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The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. MARTIN Editm.
COLUMBUS:
TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 1*7*.
—Term* of NafcwrlFtlee—
0l« Y. ir In iMfc,.
Till: SKW SOUTH I * ROMS A NF.VATOff.
Tho election of Judge Merrimon as
Vuitod Mates Senator, by a combination
of all tbe Radical and a nuiall portion of
the Democratic members of the Legisla
ture of North Carolina, in probably signifl-
cant of a Radical pnrpoao to defeat tho
election to tho Senate of any Democrat
v hose abilities ah a debater wonld be dam
aging and troublesome to the party in
power, Judge Merrimon in too good a
Dramcnit to allow tho suspicion that he
made any bargain involving a sacrifice of
priwiplo with bis Radical Hupporters. lie
was moreover the Democratic candidate
for Governor in tho late election, and it in
not presumable that his canvaaa of the
State particularly inclined the Radical*
to him. Their unanimous anpport of
him, therefore, can moat reaaonably be
ascribed, not to partiality for him, but to
dread of or hoatility to Gov. Vance, wbo
would have aloud in the Senate a good
match for Morton, Conkling, or any otbor
Kndical debater. Judge Merrimon ia a
man of very respectable abilitiea, and will
no doubt make a Senator creditable to hia
State , but Gov. Vance would bavo been a
foe man whom the abloat itadical in the
body would luivo encountered with appre
hension : and we regard hia defeat by the
Kiidiral vote ua indicative of tho aim of
their party to defeat tho election to the
Senate of auch Southern men an would
restore the intellectual superiority of our
Moetioii in that body.
A letlor written by President Grant, da
ted Sept. Dh, 1872, to a Mr. Kahod, agont
of tho rout Office Department, relative to
the resignation of the Utter, in published.
Eason bad tendered his resignation lie-
cause he had had a difficulty with tba
President's father, Jcaso H. Grant, Post-
master lit Covington, Ky. The Proaident
linked Mr. Eason to withhold hia resigns-
tion, and added that ho would auk his
father to resign, being satisfied that "he
(Ills father] will never again he com
petent to discharge the dution of
the office." 'I ho elder Grant ban not yet
resigned, and an interesting inquiry is,
what is tho President going to do about
it ?
• Till (ilU,KI,i:r VOTE.
So far ns we aro enabled to judge from
telegraphic advices at hand, the Electoral
vote pledged to Mr. Greeley for President
was much divided on Wednesday. Gov.
Drown and Gov. Hciidricka received the
larger portion of it mentioned iu our
reports. It is apparent, therefore—1st,
that there was no concert of action, ar
ranged by telegraphic conference, as wo
hoped there would he ; and 2d, that this
vote establishes no preoedontfor possible
future etnergcncisH of this kind.
A pertinent suggestion tuado by an
Indiana Itadical pupor is worthy of men
tion hue. li proposed that the vote of
Indiana be east for Morton instead of
Grant, for the reason (list if tho Greeley
vote were cast for lleudricks or some
other Conservative, and Gen. Grant were
to die before the timo of opening aud
proclaiming tho vote, Congress would
have to choose a President from the three
highest Democrats or Liberal Republicans
voted lor. Tho contingency is of course
an improbable one, but still it is a jnnmilde
one, and deserves consideration os one of
the emergencies that may occur in our
history.
l-nlullt) of Mu* llunu* Malady.
The number of deaths reported in the
South, by the so-eallod opizooty,
small as to suggest tho conclusion that it
in not by itself fatal, except iu cases of
abuse or iiiiamaungeiuont. That a fow
horses have tiled from the effect* of hard
work while effected by tho malady, is ap
parent ; and the probability is that a fow
others have died from mistaken treat-
lueiit, when they would have reooverod if
imt lire had been left uuaidod to combat
the disease.
Last w eek we copied a statement of tho
death of a horse suffering from the epi-
yooty while being drivou in harness, near
Augusta, Gu. The Eufaula Time* of the
.Mb inst. reports another death—that of a
horse of ltuv. Junius Jordan, while Mr.
,i. was driving him in a buggy—having
"driven the animal to town aud back two
or throe times during the day." In these
two eases too severo cxorciso evidently
caused the fatal results. Wo have no
ticed that horses working while the mala
dy affects them often cough immediately
after drawing their load up au ascent, or
after some strain upon thoir powers.
IdghI exercise of this kind may bo bene
ficial, exciting tho respiration only suffi
ciently to relievo tho lungs or nostrils;
but both reason ami observation auatain
the opinion that excessive exercise may so
violently excite the lungs of the annual
ns to cause sudden death.
The 'ft l* graph of yesterday aaya that
ho far four dcutha from tho malady have
occurred in hi aeon—ouo horse and three
mules. Tho circumstances attending
these deaths are not mentioned. Per
haps some of them wore oocoaioned by
mistake iu the treatment.
The Lumpkin Judtpendent reporta the
crop made by an old negro of ftl years, to
show the dillereueo iu prosperity between
those freediuen who apply themselves
diligently and industriously to labor on
fauns, and those wiio frequent cities and
tow*us ami devote themselves to loafiug
ohd polities. The Independent says that
this old man gathered seven bales of fine
cotton from twelve acres of old land (to
which whs applied one thousand }»ounda
of guano); seventy-five bushels of oorn,
from five acres; ouo hundred gallons of
syrup, from less than one-half acre; one
hundred and fifty bushels of potatooe,
from one and u hulf acres. Ho will not
over two hundred dollars for himself, and
cuitiVuiid his crops without any supervi-
*mu or direction from any one.
Moses li. Dcutly was tried in the 8u-
peuor Court ui Fulton, this week, for kill
ing Mainour Claiborn in 1868, aud acquit
ted on Tuesday. Claiboru was a colored
member of the House of Representatives
of that year, and Btutly tho colored Mes
senger—both Radicals. The evidenoe
showed that Claiborn and others of his
race treated Reutley very contemptuous
ly, for some cause, and had cursed and
abused him until be would stand it no
longer, but shot Claiborn after the latter
had grossly iusulted him without
The members of the Town Council of
Clinton, Jones county, publish in
Macon Telegraph a resolution passed by
themselves resigning their positions as
Council men. They say that they take the
’"V-4flg£becauso pf cxwtipg opposition to the
Ttajra CoynciJ.
I1KRH WMTItS.
Another "ortete" in French politics in
apparent from our dispitehes. liy a com
bination of the opposition the Ministry
has been defeated, and President fhiei
resignation is again tbroetane<l ““
overthrow of the present Governin'
could hardly fail to be followed by u pe
riod of enarehy and dvil oonfltet, to to
ended, perhaps, by foreign intervention
The coalitionists, who can unite to destrW^
the Republic, can hardly unite in the es
tablishment of a stable government upon
its ruins. The diflTerencee of the Imperial
ists and the Legitimists would be found
as irreconcilable as their antagonisms to
[ COM MU NIG VTKD J
"TIi* »llt« of the Oo«J* *rlnd ulowljr,
llt.l tliry arini raft - 'lngpy Ita".”
It may not he geneaq^ known, but it
Ibe faft, that (be gritafi firb in Chicago
aantrwwAiy of the day
ridan started f| his iufa-
tbo Vstlay, and of which
ha repotted*officially, that "were a crow
to fly foe country he would have to
carry hit rations." His troops were priu-
rapubliotoiutn; ud 0- .1- SISS -MS»UUaB-
. ' hi. order for tbs burning of All.nl* and
meuts of communism would nud in rev
cipslly from Illinois and Michigan, which
Kurlll (irorgiu ( oaJVrcurr.
On Tuesday the Conference continued
and passed upon the conduct at a number
of ministers. The following were de
clared Supernumeraries: Alar. Means,
V. W. (tolboun, J. t. Nosaia, 41. OB.tr.
Number of loeaQ preaoeii' reported 412 ;
labor of members 46,417; baptisms
luring the year 1220; number of Sunday
schools 54)3; of teachers ; of schol
ars 23,937; contributions for missions
lstfBF^ t>jf the Way,'suffered about the*
tints of ¥t*4 Chfdago fire, in the Same way,
by extensive Ares; and again, tho llostou
fire occurred on the very samo day of the
l 4MW* («.
Iution the coveted opportunity to burst
forth into consuming flame again. There
la, apparently, no present safety for
France but the continuance of the pro
dent and moderate government of Thiers
—e monarchist at heart, hot a republican
in practice in obedienoe to the popular
sentiment. He has, while bolding an in
definite and uncertain tenon of office, ac
complished wonders in tha work of free
ing Franoe from engagements that made
her tributary to Germany and kept his
country liable to Oerrosn intervention at
any time. Ilia government has also done
much to put Franoe again upon a formid
able war footing sod to restore her sadly
damaged finances and prosperity. A and
den cbeok to this progressive amelioration
wonld be one of the worst eveuts that
oonld befall Franoe, even if it did not
lead to foreign intervention in her affairs.
Hut such intervention by Germany is re
garded as an almost certain cooscqunnoc
of renewed civil atrife by France. Osten
sibly undertaken to enforce the obliga
tions of Franco to Germany, it would
probably end in the oonipleto overthrow
of tbe Republic and the re-cstablishmont
of tbe Monarchy or tho Empire, upheld
by foreign power. In view of such proba
ble consequences of the tbresteuod revo
lution, or chsnge of government, we esn
but regard tbo situation in France with
tbe liveliest apprehension, and wish her a
safe deliverance.
■ORE AUOIT TIIK KPIEOOTT.
ApprehrsBlssR for Ibe Eater*.
The Albany (Ga.) Sew* of tho nth inst.
says that nearly all tbe horaes and mules
in that locality are affected by tbe pre
vailing malady, and that "the deaths are
now reported no frequent that we cannot
undertake to keep the count" * It says
that Mr. Kirkhatu, tbe gentleman who
first discovered the existence of the din-
ease in Albany, "has been treating tho
Rome.
Ran.
Judge Merrimon (elected U. B. Senator
lay tbe Legislature of North Caroline the
other day) has assured a correspondent of
tba Wilmington Journal that he made no
bargain or arrangement whatever tor the
Usdieel vote by which he was elected,
and that he is in no manner pledged to
that party or any of Its measures.
Charles Estes Wan elected Mayor of
Augusta, without opposition, on Wednes
day. The regular Democratic ticket for
Afdermsn was also elected. The vote was
Very light.
The following is tho resolution of Sen
ator Bumucr, introduced on the day of
tho mooting of Congress, and mentioned
in our telegraphic dispatches :
H'Adrms, 'I he national unity and good
will among fellow-citisens esn he assured
only through oblivion of past differences,
and it Is contrary to the usages ot civil
ized nations to |>orpetuatn the memory of
civil war; therefore
H* U snorted, dr., That tbe nsmos of
buttles with fellow citizens shall not be
continued in the Army Register, or pla
ced on tho regimental colors of tho Uni
ted Htatcs.
Tbr Electoral Vote of Georgia.
The Georgia doctors *| lit their vote.
Gen. Henning, Washington Foe and Col.
Hudson voted for Horace Greeley for
Fresideut.
Gen. Wofford, Col. Hartridge, Mr. Ely,
Col. Face, Col. Dorsey and Maj. Gruhaui,
for R. Gratz Rrown for Freddent.
Col. Turner and Dr. Casey voted for
ox-Govcruor C. J*. Jenkins for Fresidout.
Gen. Henning, Col. Foe, Col. Hudson,
Dr. Casr-y and Col. T urner voted Grutz
Rrown for Vico Fresidout.
Col. Ilartiidge, Col. Faco, Col. Dorsey,
Mr. Ky slid Msj. Graham voted for Geu.
Colquitt for Vice Fresulont.
Gen. Wofford voted for Gen. N. F.
Ranks, of MaHNftchusdlH, for Vice l’reai-
dent.— Atlanta Can*4., Mh.
Modern Mjuterlra.
ICditon Atlanta Constitution: — Ah
_ soma misapprehension exists in regard to
m.lxlj olowlV »nd oonttDUou.ly"<.Tor | bo *DicU 1 prupond.lode-
# * termine the credentials of Modern Hpirit-
ualisui, 1 beg leave to state in plaiy terms
the test, which 1 consider at once reason
sines, and sposks from personal experi
ence, added to the vast volume of expe
rience end observation of otbora, in pro
nouncing it beyond the nkill of veterinary
surgery, end ea baffling ell remedies and
all hopes of *|Miedy recovory. He has
seen no man yet, who had ever aeon any
other man that could say that any friend,
acquaintance or stranger had intimated e
single cure, end therefore bn is not pro-
l>urod to express the opiuion
that the disease promises enything Imt
death, or permanent injury at its letter
end. 11a is evidently convinced with the
conviction that there can be no early or
sound cure, end is not baokwerd in warn
ing the people to prepare for the worst. *
This is a very gloomy and discourugiug
report. Hut the disease roust be more
violent--in its early stages at least—in
Albany than iu this section ; for we linvo
not one woll-authcntioeted report of a
death by the malady in Columbus, and
nearly all the boraea here have it. Is any
one hero ablo to report a complete and
thorough ouro ? On this point we are not
Advised.
A friend has handed us a clipping from
a Louisville paper, which, though not
quite so unfavorable, makes suggestions
about the disease that ought to excite se
rious attention aud close investigation.
Tho liouisville paper says that the deaths
in its city from the disease amount to on
ly 49, but that deaths among the bad oases
are still occurring, end a hoavy mortality
of animals that were put to work before
tiie discharge from tho nose and tho
congh had entirely ceased is approhonded.
It attribute# the etuhbornneee of tho dis
ease to the went of skill by tbe ao-oalled
veterinary doctors, and on this point
quotes some pertinent remarks by tbo
New York Time*, which deprocatea the
lack of knowledge by the home doctors,
aa well ea the light estimation in which
veterinary science is held. It thinks that
moat intelligent farmers know aa muoh
abont the diseaaea and proper Ireatmout
of hoaca aa the profeeaed veterinariaua of
the day, end thinks that attention to tho
diseases of the lower animals is a duty
that ought to be more generally per-
formed.
The Louisville paper expreaoee fears
that many of the horses that have been
prematurely worked will have a seoond
stage of the disease, developed in the
form of dropey, farcy or glanders—the
two Ust-mentioned diseases considered
incurable—or is a obronic bronchial af
fection, that would be likely to laat all
winter.
We do not allude to these unfavorable
reports end apprehensions with any de
sign to arouse alarm, for indeed we think
there is good reason to hope that the dis
ease is progressing more favorably in thia
region. Hut we think that the faota aud
suggestions given above ought to admon
ish every owner of a bores of the impor
tance of the etrioteet attention to the
condition of tbe animal, end the moat
vigilant care that he is not overworked
or neglected.
On the question of accepting the
iguatiou of Hon. N. F. Henke (Liberal
Republican) as chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, in the House of
Representatives on Tuesday, Hon. D. M.
Duiloae, of Georgia, voted with meet of
the Badipela ia tha affirmative. Mr. Do-
Hoee ia what ia oalled a "straight" Demo
crat.
President Grant stated, in his lata mea-
•age, that the number of eoidiers enlisted
in the late war was 2,6tW,M8. Thia it
more then double tbe whole number of
white men in the "rebellious" States ca
pable of bearing anna. The statement
will give a pretty eorreot idea of the im
mense odds in numbers against which
the Sooth fought In other material of
war the disparity was even greater.
"Ogeeohee" writes from Atlanta to the
Savannah Sem: "Dr. James F. Bom
man, of thia city, and Hon. L. N. Whit
tle, of Maoon. have been appointed
Treats— ef tha Laaatie Aaytum, in tha
places of the two outgoing members.
Tbe law reqaireo on# member of tbo for*
mar board to ha retained, and It ia now
thought that Oen. Wm. PMiUpa, of Mali,
otta, is tho ouo who will bo dotagaalod
for this pnrpoao. M
stile and demonstrative. I do this csiic
cmlly because my friend, Dr. W. w
Hicks, bus burn quoted iu proof of the
compliance of tho madiums to my de
mand. Thu casus presented by Dr.
Hicks do not ruauh my test, on the cou-
trurv they form a part of my illustrations
of the theory of Od Force. At the proper
time 1 will show the nrru* between the
physical experiments ot Reiohoubach and
the mental phenomena of Modern Hpirit.
niilism. Thin 1 have promiHod to do in
two lectures which I propose to deliver
for tho benefit of the Young Mon's Libra
ry Association of this city.
Tho forms of my laiiuuage-toit are as
follows;
1. 1 require a written communication,
twenty linen or more, of Latin composi-
tion, (original matter, not a cony) trout
Virgil, the atyle, matter and chirography
to bo equal to the known productions ot
that author when in the flesh. It is uot
to bo h mere imitation, as to style, nor s
juuihlu, of Ijiitin words, but must boar
such internal evidences of genuineness
and authenticity as sro rolled upon in
critical estimates of human productions.
2. 1 roquiro like communication, sub
ject to tho same testa and conditions,
from l'lato iu Greek, David iu Hebrew,
Mohammed in Arabic, Zoroaster iu Far-
sec.
If these supposed spirits cannot speak
thoir own native tongues, they certainly
oanuot speak or write ours. No odyllic
force oaii, by conscious or unconscious
cerebration, produce literary compositions
equal to the writings of the masters of
the languages 1 have mentioned. Such a
feat aa that would eclipse all the wonders
of this age.
When f have proenrod the communica
tions I have solicited, I will take the prop
er steps to acquaint the world with the
result.
Very truly yonrv,
W. F. Haiuuson.
(Jottom Kstimatk. -Messrs. Kirksy A
Hoott, of Bavaunak, in their last cotton
circular, tuako a voiy careful estimate ot
the ootton crop of tho present season.
They reach tho conclusion that tho crop
will amount to fi, 182,7118 bales. Messrs.
Neill, Hrotharn A Co., of London, say
that tha world requires 8,77*0,(88) Ameri
can bales to make tho "abeels work easi
ly, and with lesa, prices must advance in
the course of tha wiutor." Hhorten those
American balsa 000,000 and wo ought to
sea quotations mount high. Tho manu
facturing interest of England has beau
unnaually prosperous baa bean unusually
prosperous the past four years, during
which time mill owners have paid on an
average twenty-three cents for all the
cotton that has been marketed.— Sont-
goto try Adrertieer.
Gkn. Grant s Third Term.—Tho Lon
don Koonotuiat aaya:
We do not suppono that the Americans
will permit tha aliquot about re-elections
to be broken in 187t», but wo can ace quite
clearlv that Geu. Uraut will have a chance
of a third term, such as hia predoceenora
never enjoyed. The Bouth will b« in bin
hands, aud if the parties are eveu tolera
bly oqual, tha Fresideut, who while Free,
idont oarries tha whole negro vote, will
be, for one party or tha other, the only
unconquerable esudidete. We may yol
date from thia election a real aud consid
erable change iu American polition, for
apart from all considerations of personal
character, it has, ea wa conceive, enor
mously strengthened the bands of the
Presidency itself.
A Horrible Btobt.—David North, one
of the four survivors of tbe Missouri,
which was lately burned in the Gulf of
Mexico, narrtfes a very harrowing story.
While floatiug about the sea in qu open
boat, he aud hia companions bad to lock
their logs under tha seats and clasp arms
to keep from being washed overboard by
tha heavy sea. They were without food
for many days. Tbe boiler man, Mark
Anthony, went crazy tbe first day, and
William 8tarr, tbe barber, afterwkrds died,
and Shea, the porter, iumped overboard
from tbe boat aurronnded by a aohool of
sharks.
■errtaea Klveted Seaatar.
RalejoH. Deosmber 3. —Tha election
of a Uuited Htales Senator reunited to
day in Judge Merrimon receiving 87 votes,
and Vance 80. The whole ltapublioan
vote waa cast for Merrimon.
Wa copy from the Constitution :
liev. Dr. Lovio Fierce addressed tho
Conference in a touching and impraonive
manner.
' The Committee on the Nashville Pub
lishing House submitted their report,
which waa adroptad. Tha report con
gratulated the denomination on the proa-
peri'y of the lioaae, and earnestly re
quested the brethren to use their moat
strenuous exettious to extend tbe circula
tion of the periodicals publiaheed by tbe
House, sou especially tho publications
edited by the Bnuday School tieoretary.
On motion, the crodeutisia of 8. ft.
Pennington, Deacon, were restored to
Lim.
Dempsey Clark (co'd) of Wesley Chapel,
DeKalb county, was elected to Deacon's
ordern.
Tho Committee on Bishop's Fond re
ported $1,422 fi.> os the amount raised.
Balance on bund $2/1 (15.
The Committee on Edncation submit
ted their report through their chairman,
Rev. Alticua G. Hay good. It was terse,
scholarly aud full of broad Cbristiau
views. The oomtuitieo paid a deserved
tiibule to Bishop Fierce lor his strenuous
and unremitting efforts in behalf of
Christian education. The committee had
gratifying reports from Kruory College,
the Wesleyan Female College, LaGrnnge
Female College, Marietta Female College,
aud the Lucy Cobb Institute at Athens.
Tha Coinmittco reported resolutions to
use every effort to increase tho patronage
of these institutions (sll Methodist except
Lucy Cobh Institute), snd recommend
ing the ap|H*intment of Rev. Morgan Cal
laway at Emory College, Rev. W. J. Cot
ter at LaGrange Female College, and Rev.
W. A. Rogers as President of Marietta
Female College. Adopted uiianimonsly.
Tho report on tbs Orphans' Home show
ed shat institution to be doing well. Rev.
W. It. Foots has managed it woll, avera
ging only $70 per mouth sustenance.
The orphans this year under verv discour
aging circumstances, produced three bales
of cotton, ouo hundred bushels of |>ota-
toes, twenty of poos, fifty of oorn, sixty
of oats, twenty of whoa', etc.
Heven children have been discharged.
The oommiltee recommended the adop
tion of a resolution requesting the trus
tees to unite with the Kouth Georgia Con
ference in the establishment of one Or
pimn's Home if deemed advisable, and
requesting tho Bishop to appoint W. F.
Cook ns agent. Roth resolution were
adopted.
Tho Committee on tbe Bible Causo re
ported that the agent, W. A. Faiks, had
traveled 11,000 miles, visited 12,(88) fam
ilies, of wb«>m 8,188) were destitute of the
Bible; eleven new BibleHocieties crested
and eighty six Sunday Schools supplied.
Rev. H. J. Adams presented the follow-
i'>B s ,
Resolved, That LaGrnnge Feinalo Col
lege, with all its appurtenances, be placed
iu the bnnda of the Presiding Elder at Im
Grange, the preachers iu charge at La
Grange and West Point, and J. M. Roll,
A. 11. Cox, C. W. Key and W. C. Fro©,
man to transfer the college to a joiut
stock company ou condition that they pay
off all liens, judgments and debts sgniust
the college; complete tha college build
ing, and conduct it as a Methodist Female
College.
The resolution was adopted.
Bishop Fierce made a short report rela
tive to $700 bequeathed to tile Gi orgia
Conference. On motion, Bishop Fierce
waa requested to collect the amount and
divido it equally between the two Georgia
Conferences.
Bishop Pierce was alao requested to ap
propriate as much aa necessary of the
amount roceived by the North Georgia
Conference to the board of Lewis Dealer,
a relative of the lodiea who mado the be
quest.
Rov. W. II. Potter elected Proaident,
and Rev. II. J. Adams. Treasurer. Rev.
F. W. Iloidt confirmed os Secretary.
Ou Saturday, Govurnor Smith present
ed Rev. Dr. Lovick Fierce with a hand
some gold-headed cane. It was a tribute
of respect to a venerable Cbristiau
patriot.
The appointments wero announood on
Wednesday. Rev. W. Watkin Hicks
goes to St. John's Church, Augusta; Rev.
J. E. F.vnns to Asbury, Augusta; Rev.
A. T. Maim to Washington; Revs. W. F.
Harrison and J. Ruling to First Church,
Atlauta; Revs. W. J. Wurdlaw and A.
Means, snp., to I(ara Crook Mission.
LAORANOK DISTRICT— II. J. ADAMS, p. K.
Ladraugo, W J Scott; West Point, D
D Cox ; Kewnnn. E M Thigpen ; Troup,
R J Harwell; Long Cauu, R J Ellis;
Whitesville, .1 T Lowe; Grconville and
Trinity, J L Bryan ; Chalybeate Springs,
L Rush; Grantviile, T S L Harwell; llo-
S aiisville, J M Bowilin; Houoia. R F
ones ; one to bo suppliod ; Palmetto and
Jones Ctmppol, T 1( Timmons; Fairhiirne.
I Chamber; Franklin, J Jones; Heard
Mission, T. Turner; LaGraugo Fouialo
College, W. J. Colter. Profeaaor; Mission
to Chino, Y J Allen.
American lliblo Society—W. A. Parks,
agent; Financial Secrot ary, A. \\ Uay-
good.
Emory College—M Callaway, Frofos-
aor.
TRANKPKRRCD.
J J Fierce, U it Kramer, H H Parks,
G O M Morris, J 1* Wardlen, G W Harda
way, R 11 Sosuett and M II Whito, trans
ferred to South Georgia Conference ; R
K Thrower, transferred to St Louis Con
ference ; E F Birch, transferred to Alaba
ma Conference ; 8 N Hums, transferred
to Little Rock Conference ; A M Camp
bell, transferred to Los Angoloe Confe;
T It Fieroe, transferred to Washington
Conference; J T Woody, trauaferraa to
Louisiana Conference.
A great many of the ministers ware re
turned to their old stations.
A Noble Proposition from Senator
Si’mnkr.—Seuator Sumner struok a chord
of geuerous end lofty patriotism yoster-
day that will vibrate throughout tho
whole country and give additional lustre
to his fame. Immediately after tbe Sen
ate had convened, and while waiting for
tha President's Message, Mr. Sumner in
troduced a bill to strike from the United
States flags and tha Army Register all re
cords of battlea fought with fallow-citi-
xens. The Romana, in the moat glorious
period of their‘history, did not oelebrate
victories in civil war, where Romana
fought against Romans, and ware deair
ons to effaoe the Memory of such fratrici
dal oonfliota. Thia ia a noble sentiment,
and was both eharacteriatio and worthy of
fclftwlag Tribal* *f tbe * alias si Dc«arraUr
(•aaitlw.
The National Deaocratio Committee
have issued tha following :
llaaiMtUAKmts National Democratic;
Committee,
New York, December 3, 1872.)
Tba Democratic National Convention
did, in Jaly, 1872, with a unanimity on-
praoadentod in Urn history of tba party,
nominate aa their candidate for tho office
of Preoideit of tba United States, Hor
ace Greeley, of New York. Six States
cast their electoral votea for him at tha
lata elections, and millions of men in
other States, where wa failed of success,
testified their appreciation of hia noble
character and the great service ha had
rendered the country, by voting our
Eleotoral ticket. Rot Horace Greeley ia
dead, and tha splendor of tha political
victory achieved by hia opponents ia now
diminished by the sorrow which thia rod
eveut has oast upon tha people whom be
loved, and who regarded him as one of
tha beat, truest and bravest of men.
The lessons of hia pare end blameleaa
life will long remain impressed npon the
A man will die for went of air in five
minutes, for want of sloop in tan days, for
want of water in n week, for want of food
at varying intervals dapending on ooaati-
lotion, habits of life, end the eiieam-
utaeoai of the oeoeaRML^MMAenp#.
H. Quun'i InMm Bmjet.—Ur
Ora-Uj'. MlteioM MM mlMiti
UnitanM Owtontiosut. H. nyi ia •
litter to Um B.t. J. X. Atuti. t “I b»-
lin. tlut Um Muni ohmoMr fonued ia
tki* Ufa will ha that ia ahioh n ahaU
aaak. ia tk. Otm to cou., and (bat araay
dl. m 4mpI* tfaiaad aad touted bj Utm
of traaagNMtoa aad depravity, that a to.
dtoa* aad palatal diacipUaa maat praoada
aad pre para for tbair adauaatoa to Ike
raalrw* of eternal parity aad bliaa."
■l.lrriem Muir<»uil... i. < b.rlnlo.-h.r-
rrar| )>|i^nn|,
The Chailfaton News of Wednesday is
responsible for tho following :
"Cbark-htcm ia determined not to be
behind tho timea, even in things ho un
substantial aa ghosts. The excitement of
the Hurrcnry uiyatery has hardly died
away, and the memory of the diah-tbrow-
iug.brid* -hattiug end clock-twiating la still
frcAh in the popular mind,when e genuine
Carolina apirit, which makes no distinc
tion on account of race, color or previ-
oui condition, awoken from its slumber
aud drivua a whole household into a auto
of frenzied terror. The scene of the
fruablo ia a quiet-looking two-story house
on the north aide of Trsdd street, three
doors west of Meeting street. It has
long been looked upou aa a haunted
house, because of the pranka which
ghostly visitors were said to |>Uy at night.
One of the former tenants was etanled
by seeing Jive coals hop ont of the fire
place and skip acruna the r»om; unearth
ly noiaea were heard in rooms, the duora
•A which were locked and bolted; just
befote cock-crow tbe covering won vio
lently dragged off tbo beds, leaving the
age ia which he lived. Every beat of hm ^ragged on the beds, leaving the
great heart mm in eympatby with huui.a- j »b>*« in tbo cold.
ity to it. broadeet loruT ile loved Ibe 1 1 h * "* 1
Government, be loved hia fellow met*,
end the Jebora of hia whole life were to
elevate tba condition of mankind.
ihe subjects of these pleasant experi
ences moved away in a burry, and tbe
h.mse, mhich in now rented by a colored
woman, named Kudos Moullrica, rested
•draggle for liberty, civil or religions, waa I *“ P~“ u »* , l 1 a.l Monday at noon, when
ever made on the anrf.ee of Ibe <irth, | -pinlnd high jinka began
since his manhood began, with which he
did not affectionately sympathize, and to
which he failed to give faithful snd pow-
Emma Moultrie© was at her shop in
r friends, named
Carry Bntler, re-
erfol aid. Every d.y of bi. life abom^ '■'“‘"/“K >“ *> f th » *»>n»o.
ed with note of kindnewi, of ebarity, of ,rollt hoor, abicb open, on tbe garden,
- - » ... was not closed, and, soon alter mid-night,
lump of coal whh thrown iuto the front
forgiveneM, and of love. Not his atrick-
en family alone, but a stricken people
piece of tbe mineral whiz-
1 zod iuto the room. No attention waa
paid to these occurrences, it being
sad memory.
almost uuparalleled.
Tbe National Democratic Committee in
behalf of tha great party who achieved , ... » . ,.
honor by their f.ithfnl ofort to elect him ' ol 't h ,L, ‘ t " un *« , ' ,d „‘ oy “„ out i“ 1 * * er< ’
to tbo Brat office iu tbe government, will ,he oo'P'***. »«** I 8 "““‘ on *
do .11 in tbeir power to honor bia iame « rc " “' ed “«<1
r sent a child to tho door to drive tbe boys
Acouhtur Kf'iici i ' “•"y- N " wlw tu bo Mln - 'Uhe
Cbtu’u National Bern. Como.nice. ! <* Ud "»*}*'* »» &"'<*• «>d « b 'lo it »»
__ m ^ m j then*, another piece of coal flew across
„ „ ... .. , , | the room, coming thia time from the op-
tlrrrl., n. PaMIe 0*1.1.. I po«it. or north »ide. Ibe two women
Wasuinoton, Doc. 1. Ihe following is hnsiily closed and fastened the doors, and
a copy of the lost letter from Bonne ran up ataira to a amull ro«*ni on the sec-
(ireciey to Charles Liftman, of this city : on .j H tory, every door aud window which
New York, June 27, 1872. they iartfully shut.
Friend !,annum—1 have received yours '1 hey had hardly composed thoinaelvca,
of the 2.*db inst. I have all my life been when, iu (puck succession, two chunks of
dolug what people called vastly foolish, coal bunged scions tho room, sud these
iuinolilic sots, and I did nol diapute their hml hardly come to a dead stop when a
judgment. 1 only said that what 1 did cli Id's do 1 ou tLe mantel sprung from its
seemed to me the right thing. If I should place and llcw ucross the room, striking
die before election, or be beaten, pluses heavily against ihe wal*. This was too
testify for me that I do not regret to have much ter ordiuary nerves. The two wo-
hraved public opinion wheu I thought it men made for tho door, but before they
was wrong end Sue* it to be merciless, could get out a hair brush, as if iflktinct
[Signed] Horace Grlelly. with hie, darted after them. They flow
down stairs, closely followed by a glass
Charles Francis.—The Hon. Charles medicine bottle which iea rt .t ed the grouud
Francis Adama, notwithstanding his ex- floor ut thi ir heels. Falsied with fright,
pressed determination not to he inter- tho women sent lor some of their friends,
viewed l*y the rc present at ives of tha and disjiatched a messenger for Emma
preas, did submit the other evening to a Moultrie, who is a quiet, sensible woman,
that groat people. Why should American
oitizens wish to perpetuate tha etubleimi
and records of our national misfortune ?
Why keep alive tha hatred that waa an-
K ndered by tha civil war whan tha ooin
tents are and must continue to be one
people ? To do so would be unchristian-
like, ungenerous and highly impolitic. It
would aarva no good purpose whatever,
aud would only gratify aectioual and per
sonal vanity at tha sacrifiee of nobler and
better sentiments. Every oelebration of
victorias in our civil war, by emblems on
the flags, by combinations or associations
of tha viotora, by parades, gatherings or
publio dinners, or in any other way, ia
wrong. Mr. 8umoar'e bill ought to be
paaoed unanimously by Cougreoa, and at
ouoe. In foot, everything puosibla should
be dona to obliterate tha memory of tha
aad event and to restore harmony aud
fraternal foaling among all tha citizens of
our oommoa oonntry.— N, YHerald,
Off foe Texas.—Mr. E. 0. Joyoa, for
many years a oitizen of Eufaula, and wall
known all ovar thia section of the Btate,
loft yesterday afternoon with hia family,
on tha Montgomery k Bufaala Railroad,
for hia new home near Dallas, Texas. It
ia late in Ufa for a man to change his
pleas of abode, whan ha is 60 or 64 years
old, as Mr. Joyos ia, but ha goes where
soma of hia sons are living, and whare ha
had prepared a place for himself snd
ftmil)’.—Eufaula Tim**, MA
gentle rqneczo from tba Hon. Thurlow
Weed. The veteran journalist, «
not dually i
Aith
ired. Wuou nhe reached tho
tverul acquaintances, sbo
hand on the distinguished statesman's closed tbe outer doom and set to work to
stigAtu tbo mystery. This was about
half punt six. As tbe conclave were Its-
dish
kuoc, touched the pinup ever so delicate
ly with the following conundrum
"Mr. Admits, what do you think would lining to the uhtoundiug history,
have been tbe result if yourself, and not darted from tbe corner of tbe room, iu
Mr. Greeley, bad been nominated at Cm- full view, and fell, without breaking, iu a
cinnati ?" • rocking chair, which chair rocked steadily
which Mr. Adams replied without for several minutes. The mysterious
hesitation : "It would have msile no dif- part of this operation is that tbe dish was
ferencu whatever. The result would known to be outaide of the house iu a
have beeu tba sarna." tub, wheu Emma Moultrie aud her friends
That was all.—S. I". Sun. came m. Just before this a quantity of
— nobbius of coal clattered down stairs, to
Does the Hair Turn White in a ,he * ur P riMe of lbo wtioIe l mrl y- TUwie
Hincilb Night ?—Tb© Cupular Science " ,re K row,u « r * lhe ' »** tho knees,
Monthly quotes from the Journal of Men. lo lti ° K, » r P r * H « *ke whole parly. These
were growing rather weak in the knees,
but they managed to keep up their cour
age until a large brick was thrown with
great force from the back room into tbe
front. This demoralized the ghost acek-
tal Science some interesting facts upon
much-vexed subject. Does the
n while
;te night r
whether it ia from sudden fear, or from
some other cause of disturbance. Tbe ® rH ’ ,0Hl a twtraat.
writer vouches for tha truth of two iu-1 The fow who remained witnessed pieces
stancoH—one, that of a young man of of couI antl bllckhH,H d ** r, i D B acroH *‘ th ®
twenty wbuu ti.tr, .tiff, bl.ck, »n<l wirv ,00,D > Bt "f «»« ur ten miuute.,
tnrne.l In une nigUt, from inteou menul * ni1 l “ ,e ** '“K 1 ' 1 Ku,, “» Moollrm «ent to
muioty, from it. natural color to iron- lh " K ,,KrJ >lul »* k<,d f,,r *>nlp. A
grey ; the .ecoml o.m wu lbut of ■ .... detective went and examined tLo whole
cptnin wbo .nlTercd ahipwreck, ami wbovo building. Door, were found looked aud
b.ir turned gray .ud becamo further »"»*“»" b » ,rwl - K very lmlo and corner
blanched when a aimilar diaaater occurred lu *> li "d *"*0, and tbe dual of age. aevoroly
a act-ond time. There ia no doubt that "cruliuizod. I hero were the brickbat,
mental or bodily Buffering turn, tbo hair of co * 1 ' bl,t ,b * re no "‘« n
white, Imt it acta more gradually. A our-
that human ngency had anything to do
ease is mentioned where every hair m y hten,, n* busineHS. Ihings
1 ■ * * • • wore quiet tor the rest of the night.
Early yesterday moruiug a number of cu
rious persons flockod to tbe spot. Twen
ty persons or more wero standing in the
rooms peering about when a brick was
thrown from the north room into the
on tho head of the patient waa alternately
colored brown aud white. It waa found,
opon an examination with the microscope,
that tbe colors of the hair were reversed,
tbe brown becoming light and transparent,
the white dark aud opaque, and the upaei- . , .. ,
ly wua found to be duo tu tbo pre.ouoe of H,mlb ' oul “- Immediately afterward a
a vast accumulation of air globuloa pack
ed closely together.
Ora. Mr ode's Kati«ate of Ges. ta,
Raltimouv, Nov. 29, 1872.
Fditor* Atlanta Constitution; The ar
ticle in The Constitution which reached
me recently, exhibiting tbe estimate iu
which Gen. Meade waa held by Gen. Lee
—an opiuion so flattering to the military
skill of tbe former—reminded m« of the
estimate which Gen. Meade ouco ex
pressed to me of the iUoatrioun Confeder
ate wbo confronted him at Gettysburg.
An it has never appeared in print your
readers may feel some interest in tho
judgment to which 1 have referred.
Hhortly after coming to Atlanta Gen.
Moado called at my house, bearing a let
ter of introduction from a friend in Fhila-
delphia, when tho following dialogue oc
curred :
"Well, General, vou fought the decis
ive battle ot the lato war. Our cause
uevor recovered from the disaster suffered
at Gettysburg. 1
"Yta, air, T think that ia so. Had Ix>e
whipped mo at Gettysburg tho South
similar brick was thrown from the south
room into (lie north room. There was a
general stampede. IjaIo in tbe day an
old itntn came iu who declared that Lu did
not believe in spirits. In his opinion it
wan u stupid trick ; ho wasn’t Afraid, not
lie ! As he spoke a broken brick came
from the dead wall in the northwest cor
ner and sped across tbe room, jukt miss
ing the top of tho s^orner'a nose.
The old mnti stampeded end has not
since boon seen at No. t»4 Tradd street.
This was at about 4 o'clock. Later iu tho
eveuing another brick flew out, striking a
woman on tho wrist aud foot. The coal
and bricks were thrown with amazing
force, and were seen by at least twenty
I iersou*. A1I day long crowds of visitors
lung about the spot, but at 12 o'clock
last night the houao was perfectly quiet.
The News bus no theoi^ to offer in ex
planation of the strange occurrences
above recorded. They were seen, and
are vouchod for, by Emma Moultrie, Pris
cilla Simmons, Carrie liutler, Susan
Doyle, Thomttrt McPherson and others,
who tell u straightforward tale, which
caunot bo shaken bv a severe cross-exam
ination. These are the facts. The know-
Tee "Monet Powee."—'Thia great and
growing monster which threatens, like
some mighty ogre, to swallow us ell, is
awekoniog the fears of all thinking and
K triotic men throughout tbe land. Hon.
ontgomery Blair has just written a let
ter ou this topic, of which we find tho
following notioe in the Louisville Couri
er:
"Montgomery Blair has written a letter
demonstrating the onuses of the Liberal
defeat, the chief of vbioh wea our failure
to make a square issue with the growiug
'money power' of the oountry. The his
tory of the rise end progress of this mon
ey power in the United States is full of
internet and well oalcnlated to excite
alarm. It ia unquestionably the most
direful enemy with which we have to
contend. It is an element that ia gener
ally onliattd on the aide of tyranny, and
in all agea haa proved its most powerful
adjunct, and against it the moat vigorous
and inflexible energies of the country's
patriotism must be aireoted. It is grow
ing with alarming rapidity, and the pub
lic mind ia not yet quiokaned to a realiza
tion of its mighty influence. Thia must
be done, for if the infant Hercules is not
strangled in its cradle it will live long to
oppress and torment os. We must crush
out "its venom and ita strength, ’ and we
must do ao
Tax Daquoir.—Thw. i. gnat Muelt;
of waUr to tbi. notion. W.IU, pornfc
ud itruiu hiT* ditod op, aad it to diffi
cult, to mi pi. an. to got oaoogh vtoor
to .apply mu ud but Tho mm. to
tin. in to. oily—mup funilin on hull
ing thtor witor, tkolr v*lto ud ototm
btong dry.— Atoa*t A’nw, CM,
It i. curium tlmt tbo c.uau of tbe Knrr.n-
cy iluing. hint uot beon dtocuvored, and,
iu tbo way of gboHtit, Hottlb Carolina i.
able to Hue Georgia end go one better.
would bavo triumphed. He could then ing one. muet make jaet enoh an exptonu
have gone to Woahiugton, l’bibtdelubi. ! 1,0,1 o( th, ‘ m »" wil * "u' 1 their own idea.,
or New York. There waa nothing tu in-' " " f * h ‘
terrupt his progress."
"General, do you know why we did not
whin you at that time?" 1 inquired.
"No; I should liko to kuow."
"Stonewall Jackson waa not thore."
"You are mistaken, air. You South
erners, 1 know, all think there waa no
such mau as Jackson. Hut Lee was in-
comparatively his superior. He waa de-
tiiodly the very first soldier of the Bouth
er.i army."
It matters very Utile what Gen. Moado
thought of General Lee. The military
fame of the latter cannot be impaired by
any adverse critioism of those who fought
against him. It haa been recoguized by
oandid moo in both hemispheres. Hut it
ia gratifying to tbe friends of our illus
trious chief taina to know that one whom
he esteemed ao highly as an offloer, cher
ished towards him the opinion I have
mentioned.
degree Muack of personal or political
rancor.
Tbe writer is pleased to recognize the
genlUmen composing the Electoral ticket
aa friends some of them hia life-long,
Intimate, personal friends. Wherefore,
he seeks do occasion to give vent to per
sonal pique or spleen.
Hat we regret to have to record that the
Electors of Georgia neglected a plain,
though not a wiitten duty, and threw
away an opportunity to do a decorous
thing.
Laying aside the knowledge that Gen.
Colquitt had but slender sympathy with
the Greeley movement, end Gov. Jenkins,
it waa frequently claimed in tbe cam
paign, bad none, we are of the opinion
that the Electors failed to do their doty.
Georgia voted tor Greeley and Brown,
aud her Electoral vote should have been
ao reoorded.
If Jenkins, Colquitt and Banks rightly
appreciate the distinguished honors that
have been conferred opon them by popu
lar consent, if we correctly sound tbe
metal out of which these men ere mould-
e 1. they will feel no elation at beiog com
pelled to wear the plumes that should
have rested on the cofflu of a dead unto,
as he was borne amid tbe grief of e nation
to his grave on yesterday.— Savannah
Advertiser.
Tha Nitaatlae la Parti.
Paris, Dec. 6.—The Committee of thir
ty appointed by tbe Assembly yesterday,
in accordance *iib tho resolution of Min
ister DnFavre, held its that meeting to-
dtiy. The following officers were elected:
Fresideut, Heron DeLouey ; Vice Presi
dent, Auditfret Poequier; Becretaries,
LcFevre, Fonstelis aud IlauRmonville.—
Organization having been completed, the
Committee adjonrned to meet on Monday
when it will proceed to busines*, accord
ing to tbe motion by which it was created.
Thu committee is instrnctod to draw up a
project of law defining tbe responsibility
of Ministers, aud regulating the relations
of several powers of the Btate. It is ex
pected that it will report a bill declaring
that any Minister who shall be censured
must rosign, and excluding the Fresideut
from debate in the Assembly, but giving
him, by way of compensation, e limited
veto power. It ia inferred from the polit
ical composition of the committee, that
any propusition for auy dissolution of the
Asst mblv will be rejected, and nothing
more radical than a partial rouewul cham
ber, once a year, or once every two years,
like the American Benate, has beeu enter
tained.
Le Hien Public aaya the complexion of
the committee makes the aituatiou all the
more precarious, while tho executive and
Ato-emply are equally averse tocomproin
iso. The country cannot tolerate the
piesent state of affairs. It intimates that
tho country should spontaneously inter
vene, whi<h is interpreted to mean it
should nontinue to scud in petitions in
support of 1 liters and hi* government.
Thiers ia resolved that there shall be
no chaugo in the Ministry until the re
port of the committee of thirty is present
ed ; then if the report is unfavorable to
him ho w>ill oppose it iu the Asembly.
^ Au official reception was given at the
Executive residence last night, which was
numerously Attended. Thiers freely con
versed with his friends on the political
criHH. lie regretted that a partial renew
al of the Assembly seemed impossible,
and declared that he wan determined to
mlh< ro to the policy announced* in his
mss Hags.
At a meeting of tho extreme Left it was
decided not to move for s dissolution of
tho As-eiubly until the question had been
thoroughly agitated by means of peti
tions. La Licele started this idea, and it
is rapidly gaiuing ground. Petitions for
dissolution are coming in from all parts
of the country.
Tho Assembly committee charged with
the consideration of the electoral law have
decided to recommend that tho franchise
be given all males over twenly-tive years
of age who have lived one year in the dis
trict in which they vote, and that the duly
of voting be made compulsory.
Propoard Beliwae of Haak Kotra.
CormpoiuJviic* of tli** Journal of Commerce.]
Wasuinoton, December 4.—The bill
for reissue of bank notes, which failed to
pass last session, is now on the shaker’*
table as a report of a committee uudia-
posed of. It will be called up aa soou at
it can bo got at, and will probably pass.
It involves the engraving and printing of
such paper aud of auoh form and design,
and iu auch manner as the Secretary of
tho Treuanry may prescribe. These are
to l>e isailed to national bauks iu excbaugi
for the worn and mutilated uoten now ii
circulation. The Secretary is anthorizod
to proscribe rules and regulations to gov
ern thu distribution of tho notos. And
tho Treasurer and Asaiataut-Treosnrer of
the United States and the officers of all
haukiug associations are directed to for
ward for redumption to tho origiuol bank
of iasuo or to ita redeeming agency, all
worn and mutilated bauk notes ; and the
bank of issue, or the redeeming agency,
shall forward them to tbe Comptroller ot
the Currency, who shall destroy them
and issue new notes in lien thereof, si
uow provided by low.
A Bad Case—Death of a Released Bo
Called Ku-Klcx Fuimonkr.—Ws learn
from tbe Norfolk Journal, that a mau
named William Tool, s native of Ruther
ford county, N. C., died on board the
steamship Wyanolle, on Monday evening,
just as she was made fast to the wharf, at
Norfolk. He waa one of the Ku-Klai
prisoners convicted at Raleigh more than
a year ago, and sentenced to three years
imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary.
He waa recently pardoned by the Fresi-
deut on account of hia pysical condition
-—he being in the laat stage of consump
tion—and his devoted wife had gone on
for him nnd brought him thus far on his
way home when death put an snd to his
•nfferiogs. He was twenty-eight years
old, and leaves a widsw and three small
children in vary necessitous circumstan
ces.
TELEGRAPHIC KEiVa
Small ( nm|tl I strata.
As may be seen in oar telegraphic col
umn, the gentlemen selected by the peo-
pie of Georgia to cast the electoral vote
of the Stale, Assembled in Atlanta on
Monday in obedieuco to a proclamation
of tho Governor, counted tho vote accor
ding to law, uud then cast it with refer
ence to their personal predilectioua or
prejudices.
Jonkius, Colquitt and Bonks all came
in for a very suiull compliment, teudered
ou an iuopportuuo occasion and in a gra
tuitous way. It is true that the electors
chosen to cast the vote in s Presidential
election are put uuder no legal restraints.
There is uo force of authority which can
compel them to coat the vote for any par
ticular person or persons, who may or
tmty not have received tbe sanction of a
party nomination or a popular endorse
ment at the polls. But it has generally
been supposed that geutlemon of integri
ty and lutell geuce are soleeted to dis-
cliarge this important duty, and that they
are in houor bouud to discharge it in ac
cordance with the wishes aud feelings of
the people who have placed the high and
honorable responsibility upon them.
It is uo less true that uo provision has
been made for the direction of electors in
case of the death of one or both of the
candidates named on tbe Presidential
tickot. This omission, it was supposed,
oouid be supplied by the good sense and
patriotic impulses of the olectors them
selves. Fatal delusion! The people of
the country will be pleased to know that
from the earliest labors of tbs Congress
now in session will spring an enactment
to properly guard and protect a great
privilege, (list may by stress of circum
stances suiuuliiuva foil into incompetent
hands.
No man in Georgia has a higher appre
ciation of ex-Governor Jenkins and Gen.
Colquitt than he who pens these lines.
No man in the State has striven harder to
load them with honors in tbs past, and no
hand ia more willing to labor for their
advancement than ours,
But we would not plaoe upon the brow
of either the laurels that should justly
rest upon other heads.
There is not ons in Georgia or tbs
Bouth who would mors readily forget the
pest snd do just homage to the sacrifice
Gen. Banks mads in the last campaign,
and tbs honest and able effort with which
he seconded that sacrifice. Wherefore,
these observations flo not in tbs slightest
The Attorney-General has decided, in
answer to a communication from the
l'ostmaster General, that poetoffice offi
cials have no right to open or detain let
ters or msttera transmitted through the
poetoffice, though they may know that
thep obtain obsoene matter. The Attor
ney General adds : "postmasters have
no more authority to open letters, other
than those addressed to themselves, than
any other citizen of the United States.
BorND for Kansas.—The yesterday
morning train from thin city to Montgom
ery took ou board at Union Springs, from
the Troy train, a large number of families
on their way to Kansas, where they pro-
poHO to locate; and if auited with the soil
and climate, to send back for neighbors
aud friends who are also desirous of emi
grating. This party waa from about
Brundidge, and was composed of moat
excellent people. It is with deep regret
that we see This tide of emigration bear
ing away from us so many good citizens
and industrious men. About two hun
dred have passed through Troy tbs pres
ent week, from Pika and tbe lower coun
ties, bouud for Texas an Kansas.
fEufaula Time*, 7/A.
The Presidential Election. —The N.
Y. World's tables stun np as follows:
States. Ms}. Elsc’l Votes.
For Grant..,.3D 681,620 202 .
For Greeley... 7 95,000 74
23
586,620
218
Philadelphia, Dee. 1.—Tbs officers of
tbe Mexico National Railway Company in
this city have received a telegram from
the city of Mexioo, dated November 27th,
by way of Brownsville, saying that the
Mexican Congress passed on that day, by
s majority of sixty votes, a bill authoriz
ing President Lerdo to arrange with Gen.
Rooecranz the modifications desired to
their existing concession, leaving the Ut
ter in fall vigor. Tbe company ask for a
subsidy in national bonds in lisa of tbe
land grant given them in Deosmber, 1870.
The Palatka (Fla.) Harald aaya of tha
great Okeeohobee Lake: "It is large
enough to float all the navies in ins
world. You can there see animate no
where mentioned in books on animated
nature. This lake la sixty miles long and
from ten to twenty wide. It is far be
yond the habitation of civilised man. Ita
shores are seldom troubled by banters,
nnd even tbe Indians keep far south of
its borders/’
[PRESS DISPAT0B1S.]
Washington, Dec. 5.—Tbe committees
are in thia city from the two Legislatures
claiming legality in Alabama, for tbe pur
pose of representing to tbe General Gov
ernment tbeir respective claims to its fa
vorable consideration. The committee
appointed by Gov. Lewis, consisting of
Messrs. W. H. Smith, H. M. Reynolds
and R. W. Norris, to lay the matter be
fore tho President and Congress a memo
rial snd e joint resolution to-day, ad
dressed the President npon the sub
ject of an interview with him. In re
sponse to whieh the President replied
that he would prefer they should first con
fer with the Attorney General, and in
consequence they will, to-morrow, have a
conference with Judge Williams.
A committee representing the Capitol
Legislature will make a statement of
their cans on Saturday.
While the Attorney General will give
fall attention to every matter presented
by these committees, he will not render
any opinion, or take any other notion
therein, nnd the fixed determination of
the Government in not to interfere with
the politioal affairs of Alabama unless
something should arise under tbe consti
tution of tbe United Btetes whieh shell
render it necessary for the intervention
of Federal authority.
Nominations—Wood Hunt, of New
York, for the Supreme Court; J. L. On,
of Sonth Carolina, Minister to Russia.
Carpenter succeeds Fenton, Edmunds
succeeds Trumbull, snd Hamlin succeeds
Rice, in tbe chairmanship of their re
spective committees.
Montgomery, Dec. 5.—The Legislature
met snd adjourned till to-morrow, owing
to the death of e member elect, who bed
not taken his seat with that body, but
with tbe Court-House body. This latter
body did nothing but meet end adjonrn,
one of the members (Bennett) having
died during tbe night. This makes two
deaths since the meeting of the Legisla
ture.
Benstor Spencer left for Washington
this morning.
Wahhinuiox, Deo. 5.—Cameron, in the
Senate, gave notioe that he wonld oall up
the bill in relation to tbe French spolia
tion claims.
In the House, bills were introduced to
incorporate e banking association with e
capital of one hundred millions under the
style of Governors snd Managers Ex
chequer of the United Htates.
A hill giving Meade's widow e pension
of two thousand dollars.
Montoomeby, December 6.—There was
nothinc done to-day in either of the two
Legislatures.
uahhinoton, December 6.—The Court
House Legislature Committee from Mont
gomery interviewed the Attorney General
!his afternoon, sod will present additional
nsn-rs in furtherance of their views next
week.
d ahuington, Deo. 6.—In the House,
Harris of Virginia introduced e bill pay
ing for property destroyed during the re
bellion by authority of the United Btetes.
Morry of Louisians offered a resolution
inquiring the probable oust of a ship canal
from the Mississippi river, near its month,
'o deen water in the Gulf of Mexioo.
Adopted.
A'uwutf, from tbo Committee of Ways*
and Meaus, reported a bill aboliahing the
offices of oHseaaors end esaistant ernes
tors of Internal Revenue, end tranfamng.
• heir duties to collectors and deputy col
lectors.
An amendment was agreed to fixing the-
liiue for the bill to go into operation at
1st July, 1873, and requiring collectors to •
give additional bond for their new duties,.
and the bill was passed.
Adjourned to Monday.
In the Senate, Wilson resigned hia place
on the Military Committee.
The following was adopted: Resolved,
that the Committee on Finance be in
structed to enquire what legislation is
ncceHHary to relieve tbe stringency of the
money market, the propriety of procuring
an additional issue of legal tender notes,
and all matters connected therewith, and
report by bill or otherwise at as early a
day ua possible.
comparative cotton statement.
New’ York, December 6.—Receipts
at all tho ports for the w eek 140,771 bales.
Same time last year 106,649. Total for
the year 1,283,586. Last year 1,008,719
bales. Exports for the week 79,008 bales.
Same timo laat year 55,000 bales. Total
for tbo year 599,919 bales. Last year
473,632. Htook at all U. B. porta 466,548
bales. Laat year 406,230 bales. At inte
rior towns 80,400 bales. Lest year 66,375
bales. Stock at Uvorpool 382,000 bales.
Lost year 445,(88) bales. American afloat
for Great Britain 121,(88) bales. Last year
174,000 bales.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York, Dec. 7.—Cotton qtfef..
Bales 1262 bsles. Uplands 19$c., Orfimus
2<)jJ. Net receipts 1152, gross 7557.
Sales of futures to-day 9800 bales, aa
follows: December 18;}*18 15-16; Jan
uary 1MJ; February 19£ ; March 19 15-16
a 19j|; April 19 l-ltial9g ; May 19J; June
2>j.
Money easy at 7. Gold 13).
Bt. Louis, Dec. 7.—Flour dull and un
changed. Corn dull and nnohanged—No.
2 mixed 28, at EaatBt. Louis on the track.
Whiskey firm at 92. Pork nominal at $12
a!2 50. Bacon quiet—clear rib sides and
clear sides sold iu round lots at 7, on tba •
spot snd for future delivery.
Louisville, Dee. 7.—Flour in good da-
demand—extra family $6 25. Corn quaatt/
with small business. Pork improved de
mand, but small sales, at $12 50. Lard:
steady—7} for tieroe, 8j} kegs, atciotljr
choice leaf ; prime steam 7), in order lota
ja) better. Whiskey firm at 88.
Philadelphia, Dec. 7.—Cotton quiet;
middlings 19)al9j}c.
Baltimore, Deo. 7.—Ootton firm ;
middlings 19); net receipts 00; groa4
254; exports coastwise 45; sales 360 ^
stook 744 bales. (
Wilmington, Dec. 7.—Coottn steady;
middlings 18j; net reoeipta 173; sales
97; stock 2604.
Boston, Dec. 7.—Cotton quiet; mid
dlings 20c; net reoeipta 101 bales; gross
3531; sales 400; stock 4500.
Norfolk, Deoember 7.—Cotton steady;
low middlings 17)al8c.; nat receipts 2239
bales ; exports coastwise 1118; sales 200;
stock 11,638.
Acochta, Dec. 7.—Cotton in moderate
demand ; middlings 18c.; receipts 1269;
sales 964.
Mobile, Deoember 7.—Cotton easy;
net reoeipta 2501; exports coastwise 477;
to continent 465 ; sales 500; stock 38,079 v
middlings 18)e., low middlings 18c., good
ordinary 17)c.
Charleston, Dec. 7.—Cotton quiet;
middlings 18)c.; net reoeipta 1902; sales
300; exports ooaatwise 918; stock 36,000
bales.
Savannah, Deoember 7.—Cotton dull,
with little doing; good ordinary 17$al8);
low middlings 18; middlings 18)c; nst re
ceipts 4079 bales; exports to Greet Britain
1750 ; coastwise 1946 ; sales 1144; stock
79,303.
Memphis, December 7.—Cotton firm;
middlings 19) ; low middling 18) ; good
ordinary 17; reoeipta 3104; shipments
5598; stock 34,650.
Galveston, Deo. 7.—Cotton steady;
good ordinary 16|; net reoeipta 1296;
exports to Great Britain 224; cotinent
1405 ; sales 1000; stock 34,650.
New Orleans, Deo. 7th.—Cotton in
fair demand and easier—good ordinary
17|a) ; low middlings 18),
19). Net reoeipta 2,502, exports Greek
Britain 600, Continent 4069, Coastwise
1908. Sales 1000, test eve 5,500. Stock
115,987,
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