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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOB THE WEEK ENDING EEBRUARY 7, 1872.
THE DAILY SUN
Saturday, February 3, 1872.
The Confederate Archives.
t “ William L. Stone recently delivered
“ an oration in New York- In the course
“of his remarks he gave the foliowing
“ bit of information concerning the dis-
“ position which was made of the rebel
“archivesat the collapse of the rebellion :
“ On the morning of Mr. Davis’ capture,
“says Mr. Stone, David Tilghman wait-
“ waited upon him at his bedside and said,
“ ‘By this you may see that the enemy is
“ * here. /Such and such is the disposi-
“ * tiou of the roads. If you come with
“‘me, you will be able to leave thecoun-
“ * try iu safety. If you do not, you will
“‘be captured in five hours.’ To this
“Mr. Davis replied cnrtly, he * knew his
“ ‘ own business best.’ Tilghman coutin-
“ Tied : * Very well, sir ; I have been en-
“ * trusted with the treasure and archives,
“ * and propose to secure them, even at
“ * the peril of the loss of your favor and
“‘my life. I shall start at once by the
‘“way I have marked out.’
“The result is well known. In less
“ than five hours Mr. Davis was a prisoner,
“but the archives were safe. When, a few
“weeks after, in the recesses of the for-
“est, Tilghman learned that all was lost,
“he alone, with his own hands, buried the
“ treasure and archives, and unless, dur-
“ ing the four years that elapsed between
“his parting with me and his untoward
“death, he revealed the spot, the secret
“as to the whereabouts of the archives is
“ forever buried. As long as they can be
“kept from the ken of man, so long
“shall the story be a monument to our
“ brother’s unswerving fidelity. This is
“the true history of the archives of the
“Southern Confederacy, although ru-
“ mors are from time to time set afloat of
“ their being now in the vaults of this
“bank, and now of that.”
Wo see the above statement going the
TOunds of the papers. Wo give it to our
readers as a specimen of the sensational
articles or news of the day, and to say to
them that it belongs to that class of news
which, in modern times is properly char
acterized by the word “ canard. ”
A. H. S.
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From the Savannah Republican, 30th January.
Henry Clews’ .Letter to the Peo
ple of Georgia.
Correspondence of The Sen.
Northern Aristocracy Illus*
trated.
Matteawan, N. Y., January 25,1872.
To the novice ’tis, indeed, a pleasant
pastime to ramble through a large factory
when all its departments are full of active
life. Here, we perceive ingenious ma
chinery so perfectly adapted to the re
quirements of the situation, that the
mind becomes pleasingly perplexed to
tv the wonderful scientific results
The editors of the New York Indepen
dent, who are suddenly inspired with
wonderful degree of solicitude for Geor
gia credit and good faith, have sent us
several marked copies of their paper of
late, calling onr special attention to ar
ticles on that subject. One of them reads
as follows:
“We have been handed a copy of the
recent letter of Mr. Clews to the people
of Georgia, in relation to his financial
transactions with the ex-Govemor and
State officers of that State. It is a full
statement of his acts in the premises,and
quotes various official and other commu
nications touching his authority, and the
information upon which he acted, and
carries upon its face his full vindication
Where Mr. Clews is best known, a letter
of explanation of this character would
not be required in his defence, either as
a banker or a fiduciary agent; but to a
people who are strangers to him, and to
whom he has been misrepresented, the
latter is eminently proper, and will be
conclusive to them as to the correctness
and regularity of his actions. The high
reputatiou for upright and fair dealing
which Mr. Clews holds in the communi
ty will not suffer by this controversy
Wo beg leave to inform the Indepen
dent that it shoots for wide of the mark,
when it states as a fact, that the letter ef
Clews “will be conclusive to them (the
people of Georgia) as to the
correctness and regularity of
his actions.” Nor is it a matter of any
consequence to them what may be the
character of Clews for “upright and fair
dealing” in his own community. It is
enough for them to know that he has,
alter full notice of their character and
wicked intentions, by having financial
transactions with them, combined with a
clan of thieves and robbers in Georgia to
plunder her people, and extort from them
the payment of a debt that they do not
owe. All the world had notice when
these schemes of bribery, corruption and
personal^ thrift were going on, that the
people of Georgia had no shore or lot in
the matter, and would not hold them
selves responsible for the obligations con
tracted by these rogues and scoundrels,
not for Georgia, but for themselves. So
thoroughly was the iniquity exposed, and
so universal the execration of the faction
who had temporary possession of the
State Government, that few financiers in
America or Europe would have anything
to do with the securities issued by them.
Wall street, State street and the Strand
all turned their backs npon them. While
the old bonds of the State ranked with
those of her sisters whose qredit was best,
the new ones conld not, for a long time,
be gotten rid of on any terms. Why was
this? All sensible capitalists who kept
their eyes and earn open, believed they
were illegal and fraudulent, and that the
people of Georgia would not pay them,
while they felt iu their hearts that they
ouqht not.
It was under this state ot affairs that
Clews & Co., with a hope of heavy gain
if snccessful, took the bonds or traded
them to others. The firm was one of the
very few on the face of the glpbe that
would take the risk despite the well-known
facts and repeated public, warnings,
and for them, after dealing with thieves,
to step forward now as teachers of honor
and good faith to the honest people of
Georgia, is the sheerest impndence and
effrontery. They knowingly put their
fingers into the fire, and if they should
come out scorched, they will have only
themselves to blame for the natnrol
result.
But Georgia never has, in .all her his
tory, sullied her honor, and never will
repudiate a debt. No honest man. is re
quired to pay an illegal and unjust claim,
and States are but aggregates of individ
uals. When Georgia shall have paid all
her jus* debts, the demands of honor and
good faith will have been fully satisfied.
Beyond this she will never be forced by
the clamors or the moral homilies of
those who have an interest in plandering
her.
—Colfax and Blaine are having a little
“mutual admiration” among themselves,
The Cincinnati Commercial says: “Mr.
Blaine’s paper pronounces for Mr. Colfax
and Mr. Colfax’s paper declares for Mr.
Blaine.” Yet each is so afraid the other
achieved by the progressive develop
ment of the human mind. So we in
quiringly glance from the busy opera
tives, to the skilled work being accom
plished before them; marvel at the ex
pertness of their rapid manipulations,
and ruminate on the advancing intelli
gence of the age.
A ricbly attired lady sails grandly into
the spacious apartment where quite a
large number of girls were engaged at
their daily toil. Each operative looked
up with a perplexed glance at the stran
ger; then followed a perceptible commo
tion among them that betokened they
were ill at ease. No doubt the silence
would have been painful had not the in
cessant rattle of machinery broke the sud
den sjiell. The lady, for convenience,! will
christen Mrs. Dictator, was quite tall,
with a commanding presence, and
looked disdainfully toward the humble
winners of bread, as if demanding a suit
able recognition of her presumed superi
ority over them. This Mrs. Dictator is
reputed to be the largest stockholder of
the concern, and is one of the richest
persons within many miles of the loca
tion I refer to.
The manager of the works now made
his appearance, exchanged salutations
with her ladyship, and common topics
were pleasantly discussed till about one
half hour had elapsed. Then Mrs. D.
informed the manager, Mr. Ayer, she
had come on a business visit to enquire
how affairs were progressing, as she felt
very much interested in the prosperity of
the enterprise.
“No donbt of it madame,” quoth the
man of action, “I trust nothing has gone
wrong ?”
“Well,” demurred Mrs. D. “I don’t
know about that; dear me, how stylishly
these girls do dress! ”
Mr. Ayer merely replied, “that he had
nothing to do with that affair, as his
work people dressed to suit themselves,
and he thought it was becoming to look
neat and tidy.”
Mrs. D. demanded to know how much
the gay looking females received per
week, as it must require quite a salary to
support such extravagance.
Mr. Ayer informed Mrs. D. that all
labor in the establishment was gradua
ted by an established scale of prices, and
each person received only wat was earned.
Some of the girls averaged only six dollars
per week, while others by laboring over
time, earned twelve, and even fourteen
dollars.
Mrs. D. considered this was a sinful
waste of money. She lifted up her hands
in mute astonishment, deliberately re
iterated the last mentioned amount with
tragic emphasis and came to the conclu
sion she would immediately sell out her
interests, as the whole concern would
speedily go into a ruinous state of bank-
ruptcy.
The superintendent looked quite blank,
and felt in quite a quandary to know how
to proceed, as matters were evidently
coming to a crisis. If he had a man to
deal with, his words would not have been
so choice; bnt an unreasonable woman!
What a vonturesome speculation to cope
with! But before he had mentally de
termined on the course to pursue, Mrs.
D. followed up her advantages by sneer-
iugly suggesting, “that the creatures had
better have their allowances reduced—as
they certainly too much aped the man
ners of those far above their statiou in
life;” “for,” she continued, “if they, in
future, receive present rates, you, Mr,
Ayer, will have no control over them,
and besides, they will soon own as much
stock as their betters—dictate the terms
how they will work, and you, sir, be a
regular nobody among them!”
Mr. Ayer felt sad, vexed and spiteful,
to hear such a batch of selfish excuses
to cause dissension among the working
people, who had for many years proved
themselves peaceable, efficient, orderly,
industrious and profitable employees;
and to force upon them such harsh meas
ures, would only result in loss to all con
cerned. If the concern were not pros
pering, things would be different; but
five thousand dollars had been expended
annually, 'during the last ten years, in
improvements, and ten thousand dollars
the present year, besides making the
stockholders ten per cent on their in
vestment.
Mrs. D. was familiar with these facts,
and Mr. Ayer called the foreman into the
office to ask his opinion on the expedi
ency of the contemplated reduction.—
Mr. Clark came into the office wearing a
good natnred smile on his honest, intelli
gent face, and was soon made familiar
with the trouble in question. The latter
individual was an old hand; he loved all
liis co-workers with that disinterested
sympathy which responds to the assist
ance of affliction with the whole heart.—
He eloquently told his employers plainly
bnt respectfully, that sooner than agree
to such an uncalled for proceeding, he
would immediately quit the shop. The
hands, he asserted, had become expertly
familiar with their task; they labored
harmoniously together; their kind of
work was unhealthy; many of the girls
were orphans, and had an aged parent,
or several younger branches of the fami
ly dependent on their exertions, being
forced to work or starve, and the more
stock they own, the more steadfast they
will become to promote the success of
this enterprise. If you persist in this
scheme of cutting down the rates, the
hands will all quit, and the contracts we
have on hand to complete under a heavy
forfeit on time, cannot be filled.
Mrs. D. perceiving her design of sub
jection was so completely frustrated, and
that she feels so chagrined that the girls
talked so much about her, is selling out
her interest, being determined she will
have no more to do with the “stuck up
poor white trash.” Observer.
GEORGIA MATTERS.
Blind Tom will do some pianoing in
Savannah next Thursday night.
John Forrester, a Democrat, has been
elected Representative from Lee county,
vice Page.
Married, in Marietta, on the 31st, Mr.
C. J. Martin to bliss Lulu, daughter oi
Major Campbell Wallace.
The Cartersville Express inserts that
“Bullock’s farm and barn is in Cherokee
and not in Cobb.” The report down this
way are that they is in chancery.
The Rome Commercial of the 1st says :
“At about 4 o’clock yesterday, as the ac
commodation train on the Selma Road
was in about six miles of Rome, it was
discovered by the engineer that the
house of Mr. Gibbons, near the railroad,
was in flames. He stopped the train,
and the passengers jumping out and rush
ing to the rescue, succeeded in saving
nearly all of the furniture, but the house
was entirely consumed. The lady who
was owner of the house came very near
being burnt to death, though fortunately
she escaped.”
Savannah ought to be a little “ahead
of the hounds,” judging from the fol
lowing table of her imports and exports
fof the last three months of last year:
IMPORTS.
October $ 33,689
November 47,996
December 24,978
LOCAL NOTES.
Total 106,643
EXPORTS.
October $ 1,320,002
November 3,736,304
December 5,655,168
Total $10,711,474
The Macon Telegraph of the 1st, says:
Night before last a Mr. Hatcher was
killed by a Mr. Yarborough at the wagon
yard of Mr. Harris, on the Columbus
road, near the city. The parties were
both from Crawford county, and had
come to the city with cotton the day
before. They were good friends, and the
circumstances of the killing are shocking
if we heard them correctly. Adhering to
our rule, we will not prejudice the case,
nor give an opinion in regard to it, leav
ing the matter to be investigated and de
cided upon by the ^courts. Yarborough
fled immediately and has not been heard
from as yet.” It was very indiscreet in
the Telegraph to have mentioned the
names of the parties to the transaction,
or even to have mentioned the homicide
at all, at least until it was positively
certain that it would never come before
the Supreme Court for final adjudication.
■ ►O M
Important if True.
The startling reports about certain
railroad projects, given by an Augusta
contemporary, whose article we repro
duce in another part of to-day’s _ZVew$,
shoal! be received with a very liberal
allowance for exaggeration. So far, at
least, as the Sonth Carolina Railroad is
concerned, we believe that the state
ments made have no more foundation
than is afforded by the fact that certain
capitalists of the city of New York, have
recently made large investments in the
stock of the company. We think we
can assure our Augusta friends that much
more than a controlling interest in the
road is held, and is likely to remain held,
within the State of South Carolina.—
Charleston News.
And we can assure our Charleston
friend that our iuformation came from
such a reliable quarter that we are com
pelled to give it credence until we see a
much more satisfactory denial than that
made by the News. The admission of
the News, that “certain capitalists of the
city of New York have recently made
large investments in the stock of the
company,” corroborates our statement
very fully. W r e gave the name of the
principal party in the transaction, and we
iave other and fuller particulars which
satisfy us that though the report may be
'startling,” it is nevertheless true in the
main.—Chronicle and Sentinel, 26.
CelebrationofHenry Clay’sBibth-
S.Y.—The more we learn of and reflect
npon the proposed celebration of the
next anniversary of the birthday of Henry
Clay, the great statesman and patriot,
which was published in our columns yes
terday morning, the more we are con
vinced that it is a piece of political jug
glery—a Radical trick—designed by the
main leaders to weaken the Democrats,
to strengthen the Radicals, and finally,
to carry as many men as possible off from
the true paths to the support of Grant
and his bayonet dynasty.
We would be pleased to see the anni
versary of the immortal Clay truly hon
ored by a celebration with no sinister
motive—no motive but admiration for
the talented and patriotic Clay; but we
fear the present movement has some
other object in view.
Recorder’s Court.—His Honor came
into Court this morning with a warrant
for the arrest of the weather. Here is a
copy of the warrant:
“Oh, the snow, the dastardly snow 1
Filling my eyeB and feet below;
Out of the heavens into the dirt,
Out of my hair into my shirt;
Icicles too, chick-i-ty clack
Onto my hat, into my back;
Ranting, tearing, sweeping along
Dastardly snow 1 it's a sin and a wrong
To sit right down on a sweet lady’s nose
About to be ‘Mowed’ and ready to froze;
Dastardly snow, a miserable sham,
Cold as the devil, and not worth a—cent.’’
The snow was accordingly ar-raigned,
but it became penitent at the sight of
His Honor’s (cold) red nose, melted to
tears,
And promised never to snow any more
And Patrick kicked it out of the door.
His Honor justified himself in this
summary disposition of the snow by say
ing the impudent thing had been stick
ing its nose in every corner and hole in
Atlanta, and he wanted to make an ex
ample.
* SOLOMON EVERETT
was not so wise as either of his illustri
ous namesakes. He was transporting a
gentleman on his dray, but he cussed
such a pile of oaths that they crowded
the gentleman off. This was a moral
way of ridding himself of unpleasant
company for which he paid $5.
GREEN POTTS
paid §10 for running an express wagon
without a number on it.
MR. PELEG Q. C. WHITE
had got a little tight-, but he did not see
proper to say so, and deposited §5 as a
voucher for his future good behavior.
Visible Supply of Cotton Made
up by Cable and Telegraph.
A POLICEMAN
said to His Honor, that when abont dis
patching a prowling purp, he was accos
ted by the following touching appeal,
which he submitted to His Honor.
“Policeman, spare that dog,
Touch not a single hair ;
He worries many a hog
From out his muddy lair.
Oh, when ho was a pup,
So frisky and so plump—
He lapped his milk from a cup,
When hungry—at a jump.
And then hi3 fanny tricks,
So innny in their place,
So full of canine licks
Upon your hands and face.
You’ll surely let him live!
Oh, don’t kill him—dead:
He wags his narrative
Whenever he is fed.
Policeman, spare that pup.
Touch not a singlo hair;
Oh, put your pistol up,
And go away from there 1”
“I’ll be doggoned,” said His Honor.
At the reception and sociable of the
New York Association last Friday eve
ning, Hon. S. S. Cox delivered one of
his inimitable speeches, in the course of
which he paid bis respects to civil ser-
vice reform. We quote from the Hepub-
By-cable _we have to-night, (says the . Ham's- report:
New York Commercial of the 27th) the
stocks at all the European ports, the In
dia cotton afloat for all of Europe, and
the American afloat for each port as given
below. From figures thus received, we
have prepared the following table, show
ing the quantity of cotton in sight at this
date (January 26) of each of the two past
seasnns:
1872.
Stock in Liverpool bales 491,000
Stock in London 171,000
Stock in Glasgow 400
Stock in Havre.. 159.000
Stock in Marseilles 13,000
Stock in Bremen 11,000
Stock rest of Continent 90,000
Afloat for Great Britain (Ameri
can) 197,000
Afloat for Franco (American and
BrazU) 54,000
Afloat for Bremen (American).... 14,000
Total Indian Cotton afloat for
Europe...... 224,000
Stock in United Stat-s ports 631,606
Stockin inland towns 04,483
1S71.
065.000
75,822
300
44,700
6,600
5,506
25,000
326.000
1,318
33,500
89,107
5G0.6I2
128,243
Total.. 2,054,489 1,861,202
These figures indicate au increase in
the cotton in sight to-nigbt of 193,287
bales compared with the same date of
1871. ■* ;
Tlie Tariff Bill.
The tariff bill introduced iu the House
by Mr. Burchard, of Illinois, proposes a
reduction in the duties that is estimated
to aggregate twenty-four million dollars,
the reduction being on the following
articles:
— It was an uncivil act on the part of
the hotel clerk to refuse Frederick Doug
lass the accommodation he solicited be
cause he was a colored man. His money
was as white as any other man’s.—(Bos
ion Post.) True, but the money of a
dozen or more other men would aggre
gate more whiteness than Fred’s. You
see, don’t you?
— “Mrs. Partington mentions the case
of a minister who had ‘served the Lord
wiUgetitthathedosen’t~iuiow'*wIiat*to)then^’ rt ^-^ ear ’’^ r8t ^ rider ’
do,
as a locust preacher, and last as an
• exhauster.*”
What a splendid illustration of this
popular civil service reform was that,
when the fight began among the Dutch
as to this question propounded to a can
didate for fish supervisor at Coney Island :
“Did the hook take the codfish, or the
codfish take the hook ? [Laughter.] He
said promptly they did, and he was ap
pointed. [Laughter.]
The young gentleman examined the
other day by the commission here did
not do better when he was asked : * ‘What
direction is the North Pole from Lon
don ?” “ Northwest,” answered the brave
geographer and patriot. [Laughter.] By
the way, what a chance at the unsophis
ticated candidate for clerical honors is tlie
question propounded to the debating so
ciety, in Longsireet’s Georgia Scenes :
“Whether at public elections should the
votes of factions predominate by internal
suggest ons or the bias of jurisprudence ?•’
[Laughter.]
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
SCRIP.
Mr. Martin V. Calvin contributes the
following to the Chronicle & Sentinel of
the 1st
As the question of the sale of lands
granted to the several States, under the
act of 1862, for the support of agricul
tural colleges and schools of mechanic
Coal, reduced to so cents per ton $ 320,ooo arts, is exciting considerable interest in
salt, to8@i2cts per ioo pounds 600,000 the public mmd, I beg to hand you the
maesto6 percent .. 600,000 following account of the disposal made
to "T” oi flieir quota, by certain States:
30@40 per cent 4,000,000 ~ ” ~ P "
Cotton goods and wool, to 30@35 per cent 3,500,000
Woolen goods 8,000,000
Earthen ware, crockery, etc., 5 per cent.
reduction...., ?. 300,000
Glass, to specific rate of 30@40 per cent.. 650,000
Lumber, to 10 per cent 700,000
$19,230,000
Additions to free list 4,000,000
Total “..$23,230,000
TUB STATE ROAD FRAUDS.
Ed. F. Blodgett Arrested.
At a late hour yesterday afternoon, at
the instance of Hon. Milton A. Candler,
Chairman of the Committee delegated by
the Legislature to scrutinize the books of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and
examine into the conduct of the officials
of the same, under Foster Blodgett’s ad
ministration, Ed. F. Blodgett was ar
rested, under three warrants, and arraign
ed before Judge Butt for examination.
The first warrant charges that Ed. F.
Blodgett, Purchasing Agent of the road,
did in November, 1870,embezzle §957 05
by approving an account rendered by Jo
seph Fry (his chief clerk) in tlie name of
A. J. Orme.
The second charges that on the 22d
December, 1870, by the same false rep
resentations he defrauded the treasury of
§3,350 54; and
The third, that by similar artful practi-
s -in the same name, he obtained
§2,993 41, making an aggregate of §7,-
300 99.
Solicitor-General Glenn and Colonel
W. W. Montgomery, introduced, for the
State, I. P. Harris Treasurer of the W.
& A. R. R., under Blodgett’s administra
tion.
Mr. Harris identified the bill for
lp3,350 54 as one paid by him in Decem
ber, 1870; or January, 1871. He recog
nised the signature, “A. J. Orme,” on the
bills as the handwriting of Joseph Fry.
Mr. N. P. Hotchkiss, former Auditor
of the Road, then testified that he aud
ited the account on or about the 27th of
December, 1870, the day of the lease of
the Road; that he believed Fry to have
been authorized by Ed. F. Blodgett to
audit purchases made in the city; and
that Blodgett, had he been disposed,
could have readily acquainted himself
with any frauds or “irregularities” that
might have occurred in his office.
Mr. A. J. Orme, formerly engaged in
the grocery and commission business in
this city) then testified that the bills were
wholly unknown to him ; that he had not
signed them nor authorized any one te
sign them, and that he never furnished
any of the articles specified in them. He
thought the handwriting was that of Jo
seph Fry.
J. O. Alexander (hardware merchant)
testified that he had had dealings with
E. F. Blodgett; that on theoccasion of a
private conference between Blodgett, Fry
and himself, in room No. 45 of the Capitol
building, concerning a settlement of his
claims against the road, Blodgett accused
Fry of having abased his confidence du
ring his absence, in that he had collected
three accounts of about §2,000 each,
without sharing the profits of the same.
Fry then stated that he had before the
Auditing Board bills to tlie amount of
§9,000, whereupon Blodgett stated that
§6,000 would satisfy him.
Mr. Alexander further testified that at
a subsequent meeting—a day or two
afterwards—on which occasion Mr. Alex
ander wished to pay §1,400 to Blodgett
in settlement of accounts, Blodgett
affirmed that Fry ought to pay §500 of
the amount; that Blodgett and Fry then
had a private conference; that Fry
afterwards stated that he would pay the
§1,400, but said he had no money; that
he (Mr. Alexander) took his note for the
amount and paid the §1,400 to Blodgett;
and that Fry said he would repay Blod
gett §6,000 more as soon as he received the
§9,000 from the bills then before the
Auditing Board.
A Year’s Petroleum. Production.
The Titusville (Pa.) Courier, 25th insfc.
gives the annual statistics of the produc
tion of petroleum in the Pennsylvania
oil region, by which it appears that the
total production for 1871 was 5,755,057
barrels, equal to a daily average of 15,-
767 barrels. The average price realized
at the wells was §3 90 per barrel, or a
total sum of §22,461,171. The number
of wells gone dry show that each well
continues to produce on an average for
thirty-four months. The new bores put
down cost for boring §3,000,000 and for
engines and rigs §,200,000, to which is
to be added for tubing, tanks, &c., near
ly §1,000,000 more. Thus the total cost
of new explorations to be paid for out of
the profits of current production was
about seven and one quarter millions o
dollars.
States. No. of Acres. Am't rec'd.
Xortli Carolina 270,000 $135,000
Kansas • 00,000 360,000
West Virginia 150,000 85,000
Indiana.. •• ••••••••••• •.••••••••• .390,000 200,000
Kentucky.... • • • • • . •••• • • • 330,000 165,000
Minnesota 120,000 600,000
Massachusetts.... ••••• ••••••... .360,000 236,307
New Jersey........... •••••• .....210,000 110,000
Ohio 629,920 342,450
Pennsylvania ••••••780,000 439,186
Maryland 210,000 105.000
Michigan sold a portion of her 240,000
acres at §2 50 per acre ; Connecticut sold
180.000 acres for §130,000; Iowa located
her 240,000 acres within her borders, and
values it at §480,000; much of Missouri’s
380.000 acres, being double minimum
land on the line of the South Pacific
Railroad, the quantity was reduced to
280.000 acres, valued at §420,000; New
York’s 990,000 were appropriated to Cor
nell University, at Ithaca—Mr. Ezra
Cornell donating §500,000 to the institu
tion, in addition to two hundred acres of
land; the Jewell collection of geology
and palaeontology (§10,000); sub-dona
tion of §25,000 ; and §30,000 expended
in purchasing the scrip. If my memory
is not at fault, Alabama and Mississippi
sold their quota at 90 cents per acre
Texas and Louisiana their quota at 87
cents per acre. Georgia will receive for
her 270,000 acres, announced as sold at
90 cents per acre, the sum of §243,000.
THE DEFENSE
then, represented by Judge O. A. Loch-
rane aud Gartrell & Stephens, introduced
Joseph Fry, who was brought from jail
as a witness. He testified that Blodgett
never had any knowledge of these three
bills approved by him; that Blodgett
never shared any of the proceeds of those
bills, and that he was authorized by
Blodgett to approve any and all bills.
Maj. C.P. McCalla, General Book-keep
er, was also introduced by the defense,
and testified that Blodgett, some time
subsequent to these transactions, came to
his office in search of some bills, remark
ing at the time he believed that several
forged bills had been presented in his
absence; and that Blodgett impressed
him at the time that he (Blodgett) vjjls
ignorant of the transaction.
Heie the testimony closed and the
question was submitted to Justice Butt
without argument. Solicitor-General
Glenn urged upon the Court the necessity
for unimpeachable and reliable bonds
men, and suggested that §10,000 be re
quired in the warrant of §3,350 54.
The defense waived examination in the
other two cases, and presented as bonds
man for Mr. Blodgett, Mr. W. Wallace
Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes then produced
certificates and deeds for property valued
at §31,800, but admitted that conjointly
with Mr. Ephraim Tweedy, he was liable
for §25,000, on a bond for Foster Blod
gett, and §5,000 on a bond for Ed. F,
Blodgett. Solicitor Gen. Glenn declar
ed that Mr. Rhodes’ liabilities were al
most equal to his property, and therefore
objected to him as incompetent security.
Rhodes then declared npon oath that he
was worth §15,000 above all liabilities.
Solicitor General Glenn still entered his
protest.
Judge Butt accepted Mr. Rhodes as
security on condition that Mr. Blodgett
would obtain additional security to-day,
and required a bond of §13,000, cover
ing all three warrants, which was given.
We learn there is a fourth warrant out
against Mr. Blodgett, which will be
served to-day.
TELEGKAMs,
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS
HOUSE.
The Educational Bill was resumed an
Hoar met with a general assault Th
criminal record was brought up, show^ 6
strongly against Massachusetts,
Hoar attributed to foreigners.
Mr. Crichter, of Virginia, took tk,
floor, and he, too, directed his remart V
to what Mr. Hoar had said as to the u il
literacy of Virginia and other South ™
States. He would challenge the wlr?
State of Massachusetts to produce*
many educated, intelligent and patriot
men as he (Critcher) could name
single county in his own district. In th
neighborhood of his own plantation Z
the birth-place of Washington; not fiS ,,
from that was “Startford,” the resident 1H
of “Light Horse Harry” Lee; near tg£ ■
was Geutilly, the residence of Richard
Henry Lee—the mover of the Declm
tion of Indt-pendeuce, and “the Cicero
of America;” in the same neighborhood
was the residence of Charles Lee, Wash
iugton’s Attorney General; Arthur Lee
the accomplished negotiator of the treaty
betweed the Colonies and France and
the birth-places of Monroe, Jefferson
and Robert E. Lee. He challenged Hoar
to find such illustrations of mental viem.
in his own State. °
Mr. Hoar, badgered to desperation on
all sides, allowed himself to say he had
not criticised either the intelligence or
the eloquence of the educated tyrants of
whom Critcher had spoken. Ho had al
luded to a generation of men who whipped
women, begat little children and sold
them into slavery, and then rebelled
against institutions which they had as
sisted to establish. No action.
The iron-workers of Pennsylvania pe
tition against a reduction of the tariff.
St Louis merchants petition against
the Chicago relief bill. It would unset
tle values, open the door to fraud and
impose upon the few the burthens which
should be borne by all.
The Indian appropriation bid was
passed. The Apache Indians get noth
ing and deductions are ordered for dep
redations.
The session to-morrow is for debate
only.
The Senate was not in > ession to-day.
New Orleans, February 2.— Pakard
was before the committee four hours. He |
preferred a series of charges against 1 ;
Warmouth, swearing that ho believed
them to be true, embracing allegations
whicli connected the Governor with
bribery and corruption in office, and with }
having used the registration and election U
laws in his own interest, to return such ^
men elected as he wished, and with cor- >
rupting members of the Legislature by /
bribery.
A list of witnesses are attached to each j ;
of the thirteen allegations.
London, February 2.—The discussion [
of the Alabama claims becames more te- r
hement, as the assemblage of Parliament ,
approaches. All organs of public op- !
pinion appear with hostile comment
The Advertiser says Chief Justice Cock- .
bum withdrew from the Board, and the )
Government will repudiate the treaty, j
The repudiation of the Treaty of Ghent, i j
by the United States, is cited as a prece- ;
dent.
Salt Lake, February 2.—The Mor
mons hope for admission as a State this
session.
Three thousand tons of ore and bnl- j
lion are awaiting transportation eastward. [ 1
St. Louis, February 2.—The Senate S
passed the bill over the Governor’s veto, f
by 21 to 10, paying the bonds in green- [
backs.
Constantinople, February 2.—A bar- |
barous attack has been 'made upon
the Jews in Ismaila, on the Suez j
canal. Several were killed and many ;
wounded. All who conld—men, women
and chilren—fled from the place to save J
their lives. The fugitives have been I
kindly received by the officers of the
Porte.
Madrid, February 2.—Dispatches have )
been received from the Governor General j
of the Phillippine Islands, describing a
serious attempt at revolt. A company
of 200 native soldiers belonging to the )
artillery service, rebelled and took pos- |
session of a fort. The place was subse- |
quently carried by assault by regular
: -
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troops, aud all the insurgents were k
killed. \
New York, February 2.—Henry Coni- I
ter, of Pittsburg, accepts the challenge I
of the Bigliu Bros., of this city, fora I
thousand dollar boat race, to take place I
in May, on the Schuylkill River.
The Philadelphia Yacht Club re-elec- I
ted James Gordon Bennett, Jr., Commo- r.
dore; W. P Douglass, Vice Commodore; f
and Frank Osgood, Rear Commodore.
The Herald's special from London .
says: Theirs, conversing with General
Billott, is reported to have said: “I am
sincerely in favor of a moderate Republic, ;
and have long thought it possible, but I ;
now see I was mistaken, and a'Republic
cannot exist, even with my aid J aw
compelled to seek the happin
country elsewhere.”
Wm. Tweed has been re-electel Presi*
dent of the Americus Club. ,
Robbers threw Henry Pitsbur from "
the platform of a car, on the Erie Rail
road, seriously hurting him.
A careless car-driver, on Third Avenue,
knocked down a gentleman and cut a
child which he had in his arms.
Mechanics are putting the Virginia in
a sea-going condition.
Two more Spanish gun-boats are
watching the Virginia, and one American
vessel has been ordered to protect her. |
The American photographer, Richard
son, is still in prison in Lima for carica
turing the officials.
A robber in a car, near Prospect Park,
with a pistol and bowie knife, demanded
a young lady’s purse. The lady jumped
off, when the car drove on rapidly. The
conductor and driver are evidently m
league with the robber.
San Francisco, February 2.-—The
Constitution, from Panama had one smah
pox death during her passage. The
vessel is in quarantine. ,
Charles Billing fired two ineffectual
shots at a lady who refused to marry him,
and blew his brains out with the third
shot. .
Lexington, Feb. 2.—James Stough,
an old and respectable citizen of Rich
mond, Kentucky, quarrelled with hw
wife and stabbed her fifteen or tweuy
times. He was drunk and jealous, iu
wife lived only long enough to tell til
story. -
Cincinnati, February 2.—Thereligio
convention for the constitutional ij: 111 ® 11
ment acknowledging a God elected but
reme Court Judge Strong President an
a number of Vice Presidents for tn
following vear, and adjourned sinedie.