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A STRICT COSSTItlTCTIOX OP TIIK CO.NSTITU I'lOX-AS IIOVKST A*l* KCO.Vonic AI. VOJIl.VISTIl VriOSI OK TIIK UOVKUXMKKT.
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COLUMBUS. GA., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1872.
Volume XLIV.-No. 6.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN I). MARTIN.
..Editor.
The Knoxville Press if- Herald of 8un- '
day warns tho people of Chattanooga ami
| other places on the Tennessee river to
! look out for a great freshet in a few days.
COLUMBV8 : | it says that the amount of snow in tho
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 18*-. | mountains of upper East Tennessee,
—Term* of sntiM'riptiou i Southwestern Virginia, and Wostern North
One Y. ar in advance i Carolina is unprecedented, and that a
THK CINCINNATI SOITHIHN 1UILK0AII. 1 ,iU,1Jon ,haw wonU mandate tbe low
Tho I.y the l.e s i»Uture of Ken- ; l ' oun,r y Ihrougl. whi.U Ibo Tenne»»eo
tucky of tho bill granting the right of way 1 ,wn9, m
through that State to tho Cincinnati a negro named Singleton has been
Southern Railroad, is a movement of unpointed mail route agont between
AI.AItAHt I.KGlHl.lTI RK.
much interest to several States. For two | Albany and Smithville, G*». The Albany
or three sessions of the Legitdutnre the op- 1 Xetra regards the appointment as an
position to this bill, animated chiefly by a intended iusult to tho people of that
desire to throw obstacles in the way of a section, hut says that Singleton is a very
powerful rivalry to Louisvillo, lms been j respectable, quiet aud well-behaved negro,
enabled to defeat it in one or both branch- I and is probably as well educated as a
es of tho Legislature of Kentucky. Owing j majority of the white Radicals now in
to this cause principally, tho authorities ] oftico iu Georgia,
and people of Cincinnati have not availed 1
tketnsulvoH of tho power, yranted by the j T - s - Hopklim was elected Mayor, and
Regislaturo of Ohio two ur three vi-ar* ! Ih “ following gentlemen Alderiueu, .t tho
to invent ten millions of dolla'ra in i ■ uu,,lcl P» 1 vleetion held in Thoniasville,
»g
Another obstacle i
i Saturday last:
II. H.Tooke, J. J.
' ' ' M.
auch a r.dlr. .... I Blackskear, L. Jerger,
dispute att to tho cottHt.tt.liou.lily of the chul)UiUi j. Kottman.
enabling act, but this was decided in fa- _ - —
vor of Cincinnati several weeks ago. The j Attorney General Williams decides that
removal of these obstacle, having opened ‘*!» <-'olloclorskip of theCuatou. ltou.e at
.. . , , , Molillo reverts to Miller, -• —-
the way, wo may reasonably hope for - - - -
prompt and effective progress with the
great work ‘'prospected" by Cincinnati.
That work, ns o ir readers are aware, is
an “air-liuc" communication with the
South—Chattanooga being tho favorite
point for tho Southern termiuus. Hut it
is not likely that tho enterprise of Cincin
nati will bo limited to the reaching of
Chattanooga by tho shortest and most di
rect route. She wants tho closest attain
able communication with tho heart of tho
“cotton belt"—her interests demand an
air-lino to tho Gulf and the shortest route
to Cuba and the other West India islands.
Chattanooga is on her routo t<> these lo
calities, hut a continuation of the lino
is necossary before they can be reached.
Our progressing “North und South" road,
from Columbus to Rome, is a dreet con
tinuation of the Cincinnati project from
Chattanooga. Cincinnati may or may not
aid this link - it may or may not neod hor
aid—but it uili bo her shortest and most
direct course to the Gulf and to llnvnnn,
and must bo tho chief railroad thorough
fare for tho oxchungo of the products of
tho great West with those of Cuba, Arc.—
This trade is a largo on6 now, ami will
grow with increasing facilities. It ought
to make tho lino of its transportation one
of tho busiest aud most important in tho
whole country. It ought to stimulate
and augment tho trade of nil important
places along tho route. It ought to
arouse extended interest for the speedy
completion of all the links to form pnrts
of the chain. Work on the section be
tween Columbus aud Huinhridge ought to
be resumed promptly, and now means
ought to bo devoted to tho hurrying of
tho completion of the Columbus and
Rome section. Wo believe that Cincin
nati will comprehend and acknowledge
hor great interest in these continuing
links of her important enterprise, and
that she will not permit them to fuil, or
oven halt, for want of her encourage
ment.
We think tho present occasion oppor
tune for another Miggestion. The build
ing of a narrow.gauge railroad from Cin
cinnati to Chattanooga (whence it would
bo continued on the sumo gauge to the
Gulf; would for snuio time make tho route
to Romo extent an frelutire as well as a
through one ; and at tho k.uuo time tho
fact that it would he a through one would
make its exclusiveness nn advantage al
most without drawbacks. The best wuy
for Cincinnati to securo for herself tho
monopoly of the vast (rude accomodated
by it would bo, it scorns to us. the ar-
raugeuient of a continuous narrow-gauge
line fioru tho Ohio to the Gulf. This
would not only protect her from the dis
advantage of a change of gauge along tho
routo, but would constrain rival cities to
flubmit to botli a change of gauge and a
breaking of bulk* iu their connections
with this line.
Tho Burly County Ann gives particu
lars of tho killing of J. J. Christie, Esq ,
of Colquitt, by S. T. Morton, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Miller comity, from
which it appears that Chiistio was Ad
vancing to mako an assault upon Morion,
in tho store of thu latter, because he had
heard that Morton was a witness Hgainst
him before tho Grand Jury, for carrying
deadly weapons, when Morton .shot him.
In the trial of tho case of George Wash
ington Bowen vs. N« Lon Chase, involving
tho largo estate of Mute. Juruol, iu the
United States Circuit Court at New Yoik,
the said Rowou swore, one day lost week,
that be believed himself to be a son of
Gen. George Washington.
An important election wa^held yester
day (and tho result may possibly be an
nounced in onr telegraphic dispatches this
morning) in the 1th Senatorial District of
Pennsylvania. Tho Senate of tho State,
with this district not represented, is tied
between the Democrats and Republicans.
The district is Republican by a Urge
majority, and the Democrats aro not run
ning a candidate of their own, but are
generally supporting G\J. A. K. McCInro,
an anti-Grant Republican. Tho Grant
candidate is Henry W. Gray, and McClure
and his friends charge that Federal office
holders and other Radical partisans have
resorted to fraud and bribery to secure
the election of tho Administration nom
inee. The contest is a bitter one, and the
result will probably show the number < f
Republican:! iu the district unwilling to
aupport Grant, and furnish a reasonable
estimate of tue vote of tho State for
President with Grunt opposed by such a
fusion as the Missouri Democrats and
“Liberals" are trying to bung about.
An official table showing the amount
and value of imports into and exports
from the Unite J States, for tho fiscal year
ending Juno 30th, 1871, has been pub
lished. The total value of imports was
£.*•41,403,774 ; of exports £311,504,172—
thus exhibiting a remarkable approxima
tion to a balance. But the exports of
gold and silver exceeded the imports of
specie aud bullion iu tbe ratio of £98,-
543,885 of exports to £21,000,024 of
imports. Of the exports, the value of
cotton was £216,680,570, and of tobacco
£10 ,908,707—showing thut these two
products of Soutberu growth famished
nearly half the exports of tho country.
•Saturday, 21th.—In tho Senate, on the
call of tho districts, tlio following now j
bills were introduced and referred : To ;
appoint commissioners to tako charge of ;
tho interest of tho Stato in tho A. A U*. ;
Railroad ; To prevent tho u**e of slung j
shots and brass knuckles ; To euforco tho i
right of citizens of this Stale to vote in |
tho several counties, cities, Ac. The com- j
mitt cos of the Senato made favorable re
ports ou tho following bills: House bill
to Recti re to tho different counties a pro
portionate share of tho public school mo
ney ; Senate bills to topeal several acts of
tho Board of Education ; House bills to
incorporate several towns (Youugsville, I
Tallapoosa county, among them)—passed;
To change tho lines between Lee and
Tallapoosa, and between Barbour und
Bullock. None of the above were finally
acted ou txcepl tho bills of incorporation.
Tho Senate concurred in nn adverse re
port on tho bill to provide against tho
evils resulting from tho sale of intoxica
ting liquors; also in the adverse report
on House bill to limit and restrict tho Ex
emption law s of Alulmma. The Governor
returned to tho Senate, without his ap
proval, the bill supplemental to nn net to
relievo und regulate the fiunuces of tho
State. The Governor objects to the un
usual and expensive details of tho plan of
selling houdN. The Senate passed tho
following bills . To pay for certain hoi v-
ices of Messrs. Graham A Abercromhio
It has been said that tho aabliiuost word j Goorgo >\. Gunn, of Macon county ;
in our language is duty, ami the most im- I To amend suction 11 of an act to furnish
porUut, respectability ; thut the man who the credit of tho .State to expedite tho
liai compter.,d a notion is not groat until 0o , lstru ,,jo„ of rn iIrc.nilM ; l’or tho roliof
he has conquered himself, for true groat-I , ,, . .
ness is moral greuluess aud nubility of i Luyburn Susau Stowe, of Barbour
spirit; aud thut he who cannot forgive county.
others, breaks tho bridgo over which he : In the House, on nioliou of Mr. Oates,
hue self must pass. Lot us rise to tho I Dotjoo wnH K j veu to Judge Elliott, of the
moral graudeur of duty aud respectability | °
—Achieve a victory over prejudices, over i Mh Jlldloial Circuit, of the chargos pro-
onr memories of the past, our it-sent- | ferret! against him, and Ibo matter was
incuts mill spirit <,f retaliation—rise to [ nimlo n special order for Wednesday next,
the d.gnUy end bonur of our elation, .ml Tlie „, IUh0 COIlclul . iu Hetialo
to the exalted standard of pure and geu- I
erons patriotism, forgetting ourselves und I tt,u,,n dments to tho bill to incorporate the
all our conflicts and differences in the J. H. Clanton Hook and Ladder Company
bear to^our follows, equal in all j Q f Union Springs, aud passed tho follow-
I ing bills favorably reported upon by com
mittees : To authorize suits for the ro-
iy und « people lmppy. Let ! eovery of damages to bo revived in tho
representative of
tho deceased ; To make valid records of
conveyances made between January 11th,
j pended iu favor of Warner.
Amupftt)—An KhMju*nt Appral.
Senator Vickers, of Muryluud, conclu
ded uu able aud cloqueut argumcul in tho
Senate on Mouday, in favor of the remo
val of all traces of proscription, as fai
nts of true manhood to our
selves. U was said l>y an eminent histo
rian that tho true end of politics is to i •
make life easy und a people lmppy. Let «
us verify in our history fo-dsy this adage ! name u f tho .„
of a wise man, and leave no blot on the I
history of our times by maintaining dis-
tiuctions among equals. You boast of
having struck tbe manuclcs from the hands ' 1861, and September 21st, 1865; To uu-
I)f thu bIbvob, while yen pliico tbom upon ! thuri/.o proceedings in tin. t’rnbnlo Courts
the mind, the volition, the freedom of tho ! • ..... .. , • .. , ,
while. Lot uh net up to thowi-.lnn.of BK "' 1 ho.r« of dccoii-o.t
statesmen, und w hile you proclaim the punioiis ; In rotation to the competency of
liberty ot tho boudu
you
ill pronounce tho
emancipation oi our race ; withdraw your
military from Southern soil ami roslore
tranquility and order. Suffer not tho
fleeting und unworthy influences of party
to weigh down tho mighty balances of
human lights, tho immunities of tho citi-
zou, nnd tho demand of the nation ; but,
in view of tho humiliations, sufferings
und destruction of tho past, looking with
prescience aud hope of tho patriot to the
HtupeudouH greatness and glories of a
happy future, rise to tho true character of
our position, ami restoro to our people
and tho Stutes justice, confidence, equal
ity and constitutional rule, thu only soeuro
and solid foundations of freo republican
institutions. Can tbero bo anything in
tho history of governments and uf men,
higher, nobler, sublimerlhan a great poo-
pie, by their Representatives and Sena
tors, obliterating all traces of proscrip
tion, and bringing back into a common
fellowship, into communion aud brother
hood, those who are bone of our bone
uml flush of our flesh, who speak our lan
guage, worship tho same God, and seek to
servo the same country? Bend, there
fore, the white-winged messenger of
peace, reconciliation und hope to those
who will contribute to our growth, unity
uud prosperity.
ah Mon.ing New. j
Washington, Jan. 28, 1872.—Tho tem
per of the debate in the House yesterday
shows that tho postal telegraph scheme
will fail in that body, notwithstanding the
Eostmaster General’s recommendation
backed by Presidential sanction. Beck,
who openly opposed anything looking to
ward Government assumption of the tele
graph business, represents a majority of
the Conservatives and Democrats, and
Dawes, who agreed with Beck, will curry
the Republicans with him.
THE COMING MEN.
The latest Presidential ticket, mooted
among the friends of the anti-Grant ad
ministration, is Hendricks and Curtin.
Many influential Conservatives and non
et informing Republicans are seriously con
sidering the .combination in u quiet way.
HMIT.Klt COLFAX TO HE T1IHOWN OVKItROARD.
Many delegates to a meeting of the
Pennsylvania Republican Committee,
whieji convened at Harrisburg lust week,
were favorable to the idea of placing a
Pennsyl vui.ian on the Presidential ticket
in place of Colfax, and the general feeling
among them indicated strong preference
for Senator Scott. They feel that a tariff
rnan would confirm the wavering element
in that State in support of the Rodicul
ticket.
An Irish Threat.
We copy tho following dispatch from
the New York News of Friday last, and
give it to our reudeis for what it is
worth:
AN IRISH THRONE—THE PBINO* OF WALES
TO lit APPOINTED HEREDITARY VICEROY
OF IRELAND—A ROYAL COURT IN DUB-
Losdos, Jan. 2d.—The English Gov
ernment is privately discussing a proposi
tion to make Ireland a Viceroy of Great
Britain. Tho following are the two lead
ing features of tho proposition, viz.: The
hereditary Princo of Wales to ho Viceroy,
and u permanent Royal Court to be held
in Dublin.
It it understood that the recent agita-
tioii in Ireland in regard to the question
of “Homo Rule,” has shown tbe Gov
ernment the urgent necessity of taking
immediate steps towurd the adoption of
a more conciliatory policy in dealing with
the question at issue.
It is believed tho nnbject will bo
brought prominently before Parliament
when it convenes on tho 6th of February,
w hen the proposition for Viceroyalty will
be submitted for their consideration.
Tlie proposition as it stands at present,
einan.itiug from an official source, has
created a profound impression through-
ought England, and forms tbe principal
topic of dincusHion iu the club.
The Hon. Phiueus T. B irnum announ
ces tb it. at enormous expense, lie b.w ad
ded to bia vast variety of curiosities four
cannibals—threo men and ona woman, di
rect from the Cauuibal Isles. Tbe king
of that famous country wanted to keep
thorn to eat, but money brought ’em. If
Darnum could only exhibit them in the
act of caunib&lizing, the attraetion would
be wonderful. Let him think of it.
IX y. Sun.
Ex-Attorney General Akerman left Wash-
iugtou last night for hia home in Garters-
vine, Ga. Having declined the proffea
of a judgeship in Florida, and another
proposal in Texas, Mr. Akerman retires to
private life and to the cultivation of hie
scree, — Patriot,
witnesses ; To repeal the act op 1868
known ns tho “search warrant law"; To
authorize tho issuance of possessory war
rants in certuin cases ; To require the ren
dition of dccrcos by Chancery Courts in
term time, unless by consent ; To autho
rize appeals from decrees of Courts of
Chancery on motions to dismiss for want
of equity ; Substitute for thu bill to se
cure thu better protection of human life.
The House discussed ul some length,
without deliuitu action, the HiihNtitulo for
the bill to prevent tlm carrying of deadly
weapons, whether concealed or openly.
Monday, 2Mth.—A number of new bills
wore introduced in the Senate, on tho
call of tho districts. *1 ho following wero
passed : For the better protection of en
closures on landed estates; To amend
section 1721 of the Code (the obji cl be
ing to enable the Montgomery Btreot
Railroad Company to charge tolls upon
tho completion of n quarter of a mile of
road.) The following were referred : To
establish a Bureau of Insurance in Alu-
bsmu ; To cnuhlo nnd require receivers
of railroads to dischargo the duties re
quired of them by law ; For the relief of
fruit and sugar ratio distillers. The hill
appropriating § 100,000 for widows in
Alabama, made so by the war, wns recom
mitted uud made a special order for Sat
urday next. The Governor's veto men
tioned yestnrday was sustained by the
Semite. Tho Senate concurred in ad
verse reports upon tho following House
hills: To amend section 1102 of Revised
Code; To declare valid the acts of Nota
ries I’ublic ; To establish public holidays;
To repeal act to suppress minder, lynch
ing, etc. ; To mend section 1860 of the
Revisod Code. Adverse reports were
also made ou tho following House hills,
which were laid over : To uuthotize mar
ried women to mortgage their scqmruto
statutory estate in certain cases; To con
fer upon married women under 21 years
of age the Name tights and obligations in
law and equity as are possessed by mar
ried women over 21 years of age; To
repeal sections 1401, 1 107, 1108 and 1409
uf the Revised Code. The bill to invito
aud procure immigration to Alabamu wus
passed.
The House adopted the joint resolution
of the Senate relative to tho appointment
of a committee to investigate tlie condi
tion of the ponitentiary; uLo a joint reso
lution calling on the Governor for an
itemized account of tho earnings and ex
penditures of the A. A 0. Railroud silica
it bus boon in possession of tho State,
Tho following were among tho now bills
introduced in the House and referred:
For the relief of the poor of Macon coun-
ty (appropriating £1200 from tho county
treasury; ; To prohibit liquor salon with
in three miles of New Cubahittchee Bap
tist Church, New Jiopo Church, and the
M. E. Church at Marion Station, all in
Macon county; To punish the violation
of contracts iu certain cases ; To ailow
defeudants to move to dismiss bills in
Chancery at any time; To authorize ap
peals from Commissioners' Courts iu cer
tain cases; To authorize sheriffs and
their deputies to adminiatcr oaths in cer
tain coses; To require railroads to pub
lish their schedules of tiiao of arrival and
departure of truius at and from tho va
rious stations along thu route; To pro
vide for trials by jury in casos of t/uo
warranto, mandamus und other remedial
writs; To relievo maimed persons from
road and street duty. Tho House passed
the following bills; To incorporate the
town of Spring Hill in Pike county; to
exempt certain property therein men
tioned from levy aud sale under execu
tion or other final process from the courts;
To define and regulato property exempt
ed from sale nuder legal process for the
payment of debts. The House adopted
the Senate’s substitute for tho House bill
to pay the heirs of Gen. J. II. Gluulon for
hia legal aervioes (the Senate’s substitute
authorizes the payment of £10,000 to the
surviving partners of the firm of Stone,
Glopton A Clanton), and concurred in the
Senate's amendments to tho following
bills: To incorporate Youngsville in
Tallapoosa county ; To regulate tho as-
■easing and collecting of poll taxes in tho
oouotieaof Greeoe, Henry, Dale, Madi-
«ob and BuimU.
1.1st or ACTS AMI MiMOl.mOKH
TASKED T1Y THE LEGISLATURE AT TIIK LATE
SUASION, AND APl'ltOVKD RY TUE GOV
ERNOR.
1. To incorporate tho Central Insurance
Company of Macon, On.
2. To authorize His Excellency, tho
Governor, to issue bonds with which to
redeem bunds of tho Stato fulliug due in
tho year 1872.
J*. To levy nnd collect a tax for tho
support of the government for the year
18*2.
I. To incorporate tho Spalding Manu
facturing Company of Griffin, Ga.
6. To regulate tho fees of County
Treasurer, the pay of jurors and baliffs
for tho county of Upson, and for other
purposes.
7. To amend nn act entitled an net to
establish a system of public instruction,
approved October 111, 1870, and for other
purposes.
8. To establish a county court in each
county in this State, except certain coun
ties tl.oreiu mentioned.
9. To provide for filling vacancies un
der the 4th clause, 2d section, 4th article
of tho constitution of this Stato.
10. To incorporate tho People's Savings
Bank of No wns n.
II. To incorporate tho Marietta Kav.
ings Bank.
12. To incorporate the town of New ton,
iu tho county of Baker, and to appoint
commissioners lor the same, Ac.
13. To authorize and require tho Judge
of the Superior Court of the circuit in
which tho county of Hall now is, or may
hereafter ho situated, to hold tho Superi
or Court of said county for two consecu
tive weeks of each term thereof.
14. To change the lino between tho
counties of G re one and Morgan.
Iu. To nmoud an net approved March
t, 181*9, to incorporate the Duriuii Bank
ing Company, and for other purposes,
and the act amendatory thereof, approv
ed October 22, 1870.
16. To amend an net to croato a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
for the county of Glynn.
17. To re; eal an act passed in 1831 au
thoring Justices of tho Peace to act ns
Ibnd Commissioners iu tho county of
Pulaski, and to up; )y tho road laws now
of force iu the Stale of Georgia to Haul
county of Pulaski.
18. To pi event the purchase uud sale
or farming out of offices in this Statu.
19. To change the lino between tho
counties of Dodge und Pulaski so ns to
add a portion of the county of Dodge to
tho county of Pulaski.
20. To change the timo of holding the
Superior Courts of the Cherokee Circuit.
21. To incorporate the town of Beotoii,
to appoint a town cottucil for the same, to
confer certain rights, powers, and privi
leges, and for other purposes.
22. To legalize thu adjournment of Mil-
ton Supeiior Court.
23. To create a Board of Commission-
ers of Roads nnd Revenues in Milton
county.
24. To incorporate tho Southern Immi
gration Land Company, of th»» Stulo of
Georgia.
2u. To raiso a revenue to appropriate
money for the use of the government,
and to nmko certain appropriations, amf
for other purposes therein mentioned.
26. To uiucud im act creating Commis
sioners for the county of McIntosh, to do-
tine their powers, Ac., aud for other pur
poses, passed December 8th, 1871.
27. To amend the charter of tho city of
Atlanta.
28. To repeal an act fixing the term for
holding the Superior Courts of Cumden
aud CImrIton counties, aud to lix thu time
for holding said courts.
The Great Western < mini.
Our advices from Washington, respect
ing the prospects of this great enterprise,
are of a very encouraging nature. Among
the Western and Southern members of
both Houses, there uoeuiB to bo no oppo
sition whatever. The members from the
Lantern and Middle States, are generally
favorably disposed. The success of the
enterprise, therefore, now depends almost
wholly, it would seem, upon the people
of Georgia themselves. If wo will but
movu promptly in this mntter, and send
delegations from the UitVcront sections of
the State, and thus lay tho matter before
Congress in itn true light, the appropria
tion cun be hud duriug tlie present sua
sion, nnd tlm work put under successful
contract dining tho ensuing summer.
Macon, we are glad to sue, is moving
vigorously in this matter. Colonel Fro-
but, the J'resideut of tho Company of
Corporators, addressed a large and intelli
gent meeting there last week. Merchants,
bunkers, capitalists, and buisinoHs men
generally turned out en tnaHHC to hear him.
and evinced u lively interest in the enter
prise. The result will hu a delegation
from tho city to Washington in a few
days.—Atlanta A'em Bra.
J/Alton —We hear no complaint about
labor. Everybody as far as wit can learn,
huvo secured what they want. Some hire
for wages, and some for a part of tlie
crop, and some for both. We know one
mnn who him ten hands hired—live for
wages, and live for part of tho crop.
The people seem to bo poorer than ev
er, and wo suppose that they will plant a
great deal of cotton, nnd thus provide for
being still poorer a year hence. Their
credit is impaired, to a great extent,
which wo think makes them better off.
In fact we think it would bo better for
them if they could not buy uny thing on
credit at all.—J/otmton Home Journal.
Senator Soiiurz Prepared to Bolt
Grant.— 1 Vanhiayton, Jan. 25.—There
is no reuson to doubt any longer that
Senator Hchnrz will refuse to aliido the
renominution of the President by the
Republicans, if such should he (he result
of tho Philadelphia Convention. The
Senator lias declared, in positive terms,
to several personal friends, that he will
not accept such a decision, but,with those
who agree with him, will appeal to the
country against it. lie expresses himself
os confident that General Grant, will not
bo renominated.—A'. V. Herald.
The Newnan Herald says: Gov. Smith
has reappointed Hon. W. F. Wright,
Judge of the Tallapoosa Circuit. As the
course of His Honor, since his first ap
pointment in March last, has boon such
ns to give nlmndunt satisfaction to Bar
and people, this act of tho Governor will
be cordially indorsed by the people of his
judicial oirouit.
Croup.—This is tho season for croup,
a disease that requires immediate relief,
and one thut often proves fatal whero
miles have to bo travollod for a physician
—as in the country. Tho following very
simple recipo is recommended by tho
Philadelphia Star, and in localities whore
physicians are not near at hand it would
bo w oil to bear it i i mind :
Tako tho white of an egg, stir it thor
oughly iu u small quantity of swoutaued
water, and give it in repeated doses until
a cure is effected. If ouo egg is not
AUfficic *t, a second, ur even a thitd one
should hu used.
A Murderer's Death.—Wo learn that
Jimpscy A. Hunter, of Brooks county,
convicted of murder aud soutenced to bo
bung, but afterwards commuted by Judge
Alexander to imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for life, was killed ou the Air-
Line Railroad Thursday. It aeerns that
Hunter got into an altercation with one
of tho guard, und struok him with his
pick, felling him to the ground. Tbe
guard apprehending farther violence,
fired several times at Hnutor. One ball
took offect in his month, one in his loins
and another in his leg. Hunter died in-
stantlj.—/dtfanfci CenttitutfoH.
1 Lai »li or Urn. Kuril.
The Nashville papers of Friday last an
nounce the death of Lionteiumt General
R. S. Ewell, which i.rcurml «t Spring
Hill. Maury county. Trim., on Thursday
morning. The General was sick 16 days.
After making bin will, and arranging other
matters, ho made tho following character
istic request:
“I don’t want any monument raised
over me; only a plain liend--time nn I foot-
stone, liko those over the grave of my
father and my mother in Virginia. My
rani; while in tho Confederate service
might be inscribed upon one of the stones,
but 1 wish nothing in the inscription which
will cast any reflection upon the Govern
ment of tho United Stutes.”
Goni r.nl IMrhard H. Kwell.
Vrum tin* Kioliaion.l l.a.uiiror. j
One by one they pass over tho river to
rest under the Hluuiu of the treat:. Tho
great loaders of thu Confederacy are fast
passing away. First it was Jackson-
then Lee -aud now another prominent
net or of tins Into eventful war is milled to
the list. Scarce a week }».i-» parsed sue o
wo announced the death of his beloved
spouse, and now wo aro enlled upon to
perform thu painful task »>f writing tho
obituary of flat great soldier «*t thu
“Lost Cause," Richard B. Ewell, tho fiic-
eessor of Stonewall Jackson in command,
and utter him one of the most cherished
aud trusted nontenants uud friends of
Leo. We wero not unprepared for this
intelligence, for his extreme iiliuss had
been frequently referred to in our tele
graphic columns during tho past few
days. His death took place ut his resi
dence, in Maury county, Teiiuossoe, near
Nashville, on Thursday morning, tho 25th
insl.
We have hut slight material at hand—
but from the little wo have, aided l»y our
memory, we collect tlm following brief
facts of his history : Hi* was horn iu
Virginia, and entered \V* ,; d l’oint ns a ca
det in 1836. and was in the same class
with Lee. iu the Mexican war he lit Id
tho rank of First Lieutenant of Dragoons
ami was promoted to a captaincy for gal
lant sei viees ut Chapultepac. lie after
wards served in New Me d-i*, but when
the secession of Virginia occurred, hu io-
signed, tot timed home, and offered his
sword to the Confederate cause. UL lirat
service iu tho eauso was iu a little skir
mish with th«> enemy on the 31st. of May,
1861, at Fairfax Court House, in which
he was wounded while refoimiug a small
detachment of volunteers, who had been
suddenly attacked by tho cavalry of tho
enemy and thrown into momentary con
fusion. Il«i was wounded hero iu tho
shoulder, uud Governor Smith relieved
him from command, and pul the enemy
to flight. He was next iu the battle o‘t
Manassas, but not actively engaged.
His great services to tho Confederacy
begun when ho went to tlm ; ' f of
Stonewall Jackson in the Valley, and par
ticipated in that brilliant series of victo
ries which immortalized Iuh chief and the
little army of heroes he so uolily com
manded ami skilfully handled. Jackson
gave Ewell full credit fyr his valuable ser
vices in this campaign, and his own men
recognized the true worth of their com
mander. At the battle of Cedar Run ho
again co-operated with Jackson, nnd aided
in securing the victory. Thence lie
jimrehed towards Manassas, uml engaged
with the enemy in a battle at Groveton,
which proceeded the brilliant series of en-
gageiiieuts in which Fop* was annihi'ntod.
In this tight he was wounded anil disa
bled. Amputation of one of his legs be
came necessary, and ho suffered for a
long timo. it was feared he would not
recover, and daily the untiiinneemeiit ol
his death was looked for. In fact, the ene
my reported him dead several times. But
hu was soon iu thu saddle again, but not
before his great chief bad fought his last
light. Ewidl was selected us ins succcs-
Froin this lime to the close of the war
through Gettysburg to the Wilderness —
ho was actively engaged in tho field, ably
seconding General Lee. In the rctro-
grnle movement of tlmt General after the
terrible battles of the Wilderness and
.Spoilsylvania Court House, when Grant
undertook his flank movement for tho
South side. General Ewell, much enfee
bled, nnil suffering from his wound was
compollnd to retire, and ho was placed in
command of tho Department of Henrico,
with his headquarters in Richmond; anil
hero he remained until lie mounted his
horse and rode across the bridge on tho
morning of tho evacuation, while the
bright sky was darkened with the smoke
of a conflagration, which, in obedience to
superior orders, and the imperative uncos-
sitins of war, he had sorrowfully lighted.
Ho was taken prisoner, and long confined
in Fort Warren without any assigned
eauso. Tho harihdiiim he had previously
endured, added to the burdens of u h
I Sr. Louis, January 26.—Tho Detno-
i etat's uditoiial of this morning, roicrtiug
to hheiul Republicans, says they iiuvt:
1 pronounced their own condemnation unit
blundered into a confession of ilie bud-
dcsh oi their cause by holding the Na
tional Republican Convention iu uavancu.
What right have they to uusumo that thu
Republican masses, iu whose patriotism
they have protussud to ooniide, will not
do their duly u.s citizens ? What ground*
aro there to asauiuu, mouths bcloru hund,
Glut the people leprenented in thu con
vention iu 1868, atnl who have since ro-
peatediy ratified their National uud State
conventions at the polls from one end ot
tho land to the other, arc so imbecile or
so dishonest thut they wrill bo ovor-riddeu
or bribed in their convention this year?
i'his, und only this, is the impudent as- ! whose powei
sumption ou which men, hypooriticuliy i are diminished, but whoso stu
calling themselves Republicans, huvu I most poetical and dramatic ii
gathered iu a mass meeting aud appoint- history. The walls urn twelve
ed another mass mooting to namo a Lies- ! and fit teen high, substantially
ntunlial candidate. They sot out with a \ ed, and plastered with clay. Other ruins
liiul libel upuu the Republican voters of j were discovered near, and arrow-heads,
the couutry, and that based upou no uc- and sundry idles. Soon thucty of “.Soup!"
turn they have dune, hut upon the action j sounded lrom tho shore, aud wo hastened
it is anticipated they will tako hail a year ' to dinner. An eagle, lining over, caught
The Chicago
publication in a
the Rowell Exp.-
orudo. Tho 4 i-ll
Sopteml
u i.xpi'ilitlou, i From tho I'htluitolpbh Lf'inl Ouzctto.
tbuuo euutiuuoH tho ! AiUmn’ r.f WnsIibiKtou.
t v by a member of i The Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
on exploring tho Col- among its late most valuable acquisitions,
i/Uov.ing arti exliactu : ■ lias become tlio owner of a serie* of orig-
30.—Journeyiug down the nul lettors of .both tho Adamses, John and
Htruugcly-gunrdod rivur, wo caught sight j John Quincy. They will, wo presume, in
lo-duy of tlio rums of u house, pore Lied .duo timo bo published. Of one of them
upon a cliff’ sovomy-fivo or eighty fuel wo have taken a copy. It. is a letter to a
from tho water. Landing below, a scrum- ’ particular friend, who had written to old
bio through tho mud, among tangled j Mr. Adams in July, 1806, paying him
bushes utm over tho rocks, brought us to very high compliments,
Thr.
ing; tho fotutli, with tlm roof, hav
ing fallen in. Ruddy outlined pictured
can still tie fuiutly trac.-d upon thu fl it
surfuiiOH of the rocks standing about.
The ho fust-lulling records oneu intelli
gently told tlie uumo atnl fame of thu lord
of tho manor near, or perhaps syllabled a
prayor to tho deity he worshipped. They
a lilltug epitaph of a people
is broken, whoso numbers
American
!oi t lung
imprisonment, had
upon hiH corihtilulioi
finally released, and
homo of his wife in
but a wreck, and scot
for Ibo grave. Ilo
to lengthen out his
riiystery difficult for
remember his skelet*
np|H
ho
apid inroads
i. anil when ho was
made his way to tbe
Tennessee, he was
tod ready . con then
* U bun munuBiul
life thus long is a
those to solve who
n form and tleoropil
is wont in drive or
ride through tho streets of Richuioud iu
the lust days of the war.
He is at rest at last, uml hiH battles ore
all over. With Juckson aud Lee. ut.d the
mighty host of nameless heroes, who
crowd tho valludlas of the dead, he sleeps
in peai?!
I.i-tfxl Tcuilrr.
The parody upon justice which was en
acted in the Supreme Court of the United
Hiatus tho other day, wtore, by means of
a packed bench, the reversd of tlio legal
tender decision was effected, moots with
deserved condemnation from the better
class of tho Repub ienn politicians and
press. Homitor Anthony, of Rhode
island, recently addressed tlio following
note to a Providence pnpor:
“Tlu ro is one inoidout of this decision
of the Supremo Court which will always
be looked upon with regret. A judg
ment, as is well known, had been made
up and pronounced in favor of tho oppo
site side. This was don-?, however, whou
the bench was not full. Subsequently
the number ot justices was made com
plete by two additional appointments,
made, as some behoved, not without ref
erence to tbit very question. The case,
which had been once decided, was vury
Hoou it* opened and the judgement which
was iirouounccd on Monday was a reversal
of that decision. Tho proceeding was
undoubtedly in all respects entirely legal,
but as it has led to consequences so im
portant there is grout danger that it may
be regarded as a precedent for packing
our highest judicial tribunal with refer
ence to particular emergencies This
would lead to bad results, it would tuko
from tho dignity and tho authority of tho
Supreme Court. It would transfer its de
cisions front the busis of justice and truth
aud right to that of political expediency,
and it may be to thut of party necessity
or advantage.”
It is certainly a melancholy reflection,
to say the least of it, that this bulwark ui
liberty, o» it was intc-n led by the fraiinuH
of the Constitution to be, has boon de
graded to a mere province of tho Execu
tive, dependent upon his will and eager
to do his slightest bidding. Tho holiest
and honorable Justicos being in the mi
nority, the Supreme Court bns become a
mere dead-letter in all questions into
w’hich politics shall enter.—Louucillt
Courier.
Henry Clown A Co., of Now York, have
written'to the Atlanta Constitution, ex
plaining the connection which they have
had with Georgia's departed funds. Homo
clues which would load to the recovery of
tboir money would be much more satisfy,
ing to the howling Georgians.—Couner-
Jour,
'l he
ph,
It t
bold but weak stroke for tho Presidency
through the Democratic putty. The
transparency of the trick spots it. Its
indecent haste betrays its nakedness to
every honest Kepunlican. Democrats
will tauntingly demand of those hummers
--“whero aro your voters ? iuu sunt you
hud at least loity thousand of thorn iu
Missiuiii. yet you tail even to show a del
egate iu thu convention and resort to tho
sb}storing use of elaborating u mass
mooting.
THE RHFU11L1CAN
says tho Missouri liberals opoued tho
1’it sidcntiul campaign ou \\udnosdny
with a shout and « i n.*rgo. 'They do nut
go back, nor stand stilt. 'lli<*y niovo
straight upon tho enemy's works. The
convention was le-quolsblo iu uituibois
and intelligence, it,id it been only half
»»« largo us it was it Would still ha\J been
sufficient for the movement it lepresouts |
ou t of those aggressive revolts th.it
huliengo popular admiration uud gathi
uplo of smaller buds, nnd coolly i
vuurcd his prey u short distance from our
dining slut ion. Rapids not so frequently
oiiuuuiilercd now, but bad cnuugu when
they do occur. Rations “growing uuiull
by degrees, nnd buautui.liy less, stimu
late us to great exertions. Early nnd late
At t
1 thought starvation ;
pork, or “boot grease,"*
•-'•died in camp parlance,
come dainty lure. The s-
but my stouk of mljcctiv
and thu comparison box
i vert’d}
c,ur"dy
his be-
i grand :
leudin
lows. Audv ha
tho rifle, and n
a wild du.-k. Ti
ara continually
u bluff the crun
s empty. 'J ho
ravines and gulches
ft-roelining intervals.
iu\iL fringed with wil-
scoine an expert with
nd then brings down
* * f former occupation
with. We found ou
of
uly i.i
King re
culnr fo
* of a Ki
:!lt
Lgt!
Umy go
a ho took j
nnsol wi'h tboir fe.
1 hoy did not wait lor some overt iu*t
as a prut* xt to bolt from tho regular par
ty. 1 bey did not wait even fur thu lull
promise ut that nuxiliuiy suppoit fiout
tin 1 Domoerary which the Miecuss uf their
revolt demands. They havo entered tho
field and raised the standard without
such promise, mid in doing so they givo
better proofs uf their sincerity uuil de
termination that any amount of rigidly
drown compacts ami stipulations could
furnish. No concessions or change of
pulley <m the pa it of tlio President and
iiis administration, not oven the nomina
tion at tho Philadelphia convention of
Homo other candidate, cun heal tho breach
in tho National pat tv which the Missouri
liberals lm\c pioeipitated, for between
the men who adopted the now platform at
JuffeiHon Gitv on Wednesday and the
dominant party at Washington* reconcile
ment is as impossible in* between tho
donfinant party uml the Democracy. Tho
Democracy and tho Missouri liberals can
easily agit-o, but the liberal> ami tho Rad
icals never. I ho Dcuiooruuy have asked
for some substantial sign ot the U«>puhli-
oun dih.iffeclion as a reason fur Dmuorrul-
o abstention from a Presidential nomina
tion. Tho Missouri Liberals have given
it by a step which throws them on tho
patriotism and generosity of their propos-
ed allies. It roiiiait.H with the Democra
cy to suy whether these fiiendly insur
gents shall tiiiiuipll or Ire sicritlced ; hut
in deciding that question thu Deinoaraey
•hull be deciding whether Grant or some
liberal Republican shall be next President
of the Lnited States.
TIIK TIMES,
referring to tho resolutions adopted, says
nothingeoiild possibly l*u more Democrat
ic, and no pluttorm perhaps possible of
snggor.tiou upon which honest citizens all
over the country could more heartily
unite. There is nothing, however, in tlio
entire proceedings of tho convention thut
indicates as wise, desirable, or even prac
ticable, tho policy of pusriivoucay. It is
not even insinuated in resolution or
speech that the true way of reform of the
government lies in an ubui.donuiont of
• ho Democratic organization, nor is tho
Democratic party asked to surrender its
identity or abjure its faith, or fori go its
independence, in order to bring tho de
sired consummation about. There scorns
to us but one plain inference, uud tlmt is
a rapidly consolidating disposition among
liberal Rcpublicana hero in Missouri and
elR0whe.ro to givo up as a bald nnd crazy
ubsurdity the idea of forcing tho Democ
racy to a withdrawal from tho contest,
ami to unite the conservative Democrats
ol'the country, even under a Democratic
leader for the purpose of dispatching the
dangerous oligarchy now in power. Tho
Missouri policy muy ho set aside then ns a
thing for which tho people have no use.
Wo tuny bo culled upon to sustain some
representative of Republican liberalism
ns a Presidential candidate, but never to
yield an idea of our political creed ; never
to commit the folly of abstention.
THE DEMOCRAT AdAlN.
In another editorial referring to the
convention tlio Democrat says: “These
Domocrats ami renegades profess to speak
for the Liberal Republican niussus of
Missouri. They protend that these mass-
es aro a distinct organization, represented
I by a Statu committee. This protenso is
their main capital. It is also an errant
I aud a notorious lie. Every interest im-
I polled them to attempt to delegato the
convention if they dared. They dared
not cull upon the people t*> meet in their
primaries, ami chose delegates to a
is, chipping* uf flint, und im
Thu current bevumun so
• be imperceptible. Having
boat at a point, tor obvious
given, the remaining cn.it t
l progrt .s labori
jo -‘I 1 *tt'g a party w
the boat left behim
tifinished work. Ft
Uu pot-
tied, ■
ovciland
complete
hi tills al *:
of unkfio
right, sun
itaiy butt
; the river
n volcanic
11won ty-fiv
. are scattoi
and there
ditto plate
October 5. —Green shrubs nnd trees
now thickly lino the shore, iu plousing
contrast with tlio InilV-colorod walks that
liso above thorn. Now and then heaps of
beautiful sand attract tlio eye, that glisten
aud sliiuo like mounds of gold dust.
Moiirnl Seneca llowland comes to view,
named for a luciuhur of a previous expe
dition who was lo.it. It is six thousand
feut in height, sharp-ridged, heavily
wooded, standing idom*. Powell wanted
to duvoto one day to us ascent, but short
supplios prevented. Every hour is gold
on. Passed to-day tno mouth of thu Bull
Juan river.
'llitd tributary divides Mound from
Monument Canon. Tho Ban Jiun, at its
or six feet
p. It flows
present stage, is
wide and as many
over be.ls ot qui
alu
ksand ; drains tho Bau
•Jttnu Mountains on the western slope ol
tho “Rorkvs"; it is a dirty steam. Two
miles below wo camped lor dinner, and
examined u remarkable cave called by the
Major “Music Temple.”
it is a vast auipliilheatro, cut by the
water from tlm soft rook. It is lighted
by a narrow skylight worn by u Jittlo
stream working imstly through tho ages.
At the entrance four tall slid slender cot
tonwoods stand. Following a winding
gorge, wo turn u corner and gaze admir
ingly ut this freak of tho tl *ods. A vault
ed roof extends over a spurious hall 320
by 520 loot in width and length, n floor of
gruvol, and at the further uud a pout of
water. The namo of (). C». llowland,
1869, is out veil upon the w all. Wo placed
ours near, iu wot weather tho rivulet
swells to a torrent, and falling from tho
canon s height must dash with gn-ut force
down its deep and toituoUH channel, until
reaching this cavern it widens into a pool,
ever euciouching upon thu yielding wails.
Tho bed of the stream is fringed with
ferns and mosses, and in one piuco over-
shadowed by a mountain oak. On tho
river’s shore wo find tlie Barrel Cactus.—
It is of cylindrical shapo, ami frequently
a height of five or six feet. Tho walls «.‘f
Monumeut Canon aro nearly vertical;
flio R500 feet high, cut through by many
transverse nnd narrow e;.t-o .-. Giant
statuos from 500 to sou f,. •: ).. i -l.t vise
tho river's boundary and tmvor
above the j I dean I On a straight
stroli-h of nwr tl i-. iird't!iit« g lino of
peaks, wiih ll.. is ■ing s.-,.t*i,els. shows
finely.
nlion to create a separate national 0, ) le * :
Tho Hherinan La ml Journal gives us
the following description uf Northern
Texas: No portiou of tho State of Texas
presents such advantages to the immi
grant as tlm northern and northeastern
part uf our Stale. It is true wo do not
have tlie vast pineries of thu eastern ami
southern comities, but wo have att ubuu-
(lunco of timber, and wo have, too. wluit
those portions lack, viz. : a maguillcent
agricultural region. UIchmuI with health
and prospeiity. Tho streams of North
ern Texas aro clear, kj arkling and cool,
npd in some instances mi placid that fish
can hu seen at a depth of ten and twelve
feat. In kouio of our western streams,
for instunco Elm Clear Creek and many
party. Well they know that such
i found tlie speckled or r
from an indorsement on one of the lettors,
referring to a letter from (b n. Washing
ton to Adams, dated in tho critical suu»ou
of 1798, in wliich Washington wii esthus:
Mt. Vernon, July 13, 1808.
Believe me, sir, uo one cun rnoro cor
dially upprove of tho wise and prudent
measures of your administration - they
ought to inspire universal confidence.
Old Jolm Adams breaks forth as fol
lows in reply to his friend w ho has thus
alluded to Washington :
Quincy, Aug. 23, 1806.
Dear Sir : In your lottor of tlie 7ih of
July, you flatter mo with very high eulo
gies, and complete the climax of them
with tho opiuiou of Washington. For the
future I pray yon to spare yourself tho
troubln of quoting that- great authority in
my favor. Although no man Inis a more
sottlod opinion of his integrity uud virtues
thou myself, J nevertheless desire that
my life, actions and administration maybe
condemned to ovurlnstiug oblivion and l
will add infamy, if they cannot bo defend
ed by their own intrinsic mmit, and with
out tlio aid of Mr. Washington’s judgment.
Tho Federalists, as they are called by
thoiusdvcs and by tboir enemies, havo
done themselves und their country incal
culable injury by making Washington
their military, political, religious, ami
even, moral pope, and ascribing every
thing to him. Hancock. Samuel Adams,
John Jay. and several others have boon
much more essential characters to Amer
ica than Washington. Another character
almost forgotton, of more importation
than any of them all, wan James Otis. It
is to stand against eternal justice to givo
to otto, as those people do, the merits of
ho many. It is an effectual extinguisher
of all patriotism and public virtue, and
throwiugtho nation wholly into tho hands
of intrigue. You lament tho growth of
corruption, very justly, but there is noim
more poisonous than tlio eternal puffing
and trumpeting of Washington and Frank
lin. and tho incessant abuse of thu real
Fathers of their country.
Co
e.—It
cajy—Military h
will bo remembered by
iu his first communication to the General
Assembly, nt tho beginning of tho session
in Nov. Just, Conley took occasion to as
sure the membors of that body and tho
people of Georgia that ho was not oppos
ed to military interference in tho affairs
of tho State. Tho general views express
ed in that document were of so conserva
tive nnd just a nature as to induce a very
general belief that tho man wus disposed
to bo just and honest.
We have now ovidenre which shows
tlmt shortly after his message was written
h« wroto to tho Kti-Klux Committee urg.
iug that troops should bo sent here to pro-
tect tho “loil” people, end to secure his
claim to tho Executive office. This mat-
tor, onr informant st tea, was made the
subject of several Cabinet meetings, nnd
tho true frieads of tho country in Wash
ington were vory much alarum 1 nt tho
Georgia situation. Struiigu to suy, though
tho truth must be told, A hernia ii resisted
thin appeal of Conley for troops.
Tho prudent, just aud conservative
course of tho Legislature, our iuforiuant
states, had great weight in preventing
Grant front interfering iu onr hffairs.—
Augusta Chronicled: Sentinel.
Tlio Pork TrtiU*.
Tho following is a comparative sta f o-
nient of tho number of hogs kt ed at tho
principal points in tho West fiuiu Novem
ber 1st to January 13th :
Chicago
Cincinnati....
St. Louis
Milwuukce.,..
Louisvillo....
Peoria
Indianapolis
Total 2,451,585
Total.
830,535
590,000
330,000
1904000
309,000
83,000
122.000
taiu trout, while deer, turkeys aud other
helm thorn with conspicuous j K w,u ® ftro abiiudant tli the timber lining
defeat. Any convention of Republicans, streams. Not on'y are the streams
so-called, would have passed ringing ros- woli timbered, but the tidges aro fre-
oliitions branding ah infamous tho senemo ' qnontly found coveted with timber, the
of those plotters to betray their countiy upper nnd lower cross timber alone fur
fur their profit; therefore, they shrewdly ,l, *bing timber suffi iei t to answer for a
retrained from giving to tho liberal j 44**°^ proportion of the northern part of
masses, whom they assume to speak for, tho State. The principal timber found on
any opportunity whatever of passing upon ! streams of Northern Texas aro tho
their programme. So far did they carry ! l )OH ^ °“k, red oak, ash. pecan, etc., while
this that they allowed uo dissenter from j 111 KO,, »e sections tho hots d are, that in-
their programme a voice in their meeting. ' vuluublo tiee for hedging, fencing,wagon-
w e tiniukful that the bummers havo luukiug, etc., grows to an astonishing
met and nmdo tho situation plain to the
dullest comprehension. No otto can
henceforth mi-take them. Loudly as
they have claimed to represent the Re
publican parly iu this State, more loudly
has their action confessed tho claim to bo
false."
Death of a Finn Horse.—The fine
black umro of Mr. Jas. A. Ralston died
uu Sunday night lust. He hud owned her
about six or seven years, and so greut
was his attachment to the animal thut he
had a coffin made und had hor docently
buried. Tho original cost of tho pair of
which she was ot.o, we leant, wus about
£3,<MM>. Wo sympathize with Mr. R. iu
h.s loss, as wo know how much attached a
man becomes to a good horse aftei hav
ing owned it for several yenrs.
[Macon Telegraph.
A Scene in the French Assembly.—
Paris, Jan. 24, 1872.—The French As
sembly was moved by tbe ocourrenco of a
scono of troinondous excitement duriug
tho session to-day. A membor named
Kuqtiet, who is roinarksble for his per-
bourI appearance, being a dwarf in size,
hunchbacked, proposed a resolution de
claring tho confiscation of Napoleon's
family property to tho nses of the State.
Tho proposition was received with shouts
of derision by tho members genorsllv,
and only twenty hands wero held up in
fator of it.
Total
lust
918.087
500 006
305,800
241.000
243.000
48,000
105.000
1,260,893
Air-Link Railroad.—Tho survey nnd
location of tho Air-Line Road, which has
recently boon completed, show tho follow,
ing elevations abovo tido water; Atlan
ta, the starting point, 1,105; Gainesville,
1,267; at Mr. Kiuisey's, 28 miles east of
this piuco, tho highest point ou tho line,
1,616; the Tttgalo river, nt tho crossing,
700—which will bo crossed on a bridge
only 30 foot high; Greonvillo, S. C. t
1,050; Spartanburg, 1,050; at King's
Mountain tho elevasion is the same ns it
is at Gainosville; Charlotte, N. C., 850.
The greatest divergenco from nn air-lino
is ut Mr. Kimsoy's, which is a littlo ovor
four miles. Tho line runs within two
miles of Tuccou Fulls, nnd fourteen miles
from Tullulah Falls. The distonco from
Atlanta to Charlotte is 260 miloR. Thu
lino skirts tho mountains for two hundred
miles, aud yot tliero will not bo a tunnel
on tho road, and tho heaviest grado will
bo 52 8-10 foet per mtlo. This is a tri
umph of engineering skill but rarely
equalled, ami probably not excelled in
railroad engineering.
'1 he whole lino is now under contract,
with over 3000 hands at work. It is tho
intention of the authorities to have tho
cars running through by tho first, of No
vember next.— Oaincaeilh Bugle.
A New Railroad Project.—The Asho
villa (N. C.) Citizen says: “A Bill is be
fore Congress asking a grant of 2,000,000
acres of the public lands, worth £4,000,-
000, to build a rail road from Spartan-
burg, S. C., to Asheville; from Kuthor-
fordton to Ashovillo, from Old Fort to
Asheville, from Woolf Creek, Tenn., to
Asheville, and from Asheville to Dalton.
Ga., or Cievelend, Tenn. The friends ot'
tho Bill iu Washington aro assused of its
passage during the present Congress."
Railroad Progress in Texas Last
Year.—Southern Pacific—Extended from
llallvillo west to Longview, 10 miles.
Houston and Groat Northorn—Comple
ted from Houston north 65 miles.
Houston and Texas Central—Extended
from Knsse north to Corsicana, 58 miles.
Western Division extended from Bur
ton west to Austin, 22 miles.
Tho International in completed fr< m
a pound of hay dining the j Jlearne, on tho Houaton nnd Texan Con-
Tho policy, however, of thu iu- trnl, 120 miles abovo Houston, northeast
size. There are a number of different
kind of grasses covering the prairies of
Texas. Tho most valuable is the mesquit,
it beiug green all the year, aud in many
sections cattle do well that are uot fed an j
telligeiit farmer is to foed hH stock a
short time during the winter. Tho soil
of Northern Texu», for the most purt, is
composed of two kinds : thu black waxy
und black sandy. Both kinds aro rich iu
tho extreme ; and while tho black waxy is
perhaps the most productive, the black
sandy is much the easiest tilled. For
fruit culture thu sandy is the best.
Wo find lho list of “loyal" Georgians
to Jewiti, 50 miles.
More Gold Stories from Manitoba.
We learn by a gentlomun who arrived
from Mauitoha lant night that great ex
citement exists in that Province over ad-
viees recently received from old mim rs
in tho Poaco River district (600 miles
northwest of Fort Edmonton). Follow
ing up the theory of Sir Roderick Murch
ison that where fine gold in found on tho
*’ ‘ * iferous m*<t-
w — .. source fioui
Republican of Thursday : , whence it oould be procured in a coarser
Gluhoi i—James B. Jones, ^£20,193, form, the miners olaiiu that they havo ex-
corroct-
. . . , f from
A. Kent, and Julia L. Benerrett, £21,000; £ 1,000 to £2,000 per day. Tho difficult j
Joseph Lippntan, £29,760; Antherr-t W.
who aro claiming w«r damages from tho bars of large streams, the
Federal Government, iu the Washington al might be traced to
Republican of Thursday : j wheneo it could be proem
Glorqi v—James B. Jones, £20,193, form, the miners olaiiu tb_. _
Rurko county; David R. Dillon, $348,015; perienced a practical proof of its co
Aodrew Holliday, $29,539; E. li Kent, ness, and that they aro realizing
A. Kent, end Julia L. Benerrett, £21,000; £ 1,000 to £2,000 per day. Tho did
Joseph Lippntan, £29,760; Anthert-t W. of proenring provisions at so remote a
Bioiio, $31,140, Chatham couuty; Goorgo point, they claim, is the greatest obstacle.
P. Burnett, £25,050, Flu) d couuty; E. W. However, snch obstacle will be consider-
Monday, £88,800, Fulton county; Annie ably removed by the proposed opeuiug
E. Walton, £4 4,567, Morgan oouuty; up of navigation on Lakes Wmoeppu'and
Beniamin Hamilton, $4 4,819; Nathaniel Manitoba, and the Saskatobewsn River,
P. llurben, £51,438, Whitfield oountj. ! for which waters tbe Hudson's Bay Com-
— — ! pany are now building four stoamera on
London, England, has a larger popula- usd River. A large number of prospect-
tion thuu the entire S a’e of Ohio—3,880,- ore start for Peace River in the spring.^
009 psoplt, and ooyom 087 squats miles. St. Paul (Minnesota) Prut, Jan, Mo.
