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COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1872.
Volume XLIV.--N0. 17.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN II. MAKTW....'..'..'.’..'.' Editor.
COLUMBUS:
TIIUKSDAT APRIL 18, 1872.
-Terms of KatarrtpUea—
Om
■ in ndrnun
$2.80.
The Hokum lloidi of (Itsrffl*.
A dispatch of Saturday night, from New
York city, make* the following atateiuent
of facia elicited by the investigations of
tlio tmb-couiniittoe of the Georgia Legis
lature in that city. It discloses a condi
tion of tlie State finances and obligations
that will require thorough sifting and de
cisive action when the Legislature re-as-
Bcmbles :
The Hub-committoe of the Georgia Le
gislature, who completed their investiga
tions hero last week, find that the books
of the State Treasurer do not show the
increase of Georgia's debt to its fulk ex
tent by several millions of dollars. The
increase of the debt of the State for throe
years is some $16,000,000. Frauds of a
gigantic character have been perpetrated
by the issue of bogus bonds. Another
legislative committee is now in this city
for further examining these bond fraud*,
and it is said they will decide against the
validity of fraudulently issned bonds and
liabilities, leaving it to the Legislature to
doteriuine what accord be given to the
present holders.
The Turm OB Tea sad CsflTve.
No bill repealing or modifying the
taxes on these commodities has yet boon
passed by Congress, nor does the pros
pect of the passage of a repealing bill ap
pear encouraging at present, notwith
standing the fact that each branch has
passed its own repealing bill or elanse.—
The only effect of legislation or attempt
ed legislation on the subject, so far, has
boon to reduce the stock of tea and cof
fee in tho maiket and prevent a present
decline in prices. Importers, fearing
that tho repeal or essential modification
would be passed, have delayed or coun
termanded orders, or stored their cargoes
in the bonded warehouse*, to await final
action. Thus the consnroption has for
weoks boon progressing faster than the
supply, and there is reason to apprehend
that scarcity will aoon cause an advance
rather thau a decline in priaeg. This
shows tho great damage to trade and to
tho interests of the publio that may bo
occasioned by injudicious or insincere
pretences at legislation, even though tho
professed object is to bring about the op
posite result.
There is uow reason to apprehend that
Congress will finally agree upon a modifi
cation instead of an abolition of the du
ties on tea and coffee, sod that the redac
tion will not be sufficient to effeot prices
appreciably. The importera have sent
delegations to Congress importuning for
decisive action, and action unde^ snch
prompting is quite onre to be “botch
work." Tho Baltimore Gazette states
that “a proposition is pending to report
a bill at once, fixing the rate of duty at
two couts per pound on coffee, and ten
cents per pound on tea. These rates
meet with approval by e majority of the
Committee on Finance of the Senate, as
well as tho Committee on Ways and
Means of tho House, and thore is reason
to believe that they will eventually be
adopted."
(inrlmuti'a “fioutkrra."
Wo are glad to see additional assurances
that Cincinnati has no thought of aban
doning this great enterprise, but is only
awaiting tho removal of all obatacles to
its spoody consummation. The George
town (Ky.) Times of the 10th inet. V.,.:
“The Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad mean businesa. There are now
in the office of the company at Cincinnati
tho charters of four surveys from that city
to Clmttunoogn, and three additional sur
veys will be made at once. The company
do not intend to begin tha grading until
they are assured of the beat and neareat
route ; when this fact is aatisfactorily de
termined, the road will be pushed to oom-
ploliou os rapidly as money aud men can
do it. It may require several mouths to
complete tho desired surveys. As soon as
this work is completed the grading will
commence.”
Oar Mate Admlnlutratlon.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Sa
vannah News writes (April lath) that
Borne of the negroes have joined in the
luie and cry Agaiust Governor 8mith’* ac
tion in the disposition of the
proceeds of the Agricultural land
scrip, and that they are .trying to procare
interference by the Federal Government.
It is reported that the President of the
negro University at Atlanta baa written to
Gov. Smith on the subjeot, and no donbt
the demngoguds who control so large a
portion of the colored vote will assiduous
ly strive to make the negroes believe that
lho-Oovoruor favored the application of
Iho University of the State aaaaoheme
for preventing the negroes from sharing
the benefits of the fnnd! This though
the Governor only made the seme disposi
tion of the fund that most of the other
Htates have made, and though the Agri
cultural College when connected with the
State University will be as accessible to
the negroes as it would be if located any
where else.
The seme correspondent writes concern
ing the Governor's efforts to reduce the
expenses of the State administration:
“Gov. Smith, as yon know, is trying to
run an honeet and economical aohadnle.—
The following figures will show that his
efforts in that line are being crowned with
success. The expenses of the late State
School Commissioner, for fifteen months
were $10,198, or about $679 per month.
The expenses of the present Commission
er for the three months he has been in
office were $692, or about $230 per
month, which is about one-third the ex
penses of his lUdical predecessor. Here is
e saving of two-thirds the expenses of the
educational department. The aauae econo
my will be found to be the rale in all
other departments of the government
Every unnecessary expense is out off, the
least ea well as the greatest The Gov
ernor is anxious to reduce the taxes snd
sffonl every possible relief to the people,
end to that end hi* first step is to curtail
the publio expenditure* wherever it can
be done.”
Colonel J. A. Hunt, of Barneaville, has
been reoommended for Solicitor General
of the Flint Circuit by the grind Jora of
Ptomstj. j
A DnpotisM to be Kxteadcil.
Our Congressional reports inform us
that Monday next is the day appointed
for the consideration of a bill reported
by the Senate's “Committee on Outrages,"
to extend the time within which the Pres
ident may suspend the writ of habeas cor
pus iu the Southern States. The act
passed last year, known as the Enforce
ment act, limits the time to the end of
the present session of Congress. When
that act was passed, we took occasion to
remark that the power of suspension
would pretty surely be extended so as to
reach to the Presidential election ; that if
the “Outrage" committee could mako out
any plausible caso of disorder aud law
lessness at the South, the extension of
the set would be cluimed as a means of
suppressing it; but if no such plausible
protext could be set up, it wonl then be
cluimed that the act had intimidated the
Ku-Klux into propriety and good behnvior,
aud it should be re-enacted to prevent a
revival of outrages. Thu design all the
time was to oontrol the Presidential elec
tion in the Southern States by tho use of
extraordinary powers delegated to the
President. And now the Senate's commit
tee have reported the bill, and an attempt
will be made to rush it through Congress
during the present session. Every Con
gressman ia favor of the re-election of
Graut will support it, for it is expected
to furnish the machinery by which his re-
eloction can be made turo. It is equally
certain that every Democrat will opposo
it. Its fate depend* upon tho nnmbor
and the course of the anti-Grant Repub
licans in Congress. Should the looming
importance of the Cincinnati Convention
movement embolden them to nmko a firm
nnd munly stand against the iniquitous
measures by which Grant s supportoni are
seeking to inuko him tho absolute ruler
over the Suutliern States aud the arbiter
of the coming Presidential eloction, they
may jtossibly be able to defeat the bill of
extension. They see the enemy now
striving to occupy all the positions of
advantage, so as to make himself master
of tho situation iu advunco of the fight
in Novomher, aud if they act with any
generalship at oil, they will note so tun-
nceuver as to checkmate his “littlo game."
But wo fear that they have not tho
strength in Congress, or possessing it
have not the resolution to use it effect
ively.
The ArbUrstlon Shuffle.
A special of Monday night (loth) to the
New York World says that tho English
replication, submitted et Genovs on that
day, explicitly declared that Great Brit
ain will not consent to have indirect
claims arbitrated ; but that Mr. Cushing
said that tho note was worthless, and the
Arbitration must proceed. Our own dis
patch intimates that the proceedings
were secret and not known to the public.
It appears that this meetiug, on Monday,
was attended only by the counsel on both
sides, end was preliminary to a renewed
regular session by tho Arbitrators. Wo
may therefore regard it aa a conference
by those charged with the presentation of
the “case*” to see if they caunot mako
some sort of a shuffle that will satisfy the
demand of the United States on the one
side for the consideration of the claims
for indirect damages, and appease the
clamors of the English people on the
other aide against any consideration of
those claims by the Conference. Thore
is certainly good reason to believe that a
compromise trick of this kind is medita
ted—a compromise by whioh the olaims
for indirect damage will remain before
the arbitrators, but they will refrain from
passing specifically upon them, adjudging
a gross sum to cover all claims. That
this apprehension is entertained by the
opposition to the Ministry in the British
Parliament, is fully shown by the debate
in that body on the 12th Inst. Tho dis
cussion of that day in the House of Com
mons has already been briefly noticed in
our telegraphio reports. In the House of
Lords, on the same day, as we are in
formed by the fuller cable dispatohes to
the Northern press—
Earl Granville made replies in nul-
atauce tho same as those of Mr. Glad
stone to qtieatioua put by Lord 8tanhope.
Care had been taken, he said, to so framo
the counter csrs and accompanying docu
ments as to leave to Great Britain the
right to withdraw from arbitration, should
the differences on the subject of indirect
deinsges uot be settled.
Earl Russell thought the Government
had failed to escape from the difficulty.
He declared that they ought not, under
any circumstances, to consent to the
consideration of the claims for indirect
lueses.
Lord Russell then gave notice that on
the 22d iuat. he should bring iu a motion
for an address to the Queen, praying that
inatructions be given that all proceedings
before the arbitrators at Geneva be sus
pended until the United States withdraw
their claims for indirect damages.
The Duke of Richmond wanted to have
an understanding, so that there would be
no possibility of the arbitrators saying to
England : “You oomplied with tho treaty;
you entered your counter oaee; therefore
we shall proceed to a decision.”
Earl Granville suggested that whether
the counter case was presented or not,
the arbitrators might go on with the busi
ness of arbitration.
Lord Westbury wanted the jurisdiction
of the Geneve Tribunal determined.
Earl Granville reiterated that he bed
been careful to pot the point so that Eng
land woold not be ooinprotniaed in the
matter of the indirect claims, end the
United State* Government hod signified
ita agreement to this understanding.
The Marqnit of Salisbury regretted that
the Government bad abandoned the last
chance of protesting against the exercise
by the Geneve Board of jurisdiction over
the indirect claims; because the arbitra
tors might award a lump ana without
specifications.
The Duke of Somerset said the Gov
ernment’s course seriously imperilled the
oouutry'e position. The Government
should have refused to present itsoounter
case until the claims for indirect damages
were withdrawn. This, he declared, was
the intention of the nation.
Irtird Penzance gathered from whet
Earl Grenville had said that tha Govern
ment was free to withdraw from arbitra
tion if Uio reply of the American Gov-
eminent to the noble Lord's last note
persisted in the determinatkm to nreasnt
the indirect claims. This wsa safioient
After remark* by Lord*. Denman and
Colonssy, tha discussion named.
Macon is aboot to reoeiwa a vary
dedrabi* convenience and ornament, In
the shape of a oounty cloak for the Court
House. The Telegraph says that it is the
finest clock in tho South, end the largest
one in the eonatiy with hit om stogie
Col. Junius Wingfield, of Estonton, ' 8rhcm* of ChlncM* ImmiKridioti.
Ga., an emiuont lawyer, former State
legihlator, and a good aud useful man in
every sphore of life, died in Macon,
whither he had repaired for medical treat
ment, on Saturday last.
The general reports of the growing
wheat crop are fluttering. The exceptions
do uot appear to cover as extensive a
region as usual.
The preliminary examination of Dr. H.
A. Scott, for killing Mr. llartung in Eu-
faula, lust week, resulted in the binding
of the prisoner, iu the sum of $2,000, to
answer the charge of muuslanghter.
Cotton Crop or 1S72.
The following clear statement of facts
from tho Commercial and Financial
Chronicle should bo carefully road aud
pouderod by all our planters:
We are iu termed by onr correspondents
iu every portiou of tho cotton-growing
States, that preparations for tho noxt
crop arc being umdo uu an enlarged sculo,
and we fear, unless this disposition to ex
pand receivos some chock, the South will
find that tho coming year’s work will re
sult in thoir growing poorer iustoad of
growing richer. Of course, it is not de
sirable, and, in fact, it would be a very
short-sighted policy to keep the supply of
American cotton short; but, nt tho sumo
time, it is worth while for tho planter,
who is giving everything up to cotton, to
consider what sacrifices he is willing to
accopt for tho purpose of furnishing the
world more than it cun consume. First,
it is welf to remember that provisions
have been cheaper this year tlmu they arc
likely to bo another twclvo months.
Brices for corn nnd pork have ruled ex
tremely low. This has been very favora
ble to tho South, uud hns enabled the
plaiitoi to raise the resent erop at a much
smaller cost tlmu any crop since the war.
Higher prices to be paid for supplies is *
point worth considering. Second, from
every side we lenru that there is to be a
lavish use of fertilizers; judiciously used
on ® limited planting would most likely
result iu u guilt; but, from tho evideuce
received on this point we fear that the
tsxtivcieuvo of lfciO in to bo repeated, ro-
nuliiiig in a further incrouso iu the ex
pense account. Third—Then again, with
a large ciop, the oust of tho labor to work
it will be increased. Contracts are at
present, we understand, being made
with the fieeduicn at about lust year’s
rates ; but, with tho busy sou-
son comes and extra help is railed in,
there will bo iuciensed competition and
consequently increased wages to be paid.
Hero, then, are threo cnu»e* operating to
enhance the cost of the present crop to
the phniter. Fourth: On the other hund,
suppose a five million crop received, what
can we reasonably expect the price will
be V Planters, we know, are many of
them deceived by the high quotations
now ruliug, uud believe that this year is
in that inspect to ropent itself. The
truth, however, is that consumption can
not in one your be very largely increased;
the spindles must be made before thoy
can bo run. With a good season, then,
for growing and with supply from Ameri
ca considerably in excess o! any possible
consumption, and with other countries,
too, growing nil they can, ns we have
overy reason to believe they will, it can
not lie a vory difficult problem to deter
mine wlmt tho average price will be.—
Aud with a very poor price fur cotton and
all the whout uml corn nnd tho provisions
to buy, iu what condition is another win
ter likely to leuvo the phuitor? Is their
uot cuougli iu theso suggestions to lead
tha planter to see the folly of giviug up
all his lands to cotton? Would it uot bo
wiser to raise nil the food you waut, and
after that raise all the cotton you can
economically ? No other policy is safe,
and the merchant who makes the advan
ces should woe that iL ia carried out.
The following remarkable fraudulent
cotton shipment is described by the Lon
don Times:
Tho Defiance, of Liverpool, bound from
Bombay to that port, laden with cotton,
hemp, Ac., whose sworn value was .£60,-
400, was cast on shore off’ Natal in Octo
ber last, aud has becomo a wreck. Buspi-
cions circumstances occurring, an inquiry
was mado, and tho result, as communica
ted to Lloyd's, has been that five percent,
of the whole cargo of cotton, being iron-
bound, canto on shore and proved of good
auality, with consignees' marks visible.
The lout of tho cargo, all rope-bound, no
Sooner cuuio in contact with any substance,
whether wreck, rocks or sand, or tho sea
man's hand, thun it broke into pieces and
disclosed the bales to have an outside or
shell of fair quality of Indian cotton nil
round, but inside a mass of seeds, rub
bish, and generally the sweepings of a
gin-lions3 floor, iu sonio cases a mass of
live putrefaction; and It is remarkable
that neither on board nor on shore lias
suy one of theso rope-bound bales been
seen with halo ends or any mark or num
ber for identification, so that it would
sectu certain they were uover destined for
sale. The cose is u most cxtraordiuuy one,
and in the interests of the underwriters,
aud also of any parties who may buve
made advances on billR of lading to the
shipi>erR, who are all natives, there will be
a searching inquiry, but it must be from
Bouibuy that the evideuco will have to be
received.
Crops in Monroe and Tike.—During
a flying visit to these prosperous counties
yesterday, we learned that cotton plant
ing hud not commenced, and but little
corn wa* above ground—of that little,
much will require to be replanted from
tha thinness of the stand.
It is to be deplored that the farmers in
this soction ure putting iu less corn than
usual, under the belief that in view of
the lateness of tho season cotton will pay
bast. They are greutly mistaken, as ex
cellent cropw can be realized as lata as tha
middle of May, and the writor once har
vested ten bushels per sere from u field
on tha seaboard planted ou the 4th of Ju
ly. Tho greatest enemy to be encoun
tered, is a worm, which eats up the bud
snd embryo tassel, after the stalk has
grown to the height of several feet. We
trust our farmers will not adhear to tha
above suicidal resolution. Grain crops
are unusually promising. Of wheat, rath
er less than usual, according to our infor
mation, has been sown. Tha weather
waa magnificent, and all seemed cheerful
and busy.—Macon Telegraph,
Commercial Wealth.
Holland has hitherto keen reported tha
richest country, all things considered, in
Europe, and what makes her so is her sys
tem of free commerce. Without much
agriculture, she carries much of the agri
culture of tha world. Almost without
porta or harbors, she sails an immenae
number of ships. She produces neither
tea nor coffee, sugar nor spioes, leather
nor tin, yet her merchants are immense
shippers of each of these articles. Of
onr own United States slockn and bond*
her peoplo own about $400,000,000, near
ly one-fifth of the whole sum out. Cor
nelius DeWitt showed bow the Nether
lands, while not producing a sheaf of
wheat, yet gave ita citizens tha
whitest bread in all Europe; and,
“though not producing a sheaf of hemp,
a single plank, or any iron, had tha beat
fleet which than ruled tha sea.” Tha se
cret of all this wealth and snocees has
bean an unshackled commerce—tha right
of her citizens to direct their energies to
every field of enterprise, unburdened by
levied in special interest*. Amsri-
a*n legislation bee first killed American
oommeroe, and now proposes to galvao-
iso it intp a ghastly semblanoe of lift by
booosas pald bona tha taxes drawn from
tatmta ia tht community.—
CtorUttm Atm,
New York, April 3.—1 have hud sn in
terview with a gentleman who him for
aome time been ougAgod in organizing a
company in this city for the purpose of
transporting laborers in mass from ChinA
to tho Southern States. He is an Ameri
can who resided for many years in China,
aud is thoroughly familiar with the Chi
nese, He has lately been in tho Gulf
States making investigations a* to the de
mand for Chinese labor, and entering
into contracts for its supply.
The company bus been organized with
a capital of two hundred thousand dollars,
all subscribed, and to be enlarged at the
option of tho partios concerned. Opera
tions have already boeu begun, aud it is
expected that the Unit ship-load of immi
grants, eight hundred or twelve hundred
in number, will be ready to leave China
in about a month from this time. It is in
tended to bring over six or eight thou
sand a year, hut to increase tho number
as circunmtAlices may require. They will
bo brought from China to Sun Francisco
by the HteaiushipM of the Pacific Mail
Lino, taken from thence by steamer to
Punama, from thence by steamer to Key
West, uud from there takou to Now Or
leans, Mobile, Gulveutou, uud othor points
on the Gulf coast. It will ho chouper to
convey them to tho South by vessel iu
this way than to bring them from San
Francisco by tho Pacific Railroad. It will
be unnooe.sMiiry to Uud thorn at Sun Frau-
cisco, aud they will thus be saved from
tho maltreatment which Chiuoso immi
grants arc always subjected to thuro.
It is intended that these Chinamen,
when token to the Southern Stales, shall
bo employed almost exclusively iu the
cultivation of cotton and rice on the
plantations. This is a kind of labor with
which Chinamen aro thoroughly tamiliur,
to which they (that is to suy, many mil
lions of thorn) have been acoustomod to
all their lives, and which they carry on
with groat oaro and skill. Thoir wages iu
the South will be eight dollars a week and
“found." They will of course all come as
voluntary immigrants, but after their ar
rival in this country thoy will ho put un
der contrucl fur four yours to thoir em
ployers, after which will have the option
of returning to thoir own country or mak
ing new contracts.
The projector of the compauy says
thore will be no difficulty iu getting an
unlimited limber of hands iu Chiua for
this work ou these terms ; and he also
says he has fouud that tho demand for
them in the South for plantation labor is
very groat. He says that few Chinamen
will hereuftcr go to Peru, or the other
South American countries, to which thoy
began to omigrato some years ago, for
thoy have been badly treated there and
tho terms of the contract violated by thoir
employers. He also says it will he impos
sible for the Cubans to got any more Chi
uoso laborers, for a late decree of the
Captain General has reduced all Chinamon
to a condition of practical and permanent
slavery. But he is confident from what
he knows of the Chinese that any number
of them can he got for plantation labor
in the Southern section of the United
State*. I think the management of the
oompany bore ia iu competent hands.
[Cincinnati Com.
Captured and Abandoned Property.
Chief Justico Chase has delivered nil
opinion in the Supremo Court of tlio Uni
ted Slate*, in the caso of Purquod against
tho Unitod Statos, which opens tho way
to numoroiis actions growing out of tho
lato war. The case iu point was a pro
ceeding to recovor tho proceeds of a lot
of cotton, soized under the Capturod nnd
Abandouod Property Act of I HOD, an op-
peul from tho Court of Claims, and was
argued at the last term of the Court. Tho
Court of Claims dismissed the petition on
the ground that it did not uvur that the
claimant hud not given aid or comfort to
the rebellion, and that it did not suffi
ciently aver executive pardou. The Chief
Juslioe held (the same as iu the ense of
Armatrong vs. Unitod States, recontly de
cided) that the President's proclamation
of December 25, 1808, grunting panion
and amnesty unconditionally and without
reservation, relieves the claimants, in all
cases under the Captured and Abandoned
Property Act, from proof of adhesion to
the United States during the late war,
aud the judgiueut dismissing the petition
waa reversed.
It will ho seen that this is the Rocond
decision of the kind that hns boon ren
dered, snd already many persons in the
South have taken advantage of it. Under
these decisions most of the properly ta
ken at the South during the war cau be
reclaimed.
BfnntKomrr)’ Illalr.
H|k*' , I»I to the Courlitr-Jmirnul.J
Washington, April 12.—Tho editor of
the new weokly Liberal Republican paper
here, called the Transcript, having writ
ten a lettor to the Hon. Montgomery
Blair proposing that the latter should bo
salocted as one of the delegates to repre
sent this district iu tho Cincinnati Con
vention, Mr. Blair replioa as follows:
“There aro two objections to this.
First, I am uot a Republican, and second,
I may be a member of the Democratic
convention. Whether I sin or not, 1
shall favor the support of the nominee of
the Cincinnati Convention without re
gard to the individual 1 ! nominated. The
reform movement there to be inaugurated
can only be advancod by the reform wing
of the Republican party, 1 shall support
the movement earnestly, though it will bo
in the hand* of Republicans exclusively,
or with no expectation of advantage to
myself or friends save whst will bo shared
by the whole country in being freed from
s wholly irresponsible Government."
An old and long-headed Republican,
who was a member of the Now York Sen
ate twenty-five years ago, hussoundod the
leaders of both parties in New York and
finds the Greeley end Feuton Republicans
almost unanimous for Cincinnati, and the
Democrats patiently waiting for their time
to strike a decisive blow. In clobiug a
letter to the Suu be ssya : “Of oi:e thing
all rosy feel assured, the influeutiul minds
in the Democratic party of New York are
determined to tuke the course which will
most certainly lead to the defeat of Grunt
in November, and in this supreme hour
they will set their faces aguinst embarrass
ing the main issue by minor or irrelevant
issues. ”
A Portuguese CubTOM.—A few days
since s Portuguse ship arrived at Philadel
phia from Lisbon, and on Good Friday,
the orew, in accordance with s venerable
Portuguese custom, bung at the foieysrd-
srm of the ship an effigy of thut hislorio
betrayer, Judss Iscariot. There he was
allowed to dangle, much to the wonder
ment snd terror of persons who chanced
to peas the wharf, snd who supposed tbet
the effigy was the body of s suicide until
the following Hstnrday noon. Then the
forecastle bell sounded snd Jndas was
lowered. With horrible yells snd impre
cations the revengeful Portuguese set
upon him; with capstan bars snd belay-
iog pin they banged snd battered him,
trampled him on the deck ; literally tore
him to pieces. Then the flags, which
were at lislf-msat were hoisted to tho
peek, *nd the seilote went quietly about
their soouatomed duties.
To M> Father.
r Father, thou art growing ill.
Ion thou Irani kuo
Hut ol.!
thu
11• I ht ihi
mho
> (ion
i lie
l.ift up thy heart ami bond thy knee.
In !lenv*n, that bright and happy luud,
Thou it j.du tli I no own sng-liJlmtnl,
With wife and child to part no tnoro,
There all thy aurro** will he o’er.
Goih. Smith null lloTunm.
The AugUKtu Constitutional Ul contains
a brief notice of tho fact thut u warrant
for Bullock's arrest was out. The fuels
have btou in our possession for somo
tiino, but withhold for reasons of sound
policy. It is unfortunate that tho matter
ban crept into thonowspapers nt this stage
of tho gunio.
As the mattor is out, wo give tho details.
The mortgage of $60,1X10 on tin* Htnto
* House bought from Kimball was uot dis-
coveredjpntil uftor the purchase. Kim
ball secured the State by a deposit of
$120,0(H) of Athnita city bonds iu the Ex
ecutive office. Theso bonds wore ab
stracted by Bulloch, sent by him North,
sold by Henry Glows «fc Co., and thu mou.
e.v npproprinted to private uses. Tho
offense was “Larceny after a Trust."
An affidavit was drawn by Gen. Toombs
carefully conforming to tlio Georgia law,
and thereupon a warrant ir nod for Bul
locks arfost. Govornor Smith umdo a
requisition ou Governor Hoffman, of New
York, for Bullock, through Culouel John
B. Gumming, of Macon, as tho State's
agent. Goloncl Gumming hud previously
ascertained the whereabouts of Bullock,
who 1ms been oscillating from New York
to Canada, staying principally ut Medina
and Albion.
Governor Hoff man objected to tlio affi
davit us being defective, mentioning his
objections, among which tlio chief was
that in tho absence of indictment tho affi
davit should bo very full.
On tho return of tho papers, Gov.
Smith re-drow tho affidavit, with UieStato
and Fodorul law before him,uud with a spe
cial reference to tlio objections of Hoffman.
The second affidavit was very full, cover
ing threo or four pages of legal cap, aud
framed with exceeding particularity.—
Tho papers wore sent again, and urrivod
iu Albany on Saturday two weeks ago,
Gov. Hoffman boing Mu cut. On Mon
day he returnod, aud the affidavit whs
nguiu objected to.
At this juncture Governor .Smith lost
his putiouce. Ilo telegraphed to his
agent to stato to Governor Hofftrom
that ho was now huti«fied that Gov.
H. did not mean to deliver up tho fugitivo
from justice; thut ho whs convinced ho
couhl not framo papers to meet Governor
Hoffman s quibbles, ninl for tho agent to
withdraw tho documents uud return
home.
On Tuesday morning Governor Hoff
man approved tho requisition and issued
the warrant. That night Gol. Oiumnitig
A Bimoclab Contest.—Port Rowan,
April 10.—A meet exciting oonteet came
off here to-day. Two gentlemen made
three bet* *afollows: First, that twenty
pioked men oould hold the ste*m-tug
Watchmen, of twenty bon# power; sec
ond, that ten men oould hold her; third,
th*t twenty-five men oould stop her while
under w*y, end the men to heve 100 feet
of ooil to get under wev. The tog lost
in *11 three contest*. Two minute* were
allowed for eeeh trieL The oonteet w*s
witMiMdby a toigo Bimhic ol spool*-
A («•»
loft All;
tlio bird had II
entn Hu
Tn Hullo
but
stables
was found a horse very much jaded and
lamed indicating immediate hard usage.
Nothing bus been heard of him since. °
The probabilities aro very strong Hint
tho delays over (lie papcis wore to give
Bullock time to lieu. Governor Hoff'iimn,
as the case now stands unexplained by
him, is open to damaging reflection.
These ure the fuels to this grave mat
tor. It will be a satisfactory day fur
Georgia when the great chief of her*Uml
ionl plunderers is brought Imck to meed the
justice so richly due him.- Atlanta ('on
Htilution, Uith.
Wle rc Ih Itullock f
Until quite recently his ex-Excellency
Rufus B. Bullock couhl bo occasionally
heard of oscillating between Now York
city and tho confines of Canada. It was
suid that ho not uufrcipiently could be
seen disporting his well fed uud obese
person about tho Fifth Avenue Hotel uml
tho fashionable streets of thu great me-
tropolis. Such Morenu openness of do-
portmuut argued cither cutisoiotis inno-
ouuco oil the part of this much advertised
personage, or most audacious confidence
iu being shielded from arrost iu case of
danger. Recent developments go far to
indicate that Bullock hud ahhiiiuucuh of
safely and protection from no less a per
sonage thuu Gov. Hoff man himself. A
requisition, in due form of law, wan re
cently mado out by Gov. Smith of Geor
gia, upon Gov. Hollmun of New York,
for Rufus B. Bullock, uk a fugitive from
justice. Special pains wero taken to
comply with every legal requisite, so that
there should he no pretext lor refusal uud
no delay. A spoeiul ngout was sent on
with it, duly empowered by Gov. Smith
to present the demand and ad officially
for the State of Georgia. Tho requisition
was duly presented to Gov. Huffman, nnd
thut august persoiiHf’o flinched from his
duty. IiiHteail of responding promptly
and cheerfully as became his high station,
and us tho comity between States de
manded, nnd orduring the arrest nnd de
livery of tho fugitivo to tho ap| united
officer of Georgia, Gov. Hotl’pmu quib
bled, and resorted to the Quid., Gammon
and Snapp style of snbtsrfnge to pvado
his duly. His quibbles woiu duly report
ed to (iov. Smith, aud tho carping objec
tions wero met by literul compliance with
the foruiH required, no ns to leave no room
for further quibbling. But still Governor
Hoffman quibbled. Finally, Gov. Smith
telegraphed to tho agent of the Slate,
Col. .loliu B. Gumming, of Mncoii, to
come homo—that ho was disgusted with
Gov. Hoffman's quibbling. Upon the
exhibition of this dispatch to Governor
llofl'man, his quibbling Excellency re-
siiniod tlio dignity that became his office,
And grauted an order for tho arrest of
Bullock.
But in the meantime, what hnn become
of Bullock ? Ho lias gone apparent I j
whore thu woodbine twiueth. He 1ms
vamosed, evaporated, mizzled. Ilo is non
cst inventus. Does anybody behove that
he did not rocoive intimation from head
quarters At Albany of what was going on ?
Who cau doubt that nil this delay and
pettifogging was in the interest of Bul
lock, aud to give him time to make good
his escape ?—Augusta Const., IIth.
The Wasiiinoton Outlook.— Washing
ton t April 15.—Tho Democratic members
of Congress Are consulting nuiong them
selves regarding their political course in
view of the Cincinnati Convention. Some
of them freely express tlieir willingness
to vote for the nominee of that conven
tion, provided the demonstration there
shall give promise of muocckm atul tho
platform be of such a charm ter that thoy
can endorse it. They say that they want
only the enunciation of a few general
principles.
Some of the anti-adrainiM ration Repub
licans Lave been privately exchanging
views with them in order to arrange a ba
sis of coulilion. It is generally agreed,
however, by the Democrats that their
Course will bo governed by the National
Democratic Convention, whether it will
agr*s to support tho Cincinnati nominee
or mako a nomination of its own.
It is reported that the remainder of
tbs “gang" of Lowery outlaws havo disap
peared from Scnffiutowu,and it is thought
they have left the country. It is said
that none of them have been seen nines
tbs departure of Henderson, “Tbs Her-
aid representative." Could Hsudsnton
have been the bearer of instructions aud
passports for tbs party from Radical bead-
qiarWn in *
AN HOUR WITH “OLD PROBABILITIES.
Washington, April, 1872.
The other night while on tho way homo
I was invited to accompany tho Commit
tee on Appropriations on an impromptu
miduight visit to the headquarters of Gen.
Myer, chief of tho Storm Signal Bureau,
better known as “Old Probabilities."
Amazed ut what we saw, we all agreed
thut the ship men and others who read tho
Journal of Commerce, should be told how
the thing is done. We went up to the
fourth floor and exuminod the machinery.
It looks very much like a scientific ler^iro
room, where nobody is allowed to sit down
while the instruments are explained. I
propose to give you a description of the
whole uffuir:
INSTRUMENTS.
Tlieroare 62 signal stations in tho Uni
ted Btutes, tho extreme outposts being
Portlaud, Maine, Key West, Florida, Gal
veston, San Diego, l'ortluud, Oregon, and
Duluth. Each statiou is furnished with a
barometer, thermometer, hygrometer,
wiudvano, rain guage, auomometer and a
clock. Tho
BAROMETER
is the Green’s standard, and is always
carefully compared with the standard in
the office before issue for use. Iu trans
porting it, even carrying it across a room,
it is screwed up and borne with the cis
tern uppermost. While iu that position
it is uot easily injured; but when hung
up a sudden jolt might send a bubble of
air into thu vacuum at the upper end of
the lube, nnd tho instrument would bo
uscIcsr until repuired. It is placed iu a
room of uniform temperature, not heated
or too much exposed to the sun. It is
suspended at the height of tho eye, near a
window, iu such manner as to be lighted
perfectly without exposuro either to the
direct rays of tho sun, or to tho currents
of air which are always found ut the win
dow casings and doors. To protect tlio
instrument from external injuries, dust,
nuii the direct radiation of warm bodies or
currents of air from tho windows, the
wooden case in which it is carried is fast
ened firmly against the wall in a voitical
position near tlio window, in such mannor
that tho cover will open in a direction
parallel to the panes. An oponing large
enough to admit tlio tube of the barome
ter is made in the upper end of the box,
and it is suspended on u strong book driv
en in tho wall. When not in use the cov
er is kept closed. When an observation
is taken it is opened, tlio instrument
drawn out on the hook clo.ir of the box
and iu full light of the window. The ob
servation is taken and tho barometer
slippod back iuto the box.
THE THERMOMETER
is bung at height of the eye, in tho open
air, facing the North iu such manner that
it is always iu tho shude. It is placed so
us to avoid tho light reflected from sur
rounding objects, rain, snow and bail.
Beading tho thermometer is done rapidly
and with groat care, so that it may bo
done with exactness, und the working of
the instrument may not be influenced by
the heat of the body or lantern
THE HYGROMETER
is Hit instilment used iu determining the
dugron of lunnduro in the atmosphere. It
is placed ill the same shelter as the ther
mometer, uud near it. The cistern is
kept supplied with pure water ut all
times when the air is above tho freezing
point, and the htmp-wick on the wet Imlb
is changed at thu end of each second
month aud bulb carefully cleaned. When
thu temperature of thu air is below tho
freezing point, the water is emptied from
the cistern and tho wet bulb moistened
by means ol n camel's hair brush flftecn
minutes before tho observation is made,
or long cuougli to permit thu ice to form
and dry on the bulb. Tho coating of the
ice must lie thin, or the reading is apt to
bo incorrect.
THE ANEMOMETER
is an instrument used to mcasuro the
force und velocity of tho wind. it. is snid
of General Myer, “Old Probabilities," nnd
of Gaptain Garrick Mullery. “Young
Probabilities," that they would rather go
up to tho roof nnd watch those little sau
cers traveling around a perpendicular iron
bar, each after tho other, like n dog try
ing to catch his tail, than enjoy a state
dinner at Welckur’s. Tlio world may wag
ah it will, but their ambition huuuih to be
satisfied when they know how miles an
hour tho wind blows. The uunmomoter
is fixed iu a vortical position upon a post,
of sufficient height to briug it on a level
with tho eye of the observer, and must bo
iu an exposed position, ho us to receive
the full force of wiud. It is usually fixed
on the roof in fraiuea to preveut vibra
tion of tho instrument. It is generally
bclioved that this instrument will tell nc-
ornately tho exact rate at which the winds
aro traveling, but there are some skeptics
who would like when the nueuionietcr
says the wind goes at tlio rate of a hun
dred miles an hour or so to see somebody
tests its accuracy in a balloon.
THE WIND-VANK
is worked on the same principle ns aro
weathercocks. It is, however, of scien
tific construction, and by means of a dial
nt the base, gives with greaL exactness
tho direction of the wind in any point of
the cumposs. When tho wind blows vio
lently it vibrates continually, but by
gnngina the menu direction of tho wind is
o isily determined.
TUB BAIN GAUGE
is placed with the top of tho funnel-shaped
collector a foot above the surface of tho
grouud, firmly fixed iu a vertical position.
It is examined daily ; the amount of water
it coutuiiiM cured idly measured with u
graduated rod, emptied and again fixed iu
place. Aud tho clock, which is a good
one, keeps Washington time.
With these instrument*, none of which
are complicated, tho humidity of tho at
mosphere, force, velocity atul direction of
the wind, state of the thermometer, and
all particular* about the woathcr, iuo'ud-
ing the inches of rainfall, arc ascertained
iu every part of the United States. They
have also an instrument by means of
which thoy determine tho depth of water
iu western rivers ut curtain seasons of the
year, whioh information is highly impor
tant to certain classes of people iu the dry
seasons.
RECEIVING THE REPORTS.
Observations sre made threo times each
twenty-four hours—morning, evening,
and midnight. At 11:35 p. in. ott the
night wo wutobed the operation, ths Reg
ular night observations were taken: Am
thedocka are all set by Washington tiuio
in each of the sixty-two stations, all the
observations are taken at ths same in
stant. By 12 p. ui., everything being
ready at the telegraph office, a wire on
each circuit was surrendered by tho tele
graph oompany for about ten minutes,
and the reports cauie rattling in. All ob
servations arc sent in cipher, ouly under
stood by those who write snd translate
them, but a cipher so well arranged that
it is cot lain, if well mauuged, to avoid nil
miHlakes that would be apt to occur iu
lining figure*. Iu fifty-five miuutes from
the time they oouimenced coming, all the
reports were in—except from Portlaud,
Oregon, where ths line waa down, and
from Now Lendon, Connecticut, where
there was some unexplained difficulty. As
there was no preparation for receiving the
visitors, it was evident that tho result was
not readied with promptneaa forced for
tho occasion. Gen. Myer even apologized
for tbs length of time occupied tn getting
ths reports together, saying he had fre
quently got every one ia by thirty-six
minutes after 12 o'dook, and had * few
times dons • few miuutes better then that.
All ths report* in, they are translated and
written ont on manifold paper to furnish
>r tbs party from Radical head- All ths report* in, they ere translated and them, said he, “six months ago, what
Washington ? written ont on manifold paper to furnish waa coming, and they would have avoid*
[Aufutn 1/hmiAt, Tb*A |fe*71*4 lb* wbM* 0u»| *>j • US** tM**"
take a skeleton map. ami in red line* mark
in circular or required shape the state
of the barometer in different sections—
marking inside one space “High," and
tiie other “Low." Theso spaces are in a
different pluco at every observation. The
marks are transferred to a lithographic,
stone, and tho work of lithographing com
mences, A peculiar face plate is at hand
for n^e iu priiiting the different data at
each station, synopsis of reports and pro-
bnjiilitifs. This plate is arranged l>y
changing the type to suit the changed
particulars of the new reports, aud printed
on the map from the lithographing room.
During our visit tho reports wero re
ceived, translated, set up for tho map,
maps lithographed nnd printed, ntul
ready for distribution, ami the whole re
port in New York, and in course of trans
mission to Ghicsgo in one hour nnd five
miuutes from tho time the work was
commenced.
EXPENSES OF THE BURBAU.
Tho Bureau is at no oxpuuse for clerk
hire. All tho uttuches are regulurly en
listed soldiers, detached for this service,
and every not of tlio bureau is effected
with military precision. The oxjjcuro of
the bureau consists iu the oust of instru
ments and telegraphing. Last year Con
gross gave the bureau $160,001), nnd this
year they unk $250,000, because the tele
graph company refuses to give further
li.ie of Lite wires for the sum that has
been paid. Mr. Orton says it is only one-
fifth the rates paid for private niessugen,
und ia too small to remunerate the com
pany. Tho members of the Committee
of Appropriation* are thoroughly con
vinced thut the peoplo of tho country
would not be without the bureau for
$250,000 h year, and there is no doubt
General Myer will get $225,000 of it.
All scientific men who have examined
iuto tho workings of the system sny that
tho instruments reach the results aimed
at with porfect accuracy. A handsome
young professor, whoso name I forget,
explained the method of telling tho prob
abilities of tho weather from tho synopsis
of observations; gave descriptions of
numerous scientific tests, to show how,
by watching the sliiftiugN of tho low and
high bolometer from olio part of the
country to the other, thoy could tell just
when and where a violent or mild storm
was sure to occur, and by illiiHtraliou and
detail of scientific limbs demonstrated to
our entire satisfaction that this recent
stop forward in scieuco entitled the in
ventors of each of tho storm signals to
tho thinks of the community, nnd the
man who combined thorn for utilizdion
iu the way they ure uow employed de-
Hurvoa a monument. \Y. 1\ 0.
Tin* It.nlirdl War Iu riortila.
[8|HM'ial li.qi.tldi to tlio Suviiuiinh UopiiMicH.i]
Tallaiissee, April 15.—Anarchy moves
on apace. Day this moruiug issued u
proclamation ns Acting Governor of Flor
ida, calling on tho people to disregard, at
their peril, the uets of the usurper Rood,
and to obey him (Day) as tho only lawful
Governor of the ."<11116. After reciting the
facts of ilie impeachment, and referring
to Reed's proclamation of tho 8th instant,
and uUsging that thu great seal was pro
cured by conspiracy wi:b, and through
tho misconduct nnd pertidity of, Gibbs,
f State, the proclamation con-
Jltlde
< folio
“Now, therefore, L Samuel F. Day, tho
duly elected Li.utnnautA lovotiior* und
now Actiuq Govt ruor of this State iu tho
plaoo of th»* said Harrison Rood, uml, ns
aforesaid.impeached ami disqualified from
performing any official duty, do hereby
issue this, my proclamation, declaring the
act of said JiarrUuU Reed, in issuing his
8o-call< tl proclamation, uu attempt at uh-
urputioii of (lie Ghief Lxcciitive of the
Slate, nnd a total diftTognrd of law and
good government, and revolutionary in
its tendencies. Ami 1 hereby warn all
good citizens, ns well as the designing,
that while tho duties of the office of Gov
ernor uru devolved upon me l shall exe
cute the laws of this Slain ; uud to this
oud, and for the purpose of aiipprcssitig
any attempt at usurpation or revolution,
und to protect the law-abiding citizens of
this State in their civil lights, 1 shall use
all the power in mu vetted by the consti
tution uud l.iu» to o;,furo obedience to
the lawfully coudituted authorities of
this State, hereby publicly warning the
people ami all tho otiicuis of ibis Slate,
not to obey, or iu any manner respect,
tho pretended authority of the suid Har
rison Rood.
“In toatiiWMiy whereof, I have hereun
to sot inv hand, und iu lieu of affixing the
seal of the Slate, hereby proclaim thut
the same bus been secreted or stolen."
Great excitement exists here, and it is
rumored that Reed uml Giblm are arrest
ed by Federal authority in Jacksonville.
Tho Supreme Court convenes hero to
morrow, when ono or the other parly will
iiistitule proceedings. 'Ilie general im
pression is tlint ltced will likely succeed.
Llon.
onnsyiv.u.iu collected cf the Govern-
it wur chums to the amount of Hourly
e millions of doll.us, but to one man,
rge<>. Lvhus, she had to pay about
e hundred thousand dollurs for his
ices iu buying up the ring at Wash
ington, which has tho control of such
matters, 'i he Washington i'atiiot, iu a
history of the case of l'etinsylvanin, tells
its readers how Kentucky hupponed to ho
less lucky with her chums. Wo give tho
story here, as it may be new to some of
onr reudurs: “The State of Kentucky
presented a claim last year, resting pre
cisely upon the haiuo principle ns that ad
mitted in tho case of Feiinnyvania, and
sustained by tho most unquestionable
proof. It was so fcUoug tlini the agent
refusod to employ the ring, who, in cou-
seqnonce, threatened to defeat it. The
accounting officers wore obliged to pass
tho ullowuuoeH, because every legal form
ality was complete. Finally, after the de
partment ring had exerted every means
to cause dolay and emburrassmeut iu or
der to exact terms, tho acting Secretary
of the Treasury signed u warrant to covor
tho claim ill the lu«t hours of an expiring
law. Mr. Routwell returned tho next
day, and thu ring was powerful enough to
induce him tu withhold that warrant, and
to refuse tho payment, which his^auditors
and controllers lmd officially approved, in
the face of a venal opposition. So tho
ring which hud carried through the fabri
cated case of Pennayvania defeated tho
just one of Kentucky, because one had
paid the tariff of corruption, uud the oth
er refused to submit to an official robbery.
Aud this is the civil sorvico which Mr.
Mortou says is “the best iu tho world."
Georgia and South Carolina Whit-
bed.—On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
nnd Saturday, «»f last week, a great chick-
eu dispute cauie off' in the city of New
Orleans. Tho tight was “Georgia snd
South Carolina against the United Statos."
Mr. John A. Bolder, of this city, repre
senting Georgia, mid Gol. Thomas G. Bh-
of KdgedMd, South Guroliua. The
bet* w«*r<* two hundred dollars on each
fight, nnd twenty-five hundred dollars ou
the tuaiu. Thirty-one cocks were shown
each side, and twenty-five birds
matched. Tho South Carolinians snd
Georgians were defeated by three fight*.
A very large amount of money changed
hand* on the result.
Us tnriuoilit imut, ami nou
Whir* dr.it I. a 111 kindly *
Wlii-u *1) ih*
Exist, u.-.-’h rt.ii
And the dim twilight now
And 'tin the lout dull gHm
That Ilu 1 ’* ruth
ray ear «piyiJ huth ..
And ou ray limbi I fWI .1..
Now friend* a:
Who watch tho iddringor i
O kneel around ran odcp a:
Your forma nho
Unreal phniitotiin o'er ray v
Aud all things faintly glim
It in cold L. the
That claims mo now, tint n.
My huiiI revive* with liup» .
O Thou whom 1
Through the Dug luca-nre
Hour, Lord, thy fc. r- .mt not
And may th- m
To meet the ouMuughl ui fi
Audl'uHh'ti bliulil luail i ;
Tho cold, thick d.i-
Thy rod aud mail -
Hath on ray atm, rIi
From the full glory -
wlody-u.y
My *oul«
Itoops
L ilu
lm,« lo
'I nllv ol tlio
What ih tho matter, uk« the St. Lonie
Time*, with Senator Wilson? Borne oue
told him the other dajr, thet the Adminii-
tret ion “pooh-pooobed" the New York
Liberal movement, to whioh he replied :
“Oh, pee, they pooh-pooh everything,
end if they ooutinoe, they will pooh-pooh
themeelvM into the ground. I told
them,” raid he, “eU months ego, whet
Anti wok ker hum. . ton.),I
0 Bralli, .in iv H )l.j . ■ .,!
And Oran, wboro»re tW tiepbl wmi by i.» ■:
Where, gloomy duii^-oii, Ih ihy vi.-i oy !
Oakluii'l, Ala., *'h April, 1*>7 J.
The MI«hI*k1|ii>I—An Oierflow Nut 1‘r.diahlo.
The prescut riso in the Mississippi
River need excite no upprohon ions, u:
tho source of its supply in tho Ohio h:“i
already disgorged the superfluous voium.-.
of water received l'r- ?u the Alleghany
ranges in the Bast. This is indical'-d iu
the River Report of tho 12ih inst. fr.mi
tho Signal Scrvico, I . M. A , win. h notes
the gradual diminution of tlio I food from
its starting point to the place ot' its eou-
llueuco with the Mississippi ;;L t'.oro. aud
its progressive advancement d«*w award t.j
Memphis, Vicksburg und New Orleuus
There are hat two ot! e
of overflow to bo dreaded by Ih • .uhat.it-
unt* of the Lower Missis ippi. Ih- ...
found iu tho Rocky Mountains to the
West, and iu tho vast miow-1...und pinion
of Minnesota and Wisconsin m the North,
the latter pouring their n«< emulations
through tho Upper Mississippi, and the
former through the channel”, of the Mis
souri. We already liavo indications of
approaching freshets n.m rains and
Know-melting in the North, but now the
great river is so far relieved of .Is »-.tstern
plethora thut no fears am felt from the
anticipated accossi.ruw of \ d* r, uulei.s,
indeed, tlioro should be a nimuitam.--.nH
discharge through tho Mi <-mi, <•!' which
thero is no present probability. So that,
the floods from ono souiv>> having been
already carried off', and those from tho
second coining at a period when tli.-v can
not bo reinforced by other am j.-ns,
while those which emanate lnan tlio West
not having yet afforded an;,
of advance, wo may roasoiiu
immunity, during the pr<
from tho effects of overll-iw.
This is the induction from wcM estab
lished fact* observed in .- .n -turn with
tho periodical rises in tho Missi • ippi, and •
from laws that are know:. n> :n aud
control tho volume of its a .iters. L may,
therefore, we think, bo nln . authority
:voly stated that none ol' these sources
•uu singly inflict any damaging evils, but
that the danger lies in tho accumulation
of force resulting fro
discharge of two, or mo
threo, sources and the cotue-ipient co-ope
ration of their combined volumes of
water.—N. 0. Picayune, 16?'.
An A|»rll Snow Storm in ( tali.
Salt Lake City, April is.- -Sm.w ava
lanches occurred on Thursday and yestor-
day at Littlo Cottonwood, which nte do
scribed as tho most fearful Hint have ever
been known in thut region. A slide at
tho Wellington mine came from a height
of 2000 foot, carrying away everything iu
its course, nnd burying the entire day
force of tho Wellington workmen. After
much labor tho men wore dfig out alive,
with the exception of their foreman, 11
II. Murray, whose body was recovered
aud brought hero to-day. • s '.-\cn men
ere caught iu another slide, but were all
rescued. Two men at the Davenport
Mine wore buried in their cabin, but eu
enped with somo bruises. Other slides
are anticipated. In tho atorm of ilu- lusi
few days snow fell to tho depth of six feet,
on the level. Mr. Murray,who wus killed
nt the Wellington mine, was irom Rhode
Island, and aged 1)7. lie was highly t-s-
teemed.
The Noble Army of Om>-e-holders.
Tho “Bread uud Butter Brig. v 1 ieh
demands tho re-election < f Grant, con
sists of nbont 31,000 po«tnmv.-rs: I7.0.s>
under the command of tlio Tron.-ury De
partment, with a signal corf * <>l
more under different loaders, i.taking in
all 51,000 noble patriots who demand that
Grant shall bo kept in power iu order
that they may continue to hold office and
serve the country for Uioir own good.
This number does uot include the mem
bers of Congress who aro dependent up
on ths breath of Executive favor for their
future political existence through the con
trol of tho appointments in the districts,
it (loo* not include tho license -nit .* who
go about plundering iiulivjdmds under
pretence of law, but who ore all devoted
to tho causo of Grant, because Grant und
official rascality seem to bo identical in
aim aud intent. This army of office
holder* propose to dictate what-shall lie
the political action of tho people .iu tbn
selection of a president.- -Dttroft. Fnc
Press,
Tbs cattle in the noutlieru portion of-
this snd the northern border ot Cnlhoun
counties, (Fla.) are affected by a disease
whioh lias proven fatal in a lat go number
of oases aud in still raging to a fearful ox-
tent. Combined with the freshets, tha
cattle interest has been ssuouhIv injured
during the past year. None of the symp
toms of tho disease above alluded to have
been learned, but it is understood that
those who have noticed cuttle affected by
it, claim that it is murrain. Itwhopod
thut their supposition is incorrect an thm
disease would sadly cripple thin iuterevt
ill those sections, which are nearly worth
ies* for any other buhiue*>>.— Mariana
Courier, lltA.
Mou Bridge* Deutuoyfd.—The heavy
rain* on Saturday and Monday last swelled
the creek* to a higher point than uny
previous rains had done. ’lh« FatauU
bridge at Pinkston’s on tho Cufhhett road,
wa* washed aw ay. This is the loss -<d the
oounty. Ths mill* of Mr. i. I - Kimble
and C»pt. B. F. Burge uere broken eud
moat of their daru-t oil - '> “ Jhiok
the count; aud ^dividual- Imi o together
lnat this spring by the floods at least U*a
thourakddil.r..-iu»)J>-!.u;u.^,W e ^