where he ar
rived on the 18th inst. As the papers of -
th* schooner tare been lost the owner rs-
spectfaUy asks that new papers may bn
isanad, asprovidedin section.81 ef tha
Devised Regulations. There hm been
no condemnation of tho vessel by tha
English courts. It will be soon that tta
question of the ssjrta of tta Heaton
most necessarily . bs Settled, before tta
raoaptnre of the schooner oonid be of any
value to her owner.
flection 81 of tbo regulation* tafsirgd
to by Collector Bsbaon refers only t»ves
sels sold and transferred by pfooep*
tew, bnt another section, aria the one tiF
on which tho Secretary is bound to net, <.< ■
makes it appliesble also to papers loot to m
the owner's use end ooatrol by reason, of
tboir being wrongfully withheld ud de
tained from his possession. It ean ami-
ly bo understood how important the imn-
snee of new papers ia to the owner, as in
the present state of the esse be ounot
take his vessel ont of port, bis seizure be
ing practically wit hunt shy benefit to him,
and it wo* smarted to-day that Secretary
llontwell hod ordered tbs Collector at
Gloucester to give tha neoesssry docu
ments and remit lines and forfeitures; but
Mr. llontwell uyh he has ss yet taken no
■tens in the matter rod' will not comply
with the reqneet made through Collector
Babson without further information on
tbe subject. He has so informed tha
Gloucester Collector, and the fishermen
of that snoient town have tbe siitefsation
of knowing, after all their feasting* and
blaster, tbst tbe sohoener is as ussliro ro
if sho ware still tied np to the wharf at
Gnysboro.
Onr own registration tews make it tea-
possible for tta Treasury Department to
authorize the vemel to leave tta port on
any pretext whatever, antes* in tbwhahda
other Bine Nose captors, without involv
ing tta Government in endlem complica
tions. A mete eompltenee with tta re
quest of Golleotor Baboon would bs an as
sumption of the set of tho Horton'* own
er by tta United States, and it would
place the Government ia a won* position
than we held toward Brasil to tta row of
tta Florida, because it would be ro affront
to Great Britten by a Cabinet Minlrior;
consequently tta Dominion aathorite**
may, if they choose, compel onr govern- «
ment to take 'the iniative to the aettteoMnt
of tho question, or look on rod teugh
while the schooner is rotting in the har
bor of Gloucester. The lsttar course, which
is not st all improbable, would be on* of
the funniest settlement* Of a grave inter
national question recorded to history, and
would ta a leaaon on the imprmtiosbiHty
of taking the tnw into one’* own hand*
which sven fishermen would not ta likely
to forget. Canada hm virtual control of
tta schooner, and nothing exropt th* vol
untary return of tta paper*, or tha jolli
fication of the act of., her owner* by tha
United State* can enable tta Horton again
to “walk the water like a thing of Ufa."—
Thia phase of the case will make Secreta
ry BoutweU's purposed visit to Massachu
setts next week pertionlerly delightful,
and between General Batler rod the N*w
England fishermen ta mey axpeotn happy
tints. He be* bis etairo between doing
hie duty end displeasing the Yankees, or
making a fearful international Monitor
and —railing a week’s raproe at Groton.
It ia nowonder, therefore, that Mr. Bont-
r*ail to waiting fro further imfortastion.
Wssm* Hafirs**—Mow u Bsesar* Inwfhl ta
Wfsmlsf.
Tbe accident, for snob it was, by whiah
woman suffrage boaamd'tha law of Wyo
ming, happened to this way; The Prori-
dant of tbs Council of tha first Territorial
Legislature of Wyoming strottad into thn
office of the Secretary, of tha Territory
roe morning to November, '69, to talk
•boot local politic*. Women suffrage
came, to for its abara of attention. Bard
tta Haetetary, who iu a staunch advocate
of wouMUi’s riahtA:
“Mr. Frntitant, do yon know yon have
tbe greatest opportunity of say man in
America to immortalise yourself F*
“How J” inquired the President.
“By tatrodnetag a bill to tta Omncri
extending the right of suffrage to women,”
replied tta Blarehriy.
“By Jovsl IB do it, if yen’# draw ^
tta btil," responded tbs Enaidsnt.
“Agreed,” answered tbe Aetoetary: and
Mr. nesktoat smiled tbe qniet smile of
mthfhetion incident to ttaWfc of )
idea, polled sway at his sigar, sinig
•d himself, and walked to the Council
chamber to Bondar on to future graat-
aeaa. Tta bill wa* drawn, introdnead,
rod paasad tho first reading in tta. Coon--
oil—moro fro the notsUp ud nMorirty
than because ita members wore fin ite *»-
'°In the lower house, however, tha' MR .
at opposition, and become the aobjert of
■meet dissension on the put of a minor
ity. Tbe majority looked apofi tta wbato
thing m a joke of toe rollioktag asersts-
ry. xnd war* disposed to tot him hata hia
fro, white thefirofid enjoy theMgssp-
§lsSSS|S
Tbs Council, however, did pern «f
whether from indifference or to ufrot
oonatetoat wttB H* former action itfi tea-
possible to my, as it is equally im^oariMa
to account for moat of tta lows paroad by
this Lagtetetnrs on wy known bypaths
sis. Bnt wtatknr jro* or featan ro tta
rort of tta roototery.tta msmtamdf thd
