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Lihu" DCfore them General Baird, who j. command at New Orleans at the time of the rl '_ t Uu Slat0 0 f Missouri has submitted her bill of ex- Vfor calliug anil equipping State troops during tl" war B amounts to $7,000,0(10, or $2,000,000 less il.au was at first claimed. l3 the amount of $040,000 have been issued ih, 1 ,'Central Pacific Road tor twenty mlles-^ndre of completed road. W i-HWOTON, January 15.—Iu the Senate, Mr. Wil- l, v presented a memorial for a cousti.utional amend- ,1,'t‘iit aholisliiug inequality in political rights'on ac count of race and color, which was referred to the Fi- nance'Committcc. Id the House, on motion of Mr. Cobb, the Commit tee on Claims was instructed to ascertain &!0 report the facts connected with the capture of .Jefferson Da vis and the connection of the Fourth Michigan and Pirst Wisconsin cavalry regiments therewith. The Committee lias power to send for persons and papers. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the Nebraska bill, and a general debate followed. A vote will lie taken at three o'clock. From Europe, London, Jan. 15.—Noon.—Late telegrams have been received from Hong Kong, which make no men tion ol the commercial panic m that city. It is .now believed no such panic prev ails. Pams, Jail. 15.—The UlliU d States steamer Miau- tiinoma'n, with other vessels of the squadron, al e now at Barcelona, Spain, where great cr wds of people visit her. P utin, Jan. 15. —The last of the transpot ts for Vera Cruz, to bring home the French troops from Mexico, left Toulon last evening. 'I lie Proposed Orran Knee. Sew York, January 15.—The Commissioners of pilots have forbidden the participation of any of the pilots of this harbor n the proposed race across the Atlantic between pilot boats, and therefore the match between the J. U. Jones and Hope No. 1 for fifty thou dollars is broken off. It is state 1, on Fenian authority, that Stephens s tiled for Europe on Saturday. From Harrisburg. llAiiRisBfitG, January 15.—Governor Genry was in auguriited with imposing ceremonies at noon to-day. IPs inaugural address is ■ intensely radical, aud ap {■lauds Congress. He says upon its deliberations and actions our present interests and future welfare all depend. New York Market. New York, -Liu. 15.—Flour 16c. lower. Wheat dull and nominally lower. Corn dull and drooping. Pork quiet; new mess, Western, $20 75. Whiskey nomi nal Cotton quiet, at 34‘ 2 '@33c. for middling up lands, Freights steady. Gold, 134Ji'. Exchange, : sight. 1 (IFive-twenties, ’C2, 107\'; 314 and *65, lo.V'„; ten-forties, 99Ji; seven-thirties, 104.'^. Money, 7 "p. cent. Liverpool and London Markets. London, Jan. 15.—Noon.—It is now said that Fould’sproject for a Spanish Joan looks like a failure. Consuls, 91; five-twenties steady at 72%. Liverpool, Jan. 15.—Noon.—Cotlon opens heavy, though prices are unchanged. The sales will proba ble foot up 5,(10') hales; middling upland-', MX<1. Mobile Market. Mobile, Jan. 15.—Sales of cotton, to-day, GC0 hales; market dull; middling, 31@31%c. Revolutionizing the Government. The opinions uf the leading intellects of au old country like England, that has had centuries of experience in government, are worthy the attention of the people of a new c.iimtiy whose government has not yet com pleted its first ccnturial cycle. The follow ing remarks of the London limes on the Startling changes now rapidly taking place in the government of the United States^ m|y he read with both interest aud profit. fStfys the Times; Rebel Secret Societies at the SofthI— Astounding Developments! I The Charleston Mercury,* which has pecu liar and entirely reliable information, says the following report on the-subject of secret rebel' associations, made.jto'Uongtess; by. the Chief of the United States Detective force, wiH be read by our readers with interest and wonder: 4 X -a. W X i—.. V. Tot he Honorable the Senators and Memherz of the House of'Jhpr{sentdtit>es: Gentlemen ;—Oh . the 1st of September last, my attention having been directed t»y the Southern correspondence of the Tribune, and numerous other Northern journals, 1 to the alleged existence of secret societies in the lately rebelliohs-Slates, for> the purpose pi evudir^ritiie laws of the Government Of thd United States, and' keeping up a * dfe • ciplined organization to be used as a nucleus m a renewed* mttiefl&t to Overthrow the Go? vernment, as sdon as the 'safd States KftVe sufficiently recovered their material strength, I communicated to His Excellency the Presi dent my impression that there must be some foundation for rumors so generally asserted and believed, aud was instructed by him to institute a minute investigation into the mat ter throughout the whole of the Soiitho«-« . ^'prepared careful instructions accordingly for my ageuis in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, and charged the sub-agent in the .cities of Charleston, SavanDah, Mobile, New Orleans aud Galvestou to be .particularly vigilant iu carrying out their orders, as it was supposed that the said secret societies, if such existed, would have their headquarters in one or more of said cities, as beiug most convenient for communication with foreign powers and lor. escape in euse of discovery. Regular communication was kept up both by telegraph aud mail with all the stations in the Stales above named, but nothing trans pired nulil about the first of December, when reports were simultaneously received from Charleston aud New Orleans, stating that after a constant watch sustained with ihe most unceasing vigilance for a period of two months, the agents believed they were at last on the right trail. Naturally it was supposed that the meetings of these secret societies would be held at the dead of night, and in the most out of the way places, and the chief efforts of my agents were in accor- dauce with this idea; hut as will be 'seen lurther on, this opinion proved .entirely in correct, and much valuable time and strenu ous exertion was thus wasted. By a strange coincidence on the first day of December some member of the day. watch, both in Charleston and New Orleans, mentioned to the agents at those places that they had reg ularly noticed IrorA 2 P. M. to 2 P. M. every day a greater commotion among thif population than at any other lime. The agents verified this fact, by personal observation, the next day, and immediately telegraphed me as above stated. I then no tified the agents in other places of this dis covery, and directed their attention to an observance of any similar phenomena in their departments. In less than a week I became satisfied, from reports received from my agents in all the lately rebellious States, that the ramifications of the association, whatever it might be, to which was attributed this afternoon commotion, was very exten sive. On December 20th, I had received re ports from Charleston, Mobile and New Or leans, that it had been definitely ascertained that a great number of the inhabitants of these cities assembled between the hours above named at private houses and at hotels, in cliques numbering usually five to a dozen persons, but reaching sometimes as high as one or two hundred; and that at all these gatherings, among the many subjects dis cussed, there was one which was common to all the meetings, but that it was impossible to discover this by listening at doors and windows, and it would be necessary, in order to obtain full information, to violate the pri vacy of families. I immediately telegraphed them to en deavor to introduce spies into the houses on Christmas day, as that being a season of gen eral festivity, it could be done with less lia bility to suspicion. Owing, however, to the difficulty of securing the services of suitable persons' this operation was postponed until New Year’s day. The storm, which has since prevailed, has interfered with the working of the mails and telegraph to such an extent that I have been unable sooner to lay my re port before your honorable body; but I am happy now to be able to relieve your minds of all tears as to the existence of any such societies. The ino?t thorough andAcomplete information assures me that t here are no such societies, siml that the subject universally discussed in the afternoon meeting of the Southern cliques was dinner. Veribad Hokes, Chief United States Detective Police. Washington, Jan. 5, 1867. VANN AH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. ^iNUARV 16.1867. - Viidtta m nfri ' : " u ’’ PRICE. 5 CENTS. “It would, perhaps, he premature to say that the government of the United States is about to .undergo a complete change ; but the more we hear of the proceedings of the current session of Congress, the more appa rent is it that elements are at work which must speedily transform the Constitution, unless their action is checked by ttie nation- id opinion. The Republican party, flushed with victory aud overwhelming in strength, hurries on to its ends without listening "to a word of remonstrance. It is for a time the uncontrolled aud uncontrollable master oil me situation. The minority, which passes tor au opposition iu the Semite and House of Representatives, is literally silenced. The poaer ot the President is gone. ihe present Congress may not have time to complete its plans, but enough litis been done to show the essential character pf the changes the majority desire. The Legisla- ttue has conquered the Executive JJeparf- nient of the Government, and, would now proceed to absorb all other power through out the country. It is not difficult to see that a collision between Congress and some ol the Middle States is the thing next to' be: apprehended. The policy of the Republican party in dealing with the conquered South must be supplemented by constitutional changes in the States still in the Union, and tt is certain that these changes will jhot bo accepted without au opposition wliieli must he crushed by enlarging the sphere of Con-., gfess. Gun of the great—perhaps we should- Sil y the great—question in relation to the South is that 0 f suffrage. The tendency of Congress to encroach on ‘■te functions ol the separate States is a se- to its alkorptioupf the Presidential pow- tr8 > and is in complete. agreement witir..lbe conduct of the majority toward: ttto'iBinfiriiy within tibt-lf. The ••ckuc.ijs'’ has alw»s Beeu !l fireat institution at' Washington, but never hitherto has its power been anything like WuHtit is this session. The “caucus” is ^ 1D g- It supercedes discussion in House and • cuute. Iu this conclave ot the dominant party the measures are hatched, which are jhen brought to light in the Legislature,, and hrried through without debate, hi observing the change which American nstitutions are suffering, it must be observed' ■at we pass uu opinion on the immediate, •jeets ot the dominant party in Congress' 1 e Vlews of the Republicans may be-absd. *..y hiexceptiouar.fjbBt ttte"means by to t \ llie V encleaTOr l * attain them appear he destructive to the schemes of govern- ent designed by the authors of the federtp, ° n \ The Government ot the United States this hour is not a representative goveru- -r, enl > Congress is not a deliberative body, ttese are tacts ot observation, and to insist Pon them no more implies a criticism of the. hpuhlican policy thau tp sayt that the Gov- cuineni of Russia aiRacfiatih 'involves a .^hhtnnation of the imperial regime. But |L ——MWU UI tuc lUipcii Allure of Congress as a deliberative- ”huy, and of the representative institutional 1 the State, is a fact of the highest 'iibpfciJ- * n , ce ' a nd it may be questioned whether Any h e h<fa can be worth such a cost.' : ”, '' q g The Situation In TdM. [From the New Orleans Picayune.] In Gen. Heintzelman’s recent letter to Judge D. J. Baldwin, U. S. District Attorney for Texas, the following singular sentence may be found: “I would not deem my life safe in the hands of the Texas authorities, as I know -two individuals who were recently taken from the jail in Belton, Bell county, Teias, by a mob, and put to death. There is a Strong feeling against all officer's who have bqen in-any way instrumental in sustaining f^q United States laws, particularly those conflicted with the Freedmen’s Bureau.” We term this a singular sentence to ap pear in so grave a document, because the killing of the two men in Belton jail had npthing to do with the United States officers, 4ha. Freedmen’s Bureau affairs, nor with any military or political question whatever; they were notorious murderers, desperadoes and horse thieves, and their killing by a crowd flf outsiders was solely through a fear thitt' the scoundrels would not get their deserts at the hands of the law. Who were the two men? Their names were Lindley, father and son, the former a quack doctor, aud the latter with no legiti mate occupation whatever. w We do not say iJifUitlfflrates, they were shirKs| iMiMftfvt?/ entered the service. Some three years since they suddenly appeared in the mountains, some thirty miles above San Antonio, with a number of horses, stating that they had been driven away from the upper counties of the State by the Indians. They were soon suspected to be horse thieves, connected with the great gang which has many branches, and has for a long time depredated between Einsas and the lower counties of Texas, Since the days of John A. Murrell, the noto rious Tennessee desperado, this gang has existed, with ramifications in all the border States. Before emancipation, negroes were run off as well as horses, but for the last two years this branch of the business has, of course, been given up. The plan or system of operations pursued by this gang has been something as follows: Members of the body, living iu the extreme Northern counties of Texas, have stolen horses in their immediate neighDoihood, have run them into the bauds of friends in middle or southern Texas, have changed or altered tbeir brands, and have sold or swapped them off to honest men. By the use oi blisters, or strong acids, a horse with out a spot on him has appeared suddenty on some other range with one or two white feet and a star in hie forehead; adepts at this work are all members of the gang. In 1 his way, over a line of more than a thousand miles, these scoundrels have been operatiug, and the only virtue they have ever possessed was that they would stick by one another through thick and thin, screen each other fsom justice, release each other from prison when arrested, and swear falsely for each other when brought before the courts. In this way the rascals have plied their iniqui tous calliug with impunity; uo jail strong enough to bold them when caught, at least in the frontier counties; uo jury able to con vict in face ot the piles of perjury they would heap up at a trial; and few officers able to arrest and secure the thieves, with their triends ever ready to effect a rescue. Is it to be wondered at, then, that the frontier people of Texas, seeing their horses con stantly stolen from them by outlaws without any legitimate redress, should take the whip of justice into their own hands, and severely punish those who arc so industriously depre dating upon their substance ? We believe that the booest people of any county iu Yer fliout or New Hampshire, if they found themselves so coustautly preyed upon with out chance or hope ot redress, would take the law into tbeir own hands, and harder would it prove for the transgressors in New England than in Texas. But to return to the Lindleys. The elder Lindley had two sons, and some eight or ten months since the oldest was killed in Bell county or the vicinity, either while riding a stolen horse or iu attempting to steal one. As the story goes, the lather and younger son, bent upon revenge, left Bexar county soon after, went over to Bell <>r the neigitborhood, skulked about, aud finally succeeded in murdering one or more persons whom they supposed had a hand in the killing of young Lindley. They escaped, but were afterwards arrested in Atascosa county, taken back to Bell, and while eou- fiued in the county jail at Belton the prison wa9 entered on a dark night by several persons, of course the Iriends of the murdered man or men, and the two Lind leys were shot in their cell. Such was the end of these transgressors, and there is no doubt they were thus summarily dealt with tlirnmrh n. ffinr nrnh-ihlv well founded that fever liuat. Ail jokes asd stories became stale, and tbiougn a iear, proDJOiy wen iounucu, tutu uotlliug Wll8 talked of but yachts and time and Wiitd, amt the probabilities and possibilities of the contest The Ocean Yacht Race. The London Times, of December 27, contains a Spe cial report cf the voyage ot the Henrietta, id which few incidents of interest occurred. Ub to the 116th ultimo, when off the Qrapd Banka, the. weather heavy, but the jncht,ran easily before the wind. The repoitsays: The next day found us In "the roaring forties, which we had. been taught to dryad the character of. The ocean bad entirely changed ; Instead of dhacios over short, chopping waves,.like those qf the Kogli-h Channel, wmeppHared to bo. maim hetui^m mgp. of water bills. Running thus in the trough of the sea, there set-med to be no horizon. The water, glazed by the snow that fell almost conanntlyvhadthe'eoD- sistency of oil. The sky was filled with dull, leadep clouds; but the barometer rose steadily. The wind Which had bet-ii rather doubtful during the morning’ blew from the north once more. A fine observation gave, us 280 miles for the yacht's progress during the preceding, twenty-four hours. In six days and fourteen hours we had sailed half way across the At lantic. In the afternoon a beautiful rainbow bright ened the horizon; bufthis “bow of promise” proved most deceitful, aud brought us renewed hail and snow squalls instead of pleasant weather.' During' the uigut the w nd shitted to West South- West. We “ jibed'’ ship aud hoisted the square-aaU, but were form d to lower it again iu a few hours as tiie signs of dirty weather t ntinously increased, 'i'he effect ol “jibing," we may explain to the uninitiated,' is to change the can tot a vessel ifrom one side toiihe. other. Naturally, tlien,'the guests who had gone to rest when the yacht had au inclination oi to 11, .five degrees iu one direction, suadealy awoke, cross and sullen, when ihev > rtun nay. The weather was now exceedingly threat ening. The mainsail was double-reefed for the first time, and the vessel putin order lor a storm. At noon wc h id ruu two hundred and fifty miles. The soutliwe-t wind lresheued alter noon, and at 1 P. M. it blew a regu ar gale. The mainsail was furled and three reels taken in the foresail, and the jibs taken in. Even with this small spread of eanvas ihe yaeht was driven nine miles an hour. On deck the rain and spray shut iu the vessel like a watery curtain. Below,: the pitching aud tossing rendered it impossible to sleep. A bueliet of water was placed near the stove to extinguish the fire should necessity arise. The dead lights leaked uuexpectedly and uncomfortably. Holes were bored iu the stateroom floors to let out water should the skylight be broken in. The servants were dashed about the cabins as if shot from invincible catapults. The guests had enough to do to hold themselves inside their berths. Under these cir cumstances, which would have delighted Uark T.ipley, everybody became again good-humored. Just at midnight the struggling yacht was struck by a tremendous sea, that burst over Ihe quarter, struck lull upon the fuj esail, aud then fell heavily upon the deck, staviug in the yacht’s boat. Simultaneously the carpenter rushed wildly into the cabin, pale with alarm, add shouted, “Mr. Bennett, we must heave her to; she is opening forwatd, sir!” With great good sense nobody stirred, save Mr. Bennett, who Quietly informed Captain Samuels of theVarpenter’s report. As quietly tbe Captain came down from the deck and examined the supposed leak, which turned out to be nothing but tbe bilge water oozing through the line plankiug near tbe cook’s berth. The gale strength ened, however, and at last the Captaiu decided that the Henrietta could be driven no longer. Prepara tions were made to heave .to, which is simply laying the ship head to the wind under close canvas, so that she rides as if at anchor. The storm trysails hap pened to be stored in the cabin, and as the sailors came silently down, oiled the tackle and carried the sail upon deck, the scene reminded one of the bring ing lurth of tbu pall for a funeral. A pause in a race like this seemed the burial of all our hopes. Never theless it was some consolation to be informed by Captaiu Samuels that til bis thirty years’ experience lie had never seen a vessel that could face such a gale so long, aud it was cliaiitable to hope that our rivals were having better weather than ourselves. Once hove to, the yacht rocked lazily and pleasantly; the waves rushed and the winds howled past, bat did not disturb bor. Before noon the next day (December 19) the wind had lulled aud the ship again started off briskly, as if rested and refreshed. Everybody now changed his attire, aud for once au old superstition proved true, for ihe wiud shifted to the North and. West [From the New 'York Sun.j A Grand Enterprise. Tbe Pacific Railroad id tbe most stupen dous undertakiiig of the age, whether con sidered iu itself, as an engineering triumph, or viewed in connection with its results. This gigantic work is being gradually but steadily pushed forward, and though, little talked about, the amount of labor^already accomplished is sufficient to excite wonder. This enterprise .will have a powerful in fluence on the coimtjerciiil ■ affairs t»f the entire continent. It wilt bring within the scope -of American genius a tract of country of almost incredible extent and richness. Vast territories now scarcely accessible will he stuldeuly opened to emigrants who will appreciate and develop the agricultural and mineral treasures hitherto beyond the resnh of industry. At no previous period of our nation’s history has the development of those distant regions, been of so great im portance as at present. With a vast 'debt impending, all the resources of the country should he laid uflder eontribntiqu for its re duction ; aud in no surer way can the ag gregate wealth of the nation be increased than by the energetic pursuit of agriculture and mining. A new field for industry will be opened in those Western Territories, and one of al most inconceivable fertility. Room will be made at once for millions of indus trious emigrants, tbe Eastern States' will be relieved ot their surplus population, and prosperous colonies will soon redeem one of tee most magnificent countries in the world from a state of barrenness. The Union Pacific Railroad, when com pleted, will resemble a gigantic letter T, with the expansion looking eastward. Two rival companies are contending for the trade that must accumulate at tbe eastern extremity of the main line. One company represents tbe interests of Chicago, whence a line now tra verses Iowa to Omaha, and the torks of the Platte river—the present terminus. Tbi ace a line will be carried 280 miles to a point on the Laramie Plains, where tbe rival road from St. Louis will unite with that from Chi cago. I’he present terminus of tbe St. Ixmis road is at Junction City, four bandied and fifty miles east of Denver, which city is one hundred and twenty miles from the point of intersection on Laramie Plains. From this point the road will cross the Rocky Mountains and stretch to the valley 'and city of Great Salt Labe. Westward of Salt Lake it will cross the desert, follow the course of the Humboldt river, and, reaching I The eastern boundary of California, join the Central Pacific Railroad, already in _fanning order to Sacramento and San Francisco, one hundred and thirty-nine miles. The total' distance from San Francisco .to New York, via Chicago, will be two thousand nine hun dred and fifty-eight miles, which it is ex* pected the passenger trains will pass over ifc six days, it is hoped that the entire road will be ih operation &9 early as the summer of 1870. The completion of this magnificent enterprise will be an epqch in American his tory,and a bond of union between widely deliberative, -separated regions of. country. till runnitig high; the waves, blown about like tliSr sand lulls ot a desert, disclosing strange mirages ol' tents and sails, us they revealed strips of the horizon here aud there. We made our shortest distance on this stormy day, gaining only 153 miles. At 3 P. M , we were going fifteen knots, and kept up this pace Tor several hours. Iu Ute evening we suited calmly in the mellow moonlight, that marked our track before us with its sheen; the cabin fire was.allowed to die out, and overcoats were discarded. Tbe seas rose on either side like walls, and the yacht ran swiltly be tween them at the rate of thirteen knots an hour.— Tiicre could have been uo stronger contrast to the ineidentsof the previous night Sailing at the same pace Hie next moruiug, we scored 260 miles by noon. The clouds, moving in a grand procession from East to Weal aud lormiug iu solid masses behind us, premised a continuance of tbe fair wind. At three p. m. we passed the steamer Louisiana bound West, making out her name from Maryatt's sig nal flags. That night everything was cheerful; the yachtmen sang lustily in tbe cabin, and the sailors answered as lustily from the lorecastle; the captain turned in for the first time since our start; but noth ing is so variable as the weather. By one o’clock the next morning there was a dead calm, and we came on deck after breakfast to flnd a warm summer day. The \aelit was scarcely mbviug through the water, the sails hung drooping from the yards, the ocean was perfectly smooth; the stillness was remarkable—there was no ripple of the waves, no rustling uf the sails; of course, another superstitious change of tbe toilet ensued. One of tiie servants was discovered to be a prolessional barber, and a shaving shop was impro vised, everybody contributing oils, pomatum and per fumery. There, was general "rejuvenation"—those who had not been shaven for ten days came ont from the barber’s hands as from a disguise. Bits of unsus pected finery, sach as neck-ties and scan-pins, were displayed. One would have thought it a gala day, but, in ii uih, nothing could have been worse for us than this calm—welcome even another gale, so that it came tixitn the West. The yacht had no further difficulty, and on Sunday night, December 23, the wiud again freshened, and the Henrietta rah at the rate of twelve knots in the moonlit sea. 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BY PERKINS’ NEW SKY LIGHT, they would be either rescued, or else would escape tbe penalties of the law they bail so often and so flagrantly broken. Gen. Heintzelman, when be alluded to tbe killing of tbe two men in Belton jail, could not have been aware of the eccentric prauks of tbe younger Lindley in San Antonio some time in April or May last. We are much mistaken if be is not the same youthful scamp who tampered with two soldiers at tached to one ot the regiments in San An tonio, induced them to dfeert, aud at tbe same time assisted them to pack off some thiityodd Colt’s six shooters and seven or eight Spencer rifles, belonging to tbe Govern ment, to help them aloug the road. The then commandant at San Antonio, (we tbiuk it was before Gen- Heinlzelmans arrival there,) got wind of the affair, sent out a strong party, found the deserters ai Lindley s camp or shanty on the Balcoues, secured one of the men and all the stolen arms, but the young Lindley escaped—was too quick and. too conning tor the military. The after ca reer and final end of the desperado are known. We have mads our story longer than we in tended, and in introducing horse thieves and inurderers have, perhaps, been treadiag on Prevalent ground. But we could not, after Gen. Heintzelman’s allusion to the Belton al lair, resist the chance it gave us of telling exactly who the men were, and how little .-their sudden fate has to do with the military situation, or with peril to any Uuited States officer who may journey through Texas. The Alligator in a Law Suit.—Iu many parts of the Southern States, meu have so far conquered their antipathy towards these reptiles as to tame them, and keep them iu confinement. In this semi-domestic stale, the beast is said to exhibit more intelligence than would be expected from its appeal ance. An alligator was ouce tbe cause of a very curious case beiDg tried in New Orleans. A young lady brought an action agamst a neighbor for keeping an alligator iu bis yard, asserting that tbe beast was of a very extra ordinary size and ferocity, that she had Ire- quently occasion to enter bis premises, and that; whenever compelled to do so, she waa in fear of her life. The defendant, who had been arrested, being required to plead, stated that he kept the animal as a kind of house dog, or night watchman, and that, unless provoked, it was a quiet, peaceable reptile ; furthermore, that the plaintiff had been in tbe habit ot teasing the alligator, and excit ing his anger by tickling biin in the ribs with a long pole, throwing brick-bats at biin, and on one occasion going so far as to sear bis back with a red-bot iron. Upon this the de fendant waa discharged, while the fatly was bound over to keep the peace toward the alligator and its owner. The reports, of the New Orleans press do not inform us whether the alligator wept when its back was seared with hot iron; but we are able to assert, that, althoogfa Shakspeare informs ns the “tears Unce: “Ladies and gentlemen, if there iato of it are wet,” tneir lachrymal fountains have t*. shooting at the actors on tbe stage it will been sought in vain by cruel, though some- he impossible for fhe performance,to goon.’’ what scientific planters, who have actually About three weeks afterwards," March 27, squirted tbe juice and blown tbe smoke of 1884, Mr. Blair blew out bis own brains with tobacco into tbeir eyes in order to test the his pistol, at bis boarding boose on Capitol truth of the old fable.-Hunter’s Experiences, mn.—Washington Republican. In every distant ve-sel we saw a Fleet wing; every star near the horizon i\ as transformed Into the Vesta’a signal light At. 8 p. m., we were on soundings; at 12, midnight, off C tpe Clear. Thus, the next morn ing, December 24, found us in the chops of tbe Chan nel bopiug to cal our Christmas dinner at Cowes. It was a murky, foggy, dark, damp, disagreeable morn ing, and even at boon it was impossible to take a solar observation, but by dead reckoning, we had made 172 miles. The carpenter, who bad given us one sensa tion by discovering a spurious leak, now treated ua to another, by announcing that the Fleetwing was in sight. Everybody clambered on deck. Binnacutar glasses, eye glasses, spectacles aud tele ; copes were brimgnt to bear upon the imaginary yacht, which was soon in ado out to be an English topsail schooner,, bound the oilier way. ludiguatiou followed excite ment, and botli quickly merged into a hearty laugh. Nearing ;he land of Christmas carols and Dickena upon Cnnstmascve, it was impossible to go to rest. Alter a very lale dinner we htfd our Christmas songs and stories; among the former was a ditty composed in honor of the Henrietta, and sung to tbe familiar air of “SweetEvelina." Whili these festivities were in progress we made the SiciUy Island lightsat 7’* p. in. The current drifting us to leeward, we steered south southeast for an oiling, and passed the islands handsomely, having made no tack since we left New York, and having varied only eleven miles from the straight line between the two points. Bo admirable a landfall reflected great credit upon Captaiu Samuels. At 3 o’clock, A. M., we passed the Lizard Light thirteen knots an hour steadily, the Henrietta, like a well-jockeyed race horse, reserving her beet pace for the finish. Running close in to the hold coast we sighte.) the Eddystone, Start Point, and Portland Hill, and at 12:40 V. M., on Christmas day, took on board a Cowes pilot. A heartier cheer never rent the air than that which greeted the pilot’s announcement that no other American yacht bad passed up the channel. 'The race seemed^won, and as a sudden blaze of suushinc lit up the chalk cliffs of Old England in silvery glory it was like an illumina tion of welcome. Under every stitch of canvas, with even her staysail set, and with her racing flag and Yacht Club ensign proudly floating on the stiff breeze, the Henrietta dashed by the Needles, and Messrs. Jerome and Knapp, the judges for the Floetwiug and the Vesta, decided that all conditions of the race had been strictly complied with, down went tiie racing flag, aud the private signal of Mr. Bennett took its place. As tbe yacht turned up -the channel to Cowes the land shut out the wind and like one who has finished a long and toilsome task, the brave little yacht slackened her speed and floated leisurely along. Her bine lights and rockets an- nobneed her arrival here, after having crossed the AUaikic to the Isle of Wight in the unprecedented tn.i-.4if thirteen days, twenty-two hoars and forty-six minutes, mean time, and that without bavingfcaiTied away afly of her light sails or spars, or even so much tie a siifcd of canvas or strand of rope. A Terrible Dramatic Critic.—It is fortu nate for tbe actors in our theatres, at tfie present time, tbat theatrical criticism does not take tbe form it did, some years ego, in one instance at least in this city. Hon. Jas. Blair, who was a Representative in Congress from South Carolina from 1821 to 1822, and from 1829 to 1884, attended a play at tbe Washington Theatre one evening early ip March, 1834, when in ft state of partial in toxication, The performance displeased him to that degree that be drew his pistol and fired at the actors on the stage, the bullet passing just above the head of Miss Jeffer son, dangbter of Jde Jefferson, Sr. Tbe ac tors stampeded from the stage, and a quick curtain was rung down. Presently Mr. In- gersoll, the stage manager, appealed, .look ing pale and agitated, and said to the audi- —The editor of a Galveston paper lately heard a mocking bird whistling “Dtxjje” With great animation. —A retufnjpfijQhliforoiau named Wbiting, —A correspondent of the New Yotk Pc who has been absent for three years, found says tbat “one of tbe chief arguments r” nbia wife living with another man in Phila- upon for the impeachment ot tbe X delphia, and tbe mother of a child. H f »i is that it waa mainly, through his threw tbe child oat of the window, stabbed the Southern Stales repudiated the the woman, and tied. constitutional amendment.” IICTURBS ABE TAKEN EQUALLY AS WELL in cloudy as In clear weather. GALLERY Opposite the Marshall House, SAVANNAH. jan3-tf CAED. SAVANNAH, December let, 1866. W E respectfully call your attention to our Part nership. ; Laroche a WILLIAMS having bought out Wyltv St Christian's interest in the late Arm of Bell, Wylly ft Christian, have united the two old-estab- eu houses under the Arm name of LaRoche, Bell & Williams, AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Savannah, On. Wc having retained the oil stand, fitted up and arranged expressly for tbe business, are prepared with large and commodious rooms, to conduct pack age sales: also, to supply to those who desire them, private rooms, that they may superintend the sale o their own goods. We will continue to sell at auction, or private sale all articles of Merchandise, Produce, Stocks, Bonds Real Estate, Ac., and will fill all orders for MERCHANDISE, PRODUCE, LUMBER, 4a, entrusted to our care. FORWARDING. All goods consigned to fis for this purpose, will re celva onr special attention. Liberal advances made on all consignments to ns or our friends in New York, Boston or Baltimore. Soliciting your favor, we are, .i ..Years, truly, ■ dec2t-tf Laroche, bell a williams. Large Sale of Town Lots IN LIVE OAK, FLA. O N WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of February, 1887,1 will sell, at auction, in the said tcavn ol Live Oak, a large number or idts km 2-3 by 160 feet, in the meet desirable part of the town for business purposes; also a number of larger lots for resi dences, gardens, farm*, Ac., containing from 2ys to 10 or 15 scree. This is the most desirable inland location In the State. Being surrounded by a high, dry pine ounntry. its health cannot be donbted.— The earronmUng, althongn a pine, country lias a very productive soil In 8ea Island Cotton, Corn, Sugar Cane and all kludsof vezeubles, and is fnlly capable oi giving ample agricultural support to a large and thriving town. It is unsurpassed as a Peach country, wbili-t it is well adapted to the cal. tnre rff mafiy other fruits. Live Oak is the railroad centre of Florida, having access by rail through the most wealthy agricultural districts, and the largest commercial towns in the State to, the Gulf of Mexico at St. Marks and Cedar Keys, and to the Atlantic ports of Jacksonville, Fer- nandina and Savannah. Terms—one-batf cash, balance in one year wilh 8 per cent, interest. . WALTER GWYNN, Agent. Live Oak, Jan. 1,1887. . j**-tda Notice. mfll. undersigned, under tbe name and style oi X PURSE A THOMAS, have this day formed a lim ited partnership for the transaction of a Genetal Comiaitfion and Brokerage, business in Uie city o< Savannah, ~to continue until the first day of July, 18*8. Daniel G. Parse and Daniel R. Thomas are the General Partners, and Albert H. Stoddard is the Spe cial Partner, and haa contributed Ten Thousand Dol lars to the common stock of the Co-partnership. D. a. PURSE, D. R. THOMAS. A. H. STODDARD. SkVAifAH. Dec-L 18*6. v dac*-8w Insurance. Insurance at EQUITABLE RATES. OGLETHORPE INSURANCE COMPANY Of Savannah., ^RE prepared to accept FIRES RISKS AT THEIR OFFICE, 11? BAY 8TBEBT. H. W. MERCER, President CHAS. 8. HARDEE, Vice President J. T. Thomas, Secretary. H. W. Mercer, William Hunter, A. Porter, I. Stoddard, W. Remshardt, H. A. Crane, M. Hamilton, M. S. Cohen. J. W. Nevitt, A. Fullarton, L. J. Guilmartiu, G. Butler. E. P. Clayton, Augusta. J. W. Knott, B P. Ross, Macon. directous: C. S. Hat dee, R. Morgan, J. T. Thomas, F. L. Gue, A. A. Solomons, W. W. Gordon. J. Lama, D. G. Puree, J. McMahon, F. W. Sims, P. Lachlisou. Fire Insurance Company PHCENIX ASSURANCE CO. OF LONDON. ATLANTIC INSURANCE CO. OF BROOKLYN. LENOX INSURANCE CO. * OF NEW YORK. Risks taken on favorable terms. decl7-te ROBT. HABERSHAM *t SONS, Agents. FIRE, MARINE AND ACCIDENTAL INSURANCE AGENCY. Capital and Assets. Security Insurance Co. $1,600,000 Phoenix Insurance Co 1,603,000 International Insurance Co.... 1,423,000 Manhattan Insurance Co 1,078,000 Harmony Insurance Co 500,000 North Auierlcun Insurance Co.. 800,000 Total Cash Capital and As sets.$7,004,000 Capital. New York Accidental Ins. Co $350,000 Ij'lRE, MARINE and INLAND Risks token in tbe r above highly responsible Companies on Buildings and Merchandise, to any amonnt, at the lowest rates corresponding with the risk Losses equitably adjusted and promptly paid. A- A LANE, Agent, No. 12 Stoddard's Ran-e, Bay street, nol6-3m Savannah, Georgia. Giirclening. Land For Sale. nail ACBE8>.ta3IorWaer«Lots,aitnatedonthe nUU Louisville rind, live mask from Savannah, well wooded, and adapted to raising aU kinds ot pro- vislona. Apply to — M. J. BUCK NEB, At Einstein, Eckman A Co.a shoe store. i a6 t >0 52f^2f 1 “ ln ?****’ .1 :a..i ” „4.,jno»E*oa JAMES RUSSELL, Coi.. JOHN C. HATELY, Savannah, Ga, Jasper, Florida. FALL AND WINTER GOODS. RUSSELL & HATELY, JASPER, FLORIDA, yyiLL open, forthwith, a large and well selected stock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps. Also, Staple and Fancy Groceries and Hardware, consisting qf everything needful for Plantation and Family nse, which will be offered at prices to snit the times and the interests of puichasers. They will also act as COMMISSION aud FORWARDING M! e rcha n ts, and will give special attention to tbe purchase ot the products of ihe country and the sale of produce and merchandise on consignment. deo7 Georgia Soap & Chemical Co. Capital S25,000. SHARKS $50.. DIRECTORS: General H. W. MERCER, President. GEO. A. MERCER. D. G. PURSE, R. J. NUNN, W. D. HARDEN. T HE owners of the Georgia Chemical Works have incorporated under the abo e name, with the above Directory, for the purpose of increasing theh capital and extending their business. Two hundred shares of the t-toek ot tbe Company are for sale at $50 each. Books of subscription are opened at the following offices, where fuli information can he obtained. MERCER A ANDERSON. Bankers, Planters' Bank. PURSE A THOMAS, Commission Merchants, 111 Bay st. WM. D. HARDEN. janT-tf Attorney at Law, 175 Bay street. Dissolution of Go-partnership. rjvHE co-partnership lately existing under the name X of BELL, WYLLY & CERI8TIAN was dissolved on the 1st instant, by mutual consent. H. R. CHRIS TIAN is authorised to collect debts due the late firm, and is charged with the closing of the business. SAMUEL P. BELL, GEO. W. WYLLY, declO-tf HENRY B. CHRISTIAN. Groceries and Liquors. Por Sale, 8,000 BUSHELS WESTERN WHITE COkN 7 1,500bushels Heavy bound Oats, 43 tierces Small Plain cnrtd llams, 5 tierces Sugar-cured Hams, new, 50 boxes Prime Ciear-rlohed Sides, 10 hogsheads Prime Olt ar-ribbed Sides, 5ff boxes Brown Sugar, assorted. 100 boxes Havana Sugar, refined, 150 barrels Flour, assorted, » barrets Bwekwheat, „ . 50 hogsheads gt Jag> Molasses. 50 barrels Cuba Molasses, 50 barrels Sugar House dvrap, 300roil. Bale Rope, Heuip and Manilla, 60 bales He ivy Bagging, 5 bales Twice, 100 rolls Sea Island Bagging, \% to 2 And a general assortment of Groceries ALSO, 120 tons Peruvian <7mum, nom the Peruvian Gov ernment Agency, 100 tons .Coe’s Super-Phosphate of Lime or Bone Manure, a standard fertilizer of New Tort: and the New EnglaOd States, of a prime quality. dec2n—lm \v. H. STaBK A CO. Lame, XitUU. J (JET received and for sale- 25 hogsheads Clear Bacon Sides so hogsheads Clear Rib Sides 30 hogsheads Prime Bright Shouidets 20 tierces Pure Kettle Rendered Lard 25 tierces Cfco.ce Sugar Cored Bagged Hams 16 tierces Sugar Cured Uncovered Hams W. H. WHITNEY * CO., nolO-tf No. 4 Harris’ Range. Edw. O'Byrne. J. H. O’Byrne. Edw, O’Byrne & Son. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Liquors, Ac., Ac. W E solicit a share of the patronage of our friends and the public generally. The Senior partner of this firm having done business in this city for up wards ef thirty-two years. Corner Bryan and Jefferson streets. oc5-ly Butter. Flour, Bacon,* Pork, LARD, &o. C A HOGSHEADS Clear Ribbed Sides jU 2u hogsheads Shoulders, Baltimore cured. 2fl tierces Lard, Baltimore Leaf 60 barrels Pork, Prime, Prime Mess and Mes 50 kegs and half kegs Butter, Choice Goeben 100 boxes Cheese 10 tierces Hams, New Sugar Cured. SUGARS, COFFEE, TEA, SOAP, CANDLES, Ac. 10 hogsheads Sugar, St. Croix, Porto Rico and Muscovado 100 barrels Sugar, A, B and C (0 packages Tea, assorted qualities 100 Dags Coffee, Rio 50 pockets Coffee, Old Government Java 150 boxes 8osp, all qnalities 100 boxes Caudles, Adamantine aud Tallow ICO boxes Tobacco, ail qualities Cuba Molasses in hogsheads and barrels .Hay, Corn, Oats and Cow Feed constantly on hand Landing and for sale by SCRANTON, SMITH A CO., Hodgson’s Building. no27 ’ Bay street, opposite Jefferson. IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS. QUR stock Is equal to any in the city. Call and judge for yourselves. no27 SCRANTON, nMITH & CO. H. C. RUWE, WHOLESALE . Limor Dealer 8t Conn Merdant, Corner Bryan aud St. Julian streets and Monument Square. SAVANNAH. GA. far* FRUITS and VEGETABLESm season ahvay. ad hand. an27-tt Philip Callahan. James Kerrigan. Columbia Square GROCERY STORE, East side of Columbia Square, corner of Habersham and President streets, BY PHILIP CALLANAN Si CO. R ECEIVING, WEEKLY, first-class family Gro ceries, Ales, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Fruits, Vegetables, Ac. For sale on must reasonable terms. je29-ly ELEGANT FURNITURE. Geo. J. Henkeis, Lacy & Co,, THIRTEENTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS,] PHILADELPHIA. Notice. rrtHE subscribers having token the store lately oceu J. pied by York, Williams, Mclntire A Co.,wiU con tiime the business under the firm name of WARD & McINTIRE. P. H. WARD, declO-tf JOHN R. McINTIRE. Notice L aROCHE & WILLIAMS having purchased the in terest of Wylly A Christian to the Ute firm ot BELL, WYLLY 4 CHRISTIAN, will continue the business under the name of declO—tf La ROC RE. BELL k WILLIAMS. Notice. r [E subscribers having a . Ute business of BELL, WYLLY A CHRISTIAN to Messrs. LaEOCHE ft WILLIAMS, solicit a contin uance of the business to the new Arm. GEORGE W. WYLLY, declO—tf HKNBf R. CHRISTIAN. xo i rpHE highest prion can to otorttoi toe GAME of X any kind, by applying at the OCR HOUSE. oc4 i I W E have a suit ol Nine Rooms, Elegantly Carpeted, And furnished complete as PARLORS AND CHAMBERS. Purchasers can see bow a suit of Furniture will appear in THEIR HOUSE, and can, from Ihesc rooms, make a better selection than they can from Furniture promiscuously placed in large wareroom?. no27-2m CHRISTMAS PRESENTSI DRY GOODS! E LEG ANT LACE JETT?. Enihrohleif d nan kerchieft, Gents' Linen Cambric il.uufceicln- fs. Fancy Articles, Dress Goods at Cost, Cloaks at Cost, Cloak Cloths ar d Caseimeres 1 tairask Tabic Linen. Napkins, Dot lies aud Towels. For gale by DeWITT Jt MORGAN, decl6 137 CONGBXSS STREET. NOTES DISCOUNTED DAVID R. DILLON, Banker, scp22-tf 834 BAY STREET. PHCENIX STEAM SAW MILL. EASTERN WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA. ’’fl ’US undersigned, having completed tlieir DOUBLE A GANG SAW MILL, known as the “PHCENIX STEAM SAW MILL,” would respectfully inform their friends and the public generally, that they are uuw prepared to fill orders for Lumtier in any quar tet j and of any sixes and lengths. We have con nected with onr Mill an improved Planer, and will give particular attention to orders for planed and tongue and grooved lumber. Orders left at the Mill, or at J. F. & M. Hamilton' office, corner Bay and Abercorn streets, will reeeiv prompt attention. * A share of public patronage Is respectfully so licited. EHLBN A HAMILTON??. JOB. E1II.IH, J. T. UAHILTON. It. UAU1LTOS. anS-tf CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, 8. C. mHIS popular and well known Hotel, Bltnated in the A bnsfoeae portion of the city, bag been newly fur nished throughout by the present proprietor, who has been sixteen yean connected with the establishment. mh26-tf W. WHITE, Proprietor. WINTER EMPLOYMENT. toOAft PER MONTH and expenses paid Male or ffij'UU Female Agents, to introduce a New and liseful Invention, of absolute utility in every house- eold Agents preferring to work on commission can arn from $20 to $50 per day. For full particulars, enclose sump, and address W. G. WILSON ACto. oc31-3m - Cleveland,, Ohio. Bice for MCE POUJfDING Hear gas works, fa ft ■Kf “'l feffatq ;*.}.]£ -aw U/HOLE and Middltog Bioe, Bice Flswr mA 8i ftrsTssshta*

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Daily news and herald. (Savannah, Ga.) 1866-1868, January 16, 1867, Image 1