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COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1872.
Volume XLIY.-No. 7.
The Weekly Enquirer.
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COLUMBUS:
THURSDAY WCttUrARY 8, 1872.
their object?
ALABAMA UXibLlTl'KK.
Stitm'doy, Stl.—In the Kutmte, on tho
cell of the Diatrictn, new bills were intje>
A U(TCIi IV TUK AKMTRATIOV.
If %e umy believe the report* in ciron*
] filial! (mime of winch are eleawbare no
ticed in this paper) the Geneva Confer-
ep-'O in likely to prove a failure. For aav-
ei al weeks cbore have been vagne allmrion*
to exorbitant claim* tnade by the citizen*
of the Cm'.erl State*, hud to conxternation
occH*:^ned thereby ita Englinh official cir
cles. There was even a rumor that the
American cL.itna won til ntuouut to five
bmiircfl million* of dollars! Of cottrae
Uiis Was startling to »»ld Joint hull, who
ih onuocnotorneil tu getting out of hia
troubles with other nation* in tlfit way,
llis traditional mode of settlement ha*
been to make them pay the bill, and bit
would have difficulty now in reconciling
hi* HuhjtH’ta to the jmymont of ftuch an
umttt'U&e amount as the price of peace
with the Vf.iWd Status.’
lHi -we i» talk of cUuaa for ‘•indirect’
ditulgea, from which we infer that the
calculating Yankee* are prewaing their
demand* not only for aoluul depredation*
by the Confedetnte emitter*, hut for prof
its wtnoli they nay/if /tare matte had not
thou* audaei aia cruller* deterred them
from prouiiaingMpeculationttAuil tempting
Ventures. F'v old John ought to have
known very well, w hen be went into the
th<J business of settluuient by urbitration,
that Joti&tiun would be tire to beat him
at that gur.ic. But It aceiutt that he has
been overreached, and that the talk iu
GnuI Britain is now for withdrawal from
tho Geneva Confe.r nco. We needlurdly
say that, this would leave the difficnlty be
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain much mure aggruvnUd and coniplica-
ted than it wn*-btrt»>ru the “High Joint*"
took it in hand. It would present a aharp
issue callin,: for decisive action, nnd such
action might h ud l<> lioitilitiea. Of courae
wn tuny ray that it would be foolish to go
to vjt about the matter.but most wars arc
founded upon disagreements not so grave
or diffi-.'uh of adjustment a* this. What
ever Tm*y be the character of the claims
presented to the t .'onferenoe by the Amer-
ic.tu government, it would have to insist
on thotif* claims in tho event of the abrupt
withdrawal <>f Great lint sin from tho Con*
fereuco, and It would add to them the
ohargo that England had acted perfidioun-
ly in ref using to abide by an arbitration
of herowru arrangement. A “hiteh" such
as the one now threatened would tske the
ease out of the jurisdiction of di*intero*t.
ed tribunal*, and t ran-Ter it to the “hust
ings" and the “stump," whore office-souk
ing haranguers of the dear people would
aeek to promote llu.ir own popularity, or
that of thair party, by appeals to passion,
pride and aelfdntereat. In this country
we have a Presidential election on hand,
and in Great Britain the almost certain
upsetting of any Ministry and defeat of
any party abiding by an odious result of
the wrbitiarion wronld 1 mi the ronscquotipe
Tho question realty *e< tus to have abstiiu
ed a much graver aspect than over before.
and.it will 11quire cool heads and hearts
eminently endowed with mural courage h
manage the question so as to avoid a con
fUct.
We of the South arc peculiarly iuterest
ed in the meiutwuance of peace. A pro
tractorlwur with Grunt Britain would Ik»
most disastrous to our cotton intererst,
the crippling of which would injuriously
affect every business among us. Asa sec
tion or individually wo are not interested
in this dispute, but we cannot escape its
consequence* if it load* to war.
Our noon dispatches of yesterday re-
ported that the Bngli.-h press has mode
rated iu tone, and that all were awaiting
with much interest the Queen's allusion
to the matter in her address of to-day
The following special dispatch to the
Havanmb Ad ft rtire reports thu fueling at
Washington in regard to this uew phase
of the difficulty:
coed from the fury of the mob and sen
trneed to the penitentiary, we took oeca-
to ridicule the proceediuga by which
the •majesty of the law " wm vindicated
in his case. We vet tired to suggest that
it would have been a* wholesome aud just
to have permitted the mob to inflict on
him merited punishment, as to give him
tho mockery of a trial in the skulking
manner reported and ruu him off to a
place of refuge under the cover of dark-
and secrecy. All tho revelatious of
that trial raised the presumption that tho
negro (who had before that time stoutly
h ided his guilt; w*»s farced to make a con
fession and submit to immediate sentence
the price of bis deliverance from the
m.4. then surruun.Ung tho jail frum which j iu lU . A K Hcult..rul C
had been covertly taken to the extrnor 1
WiSJUNorox, Feb. 1872 -The all
engrossing topic in Hduiimhtrdtitiu circles
to-day is me war cloud which bos sudden
ly loomed up from -Juba Bull * dominion*.
The Govern uniat has just been sppnsed
of the stand Utkau by C'iiitf Justice Gock
bnrn in advising the British Cabinet to
recede from tno treaty of Waahington,
which submitted the Alabama claims to
the Geneva Conference for OAbitratinn,
and to repudiate tho*." claims altogether.
As this would u* once force tie issue
npoa tho United States of declaring war
or agrneiiig to a new tre«ty, there is not
a little anxiety to k-aru the decision of
the (mulish Cabinet.
j t is known that onr Government ha*,
for some time, been Cognizant of the res
tive faahng iu England on the subject of
the Aluboui claims, (this feeling has
beeu pretty plainly Hhaifowred forth by the
Press of iLot country) and it is now hr-
lteved that the leceui and nnimstakable
warlike pu-paratiuns all along our e xists
had a much deeper meaning than any
possible seri<<ua complications with Spain
England is evidently in earnest, and our
Government aesma to be fully aware of
the feeling. The uitaEtion is, undoubted
ly, a aerimi* one, and it is hard to foretell
what may be the developments of the
next two weeks. There h deep feeling
on the subject in this city, sod on every
baud anxious groups are impairing for la-
ter news or fiiher detail*. On the afreets,
in the holds, in public or private pieces,
it is the one lupus of conversation. Will
the Governuiwnf adhere to its previously
avowed policy of etipmdng the Alabama
claims ? is the general queiy. If ao, then
war is inevitobi*.
It is generally believed that the Gov
ernment will n<>t liHck down, that it will
HOB YHK LAW WAS PPMIXB.
flnenue of Oongreasional “ring*", the em- accused, by Lis counsel, aubmitted a de-
IMicn it was aiinonuoed that the U«Ksbes- pioyment of paid lobbyist*, and the per- nial of tho charges, and a statement of
r (N. V ) negro Howard had been re*- (.nation of Presidential presents, to eff ect ^ what be cxpecte«i to prove by absent wit
nesses. The evidence taken before the
committee was read, which, according to
tho Adrerliter* report, may be summed
up sa follow*:
1. Judge Elliott i* an habitnsl drunk-
........ .. **!; ard, with occasional lucid intervals, lasting
duced, the following among them : To 8utiiet imee a month or more,
provide booke and stationery for sheriffs j. Ho bus frequently attempted to pre-
—passed ; For tlio relief of the Savannah ehle when so deeply intoxicated as not to
k Memphis Railroad Oompany—reforred ? know what his duties were.
lmary court. This presumption is now
*oiiflruiH(l by the Hiatoments of the negro
marie to nu “interviewer" of tin* Now York
♦Stfw, who somehow obtained accesH to
him, nml who thus reports:
“lie now strcuuously denies his guilt,
and says he wus ouly induced to plead
guilty to save his life. He says the Dis
trict Attorney told him if he didn't admit
the crime he*would withdraw all protec
tion, aud leave luui to the mercy of the
mob. The fact that the authorities were
more frightened than the negro, and that
they brought him in court at night iu
masque!Hde. i. t*., hi* face powdered and
wig on his h jad, w ould seem to indicate
that there wa> mutrh ground for the cnl-
prit’h fears. lie will nnquestiouahly buve
M*e loiqMfued, or rci'eivo a pardon in
;wr years. The indecent haste with
which every proceeding in hia case was
uducted is uuoiigh of itaelf tu iiihuie
le or the other benefit,"
Who docs not know tliat if such an af
fair had occurred at tho South, instead of
heralding it as a triumph of the law over
lob violence, it would have been regarded
*« a moral triumph of tlm mob or the
zn-klux," and the Radical North would
instantly have raised the howl for the ro
ll of the m*gvo? U it not manifest
that tho negro, if iVu/wm/, (and we do
not believe that he is;, had uo chance
whatever to obtain a fair trial and a just
verdict before either the Kadi<w1 populace
of Rochester or the “trooly loll" court that
took mch extraordinary jurisdiction of his
case ? And is not this precisely the condi
tion of thing* which the Northern pres*
and Congressmen falsely charge u* cxiht-
in*- at tin* South — the pretended condition
of nffiiiis among us which they ullega as n
jiiHtith ,-ttion of their nmasiire* <*f forced
construction and their high-handed ku-
kln\ law and arbitrary proceedings under
it?
The *TBtrh** Alotul tlie (laiais.
The version of the Quoeu'a address,
publittheil by the Pull Mall, f/azttte on
Monday evening, which our dispatches of
yesterday pronounce a probable hoax,
made the Queen nay that tho omis
sion to guard against the allowance of i’w-
dirtrt damages was a pardonable one,
aud that she “hoped that the amonut to
be ultimately defrayed will not exceed tho
French payment to Germany"!
It appear* from tho comments of the
European press, that President Grant
claimed that tho operations of tbs Confed
erate cruisers fitted out in Engli*h waters
protracted the war for two years, and that
Great Britain ought to pay the expeuse of
proaecuting the war for these two years.
Noticing this claim, the London Saturday
Ufi ieu: of last week pointedly say*:
“Those who protend that the esptnre
of some scores of merchant vessela pro
longed the war by t wo years would scarce
ly deny thut tb alliance of England with
the Confederate States would either have
secured permanent independence or have
indefinitely postponed the Northern con
quest. The annual expenditure of fifty
millions would have amply sufficed for
the struggle, and abstinence from all par
ticipation in taxed st ten times the amount.
It is notorious that the Emperor of the
French would have been eager to oonour
with England in the dtfonoe of Confeder
ate independence for the purpose of insur
ing the success of hia Mexican enter
prise. Mr. Roebuck and one or
two other English politicians fuiled
even to obtain a hearing when they
suggested that the true policy of
Kaglaud would be to assist in establish
ing the independence of the Confederacy
as a ch<*ck on tlm arroganoe and ambition
of the United Mutes. Ten years ago it
would have been thought useless to iuslst
that England should be both neutral and
reopous.blu for tho cost of the war; bat
extreme deference, when it fails to arouse
generous feeling, naturally invites inso
lence and extortion."
There may be truth in this, but, John
Boll opeued his eyes too late, and now be
must pay dearly for his want of sagacity.
All right'.
A* an expression of opinion on the con
tinent of Kuro)>c, we have on editorial of
the Al/gann'iif Zcituutj^ in wbi ‘h it says
that the tribute drawn by Germany frum
France is insignificant compared with that
dtnumded by tlis United State* from Eng
land, rebuke* the extmvsgaoos and the
insoleuce and intolerance of the American
claim, and concludes by saying: “Heldom
has there been soch bitter cause for a de
claration of war as that afforded by the
first act of the great international court of
arbitration."
Fiuskfokt, Feb. o.—The holders of
Georgia State bonds have held a meeting
at which they adopted a resolution re
gretting the action of the Legislature of
that Bute on the veto of Gov. Conley.
A committee was appointed to lay the
f rievtqioes of the bond holders before the
resident and Congress of the United
States find the Governor of Georgia.
The above it a Frees diapstoh of Mon
day midnight. The action of the Legis-
Uture of Georgia “on the veto of Got.
Conley" was simply, if we remember
pursue h different policy ftoai its hereto- . . . .. .. . _
fore milk and water vacillating one, and S * n « h > over of • blU
insist, iu a firtu, dignified manner, upon providing for the payment of a part of
jthe enforcement of the treaty of Wi
bl 'Tngton. Iu other word*, the general im
pression iu this city Is, if England forces
the i*Mi« npou this country, the Govern
ment will unt evade it. A few day*, how
ever, util tervo tu throw light upon the
matter.
The majority for Gray, the Grant cau-
the State bonds, not for the repudiation
of any portion of tbsm. But the bonds
lately i*sned by Gov. Bullock required in-
rratiynti*/* before Legislative action
suuiing them, and such su in vest i gat ion
is all that tho I.cgialsturs or people of
Georgia have yet demanded. This hi
didatf, in thi Kp.ci.l election lut we* in ST^**2*21
tU««h Seuatori.1 district of P«uwylw. ^2?*
“*• 9m T 9 ! ^r. 1 ZiVO'Jl I »* •*»«-«* * M
the iurntigetion chonM W auda. Their
tlio district (t tin) rcgulcr Mection >u
7,426.
app-M* to the PraahUot «ad to "tngtiM
The Trunnr of the United Btatoe bee an enly proof tbet they fear the jodp.
ruled that the depert meat win pay espreee neat of the triboaeb herinf riphtfnl
chargee oniy en each, toniiletod currency
ae ie forwarded directly to the treeearer,
under the gorammeat contract with Id-
MM SiptMi CoMfiny
jhrisdiotion, and seek to obtain “gasp
jndgmeaM " from aotiioririse having e^y
tk» sufAt, aot the right, to tHifwe.
To prevent the malicious killing of slock
—referred ; To punish illegal voting in
this State—referred ; For the relief of
Thomas II. Taylor, of Bullock county—
passed ; For the relief of purchasers st
stiles by order of Frolmte Courts—re
ferred j Joiut resolution authorizing the
Governor to appoint di legnto* to repro
ve 11-
tion at Wm-Uington—adopted j To autho
rize A. J. Henderson, itflmiuistrutor of
Stephen D. Smiley, to sell certain pre-
perty—passed. The Senate adopted n
joiut reeolutiou to the effect that the Gen
eral Assembly remain in session Until all
business before it bo ffuisbod, provided
tlm same can be ucoomplishod by the 1st
of March.
In the House, the Committee of Ways
and Moan* re ported favorably to the bill
(o regulate the mode of taking and ap
proving the official bond* of county offi
cers ; also a Mubfitituto lor the bills to re.
blraiu tlie tax eolleotor of Barbour county
from the collection of excessive tnvun
from certain porxoua therein named—both
ordered to third reading. Tho House
adopted a joiut resolution declaring tlmt
the term of office of members of the
General AnHCiubly expire* on Tuesday
•after the first Mouduy iu November, J872,
and dcuouueing a* nu outrago and usurp
ation any attempt by member* to “per-
|>etu«te themselves in office." This rcaj-
lutiou wot unanimously adopted. The
Committee on Iuternal Improvement* re
ported favorably to tho bill to amend an
act to loan the aid aud credit of the State
to expedito the construction of railroads,
and, after au amendment nffVdiog tho
exteuMion of the Vicksburg A BruiiHwick
Railroad west of Troy, tho \oto on tho
adoption of the hill Mood CO yea* to 17
usya. Tho Chair decided that two-thirds
of all the lueiuhoiK of the House not
having voted lor the bill, it had failed.
Fioiu thi* decision an appeal wuh taken
and the Chair overruled, aud the Speaker
thereupon announced (hat the bill had
been pas*ed. Bonding a motion to re
consider, the IIouho adjourned.
Monday, Mh. —The Senate passed tho
following bill*: To relieve the Savannah
»V Memphis Railroad from illegal a*Ke*s-
nieut of taxes ; supplemental to the law*
relating to life insurance comj nnic* by
the laws of this Htute; for the support
and clothing of indigent deuf, dumb and
blind at the Alabama InMitute, Talladega.
A bill to eatabliah tho Alabama Agricul
tural College at Florence was referred;
and the Senate diKcusned until Adjourn
ment the bill and aulmtitiito for the relief
of widows end orphan* created by the
late w ar.
In the Houae, the Committee on In
ternal Improvement* reported favorably
on the bill requiring the endorsement by
the State of the firat mortgage bond* of
the Kufaula, Abbeville k Gulf Railroad
Company, with eu amendment; and tho
bill was made a special order for to-mor
row. The following were among tho new
bills introduced and referred in tho
House: To define and punish disorderly
conduct; to restrain diHoasod animal*
from running at large; to confer addition
al powers on the Chancery Courts ; to re-
quire wholesale license tax from person*
who sell spirituons liquor* iu quantities of
ono quart or more ; to extend the attach
ment laws for rent. A bill to fix the tiuio
for the trial of criminal casus in tho Cir
cuit Court of Barbour, was passed. The
following bill*, favorably reported upon
by committees of the House, were laid
over for a third reudiug ; to create a new
Judicial Circuit, to be called the loth; to
regulate the bminesa of iuHuratu’.e iu the
State of AUbaruH. with amendments ; to
organize the 8th Judicirl circuit; aud *ov-
oral bill* to prohibit Hale* of liquor uear
cortain localities. The Houhc resumed
consideration of the addres* rgninst Judge
Elliott of the Glki Circuit, and adopted a
resolution requiring the defendant to
inskee sworn statement of what he ex
pected to prove by absent witnesses, by
12 o'clock to-morrow.
Tuesday, Wh.—The Senate pAnxe.l the
following House bills : To change the
lines between Barbour and Bullock coun
ties ; To regulate the buying of lottery
tickets in this Ktate ; To prevent the Kale
of liquor within three miles of Kew Hope
Church, Macon county ; House bills to
confer upon married women under twenty-
one years of age the same right* as those
who are over twenty-one year*, aud to
change the lines between Lee aud Talla
poosa, were laid on the table. House bill
to establish Revenue laws for Alabama
wee referred to a speniul committee, with
lost ructions to report et U e. ru. Thurs
day. The Governor informed the Benete
of his approval of several bills, among
them—To prohibit liquor esle* within two
miles of Liberty Church end Ceutrai
Academy in Bullock couuty: To amend
section 11 of an set to furnish the aid and
credit of the State for the purpose of
aiding the construction of railtoad* in
Alabame ; For the relief of William 0.
klelver, administrator, Ac., Macon county.
The House postpooed until 10 a. m.
to-morrow the consideration of the Ala
bama k Chattanooga Railroad subject.
Senate's amendment to House bill to pro
hibit sales of liquor within three miles of
Warrior Stand, was concurred in. T^e
following bills were passed by the Ilonas :
To anthorize the Memphis Jr UharleMon
Railroad Company to isano cor.wl.vUted
bonds; For the relief of the Tailoeeee
Manufacturing Company Ho. 1; To re
fund to Barbour county certain sums of
money erroneously allowed from the
county tax ; To prohibit the sale of lot
tery tickets to minors, with no amendment
nt—ding the prohibiten to lotteries char
tered by the State. The Committee of
Wayeend Mean reported favorably to
Abe biltfie regelate the assessing and ool-
8. Uo hna, during such occasions, de
cided oause* without regard to their merit*
or tho law.
4. Hu is not, at eny time, strictly ini-
partial; but when druuk. in aotuetimea
offensively partiul in hi* ruling*.
J. Wlieu sober, his deci*ions are gen
erally correct; hut he i* partial to Judge
Mclvtuatry, aud sutler* that lawyer to
plead sham plea* for delay.
G. He i.« rulher above the average iu
ability of the Circuit Judge* in this State.
The vole on the adoption of the address
for the removal of Judge Elliott stood—
yea* nays 22. The Speaker thereupon
aunouncid that two-third* of the Mouse
having failed to vole for the address, it
was lost. Mr. Black moved to reconsider
the vote on the addi?**, aud on motion
of Mr. ScmtucB the question of reconsid-
eiation whh postponed until to-morrow
10 o'clock.
Atlanta Cu»»vU»\U!»'».)
Bruit:I*tis tthuHP IilMliilltir* Have Urea Itf-
MOYt’il lij sjm i'IhI Art of CnnarrMK,
Wamiinoton, Jan, lit), 1872.- Georgia
had quite u benefit in the House vest onlay
in the way of having tho disabilities of her
eiti/cim removed. While this i* highly
satisfactory to the individuals concerned,
1 am sorry, in the interest of nil tlm South
ern people who uro lahuritig under disa
bilities, that these special bill* should be
put on their passage. It wa* resolved
Mime 1 into ago, by lue Democrat* of the
House, not to vote for these special bills,
but to await the passage of ii general am
nesty bill. Now it look* ns if till hopes of
What XaaNfaetarf* bo Air a Pirns*.
Mr. Iiulbert, ex-8uperiutcndent of the
Htate. Road, addressed the Chamber of
Commerce of Atlanta on the advantage*
to e place of the introduction of manu-
faoturea. He showed how they converted
village* into town*, and town* inly Hour-
lulling cities, lie took the oily of Fittn-
burg, Fa., a* an example, end fiuniehed
Homo very valuable ntaustica from the his
tory aud present of that great and
pro«perou8 city. They weie ao interest
ing and valuable that the Chamber of Com
merce requested Mr. Halbert to furni*b
the addreea for publication, lie did so,
uuderdateof loth ult., aud the address
appeared in a recent issue of the Atlanta
Constitution. We make the following in
teresting extract:
If wo would continue to increase in
population aud wealth, if wo would ex
tend our commerce, if wo would invito
the merchants from the regiou referred to
eud induce them to purchase our goods,
we must be prepared to furnish them with
not only iuipoited dry goods, groceries,
hardware, drugs, clothing, etc., etc., but
with agricultural implements, carriages,
wagons, hardware, boot*, shoes, clothing,
and numeroUH other goods ol our own
homo mauufactuie.
The manufacturer necessarily disburses
large amount* of money for the raw ma
terial nud labor.
This money rupidly finds its way to the
retail merchant, uud from him to the
w holesale dealer.
The merchant cannot possibly huvo a
more powerful uud direct support than
that furnished by the manufacturer.
t'oiumerco and manufacture* are twain
sisters. They movo Hide by side.
As the ono udvuuce* the other necessa
rily progresses, acting aud reacting npou
each other, with a concentrated collect
ive power that neither cau command sep
arately.
Dissever them, and you destroy both.
Blot out the few manufacturing estab
lishments and railway shops that we have
in our midst, and you immediately close
up a large proportion of your mercantile
cNtublishim-iitH.
increase your foundries, rolling mills,
machine shop* and various oth«r manu
factories, and yon enrich your iiieichiiuta.
•An interior city eau be truly prosperous
upon emu me tee alone.
Establish manufactories, and commer
cial prosperity neooHnarily follows.
Iu examining the statistics of Vitts-
bvrg. the great city of (hi* continent, we
find that she is rapi lly becoming a great
commercial mart, demoaulrutiug the fact
that ntiiiufucturer* are the foundation of
commerce.
CHEAP COAL
i* the primary elemeut in the growth of
that city, nnd I propose to show in brief
figures its increase Irom I8J2 to 1871, and
the consequent rapid iucrc
illation and weulth :
|8t;;i, total bushel* recoivnd
general amnesty had been abandoned.
Yesterday Mr. Speer introduced a bill
relieving the disabilities of certain Geor
gians, whoso names are mentioned below,
Tlio second section of hi* bill provided
that all laws or parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this act be and are
hereby repealed. At the request of Mr.
Bingham, however, Mr. Speer consented
to the sinking out of this section. In
spouse to questions lie said that th<
mentioned iu the bill had petitioned for
the removal of their disabilities, and that
they were all good citizens. Mr. llntlcr,
of Tennessee, made similar statements
w ith regard to citizens of that Slide, whose
names were then added to the bill, which
was passed by the necessary two-third*
vote. The following Georgian* uppuur in
it: David Irwin, of (;«>bb county; J. A. \V.
Johnston, YVhitlhdd county; Thus. Harde
man. Bibb county; I.. Billingsley and
Christopher Burkes, Fike county; John
IV. H. Underwood, Floyd coiuity; Win, A.
I.ofton, Jasper county; John *L. Moore,
J- l>. Stewart and L. T. Doyal, Spalding
county, Eldridge G. Cabnui** and Oiuein-
natu* Peeples, Fulton county; James 1*.
Simmons, Gwinnett county; Levi S. Bus-
sell, tTinthum county; nnd Samuel 1\
Thurinone, Clarke county, Georgia.
General Young introduced a bill, which
also passed by a two-tbirds vote, removing
the disabilities of David Irwin, Dennis
Taylor, Warren Allen, Jas. W. Harris, T.
Howard and Lafayette McLaws.
General DtiBosn introduced a bill forro-
inoving the disabilities of Martin J. Craw-, , # 4 , ,
ford, of Muscogee county; and Speer pro- ,n ' 1,0 t^nuUctnro of iron and
sented a petition from W. S. Hudson, of ,llwrkcU
Harris county, and Levi 8. Russell, of ““**
Chatham comity, asking that their disabil
ities be removed. The bill and petition
were appropriately referred.
of her pop-
total bushels received
Increase in eight year*
POIMU.ATION.
Her population in 18G0 was
And in 1870 it woa
Tlie Su|ireun> Court Varanrjr.
We hear it reported that owing to the
illness of Chief Justice Warner and tho
uruer aud tho
very heavy docket to be disposed of at tho
presctii term of the Supremo Court, Uov-
rarily, a -Judgo to fill the place mado va
cant by tho promotion of Judge Warner
to Chief Justice. Wo learn further that
it is probable that W. W. Montgomery,
KmF, of this city, will bo tho person «o-
Irctod for this high position.
Mr. Montgomery is a loamed and able
lawyer of high personal and professional
character, and his appointment would, wo
betelve, give very general antisfaction to
the people of the State. Ho hu* all the
elements of character, which make a good
Judge, and if appointed will achieve high
reputation a* an able, honest, upright
and faithful officer of the law.
| Augusta Chronicle, V,d
Ureal Urllaht amt tlie Arbitration.
Telsgrnui lo the \ev Y»rk ll< ral/t.]
Losno.v. Jan. JO, 1872.—Tlio impres
sion prevails lioro thiif tho Geneva Con
vention will iieccssurily disappoint the
bojm of the public, and cud in failure. If
the Conference should agree in favor of
the American claims no English govorn-
iimut would accept the result and no Far-
liument would vote the compensation
money, Iteueo the movement which is
being miule to terminate the proceedings
just now, under pretence of a different
national interpretation of the treaty.
The London Timas, in its editorial argn-
m« nt on the subject, bay*:—“Euglund
should demur to the American claim of
indirect damages, and if the Uoiirt of Ar
bitration reject the demurrer she should
w ithdraw from the sitting and from par
ticipation in the case.”
This i» not u newspaper argument ad
dressed to the British government, but is
An increase of 7*1,1 UG
Or shout o.i per cent, in ten years.
This great increaso of population aud
conaequeut increase of weullh is due to u
regular, steady supply of cheap coal.
This supply of coal hus hud u powerful
effect in stimulating nnd buildiug up her
manufactures. In fact her pro-eminuuce
and Htoul is
of thi*
continent iu ninny urticle*.
Her statistic* show that her wonderful
growth is mainly duo to lior extensive
manufacture of
WON AND Srr.EIi.
Iu lRliil, her rolling mil;* were 27.
Ju 1871, her rolling mill* were 4.1.
iu 1 Stiff, hur puddling furnaces were 202,
In *.871, her puddling furnaces wore 5G2.
In 1 Stiff, her nail machines wore 108.
in 1871, her uud machine* were 7*08.
in I Stiff, tous of metal used by these
mills Iff2,000.
In 1871, tons of metal used by these
mill* ffff0,000.
Iu 18(53, the foundries and machine
shop* wore 4.*i.
In 1871, tho fouudriefl and machine
shops were 7.7.
Iu 1 stiff, the tons of metal imod by
mill* and foundries were 178,000.
Ju 1871, tho tons of metal used by
mill* and foundric* will be oOO.OOO.
Tho increase in 8 yours in the number
of rolling mill* lias been Hi, or Go per
cent.
Increase in number of foundries and
machino ahopu lmt been U0, nr G8 per
cent.
lucroasn in number of puddling fur
nace* ha* boon 300, or 1 Iff tier coni.
The increase iu tho number of nail ma
chines 1(H), Sfff per cent.
The IncreuHo in consumption of nintsl
ff22,000 tons, or 180 per cent.
The total production of pig metal in the
United Btate* for 1871 i* estimated at
2,000,000 tons.
These statistics show that Fittabnrg
will conMiuio fully one-fourth of tho prud
ent product of the United Htatea.
It will ho observed that the increase of
population ha* kept regular paco with her
increase of manufacture*.
Her first glaiw factory was put in opera
tion in 17ffff, her first foundry iu 1S0J,
and her first rolliug mill in 1812.
. In 1812 the population waa about ff,00();
to-day, 211,730—an increase of 20G,730 in
fifty-eight year*.
Iu 1803, her glass factories were 10 ; iu
1871, 70. Iu 18(53, the number of Laud*
... reality tho government view put out iu * i * . 4 t ,
the B0*H,»,M.r BH a feeler ..f the Sentiment! Z Ci? 1 *“ l8 /V. ’ '
n( the jH'oj.lo, II I. II- Vn.d.uk /M Ithe weekly w.fjea of ttje.e hnnila
feoler of tho Nontimeut. • . .■ ■ .
. . It i, the Englieh Cabinet -Z $ wTlrl »
hieh save in the conulmUnu word* of the *“ * 1 ' '' * ' ,n< " • '
urticle, ‘ We cannot nc a ui«ea in a eon- 1 f" “ ,ooU, 1 '°J • s ;' ,40 i 0u V JJ*' * uuum ,B
atmetion uf the Ircuty which we are <lo- '*> » uf her m.nnf„«uree alone,
termined not to acknowledge If a.,.,roved 1 . lb,, 1 . of ltt
agaiost u* ” “ 11 j glass has been, in eight years: lo nuru-
Tho Hon. Peter Johu Locke King, M.
her of factories, thirty, or 7ff per cent.;
in number of bauda, two thousand sevou
P. for East Surrey, in an address delivered !“ #
at Southwark to-night, «.id that “the well- han 1 d l r ' d ‘ or 1 f
informed people nt EngUnd were not t.n- 1 ** ekl ) "****' “•««)-!»« thoueand do|.
«a»y aliunt tiro AmericJ, treaty. ‘ Ur ?‘ Hr 1 ‘ 5 P« r ”«? t - . ...
Fittabnrg, with her cheap coal and iron
Ths Treaty of WaybilloiTaad th» Trsaty ef »x»mfactmes, has drawn to heraelf
Uk+nt.
Lonoon, Feb. 2.—Newspaper* teem
with hostile comment* on a false report in
regard to the ease of the United Htatea
which had been published in reference to
the Alabamn claims. The statement of
the English case ha* not been published.
The Advertiser assert* that Chief Justice
Cockbiirn, one of the arbitrator*, will
withdraw; that the government w ill repu
diate the treaty of Washington, and a cor
respondent advocates thi* course and uug-
gcKta the repudiation of the treaty of
Ghent by the United State* a* a precedent.
The Daily New* believe* that the claim*
of. the United State* for indirect damage*
have been declared out of I ho question;
that this opinion is backed by thesentiuieut
of the country. It i* not known that uuy
action ha* been tuk» u by the government
ou, the subject,
teeUji of tte poll Uuc in the State, bat ita
toixs:
w*k*otocif itoy «u wtorti»»taqaiy3m,«at
The Bute Uoad axd Its Bvhinkim.—
The (JarlenTille Standard niakea tola re
port, which, however acceutoble to the
leweea ot the road, fa anything bat credi
table to the farmer, nod plant.n of Ocor
gi*:
“The State Road i* doing a heavy bnai-
■cm. It ran. from two to tore* hundred
freight can daily. Very llttU of tb* boot-
boh fa from the North. It fa almost ei-
clnatvely from the West, and eoameta ot
ptovteiom. One can raahz* how largely
we draw onr (applies bom the West, now
dependent we of the Booth en. The
State Road i* in An* older, end apparent.
The wtU menaged.
tensiva foreigu trade, that of oil
In 18G2, the number of barrels of eoal
oil landed at Pittsburg was 8Gff,718, and
in 1871, over 1,000,000 of barrel*: in
crease iu eight years, 700,000, or about
17ff percent.
Iu 18G2 the value of this oil was £ff,-
000,000; aud in 1871, %l2,00ff,oon ; an
increase in eight years of fib,000,000, or
100 per cent.
Fittabnrg has to day over 80,000 opera
tives employed in her furnace*, rolling
mills, machine shops, foundries, gist* fac
tories, and other manufacturing establish
meats, to whom is paid on an average
fi I (10,000 per day, fil*ff0,000 per week,
fi2,820,000 per month, or &4G,080.000 per
annum. This va*t amount is expended
mainly in her midst.
I desire to rail your attention to this
fact, that alihough PitUburg is not
gsrded as a great commercial city, yet
that her rapid growth in manufactures
has bed the effeot to increase her com
merce in a remarkable degree, showing
that the two interests ere dependent upon
each other to a mnoh greeter extent than
it generally supposed.
Hahttobd, Ooxw., Feb. 8.—The Demo-
oratto Convention adopted the following
among other resolutions,
“lEM ^
aomuwliat of
tic* who 1
early portr
dcntly \vi>i k\
inquiry vui*
duuiuiul Iu. i
tergi r ih nil
opouingof i
figure*. Thu
laid, «* rcportoii 1m
the ft l
time tod lasting neaoe ean only
none from such a profound reconciliation
aa enfranchisement hat brought to Mii-
Thn aomri, nor oan those Goveramenta be
pare or greet la whiob tax peyen here so
ecttro pert,”
A ffiTMas View.
Tho AUegemdnc Zfitting observes, in
s long article on the Alabama case, that
“(ho tribute which Germany draws.from
France after a complete victory i* iu*ig-
nificant compared with the compensation
that the Ameiioun government deniHudH
in virtue of a treaty which enthusiast),
describe os the inauguration of a new
era of peace and friendship. The moat
hostile aud con tempt uou* dispatches ol
Fnnce Uimnarck to tho Freuch govern
ment are courteous and friendly iu com-
pariHOu with the indictment tor which
the President and hi* Csbiuet are respou-
Kibie. Au idle attempt ha* been made to
shift this responsibility by attributing the
unexampled coarseness and roalioe of the
stuck to the lawyera who drew it up. It
muy bo true that the Atnenruu negotia
tors have discredited themselves; but
they have also discredited tho character ! ,
of their country.” Ah to tho Biippoxitiou H |,,,
that tho luwyvr* have piit forward *Uch I own
extravagant elm inn in order to gain popu
larity among their countrymen, the anler
pays: “It i* not nbHolutely iiuposhiblc
that their object i* lo provoke either in
sult or injury ; there i* no other alterna
tive. litMulting language would be com
paratively tolerable if it were used as a
menus to obtain several hundred uiilliotiN
money. Discoiirteity without any
practicable object would be far more un
justifiable. it the object of this hostile
and perverted Htatemeut is not to give
more weight to the claim* for compensa
tion, it is simply impertinent abuse"
(impertiuente /Jt*chim/>jung.) * * *
•Vine treaty mi* drawn up with culpable
laxity, hut it cauuot be ao interpreted a*
to justify the Americau demand*. If the
:ourt ot arbitrators—which i* not to be
expected—should tase into consideration
the claim on account of the alleged two
s’ prolongation of the war, the En
glish agent* will bavo no alternative but
ltlulraw from the court. It is incred
ible that imparled jurists who have any
consideration for their owu honor ami
that of their country should yield to pre
tensions which would make neutrality
mure costly than opeu war; yet it must
ie admitted thut tho ublo American udvo- u j fl0
■ate* cannot i.uva put forward their do- I
ui.iii'li. without believing in tho possibili
ty of success. Should the arbitrators,
oulrury to expectation, snpport tho Mean-
dahuiH mjUhVieo of the elaimanta, this
would be an instructive commentary on
tho new idea oi nettling international
disputes by arbitration instead of by vio
lent luouiiN. heldom has there been such
bitter i-ause tor u declaration of war a*
thut afforded by the first act of the great
international court of arbitration."
kinir nw*l J'r
i In 4 hit*40.
CflttM.
| The present week promisee to be mh
11 PH." rurn.nl.]! 0 th, r exhibiting * great falling offtaw.
CufuAuu, Juuiiary ‘i^.-There lmt bean ! celpta M mmpmd wl0 | loot Jtor. Tb*
reoeipta of the first four day* of this
week, ending Tuesday night, were about
U fueling in the
mmket foi hog pn aucta during the week,
and more eiu.ti.lencc expresHed iu the
uiaiutenunr.* o; present prices. The re
ceipt ». of bqga wero Ughtev than usual,
and thu compete tun between packers and
shipper* resulti d to i hiabuftkiug an ad
vance iu prices which bud a marked effect
on tlie ni.uket tor products Home jmr
jcu “bears" durtug the
iu tetison arc changing
i their horns are evi-
!*oii;*h. The xpcculstive
•w hat inrqor, while the
on foreign account was
ug auj week muco the
»r. The stork* of meat*
t holder* are indifferent
■»s tb**y unii ohtaiu their
stoG; cf mesa pork and
the pn.iker* and wnrer
nt e7,000 barrel* of
si0 Ueices of the lat
ter. The p.ieUtiiu ,,f bug* to date ita re
ported «t I Off against 717,402 to name
date lanl seuson. Ah some inquiry has
been mode tu legurd to tho uumber of
hogs p.u-kod tu October, w« uro iucliued
to tho opinion that front ff.000 tu ff,()00
hog* will cover the entire number, a*
packers did not be-in aiaughtering until
lute, owing to thu unsettled Mute of affairs
created by the occurron *e of the fire.
Fucking iu progie*u.u.g favorably, aud
there is no doubt thut wo sliull pack the
estimated number h* l down for this point
IjlUO.LHJU hoga.
te f-
Fobrtiarv. M,
belief thul s.imi
will coutiouo sl;s
uf the •'legiilu
March loth to I
h«vt? eliiKud th* - n
probably not u t •
lull
used number
atn for dclivory during
nd April warrant the
t tU». larger packers
lift ring i.tier the close
1 a king season—say
, Some of the packers
i uiready, aud will
again. The for-
visioua cuiitinues
;e of the previous
idle the receipt*
d M li.vaukoo uro
> the
Comk to Gmrr.—And now th* two
Treasury clerk ^ who peached ou Grant
about hi* indebtedness to the Govern
ment have come to grief. A Washington
letter nays:
'The two clerks. Hunt and Green, of
the Third Auditor's office, who were so
ndUcrcd ns to disclose tho fact that tho
‘ccords iu their division showed the Pres
ident to bo iu arrears to tho United .States
In tho sum of fiffooo, and tho Third Audi
tor #ff(m, bavo paid tho penalty for telling
family secrete. They have boon summon
'd before the Government executioner,
and informed that they *hud no right to
know anything outside of their official
duties, therefore, the Government could
diapouae with their services.’ Tho Third
Auditor is u New Hampshire curpet-hug-
gor, but uppoiuted from North t'arolina.
has retunded and ho bus the Presi
dent. ‘Let us lmve peace.’ ”
Louisiana Sc'oar Crop.---The sugar
crop of the Ht*to has been made, and
never wn* a more unsatisfactory condi
tion of the caue busine** known, in cou-
rideration of tho excellent prospect* nt
one time shown, when 1 Iff,000 hogsheads
were reported as tho probable prospective
>. Tho cane was abundant, but it
Id make neither sugar nor molasses.
It is now thought 110,000 to 1 Iff,(il)O
hogshead* will be the probable yield.—
And yet prices oontiuuo low in apite of
the Cuban troubles. Ha ton linage A d co
cut r.
A Company of Capita lists to P Ur
iahs Houthern Railroad*.—A compa
ny of ciipitalibte has just been lurmed lor
the purpose of purchasing Southern rail
road*. It i* cjilod tho Huuthern Security
Company, and includes capitalist* iu Bal
timore, Philadelphia, New York, and
Euglund. Tho olliuu of the company is
Hind to be in Baltimore, hut tho dircctiug
parties are Philadclphiaus uud Pennsylva
nian*. Thomas A. Scott head* the list in
two capucilioH, firat for himself and sec
ond uh a trustee, but tor wh m is not sta
ted. It doe* not requirifa violent Htrotcli
imagination to underatund hi* trustee
ship. He repreaent* tho Punusylvaniit
railroad, which thus, through hiiu wud J.
Donald Catuorou, of the Northern Cen
tral railroad, Also ou tho list, cxercn»c*
tho control of tho company and it* opera
tion*. Other purtie* ou tee list are S. k
W. Welsh aud A. J. Drexel. A strong
Baltimore house by the nnmo of Waltura
appear* to bo the representative concern
in that oily. Il is interested in the line
owned by the Pennsylvania Central. The
operation* of the cotupouy encounter
more opposition iu Virgiuia aud Georgia
than iu all tho oihor btate* combined.—
This company hold* the Name relattou to
thu Pennsylvania Centra! at tho South
that the “Pennsylvania Company" doca
at tho West. There uro inUiculiou* that
tho ninc-milliou bill will be revived at the
present Hcariou of our Btato Legislature
and probably go through.
Since writing the above we have ascer
tained the result of tho meeting. The
stockholder* of both companies unaoaui-
mouttly agreed to the article* of agree
ment upon which the toad* are to bo con
solidated.—VhiUuldphia Tdr graph.
General Sickle* and the 8i>anihh
Government.—A special from Washing
ton, in the New Yoik Evening Post, uu-
derdaftcof tho fftet uh., say*:
The return of Gr-ueral Mickle* to hi*
W i*k andGesuuu.
made of our ocoiu
seems be is kind-hen
We hour that a «l
her appearance at tti
Saturday evening j'
little sou nnd ' onl
atratigtr in
and nu
tntc woman made
seemive Mansion
desk, with her
•hild. She wa* a
id nowhere lo go,
fallen with hi* ft-
sas, nud that wi
widow and lew m
kindly cured f
furnished flier
ets purchased
we have hcfui
bed linen left i
niug, altci
tlm uidn
> their li
d II
lice. 1 It r husband hod
i to the foe at Muuaa-
w* enough. The poor
on were taken in and
; h bonntitill supper wo*
nnd n supply of blank-
keep them warm. (A*
»4id, there i* but little
:he umuHion.; Tho noit
outlier bountiful meal,
rph.iii were furwurded
.\t\nt,t.a Constitution.
A few days ngo u lull passed the House,
and euuie very near parsing tlie Senate,
which would ii iv. jmdiibittd the sale of
spirituous or vinous liquor* in tho city of
Montgomery. 'lie* bill provided tliat no
liquor hIi*Mikl bo hold within ten mile* of
Ziou church in Montgomery county, and
was introduced in tlm tioiise by u member
from Montgomery under tlie i.apposition
ueivtion was situated
ii* city, liut when it
le the fact was devel-
tl.ut Zi'*n church waa
city of Moutgomery.
g known, the bill was
pieli:he<i. Therefore
that the
twenty unit-* I rom
cntiio up in tne Sen
oped by Mr F..rdc
virtually in Hie
Thin fact I ocun
unceremoniously
without this timely ilti
Fardel), m .I bte activr
tieal effect, it
spirit* could n
our city.—Mot
ery of Senator
ivny in giving it pruc-
Imble that u drink of
day be purchiised in
ery Ad err litter, oth.
S.Mt.Maidsu in Hum Quabtrivh.—We
learn freuii good authority,-any* tho Key
West Di 'pu'eh, of tho ffOih nit., that the
Hlcatnor Liberty, which arrived at thi*
Tu
port i
board some
did not up
which, it j-,
su lav ut-rUti
of tliPKo pa.
Exct lloticy
Robeson, N
to Mr. Pisli
tlie other* t
oral Gimit’ii
cigar*. Jbid tL
to any other s
Stain*, the f.ti>
place would li
aud prob .blv u
tateumer In a In
the eonllscnt iol
F**day afternoon last, had on
six package* of rifrar* thut
; .ir upon her ttianifuHi, but
r.ii I. \i . ni shipped under oou-
s«ste and m <iI at lluvaun. Ouo
, watt uddru-sud to Hi*
l . S. Gr.»ut, another to Mr.
tei* t:*ry - J Iho Navy, another
ScTutary of the State, and
a oitl'ereut uietitbera of Gea-
Uabinet in all about <1,000
e.g.
been addressed
. of the United
Moiho i.fficer* at this
punnoed upon them,
Wo .
it t.
lilitod the
O' 4 |' n -.
of tlm v- ‘
sav that tin
posit ion* of th
so overshadov
that they wi-j-e
way to Jtitl*it.,
toms . fii .-.h ;
little li i » ....
pel Mr. I !>. i
duly entei u.
ry dtity the u.*i
cover any m<
(irant to hum
there is in Gen
euptuin of the
liiivo sought
d . ffieial
..I -li
...• of the laud
■ : r • go u ■ their
'•» • i' '<-I i -it the eUA*
- | #-rt will exhibit a
iir, and com-
>mI hi* eoufrere* to
i ui.d pay the Htatuto-
V are at a Ions to di»-
privilego in General
untggle.l cigars than
Poui Thumb.
Toady!).v Ri iu i.ko. Whatever may
bo thought of lln ico Greeley, nobody
has ever denied to him good common
aenso. lit*, has exhibited thin quality in
hi* rcHpi u-o to ihe preposition to cn*t a
stetuo iu bin honor at tlm present day.
He says in th'* Tiib.tn. : “Mr. O. would
not be pine ed, mnoh lo s ehaimod
the erec ion <f any statue of himself
while he live*. Alter be i* dead—au
event which ho do.-* i.ot care to hasten,
eveu for tho r. d:*' i f a statue—if any
should sre fit to pile granite or marble
above in* dust, bo uaii make uo objection;
but, ho loug aa be fchidl remain in the
flesh,!)*) is i ontent wi ll the stones thrown
t ...... . .. . , at him preiniaruon*.!/,-nhd would rather
post at Madrid ha* boon a matter of Homo . uol ^ 4Vrt UQ y 0 f them oonmlidatod into a
doubt, aud the Htatemeut has l)een made -
that ho intenda to remain iu the Unitotl
States and participate in the oounng Pres-
Incidrnt or tub War.—Muny sad sto
ries buve b*.eu '.old o! tee Kuo war, Oue
of the saddest that wo know of occurred
idential campaign. A report is iu cirou
Ution here to-day, and is repeated by per.
son* who would not be likely to be iustrn- . .. . . , . .
mental in unking it publio anion* wall battle uf Ohiokumaugs,
founded, tc the effect that Gan. Bioklea’ ,™ ' w,u * Ah a ecu i.iutcd arudery couips-
conduct at Madrid has been snob ss to »J from Eufajda, were o.dored to pursue
give great offence to the Bpauiab Mini*. 'V* 10 fc ml, el nw ay at all
try, aud it U asK«ited that they have inti- P° ,uts i on ® , f ,tH wembarH Hinldonly
mated to onr State Department that if ? to PP® d » HD,[ kneeling down kissed a dead
some e ther person be sent to repreaent
tho United States at tbe Spanish Capital
it will be an act calculated to promote
friendship between the two nations; in
other word*, it is another Cataeaxy im
broglio, with tbe United Stateshubiititnted
for llusbfa. Your correspondent gives tbe
report a* it comes to biiu, without vouch
ing for its accuracy; although the matter
is tbe suhieot of much comment among
persons of protuineuce.
Affairs in McIntosh.—A gentleman
just from Mclntonh county, informs us
that a deplorable state of affair* exixt* in
that county among the planters. Up to
this time, under the malign influence of
Campbell, the negroes have obstinately
refused to sign any oontmet for the pres,
ent year. As a conaeqaenca nothing ban
been done on tha plantations, nnd many
are unable to get out their lost yearn
crops. Is thsre no remedy fer this state
of thing*'( Tbe negroes are not dieeatie-
fied with their lost dealings with the plan
ters, and the whole disturbance springs
from a spirit of. miaohisf in Campbell,
who appears resolved to avenge himself
for the toes of oivil power lo the oounty
under the meant oei of the Legislators
by breeding distrust and ill-will between
the whites and the blaeka. Certainly
there should be some lawful way of git*'
tip* rid* MMtMOtaSfMaty
body wlucu Uy m lt.i line u! tuuroU. It
WuhU*9H % nml u. ytj.uy b..<l eliipwed
hidoo I.ib: Lt; li.ni. It »n» iuilcud ,
Md meeting, b-it duly luipt'l.bd llo fittb.r
uDw.til, «u«l luMtvwr m.i'-b It. beurt
might til. ugouizud, tbu Itity Huldier uf tbe
Huutll, culllii tint st ug tu hltuii lit, ui.biy
t«,n. Hia huii, bn Hit u Hurd, bud doue
hit doty, Hint I n HUH g iing tu do hit.—
lliHlury will tt It uf Hi., g di'ibtry of the
Hon 1 btrn trunjiH in tbui w.-ll cuuteeted
buttlo, but thu tun. bu g incident we have
refilled i« imj.urit.l dt-d m Ho ..uuy ware
w« have ever rn..:i uf, 'i'bie true South.
rob, uhu i'.Ht l.i-t nuble et.d g.t!l..iit .up, fa
now, end hiut bnoii, fur yt'ui. .t reeideul
of Hulun',:.. Kujunlit At
Tbe following moveaent in the Senate
of tbe United btatoe, made on Tueedey,
ie donbtlue directed agninet tbe fare tick-
eta of oar Central Baiboadt -
Sherman reported a bill making Hut
offense punishable by one year's impris
onment and one thousand dollars floe for
any privets corporation, Arm or individu
al to issue say obligation or promise to
pay to be used or intended to bis need as
a circulating medicine or ouneney. Mao,
requiring Secretary of tbe Treaaury to ra>
tire monthly three millions tores per
cent, certittoatea in addition to tbe
amount now authorised to be retired.
This act makes retirement obligatory
upon tbs Secretary.
The Marianna Courier anys: “The
number of applK'Btiuns for bonmeteade by
colored men in thi, county, ih really start
ling to tboae who teg -rd the adv.uoemesd
and improvement in tbe uundiliou of lira
black race nt a myth, and in ita effect of
tbe present system uf planting by tho
'id crying want of
wide spreading need aud crying
planters for lafcur, is fast bringing t
more thoughtful to a sad realisation of
tha fact that an impetus must bo given to
foreign Immigration and tba oaoaa foster
ed nnd rdraaoed, or Florida will soon bn a
negro Btate, and tho landed |
•CD Sa ttovsmnmut will be lb
•Its control« btaok
I7,7. r ><> balae at all the porta, and Ufa not
considered probable that toe teaeipta ot
tho entire week oan exoeed 100,000. Tbs
reoeipta for the corresponding week of
last year reached the huge amount of
161,000 bales.
The Dablonega Signal of the Sd inet.
reports the weather severely cold in that
part of tha Btate, and “all tha quarts miUa
frozen up daring toe whole week."
Eaole ft Pheeu Manoraonnna Ook-
PAHT—A.HSUAL MeETIEO Of STOCESOLD-
ebs.—The fourth annual masting of
Stookholdera in tho above company waa
held at tbe company's office yesterday.
Upon ealling a list of stock it waa as.
oertained that over three-fourths of tits
capital (took waa repreaentad.
The annual report wae read and nnani.
moualy adopted. The report sbowe a
profit during tho year of $204,000, bat
recommends instead of declaring a divi
dend, the holding of this amount aa b
reserve fund to facilitate future opera
tions of the company. „
The meeting waa harmonious, and
stockholders manifested satisfaction at
tha company's operations during tha past
year.
Tha following Directors wsrs slsoted:
V. J. Bussey, W. II. Young, Chts. Green
of Ssvsnnsb, W. E. I’srsmore, and B. B.
IVarnoek. This fa the old board, exeept
Mr. Green, who takes plaoe of Charles
Rogers, resigned.
At s subsequent meeting of Directors,
Dr. N. J. Bnssey wss slsoted President,
and G. Gunby Jordan secretary and
treasurer.
PauTBtDoEs fob thx North. —Passing
through toe Bontoern Express office yes
terday, wa sew several ooopa of partrid-
jes, which bad just been reesivad from
Southern Georgia. Bargs numbers of
toes# valuable birds art being shipped
North for the purpose of renewing to*
breed, whioh baa in noma plaoae become
almost extinct, owing to too severe win
ter of 1870-71. By a paragraph in an
exchange wa notioo that last year thou
sands of partridges wars shipped from
North Caroline, not however, as the pa
per had it, to supply tha botala and res
taurants, but for the purpose already allu
ded to. Them birds are bought by par
sons who can afford it, and turned out on
their farms, where though they probably
remain but a short time, do sufficient
service to pay for the investment.—.‘fa.
tannah Jfties.
The Gbeat Bart Ban or Texas.— 1 Too
Sui del ltay, or tbe great salt lake of Tex
as, is an immense bed of salt about Uto
miles in circumference. Tbe salt fa form
ed naturally, and baa only to be shoveled
tip and taken away to market. For tablo
use it should be washed and ground.—
The income derived from thie natural salt
manufactory is reported to be only twenty
thousand dollars annually; but it is said
that the Mexican Government formerly
oollected a rovenue of four hundred
thousand dollars in taxes on the produot
of the lake.
Hurcuia at Kxoxnun.—We learn that
a letter waa received in the dty yesterday
afternoon, bringing the sad intelligence
of tbe death of Boa. G. P. Gulverhuuie,
of Knoxville, by euieide a few days ago.
Judge Gnlverhouae waa a lawyer of con
siderable ability, and his death will be la
mented by all who knew him. About n
month ago he waa stricken with paralysis,
sod for two weeks post bis mind was
flighty. A day or two ago he by souio
means managed to get hold of a pistol and
shot himself through tbe head, producing
instant death.—Maeon Telegraph. 8tA.
Octavio Pavy, toe young Frenchmen
who proposes to visit the “ ~
North Pots by
tha way of Behring Strait, has boon
St. Louis for tbs past two or three dam
in consultation with Captain Bant in iu-
lotion to hia voyage. Tha Union Peeifle
Railroad being blookod, llr. Pan will go
to New Orleans, thanes to San Frsnotseo
by tba Isthmus routs. Ha will Isa vs tha
latter plaoe early la tha spring for Petro-
mvodsk, whore bo will complete bis out
fit, snd finally embark in his little raft for
tha Polar See.
Jamaica—Tax Sucuta CunTCax, 4c.—
Kingeton, Jan. 15.—Greet preparations
era making on all tbe eager pbatatfaoa
for harvesting the sugar crop. A largo
amount of new and improved machinery
- - ^ ' lot
has bean imported daring tha interval c
crane.
From government returns It fa ascer
tained that through out the country there
are ao lees than 6,874 anger mills among
* " di MO
tbe email planters, worked by haodi
mills worked by horse power, and one by
Govern meat returns show a steady in
crease in lbs exports ss well as toe im
ports of toe ealonj eieoe 1N7. Tba ex
ports to 1667 were f 1,046,OM, and in
1870, XI,276,166. The imports in 1867
were X860,166, aad hi 1670, At,*66,M0.
United Static Ms awash Bax*.—The
Hewkinevilla Factory was seU at sahria
-^tanCtffi
uutory In front of the swart heaai at tots
city ye-tarday morning, by the United
States Marshal, to aatfafy an exeoatfoa
egainsl the company la favor at Du tel
Baldwin, of Maw York. We
present at tbe sale, bat leeTa that U was
" Mr. Baldwin I
purchased by Mr. Baldwin kimeeif for tan
thousand five baadrad dolfan.
w bat we have beard ef tbe factory, its ma
chinery, etc., the aawaat pafal far it ia
vary small.—Maeon Telegraph, 7th.
TaaTwow o» Omoa o* m iu-
bama Osatb ItoEAim.—The Jadgee ot tho
Supraara Ooart ot thfa Btate on yesterday
•eat ia a ssmmnnlsatina to the Senate #e-
oliaiag to give aa opiaioa ae to too right
ot tha peaamt Beaetnre to bold over.
Tbe eommaeiratlnn was to reepoara to
a raqaasS ef tbe Seoete for Ibsit opiadsa.
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