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Terms •( subscription: WtJCJtLY COJtSTTTCTIOS per aura -IJ0O AnnlmilptfcormpojsMe rtrkOy In rermnco aeA.nttluapinUmar th.tm.for whlct pnrtrni • nisde,alarprrriooljmewed,the mueof Ike or a«bi of Ten *U 00, end n copy of the pnper rnt frro to tbecMUr-cp. ATLANTA, TUESDAY. DECEMBEIt 17. Fri. AK XIK ILL. Ye lam no rf*M to teU An Itok" PjJ’ , ■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&gte 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 INDISTINCT PRINT