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ATLANTA, TUESDAY. DECEMBEIt 17.
Fri. AK XIK ILL.
Ye lam no rf*M to teU
An
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■Man.end ret rod feel;
hu her HI too until o' woo
A:.d not cnos^li o' werj.
Por yrwIM fled rnrorii lodo
If j« *«!(«* rt kune.
If ye erirr fperli o’«opd.
tfhdUnr rorrfcrIHI.
For toere le rrfrf end woe cnonjh
On tbl" unrrtrlrl bo'l.
And im Dir took rktt fcTle jro rU
AtwoUkerwteendbee* .
■ * , «r^ , Kr.iS3U
Bonn burn too untilo woe.
And oat enonsk o’ w«U-
I) roe Irndnnndyerr
To zrmip or to rtrlfn,
Or j». ’twill ■
Oh rtlnos n*M to o<heT»* woo.
Nor mark I*, with jrvr mirth.
Dot c!r«* ye k!od:y *3 mjwU r
ToarffUUjr ones of esrt'l.
If >reim ipwtii
T«k*are. »td W wo itxi,
Birth ht- oil too rend* o’ woe,
Abo not enough o’ week
.’good.
AEKtJSB.
Tl. -re*# ? ur’c In a W* foo\
Ar.« well the adit* know It;
/ «4 »he * bo hi* • pr. tty 01:0
1< prc'.iy 0
At ttam yon. too. are martyr:d *>y
Ti.c btoen lltric auk’.e.
TLv atioom u arrow ucrash jourrye.
Within jour h art to raxdcc. . .
Dot v-hm It tripe alofg the itr«*r.
Itrw txr otifoltb • tip-r;
■ It Hep* mon the walk.
Amid the rr«>w4to mir.#!.-.
Twirufouli fjTi !«••>; up and ray.
I wonder If he**fle|rf«
Xnmmary of Mate New*.
The following named genth mf n hare bcco
i lfcUi! Municipal officer* uf Forsyth: Capt.
T. II. Ciihnntea, Mayor: Dr. J. S. Lawton,
Cap% J. M. Prnder, Dr. R P. Wright and
Capt. B. D Mobley, Cotnrilmctf. A nejro
woman on the plantation °f Mr. .T. II. 8ut-
tm. was so b:t<)ly burr.n! on Stimliy Irs^t.
that she »r»s slnfic*tWett. The las ^ iy<ra in
Monroe it v. pt.- pd the following resolutions
in u mvcliug held on the 3d Inst.:
Whereas, Much di-sit refaction exists
am >r.g the lax payers of Monroe county, on
ccoount of the presr nt Board of County
Commissioner, which wq believe to bo file-
gtily Instituted, and tbclr ira^cssratnt of two
hundred per cent, on the State tax, which la
bcl'crtd to be without authority of law; and
WiHTt’tP, f.trgrj amounts arc due the coun
ty from nnops source's, which, if collected,
end much of which can be coilcrtcd, would
cancel a lam? part of the indebtedness of the
county, and quiet fhe public mind on these
dlaturhing questions. Therefore
Retolvcd, That as law-striding citizens,
having the welfare of our County at heart,1
and moved hjr fm cup’spirit. bmftfiAf-i
c!;ct ilcvotl u 10 principle, weWje wimrqfin*
the future, aa hi the past, Id eWrc the bur I
Vr » of taxation, when legally njsesicdT by!
fire pr«*pnlf constituted nntboiity. ;
Kesolvi-J, Tliat In our Judgment thaprc&cntJ
Board of County Coumfcsiouet*. la legally
coBftitmcd, and their acts as such are not,
binding cn us. }
R'^ 'lrrd, That the assessment of 200 per
cent, on the State tax is without uu liority f>2
law, and that we employ competent counsel
to Institute rath legal proceeding as will prof
vent Its collection.
Resolved, Thutall tax payers of tbs county
who approve of the foregoing resolutions be
requested to come forward and give their
names to the Secretary of this meeting, L. A.
Ifh tm
Ponder, by the 15th iaat. Tl.e gin bouse of
Mr. James Williams, of Jasper county, was
burned on Thursday last.— Sicnne Advertiser.
Ceargla Finances.
Tbacfflikut State Treasurer, Dr. Angicr,
has Just visited New York on flic business of
Grotci* finances, and it turned day before
yesterday. Uf finds Georgia securities solid
and folvcnt. Not many are offering for sale,
but when put on the market they sell readily
s« tftt cents.
The Fourth National Bank of New York,
i f wh'ch Mr. Calhoun is President, has been
made the sole financial agent of the State in
Hint city, and $100,000 lias been sent on to
that bank to meet the January interest ac
cruing on onr s*ato debt.
Dr. Angler made a statement of i-nr finan
cial condition that proved very gratifying,
and which was defin'd to lie puldLlud.
The old indebtedness of the $tale is $5,6-5,-
50 ). Of the Bullock rurn ney bonds $1,500,-
100 are In New York, but owned to be void.
Of the Bullock gold bonds three million
wen* i$Mitd. Three hundred thousand were
returned. One and two thousand in Clews*
binds hive been declared void. This leaves
$^RS,0D*) out, of which only two million arc
reported told, the rest being hypothetlcatcd
This makes a total «<f $S,28fi.*»00 of actual
bond indebtedness of the State.
!u addition (hire arc $f,«60,000 of Bruc:
w'.ek and Altany bonds not recogniz ’d.
The contingent railroad indebtedness of
the State is $7,033,400, of Which $3,875,000
lias bk^ h declared void on account of the
c »nditions not being fulfilled. This leaves
$3 875,000 of valid railroad State liability.
To offset this, th? State owns as follows:
8 ate Hoad $7000.000
Untf K tadfBvc'a l.fOO.OOO
Cteor^ta IU Ir »d stock — 18,800
- $.8.o: j ,so-a
This is exclusive of her State buildings.
The taxable property of the State is£-3l,-
462,46*.
The taxes are as follows:
Gencril l x 4-10 cf 1 per cent .. | 9rr,t) 0 rj
OUxrtis 30,00) 00
On -hsif S:ate Uuad renul COO 00
Income to j-ajr expense* $!,117,9G3 87
The estimated expenses arc:
Expense oatalde«f Inure.t $ SCO 003 00
ItUsa:e to jay Intern* t.... $3 7.9C9 87
For school purposes we have:
School tax $ »t,4« 46
One half Male Read rental 150 COO i0
roll 130.000 CO
Pfofcwl>ta, etc.... 30000 00
To- fch vis $M4.477 46
Then* have Ken issued $700,00) of new
bmds *«>substxtatc for old ones falling du*
Of these $*210,0.0 have been sold and ex
changed in this State: $48,500 have been
exchanged in New York, and there remains
$111,0 0 to be soU anJ exchanged there,
A* to bonds facing due we riiail have an
easy time for the next few years. In 381
$13;,to0 fill due; in 1S74 ,111,000; and
then no more until 1ST8, when only ,1GO.COO
f*U due, and ,100,001 iu 1S73.
With anything like good mr.njgetueut,
Georgia will b*TC an easy tixe financially,
and her credit stay as solid as gold.
THE WEEKLY /CONSTITUTION
in FOR IAI.
VOLUME V.l
ATLANTA, GEOEGIA, TUES©AV. DECEMBER 17, 1872.
INUMBER 37
Political noddles.
Three very spicy political muddles are sow
enacting, provrirg .out of tbst unique and
beautiful hut still not altogether acceptable
theory cf politics known as the Radical.
In Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana we
tec nil sorts of dooble-barrdied governD-ent
arrangements. Alabama has two Legisla
tures, the Radical the brgus, recognized by
the Radical Governor. Arkansas has two
Governors chiming to be elected, with the
prospect of the Radical chap getting the in
sole traek by reason of superior powers of
joggling, connected with the enjoyment of
the patronage of the State administration.
In Louisiana the condition is serious. Gov.
Warnioih has counted in a Liberal Governor
uwl Legislature, and the Grant brother In law
action has counted in a’ Radical Governor
wid L'gWitaro.
A dctacliment of Federal soldiers has come
to the timely assistance of the Radical squad,
token possession of the State House. A col
lision is imminent between Wormoth, the
present Govt rnor who supports the Liberal
side, and the Radical side backed by Federal
bayonets. Use ijsuc is between the State au
thorities aud Federal power. At present it
locks as if the Federal soldiers were about to
get the belter of it.
From tke Ysldosta Tima*.
THE GHOST AT SURRENCY’S.
The Cincinnati Commercial rooorda the
death, in New York, of a rather remarkable
character. His name is Samuel N. Pike, and
he was the bulkier of the gorgeous Pike’s
fpetaHofl* Jlca’so built lh / * Grand Oi
SomeInmwblrkthat( _
picnondy in Jim Fi»k*a career aa the scene
h Opera Boaffe and Erie Railroad transac-
Ue leaped from poverty to icflueucc, dying
h inilliomi r«*. He wav a poet, speculator,
musician, philanthropist
HT" Horace Gredey’a daughters decline io
accept any contribmions from the press of
the country fc.r their support
M3BE STRAN6E PR0CEECINQS OF TKE
U8SEEK.
The Ghost on the Kanipage—'They
Upset Beds—Break Window
Glasses—Maul aSenant Girl
Over the Head—A Little
Boy Pounded it» the
Back—Strange An
tics of a Clock.
WHATWESAW FOB OUaSELP.
Dacia Zeki’i Jake.
ime years ago there lived in one of our
huge ciiie< an eccentric character kniwn a*
C.icle Zeke, wbo never lost a chance of per-
IM in.llng n [>r«c:ical Joke. Any place or oc
casion suited him, provided he eoold make
iiia point. One tiituday he repaired to a fash
ion able church, sometime after -.be services
d cnjr.uirneed, and os there wss not a seat
vacant, he took a prominent position in the
center aisle,.where he stood holt upright, with
Ida high stovepipe bat clapped tigh ly on his
bead. UC course be attracted much attention,
and very Mon the sexton, a man for wbhm
Uncle Zvke.hpd an especial dislike, crept n
to him, out! whispered that he must take oiF
bis hat.
“Thai’s agin my principle*,” sakl Unde
Zeke. -
“I c m’t help that," sold the rexton, impa
tiently, -"J-ou roust take it off."
"Bui I won’t,” replied Uncle Zeke.
“Then I shall take it off foryoo," raid the
sexton, ^j^^^j^^n^rd^tcrvmts on
°“AJt right,” said Uncle Z:kc,“you kin take
off. That ain’t sgin my principles.”
The sexton thereupon took hold of therli
of Uncle Z ke’s hat, and dexteriously ~ ~
it off ids head. Bat what was the n
aide sexton’s honOB when shout two
of hickoty nuts relied oat of bis hat, am
am nhotltriaz and banging over the
tor.
And that was Uncle Ztke’s joke on thi
seat no.
TP.t -.MBt: FRO.tl TUB SEA.
•SOOeOOO In .vie I ted silver and Cola-.
A Strange Stglii.
Freia the Son Frsctisco BolleUal
A portion of the treasure recovered from
the remains of the steamer America by divers
|>crsons and hmnaht to San Francisco on the
* Colorado, was tracked to the office of the San
Francisco Assay log and refining Works, Na
41U Montgomery street yesterday, and ex
posed to tile giizv of a few reliable person*.
The scene was novel licyond conception.
Twenty-three boxes of melted coin, weighing
from two to four bandied pcanda nmh, warn
seat-.* red about the floor of the room, and
besides there were piles of b-rs and ir
regular masses of vainablc metal lying aronnd
'nose. Two pieces of the melted moss, with
i length of about three feet, a width of
eighteen inches, and weighing one hundred
pounds, looked like a section of clay bristling
with oysters. These were twenty dollar
pi ecs, Mexican dolluis and half dollars of
American coinage, with dimes and dime* for
young oysters, and iron spikes, hits of brass,
and steel, to represent the shell fish that are
wont to burrow in the bed of the ocean, the
whole fotming a valuable specimen of Crus
tacea. In some instances the coins arc only
welded together in rolls, and at other times
they form one lava-like gob. The melted
matter and coins arc of a deep green color. The
large bugs of bullion were less affected by
the fire than the coin, and do not appear to
have lost muck weight. The metal is to be re
coined. Two twenty dollar pieces in the lot
were kindly donated to the representatives
of the press, who were among the reliable
persons present, and bad not the coin been
welded to the bar, they would have been ta
ken away. Three hundred thousand dollars
worth of treasure, half-melted, colored by
lire and action of the water, is a curiosity
that few people ever bad an opportunity to
see. Even tho audacious and enterprising
Barnuin could not give such a show-
We promised our readers some time ago
to give them the benefit of the resuits of an
other investigation we Intended to make into
the-Sarrenev Mystery," provided there was
anything more of it. About a week ago we
received a letter from Mr. a, stating that he
was again being plagued by the same unseen
agency that infested bis dwelling bouse about
a month ago. We forthwith took advantage
of the first opportunity to visit again the
“haunted house.”
Upon arriving at tho depot the first object
that struck oar vision was the pleasant coun
tenance of Mr. Surrency—a gentleman whom
we had known for a number of months—and
the first thought that struck us was why
should any power, human, divine, or Satanic,
so persistently seek to injure his fcrtnucs, or
disturb the peace of himself and quiet fami
ly. Surely there was nothing in that face
that would excite the malice of ihc most evil
disposed.
We were cordially received and conducted
to the house where we sat oud listened to the
(coital by the family of . many wonderful
things thaUbey sMertsdhMi truapired there
, We were told by Mrs. Enrrency—and her
Statement was corroborated by those of her
husband, brother-in-law, daughter, and otters
of the family, as well as Mr. J: B. Carter—
Ibat on the lith day of November last, just
lifter ber daughter had put one of the bed
rooms in order and retired from it, closing
doors and windows behind her, the attention
of the family was attracted by a noise like
the tumbling about of bedding and the et
cetera* in the room. Upon investigation, it
was found that every pvitiskreWI bedding and
clot hi Kg in the room was piled in the middle
jo! the floor. Tiiey assert that had any one
been concealed in the room before the mis
chief vras done it would liavu been impossi
ble for them to have escaped without detec
tion.
On another occasion, a few days after
wards, a similar trick avos performed in an
other room, and a set of candle-mon:ds that
Mise Currency had jnst a few minutes before
put into a tub of water in tbe kitchen was
standing erect on the bundle of bedding
when the room was entered. She was in the
kitchen near the moulds when it occurred,
and states that no one could have removed
them from the tub without her knowledge
Mr. Surrency informed ns that on several
occasions the window gloss would break
without visible contact with any force. A
half of a pane, .for a number of days would
ascend and’descend in the groove between
the putty and the window frame, as regular
as clock, and at about the speed of a minute
hand. It finally broke out.
On another occasion, about a week after
wards, while Mrs. Surreney’s little son was
asleep in bed, a smoothing iron strode him in
.the bock inflicting -a palbfh! wtxmd. Several
, but ooold not tell where
. TO, libras recognized as
ohe that badTteeiFin another room. It ihtut
certainly have been kn evil genio* that to
rudely roused the little slamoerer from his
peaceful dream*.
It was stated, if oar memory eervea usi
right, that on flic, same day a bottle, burled'
through the air by the same unseen power,
strode the Colored nurse On the bend while
she had Mr*. Currency's baby in her arms. It
glanced and struck the wall with great force.
The girl was hurt but little. Mr. W. II. Sur-
rentw^who witnessed it,states that it evident !
ly hit the wall with greater force than it did
the girl’s head.
These are bnt few of Ihc many strange
and unaccounted fur doings about the placo
os related to us. We now come to wbat
came under our own observation.
When we entered the house Mr. S. told ns
that hi* Clock had been crazy ever since these
“strange things” had been going on about bis
place. Up to that time it had never varied
with the sebcdnlo
"runswick Railroad. We wonnd it up, set
it with our watch, and it kept perfect time
for three hours. At one o’clo
'clock the hour-
band stopped perfectly still while the minute
hand performed its regular revolution of
an hour on the dial plate. We reg
ulated it again and it did not vary
with the time of the watch for several
hours. At half past seven the hour-hand,
instead of refusing to move forward, started
out at twelve times its ordinary speed and
performed an entire revolution on the dial
plate in one hoar. It was about five minutes
ahead of the minute hand all the day around.
At this juncture we iulcrfcied anflMvent into
an examination of the machinery c ’ the clock.
We arc not a watch maker and consequently
our search was not very satisfactory. There
was nothing out of order that we could de
tect. We set it right again, and up to the
hour we left it kept perfect time.
The above we give to our reader., as we
have heard and seen, and we leave it for
them to draw their own conclusions.
A Nrat Hit.—Two well known clergy
men were conversing, when one startled the
other by abruptly asking:
“ Brother U., is it possible that you chew
tobacco?”
•’ I must confess I elo,” the o’her quietly
replied.
•" Then I would qnit it, sir,” the old gentle*
man energetically continued. ’* It’s a very
UDcle-rieal practice, and, I must say, a very
uncleanly one Tobacco! Why, sir, even a
bog would not chew it!”
•• Father C-,” responded his amused listen
er, “do you chctv tobacco?”
’’ I ? No, sir I” he answered, gruffly, with
much indignation.
“ Then, pray, which is most like the hog,
yon or IT
The old doctor’s fat sides shook wiIn laugh
ter, as he said:
Well, I have been fairly caught this
time.”
Dally Condensations,
Thu United States has 3,783 woolen mills,
with 8,419 sets of cards.
There will be forty-nine more Radicals in
the next Congress than arc in the present.
Jones, the Senator-expectant from Nevada,
ir worth §10,000,000.
The annua! yield of Giilott pens is ISO,
000.000.
Ohio runs 083 distilleries, and yet some of
her citizens go sober.
It is supposed that during the winter7,000,-
0. 0 bogs will root theirway into barrels.
Between tbe years 1S40 and 1973, no fewer
than 1.800 public officials of France have be
come deranged.
Tom Tliumb as Homo.
From tke Loalsrfllc Courier*Joumil ]
WasmsGTorr, Dee. 6.—One of the objects
for the strategy of tho Administration Sena
tors was to force Messrs. Trumbull and
Schorz to regularly ezroll themselves as
members of the Democratic party, in order
to have the Democratic Senators assign them
places on tbe committees; bat the Democrats
and,Liberal Republicans met in separate can-
cutes, Hr. Rice, uf Arkansas, being the only
Republican who regularly took his place in
tbe Democratic organization. In addition to
this, Mr. Schorz has addressed the following
letter to Judge Thurman upon the subject o
accepting the place of Mr. Casserly on the
Foreign Relationa Committees:
“ Wathington, Bee. 0, 1873.—My Dear Sir.
I am informed that tbe Democratic members
of the Senate have resolved to fill the only
vacancy left by tbe Administration caucus
on the Committee on Foreign Affairs with
my name, Mr. Casserly voluntarily offerinj:
to gire up the position he has hitherto heli
on that committee as the representative of
the Democratic Senators. I very highly ap
preciate the kindly spirit which characterizes
your action with regard to myself; but
X cannot permit this arrangement to
be consummated without laying be
fore yon my views of the circumstances
surrounding this case. It has so far been tbe
rale that the Democratic party, being in the
minority in the Senate, should have at least
one representative on. each committee. The
Withdrawal of Mr. Casserly and my appoint
ment in his place would deprive it of that
representation. In’every speech X made dur
ing the late Presidential campaign, X frankly
declared that I had not passed from the Re
publican to the Democratic party, and my
attitude is the same to-day. I cannot, there
fore, be regarded as the representative of that
party on a committee of the Senate.
THE tiBEAT DMB FR UD.
j “The generous action of your friends im-
flares'
upon me the duty of stating to you
with equal frankness wbat my future course
trill be. The programme drafted last wntcr
in Misrenr], upon tbe basis of whicblheCin-
Ciunati Convention was called, represents sub
stantially my political faitb. It includedthc
recognition and maintenance of the logical
and h gitimatc results of the war as embodied
in the Constitution « it stands; a policy of
reconciliation with regard to the South; with
honest and economical administration and
genuine and thorough reform of thecivil Ser
vice and of onr revenue system; opposition to
Centralization and a dangerous assurbpUon of
power; a return to tbe sound constitutional
principles !«id down and tlio measures of
policy advocated in that platform. For thisI
shall faithfully work, without permitting my
self to be diverted liy other considerations.
If the Administration docs anything to pro
mote these ends, 1 shall therein support it.
in whatever the Administration may do in
tbe opposite direction, I shall earnestly op
pose it. 1 shall, therefore, not make opposi
tion to the Administration under any and all
circumstances, nor support it under any and
all circumstances, but in such support, as
well os such opposition, be governed by my
sense of duty, without considering myself
bound by party interests.
“it will therefore be clear to vou that I
cannot take upon myself the obligation of
serving on a committee as the reprensenta-
tivo of a parly, but mean to preserve the in
dependence of opinions and convictions of
duty which will govern my conduct. While
I cannot too strongly express my sense of the
generous sird friendly spirit which prompted
year and your political associates in acting as
y6U did, and especially if the magnanimity
of Mr. Casserly in 'showing himself ready to
give up an honorable position to make room
for me, I should be unjust to you and your
friends, as well ar to myself, did I not, under
the extraordinary circumstances in which the
administration caucus has placed us, lay
before you an entirely frank and candid cx-
expressio r of my views and purposes. I am,
dear sir, very truly yours. C. Senertz.
“To the Hon. A. G. Thurman.”
the claim si
working up the
a view to hrunchii
ket, when a Unite
tbe fraud and hie
ieg account <f tin
tlan Francisco Chi
daily declared a frac’5, it is quite interesting
to know how the job iv.ts put up, and all
about it. Jania, parhUM, is not crim
inally to blame, id; .onglt his reputation
ns a geologist aud mining engineer will have
received a blow by luirfrom which it will be
hard for him to rsjeser. Hi* first connec
tion with the affair'Seems to have been iu
New York last spring, where he wa- ap
proached by LLarpeiuluig, General Dodge,
and 'Arnold, tho “ discoverer ” of the won
derful Golconua. They told him that Arnold
and black had made two trips to the diamond
fields, securing iu the first instance a bog of
>recion3 stones valued at $1,030,000, which
lad been sealed andSjeposilcd in the bank of
California; and iu4& second a bag of gems
s latter being deposited
of Wm.ll. Duncan &
valued at *350,OjO.
in tbe banking hoc
Co., of New York.
WHAT
Besides all this.
toijj jams.
._ hum was taken to the
private residence o. Tiffany, the great New
York jeweler, whojfold him in presence, of
" ' ’ ~ ' McClellan and other
valnc of tbe gems
$lh0,000. This state-
did from so reliable a
to disarm whatever sus-
Janin's mind, and the
Sam Barlow, <
rallies, that the estl
o Duncan’s bank V
ment, emanating, a
source, could not h
picion there was i
consequence was >,c was most effectually
roped in.
that Arnold
trip, and by t
induced Jnnin to
These* gtntlcmen’ljromised Janin that he
should have two" weeks to
Before Judge Thurman’s reply answering
Senator Schorz letter, Jndge Thurman con-
stilted his party associates, and thereupon
sent the following reply:
“ WAftnsoToir, December 6.—My Dear
Sir: In reply to your letter of thi» date, lam'
instructed by the Democratic Senators to say
that y onr position and views were understood
by them when they placed roar ttame on the
list of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
and that your selection was nob and is not
considered by them as a surrender of princi
ple or position by cither yon or them. There
fore they et rve upon the committee. I am,
vety respectfully, yonr obedient servant,
“ A. G. Tiitnrir AN-.
To Hon. Carl Scliurz”
A simple minded young Frenchman, on
cominginto Paris, was anxious to see the fa
mous General Tom Thumb, then in France,
and asked a town friend where he might find
him. The mischievous wag g tve him the ad
dress of Lablache, the ponderous aad spheri
cal basso of the opera. Hither the rustic
hied. He rang, and the door, by a chance
trick of fortune, was opened by the obese ar
tist in person. The a.armcd visitor drew
back in confusion.
A thousand pardons, Monsieur; there
must be a mistake; I hoped to see M. Tom
Thumb.”
Lablache, taking in the situation at a:: bir.ee,
and enjoying the joke, gravely repli d:
“Sir, there is no error; I am Tom
Thnmb! ”
Why — no— how—certainly; * why, I
thought Tom Thumb was very small!”
gasps the astonished visitor.
“ Oh! that's no matter,” replied the basso,
graciously; “beforejtue public, you stc, 1
am small—very small indeed”—suiting the
action to the word, and ho'.diDg his band
about two feet above the floor—“but here at
borne”—rising to his fail height, putting bis
thumbs in the arm-holes of his w aistcoat,
and swelling out that resonant rotundity
which was wont to shake tho fvyir with Us
thunders—“here at home I take my eau!”
LOUISIANA.
WAItMOTU IUPKACUED.
Nkw Orleans, December 10.—The Cus
tom House Legislature passed a resolution
impeaching Warmoth; vote fifty-eight to six.
A committee was appointed to inform the
trenate. Pinchback was qualified and took
possession of tho Governor’s office. IVar-
moth suspended tbe pending impeachment
proceedings. Pinchback exculpates C. A.
Weed from participation in the at
tempt to bribo him. Pinchback says:
I owe to myself and to Mr. Weed to state
that he was not present at llic meeting, as in
my beat I at first stated. He was in an en
tirely different room and the doors were
closed between us. He came to tbe house
with Mr. Warmoth but was not present
Rollback proclaims bis assumption of the
Governorship, and asks the support of all
good citizens.
ink LOtJISANA MUDDLE—INJUNCTION GRANT-
ED—CITIZENS’ MEETING.
New Orleans, December 10.—Warmoth
has petitioned the 8th District Coart against
Pinchback’* assuming the Governorship. The
petition derominates Pinchback as a wrong
doer and trespasser. The Court issued the
injunction prayed for by Warmoth.
The weather is cold and sleet is falling.
The citizens’s meeting to protest against the
alleged invasion oi their rights was very
large, notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather. Wanuomh suggested an appeal to
De JKortnls,
Mr. John Cody, of Baiubridgc, died on
Sun Jav last
Mr. James Castin, of Bainbridge, died on
Thursday last.
Mr. T. M. Grier, of Early county, died on
Wednesday last.
Mrs. J. U. Jones, of Early, died a few days
since.
t.nlllaltncd.
The Radicals arc unsparingly applying the
guillotine to the recusant Literals. Tt.cy
are shearing the truants without mercy.
Iu Congress seven Liberal Republican
members were dropped, including some of
the ablest members of the party heretofore.
It looks like the Radicals were ostracising
their brains. Trumbull, Schurz, Sumfier,
Fcstorr, Farnsworth, Rice, Tipton, have been
kicked out of the Radical precincts as un
ceremoniously as possible.
an Use Ku-KInx
Grant Don’t Sotte
Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, predatory
carpet bagger as be Is, bad some little cem-
puretiecs vfeitiegs of humanity about the
l umbers of South Carolina Ku-Klcx im-
ptis.or.ed in the Alhsny.N.Y.. Penitentiary
He addressed a letter todlrant, enclosing a
request of the Grand Jurors of York and
Chester counties, taking their pardon aud ir.
earning s;id req test,
Graut t< ppe» through Williams, his Attor
ney G: ncra', elcclintng r- general pardan ss
impracticable. He says if a separate appiica
lion for pardon for each OCS ii EKde, it wiU
be considered.
Fattening Young Women.—Throughout
tke interior of Africa, ana, indeed, in some
parts of Asia, a woman is prized for fatcess
Beamy is associated with excessive obesity ;
and such bcia^ the public sentiment, mothers
seasonably commence a system of dhulclic
treatment that makes their daughters irre
sistible. Colonel Keating** travels give as
ccount of the process of fattening
young women for a Tunis market
As soon :is betrothed, she is cooped
up in a small room, with gold shackles on
her ankles. If her proprietor Us* lost a wife
y death, or divorced one, their ankles are
nt forward for the new matrimonial candi
dal . When she lias attained adssirable
>izc, indicated by tilling the pattern rings,
she is carried in triumph to her new home.
The preparation that actually produces the
coveted dimension—a mountain of fatness—
i< cabed draegb, made of the seeds of a vege
table peculiar to the country. Some posi
tively die fr..m excessive fatness in an effort
to surpass in that bewitching _ accomplish
ment rival candidates fox matrimonial posi-
ti ns. The=e famous mortals are not the
poor girls. They arc the highest orders of
society, and therefore are ambitions like fash
ionables in some civilized States, of securing
an elevated position with a rich husband.
Bruce, the traveler, saw a great queen in
Africa—a gem of women, the envy of her
sex and wife hunters—who weighed over
four hundred pounds.
Can science explain the action of those
seeds philosophically?
Dos’t Emigrate.—Wc regret to see the
diily notices of line panics from Geor
gia to the West. BistopPitrce is a rata whose jmJg-
xasnl is esteemed scnul f.yt.1. In a recent letter he
•aj»:
“The sail of Missouri, Kscfcs :xd Xkhr ska Is gen
erally and wc.nde;f u’ly rich. The com crop this year
Is a .'co?l to the eye. To a tanr. who is accustomed t<
small fi Ws with seven fect rows ard tlree or four
in the drill, and tw«ntj b-shtlsto the acre— a crop
t) brag or.—an sre i lint the eye cannot com pas- wav
ing is the wind 'ike a case brake, and bearing an ban
died bu-hc'.J on every acre Is a sight that cheers.
No wonder that thi contrast stirs the spirit of ua>
gTation. And yet very few Improve their condition
by moving from the Atlantic Stitts to these fertile
regions There is an onto'ved problem in this—that
on the poor lands of Georgia, the p oplc do as well
financially : • those who till tho rich lands cf the
peit West. As to climate, production*, comforts,
commercial relations, the year round, the advantage
Is with the East. I travel and see and wonder ard
admire, bat always return, well eadsfled, that He
who fixes th? boards of car habitation, gave ms a
home in Middle Georgia.** Stay at home.
Congress. The memorial adopted by the
Chamber of Commerce was adopted. Reso
lutions we e adopted protesting against the
usurpation of the govt in ment by an unscru-
>ulous adventurers, supported by Federal
nyonctfl
A committee of one hundred was ap
pointed to prepare a memorial to present to
the President and Congress, who shall visit
Washington and ask that Federal Soldiers be
removed from the Capitol, in order that the
duly elected officers may have access.
The Kellogg Legislature elected a new At
torney General, who telegraphed to Wash
ington to stop the proceedings before the Su
preme Court, instituted by Attorney General
Ogden.
Pinchback, In his message, recommends
prompt action.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery, December 10.—The Capitol
Legislature has elected F. W. Sykes, of
North Alabama, United States Senator.
Sykes was a Greeley elector.
'Resolutions looking to the impeachment of
Governor Lewis were ottered and referred
The Court House Legislature has elected
a State Printer.
He knew no one of them personally, and did
notlLiiOw where any. of u*«* m lived. He did
^ ^ _ not know Janin, and hiffi fe?Juz»ted up at 12
How a Monstffr Swindle wa* [o’clock the very night he arrived here. Janin
was in the bed nt the time, but King walked
him up aud conveyed the diss-ireeablc infor-
Janin would not believe it at first,
; but the geologist sat down, !.ad before moni
tion—A $GOO.OIHJ Bobbery. ' mg convinced him.
j Next day they went together and saw Mr
San Francisco pangS-.f ‘Jr. 7C 1a and 07ih ! Ralston. The gentlemen poohoobed the ide
Work** Up.
I5sn Butler’s Shard iu the Trans *c-! {
ultimo contained fell tticiil reports on the
great diamond fraud, with copious* additional
particulars of the maimer in which It was
worked up and impend npon the credulity
of some of the shre'^i. financiers on the
Pacific coast. If is oif oi the most remarka
ble swindles ever ft-'ij .hated, and was near
being one of the most gtisistious. In 30 days
more, but for the comnete and timely exposo
by Clarence. King, nt* leas than 12,000,000
dollars
cf stock woul<
market, a large pro]
lantic side of this c
where, it is reported,
child was ready to pi
fident were some of t
Francisco of the vtdi
cries that extraori
used to prevent the
and the sum of their'
care the gioand is _
000 gold. It is moat
citizeus of recognized
matters should have
tbe engineer whom
the alleged diamond
fallen into the trap
adroit aid unconscii
the public cannot
and who the deccivi
most elaborate swim
that $20,(MX* worth
were purchased in
ing the grounf
ive been put
if-it on
and in
t house of Roi „_
"ief it. Socon-
k|tPdrtic3inSan
the alleged dLcov-
ry precautions were
dity being known,
expenditures to se-
ly not-under $ j0D,-
Itehing that leading
:\vdnc?sin ail money
i so duped, and that
Iploy ed to investigate
hds should also have
for him by the most
■e villains. As yet
3 were the deceivers,
t it is known that a
has been perpetrated;
tall rough diamonds
■a and used in. salt-
>r tho operations of
d that they weie
fever adroitly, with
stock on the mar-
gedlcgLt delected
-ms. file follow-
3Vcrs i& from the
of the 27th:
vi' thu jou.
that there wasjraud.but he finally consented
to permit KJng to make a report Then the
latter made tberepbrt which wax prihted res-
terday, and which, it will bs seen, bears date
November 11th. . * *
Now, that thewhc£; thing has been ofii-
tc3.it'
and Dodge told Janin
$100,000 for his first
usible statements they
it the diamond fields.
examine the
ite the geological forma-
lie reached the spot they
in surveying and making
' hole week. Soon after,
aspect, Dodgo and Har-
away, against the prom-
;e his first report in New
tys:
'AS HURRIED AWA7.
I to gather samples from
those portions/)f the one hundred acre block
THE BUBBLE BURST.
The report was so comprehensive, so con?
viOcing.that the directors* faces tamed white
when they heard it read. They at once re
solved to ferret the thing out, and for that
pnrpbse General Colton’s expedition was fit
ted out, and Mr. King kindly consented to ac
company it with Mr. Janin. The whole mat-
Was kept strictly private, not even the
principal shareholders knew any thing.of it.
TUeouly persons that knew anything of the
explosion were King, Janin, Ralston, Lent,
and Colton, with two who accompanied him
on 4iis trip. General Best and K 1L Fry.
The feelings of Messrs. Ralston and Lent dur
ing the absence of Colton’s party may be bet
ter imagined than described. They had
King’s report in their hands, and they knew
that if that was verified they were out togeth
er near $300,000! Yet they kept .their own
counsel, and it was even said Lent was quite
cheerful.
A PLUCK? WOMAN.
Ttxc I.ouistHim Huddle
To enable cur readers to understand the
political muthilc in Louisan'’. *vc will distinct
ly stt- lies;!,
Cr.d;r ihe Looi-i.-rni i v tlretion re-
'urns arecuivasscd Wj ui>.. ■ visors.
' .?!-.• ;»I(1 beard was appointed under tbe
| spicic of the Federal Custom-house ring,
Porr Davis, Tcxa?, Nov. 21,1872. j headed by Casey, Grant’s brother-in-law
To the Editor of the Herald: I’tqJLr- *. tun
F* ur times within ss owuwmonths efforts!- 1 ?** UW Wwmoath, the Governor,
have been uiu !c by icme bX^ck heaxied rav y^t s | a yuipr«zt:u to appoint a new hoard. He
cal3 at this post jq. qffect nu cntr^ace' into the
Disgraceful Insecurity to Females io
a Fedcirl Tort In Tcxas-A Rrn-
tal vcprto nreakw into n ls> dy’i
Sleeping Apartment — -» t»c-
Woniuu) Instantly Mtoot-s
,y -r- Him
THE LOCATION OF THE FIELD.
The diamond field is located near Vermil
lion creek, 43 miles from Black Burte station
directly on one of the prominent geodetic
stations of the geological survey. It is at the
north base of a pine clad ridge that runs east
and west, north of Brown's Hole, and is in
Colorado Territory, 8 miles south of tho Wv-
ornin^ line. At this point is a mesa, about
lyOOfcict high, gently sloping to the north,
aodcmtby canons, 500 and 000 feet deep, wu , «ramug uv repiy.eoc sivpm io me
which cany off the drainage of tho pine ridge window, and aiming over the. bid occupied
idto Vermillion crock. This mesa lias a com
paratively smooth surface, which is bro
ken only by two masses of sandstone
which rise above its level, Some of the val-
oys near this spot arc charming in appear
ance and abound in the finest of game, such
as deer, elk, grizzlies, etc., though the climate,
save in sheltered spots, is not one of the finest
in the world. The summers arc cool and tho
winters very cold, and hurricanes sweep over
the country abont two-thirds of the year.
Tho diamond field is not in an Indian coun
try, though the straggling Utes occasionally
pass over and near it. These Indians *»re
nominally at peace, and would not trouble
white men unless a good opportunity ottered.
A Plasterer On His Muscle
How George Washington was once
Pummelled-Elcction Excite
ment tn the Olden Time—
A Noble Retaliation.
A consequential young fop asked an aged
country sexton if the ringing of a bell did
not put him in mind of his latter end. ' No,
sir,” replied the grim old grave digger; “ but
the lyre puts me iu mind of yours.”
An old i)utch tavern keeper, who had his
third wife, thus expressed his views of mat
rimony : ** Veil, you see, de first time I mar
ried for love—dat was goot; den I marries
for beauty—dat was goot, too, about as goot
as de first; but dis time I marries for money,
and dat is better as both.”
It is tbld of an old Scotch lady that, when
dying, a tremendous storm of rain and *hun
dcr came on, so as to shake the liru-.c. In a
quaint, eccentric spirit, but with no though’
of profane or light allusions, she looked up.
and listening to the storm, ” Fch, fir’s!
what an awfu* nichl for me tae gang ffetin'
through the air.”
Snow.—We have had our first snow to cov
er the greard this winter. W. would **cnt” oat tb<
tweet line*. •The Beautiful 3aow,” bat laid away
last winter our cpy of them, not presuming they
would be needed so early;th!s -eason. The pom being
to very rare too, it wculd b' almost aa Impossibility
to find a copy—so ^ offer a sr betitut;: O the snow,
tbe snow, the beautiful scow; such a hunicy thing
you know, y.>u k- or ; blueing your nose and chilling
jour toes, as, whirling along the streets,
silly praise, not any for Joe, for tbit col:'
tbe beautiful snow.
Mr. Gkeelsy’s Fortune.—So many
stories are afloat as to what were the: net re
sults of Mr. Greeley's“Butiness Lite” that we
print the following with all due reserve: “It
is probably an error, the report that Mr.
Greeley’s old home at Clwppaqun is to b
auctioned—at least for tbe present. Al
though not a rich man, the great ediinr v.:
very well provided for. Dis sunk in tj
Tribune, ten share9, valued r.t $• X0|
share, is his l**ga<y to his children II ;
this, he had a farm in Virginia,
GraJ?T, Altxarder & Co. paid to the
State a few d yt=go $10,000 on account of tba cor
nel* employed by them. They have about fire ban
died and fifty convict* ww «t work. J»o? $ f>e
case of
it roe* Ko said to bs worth confiderable, altiio ;-.i »- ;h >r
cs-of fr. j ui« I got it very cheaply. The $100,i.-iF-irane* l was -
! policy spoken of was taken r.m by the *1 n ? i*-.
policy spoken c
bur.e Association, and only a
We regret to learn that Rev. D. Shaver, j beiengs to Mr. Greeley’s
D. D., editor of tbe Carlitlan Iod« x, will retire from; daughters, Iia and G’.bri.-
tbe editorial conduct of that journal in SCarcb. In friends to go to. ^rs
marked on the accom-
one of the points
or rubies were found, as
b. These points were
mile distant from the
md shows a very large
ancl ruby bearing. The
from the suiface. It is
greater depth larger dia
monds would bo found. The amount of
prospecting done was insignificant, and does
not enable me to form a judgment os to the
extent or limits either of mo very rich or only
moderately rich grounds. I have already
shown that it requires only one half
acre of the very rich ground to re
pay the purchase money, and also that IQ
the whole one hundred au i sixty acre trace
will produce gravel of an average va’ucof
one per cent, of the value of the one and a
half tons washed ($5,000 per ton) it would
furnish an immense value in diamonds and
rubies, 1 consider this a wonderfully rich dis
covery, aud one that will prove extremely
profitable; that while I did not have time
enough to make investigations which would
have answered very important questions, I do
nofdoubt that further prospecting will result
in diamonds over a greater a 1 ca than is os
yet proved to be diamond bearing; and dual
ly, that I consider any investment of forty
dollars per share, oi at the rate of $4,000,000
for the whole property, a safe and attractive
one.
BEN. BUTLEll TAKES A HAND.
While Janin was being induced to join the
enterprise aud to make a professional survey
of the ground, the projectors of the scheme
were at work in a new direction. General
8am Barlow set a ball iu motion to secure a
United States patent to the tract, and also
legislation directly looking to the develop
ment of the ditinond mines. He drew up
the celebrated ** placer mining bill” and gave
it into the bands of that immaculate legisla
tor, General Benjamin F. Butler, of Massa
chusetts, to engineer through Congrese.
Ben’s wonderful sagacity and a thousand
share of the Lent-Harpending diamond stock
enabled him to see the great advantage this
bill would be to the country, and he finally
secured its passage without difficulty, v; en.
Butler’s stock is not worth mucu now, but
then that is not his fault
WHAT. JANIN GOT FOR HIS SERVICES.
Before Janin went in the first time he was
paid $2,000 for his services by tbe company.
This was a mere professional fee, and is not
believed to have been intended to secure a
favorable report Besides the $2,500, he wa3
given the privilege of purchasing 1000 shares
of the stock at $.0 a share in currency, which
he did purchase in New York after bis re
turn from the fields. The stock he at once
sent to Ban Francisco and sold at its full
value—$40 a share, in gold—thU3 clearing
over $30,000 by the transaction. Whatever
suspicion of the integrity or lack of. confi
dence in the professional ability of Janin may
grow out of this matter, it is evident he has
been made tbe dupe of others, ilis reputa
tion, though, has suffered a blow from which
he can hardly hope to recover, and for which
$30,000 is hardly an adequate recompense.
WHO ARE STRONGLY SUSPECTED.
Next to Arnold, of whoso guilt there can
hardly lie a reasonable doubt, Harpening and
General Dodge are the most strongly sus
pected of complicity in the fraud. Harpend
ing and Dodge were both in New York, as
we have related, when they secured the ser
vices of Mr. Janin. N«y more, Harpending
was in London when tke stones were said to
have been purchased there of Fittar, Levisoc
& Co., and Keliar, the diamond men.
These facts, in connection with other things
«hich have come to light, have caused a
grave suspicion to fall upon both
these persons. General Dodge was,
perhaps, ignorant of the fraud iu the be
ginning, but it is now believed that he
knew of the sell long before the expose by
Clarence King,and iinprovedtlicopportunity
to get all his money back that he put iu*> it.
He was beard to say here t cfeie Le went
East that when General Colton came bac k he
would bring bad news, and soon after left for
the Eist, as is believed, to see Arnold and
get his money back before the thing should
explode. A photograph of Harp aiding was
sent a week a o to London toPittar, L^vb-on
& Co, for identification as the m m who pur
chased the brilliants. If they identify ^Mr.
Harpending as one cf the purchasers, tilings
may be made warm lor him.
THE HARD-HEARTED OKOLCCIST
Clarence King, United Stales geologist,
whose researches «*a tbi* oust has won for
Sii-u uu enviable reputation amocjr scientific
: ::i • . s» r it long since midi an official iavesti-
igatibj > f the belt o! country in which the
; t\!' g-t ritnond fields were located, and
.s of the discovery had been
m'tinted and the qursli>n
u»us n c p ct he detirrained
e ;V.) ace*.ant, and withou-
any of the interested pan
red the diamond fields with
surveying parties, known
r ciivlsi m, cud made
George Washington’s regard for his per
son was in consonance with the majesty of
his character. Hi3 reluctance to oare him
self to the sculptor Houdon is well known.
On a certain occasion one of the persons
alluded to in the anecdote below ventur
ed to clap him .familiarly on the shoulder,
a wager having been laid that he would
not do it. Washington’s rebuke was simply
a glance of the eye, but so intense and
severe that the familiarity was never agam
attempted. It is not known, however, that
any human being ever presumed to strike
Washington in anger. Yet Ibis really oc
curred, if the memory of a relative of Col.
Payton may be trusted. Her account of
this remarkable incident is os follows:
In tbe heated canvass which followed Jef
ferson's nomination for »he Presidency, Gen
eral Washington’s personal intimate friend,
Light-horse Harry Lee, was opposed to Con
gress by Colonel Pcy toa. Bo great was
the interest felt by Washington for Lee, that
on election d*y he mounted his horse and
rode up from Mount Vernon to Alexandria
for the purpose of influencing by bis pres
ence as many votes as possible for bis friend.
Among the many acquaintances he en
countered was a plasterer who had been
employed at Mount Vernon. This plast-
tercr was a small man, defective no doubt
in reverence, and,*it may well be believed,
somewhat tho worse for liquor, early in the
day as it was. Having saluted the Pater
Palrifc, the little man proceeded to upbraid
him for bis known friendship for Gen. Lee—
a man who, in hU. opinion (the plasterer 1 *),
was not only a Federalist, but an aristocrat
to boot; whereas Col. Peyton was a Demo
crat, a friend of the people, and especially of
the poor laboring classes.
Nctttled by the disparagement of his per
sonal friend, Washington replied that the
plasterer’s pretence was the result more of
general ignorance on all subjects than of any
correct knowledge, either of the character of
the respective candidates or of the issues ia-
volvtdin the canvass. Tb** allusion to his
want of education was *.oxl
catcd little man could stand. To ikc.uslonUli-
meat of the witness, he ripped out an oath
and said: “ Well, I don’t care if £ am ignorant,
I know my rights anyhow. You fought for
our liberties, and won ’em, and me
if Idoa’t intend to exercise 'em!” Where
upon he delivered a number of dry blows
upon the chest of the august chieftain. The
bystanders made a rush to tear him to pieces,
but Washington, placing his hand on the
small man's shonldcr, drew him close to him
and said: “ He shall not be harmed. I have
wounded him in the tcndcrest part of his
nature. He is not to blame for his ignorance,
and it is b.tt natural that he should resent an
allusion to it” Bo tho plasterer went scot
free.
leaping alxartmenth of : thd fitmiHes of thb
)fficers of -the garrison during the absence of
the officers on their several duties.
A diabolical attempt was but a few nights
ago made upon the family of one of tbecivil-
itn employees of the government at the post.
A feeling of dread apprehension and inse
curity has for some time prevailed among the
officers and their families, except a few who
pooh-poohed and said that it was all imagina
tion, but by the heroism of Mrs. Kendall,
wife of First Lieutenant F. A. Kendall,
Twenty-fifth infantry* one of the devils at
last has learned that there is a God in Israel,
and tae doubters are silenced.
About 2 o’clock this morning Mrs. Kendall,
whose husband is temporarily absent on duty,
was awakened by a noise os of some one
breaking in the sash of a window opening
from her sleeping apartment upon the po:
in the rear She- promptly awoke her com
panion, a young”dady, and daughter of ouc
of the officers of the garrison, and asked iuux
loud voice, f.Who's there?” Receiving no
reply, the plucky little lady tcok her revolver
and listened.
Bits of broken glass continued,fading on
the floor, convincing her that,the.fiend was
persisting in his efforts to,Renter the room;
and then, with the consciousness that on her
depcndedjthe safety of herself and com pinion
from a fate worse thau death, and, doubtless,
their lives and those of her three tittle chil
dren; she called several times,** Who’s there?"
and, receiving no reply, she stepped to the
by her tittle obes, at a-head just
tbr. ugh the broken sash, fired. SueTicard
instantly after the fall of a heavy body on
tire perch and a stifled groan.
Being awakened »*y the shot I, in company
with others, hurried to the spot and soon a
squad of the guard were on hand with prep
arations for removing the carcass. An ex
amination proved him to be Corporal Tali-
ferro, a hideous negro belonging to Company
I, Ninth United Btat4 a cavalry, one of the
companies composing the garriron.
The bullet had penetrated the skull and
must have killed him instantly'.
With assured esteem, yours,
E. J. S., First Lieutenant,
Twenty-fifth Uuitcd States infantry.
WAtifilN GTON.
COXGRETSIOtfAL.
Washington, December 11.—House—The
Committee on claims will postpone their con
sideration of the report] on tho Southern
Claims Commission until after the hollidays.
The Secretary of the Treasury has tele
graphed to tho Collector of Customs at the
port of Townsend to assume ‘jurisdiction
over San Juan and enforce the revenue laws.
The headquarters of the military division
of the Atlantic b :s been transferred to New
York.
Tho House Committee on Ways and Means
reported adversely upon tho abatement of
tax on spirits destroyed in bond by accidents.
Tbe Committee was ordered to. report the
[lowers of Congress to regulate trade between
States to prevent oppressive titicriminations
on the part of common carriers.
The French sooliation bill bill has b.en
postponed'lo the 23d of January.
Tbe In lLau Appropriation bill has passed.
Adjourned.
In the Senate the disabilities of Laqj^r, of
Mississippi, were removed unanimously.
Many private bills were pas j ed.
^ Sumner's Supplemental Civil Rights bill
went over under objections from Morrill, of
Maine.
Sherman, from the Finance Committee,
reported the llousc bill for the reduction ot
officers and expenses of the Internal Revenue
Department, with amendments providing
that the offices of Assessor and Assistant As
sessor shall cease to exist at-such time in the
districts respectively as the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue may find practicable prior
to July 1st, 1878: Authorizing the appoint
ment of twenty4uMi~additional agents until
July 1st, 1874, in. addition to those provided
for by existing law: aud amending the pres
ent law so as to provide that all of Ihe addi
tional commission of dae-half per cent shall
be pai l to the Collector receiving the tax on
all spirits produced after the office of Asscstr
shall cease, nccoiding to this bill.
Bids were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Lewis—To provide for the re-com
putation of the accounts between the United
States and the several Slates growing out of
moneys expended by said States in the war
of 1812.
By Mr. Osborne—Authorizing tbe estab
lishment of life, e iving stations on the coast
of Florida.
By Mr. Rimsey—To repeal tho act of
March 11, 1872, for the relief of Geo. W.
Morse, which authorized the extension of
certain expired patents.
Confirmations—Richard Beardsley, Consul
General ai Alexandria vice Butler; Mrs.
Elizabeth Pcrtcr, Postmaster at Russelvillc,
Kentucky; W. F. Clark, at Galveston, Tex
as ; Mrs. Graham, at Clieraw, and Whitmore,
Sumter Court House, South Carolina; Ward
Hunt, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court; Samuel Phillips, Solicitor General;
and Perry', Simmons, Powell, Foulke, Munn
Hedrick aud McDo aid Supc vigors of Intel*
nal Revenue.
dfrS fed.
■'The' Governor’s election lay ’-etnrecnUc-
Enery, tiro Liberal candW-’’-, and Senator
Kellogg, tho Radical ernd: to: Warmoth’s
new board canvassed tbe returns and report
ed McRucry elected, aad thereupon War-
moth issued bis proclamation announcing
McEnery aa the new Governor,
Kellogg, the defeated Radical, applied to
Judge Durrcll of tho Federal Court, for an
order reinstating the old custom house board
of election canvassers, and enjoining Gov
ernor Warmoth from recognizing the new
board.
It thus appears that the interference of the
United States Court was sought to decide
State matter against the State authorities:
Though Judge DurrcTi did not claim the
State law authorizing tbo new board to be
tmcpiretUntionsl, he, in the ■ interest of tho
Radical faction, usurped the jurisdiction of
the case and granted the order restraining
Governor Warmouth and the new board
from acting, and arbitrarily reinstating tho
old hoard.
Tkero are thus two boards. Each board
has acted and reported separate and conflict
ing results. The Warmoth board reports n
Literal Governor and Lcgfclnturo elected,
Tho old Radical board reports a Radical Gov:
ernorand Legislature elected, and what is bet
ter In Grant’s eyes, gives tho vole of tho Staid
for Grant.
Governor Wsrmotli refused to obey Judge
Darrell’s injunction, hut still proclaimed the
action of the new board elected.
On this, Judge Durrcll commanded tho
United States Marshal to seize the 8uno
Mouse with his troops and prevent the liberal
Lcgisl dure from meeting.
TliU3 the United Stalls authorities have,
violently and illegally made interference jn
State matters iu the interest of tho Radical
customhouse ring to give the State into its
control.
The Radical LegiiWure has impeached
Governor Warmoth and installed Lieutenant
Governor Pinchback as Governor.
The legal returns, as published by the new
board, show seventy-five Literals aud thirty-
five Radicals in the Legist .three
Tlic Radical Legislature counted in by the
old board has a Radical majority of course.
There is thus a dual legislature, aud two
acting Governors.
Warmouth has gotten an injunction in the
District Conrt restraining Pinchbeck from
acting as Governor. Me has also taken up
Judge Darrell’s decision against him to tho
United States Supreme Court, and on Tfen-
day next it will be argued.
Both sides have appealed to Grant. So
far, the United States authorities have been
sustaining the Radical wing.
All the good people, the Democrats, etc.,
are on Warmoth’s side.
Wc arc, therefore, for Warmoth in the fight,
and hope to sec him succeed.
Varieties.
Man over-bored—An editor.
A belie doesn’t always give tho best “tone”
to society.
Carpets are bought by the yard and worn
by the foot.
An essay on man—An artful woman’s at
tempt to marry hint.
When is au army like a tuck in a lady’s
skirt? When it is hemmed iu.
Mistress—I did not ring, Mary. 3Iary-
I know that, mum; but as I was moping in
the kitchen, I thought I'd come and sit a bit
with you.
“I am not myself at all to-diy,” saida
boro to a wit “No matter,” was the reply,
whoever else you may be you are a gainer
by tbe change.”
Montreal young ladies play the soothing
air of “ Home, Sweet Home,” about tbe hour
of retiring, when their sweethearts show
signs of lingering.
• The mail between Haynecville and Ash
land, Ohio, is carried by a dog team. The
trip is made with a fine Newfoundland dog—
a distance of eight miles—m an hour and
three quarters.
NEW YORK.
Oao nan Supposed to- to mortally
Wounded. r . •
Chsttanecga, ter the put two or three days, has
keen in a ferment, growing cat or IfcoactlnfioBd So-
lugs of a noted desperado on 1
day «f lernbon James Jack von, t
B. B. CoUttlII; a prominent citlxeo *
near the rolling miil, the only provocation tv the act
being a difference of opinion concerning pay due for
rifling logs. JaefcBon stabbed Cold well in the hugs,
abdomen und ride. lie fled across the river, and arm
ing himiclf, returned end proceeded up Market street.
Northwestern Items.
AFFAIRS ABOUT THE METROPOLIS.
New York, December 11—Thom s But
hr\ %sho’maker, of Brotklyn beat liis wife
to death.
The motion to quasi tbr indictments airainl
William M. Tweed, has be n denied by
Jndticlngr l am.
Of the eleven bodies at tiic M rgue, from
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, only two have been
rccogn’zcd. They all give Mgns of terrible
suffering. Marv Heary. ore of the tervan's
of the hotel, is at Bellcview Hcs*ri«al, having
been njured by falling through the fire-escape.
She states that when tiic alarm rf fire «as
given, she ran and knocked at nearly all
the doors of the other servants, and burst
open two of them. She then tried to get
down stairs, bnt the smoke and flames drove
her back, when, with Mary Turner and
Bridget Curtis, she broke open a skylight and
got on the roof, relying there till the firemen
rescued them. It is now thought that only
eleven girte perished.
Mr». Grcswald, one of the proprietresses,
emphatically denies that there was any delay
in the sounding of the alarm upon the dis
cover}'. The* servants dispatched waiter
girls, and prompt measures were taken to
alarm the guests.
The government did not buy any bonds
to-day.
The supply of water in Jersey City is ex
Tecumseb, Nebraska, 8h?p3 1,000 bushels
of wheat per day.
Northern Indiana is fearfully dried up in
well and cistern.
One Frankfort, Indiana, firm, has handled
80,000 hogs this season.
A baking powder factory in Kansas is run
by a Soda spring near by.
During November, Detroit, Michigan, re
ceived 109,00’J letters, and mailed 533«5,000.
Two Piattsburg, Nebraska, dealers have
sought.the peaceful trimmings of the wood
bine.
About 2,000 men and 400 oxen will l>e em
ployed in the upper Mississippi pineries this
Winter.
A Fort Wayne widow of 40 is to be sued
I..t $20,000, because she promised towed a
boy of 26, aad then repented. He probably
feels that the bulk of tiic damage lie's in the
loss of a prospective mother.
hausted. ‘The supply pipes arc choked with
ice.
BiNGiiAMProN, December 11.—Three per
sons were killed by the caving of a gravel
bank at Oabarne Hollow.
IsUlicit tor tbe x.adiec.
Ti e husband who devoured h» wife with
ki -e* found afterward that she disagreed
witi li ra.
Monkev •*k:ri i< the fashion In furs this
winter. ‘Young bhvtds with hair parted in
th ’ middle, b; forewarned.
There r.rc 1J shot-guns with women nt their
butt-end, prowling around the VYis' t rn States,
looking for truant husbands.
A Mur} land man hung himself last week,
and although it. was clearly proven on the
inquest that his mother in-law had taken up
her abode in the house, the Coroner’s jury
was obtuse enough to render a verdict of nn
accountable 6uic.dc.
The B. & A. Railroad—Proposition ok
Bondholders.—The capitalists who hold the
bonds of the Brunswick and Albany ^Rail
road have made r. fair, just, and equitable
proposition for.the completion of that im
portant line of intercommunication, and
which, it ace- pted by the General As
ECmbly, will insure the completion
of the road at an early day. Mr
W. W. Murphy who was sent from Europe
by the Forei’.n I> udholders to represent their
interes t; and who is clothed with authority
to speak for the*American bondholders, was
in our city a few -lavs j-i co, and stated dis
tinctly and unreserved 1 /, the proposition o!
'he cap!i 'lk' , ‘vli , > Judd *h • bonds of theroad
That proposition i« ti. it the bondholders will
discbaige the indebtedness of the road and
complete the same to Eufaukt if the State
will give them a valid indorsement of $15,000
per mile cn their bonds cs the road Is
complex J. This proposition, it seems to us,
is cmin.ntlv jus<t and fair, and should be
accepted without hesitation by tbe General
Assembly. The bondholders simply esk
that the sc tras of the original act and the
whole law with regard to State aid, applica
ble to the c>«<\ be honestly and faithfully
carried ou ? . It will be perceived tco that
they completely ignore tbe eight thousand
per mile i-utisequentiy granted to the road.
Tbe last General Assembly declared the in-
dorsemei.t of the bonds of the Brunswick
and Alb’.ny Railroad illegal an 1 void r-o
Citise that it.dors mint was not ma'
cor dir g to the* terms of the law, and v.
dcubts that the law was
TUa North Carolina senator meet
It will be remembered that Vance was the
regular Democratic nominee for United
States Senator from North Carolina in Poole’s
pine. Vance got 78 out of 93 Democratic
votes. Mcrrimon bolted, carried 20 Demo
cratic votes and 72 Radical votes and was
elected.
Merrimon was tbe Democratic candidate
for Governor who was defeated iu October.
Some of the press are weaving a suspicious
little narrative of painful explanation of the
Senatorial result
Poole, the present Radical Senator, and
the defeated Radical candidate, whose friends
elected tho Democratic bolter Mcrrimon,
thus telegraphs to Washington, crowing over
his own defeat tmj.1 the success of a Demo
crat :
Wc have defeated the Democratic Legisla
ture by electing Mernimon. It breaks up
the power of the Democrat®, and bring3 a
valuable and controlling element in the State
over to i he Administration. Our friends arc
rejoicing over the victory.
A dispatch to the New York Herald thus
winds up:
This is submnii iily a victory for »he Re
publicans, gained by goad faith with tbe
Mcrrimon Conservatives.
The Columbia, South Carolina, Union, a
doubly steeped Rtdicsl sheet thus comments
and boards in undisguised exultation:
This, then, makes the Republican victory
in ihe Old North State complete, and pre
vents a repetition of such prescriptive and
partisan legislation ns woulu be detrimental
to the liberties of tbo people and the pros
perity of our sister State under Democratic
rule.
Remember, reader, all tins is Radical
trumpeting over the election of a so-called
Democrat It is claimed as a Republican
victor}'.
A sharp observer has been putting tbiugs
together thusly.
Merrimon was defeated for Governor.
Tiiat election was the first of the Presidential
campaign. The Radicals sent men and money
to carry it Cabinet' officers went canvassing
in the tarheel State. Wilson, tho Radical
candidate for Vice-President, opened his dec
tioneeriug labors there. The Democrats were
confident of success. Their candidate, Mer-
rimen, was counted out by some two thous
and voles, which count was declared Jo be
a fraud and a contest determined upon. The
Legislature whs Democratic and the frauds
pen. The result of contesting the election
was sure. Yet Mciftmon failed to contest
In a fortnight after the election, Merri-
man’s law pari e’er, Samuel M. Phillips, was
appointed United States Solicitor General by
Grant And now Mcrrimon bolt3 the Demo
cratic nomination, is elected United States
Senator by the Radical vote, and the result is
claimed os a Republican triumph.
The thing smells unpleasantly of bargain
and corruption, in which the Democracy anc
the State have been sold cut, and unclean
ambition 1. .3 played into the Radical power.
The Lonisville Courier-Journal and the
Nashville Banner are at war. There has thus
far been no appreciable advance in the price
of powder ana shot in e^tiier city, but the fol
lowing would indicate that matters are fast
approaching a crisis:
The dirty X&rhTille Bac-o*-\rlnd
J* very anqry and unkind.
What have wc done to make it Fid !
‘ uwedo
wm; can we do to make It clad ?
®vJS?■ - l l—let “ reT ? 11 -
il'a go-between
•For, if. o
nVk
on earth, there la an Imp
make tho tome of Cby infernal.
His Grace's* Tennessee pimp.
Who trie* to ran Kentucky’* Journal.
Poor Fn niice** worst counterfeit.
According to the town report, he
Plays upon word".”—far worse, for wit.
Than Poker or Piano-Forte.
We wish him well—but when o!d Time
Comes joand with hU oaesrlne sickle,
He 11 te l him Satan has, f.:r him,
A lively red-hot rod in pickle; ’
.1: h ■ f.irs ’.he monkeys ap —
Among the rest—the Courier's joker,
' will teach ht» Louisville cub
two, that's new—a* voter/
iXtuhviilA Ban
A kink c
BE JOTFUL.
— —r may be i
Though ckwukd Ua moralcg appears.
The su shine will beam round UyU!
If ariefsthodld embitter thy cup
O ne'er let Uicmsprinj* Into'birth.
Bat replenlah the bowl, glow r.g ap
Be Jayful, tho* life has Its cares,
Wlu rever your star may be eft,
Tho’ clouded its i ■ —
HflhSSvSaSfft:
If friendships me false, aad If hearts
Ne'er kindle wi£i love's Flowing flame.
Yet droeps not \irath can's sullen dart*—'
Disappointment Is bat faaif ta i
ha. ran 1 for the heart rammer d«yt
1 rartmHOnMof toTOODd delight!
* joyful! tho* life he* its cares’
Be joyful wbate’er n
tin Tain—
Fling ft
unite tuo’ iocv I
• that we prim
-7—_-rpow»r«vec atari,
Ti« only where cbeerfaln-es Bw
That r lira e'er cadrcka the heart.
tk> be joyful thoMlfs han iu cares, *
Wherever \swr** —* *•—-
Tho'etondeitwm
r may be ret.
A DESPERADO WOD.VDSFOURnEff.
Crcnt Excitement tn Chattanoagn.
J. n. Ca ver, George White aad Sandy Teopletcn,
attempted to arrest Jackson, when they wore flred at
and shot by him. Carver was mortally wounded;
White received only a flesh wonad in the ahdomen.
and Templeton in tho calf of the leg. The po'ice
men fired at him, bat he fled to the river aad escaped.
Dcscni tiox or tbe axsmaaao
James Jackson was raised in Hamilton county,
Tcsnrs‘00, near William's Island, is a river man by
trade and regarded as a desperate man. Ho la about
3? years of age, nearly 6 fe:t high, has sandy hair,
light beard, fair complexion, aad wfctgha abont ISO
pounds. In IS’'.7 ho was arrested for resllac cattle,
and while being brought in a canoe across the river,
caprized the canoe and escaped. The Mayor of Chat
tanooga has offered $500 reward for hit arrest.
Jack sox status ron a atraaxox.
Monday morula 5 Sevier Jackson, a brother of Jaa..
Jackson, came *0 Dr. Van Deman and odd ha was
wanted down at ham. W illiams*. Tba Doctor suspect
ed what he was wanted for, aad accordingly took his
surgical instruments wilh him. on arriving at Mr.
Williams* p'acc, which la uboutalx mites down tho
river, on the north side, the Doctor's conductor put
the hor. cs in the stable, and told the Doctor that Jim
W-is over cn the island, aad wanted a bullet taken oat
of his atm. 80 tho Doctor created with Sorter Jack-
son in a canoe to the island, aad there foand James
Jackson sitting by a fire in aa open Add Tho wound,
which was a simple flesh wound in tho right arm, was
soon examined, the ballet foon£ and extracted, aad
tho Doctor r turned to the city bringing tho ballet
with him. Jackson told him that ho would not bo
there in half au hoar.
ns AcssontDon the facts.
Ha said to Doctor VaaDemaa that ho was torry ho
had hurt ColdwdL He did not mean to, aad ho waft
in liquor at the lime. Ho also regretted 1
licemau Carver. He wished he I
niggers, end he thought he was firing at them whs
he hit Carver.
rirr wcArcx wmx wmen xn. ooiawxu. was
atAanna.
Jack?on fhowed Dr. YanDcman the v
wht< hh« dabbed Mr. ColdweS, which 1
penknife wilh a blade about t
long. Slr.cc Bering the wcapoo Dr. Vai
greater hopes of Mr. Caldwell's recovery.
CONDITION or Tmc WOUXDZD VET
Mr, Cold well was rerting quietly when last heard
from. Ho w s rot under the influence of cpiatcr, and
was considered to be doing as well aa could he ex
pected. There Is a faint possibility of Us recovery.
Policeman Carver wss considered to bo is a vary
dangerous condition, audit is only a question of time
as to his death. He mav live two or three days.
While and Templeton will both rtc.vcr.
now jack ox rscArxD.
Jaclaon Informcu Dr. Van Demon that Just as bo
as raiding his aim to take tho fourth shot at the po
licemen on Sit»rday night, the boll struck him aad
paralyzed his arm He then ran down to tho river
and plunged is, getting behind his canoe, and only
keeping hlo head above water. The policemen and
others came down to wilhlr ten paces of him, and
or them heard a movement and aaid, “there
Is the d — d tcjiradrcl;** another looked, aad aoo-
cow near the cance dr.mtxng, aaid, “no. It’s
only an old cow r vrnen uiry ipofce. Jacks: a aaya
he ducked his h ad under water. Soon they all
tiarted down the bank and then Jacksoo got Into the
ca: oc and went across the river, lie stayed there till
mornlrg with a friend and walked down to Brawn's
Ferry In daylight. Ti en ho look his canoe and went
to his home on this side of tke river, about, opposite
tic middle cf William's Irian J, Ho staid there all
day, Sunday, and until he went np to tho point of tho
Island to have his wonnd dre ecd.
UZ KNOWS OP TUB BSWAE2>.
Doctor Van Demon tol- Jackson that be should re
port the rircnmvancc<* when he go', bock to tows,
aud he said, “that is all right'* Jackson was awarq
of the reward bring offered but rail if anybody came
after him there would be fen.
TO EE AB8X3TXD,
It was rumored In Chattanooga yesterday, that all
thcable bodied men in the dty were to be 1
as a poeso to-day to arrest the derperado.
nCCUAMlC FIUE COBPA5Y.
Sixteenth Anniversary.
Election of Officer*—Music* Dancing,
and Fcastlny*
Meet*Lie Fire Company No. ft, celebrated their
Sixteenth Anclvcrsiry yes erdsy. They paraded
through our streets prccctdcd by a band of
mu-ic. At night they assembled at their en
gine house, where bad gathered * r any a “fair
on-,*’ and the time was plcammly rpent in daactag
until a late hour.
The inppcr was most «*xcri!oot. Tho older mem-
era, who did not Indulge in tripping on tho “tight
fantastic tcc,*' adjourned to the City Ball to peruke
oyster surper. Every one enjoyed tho hilarity
of the occasion.
Tho following is (he result of the election of oflteeru
for 1873: ^
Q. B. Ci oaf haw, President.
E. M. Standard, Vice President
W. F. Lynch. Firs. DI cctor.
n.G Voces, Second Director.
J. F. Me Waters, Chief Engineer.
E. XL Forshaw, First Asalf tint Engineer.
W West, Second Assistant Engineer.
W. T. Ivey, Firft Aeeivtant Director.
C C Mcllstihi’y, Second Assistant Director.
J. T Alexander.! «
\V. Kvrehaw, {
Art Items.
Private letter4 report Florence full of
Americans, and many of them artists.
Ri: chart’s slattio of Chief Justice Taney
w !1 be unveiled r.t Annapolis December IU.
It »;3 aid that Ur- TuiUtriep is to be inline
dhuly D.cunsirrcitfti uu the pi. m drawn up
lurirg the E np’r. .
TliCfzreil portrait of Franklin, painted by
Madame Lebrun, ia 1783, lias been brought
to New York from P*iri3.
Mr. Coze-ran has done a generous deed in.
aiding au art school to the gallery presented
f him to the City of Washington.
The Art Association of Sin Francisco ap
plied tiirough De B:eul, Corsul General of
France in thalci-y, io rite French Govern
ment for information of the terms on Tthich
such plaster casts as those used in the State
Art Schools < f P.tris a uld be obtained. The
response is that France lias not forgotten the
Ubvaiity of Bin Francisco daring the late
%v :r, ac*l *-vi!I present a set of casts to the
eg; r.t cf the association ia Pari?.
- .ed. The fact of the violation of the law by
nai-pur & Baoft. to Purchase the Tm-j Bullock ihouhl not preclude parties v.bo
buse.—A report is *ull ;at tha r Harper & j come forward in goo«i faith and offer to ful-
ibat th y are rajffjr to offer $1,000,00.' tat tbo ! Internal ImproTements and camv.i properly
e^tabiiobnien; oa it no*, stands T:i: la-T ’ refuse to accept a propeeitroa enli:‘ '■
sa'e of stock in tbe Tribune was i»n ar» esti j confer,ce with that policy and. which p:->p :
mated value of *1,070,060. and f=Imr r 3 are ; to comply with ail tbe roqtlileigeirt’.uf \ae
flUU U«14 tl»8 - lair o»tbe subject.
Mr*. M iry Fairfax S mracrvilL*, the
pre-j celebrated E(i‘ ir.ific writer, whose death nt
Romo, Novr ;:tb.r S\ bus teen announced
was born in Scotland, December 10,1S70, uni
hud, therefore, r.early cnnpletcd her nineti •
second year. She was Hit daughter of Si:
Wiisiam George F&ir£uX,and in marriet!
Captain Janies G:eig, a Scotchman ia the
Russian K-rvicc, who befog fond of metbema-
tft and general fcien.c, developed the won
- i derful alnlitics of ltis wife in those branches.
R. C. Youug, Treasurer.
J. Diracb, Secretary.
J. Q. Kelley, Delegate.
W. R. D. Ubor p:on. Surgeon.
“ Lotg may MccMuIc wave.**
The Netc Winter Route.—Tho follow-
tag letter gl7e« the rucceiM attending the new winter
2ir. Houston ia aa energetic aad untiring
wo: her. cud Co!. Cruet always ruaa a care aad tale
Creusa, /.la., I tc mbcrS, ir.L
Mr. W. J. Houstcn, CcLeral Pas-caper Agent, Atlanta
and Few Orl -.ns Short Line, aad Atlanta aad
Vicksburg Short Lin \ Atlanta, Ca:
DcAnS.it: Wo vend forwtrd from th'.a point bv
ni^bt pofftenger train this evening, tlx-y-fivc ( 5) tm-
igrant pas cngcra, »'d from Cov. cU county GO) tea,
atf for Little Rock, Aikansaa, by tho way of Mont*
gomcry, Sclaa, Merid'ua, Jackson, Greoaoa aad
Memphis. •
I have also cold seven tickets toa party la Troop
county, gotag to Corinth, Mita. Please forward the
ekets by first train.
I find that our new winter route going by tbe above
points is r.ttrr. cling contticrable attention ia coarc-
quer.ee of tke advantage of going through to Jackson
without transfer, and the mild and plau ant climate of
Alabama an 1 Mitrisrippi through which wo yurt
Years respectfully,
S. B. CnarwAW, Special Agent.
Dkab—We regret to learn tbit Mr. Abb.
C-'.rolL of Chattanorga, xrril kaaww to all livery
•>’ Hblcmca and stock Crown throughout 1
Tea css o aud Georgia, died la •
I Trf^eday from pneuntrnla.
Darius the latter part of his life Dick-1 jir. CarroH waa in our ctfy a few days fines.
fEZ OKuJe from ^40,909 ty ^15,000 a year, „ 5 jjjjoHii**tlb
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