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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SU N THE DAILY SUN 'Wednesday, January &4, 1872* A Mean k on Georgia and er Angier. ered the matter, being anxious to devise I anti-Grant Republicans that the field of _ _ ' _ ° . . . « I • nnfmn onn tlinirmte . "We clip the following article from the New York World of the 18th inst., under its financial head: The State of Georgia seems to be on the verge of placing its State credit in the ranks of the unprincipled carpet baggers and dishonest scoundrels that seem to control legislation,in the South ern States. This year abont $700,000 of the Georgia old six per cent, bonds ma ture. A “ring” has been formed to run down the credit of tlic State for the pur pose of buying its securities at a very low price, and the opening measure of the programme is proposed by Mr. Angier, the State. Treasurer, in the shape of forcing the holders, to take new bonds, worth 85 cents in the market, instead of 100 cents in cash. In other words, Mr. Angier proposes not to pay the bonds ac cording to contract, but to repudiate 15 J ier cent of the State’s obligations. The ollowing communication from a well- informed authority, furnishes facts of in terest, not only to holders of Georgia bonds, but also to all interested in South ern credit, public and private: The report of N. L. Angier, Treasurer of the State of Georgia, affords an exam ple of the peculiar ideas of commercial honesty which are prevalent among some Sontkern communities and which have reflected so unfavorably on many South ern securities. In speaking of provision to be made for abont three-fourths of a million of the old Georgia six per cent, bonds maturing this year the Treasurer recommends the Legislature to authorize the issue of a seven percent, bond, which holders of the maturing obligations are to be compelled to accept in full dis charge .of the obligations to pay money, according to the* face of the old bonds, notwithstanding the fact that the seven per cent, obligations of the State now existing, and which are backed also by a mortgage on valuable railway property, command less than 85 in the market.— The Treasurer naively remarks that, “ though probably preferring the cash, holders will doubtless submit to an ex change,” which is not improbable, since eny man in bis senses would prefer that an obligation dishonored at maturity should at least continue paying interest rather than continne without interest.— Yet the idea of the course which he re commends being a partial repudiation of 10 or 15 per cent, of its obligations never seems to occur to this high-minded Treas urer of a Southern State. In the same report the treasurer seems to take credit to himself for a measure lately passed by the Georgia Legislature prescribing that bonds of the State issued since a certain date, mast be sent to the capital of the State to be again registered by a committee, failing which registry before a certain date, the bonds are to be considered ipso f ado void, and not a claim upon the commonwealth—a measure which was put through the Legislature, notwithstanding tho fact that the Gov ernor’s message, of same date as Treas urer’s report, gives an explicit statement of all bonds issued by the State since the date discriminated against. This meas ure, if not absolute repudiation, looks very like a precursor of such action, and the pretence on which to disown its just debts. After pointing out as above the doubt ful worth of the State promises, this sage Treasurer remarks that the condition of the Treasury is such that interest on the existing indebtedness maturing in July will have to be met either by an extraor dinary levy of taxes, or by a temporary loan, which he doubtless thinks New York capitalists will be stimulated to en tertain by his recital nf proposed dishon or towards previous lentiers. It is to be hoped that Treasurer Angier, in the opinions he expresses, does not represent the sentiments of the State at large. But if the Georgia community do not wish to share in the discredit at taching to expressions of their Treasurer so near akin to repudiation, they should give some evidence of their disapproval. To the New York financial world the moneyed interests of a great common wealth seem to be placed in the irrespon sible hands of one naan whose financial vie vs seem most disreputable, and whose past history involved in extremely dis creditable personal transactions which were deemed worthy, some eighteen months since, of he appointment of an investigating committee of the Legisla ture, who found the facts clearly estab lished that Angier had accepted a bribe for the performance of certain acts in his official position, and had appropriated to bis own use, funds belonging to the State for interest on deposits of State money. "With a man of such character in high office, it is no wonder that the State shares in the disrepute attaching to its representative. Wo happened to be in the Treasurer’s office yesterday when he was preparing a to the above, to be sent to the some equitable plan of meeting those bonds when they should become due, and at the same time not to expose the State in our present unfavorable condi tion to tho mercy of selfish capital, finally came to the conclusion that it would be fair, equitable, and right to . al low an increase ill tin* amount of new bonds to be issued with which to redeem the old sufficient to allow a dis count of ten per cent, on the new bonds to be given in exchange for the old. He made the suggestion. It was adopted. The bill was so amended in the Senate, concurred in by the House, and approved by the Governor. The insinuation that I am at the head of a Ring to run down the credit of the State for the purpose of buying its secu rities at a very low price, is unjust. It comes from one who either knows noth ing of the truth, or whose intention is to slander me for a wicked purpose. I have studied and labored to protect the inter ests of the State, and to k**p her credit at a high standard. For this purpose I have constantly advocated wisdom, hon esty and economy in the administration of the State Government. If I understand the matter correctly, the holders of South Carolina bonds pro pose to allow the State to fund her pres ent bonded debt at fifty cents in the dol lar, paying them in new bonds. Georgia proposes to pay in new bonds more than the full amount for the bonds falling due this year, and to pay cash for all those past due, which she is now doing. The amount of State bonds falling due yearly, after this year, will be very small; and the State will find no difficulty in meeting them promptly in cash, by taxa tion alone. I trust you will do me the justice to publish this, that your readers and the holders of Georgia Ronds, may know ex- dltly what has been done, and what I recommended, and the reasons for the same. The closing sentences of the article show the writer to be in the interest of the Bond Ring of the fugitive Bollock, a willfnl slanderer, destitute of the - first princieles of a gentleman. In this commu nity his libel is harmless. It is a charge raised by our run-away Governor behind which to screen himself when he was in an extremity. My son has been chosen clerk of the Committee of the Legislature to investi gate the bonds issued by Bullock. He is now on his way to your city, commission ed by said Committee and onr new Gov ernor, to transact important business. He will probably call on you and give you further information. Yours, respectfully, N. L. Angier, Treasurer State of Georgia. From the Mobile Register. Pendleton and Stephens—Dem ocratic Policy. organization and of action, and the fruits of victory, are all to be left to them, while the only business of the Democrats will be to do the voting. And this is the practical result of passivism. We soy, then, that it is not surprising that no committals, no defined policy, no practi cal propositions for an alliance come from the anti-Grant Republicans. Both Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Stephens nre willing to have the co-operation of all men and parties that are willing to work for the defeat of Gen. Grant’s re-election, and neither of them are wedded to the folly of fighting wincl-mills. And this is the policy, as well as the wish, of the Dem ocratic party at large. And the party has spoken its thought plainly and clearly to the anti-Grant Republicans. But tho latter have not been candid and forward to meet the offer of alliance half way. That is their affair, and we have no fight or power to compel them. It takes two to make a bargain, and if the Repub.ican moderates do not choose to move, and still hold back in the hope that Passivism will abandon the field to them, all right. In that case, the Demo cracy must and will fight out the battle of deliverance from usurpation and cor ruption by itself. Be t.,e result victory or defeat, the world cannot fail to suspect that Messrs. Schurz, Trumbull, Gratz Brown and their colleagues, were not quite in earnest when they proclaimed so loudly that the life of the American Re public depended on the defeat of Gen. Grant. It is quite useless to debate the terms of a treaty of alliance with this political power until they have manifes ted a willingness to negotiate. That there is commpn ground upon which men of different political parties could meet to attain a great and patriotic end we do believe. Meanwhile, we entreat the “Passivists” to halt, and not to con tinue to hold out inducements to the men whom we would make our allies, to keep aloof from negotiation. In brief, we ask the “Passivists” to stop defeating their own policy. SUN-STROKES: The County Courv—A Correction.— We made an error yesterday in our syn opsis of the County Court bill—that was in relation to the salary and fees of the Judge. He is entitled to fees in all civil cases, btit is required by the law to pay over to the County Treasurer all fees col lected in criminal cases; and the grand jury is required to fix a salary or compen sation for his services in attending to the criminal business of his court, and levy a tax on the county to meet such com pensation. In all other respects our synopsis is correct, and sufficiently full. reply World for publication At onr solicita tion h ' allowed us to copy and publish it as follows: State of Georgia, 1 Treasurer's Office, V Atlanta, Ga., 23«i January, 1872.) To die Editor of the New York World: My attention ha* just been called to a communication, preceded by comments, published in your paper of the 18th inst., concerning the proposition named in my late report, to exchange new bonds of the State for those maturing in June and July next, iu which neither the wri ter of the communication nor your Fi nancial Editor seem to comprehend the peculiar condition in which Georgia is placed. What little was left to the people after the destruction and desolations of a four year’s war, has, for the past four years, been sorely taxed, and the people have . been plundered by a Legislative Ring, aided by ontside Rings and Lobbyists, and an unscrupulous Governor—repre senting but little of the substantial inter est of Georgia. The entire earnings of the State Rail road were absorbed,'and a heavy debt on account of ttiat Road incurred. Ma ny millions of State bonds have been is sued, and so used as to injure tho credit of the State. Under these circumstan ces, I feel that it would be oppressive and unjust to the people and the State to at tempt to raise means to meet the bonds falling due in June and July, either by taxation or a forced sale of bonds; hence the recommendation in the report. A bill was drawn in harmony with the report, and passed the House of Repre sentatives. The Treasurer duly consid We print this morning an editorial comment by Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, in The Atlanta Sun, on Mr. Pendleton’s late letter to the Wooster, Ohio. Democ racy. After Mr. Stephens’ endorsement of its Democratic orthodoxy, no one may doubt that the Ohio statesman has said nothing in that letter that so much as squints at Passivism or any other de parture from the straight line of Demo cratic faith and loyalty. Mr. Stephens differs with Mr. Pendleton only in a mat ter of opinion, and that is in respect to the actual popular strength of the Demo cratic party. Mr. Pendleton rather in timates than asserts that the party is in a mino’riy in the country. Mr. Ste phens stoutly denies this, and “main tains that the Democracy, organized up on the principles and example of the founders of the party, constitute a de cided majority of the people of these States.” There has been no fair test of the fact at issue between the two dis tinguished statesmen, because since the war the Democratic party has not squarely “put itself on the country" on the “principles and examples of the founders of the party.” When the party goes to popular trial on any sham or dickering issue, like the “New Depar ture,” or the proposition to commit sui cide by Passivism, it cannot bring out the strength of its own members, and out side recruits never rally to a party that is afraid of its own principles. Mr. Stephens’ majority opinion is dis tinctly based on the hypothesis that the party goes to battle under its own ban ners” and not under a false flag. He be lieves in the power of right and the magic influence of courage in a great and good cause. We must say we have al ways shared this opinion with Mr. Stephens. And we do not mean to say by that, that we are in favor of any of the Quixotism that fights shadows and tilts at impossibilities in the name of prin ciple. What is really dead in the past we are quite willing to leave unmolested in its grave. But we do not choose to treat as a ghost any great principle that is clothed in the flesh and blood of a vi tal reality. We refuse to acknowledge the prescriptive sanctity of fraud, or that a people may be divested of their politi cal and civil rights by flagrant usur pation. It is of the essence of pub lic liberty to yield not an inch to usurped power. “It is the first step that costs"—for, once begin, and where is the stopping place of unauthor ized authority ? It therefore becomes all important to be agreed in the Democrat ic household as to what are and what are not “dead and living issues.” The line needs to be drawn. It must be drawn carefully and wisely for the sake of har mony, and also with a view to drawing allies from the tanks of the anti-Grant Republicans. Some weakly propose to surmount the whole difficulty bywithdraw- ing the Democratic party bodily from the field, and leaving the great battle to be fought out in November between the two wings of the Presidential party.— We need not discuss a question that has been so emphatically determined by a great majority of the Democratic party. The Democracy will take part in the next election—this is assured, but exactly how, tactically and strategetically, is still an open question, and this for the reason that the anti-Grant Republicans have not yet defined the position they will take in the contest. That they have not, we be lieve,is strictly due to the “Passive” doctrine that has been announced from certain Democratic quarters. The Dem ocracy is willing to make a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, against the common enemy of free gov ernment, and we do not doubt that the basis of such an alliance could be ar ranged without sacrificing principle by either of the contracting powers. But how can we expect progress in such a treaty, when the hope is held out to the Good Templars.—We publish the following for the information of all Good Templars : At a meeting of the Executive Commit tee of the Grand Lodge I. O. G. T., held at Macon, Ga., January 6th, 1872, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That subordinate Lodges in all of tneir workings must conform to the Ritual, the laws of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of Georgia. Resolved, 2d, That all Lodges failing to comply with the above resolutions shall forfeit their charter. E. J. Kirkscey, G. W. C. T. of Ga. H. C. Barrow, D. D. G. W. C. T., G. Sec’y pro tern. “The mills of the gods grind slowly, But they grind exceedingly small;” And, were’t not for Conley’s pardons. Would perhaps here ground them all. 8©“Warmoth or Warmouth—how is it with u? 853““ HjaimarHjorth Boyesen contri butes a poem to the February Atlantic. 8©“ “The province of journalism is two-fold,” exclaims a writer. “My pro vince is to fold,” thunders the “devil.” The Pope is approaching four score years of age. He is not so ‘ ‘Bull-y ” as he was some years ago. Who would charge the immacu late Howard with mal-practice in office ? Fernando Wood, and is about to prove it too. GEORGIA MATTERS. The Clayton Times is now patented on the outside. A little bit of a $1,600 fire was all the amusement Savannah had Sunday night. Four more Bainbridgians have joined the Good Templars, and there has been a decline in the price of drinks. The Hotel and other buildings at Warm Springs were burned on the 13th. Loss $3,500. A Savannah negro fell into the river Saturday night, and was “drownded be cause be couldn’t keep his head above water.” The colored people of Savannah are aggrieved that a proposition should go before Congress to repeal the duty on rice, and have determined to hold a meet ing to give vent to their grief. Two Savannah negroes altercated Sat urday night. One of them, Jim Ander son. carved Gabe Frazer in the left side of the neck, and, as the News learnedly expresses it, “the knife penetrated the subclavicle artery and apex of the jugler vein and caused death.” The Griffin Star of yesterday has the following: On last Friday morning, a young man by the name of Butler Nelson, who was living in Pike county, and who is said to have been a very quiet, inoffen sive young man, was found in his beed shot in the top of his head, which shot caused his death on Monday morning. It is thought that somfe one slipped in his room and shot him and then made his escape. The deceased was a son of A. Nelson, a hightoned, respectable gentleman. JS©“The question respecting the quan tity of “oats” that “Carter” had is likely to be solved, as George W. is sowing them “wild” down in New Orleans. 12511=, The Savannah negroes oppose any change in the tariff on rice. They aim to be regarded as' a rice-ing genera tion. 8©=, A few days ago several small-pox cases in Washington were reported; but even that disease, like everything elss in Washington, turns out to be a fraud. 83=, A band of female counterfeiters has been broken up in Illinois. If coun terfeit hair, busts, calves, etc., were illegal, there are many bands that would need to be broken up. A volume of poems, by Paul H. Hayne, under the title of “Legends and Lyrics,” has just been issued from the press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Phila delphia. 8©=, The New York churches have or ganized a society for the prevention of swearing. Beecher is afraid they will make it too “d- d hot” for him and he will not join. The income of G. D. Alexis is only $25,000 a year. Poor boy! But if Grant, with a similar salary, can amass a million in less than three years, perhaps the lad is not so poorly off after all. The Boston Posisays: “The Phil adelphia Press cries hallelujah to Hale’s Amnesty Bill, which, it says, would in clude Judas Iscariot in its operation. But Forney’s name is not included—then why his predecessor ? JG©“ “General Grant is said to be worth a million of dollars.” His bank account may call for that much, but if he were knocked down to the highest bidder be would not bring more than thirty-seven and a half cents. *©=, The New York Tribune has found out that “there has been too much mili tary interference iu municipal affairs already, and the people regard these en croachments upon their liberties with jealousy and suspicion.” Grant, appa rently, has found out the same thing, and does not care to go into the campaign with the front of his line bristling with bayonets. B©, The indictment against Stokes charges him with “willful murder, with malice aforethought.” Stokes’ counsel, however, expect to prove that the shoot ing was done in self-defense; or, failing in that, they will prove that he stabbed himself with the stump of a segar. Anything to prevent the fun-loving people from enjoying a decent hanging. }©= Mr. Congressman Snapp thinks the Civil Service Reform movement is “a deep-laid plot of the Democrats to oust the Republicans from power and get the offices for themselves.” This is “Snapp judgment,” but a good joke, as it amounts to an admission that the Repub licans cannot stand the examination, ow ing to their general ignorance. Well, the Democrats are the more intelligent. 8©*Tn “Proposals for Stationery,” ad vertised by Postmaster-General Cresswell, we find these specifications of articles for which bids are solicited: JLOCAJL NOTES. Recorder’s Court.—-Encouraged at His Honor’s forbearance and lenity, a whole cohort of black malefactors ap peared yesterday morning to answer charges before the once dread tribunal of “Ten and costs.” His Honor adjusted his glasses, and with the demeanor of Mr. Pecksniff, sur veyed the assembled crew. “All hnnki- dory,”said His Honor. “Sail in, Jolin- i.” This was the signal for an intro ductory anthem. Rising to the sublimi ty of tho occasion, he proclaimed: “Como, all ye sons of Satan. Whose hearts with sin consamed; If we don’t give you ginger, I golly, I’U bo darned.” Quite a number came up to get ginger, but generally went away disappointed. His Honor’s supply was about exhausted. The first applicant was CHARLES DANGERFIELD, who was bar-keeper to the sable members of the Legislature. He was visited on Sunday morning by a delegation of the “trooly loil,” who wanted a drink. They were treading on dangerous field. Charles said he wasn’t a legislator, but they couldn’t come that over him on a Sundig\ So the “trooly loil” departed, “dry” as the sands of Sahara. CAESAR KINNEBREW was about to cross the Rubicon, but hap pening to fire a pistol, he was arrested by a policeman, and thus fell Rome, the “proud city of a hundred hills.” METHUSELAH KELLEY was found grabbling sand in the valley of Jehosaphat. When the policeman sounded his sonorous skull with his baton Methuselah exclaimed: The Georgia Weekly Cuum^? We have received a copy of the “(£' gia Weekly Cultivator,” published Griffin, Ga., for only two dollars Per * num. It is an Illustrated AgriS paper, and merits a liberal patron Our farmer friends should subscribe Li aid in advancing the science of Agti f| tore. It is an interesting agriS Journal, conducted with taste and in/' ment. Address: Georgia Culuvatoh Griffin, Ga. A Shameful Outrage.—Monday^ after the forms of the Era were madfj and ready for the press, and'the Jj positors and foreman had gone, soJ wretch entered the composing room with the mallet pounded and so injtJ the type that the paper could not g0 J press until much of the matter had bJI reset. The Manager of Era has ofiV reward of $100 for whoever did tv damage. It is hoped tuat the perpeta tor will be discovered and properly islied. It is hard to believe that there j a man in Atlanta capable of doings wicked a thing. “And art though come my pretty Gabril Attended by thy angel hest, Or art though Satan come with vengeance To make of me Infernal toast?” “Jin whisky’s avenging Fury,” said the policeman. “The Devil (hie) you say, (hie) my covey, (hie) le-ed me (hie) to-oo time have-enging thro-one (hie).” And he was led to the throne of justice, where he paid 5 pieces, of silver for his As Mario had his familiar—not demon, but rather say angel—who followed him in all his lyric wanderings; as Nilsson has her crazy . lover, and as even Lydia “25 dozen Pen-knives, Rodgers & Son’s, four bladed, buckhorn handles, genuine, per dozen. “ 6 dozen Pen-knives, Rodgers & Son’s, smaU size, fonr-bladed, pearl handles, genuine, per dozen. “ 15 dozen Erasers, Rodgers & Son’s, polished bone handles, genuine, per dozen.” It seems a farce to solicit bids for arti cles while allowing but one house to sup ply them. Rodgers & Son make good Fen-knives, but so do several American makers whom this advertisement excludes from competing. We insist that Ameri cans who make as good knives as Rodg ers & Son should be allowed to supply the number wanted, provided they will do so as cheaply ns will their foreign rivals. Is not this fair?—New York Tri bune. And, of course, they can supply them as cheaply under the Tribune's favorite Thompson suffered persistent persecution “ T u “r J «V T .<* . T from one of her own sex, sc Alexis’ six Protective Tariff. If the tariff is m ide feet of Muscovite manhood have attracted so high that better English manufactu rers cannot be put upon the American markets at prices which can be obtained a lady of St. Louis in his footsteps with a persistent perseverance that would more than suffice to win her a husband . . , , of less exalted station, if rightly applied. ^ or ^different American manufacturers. This young woman imagines her destiny . the Tribune is asked, “ is not this unfair’ to be connected with that of the Grand Duke, and that her future is that of Grand Duchess. She climbed on the train as it wps leaving St. Louis, and was with difficulty put off, She sought a seat in the Pullman cars, which formed the train bearing the object of her infatua tion; and she demanded permission to go on the buffalo hunt with the party. She even got so far as Omaha, but there hen pursuit failed. It is interesting to know that this young- lady is of the “first families” of St. Louis; and, furthermore, that her infatuation is the effect of at tendance at the Grand Ducal bail. It should be distinctly understood that leap-year in the Russian calendar does not confer the privileges that it does in our own.—Boston Post. Annapolis, January 23.—The jury re tired at two o’clock to-day, and shortly after called for chairs, whichwere granted. The Court took a recess to rwait the ac tion of the jury. The Judge did not charge the jury. * to the American people ? When the United States learns how to be the rival of England in cheap productions, she will have no need of a tariff for protec tion of home industry. Competition will do that. A letter from St. Marys to the Savan nah News says: I am informed that there is a Brotherhood Society among some of the negroes, obliging themselves to aid and sustain each other under all circum stances. This is calculated to resist law, plot against the whites and license steal ing. Among themselves the greatest thief will become the greatest man, be cause he will have more than the rest, ana they are bound to sustain him. Prop erty with them has its influence as well as the whites in Church and State. The chief is a preacher under indictment for gross violation of law, and some are of the opinion that the clan will resist arrest and defy law. We shall soon solve the question. OTHER PENITENTS to the number of eleven were brought foward, but $10 was the amount of that day’s litigation. Col. J. F. Dever, of Polk county, has been appointed and confirmed United States Collector for this District, and will enter upon his duties in a short time. We have known CoL Dever for years, and have no doubt he will fill the office to the satisfaction of the people. Executive Appointments.—His Ex cellency, Gov. Smith, announced the fol lowing new appointments yesterday: Col. Thomas C. Howard, of DeKalb, Clerk; David A. Meade, of Fulton, Clerk; Benj. T. Palmer, of Dawson county, Clerk; G. Hi Sneed, Chatham county, Messenger; A. A. Beall, Harris county, Librarian. The three clerks—whose salaries are each $100 per month—were appointed under a special act of the Legislature, providing for further clerical force for the Governor. John Bonner, an old citizen of Han cock county, well known throughout the State, died in Sparta a few days ago, af ter a protracted illness. He was nearly seventy years of age at the time of his death. He was an oddity in his way. It is said he had his coffin made years ago, and has kept it on hand ever since, and that at the time it was made, he put a number of bottles of brandy of his own make in it, to be kept till his death, and drank by his friends at his funeral. We have not learned whether the brandy was really appropriated as he designed or not. t It was old enough to be good. The semi-annual circular of Atlanta Typographical Union is before us. There are over seventy-five members. As state d therein, business is at an extremely low ebb, and only about one-half the printers in the city have work. During the com ing year business promises to be even in a worse condition. The following is the circular: To the Craft: The printing business in Atlanta is extremely dull at present— never more so. It has been in a languish ing condition during the past year, with but little prospect of improvement. A large number of printers have no regular employment—depending on those who are more fortunate to eke out a precarious existence. The Treasury of the Union has been completely exhausted by assist ing those out of employment to leave the city, but without having any material effect upon the state of trade. There fore, we would recommend printers who contemplate visiting Atlanta, to defer doing so until trade indicates a change for the better. Under no circumstances will printers, without properly indorsed “cards,” receive countenance by this Union. Henry Winter, . Financial Secretary. Mayor James’ New Residence, on Peachtree street, has just been complet ed, at a cosl of about $60,000. This es timate includes the cost of furniture and the lot. It is, beyond comparison, the finest iirivate residence in the city. It is three stories high, containing sixteen rooms, besides numerous and spacious halls, vestibules, and alcoves. Each room is furnished with an apparatus for fur nishing hot and cold water, and all the necessary appointments. Handsome va riegated marble mantle-pieces adorn each fire-place, and convenient bath rooms are among the many attractive features. The building is constructed of brick and covered with slate, and surmounted by an elegant observatory. Altogether, the residence is an ornament to the city, and does honor to the enterprise and pro gressive taste of our respected city. TELEGRAMS. Missouri, January 22.—It expecfe that the Governor will veto the bill ff reeting the payment of State Bonds * currency. Chicago, January 23.-Alderman Glad* convicted of bribery, was sentenced t pay a fine of $100 and costs, and g months imprisonment. Cheyenne, January 23.—The Unit! Pacific Railroad is blockaded weshra* to an unknown extent. Charleston, January 23.—Forty-nit of the Ku-Klux prisoners, recently c<* victed and sentenced at Columbia, read ed here to-day, under a strong guard o United States troops. Twenty-fourve put aboard the steamer Charleston, whit sailed for New York this aftemoc They are to be imprisoned atAlb®| The rest are confined in the Jail. Columbia, January 23. — Bias, a colored Representative in ty the Lower House, attempted to cow-bii B. W. Tomlin-on, correspondent of tb Charleston News, to-day, when lie to shot and severely wounded by Tomlinsc. who, until recently, was connected with the New York press. San Francisco, January 23.—'The&| cussion in the Chamber of Comma shows a strong disposition to give din aid to the Atlantic and Pacific Eailrci: in order to secure uninterrupted come.' mention at all seasons. Col. Washington, editor of the Exs: iner, is reported dying. The wheat crop is estimated at 12,00] 000 on the ground. Paris, Jan. 22.—It is understood Thiers lias decided to abstain he: from participation in the debates of Assembly, except on important oi Paris, January 23,—The sentence the murderers of hostages during Commune are: Gouton, to death; to the penal colony; Francois, ment for life; Ferten, to 20 yeara; moin, to 10 years; eight to banisk and others, including all tho wo have been acquitted. It is believed that Grevy, Presidi the Assembly, will be elected Yice dent of France. It is reported that during the caused by the fear of Thiers withi ing, agents of the Imperialists circc among the officers of the army, sought to ascertain their disposition ward the Empire, and whether there any feeling in f >vor of a restoration. Washington, January 23.—In Cab: only the routine was considered. There were no nominations to-day. The President has withdrawn nomination of Willard Warner as tor of Customs at Mobile. Emory telegraphs the Secretary of that everytliiug is quiet in New Orle Col. Leonard, a Staff officer of Gj Warmoth, is heie. The Louisiana Committee expect to| absent three weeks. The apportionment bill, as passes the House, provided for 283 mend J The amendments proposed by the ate Judiciary Committee propose to the number as at present, with the of Representation at 157,109. D>' by this ratio States would have 226. a full representation is to be made the addition of seventeen Represent from those States having the largest tion over one-half the ratio, In‘ seventeen States are included Tenn< Maryland, North Carolina, V West Virginia, Louisiana and Ge« Nothing yet from Annapolis, sheriff who has the jury in cWj sworn not to give them anything 1 ' or drink until they a jree. , The entire day was occupied wi“[ consideration of the amnesty biii • without making any progress. Morton, in the debate, said bed himself opposed 10 universal aB E ' and described the arguments in it as based upon sickly sentiment and spurious generosity. HOUSE. The House was in Committee "Whole upon appropriations. Mr field discussed finances generally- Omaha, Jan. 23.—A quorum ^ tained in the Legislature, which resolution declaring the gube chair vacant, and providing for tn e tion of a Governor by a joint sess^-i The arrest of the chief clerk® House was ordered. The clerk leased on a writ of habeas corp 03 ; the close, either House lacked a q nt and the Governor refused to acs- edge the act ousting him. •= St. Louis, January 23.—I Q aS ^fi the Israelitish Order of B’Nai Brit®” ^ ter day, resolutions were offered • Wolff - , of Cincinnati, and signed UJ . member of the convention, dep r ,, in strong terms the introduction ® ological matters into the Constito- 1 ' the United States, or the interfered any manner, with the unlimited & 01 the right of rcligioim hh' America. Boston, Sanuary 23.—The B Trade has petitioned for a week*, hence to Liverpool. Madrid, January 23.-yThe met, Herrera, the Ministerial ca® was defeated for President, -t probably lead to Ministerial cha®? New York, January 23.— have raided three Broadway saloons.