Newspaper Page Text
'*— ... , Hrnry Clrn. * ro.,Rtid tJic CailFti-
onslitunon.l p" 1 '"" 11 ™K"**™** com-
sabacrlpil
WEEKLY CONSTITUTION per annum $3 00
All •aJwcrlptkr-.s an payable urictlv In ad ranee
tad, at tiie expludon of tile time for which payment
m made, nnkwe prarloaaly renewed, the name of (be
rabaerlber will be atrlcken from oar hooka
VST Clubs of Ten $15 00, and a copy of the paper
erat free to thep'tcrnp
ATLANTA, GA., JANUARY 2, 1872
The Atlanta Constitution
BV>B I87S.
This year promises to be second to none
In local and national importance. The great
Presidential contest between the Democratic
and Republican parties, or between Consti
tutionalism and the Rights of States upon
the one side, and Centralism and Imperialism
upon the other, will agitate the coantry to its
remotest corners.
In State affairs the times will be no less
eventful. Just emerging from a terrible
crisis, the people of Georgia will soon seethe
final developments of the Radical drama
pnacted in the Slate since the dose of the
■war. Besides, there will be the regular elec
tion for Governor.
Th* CoNsimmoN has a corps of cor
respondents, domestic and foreign, unsnr-
. passed by any journal in the South. It is
published at the capital, and famishes fail
Reports of Legislative Proceedings and the
Supreme Court, together with Telegraphic
and Commercial News from all parts of the
World.
Being at the political centre of Georgia, it
has superior advantages to obtain the lab >’
political and general intelligence.
The Constitution is now the Official
Organ of the State of Georgtaind the Dem
ocratic party. Hiving been unanimously
' s dceted r al the last s *sfcn of the General As
sembly. It is also the official paper of this
city and county.
To the people of Southwest Georgia we
desire to cal! attention to the fact, that The
Atlanta Constitution now reaches them
with the Macon papers of the same date.
Every one who would keep up with the
times, and have an Intelligent, well-informed
household, should by all means take bis local
paper and one from the capital.
"The CoNsmciiON now visits every sec
tion of State, and as an advertising medium
is equal to the best.
PROPRIETORS:
W. A. IIEHPHILL, E. Y. CLARKE.
Wc have now got some strong evidence to
show that Ilrtiry Clews & Co„ of New York,
are mixed np knowingly in the improper use
railroad securities. The Era contains
Tin prno’arnation fromjtlie acting Exec-
eciiing h petition of Henry Clews &
Co., to thecfiVct that they hold and own one
hundred and seventy-five bonds of the Car-
t era villa and Van Wert Railroad Company,
indorsed by the Stale, to cover the first four
teen miles of the road, for which they paid
90 cents on the dollar, on which bonds the
company has failed to pay the interest,
wherefore they pray that the Executive will
the road, and apply tin earnings first tc
paying the laborers’ Hens and£then to the i:
terest due them.
Clews & Co. swear to tbef-e statements.
Upon this petition 31 r. Conley seizes the
road and puts it in the hands of Colonel
Daniel S Printup as the State’s receiver.
Colonel Printup i3 understood to be Clews &
Co’s, attorney. So that he occupies the two
fold and conflicting position of attorney for
petitioners and agent of the State, if this is
true.
Now, let ns look into this most extraordi-
naiy affair, for it is extraordinary to a re
markable degree.
Governor Bullock In his letter to Sir. Con
ley, of December 1,187->, about the bond3, has
these paragraphs:
As to the CaitersviU-j and Van Wert or
CutTokee Road, that eomptny not-ful the Ex-
—■*'- Department that they had retired, and
L W. AVERY, Chief Editor.
E. Y. CLARKE, Co-Editor.
JOS. T- LUMPKIN, News Editor.
V/. a. WIIIDBY, Local Editor.
W. A. HEMPHILL.
ornuL j gist :
COLONEL T. 1C. ACTON.
Co!. N. J. Hammond, Soprems Court Reporter, I-
ettgafsd bj The Constitution to fornUb the Drde-
I>w, which are therefore oOcIal and authentic.
The Proprietor, of To* Constitution return s!n-
cere thanks for the post j-enerona and present rapidly
Increasing patronage of the peoplq and ask a
nation of that patronage only so Iona » Tax Ccw
cnrunoN deserves It by a staadr advocacy of
r'xfcts aed interest.
DAILY CONSTITUTION *
TCSEKLT CONSTITUTION per ai
Cabs at tarn $15, sad a piper free to the getter op.
assssrtssssar _
W. A. HEMPHILL A CO.
Tho Closing Year.
me*
; Ere we speak le our readers again, the year
1371 will have passed away, to be numbered
with the “ things that were.” It has been a
remarkable year in many respects. Eiarl-
.ling event*, brilliant achievements, and tri-
umphs of human progress, have crowded fast
npon one another. In science, art, and govern
mental polity, the “world still mover”
* -WixUcTn portn-ns'of jlhe earth, the Afibf
have tyrannized over tiie weak, and the usur
pations of power have retarded the progress
of liberty and right, yet, mankind in gex&ral
have steadily advanced to higher states 2nd
conditions of civilization. But while this Is
true, death, too, has been busy. Kings and
monarch* have stepped lrom the stage for-
’ ever, together with many of the good, the
noble, and true in religion, politics, science,
and art.
la another column will be found a most in
teresting resume of tbe events of the year,
compiled from the columns of The Constx-
But we have for the dying year pleasant
words and a kind./ adieu only, for it has
dealt kindly with The Constitution, which
has prospered as it never did before. It has
passed through trying scenes and heated con
tests; but the people have rallied to it until
The Constitution is the recognized organ
of the Democracy of Georgia, chosen by tbe
Representatives of the people in Legislature
assembled. More than fifty thousand dollars
have been expended in 1871 to make The
Constitution the people’s paper; but we are
amply repaid by tiie confidence and support
of i the people, who arc now seeking and
spooking through our columns from all ports
of the State. Wo trust that all our readers
may have equal cause with The Constitu
tion for profound gratitude to the great Dis
poser of human events.
Tho year 1872 soon makes its bow. Wc
shall greet it with renewed effort to moke
Tub Constitution second to no journal in
tbe South. We shall strive to keep it npon
kjgh political and moral ground, and make it
worthy a place in every family.
And now to our thousands of readers, we
wish a happier and still more prosperous
life; and, resolving to profit from the errors
of tiie post, let us all lire more truly for
God, our country, and our fellow man.
A New Paper In Grlffln*
j experienceabroad,become fully
ial Griffin is as good a place to live
and make a living in as any in Georgia, I
have made np ray mind to return, and on the
-Iflth day of January, commence the publica
tion of a-five morning paper, to be called
“The Griffin Daily News”
The paper will be published in the inter
est of no party, clique, faction, or ring, or in
tho interest of any individual except myself.
It will be Independent in politics—advoca
ting only tbe right as it is given me to under
stand what is right.
The purpose of the paper will be to give
the news, true news, news at borne and from
abroad, commercial, general and political
BUIUUM, tuuimuuai, auu
news, all prepared in such a manner as .
give the xqost of it in the most readable
People who want to patronize such a paper
as this, are invited to come up with their
subscriptions and advertisements. The New*
will be printed on good clear type, at five dol
lars per annum for the daily, and one dollar
- and fifty cents per annum for the weekly.
A. M. Speights.
December 27,1871.
The joint committee appointed by the
Genera1/ —**— — — ■-
vestigate
o Com
mittee of thi Western and Atlantic Railroad,
will meet at tho capitol in Atlanta on the 2d
of January next.
All communications for said committee
should be addressed
L. C. Hoyle, Chairman,
Atlanta, Ga.
cancelled Hie Cart era ville and Van Wert
bonds, and would kiue under the new char
ter as “Cherokee Railroad ” If the report is
not true, the State is bound only on the Car-
tersville and Van Wert indorsement.
It may be said that I should have required
the c? 'celled railroad bonds to lie returned to
the State. This would Invc been abundant
caution, but the bonds wc.e the e of the rail
road company, and not the Stitj’ * '
nrrared the'same cour?.: wiiU their
with tbe AIr-Liue Railroad. That company
report- d tiie ; r bonds cancelled, and I believe
tliev are, though I have never seen then.
The newspaper statement is that Ckws
bolds the Can jtsi die and Van Wert bonds
J e. as against amounts allegrd to be due him.
[y iccollection is that Clews is or was the
Treasurer of that company. If so, he would
seem to bo the official with whom those
bonds should have b cn retired. His connec
tion with the bonds as Treasurer and os
banker may, however, be distinct and sepa
rate. In any event the State is bound onlv
for one issue, and investigation will decide
the troth or falsity of the company’s icport,
that the first issue had been retired.
It will thus be seen that the Cartersville
and Van Wert, or Cherokee, Railroad Com
pany, of which Henry Clews teu and is
Treasurer, notified Governor Bullock that the
bonds mentioned in the petition of Clews &
Co., were retired and cancelled and new bonds
issued in their stead. The new bonds
dorsed by the SUte are now out and in me,
while Clews & Co. hold the cancelled bonds
and make their possession the basis of their
petition for the seizure of the road and its
transfer to their own attorney as receiver on
account of the neglect of the company, of
which Clews is Treasurer, to pay the interest
The situation is this. On the basts of
celled bonds, held by Clews, banker, and for
failure of interest that should be paid by
Clews, Treasurer, Clews, banter aud treasur
er, petitions Conley to se*ze the road, who
does it, and puts it In the hands of Clews’
alleged attorney.
We rretermit any comment upon Colonel
Printup, until it is known whether he still
continues to be Clews’ attorney. He is a
gentleman of standing and integrity, and we
wonld not do him injustice.
But Clews & Co. stand in no enviable po
sition. Clews, as Treasurer of the company,
must have known of the company’s report to
Governor Bullock that the first bonds were
cancelled. And if Clews, as banker, held
these cancelled bonds as live ones, and per
mitted the new bonds to bo used by. tye com
pany, he is party to a direct fraud on the
State. Where are the new bonds? ^Hew?,
as treasurer, should know this fact.
The aspect of Jqxud is rnoit
Conley has acted most precij
pears to ns,~and negligently.
But there is another featore of thjs mat
ter. These old bonds were issned before five
miles of tbe road were completed, and there
fore are not valid. Issned illegally, the sub
sequent completion of the road dots not
validate them. Clews, as Treasurer of th<i
road, was presumed to know its progress,
and therefore was cognizant of the prema
ture and illegal issue of bonds.
It is certainly a aery strange condition of
affairs. Did Mr. Clews deceive Governor
Bullock? Or has Governor Bullock mis
represented Mr. Clews ? It is a bad compli
cation for some one.
A private letter from New York says that
“Mr. Clews does not enjoy the confidence of
the commercial community of New York
that he abuses Georgia and the Georgia
Treasury; that be asserts he bas been a vic
tim, and be did not know Georgia from Bul
lock, thought Bollock was Georgia.” This
writer wants Mr. Clews brought before the
Investigating Committee.
Gflonpa News Items.
[CONDENSED JDK THE CONSTITUTION.!
Mr. David Gowedy, of Atlanta, was m
riedtoMiss Katie Sykes, of Columbus,
the 27th instant—Columbus Enquirer.
George Layficld, charged with the mar;
of Policeman Charles Barrow, has been com
mitted io» mnrilcr. Templeton’s troupe was
m Columbus on the c»u n nbas Sun
The entire work on the Savannah, Griffin
and North Alabama Railroad to Carrollton
has been let ont Thomas 31. Breed, of
Griffin, was thrown from his horae, a few
days ago, and his foot broken.—Middle
Georgian.
We have heard of two or three recent _
gro murders in this vicinity, but have not
deemed tbe matter of sufficient moment to
justify a search for particulars. Each case
was negro vs. negro, and was accompanied
with the usual brutality—might as well
chronicle the fatal goring of one bull by an
other. A new paper is to 'be started at
Camilla, on the 20th of January, to be called
the Camilla Comet. Judge William New-
some, of Leo county, died on the 25th inst.
Albany News.
gravings.
passing off in Savannah. P. 31. Russell, Sr.,
has been elected President of Oglethorpe
Fire Company. The m?mbera of the Red
Jacket Hose Company of Charlestown, Mass.,
are patting things in motion for their pro
posed visit to Savannah to participate in the
fire display of 3Iay 1st. The members of
the Industrial Association of Georgia met on
tbe 28th to devise means to liquidate the
liabilities of the Association, and to make
arrangements to place the society on a more
reliable basis for operations in the future. A
large audience welcomed DcCastro, the illu
sionist, at the theatre on the night of the
28tii inst. Eighty-six vessels were moored
at the wharves of Savannah on thc28lh hist.
In the Customs Deportment at Savannah
there are two negro clerks in the general
office and two negro porters in the same,
two temporary negro inspectors, eight negro
watchmen, two negroes on the revenue yacht
and three negro boat hands.—Savannah News.
To Cure Caked Bag in Cows.—Rub the
udder for about a quarter of an hoar every
night with a portion of cod-liver oil, and
give the animal twenty-five grains of iodide
of potassium, in a half pint of water, every
moming before feeding.
Keeping to One Thing.—Wc earnestly
entreat every young man, after he has cho
sen his vocation, to stick to it. Don’t leave
it because hard blows are to be struck, or
disagreeable work performed. Those who
have worked their way up to wealth and
usefulness do not belong to the shiftless and
unstable class, but may be reckoned among
such as took off their coats, rolled up their
sleeve3, conquered their prejudices against
labor, and manfully bore the beat and bur
den of the day. Whether upon the old farm,
where oar fathers toiled diligently, striving
to bring the soil to productiveness; in the
machine shop or factory, or l he thousand
other business places that invite honest toil
and skill, let the motto ever be: Persever
ance and industry. Stick to one thing, boys,
and you will have success.
18 71.
The Varied llecord of the Dead Year.
1
"1
Its Dec (las, Pcsli’cnecs, Storms
Conflagrations, Wars and
Calamities.
20. The Chinese government <
schools for educating women >1
islicd. The sumsi or Tin. Co-
DEAD II ON OK KD.
27. 3Ira. Crittenden convicted of l
28. James 31. 3Iason, of Virginia,^
VAT.
I s Progress and Pleisares.
Female suffrage defeated in thelfmffib cf Boyh»,of Louisville. Kg., died,
mons, ia England. Dr. Livingstone re- w-Jud/e Frazier. of Indiana, at. v , s „. u
" “■'**' " one of the Comniirsloncre authorized by tbe
treaty of W ariiiogton, to whom tf.r.tr*
JANUARY.
1. The house burned, in which nenry Clay
as born. The death of General Prim, of
Spain, announced.
2 Alexander Dumas died.
4. The Pcnnsytvania State Senate Demo
cratic, first time since I860.
5. Governor Geary, Republican, of Penn
sylvania, protests against using U. S. soldiers
at State elections.
7. New gold and silver mines discovered in
Utah.
10. Gratz Brown inaugurated Governor of
Missotu*.
*2. The Atlanta Constitution began
publishing the S’tte Rood lease documents.
Hill, Fa tow and Miller submitted arguments
on the’r right to be United States Senators.
President w uaroz’s wife died. j
13. Henry Aliord, Dean of Canterbury,!
Commons,
ported - well, but destitute, at Zanzibar.
4. Grant proclaim* tbe Ku-KIu^Iaw. Tor.
nado at New Or cans.
8. The High Joint treaty signed. Prince
Auvergne de>.d.
11. Tbe ratification of tbe State Rood lease
discussed in the Georgia railtoad Convenjfion.
Indian Doubles.
12. Sir John nerachell, the only son ot the
great astronomer,jdead. J;
13. Wm. 3L Tweed elected Great
ny Sachem. Leviathan, the great siallion,
dead. 3Iassacliusetts defeats womUL_Juf-
frage. v -
15. Commodore James Glynn dead.
111. -Mrs. .Julia Tyler Spencer, daughter of
President Tyler, dead. Judge Robert Rose,
' l , dead. George Peabody’s will pro
of 1
ba‘cd.
17. Chicago had a tornado. Tho fam a
Vcniome Column, in Paris, demolished by
tbe Commune.
18. It:: • J; the philologist and murderer,
hur-p Tbe second -c^ion of reunited Pres
byterians met in Chicago.
20. The survey of tbe Tehuantepec re
died.
ported complete.
i‘2. Colfax fainted in the Senate. Paris
entered Ly the Government troops,
£T t city fired by the defeated insurg
J- J- Chappell, cx-Congrcssman fit a
16. Betliunc, Price, Young and Long, Geor
gia Congressmen, admitted.
17. The bnited States steamer Teiracs. :
sailed with the San Domingc Comnvssion.
Henry Wilson re-elected United States Sena
tor from 31 a s' chesel. 1 *.
18. Frank B' . ; r elected United States Sea^J
tor from 3Iis3c • l
19. Pet -R’ch*ugs,thcgr .t vc ?n«u aclor.
dead. Th>s, the anniversary of Lee's deal!
generally obsened in the South.
SouJi Carolina, dead. The Tnillcries burned
in Pans. The High Joint treaty ratified by
the Uivtcd States Senate. Bishop Clarke
dead.
28. The great coal mine in Pittston, Penn
sylvania, burned destroying hundreds of
r.dia
: eruption and earthquake in
mw «... I 1. Sub-Outrage Committee met in BTash-
20. Foster L odj.ell’s certificate of election 1 higton. Ohio and Democratic Conventions
as Uni*ad Sir ' • Senator, for Georgia, pr. • acccptthc issues of the war. Arthur Jfcbm-
sent fed. King William, of Pruria, assumed *
the crown of Emperor of Germany. ~
22. United S'atcs Senate Coumiittr:
ported in favor of lliil and against Miller.
26. Yinnie Ream's statue of Lincoln un
veiled.
28. Paris cap’tulated to the Germans and
anr-mistice mopos b
30. The Lui d States Senate Judiciary
Committee rq >rtcd adversely to woman suf
frage. The impeachment of Gov. Holden,
of North Carolina commenced.
During the month the Franco-Prtissian war
and Cuban rebellion fiercely raged.
FEBRUARY.
J. Senator Ilill, of Georgia, sworn in. The
test oath abolished.
2. An feltx tion for a French Assembly or
dered.
5. Thr s. Wm. Robertson, tho distinguished
dramatist, death
5. The United States Supreme Court de
clare $60,000 Georgia certificate:} of 1777, in
valid. Sickles presented his credentials
American 31 in is*er to Spain.
7. Appeal issued for suffeilng France.
8. The Cincinnati and Chattanooga Rail
road bill defeated in the Kentucky Senate.
Henry S : iinway, the g. cat piano man, dead.
Rev. Charles K. Cheney suspended from
preaching for omitting the word “regener
ate” in infant baptism.
7. John Covode dead. Fish, Schcnck,
Nelson, Hoar and Williams appointed United
States Core nissioners to settle the Alabama
and Fishing questions with England.
10. Henry Melhine, Queen Victoria’s Chap
lain, dead. 31artha Harris Bennett, au
thoress, dead.
11. Great uneasiness on account of the re
ported ’oss of the Tennessee. The cattle
plague in France.
13. Alice Carey, the poetess, dead.
14. Thomas E. Chickcring, the great piano
man. dee L
15. Count 3Icnsdorf death
16. Garibaldi resigned bis French com
mand. Grevy elected President of French
Assembly. K. Adams Lock, author of the
celebrated “3Ioon hoax,” dead.
18. The French Executive power conferred
on Thiers.
19. The constitutionality of the cotton tax
affirmed in the United States Supreme Court.
Ger-.ral J. B. Magruderdead. News received
that the Tennessee, with the San Domingo
Commission, had arrived safely on the 3th
Dreadful hunicane in the West.
21. Washington had a big carnival The
New Orleans Mardi Gras a great success.
Madame Schneider, the actress, reported dead.
Queen Maria Victoria died at Alassio, Spain.
22. Ex-Governo- W. L. Gibbs, of Rhode
Island, dead. General Arnold Elzry, Ex-
Confederate. dcji ^ —
• jrr. ■Cblonel'John 3Ionroe, Ex-Mayac
New Orl.-.ins, was imprisoned by Be
Butler, dead. The Republicans in the In
diana Legislature resigned to destroy a quo
rum and defeat a Democratic measure.
24. senator Miller from Georgia scaled *•
Congress.
25. Laura Fair arraigned for the murder of |
A P. Crittenden.
27. Thos. IL 3Ic3Iahon, tbe leading banker
I of Tex;i3, deud. PeaccconcludcdJjetwccnj
France and P -reio.
23. Im-reachment of Gove-nor lay ton, of |
Arkansas, failed.
MARCH.
1. The Prui’m army entered Paris.
2. Senator ilfl prese tted a petition from]
Gecrgialegislators against Foster Blodgett’:
admission.
3. Tbe Southern Pacific Railroad bill
passed both houses of Congress. Dr. Joseph
H. Palmer, a noted Boston editor, dead, i i
■ 6. New Hampshire had an carliiauu! c.
7. Greatn^n>riot at Meridian, 31iss.
9 Camcro j, in It * publican caucus, select t il
to succeed S” iner as Cliairmon of the
ForeicmComD ttea
10. ‘William D. Wheeler, a noted 3Iainc
editor, dead.
11. Indian hostilities reported. Henri
Rochefort, the French Radical, reported dead.
E 3L Srencer, old editor of the Cincinnati
Times, dead..
13. Princess Lapoldina, daughter of tiie
Emperor of Brazil, and wife of the Duke of
Saxe, dead. The treaty signed abrogating
the restriction on the admission of vessels to
the Black Sea. Tornado in Missouri.
14. Amnesty voted down in Congress. The
Democrats 6wccp New Hampshire for the
first time since the Pierce campaign. Napo
leon on his way to Cbisclhurat.
States troops sent to South Carolina.
I 1 *. Engctiius -x. Nisbet died.
19. Tuo F*anrh Commune insurrection be-
gin*.
20. The En-KIux bill read first time in
Congress. The Senate Committee report
favor of Blodgett.
21. J. E. Bryant’s memorial against Blod
gett’s admission read in the United States
Senate.
22. Gove-uor Holden, of North Carolina,
impeached.
23. President Grant recommends Kn-Klux
legislation in a special message.
24. President Grant orders South Carolina
Ku-Klnr to disperse in 20 days.
25. Jo^n Topham, 49 years President of
the American Tract Society, death
28. The Dominican Commission agree
report.
30. Senator Garrett Davis, of Kentucky,
Savannah has robbers who carry off cn-_ ,!* , rrc , Davis, or Kentucky,
avings. Complaint of “hard times” is Heart Butler a damned scoundrel in the
asing off in Savannah. P. 31. Russell, Sr. Semtic Chamber. The Queen of Sweden
dead.
Tlic Cuban and Commune insurrections
raged during this month.
APRIL.
3. The United States Supreme Court hold
the confiscation acts valid.
5. Grant sends his San Domingo mes: igi
to Congress.
6. The House passed the Ku-Klux bill.
7. The great Scranton mining mob in Penn
sylvania begins its violence.
8. 3Iorton and Colfax nominate Grant for
Preside tin 1872.
11. R solution to admit Blodgett into tbe
Ur.ited States Senare laid on the tabic.
12. Admiral Tcgetboff, of Russia, dead.
13. Tbe Cartcraville and Van Wert Kail-
road Company changed to . tlio Cherokee
Railroad Company, and H. I. Kimball made
President.
15. Destructive hail storm in 3IississippL
16. 3Iart?n Corecrn, Ex-President of
Mexico, dead. General Dcrmont, Govcrno-
of Idaho, dead.
18. Earthquake in Scotland.
19. Wm. H. Emerson, great piano manu
facturer, dead in Boston. Heir Dollingcr
excommunicated by the Pope for denying
n i _
danghtCTAfcW
31. Tweed, of New York. ^
3. Bowen convicted of bigamy,
and the High Commission arrived in
Streets of Paris reopened, traffic reni __
railroads resumed. Rev. C. W. Thomm, of
Atlanta, resigned rectorship of St. Philips.
Governor Butler, of Nebraska, impelled
aud removed from office for misappropria
ting school funds.
4. Emperor William decides the San Juan
question in favor of the United States. ■Por
tion of New Orleans flooded by a brcck in
canal.
5. London in direct telegraphic commmion
with China.
7. General Rodman dead. Democrats
elect Speaker New Hampshire Legislators by
one majority.
8. Alabama and Chattanooga Rail read
placed in b nkruptcy. Funeral sei vices ever
assassinated French priests impressive, iule
er, dead. Czar anffyoo
care of Second Baptist Church, in Atlanta.
10. Marshal Ilose company left Savannah
for Boston, via New York. Weston, Demo
crat, elected by Legislature of New Hoop-
shire. Governor, bv eight majority.
12. Schneider, h noted Frc rch actress, lot
dead and married to a nobleman. Brazilkn
Government prepares a bill for the emancipa
tion of slaves.* Hon. Freeman KeyiMf of Navy, dead.
Vermont, dead. Emperor and Empress - 18.
Brazil arrived in Lisbon.
13. Galveston, Texas, visited by a destruc
tive storm.
14. Weston inaugurated Governor of Nor
Hampshire.
15. Overflow of New Orleans disappeared
Commodore J. Tattnall, of Savannah, dc*C
Iowa State Democratic Convention indorw
IVnnrliipp” Alabama and (Mia!-
the “New Departure.” Alabama and Chat
tanooga Railroad seized by a mob.
10. Woodhull & Claflin sue Henry Wart
Beecher for libel.
17. C. L. Vallandigbam dead.
21. Ohio Republicans nominated Gcncrai
Noys for Governor. Cotton crop of Bomba*
destroyed by a hurricane. ** '*
Commodore 3J,
Eight er n tboo^an 4 dollars worth of window
Sly*? bJ oketi by hail in Chicago.
29. Tie sword presented by the French of
yw i«>rk to. General Ulrich, tho defender
T w!252 ,rg ’£° rw ^ de d !o Europe. John
T. Pic.tcrel n New 3 ork broker, committed
lS'd” bail. Crueral
of the United States, resigned. Ex-Scnatnr
Williams isucceeds him- Small pox In Chill
19. Colonel James M. Smith elected Gov
ernor of Georgia. Senator Norwood from
Georgia seated. The Bourbon princes take
their scats in the French Assent- Iv.
29. Henry F. Tuckeman dead. * Bishop O.
C. Baker, of New Hampshire, (lend.
22. Lord EUenborough. ex-Gov* ruor Gen-
*9l1 nf Tn.li« ilnn 1 Vv.Onif — f
llienin prrvIJt.l 6 l, a || W pre»at«l.
Acocsr. ^
1. The SUIen I*l.nd Ferry Boat WeslUrld
burst her lioiler, killing hundreds MIm
raebe Carey, the poetess sUtcrof Alice.dead.
Cholera in France.
2. Hon. John Slidell, ex-Confederatc,deail.
5. The einosnre of New York city frauds
gation! ,Ia “ <1 Cunnol| y 0111 for inTesti-
teh.S^.! M * ^° <ll)lM - Wis “usln has a dead-
ly hail storm.
7. First bale of new cotton sold. Postal
money order syslcm with Germane arranged.
General Pleasanton suspended as Commis-
™ n p r „°f. Revenue. The ballot bit! passed
Ul S IIous c of Commons.
r.TU.?. n - Thol ? M Sparrow, of Ohio,dead.
Labor Convention mceta in Missouri. Agri-
cultunl Convention in Itome, Ga. b
11. Charles Brixton, an eminent English-
maa, dead. Goldsmith Maid made the
f^tumeon record, nrd sold for *30,000
eral of India, dead. Ex-Gov. Winstum, of
Alabama, dead.
23. Rev. James B. Fay lor dead.'
27. Bishop of Palestine dead.
23. James B. IIac::ett, the actor, dead.
right after.
«»• per
English Publisher, dead.
“ to * Mf a
S,.,. , „ -r", disarmament of tbe
f-A-eeal Guards >n France begun.
10 Juarez elected President of Mexico.
Ex Judge smart, great lawyer of New York,
m "“fw-or D- H. Mahon, West Point
omecr, suicide.
o>lorcd Lieutenant Governor of
mStatvYaw'"' J ‘ li:msicr ’ P rotcsU against
19. A. ilamilton, English Treasury See-
retaiy, deacL
20. Nebraska defeats woman suffrage.
21. Diamond excitement in Cape of New
Um^orUfiL “ mCn ”' 1 ‘° tr “ 6 P» rta -
lincoln monument unveiled in
Philadelphia.
**: T * 1C , .great Commercial Convention
C^inBaitimonx Ku-Klux trials iu North
Washington, Dcccmlxr 30.—Judge Loch-
ne, late Chief Justice of Georgia, aud re
garded os one of tho ablest tuen ia the Re
publican party South, lmd a long interview
with the President to-day. Judge Lochrauc
sa/a the administration will take no band in
settling affairs ia Georgia, and as Governor
Conley cares nothing personally for the
place, there will be no contest between him
and Colonel Smith, recently elected Governor
for that office.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
decides that a tax must bo paid upon divi
dends declared out of tho earnings of the
year 1871, and upon interest and coupons
representing the interest which accrued in
that year, even though tho dividends are not
declared «ith interest, is not payable uniil
after December 31,1871, and that the cor-
S orations mentioned in section 15 of Ihc act
uly 14,1870, should witill)old the tax from
the holders of the stocks and bonds.
The Post Office Committee of the House
will recommend five thousand dollars fine
or one year’s imprisonment for straw bidders
for postal rates.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Clews, Habicht & Co., made financial
agento for the Government in England.
2. Tho anniversary of the surrender of
Sedan, and capture of Napoleon, celebrated
in Germany. . Walter 3Iontgomery, the actor,
commits suicide.
3. _3Ionstcr Fenian demonstrations in
Ireland.
i Dr. Karl Marz, the gnat International
leader, dead. Serious drought in Illinois.
G. Tei- ble mine explosion in England.
Tbe Gionu Yisier Ali Kibrasta Pacha, of
Turkey, dead.
8. David Banks, oldest law book seller in
P . Judge Wm. Livingston, of
California, committed suicide.
9. A revolution in 3Icx!co.
10. Rev. A. G. Hall, a distinguished Pres-
0. Rev. W. T. Brantly resigned paststaL byterian divine in New Yorkfdead. U. S
~ "* Ramsay, the noted negro minstrel manager,
11. 3layor nail, of New York, requests
Comptroller Connolly’s resignation. Con
nolly refuses.
13. 3Irs. C. L. Vallandigbam, dead.
14. The Corcan expedition accomplished.
Mrs. Catharine Toucey, wife cf ex-Sccretary
Twenty-seven
Cholera in Prussia.
19. Famine in Persia,
thousand died in one district
21. Dr. Hcmbold attempted suicide. Ter
rible gale on the Georgia coast. Culdewing
elected Chief of Cherokee Nation. Victori
24. Don Abel Stearnes, the richest man in
California, dead.
25. The West India and Panama cable
laid.
* 20- John Adam Bates, oldest paymaster In
Betted S ates,dead. Yellow fever in Charles
ton.^ Charles Scribner, the great publ'«hcr,
27. General James H. Clanton, of Alabama,
killed by Colonel Nelson. Harry Sanderson,
F. 3Iauty {elected President Alabama Unbitho great pianist, dea l. Terrible tires on
for Governor. Eearthquake felt inCaiifornl
Governor Ilaight renominated by Dei"
crats of California for Governor.
23. Judge Alexander, at 3Iacon, dcni<
the right of 3Iacon and Western Railroad to
lease Central Railroad. Colonel T. Aiken,
Decatur, Georgia dead.
26. United States District Court at
E'lmeiy reverses the decision placing lb
luma and CbaUanooea Railroad Tn J
ruptcy. Brazil em2hctTPt<« her hlayea. Ci
the coast of Lake 3Iichigan. Beast Butler
defeated for Radical candidate for Governor
of JIassachusctts. The Chief Justice of India,
assassinated.
28. Reported that Francis Joseph of Aus-
rid fan troubles. Dr. Livingitou heard
?oatnh, the
t in Zanzibar.
Spain declares amnesty. _
_ T 9 u bf the Kickapoos, XuOed.
31. Emhqaakcs in South Amci
bw pretty bed-room, ay liokb^ry
Rev. R. J. Breckenridee dead.
BY TELEGRAPH.
uolmppy. And yet she bad beep
only six months: utd to Mich ft ** nice, hand
some man," u all tbe yonn ff ladir, declared,
that surely she ought to have been happy
with him. And so she had l»een, until-—ur*
til. to tell the truth—Mr. Bob Palmer forget-
iog. or sunning to forget, that be nas a mar
ried man, had recently taken to fl.rting with
these very roun« lad es, at all the fan* and
parties of 3Iiddleton,leaving his wife to tsV»
care of herself. Surely it was enough to
injke any six months’wife cry—especially
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
WASHIN GTON.
NEW YORK,
New Yobk, December 31—Connollr’*
bail is still deficient. .His release is improba*
ble before the latter part of next week.
- Federal Coinmissioner Osborne has denied
the motion dUGttsing the complaint against
the Federal bank Examiner, Collendcr.
Jay Gould was arrested upon the suit of
week, when be will furnish bail in $3^,000.
The warrant for Fisk found him sick with
small pox
NX A KYL AND.
Annapolis, December 30.—Professor Mc
Culloch was subjected to a lc-ig c jss exami
nation, but persisted in the opinion that the
indiestions might be false, unless nioUl Itself
was produced.
Dr. Fred A.Gunth testified that Alkchs’
experimeuts did not establish the presence of
antimony in the sediment in the tumbler or
in Ketclipm’s stomach.
LOUISIAN A.
New Orleans, December 0 '.—The recent
Indian dei.redations in Texas, near Laredo,
lias proved to have been committed by tbe
Kickapoos from Mexico, by an affidavit fur
nished the United States Collector at Laredo,
by 31cxican officials. The commandant of
the revolntionaiy forces occupying the fron
tier has offered to a’lo.v a pursuing party
from Texas to cross ? »to Mexico aud follow
and punish tiie Indians, who arc oamped near
the liorder with large quantities of stolen
stocli.
UHODE ISLAND.
Providence, December 30.—The semi
annual meeting of the Board of Appeals of
the National Traveling Convention, convenes
the second Tuesday In January.
ENG LAND.
herec
London, December 30.—Ship Edward
foundered off Falmouth. All lost
Ship Pve, from Wilminglon, with twenty-
two hundred barrels of turpentine, was burn
ed while lying at tbe Thames. The loss of
her cargo has had a material effect upon the
price of tuipcnlinc in this market.
Tbe Times, in its review of the year 1871,
devotes considerable spac e to comment on
President Grant’s message to Congress. The
inference is drawn therefrom that the neu
trality which the United Stales has thus far
maintained with regaul to Cuban affairs, may
so»*n be exchanged for a raoic activo policy.
To this tbe Times finds no objection, and
even goes so far as to declare it best that Cuba
should be separated from Spain.
TAKEN Ai'JIH WOltn.
Nellie Palmer was lying on tlic lnung
one so sensitive as Nellie.
Not that Mr. Kobert Palmer loved liis little
wife a bit less thsn on the day of bis mar-
risgc—neither that Nellie suspected him of
it, or for a moment doubted his morals, any
more than she did his constancy. But 3Ir.
Palmer was a gay young man, and loved to
amuse himself and he amused. He liked
the society ot pretty and lively women, both
married and single, and saw no harm in it.
So, while he hung over the young ladies*
chairs, laughing and paving tray compliments,
or promenaded the halfs and piazzas with the
young married ladies, his wife would be look
ing over a photograph album, or conversing
solemnly with some old gentleman, or notic
ing some shy and awkward child, while pre-
* —to be unconscious of her husband’s
, Not that she was compelled to
employ herself in thU dull way—she, usual-
V bright dnd pretty, and agreeable—but
she bsd no heart for anything else now. Of
late all her liveliness and chattincss had left
her, and she answered absently, and smiled
listlesaty, and if compelled to dance or sing,
did so out of time and tunc, to her husband’s
great vexation. It is thus that many a young
wife settles down into a dull and laded old
woman, whilst her husband grows handsom
er and heartier, and wonders what on earth
could have so changed her.
“Hallo! been crying again, I declarer ex-
claimttJ Mr. Bob Palmer, suddenly ceasing
bis little whistle, as ho entered the room, on
returning from his office. “What’s the
trouble now, Nellie? Canary refused to sing,
or/-!adame Yiglini not put flowers enough in
-,ranr bonnet r*
how can you?”sobbed poor
If el lie, beginning afresh.
“ Look here, Ellen,” said her husband, sit
ting down on the lounge, and speaking more
seriously; “ I don’t like this at all. l never
come home that your eyes are not red and
swollen with crying, what have you to cry
about, I should like to know ? It’s an insult
to me to go sniveling about the house after
this fashion, and moping away in corners,
looking sullen and miserable, as you did last
night, at Mrs. Mr.clin’s. Why, people will
think mo a perfect domestic tyrant”
“ Ab, Bob, don’t speak so 1 I can’t help it,
indeed t I do feel so miserable. Veu make
me 60, Bob.”
“// Well, that is rich! Perhaps you’ll be
good enough to let me know of what enorm
ity I’ve been gniity,thal has turned you into
“01». I thought you meant Captain I>or« ],
of the Fourth Artillety. Ah l here lie is—just
ona moment, dear— I quite forgot—” Aud
Nwlie spoke a few words to the captain in
passing, of which her husband could distin
guish only somethin* about “ that liook.”
“Upon my word” he s.id, RomtsticaQr t
yon appear vety intimate already
“ Because, love, we’ve discovered that wc’rc
congenial spit its. We like the same tilings
—books, music, scenery; indeed, everything
—and have the same opinions cn most sub
jects. You know bow pleasant it is to meet
with one who can comprehend vou—not
your outer self merely, bat with u sort cf
soul sympathy ”
“ Soul fiddlesticks r
You never dkl have much sentiment,
Bob,” sighed Nellie, in an injured tone.
“ Sentiment be banged. Come, Nellie, be
quick with your wrappings. It has been a
stupid evening, and I shall l>e glad to get
tty I’ve been guilty,
a modern Niobe?”
“Nothing really wrong, dear; but, obi if
you knew how mucli a wife thinks of her
husband’s love, and—” here poor Nellie broke
Iiuauuimo IVIt, ttuu ULIU JWUl «VlilV U1GKV
down again. 3tr. Palmer's eyes opened very
wide.
** Whew I* whistled he, “ if this isn’t really
absurd. So, she’s jealous I”
“ Indeed no, dear Bob, but—but—” she
could hardly speak for tho choking in her
threat—“you can’t understand the prida a
woman takes in having her husband trust her
with affection and respect Iwfore every one,
or how it hnmblcs and mortifies her to be ne
glected by him, and have other women con
sider themselves her rivals—like Isabel Va-
den.”
Mr.Bob Palmer laughed outright, end then
“ Yon’rc an absurd liltlg fool, Nellie,” he
said. “ As if Isabel Vadcn were anything
to me beyond a lively and agreeable young
woman to amuse one’s self with at a party.
Nonsense!” - -
“She don't think so,” said Nellie; “and—
and the others don’t think so. They all
think you are getting tired of your wife, and
Isabel flatters herself that she has cut me out,
and fa trying to let people sc
“ Fiddlesticks P said Bob, rising impatient
ly from the lounge. “ I’m astonished*at you,
Nellie, and had really given you credit for
9. Emperor Napoleon re-elected a me!
ber of the Army and Navy Glob.
graph man. dead. * '
2. Boutwcll had a bad cold. Negro i iot
30. Looney, noted desperado, killed in Col- ment for*polygamy.** Professor Wiliburn”the
orado. American fleet capture Coijyin fort*. baiio««i c » lT- i ““ urn * me
lloonist.’kiliSnjy fallinu half a mile.
JULY. The triranial gcncrai Episcopal Convcn-
1. President Grant pardons the bigamist, l ‘?!aI , n t
CL C. Ii.>v«D. Dinner to Ju.lge W. B. Wood C®-Postumtcr General nn-
of Uic United States Conit. ft. ™
Uoa-e, Atlanta. Bronze bust of Irving uu-
3. Brigham Young arrested on an indict- road wagon, propelled by steam, and carry-
lag heavy boilers, was passing through the
streets to-day, surrounded and followed by a
throng of children, one of the boilers explo
ded. Five children were killed outright and
7. Terrible^ fire in 3Iilwaukec, Wisconsin.
. itiMt 'in Priisnect Park. Michigan. Iowa and Illinois.
-i&i.— w.im iIm.i a (mini 8. Democrats sweep Texas.
3. Judge ililltoD. of Maine, dead. A train
of 1*0 coaches and ft sleeping
* - ■If'llf't tills tfrnnoU Uin.etna
through tbe bridge at Hcrpclu river
killed and twenty-three wounded.
A A tremendous storm at Wheeling, Vir
ginia. Several fires in Louisville, Kentucky.
A large number of murders committed all
rer the country.
5. The Georgia 3Iedical Convention met at-
Macon. Major Campbell Wallace elected
President Georgia Western Railroad. The
Press*, newspaper of Paris, resumes publica
tion. Senator Conkling a guc^t of the Pres
ident at Long Branch.
8. Uumbolu won the race at Long Branch.
Rome, Georgia, voted $100,000 to the North
and South ll iil road. Colonel O. G. Childs,
prominent editor, died in Philadelphia.
10, Dr. Barnett biaats died at Albany, N.
German Lutheran Church at Dayton’O.. Hon-James McNi
rn in a storm, killing four men *
blown
wounding twenty.
12. T’»c Orangemen’s parade in New York
city. Governor Hoffman’s proclamation
rcalative to the parade. Professor Watts en
tered upon ’us duties as Commissioner in tho
United States Department of Agriculture.
Pom ^logical Society organized in Atlanta,
Georgia.
13. Judge A. R. Wright, of Georgia, before
the Ku-Klux Committee at Washington City.
At Cincinnati the managers of the Industrial
»vhct, the French Minister of the Interior,
<fad.
0. Serious election riot in Philadelphia,
used by Radical negroes. Earthquake
»ck in Turkey. Chicago fire put out.
12. Grant proclaims that the South Caro
lina Ku-Kiux must disperse in five days.
'O’Vfil (lm Vimiftn mnl'r . nnnll....
p’Neil.the Fenian, makr another unsuccess-
l.’ul raid into Canada. Michigan devastated
by fire.
13. Hundreds of people burned in the fires
in the Western Stiles.
14. Judge 3IcKinney, United States Judge
in Florida, dead.
16. General Dirnick dead. Terrible flood
in'China.
s3IcNob, of Nova Scotia.
martial law in South
Carolina. Bradlaugh, the English Republi
can, at a large meeting, declared tho Queen
insane, and demanded the establishment of
republic.
18. National Insurance Convention in New
York.
20. Grant makc3 a speech in Portlan-
Maine. The Algerian insurrection failing.
°k Charles Babbage, the author, dead.
Association determined on special premiums
for raw cotton from the States of Alabama,
Georgia, Arkansas, Texas and 3Iississippi.
14. Tbe Republican State Press Conven
tion of Louisiana which met in New Orleans
adjourned sinedis. At Saratoga Longfellow
made the first mile in 1:40. T. Parkhill, a
prominent lawyer of Liberty, N. Y., fatally
wounded by the explosion of a cannon.
15l Dr. Shuman convicted In New York
for murder in an effort to procure abortion.
16. Tad Lincoln died. Cornelias Rosveld,
of New York, died.
17. A tornado of thunder, lightning and
in caused the Episcopal i Lurch, two rail
road depots and several houses to be pros
trated at Vineland, Ohio.
18. Grocers’ Board of Trade of New York
o/ganizeU. The draws of the LongW cotton
factory aud Bath paper mills break from
heavy rains—3(0 operatives thrown out of
employment; loss fV,000.
19. The Democratic State Convention of
Maryland nominated William P. White for
Governor.
20. Convention of tho Conservative State
Executive Committee of Virginia.
21. Rev. Dr. Joseph Berg, of New Jersey,
dead. Annual Regatta of New Orleans
Crescent City Yacht Club c me off.
22. Arsenal at Washington City exploded.
Loss $200,000. A water spout in Nevada
lifted a passenger train from the track.
23. While frosts at Greenbrier White Sul
phur Springs, Virginia. First bale of new
cotton received at Galveston.
24. Employees of the Alabama and Chat
tanooga railroad, seized tbe road between
York station and Meridian. J. H. Christy, of
Georgia, examined before the Ku-Klux Com-
miti«.c. 31r.ee and Coburn agree upon terr s
for a fight
25. The miners’ strikes in California renew
ed. Hon. Thomas Hardeman, of Georgia,
Papal infa’libit- y.
20. Tbe "reat crevasse begins in he3Iissis-
sippi river. The Ku-Klux bill passed. The
government troons drive the insurgents from amined before tl*
tbe out-nosls of .’’aria.
21. Wm. A. 3Iootc, a leading actor, dead.
The Congressional Committee on Ku-Klux
organized.
22. Yellow fever pestilence in Buenos
Ayres.
14. Daniel Symonds, leading theatrical
manager, dead. New Orleans endangered by
the great crevasse.
examined before the Ku-Klux Committee.
Hon. John P. King, of Augusta,* re-elected
President of the Atlanta and West Point
RaP *oad Company.
26 General A. it. Wright, of Georgia, ex
amined before the Ku-Klux Committee, in
Washington City. Charles James 3Iathcws,
the comedian, dead.
27. General J. B. Gordon, of Georgia, ex-
23. State Fair of Georgia began.
26. Hon. Thoma3 Ewing, of Ohio, dead.
Wm. M. Tweed ordered arrested, bir Fred-
trick 3Xurchfaon dead.
^28. Great strike of laborers in Belgium.
Gen. Robert Anderson dead.
30. Governcr Rufus B. Bullock, of Geor*
zm, resigns his office. Hawkins, a Mormon
Elder. Spntpnpwl for nrliiltnr-r
Ider, sentenced for adultery.
NDVEHRER.
1. MiUaird, a great French journalist,
ceau. The Georgia Legislature met
3. Lieutenant Commander J. 31. Pritchett
cead.
_ 7. Tammany defeated in New York,
lieutenant Governor Denver Campbell, of
fexas, dead.
10. Statue of the poet, Schiller, unveiled
wBoriin.
ta^dProf. Snead, of the Georgia University,
*L 5*>5bTCfa in Constantinople. Hon.
Thomfe 31. Norwood-elected United States
G corgi;
Benfrtir from Gcorgi.y
17. nCv. AJired Cokenutn, of Philadelphia,
dead.
20. The Grand Duke Alexis arrived.
_ 22rJohn Russell, leading Charleston pub-
fisher,, dead. Lieutenant-Governor t). J.
Dnsu, colored, of Louisiana, dead.
< 21 The Prince of Wales sick with ty-
I ill ciu fever.
7 21 General Gorloff, takes the Russian
Minsters, Catacazy’s, place.
* Comptroller Connolly, of New York,
arrsted.
-5&-Tho South Carolina Ku-Klux trials
18. Herman Lcndcman, editor of the Mis-
scariGcrman Zeitimg, dead.
29^Princc Mettcrnich, the Austrian Miu-
Jsterio France since 1859, resigned. The
AtlJsta Constitution elected Georgia
Stat/Prmtcr. A Mexican revolution raged
during this month.
DECEMCtR.
1. yord Chesterfield dead. Ex-Governor
JohniBiglcr, of Californij, dead. General
ilcssd dead.
2. European fclcgiaph Congress met in
Ku-Klux Committee at
Washington City. Tho first bale of new
cotton received from Texas in Near Orleans.
0. F. Gilbert, for some years connected with
tiie New York Tribune, died. The druggist
of New York held an indignation meeting,
and protested against the appointment of a
Bnau of Examiners.
28. The first bale of new crop Texas cot
ton sold at auction In New York at 13 cents.
Komi
8. ELhop Thomas Davis, of South Caro
lina, jlead.
iculturnl Congress met iu Selma,
m la “wurrectlon about gone up.
6. The Georgia Democratic Convention
FRANCE.
Paris, DranbePfl 1 —The Assembly bas
.agreed to Increase +0 tirculation <•( the hank
..
SCOTLAND;
Glasgow, December 30.—While a large
more sense, as well "as”temper,” he added,
more severely. “ I wish you’d amuse your
self in society, as I do, instead of going
moping about in this fashion. You can’t ex
pect to have me tied to your apron-6trings;
and I’d mnch rather see yon flirting a little
yourself, than skulking away in holes and
comers, like a spider, watching your butter
fly of a husband, to see if you can’t detect
him in doing wrong. You make mo; quite
ashamed of you, I declare.” JHI
31 r. i’filler look his hat and walkc
with an air of mingled dig
4
home and to bed.”
When Mr. Robert Palmer cams home next
day, he found his wife, not crying in her bed
room, but in the pari*
song.
Captain Lovel called Ihfa morning,” she
said; “ and I have promised to sing this for
him at 3Irs. Campbell’s.”
“Ali 1” he answered, with an expression of
supreme indifference; and as ltis wife again
struck np with the first notes, he muttered to
himself—•“ Confound Captain Lovel!”
At Mrs. Campbell’*, Captain Lovel was
again in attendance upon pretty 3.rs. Pal
mer; and lh«a other gentlemen discovered
her attractions—her piquancy, and coquet-
fahness. Bl'ft lL'rftrHrns*» • nrwl cn In n
fahness, and jllrtaUcncss; and
few weeks, lira. Palmer was a "belle. She
did not scent in tho least to cai e who her
husband was attending upon, and indeed lie
could very randy get a word with her at al',
when at the gay assemblies which they con
stantly frequented. He sometimes gave her
a hint that she was “ no longer a girl,” and
that ho was her husband; but ‘*!«e only
laughed, and said that there was no harm
done, and that rise was cujqying herself
delightfully, and felt herself more a belle
lliaa mr when a pb-1—■wtrten-WaS'TTUc; be
cause she had not flirted then, being absorb
ed heart and soul ia Bob Palmer "
it w*vCrptajft Lovel who appeared chiefly
to occupy her thoughts, as well as a g—* —*
.. good pan.
of her time. She sang and danced with him;
she read the books he sent; and so frequent
were bis visits, so constant his attentions,
that at last 3lr. Robert Palmer’s wrath burst
forth.
u Ellen,” he said, os the door dosed on the
departing captain and his imposing uniform.
“ I really cannot permit this to go on any
longer. Your conduct fa to me most
peeled—most astounding. You are by far
too intimate with this fellow, Lovel. He is
constantly in my Loose, and last evening he
scarcely left your side, while you stood for
two hours the center of a group of chatting,
two hours the center of a croup of
grinning poppinjays, like himself.**
“ Why, Bob, you youradf blamed mo for
playing wallflower and * spider,’ and said you
were ashamed of me.”
“ I am much more sshamed of yoi now,”
he reterted, severely.
“Now, dear, this fa quite unreasonable of
yon. Didn’t > uu tell me that I would please
you by enjoying myself, and flirting a little ?
lid,” added Nellie rcproach-
tfou know you did. ,
fully, “ and now that I am obeying you, you -
get Jealous.”
“ Jealous ? not 11 But I am offended and
insulted—yes, and disgusted as welt H
only you could hear the remarks about your
self and that Lovel •”
“ Similar to those that I heard in regard to
yourself and Miss Vaden, I presume T* said
manded, angrily.
lat is Captain Lovel to me V*
And what £.
“ You encourage him, madam. You flirt
with him.”
“ As you did with Isabel Vadcn.”
“ A man may do what is not pcrmisable in
a woman.”
“ Ab, that is it,” raid Nellie, with her old
sigh. “ You men may neglect a wife—may
wear out her heart and life with anguish—
may expose her to the pity or ridicule of all
her acquaintance by showing devotion to an
other—and she, poor slave, must not presumo
to turn, as may even the trampled worm, but
must bear all in meek silence, never even Im
ploring for mercy, lest she offend her lord.
But I have had enough, of this, Bob; and
now as yon do to me will I do to you. If
you will go on flirting, so will 1 I know
you don’t care a bit more for Isabel Vadcn
than I do for Captain Lovel—but I will not
be neglected and humbled in sight of tho .
not a slave but a wife,
whole world.
and demand the honor duo to
Her mood was a new to her
‘'he sat erect and proud, lookh»|fjhifp
: face with bright C)«ax
seven so badly injured that their recovery is
doubtful. The dead and injured were fright
fully mull’aled.
MIDNIGHT DISP ATCH 83
NEXV voatt.
New York, December SO.—The bank
statement is favorable, and shows a net gain
of $10,344,475 in the reserve. The banks
nowhpld $8,096,400 above tiie 25 per cent,
required by law. The following shows the
“*■ T decreased, $849,000; specie
changes: Loai , . _ r
increased, $2,28-1,800; circulation decreased,
$32,800; deposits increased $1,054,100; legal
tnniii>rs (Wmtral (ITfl
tenders decreased $935,000.
The funeral of Jas. H. Uackelt, the veteran
actor, took place to-day at Jamaica, Long
Island, aud was attended by a large number
of prominent citizens from tbfa dty.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, December 30.—The health
office report shows the following figures iu
regard to the small pox deaths for the week
at 223; for the past year 1,879.
RUS -I A.
St. Petersburg, December 30.—Journal
Des, the St. Petersburg official organ, says
the cordial reception of the Grand Duke
Alexis in the United States, has created pro
found satisfaction throughout Russia. The
existing relations between the two countries
have been strenghtened by the noble hospi
talities with which tbe son of the Emperor
was rccc vcd. They are now, more than ever,
pledged to endure amity which cannot but
contribute to the general peace and progress
of humanity.
FRANCE.
# Paris, December 30.—Supplementary elec
tions arc to be held in Paris to fill the vacant
seats in the Assembly.
Victor Hu«> bas accepted a nomination on
w .v.v. UU..VS ua. a uuuimauua on
platform of principles which embraces the
abolition of capital puDisbmcot, the raising
of the state of siege in Paris, non-restoration
of the monarchy, a proclamation of general
amnesty, the dissolution of the present As
sembly, and the removal- of the seat of gov
ernment to Paris.
-ThenoaumUoii wa» tendered to Marshal
McJIahon, but was declined. _,
mi
cneuics flushed 1
w t feeling.
“Yes,” she said to herself, “ since he has
requested it, I will amuse myself * as he does,’
and see how he likes it! Ashamed of me, is
he ? And he did not use to be so when I was
gay and happy. Ob, Bob, if yon only knew
how I loved you P And once more, despite
her resolutely closing her eyes, and pressing
her fingers upon them, the tears wonld come.
There was to be that veiy evening, a party
at Colonel Johnston’s, and Nellie took par
ticular pains in dressing herself for it. She
had been of late rather careless on this point,
and was now rewarded for her extra care by
her liuiband’s glance of approval, and his
remark that the pink silk was very becoming
to her.' In consequence her eyes and cheeks
were brighter, and her spirits more buoyant,
as she entered Mrs. Johnston’s crowded
drawing rooms. Scarcely had tliev paid
their, respects to the hostess, when Mr. Pal
mer accosted, or rather was accosted by, Miss
Vadcn, a brilliant, confident girl, who had
tried to ensnare him before bis marriage; and
at the some moment a gentleman addressed
Mrs. Palmer. She answered mechanically,
unable to withdraw her attention entirely
from her husband and his companion, until
seeing something in Miss Vaden’s glance at
herself which she did not like, her pride
again awoke, and she turned, as with a sud
den determination, to the gentleman at her
side. He was a recent comer to the town-
very pleasant and handsome—and Nellie
Palmer forthwith licgan to make herself
agreeable to him. He looked so pleased, and
was himself so agreeable, that it soon cost
her no effort to converse; and then her old
lively spirits returned, and to her own sur
prise she found that she was enjoying hcr-
lie looked at her a moment, as steadily
je al Mm, and then he rose and took a
scat by her side.
“ And you really carnothing for this Lov
el, Nellie!”
“ No more than I ought to do for aty cou-
Hcr husband didn’t notice this, but 3tiss
Vadcn did; and her flirtation with 3Ir. Pal
mer lost much of i's charm, now that hfa
wife did not appear mortified and jealous,
and that people couldn’t see she was so.
Wherefore Miss Vaden grew indifferent, and
Mr. Palmer bethought himself to look after
hfa wife. Not finding her looking over pho
tograph albnms, nor talking to deaf old Mr.
Brown, neither in any of the “ holes and
comers” she was wont of late to frequent, he
became rather puzzled.
“ She’s got in the dumps again, I suppose,’
was hfa thought, “ and fa trying to disguise it
under pretense of being sick. Darc° say I
shall find her ciying in the ladies’ dressing-
room,or fainting away in the conservatory,
with fans and smelling bottles round her—or
perhaps she’s gone home.” _
At that very instant a little laugh at hfa el
bow startle.
Xdcsropluo Murhcta.
YonM - Dec *®* cr 20.—Cotton firm;
Uplands 90; Orftons 20}; sales 0,883 bales.'
Cotton sales for future delivery last
cvcnln-, 3200 bales, as follows: December
10 5-lOalO}. January, lOJalO}. February
10 1540,20, 20J.20}. Wh, 20}. April, 20
7-10,201,20}. May,208*10. June20}.
Flour quiet and unchanged; common to
fair extra $3 50a7 [25; good to choice $7 30a
9 25. Whisky 83. Wheat 2a3c better; win
ter red western $1 66al 59. Corn scarce
and in moderate export demand at 76ia78*
Rice active. Pork heavy; mess $14 50. Lard
firm; kettle 9f. Navals dull and in buyers
favor. Tallow steady. Groceries quiet
Freights dull.
Sloncy closed tight at 7, currency to gold,
10 commission; sterling nominal OfaOf
Gold 9£. Governments strong and higher.
02s 10i. State bonds dull but very firm
Tonnes.-;oca 631? new 631 Vipmn!.. rn. !
turning, he saw.Nellic,
a.vci|Gi Uand-
2 alj©ort>ed iu
stared a momenf'at theun-
ascious
U5UIOU3 WUp.lV
4 Why, the deuce!”
was hfa thought
what on earth cpn they have been talking
about all this while ?” Then suddenly meet
ing hfa wife’s eyes, he smiled, and whisper-
Tcnnesiec3 C3f; new C3J. Virginias GO; ^„
50. Louisianas 00; new 50; Levees 624; 8s 72
Alabamas 92; 5s 62. Georgias 80; 7s71. North
CarolinasSl; new 12. South Carolinas49-
new 21f.
Later—Sis, 18j, 62s 10R 64s 10J; C3s 12J;
pet. Colonel James 31. Smith nominated
pr,Governor. Colonel John D. Ashmore
5x-U»ngressman from South Carolina, com-
mts suicide.
I Sir Jamc3 Scarlitt, Lieutenant General
olthe British Army, dead.
L William M. Foster, tho actor, dead.
12. Several large failures in New York.
Hi,Amos T. Akcrman, Attorney Gcncrai
new 15 j.
Savannah, December 30.—Cotton strong,
holders firm, demand active; middlings 19>-
receipts 2,961 bales; exports to New York’
for orders, 3,475; salts 3,ICO; stock 80,689. *
Charleston, December 30.—Cotton firmer
mid dings 19; net receipts 1,163 bales; ex
ports to Great Britain 89; continent 250-
coastwise 326; sales G; stock 33,319.
‘‘Enjoying yourself, Nell f*
Oh, ves, dear, delightfully. Don’t trouble
yourself about me, pray.”
He passed on, but didn’t go far; and as be
stood whispering soft nothings to sentimen-
tal Kate Marshall, his eyes occasionally wan-
acred to Ins wife. How pretty she w-s look-
gay slic was; and how co-
quettishly she was exchanging light repartee
with that flirting fellow,Tom Harrison. And
aU the while the handsome stranger never
left her side. *« Tt r .. .
If sbe were not a .married
woman he would certainly fall in love with
sstffrsse&s* I,c fcu n im,cr °-
Nellie Palmer had never sung more sweet
ly or danced more gracefully than upon this
sin Laura’s affianced husband,” she replied.
“Affianced?”
“ This six months—before I met him; and
I would bave told you of it, but ”
She stopped and looked half archly in hfa
face. He understood her, and taking her in
hfa arms, kissed her tenderly.
“ Oh. Bob, how could yon ever have doubt
ed me?”
“ I will do so no more, lovel”
“ Never flirt any more ?”
“Never!”
And be kept his word.
Southern Kcw»
The 31ilitaiy Institute at Austin, Texas, is
in a prosperous condition.
Jackson, Tennessee, has a new gas works,
and tbe place is now lighted in true city
style.
Mississippi exchanges complain of the bad
management of the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road.
Huntsville, Ala., lias a gong of negroes
who swindle ignorant negroes at a game of
three card mote.
The Courier says that Natchez, under Rad
ical rule, employs two City Marshals at $70
per month.
Little Rock, Ark., was incorporatcdin 1830
by the name of Hcropolfa, and the
been legally changed
Tlic Federal grand jury of Raleigh, North
Carolina, have found a true bill against Jd='
siah Turner, Jr M editor of the Sentinel, for
“intimidating” a voter, and for alleged con
nection with the Ku-KIax.
£ \
/
"J.
South Carolina News Items.
[COXDZXSSD rou the constitution.]
Haight’s circus fa posted for Charleston.
The Knights of Pythias in Charleston are
moving in the direction of a grand lodge.
Twelve of the Ku-Klux prisoners on trial
found gufity and
at Columbia bave been
sentenced.
. Mrs. 3Ioulton was greeted in the above
city on the 28th inst, by Just such an audi
ence as Charleston was wont to greet de
serving talent with, in her palmiest da vs.
Charleston Courier.
A recent order issued by the Comptroller
General, Sccrctaiy at State and Attorney
General, deercee that all legal notices and
official advertisements tor the counties of
* UaJao, York, Laurcns_and
U fr$ pnMiihed fcrTigi* ~
cal paper that has just been started in the
town o/ Spartanburg. This is a flagrant out
rage on the rights of the people of these
counties.—Greenville Mountaineer.
Alabama News Items.
[condensed roa the cdmutction.]
The publication of “ Our Mountain Home”
Mechanical and
Acocsta, December 30.—Cotton quiet
steady; middlings 18i — ’ — * *
ccipt3 800.
“ Don’t you think, Nell, you’ve danced
enough for one night?” said her husband, to
ward the close of the evening; “fora mar
ried woman T’ he added.
“ Perhaps sc,” she answered chccrfullv,
but I vc enjoyed myself s) much 1 Realty.
^ a T,;M? r ° rot ^ am a mar ried woman,
and felt like a girl again.”
“,- Vna .behaved like one,” he raid, rather
coo’ly. “Who is that fellow that has been
iu attendance upon you all tbe evening?” he
inquired, as they walked toward the dressing
has been resumed.
Huntsville is to have s
Agricultural Association.
3Irs. Bowers is entertaining the citizens of
3Iobile with “ Amy Robsartl”
The bond of the treasurer of tho Univer
sity at Tuskaloosa has been fixed at $25,000.
The oldest citizen of 3Iob*flc couaty, *
P. Lyons, died on the 21st instant Ho was
114 years old.
3Ir. John G. Bell, well known to many of
Air. joun u. ueii, well known to many of
our citizens, committed suicide in Meridian
on Tuesday last 31 rs. Oates begins an en
gagement in Selma, January 2d. The irre
sistible, charming and vivacious little actress.
Katie Putnam, is drawing full houses in Sel
ma.—S:hna Times.
Tennesico News Korns
'V2? ? u . !ct and , “ T bat remarkably handsome man, with
ow bales; rc- the expressive dark eyes, do you mean ?*’
_ I “ I never noticed his eyes, or that he w*»«
^nrami, December 3°, CTcnlng.—Tmpco-1 at Ml nmlritaMj bimdmn^" bsunraSi|
[condensed fob THE COXSTITUTION^
Gen. Robert C. Foster, of Nasville, is dead.
Trains are running regularly over the Ala
bama and Chattanooga Railroad.
The Clerk of the County Couit at Nath
alie issued fifiecn marriage licenses on the
29th instant
Wc are reliably informed that Gercmor
Bam, formerly editor of the True Georgian
will commence the publication of a Repub-y
lican daily paper at Chattanooga about the
15th of January.—KnoxciUe Chronicle. '